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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1902)
VOL. IV. MET TO ORGANIZE. LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC GATH ERING AT THE HOTEL SUMPTER. While Being Royalty Entertained, a Por tion of the Representative People Decide to Organize io at to Benefit the District. On Saturday evening lust, there was inaugurated in thin city u movement which will in time bu of incalculable benefit to the city, tlu dint rid, each iiidividmil mint) owner, nil pros sectors and in fact every unti wlm in directly or indirectly interested in tho resources of eastern Oregon. For sometime pant Mr. K. L. MitnniiiK and others have, had In view the idea of perfecting some scheme of organising mid bringing together the mining and business men of this section ho that they couid discuss the qneMinn and de cide upon 11 method of proceed ure. Itealiziug that the bent method of reaching a man's heart, was to first .fill hi stomach witli choice viands and a few light wilier, if the latter refreshments should lie desired, u tine supper was ar ranged for at the Hotel Sunipter and in vitations were sent to prominent people of Baker City, Sumpter and the sur rounding country. This was the cuuse which filled the lobby of the hotel with an animated throng on the evening mentioned. A sK-cial train over the Sumpter Valley railway had brought iiiite u delegation from Baker City. The committee having the matter in hand were fortunate in obtaining the consent of Judge Jacob Fawcett, of the Psyche mine, to act ns toast master. It was I0::0 u. 111. when the Judge announced that in .the absence of a minister to say grace, all could take seats. Immediately tlfty-four (Hirsons, us representative a crowd of men as any one would desire to see, took tint chairs ulloted to them around the well laden tables in the handsomely arranged dining room. At 11 :L'.i, cigars were lighted and the business except eating and drinking of tho evening commenced. The chairman introduced .Mayor elect McCiilloch, of Sumpter, who being in splendid voice, delivered the address of welcome. Mayor It. H. Carter of Baker City, re sHuded iua few wcllchui-cii words. Judge Fawcett then made quite a speech, his theme lieing: Organization a central thought. This really brought the meeting down to u business basis, and attorney N. C. Iticluirds followed withu few convincing arguments on the necessity of organisation. C. A. Johns of Baker City when culled upon, confined most of his remarks to SUMPTER, OREGON, the forest reserve question. He stated that he had lieen a resident of Maker county for fourteen years. Had forest reserve been placed on the Blue mount ains at the time he tlrst came here, there would not now be any great mines, there would be no Sumpter nor a Sump er Valley railway, and should thin Chinese wall lie now built around this country we would have hut little hope for the future. Hon., J. I.. Itaud not being present, Hon., J. II. Bobbins responded, by re quest to the toast, "How organization may aid legislation." Mr. Bobbins used some convincing arguments, and cited how the present roads through the mountains of eastern Oregon, were con structed by tho organized efforts of the early day settlers. The toast "Oregon" was promised by Anthony Mohr us follews: "Here's to our great State of Oregon, The pride of the golden West. Its mountains and streams are a paragon Conipured with all the rest. Here's to its cltlrent, strong and brave, Of whom we have both young and old, In whose midst we have neither fool or knave, Hut all are honestly digging for gold. Here's to the Blue Mountains, timber laden, The meccu for all, oft written and told, For fabulous riches, they ure the haven, Supplying the world with beautiful gold." Bela Kudlsh, of Baker city, illustrated how organisation assists enterprise. F. ti. Jewett promised the toast "To Sour Dough Willy, the old proiqicctor." David I.. Killen followed with a few remarks on advertising. II. S. McCulliim, of Buker city, res ponded to the toast, "The Indies," and proioscd that till drink to the health of "our wives, mothers and sweethearts." Mr. Higgius, of Maryland, gave an in teresting sketch of the difference of thi people of the fur east mid those of the west, and told an amusing story of how an old timer in Oregon, had tutcd to him thut u kthou might starve in the east, hut out west he could go busted and come up again. This brought , the program down to "The Press." Itcsxuise were made by G. )..Smullof the Baker City Democrat, Jtiines Logic of Tiik Sumitkii M in Kit and W. D. B. Dodsoii of the American. The following mimed gentlemen re sponded to the request of the chairman ami each in turn handled their subjects in 11 scholhirly manner, but lack of space forbids giving even u synopsis of their remarks. C. II. Breck, of Baker City, Joseph Barton, of the S. V. Ity., J. W. Counella, of .Sumpter. K. 1). McCummon, K. .1. 