.! VOL. V. SUMPTER, OREGON, MAY 4. 1904 NO. 3? ENTER PROTEST AGAINST ELLIS PLACER PATENT Alleged That Required Amount of Work Was Not Performed on West Side Ground. tho winter, when this IiIIIh mo covered with hiiow, home soft joli will induce I1I111 to roinalii In town; hut when (lii mountains change their rnho of white for Kroen, the huh rcuimcH IiiihIiichh mill thi weather Ih line, six yoke of on HI is couldn't picvcnt lilin from' startltiK out in scinch of thu elusive, lede. This hux h.-oii IiIh program for morn thiiu twenty yearn mill, thoiinh hu swears (IiIh is lilw hint appeal iiucu an either prospector or miner. IiIh i friends know h Ih mistaken and will continue to hear and hearken to tln, cull of tliii wild until ho iIIch. BUCKEYE ORE $500 TO 1 HE TON Fifteen Poundsof he Stuff Yielded Button Worth $3.40. K. W. Ilirtlutt, ox -rui? Inter or the L11 (iiHinlt) hinil olllcu, Ih hurt) toiluy 11 h attorney for thu holders of curtain placer urnu ids on thu wont sido of town, against which u protest to tho issuance of a patent linn b?iiii filed. A heart nu' Iiiih hooii ordori'd heforu United States Commlssionur C II. Chance ThurHiliiy, .May ft. Thu ousu Ki'iiw nut of tho ejectmont fo Mrs. I). K. Miction fioin tho ground In uu-t inn lust winter, oxtencleil nieutiun of which wax miulo at the time, anil lutr protest Is supplemented hy Dully Dustiti mid Steve .Jackson. The o.vncrs of thu uioiiuil 1110 J. It. llunraliau. .). T. 1'iirklnson and V. It. Mend. It Includes twenty acres, and wns originally a part of thu No Name and .Meadow placer oliilim owned ny A. VV. KIIIh. TIiIh twenty acii'H whs hold hy him to tho present' holders. Mr. KIIIh Iiiih applied for a patent and thu Dual receipt Iiiih heen Issued, which Ih equivalent to a pat ent pending thu KriititliUt of such, unless, disturhi'd. Thu contestiintH urjto that the Hssessment woik wiih nut done on the parcel in iiestlon mid hnvo protested aynliist IIh Issu ance, to thu Koneral laud olllcu. Thu commissioner of the general laud olllcu at Washington Iiiih ordered a heart ns; to sliuw causu why such pat ent should not hu granted. TIiIh hearing will taku place as stated, and the easu will lie decided hy thu register ami receiver of thu laud olijeu, to which thu application wiih made, in case an appeal from thin decision Ih made, it will no to thu Keiieral land olllcu at Washington, and should another appeal hu entered, to thu secretary of thu Interior department, whoso judgment Ih IIiiiiI. SOUTHERN REPUBLIC 1. X. Donne, who pounded out. tltteeu putilidH of Miickeyu nroup rock thu other day, muiitiou of which wiih made, lecelved thu liuttou from Mrs. Ilickock'H assay olllcu yester day, it wcIkIih eighty seven grains, ami is wnith t:i. II), iiiakiiiK thu oiu worth m-urly 8ftU0 to the ton lupoid. , Mr. Doiiiiu hii'h hu picked (IiIh ore lit random out of the Imttum of a hIx 1.V...1 11. H...HI.. r ..f ....Uot't'-iit. without any atlumpt to Ht.rt . .,,, ... ........, ....,....r... ... .. 1 Snow Creek, returned this moriiliiK from 1111 extended mluitiu trip to Mexico. .Mr. Smith npetit a wood part of the time in the state of (iiierreno. south of the City of Mex and depth Thupropeily Ih owned liy Messrs. (ileason ami Dnaue . It. Is the pieunt Intention to not thlnH GOOD DIR1 AT 1HE BROWN BEAR PLAGERS lack llitzlewnod, one of the owncrH of the llrowu Hear placers at Kant .'ui.ln ci.l .. r.u.fl frnm llmrit ir.,.t.ii.liii Theie was u laud slide at tho prop erty thu other day, necessitiitiiiK ( the illuttiuu of a utw ditch. Work) hus already been started on this. ( Mr. Jlazlowood will increase IiIh force at once. He will send out ad-1 ilitluniil men fiom hero his week audi utait up operations on a larno scale in 11 short timu. Thu ground Ih nhuwiiiK up prett; jjood he says. , , From some minor prospect work tho travel went sereuty-llvu cents to thu yard, and there Ih much hinher Kiade sttilf than thin. v I Ha: Telescopic tye. Ed Mauser left early this morning with a loud of suuplies for his nlucers! near Aiihurn. Ilu took itlnui, with