THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, Decembei $o, 190
WALL STREET
AND ROOSEVELT
In flow of tlio utlllliitlotiH of llur
por's Weekly, Its statements that
Wall street will ho In favor of it
democratic candidate fur president
uoxt year, provided bo 1h h "conserv
ative, " pOHSOHHOH ttlO largest Blgtllfl-
canco. TIiIh statement practically
confirms what was said In the Wall
Htioot Journal hoiiiu days ago, that a
political revolution was In progress
in this country, and that the finan
cial interests which in the iHst two
presidential campaigns gavo their
support and their money to the re
publican party, were now prepared,
on account of their antagonism to
President Itoosevelt, to transfer their
support to the democratic party, pro
vided It should be impOHsl bio to de
feat ill in in the republican conven
tion, mill provided that the demo
cratic party cutH loose from llryanlsm.
This has been apparent to well-in-forme
I persons over since the mu
nicipal election in this city, but
this Is the llrst time that it has been
openly admitted in n place known to
have intimate connection with finan
cial interests opposed to Mr. Ituoso-
volt. The opposition which lias
heretofore boon carried on In a secret
way and by covert suggestion and in
nuendo is now apparently about
ready to appear In the open.
The leading financial interests
should bo prepared to go ovei to (lie
democratic party, which Is the party
of free trade, or at least of such tariff
revision as points towards freo trade,
is altogether extraordinary. Por the
properties of these fluaucial Interests
are largely concerned In the main
tenance of h protective tariff, and
even if they worn not, business men
as a rule, have been antagonistic to
any proposition for radical reform
In that direction, localise they know
the iiusettllug influence of tariff
agitation and the demoralizing effect
of tarilf legislation upon trade.
That Oioho powerful financial inter
ests, therefore, should bo ready to
transfer their allegiance to the party
of tarilf reform in a presidential
election, Is clear pioof of the inten
sity of their antagonism to President
Itooevelt, who Is altogether likely to
be the candidate of the republican
party next year. If these interests
carry out their present program, It
is clear that they will do so either
Iwausa they are willing to risk the
enactment of a tariff reform measure
in case of a triumph of the demo
cratic party, or else because they be
lieve that by support of Its candidate
they can prevent that party from tak
ing any more than nominal steps to
wards carrying out the policy which
in all probability they will bo com
pelled to advocate In their platform.
Wall Street Journal.
NO TAX EXEMPTION FOR
OREGON NEXT YEAR.
A pre disputed from Portland,
dated Saturday, says:
Thut there will be no iilOO tax ex
emption on the the assessment of 1004'
ecciiis apparent from the laws as they
were left by the special session. As
the law now stands there Is no 'ex
emption authorized. The next assess
ment will lie made on March 1, 1004.
The act parsed by the legislature re
viving the 1:100 exemption will not
take effect until ninety days from
December -M, or ou March -U.
Therefore, it would seem that no
exeniptiou can be allowed ou the at-
sessment. In examining acta passed
by the legislature at its recent session
it whs noticed that the exemption law
it I A1 frin nmnitonnM ilnnon TV1 a
was called to tbo attention of Attor -
noy General Crawford.
"It looks as though there will bo "d town ' Tonopah. in Nevada,
no exomntlou lti 1004," was Judge I( consequence building material
Crawford's comment. "Perhaps "d '"! command all sorts of fancy
some way can be found to construe , Prices, the very commonest kind of
the law so that the exemption can be'wed lumber bringing 800 a 1,000
allowed, but it does not look very (
farorablo at first glance."
It now devlops that this speoial
isesslou of the legislature, called to
I pass onelblll, tbo purposo of which
was to rectify a blunder of the last
regular sosslou, did not have time to
perfect It, as Indicated above; but
did manage to find tho time to pass
thirty-one other bills.
(iovernor Chamberlain has ap
proved twelve of these, handed thir
teen to tbo secretary of state without
his approval and Saturday had seven
ou which ho had not acted. These
latter are mostly charter and Incor
poration bills for towns.
Tbo more important of tho meas
ures are, proviitng manner of making
levy of school tax, inauuor of execu
tion of death sentonco (Armstrong
case); changing rate of interest on
delinquent taxes; providing maimer
for appropriating water rights; ap
propriating $100,000 for tbo purchase
of right of way for Celllo canal and
one relative to tho competency of
wltuessos and admissibility of testi
mony. Hawaii's Queer forests,
Hawaii is to have a superintendent
of forestry, sout out by the bureau of
forestry at Washington, and author
ized by tho territorial government
of tho islands. Purest coudltious in
Hawaii aro unlike any that prevail in
this country. Little timber fit for
manufacture Into lumber grows ou
tho Islands, but theio are several
hundred thousand acres of forest
laud of great values for protective
purposes. Tbo undergrowth ou this
laud of vines, ferns and mosses, Is of
so douse a character that it complete
ly shades the ground, this covering
holding water liko a sponge. This
natural conservation of moisture
furnishes a water supply for tho irri
gation of the sugar cane fields, with
out which oauo growing would bo
practically imposlblo. This con
glomerate growth is easily destroyed
by cattle and goats, and some nieaus
is desirable to stop such ravages.
