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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, March 9. 1904
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LONELY LIFE OF
SENATOR CLARK.
of a
Suspicious Nature And
Has Few Friends.
lie reada every letter, nnil rendu it
carefully, not, skimming through It
in a perfunctory liuiuuer. Thou he
stnrtH in to dictate replied. IIo kei'pt)
flu- stt'iingriiphfiH 1111 the rush for
two hours nnil (HCPOHI.'H of III) 111)-
incuse iiniomit of correspondence.
At 1'J o'clock when tlio senate con
venes lie Ih tit IiIb biMit mid ri'iimiim
thuro during tliu tratiMictinii ot rou
tine business until tliu senate settles
down to tlio order nf tlio diiv. No is
a member of til tic commit ti;ui and I -2
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never uilsssu a meeting. Up to tlio
! tliiic that, ho ciitiK! to congress ho wiih
, not falliar with iihIIoiiiiI h Hit Iff, (jut
jhi'lH speedily try I UK to familiarize)
'himself with thuui.
i IIo doea not mingle freely in the
an Income of a million i ...., u .. r i... ....,
'rin iwwnirt un nvniiiT ji iuu ri'ililiuiD
iioiiarH a monin ami iu control the
Six Placer Claims, covering nearly all the
eround on a creek emDtvine into Burnt River.
This proDeriv is near to and parallel with the
noted placer grounds of Pine and Cow Creeks in
Baker County. All equipt for work, with reser
voirs, ditches, flumes, pipe and Giant. For partial-1
mis see uic uimcisigiicu. s
To hare
politico of a sovereign state of the
Union Ih the lot of William A.
Clark, of Montana. Kverythlug that
he touches turns to gold. Out Went
they are almost superstitious aliout
his luck. He seems tu he Inspired
to avoid the schemes which are
faulty, anil when Clark goes into a
project men rush to join their for
tunes with It. 1 1 in life Ih it lonely
one. He has lieeu compelled by
force of circumstances to withdraw
himself from companionship. It Ih
more tllttlcult to reach him iu his
own home than to nee tliu preHldcnt
of the United States in the White
jioiihc. miring i ne session or con
Kress he IIvcm alone iu a great man
hIoii In the national capital. A
housekeeper and a corps of tdleut,
watchful hervautH minister to IiIh
material waiitH. Since IiIh wife died,
bin children have frown and none
their wiiya. At dinner (IiIh lonely,
frill specimen of physical niiiu sits at
the head of IiIh table, with the lights
of the candelabra reflected from coit
ly plate und rare cut glass, Hud eats
IiIh meal in silence.
He taken keen Intercut In the
homely things of tliu household. He
noses nroiuid the Maiden and ox
umineH a horse's fetlocks, or notes a
frayed lilt of harness or a missing
buckle. He known the price of out
and the different kinds uf hay. He
will flop at the market hiiiI select a
Hteak or a bit of game, and he keep
lab on the state of bin wine bins.
He will thump a turkey with the
in oh t critical of housekeepers, aud in
aware every mouth what hi estab
lishment has cent. He pays the cur
rent wages for the must competent
i.HsUtauec, but the butler and the
housemaids aud the cook get their
contract wage and no more.
The most striking characteristic of
hiti nature ii infinite attention to
detail. The next moit conspicuous
1m cuiitlon, amounting tu almost bus
plclon aud distrust of bin fellow
man. No man Iikh ever fooled Clark
more tliuu once and few have done
that. It will be remembered that he
darted life on a farm, worked In the
ml lien, fought IihIIhuh oii the fron
tier, suffered hardship iu the mouii
taliiH, and contested for tiupremacy
with the bold aud active spirits who
have made the Went. That meant
hard work, aud he him not lost the
habit.
Senator Clark leaven bin home
about IU o'clock iu the morning ami
Hpeetlh In bin autmobile to IiIh otllce
iu the annex of the Capitol hullditiit.
In bin otllce at Washington he haH
two sccretaics, one to attend to his
congressional and departmental at
fair and one to handle hU business
correspondence. They, of course,
have corps of a stenogriipcr aud
typewriter.
