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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1903)
r HE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, December 23, 1905 t A TUp nmntPI' Minr I I IC sJUIIIUlCI III IUI oIIUAL lA'i:i Ol 1HI": cirvoi-Sl'MI'TCl i'uiilishlii 1'vii.y uhdnlmia ii v 1 v C.ONNM.IA T. 15. ciWYS'M-. - - l.m roH ; Irtt.rr at tt.p postud.cc In Sumpier, Orrpnn, li.r 'fjun.mlssli.li itinti,:l ilii mills as ..inJ .-lis rr iut si iim.w.i-iiun WATI Onr Yi-jf . 1 "1 L VS IN ADVtM.r. The (triiiid liiipidri lloiald, odiously couueclei! with the pinmotiiiil of nlllcial bundling in that Michigan city, continues to pilot the Intel national .Sunday Hi'hool le-sniis tegu liirly. Thein Im lepnileil to he limits and cash iimouul lug In mote than 8H0,- (100. hilinlieilH or tilings anil lllial proofri locked in the l.a (iiaudc land nllh't) safe, walling llielnlor Hitch cock'H pie, m. in in the mutter ol le tiiiiilui; in tiling Hecexor Thompson. Ill thn meailtiine. newspapers that do husines-i with theolllce ate uettlni! lean liiiiii hunger- hence this treble wall. Whatcvei justlco lahor may lime in thn 1 1 in I (ft ol i-l 1 1 ken anil Iio.M'iiIIs, it is i-nnvinu IhiugH euliiely too tar when it cnaies In Intel lei Ilii; with the liurial ol the dead, as happened Sal iirilay in Chicago. The stilk-ets would not penult xehicles lo attend (uncials and stieel cms and iimlei takeiri' wagons, had lu he iim-iI to cail'.Y the dead In the cemetei Im l.aliur iujuies lis cauhii amuiig sane sympathizers hy pailicipatiiin in any hlich saeiilegiuus prnceeiliugs. Moigan has iulniluced n asking the commit! u Keiiiitor leHiil'ut Ion iiiie.-...-eii..i.- .-minis ... ,.-. .g..ie (ho epeinli!uiesuf the isthmian ci I 4M IxhIuii. lie iiuutes ollleial ic- putts lo slunv Ilia! iluiiiig the tli years of Us eistenee ueatl.x linn mil lion iliillitrs have lieett evpemleil, laigely in .la.les, atinvauil iinty olllcen. II on dniwiiig hum twenty in nun) ue niiiii-aini initials cacn, l.eslil-es I'M'i'liM's. II seems Hint that canal piopnsltiou is destined to be ti cotitluil.il gigantic guilt. The K.ist dlegouiau, ol I Vtiillettin. is one ot Hie pnpeis in tim state Unit coutitiuallx swlugn its hammer against the mining indiistiy. Its latest elluit in that iliieciiuti is Hie asseitiuii tla.t legitimate mining opeiattus do not object to the l-Mily law, that only the wlldcatlets ate M'okiug to have it lepealed It grows tabid in tils cussing the question, makes so iiutity llhslinlly false statements, Unit it lends nun to the conclusion (hat some pel minal animosity pioinpts malicious attacks. these Possibly the motive can be found lu Hie (act that some months since the I'ast Otegoiiiau pctsilcntly solicited mining stock advei liniments from brokers here in Sumpter and, piesiunitbly, ulsewheie. All kinds of promises went made as In the sell lug powers ol Unit paper's advei Using columns; lint somehow, these appeals were until o lo deaf ears aud the Kast Oregoiiiati didn't glow lluauclally ... , . . ... fat oil lexetiue (liawil lioill null source. Some of the "big" mining pnpeis an (blowing (he gall' into those ;w"ra 3Z P"'li"lfiii- isi-iifil in tin- Inteiesl of h0llu ,ittii-iilnr biokeingo Htm. Tin Miniim WfithJ, cit Chicago, ad-i xlsc- lis tenders to sidestep the iillur- lug ptumiscs of any of the-e pnpeis, I li'it conic- t iutiii r l.v w 1 1 h a Mump on I It: Unit it ir. mil hi lie more not !