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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, February 3, ,1904 f HENNESSEY ROCKS CRACKER CRADLE Institutes Suit Against Mill waukee Outfit That Tries to Turn a Trick. Ill Him flint I limine icciiiiIh, published dIhou lioto in Tho Minor tiiilny. Ih IIiii uii'iitiou (if 11 Mill IiihII tllledjliy ,1. ,1. HolillcHHoy against Hid Cinokor Criidlii (iiiltl Mining com iiiny for 1 Ti Ti . A pint of thin, 9500, wiih 1I1111 onrly In December mi tho piirohiiHii piico, 11111I Hid lomiiludor Tor HiirvlciiH i endured nnil nuinoy ml viiii'Mi'l. 'C. I':,Miirphy Ih iiltnrniiy f.ir tlm plulntlir. Asked it I Mint Kin Hiilt today, Mr. JlonnoHHoy leplicd: "Oh, that Ih only tho surface liidinitioiiH; I'll luivo to rock that Crmllu ciuiHldcrahlc liiiforii 1 Kut through with tlm ease." 11 hiiiiiiih that HiIm Ih an hiHtaiico hi which tho alleged iihiiiiI order of things Ih luting reversed ; tho custom y ml leatu Ih endeavoring to heat tho original iiwinir out of IiIh property. LiiHt summer, 11 your ago, Dr. O. O. Wonlwtirth, of Milw.iuk.ii, wiih out hm 11 looking for 11 good tlihiK In tli way of a primped. Ilu liki'it IIiIh group of olaluiH ownuil liy Jack Hon nossoy, tlm Downy, Lost Lodo ami Molulla, In Hit Cracker Crmik iIIh trlot, ami tried to liny tlm property. Mr. lluiiniiHHiiy illiln't want to null outright, 11 h lit) believed thn claims to liu valuable, wishing to rntaiii un Interest, ami niadii a very attractive hikI llhural piopiinitlon to deed tlm oIrIiiih to a company for only 1,000 nnil a portion of tlm Htoek, on cnndi (Ion that tlm Milwaukee people would furiiUh Hm iiioimy for develop nmnt. This olfer uh accepted; cTiUO wiih pulil, tlm ('nicker Ciadlo cum puny wiih organized, ami Mr. Hon- llOHHOy OXI'l'lltcd I III) lll'll'l. lint where hn failed to proti'i't liluiHiilf wiih In not icqiihliig u liuml Hpcolfyiug a time limit tin to wlmn nnil wliat iiiiiiiiint of mnniy should ho furnished for deuiltipuiont wmk. Tho riiHiilt Ih Hint tho company, ot which Wontworth Ih pioHiilonl. Iiiih fill lei! to pci form Hh part of tho ngrocmont, expressed lintli verbally THOMPSON'S ACCUSERS ARRESTED 103 PERJURY An Associated Press dispatch dated at Pemlletoii yeHterday says Hint United Slates District Attorney Hall, with Deputy United State Marshal ProliHtel, of Poitlatid, today ancstod tdovou citizen who were conuected with tho Asa ThompHou case, on tho charge of perjury and conspiracy to defraud the government of lamlH. Warrant woto nerved on Charles Cunningham, the proscoiitlug wltuexH UKiilnat ThompHou, county Jude Ci. iiml in Hm wiitleii contract in which tlm iiiipnitiint clement of tiiuii wiih omittcil. Only nlioiit onouli miirniy liiilntlo iiiiinnil assessment wink Iiiih bun forth coming, tlm piopcrly Iiiih I'liiaiiicil nmlcvulopcil for imaily twi cnrs, and Mr. Hen ni'HHoy Iiiih lost Hint iiiiiiiiint of Hniu. Ho HH.VH tho Milwaukee outfit Iiiih lici'ii prnlilld in promises, lint him nover mtiilo good. I.iiHt full, through correHponilence, he urged tho ollleors of tho company to ilo winiotlilui:, nnil iiiitilleil them that iiuIchh Urn 8.100 Htill tine wiih promptly pniil, ho would itiHtituti) Hiiit to iiiiiiiiI tho whole triiusiictluii his only legal re course. They, in turn, promptly mortgaged the property to Colluirn & Peck for 1)00, "u fraud on thn Inco of It," HiiyH Mr. HonncHHey. Now, Colliiirii A Peek iiIho play a part in thin story. They are a In