HU dally mail U enormous, one
ot the largest budgets, if not the
largest, that come to any man iu
jiublic life, wave the president. Vet
do, smoking and talking. The reu
hoii for thiH appiireut iKolatlon Ih
eitnlly uudurHlood. He Ih naturally
lenerveil, that hiihiIcIoii of maukliid
at laruu. which hid life and ex
perience have Inculcated. kIvIiik him
a repellii'it maiiuur. Hut. ho haH
Home frlendn. aud at the luncheon
hour UHiially kooh down to the rentau
rant with a Kiient or an a Kueot. Ho
luucheH well, but not lavlnbly, aud,
indeed, Ih far from extravagant Iu
any of IiIh habitu. He Ih Htylinh in
dreHH and iihbh only the lliicnt of
fabricH, but there Ih uothiuu of dis
play that one would expect of a man
of IiIh hlntory. HxchniiKc.
$2000
MINING MOST PROFITABLE
OF ALL INDUSTRIES.
"Dccpite lta load of fraudulent
clalniH and wildcat scbemoH, the mill
liiK iudiiHtry haH paid more mouey In
dlvldeudH compared with other indiiH
trle Htarted Iu the last thirty years
than any biiNineHH known. Compare
the protltn in mlutuK with the profits
on the l.")0,()(IO odd miles of railroad,
with the HKVreKato llabllitleB of
nearly 100,000,000, then you will
nee which payH the mont.
Uuder the wing of miuiuR there
exintH Home of the safest aud mont
prntltabln of all biiHinesH onttrprine8.
Take, for Instance, the twelve great
HUieltlng oompauien the mineral
pawnbroker. The tuneltiuK com
pan I en that do a strictly outom busl
uesH show absolutely aud luuiueatlon-
ably the largest profits of auy In
dustry In America. There are in
stauces where capital Invested iu
suieltlng couipanlen ban been turned
live times lu a Hlugle year, and each
time the margin -of profit has been
more than '-0 per cent of the entire
amount handled. The objection falls
to realize that the very nluews of
commerce come from the mines aud
that they are the root of half the suc
cessful industries in this couutry.
lu 1001, 1002 aud litOIl there was
a steady, healthy iucrease of pros
perity. Of the many millions pro
duced from the mines the amouut was
divided so that all avenues of indus
try profited. More than lu per cent
weut to railroad corporations, 37 per
cent to mine owners, fully 15 per
cent to the smelting works, while the
residue, 118 per cent, was circulated
among the laboring elements.
New York Tribune.
Timber and Homtstcad Filings.
Timber and homestead tllinus, as well
ns final proofs, can be made before
Charles 11. Chance, United States Com
miioner, office in First National Bank
of Sumpter building, Sumpter, thus sav
in U applicants expense of a trip to Iji
Grande.
Room aud board at Sumpter Hotel
for 10 per week aud up.
Buys the most sightly ten roomed residence j
and ground in the city. Nicely finished inside and j
out. An ideal location. This property will readily
bring a renta ot ic Der cent on the investment. S
i $2000
Will buy one of the most desirable Homes in j
Sumpter. consisting of an exceptionally desirable
lot qo by 150 feet, nicely improved, barn, and
house of six rooms with the complete furnishings, j
A Piano, and other choice pieces of furniture goes
with this. This property will bring 20 per cent
on the investment.
$1000
Will buy another six room house and lot de.
sirably located. This property is now bringing 18
per cent as rental on the above price.
$250
A choice resident lot near the center of town.
$75
For a desirable building lot on the hill.
If you are seeking safe and remunerative in
vestments call and see us, as we have some snaps
in the way of Business opportunities, Mines and
also mine prospects, on which considerable work
has been done. Houses and lots, and also
vacant lots, on whicn good money can be made
by improving the same. If you have not money
enough to build you a home, we will help you,
and put you in a position, to put tne rent you are
paying others in your own purse.
CALL ON OR ADDRESS
Inland Empire
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investment vo.
JESSE HOBSON, Manager
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