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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, January 20, 1904 The Sumpter Miner OFFICIAL 1'APER OF THE CITY OF SUMPTER MUailSHBtl IV1BY WIDMIIOAf IV J. W. CONNELLA T. 0. GWYNNE. EDITOR fcntcr4 it tli pottulkt In Sumpltr, Oregon, lof Irammlttlon through Ih mll it second cImi mttttr. SUrlSCRIPTION RATH One Yr ... all Month St.uo ALWAYS IN ADVANCH. 2sHSn Judge J)ickuy, of tho Supreme court of llrooklyn, tbo other day rulod that a divorce obtained in South Dakota was invalid and would not award the custody of the 11-year old child to the mother who secured the divorce on tho ground ofs cruelly. The business of some of the largo banking and trust compauiuH of Now York has grown to suub an exteut during late years that It has become necessary t tolwork three ojght hour shlftH. The night force is culled "CauuurotH, " because "it works while you sleep." The story published in Tho Miner of yesterday, relative to ati assay office for Oregon, is doubtlosa a cor rect veralou of the situation. It constituted Congressman William on' velum ou the subject, at any rata, and be is in a position to size up tbe proposition intelligently. It seems probable that Chicago will take stepH to thwart tho autltuxino combination. There Is talk of estab lishing a miiuiulpal laboratory for the manufacture of antitoxluu in order to combat tbe exorbitant prices established by the so-called "death trust." It is said that a hill to this end will be Introduced in the city council. Judge Wood, of St. Louis, holds that a tuedlnil college has no juris diction over Its students' love atralrt. A ntiideut of Humes Medical college bad a scrap with lib sweetheart, and was expel led on complaint of the ttelllgereut fair one. The student iipplled for a iiiHiidainus to compel tbe college to reinstate him and Issue btm a diploma. It Mas granted. Press despatches from New York announce that radium from minerals found In Colorado ha been exhibited at a meeting of tbe Teohulology club before which the latest developments in the treatment of disease by tho use of liiiids charged with radio activity was described by Dr. Win. J. Morton, of tbe New York Post-graduate hospital, who said he had elfected three complete cures of can cor with rHillum. Itcmarkuhle re sults also were said to have been achieved in cases of malaria and other diseases due to bacteria. A gentleman with statistical bent has found that In mining then is a prollt of MOO per cent with 3!i per cent falllures, while manufacturing ranges from ten to twenty live per cent profit, with failures of ulnetv live per ut, says tbe Kugiueeriiig and Mining Review. The statistics of fifty Colorado mining companies, with a combined capital of 111'. 000, 000, show the following result: Dividend!! paid, 820,000,000; orig inal investments hy stockholders, 17,000,000; returned to stockholders on par' value, oVer forty-three per cent ; returned to stockholder)) on original Investments, 300 per cent. Malt Lake, Utah, will soon open the doors of tbe II rat home for aged, injured and decteplt miners in the United States, to be known a the Judgo Home, named attoi tbe late Mr. Judge. Provisions were made in hi will, which were later carried out by Mrs. Judge, who survived him. Of the hundrods of men who mado tholr tnauv millions in miuing, none but Mr. Judge have deemed It neces sary to provide for the aged Mud in llrm miuers when tbe pool farm stared thorn in tbe faco. A sad com mentary on the usually supposed geu eioslty of tho rich men who have made their millions in mining. Mining World. Tho most complete, accurate aud satisfactory resume of the miuing industry for tho year 1903 is fur nished by Tli" Miuing World, of Chicago, in I'" isstio of January 0. It cnutalus l.'D pages, specially pre pared reports lv its own correspond outs from all the important mining camps in tho United States, east and wost, and full pago colored maps of theso states. This last Is something of a novelty and gives to the number a permaueut value, for it will surely be tllod. Tbo Miuing Wrrld has al ways been ono of the very best trade journals published, and every once Id a while, as iu this instance, con vinces tbe admiring roader that there was room for improvement, though ho didn't know it. Cabling from St. Petersburg, the correspondent of tho New York Her ald quotes an unnamed prominent diplomat as saying: "Let all those who aro addlug fuol to tbe lire, which means war, remember that uo possible power can limit that war to Japan and Russia. Its extension to other countries is euro, with results too terrible to consider." This seems to be tbe general oplu ion of the liest informed meu all over tbe world. There is no reasonable doubt but that Russia Is maneuver lug deliberately to extend her sway, risking war with Japan, which nation she thinks she can crush. Napoleon ouco said that tho civilized world will one day bo either Cossack or autl-Cossack, aud it looks as if this is to be one of the decisive events in tbe fulfillment of that prophecy. Professor Robert M. Allen, sccre triy of the Pure Food association, has just returned from a trip a'oroad, where he was sent to conduct investi gations regarding European food aud drink products. Ills report relative to French wines is not only somo.vhat startling, but ttlso disillusionizing. It says: "I learu from tbe authorities of the municipal laboratories of Paris that 00 per cent of the Freuch wines aud 80 per cent of their champagnes are either adulteratoliis or Imita tions, notwithstanding the French vleuyards had tho greatest yield the past two years within a century, aud pure wine itself bud been very cheap. Much of tbe wines included lu this GO per cent never bin- a vineyard, and grapes form uo part of their com position." He cliariu'terli'rt the (iermuus us endeavoring to enforce pure food tbe This man Pincbot, forest reserve commissioner, made a talk before tbe wool growers, In session at Portland tbls week, presumably as a repre sentative of tbe national administra tion. He dealt out a few meaning less platitudes about saving tbe for ests from devastation, but carefully avoided making any mention