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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, April 22, 1903
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V
BURNT RIVER
ROAD A GO.
good work Is being done in other
BUrroundlnR proportion.
Will Be Liberally Supported
At Each Terminus.
TAPS RICH DISTRICT.
PRESIDENT WRIGHT
HAS GONE EAST.
Blue Bird Nearing the Produc
ing Point Buckhorn to
Be Developed.
Fine Agricultural Valley Put la Direct
Communication With Sumpter Forty
MlUt Loos by from Five to Ten
Wide, and One of Beit Farming Dis
tricts in Eastern Oregon People Anx
ious to See Highway Built and Will
t Contribute Generously Work to Start
Soon.
TI10 row I liotwoon Hutuptor mid Mm
Ilurnt Kivor viilloy will undoubtedly
be a o. !'. K. O'Kourko, who, in
commotion with Mayor AlcColloch,
Ih promoting the ontorpriHo, loft yoH
tordnfy for Ilurnt Klvor to not thn
mutter woll in Imntl. Ho Iiiih line
the notlcoH (l(M)liirln tlio intention to
build tint rond poHted according to
law. Tliroo lire retulred, one nl (Mich
toriuiuuH anil one muidlHtiiut bu
tween the two. The Ilurnt Klvor pun
pin aro nuxiouH to contribute money
mid work towurd tho construction of
the rowl, mid it Ih believed Unit
Sumpter will nwpond lllieriilly iiIho
when the milmorlptlon Ih pronented,
not to mention the utd which tho
oounty will undoubtedly render. The
plan Ih to runh miitteni junt hh rapidly
hh pOKMlble and got the work Mturted
jtiMt hh Hiioii bh the wunthor will per
mit. The eutire dlHtiitu'e from Sumpter
to KIiik'h ranch in the Ilurnt Klvor
country, which the roud Ih to trHverne,
in twelve mlloH, but oil each end Home
throe mlloH of roud Ih a I road y built,
ho the now road to be coiiritructcd Ih
not over hIx or hovoii mile. The
promotorriof the road fool practically
itHHiirod that there Ih koIiik to be no
hitch, mid that It will Im put throiiKli
(IiIh HiimiiiKr iMiyond any iiihtinn.
The new road will put the rich
ilurnt Klvor Valley in direct touch
with Kumpter which Ih Hh natural
market point. The valley Ih from
live to ten uiIIoh wide by forty Ioiik
and contaliiH one of the bent agricul
tural lamU in caHteru Oregon. It
Ih abiiudaiitly fertile, producing all
kludH of frultn, vegotablcH and gralnn
of thlM miction, and hInii a great deal
of attention Ih paid to live Mock. A
large percent of thexe product upon
the completion of the road, will nat
urally nook n market here, thereby
HtabllHhiug trade relatioiiH between
the the two polutn to the mutual Imjii
otlt uf rank. Kveu under tho preiuuit
condition the rancherH have brought
much of their Htutf here, but the din
Unco linn Ihmui ho great that it mill
twted agaliiHt the exchmige of com
modltliw. The proponed road will
out down the dlntaiico Home ten iiiIIch
Miid pUon thin rich country within
winy aoociM to Sumpter.
Lead In Strasburg Crosscut.
P. A. McPhoo, mayor of Alamo,
and woll known hotel keeper there,
Ih iu the city today. ThlugH there
he nayH ar generally looking gotnl
mid ho predict a pronperouM hciihou.
The lead in tho St ran burg ban been
oroHHCUt with tine ore HhowiugH mid
O. C. Wright, proHidont of tho
liluo liird Mining company, loft yea
torduy on a thrco wooks' IuhIiiohs trip
to Now York and other ouHtoru cities,
to moot pooplo already lutorostod
in tho property, and iutoroHt others.
Tho liluo Ilird is now noaring the
producing point mid, as has boon
Htated, it Ih tho intention to install
a mill MiIh Bummor. Tho mill has
already boon arraugod for but its ca
pacity ban not yot boon fully decided
upon. Jt will at loast bo a ten-stamp
mill, but tho probabilities uro that
it will lie moro.
Arrangements are boiug mado to
Htart work on tho Uuckhom, a sistor
prnporty, mid olllcerod by tho samo
poople. It Ih tho Intention of tho
company to koop a force at work bore
and push dovolopmoutH during tho
coming hoiihou. Tho liluo llird has
developed iutoono of tho sufo proper
ties of the district and thoro Ih evory
evidence that tho slntor property will
make mi equal if not u liettor showing.
Uhq Giant Powder, Fuse and Caps.
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