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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1902)
"W COVERS . . THOROUGHLY v.CTHEf ,, (OOLP F.LDS .' ' of (he :. NLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS ' ' ' IN OREGON MINES Pay for , AND READ IT TALK OF THE TOWN. Among tlio cxcurxiouixtx ht .Sumpter Sunday were Slioriff Mrnwn, Iteeordor Henry iiml Axxcxxor .It t . I.. I.. Fowler returned from Portland IiinI week, where lie attended I lie Klk'r carnival for xitvcral iliiyn. II. S. McCtilluiu, the mining mini, for merly connected with this Haiti ,Mouu- titln, wax in town luxt week. .Iiihii llrowu, Jr., a Spokane mining iiihii, Ih now engaged In looking over the rcKoiirccN of tht! Sumpter dlxtrict. Mm. V. S, Chipp luii-t moved her mil linery xtock ucroHM thii xtreet inloouu of the .Will Mercantile coiiipany'x xtnre riNitiiH, There in much building goi.ig on lit iriiHinl in Sumpter, to till the ever in cleaning ileiiiiiiul for rexidencex hy new comerH. Mrx. Hurley Wixxl and Mrx. Al Diiv IiIhoii left for McCullnugh'ii fork luxt week to xniiiI it week or ten iluyn camp itilC there. Among prominent (intuitu vixitnrx in town IiihI week were liny I.. I.iudxiiyund family, Mr. anil Mrx. ,1, W. TalNtr, .1. .1. O'OalruudH. .1. Ilarrett. Mr. wild Mrx. (i. S. Kitixmmi,nf.lulex burg, Colorado, are vinltiiiK their dtiugh ter, Mth. II. I.. Killeii, in Sumpter, and will remain it wwik'nr ten dayx. A nobby cottage Ih lielng erected on upHtr tlranlte xtreet, Juxt lxIow the hcliiHilhouxe, hy Ottollcrlix'ker for u rcHldeuce. Huvld Wilxon Iiiih fjnj'con- tract for itMerwlliln.J ' '. The (iolcoiida'coinpuiiy hax hud a force of men lighting lire on SiUer creek for user a week. The contractor who fur- iiixhcx the i;iliiiiaiiy witlt'cordhood loxt 1M7 I'onlx in the hit; 'Ire. .1. N. liillix, late fiom lliltixh Coluiu hia, Iiiim Ut'ii xixlug up the aorifcrntix rexourcex of the Sninpler ilixtrlcl for the paxt ten ilayx with theolijcct of aispili ing a iHiition of Itx latent wealth. '. y S, II. Smile, icprcxcutiug Kalul, 'Mc Nally .V Co., tint famoux map uiukerx of Chicago, New ork and Loudon, ix-jinw UKitistNl writing up Similiter au'd itx ie Miutcex for hix llriuV railway guide. W. S. Newbury, of tliix city, Ix tint only urUiug ollicer of the eighth Kauxax infantry, which with I In ti. A. It., Iioldx a leimiou at Wichita, Kauxax, from the '.ltd to the L'7th of tliix month. attain embark in buxlnexx here. The xocial daiiio at the Kpixcopal church laxt night wax pronounced a moxt eiijoyahle affair. The attendance wax not ax large iih uxual on account of mo many intending to go on thu exctir xion to Maker City thlx morning. V. II. Flatter, thu well known prox (HjroiiH Similiter vulley rancher, who hax rexilel near McKwen for the paxt veven teen yeurx, wax in town Saturday, ar ranging to leave for Salem, whither the family preceded him Home time ago. The much ttdvurtbed boxing content ut thu oiera hointe laxt Thurxday night wan a fake, pure unit xlinple. No one can be found who will admit being there. "Pro fexxor" Chrixtol hiked for other tleldx and puxturex new early the following morning. The Miileof IoIh on lower Mill xtreet for delinquent xtreet tuxex, which wax to have taken place laxt Monday, Iiiih been MixtM)iiud until next Monday on account of the illnexx of City Attorney Itlc.hardx. There are eleven lotx to lie xold. !, Mrx. I., Ituxh l.ixcriunrc, wife of the xipulur editor of the Maker City Her ald, hax Imi'ii xorioitxly ill for xeveral dnyx ainl wax takin to the hospital in that city laxt ieuiug to lie ocralfd on for apKndicltix. C. W. Michael hax ilixx.M-d of hix in terext in the Magnolia mIoou to Sam I.. Shannon, the latter celling hix iuteivxt in the Halfway llouxe to Mr. Michael. Sain'x