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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, March 4. 190?
BIG TIMBER
LAND DEAL ON.
No Truth in Published Re
ports of Frauds in This
District.
V. It. Moud returned yoHtorduy
from MIcIiIkhii, wlioro ho hud boon
for throe wuukH, ni'KotlutlliK tlio Milo
of 11 lurtfo tract of tlmljor hind to u
Hyndlotno of liimliormoii. Those
Kentlomon will uoino out mid inspect
tho Imid lis hooii hh tlio hiiow dlwip-imm-H,
when tliuy can travul through
tho country with mora ease than now.
ThlH laud Ih all "deeded", tho
United States Kovornment having
issued putonts.
in spoukiiiK of tho HuiiHiitioiml ro
port of allowed fraudH hnviiut lieon
iwrpotrutod horo by tlmlior cruisers
mid laud locator, which was pub
lished in tho liakor City Democrat
Sunday, under 11 Hiimptor lato lino,
Mr. .Mead nayH ho Iiiih uovor hoard of
anything of tho kind having lieon
done in IIiIh laud dlHtrlct, and fcolH
Hiiro that there In no truth in tlio re
port, lie IhiukH, an dooH every hon
est man, that a newnpaper when niv
hiK publicity to Mich HtatomonlH
should 1vo tho facln; especially
ineiillolilliK tho inline of tho rruslor
who Iiiih boon Killlly of tho dishonest
iicIh, iiiHtead of a lot of iioIh.v, Indoll
uilo, oMiKorated KonornlilioH, t Iiiih
ciihIIiik suspicion 011 honest, consci
entious moil oiiKaKod in tho business.
lie says that ho has heard much
of fraudulent local Ions, that Ih
showing tenderfoot nood timlior laud
anil kIvIiik thorn tho description of u
worthless ipiarlor beet Ion on which to
llle holiuf practiced over on tho
coast and to a less decree in Idaho;
t 1 f ho knows of no such instance in
this locality or laud district. While
comiiiK west ho met a Kent Ionian on
tho train who had Imoii buncoed by
mi Idaho crulhor.
There Ih no cltlon in Rtimptor
who stands higher, so far us personal
Integrity is coiicorueil, than Mr.
Mead; nor is anyone in eastern Ore
gon belter posted on timber lauds
than ho. All of his time is devoted
to the business of keeping himself
postiMl and ho doubtless locates more
applicants on claims than any other
half doen cruisers In the district,
ho haviuu earned tho reputation of
lieliik' thoroughly reliable, both as to
Integrity and judgment.
Thoro is a still a Kreat deal of
timber laud open for entry in this
dlstilct, notwithstanding lurno ureas
were some mouths since withdrawn
by the forest reserve order. As was
published In these columns hist
week, the olllciiils of tho l.u (iralldo
Producers' association. Thoy scut
in their resignations tho second week
of lust mouth, und thoy will proba
bly bo accepted at tho noxt mooting
of tho association.
"in view of tho fact that tho
United Metals Soiling company, us
soiling agent, represents such a largo
percentage of tho copper produced in
thin country, " said Mr. Stanton, "it
would bo usolesH to put out tho sta
tistics available. I cannot tulk
about tho future of tho Copper Pro
ducers' association."
In certuln quarters it was said that
thoro would bo uo fonnul dissolu
tion of tho usHociutiou, but it would
bo continued mora us u sociul than a
business organization.
Tho Amalgamutod Copper com
pany, which, being tho largest pat
ron of tho United Metals Soiling
company, Is pursuing Standard Oil
tactics in withdrawing from tho Cop
per Producers' association und its ro
fusal to submit its statistics of pro
duction to tho public
Very liltlo is kuown concerning
tho workings of tho Amalgamated
Copper company, and less will bo
known horoaftor. Its sales aud
stocks 011 hand will bo closoly guard
ed. The Now York Stock exchange
demand a comprehensive statement
from the corporations making applica
tions to list their securities, but,
strange to say, when tho Amalga
mted Copper company applied for
admission it was loft off with 11 state
ment bare of facts and llgures.
In fact, the public was already ac
ipiainted with tho contents of tho
Amalgamated Copper company's
statement to the Stock lOxchutigo, the
most important statement therein
being the capital stock of the respec
tive subisldary concerns. No expla
nation was over given as to why tho
Aiuuigumittcu copper company was
allowed to list its stock on informa
tion so meagre and meaningless.
Tho monthly statistics have Ih'oii
looked forward to with great interest
by tho metal trades in general, aud
naturally the action of the copper
companies that sell their copper
through tho United Metals Selling
company, which reporsout something
like 75 per cent of tho total output
of copper of the United States, has
created considerable unfavorable
comment .
It is said that tho resignations of
tho companies were duo to the fact
that there were not sulllclent re
ciprocal arrangements with the for
eign companies In the matter of
furnishing accurate statistics such
as are published by tho Copper Pro
ducers' ussocial ion.
There is a coppper association in
Loudon, but the llgures published
by It are meagre. Tho Copper Pro
ducers' Association has been in ex
istence for many years, its original
purpose being to promote harmonious
relations between the various pro-
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IK, two townships will Ihi ottered.
They mo in tho Coiuucopla dis
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I11I111 Stanton, president of tho
Copper Producers' association, made
tho iinunuuccuicut that hereafter
there would be uo mote copper sta
tistics issued by the orgaiiiatlou.
The suspension of statistics of pro
duction, as is geueially known, Is
duo to tho withdrawal of the copper
mlulng companies that sell their
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