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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1903)
J ) COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT TALK OF THE TOWN. A. Hansen Carlsrnd went to Hakcr City on Monday, Guy L.Kiudsay, merchant and hanker (l (JraniUi, was in Hiuopter today. Dull H. Insider, h Portland traveling ' iimn, is ukinK in thn sight of Kmnpter. Wait Wade, a (Iranlto mining inuii, wh in Humpter on business yesterday. Thomaa K. Kcniierly of tliu (iold Coin inline, Ik upending several iluyM in lluktir City. Tonight tlm regular montlily meeting ' i( the Sampler Are department take place. ' K. .1. Godfrey, of the Heel Hoy mine, lkl that property IiIh montlily visit ' (luring tlm week. Hoy II. Miller, cashier of tlie First llHiik of Humpter, left thin afternoon fo 'a trip to I'oitlaml. ' W. It. Kleinfelter, of linker City, linn I ire i) visiting in .Suiiiiler and vicinity j for several days past. , I Menu (Iinr.lcker, u mining nnil ifiachinery mini of linker City, came up from Udow yesterday. J. V. Carr, mumper of the (Judaic ' mine, on tlm mountain o that name, ; waa iii Similiter yeHtenlny. A petition in living circulated asking tlm mayor ami city council to clone tlm dance hall run by John Arthur. Mr. ami Mm. T. M. I.uvin returned Ibia morning from llouiam, where they have been vImUIhk friemlH for several Weeks. A. II. Ilrowne in now surveying the f Snow Creek iiiIiich in the Greenhorns, ami in expected home today or tomorrow. I'. A. Mcl'hce, Mayor of Alamo, came in from bin home town thin morning and will remain u coiile of day in . Humpter. MlssOnle David, sister of Mrs. F. K. I lotiHou, arrived from Oregon City on Monday, and will remain in Suuipter for au indclliiite time. A. .1. Trimble returned lust week from au extended eastern trip. He states that his v i h i t w.ik purly for pleasure and had nothing to do with mining dealt. Or. W, II. Voce's wife and children hae armed and taken up a permanent residence in Suuipter. They hae leaHed one of the I'edrnwe cottagcMou Collliubia street. For the mouth of .tnnimry, (lie city leceived more moiiiy fur liipior licenses than for the same ierind since incor (Kiration. The amount in excels of any other month wiih flL'o. toy Suvder, of Itiitfulo, New York, has armed in Suuipter where he will assist in installing the miichinery in the Smelter huililing, and will probably he chief engineer at the work. Ilurks A Davidson, striiogrophcrs, have moved from the nccoihI tier of irticeit in the Hotel Suuipter into the rooms formerly occupied by the Oregon Smelting and Hetluing company, on the ground Moor. lira. Jeiiuiu liuyer, ot J'orllund, ar rived in Suuipter on Sunday. She came here for the purpose of taking a position hh stenographer and typewriter with ItiirkH A Davidson and commenced with her duties on Monday. Several of tho stockholders of the Alamo mine, accompanied by two ex pertH, pained through Humpter today enroute to the mine. It in presumed they will decide on the erection of a milling plant during thin viiit. Hoiiho Hill' number 220, the much discussed Knbbina mining bill, which is now before the elate legislature, waa read the flrat and second tlm eg on January 20, and in now before that honorable body for discussion, ammond inentH etc. J. J. Murray, lato of Kllensburg, Washington, a graduate of the Ameri can Veterinary College of New York City, has established himself in Humi Uir, and hereafter will be found at TIioh. McKwun's livery stable and stage olllce on Center ntreet. The change from the First Dank of Suuipter to the First National bank was not rnadu the first of this week as an nounced on an account of the pass books and other stationery failing to ar rive on time. The First National will not commence business until March 2, when everything will undoubtedly be in readiness. Alamo ia now a full fledged city ac cording to law, and although within lesa than a mile of working mines, whiskey can be sold by the glass. At the first election 1'. A. Mcl'hee, waa elected Mayor; L, Hteinmetxer, recorder; and Fred Phelps, treasurer. The names of the Mrsons composing the council are: G. P. I.ouvitt, J. I'. McGuigan, Peter McCuhbnn, Malcolum Monroe and II. A. Stewart. Advanu in Photography. F.ven geology is being advanced by photography, the pictures being im portant not only in instruction but an records for noting changes. A public museum of photographs of geological features was suggested about four years ago and, acting on this idea, a committee of the liritish asmx-iation has now ac cumulated in Ixmdou a great collection of valuable material. A selected series of twenty-two of the photographs has lieeu published to tat followed soon by two other issues. All the latest novelties in hats at Neil I Mercantile company's. i YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND A CUMPLKTK ASSORTMENT OF lEhiiumnuc, Crochory ant tBiassiinire ', ', IVt inakr a f pfcialty of Hotel tiito I'caroing iour rupplir TIIK I'LAC'K 18 )aipley s (t!4T) 6m JhMLWkfeBm OF SUMPTER Capital Stock $25,000 OFFICES) J. H. ROBBINS, J. W. SCRIBER, R. M. MILLER, H.S. DURGAN, . PraMant - Vlea-Pratla'ant Caahlar Aaslatant Caahlar Safety Deposit Vaults Gold Dust Bought Does a General Banking and Exchange Business A FINE LINE OF .. GROCERIES .. ALWAYS IN STOCK t Fresh Vegetables Arriving Daily. Prompt Delivery. Give Us a Trial and We Will Please You. EDLIN & STARBUCK Opera Hauaa Bleak Phana 301 SUMPTER. OREGON Kobahs ano photographic Supplies fpcrytrtittg in tljis Cine at fiercer Drug o. DRUGS AND STATIONERY OI'I'OSITi: HOUSONS GRANITE STREET SUMI'TEK. ORktiON GOLD AND SILVER ASSAYS FREE Every Subscriber to THE MINER who pays $2.oofor One Year in advance will be given an assay for gold and silver free. These assays will be ma.1e by ROBBINS & ROBBINS Whose reputation as Assayers, Mineralogists and Mining Engineers stands second to none in the Northwest.