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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1904)
EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE "- M --ss HENRY WATTERSON ON PACIFIC COAST Henry WiittcrHou,the veteran editor or tho Louisville Cuuricr-.Jnurmil, llllll till tolllMVillk' til HII.V (if till) I'liiilllu 1'iiiiHt while In Piirtliiiul liiHt week : "In llfly yi'iii-H thorn will liu u population of .-,(1.(1(10.0(10 In tint Hcotlou ur tho country wmt uf tint Hucky iiiiiiitiliiliiH. Hv t tint time Hiii lllllllillllllim ItlllllCIICCH will In- mi tint I'm'lllii iiml mil mi tlm Atlantic cnnM. "WchIwiiiiI Ih Mill I Im course or empire. Ily Hint time llioto will Im one iiml t I'M ii h two IMIitnlmi i'miiiiIn mill Pnrllmiil will lint ho over (hilly f Iioiiih iIIhIiiiiI. Iiv mil f rim Now Vnik. Tim I'nelllc. iii'i'iui will llii'ii In (lie uicnt. hluhwiiy uf eommoico iiml his miiuuillcciit section, so blessed liy liatine.so lilmnl in 1 1 h tilinntn mill mi riotously proWIe, will limli'iilly come In tlio very fnii'fniiit. "Miiny eltleH will tint IIik wlinto I'liollli) coast, ncliicvliik mi Importance now scaicoly ilii'iiiiicil of, Iml there will lut three nvoishndowliitt iM'iilciH ni )) it i lut Itiii iiml I'liimni'ii'iiil ciinsoipiciico, which will li iiiiMiiiMmil IiiimI iiin lunch with tin' uliuln inilllil (ill III nun linilli llllll Min nthi'l' smith nf ynll. "Hole will lit' found I lie ureal oppertunities: for the ilslnu koiiomi- tlnn mill those t blues will i it In pin- diiiiuu I In- llfcllini' of iiimiy nf tlu lin.VH who mi' linv uttclldiliU tin' public m'IiiiIh nl Pnitlmiil. It (lie hoys win) mi lii'icilii lint iiiuko n success (if lifi, with tho opportunities which mo opculuu up before tlii'in iiml with llin advantages nf thi'ir tmiuiiitlrcnt I'livirniiiiii'iit. the limit will ho with tlii'in mill nut witli tin country In Alilch they hnve I'i'i'ii -n tort uniitcly Inn n nr lui'il." EASTERN CAPITALISTS COMING JUNt I. .Mr. mnl Mix. Hiiiiv Hendry ami Attorney N. ('. lilchiirdu leturueil HiIh mnruluNu truiu l'nrtlaud. Mr. Houdryx I hi- liei'ti nut of the city lor over ii mouth, anil Mr. liichiirds wih in l'uitlmid tur Mime lime lookltiu utter louiil innlteis ill connection with the ticlsor-llolidiyx linn. Mrs. Hcudryx spout in or-1 ut the Muter ill I'lirtlnuil on account uf her health, which she li'ii alino-t completely ri'coveied. Mr. Hcudryx siivh he epci'ls a pin ty uf Milne ten ur twelve capital IMh here ithuiit June 1, friim the cnM to look over the uclioral situation, with a view to luvoMluu in miultiu piopertlec, The putty will leiualn In the illhtiict aliout n muiith. Water That Bums. Ti'Mix ih to the front with number reimirkiihle plieuoliiclion of nntiire. Not content with hiivliiK the hlcueft nil nclle in the cuijulry. mid wcllx Hint produce lint km It witter In larue min dtiiull iiiiintltk'H, tlm Lone Star Mate now pu'MMitH somothiliu entirely new in the wtty of well that spout lire wiiter. It Ih lint the kind nf lire wut cr Hint Ih Mild over our bars, hut a wiiter Hint Ih iictiinlly intlmiiiiiiihle. Thin new discovery in located neur Toyiih, Texas, mill the nwiier hiijh t lint while borinu ii well for water on IiIh iiiiicIi he sliuek a Mow which partly tilled tho well. When the water win liroiiht to the surface nnd came Into cuutact with tho ilrillluu ontllt, it net tire to the timhei'M and i they were liiirued up. hxiiaustivo I'PxerlineiilH weie imiile with the water and lu every InMiinco it sot lire In the wood and other inthimimihle suhMiiuoes with 'vlilch It was