V THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, March 9, 1904 :si J MAIDENS DREAM LAW SUIT FINALLY DEGIDED Cato Johns Awarded The Two Quartz Claims And Placer Ground De clared Vacant. Tim cum of ('nlo iIohliH against t tie tjruy'H Peak Mining company In test ttin rights, of iri))i)tt.v wiih decided In tlin ciicuit court lit linker City Just Friday Tin) vlrliinl effect nf the decision was to award tliu tun itiurt7 oIiiIiiih in imuti overs' to Mr. Johns. iillow III in to I111I1I Hid I111 1 If 1 1 tiu under Din execution, 11111I to decline tlin olio placer uliilin involved viii'imt, 4)ii tlin ground Unit tliu in-sersmeut work I1111I nut lnii performed, i Tun Mutiny of tlin ciind hrlelly Id i Unit Onto .IoIiiih mill otlii-r creditors! hiiimI out mi attachment against tliu' (Jriiy'M 1'i'iik irniiirty, known as the, Mnlilfii'H Dicam group, including tlin 1 oIiiIiiih mentioned together with a live stump mill mni buildings. There i wiih litigation mnoiiK !"' tireillturH I iintl tlimlly 11 settlement wiih reached by tlin otliom taking tlin live, stump LISTEN LAKE AT ST. LOUIS FAIR J. Win WIIhoii, iiiuiiHKer of the Listen Luke, CHine In from the prop erty hint night hiiiI reports work pro grossing, tint somewhat hampered by thu Hiiniv. The siiuw, he says, is .about mI mid it hit lr feet deep there. Tim hIimM, Mr. Wilson xiiyc, Ik now 'down seventy live feet mid Is tire or Nix ieet out ot the vein. The font wnll Iihn tieeii cut through. The pol icy In to t'liutiiiuu sinking to the 100 font level mid mime few feet lielow for it Mitnp, mid oi onsen t again. The crosscut above went over twenty-tour feet in vein mutter without leaching tliu opposite wnll. Mr. WIIhoii brought in with hliu fifty pouuiIh nf Hue copper ore, which will Ihi tutiicd over to Fred, Mellls for the (licgou Kt. I.oiiIh liilneinl e. hihlt. The Listen Luke Iiiih already onuitlhutcd -TiO pounds of mo tu this collection. Wdlson Will Succeed Grayson. lleudiiirrters nf the American MlnliiK no luiess, which will hold its ttchsiuu in Portland iu .Inly, win- tn tmvii heeu t)p"lieil todny. Irvlll Mm hnu. sccictary of the aesuciutluu, has nut been in cumiiiuulcatiou with the Incul mcuibets fur twn weeks. The ciiiim' of the deluy is nut known, Just when headiiuiirtors will be -t ili llshed is undeciilcd. The succerMir tn the late Colonel .luhii T. lirayMiu, as tliinl vice president of the associa tion, will probably be .1. Frank Wat son, piesldent nf the Meichants' Natioiiul bank of ths city. His uamo tins been suesteil by the boiud of directors. .loniniil. I mill under u vendor's lien. Various e.Nteusluus were alven to satisfy the execution, until December .'10, liiOIl, I tlie property was fnlil mid hid in hy iCato Johns nt J'J.OOO. After tlie Issuance of thft execution the claims weri) relocated hy Andy Htiusnu, the JiirufHt stockholder in the (Iruy's JMik company, on the giuoiitl tlmt ti assessment work hud lint heiiti din , mid tlie present Hllit wnn to tent tl i rights nf property. A nice point n: 'iiw umiin out which id of Intercut to . Iliing people. While it wiih shown Unit the Hctunl assess tneiit work hud not been pref mined, hy Mr. .IoIiiih hut he hhd kept n wutchtiau ou the ntniiertx lor s mouths, which according to Inw, it in held, ciin he counted as assessment work. Mr. Johns returned from linker this morning. WILL OPEN ASSAY OFFICE AT RASTUS W. U. Kelniini. of Dimriie, who Is interested with Willium Fleegle, W. II. McCnrt.v, Hud Miirion 1,'eckwith, in Mount Ilastus mining property, left todny to open up nil assay nlllco nt Jtustus City. Mr. Kelmuu operated In the liustns distri"t lint full, super ririiurf tfae locution work on the claims held liy himself uud associates. He Ik union Imek to continue work mid n I i"o opeu mi