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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, Decembei 9, iqo
EFPECT OF MOR
ALS ON MINING.
In mi Interview in tho dully press
Mr .IiiliiiH Mooisoh, an Inspector of
the Minnesota state lulior Imruini,
says of thv Minnesota iron mining
districts:
"Ttio lives of tho minorH are made
fur from Inviting by tholr surround
ings. (Jrog shops aro fur liinliud with
all HnrtH of devices to entice nilncrH
anil lumberjacks, (tumbling ma
chines, slot machines ami iniinnrnl
ploturiiH abound. Sanitary conditions
1. re also far from satisfactory. "
TIiIh Hiirry arraignment of tho Alln
iiesota mining districts applloH oven
nl rotifer to many of the woHtorn min
ing camps. Tho inino owners ami
tho local authorities seem to utterly
disregard tho nodal ami moral needs
of the minorH.
A recent novel hy Frank Lewis
Niihoii entitled "Tho Hliio (loose,"
poiniH 0111 tno ovii otrects upon a
mining proporty of saloons and de
basing houIiiI conditions. Tho Htory
Ih with a moral ami relates tho
troubles of a young mining engineer
in a western gold initio. Tho titlo Ih
takou from tho sign hoard of a saloon
In tho camp, a meeting piano for tho
dissatisfied and a mount hy whiuh tho
rich oro and concentrates plundered
fiom tho minoH woro converted into
money and had whiHkoy principally
tho latter. In this saloon, insprlred
liy tho dishonest hiiIooii keeper and
IiIh thieving patroiiH, a strike win
hatched which resulted in tho dostruo
tiou of proporty and tho Iohh of lifo.
Of course, In the Mlory here Ih a lovo
tale, and tho liero wIiim out in hoth
11 If n I th of heart ami of business;
hut ho who ruiiH outi read tho moral
of tho Htory. Kvory man engaged In
practical mining known thut tho way
tho men spoi'd tholr time and mono),
too, when oir duty Iiiih much to do
with their olttoouoy ami a great deal
with tho general sentiment of tho om
ployoH toward an enterprlHe, Vltli
those self-evident facts ever present
in mining diHtriclH, It would seem
that tho ml no owners and tho inino
iiiaimgorH would have a special reason
to endeavor to abolish these trouhlo
HourcoH and generally give oonsldora
tiou to tho welfare of tho men em
ployed. Down lit Mexico several
companion in remote districts have
nut of the company funds built
Iiouhoh and hcIiooIh for their employes,
in order to keep them satisfied and
to remove . temptation aud trouble.
There are several Americiiii in
stances of the adoption of hiicIi a far
slghtml policy, but too often the
oppoHite Ih the ease, lit one in
stance u have lu mind, the mine
manager Iiiih an Intercut in a hiiIooii
In which hie men Muauder their time
aud money. The regulation of those
uiatterH Ih with the local public au
thorities, but ery often in milling
ciimpH the mine Ihii power In politics,
lawR to close tho saloon dives at the
gatet) of the navy yard. 'i '
The mining operator, aside from
any cbiiibderatiouof duty to the pub
Mo, la concerned lu having a stricter
control of the dives and a regulation
of the Hiinitary conditions of tho
mining village in which his mine Ih
located.
Tho MiueHntta inspector Is on tho
right track.
This Ih not a moral spasm, but a
busluuss suggestion to business men.
Mining World.
DONE TO DEATH BY
SLANDEROUS TONGUES.
In dgar A. Poo's poem, "Le
nore, " the following lines eccur:
How shall the ritual then bo read?
tho requiem how he suug,
Hv you, hy yours, tho ovll eye by
yours, tho slanderous tongue,
That did to death tho iuiiocenoe, that
died, aud died ho young?
Roooutly the Now York World had
an account of tho suicide of u modest
aud highly sensitive young womau
who "was done to death" by the
tongue of slander ami dotraolon. Her
parents had boon woaltby, aud her
father loft hor a competence, but her
brother got possession of it and lost
it mid alio had to work to livo. She
Houurcd a position as a stenographer,
aud would have earned a living
honorably, but houio of her fellow
employees made contemptuous re
marks about her clothing, wbioh was
tho best hIio could afford. Under
tholr cruel aud unjust criticisms she
became morbidly despondent, took
poison and dlod. "Tho slandorouH
tongue" murdered hor.
