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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, June iq 1904 10 ? " How the Name of Oregon Mining Camp Was Changed and the Tale 1 here of. an "You never did hour how ' Irani 'h J'iish, Oiokoii, (Millie liy i t h iiiiiih), did .voir.''" asked thu Old Timer one ni)iiilii ill' IiIh iiIum.vh inloroHlcd iiiidiciKMi nl. Ilio Hmdcr livery Htnhle: mid Hiiid audience nsHiucd him limy never find. "Well , he continued, "ulinl, I am Kniii Mi f,ivi you now ih history, just uliellier il Ih hiiHiciiI icnlcd history lllte thai ue rend nlioiil CiIh Culuui Iiiih ami (iooi'Kii WiishliiKlon, I can't say, lint i I n hiHlniy all lint wnne. Now I lie mining town ol (iiiiiiIh Pass, iih mine id' yuti know, uinl located in a pass or I'linyoti iih iih inline in dioatoH. The town ncslloH hiiuk al the tool, ol a mountain iiiiihoh, olo.se down liy the Wumie, Unit, wIiiiIh it's way thrniiKh I ho cuiihI. inoiiluiiiH aflei leaving the town. No, ( IriinlH Pass ain't, a iiiihh at. nil; It. wiih niuneil in honor of (iounriil (iriint, itml to the iniinner ot It h iiniuiiiK Iiiuikh u lule. Ileie'n the lain: "It wiih in Ihn early mivoiiIIcn (hat (I'eneinl (liaiil liliiiln li Ih (lip west ward, and amniiK other things In Hpoctcd the senlleied military posts thai woio yet preserved to keep the led man on the roservnt ion, iiiHtend I ol rtiiininn loiihe through I he hioiiii I tains alter the settleis' scalps, lie- Hide the lon Oregon and California tiuil Hint sneaked its crooked way l northwaid I ruin the .Sisklyous through the coiiht inotiiitnlnw, hIooiI n stockily hiiill cabin, and nliont it cIuhIoioiI a whole tainlly of Miiuller cabins and sheds. Thin whs the liiidillK post of Coon Hollow. It wim here the ranchers mid miners for many mniin tnlnoiiH niilen it Iiihi t liouht their bacon and bonus and discussed the Irnnuionliiry and lielaled trnlos ol news that hlew in trom the otithide world. "One evening in the early tall Cinnral (iintit iinl his stall', body guard, corps, or whatever you en 1 1 them, millopod up in a eloud of diibt, and halted in front ol Coon llljllow pltbt. " Vliiuifo tu btay all iiIkIiO" indeed thu m-uoial ut thu crowd that lolled ii lou t the btoio. " 'Hiiro I hilly,' eiiuie I ho roapuuwe. " 'Put up your humub unit oomu. in,' directed the koopoi ol Hid pout . . ittutitiuluu out tuwiml tho roup ot uivuh y utiHi. A ml Hit iund put lUr plu In lUu I ok nlhUlu nud Mi ui e cUuhiiiM lulo Hid on hi u. ' 'Ww'vij bHU lljiBeiliiji uiU utioHiei you Iim tuw li'eueiul or not,' one uimii veutuiDd, iiftBi hII IimI lit pipe h nil , w,ur wviul clciU'd ubout Hid bin llio j Ulnro. " 'Ciant Is my nuiuo,' the Ownornl ( mtuiueil, dryly. U)upiuc, over nud I'oliyh iuy liU olyur with a blnxuiu i gpltuior limn tho lira. " " Jo8l tu? J uiiMliiiblai!,.' returnwil tho kuoniuy ono. ns it the iiitoruin liau dUlu'i enrpiUii him nunih after nil. WHEN GENERAL GRANT "PASSED j "Then the. Cenernl wimtur to know all about thu surroundini,' country, whether tho set Horn wore having nny trouble from thu I n juris, i and whether tho placer di'Kinus wore Htill punning out. When he wiih tohl that tho Chinamen wore coming in thick aa sheep through ii hole in a fonee. ho pullod lii.s cltfiir hurd a The past winter seems to have been , mimito and mutlorod HomutliltiK to a particularly prosperous ono for I (In; tiro