- I II11111 a piospeetiiH in di-gulsc mid I caii'l even get the pi ivllrges. ot second class mail inallei. On (III- point, the Daily Mining li'ecoiil lemiiik- that the dead line should 110' he dtawil at Hie ii-tnge slump papei ; that i-omc oHIicm have 1 on tin' xlgiliint lilockaile ot lliei pn-dolllee depattmcut. i-ecuieil entiy 11.1 second cln.-.s mail matter and i-1 i 1 1 Hie Hide ptospccltlses. mule ai tistie- ' ally disguised, Wii Icgitliimte inlli- Imi Itiiluii uliil llimii inn rutin It full IHK I'ui'cin nun nn;ir nic inu.i n n u i n inni run iir an iiimmimih - ulthehe-tof uslelt will nexer he cited ll.ilish ves toucnll that i .i ...i.i... .1... i... i ...i ... i... .1.,... llilliy tlll.l. HI' 11 .....III. id IIM' I 111 - I III' Imiker and tlie fake mining and In vesting joiliniils, guides, advisuis. Kxeit then, the cliancer are that the Milne ii-r-t i ti-l HUH xennltl will hoh up in Mime eipially (illelifite dilleienl guise I'm sevcial days piM The .Miner lac Intended to take n fall nut of lhe I'm t IiiiiiI J'clcgiam because it didn't i (lie the mining Indtlstiy of eastern' Oiegnu it upline deal in it iiihhiii! iudu"trial elitiou, l-.-iue .Monday (ljw ,,,,,. IIH j.!,,,,,,,.,! Hh ,,,111:1 on that point ami will spate Hie Telegiam thn humiliation of pulilic ceii'iiie, the mental au'on.v which the IfllowledKii that its elloil to pre.-ellt lu Hie woild Oii'uuii's varied atliac lintis dues not meet with The .Miliei's iniiplalllleil appriival . .. t lunik the Pendleton Tiilnine tor i-capiug this reathiug leleik I'uder a three ciilumu headline the I'endleliiu puiilicalinu pioelaims lustily Unit I'mntilla county was uiven the woist ot it in Unit editien: kicks like a hay steer hccaiii-c its wheat pioductiou was given so Utile notice, when linker county wild cat mines wem lioiimed to heat the hand. .ud then liu'ls, dear leadei, tenehe-i two piiipu-ltlnus; namely, ,,, lluil we -u I prone to c.N - gg,.nite iiudjily the imporlauce nt uiMdes and our miiiiiiiiiiIiiius; ' M - eonilly, that not only republic,., but counties, towns, and ucwspnpeis j .,. unuialetul w lelelies not I n-' - i ,.n Mib-ei ilieis. Imth lhn.e paid in I ndxauce and tho-e unpaid tin uiuuths. . mj li tor eals. til III teats. These cianks w Im get the notion into I lii.ii addled brains that it l their duty to iir-ofi iiiiIm some piomi-, ueiit man ueer have muisi) enough to make a guod selictiou. Take lor in- stance, the tool who killed .McKiu- Icy, that weak, kindly until who loved his lellow men. Without mention-1 lug any umiie-i, one can recall a doen men in the United States who could ! haxe been killed to advantage, e-ipe-, chilly lo the advntititge of his ehes: i jet lie slew his friend. And ii day or two since another ' thickhead, whom the despatches . designate as ii socialist, took a couple of shots at Mux N'ordcau, an avowed, , splendidly intellectual foe to the enemies of secialism: though it is I not piohahle that he is himself n socialist, being possessed of a well I balanced, "logicl iniiiil, Dut N'ordcau is a natural born iconoclast. He sees ' the (laws mid shams of the existing mder of things, governmental and social, and in his writings has; pointed them out with more force I and eleaiuess I ban any living man. I L.' I .. ..... .' ..!.!.., i'"'ii " ""' .ii.ieiiii .iiu.iii.i-n.es, i notably Austria, have prohibited the t eliiMilntion of his "Conventional Lies j ot Our Civilization." They fear tiiieh a man as Nordeau, with tils I Sfrfc- ' 1 giS'"'- splendid mental wpiipmeut: wltllo the ignntant ffinl who tried to kill him Is despised, The Assiisslns uuloii should mix n little brain.