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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1902)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday November 26. 1902 4 MUNICIPAL POLITICS. NEW "TAKE-UP" DEVICE C.H. McCoIIoch and J. B. Stoddard Candidates for Mayor. For several days ir!vioiiH to 11! o'clock last Friday night, the last moment tit which noiiilniitloiiH for city nlllccrs could ho Died with the recorder, much InlitrcHt wiih manifested by thu public apparently u Hpecien of idle curinslt) . The. imiyor, city treasurer and four cnuncilmuii arc to bo elected Tuesday. In tlio matter of coiincilmcn, it wiih u iicMti(iii as to who could Ihi induced to run, to offer themselves iih HiicriliccH on thu altar of civic welfare. Scarcely a union wiin mentioned for treaniircr. About a dozen wern spoken of iih prnb ablo candidates for mayor. .Several weeks Hiiicn it wiih known that Attorney (!. II. McCoIIoch would hit in thu race for he hail ho Htated himself. A pcr hiHtent effort wiih made to Induce I). I.. Killen to Hrmil thu use of IiIh name; hut disown good judgment and the in HJHtclit protest of IiIh cIoho IiuhIiichh associates decided him to decline the nomination, which in to I mi regretted, ho far iih the inlercHlH of the municipality am concerned. AN day rriilay It wiih thought that V. I). II. Pndsou would he entered, iih it in known that he had given Ii!h couhciiI, at thu sincere solid tiitiou of friemlH. .hint why it wiih de cided at the liiHt uioineut not to run him In not known. John Sullivan wiih con sidered by Home to he a possibility, hut he failed to Meoru. Of course, .1. II. Stoddard mentioned Iiih own name ipilto freiiiently. Sev eral MmcH II wiih thought lluil hu had liccii choked off, cIuIiIm-iI away, driven into temporary retirement. Hut hiicIi wiih not to Ihi the case. Friday one of IiIh men Htarleil nut and by hard work u receded in getting enough mimcH to the K'titioii to "imtke hihmI". Thu content will Ihi (Hitwecn him and U. II. McCoIIoch. For treiihiirer It. II. Miller and V. K. Davidson were nominated by their re spective friemlH. Since then the latter has withdrawn, leaving a clear Held to Mr. Miller, wIiohu iiialillcationrt to ac ceptably till the portion none iiieHtion. Candidates (or thu council are: First ward, John I'. Ilitirdand ('. II. Chance; Second, J. I'. Holland and T. II. Dun phy; Third, P.P. Ilradley; Fourth, (5. K. DoNeffe, which insures it gnHl Ixtard of aldermen. Hot It ofTiiK Minkh'h occasionally es teemed conteuiporaricH are advocating the election of .1, It. Stoddard ; attempt ing to make it appear that IiIh candi dacy in thu rcMilt of an urgent demand from the business men of thu com munity, and ocifcrously inniHtin that there he no "mud slinging" '" t IiIh campaign. The reader Iiiih doubtless seen a man attempt to keep a hungry hog away from a trough of Iced. lie would kick the animal m the ribs, smash him over the head with the bucket, knock him down with a brick-bat; all to no pur him. That hog had no sense whatever; bin Momach wiih IiIh only guide ami hu would charge (or the trough the twen tieth time, bud he known that death would be the fatal price. That in the way Stoddard wan "Induced," "per- Minded" by the business men to run for mayor. Leading btiNiiiCHH men refused to sign bin H'lition thin Tiik Miskit I, now ligurativcly seaking, kicked niiii iu thu rilw, smashed him over the nead, throw rocks at him all to no .ivail. Kegardlug thu "mud ilinging" pro lsilioii,tht i merely an apH'al toevery annoyance. It Ih simple in its constrtic tiou and can hu applied to any Htnndard indicator. It consists of n short horizontal arm, at one end of which inn vertical hearing, ' For Use In Co inaction With Detent on Indicator of Steam Engine. The great trouble experienced when in which sets a Htuel pillar, on the upper lining thu detent on the Hteaui engine end of which there in a frame holding a indicator is that of the slack given up double net of loose ft eel rollers. He- I by the cord but ween thu paper drum i tw ecu tho-u thu cord from paper drum and reducing liUHhing on wheel. This passes. On thu lower end of the vertical slack if not proH.rly guided when throw-1 plllai there in a light Hpiral spring en- li 5 Ll feBK LLHifat- '"l iug mi detent Ih liable to (jet foul, there- cloned. Thin spring causes the upper liy iu many hiHtunccH wrecking thu ' frame to revolve when the cord becomes iiiHlriimeut, or at leant breaking the ' Muck, and Ih ho arranged that thu cord cord, canning delay and inconvenience to the oHrator. Thu take-up device Ih presented (or thu purpose of doing away with all thin winds on tliu frame, to Ihi given un when tension in applied. The object of thu device is to Hrniit thu operator to take as many cards as desired without unhooking from the cross head or stopping the engine, no matter what speed. This, of course, per tains to indicators that are fitted with a detent and using a direct connected re ducing motion, the latter being by long odds thu most popular in modern engin eierng practice. Wheru no indicator is used in connec tion with pendulum, lazy tongs or reduc ing motion attached to thu engine frame not so much trouble arises, and general ly a rubber band is employed to take care of slack cord, which work fairly well. Iu this case there has been arrang ed the take- up device in the shape of a regular guide pulley to connect direct to indicator. The guide pulley is removed and this put iu its place, wound up, and it is ready for use. This can also lie used with satisfaction as a guide pulley if not needed to take up Hlack cord, as the little pulleys are arranged to let the cord run through with perfect freedom. Im mediately the detent is engaged, it picks up instantly what slack cord takei) place. The tension ot the spring In this device lielng so much weaker than the drum spring, us soon as the detent isdisengag ed, thu cord Ih instantly released and drawn out taut and assumes its regular position. Thu take up device is not confined to these uses only. It is also attached to engine frames and used iu various other ways. It is strong, well made and compact and makes a very attractive attachment. It is good for any number of revolutions and is designed to lit all standard in dicators and reducing wheels, or it can lie made as a special fixture. Informa tion can be obtained from the man ufacturers. Ja.mkh L. Koiikktson & Sons, Fulton St. New York. body to surprcHh the truth regarding Stoddard's action iu using bin ollicial IMisitlon as a city councilman to evade the payment of street improvement taxes on lower Mill, thu facts iu which transaction can be learned from the ollicial records; and thu particulars ol his dealings with thu city In supplying lumber for public improvements which in itself is contrary to the provisions of the charter. Hut Tiik MInkii long ago promised itself not to tnkeauy palt in this election and must keep thin promise, solemnly made to itself. Then, too, if it should tell thu wholetruthnlmut these uiHtters. Stoddard might scan: it half to death by again threatening to bring a lible suit. He ware of imitations. See that the powder you purclwe is branded "(iianl l'owder, San Francisco, patented Mry -M, No. 1M1IUI and June 14. 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