placed In contact. It. also ipiickly dissolved or lite up the Iron oiihIiiu of the well. He Iiiih Inkeii a sample of the wnter to tho Mute iiuivcrMty at Austin lor oMimliintiuu. lie should cull It liquid indium mid let. If u at that. Derrick. HER QUARTZ CLAIMS LOCATED FOR TIMBER Mih (iraut, of linker City, claim" that n couple of iuiutz clnliiiH heluiiu Inn to her near MiilOueii hnve been llleil mi ax timber Imii) and Mie Ih heie today tliicateiiiiiK all miiIh uf lltluatlnii nu'iiiit the alleged inter InpeiH, Him claim thai Mie Iiiih held the cIiiIiiih mnl winked them for the IiimI live yeniH, mid Hint two men were work I in; theie nt the time they weie (lied mi. V. If. Mend, the well known tlm liermmi located I'ete lOstex mi n claim Including Mrn. (irmit'x ipmrl local Ion. Mr. IOhIch proved up mid Hold the claim tu Seymour (. Hell. .Mr. Mend mijh he went over tho Kroiiiui, out lonini no one in wori on any niliieial cIiiIiiih, There weie hoiiio old woikiiiUH, he hii.vh, hut no evi dence Hint nnytliiiu: had lately been dune, mid moreovei no evidence that he hiiw which woulil lead to the con iiIuhIoii that It wiih worth while to do work in HiIh direction. He tlionylit Miiely that tiro year' operation would leave a dump which would attract IiIh attention. Mr. Hell Ih nut of town, and It Ih not known yet whnt Mmpe the litlpi- Hon will tiM-iime. lu the meaiitiiue Mi'H. (iiaiit Ih iiinkliu: dlie thientH. Work I. Suaria (Nslrlcl. j a ,.,,,, s , dibtiict Iiiih licmm. The old Spartriil ditch nnd placer milieu will heulu ( opeiiitiiuiH today. A uompmiy of I MlnlilKiin men hare bought into tho propel ty with 1'". W. Tal I mad u mid me now shipping out supplies mid ndilltiuiinl tools ami tmichiueiy. It Ih their Intention to make thlnus hum and make a bik' clean up HiIh year. The mound in very rich. The iinmo of tliu new couorcu in the ()ienu Mlullin A lirlk'atlon coinpany, presi dent T. W. Whiteuy, vice picHldeut, A. W. Hnhlake, tieasuier, secretary ami iiianaerr, 1 V. Tallininke. Mr. Talliuailk'c's younger brut her ami a number uf youtiK friends lu Michigan hae formed the company. Tho ditches will be tlioiounlily opened ami all work will be done iu a sys tematical milliner. Democrat. E. & E. SAWMILL SOON TO BE RUNNING mm William lluuortsoii, who tins the contract for operntlnu the K. & 10. hiiwidIII to ho located just iihovu town, Murtuil mnriiiu tho machinery, which wuit received Saturday, thin muruluu lie thinkH ho will hare it placed ami the mill Kuluu within a week. He has the contract for runnlnu the mill, curryiuu on Inuuiuu opera tloiiH mid deliverliiK the lumber ut Hie 10. mid 10. mine. TIiIh Ih fur the new eynuldo plant, on which work Is! hood to ho Htarted, mid aUo for the rcpalrw now lieliiK made at. the 10. I and 10. mill. Tho fiiwmlll. Mr lEohertMou Hityn, will cut aliout l.'i.OOOi feet of lumher a day DIXIE MEADOWS PLANT STARTS ON PERMANENT RUN! After linvlni! experimented a few dnyH and ndjiiMed the new machinery, J U.rl.(,, which M. Terrll will Have to i tho Dixie MeinlouH cuiiceiitratiiiK i look after. Ho will mnko Sumpter j plant Marted on Sunday on itn ,H hi'iidipinrteix. permmient. run. The coinpany will' A WiiMiiiituou difpatch of ycMor- now have no trouble iu cuiiceiitriitiiiu ,day niyx: Secretary llilclicock Iiiik ut least biMctity-tlvc tuiicof urt I notillcil thu Oieou delemitlon that I mi mi average every tweiity-fniiri he does nut ceo IiIh wny clear to re llOIII'H. While the xyMoin of lm the ore which cniicentrat- the com- puny Iiih hIiom'H N new, Mill Hi Iiiih proven to be the very best