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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, May 4, 1904 ThP si imrvfAJi- Minar I l- JUI I IUH- I III ll nrncui VAut oi iHiicirvoi mimpteh I'UHIIMIFII HVFBV WEDNEMIAf HV I W CONNLLIA T. Ci. CWVNNI. I nlf riti At Ihi potlnfttc1 In bumpier, OrRnri, I"' tfanmlslitti ttiroiiti th mill At teconJ cI'm matter MIIISCWIITIOS HATliS line Y.. alx Moulin foo , ALWAYS IN AllVANCB, , iniike no iitleiupt to clonk their pur The Mania Ko's defense In n dn.luigo pose with honesty. Hiilt hiought hy ceilnln shippcis. lo Judge I'arkei will nevei receive the reenter foi Hie loss of n enr loud of eggs, in 11 Hood, huh Unit the ilniiuigc was caused liy tin net of (iod, mid tliiiiiifoiii, since the Almighty could not lie held rcHpoiiHihle iih the Mint ennse, Hie inilrond coinpiiny should not Im. Hchmidt'H 1 11 iv fo. Hinting ii fniilled vein Ih usually iini.nciiited iihIoIIeuh: if 1. dlHlociillou o. fnull Ih shuck on IIh hmigiiig wnll, it 1.1. 1st he passed Ih. iiiiIi nnd Hie dtiiiug continued townrilH Hut hanging wnll hide ot the fiddled lode. II the footwnll of the fnillt Ih sllliek, It i.iuhI lie pnscd thioiigh mid Hid tithing continued (owmdii Hid Inolwnll of Ihe veil.. , ..i, limited ...i . i .a . . , .. . Ihn story Is now hel.iL! pi luted Hint 11 . . . . . , , ., , . , ii ir ii iiimii iiiih in ii utrni i imi u i" r- .. .... , I IIiim'uiioiI'h t.ilent ns n cm- T Ii s mn hu n r h h fiom he n !!.. .............. .... . ... i i toouisl hud its soii.ee iu mite-untnl cm.seH. II Ih lelnled Hint p.lor to his' lilt th his motile, wiih Kicntly Inlet-io. esled In tlin work of riio.iins Nnrt, when ho won world wide fnine lliiouuli his wink on I lit t pet's Weekly; Hint it liecn.iio n piinhIoi. with hei mid the musts' genius wns thus timistnltle'l to her sou. Vou tuny heliee this or not, jusl ns j on plcnse. Theio is only one woi.imi conl miner iu Missouri, siiys mi exchmiue, nnd hIio Iiiih In. I one iirni. Aliss Minnie Tetiie Ih'kiiii to work In the mine of her tuiphew, Theodore 1'etrle, iicur . Kill Inn, n few yiiiis iiko, hcciiuse he ' could no net ns iiiiiny men ns he I wnnted. The llrst dny she worked she j wore feminine clothes, hut tludiilu them iiiiHiiltnlile, the next dny she, wore mi old suit ol her nephew's nud nttl-ed in men's clothes, she hns liven j liKtlluu conl ever since. Hint Is llfty yenrn old. I Oter lu Untie, it .lotlindlst mill, islet, who lor yen.s hnil ttniued hut ei.iiill support tiom the church, Ihlnn ii mote or less hmid to mini t li existence, decided to try Ills luck nt MiniellilllK t Ise. He tumid kiiiiiIiIci, mid now is Ihluu on Hie fit t ol Ihe Intnl. While It is pel Imps tine Hint this mmi tl lil not coulnct n tine cin-c of religion hi the Hist plncc, ot he would not line mnde siicli u tntllcnl chniiKe iu his hiisluess, II Is nlso tine thnl soul hiiteisnsiiKcuci.il ptoposi- Hon me poo.ly pni.l. It muy lie I hey Kt nil lhc me wotth, hut tl.e limit til tne sjHicin is turn i licit' nre too 1111111 piciicticis. Mlint IS llCtllCil IS some sott of chinch inciter to com- liiue Ihe luteiests of sitltHtlon, cut ' ' citiiiciics, into only (lie lust mliilstciinl talent HIM pay kooiI salaries. The platform adopted liy New Vork deinocints is entirely satisfac tory to republicans and Ills the New York candidate for the presidency like the paper on the