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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1903)
COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for 9 AND READ IT I 1' RUSHING LOGS IN OYER SNOW Tho Horopter Lumber company closed dowii JIh siiwiuill last night for about n week, during which tlmo t- Him needed repairs will bo mado. In tho meantime, however, tlio company will continue to rush in lllgS IIS it llllH llOUII llolllg fOfHOIllO time puHt. Rot ween .'15,000 mid 40,000 foot of lout tiro now being ricked ii lny. Tlio policy of tho company Ih to got in iih many logs hh possible whllo tho hiiow makes haul Iiik easy, for a big out uoxt year. UNITED STATES HAS LARGEST STOCK GOLD ern stockholders, was. lit the property today uud reportH things looking moHt oucouriiglug. The tiill will Hturt, sonio day du ring the present week for h coutiuued run on good ore. , t . Mr. Milks wllljeave for his home in New Vork city tomorrow, but will return to euHteru Oregon, within sixty days. He Iiiih watched the Carpenter Hill proiiyrtjr Krow froa n more prospect to 0110 of tho hoHt properties in this camp and a good substantial boom may be looked for in be early spring In the Pocahontas district. Herald. NOTICE. At tho proHont time tho United States possesses the largest stock of gold of Huy country In the world. On the tint of October the amount of gold in this country exceeded 1,27 7,000,000. Great llritalu has B2B.000.000 or less than ouo-half of what the United States possesses. The stock of gold in the country has lucresaod dor Iiik tho last live yearn about 1370,000,000, and dur ing the name time (J rent JJrtnin has added 11)0. 000,000, to its gold sup ply, Franco 8137,000,000, Germany 05,000,000, and Austro-Huugary 55,000,000, while HuhhIii has lost 10.000,000. In the whole of Europe the net increase In the Htock of gold during the past live years Is estimated at 423,ooo,ooo. TIiIh shows that the Increase iu the stock of gold In the United States during the past live years Iihs beeu nearly as large as the Increase of all Europe. We are adding to our sup ply of gold at the rate of about HO. 000, 1,00 per year at tho present time. The contrast of conditions at the piesont tliuo and as they existed ten years ago makes these figures very Interesting. Iu 1 803 glod was Ix-lug exported to Enurope on n large scale. Koropcau bankers feared that if this country did not get on n sliver basis, il would not remain on a gold basis, imil our government found a great deal of difficulty iu maintaining the stock of gold' of 100,000.000 us ro quired by law, and a grout many prominent ilimucieis In the country feared that the gm eminent would bo unable to pay the Interest on I he uutioiiul debt iu gold. Contrasting the conditions throughout tho country at the piWciit time with 1803 slum the uhsiirdity of making comparisons. New Vork Hunker. 1 WO BILLS AIMED AT CROOKED USE OF MAILS i Two bills were introduced in the senate yesterday by Senator Penrose, designed to strengthen the laws regu lating the use of the mails. One is aimed at the "Oct Rich Quick" con cerns, and at guessing contests. The act of 1800 forbidding lotteries is amended by Inserting the following language iu tho prohibitory aotion. "Or any person or company con ducting any competition or contest involving tho award of prizes and based upon the relatlvo accuracy of guesses or estimates; or conducting any schemes or devices for betting, wagering or making pools upon hone races or other similar contests." It Ih sought by the amendment to protect the public against fraud, as well as to suppress the gambling which accompanies tho hotting on horses. To Interlopers and trespassers: Notice Is hereby Riven tb'Raudall 11. Kemp and the Great Eastern Power and Light company, or toby of its representatives, that I have strictly compiled wljh the luw as jo my water ngniB'uuu unit worlds uelug steadily prosecuted. And I hereby give notice to Randall 11. Kemp, tho (i. E. P. ii L. Co., or any of of its representatives that I will protect my said rights at all hazards. And that Raudall II. Kemp, the U. E .P. & L. Co. or any of its representatives are hereby not I lied to keep off my property without my wrltten.cousent. m Dated Strawberry Camp, Decetrber 2, 1003. W. A. MoNAUOHTEN. Owner. levied of '4 of a cent per share to pay indebtedness aud secure the'right in question. This man Kemp will have a fat job when this assessment iu paid. The stock can not be assessed, only by mutual consent of all the stockholders.. W. A. MoNAUGHTEN. NOTICE OF HALE OF PROPERTY FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT. Rockefeller Will Control Smelter Trust According to a Denver dispatch. It is rumored that John 1). Rocke feller will come Into full control of tho American Smelting A: Retiuiug company at tho next meetiug, to be held shortly, aud that with the com lug in of the coutrol of the Rocke fellers the Guggeuheims will step down and out. The Rockefeller in terest is represented by the United HtatiM Metals Selling company, of which the Standard Oil tuaguate is tub" tiiiivlhg spirit. If this new in vasion of the miuiug Held by the trust idea prevails, the Staudard Oil man wll be able to control both the metal market aud the market price. Tho average producer of ore has had sutllcient complaiut against the smelter trusts so-called, but there is