Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1904)
COVERS THOROUGHLY THE OOI.D FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE ? -?3f S jSfe EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT ; -- -" v.v Prl .. ,.v - i y niB L..La tkXv :..VC'S.,'. L V - r- A. VA - N?3il WiViT "V . i Vi .V NVMXV: .( Av; XV.W.VA ,v A . x x -- -- - fg ---- -: -X-? -- ..v KNOCKERS HAMMERED THE SEWER BONDS DEAL R. E. Strahorn in Sumpter to Begin All Kinds of Local Improvements. I!. I), Striihoiu, president of till' Similiter lalulit Mini Water company, iiccompiiiiicd liy MiH. Stniliorn, itr lived friitti the cunt HiIh iiiniiiiut!, tn "I nt iiikI practically In (ho nunc poHilliin iiiivv Unit I illil when 1 made tint city tlio cll'cr to buy (ho LiiiiiiIh tit. pur, provided no other piirohin-er could liti foil ml. Not tlmt I wmit pvctiiiit pliiut hi operation on Ciiuyon ciuck. Tlicy tire operutinu it with u day and 1 1 1 k 1 1 1. force, and are drilling an average of three hole each twenty four liuiiiM. They find the lied lock very uneven, viiryini In depth from elyht to twenty-lire feet, hut thus fur they have foil nil mi excellent bedrock for drcduluu inirpo-es. Dlue Monti tain KiikIu. HAS OPTION ON BUNKER HILL ROADS TO SUMPfER RAPIDLY IMPROVING look utter hi local iiitcrcotH. .Mr. , th or that I am in tint lionii-lmv. Ktruhnrii 1ft t here IiinI AiiuuhI. In Inn IiiihIiich, hut I mcioly iiiiuin tint the early pint nt the winter hit wax pinporitioii lu inner to Ihhiiio the operated on In Chlctik'ti tor appeiiill- hiiIo. The ililllimlty lu lltnlinu a uiiir cIIIh. From Chicimn ho ictiii'iicd to I ket for thu IidiiiIh Ih evidently due to HeportH from vurioim points triliutary to Sumpter ftate that, the roailB are rapidly drylui; up and et tliiK in Kood nhape for travel auuln. OwIiik to the excen-lve Himwfiill tlilH year the roadu have lieen worne and it has taken them a louucr time to dry than ever before in the history of I he camp. However, the pdie 1 people now paying that, it will not he much lotmer before highways will be in llrnt cIiikh condition. riLING HOMESTEADS ON IRRIGATION RESERVATION Within thu past week, about tlfty liomcriteiid entile have been tiled at home time lu WiiHliiiiutou anil unlnc ( notice that litigation w on Id follow i The Dullen laud oltlco on the Helm i , , , ii.i ' i t . l .t ti t l received llie nunc i iriiiiKiioii icmcviiiioii. i.vum in Kpnkunc.iiuil later went to California, where, with Mih. Slrulioru, he npeut the winter. Lately they made a tour of the Miiithcru Htnten .Hpeiidlnu the kunokiuu which Iiih been dune by the opposition. I do not think there Ih any doubt but. (hat prun pective huyri'H were nirvcd with fiom there to New Wuk and li.iMon, the puichut-o. They me ililectly fiom lloxtiiu ' notice. " now. Keiihlliik' the plan of IiIh company licie , .Mr. Stillborn mi.vh he will have to look into the hI I nut i on miiiio whut beloie he will be leady to epfiik eilvii-fdly. However, the iiupinvo- lyluu Morrow county. The activity of (he SpeakliiK of lni.iinitis condltiniiH in jHiirveylun cicwh under John T. (he cant Mr. Stiuhoru mid : Whinller Iiiih canned miitiy iCHitlenlH "Kiif im-HH ic liollitf I'oniliicled I to believe that actual work will be uloiiK i-nte mid (oiihervalle linen, , Kin on IheKuvcrinncut irriuiitinu pro- without