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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1903)
COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT .7 -? ; Bfc' TALK OF THE TOWN. K. I. Ilcrgman Ih down on the count on a business trip. Mm. A. I. Oohh has returned from n visit to her old homo in Minnesota. Mr. and Mm. Hnhert K. Straliorn are now in Venice on their Knroean tour. I. W. Carr, inanaKer of the Queliec mint) near Alamo, arrived in the city to day. diaries I, Klynii, of Trinnipli cigar fame, wan stumping thin district luHt week. .1. T. Donnelly, one of llalcer (Jity'M hankers, was unions yesterday's arrivals. Mrs. Imiii'H A. Howard can in up from I'eudlctou on Saturday and returned on Sunday. K. I.. Manning Ih now icriiiaucutly located in his snug olllco in tlai Hotel Sumpter. V. 0. Cowglll, of tlui lluker City Democrat Htaff, came up from hclow yeMterday. Suy I.. Lindsay, merchant and hunker of (iranilu, wbh a visiter in Sumpter on Saturday. J. U. Neil, of the Neil Mercantile company, Iikh returned from u business trip to l'ortland. W. W. and Charter Kobblnai left on hint Thurmlay for Wyoming, where they have mining interests. John T. Kuglish Ih now in llaltimore, Maryland. He will return to Sumpter alsmt the llrst of February. Mm. .1. .1. Ilouuessy started for SNtkane ou Thursday where she will visit for the next four weeks. Wait Wade, a (irauite mining sii erintcudenl, came over on Monday and took the train for lluker City. .lohii S. I.aidlaw, designer and builder of the Cracker Oregon and California ii til Ih, was in the city yesterday. .1. W. Cowdcn, the view artist, Iiiim jiint finished Home hauilNome pictures of the California tramway and mill. Itela Kadish, a linker City Sampling work and mining man. wiih an incom ing passenger on yeHterday'H train. II. N. Thihault, owner of the )ou Juan mine and mill in the Greenhorns, came in from his mine on Friday hint. C. .1. Allen, piiuclpal owner of the llelvue, came in from the mine today and left on the afternoon train for his home in Portland. Colonel . I. Nat Hudson has tinned into riHiniH I and II Hank of Sumpter build ing. lr. K. tJ. Kirhy uow occupies the riNiniH vacated hy the Colonel. I'. A. Mcl'hcc, proprietor of the Hotel Alamo, at the town of that name, panned through Sumpter yesterday on his way to l'ortland and other points on the COUHt. (ieorge Oltcnuticr Jr., general mali nger of the tiiaiit I'owder i'ouiutny of Sail Francisco, who has been in the din trict for a few days, left ou today's train for the south. James P. Mcliuigau and hride return- -d on Saturday from the eatit, and pro ceeded to Alamo, where Mr. McGuigan is president and general manager of the Alamo consolidated inineH. Neil J. Sorenw-n, Otto Herlocker and Frank Sbelton, of the firm of Neil J. Horensen & Co., are in Haker City. They will return to Sumpter by the last of the weeK. J. F. Meikle, Superintendent of the Mack Kagle mine at Malheur City, has moved his family to that place and will reside there in the future. Mr. Meikle will devote hin time to the mine and mill. .1. Win Wilson, of the Arm of Wilson A llucknum, will return from the east coon. He has formed connection)) while absent which will bennellt his firm greatly and iucidently all of eastern Oregon. (ieorge Jett, county assessor came up from Baker City on Friday and returned Sunday. Mr. .lett Iiiih just purchased u large tract of laud adjoining his home stead Itclow town. Ho has the greatest faith in the future of Sumpter. When "Jimmie" McGuigan arrived at Alamo on Sunday with his bride. Grand Old Quebec Mountain had a wedding present in store for him in the shape of one of the biggest mining strikes made in eastern Oregon for some time. Iteru: on the 14th instant, at St F.IUabeth hospital, Haker City, to Mr. and Mm. J. M. Mcl'hee, a daughter. "Jack" wya the little one came into the world aa fat aa batter, had a double chin and could turn over in bed the second day. .1. 11. Ilrown, printer, promoter and political! is now in the cigar, candy and fruit business on Granite street. It is said that he is treating all friends who call on him to two-bit cigars and other gissls from his stock in trade. Parties traveling over the county road between Sumpter and Whitney, com plain that the lumber company, by dragging logs along the road, Instead of using their skidway, are making that throroughfare next to impossible and unite dangerous. Lew Walker iuforiuesTiiK M in Kit that the letters, purMirtiug to be written by him to parties in the east knocking the Overland and other procrtics in this district, are rank forgeries, and he says he will make it hot for the person who wrote them, if the original letters can lie obtained. 1). P. .lones, a capitalist of Diiluth, Minnesota, sK'iit several days here last week and purchased the controlling interest in a mining preperty, the full data of which is not yet ready for the public. Mr. .tones has gone to Sun Fraucii-co, hut will return to Sumpter in a short time. MONEY TO LOAN ON GOLCOND.-i RED 'HOY AND SOUTH 'OLE STOCK APTLY TO j Seymour H. Bell : 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 gold and silver free. These assays will be made by ROBBINS & ROBBINS Whose reputation as Assayers, Mineralogists and Mining Engineers stands second to none in the Northwest. HOBSON MERCANTILECOMPANY PRE-INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE On Men's Hats, Golf Capes and Furs, Men's All Wool Suits, and Boys' Suits 25 Per Cent Discount Allowed On aN Ladies' Coats and Jackets , ,.,,20 Per Cent Discount AHowed . 4g On all Dry Goods, Shoes, Ladies' Gloves 10 Per Cent Discount Allowed 1 tW.k HOBSONMERCANTILE 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 be bought in the larger cities giving you a large stock to select from. We buv from the eastern factories in carload lots, consequently we can sell at the lowest prices. Our long residence in Sumpter baa es tablished our reputation for honest prices and fair dealing. Wo are uow carrying an 18,000 stock of Carets and Tapestries ranging in trice from 8fi cents to fl.tft per yard. Visit our store and see our immense stock whethej you wish to buy or not, J J J J J J J Case Furniture Company UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Mill Street Sumpter, Oregon mnr 2Ttercer Drug Co. DRUGS AND STATIONERY Ov GRANITE STREET SUMPTER; OREGON n l -"?-r