- with Ms eneigy and ciitei prise, Seymour Hell, the Hiltlsh coin- mcicial agent in the United State-', ! sitys the New oik ointiieieial, hits ' been winning the Hritish manufac- j Inlets lu keep n shaip eye on your I'ncle Haiuuel, ol Yankee-laud, inthe crafty old hoy I.- plaiiilv prcpaiing, owing to a (limintslicil iiemami ai home tor Ameilciiii goods, In take the helpless liiili.-li consumer ly (hcsciull ol the neck and compel him to liny his unsiilnhle wares. I i It IIHiV kill I It II tl till IIIKIll VII II ill itV. I Hill I IIU 1 1 1 17 lll-l lll'IIIMI in imi.-iih .- ilepie"--lou lu the l niteil htules ex i porln ot .meriran iiiiiiiiifnetiire-. althoui'h tlie latter often Mild for a ' miiik. tell oil', as well as ai;i iciitiiral evpoils. They ilmpped ill pi Ire Ifrnmnhout 81711,0(1(1.1)00 in 1801 to le1 1.1 8, 000. 000 in I8ii:i. ami tliey did not mount upward materially till the M'Cfiit hoom lu Ijii.-I in-.-s m;I lu. It is to In lemaiked, ,. Unit Ameiican mauiilactuicd e.vports leached their zenith ill 1000. when the liu.iiues.-i hoom was at Its height, at which time they amounted in value til ei.ll. 000.00(1. Last year when husiness liegau to slow down some what, they ilmpped again, ahoiit .?."(). 000, 000. A lieaii inauufac tineis, like other lallihle heiugs. . .. I!...., i.. I ,. ..III. ....1 ruiiiriiiiiir. ir nun, ,n tuiiif-v, .iiiiiimi I innii uie-i, inn a-a line iiieyun uoi iluliheiately go nil tiiiliiug out gods ill older In rell them at a Ins-'. Wliiili tliitv tlml lilldl IU...W luifil lllllllir to slacken, they lake in nail and dispose ol such stock as they may Hud on their hands as lies! they can. We hetray nu coulldenee in saying that llritish muuutactiiiers have heeii known to do the Mime thing. All the atithniitics agiee Hiit t that the liivestiiig public, that poitlou of It whicli has put H ev into industrials mil seen values decline to lelalivelv nothing, j litm tf I.v disgusted with the Wall ....... i...... ., .....l . I... ,...i..,.i., n i i-i-i iimiii i 'ii mi in n ii iiii i lit-1 1 ill l-; ijii-) i ra i This grievance against these stock tliimblei iggeis is wlderpiead. No Uiieli ........ I im.,mI In.a l...,m ,.inl.ii.l,.i...l I by mining cnmpiiiiics amnng their stockholders. Theie me isolntcd cn.-cs, ot cnuisc; but su ninny people hitxe made money, thousands in dependent fortunes, hy judicious iiivelsmeuls lu mining stocks, that it is impi."-"dhlo for any general, considerable leseiitmeut to he felt agaiiits mining as an investment. i Again, there Is -ciueely a douht.lt. Co., owner, ttcsrctl tor 811(1. (10. hut that the next year or eighteeeii Lot !1, block 7, Suuiptei Valley H. nuillths is going to he a dull, depress. cil era inmost branch. 's; on account , of the approaching presidential eloc- tiou, if for no other reason, (lold I mining is the only industry that will not ho adversely affected hy tlio so-called "hard times." It would, therefore, appeitr that this is the opportunity, now the time, tho present the psychological moment for the mining operators to make their best endeavors to push their re-1 speetivo propositions; for eastern Oregon especiall" to advertise to the world I In rich golden treasures, Heretofore there has been no con - eerted actiou among local mining promoters. They have succeeded in 1 ......I.. i.un.