COVERS
THOROUGHLY
THE
GOLD FIELDS
of the
INLAND EMPIRE
EASTERN
INVESTORS
IN
OREGON NINES
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TALK OF THE TOWN.
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Mr. Moulton arrived from Minnr
n polls several days slnec.
Dr. mid Mrs. Iahi Cleaver wore.
Htimptcr yesterdap between trains.
Mrs. A. W. Ellis went to Maker City
this afternoon, to visit friends there for
ii week.
Jesse llobwiii loft Sunday for I'oMIhikI,
as a delegate t tliu irrigation conven
tion now in session there.
General Manager Townscml, of the
Ituliy Mckce, huh in town Monday.
Hi! rejKirlH three, feet of snow in (lie
Cove.
Clark Snyilii arrived in Similiter sov
eral days -inee from mi extensive trip
nil over the wentern country, looking '"
a Ix'lter ton tliiin Hunipter, which lie
didn't lind.
('. M. Iturlaiid, a mining mini in tint
tirceuhnriiM, was in .Suinpter hint week
on IiIh way to .Stafford, Oregon, where
liu will Hpeml the winter, returning here
in tliu spring.
A. W. Ellis irt making all kinds of
changes and improvement)! in IiIh
llrewery saloon. The rooiu Iiiih been
very much enlarged, and Ih licing hand
fomely decorated.
A. II. Frame, of Portland, who Ih pro
muting a hi if electric Jmwer propoHitiim
on Eagle creek, wan in town today.
Tim work of comdructiou Iiiih already
lieen couimenccd.
Mrs. A. I.. McEvteu joined her Iiiih
hand here in Humptcr several iluyH
Hince, lie having lieen here two or three
ninutliH, returning after an aliHcuce of
iiioro than a year.
Mrs. tiertridge arrlxcd in Suinpter
iIiIm forenoon from Salmon City, Idaho.
Mr. (iertridge arriued scleral days
hi i ice. They will reside here in future,
having heeu iiIihcuI iiIhiuI a year.
Charley Moore, who hasn't U'en ery
well fnrsetcrul weekn punt, Iiiih taken a
lay off foi a couple of week and left
cMcrdav for IiIh old Mumping ground
aroiiuil I'oitlaud and Oregon Citv.
Colonel .lay Nat IIiiiIhoii returned
Monday from the Itnrnt river louutry,
where ha located, on Cow creek, a big
wrtur right and a lot more ground for
the Kl Dorado Placer Mining company,
which he In promoting.
Mm. W. Parker one of the respected
pioneer in eastern Oregon, died at her
home near Ueiser Monday forenoon,
aged nitty yearn. The Case Furniture
company rant out a casket that night
and the body was forwarded the next
day to Ilaker City for interment.
C. It. Konkle has returned to town
for the winter, from IiIh properties in
the Cable Cave district, over near the
North Fork of John Day. He had one
group of claims on the samo ledge with
Crown Point, on which he has opened
up a good ore body during the pant
HC1IH0II.
JamcM Peden and .lames Murry,
miners at the Columbia, were married
yesterday in Ilaker City to Misses Maggie
Peterson and llaiina Campbell, re-
HN'ctively. Hie laities arrived the
previotiH day from Glasgow, Scotland,
for the express puroso of playing the
leading roles in thin preformancc.
David Hot-mini, who Iiiih been assocl
atcd with II. Spaulding for several
yearH in tliu wood and ice business, has
been adjudged iiiHauu and taken to the
aHyluin at Salem. Marshal Kami
turnvd him over to the county author!
tleH at linker City Monday. Ilia friends
hero noticed for Heveral weeks past that
he was losing his mental balance.
Colonel W. A. Hoot, representing the
San Francisco Mining and Kngineering
Iteviuw, left this afternoon, aftor put
ting In ten protitahlo days in Suinpter.
Mis nephew, W. 11. Hoot, Jr., son of a
prominent mining man in Colorado, ex
prcHident of the Denver Mining Ex-
change, arrived yesterday and will re
main during the winter.
.1. N. Van Dorn, who has been work
ing his Kl Dorado, near Granite, for
several years past, was in Sumpter yes
terday, lie says that property has
justified his faith in it and will be a
mine some day. He bus taken a con
tract from Tom McKwen to do a lot of
work on one of his Greenhorn proper
ties, and left for there today.
V. M. Hummery returned yesterday
THE GEM....
Is a Gold Producing Mine
It can pay Dividend today and will I'ortlic next twenty-live years
Many (IioumiiiiI of ton ot'oro art! blocked out.
The mine N e(iiipH'd with u mill, pump, linist, etc., and is
Heating 11(1 tons of rich rock daily.
The (SKM CONSOI.IDATKD MOM) M1NKK COMPANY
own ten full claim. Kvery miui connected with the company,
from tup to bottom, is mi cxHricnml miner.
The mumiKvmciit roiisisis of men who lire leaders in the financial
and mining circles of Oregon.
To suliMimtiutc there facts you are referred to iuivIkmIv residing
in the (Sold Fields of eastern Oregon.
We have 15KM stock, individual holdings, for sale. Write for
further information to " . -
John E. McManus&Son
IIOX 40 8KATTLK, WASHINGTON
from Baker City, where ha went to
meet his wife, who arrived from Minne
sota. Mr. Hummery hai been here for
two or three yean, and has Yisited his
family once in that 'time. Contractor
Moray ke and Harley Wood are planning
to do things, with tin cans and cow
belli, to the "bridal couple."
The celebrated tiund'a "the beer of
good cheer" always on draught at Dua
phy's The Club.
Something to depend noon Giant
powder.
...J. W. COWDEN...
HAS A FINE LINE OF
PHOTOGRAPHIC
VIEWS OF ALL THE
MINES AND PROS
PECTS IN THE
SUMPTER GOLD
FIELDS J333i533i
MINE VIEWS ONLY
Address J. W. Cowden, Sumpter, Or.
HOBSON MERCANTILECOMPANY
Always keep a full line of
Staple Dry Goods and Groceries
especially suited for the
best familv trade J j j
OUH LINES OF MEN'S
WOMEN'S AND CHILD
KEN'S J J J J J
SHOES
are from factories of the
beit productions in
America. Our Hues of
Ladies Wear, Corsets, Shirt-
uiiiete Slfirta Unisrv
Vrai?r,fi2;0n id -ery, day articles are
- THOMSON'S most careful buy era. Ke-
wlfaVPaElif Ino member we keep the
fllUW"rll.llllK tfooda that are good and
CORSETS t,,e PrieeM n riKnt J
HOBSON MERCANTILE COMPANY
tjTfaniWgy fall
A Few Reasons
WHY YOU SHOULD BUY YOUR
FURNITURE AND CARPETS OF US
We carry everything in the Furniture and Carpet line that can be
bought in the larger cities giving you a large stock to select from.
We buy from the eastern factories in carload lots, consequently we
can sell at the lowest prices. Our long residence in Sumpter has es
tablished otir reputation for honest prices and fair dealing. We are
now carrying an 18,000 stock of Carpets and Tapestries ranging in
jirico from 3fi cents to $1.(15 per yard. Visit our store and see our
immense stuck whcthci you wish to buy or not, Jt jt Jt jt Jt jt Jt
Case Furniture Company
UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES
Mill Street Sumpter, Oregon
n
CI Zlew Drug Store
Everything New
and Up-to-Date
Cfye ZHcrccr Xrug Company
GRANITE STREET .SUMrTER. OREGON "
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