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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1904)
f THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, January 27, 1904 i .1 RELATIVE TO THE PSYCHE Matters in Litigation Will Probably be Adjusted at an Early Date. Judge Until on financial Conditions That Now Exist in Omaha. Inlni P. lltneii, of Omiilm, Nf. Iiruskn, Hoonitaiy mill treasurer of (he 1htIh, in rived UiIm morning to re iiiiiin hiiviuiiI days on matters con-ni'cti-il wllli din i'iiniiiiity. Mr. Ilrccu Jiiih Ijmiiii In linker !(y 11 fmv iIiijh on business mlitti vii to (ho ponding Psyche ligligatinii. Iln had no state ments In give out concerning UiIh, niiirn tlnin tlmt Im looked for an early lllljllHlllllllll.. During tlio leeolvorshlp a hiiiiiII foion of mini luiri boon kept constantly at work. 'I'll I h Mork has boon con lined mainly to tint miHt drift on tlu pity Hhoot, all of which Iiiih boon In good otii. iMr. Union in uttorniiy for Swift A Comimny, at Omaha, and 1h in oloso touch with thn flimnelHl situation. Hpnuklug ot this In Hiiyii: "There whh h Hhort thiui hi Uinulin when an iiinmHliiiHH, duo to tho Wall etroot panic, whh foil, lint ruiil i'oiiiII llntm worn not lulliioucod. Thorn Ih tuoro inoiiny In tho liankH now than over linfoin, anil Ioiiiih can ho liad on easy Im inn, at low rain. In fact, thn niiilillii west wail uualfoclcd by tlllt HitlllltiOII ill tllll CIIMt-. CrilpH lllHt your wont exceedingly good, and times gmininllv 11 10 prosperous. In a mining way, much capital in Omaha Im invested throughout thn west, hut very llltln Ih iiviii- ht'iird of it. In fact, until I lii'i'iimu Intoiosted in mines in iMintii 11 Oregon, I had no idea tlmt mi much win. Invested. TIiIh fuel In ought urn in touch with olhiiiH who liml invested in a Hiiullar way." nt 0110 of tin.' cities mentioned, and it Ih proponed to havn at leiiHt 'JiiU in 1 111 iik men tiom tin; ill (rerun t sec tioiiH of tho state present, IxihIcIuh ii largo numlior of Portland merchants who ate interested in mining. Per sonal InvltiitloiiH will In; extended by the secretary and einlenvor to ohliiiu a concession iih regents in II road transportation will hu innde. Tho regular annual meeting will h held in Portland, at which all liieinlierM of thn association will hu present. An active camp'tiin will ho liiHtituteil to have every 0110 in tin; nt at is that Ih Interested in iiiIiium join thn association. Many iIIhI rlctrt art) not iih yet organ I od hut action will hu taken at once to liuve an or ganization in every mining cainp.--Tclcgram. DEATH OF SAM JONES Passed Away Last Night at St. Yin cent's Hospital, Portland of Typhoid Fever. HE WANTED "DOT MAN" ROASTED An Old Resident of Sumpter And Largely Interested in Mining Property Here. every man who has Investigated knows to ho the truth, that lesa money is lost proportionately iu mining than In any other business in the world, and larger fortunes aro made iu mining and in investment of mining stocks than in any business or any investment ou earth. A good mining stock will pay the investor more easily '-'0, !I0, 40 nud 100 per cent annually than municipal liouds, railroad hoods and stock or govern ment bonds can possibly pay live per cent. Money invested iu a good mining stock is safer than iu a hank, than iu mortgages, railroad focuri tics, municipal or government bonds. "The security or good mining stock is the raw material of money itself; it is tho 'stuff at whoso feet government, cities, banks, railroads, mortgages, laud corporations, and all forms of business kneel." Mines and Mining. MINING ASSOCIATION MAY MEET IN SIMPLER Thn Hint gnunral meet lug of tho ex ecutive coiiiuiitton of tho Oregon MIiioih' iiMHimiatinu foi 11104 was hold In thn aMHiHiiiitlou rooms last nvening. Notice of meeting had boon sent to thn vice presidents of thn d liferent districts, hut many wore unable to come. 1'iotessor .1. II. Ilydu of Eu gene division, was present, and took tin iiclivit pint lu thn proceedings. Thn (list annual report of tho socio tiny was road mid approved, showing thn association to bo Iu good condi tion, with branches at Ktignuo, llluu I! Ivor, llohemia, (Iraut's Pass, linker City, Kuuiptor and tJroenhorn oltlcnrs. Tho hniiid decided to hold coi n tious semi annually at points outside ot Portland, and stops will tie taken to call the mining men of the state to moot at either linker City, Sump ter or Omul's Pass, and for that pur pose the secretaries of the associa tions at those points' will be com uiiiulcatnd with at ouco. Thn llrst meeting wilt bo hold early iu April, An Individual with a strong Oor man accent una hein a shoit time ago iu tha inti t of sundry mining Investments wi ch hn had iiiado in the illstilct. !lo was well pleased with overytlih '.' and everybody, save iu one iustaiici The mill superin tendent at the (iolconda had incurred his displeasure. Ills conversation with a Miner man ran after this fashien: "Put It iu your papers dot mighty well plecsed m it evorythlngs uud peoples, I Hin only ouo man ho make tun mad. Miuo men nil say come Iu nud havn look, uud niobbo so I will right ott, but dot Oolconda mini h bunch he hand mo nlrotty. He tnke me iu uud 1 pick up n leedle handful of sand dot 1 seo. lie say, 'Drop dot mighty quick,' uud I do so. Hay, roast dot inaii. Uud send me a copy of your papers, printed