wall. No out) knows what JiuIko Parker's views ouJlluhtiUK If the fate of the republic national issues are and the principles, depouded ou their etforte. Here lu enunciated hy his political friends . Orouon, all in apathy, lack of lutereat lu this platform interfere with uo'and dout-caro-a.damuttlveue. This mini's opinions, for they run be L.nHtrilCd .J 1,1, y (,, My .1, Of coutsc, for thirty jenrs pnst, iih lu the democrats tanking hij t'lfoit; every line knows, most political for over in Washington tliu sumo eon pliilloruiH Imvu been constructed iu-1 ditinu obtains. It Ih a difference I ciciciTiily, with tho view to getting in temperament of the people, proh I.DITOK votes, to plncntc various powerful ably the lingering effect of tin1 CHrly Intc.cstH, me.c halts to cntch fish: environment, Hint does not exist to lint pome ellort hns Ixm'H made, wild mote or J ( .- h (-kill, to conceal the 'hook therein, lint thosu near- .sighted, iniiinw provincials, the New Vork domnctnts, tit ill liihor under (he mistaken impression t f 11 t nil the people enn hu fooled nil the time, mid full into of (he de.i.oer.itle pnrty. fort'. " M "' Vy 7, " ', , 1c"r,,,u8 'tho,,. who hellew In Ihe wImIoi.i of the (.'hlc.go mid K...m,.h City pint- I forn.H, the two nolnhle e.xeeptions to Ihe Kene.nl rule ol Linking hucIi 'inHtiumeutH mere v tr.tp. cm. not '.i.mI..iHIi.imIv .i.i.nnri I will ' lie jllstllled in bolting. , It looks dicldedly ns if emigres would el nut ot Inw-miikliiL; mid Into politlcH li the II. st ol .Mil, cn.VH (lie J hem lie lines i nis is com.nry lo nil p.ecedenl. lo. this s he 'Imm tei... of co.ess iiii.I rhould Inst junt I ..li.lH.immer lo l,rin nhout Mich 11 icsult the icpulilicmi lenders ,,. . , ... ,. ,, "ll "I Ullll-I IIIIH, IIII n Hill"' . m. dele.mlned (oslt ..noli "IIiHoiiH rnrl Hint whe.e .. mm. Is .11-. I""' ,"''" I"'" ""' limn vul oil ii ,011.t tatlria.r c-lrciiniHtHtiro it Is 'HI rni linn oi wo.K inn. n uieni i.eiil .... .. . . ot till U Hint would ntheiwifc occur, rids im.) he nil riuht fiom the st 1-1 point of polllcs, hut it Is "II wruiiK fiom Ihe stmidpolut ol ulnil Is liest th.- cuuiit.y. Tlie.e is no lil.sinesH Lense iu the prnpn-ition Hint nil iipiiop.lntloiis must le ci.it.illed du.lliK n piesidenlliil jeur, iu order to help out the pnrty in power. Fiom Hie stnudrolut of iluht mid justice such n cot.irc is more hurtful t lilt II lieuellcilll. II it he iluht to iipproprlntc it million dollnrs lot nny spcclllu pttrpic, theie is no rensoii why It should not he iippMiprlnU'd nud expended iu n preside. itinl yeur, ns well us Ihe niwt yenr folliiwiuu. Such "polltlnl ecouomy"would never hnve heeii smiutinued hy Ailiim Smith, no. nny of the modern tenchers of Hint iutcrestiiiK suliject iu th Krent unlvesritics of the country. One uot fH.ulllHr with the condi tions in tioth stittes chii scarcely conceive the vast dllfereuco lietweeu the people of Oregon mid WiishliiK tuu; the former iiueuterprisinK. indllfeteut, "mosshitck", the latter all enterprise, eiithusinstlc, full of , state p. Itlu. So far its liiiinnii liappi-1 iioitit Is concetneil, The Miner would not cure to miv which nttnins the end i the more completely or lather which (tlato for opet.itiK up the Whitney makes tint less distunl failure, lluticnmp, hut the presumption Is thnt so Im ns the tiiaterinl welfare of the this also will hu started at an early two commouweiilths Is concerned, .date. ine.e can lie iioiioudi iiihi our uori.i cm nelKhlior is dlslaiiclnu us iu tho uwe 1)f ,,rurt.M, Tlile) is not it mutter (l( t.iminiiilnlloii or lilnnie, hut llm,,v , rttiitiiiii of it stinuKe.unex- ,,l(mM MK.H phenoinemi. Ileitis ,irm.