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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1903)
THE SUMP TEH MINbK Wednesday, April 15, 1903 15 Cents -yOQ . 1 1 1 it 91 (0 C 0 m f Forest Mininrt CnrnhAnv P t - . .w w.--r . OPERATING THE RICH Storm King Group Of Mines in Cable Covu Mining Dintrict, Fifteen Miles North of .Sumpter. DID YOU EVER INVEST IN MINING STOCK? If you luivu not, it is probably because False Representations have been made to you. WHY NOT INVEST IN MINING STOCK? If you will lay aside your cares nnd;buslness for a short time, just enough time to mako a visit to the STORM KING GROUP of mines, you, even with your incxcrient-o in mining mutters, will realize you are inspecting the infancy of developing a group of claims into dividend paying mines. We have the mines to show you if you have the time to make a visit. Our advice to you Is DO NOT invest a SINGLE DOLLAR in any proposition before you have thoroughly investigated the same. WRITE FOR REPORTS AND PROSPECTUS OP THIS GREAT GROUP OP MINES ...Advance Mining Co... 1 01 0 (D D rt (I) Lock Box F FISCAL AGENT ROOMS 6 AND 8 GOSS BANK BUILDING Sumpter, Oregon J IS Cents SUMPTER VALLEY EXTENSION. Road to be Built Beyond Whit ney as Soon as Weather Opens Up. work on the extension at tho soonest poHsllilo moment, but just what length this will bo I am not prepared to say nt this time, uot knowing how much of tho matorlul will be needed for repaint, but'lt will be practically twelve 011108." Joseph Hartnti, general freight ami passenger agent of the Sumpter Valley Railroad company, who was In the oily Friday to meet a com mlttoo of business men regarding a reduction of freight rates, concerning tho improvements contemplated, said: "Wo will be ready to start the extension from Whitney into the (ireeuhoins us soon us tho weather will permit. Ah has been stated mils for about twelve miles have Leeu onleied iitnl the pioposeil route sum eyed. I mu uot in a position to suy, however, that the extension beyond Whitney Mill be exactly twelve miles, since a small part of (he lulls oideied will be needed III repaliiug tho old llne; between here and linker City. It Is the policy of the company to put this part of the load In tlrst class lepalr. I The old thiity-llvc-poiiud Iron rails' are gradually lielng replaced with forty-pound steel, until now very lit tle of tho lighter iron rails lemalu. A force of twenty-two Japs is to Im put oh at once and u steam shovel will also Ito used in repairing the Hue and putting it In tlrst class condition. "Our now engines and cars recently ordered are expected to arrive lief ore long, and the company Is bending its energies to put the road in good repair throughout. We will begin Eastern Capitalists Here In Juoe. Warren Cable, tho well known prospector and mining man, returned last week from a business trip to Salt Lake City. Ho will leave In a fow days for a trip through Idaho and returning will mako Sumpter his headquarters this summor. Mr. Cable says ho has a iiuiuber of Im portant milling deals on baud, and looks for a Milliliter of eastern capital ists herb 111 Juiie to look at his properties. Pine Creek Placers. The Ruble Klovator Installed at the Pine Creek placers, owned by tho Kllleu, Warner, Setwart company, after the cleanup last fall is in full operation and Is doing most excellent work. A night force has Ihhui put on and double shifts are now Mug worked. Operations are in full blast and lots of ground is being moved. Timber and Homestead Filings. Timber and homestead tilings, as well as Until proofs, can be made before Charles 11. Chance, United States Com missioner, olllce in First National Rank of Sumpter building, Sumpter, thus sav ing applicants expense of a trip to La Grande. For Lowney's candies, lino chocolates, Ikui Ums, Key West, llavuna and do mestic eitiars, tobacco, oeket knives, stationery, cider, fruits, etc., do not fail to call at Sturgill's. Mill Street, near Granite. i TO MAKE MAP FOR SEWERS. City Engineer Appointed to do Preliminary Work for Drainage System. also reappointed Frank Jewett chief of the fire department. Tho preliminary work of making a sow or map, plans and estimates for a sonor Mystom, la to begin at ouce. At tho last mooting of tho city coun cil, Mayor McCulloch appolutod C. II. Feuuor city engluoor, mid It la understood immediate action toward getting together the necessary data for the council to proceed in this mutter is to be takcu. Tho city engineer of Sumpter is not employed at so much a mouth, and expected to devote his whole time to the olllce, but Is hired at $7.1)0 a day when his her vices aro needed. Hitherto, during the incumbency of Mayor McCulloch, there has bcou no de mand for such service. After tho plans aud estimates for a sower system are completed, tho council will proceed to take such steps as are necessary toward carry ing these plans Into execution. It is stated that tho mothod of proce dure will probably bo to issue bonds for tho amount required to build tho system. Recognizing that Sumpter la likely to double iu population within tho next fow years, tho plan la to mako tho sower system much more cxteuslvo than tho present do mands require, thereby stivlug extra trouble and ox pence hi the future. Mayor McCulloch at tho meeting REDUCED RATES FROM THE EAST Commencing February 15 and con tinuing until April 30, there will be low rates from the east via the Illinois Cen tral railroad to all Washington. Oreron and Idaho points. If any of your friends or relatives in the east are coming west whilt) these rates are in efhet. vivn iin v v B. . ., their name and address, and we will make it our business to see that they are given the best possible service. We operate through personally conducted excursion cars, and in fact give you the benefit of the latest conveniences known to modern railroading. Wo have fifteen different routes between the east and the west, and are in position to give you the benefit of the best combinations. Write us and wo will give you full par ticulars. B. II. Trumiiuli,, Com'l Agent III. Cent. Railroad, 142 Third Street, Portland, Ore. FOR SALE llull The Half Way House TT Situated Three miles from Sumpter on Bourne road 8 rooms Bar and fixtures Safe, Cash Register and Furniture 20 acre lot good timber all goes. Has cleared past year 1150 per mouth. Owner goes into other business. FOR TERMS J. H. MacGiLLUM CO., Sumpter, - Oregon