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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, February 10, 1904 ThA Si imntpr pVlinr'Htrui.tioti of ",n r"Htl' tnr tM0 Kpuor"' imc oum.uiei liner , .of lhe (OWMt ,,,.,, , Tlie OfPICIAL I'AMEH OI: IMfi CIFVOP SUMI'TLK PUIILISHHIl rvmv wmJNPMMr HV J. w conni:lia T. (i. (iWVNNI.. i:noi I nlnsa l tin- M'iMo In Sumpttr, Oregon, lor trammllon tlirmJuh the malli at rconJ daft T.alirr MIIISOWI'TION WATFS 'Weil,.. alx Miiiiilit hr the republican politicians nre to Roosevelt, hecnuso neither cnu lie Miner three yenrs nun, when it first ! "handled", both tiro men of stronu begun thi! agitation of thu enterprise, uill and conviction. Theio lt, how- ' Hint If lio wcm engaged in the liter- ever, (IiIh iiuirked difference botv.een IcanHIe business Ju Sumpler, he would j the attitude of tin; politicians to the ! ('(iiiHlder 1(11 good business invest-1 two men; in the easo of llr.vim It is uniMitlii construct the roml himself, j open and above hoard, bold mid in unaided, solont; with lioosovelt, the prcsl- hu fin- iih the trnde of them; farmeis dent, however, it is underhanded, which the soveial meicliiintti secure. , set vile. Jt Ih iitmecessify to point limy m lint hustle for Unit tboii!scles, J out the cause. mid they will make more money liy lining ho tlinii liy endeiivr'-lnu 'o or- ALWAYS IN ADVANCt. Members of the University of fill mm. . . . . . ganlo 11 boycott against The .Miner P"" lacuiiy mny ermoieo, 1 1. 1 . ...... ,. ,,. I WllOIIier flivnrillllv nr nUinrivlsn. Ilm , uri-iiuni! u ims allien wun iih luuiicuco ' ' i...,.i ! 1.. 11 1 .1.... . I (ictiutl of J. D. Kuckofoliur. tno In- mm nr iiiwiii)(v iij 1 111; i:uimii iiuiiuu in i ttt ,, . ' Kuiiiiion'H most JHicml licnofnetor, without four of dismissal. This an notincetiieiit uhh iniiilo by President THAT IHJHNT MVKH KOAI). UjIh roml. Furthermore, Instead of withdrawing their advertisements from The Miner mill Inducing others to do ho, it will piiy them in dollars! to lino IIh coliitiniH to secure that trade, tor theso farmers are showing TIiiimi urn iiiimhI.i In Hiiim. .l..r I...-I. i Oicir lipJIM'l'llltioil of The Miner's noss moil, who are complaining be-! l'ir,,r,H '" t,,,H llr''lon in a siibstnn cause the lliirnt river country him ""' "l,"'",,,i '' subscribing for It; been connected with Humpler by a M'1"1 ,M wh,,t ''' I'er cent of them wagon roml. They say that it Injures I ,mvn ,,,,,"'y l'"- tlmlr huHltinsi. 'i'heir leiiHini for IIiIh 1 Ih that the faimeiH them bring the Press dispatches contain the Infur products of tlndr iniichcri to Humpler mnMon Hint the Everett Hiiielter and and hid I thiim, thiiH depriving tiior- the Motile C'i 't iiiIiich. recentlv no- litilied liy t. ' opeintiiiiiH a' In Kan I ''in Ewlug was KlllteS triiHt, will ic.hiiiiio Iscu Kntuidny. W. II. Hculcnccd In llfleeu , toiind ! defiatid Net? guilty ot using tlm iiiailri to uiiiiiy lctliiiH on the count. oil, namely, the festic dance hall will be opened and Hint mnchlucH al lowed to run. oIiiiiiIh Iiiimi of the sale of a feu in doles. Tim .Miner cannot cnmpio lieud tlm mental opeiatiou that leiichim IIiIh coimlilHiou. It Iiiih been i advised hysiivuial cMIiiiim to ridicule Into Hilelien Hikhii iilijeclniH; but it Ih going to do nothing ol tlm Mud, be Moving Ihnl not to be the piopei way to hiiuille a 11ry uuiihiiiiI iiiiiI luciuii piohousihlo hIIiimIIoii. Il would h'diii to be winer to tieat IIiIh matter noi'loiiHly, to hIiiIii tlm plopoMillon (dearly nud Hen if thene miutleiiieu who have hhkiiiuixI hiicIi an une pecled, iniixplicaple attitude on the iieHllon will not clmiiue their iiiIiiiIh. TIiIh Hind to the I In rut liver coun try iimkcH Nuiiipter tlm trading point for mine than a htiudied tamilieH of pioHieroiiH fiiiinciH, They produce cattle, nlieep, chlcketiH, eH, hay, rcKetableH, etc., Irom whlcli they derive their money revenue. They buy ki-oi'iiiIch, diy Kooit, clolhitiK, fiirnltiiie, haiilwarc, uiediciiK'H and iiiimerous other articleri. Until ie- ceiitly all of tlilri term pioduce wmh i ehlpped in heie fioiii the (iialide! Kolidn and Willamette valley, pun-1 nibly other IochIUIch, nut oun cent ' of the mniie) paid lor which Iiiih been ' Hpent with Humpler mercliautH. I'nrineiH liny their uhoiIh where Ihev r-(dl their iiiiiiIuiiIh. Take tlm cnie under diHciiKHlou, lor hiHlaiice. Diich ''"itliuid pnpeiH ieioit that the any iiinii believe that the lluiut liver ,w" 'M'"rnt Iniin of Hint town which people uill come to Humpler, mII ! ''' '' ' ' "tiht the oIiuonIouh their hIiiII, fur ciihIi. leluin home mid ' l:,l,l' ,l,lV '"'" KMUind that it in make a three iIiivh tiipover poor ""'""tltutltuml, aie (iiittciH. .Min IoiiiIh to linker City In buy theii ' 'mpanleH that hae not patented K'tuilH, meiely to hiii' the additional ""'I' K"iund me in a dillcieut boat cliaiye made heie ot the iiilliond ' ium inmnifacturlnK coiiipauies mid tielKht between linker City mid M',',,l ! .