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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, December jo. 1903 The Sumpter Miner OmCML I'AMER OF THE CITVOF SUMI'TER PUBLUHRI) RVIRV WIDNMDAY BY J. W. CONNELU T. 0. OWYNNE. EDITOR fcnttrta at llic poitufflce In Sumplcr, Oregon, tor irantmlitlun through iht malls at ttcond clan mailer. SUHSCPIMTION RAT1S Un Var ,., all Muniht Sv.oo 1.15 ALWAYS IN AIIVANCI. If lltllflll lllllfllu fllllltui In !!.. I...-I..I " y - "" ..." 'mi tm, musical Vi of tho.do..d, the (I...., ,y come whi.li tlu vmwHltia hii'ilo will iiii vi) to Ik, horn wonrlnu tlilH stamp of iiiiIhiiIhiii, or they will miffor boycott or ostracism. or from the legislature, uutll Its rep reHoututivcH stand united Id their demand. Over on the othor sldo of the mountains there aro bitter nolltl- cal factlont! In tho dominant nartr. If eastern Oregon would act harmo niously, it woud hold the balance of ower, in. the political hikI Ieaisla- tive battle, dictate terms and secure the spoils which belong to all vie- toiH. This Ih tho policy which, If persistently pursued, would clianun our appeals for cruiiiliH Into peremp tory (IdiiihikIh for a square meal, tho bent in tho houso; our effoit to pick the west side winner and secure a buck mint in the baud wagon would bo a thing of tho past. Instead, tho other fellwos would plot and Fchome for our alliance and wo would guide win 11111H cnl vehicle, nt id. IwhwI of should logically apply to all Rases and vapors, says the Commercial. Incidentally, bis article explains fully and clearly how it Is that in the new electric lamp that bo has invent ed the Illumination depends nnnn the conduction of a Has instead of upon tho glowing filament or the Joseph and others prominent in frontier history, and students of Indian warfare and customs bare declared that Red Cloud represented the best type, as Cieronlmo did the worst. Sinco the peace that follow ed the final defeat of his tribe be has been classed aa a "good" Indian W3 - " .mv w. UQ a.uo UOUU I.1IHBDU DD It fcjUUU JUUItfll rapid consumption of a carbou stick, and as tho white man's friend bo has i ft tm. 1- 1. ... .. . . . . .... mi. iiuwiu h worK in in s iioid in received mnnr ntiniitintia frnm nm -Ml authorities agree that the re cnntjlluiiiii'liil Henri) Iiiih pasHed. Now York bankH urn accused of working up Dim Hurry in order to Increase mil loan interest rates. Tho condition of the country Ih ho financially healthy that no permanent damage 4'ould bn accomplished. The American (liupo Acid Assoelii- tlon offera 11 iiiwiird of 'jr,()()0 to the man who will invent n process for changing grape sugar buck to tartaric acid. Tim time given Ih iiii til Docomhoi I, lllOt. Here's your oliiincn. The money Ih already up mid the mini who wants to liii'kle tho problem will undoubtedly get n qtmnt deal, Olio futility in Idaho will exhibit in the Mines mid Metallurgy palace at tho world's fair In Ht. Louis 'J, 000 opals. These will be shown In nil tiigos, just as they i e from the ground in Idaho, mitl later in every stage of cutting and polishing. The newly developed opal initio In Idaho ro Maid to be the richest yet discov ered in the world. Tlie senato scciotary's annual re port the other day revealed the fnet that rich senatorri have a littleness about them in the mutter of making the government pay for private tole- graph messages ni'tl other Incidental expenses of a puroly personal na ture, which would hardly havo beon supposed. For instance, one item makes Aldrleh look like thirty cents. it was for a telegram, and read: Aldrich, Washington, I). C to Itnckofollor, New Vork, thirty cents. Pages of the report aro devoted to telegrams , which had nothing to do with ofllcial duties, cent by the sen ators. Hut this wasn't nil Tlinni were charges for miiulcuie sett iiinu- lug from .'