Some Freaks In Mine Management.
There is ntory ourrent'ln Mexico
that during the revolutionary period
a cert In foreign company's mine was
managed with fair measure of suc
cess by an ex -military officer. Wheu
water was struck, tbo soldier was
unable to cope with the situation
and was, therefore, promptly re
placed by a sailor 1 In this year of
grace, lOO.'l, -an eastern company,
operating in the west, replaced their
malinger who was not saving tbo
values, by a deutlst. Ou what
principle we know not, except that
as possibly the dentist was a good
tooth extractor he should, likewise,
be as successful in extracting values.
. Mining Reporter.
To Visit The Standard.
'Dr Kd. W. Mueller, goueral mana
ger of tbo Staudanl, accompanied by
Professor II. II. Nicholson, of Den
ver, M. K. Haln, of Sumpter, mauager
of the Overlaud, and E. J. Wallace,
of (Sold Centre, left this mornlug
o visit the Standard lu the Quartz
burg district. The party will proba
bly be gone till the last of the week.
BEER BOTTLE ABODE
AT TONAPAH, NEVADA
1 ot a eo glows within
, miles the fai-famed mining
sixty
camp
feet, while low grades of scrap cedar
sell for 822 a cord. By reason of
these conditions, Tonopah has
achieved fame apart from its vast
mineral wealth.
It enjoys the unique distinction
of numbering among Its Inhabitants
a man who is able to live lu a glass
' house and throw unlimited quanti
ties of stones at thn same time with
out suffering any of tbe serious in
conveniences popularly supposed
to surround such an association.
Ou accouut of this scarcity and
high price of lumber, various subter-
jfuges aro resorted to lu the arcbl
I tectural makeup of Tonopah. Thoro
are houses mado of straw, of burlap I
sacks trimmed wiui bluejeaus over
alls, of tin from five gallon oil cans,
of dry goods and cracker box lumber,
of mud, stone, tents, cloth lu fact,
almost every sort of coutrlvanco Is
resorted to as U makeshift for U place
of habitation, but
it 1 ...... 1.
lb una leuiaiuou
fni- Wllllum 1V Puf.lr n mltm,- In
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devise a bouse in a class by itself.
He bus constructed of empty beor
bottles a bouso 10x20 feet in tbe
clear, with ceilings eight feet bigb,
and containing two rooms. It was
built lu Ootober of last year by Peck,
entirely unaided, at such odd mo
menta as he could spare from his reg
ular duties at the mine.
Ten thousand empty beer bottles
were Incorporated in tbe structure.
Tbe Inside walls are plastered with
mortal, which la spread to a depth
sufficient to cover the protruding bot
tle necks, makiug a smooth surfaco.
Peck lived all last winter in bis pe
culiar abode with his wife aud two
children, a girl of seveu aud a boy of
three years, and ho says, while the
temperature In mauy residences of
Tonopah reaohed tbe freeziug point
quite often, bis family fouud their
glass house was exceedingly comfort
ablo at all times. Exchange.
Dixie Meadows Concentrator Running.
At tbe Dixie Meadows, tbe concen
trator has been running for adjust
meut since Monday, aud will con
tinue to ruu in this way uutll tbe
.New ),'ear, when regular work will be
oommeuced permanently. Arrange
ments for water have beeu made, so
that theio will be pleuty for perma
nent use. Tbe freo gold product of
tho mine, which will average about
twenty-five per cent of the values,
It is calculated will pay all expenses,
audjthat tbo proceeds ftoni tbe values
of tbo concentrates will be declared
dividends to tho stockholders, which
will amouut to a large percentage ou
tbe investment. Prairie City Miner
A DIRECT LINE
To Chicago aud all points east;
Louisville, Memphis, New Orleans,
aud all points south.
See that your ticket reads via tbe
Illinois Ceutral K. K. Thoroughly
modern trains couueot with all
transcontinental lines at St. Paul and
Omaha.
If your friends are coming west let
us know aud we will quote them
direct the specially low rates now in
effcet from all eastern points.
Any informal lou as to rates, routes,
etc., oheerfully given on application.