- to be wuiryhiK oei the Humpleir II theio ate any who can '"" "r I'i'.viiiK the cobi itnnt licence believe xtich mi liquidity, all Hint Ih lt'l' lieceKHiuy to cum ilice them of Ihidr - Harper to thu neulor cIiish at the uni veinity recently, in reHponse to 11 (itcHtiou. "The members of the faculty have a ribt to hiij- what they pleiiHo, " hhI( Prenldent Harper, "the unlvrelty Htaudrt for free Hpeoch. " Thoy nay what thoy pleiiHo, but not what they think, if thoy wIhIi to hold their juliH. beadwny in Asia, Africa and other quarters of the ulolie outside of Eu rope, over two-thirds of our merchan dise exports iu 11)03 went to Euro pean countries. Out of a total of SI. 500, 000, 000. of exrorts from tho United States last year, Europe took li'eiirly 81,100,000,000. It is hardly Hiirprisinu, in the Unlit of such limine, that thero is weeping and walliUK and KUaHhluu of teeth nmoiiK our European rivals over tho Amer ican invasiou of homo maikotH and that all sorts of devices a,nd schemes are projected in order to "meet American competition." And tho oxnxperatiiiK thing is that Europe dare not shut nut many of our ex ports abKolutly, for to do so would bo a direct Invitation to domestic riot and insurrection. There is still another objectionable diameter mixed up very prominently in the mining world; he who has throuuh uood fortune seemed tho hiickinu f a faw wealthy men, feels IiIh oats, becomes Irrl.tiitlnnl.v "chesty"' and never overlooks an opportunity to sneer at "stock vi'li.iliina 'I'll.. ..for...... I...II..I.I....I ., , .. . .. . . (...-.....". ...j .,j.k" I 111! I III lllll moiitliH in hau (Jiieut u mid to pay a i ......i, i , , , , ,,, ,. , , ,, ,: ,,"1)11111 uiucli piefer to deal with a line of live hundied i o aib by Un ed r... . , , ,,.,,, , , ... "" iiiiii in riruiiiiK iimiiiiy mr Dlslilcl .Indue Dehaven. , ., ,,..". ......... To those people wbo are diposed to think and say that inlnlnu is but a form of Katiibliint, The Pacific Coast Miner culls attention to tho oftlclal statistics of the past year iu relation to this Industry. From this it will appeur that, taken as a whole, there is no f 01 m of investment that lias less of the ui mbling than legitimate iniu inu. As to matters of chance, there is Ices of it In inlniiiu Hum in farm- inu, wiMi its constant diiuuer of failure cf crop; or iu mauufactuie, with its possibility of shrinkaue in value. The statistics show that 1(11 public cnmpaules opcratiuu; mines and iiie'nlluruical works iu Ameiica paid iu dividends dtirlnu IDOI! the ,, , ,, , iii.iiiiik iiiiiiiiiiiiiin i nun wiiii nun- .whiuwas anollpiomolerwh.) w..sll)n(H) ,1ltu !,, rr llloro ,,, , .sum ot dlSIH, 110.1171. Out of this i secure money in In rue amoiiuts than I in many small "bunches," so tho t vast majority of operators must icsort 'to the latter method, otTcr their stock The state of Washington shows ill-'for sale to all who will buy. A dozen veisn initial coiiililious. At one end promoters succeed in this way to out) of the commouwentlh, Spokane to- who interests Inrue capital, wit, dlsoideilv 11'Htirln are l:elnu clo-ed mid an eia of miiuiuinal iiurltv 'l'lw Standard Oil company has isilawnlnu, while at the other. Ever- "wn H Keneroslty, yea its miiuna iiinilt.v, in other tlilnus besides colleuo douatloiiH and llapt 1st churches. Tho cold term of soulless corporation should no longer be applied iu this instance. And why? Ilecauso it has A new iceoiil price of eifi.OOO a ! been demonstrated beyond the remot ton bus been estnblished for whale-1 (,.t questiuii, beyond tho most re bone. Two and oue-ipinlerr tons moved chance for deduclin: an oppo brought that price iu a Mile at Dun- site conclusion, in short, beyond lee. England. The pievlous high, doubt, that John D.'s combine is uinik wns $'J 000. Epetts cav the full of miiiI, full or the lacteal lluid visible riipply is now only tour toiiH.ot Iminiin kindness, full of sympathv nmoiiut 8107,770,!)"