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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1904)
(. 8 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, March jo. 190$ i) CABIN HOME OF OLD TIME MINER Latch String of This Crude Slructure of The Hills Always Out, Down on tlin crook iinri hi shadows of tlin grout inoiiiitiiliiH, no uiHttor whore (for thoro uro miiny of tliitin all JiihI alike in tliu minoriil WihI) Ih tint lioiiiii of thu Old Timor. It Ih not 11 piili.eo or 11 mansion, lint it Ih ho full or hospitality Unit It JiiIh out through tlin nraoks iiuil keeps tho door open diiy mid night. It nestles cosily in tlm canyon iiud on u iiliiim tlmt ha been tlm foundation formoro hopes iiud aspirations tlniii any Wall street liiinkor over know. Croat piuoH stand sentinel over it, and through their green needled houghs tlm wind; whispers dreams of fortunu In tlm hIIII night, wliiiu iiouu hut tlio wood owl Ih awake, and uvnu tlm bullfrog Hloopn In tint pollywog hole liidow tlm spring. In tliu day tiinu tlin winds low sigh gives way lo tint harking of Hiilrrels and tlm noisy chatter of a blue jay. It Ih 11 niio-room airalr, Unit homo of tlm Old Timor, witli a "loan-to" on tlm uphill hIiIo, whoro tlm pitch ami pluii aro kept. Tlm big mud llroplimo IIIIh iiiio mid of tlm cabin. Tlmu thorn Ih tlm hunk jiuil Itn hli.ukotH, tlm rough table, tlm colfou pulH and tlm frying pan and a hIiId of hacnu hanging hv a Hiring lo a peg on I ho wall. Thorn Ih iiIho, a door and tlm liitoh-Hlrlng Ih on tho outside, ulwiiyx on (ho outHido. If you pass li Ih way you iiiiihI stop,- stop for dinner, or ovor nigh', for II would ho ungrateful of you mil to share tho Old Timor'H hospitality. and instills now vigor In your veins. At oveiy turn fcHtoouH of foru greet the oyo and HpriuHH bubblo out from mossy banks to greet tho sunshine. Shadow iiud light dauco across the trull mid tall grasses wave in the wind. Down in the canyon the creek tiatibluH its houk of praise as the waters leap nimbly from rook to rook. The wods are delightful hriirmouy of barkltiK squirrels and twittering birdn. As you walk along at the heels of tho Old Timor you aro awakened to a new life and the freedom of tbo outer world. Deep down In your heart you can but envy him, tho old man. the one who in kiiiK of all this tho I Ureal demesne. Kvoulug conioH und you return with the Old Timer to IiIh cubin. Von look olf woHtwurd to where the purple mountains are wrapped in u maze of glory. The tall pines are just piercing the huh'h hum lug orb. Day Ih dying In the mouuatu depths, and ail a tokeu of reaped uaturo la concentrating all her gorgeous col oriugH In one vast painting of glory, framed iu clouds of stiver and hung oi tho western wall of the sky. As the nun Minks deeper and melts Into the plui) forests, tho clouds shift, tako on new forms and the coloringH of the picture heighten and beootno more wildly gran I. As tho sun siukH deeper tho hcoiioh of the picture change iih a swiftly-mnviug paunrama, and you see portrayed iu all the colors of the rainbow, in all the tints and shades and dazzling colors of royalty tlm gorgeous palaces of tlm Pharaohs mid tlm maiiHoloums of tlm ancient Kgyptlaus. Then you reach tho cabin and tho shadows of night drop Into the can yon. The golden cord that held tho picture to the sky's western wall HiuipH In twain, and tho glow of night with the wreath of dew and chlip of crickelH eiubra"is the cabin home of tlm Old Timor. Dally Mining Kocnrd. What Ih Sumpter Weather Record Destroyed. Undo Hill HtitiHou says tho record IIIIHK, yilll WOIIII HH II.,,,,, I,,!., .....l,,,, illlu ,,., . 1 tie.it if you ill. not He it known tlii.l,irokul ,, ylllr. ,,ml hu rtIIU,mi)0rH Old I liners llapjncksmo good, his I ,, .,, , ,,,, Illt bomiH tho host ever, and bin iir'HIlU.,,inl, .ilsappeared to permit hotter than tlm pootio nectar of the,,,,,, IM, of wliooln Miitll about tho gmlH. .Ml I lie can toll talon, talcs mlildle of April. Unfortunately, tho written weather record kept by tho pioneers has been destroyed, mid be can not give either tlm exact day of the month or tlm year. For twelve years this rocoid was faithfully and accurately kept; the dates when the ' tlrut oiittnr uus nut In cmiiiiiiIkhIiiii In Inevitably become n mine. It Is but a ju, ,,llry winter mid when tho llrst drop In (he bucket compmod with u. ...... j,,,.,,,) ., ,im ,,..,, i of old, tales of gold, can that Old Timor, while be pulfs at his brier wood and looks into tlm glowing depths of the bright lire on the hearth. He will loll you that while this claim be is working now in good, and Ih looking oiler every day, and will proposition Unit he and Hank Fields or Hack l.iiii-on or iloo Dickson woiked buck iu '117. "Why, we took out chunks of gold " and thou tlm Old Timer loads you on and upwind and buck wind over the blazing Mail to the days when the West w iih .Miung and iiiou put lomauco and liiawii into tho gold-getting business, instead of capital and genius. Hut that Ih not cuylng the Old Timor In not a nonius; for he Is. Ilowoior, he belongs to an entirely ililfciout species f 1 did (lie uenll of today. After dinner is over the Old Timer will take you up the winding trail that lends to bin mine, the mine iu which aro treasured, perhaps, all mil tho last glittering liopes of tlm man who has been rich and poor a score of times since first he turned his face westward iu the early days. As you walk along you are bat hoi from head to foot In tho cool frag rance of the forest air, and tho breath of tiit.daep woods cools your cheeks tlm spring. Those important facts weie written on an outside hoard near the corner of the building now occupied by Cato Johns as a store. Two or three yeius ago the owner of the building, becoming tainted with the spirit of material progress then atlllcliug the town, took a notion that tlm building needed painting, and iu spile of the protest of Uncle Hill and other pioneer patriots, this authentic chapter of local history was wiped out forever. Dr. Walters Goes East. Dr. F. A. Walters, liuancial agent for the Forest Mining company left this afternoon to make a tour of tho east In the company's Interest. Ho will stop Mwhllo at Hillings, Montana, to visit relatives, and at his home at Steven's Point, Wisconsin, Mini from thoro will visit tho Atlantic seaboard cities, returniug here probably iu July. toWrtrtiwwwiwwWrtiiMirtrtiartiW' iiMinnwnwiwnm For Sale Six Placet Claims, covering nearly all the: eround on a creek eirmtvine into Burnt River. j This Drooerlv is near to and Darallel with the; noted placer grounds of Pine and Cow Creeks in Baker County. All equipped for work, with reser voirs, ditches, flumes, pipe and Giant. For particu lars see the undersigned. $2000 I $2000 Buys the most sightly ten roomed residence and ground in the city. Nicely finished inside and! out. An ideal location. This property will readily j bring a rental of 15 per cent on the investment. 1 Will buy one of the most desirable Homes in i 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 propeity is now bringing 18 per cent as rental on the above price. $250 I 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 the rent you are paying others in your own purse. CALL ON OR ADDRESS Inland Empire Investment Co. JESSE HOBSON, Manager 11 iitnnummmwuwiwiwwMWMiiwuH mmmwwwmw ist