him Tom Moffet, thu noted placer export. Mr. Mauser has come to thu conclusion that hu had heeu nuessini; at thu value of IiIh (jravel Innit onmiuh, ami hu Iiiih iiiikiikiu'iI Mr. Mulfot to settle thu malter. Now Mr. Mollet in titled with a IiIkIi power telescopic eye, ami can determine thu amount of Mold lu a uivou ipuintity of gravel to the most iiitlultesiinal fraction of a uraiu at a I mice. It Ih not a matter to hu Kiiessod at when hu nuco fasleliH those peneliatnm optics of his on a plln of dirt. J. H. Brown Goes to The .1. II. Ilrnuii Iiiih resinned his posi tion lu thu Klltu Cluar store, where hu Iiiih heen tor some mouths past, and will lu a fow diiy?, accompanied hy Mm. Ilrown, leave for tho llurnt rlvor country, where ho will remain this summer, working some mliiluK properties which ho owns there. Colonel llrowu la tho most continued, unreconstructed, hopeless ease of prospector and miner who ever showed up In eastern Orison, During It. At thu point from which the rich stuir came the shoot Ih twenty lncliCH wide. t)n the surface it shows only . a few Indies, lint widened to twenty I 011 uoIiik dnwii six feet. From (IiIh t ,.. n I.,, ' i, ,, 1 It Ih aiftucil, of course, that the pay ...1.1. 1 .. 1.11.. Hlieak will niiildly uain in width " " , Home mlnliiir property lu thu stale mentioned he wiih hIiiioIIiiu nlllmitorHJ lltlfl lllll'llll, II 111. til. I'd I llllllll tllllll Mr..Sn.lth Ih Interested In a lulnl.iK- '" ''"I1"1 "'" ,,,M of ,,,1h ,n,l",h f"r way with u couple of MuxIciiiih who ,"' "'"'""" were students of his when hu hold a J """"""" chair at Cornell, lie slati'H that H'cAfLIWr lOI- AT TUP Ih not prohahlu they will take .... thu ' WtKINb OKt M Hit property ill (iuerierro hut will likely I OVERLAND MINE. operate lu the statu of Souoia. Ilu will retain the iiiiiiiiiuomout of the M. iC. Ilalii, mamiKer of thu Over Know Creek, and will lemaiii in HiIh laud, lelunil from the mine thin district for some time to come, as his moiiiliitf. Ills crew lii'aii sacking connection with thu Mexican company me in the No. 1 tunnel today for j will not. ueceshiirlly cause him to slilpmeiit to thu smelter. Develop- iiovo his lesldeuce, at least nut ment. woik III other piutn of thu prop- I soon. Spoukliiu of Mexican coiidlt- , city Ih prueeeediuu with the iihiiiiI ions Mr. Smith says; satli-lactoiy icmiUh, Thu imilu crosn- I "Mexico h e.xperleiieliu; a liooiu cut is heiiiif dilveu ahead, ilrlf'.iiiK Ih throunhoul lis leuuth mid iireudlh, uiiinu' on inNo. I vein leceiitly cut. ; not only lu miiiiiiK hut iiIoiik all DrlfliiiK is done in the No. 1 tun J other liiifH. lu thu City of Mexico, ' nel on No 1 vein, and thu ore taken I saw more hiilldluu nolnu no than tlieiefioru Ih hciuu sael:iil. Nu - I liuvu lately oherved lu any ' tutinel on No. 'J vein Ih lining' driven ! Amei lean city of IIh slu, There Is a ( ahead, mill now in ahmit '-!!() feet. Kreat iullu.x of capital lioin the From the end of (IiIh a cioisiiut Iiiih I Uilltid States, mid HiIh coupled with , lieen stai led to cut the No, It vein, the piouresnlve nilo of I'resldeot at a point where hlnh k'rade ore Ih IJIa has produced a wondeilul ' known to exist. aw aken I ni! in thu country. Thu City of Mexico H on., of thu most j Btllmail GOCS EflSl. liniiiitiful on thu continent, and its uruwth Ih sumethim; retmirkiihlo. I j. It. Ilellmiiu, imimic.i'i of, .tho MIu a miiiiiiK way thu activity Ih Calitoiiilu, left today fur .Mluuiie eipiully ieat, hut it Is a poor place' apolls.lo lie (jouo until ahout .May,,'jri. for the small operator, especially in1 Mr. Iliilliiiiiu exjiectH to he aide to thu southern pint. To net lu on in start operations at the California shoo atrium Is an iinderliikliiK next to I Immediately upon his letiiin, Dr., ImpoHslhlo. Thu mines aie operated ' Moiiltou expectH to return with him, on a larKO scale reulrln Immense ' and It Is possihle Mr. itillman will cupltul." i Inn e to no to Alaska to look nfti r Mr. .Smith will leave for the Snow Ttirnuwiiii Ann mill inn iuteiet. Creek tomorrow. there. '