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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, May 11. 1904 1 r The SumDter Miner OfPICIAL MAI'UM Ol- Mil: CI TV OF SUMI'TEtt i'IImiishu) hvnnv uetisiMMr bv j. w. conni:lla T. 0. CiWYNNI:, - I.DITOH l.nitrra jt the potofftci In Sumpttr, Oreun, for i irammntiim iratirr. substantial profit for h large low grade prn'insltiou. The linmcstiike initio of .Sntilli Dakota hiiri piild $ 1 'J, 122.350 lit dividends, from oro Unit hits mi nveraue viiIiii; of .'1.50 per ton. Tin lilit mill); of the world, with n lew notable exceptions. 11 r; deriving their irolltH from oiu.i which tiro tunned lo.v grade. Six Monlh MIIISCUII'MDN VATH AIWAYS IN AI1VANCB .!l 00 I.IJ through th null ttinnJ ilm I Thiit 11 little; kimwlrdege in 11 iIiiiiui'ioiih thing, ciivn tin; Mining Win Id, Ih lieipienlly vhown in the tepnitH of alleged o. (Mjrtri who 11 r prone to wander beyond their depths in geological nnd tcrhuicnl witters, mill fii'iii(!iitly spoil the mt-rit of the mining repoit on tin milling property (hut would otherwise he of riilnu lor the pmcliciil suggestions thcieln. Wit Iiimc In iiiinil it ti'pott made mi some Mesithl pinpi'pcrty icceiitly lecelved, in which tliu "expert" 1 tefent to 11 shite iliki- one-fourth of n Ml I If Wlllf. He IHSO hll.VH Mllll "l. llllirillHIII rllllWH lllilt till! Illkl! rutiH liftwteu two deposits of ote." Jll another pliirt' hi ri'fi.TH in "11 vi'ln of 'fltll' U llllll It Ikl tlltlt L'llftttll tllllt till. 1 . ' Mt'fiilii foi iiiiii Ion dnori not nicur in Tint Miixii'iiii government linn tnkcii venls. -These iiniccuiiielcs, together lirellmlimiy HitiH toward giiiuting to with the vi'iy cheerful assumption nf Juilgu Seymour Tlini inoml unit 1'iit- , viiluc in the propeillcs hceniiri) of rick K. (InueM, ot III I'nso, 11 conecs- their ptoxlml y to wotklng miiK'f. to hIiiii for 11 lint'l of tiiulier hind our mind icuilcm the lejioit iiiilt itmhincilig .'I, (1110,(1(1(1 nrifri situated ' valueless for liny lire In lilt- piiictlcnl Tint Mexican lletuld mi.vh Unit 850(1, (100,11(1(1 nl American money it. IiiviimIimI in Mexico, mid Unit 11,000 VnnkccH inn periniiniiiilly Intcicslcd in business I hem. Thin Ih iutciosfftig, in cunneclion wilh the llcmld's de IIIMIIiIh llllll (III) Vlll'llllt pIllCI) of i IJn It I'll .HtiilcH ('(ilitiiil gulictitl to Mexico he tilled with "ll III llllll It )iirt nlilii mini, no clicn-jiii'k politi cian or hclicllclmy nf Hume piiueilnl Inns or win) -puller." in western .Mexico. In lottini for (IiIh guild Hie fijiicesslniiiiili's hind llieuisclvcs to ninny tor the gnvciu meiit it stipulated ii in dm it t of public, IiiiiiIh. Mr. (liutcll Is United gluten, collector of customs ill 101 I'nso. nnd expel Iei'ed mining mini, U't simply leler In these te.it h to point it in in nl mid mini n ii tule. One, TlioiiuiH W. Lawson, n II(imIiiii j 'iipllnliHl, Iiiih deelitled wiir nil the, .Stiindiiid Oil ctimpiiuy, llu espoused t lut must) uf Uu "plain In the cunellt lillllll'er ol Slitltr- 'ilny Kvi'iiinu 1'oi-t, iiuer Cleeliuid j Iiiih it luli iiiticle on IiIh iiiitm Iiiiik liutid ift-ui-h, mnotintiiiu to MiiiiethitiK like C"JI!.