In (ierman, blouse." GOOD HEADWAY AT THE SCANDIA V. Winlo reports satisfactory pro gress at the Scaudia Tunnel, in the Alamo district. The long urnstuut Is being driven stendlly ahead, with some 200 feet or more yet to go be fore the main load is reached. The eiitim distance is figured nt .'1,000 feet, which will given depth of over 1,-00 feet ou the main vein. The present depth is over 1,000 feet. Heveral veins have been cut, but no exploration work has been done, the chief object bvlug to tlrst reach tho main lend of the property. Mr. Wade is just back from the Scaudia and says that good headway is bo lug made. Sam Jones died some time last night at St. Vincents hospital, iu Portland, of typhoid fevei. Mrs. A. P. Jones received a message from her husband, a brother nf the deceased, to this clfect early this morning. Mr. Jones left here a short tlmo ago to receive modical treatments at Portland, ilia condition grow worse, and a fow days ago his brother, A. P. Jones left to attoud him. Mr. Jones was 49 years old uud unmarried. ior mo last eeveu or eight years ho had mado his homo with hin brother hero. Ho la largely lutotosted in mining property iu this district, beiug oue of the owners of the Midway, tho Lucky Hoy, the Luln, and other mines. There are Ave brothers uud three sisters of the family living. Three of the broth ers, Hoy, John nud Charles reside at Shoshone, Idaho. V. R. and two sisters, Mrs. R. Drew aud Mrs. Frank Pothod, live at Heutrice, Nebraska, aud tho third slater, Mrs. William Peel, lives at Canyuuvllle, Oregon. The remains will be burled at Sbo shoue, Idaho, tomorrow or ucxt day. Mrs. A. P. Jones left this nfternoon to meet her husband at linker City, with tho body tonight. Mrs. Jones was accouipnulcd by Chnrllo Starr. PRIVATE FREE RURAL DELIVERY IN HARNEY CALIFORNIA MILL IS WORKING GOOD L. tho It. liellman, gonoral manuger of Clallfornln, came in lust night. "About all 1 have to report," says Mr. liellman, "Is that our new mill la giving good satisfaction. Tho cyanide plant is iu full operation, and it also is doing excellent work." Mr. llelluiaii spends most of his time now at the mine, since the mill was started, giving the work hia per sonal attention. MINING PROFITS AND OF OTHER INDUSTRIES It is perhaps deuliug with u well threshed subject to tako up the argu ment of failures in mining. The statement is oftou made that the per centage of successful enterprises iu uiiniug is greater than iu any other branch of busluosj, yet this statement Is many times not accepted ua true. Statistics aro furnished to back up tho stutemeut, uud from such author ities are not to be doubted. They show a loss of less thau GO por cent iu mining, us ngaiust 90 per ceut lu four of our leading industries com mercial, manufacturing, trading and banking. The Uuited States census of 1800 collected so mo complete in formation about the number of per sous and tho amouut of capital en gaged iu our national industrles.fand tho value of thoir output. The re sult allowed hu average roturnber man eugaged iu agriclulture of 1207; lu forest industries, 125; In'maun lecturing, 1704 ; aud iu metal miuos, 1,910. The late Cecil Rhodes, the million aire miuo owuer aud opperator of large mining concerns In Africa, has been quoted several times upon this subject, tho following boiug from one of his later Bpeecbes: "I apeak advisedly, "aud'suy ""what F. O. Illume was down from hia ranch Tuesday. Mr. Ultimo lives some thirty miles from Hums, near where tho Sllvles river breaks away from the wall of the higher range of the liluo Mountains. He raises cuttlo and horses, which, during tho sum mer months, roam at will up and dowu the dark canyons wherein the heat elements" of mountain pasture luxuriate. Tboy drink from swift streams, their muzzles washed by the riffles that break over rocks whore the gem ot the brooklet bides his pretty spots from harm. From brook and from spring, from mountain, canyon aud glade, they gather tho best or earth's offerings, aud grow fat whilo they alumbor whore tho shadows trcmblo over the dark piuo grass. (Please bear iu mind that Harney county beef la tho best iu tho world whou you got the right kind.) Hut why Mr. Ultimo enmo to town follews: Ho Is feeding his cnttlo now, feeding them common old dry hay iu a Hold where tho enow is four inches deep nud the mornings aro an cold that when a calf bawls the sound rcHohoa clear to tho summit of (ho ridgo. Reudiug muttor gave out oud Mr. illume "hit the pike" for the postotlico, coming thirty miles to got tho mail for himself uud tho neighbors who with him inhabit thut mountaiu regiou. These men mniutaiu a freo rural delivery that is, it doesn't cost any body n ceut but themselves. Whon ouo of them comes dowu, nil the othora get thoir ' mail. Sometimes tho Uncle Sum of tho settlement is Mr. Dlumo, aomotimos it is Paul, and thou tboro la John Oarrett and Tim Donovan nud Paul Fiucke, who livo tboro, both whou the suows are ou and when the mountains aro bathed iu the summer's goldou light. Harney Couuty N'ows. HARMONY PREVAILS AT THE SNOW CREtK. Lafo Farmer camo iu from Snow Creek today, uud says everything there ia workiug now smoothly aud harmoulously. James Sheridan lof here yeatorday to tako a place as on giueor with tho Snow Croek com pany. Mr. Farmer says 'that tho strike difficulties uppear to bo at ou end.