to iler commission llrm of Milwaiikeu, appointed lineal agents of tlm com pany. People hero in Sumpter a ho luivo had business dealings with them nay they are tho jayest loggers, tlm niOHt puuiirloiiH "financiers" that over they not mixed up 'with; that tho only thing they could lliiiinco would ho a peaiiut stand or u truck wngnn. A mining man from Mil waukeo. who wiih hero it couple of weekn Hinco, Informed u Miner repre sentative that he kuowH tho outfit and that it in the liuuieat ever. Ilo HiiyH that when they launched thorn Helves on their mining careur, the tlrnt HiIm: they did wiih to got out a lot of literature aliout the Crnuker Cradle mid have small boya leave it on trout pinches in tho icsldouco districts of Milwiiukee. How Ih Hint , iih ti pointer for prtimoterHw i ,1. ,1. llonuc!ticy Iiiih attnched the pmperty and ho and Attorney Mur phy will give these eastern "mining ' npointuri." a touch of high legal life, iih in homotlu.es exemplified in the wild wcM. A' iliirtiiiun, who ii til. ed hin Heal to the oatliH for llmil proofn, Joe II. Parkn, the notary public who tilled o it the paper, Ahii Kayhiiru, DiiIIkh O'llara, Cilou 11. SalliiiK, Shelly .loiiiiH, Mark Shncklcford, Kate .In men, John Dee and liichard Koo, all churned with making falne ntllila vltn in the ttual proof for hotmtead eutricH heforo JihIko Ilartmau and Leo MoorehoiiHD, clerk for the ho promo court. Tho meu were all iirrenled, Cniininnhmii, Hartuuiti uud Parke were re I eased under ?'J.0()0 baud aud the other on ?.ri00. The inter mat Ion wa Died by Speciul Laud Iuupector A. Ii. Urceu. J. II. Kaley, who was attorney tor Ahii Thompson on IiIh recent trial iu tho Federal court at Portliind, clmrued with Hpllcitinu n lirilie. of which Hiiiiue liu wiih iiciiiitted, in iu Huinpter today. When questioned iihout the fuctM rotated above, he ad mitted Hint lie was iiwiiic nunc Hiich iiinv.e wih on foot, hut declined to K) into detnilH or to piejude the mer.tH of the cm-e. Ilo Hinted, however, Hint it lu.iltH rntlier mtIiiiih for some of tho iicciihud, without ineiiHouiiiu iiiiiui'H. He Iiiih received n tclcphouu iiii'hhiiko finiii one of the partic siucu IiIh nrriviil here, prcHiimulily letalniiiu him iih uoiiiiHel. WILL PROBABLY PUT IN SPUR. J. Will WIIroii, KQiicrnl miiiiiiKor of tho Linten Lake, repur.tn that the crosscut from thn fifty foot level has entered the vein a dlHtauco of twenty twu teet without oncounterinn a nail. Mr. WIIhoii camo in last nlnlit from the property. Tlm width of Hm vein is not known, but fiom Hm cropping it is judged to bo between llftv and sixty feet wido. All tho ore difuloscd so fur, Mr. Wilson snyn, will pay to mill. Tlm viiIiich are iu Kiild, coiper iind silver, with a kooiI per cunt of copper. It Ih tho intention of the company, Mr. Wilson states. Inter on when tho Tipton extension is completed, to put iu a spur to tho mine, a distance of about four miles. TIiIh will lve direct transportation to tho Sumpter smelter. EASTERN SITUATION IS FAST IMPROVING Al (.Soisor, of tho (Soisor-IIoudryx company, accompanied by Mr, (iolsor. returned this mornluK from a thirty day visit through the CHst. Whilo away Mr. and Mrs.tlelser speut some time iu Now York, Philadel phia, Washington. PittsbiirK, CblciiRO aud St. Louis. HeKiirdiiiK tho eastern sltuatiou, Mr. tiolsor say that tho country has recovered from tho Wall street Hurry and that there is abuudaut capital for Investment hi westorn mines. While, he