-., OOO.IIUO. Iltt uniT into i.i..i..ii i i ....... -.i . Iiiih riiine uiiiiiipui nun iiiihm! ui llie ileul, mill omllH en iiiiu'Ii Unit Ih h.iiiIi.,m mill ilwluifH tluit lie W iwiiiy niiiimiimi mm n iuhoiiii.h in IlKht ll.e niiiKI'iilfH lilifil In. foiw-H " l"u''"'lll'''l "l.'Illit to fulnlfy (hem to HiwiiiKiMUiliw l'ith fliimlil MUny- 'J''"' w"11'1 Lt-llMfH Hint it nut Mm Hluirt Iwiihii fluiiiM'ful until, mi entirely 'Hmmi r dm iniiMirn hihI lliu ! """''Hiiy hihI mhiikIu timuiu ptihlin have . ii,.iriitii coi.imii. I "" '" "Mh llnnnt.". for tht my llli! with IIoIiiu'h or tti-r.' I ! t 1 - r ul C5.v..m- Clovu. hmvm I...1VM.HI. "Win. Mi .,.,., Imnl, the only i'xoiim) foi which huh wiih ii tiny hIii vviih over upon the Koverninetir I lie pnymeiit tlli'lt) '" t nl Ii the told It'peiM'. n ' trinlltliiniil Henilineiit, it luipDHeil t:i. 000, 000 in dlxpnte he tweiin llitiiiti mill tint Kltimliiril Oil Tln.y Iniv.. new., up In now :(..u hi M!;,,,r,M" ,1,lr,' ',"rH "f 0,000.000 lluht Unit "ould not hit settled hy the luiyiiieut nf it million or two. My lluht, mkII I he world will iet it eiin tm HHttled only liy pityliiK to tint puh llu wlmt t Iltt ptihllo Ih entitled to, iiml Hint will tnkn niori) money thitn 'Ttn tint HtHUilnril Oil will ever nlvt 4it, eexepl mi it ooiirt'H order. Tint TennuHHt'o Copper compitny, willed Iihh jllut pulil H dividend of niiHrly ii iUHrter nf it million, til thouuli ownliiK mill mnkiiiK ii piolll in inturi'Ht mid Unit in wIihI the lliiiinelein wete Hller. lively out) known tlmt hii iutimiition from tliu treitHiirydupnrtmeiit thnt"KrofnliHfkH" would ho redt'uiui'il In silver, hh the I it iv permitted, would hnve ntoppeil the run nil the uola reserve. MorKHii Htul llclmaut did stop tlmt mil duriUK the life of their hixh priced coutriu't, Htul Uih momeul it expired the procoHH of milkinu that rexervt' wha reHumetl. Tlmt Ib. tin- 'tpieritloimhly, the tuoHt diHiiraceful ,1'hnpteriu the hletroy of IIiIh re out of Hh miiuIMiik mid t'oiivertliiu puhllo mid no dltdioiieitt etfort nf plitntH, iitporlH ii total prollt of 1 1.45 ( llrover ClevelHiid, the ntttr culprit, per ton. 'I'lie Aniieotidit Copper iu wliltewHtihIiiv the trHtiHiictiuu will ooiiipmiy, itt Unite, Unit Iiiih paid coiiceul the dirty work or exonerate 'J:i,'J,ri0,H00 ill prolltH, imikeH out of him. itn iiiluiuK, HiutdltitiK, ontivertliitj mid i refluiiiK Hh own oren Iihh than i'2 per The Idaho Statesman Hiiy that ton. The ureitt Alankn.Treiiilwi'11 Low iritou Iihh hecouie hii iiuportHUt Kiild mine, which Iihh paid Its liuliiluit center Htul the people are ownerH over r.,:ir0, 000 In dlvldeiidn, ht'KiiiliitiK to tippreciHtu the titlvuil- made a net prollt IiihI yenr ol hut tatien of hnviun tt kooiI iiiIiiIuk country 1.00 per ton, mid the .linka trlhutitry to their city. HpeakiUK Mexican Iiiih pnid over half n million ut'iiernlly of the henelltH of the mill- dullarH f kiiii the Hittne ore. In fuct, oral lndnntry to trade, It fay a: mining camp. "A luiuiiiK camp iroducea nothln tlmt it coiiHiimeg, uulecH it he wood, KrerythiiiK needed la purchtifud Home where else nnd hauled in. Whether it lie flour, hacnu or hotter, it must he hound!. Clothing niiiHt he pur chiifcd. fonder mid Hteel must he houuht. .Machinery must he houuht. Jlverythiny Unit the men eat or wear mid evetythliiK used in mines and mills must he furnished hy people of other places. "These are the conditions Unit make a minitiu en nip hiicIi a lino mar ket They nniko It highly desliahle tor