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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, May 18, iqo4 The Sumpter Miner OFFICIAL I'APr.R OF THE CITY OF SUMPTER I'lfllllSHrD BVEBY W(I)SEOAf BY J W CONNELLA T. 0. (iWYNM. EDITOR tnttrea it Hit poittifflce In Sumpter, Oregon, tor innimiuion inruiign in main at iccnnJ clan matur will slowly l,ti I M to timber, as tbe sawmill In Baker City needs tbe logs, mill never turn 11 bhud to give Sump ItT II lift. SUHSCKIPftON RATH ()n Yar .,, all Mnnrhi ,,f 1 oo i.ts AlWAVk IN ADVANC1. The Pad He Miner, lu lioomltiK tbe Now Vork Mining Stock exchange, miyn tliHt Wheeler & Company are among Ion supporters of that in fitltutiou, which statement in hii error. Tbe North American Miuer, publslhett by Wheeler Jfc Compauy, roast that aggregation of thimble riggera to tho queen's taste, hh it should he uvery day In tho year. The county domnciatic committee Hhoulil endeavor to Iihvo the post ntllcc ilopiirtmeut Inane n fraud order against A .I1. Hinlth. reptihllcmi can didate for the legislature, ou tbe Kroiinil tliHt the illiiritriited prospectus whloh bit Iihm iHrtiieil lenitive to him nolf Ih ii plain cunt) of attempting to secum votes iimlor false pretenses. That iiiiin knows too much mid Ih going to accomplish too much for liny one individual- be ought to have hliiiHtilf incorporated. Among tho curios of tbe Alaskan exhibit Ht Ht. Louis ure wild to lie th rim petrified mastodon teeth, iu which etui bo seeu, Imbedded In the hoIIiI quart?, crystals of ((old. It Ih easy timcti how the original hiiIihIhiicu oomposlug the tuetb could hawi been curried away mill replnced by silica, but how did the gold get thcrer" It (eeiiiH altogether proluible tlmt thin miiHtoilou of pichistoiui iiki'h con nulled a detitlHt and hud Its defectho teeth II I led with gold. A press dispatch from Monterey, Mexico, says that one of the Indent deals that Iihh eter hei-u consummated in Mexico wax the taking over of tbe Velordcna mining und smelting com puny'M property by tbe (Juggeuhelni minliiK und smelting compauy, Tbe deal was cloned on h valuation basis of 810,000.000 gold, tbe Uuggen helm explorations compauy acquires h 00 per cent interest in all tbe copi pany's holdings, paying 80,000,000 iu csatt and guaranteeing to expend one million more in improvements and developments. Tbe mining claim comprise about 0,000 acres. A recent report from Alaska states that Superintendent McDonald, of tbe Tread" ill mine at Juneau, has tbe pyramid representing each year's production of gold at tbe Tread well about completed. Jt is composed of twenty-one hilcks, tbe first year's production, (about 62,000, being the small brick ou top. Kacb brick to ward tbe bin-e is larger than that above to the last, which is almost twelve feet in length. Tho value represented by this pyramid Ih 822, 000,000, or more than three times the purchase price of the territory of Alaska. Tbe pyramid Is to be exhibited at the Ht. Louis exposition. Lawsou resigned from tbe Boston stock exchange some time ago, after a serious quarrel wltb II. II. Rogers, one of tbe most promiueut of tbe .Standard Oil magnates, aud be openly declared that be did so in order that he might be free to expose some of tbe "doings" iu Amalgamated, with out violating any of tbe rules of tbe exchange. Law ton says be will try to iuduce tbe Standard Oil meu to return millions of dollars that right fuly belong to tbe stockholders of tbe Amalgamated company. He declares that if the stockholders, its true owners, could ever get bold of their property, they could pay, themselves a cRib dividend of 900 a' share from tbe surplus profits con cealed in its treasury, and It Is In timated tbat tbe company baa dealt, iu is own stock, thus making mil lions for its treasury independent of any mining operations. obituary columns of the press, one never dies. But in all of this nothlug ciu be found that tends to refute tbe graud ild theory tbat "honesty is tbe best policy;" for dishonesty gets what Ih I .....!... It .... . I..l. ..-la If i;miijiii4 hi ii, duuiici ui iniui, KclD good and bard, as sure as fate. An Ohio nmn, hud the location of a burled treasure revealed to him the other day Iu n dream. He went to the place indicated iu tbe dream aud dug up n iiuiiutity of old coin of a couple of centuries back, amounting all told to 1,000 in gold, but worth several times this sum ou account of tbe premiums ottered for such piece. Thla man would have a hot graft, if he were to locate iu a gold camp. He would put tbe divining rod folk out of business iu short order. Reports from Seward, Alaska, are not encouraging. A recent letter from there states that theie are over 000 idle men lu tbe camp willing aud iinxloiiH to mirk. Tbe Alaska Central Railroad company, It Is fa id has placed orders with employment nueiitH iu Sound ell it" to send all the men piHsible. The compauy agrees to pay from 2.25 to 4.00 a day. This, however, Is claimed to be it ruse tti Hood tbe toiiutry with work lug men iu order to get the work done cheaper. A month or six weeks ago, Sump ter Valley otilcials announced post tlxcly that it would extend its line to the John Day valley. Yesterday 1'residcut Keel oh stated to n Mluer representative tbat be was undecided what to do. It is ery evident tbat the former declination was intended as a blulf at Major llouta, If let aloue, the Sumpter Valley will reach the John Day iu tbe course of a d 07eu years, lu the meantime, it There are very dllfcren kin-Is of successes. There Is the success that brings with It the seared soul the Miccens which is achieed by wolllsb gieed an vulpine cunning tbe success which makes honest meu uneasy or Indignant lu its presence. Then there is the other kind of success the success which comes as the reward of keen Insight, of sagac ity, of