COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON NINES Pay for AND READ IT I I T.V- TALK OF THE TOWN. in 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 " .JUJJJJbgJUUUULOJU.