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THOROUGHLY
THE
GOLD FIELDS
of the
INLAND EMPIRE
EASTERN
INVESTORS
IN
OREGON MINES
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AND READ IT
TALK OF THE TOWN.
Mr. Hennencey, of Hjiokuuu, lnlnltiiif
IiIh brother, J. J.
K. Ilarrln, of Milan, Mlccourl, arrlvet'
in town luHt week to vintt hi eoiuln, .1 J
J. rHurgill.
Joe Miknl, formerly of thin city, but
now of ShiiU Criiit, California, arrived in
town Monday on a hort bunincnn trip.
Tom Molllt, imperinUsndent of the
Oregon Monarch, In in town today. Ilu
xaya everything in moving along nmooth
ly and wttinfactorily at that mine.
(J. K. Porter, manager for cantern Ore
goti of llui Inland Telephone and Tele-I
Kraph company, wan in town thin week,
lMkiii after the linen In the Humpter
dlntrlcl.
A. M. I'. Kirchliuiiner, a proniineiit
attorney of.' Prairie City, and V. W.
Watnoii, editor of Tlio Miner at that
place, panned through .Sumpter yeMer-
day on their way to Portland.
Harry II. Hurt, unniMunt nrgaulxcr of
the endowment rank KnightH of I'ythiiiH
for Oregon, arrived in town today to or
ganize u branch of the order. Si far, he
Iiiih been mcctinir with excellent miccenn
amoiiK the KuightH here.
Dr. lm and K. K. ('leaver panned
through Similiter Sunday, on their way
t I'ruirie City. . They roiorl that the
nylvanltc find in Wallowa county In, un
der development, proving to be the big
Kent thiiiK in eantern Oregon,
K. A. Bryan, a mining exjicrt from Se
attle, Iiuh been in and around Sumpter
for nuvcral dayH uwt. He Iiuh made
Hovcral tripH here during the pant year.
Mr. Ilryan wiim for a number of yearn
xHrt tor the late MarciiH Daly.
CluirlcH i:. Itolilin, formerly an utlor
uey in thin city, now located In Portland,
wan in Sumpter nevcral dayn this week.
He owiih the Itolilin addition to Simili
ter, couth of town, ami In here at pre
cut an the reprcHentalivoof the pianola.
Hon. M. II. Ucchc, ex-chief juntlce of
the Supreme court of Nebranka, and At
torney I. II. Ilatllcld, of Lincoln, IniiIi
friend of I). I.. Killed, are in Sumpter.
They are here to iiiMcct tlio gold lleldn
of eaHtem r mm, with a view to in
venting. Taylor it llevic will ienieu the Capital
Hotel bar at an early day, after remodel
ing and rclllllng the place In elegant
Myle. I'hey will put In a complete ntock
of good goodn, wlnen, liipiorn and clpirc,
and rim a high clacn rcnort, an both
know how' to do.
kaue. SuHriutendeut Keoiierly linn
flninhcd building the m-cenmiry houcenat
the proHirty and Iihh commenced driv
ing the tunnel, which will be done by
hand for a diNtance of about twentv-flve
feet.
I'ontmiiNtcr Tom CoMello, of Cable
ville, wan in town Monday, lie nay
work in being- actively puahed on all the
leading milieu in Cable Cove district at
thin time. A ledge wan recently cut in
the long tunnel nn the Baby McKee, but
no one, untile from the ieople at the
mine, known anything about the charac
ter and nixe of the ore body.
Married, in thin city, Thurndav, Sep-
temlier 2ft, 11102, Mr. Sum Duncan, of the
Columbia mine, anil Minn A I lie Fleming,
orilakerCity, Itev. Mr. Wilder olliciuting.
Mr. Duncan in an employe of the Colum
bia mine and In well and favorably
known in thin nee t Ion. The bride ban
been vinitiug with relative at the mine,
and in a mottt charming voting lailv.
Mr. and Mm. Duncan have gone to
hounekccplug at the Columbia. Their
many frieudn wind them all liappiueMn
and roxx'rlty.
CAPITAL HOTEL
Sheriff II. K. Itrowu Iuih Ik-vii in
!uniiter for cccrul duyn pact and in to
day, to accommodate local ta.xpaycm.
Taxcn become dcllinpiciil October tl,
when a twelve percent penalty ic added,
and the pmierty involved will hcadvci
lined for mile, involving additional ex
ponce. Mr. Smith, partner of Arthur Hrow tie,
the emliieiit mining engineer, arrived
from the eant cewral dayn nince and will
make Sumpter bin hcadiiiarlerH' In
future, The gentleman wax formerly
profeMr of geology and mineralogy at
Cornell, and ban won fur hiuinclf an en
viable mime In the ncieutltlc world.
The machinery for the Cold Coin air
comprctmor ban arrived. It in of the
Kami make and wiim chipped from Sh-
Dedication of the Mtthoditt Church.
The dedicatory nervicen of the new
Methodlnt church hint Sunday were well
attended, the hounu being crowded both
morning and evening. The morning
Hcrmnn wan preached by the Itev. Dr.
HepHi and wun an able and Instructive
diHcourne on the (tower of faith. The
evening Hcrnion wan delivered by Hcv
C. K. Tinld, of linker City, and wan
lintcned ti attentively by the large audi
enco prcnciit. Dr. Mueller, chairman of
the board of tructocc, made u Htutement
of the lluimcen of the church, which
nhowed they were in excellent condition,
the rcciilt of the uutiringenergy andxcal
of the piintor, Itev. . I. M. Wilder. The
dngmg by the choir received uuivcrnul
commendation.
Another Drug Store for Sumpter.
M. It. Mercer, who formerly conduct
ed a drug ntore here, ban returned to
Sumpter to reengage in the name buni
uenn. He ban rented the ntore room now
oi'cupiud by Tom Dnilpby and will take
IKjcconclon an noon an the latter'n brick
building in completed and be vacaten bin
(recent ipiartern. In the meantime, Mr.
Mercer ban necured one nideof Campbell
A; I.audretb'n jewelry ntore and will oien
up a ntock of drug there next week. He
in a thorough druggint, exceptionally
couiictcul in the work of couiMiuudiiig
prcncriptioiic, and in cure to ctep into u
paying buclnenn from the ctart.
That Dots This Mean?
There in much nicculation indulged in
hVrcahoutn an to the meaning of the
traunfer of the roadway from Itourue to
the K. tV. K. mill to Alexander Muring,
tiled with the county roomier hint week,
puhlinlied in another column of Thk
MivKit today. Some are of the opinion
that the North 1'ole coplo are merely
nccuriiig a right of way foraiiothcr tram
way, while other think thin in the tlrct
ntep in conic ntrategic move to bottle up
certain Intercctn in that vicinity. No
one ncuuin to know exactly what in the
purponc of the jmrcliunc.
Krenh candy daily ai, Hoffmnn'n liuk
llcnt brundn,
llrtkcry.
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cigars
at- Hoffman's
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