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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1902)
COVERS THOROUGHLY THE- GOLD FIELDS ol the INLAND L-MPIRE j&&jg. ng' :iwjflM EASTfcRN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT I TALK OF THE TOWN, ,,'l,,,," "y, "",l wi" iv, " r"1"1 epcnlm: Saturday evening, when u , , ,, hw ell free 1 11 in-) i will Ik nerved Id nil II... Mean, h.nnI n.w in ..rkiuK over- ; .,,. ,,, ,, ,.,,.. lime in Milliliter iiihI viciiilly. i ai which went out annul a iiulr Mini I''. K anil Dr. Iaiu (.'leaver wciu in town ycMcrday traiiMictiui; Nimcmiuiiic. llllHilll'h-. W. Wade, a prominent iiiiiiiiij; mini (if till' (irauitc ami Alamo diHtrictH, wiih in liittii thl week. .Mr. anil Mr, (i. II. Tcdrowc will leave fur linker City hlmrlly, to make that city llieir Inline in future. I'. J. Illinium, the (iranite attorney, wiih a lniHiiifxH vihilor thin week In Hitiuptcr iiinl linker City. Mrc. A. .1. StiiiHou retnrneil yeHleiday fmni I'lirllaml, where die ban been in itiii); frlcniln fur several week. Ir. Mnullnn, trenmirer of lint Tiirua uain Arm company, letnnieil ycnterilay fmni a iiiick liii In Mi n nen ml in. Mr. ami Mrn. (i. II. Small anil V. ('. 'ownill, iif the linker City Democrat, Hpent Snmlay with friemln in Sumpter. 1 1 (it'll lYutnn, an engineer ami ma chinlM of May view, WiihhiiiKlon, uriivcil in town yehterilay to locate here for the winter. Mrn. It. II. Kemp lias come down from llrillch Columbia and Joined her hiiNli.ind here, where they will live in future. Hurley Wood, i. W. While, William StiiiHim anil Al DavidHon are expected home tomorrow from their hunting ex edition. (Jlienter ItnhbhiH, hnitherof .Mayor .1. II., will mkiii open an iiwav olllce here, pioh.ihly in David W'IImmi'h new brick block. Tint Snniiler i'iirrehiondenl of the linker City Dcniocint, whoever he may be, in inni'cnrnte, unreliable mid pcruic tiled with malice. Mii Calder, who cpcul the i-nniiiirr on (iinH llnrbor, Windiinutou, hue ie tinned (o Similiter to keep hom-o for her biotlier, W. i Calder. John I. Stniyill, of lUker City, wiih in Sumpter rcvcrnl day recently on iiiHiir nine Inif iiii-f- mid lo.ikiiiK after his nun hit: lutcrcM in Cable Cove illMiict. An I'liileil Mali'H revenue liifpcctorof roillaud w.n in town vcxlcrday, xeeinu' that the beer mid Uittled jjihhIh in the dilleieiit Milooiif weie piopcrly Mumped. Tom Ingram in having n Mote room on .Mill Mreet, between (iranite mid Center, lilted up neatly mid will occupy it at an early day with a new slock of C.ood. Olio Hcilockcr and William .luck-on returned Satmday from their hunting trip. When they left for home they hnd :I00 ducki. to the ctedil cf their uiarkeuiauhhip. The raw mill bcloupiiiK to tin North I'olo mine wan entirely dctliovcd by lire .Monday uilit, licetber with IO.IHM feet of lumber. The ttf, in addition to the lumber, in illmllt $.'ilHI. Mre. Towler and daughter, of I'ort laud, arrived in Suiupler thin week and will make thin their home for the win ter, the have rented tint IIoIimiu Iiouhc mid moved into it. MUh Towler i. mi accouipliHlicd niUHiciaii. n half from town thin morning mid kill cd a deer. If Hurley Wood und bin party don't briiiK back n carload tomor row, after an absence of two week, there will be the launh ami a borne on them. W. H. Mather Iiiih rented the (ioldcn Kiltie hotel from A. K. Danny and al ready Iiiih a limine full of eucctH. He wiyn ho in nerving on un average of lf0 iiiciiIh a day. The men In are good ouch, Mild the, homclcHH, eating public, evi dently appreciate the excellent fervid1. Max Shllloek, of the Portland Tele gram, ha been In thin dlHtrict for a week pant, Hccuriuir information for a Htory to he puhliHlicd in the wpcuial ChriHtinitH edition of that paper. He iiIho let a contract for Hiinie iluveloimunl work to be done on a promicini; clnliii hu nwtiH near Lawton. Walter Allen and .1. 