VOL. V.
SUMPTER, OREGON, APRIL ij, 190
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SUMPTER VALLEY IS
STILL UNDER WATER
No Trains Today, But One is Promised
Tomorrow. Though Its Arrival is
to Be Doubted.
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Hlgh.water below
aud plenty of snow to mako moro.
The reporta to ttio local office from
tlin linker City headquarters state
ttmt tliero Is h long stretch of truck
out cf South linker, aud iu tho tlat
meadow country intervening liotweon
there and McEwen, where the track Ih
under wator. Iu hoiiio placet) tho
water on the track measures between
two aud three feet. It would bo u
perilous uudertakiiiK to run truliiH
uuditr such cuudltiotiH. There Iiub
beeu no abatement of the water, but
it has continued steadily to creep
op, supplied by the rapidly melting
snow in the hill country.
It CHiinot be stated dellnitely when
a train will begotten throuRh. Itmay
be two or three days, or it may be n
week, if the present warm weather
continues. The snow is going olf
rapidly and it Ih easily noticenblo
that the amount of water passing
tnrough the surface sewers here to
day is perceptibly more than it waa
yesterday. It may be argued from
this that the water below Ih likely to
be blither today than it was yesterday.
It wbh with dlttJcutlty that tho
passenger trail! leavliiK here yestor
day afteruoou pulled throuah to
linker last iiltibt. It waa 8 o'clock
before it arrived, almost four hour
behind schedule time. Reporta today
state that no bridges have been
swept away. The train yestorday
simply had to feel its way over the
flooded track, aud Its progress was
necessarily slow.
It wus decided, tbeiefore, tola
morning to make no attempt to put
a train through today, but to con
cent rate all energy toward keeplg
the track from washiuug out. Accord
ingly three engines, some twenty tlat
cars aud a crew of 100 Japs, under
charge of General Passenger Agent
liartou aud Superintendent Shurtllff
left Baker this morning early for the
'flooded district.
A telepboe message from the Herald
this mo-ning stated that the outlets
.around Baker ware brinned to tbeir
banks, and 'any' further riso'would be
attended with disastrous results. No
dnmngo so far, however, was reported.
Tho mall stago linos leading into
Suniptor aro also paralzyed. This,
howovor, la duo laigely to thn soft
conditions of tho roads, rather than
high watur. Horaos break through
thn snow and it la noxt to ImpuHHiblu
tn travel without eudaugoring their
lives. Tho Oablovllle atago failed to
got In yeaterdday, and Wnlkeo Taber,
proprietor of tho Graofto Hue, arrived
only after an extremely hazardous
journey. Quo of his horaea broke
through tho suow into water and
slush and it was with d Illicitly that
bo was extricated. Mr. Taber made
no attempt to return yesterday after
noon.
I Lator ndvicos this aftferuoou from
linker City atato that au attempt will
be madu to got a train through to
Sumpter tomorrow. Postmaater Jewott
called tho headquarters of the Sump
tor Valley up at liakur in regard to
gotting tho mall iu, an I this waa
what ho was assured. The success of
the uttemp., however, Ih to be doubt
ed, sinco the suow la meltiug moro
rapidly today than It did yesterday,
and if the track is now covered with
water In the lowlands, there is 1'ttlo
hope that It will abate suttioieutiy by
tomorrow to allow trains to pass. The
wator iu tho rivor here today la six
inches higher thau It was yeateiday,
aud it Is still rising. Thioughout tho
night it maintained about the same
mark that It did yesterday, uud early
today began to rise. It I) not probable
that there will bo auy abatement
below.
Considerable grumbllug Is beard
among citizens that the railroad
company made no attempt to send the
mail in by back, when it was known
that no train could be gotten through.
Postmaster Jewett la powerless to act
from this end of the line, since it Is
the place of the railroad at the other
end to furnish mail transportation,
to case trains cannot run. All Mr.
Jewett can do In the matter Is to
report the negligence, if. such it is,
to the proper postotHce authorities.'
Several rigs left this afternoon for
HakerCity. William Kitchen sent
one with four or tire passengers, aud
Tom Taylor also furnished transpor
tation to about the same number.