says, that tho stock mar ket Ih recovering tone and ior, tho majority of investors want mines of their own for development, and me witliiiK to put up the cash when shown the rilit kind of a proposi tion. EQUITY NOT FOUND GUILTY OF CONTEMPT Iu the contempt proceedings ajaiust tho Kqulty Copper and Gold Mining company, on tbo alleged ground of violating tho restraining order issued by tho court, which came up at Catiyou City Saturday, Judge Clifford decided that while there may have been techuical con tempt, that it did uot appear wilful aud uo punishment was administered. Tbo Kquity people wero admon ished to keep off tbo ground iu dis pute tiutil the heariug of tbo injunc tion case brought at the instance of the Keystone tlold Mluiug company. HE IS WELL SATISFIED. Dr. Ulumc, of New York Visits The Properties in Which he is Interested. Well Pleased in Every Respect And Says lie Has Been Treated Royally. Dr. Samuel Illume, of Hlverlieud, Long Nliiud, who Is largely inter ested iu n number of mining proper ties tributary to Sumpter, has spent some time bere making investiga tions mid so far is fully Hitisfled with his holdings. Dr. Illume snya: "While 1 do not profess to bo a mining man, mid cannot speak advis edly Horn this point of view, yet tbo geuertil indications to me appear good. I come here as n stockholder in varlntiH Sumpter properties, aud on liehnlf of friends who mo in terested with me. iu tho first place, noon aflei my arrival I bad a look at tho Mueller In which 1 hold some stock. 1 am well pleased with the plant mid I am convinced that it will till ii long felt want in tlm district. Thou, with tho (ieiser-HHiidryx peo ple. I went to the Tabor fraction and tho Victor hi tho Cracker Creek dis trict. These I believo are good propositions, uud I am well tatlefled as to tho Investment. I also wont to tbo (Jolcouda, iu which I also uwu some stock. Here I boliovo is a big initio. You understand 1 am uot talking as an expert ou mining mat ters, but 1 tbiuk tho interested ob server, even if bo la nut thoroughly informed ou mining matters, cau form a pretty fair ostimato of tbo sit uation. "With Mr. Daiu. I took iu tbe Ovorlaud, which I boliovo holds tbe promise of becoming a substantial dlvideud payer with development. While tbero 1 wout through tbe Cali fornia mill, operated by au adjoiniug company. This seems to me a first class plant. I also paid a visit to tho Highland, iu tbo Rock Creek dis trict. Hero also 1 am satisfied with tho promises bold out. Then with O. C. Wright, 1 went over to tho llluo llird aud lliickhorn, aud theso, too, appear to bo excellent proposi tions. While hi that vicinity 1 vis ited the Ited Hoy aud examined tbo plant, i have some stock there, too, ami regret tho present eutauglo mentH." Dr. Illume will go out to tho Standard, hi which bo is also inter ested, tomorrow, with Dr. Ed W. Mueller, gemral manager of tho property. Speaking of bis treatment here by tho diirorcut operator aud bis gen eral impressions, be says: "Tbo mluiug peoplo hero have treated mo royally. Tbey bavo shown mo every couslderntlou, and I am not ouly well satisfied with my luvestmeuts, but believe this la to be oue of tbo greatest mining districts iu tbe country. "1 neglected to state that Tom C. (ray, superintendent of tbe Valley Queen, entertained mo very pleas- autly, and while 1 wa not able to visit his property, I bave bad very favorable reports from it " -tzz&js&ssmm Mui j&txeTL-d