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iujd& BiMIpIHHHBH III
vol IV.
THAT BURNT
RIVER ROAD.
ANOTHER EFFORT NOW BEING
MADE TO BUILD IT.
Attorney McColloch Pushing the Good
Thing Along Only $3000 Required
County Will Give Halt of This
Sum Lets Than Thirteen Miles to
Be Constructed.
Attorney C. II. McColloch hit under
taken the iuiKirluut task of having
constructed tlmt much discussed wugon
road from Sumpter to the rich ugricul
turn! section on lluriit river, ami ex
presses the laslief tlmt lie Im going to
succeed in the undertaking, without
encountering any very serious obstacles,
physically or otherwise. Ah a nmtter
"of f&eVeVy'iridlvldual'artUMnVltuiloriI
except the Sumpter Valley road, at all
interested In tho enterprise have always
lieen in favor thereof and tho only
Hieing that Iiuh ever been need to
secure itH consummation Iiuh been for
some one to lead off and push the
M-henie. This Attorney McColloch hint
xoluntecred to tin.
It will be reineinls-red that a year ago
Al Jonen and .1. N. Doane went over tho
ground, selected the liest route, a pre
liminary mirvey of which wih made, at
the expense of It. K Strahoru, who watt
very auxioiiH to have the road built and
offered to give more money 'for that
purisjse than any boy, barring none.
Mr. .Me('olUeh, relying on their report
and estimate, in prewiring petitions to
the lioard of county commissioners, to
lie signed by the residents of Sumpter
and the llurut riser country, attiring
that this I' made a county road, and
for lluuncial aid In constructing 'it.
Commissioner (ilea (-on lias promised
that the hoard will appropriate un niucli
us the eiti.eiiH will raitie.
Subscription pajicrs will bo circulated
iu Sumpter and anions the farmers,
asking for both labor and money con
tributions, one being just an acceptable
an the other.
The route from Sumpter will be al
most due south, down pant the cemetery,
on to the Young ranch, over the
summit on a grade not ho steep an that
which the railroad cllnilis, and then
down to the King ranch, a total distance
from Sumpter of only thirteen and
one-half miles, the necessary construc
tion work being several mileH less.
From that point to both Unity and
Herford, the places desired to be
reached, there.are alreatly good, roads.
It is estimated that f'JUUO is all that will
be reu,ulrl to do the work iu a most
excellent manner.
Attorney McColloch, accompanied by
,V. K. Meade and perhaps one or two
owners, will soon go down to the Burnt
riverWtion and start the good work
SUMPTER, OREGON, OCTOBER 22, 190.
from that end of the line and then re
i turn to Sumpter to cloe and clinch the
J whole business.
' The building of thin road has lieen
Tiik Minkk'm favorite hobby (if a ny one
wishes to call it by that name) for two
years pant, and it has reieatedly pointed
out the great beiiclits which Sumpter
business men and the rancherH will de
rive therefrom. The fanners want a
market for their produce, and Sumpter
will afford an excellent one. Where
they sell their hay and other products
of the farm, they will buy their goods.
It is a mutually advantageous arrange
ment and every one should assist.
And while wu are reaching out for thu
agricultural trade, we shouldn't forget
that there is a big miner trade right at
our doors, just over the divide, on ltock
creek, that now goes to Baker t'ity,
twice the distance, liecause there is no
road to Sumpter.
NEIL J. SORENSEN AT HOME.
Tells of Eacouraghig Butte Conditio
, - hikt Eut.
Mr. ami Mrs. Nell J. Horensen return
ed Sunday from Portland, where the for
mer went to attend the state convention
of the Knights of l'ythias, anil the latter
had been visiting friends for several
weeks.
Mr. Sorensen had previously seut
several weeks in the east, looking after
the business in his several branch of
fices. He reports that financial condi
tions are good throughout the count r-,
especially in the wheat growing sections
of the Dakotas and Minnesota. Ho far
as his individual intercHtsareconcerncd,
he met with the most encouraging state
of affairs on this trip that he has en
countered iu his long miningexicrlence.
It is that stockholders in the Friday,
who have sent representatives to the
mine, which several syndicates that
have purchased large blocks of stock
have done, are all eager to increase their
holdings.
This, of course, is the result of not
only finding to be true the representations
he has made that the Friday is a devel
oped mine and not a prospect, but Is
cause they learned through srsoual
investigation that the management of
the company is even more anxious than
they to hasten the day when dividends
shall be declared. The fact that a stamp
mill has been purchased and is being
installed, gives confidence that that day
is rapidly approaching and they ullwant
to get hi before the first distribution
takes place, before the stock increases
to three or four times Its present price.
Advance Mining Company.
T. J. Costello, J. K. Cunnyngham and
J. L. Cady are the inrorjsirators of the
Advance tiold Mining company, which
owns a promising group of claims within
the Cable Cove mineral belt. Supplies
are now being packed in to the mine,
that work may be continued all winter.
Five meu will be employed. The ore
assays high near the surface and all in
dications are said to be favorable.
RELATIVE TO
REAL ESTATE'
Marked Activity Displayed in
Last Ten Days.