any city to he n mining center, fur such a place will enjoy a very lare share of the tiade of the camps within lis territory." in a recent address on lahor oran ixtiUoiiH Dr. Klllolt of iiarvard mild: "The actual Industrial oruali iatiou nf the United .SI at us Ih Id a Iiiikc mensuri! it dual oiKiinlntlnii for comliiit. Within the last two years thin industrial com hut Iiiih heen mote Intense, UkidkIi lees violent, through the "firm (irKanizalliiu of mmiy assoclatiniiH cf employers; iii.il now, unlike ordinary wmfare, threat ens to he Incessant, the comluitants iik'rceiiiK to t luces hut never inakiiiu pence. lis evils lire pervasive, cnroiiic mill always at one's veiy door. This couditioii of coml.nl otiuht to piovt) tiatibitioiiiil, for puli lic h.ippiucsH can not possihly Kruw out of it. .Solid associations of cm ployeiH which for purposes of cuinhnt must act as nulls under the diiecliou nf one man or of a small Kioup of men, nlirlilKe liberty the Utterly of each Individual employer to util ize li Ih own special advantages in cnmpetliiK with other men who are iu the same huslness. "The hahitiial elfort of trade un ions to create a monopoly In lahor, each iu Us own trade Ih ii hostile etfort nyalnat the a commiiniy iih n whole; for they seek hy thin means their own pecuniary heuellt at the epxetise of the rent of the community. The 'jo.vcott Ih a method of comlmt which Ih eminently a method of ill will. It Ih a wross interference with a just industrial liherty. Ah they have urowu powerful the uuloiia have IhumselvoH hecouie exclusive and op. presslve aud their former allrulstlc Hplrlt han heen corrupted by cIhhb HellluhueHH. The plaiu fuct is that tbe prosctiptlon nf non-union meu, the strike in sympathy of or iu sup. port aud the hoycott are weapons which auitelH and naiuta could uot use without helug demoralized." heyoud one's depth iu reference to tbe Thunder Mountain district. A certain noted writer on political and social (piestions made a visit to that camp ahout a year no and described In a Kraphiu manner the conditiona and iiiospectH of the camp visited. His article wiih printed iu a lending weekly and later tcatleied liroadciist as an advertisement of certniii of tho properties which were uiveu a goldou touch from his tluent pen. To the experienced or practical man these dcfcriptlniiH are of no value what ever, as they hear on their tace the evidence of their own Insutllcieucy hh a competent opinion on a in in Inn property. So, too, predicts, doctora aud reporter!) are all culled to hear wituetn to things they do uot under stand ahout tnlnliiK, aud sumo are misled, while the competent judges are only amused or perhaps dlsmisted. So we say if you want a man to write ', ahout your inluuu property, net one that knows ahout the subject. You would not select a law j or to amputate I your lett. notwithstauilluK that ho ' may he able and learned in bis Hue, '.So, too, the lay journalist is not u competent writer 'on technical aud ininiiiK matters ordinarily. OFFICIAL RECORDS. 