Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1903)
il THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, August 19, 190? THE BLUE BIRD MILL ARRIVING. Two Car Loads of Machinery Here And Rest to Follow Soon. Two cur lomlri of mttchinory for tint HI no Mini mill arrived a fowdayH luto hiiiI three tuont iiro expected itt onou. PrcHiditiit Wright hart tnitilu inTHiioinontH to huvo the machinery traiiHfnrnl'ilo the properly without ilolny. Ah Hinted heretofore, tho llluo Mini mill Ih 11 Hturtoviiiit combination with 11 dnily capacity of 100 ton, arranged to treat both fru mllliiiK and concentrating ortw. Tint con centrating department will lie pro vided with four nnw Standard tablet). Tbo plant Ih ho arranged thnt ltn capacity miiy bo don Mod by mi out lay of only u Cow tlioiiHiuid dnllarri. Tho company Ih now excavating for tho mill, nml tint IniililiiiKH will Im puahod to completion iih rapidly iih PohhIIiIo. IVortidout Wright Htaton that tho plant will Im iiiHtallod and in nimraliou before cold weather. All tho machinery purohiiHod Iiiih Immiii paid for, and in the annual Htatomoul IiihI iMjMiod tho company HtatiM thai it Ih without a dullar'rt iiidohlodtioHn. Development work Iiiih prngronHod Htoadlly hIiico tho company' owuortdiip of tho prop orty. Tho total number of foot np proxliiiNli'M '2,0(10. boon on tho way throe weeks and Hhnuld havo Iwon here lieforo thin. Luidlaw and Steadnian, who havo tho contract for tho framiuK, will com plete tho work thin week. Work at Goldbug Grizzly. J. .1. HennuMy, HUerintcndcnt of the Goldbug (iri..ly, wan in from the prop erty this Meek. Tho Hlmft, hu HtatuH, in now down 200 feet, with stations cut on each Hide. Ho will pink 100 feet deeper mid then drift to both veiiiH. SUMPTER RACE MEET. $2,000 Will Be Hung Up As Inducements. PRESIDENT ECCLES HERE. Came to Look After Work oo Sumptcr Valley. David KccIoh, president of tho Kumpter Valley Itallroiid and tho Oregon Lumber company, nccoin panted liy llirnin H. Young, canhier of tho IreHerot National lunik, of Halt Lake Oily, and Judge Kohipp, of Ogdon, and their wivdH, arrived hero Monday. l'rimideut KcjIom, who in on a tour of general iuHpeuttou, made a trip over tho road to look after tho con Htrudtiou work now under way. Elki' Plcoic. The picnic held Sunday In the Htoddard grove on Mill street under tho auspices of tho linker City Klks, was a very eujoyalile occasion. The special train hearing the linker liuunh, I fill dining, arrived at 10 o'clock. The Humpler lirethren pur ticlpated In the fesllvilies, and the day was spent most pleasantly, the special returning at (5 o'clock. Decorated. In honor of the visit of linker City Klks, .Sunday, Dr Kdwards, of the Sumptcr Drug company, dug up a set of antlers, which, with the as sistance of K, II. Horner, he decora ted very mlisticiilly with the colors of tho lodge and placed in his show window. Married. Clark Huyde and Mrs. Hmiua Wil liauisou, Imlh well known Sumpter people, were married in Portland August II. Mr. and Mrs. Suyde left for Long Heach, and will seiid sumo time in Seattle and Spokane, return! iik hero about Scptomlmr r. Latt Chance Hoiit Expected. Tho hoist for the Last Chance is daily oxjHHited. The uiachiuery has Tho reorganized Sumpter Racing Association has in ado arrangements for a llvo days' meet hero, beginning Thursday, Octobor 1. Purses aggre gating 92,000 will bo hung up, California Jockey Club rules govern ing. Following in tho official pregram: Thursday, October 1 : First raco Introduction stakes, live-eights of a mllo, for .'1-year-olds and upward, flvo pounds bolow scale, purso flfiO. Second raco Threo-oighths of a mllo, saddle horses, purso 150. Third raco -Ono-nuarter of a mile, woight for ago, purso 81 150. Friday, Octobor 'J: Fourth raco One-half mile, pony race, purso 140. Fifth nice Thrcooighths of a in Ho, horsoH that havo not won a raco lu 11I0II, seven pounds below scale, II-year-oldH and upwards, purso 912ft. Sixth race Thieo-fourtlis of a mllo, selling, It years and up, top prlco 000, two pounds allowed for each 100 to 200, purso 9125. Saturday, October It: Seventh race Four and a half furlongs, weight for ago, purse 91ftO. Kighth race- Three-eighths of a mile, woight for ago, II years old and up, purso 9200. Ninth nice One mile, eight pounds below scale, purse 91ft0. Twelfth nice Six and a half fur longs, non-winners at meeting, eight pounds below scale, purse 9100. Tuesday, October 0: Thirteenth race Three and a half furlongs, handicap, purso 91ft0. Fourteenth raco Five-eighths of a mile, conso lation, seven pounds below scale, purso 9100. Fifteenth raco Mile and a sixteenth, llvo pounds below scale, It years old and up, purso 9iro. Shoos of all kinds at Neill Mercantile company's. ELECTRIC METAL LOCATING COMPANY Hereby Gives Netice: That it is the exclusive owner in the United States of patents on what is known as the TKUKKOIIMKTKK for locating metals lu the earth by creat ing a ground circuit and moHsuriug their depth. We are informed the same is beiug used by a person or persons in or near Sumpter, and hereby give notice that such persons havo uo patout right to use the same and are infringers. And that we shall hold all persona using tho same or procuring tho same to Im used oil their proporty strictly responsible at law for the same. KKXKST WALK OWEN, Prost. EVERY INVESTOR SHOULD KNOW That the West is the place to buv Western stocks, I don't care if it's Golconda, Red Boy, Cracker Jack, Cracker Oregon, or what is it it stands to reason that I, being right in the heart of the Northwest Mining Dis trict, should be able to supply you with any stock desired. This business is done through my brokerage department, which, by the way, handles more stock than any other firm in the West. 1 want to place the name of every reader of this paper on my mailing list. A postal card will do, requesting my market Tetter regularly. YOU HAVE READ Of the development of the Victor Group, in the Cracker Creek Distiict, in the recent issues of this paper. Same has been bought by a strong Eastern company, and the stock will shortly be put on the market by the CRACKER CREEK GOLD MINES COMPANY An elaborate prospectus in now in the hands of its printers. As soon as it is off the press you should re ceive a copy. Drop a postal to me today, and I'll mail you one in due Course of time. I shall act as the Company's Fiscal Agent. ADRIAN G. HANAUER BANKER AND BROKER p. o. Drawer 1726 Spokane, Washington L'lJ T?T? A Beautifully Illustrated rKnr Pamphlet of 16 Pages Showing j OREGON'S Great Dividend Paying Mines Any iierson contemplating a mining investment should not be without the information contained in this valuable oamphlet. WRITE TODAY (Mention No. 00 and it will be promptly mailed you.) WHEELER & CO. 32 BROADWAY, N. Y. THE GEM SALOON A.J STINSON.Prop. (.Successor to Snyde St Stlnson) Only the Best Brands of Liquors Served Over the Bar SUMPTER, OREGON Books and Stationery I have added to my stock of Cigars and Tobaccoes a large number of popular novels, the leading periodicals and a complete line of stationery ....The Elite Cigar Store... L. HARRIS, Proprietor MtWMMld4bgfy