1 Uodfry, F. S. Bailie, C. II. Neel, Prof. W. ! S. I'.lierinun, J. T. Donnelly, Fred l.nck, C. II. Chance, F. A. 10. Sturr, A. P. (ioss, W. C. Culdcr, T. II Van Vleet, X. C. Haskell, Win. Stint-on, T. W. David sou, Dr. Moultou. K. L. Manning moved that the meet DECEMBER io, 190. ing' go into itcrmumcnt organization. After some discussion it was decided that the chairman appoint a committee of live on ways and means. Subse quently Judge Fuwcctt selected the fol lowing gentlemen as such committee. O. X. Iticluirds, Itoy II. Miller, D. I.. Killen, Frank S. Bailie ami K. L. Mainl ine. ('. A. Johns proponed a vole o thanks to the proprietors and all uttnehees of tin Hotel Sumpter which was curried unanimously. , At 1:50a. m. the meeting was at an end. As the guests tiled out of the room ('. Juqtilsh announced in ringing tones ;"let the battle cry of this organiza tion he 'don't knock but Insist.' " OUR MAYOR-ELECT. C H. McColloch Outlines a Portion ol the Policy to be Pursued. Mayor-elect C. II. McColloch, amidst his many other duties, is taking time to formulate the policy which he will pur sue when inducted into olllce the first Monday In January. Up until this morning he hud not per fected all his plans, hut had no hesita tion in stating that the present City Marshal would be kept in his respon sible iositiou, as the incoming mayor considers him uu eflicient and capable man. Speaking of the tough element which apiK-urs to be heading towards the lively towns of eustern Oregon, our next mayor la of the opinion that they can be handled prtqierly, and if neces sary thoroughly subdued should they commit any wrong acts. Mr. McColloch takes u very broad view and has quite lilierul ideas on the gambling question. He thinks if sure thing games ure suppressed, ami such games that give u man u reasonable show for his money, ure allowed to run, that the sporting fraternity will he of the better class in their line unti will lend their aid iu upholding law and order. Further than this the new chief ex ecutive of municipal affairs has not as yet determined iikiii, but no doubt his IHilicy in nil mutters will Iro inuile public when he assumes the purple rots of authority. Have Paid For the Group. W. II. Mead, of .Spokane, who has been in the Sunipter district for several mouths, was in the city on Monthly ami Tuesday. For sometime he has been proi-ectiting development work on the (ludslomt group, consisting of 5 claims, located ten miles northwest of Sumpter. I'his group wus bonded from I. K. Hose by Mr. M end and associates who have organized under the name, of the Inter state mining company. Since taking chin ge of the property they have het-u ruiAiing u tunnel which will cut one of the ledges when ill about IKIU feet. As this tunnel has not yet iuteriected the vein, Mr. Mead is reticent about giving out any data. However, a few days since the purchase price of the group, fil.OOOwus paitl oer. NO. n. THEY WERE SALTED. Neglect in Applying Business Principles Leads to Un pleasant Results. Theie ure some people of the lluest business attainments, ami men who have made their fortunes by adhering to strict business principles, thut cast all their experience aside when it comes to a mining ileal. Were these same persons intending to establish a pea-nut stand on the corner, they would use unusual dilligeiice in procuring a thoroughly (Misted pea-nut mnii to bundle the business. But w lieu it comes to the exendlture of u large sum of money iu iiiiiiiugdeal, they are liable to look upon the employment of u thoroughly posted ami reliable mill ing engineer, who would fully Inform them on the merits or demerits ol the proKrty for u reasonable compensation, as an entirely useless outlay. Therefore they often make their own evaminutions mill in ii majority of cases pay hand somtily for their neglect Io apply the same business methods to mining that they would to any thing else. Some time since a arly of eastern gentlemen came to the Sumpter gold Ileitis with the object of mi quiring a gold mine provided they could Hud something which suited them. They all hail plenty of money but they objected to employing a qualified crsnn to rumple and test the ores of one particular priqierty they had iu view. They visit ed the claim, took their samples ami in tine course had assays which yielded on an average f 100, cr ton. A friend of the party, who wusu well I mix ted man on tucli matters, "smelted u rut" ami, with out consulting the highly elated woulil-ls prtieliiisers, miiileu trip alone to the claim, sampled it thorough ly ami hail assays made which gave re turns of "nit." F.vidcittly there had been some man ipulation of the lirst samples which Havered strongly of "salt." The friend explained to theeusteriisuuilull negotia tions were off. There is a moral in tin above, and if it bus an effect, the publishing of this story will be of bcncllt to many of those who desiru to acquire mining property, anil ul ho others. Still at the Old Stand. The Killen, Warner Stewart com pany have decided not to move from their present quarters in the Towusitu company's brick ''lock below the rail way track, for tln reio-on thut they could not seen hi the space required (or their business further up town. Id-cent-ly they acquired the south half of the building, formerly occupied by tirey ami Warren. In these additional rooms the library purl of their bm-iuess is con ducted by Mr. Ileppe.