!, or 8 1 ",'.!.! 1,- 0!) less Hum l!)0'i, wiih paid by (in iiiilustrinl companies. Thu metal mining companies in tho dividend list uiimhcu-d 00, nud distributed e:il,(!T0,000, which is 8:i,81H,000 moro than was reported in 100'J. Tho copper companies lead, soveuteeu of them paying 815,080,000. In tho silver, lead and gold list thorn are represented 72 "bread-wiiuuers, " with a total disbursement of 814, 71 'J, 000. iu Euglnud and America. enoi Ih to Keep cases on the net inn ut liter (aimer who conies to Humptei. All who hae miide the (tip heietofotn liuve taken hotiie theli wagons loailed with Humptei mer oIiiiiicIImi. It Ih, indeed, diltlcult for any one to uudeistaud bitvx a sane man can iiiniutniii that it is the wiser Ininlnet-i policy for Huiiipter to semi its money to some dMnnt point, limn which theie is no pnssllile hope ol ever get ting one cent of it returned, than it is to liny these articles of tood fiom ueaiby Inims, who will turn mound and spend Hint money with home meichnuts. 1!. E. Ktinhoiu, than whom there Is not a sluewder btisi-uei-s man any where, and who sub- M. I.eioy lleiiulieu, an eminent author on K'ussia, and the Fur East, being asked what be thought ot Kits sin's coutioveisy with Japan, he uiiide the following leply: "In the eu'iit of war I am couiuced neltlier patty will lie utile to conquer tho , would be a hilarious joke, on linker other. Ktissia will not tie able to J I'lty. We could name the new penettate into Jnpaii and administer . county Cliiuiilieiliiin; or, honor some and tenderness, love and apprecia tion. Ilcie's tlm clincher to thu statement : An employe at the com pmiy's lliivouue plant saved a 8100,- 000 cargo of oil, at Hie ilsk or Ms lite, and was generously tewardeil for his bravery by a half holiday! If, dining tlm county seat excite-1 tiietit oxer in (limit county, Hie (Iran- lie, Alamo and (iieeuhoru distilelsj i-hoiild attain their desiie to break nwny and be iiiiiicmmI to linker! county, that would be a hot josh on I llm John I )n v country. And again, I should, under these circumstances, the Sumpler, lloitiue, McEweu nud ! Whitney districts unite with Otaiilte, Alamo and liieeiihoru and oigauie a new nud sepiiintu count), with Hump ler as the seat of government. Hint a iiiliclushe and hinting nxeithiow, and Japan will equally be unable to penetrate into liussia and give i hn-t-ing elfect to any teuipormy til uuipliH. " And what will luippeii then, what will ie the Html tcsitlt? Tiie politicians iu Hie democtatic )iatty, cougic.-Miicu, senators and the sci Hied liberally towards the con-1 like, am latguly oppiiM'd to llryau local wotthy citizen by calling it .McColloch, (ilensou, Miller, Johns, htitisou, Ellis or lioss. All In favor1 of naming this new county Kobliins, ploiiMt hand in their mimes, with tno dollats, to be applied on their sub-i-cription to The Miner. It is noteworthy, says the New Voik Couimeiclnl, that while Amer ican productB aie constantly making There are two onstrtictiouistH who stand eternal ly In tho gateway of progress, says tho Mining and En gineering Koviuvv. Thoy arc found in every industry and Hie mining liiislnet-H is not exempt from their evil iutlueuces. Tito pessimist nud his twin brothor. the frdiir, though dia metrically opposed to each nthoi's method.,, mintage to accomplish the saute results, by destroying colli) dunce and casting a gloom over any industry which is unfortunately cursed by their malign presence. We hnve given heretofote so many dellultlous of a fakir that the publio have a veiy clear idea as to w lint constitutes one. It is possible to expose and pilloty a lakir; to render his illegitimate buisuess uupiolitable and to desttoy his power for evil. Hut to deal with the pessimist is mote diltlcult. His insinuations and insidious met hods r.ie hidden often by a busines'-like exteilor. Ho can be generally described as a self-npin iuuiitcd n ps who is leady at all tinier to give a i port on something of which he ki.ons nothing. And his eport is always a damaging one. He enters into a discussion on tho mining iudustty, for instance. Ho may never have seen a mine, but that makes no dilfereuce to him. He be lieves (somebody told him, he never thinks) that the mining business is u gamble; that everyone interested iu it are either theives or gamblers and he denounces the whole industry, and, like Hie snake in thu grass, the nearer home he can strike thu better he likes it.