resolution, of address, com bined with untliucbnig recitude nt behavior, public aud private, Tbe tlrst kind of success may, lu a sense - aud a poor sense at that benefit the individual, but it is always and necessarily a curse to tbe community; whereas, tbe man who wius tbe sec oud kind, as au incident of its win ing, becomes a beneficiary to the whole comouwealtb. National Hanker. Press dispatches announce that Dr. C. H. Carson, of Kansas City, has effected a wonderful cine of appen dicitis, without using tho knife. The report says: "Dr. Carson is a close student of science aud for tbe past twenty-live years has delved into the great forces of nature to which tbe twentieth cen tury Is just beginning to awaken. Ho says tbat this force Is neither Christian Science nor magnetism, but a power that may be expected to revolutionize the world of mciiciue and surgery. To carry out bis Ideas regadlug these forces, the doctor, who is a man of wealth, has established the Carson College of Psycblc-Sarcol-gy." This reminds one of tbe vague, uncertain, mysterious paragraphs which we read a doen or so years ago about the Keely motor, aud naturally suggests a fake proposition. Here is oue of several theories, condensed by au exchange: Tbe process by which nature forma tbe accumulators of gold and silver is very intereatiug. It must be remem bered that tbe earth's crust is full of water, which percolates everywhere through tbe locks, making solutions of elements obtained from them. These chemical solutions take up small particles of tbe precious metal which they find scattered here and there. Sometimes the solutions in question are ho, tbe water having got so far down as to bo set boillug by Ibe internal beat of tbe globe. Then they rush upward, picking up the bits of metal as they go. Naturally, heat assists the performance of this operation. .Now and men the streams thus formed, perpetually flowulg hither aud thither below ground, pass through the cracks or cvlties iu the rucks where tbey deposit tbeir loads of metal. This Is kept up for a great length of time, perhaps thou sands of years, uutil tbe fissures of the pocket are tilled up. Crannies permeating tbe stony mass in every dl recti o". may become filled with tbe metal, or occasionally a chamber may be stored full of it, as if myriad hands were fetching the treasure from all sides aud hiding away a future bouanza for some lucky prospector to discover. SUMMONS. State If Thomas V. Lawsou, the liostou banker, broker, speculator, promoter, yacht owner aud horsemau, keeps his word, the public may bo glveu some Interesting Information 'couceruiug the operations of tbe Staudard Oil people iu Amalgamated Copper stock. During tbe past two weeka a half dozen or more crooked promoters have been arrested for obtaining money under false pretesnes, tbe complaints having been swuin to by their victims. Iu several instances tbe postal authorities are prosecuting these thieves, for using tbe mails to defraud. Tbe noticeable feature lu all of these oases is the large amouut of stock wblcb tbe scamps bave been able to dispose of; far more than most legitimate euteiprises can sell. Uue smooth rascal, so the press report says, went so far as to dispose of' more stock tbau his compauy was authorized to issue; rather tbau take tbe trouble to orgauize auother fake. Of course, this makes uo difference to the suckers who boubgt tbe stock, but it would probably prove a technical point to bis own advantage at the trial. The lesson to be drawn from tbee facts is that tbe more extravagant , tbe promises; tbe gaudier tbe bate, as it were, the more fish oue can catch. Aud tbe corollary to this is tbat tbe public, tbe average meu and women, the common people, so to apeak, uiuety-uiue out of a hundred of them ueed guardians, or iu other words, are uot capable of self protec tion. Or, if you prefer, a sucker is boru every minute, aud apparently, judigug by tbeir uumbers aud the In tbe Circuit Court of tbe of Oregon for Baker Couuty. Jodie Walllck, plaultlff vs. Henry C. Walick, Defeudant. To Henry C. Walllck, tbe above named Defendant. In tbe name of tbe State of Oregon you are hereby required to appear an answer tbe complaint filed against you in tbe above entitled cause on or before tbe 20tb day of June, 1004, wblcb is tbe last day of tbe publica tion of tbe summons as prescribed by the order duly made aud filed by tbe Hon. V. V. Travillion, county judge of Baker Couuty, Oregon, on the 10 th day of May, 1004, aud it you fall so to appear aud answer said com plaint the plaintiff will apply to tbe court for tho rcliel prayed for iu tbe complaint tiled bereiu. Aud you are further uotifled by said order so made aud filed on tho 10th day of May, 1004, ordered tbat service of sum mons iu this suit be made upon you by publication thereof iu the Sumpter Miuer, a weekly newspaper of Sump ter, Baker Couuty, Oregou, and that the ditto of tlrst publication thereof Is May tbe IHtb, 1001, aud tbe date of the last publication thereof Juno the 20b, 1004. C. II. McCOLLOCH, Attorucy for plaintiff. THE FAIR KOUrt Via Chicago or New Orleans to St. Louis, is tbe ouo tbat gives you the most for your money and tbe fact that tbe Illinois Central offers uu surpassed service via these points to tbe World's fair, and In this con nection to all points beyond, makea it to your advauatage, iu ase you contemlpate a trip to any point east, to write us before making Dual ar rangements. We can offer the choice of at least a dozeu different routes. B. H. TRUMBULL, Commercial Agent, 142 Third street, Portland, Ore. J. C. Lindsey, T P. A P. A., 142 Third st., Portland, Ore. P. B. Thompson, P. 4 P. A., Room 1, Colmau Bldg., Seattle, Wash. 5 Bank of I Sumpter Transacts s General S Banking S Business. S Interest Paid on Time J Deposits ? S Satety Deposit Vaults c