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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1904)
lllIMIIMmWiilH THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, February 24, 1904 IMPERIAL TO BUILD A REDUCTION PLANT Start Work Just as Soon as Law Suits Now Pending Are Settled. Captain A. M. Paul, manager of the Imperial Id the Cable Cove dis trict, returned yesterday from a two weeks' vialt to Salt Lake City. The Imperial oompany In making arrange menta tn install a reduction plant as aoon aa pond lug lltlgatlou In the federal court at Portland la settled. Tfali property has been held up for Home time, by claim Jumpers, but Captain Paul Wya he will ontortaln no sort of a compromise proposition but will flght the case to a finish. The Jumpers who figure In tho present litigation are Chnrloy Hall and T. J. Uurben. "Wo have a stroug case," says Captain Paul, "and we propose to show these jumpers Just where they stand. They are a detriment to any mining community." Regarding the new mill he aaya: "Our present plans are to put in a small plant, say one of about thirty tons daily capacity, and add to It according to the needs of the prop erty as development work is carried further forward. We have a sufficient amount of oru In sight to keep such a plant runnlnu for two years. It is not my policy to build an expensive mill to begin with, but rather expend the money on development work, and enlarge the mill, as this seems to warraut. Just as soon as the pend ing litigation Is settled we will start the construction of a mill on the lines I have mentioned." state or territory by a resident there of for agricultural, mining, manu facturing or domestic purposes, under rules and regulations made and pre scribed by the Secretary of the In terior, and has not been transported out of same.' By a oircular of March 17, 1898, the Commissioner of the General Land Office and the Secre tary of the Interior have construed this law as applying to non mineral lands. Pacific Miner. the Bunker Hill & Sullivan company, and the owners of the Morning, the Gold Hunter, the Ileola and the Frslco mlues. Spokesmnn-Keview. FARMERS SUE FOR HALF A MILLION AN INDUCEMENT TO COMMIT FRAUD Williamson's Amendment to Mining laws Will Vastly Oenefit Operators. Juuatbau llourne, a prominent mlulug operator of Portland, and who has miuiiig iuferests In other atatea as well, made the following tdatomeut to Thn Miner iu regard to tho advantages' which the William noil amendment to natiouul mlulug laws will .bring, and the diltlculty under which many mining men of the Pauillu coast, and thu entire United StatoK as well, have labored under tho present act : "One of tho most serious questlous tho lulling men have had to enntoud with," said Mr. llourne, "has boeu In procuring timber, which la anso lutely new-wary for the operation of tho mines, both aa fuel for tho mills Hud for coMtruotlou purposes. The privilege lus boeu enjoyed by the oltzeua of all states except Oregon, Washington and California, and In my opinion it is ouly a questluu of equity that the cltlzeus of these, which rank among the richest state lu minora! wealth, be allowed the same advantages. There Is nu other law lu existence at pres cut by which tho mlulug operator of these states cau procure timber from the public mineral lauds, hence the net of 18'' 8 Is au iuvitatlou to fraud. "Tho 'act, wheu approved by con Kress, was probably luteuded to apply to all mineral districts in the United States; but the courts have decided that It applies only aa named. At the time the act was passed there had been no mineral discoveries to speak of In Oregon and Washington. This may have been the reason they were omitted from the privileges granted by the act, but this cannot be used as a reason for the omlsson of Callforna. "In regard to that part of the aot which restricts felling of timber on mining lands to bona fide teaidenta of the states and territories men tloned lu the act, it seems to be the luteutlon of the United States gov ernment to foster mining develop ment, hence It seeems that It would he Immaterial whether the mine owner be a resident of that state or not. "Under the terms of the act Itself, It would appear that this is not a very material questlou that the timber could be out by a citizen of the state and sold for use iu the state by thnso operating mines there in. But such is. not tho coustruction given the act by tho Commissioner of tho Geuoral Laud Office aud Secre tary of the Interior. By tho rules and regulations of the department (circular of August 0, 1880, section 3), It is proscribed that 'uo person, llrm or corporation felling or remov ing timber under this act shall sell or dispose of the same or the lumber manufactured therefrom to auy other than cltlzeus aud bona tide residents of the state aud territory where such timbor is out.' "Au ameudmeut to a later act stipulates that 'In auycrlmiual prose cution or civil aotiou by the Uuited Sta'ea for a trespass ou timber lauds' of curtain states aud territories (by act of March 3, 11)01, the proviaous of this act were extended to Oregou, Washlugtou aud Callforna), 'or to recover timber or lumber cut there ou, it snail be a defense If tl le feudaut shall show that the said timber was so cut or removed from the timber lauds for use iu such Claim Coeur d'Alene Mines Have Ruined farms. DRILLED IN10 SHOOT AT THE LAST CHANCE. Manager LI Hey, of the Baby McKee company, operating the Last Chance, came In Saturday. When he left, he aaya, his men bad just drilled Into an ore shoot on tha'100 foot level. The round had not been shot, however, before he came away, and therefore he knows nothing of the extent or value of the body. Mr. Lilley la crowding things right along , at the Last Chance. Damagea for 1516,500 will be de manded by twenty-one farmers of Shoshone county, Idaho, from the owners of several large mines in the Coeur d'Alenes In suits which will be filed In the federal court at Mos cow, Idaho, sometime ' thla week. The farmers, all of whom have as signed their claims to Elmer Doty, claim that by reason of dumping debris In the south fork of the Coeur d'Alone river their farms have been Irretrievably damaged. W. T. Stoll, of Spokane, and Judge Edwin McBee, of Rathdrum, are attorneys for the farmers. It la contended by the farmers that In former years when the Coeur d'Alene river overflowed Ita banks, It left a sediment that was beneficial to the overflowed land. It la claimed now, however, that about 3,000 tona a day of debrla la being thrown into the south fork, and that the channel Is' being. rapidly filled up. T- Whereas, It la claimed, the river used to over flow once a year, now, In the filled oondltion of the channel, the slight est freshet causes it to overflow. It Is claimed that after the water, which mlxe with lead in the process of concentration, flows back Into the river, It renders the water absolutely poisonous, so that when the land is overflowed it leaves a aediment, which destroys vegetation and rulna the soil. It la also claimed that for stock to drink the water of the river mesne certain death. The valley of the Coeur d'Alene, It la pointed out, used to be a fine hay country. Now, it Is alleged, its productiveness has been destroyed. Tho defendants In the suit will be the Empire State-Idaho company, the Federal Mlnlug & Smelting compauy, BIDS .CALLED FOR. Bumpier, Ore., Feb. 21, 1904. Sealed proposals will be received by the recorder of the city of Sump ter until 8 o'olock p. m. April 1, 1004, for the furnishing of, all ma terial for and the construction of a sewerage system in the city of Sump ter, Oregon, in, accordance" with the plans, and specifications on file In the recorder's office. The total estimated cost of the system is placed by the city engineer at $15,000. A certified check for the amount of 2 per cent of the bid, made ', pay able to the city treasurer, must ao company all bids aa evidence of tho good faltb of the bidder. The council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. S. 8. START, City Recorder. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Notice la hereby given that the undersigned has been duly apponited by the County Conrt of the State of' Oregon, for the County of Baker, administrator of the estate of Samuel I. Jones, deceased. 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