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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1904)
COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRP EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON NINES Pa for AND READ IT MEN REPRESENTING MILLIONS ARE HERE Tli i) re urn now in linker City capi talists unil representatives of eastern CHpllnl who chii control upwards of 'jr,OU(),OUU for Investment In eastern Orogo.i inlnoH this souson. Tho agent who Ih most prominent lu the nintter bas already commenced n careful in vcstlgatlou of thu viirloiiH mining diHtrlatH within a radius of n 100 miles of linker City. Ilu Ih going to tuku IiIh tt m to do It mid will do the work on it thorough und sclentiHc basis. HIh clients wiint properties Hint can lio turned Into producers within h Hliort tlnio und ho statos tlmt tlmy profor to purchase properties tlmt nru ready for n mill or ii I ready havo mi I Ih Installed upon tlioin. Truu llHrtiirt) froo gold volna are tho kind of proportion tho syndicate pro torn; lint have, hh ii matter of fact, purchased noppur and gold bearing properties In tho Cornucopia and Boron DdvIIh districts. Thoy will examine tho llalsloy.Klkhuru, llurnt rlvor, Cracker Ciook, (Iroonhorn and 1'raliiu City diHtrlulH and expect to luako fnrthni investigations lu tho Hpiirta and Cornucopia districts. Whou oiio concern or aggregation of cuiicoiiih begins oprratloiiM this narly In tho spring on so largo a nonle, It Ih safe to predict that tho mining m'iikiii of 1001 n ill lie ii very Jiiru ami proHpotoiiri ouo. Other capitalists aro expected lioro during this uiontli and thoy a I ho havo some IioiiiIh on viirloiiH properties here, uut already interested lu tho camp ami will thoroughly investigate other propertleH which aro Hearing the stage of becoming producerti. Tukou all lu all, mining men havo tho rluht to fool encouraged miir tho outlook and It Ih believed liy it care ful system of evoryboily hanging to gether, llritt for IiIh own interests and thou for IiIh neighbor?, big results will ho obtained. Democrat. taken in. Two or three months ago Ulo Didrlcksnu, hii old timer and well known icHiduut of Pine Valley, went to Utah on a visit. While in Salt Lake City ho employed one of the hkoiicIoh thine to show him the sights of tho Mormon cupital. Ho wiih driven about tho city lu a hack und vlHlled all the-points of Interest. When ho chiiio to settle bis account ho owed I", and gave a check for the amount ou a Uaker City bank. The chock got Into tno bands of some tin horns nod was raised to 1700. Mr. Dldriokson learned of tbe matter Hhortly afterwards and tolegrahod tbe linker City bnnk stopping pnymout of tho chock. Who lost tho iUD.'l he does not know. Democrat. WHEN PAPERS COST A DOLLAR WAGES REDUCED AND LOGGERS QUIT WORK T.wuity of tho thirty odd men em loved liy the Oregon Lumber com pany, at logging camp No. -, near Doiui'h siding, ipilt work this morn ing ou account of a reduction of wages. (Srant (ieddcH wiih hero yesterday conferring with llugouo Drown, man auer of the camp, and a out wiih de cided upon been 1 1 no of tho duUnccs of tho lumber market. Mont of tho men aro getting -. l ii day, and their wages worn reduced In tho"mnjorlty of instances to S'J.fili. Whou Mr. Ilrowu returned yesterday afternoon aud informed tho men of the de cision, twenty of them quit this morning as stated. Raised Check from $7 to (700. A little iucldeut came to light ye terday which lllustrat bow tbe vary belt of people may sometime be Frank Mclioau, tho votoran livery man aud old timer, of Canyon City returned from a IiuhIiiohh trip to lirnnlte (IiIh morning and loft ou tho train for IiIh homo. Ho aud Lufo Farmbr, old timo chums in tho early day, hud n great powwow before Mr. Mclioau loft, chewing over their narly expoiioncos. "Mclioau lined to carry tho express, " hii Id Mr. Farmer, "from Canyon City to ItobliiHOiivillo, when it cost a dol lar per in winter to got a letter through. And wo paid, a .dollar apiece for newspapers. We got tho Hun FruuciHon Kxamiucr, but tho Po lice (iaotto wiih a general favorite. Nobody HiitiHcrlbed, but occaHionally an oiiterprlHlug cUbou would lay lu a supply of back iiumbetH, and wo paid a dollar a copy for them without prntcHt. It wim high reading, but I believe wo enjoyed tt more than wo do now whou paper aro ho numerous aud cheap." SNOW SLIDE ON ELKHORN MOUNTAIN. Koy Woneonlaw returned last night from Klkhorn mountain, where ho Iiiih been working ou claims owned by hluiHolf aud Sumpter associates. Mr. Woiu'chIiim describes a snow nlldo of great miiguitudo which came down tho mountain to Dead ilorso tints, a short distance from his claim Mon day. Tho snow ou top of tho raugo tlrst began to break and mmo slowly, gathering momentum as it ciimo down. When the avaliiucho was fully under way it rushed downward with tortilla force, carrying recks and trees which liHppeued to lie in its path along with it, and spending Its force on tho level stretch at tho base of tho mountain, only a short dls- 4ance from the cablu. It was a graud spectacle to behold, whou tho observer felt secure from its dauger. Tbe farmers from Uurnt river who were iu towu yesterday aud today, paid to Sumpter merchants nearly $200 iu cash for goods bought this trip, so one of the dealer wbo re ceived a portion of the trad lu form Tbe Miner. Maple Syrup IN BULK All F. E. O'ROURKE & CO. YOU CAN GET A A PINT, A QUART OR TWENTY GALLONS-bb Fresh Dairy Butter 55 cts. PER ROLL Also Strictly Fresh Eggs VfctAt f-fc -SmmA ift fAt fAMfcfAtftM9Mf)fAtt fA A iA 6 4 fbaaWtftMiSvifti i& I THESUMPTERSAMPLINGAND TESTING WORKS Phone Mnin 111)1 SUMPTKU, ORKGON P. O. Box V McEWEN, ARTHUR McEWEN PROPRIETORS SaniDlers and buvers of Ores and Bullion in anv Ouantities. Assaying and Milling Tests. Stamp Mill Pnnrpntrntnrc nnH PaniHi3 Plnnt in P.nn-' P nection. Mail orders promptly attended to. WK1TK FOK TKItMH. W iFfrJFiifra"fri4'frBy jJJ f. IWsseMBRBxS W W Just Received One Car Good Apples, also One Car of Potatoes which I wish to close out Quickly to Make Room for the Next Consignment Due to Arrive Soon. PRICES WILL BE RIGHT FOR CASH J. P. Holland 1