-.uii uuu niii.iuiij saw uw , necessity for mutual aid. Do t hoy still feel entirely independent V If not, Is it possiblo for them to work together on somo hroadmlnded basis, ( tin initio nlim hy which the entire district will he heiiellted directly 'and individuals indirectly? Tlio , day has past when the promoter who , can't see heyond some spccille stock deal will succeed. It will require , muu of linger mental vision to "make good" in the lutuie tliau lu the pn.-t and those who expect to re- maiii in llie minini! business will hnxe to remodel their idea- mill plans, enlarge mid llboializi! their policy, ' netici: or .i.i: of pkoi-kkty Foil TUKi:r I.MI'ltoVK.MKNT. Notlce is licicj?y given that under , . , "'l '-v vl.ti.. of a waiii.n I.-MIM'.! hy the Ci-T Uecnider ot the City of Suuiptei on the 'Jml day ol l)i cemlicr, lOO.'l, lo me diiected, comimuiilitiK me to collect the in-M'sMiiient levied upon each of the lots or tiaets of laud hereinafter dcM'iihcri ami ml toith lor the Impniveineut of An horn i-tieet from the eat line of Center Mieet to the wept line of the alley in the centei of Ulock 11, .Sumptur llelchts, .McKweiis' addition to the ti.wn of Sumpter extended MH.theily , " " "' '"" M, " " f'' Will III III' lllllll lllllll 111 llll! VjIIV Hull, in the City ot Sumpter, linker County, Oiegou, at the huiir ot ten o'clock a. in. on the Kith day of .laiiuaiy, It'll I, m11 at public auc tion, to Hie hlgbe-t and best bidder for car-h in IiiiiiiI each auileveiy lot , t met, or piuct'l ot lanil heieiuafti rdi'.-crlbcd, tor the u-'M.'.-Miient levied thereon tor the Impiovcmeut of Auhuin slieet, togethei w ith the costs and luciullig (co.-ts ot this sale, its declined hy Oidinaiiee No. '.'O.'i ot the City of S"'l'',i' Kach lot, tract, or piucel of hind hotel nutter de.-ciibi il will he sold sepat n,tely for cash lu hand, hut no hid will he ncct pled on any lot, tract, or patcel ot land that Is less I than the amount of the arM-sMiteiit .Ic-tlcd thuteon, togethur with the costH in thei and acciuiig costs its hcicliinitcr eiit torth. The lollowlng aie the lots ot tiactH of laud that will he ottered for sale witli the name ot the owner unl the amount ot the iii-sniiit-iit against tlio ....,.,.. tiii- Lot (i, 15. I!. block (!, Sumpter Valley Co., owner, itrresscd tor block (!, Sumpter Valley H. A-J'l. IS. Lot' I!. Co.. owner, arse.--.ed tor .1.1.15. West -t lot 8, block li, Sumpter 'Valley K. It. Co., owner, as-.e.eil for 81P. 1 1. Lot 1, block 7, Sumpter Valley I!. It. Co., owner, assessed for 8.1:2. rill, Lot'-', block 7, Sumpter Valley Ii. H. U. Co., owner, assessed lor 8111. 12 Lot 1 block 7 Sumpter Valley It Cu. owner, assessed for 8'.28.r'! Lot ii block 7, Sumpter Valley H. Co., owner, assessed for 87.2!) R All of the foregoing lots and pniculs being in the origual towntite j of the town, now city, of Sumpter, its shown on tlio plat theieof, Untitled: He vised plat of tho ! towu of Sumpter, of record in tho olllce of tho recorder of cunveyaucos of linker County, Ore- gon. i Witness my hitnd this 1.1th day of ' l)e:., lOU.'l, KD HAND, ' City Marshal of tlio City of Sumpter I ' . i nnfotunnarv VVHIVVHVHV. ft Fresh Caudles and Fruit, Choice lino of Cigars and Tobaccos, nt STUKU ILL'S.