that, Walter Moore for thin oflico wiih could be selected for their quality j inadvertently overlouked, he will bo of oich. The ciiHtH of coiiceiitiation , wllliim to anpoiut. Moore a foreM will bo no more than one-lialf iih j ranker nt Still per month later In the much as Hint of old time .Mump mill ; suiiiiner. The ileliuatlon will com Hybtem uf the same capacity. Thin municate thin fact to Moore ami iiKiilu Ih proof of the excellency of learn his pleasure iu the mutter tho judgment of the maiiauemeiit of, before lakinu further action. HiIh property, by Kiilmr nulnnt public . opinion in the M'lectlnn of the plant It. Ih true that the compnuv Hid not Wild Hint he had as yet iiceireil !( yet a plant of the capacity for which otlluiiil notillciitloii from any member they hnd contracled. but the system f the ()reon delegation. The Ih juM. whnt they need mid, besides-, only tiling he knew iihnut IlltchcockV the llrm trom whom they bought the action with reward to him had been plant Iiiih made Kood Hh failure lu learned hum the dispatches lu the tho fulllllmeut of Hh contract to the j lurtlinifl OrcKOiiluii. "1 hnve written satisfaction of the Dixie Mendows1 1 Secretary Hitchcock." saldMr. compmiy. Moure, "uolifyiuK him to st-lke my The snviuK of free unlit will more ' nmiio from the wnltlmt list. 1 do than pay all expenses uf mliiiuu mid I n.iiii,,.. ,,,,,1 II Ih onlv about !:, ner ,,,,, of tl0 0re viiluin I'lalrie (.. .llucr. mm "STICK" Ar T"E . ST. LOUIS WORIU-S fAIR One ot the moM attruutlve ciikIh in the out door exhlbitH of the FureMry ilit-nluy at the St. LoiiIh fair in the bik! spruce I ok which will represent Oii'Kon. there It Ih a veritable minister and thousand of people dally nie tit tract eil by its enormous sbe. I is by fur the largest lok' on the k'l'onnils ami old-timerH cmiiiot remember when they have seen anythliu,' nearly ho la rue It toweiH above the other out-donr exhibits and can be seen for a Ioiik distance. lieneriil yuperlnteiident Weill iliik' thniiKht that he hnd a white elephant on IiIh hands ,as there seemed tu be no feasible means of iiuloadiiiK the lou mid uettiuu it into poMtiou but after carefully loukiuu J over the uround ho decided to hnve it launching nnd acoordinuly ways were prepared nuil Jacks btouuht into use. Kven then It. wiih no easy matter to move the hiltfe tnoiiMer which welifhwl AO.OOO pounds . Quite a crowd of spectator had uuthored to witness tho BlKht and the wero not dlsapnlntod for the 1ik neemeil allvo and went. tutnblinu and rollltiR down the Ioiik Mope like a younu culv after honey. It hroiiht up within a few feet of Hh Ioiik rotlii iIhco. where It wiih placed on a craillo to he the pet of nil tiHiliermeu. TERRILL TAKES CHARGE OF BAKER CITY RESERVE S. S. Terrill en tuied upon his 'duties as runner for the linker Ulty foreM reserve. yi'Meiday. Mr.Terrlll iiim provided lilniM'lt' with horco mid .outllt mid Ih fully eiulpped for the Burr Ice, llin cmmnlcMoii arrived inueial (Iiivh auo. Included lu HiIh rauue.which coveiu the linker City walei-chcd, are 50,100 l call the appointment or S. S. Terrill '(, Mipervlaor of the linker City forcnt roM'i'V", hut in view of the fact that the deleualioti'H Indorsement ot Walter Mooio wiih seen by a Maker City lloiald represontntlve. He not want u job iu IiIh department. 1 frankly told him so, and wound up hy say I ilk' Hint I hoped that hereafter he mid the Oregon delega tion would net aloiik' together better " Bank of Sumpter Transacts General Banking Business. Interest Paid on Time Deposits Salety Deposit Vaults I