(,., ,v the same environment, ; ..llimitl,, uml fnmiiiniflHl. llio intiiiriil inf,.,.,, x0tilil he Hint the people ,,, ,10 of ,,rill.UcHlly Identlc.tl ohnmcterlstich; hut they nre uot. 'I'li.t illir..r..lii. Id li.tiiio dli-IL'l.wtle lllust.Htcd Ht this time. Over lu WHtishiitKloii every county is Htlii.ne with polltlcul excltemont. Memhers of tho stt.no pHrt are Smrrinn for points huiuuk thouuolves, iu he in tteret of favorite cttuiUilHtea; while the uiHUtiBers of the two parties ttre is nut merely because Oregon Is , safely republican nud tliero Ih no use day. It Ih iih imfnlr to chnrgo the mis takes nud fnl 1 11 re.- of n mine mnungcr to mining generally iih it Ih to charge J he iniHtiikcH or crookedness of h do fmiltii.g hunk cashier In nil hanking. I This Ih iiii entirely rational hIiiiIIl'. I llccausc one mine mnungcr mnkes n 'failure nr in too extravagant to """'"""" ' K "l"",,u ,,,r ,,IHt ,,,'m,H nt a", ",,1,,l, cotiiimuli-H nre untrustworthy. I '" m,n "' MH " ,''",,n" ,"r "''' !",,""r ""'"". Ihrw-mmiiIIm iihI. IH" "r" ,n '"' prliimrlly considered lu Hie mini who Ih plnccd in n position ol trust; honesty, economy mid nhility. silts the lllnck Hill MIiiIiil- lleview. Hut It Is not eiiiiiiKh Unit 11 mini In 11 plncn of Irst shouuld lie merelv lemillv honest. Lots of n hllu, W),,(, ,lL. Ilell(l.llUHry , ,, ,,,, , M, (1(,Krnllt ,. m f(),. l0 ,,,,,,,.,,. Tler ', M i,,,,,. Illlt IW,, I the mill. ., , .... , i... ..r.. t.. i...i i.t... i ii.... i mil rinr III lllini mill III llliv llllll'l. i , ,, ,. linnr rllli. In iirni.ttiwl iiiimi tin. tlitMiry Hint rr.Kiif Mill IivhI i oii lllt ,,,,,.,,.,. nBI,n, tlmu he would nny one else It is nlwn.xs well for the security of i.Kcsto.o to scrutinize the men in to whose keepiiiK they nre plncliiK their nioiiej, when they j-o Into nny liusiness, whether it lie tiiii.iiiK or iimiiufiictiirliiK, linukliiK or inilrond inn. Find out whnt it mini's conscien tious tendencies me. This is just iih iiecessitry ns it is to invcfltlniite the enterprise he Is leitdiiiK you Into. He should lie nccoiiut.ilile for every penny Uiieu into his custody. TO START LOGGING OPERATIONS AT ONCE (runt (ieddes, of tho Oreou Lutnlier compuny, is here today out ploylui! uieu to send to IokkI.ik citnip No. 'J, ueitr McKwen tn stHrt up operntlc.ns nt once. Kukciiu llrowii, who hns cbiirKe of this cninp, returned yeseteriluy from a visit to I'ortlnud, and tl.itiKs will he iu readiness for work liKht away. Mr. (ieddes said he had not set it THE FAIR KOUrt Via Chicago or New Orleans to St. Louis, is the one that (lives you the most for your money and the fact that the Illinois Central offers tin surpassed set vice via these points to the World's fair, nud lu this con nection to all points lieyoud. mnkes it to your advnuataKo, iu onso you coutemlpnte a trip to any point east, to write us hetoro makluK final nr raimemeuts. We cau offer the choice of at'least a dozeu different routes. 