VOL. III.
SUMPTER, OREGON, AUGUST 6, 1902
NO. 48.
MUCH ACTIVITY
IN REAL ESTATE
EVER INCREASING DEMAND FOR
SUMPTER PROPERTY.
An Authority on the Subject Tells of Pres
ent Conditions People Who Have
Made Money Here Are Buying Ground
on Which to Build Homes Important
Transaction Yesterday And Our
Mines Did it All.
Atturiuiy C, II. McCnlloeh isdoubtless
'tlio bout ponied Minn Dii real estate in
the town. lie wuh the II rut man on the
ground three yearn ugo, just h tliu littlu
Hurry hi realty, which Iiuh shire lieen
"characterized uh u "boom," wuh start
ing. IIo Hold u great many lotH tlurinic
the nix niontliH that tliu demand for
Sumpter iroK'rty i-oiitiiiutil and in the
only onu of tliu small army of men en
gaged in real white brokerage during
thoHu duyn of activity who continued in
the business. Few transactions involv
ing Sumpter proicrty have been con
summated during the pant two yearn
that he did not negotiate.
Mr. McCnlloeh may, therefore, Im
considered the highest authority on the
subject. For this reason, It in of gratify
ing interest to know that he hiij-h there
I11IH been 11 great revival in the real es
tate market here during tliu pant forty
or llfty duyn. AlMiut that time Hople
living in Sumpter begun tit stop him on
the street or call at bin olllce and can.
ually eniuiru who owned such and hiu-Ii
a lot, to ask his opinion of what it wan
worth anil, imrhups, commission him to
buy it for a certain price.
Anil so it started and hat continued
ever cince, the demand increasing and
tin: uuiulier of wile multiplying until
the present time, when anywhere from
one to a half dozen lotn are Mild every
day.
Mr. McCollocli cava the ieople who
are buying proKrty now are those who
have lived here for two or three yearn
in rented houses. They have made
Home money in Sumpter in whatever
business they are engaged in, see uu o
portunity to make more and accumulate
it more rapidly than heretofore, and
have determined to remain here ihtiiiii
nently and build thoniHelveH homes
and they have the price to do the came,
.without the assistance of u mortgage.
That iH what tella the cheerful Htory ;
that eoplo have made money here dur
ing the two long yearn of alleged dull
time, during theHiipMHed reaction after
a boom, which condition of affairs the
tiresome coiisorvativen insist in inevi
table. And during the piiHt week or ten days
another cIuhh of buyer Iiuh upieared
on the Kcene, men who are clone observ
er of iuning eventH and ulways have u
little ready money to invest where their
I judgment tells them there in a chance to
I make a little legitiniat profit of from 50
to KM) Hr cent in ninoty duyn, or ohhI
i bly hIx mouths. These "easy money
men" are now on a still hunt for
"Hiuips," are looking for eoplu who are
fanxious to sell out for cash. A few such
bnrmiins may be picked up by diligent
search, but they are growing ncarcer
every twenty-four hoars are decreasing
in about the same proiortiou that
would-be buyer are increasing.
The most intortiint deal that has
Wen pulled off for a month or more was
the purchase by T. II. Diinpliy ftoin J.
('. Ilelff of llfty feet on Granite street,
on which are tlm buildings, occupied by
the Magnolia saloon and Urodie's jewelry
store. This is considered to In) among
the best business, property in Sumpter
and Ih a great bargain at ftOQO cash, the
price reHrted to have been paid. Mr.
Dunphy says he will at mice lower the
saloon building to grade, and in two or
three weeks will move the other build
ing and erect there a brick block.
""And our minen did it all.
Air Drills for the Crown Point.
The air compressor for the Crown
Point, Cable Cove district, arrived hero
Monday, and Thomas F. Ilarbee, one of
the owners, in hero looking after its de
livery and Installation at the mine. He
thinks he will have it in oterution
within a week or ten days. There Ih
already a steam drill on the proerty,
but it did not oierate successfully after
the long crosscut wiih driven In live or
six hundred feet, and it wuh abandoned
nearly a year ago. During tliu pant
winter the work ban lccn done by hand,
Tom Costelln taking it under contract.
The present owners, of the Crown l'oint
have U'en lighting in the courts for its
Misseshiou and doing intermittent de
velopment work for the past twelve
years. They now ntm to cut the vein
inside of sixty days, at n depth ofalsnit
1HK) leet, and if tliu ore Issly is allright
at that depth, tliu Crown Point will be
a mine. Considerable ore wuh taken
from tliu vein high up tliu mountain
side years ago, that carried Ik'tter than
llfty dollars in values, hut it could not
bu sliipK'd at a protit.
Pine and Olive Creek Placer Cleanups.
Sucriutendciit Dave McCoy brought
in a partial cleanup from tliu I'jiiu
Creek placers Monday. The work of
hydruulickliig on both the Olive and
I'iue Creek cnniuinieM' ground has lieen
miHieiided until the dry season is past,
and the final clean up for the season is
now being made. Mr. Killen, of the
linn of Killen, Warner A Stewart, that
liandleH both thene properties says that
the returns are unexpectedly gratifying;
that they demount rate beyond doubt
their value, and that next year Home
thing handsome in the way of dividends
will In) presented to Ntock holders). Much
dead work has been done this year,
ieuiug up the ground for advantageous
operation.
WORK AT SMELTER.
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Bids for Machinery Have!