H. II. TRITMmiTT, Commercial
Agent, 142 Third, street, Portland,
Ore. '
J. C. LIXDSEV, T. P. Hiid P. A.,
14'J Third street, Portland, Ore.,
P. B. THOMPSON, P. and P. A.,
Room 1, Coleman Bldg., Seattle Wash.
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1878.
NOTICE FOK PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office,
La Grande. Oregon, October . toot. (
Notice l hereby riven that In compliance with the
provision ol the act of congress ol June t. IS?!, en
titled "An act for the tale ot timber lands In the state
of California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington Ter
ritory, at extended to all the Public Land State by
act of August 4, ISo,
ROBERT C. BAKER,
of Sumpter, county of Baker, state of Oregon, has
this dav filed In this office his sworn statement No,
n6a for the purchase of the iwU of section No.
), In township No. south, range No jr
ewm, and will offer proof to show that the
land sought Is more valuable for Its timber
or stone than for agricultural purposes, and
to establish his claim to said land before Chat. H.
Chance, I . S. Commissioner, at Sumpter, Oregon,
on Saturdav, the oth day of Januarv, 1004.
I lie names as witnesses: Peter J, Soards, of Sump
ter, Oregen: William Salmon, of West Superior,
Wisconsin; William Kelly of Sumpter, Oregon;
1 Robert Patte-son, of Sumpter, Oregon.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the atove
described lands are requested to hie their claims in
this office on or before said 9th dav of Jan., 1904.
t. W. IMVIb, Register
AMPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE.
In the County Court ot
the State of Oregon for
the Lounty of Baker,
In the matter of the aDDllcatlon
of John Bartlett
To the Honorable County Court of the County ot
11 oKcr, aiaieoi urezon ;
, ihn it.,n.i, ,, h.,.h
I license to sell SDlrltous. ma
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make application for a
and vinous liquors for
It
i the perioj of three months, from January 1st to
March tut. 1904. both dates Inclusive, at what Is
known as the Hall-way House. In Bourne precinct,
Baker county. Oregen: said Half-wav House belne
situated on the county agun road between the City
of Sumpter and the Town of Bourne, In the County
of Baker, State ot Oregon, and being situated about
half way between Sumpter and B urne.
That there 'S no mine within one mile ot said Half
Way House. That the signers of this petition con
stitute a majority of the legal voters of Bourne pre
cinct. JOHN BARTLETT.
Sumpter Oregon, November srth. 1901.
We the undersigned, constituting a majority of
the legal voters of Bourne precinct in Baker County,
uregon, do nereev respectfully ask that a Li
License be granted 10 John Bartlett, of the Hall-'
Oregon, do hereby respectfully ask that a Liquor
License be eranted to John Bartlett. of the Half-Wav
House, In Bourne Precinct, Baker County, Oregon,
ending March list, 1004.
J M Dovle, Thos Connolly, .1 C Burton, W Hanra
han, M S McLee, O E Bunetl, Al Young, Asa
Robertson, kobert M Simms, Thomas Doyle.Thomas
Tobln, Ed Haley, B O Kempfu, Ed Turk, A L Mc
Brayer, G H Tabor, Tom Moore, J F Titus, J T
Stevenson, rtarley Smith, Walter Self, Arthur Rees,
Fred C Barrett, J T Mahoney. Jake Green, Ed Mc
Kinley, Harry Allen J J Grabb, Tom Jones, R S
Jenkins, Tom Baley, Cliff Hackett, Guy Harrls.Thos
Taylor, L Ourkee, J B Ball, F M Andersen: Wm H
Ernes, J D McDonald, George Maurin, Chas Wil
liams. A H Weatherlord. J F Rusk, Jas McGhee,
W Kellogg, J W Smith, Pest Macey, S A Abel.
ChdeTltus, D Jones. Elmer Taj lor, J R More, B
Burton, John White. Ben Woods.
1004.
F.
A. E. STARR,
MINING INVESTMENTS
Over Austin Meat Market
Sumpter, Oregon
PH1LBRICK
Sr
FENNER
MINING 4 CIVIL ENCINEERS
U. S. DEPUTY MINERALSURVEYORS
EXAMINATIONS AND REPORTS
ON MINES
NCILL LDO.SUMPTER OREGON.
QHAS.
H. CHANCE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
t. Caaniitliaar
Rooms 2 and ), First National Bank of
Sumpter Building,
SUMPTER,
OREGON
Laidlaw&Steadman
MILLWRIGHTS
ft ENGINEERS
Plans ft Estimates Furnished
Office on Cracker St., opposite
Sumpter Sampling & Testing
.... works
SUMPTER . .
OREGON