Fred Woiiey went down with his dray
to bring baok some freight aud ex
press matter. E, P. llergniun was
naught, at Maker and will drive
through tonight with a load of eggs.
Ther Is au egg famine in town on
account of tho lack of transportation
facilities.
CORPORATION FORMED
TO DIG OX BOW 1UNNEL
Maker Cltv. April 12 (Kpuuliil. ).,
. A lloise special to the Herald to
day states substantially that tbo Ox
How Electric Tuuuel company, to
develop electric power, has been
abundantly fluauced, and that articles
of incorporation were filed today nt
lloise. The enterprise was promoted
by C. M. Million, of Maker City,
and among its backers are Kx-Gov er
nor Frank Hunt, of Idaho, and Hon,
Frank Morrison, of lloise.
The plan is to dig a tunnel nu
Snake river below its conjunction
with Powder, connecting thn river,
at the bend it makes in this locality,
which it Ih claimed, with requisite
eiiiipmeut will deveolp enough power
to supply tho entire scope of country
Included In eastern Oregon aud south
western Idaho. The entire plan, it
Is stated, has beeu consummated and
early operations aro contemplated.,
TOO MUCH SNOW TO
WORK GLADSTONE.
V. II. Mead, superintendent of
tho Gladstone, returned from tho pro
perty yesterday afternoon, and left
today for Spokane. He went out. thu
other day to take a look at the situa
tion, to determine when work may be
resinned.
Mr. Mead says there la too much
snow to attempt to do anything for
at least thirty days, hence hla return
to Spokane. When the snow Iiiih sulll
ciently disappeared, however, he will
start up again full force.
Whitney Sawmill Started Up.
E. L. Keniiou, former general
manager of tho Sumpter Lumber com
pauy, who has contracted to handle
the output of the Mclleury A: Wrou
mill near Wbltuey, name In from
there this afteruoou. The mill has
beeu started, be says, aud everything
ia going iu first class shape. Mr.
Kennou'a family will remain in Sum
pter, aud be will go back aud forth
rom there to bis headquarter.
PR0GR
THE STORM KING
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Manager Costello Reports
that in All the Workings
The Showing is
Satisfactory.'. t
Manager T. J. Costelln name from
tho Forest company's mines Sunday
after an extended visit, during, which
time ho waa kept pretty husy-'iU thu
dllferout workiugs, outlining tho
work for the future1, i. ,'' " '
, Tue work In tho Golden Itulo shaft
has beoti stopped by the,. extremely
lingo tlow of water, which it waa
found the pump could uot handle..
Tho work has proven tho cxlstenco
of an I mine use ledge, thu value of
which has steadily increased as 'depth
has linen gained: If one la to'judgo
tho probable richness of -the Golden
Itulo by tho present allowing., whoro
tho returns give six dollars on tho
surface, and eleven dollars at tho
bottom of a thirty foot shaft, then
tho question of making u mine out
of the Golden Itulo leilgo, la solved.
Owing to the rapidity with which
tho work has been prosecuted Iu tho
new Storm King tuuuel, it waa
thought best to remove tho car anil
track from the Honest Dollar drift,
to facilitato tbo work as union aa
possible. This has beeu done and
the crew iu the Storm King doubled,
ho tho work will be pushed faster
than ever from now on. At. a diatauco
of '.MO feet from the portal au aver
ago assay wont 8011 Iu gold, ellver anil
copper. This, it is thought by tho
iiiaiiagumeut. will probably be thu
approximate value from now on, hh
tho work is now coining under tho
largo nro body opened iu the upper
workings.
Ah tho company was unable to get
in enough track iron aud cars for all
the drifts, It became apparent that
some of tho work would go slow, hh
wheelbarrow work is very, tedioua
after distance has beeu gained, so, an
tho Honest Dollar drift was iu good
ore, the equipment waa moved over
to thu long tuuuel on the Storm
King. When transportation becomea
good, cars and track will be placed
In all the drifts, which will material
ly Increase tho amount of work douo
each mouth,
Desert Land Law Stands.
liy a vote of eight to three thn
house committee on irrigation and
arid Ian la, yesterday defeated thu
bill to repeal the desert land laws.
Williamson, of Oregon, was among
those who voted against the repeal.
Tbo vote was taken after protracted
hearings.
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