Been Received. j
Work is progressing very satisfactorily
on the smelter. Professor Khcrniau
says that tires were started under the
llrst kiln of a half million brick Sunday
and yesterday It v. as all thoroughly
heated. For a second kiln :UHI,(XM) brick
have been moulded and placed In posi
tion. Men are also engaged getting out
rock for foundations,
In a few days a lime kiln will le start
ed at the ipiarry north of town, which
has lieen secured by the Smelter com
pany. For smelting, the crude lime
rock Ih thrown into the furnace, but
burnt lime Ih necessary in making tlm
concentrate bricks. Then, too, large
nuuntltles of lime will lie lined in mak
ing mortar for the foundation, dust
chamber and Htack.
Dr. Mueller reortH that all bids for
the machinery have been received, and
the award will prohuhly be made in a
week or ten days, lie leaven this after
noon for Deliver to look after thin part
of the business, (ieorge Hradley, repre-
sentlng the Allis-ChalmerH company, of
Chicago, bus Imcii in town for a day or
two soliciting this order, lie submitted
a bid yesterday.
The Hiiple of this entire district have
cause for self congratulation over the
fact that this great enterprise in now
assured. It will prove to lw the great
est stimulant for ileelopnient that
eastern Oregon has oer received.
Owners of projects will In able to take
out a few tons of ore, get the cash for It,
buy grub and powder and proceed with
their work, ludi!eudeiit of the promoter
and eastern money. It In going to
hasten tliu day when this will bo one of
tliu world's greatest mining regions, and
recognised as such.
Consultations Over Electric Lines.
F.mil Meler, of the North I'ole, lepre-
sentlng Alexander llaring, wus in town
last evening, consulting with the owner
of the right of way for an electric Hue
from .Sumpter to Itoiirue and one or two
other prominent business men. It Is re-
IKirted that Mr. liur.ng in favorably Im
pressed with thu prohibition. Another
Higuillcaiit fact in this connection wuh
thu presence in Sumpter yesterday of A.
It. Frame, the gentleman who is promot
ing u water-electric owcr proS(sltlonoii
Kagle creek. He has u franchise in lin
ker City and has submitted a proHHitlon
to the mine ow uers of the Cracker Creek
district for the transmission of -ower to
the mines there. The whole scheme
looks as if it were working out smoothly.
mill iud Is having It moved to hi
procrty. This is one of iie most com
plete plants ecr brought to eastern
Oreiron, consisting' of twenty stamps,
concentrators, electric, 'lighting appar
atus, with ample holler and engine ca
pacity. It was hauled out to the Little
(limit, but was never distillled, and Ih
as good as new. .lust why It was ever
puichascd for that property Is a myn
tery. When ilelhcred on the ground
there wiih practically no ore in sight.
Afterwards the Liverpool owners ilrovo
a IIItHI-foot tunnel, without showing up
anything worth while, and the proposi
tion was abandoned. The mill cost
t-'i.CHM), and Is said to have been sold
for less than half that amount, ltoth
the buildings and machinery will Ih
mined to the (Vyche, distant (our
miles. At that mine there Ih u shaft
12ft feet deep, with UK) feet of drifting.
all in good ore. 'I here in also u 400-foot
tunnel, that is still 200 feet from the
ledge. From thu latter It Ih the inten
tion to take ore for the mill.
Psyche Buys Ltttle Giant Mill.
Judge Fawcett, of Omaha, who owns
the l'oyche, out in the (ireenhorns, Iiuh
been in Sumpter more or less for a week
past. He Iiuh iKiught the Little (iiaut
Will Develop the Golden Rule.
Al lllllter has negotiated ndeul where
by the Golden Ittile, Cable Cove district,
will lie extensively duveloied, work to
In commenced at once. A company hint
been incorporated to work thu proiertyr
capitalized at 1, 000,000, with half the
stock in the treasury. McNicklcHifcCo.,
stock brokers of Chicago and Portland,
will Im the lineal agents, and have al
ready put up money with which to Ik
ulu operations. Al llillier Ih not saying
much iilsnit the deal, ho the details can
not now lie leiiruid. The Golden Ifuhr
is one of the old proxrties of that dis
trict, on which considerable develop
ment work has U'en done. Soiuir
years since sccral ciirlomls of ore w un
packed two miles, hauled to Sumpter
and shiiH'il to the smelter at Kverett,
and though it carried values of llfty-four
dollars, the euterpiise was not a linun
clnl success. The property wiih owned
by Dr. Fisher, Major (ilisan and Al llil
lier. The latter will have charge of thtr
work at the mine.
New Work on Oregoa Monarch. -Will
HobbiiiH is now in charge or
work al Oregon Monarch, iih consulting
engiueer. A crew of men Iiuh Imcn put
to work on thu recently iicipiireiL
Murphy and Mnnahiiu proierty, run
ning a long tunnel that wjll cut several1
veins. In the meantime, work in being
continued on the tunnel now' fur hi on
the Monarch t-latni. The new tunnel
will attain considerably greater depth,,
and will Im connected with the old by
an upraise, affording excellent ventila
tion. Timber and Homestead Fillofs.
TimU'r and homestead tilings, uh well
an lliiul proofs, can Im made before
Charles II. Chance, United States com
missioner, olllce in First Hank of Sump
ter building, Sumpter, thus saving -pliciiutH
expense of a trip to La Grande.
l-ave vour measure for a nuit of
clothes at Xeill Mercantile company's.
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