( to 81 'J, books to con tain railroad passes ftiim 1 up, Chiitoliilu bugs, wiist bugs, purses with handles, repairing cigar cases, all bought with senate funds. These old grandads should be made to pay such bills themselves. All of them have plenty of money with which to do it. hold to bo of tho first importance, and in thus making freely availablo to the world at largo the results of his researches and discoveries he is exhibiting a public spirit worthy of a "son of a worthy sire." Instead of keeping his seciot to himself, to bo turned to his own personal ad vantage as so ofeu happens in sim ilar cases in this commercial dar and generation he voluntarily spreads it open to ovorybody. Mr. Hewitt's action in this In stance will undoubtedly stimulato furhter inquiry in tho same direction anil lima open up an outirely now field iu tho electric arts, not onlv in lighting but in power transmission, wiroless telegraphy and othor ways. In the list Issue of the lllue Moun tain American is an editoiial in which it Is stated that there have re cently been seteral local threats to blackmail. This Is the let for a job lot of platitudes on that despli'ti bio practice Such treatment nc eoitipllhliiH no good. Publicity Is the only elllcucioiis remedv for blackmail. If Urn American knows of any si.di attempts ami feels it to be its duty to enter the list and have u tilt with thiil crime, then it surely is Its dutv also to cxpnr-o the crimi nal, "nairo unities," nil not resort to tint sneaking, cowardly method of arousing suspicion, fearing tho while to locate the blame ami incur the resulting responsibility. Unless the Morning Knocker Is lying about the matter, In limiting a Pittsburg broker as saying that In neither that city nor Philadelphia Is Major llouta offering bonds for his projected electric line, then some one hate Is endeavoring actively, aggressively to "knock" that enter prise, ami the morning organ of the Ancient and Dishonorable Order of Hogs iu the Manger is doing Its ap minted share iu aiding tho elfort. Unless this letter is a part of the secret records of the fraternity, which can bo shown to no paper except the otllcial organ, will tho re elplont thereof ploiieo be so kind in. to submit It to The Miner for Inspection? Kasteui Oiegou will never get any. thing of value In a political way from the state, either iu The death of Herbert Spencer has called forth a great deal of nress coin. incut, both religious and secular, iu regard to the life and Influence of the great philosopher. Tim Protest ant piess Is somewhat divided in its opinion relative to the effects of Spencer's teachings, while the Catho lic piess is very bitter iu itsdeuuii clntioit. Presbyterian, llaptist ami Methodist comment is not to say sym pathetic, hut Kpihcopal mid Unitn rlan is extremely so. Uov. Ml not Savage, of the Unitarian church, very briefly and forcibly expresses his position He says: "He Is going to lie recognized in the rutin o as the man who has ren dered a greater service to the religl- ous life ot the world than any other who has lived for a thousand years. For the first time in tho history of tho world ho has planted religion it self on an utterly impregnable and immovable foundation. He has proved beyond question, scientifically demoustateil, that religion is an in tegral, Inherent, eternal part of the universe of huiuuu nature -and of human life. He has demonstrated that tho one most sane item of all human knowledge is the existence of an infinite and eternal energy from which all things proceed. This is tho scientific name; we religionists call It Cod; that is all tho differ ence. " In no loss than unlucky thirteen places "American Magazine of Min ing and investment" for December. published at Clovolaud, Ohio, do- clnres that it is a legitimate proposi tion. Although apparently no ono has accused it of any Itiug in partic ular, with gushing emphasis it de nies that it owns any stecks: makes an Kimis or propositions to sectiro subsrelbors, among othors offers Si!. 70 worth of advertising for every sub scription at one dollar, and publishes this in its advertising columns, ad dress hero omitted, of ceurse: "Vo can use any stock or bond that ever was issuod. Wo havo an outlet for non-dividend paying, questionable, absolutely worthless and dofaultvd securities. Wo will allow you just what you paid for them regardless of what they cost you. Wo will do hotter by you than any Investment Hunking House; in fact, we are tho only concern ac cepting that class of securities at any piico or under any condition." "Thou doth protest too much." It reminds ono of the old Scotch proverb about the man boastlut; of his honesty and the woman of her virtue. As a matter of fact, tho American Mauazlne. etc.. in cnn. trolled by F. Wallace White, a stock broker, who, though