any ilit-powillou at the pi en. rut to biaueli out to any ieut extent incut heretotoie eililllieiuteil will be ' While tlie pici-ldelil iitl election may Hone ahead with thin Milliliter, and conic ' not iliHtuili the IiihIiici-h h t nut I mi iih adilltloual lu cniiucctinu with the ro- much iih hcictoloie, it will doubt cent uriin t -1 1 1 tin ol the McCiiIIv'h Folk i lent hive Home client lu the direction water ilulile, aie likely In ho under-1 or retrenchment mid coiiHervutlHiii. I on the laud and Immediately t-cuuic taken. Whether or not thin will j limine in healthy and the element I work in the vicinity, wheie they can chalice the oilcJuul pIiiiih in icuitrd of wild anil leckleHH Hieciilation IhI live upon or be near their new tinmen to utiliary the piotectiuii.l'ieHldeut jent within ii vlinrt time 1). 10. Fonter, who Ih lu the city from The Dalle? today, mi.vh that the liomcHtcadcrH me moHtlvjiew people, htiviiiK Jut arrived from the catt anil i-eeiu to he actual t-ettlern. They llie Stuihoi n wiih not liiu pitfillou to Hlnte. lie t-aid there uiuttciH would have to lie none oxer with til h con Miltlin; engineer , Mr Smith, who will be hcio tomouow ft diii Ninth plenty of money in the country. Vakltilii, beloie a ilecli-loil could lie hmvover. Cull uitin ale lower ill leached. .Itlfl wheie thin new water will leach the old n.Mein Iiiih not yet been detei mined. Ill utip-wr to an iiupiiry lelative to not no tieipieutly eiicouutereil as III In iiiuiiy iintuiicet they tile on four w u.4 home time buck. Thin period of J coutlyuoiiH ipmrler (-ectiou.H t-howltiK Hpeculutloii mid the ciuuluu election ' (hut they iiieaii IiiIuc-h ami will cu have combined to biiuu about theloper.ite triu lencinu' and ctiltlvatiiu' condition I mention. There in the laud. TIiIh Ih the 111 nt runh of nettleiH on (he tract lu Morrow county, the New Yoik than I ever knew them." ' Kicalesd activity heretotoie being in Mr. and Mih. Stniliorn will lemalu'llm Umatilla county district. Mibject lu town a week or Stiuhoru in rupidl leu diij. Mr V leKiiluiuu It Ih IiIh oiler to take thet-cwer bond Umic, luminal condition utter the opteatioii Mr. Stiahoiu Mild : iiieiitluiii'd, TOWER PLANT I0R THE 'umiiucIi more timber, (hey me lluur InllU IUV liurmnil'1 "" l'tt In lu u laie electric JUIIN UA1 imLlHlLn i phiut on (he .loiih Du.r river near (he While notliliik' Uilellultely known J Oliver diilry ranch ami Keuera(e not by anyone ouldlde of the Ijnplie . only Millliiient eleodlelly (o operate DieilKlnt: cotiipauy, yet (roni the ' '"'lr pifM'iit dredyer, but any future uinoiiiit of woik thu( Ih beulii done liyldieilyeiH that they may build. If that company thin i-piim:. It Ih pie. ttliem pIiiiih me perfected (hev will dieted tlmt a mammoth power plant 1 1''1"' ul''r from (he .lohn Day river U hooii to be liiMallcd by them on ''''' Indian creek and conduct It by (he .lohn Day river, ami Unit by Hie j' l'Ki' ditch on the north Hide of the tlrxt of duly they will have ti lame river to (he polnl mentioned, number of men employed in the con I The dredger Iiiih not been Minted i-trtictinti of a laie ciiual. yet thin i-prlnn. Hie attention of (he The ipici-tinii ot power (o opeia(e coinpuny beinn ulven to pnmpcelliiK (heir liuue dredlKiiK iiiuchiiie U an the entire duct of laud uu which tuipoilaiit