1 The follow iuu instruments were tiled I it the ll.iker count v court house during 1 the week emllnu May lo, 1001. j ItKAI. KSTATK TUANSKKISS. IKKItr. I A piil 'JO- W. A. I'npouu mid wlfu lo O. II. Mount, lots 1 to .' block -2 llrattaln .1- McCoiiiiih addition to Ilaket City; el7S. April (! C. Hnyile to Thus, nnd Carrie Lnviu, enet '-. lot '2 block 4, Sumpter; 8:1.000. Match MO .leie Smith to Urn C. Ulor, 1(10 ncies iu Sees. '.'H aud Mil T. 10 It. 4 'J K.5 8(100. March iil-S. II. Hell nnd wife to Sec T. with few exceptions, the hlu dividend payliiK copper, uuld, iron hihI coal oompauleH make a profit of hut ?1 to i'J per ton ou their output. The I ran by compHuy.of llritish Columbia, uUo contracted to treat the output of tliu two (piitrrleH at itn Oiaud Forks itmelter upon terum wbicb, applied to nil tbe ore that has been shipped, would (live a clear prollt above all nosts of ll.fiO per tou. This is a "There can ho uo doubt that great benefits accrue to the place from tbe development oi ine mines, it ik a splendid thliiK for any city to be a miiilutt center. Tbe trade created by a miniuK camp is of tbe most profi table klud for the place that eujoys It. Large sums are distributed for wages and supplies, aud tbe money tluds its way to the city that supplies tbe goods consumed by tbo people of tbe Tbe Amerlcau uowspaper muu, says Miulng World, is versatile hIjovo all thiugs, aud can turn IiIh peu to many subjects with skill aud effect Iveuess, but orlduarlly iu Arlting of scientillc aud minlug problems tbe lay journalist is not as comprehen sive as he should be, aud often bo is ludicrous. For iustauce, last sum mer a Philadelphia paper sent a staff mail to the "Son" to write up tbo Industries of tbe Lake Superior Consolidated company, then iu tho throes of financial reorganization. This mail, a good writer aud skilled uo doubt iu tbe ordinary peu ways, fell lu grievous errors iu writlug of tbe geological matters wbicb came within bis sweep, fie explained tbe muddy ted color of tbe waters about the Mlcblpleoteu island iu Lake Superior as due to tbe coutaiued solutious of copper from tbe deposits wbicb come up under tbe lake bed from tbe Keweenaw Poiut formation iu Micbigau. This iustauce la to lead to a more glaring case of gettlug II. Hewitt, Jr., S. !: 10 K. :18 K. ; SHOO. May - Sam L. Slpp mid wife to J. X. Stephens, 1:15 acres iu Seen. 'J mid :iT. II It. 40 K. ; 8.100. May 5 J. II. Stephens aud wife to ralmer & Ueuhm, 1(10 acres Sees. VI aud III T. 10 It. 40 B. ; 31,'JfiO. April 24 -X. II. Ticbuer mid Ii. J. Paisou, to C.B, Chase, Iota III to 111, block 18 aud lots .'Hi to 4(1 block 11, Stewart's '-2nd addition Uaker City; 180. May 5 II. aud James Wicks aud wives to Hugh Uoherty, S.W. .'.,' Sec. :1 T.8 K. HI) K. and 10 shares Poca hontas Mining company's stock; 14, 800. May 5 Lucy M. Ilealy aud hus bBud to W. W. llHwIey. 48x100 feet lu lots 4 aud S block .'i Atwood'.t addition, Sumpter; 8:100. March 31 O. C. (Joodspeed to F. Moore, h Interest in 1G0 iu Sees. 14 aud 'JUT. 7 R. 45 E. R. Mooie to Dau iuterest lu HO acres 91. Moore to Ooodspeed, 7 R. 45 E.: Dau acres E.; 1. March :tl F. Moore, Sec. 23 T. 7 R. 45 B. ; March 31 -K. R. Dau Moore aud C. C. 180 acres iu Sec. 23 T. 1. March 28 Juo. Xagel aud wife to J. T. Miller, lots 24 aud 25 block 5 Stewart's 2nd additiou to Raker City; tlOO. May 4 Juo. P. Smith ;to L. Cbute, 1G0 acres in Sees. 25 aud T. 9 R. 30 E. ; 81. Oct. 20 O. R. Jfc N .Co. to L. L. Cochrane. lots 0 to 10 block 47, Iluutiguten: 1200. May 4 A. E. Cosgriff aud hus band to Geo. L. Watts, lot 8 block 11, Boyd's addition to Raker City; 12,700. J. 2(1