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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1903)
Wednesday, December 16, 1909 THE SUMPTER MINER HERE ARE GOOD RAIWPSTpRP Scrips' News association sent out tho following railroad story from Portland iiud whs published in tbo Herald last evening. . . Lytle, president of the Columbia Southern, which . H. Hnrrimuu announced yesterday would bo e.xteudod from Sbaulko to Bend, next year, after n conference with. Ihirrimaii, said: "The bond issuo will bo for about 11,1500,000. We will ultimately reach Burns, but the line to Uend is all that is projected under the pres ent agreement, and Is all that we can speak doHuitoly about. "The line will pass through Prine vllle aud thence will head west to Bend, which will be our terminus until wo ciin start work nn tho Burns line, which, as I said before, is au indellulte proposition." Tho O. It. & N. map, which is used by the olHcials, shows projected Hues iu eastern Oregon, of which nothing has boon heard, aud one of those pro jects for which surveys bavo boon made aud plans drawu for a lino into tho' John Day country. This lino is believed by eugiueors who Iihtc sur veyed tho country to be easily feas ible, siuco tho John Day valley fur uishes au easy grade, aud as pros pected tho line would pass through 'Cauyou City, aud follow the John Day river toward Shauiko. Such a lino would afford au excellent oppor tunity, for u Hue to the torminiis to tho Columbia Southern at Hurns'aud besides opouiug up all of.-coutral Oregon afford to the llarrlmau lines outlots to tho interior at Baker City .uud Biggs, 'so. that tinia ahipmonta from tho east could be sout by , these routes, ' rellovlng the Pendleton tbrauoh of its present traflic. " Au Ogdou, Utah, dispatch of re cent date.Vuys: Tho Ogdeu & North western, which is to be extended to Coos Buy, is owned principally by David Kccleg, II. H. .Spencer aud Thomas D. Dee. Thoy aro wealthy uplta'ists and own tho controlling interest iu tho Amalgamated 'Sugur ompauy, of Utah, with fuctories at Ogdeu aud Logau, aud are also the head of the Utah aud Oregon Lumber company, 'with' its headquarters at Baker City, aud they own .the Sumpter Valley. railroad. ,- ' Nino miles of tbo Ogdeu X- North western has already been built north west from Ogdeu, and is lb opera tion. Steel has iilco been ordered for eleven miles more, which takes it to Brighani City, the ceuter of tbe Bear Valloy, of Utah. For the first 150 mi I lea the' road will tap a rich agricultural district, tbo principal product of which Is sugar boots. The road 'is designed to form an out let for the timber districts of Oregon, both east and west. Tho meu who are behiud it have millions available to thomselves aud, being couuected with the sugar mag bates of tbe east, are iu a position to command uulimited capital. It Is now' thought that there are negotia tions now on foot between these men and tho projectors of tbe p'oposed Coos Bay road, but tbe Ogdou parties decline to be interviewed. At first it was thought this road would eventually becomo a part of the Western Pacific, coming from Sau Francisco through tbo Beckwith Pass, as Mr. Eccles aud his associates own large traots of timber laud iu Call lorua traversed by that road, aud b e made a trip to San Fraucisco some months ago aud met the promoters of hat line, but now it is practically admitted that tbe Coos Bay outlet is desired. At this point tbe road forms a junction with tho Rio (Jrande Western Sau Pedro aud Oregon Short Lino Uuion and Southern Pacific. WILL RESUME WORK ON GRIZZLY AT ONCE P. D. Ilealy, managing on-ner of the Urizzy, onMcCulloy's foray nuoui nve nines irom Dumper, iu mo Granite direction, will resume work on this property tomorrow. Mr. Ilealy has rocetved ample funds from his Portland associates for the con tinuance of development work and he has already engaged a force of meu to begin operations. Dr. Parker, of Portland, is prcsldeut of tbe com pany, nud it is understood that the Portland owners are ready to pledge all tbo funds necessary for extensive work Tbe Urlzzly is regarded as a very promising property, and some very high assays have boeu obtained from it. Mr. ilealy got one as.-uy from the tunnol uf 8372, and Dr. i'nrkor had an assay made iu Portland from tbe same locnllty which went 1 300. The tunnel is in on tbo vein somo sixty feet, and tbcro is a shaft down forty feet. Tho shaft shows average values of 814. 50 with four per ceut copper. Nothing has boon doue for somo time, but tbo company is now in a position to prosecute work cou tluuously. PICTURE AND BIOGRAPH OF LEE S. OVITT. PR0M0T0R. Tbo Jourual'for Investors' publishes a full page photograph of Lee S. Otitt aud tbe following biographical sketch: Mr. Lee S. Ovitt is a notable illus tration of the lapldity with which ouo may forgo to tho front lauk iu any uudretaklng or pursuit to which ho consecrates ability, euergy aud en thusiasm. Mr. Ovitt conies fiom good old New Euglaud stock, having been burn iu Derby Liuo, Vermont, May 31, 18G'J. In the following year his par euts removed to Chicago, where they havo sinco resided. He was educated in tho grammar and high schools, uud became associated with bis father asu furniture manufacturer aud jobber until his father retired from business on account of ill health. Iu 1000 Mr. Ovitt engaged iu tho milling aud investment business, aud is the secrotary, trustee aud active bead of the Turuagain Arm Uold Miulug company, as well as a di rector in tbe Oregon Development compauy (wbicb owns aud controls the Cracker Oregou gold mines), aud fiscal agent of the Uolconda Consoli dated Cold Miuos company. AH of these propositions have passed tbo tinauciug stage, aud Mr. Ovitt is now devoting his attention aud energies to'ilnauclug tbe Cracker Jack, bis latest proposition, as well as looking after tbe development of tbe other properties. Tbe main offices are at Milwaukee, with branch otilces Iu Boston, Chicago, and St. Louis. As a writer, Mr. Ovitt has a con versational, heart-to-heart style, characteristic of bis advertisements and tbe booklets bo baa published ou miulng aud investment subjects, wbicb has coutrlbutcd largely to his popularity aud following among in vestors throughout tbe country. LJli 'P'T? A Beautifully Illustrated 1 XVl-ill Pamphlet of 16 Pages Showing ob OREGON'S Great. Pividcn4 Paying Mines; Any person contemplating a mining investment should not lie without the information contained in this valuable uamplilet. WRITE TODAY (Mention No. 60 and it will lie promptly mailed you.) 32 IMBWAY, N. Y. WHEELER & CO. iNHf HIM 'l ! ' if(H t Pi I l M (i IN THE RICH GREENHORNS ARE LOCATED THE PROPERTIES OF THE SmugglerGoldMining Company Nearly 1,000 Feet of Development Work, Tunnels, Shafts, and Cross cuts have Proved a Continuous Ore Body lor a Ltofth of 3,00 Feet. The Ore Assays From $4 to $150 per ion, and In Place the Vein is 48 Feet Wkt. WE WANT TO SELL 100,000 Shares of Treasury Slock at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Per Snare, to Ionall a Sinking Plant. J For Full Information Regardtqg This Really Gill-Edged Proposition, Address ELI ROWLES, - , 409 Hayden Building, Columbus, Ohio. Fiscal Agent Or SMUGGLER GOLD MINING COMPANY SUMPTER, OREGON. 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