one, and while they have ' they have a leio-e. They have com nple wood on hiiml to operate their' pleteil this work on the John Day dreduer for fix moiiliK, and porhlbly river, and will coou have toelr pron to entry at Lw tiramle. The t-urvcyulK purtien are now at woik about hktcou mileH wct of Kcho on the Morrow county portion of the len'i'vutlon. Kact Orekjoniau. NOTICU. I'nltrJ inltv lan4 Ottiff. ) Lj (iianJr, OrfCi'n, AUy , iw i Notlcr llirirl- cUtnilui EJwaiJ II I'cirln, hor rolc(iiCr aJJrrw I. William. Arlona. hv Srjmour II, IMI. tilt allumrv In tJCI, ho r dTCf 4jJic it Sumplrr, Oif ;pn, JIJ on (lie ill) Jiv ul Mav. 104. make application to trltct. unjrr (tie Clol June t, (kg? (10 Stat., it), tt'e Inllnnlns Je crlhJ tract ot tanJ In H.iWr county, Oregon, In the I a litjnje , Otegon, lanj J!uict. to-w It: Tlie mutheait quatter ol the nortliuett flutter ol vectlon Tent-oneti), Ton,hlp Mne (a) South, Pmce lhllt-ttn (it) lavt ol the Wlllan.ette MfilJI.tr. I hat the puipote ot tlili notice Ik to allow all pei MMH claimini; the elrcteJ lanjv, t-nJtr the minlnc la,in jrtlrlnc to thon It lo te mlne'al In charac Id, an orportuniiv to tile objections to u, ti elec Hon with the omccttot the I'. S. UnJ Umce, at La liranje. Otecon. lthln thirty iaw alter the nth Jav ol ,Ma, iac4, to at to ettatlltli their Inttrett therein or the mineral iliaractrr Ihereol, f. W. DAVIS. HeBltter. I Irtt publication .Mavn, 1004. tatt ruMlcatlon June 11, 1(04. Warren Cable Will Operate This Property at an Early Date. Wart en Cable wiih up from linker City yesterday, nut Htatud that ho had taken an option 011 the Hunker Hill property. which lies in the vicin ity of the Aiiiialtilu and Ih owned by a Canadian company. Mr. Cable hiij-h that it Ih IiIh pur pose to put 11 force of men at work iih Minn iih thu hiiiiw nuts out of Hie way. Thu properly Iiiih many HiibHtuutiiil improvements, but Iiiih not been op erated for s-evcral yearn, owIiik to va rious liiuderiiiK clrcuuiHtnuccii. A compreHHor plant Ih 011 tlio urotind, which Iiiih never been t-et up. Mr. Cable ineiiiiH to have thin iiiHtnllu.l ami net thliiK'H koIiik hii soon iih poti-bible. Long Aerial Transportation Tabic. I'll e liniment aerial cable for tlio truti-portatloti of ore in Spain Iiiih ;eceiitly been completed. This cable Hue, which Ih about twelve miles loim, HtartH from 11 point in (ho Sierra Alliamilla 1, 100 feet above feu level, mill will terminate at the count lit Ciirii Kucrtc, where a pier will bo com-lructed for the loudlni; of HteainerH. The cost of (he cable unci ilutlt of-way wiih about 61 . Ti , 0 1 ) ( ) . It Ih xtated that (he inldes which lire to feed (IiIh ciihlo have been de veloped to hiicIi 1111 extent iih (o expoft) 1,000,000 toiiH of red heimilite, ctirryiuu approvimutely '- per cunt of iron and i per cent maiuiiucxc. Althonuh, tor lenylh (IiIh Hun will not coinpare with that of the (iiiiud Kticampmeiit dlntilct nf WyoiultiK, yet it will carry Mich an eiioruioiiH toiiuaue 11 loiiw dlHtuuce tlmt it uiUHt he teyiirded as 11 iniiutilllolent piece of eimiiieeriiik'. It alt-o mw to hIiow how much the aerial tiatiiwiiy Ih en (eiluu moie and mote into dltllcult mltiliik' piohleniH. Minim; Huporter. Bank of Sumpter Transacts General Banking Business. Interest Paid on Time Deposits Satety Deposit Vaults