During the just week or ten days
there has lieen a decidedly active iuoe-!
meiit in Sumpter real estate. A num
ber of small deals lme been made, sev
eral of more importance and twoor three
involving the most valuable business
proierty in town are now Is'ing negoti
ated. Among these latter is that of the Kills
oiera hoiise, with the single exception
of the Neill Mercantile company's, the
best corner in Sumpter. The prnierty
is located at the intersection of the two
main business streets, (irauite and Mill,
has a frontage of sixty-three feet and is
owned by A. W. Kill, Bela Kadlsh,
owner of the Baker City sampling works,
la reported to be the man who wants to
buy. Seymour Bell worked up the deal.
The purchase price is said to be $10,001),
At least two interesting stories are
current regarding this transaction. One
is to the effect that in case the sale is
made, (.'a to Johns will occupy the entire
lower (lour with a big department store;
that his backers think he can do busi
ness iu sfavorable a location and will
ugaiu pungle up the necessary capital.
The other rexirt is that Mr. Kadlsh is
acting for the First National hank of
Baker City; that if it succeeds Iu buying
the proterty it will move the big frame
building to some other location, and
erect in its stead a fine stone and brick
building, one risiin of which will Ixi oc
cupied by a national hunk. Iu view of
the fact that Levi Ankeny, president of
the First National bank of Baker City,
occupies the rame Msltion with eight or
ten other tluaiicial institutions and is a
pronounced bank expansionist, this story
is not at all improbaMc, but Tiik Minku
has lieen unable to coiilirm either.
Another real estate rumor is to the ef
fect that the dice Furniture company
made a cash offer of Ao()0 for the fifty
feet on (irauite strctt where the Vienna
restaurant and Campbell & l.audreth's
jewelry store stand It Is further re
ported that this offer was refused ami
that the price was llxed at ti000.
J. Schwartz Isiught the lot and build
ing iu which his Hub clothing store Is
located, adjoining the above mentioned
lots, from T. B. l-awrence last Monday
for 11000. Yesterday Mr. l-awrence of
fered to buy it Itack at au advance of
420, but Mr. Schwartx preferred to keep
the proierty. This is the best buy re
ported since Tom Duuphy bought sev
eral weeks since fifty feet in the same
block for 3600, which was bringing iu a
rental of II 600 a year.
Judge Kvans has sold two residences
during the past week, the Johns home,
on Auburn street, to T. W. Davidson;
aud F. O. Buckuuui's, Suuuyside addi
NO. 7.
tion, to .lack Kitsch Mr. Hucknum will
build an attractive residence on lota
which he owns on the hillside, beyond
the school limine.
Rich Ore From the Sunrise.
T. I'.. Davies and C. VV. Kronipe re
turned yesterday from theSunriseuilne,
Circcuhnrn district, wheie they huvo
lieen for several weeks past, doing tho.
asM'fsiucut work for the company. They
sunk shaft No. I fifteen feet ilcoier and
crosscut to the walls iu Isith directions.
The Isittnm of the shaft is now all Inure,
the ledge matter having Incii solid for
the last ten feet. There is not. a let
ter pinpecl iu eastern Oregon (or the
work done. As him in as the smelter
starts here, ore from this shaft can bo
mined, shipis.'d and treated at u prnttt.
It is the intention of the company to re
sume operations actively at un early
date. Messrs. Davies ami Krnmpo
brought down with them n lot of the
rock, which curries large iuantltle of
gray copper, besides gotsl value In gold'.
MJlllaf Ross Gttkfc On.
Paul I'olndexter, John OraiMKrein 114
Lee Pearl, of Baker City, stent Ut'
night in Sumpter, on their way home-
from it trip through the iroeuhorna.
Mr. I'olndexter was loaded totheguards
with encouraging information regarding
the great activity now prevailing in that
district He says (ireenhnru City la the
warmest mining camp in eastern Ore
gon, now or ever Iwfore. Yesterday lit
the Bouania the work of cutting a sta
tion atthoHOO fool level was commenced.
P. Ilasche, of linker City, ami A. F. Har
rison, of Oeiser, w ho are oieniug up a
most promising proerty in Komh gulch,
began Monday hauling ore to tho Hlch
inoud mill for treatment. The shaft M
now down 100 feet and is in a large Uly
of g(HHlore.
Invention for Separating Ores.
Kalnh I.. Craves, of this city, is sit Id'
to have ierfccted an invention for use lis
senaratiug ores and by which to effect
the recovery of the precious metals frou.
their ores, aud more eniHTially from
slimy ores, and the invention provides
means whereby to agitate the pulp in
the tank by means of u suitable pmup,
the suction aud discharge of which may
lxtli Imi within the same tank. Iu car
rying out the invention the pulp is in
troduced iu the tank and a solution of.
cvanide of iMitassium or other solvent is-
added, and then the pump isstarhslauifc
the agitation commences.
It Is Now Colonel R. H MUler.
Itoy Miller returned from Portland'
last Thursday, where he went to atteutii
a meeting of the Uniform Hank Knights
of Pythias. He got what he went after,.
as lie generally does, aud Sumpter la
uow the division headquarter of tho
rn; regiment formed from the compa
nies in eastern Oregon. Owing to Mr.
Miller's hard work iu the interest ol the
order, aud also to the fact that Sumpter
has the largest conimny iu the new reg
iment, he waa appointed lieiiteuaut-coV-ouel
iu tommaiid ol the regiment.