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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1902)
COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT I LATEST STRIKE IN THE GOLCONDA Six Eeet of $150 Ore Encount ered in the 100-Foot Level. J. A llowuril rmiiu in from tint (Sol i'iiiiiIii tliiH forenoon ami rotillrniH tliti niHtrt which ho telephoned In yesterday regarding tho latent strike in tlntt proji orty. It wiih encountered while drifting on llni KHl-fiM)! level, at ii point about in linn with tliti lii of tlin oru mIkioI carry ing the iiiurveloiinly high values that liovu Hindu this inimt fumoiiH through out tint world, u veritable realization of wllllt itH IINIIIII implies. When llrst found .Monday night tlium wan only u few Inches of the ore, that as sayed 7ll. After twenty-four hours work it Iihh widened out to full nix feet, with gold value clear acronn tho face of f MM). Mr. Howard says that there in every indiratioii that there in a huge IkhI)' of this ore, and if ho it will U) tho most valuable strike ever made in tho luinu; notwithstanding the fact that on the next lower level roek currying $50,000 bus been mined. The ore now being taken out will Imi sucked. - 1 TALK OF THE TOWN. main olllre in at Maker City, with a brunch hum in Kiimptur in charge of Mr. Ilendryx. Professor I.. I). IM wards, of Maker City, a highly iiccomplshud musician, a successful teacher and a composer of moro than local fame, having won soV end prize in international contents is organizing a clans In Sumpter. I lu Iiiim already secured about a half dozen pu pilM. Colonel Warner A. Moot, an old time uuwNMiMjr man, well known in the minion regions of all tho Mocky moun tain states, from the boundary line of MritiHh Columhia to thatof Mexico, in in the Sumpter diHtriet in the intercut of the Mining and Kngineering Kovlow, a IiIkIi grade, attractive weekly published at Hhii FniiiciHco. In addition to the usual weekly letter from Sumpter by itH regular corresjioudent, tho Meview will publish hucIi iiiatterH crtaining to the diHtriet an Mr. Moot may find in bin travelH during Ida sluy. S. II. Mell cxH'ctH to U'ave Saturday for a trip eiiHt, on mining btiMineHH. I'rofonsor W. S. Klicrmun returned Sunday from a tiip to Portland and. Seattle. The Sumpter I'iro department will give itH fourth annual hall Thanksgiving evening, Thursday the 271 h iiiHtaut, in Kills opera Iioiiho. , Huv. W. W. Van lliisou, of llnise, Idaho, will preach in the Mcthisllsl church tomoi row, Thursday evening, and hold a iUartcrly meeting. The new telephone directory, gotten out in Maker City, Iiiin Ih'cii distributed and them are about an many name in the Sumpter lihl that are wrong uncur led. Kvcictt llmwii cvpects to leave the latter pari of this week for bin old home in New York state, wheiehe will remain most of the winter, promoting a uiiiiing deal. JamcH lliggiun, representing the Ma lyluiul syndicate that owns the Owl and r.lephaul, in the Cable Cove district, in again in Mimptcr, looking after that properly. Mr. and Mr. Scout, of Nebraska, who i hK'Ut several weeks here hint Mimmcr, guests of Mr. ami Mot. I). I,. Killeu, re tunned to Sumpter thin forenoon and will remain several moutliH. Mis Kmiiiu Starr, accompanied by Minn Clara Myers, of Sumincrvillc, came up from Maker City I It in forenoon to vHud the day with Mr. Hurt and Mr, (irifllth, sisters of Mini Starr. Al tieiner and II. T. Ilendryx have in corMiralcd an investment coiiiuuy bearing their uaiiicN, hyphenated. The Check Swindler Maku Good Wge. A Hiuootb check swindler arrived in Sumpter Saturday forenoon and left Sunday afternoon witb noveral hundred dollars Hecurcd on fraudulent checks. Hit opened u hiiirII account with ono of the ImnkH, on a forged check having the nlgiiaturo of Servince-Wrigbt Lumber company, of McKwen. He succeeded lu getting four of these, for tlxty dollars each, cashed by different merchant. He iiIho issued bin own checks on the local bunk. The returns are not all In yet, but enough to demonstrate that he Hindu good wugen. Ho went from hero to Maker City and turned the trick there witb equal neatness and dispatch, lie registered at Hotel Siimptcras Dr. Clyde Courtney, New York. There it check wiih ciihIiciI for '.M, which was made good itt the bank before the fraud wan detected. The hotel Ih ahead a good grip ami a new suit of clothes. Olllcer are endeavoring to locate the man and probably will, but no trace of him hut) yet I hi 1 1 Hoeured. Only the hcHl hraudn ol liquor and cigarn al Puuphy's "The Club." Wouldn't that jar yer? What? (Slant ixiwder. STOCKS FOR SALE My son ill Archuleta Oil OH XavajoOil -10 Convolution Oil Sumpter (iail ltordou ... .01 Maryland Oil Linton l.ako '.MKl WAXTKI) (iolcomla We have a procHVt with a tine ore Hhowing and noveral hundred feet of tunnel that caii.hu Ixiught at low price if taken at once. Wilson & Bucknum MIXIXti IXVKSTMKXTS iSloanon llldg S'J M ITr.lt, OMK. Alexander Clothing Company THE ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS Has opened a Clothing Store in the Wilson Block, corner of Mill and Granite Streets, with a full line of Clothing, Gent's Furnishing Goods etc. A Few Reasons WHY YOU SHOULD BUY YOUR FURNITURE AND CARPETS OF US We carry everything in tho Furniture and Carpet line that can be bought In tho larger cities giving you a large Htock to select from. We buv from tho eastern factorien in carload lotn, consequently we can Hell at the lowest prices. Our long residence in Sumpter Iiiih es tablished our reputation for honest price and fair dealing. Wo ure now currying an $8,000 stock of Carpet and Tapentrien ranging in iirlco from IWcenta to f 1.(15 per yard. Visit our store and sett our immense stock whothoi you winli to buy or not, jt j jt j jt j j Case Furniture Company UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Mill Street Sumpter, Oregon 'TvrrinpnnrrrrvnnttTnnnrf CI 2Icit Drug Store Everything New and Up-to-Date (Et?c ZHercer Drug Company GRANITE STKEHT SUMPTER. OREGON A ' -i -J-