Only a few wookH ago the world
was shocked at tho suicide of (Jeneral
Sir Hector McDonald, one of tho most
brilliant soldiers of tho Kngllsh
army, who had won renown and pro
motion to high position for his
serlvcos lu many campaigns. Certain
disparaging statements mado about
him ho wrought on IiIh sensitive spirit
that ho thought himself disgraced
and took IiIh own lifo. Subsequent
disclosures proved beyond doubt that
ho whs entirely guiltless of any
wrong aud that tho statements mado
about him woro base slanders. "Tho
slanderous tongue" was again a mur
derer. friicHO two Instances might bo multi
plied many times, but we Imvo refer
red to them because they wore ho
recent. They are examples of what
thoughtlessness of malice can accom
plish when a highly sensitive uaturo,
Ih tho victim. There are those who
can endure danger, hardship and all
manner of privation without giving
way, but who will sink and die under
harsh or unjust criticism. There are
Home who care nothing for tho opin
ions of others, ami on whom uo
criticism, false or true, has any
effect, but all are not that way. A
sensitive womau or a highly strung
man may prefer death to unfavorable
'comment, and may choose suicide
lather than live under unjust or
HlauderoiiH charges. Shakespearo al
ludes (o one who was "done to death
MONUMENT TO INDIAN GIRL
WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK
Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, of Oregon
City, Oregon, whose historic romances
"McLoughlln and Old Oregon"
and "The Comment" have brought
her national fame, urges tho erection
at Portlaud, Oregou of a stattio to
oacajawea, . in? inqian gin, wbo ,.,, ,, rnmotlo ),- if i i.
' would also, in a measure, serve as a
memo(f(ato a host of -Indian, women
ln the Pacific uorh'twest? who reu-'
dered kindly aid and service to tho
pioneer j ' . ' l
I ' Savngo thoHntti 'sho Is, thox Indian
womau possesses many of the virtues
which ennoble the heart aud mind or
her civilized sisters. Sacajawea pos
sessed these virtues in high degree,
,, ' " i, -r ,, --7 , - ."t--i (-- ami me romance 01 ner 1110 is in
guided Lewis and Clark 'through tho 'dls80,ubly blended with one of tho
Rocky mountains In 180D. ! most stirring and Important chaptere
, LbWIs add Clark' wintered on their i . tii ui0, s,,ni,n.mnn
Ut SI4t UlltlUUUI HIDluiji u'wnuwtaua
or by tact the policy of the admin
itsriitiou can bo ititliieuced. Tho
issue between the United States navy
department and the authorities of the
village near which the goicrumciit
navy yard on Puget Sound is located
is an illiihtiatiou both of a way to
better local conditions and of tho
otllcial recognition of the evil of
neighborhood low grog shops on a
body of workmen. The navy depart
ment actually closed down all work
until the lax village otllclaU eucated
by slanderous tongues," an oxpros
siou more poetically oxpiessod in i
Poo's "Leiiore."but the great drama
tist in another place speaks of
slander
Whni-o edge is sharper than tho
sword, whose tongue
Outveiioms all tho worms of Nile,
whose breath
Hides on the posting winds, aud
doth belie
All corners of the world.
Montgomery, Alabama, Advertiser.
western journey among the Maudan
Indians in Dakota. There they
learned of the presence of Sacajawea,
a slave girl of sixteen, who had been
captured by tho lllackfeet iu one of
their predatory expeditions against
the Shosboues, held by them as a
slave, aud became tho wife of Cha
bonueau, a French half-breed inter
preter. They induced Sacajawea and
her husband to join their expedition,
aud the Shoshone girl wifo
Review.
Will Bore Artesian Well.
W. J. Patterson, of the Queen City'
Furniture company, and Mr. Tom
Protlltt, tho well known stockman,,
have just completed their purchase
of a 83,500 drill and machinery for
boiiug artesian wolls. The apparatus
rend-1 will arrive here January 1, and tho-
orod iuvaluablo service iu pll- first experiment will be made on Mr.
otlng the expedition through the Prorfltt's ranch uoar this oity. The
Rocky mouutaltiH to her former home, drill has a capacity of 3,000' feet,
and establishing friendly relations, , and It Is tho Intention of these go u
not only with the Shpshoues, but ' tlemou to bore a number of wells for
also with the Flatheads aud tho ' the nurnoso of demonstrating tho
Nez Perces.
It Is tho purpose to erect this
statue, at a cost of about 80,000,
with contributions from the women
of Washington. Oregou, Idaho, Mon
tana and tho Dakotas. The under
taking is most commendable. The
statue wolud stand an enduring mon
ument to this remarkable girl aud
feasibility of irrigating the arid lands
of this county by a series of artesian
wolls. (lovernmout geologists have
positively stated that plouty of water
can be obtained lu this valley
through artesian wells at no great
depth. With a littlo more- water wo
can take caro of 50,000 more people
iu this county. Democrat.
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BANK OF SUMPTER
SUMPTER, OREGON
A. P. COSS. I'ttilJtnt ind Cashltr StDSEY S. Foster. Aitl. Cashier
His First
Complaint
"The writer regrets the necessity of lodging
complaint concerning voui usual excellent
service, but in a friendly spirit begs to submit
the, follewing: Yesterday you sold me lower
nine, car three, on The Pioneer Limited.
But you neglected to advise me that it would
be necessary to have the porter waken me in
the morning, and as there was so little motiou
to the car, I overslept. I have covered a large
area on 'some of the famous trains of the
United States and this is the first complaint of
this character I have made. I trust you will see
to it in the future that passengers are advised."
The Pioneer Limited runs daily from St.
Paul to Chicago via the
Chicago, Milwaukee 8c St.
Paul Railway
S;i'r5iSf-t 34 Third St- Portland, Ore.