of tbe real issue involved; that those on tbe outside who are moat familiar with the transactions declare that it Is a gigantic graft. It is generally be lieved that these forest reserves are created for two selfish purposes; first that tbo scrip dealers can make a clean up by exchanging worthless lauds bought from tbe state for lieu laud scrip, aud second, that tbe ex teuelro lumber companies can ex change their logged off land for ver- gin forests. In known instances roserves have beon thrown open when be big doalers aro ready to lay tbelr scrip, shutting nut tbe individual locator, and it is believe) that this will be tbe case In eastern Oregon. It requires powerful political in fluence to woik a deal of this kind, but a combination of senators aud congressman cau turn the trick. Speaking of the former discredit of mining securities in tbo east, and tbe present tendency toward favor, the Now lork Commercial says: "Some tbiugs transpiring some time R just what and just when it is not necessary to recount here dis credited mining properties an a form of investment with the public east of tbe Mississippi river. In New York city especially there has been noticeable a quite general de position to laugb down any mining "proposition" that might chance to get presented here. That has, of course, refloated unjustly on numerous legitimate and profitable mining enterprises, and ono of its effects has naturally beon to restrict active dealings in mining shares largely to tbe mining areas and the cities contiguous to them . One effort aftor auothor to establish a mining exchange iu New York has failed, lioston, to be sure, has never stood wholly aloof from tbo business, but tbe general custom public bus es chewed miuing investments. "There is no substantial reason for it, and a most hopeful sigu at the opening of tbe new year in tho in creasing number of solid, reputable tlrnis that are uow making a special ty of dealing lu mining properties and mining shares The public Is fast getting educated up to tho fact that there are just as good mining properties as there are railroad or in dustrial properties. There are "black sheep" In every field of euterprUo. The tiling is to find out which they are. A publlo that bus bittou raven ouslly at everything' and anythiug blteable iu tho way of stocks, and from uow ou is going to exercise somo intelligent discrimination as to what it buys, will no lougcr give mining properties tbe go-by. "There ure scores of trustworthy firms iu New York too, that cau help It to pick tbe good from the bad." According to tbo auuual statemeut of tbe approximate distribution of gold, aud silver production iu tbe United States for tbe year 1003, made by the director of tbe mint, Oregon shows a gold decrease of 1.VJ,000 since tbo last itutemeut. Tbe figures ho gives out are: Gold, 91,3(14,314; silver, f 07,500. It is uot believed that theso figures me iu the remote vicinity of correct- laws, but England, be says, is dumping ground for bad foods. neaa. And there is reason to believe, moreover, that if it were possible to obtain reliable statistics In tbls di rection, tbe gold production of Ore gon for tbe year 1003 would show a substantial increase. The Miner has ropeatedly called attention to tbe fact that any attempt to obtain exact data in this regard is the merest guesswork, and there is no evidence to tbe contrary, as far as tbe efforts of tbe treasury department is con cerned. Indeed there is reason to believe that tbe figures do not eveu remotely approximate tbe real pro duction. A few days before the close of 1003, The Mirier had a telegram from a treasury official, asking fig ures relative to tho gold output of tbe district. The information could not be obtained', and so the reply stated. Then where did be get it? Guessed at it, probably, as there is certainly no source through which exact figures could have been gained. It goes to show that at the late date of the wire, if tbls district's produc tion hud not been correctly esti mated, it certainly was uot before the close of tbe year. Mr. liryau's visit abroad has fur nished a certain class of republican newspapers an excuse for inflicting an. an ay of weak jest and alleged witticism regarding bis trip. A newspaper so blindly paitisan that it cannot discern merit outside of its own parly rauks, nur countenance an honest difference of opinion, is hard ly worth noticiug, but Collier's Weekly makes tbe following com ment, which Is worthy of reprod ac ac teon: Mr. Bryan's demeanor abroad ia treated with forced and persistent laughter by those organs of tbe press which happen to be his political op ponents. Is this application of the partisan spirit altogether necessary? Mr. Bryan's conduct on tbe other side has been admirable, and has been properly appreciated by bis hosts. He has behaved not as a po litician, with certain principles to exploit, but as a serious American, interested in all he could learu about other governments and glad to dis cuss bis own country with as little bias as might be. His reports have shown that his ability as a corre spondent is not remarkable, but they have been wellmeannig and fair. He gives tbe same emphasis to tbe argu ments and talents of Mr. Chamber lain, to whom h is presumably op posed, that he gives to the liberal argumouta against protection. "Aro you going to take it lylug down?" say Mr. Chamberlain and tbe believers in retaliation. "Aro you going to bldo behind a wall?" reply Lord Uoscben aud the descend ants' of Cobden. Mr. Bryan listened to both sides, with au ear opened to tbo picturesque and this detached attitude must do him a world of good. He has probably comeback with less of tbo feeling that it is his duty, or bis necessity, to see only one side of many-elded questions. Foreigners huvo enjoyed him becauso be was repn sentative of fresh west ern Americanism, and, at least iu casual relatious, they are more likely to enjoy that type tbau the cultivated eastern type, which is more like themselves. They breathe freshness from a mau like Mr. Bryan, and ho learns Intellectual ripeness aud tol erance from tbem. Confectionery. 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