many Sinnpter fricudx are glad to welcome him ax a cltWcn. Kditor I. It. How en, of the llaker City Ihmiocrat, and hix xlter, Mixx Iktwcu, and Koreniau W. M. Moore and wife, of the Herald, attended the b.tll game here Sunday and txik note mi Sunipter'x niaiiifoxt proxMrity. Mr. and Mrx. M. II. Mercer, former ly in lliedrugxlore buxlnccx in litis city mid nince then located at Walla Walla, were in town laxt week. He ix now in I'ortlaud purvhaxii g a Mock ol gixnix to coiiip.tiiy'x. The Sumpter nine didn't do u thing to the llaker City Klkx nine at Suuday'x hall game. The wore wan enly: Sump ter It), llaker City Klkx :. Over LIN) tieople came up from Maker City on the excurxlon. The Sumpter hand played between roundx. McKweu iV Watterx have purchaxed the axxay plant of C. F. Hnlit, who hax gone to Mexico. They are to be found at the old xtiind, on Center xtreet, oppo xite the x)xtolllco. Moth of thexe gen tlcnien are thoroughly competent and iireexjH'rtx in the huxinexx. I). Wilxon, of SHkaue, arrived in town thin week to look after the new brick block he ix building. Mr. Wilxon Iiiih rented the two corner roonix to .1. II. liobbmx; the third nxim to Dr. Mrock, mid the fourth room to It. K. Strahom for the water coinpany'x olllce. A teniHirary xhortage of water Iiiih prevented the city iiuthoriiiex from wuxhiug the principal xtreetx, ax Ih ciix toinitry, hut Tut: Mink it would xuggext that the heapxof waxte iucruud other refuxe deHixlted in the gutlcrx of Mill xtreet might lie treated by the dry pro cexx. Mrx. Wl-f. Kaliler will hihiii return from (irmtite, nhere xlie xent the xuni titer with her huxbaud, mid will take Hixexxinu of, Iter home, now occupiiKl by I). I.. Killen tiiid family. Mr. and Mrx. Killeu will Ixiard at the Hotel Sumpter for a time, until .1. II. Itohliinx re iitoxex to hix new iUiirterx, when they will occupy hix ptvxcut rexidence. AUmt two doen niiuerx and otherx from Itourne and U'tweeu J0tl and .'WO Sumpter ieople went to Maker City yen terilay mul tmlay to take in the carnival. The princlial attrttction for eopl from thlx Mt'tiou will lie the drilling contextx to Ui pulleil off tmluy. Several teama from tliix xevtion an eutend, including Ihtuu uud Mexxlcr, the habitual wiunent of purxi'x in thexe contextx. All the ladicx of Sumpter and vicinity ant invitel to call at Mrx. Chipp'x Mil linery I'arlorx, opHtxite llaxclie'x. uud iuxHVt her new line of fall uud winter liutx, nieiiing U'giuiiiiig September 17. T. (I. Hurrixoii, agent tor Uiant xiw dor couiauy, . SltiK'xof all kindx at Neill Mercantile I 1 'l l"l"l"H'TlT1TI"m THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCES TF YOU wish to handle a mining stock proposition yourself, you need look no farther: but thorougly investigate what we have to offer. Can deliver control of a company, with 425,000 of the original 500,000 shares still in the treasury. The property owned by the company is positively all right. The workings are in solid ledge matter, the width of which is not yet proven.though exposed for eighteen inches. Values carried are high, running from $20 to $350 in gold and silver. Personal ex amination invited. Less than 5,000, about half cash, required to secure this unequaled bargain. i 2 2 I I II SUMPTER L . OREGON X rFrrFFFFFFrFFFFFi KILLEN WARNER & STEWART MINING INVESTMENTS J. R HOLLAND e Wholesale and Retail Commission Business Wo. I Tiny, Oat,' Hurley, llnui, Wheal, Klottr ttuii I'ottit'ocx Carload aAh it Serially Special Attention Given to the Mining Trade JLRJUUUUUUUUUUL Office: .lolittV A t'o'x WnrelmiiH'. Plume .8li. SXMLTKK, OHKCON F.E.O'Rourke&Co. IICIT FVFIYTIlie FIFSI $ 4 32 "! ce cs. .. w? c EYEIYTIIK FIESI NIGESg II EIICEIIES g "" "B SS SB 9tsw&?g&M&WAmr&tcsmtc&i Granite St. Sumpter, Ore. tlP K