THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, .-pril 22. 190? BEAR GULCH PLACERS. city this week and appointed the J. II. MacCallum company local representative. 4 If in want of clothing, see Neill Mer cantile company. T. C. Harrison, agent for Giant pow der company. , u IV Hobson Mercantile Company Has Started Operations on This Property. Tiio Hour ( iiileh pincers operated liy tho llnhsou .Mercantile company, started up this week, and u forco of men will lo kept steadily at work throughout thu summer. Tho placers prospect well on tho surface and tlio indications ar that HiIm fall will see a good cleanup. The wntor Iiuh al ready started running in tho ditches. .Several good pieces: were taken out thlH wuok. Tho Hobson company Iiuh hoiiio (iuirtz prospects on Door Crook which art) aim) to bo worked thla season iih hooii uh tho hiiow gets nut of the1 way. These claims have lino Hiirfaco ahow ings and tho plan of tho company 1h to do a lot of development work tlilH summer. Operations will probably bo started next mouth. SUMPTER AHEAD OF THEM ALL. Secretary Gwloo, of Oregon Wool Growers' Association, Says Camp Looks Good. .1. II. (iwliiu, of l'endlelou, sou rotary and treasurer of tho Oregon Wool (Irowiim' Association, and spo rial agent for tho Now York L-lfo In Mirnuco company, arrived in tho city thin week to look after tho huslnosH of tho insurance company, Tho com pany Ih represented locally by Man ning .V. Welsh. Mr. (iwiiiu suys that tho lend Inn business men of Pendleton are Inter ested In the Kuuiptor district. He Ih familiar with tho mining camps throughout Oregon, Idaho and Wash ington and regards Sumpter an hav ing tho brightest outlook of them all. WATER THROUGH DITCHES. Oreeon Placers Will Make a Big Cleanup Thh Year. Herman Kcbulmorlch, superinten dent of tho Oregon Placers, operated by Nell .1. Sorensen - Co.,'jwns in the city a few days ago and reports satisfactory progress. Tho water Ih almost through the ditch, and ready for piping. The company has a good force of men at work and will handle a law amount of (travel this summer. Inasmuch as there was a heavy snow fall last winter, no scarcity of water Is expected during the season's operations. All the supplies have been sent in and tho company Is In n posit iou to prosecute work vigorously. A big cleanup is expected this fall. RAPID INCREASE IN BUSINESS. ' First National Bank's Statement Shows Healthy Condition. ' The statement of the First National Hank to the comptroller of the cur rency, printed elsewhere in this issue, shows a very healthy condition of nihil rs and a decided increase in bus iness since the publication of last mouth's statement. The Institution began business only March I, and has steadily built up since it was started. New Fire Insurance Company. C. W. Hawxliurst, of Portland, special agent for the New .calami Fire Insurance company, was in the The Mormon Temple. 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