1). II. TRUMIIULL, Commercial Agent, Hi Third street, Portland, Ore. J. C. Lludiey, T. P. & P. A., 142 Third at., Portlaud, Ore. P. 1). Thompson, P. P. A., Room 1, Coltnau Illdg., Seattle, Wash. THE PASSING OF THE BURRO While 11 great deiil Ih snid about the growing use of the automo bile and the relegation of the nolilo limx; to tho linck ground, little sen timent is wnsted hy mining men over the pussliiK of the fiiithful hurro. Recollections of former exploits in the saddle follow the modern chernlier lis he turns chutf eur nud speeds orcr the country rnuds, skirtitiK the ptistures whern the ciist-nut steed reprmiches hU tickle iilfectioiis. Hut the nerlnl tr.imwHy is sending to olillvlon. un wept nnd uiisi.tiKi the little puck nuimiil whose service to the enrlydiiy miner whs urcnt lieyoud the rimcli of ciilculntioti. His .ejection muy he snid to he typilled in it wny hy the siLiu of the ci on- which ho henrs upon I'irt shoulders mid tro.n which tho , furwut imiitf hint inn of the Mexicnn Km.ihustlno Iiiih derhed the trnditionl ; l.ellet conce.i.liip Its Chrlstlm. iiiIkIu, i, reere..ce to the only ride the miiu , ot N.mi.eth eve. took. ''"' "'" '"" tn.lii in mimy I i,.iiii,.4..di,,.iii.. h. m,.v,.,. iu miiii i--r- .' -"1 in.portnnt inch t of minim; ' opcrntioi.s.pr.icllcnlly the only menus lit 1 1 iiiiHtii it! lit Inn niirihitriuitil In the i I -..- , ..... I.- Mm.i. nt , ,I1hIiI..i'm ili.rlnn. fCmlV ' inl. ''"cm I Hfort to concenl hi miner makes is dseire tn lie rid ot Ihe pnck-sailillu method altoKclher and tlelnjH ns little as possible the ocuiiiK ot unpin ronds mid tho con struction of trmuwiiys nud tunnels to meet his ttqultcmcutH. The abandonment uf the old bu.ro trail is one of the llrst sinus of advancement which a tnltiliiK enterprise iu a remote region Is apt to offer. And the rea son is plain. Tho burro bus to be fed nud watched emphatically, watched I The e.speuse Is considerable, compared with the results attained, and the successive improvements which ure made in tho means of transporting ores from tho mine to the mill nr smelter or railroad are all deslKned to lower the cost of production and britiR the iuferioi grades of ore with in the ratiKo of profitable treatuieut. Vet what has the old-time pros pector and miner tn say about hit burro train? lu the days when iiotbltiK less that. 640 or 8(10 or 91U0 ore was regarded as ore at nil, tho burro was the salvation uf uiauy a Kood ininiuK proprety. hi any case wagon roads were not feasible and the aeiial tramway had not yet arrived, llesides, the cost per ore tou of main taluitiK a pack train was not so significant as now iu relation to tho margin of profit allowed for. So tho service which the burro bus rendered to the mining industry iu the past is uot to be lightly considered. Iu fact, it is up to Tutu Walsh or some other old-timer who has untile his millions out of the mines to erect somewhere a titling mouutiient to the burro, eveu though tho burro will never apreciate it. The Record wonders if Mr. Walsh bsa has forgotteu how picturesque the old-time bruro traitt was- aud is still, iu some localities. Aud does he recall the exasperating aud yet amusiug perversity of tbe big jack that insisted upon lying down after tfJe ore-sacks bad beeu carefully and precisely balauced upon tbe saddle? Tbey used to raw bide tbelr ores on a large scale in tbe San Juau. If Mr. Walsh doesut' remember it, be lacks tbe sentiment we bare given Mm credit for having. Dally Mining Record.