he has sold some stock in companies owning fair ptos pects, his mot hods aro those of tho fakir and the exaggerated claims ho bus in the past inndo for tbeso nronor- ties were lltto less tbau fraudulent. The publication is not admitted as second class mall matter. clals at Washington, whero be has mndo several trips iu the interest of his people Spokesman Review. All of which is true, iu a measure, and interesting, but tho career of no othor Red warrior so strikingly dem onstrates tho. fact tbat tho Indiau has no individual, personal courage, physical or moral. lie will floht and die, seemingly without fear, as all eavBges do, for they placo a low valuo ou human Jifo; their own as well as that of others. Hut they plan to fight onlv when tbo odds aro greatly iu their favor, and never en- gago a superior enemy if it can bo avoided. Red Cloud onco tried to bluff Dr. McCillllcuddy, whon ho was Indian agont at Pine Ridge, tho agonoy being surrounded by youug braves hungry for a killing, and soldiers miles away. Tho dootor caught tbo old murdoror by t bo nose, Jed bint out of his oftleo and klckod him off tho porch. He was so thoroughly surprised and cowed that ho mndo no resistance and was uovor the bullv afterwards that ho had alwavs been tiuforo. WHY AMERICAN STEEL MAKERS DOMINATE THE WORLD. The current number of the Elec trical World and Knuinoor contains a striking and valuable article by Mr. Peter Cooper llowltt. .uivluu iu detail the results uf elaborate experi ments made by him ou the conduc tivity of mercury vapor.' These re- i suns are oi siu'cuu mteruiii because convention J any conclusions drawn from thorn Old Chief Hod Cloud, tho Sioux Indian, is dyiug at tho Pine Rldgo agency. Ho Is ono of thomost con spictious of tbo living Indian warriora aud in tbo history of the great strug gle between wbito meu aud red will tako high rank for caution, iutelll-J genco aud bravery. Red Cloud was secoud in command at the battle of tbo Little Hlg Horn when Custer aud his men were mas sacred, but long beforo tbat battle bo bad gaiued renown as a warrior. Sitting Hull baa often been given credit for Sioux victories, but. a matter of fact, Sitting Hull was rarely at the front. His business was to hug the tout aud "make med icine," whilo meu like Red Cloud. (all aud othois went iuto positions of danger and did execution. As a warrior iu whoso tlgtblus there was method. Red Cloud has beon placed iu tbo class with Tecum- seh, Osceola, Illack Hawk, Oerouimo, Tho more oxistouce of natural sup plies of raw material would not in itself bo sufficient to account for the marvolnus growth of tbo Iron and ateol industry iu America. Tho raw niatorlala must bo brouulit tooother to somo common contor aud tbo trans portation of this enormous tonnage, tho frequent bundling aud transship ment that is uoccssary, must bo done with tho least possiblo amount of ex pense, if tbo Amoricau ironmaster is to start with anything like an ovou chance In competition with rJuropean manufacturers; for these aro not under tho necessity of trans porting their materials over a thous and miles of distauco, before tboy can Binclt thorn in tho blast furnace. Now, hero it is that man has an ably co-oponited with nature. Acting ou mo well established industrial principle that the greater tbo mag nitude of tho scalo of operations, tbo less is cost por ton of the finished product, tbo machinery aud general plaut for excavating, haudlius. and transporting the oro have beon built ou a colossal scalo. At tbo mines, steam shovels cap a bio of lifting flvo tons of oro at each stroke will load a tweuty-flvo tou car iu two aud a half minutes, or at tbo rate of GOO tons an hour, apd iu accordance with the same noller cau have grown to fifty tons in ca pacity and locomotives to l.'IO tons in weight. When the ore trains reaob Lake .Superior special Anin. matlc, quick-acting machinery un loads the ore direct into special ore ateamora built for this particular work. At the eastern terminal ports, sim ilar machinery unloads the ore from steamers to railroads, whero again fifty-ton cars aud 130-ton enninea baul the precious mineral iu trains of 1,000 tons or more total weight, into the heart of tbe coal and coke region, wbero it ia finally unloaded by special machinery, at tho foot of tbe blast furnaces. Sclent lo Ameri can.