COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON. MINES Pay for AND READ IT TALK OF THE TOWN. V. C. CiiMlt Hpuut Sunday in I.u (irnndc. K. I,. Mainline returned from a three luyH business v i h 1 1 to tlm (irccnlioriiH today. I I). .lonex ami A. Snyder, of Dultitli, Minnesota, are registered at the Hotel Similiter. Moxo KiicIim, a well ''Down linker City huxiucxx man who !h ulxo interested in mining, Ih in the city. ,M. Iv. I tn i ii , who Iiuh lieen caxt on an extended biHincss trip, it ilui' to arrive in Sinister at any time. (). C Wright returneil on Monday from a several days trip to Maker City and tint (Srand Itiimle Valley. K. (!. Skilcs, traveling' rctiresenlit live of tlm Spuk.mo llnu i'oiiii.iny, in now in Snmpler interviewing our loci I medicine dixpcnscrx. .lamcx I1. Mcliuignu and liride are due to arrive, in Snmpler this week. Mr. Mctilligaii is president and u'eueral manager of the Alamo gold mine)'. I'niil W. Steams, at his cigar factory, on Went (irauite htreel, in uiauufactui tug l-,MHI cigars per month, which will compare with any made eWcwhcrti. w Special meetings will bo held in the ""Ill-turn room nl tlm Methodist church Tliiirxduy, I'riday and Saturday of thix week hcgiuiiigat TillO p. in. All are in vited. MrM. .Mary HoIimoii, who has heeu visiting in Sumpter for the piiHt nix montliH, left on yesterday's train for I'orllaud. Mrn llnbon in the. mother of Frank K. I lolou. A. It. Ilrowne, consulting engineer, left today for the Yellow lUisy iniiieH on Spiikane iiioiiutaiii, near the Ited Hoy. The ohject of 1 1 in vixit being to inspect the work now going on there. Stanley .1. Merwarth, a mining engineer and ussaycr, who Iiuh lieen looking thin country over forHoiuo time, left liiHt Siuiilay for tirand l'orks, II. ('. lie will return here in thoxpring. Claude Itoe and wife returned today from an extended lxlt to theirold homo in Nebraska. Ilesidcs their mii.eral holdings in thiH section, they each haven timher claim which they will now prove up on. .1. I.. Cunningham, seeictary of the Advance Mining Co, accompanied by his wife left Monday for Omaha, St. Paul ami Chicago in the interests of the I'orcst Mining Co, He intends to lie oue alMitit three mouths. t'ol. .1. Nat Hudson hat leased the Morning Ilcpnrtcr to John S. loiter, of linker City, and will devote hix entire time to hi law piactice ami mining in terests, Mr. roster in a uewxpaper man of many yearx experience ami will no douht improve the llcportcr. I'artiex in from the Greenhorns state that the new lO-xtamp mill on the I'hocuk mine will In-gin crushing ore in u few dayx. ft ix xaiil that thoownerx of thix mine haxe largo iiantitiex of high grade free milling ore on hand and that the mill will U kept huxy. .1. Win Wilson, milling! hroker and operator, went east a couple of week no partly to escam the rigorx of an uaxtern Oregon winter. He struck a twenty-five degree helow zero frost in St. Paul and nearly fro.e hix handx go iliK from the train tothu hotel. Now he will Ih glad to get hack to Sumpter. Ilrowne & Smith havecotiiiileted their reKirt for the Hoxtoii-Orcgon Cold Min ing company, who own the Alleghany group on the mother lode. Thix rejHirt will Imi iiicorporati'd in the prospectus of that company, which will lie one of the moxt elaborate and inxtructive works, of the kind yet ixxued in thix dixtriut. New Railway Agent for Sumpter. I-'. .1. Ouiulan, the newly appointed agent for the Similiter Valley railway, hax arrived and taken charge of the company'H hiixinexH in Sumpter. Mr. (Jiiiulaii hax had a varied experience in railroad life for the paxt ten ycaix, and for the paxt eight montlix hax heen cashier foi the O. It. A: X. company at linker City, lie poxxexxex many pleax- iug oualltics which will make frieudx for SuiupterV connecting link with the oiitxide world. For l.owueyV caudicx, line chocolatex, lion honx, Key West, Havana and do mextic cigarx, tohacco, pocket knives, xtalionery, cider, fruits, etc., do not fail to call at Sturgill'x. Mill Street, near (iianitii. Slmex of all kiudx at Nelll Mercantile company'H. The celebrated (itind'x "the heer of good cheer" iilwayx on draught tit Dun phy'x The Club. f"fMfMfMfMf"lf'tfMtMt SOLID f SILVER and gg SILVER ajj PLATED cm WARE g 88 3 CM iff JEWELRY sV CLOCKS Cm P Cm P Cm P Cm S8 Cm S8 CM WATCHES FINE CHINA SOUVENIR ARTICLES &F. C. BRODIE& JEWELER CM iX5 gg ZJ t GRANITE STREET OPPOSITE HOTEL SUMPTER ? GOLD AND SILVER ASSAYS FREE Every Subscriber to THE MINER who pays $2.00 for One Year in advance will be given an assay for wld and silver free. These assays will be made by ROBBINS & ROBBINS Whose reputation as Assay Engineers stands second HOBSON MERCANTILECOMPANY IH IVa HAVsr Ml Ami M. iHr. who did'nt like THOMSON'S wQlove-FittingN CORSETS. HOBSON MERCANTILE COMPANY A Few Reasons. WHY YOU SHOULD BUY YOUR FURNITURE AND CARPETS OF US We carry everything in the Furniture and Carpet line that can he Ixuight in the larger citiex giving you a large xtock to xelect from. We liuv from the eaxtern faetoriex in carload lotx, conxequently wo can xell at the lowext pricex. Our long residence in Sumpter hax ex tablixbetl our reputation for honest pricex ami fair dealing. Wo are now carrying mi S,(HM) xtock of Carpet x and TiiCHtriex ranging in price from .'IT) cents to f 1,115 per yard. Vixlt (air xtoro and see our itntneiiBo xtock whetheJ you wish to buy or not, Case Furniture Company UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Mill Street Sumpter, Oregon YrrrrnrrnrnrYYYTr 2Tfercer Drug Co. DRUGS AND STATIONERY GRANITE STRBET SUMPTER, OREGON ers, Mineralogists and Mining to none hi the Northwest. AIwiivh keep a full line of Staple Dry Goods and Eroceries expecially xllited for the liext familv trade J J OVU I.INl:s OK MKN'S WOMKN'SANDCIIIU). ItKN'S j j SHOES are from faetoriex of the hext productions in America. Our linen, of Ladies Wear, Corsets, Shirt- unlets Slrirte Hntiira ?' " ' ' and overV luy nrtieleH nre jiixt what ix wini ted liy the moxt careful buyers. Itc niemU'r wo keep the goodx that lire L'ood and the prices are right LJUULRJUUUULOJUL