little reason to believe that his com plaints will bo made less if the change above noted takes place. Mining World. " NOTICE. To Whom it May Cencern: I am adverse to going into print but some times it behooves a person to do It, to set himself right with the public. I now refer to. the above notice, I am not doing business for the (J. E. P. and L. Co. or hare I for months. The water rights referred to are ab solutely mine, as the records will how aud time will prove the same. The O. E P. and L. Co. never have had one dollar In the treasury. The company was Incorporated for oue million shares, par value one dollar, and for thejcouslderation of (140,000 shares of the stock, I deeded to the corporation the water rights located at tho north fork of the John Day, near the junction of Granite creek aud Lake creek, in Grunt county, Oregon. Three hundred thousand shares were set aside for a workiug capital. 1 have since donated '200.000 shares back to tho company, making the treasury stook 500,000 shares, all , of which is Iu the treasury. During the existence of the corporation there ' with the name of the owner and has been quite a sum of money ex pended, aud said mouey was from the proceeds of the sale of my individual stock. I owo the comrauy nothing, and never did. The company is iu my debt aud the people that would do me an Injustice, if they could, in cluding this man, Randall II. Kemp, who is always bolstering his character up and posing as a mdoel of honesty. 1 presented to Randall II. Kemp 100,000 shares of stock aud to his wife 10,000, aud to each uud every one of them that is a party to the' Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of a warrant issused by tho City Recorder of tho City of Sumpter on the 2nd day of December, 19011, to me directed, cemmanding: mo to collect the assessment levied' upon each "of the 'lots or. tracts of land hereinafter described aud set. forth for the Improvement of Auburn street from the east line of Center street to the west line of the alley in the center of Block 11, Sumpter HeightB, MoEweus' addition to the town 01 Bumpier, exienaea souioeriy would cross said Auburn street, 1 will at the front door of the City Hall, in the City of Sumpter, Raker County, Oregon, at the hour of ten o'clock a. m. on the 10th day of January, 1004, sell at public auc tion, to the highest and best bidder for cash in hand each and every lot, tract, or parcel of land hereinafter described,, for the assessment levied thereon for the Improvement of Auburn street, together with the costs and accruing costs of this sale, as declared by Ordinance No. 205 of the City or Sumpter. Eaob lot, tract, or parcel of land hereinafter described will be sold separately for cash iu baud, but no bid will be accepted on Buy lot, tract, or parcel ot laud that is less than the amount of the assessment, levied thereon, together with the costs, aud accruug costs as hereinafter set forth. The following are the lots or truota of land that will be offered for sale the amouut of the assessment against the same: Lot 0, block 0, Sumpter Valley R. R. Co., owner,, assessed for 20.15. Lot 7, block 0, Sumpter Valley R. R. Co., owner, assessed for 35.45. block 0, Sumpter owner, assessed for West ya lot 8, Valley R. R. Co., 10.14. - . Lot 1, block 7, Sumpter Valley R. R. Co., owner, assessed for :i2..'iU. Lot 2, block 7, Sumpter Valley R. STAMPS BEGIN DROPPING AT CARPENTER HILL MINE. The Carpenter Hill property In the Pocahoutas district will resume operations tomorrow with a full force of men. Mr. E. A. Milks, the able drums. Cheap. Write or telegraph Manager of the property for his east- j A. J. McCabe, Taoonw, Wash. horc notice, with the exception of I R. Co., owner, assessed for 830.00. two parties that huve invested 9000, Lot .'!, block 7, Sumpter Valley R. I nrcsiiiited lurue blocks 11 f wtnolr. lit. C11.. nunor. nnensKeil for :M.1( Tlmtrr nd Homestead Filings. These claim they ure milking for Lot 4 block 7 Sumpter Valley R.. TiinU'riu.i! homestead tilings, ns well .the property alluded to is simply a; R. Co. owner, assessed for 828.52. aY llnul proofs, can be made In-fore 1 game of bluff. Randall H. Kemp I Lot 5 block 7, Sumpter Valley R. Charles II. Chance, Tolled Suites Coin- resigned his position us assistant R. Co., owner, assessed for 87.20 missiouer, oflico iu First National H.ink ' manager of tho (5. E. P and L. coin- All of tho foregoing lots uud of Sumpter building, Mimpter, thus sav-1 Paiiy in the mouth of May, 1003, and pracelR being in the orignal townsito ing applicants expense of a trip to l-a i 1 hold his resignation iu writing. 1 of tho town, now city, of Sumpter,' Grande. 'On .lime 2, 100.1, Randall 11. Kemp as shown on' the plat thoieof, I located tho Strawberry lakes. .John entitled: Revised plat of th Duy uud Rail cieek, uud in the, mouth of August, 1003, be deeded them to me, us tho records will show. Mr. C. 11. Cbuuce. attorney at law, Sumpter, wrote the deed. Siuce deeding the property to me, 1 under stand tbeie has been au assessment FOR SALE. One .Monday 12x10 hoist engine tilth Link motion, horizontal boiler, good, condition. Engine has two town of Sumpter, of record iu the office of the recorder of conveyances of Raker County, Ore gou. Wituess my haud this 15th day of De!.. 1003. ED RAND, City Marshal of the City of Sumpter - - r"Ts innsafcAj iBiiwfclitt'LBh ur? i'-wv