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VOL V.
SUMPTER, OREGON, FEBRUARY 10, 190.1
NO. 23
THEY HEARTILY INDORSE
ANNEXATION MOVEMENT
Men of Grant County. From Granite Say
They Will Work For The
Change.
J. J. O'Dnlr uucl J. W. Tnbor,
promt noil t cltlons of Cininlto, iiro
hero today mill most heartily do tlioy
Indorse, tbo niovomoiit to uutiox sov
ernl of tbo mining districts tributnry
to -Sumpter, but now Inoluded iu
Urn nt county. Horn Ih ubout tho
way thoy put it to n Minor repre-
HUlltlltl vc.
"For Instance, tnko dm Ntirlli
Fork of .lohli Diiy part of the Cable
Cove district, Liikn Greek, Lit .lello
vuo, Monumental, Magnolia, Cum
ito, Aliinio mid port of tho (ircciilinru
ilihtilct, mill they naturally look to
Slllllptur IIS tlll'lr llUSC Of SllppllcH,
and in ii 1 11 center; and 1 thluk you
will llnd Unit tbti iiiianinioiiH senti
ment of tho people losidlng in these
districts is t'mt they should lie an
nexed to linker I'liuutty. Our busi
ness ronscn for thin Ih apparent, and
again when wo have legal mutters lo
attuiul to, we Imvo to journey tu
Canyon City liv stage, which requires
at tliu least eiileiilntfon six days to
iiitike tliu trip, while wo could go to
linker City and buck in less than two
days, lenvlug nut of tho considera
tion tlint Sumpter may in tlnio bo
como tho county Hunt. Wo nro not
urging thlH liiHt, however, but tbo
noonlo of Urnulto and tho sunound-
Idr cuuntry to a uiiiu nru iu furor of
annexation, mid they will do evory
' thing lu their power to Bee tho change
brought about. "
At tho rough guess tho 'diHlriutH
named include a strip of country
some tlfleen liy twenty miles, and
taking in approximately :il)0 Hpuire
miles. Tho territory naturally be
longs to linker cnuntv. since the dis
tance t ruin Canyon City isolate it
from the county vent of (irant countv.
and itti business interests lie in thin
direction. It will ieiiulr a special
nut of tho legislature to elfect a ill
vIhIoii, and the general talk now Ih
to chnuse a representative from the
county who will carry l" mutlor to
a fiirorablo termiuntiou. Petitions
from the seceding il int riiit m or from
either Cirant or linker county, un
cording to legal opinion, are not
necessarily reiiuired
or. who wan killed lu the Virginia
mine, by tho explosion of n missed
hole, writes Tho Minor from North
English, Iown, utidor ditto of Febru
nry 'J, ns follews: "This may seem
rntbor Into to express my thnnks and
grntitodo towards tho miners and
people In general, but during my
short stay tu your city my thought))
mid mind woro filled with sorrow and
grief ho tlint I oould not llnd words
to express myself. 1 can not even
yet tlnd words to express my thanks
and gratitude. Contrary to my ex
pectations, I found tho miners u lib
eral, kind hearted and wholo souled
kind of people. May Uod bless them
and thotr kind deeds."
THINGS LOOKING
UP AT WHITNEY
T. II. Hoynton, of tho Whitney
Forwarding company, was on tho
train thin afternoon going to linker
on business. Mr. Iloynton's lino
givoH him intimate knowledge of tho
general situation. Ho says:
"The freight business is rapidly in
creasing and the outlook is indeed
promising. Within the past week or
so them has been a wonderful picking
up in all lines. HcsidosTFio general
increase which Ih very noticeable, wo
have a ten stamp mill for the Vltglulii
for transportation, to replace the old
Parker mill now on the propeily.
Also, n sawmill has arrived for Mo
Nniightou which is lo be used III do-
j velopiug his Ktiawberiy Lake power
proposition. The general opinion is
that the coming seiisnn is going to he
one of unprecedented prosperity.
'The early revival of trade seems to
warrant such a conclusion."
INDICATIONS OF A
BUSINESS REVIVAL
An indication that there Ih hu Im
provement In business conditions
hero miiy bo gathered from the fact,
that within the past few days thoro
hiiH been n very decided increnso lu
tho Sumpter freight receipts. Hump-
tor Valley otlleials say, too, that tho
passenger tintllc Ih also picking up.