asi-uy ottlce iu con nection. Mr. Keiinnti In nn old Cripple Crocker, formerly having charge ot hii assay uttlce iu the Cripple Cieek district. He Inn great fnith In Kaa tun uud pi opuses stay Ilk with it. F0R1Y-NINF JIMMIE I.AVI HER THE GUITAR' Tlie recent death of Forty-Nine limmii) recall tn the memory nf n I inly now residing Iu Siunpter an in cident connected with Unit historic chutactcr, that causes her expressive lace to soften into Hues of pleasant retrospection. She says: "It was over at I'raiiio City iu the early days, when 1 was a little ulrl, i. or siiveu years of aye. No, I will not tell you just how many yeaio nun that was it would add nothiuK to the Interest of this story. If you liuve not bine more to say, 1 will re sume. Well, as I Mild, I was a little ulrl, uud that is why 1 happened to bo atteudiutt au auction sale of a merchant who wua closing out to move with the stHUipede of argonauts somewhere over Into Idaho. "Among the articles being sold wua a guitar. A store canted everything iu those duya. We hud a lirnkeu In strument iu the bouse; the sounding I' hoard was ciucked mid only two strings remained ; hut it was the joy of my youthful life. I would pick nu that pulr of strings hy the hour, (Imagining thnt 1 was produelug sweetest music. "When this guitar, bright wilb varnish, wua olfered tor pale, 1 longed for it with mi intensity Unit you men do fur sonie gundy hriind nf alleged fmne. We, my little companion and myself, spoke of its heimty, admired it extravagantly iu out childish wiiy. However, no hope entered my beurt tbut ho superb a thing could ever he mine. "A rough miner standing near be gan tn hid on it against someone iu another part of the room, whom I could not see. The bidding waa lively, hut the old miner never wavered and it was finally knocked down to him at an nhaurrtly high price, lie pulled out his lmcknkin buu, poured Hold dual into the tculea until they balanced wcIkIiIh placed in the opposite pan, picked up the Instrument iu its ahiuiiiK black wooden case and handed it to me, with tlie remark: 'Here little Kill, this is for you,' and walked out of the store. "Never since hiive I been so over whelmed with i-iii price, Kriititude and lmppiuess. The first thought that entered my bewildered mind waa that I had uever read of any fairies iu that roiiRli milae. That uuitur is still oue of the sacred souveuirs of childhood iu my old home iu another state, aud will coutluue to lie one of my must valued treasures. " CONCENTRATES 60 INTO THE CREEK. A load of concentrates from the Uolcnnda, drawn by four horses, waa wrecked at the bridge this aide of Hanover yesterduy afternoon. It was M. MclSee's team thnt was doinK the haiiliuu. When the driver not on the l)rldf, the sleigh beKau slippiiiK sidewise aud before it could be stop ped, over It wont, driver, horses, concentrates, and all to the bottom of the creek, twelve feet below. Fortunately neither driver nor horses were hurt. The pIi'IkIi, how ever, was somewhat wrecked uud the concentrates spilled in the bottom of the stream. The driver went up this morniiu; with a team to try to flth out the concentrates uud complete the delUery. I'. 1 1, Ktes, rami supervisor for the ruud between here uud the Cali fornia, pent a team ami force of men out this urn ml nt,' to net the snow otf the bridge and put thiuus in shape. The only dlltlculty is the fact of the snow's puckiuK on the bridge iu such a way to render it sideling inakliiK it possible for sleluhs uud sleds to slip otf. The structure is stauuch as ever. The matter will be looked after hy Mr. Kates. WANTED Position as steung rapher aud typewriter, 21 yeurs old. Host references; wages uo great cou slderutiou. 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