11. McCallum were in town ycHterday from the Miic'h l.uck mini). With a force of men they have Jiift llninhcd repairing and railing a mile of miiiiiii road, di-inn an ad ditional 5)0 feet of ditch and have put the bunk and InuirdiiiK Iioiihch in proKT h1iiiic, that the miners may Ik- comfort able, all winter. .1. A. (iraiiiKcr Iiiih wild IiIh intercHt in the (iem hiiIooii to hin partner, and ox pcctH to no to Nevada, where he Iiiih a valuable niiiiini' property. Jimmy (iraiiiKcr Iiiih won the enviable rcputa tiou hero of lieiii' a 'Viuarn man;" hu cimimandH the relied of the entire com muiiity and all who know him regret to learn of bin intended departure, ami hope for bin MifccrH. Sunriiiteudeut Dnvu McCoy, of Kil leu, Warner A .Slcwart'n placer pniier-tit-H, wan in town yeHterday. He cay the K'hervoirH on I'ine creel., that nre Im'iiih coiiHtriiclcil under contract, are about completed and that hu in ricliinn work on two of them on the Olive Creek dlpninnN. Next year he will have enough water to run three uiaulH all m'iihou nt each nid will takeout enough mild to pay (a part of) the national debt iTRAHORN'S IMPROVEMENTS. Taylor A lluvih have bought the C'upi tal hotel bar and had it rcliltcd in ex- Will rurnUli PUnty ol Watr for Donui tic Purposes and Power. It. IC. Stnilinrii arrived fiom Sptikaue ye-leiday foreiUHiu and hpciit the day lookiiitover bin water ditchc. He took poihcrrion of tlie Dili water riht, re cently purchie-ed. Tln Muuich ami illlcho will be rccoiiMruclcd nextt-prili); and nil the wulcr in I'oudcr rfver will U lltilicd for Kcuerntili); electric Hiwer, which will run from a minimum in the dry ffiiMiu ol HHI hoie to over .VK) dur inii hinh water in the Hpriu, itvcrninu J.")ll-lnirM' Niwer the year around. Mr. Straboru H.ivH this will Ih more than he need for the clccindl):ht plant mid the remainder will he for Nile. He w ill offer fpcciul imluceiiieutH to thorc who wUh to cftnhlifh here any kind of iiuiiiiifiicliirinn plant. The water Mipply for the city Iiiih been coked. The new connection Iiiih been completed and at noon today the prccMiro with thirty.tivo hiuiuIh, nmie than it ban Ih-cii for nix week pant. Over one mile of pipe ha lxen laid, at a coct of I'OOl) in labor, exclusive of the main". Water wiih turned in Saturday, when it wan (lit-covercd there wiih a leak in tlii dam, which In now beln re paired. It Ih hoped that by tomorrow water will reach the liiglivct elevatioiiH in the city. The recervoir at the head of Pole Creek in now practically com pleted, and after the present dry HeiiHiui Sumpter will never have another v.ater famine. Mr. Strahurn leuveH thin nfternooii for i Kurope, where ho and IiIh wife will! Hpaiid tlm next nix i it be. Mm. Strnhorn will join him in Idaho. ' Clara Mathti Draws Big Houses. The Clara MatheH conipany Iiiih been drawini crowded hoiiHCH every evening this week at Kllln' opera Iioum-, ami all who have witneHced the playthavecome aw'ny highly pleaced and uminlniiniH in the venlict that It in one of the bent coiupniileH Hint hat ever vinited Suinp ter. The play tonight will le "The Woman From Martiiiitiie." The npe eialtieH iutriHluced lietween actn were clever and helped beguile the time away. More chairx have been placed In the hall in order U atvoininodate the crowd, a" Ktandlnir room only Iiiih been the order for the pant two evening. CAPITAL HOTEL EUROPEAN PLAN NIGHT AND DAY THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS AT ALL HOURS REMODELED AND UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT A. J. DENNY, PROPRIETOR STEAM ENGINE FOR SALE One 50-horse power Ideal Engine, virtually new. Engine here in Sumpter and can be bought right, for $600. Cost $70 at the factory. Enquire of FRANK BALDWIN w tfp -tf iF.E.O'Rourke&Co.i I RIGHT EVERYTHING FRESH $ " i i PRICES I I N GROCERIES B L i ; Granite St. Sumpter, Ore. $ ia ,& THE GEM SALOON A. J STINSON, Prop. (Successor to Snyde 8t Stinson) Only the Beat Brands of Liquors Served Ovtr the Bar SUMPTER, OREGON resjsi .--JKS2 l