Tho dullest season of tho year
here, as lu most other places, Imme
diately succeeds the closing of tho
holiday trade. For n few weeks It Ih
expected that business will bo stag
nant to a greater or less extent, and
this year has been no exception to
the general inle. Knrly in February
signs of a revival piesagiug tho
spring activity are to be observed.
Hero again the rule holds good, as Ih
evidenced iu the Increased freight re
ceipts, the extra passenger t nil lie.
and the fact that most business inter
ests lu thn city are showing a decided
Improvement. A majnrlly of tho
busiucs- men heio predict a prosper
ous year In all Hues. The fact that
a great ninny new mines will be
opened up, new capital Is coming iu,
mills me being planned and uthei
evidences seem to win rant such a con
clusion. Another Indication of an improve
ment may be taken fiom the in
cleaned transportation of supplies and
other freight to the mines. Now
that the roads are in Hue condition,
uumhcis ol learns tuny Ije seen oveiy
inoiiiliiu leaving fur neighboring'
properties.
WILL WORK HIS
PLACtR PROPERTY
B. .). Wallace returned this ino-n-lug
from his placer property iu
Sticcs (iuloh, u noie ho went the othur
day to take preliminary step toward
starting up woik, Mr. Wallace will
go back Saturday and continue op
erations, gutting things in readiness
for the pumping plant which ho in
tends installing lu the spiiug.
The Klllen, Warner, Stewart
plncerH iu Slices, ndjecuiit to his, Mr.
Wullnce snys, has mndo u good show
ing. Work wild suspended a few
days ago until spring opens up.
lledrook was reached at twenty-threo
feet, and drifting will he stinted
when the weather opens up. Colli
wan encountered which goes as high
r.s ?0 and ilO to tho cubic ynrd.
CRACKER HIGHLAND
TO RESUME WORK
The management ol the Cincker
lllghlaud (inld Mining company in
tends lesiimiug operation- on its
property very shortly. Owing tu the
fact that It was caught iitipiepnred
luat fall, the work at the mini) was
, temporarily abandoned. It is no.v
the p'irpohO to construct cabins
nocossiny for continuous work lu all
kinds o weather ri tic I emry out the
plans of Inst full. The cinsscul
which aliendy shows signs of mill-
, oniliiitloii will be pushed through to
i mined Into completion.
BONTAS CREW
ON CHINA CREEK
LAND OFFICE NOW
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Henry Reiss Thanks Miners.
Henry Iteisi, who came here two
or three weeks ago to bury his broth-
P. Sonrls, of Chinn cicok, wns iu
town today mid lepoits tlint a fnice
of Yajor llontn's engineers Ih how at
work in tlint vicinity, making surveys
for u better grinle nlong this water
collide.
Monjor Hollla is unw iu the east,
and it is understood that the limine
lug of the eiilerprin! has been pine
t it'll 1 1 y completed, mid Hint the ob
ject of putting the men to uoikluj
the snow, completing the suuoy Is
with a view to letting bids for Ihnj
coustiucliou of the load nt. nn curly i
il nt is. The intention ns Inr ns can he
learned nt this time Is to have
everything in lendlnesH for eaily
spring work, that the new road mny
be completed ns inpiilly as possible1
during the summer mouths. I
Asa Thompson yesterday leceived
Ihe following dispatch from .1, II.
Flmlcy, nctiiiK seeretay ot the Into
rolr: lloiids of your mooest-or up
pioved. Ueliver to him nt unco all
propeily peitaliilug to Hie receiver's
olllco as per iustiuctlous ot .liiiiiinry
Atloiney Chance, who Ih United
.States commishioner here, mid iu
Hint capacity does an extensive land
olllco business ii-colvcd a telephone
meri-iige i' i out l.n (rnuile Into jester
dny iilteiuoiiu, stilting Hint Al Itob
eits, the new icceiver, lind m rived
mid nsHimud thn duties of his olllco.
This ill be cheerlnl ilifoiuiation
tor many people iu custom (ncgiiu.
The laud olllco has now been prac
tically oloM'd for more than foiu
mouths, during which time only tlual
pionfrf could be submitted.