that Hounded vury much Jiko ( tmrlitrs operatitiK i tho hills, par ' 'damn tho pintails.' flu proljuhly ( tioiilurly In tho Cracker Crook and meant to nay 'patch tho holo iti tho Cable Cove districts. During tho fence. Thun tho (iunuriil Hpun yuriiH r,Ht few weokH Tho Miner has re wit h tho heat of them, and ato more ported H number of instances where hcaus than any other man in the , building at minus not operating? ' bunch, during thu wiuter have been broken "After mippor a kiiiiio of draw into and ovorythiriK moveable, house , 1 1 1 !.... .1.1 ... , J iuKr wiih iriiiiiHi:u, nun iiilu nun, too, the (I'onoral entered iih Keniiilly iih he had spun IiIh ynrnti and an heartily iih ho had ate IiIh beaiiH. He wiih not. Joiik in hIiowIuk the crowd that he wiih four-aeo-hlKh in poker. lie wiih not a KiimeHtor, though, and refiiHed to let the ante ( higher than ten coiiIh. TIiIh ain't Monte Carlo,' Miyn he, 'with the Uo star for a limit' And HiIh wiih con- riidered a bihMirted (IccIhIoii on IiIh purl, from the fact, that, the pot had been hiH'n from the Htart. Then one in the name nt an extra occurred quite recently. It is next Hood hand and iiiHiHled on mining thou, impncriihlo toldoulify stolmi prop- hill. 'ertv nt this ehimie.lei'. in lliei'd lire " 'Well, if you IiihIhI, make it a Idollar, Mil. I (.rani, and the crowd , j,, Hl, t, the mines, andiron mils, drew doner about Hie table, for Hiei (.Uoiih" of the popular hontf, all iKiimo pronilw'il to be iih blooded a look allike. one iih Coon Hollow ever knew. ! I "I'liieh mini, in turn, threw up bin, I muds. " 'I call you,' Haiti (irant, bluntly, between cimir pull's. J'he lucky one turned up IiIh enrdH. He had four iueeiiH. 'I )jihh, ' the Oouoral lidded ouickly, ami showed his hand. He I had tour Mnus J . . . " 'Von push!' the crowd yelled, why man, you've not him over a inrrell. You've not four kins !' " 'No mailer. I pass. Moute Carlo, I tell you. This ain't We'll Kh'H to the ten- him the pot and o back cent ante.' "That settled it. A man that would thiow up a hand like that wiih l a pi I uee. 't'liey all hIiook liaiiils with j him. They clapped him on the back. They declined he must slay a week camp all wiuter. " 'I'll tell von, bovH, what's the I pioper thliuj to do,' Miid the keeper (development, work, rutiiiniiu; a con ol the post, iii-HimiiiK Hi" lloor. t inillitiK interest. Coon Hollow tiiut' no uti at all During the piepent t-eason he will lor this place alter having tlietJeueral1'"1 " liinil hopes to have here over nlulil. Xosir.il iiln't no 0,, '' lfl'l out by tall to name at all, I'm telling you, and , iii) I lie iieuerni sain 'i pass, ' a i w'lile iuo, it jest (nine to me all of a Mulder, you know, like a boy no'linn butted on the hack side by a uoat "Ciaut's Pa." Don't you net the I ideev "tiiant's Pass." No nunc I Coon Hollow, this place is Omul's I llSi! . t At il I ! "1 ho crowd tool; to the idno in a jiii'y. "Thou Iheyall tsliook h!s liiiud and clappiHl him on Hie back, ami nulled hi in u prince iiaiu, yolliuu' like a ', , , lot of nfeoyuttM), 'Clriiiil'a Pnw! Crmit's , t i .. I llws '.Mul todHV!" o it IhuitiU u II. Cranl'ti SIumiII. Piu' Ikuiiii Work (ii Cubic Cove. i:ujMie llniiholt mid William Hunuiury lett 'Hu-, forenoon with m wnyou lond of MliM'liet, for tlu Cnhli Covd district, whore they owu extensive nud valuahlo mitiinc in teiels. Their ptieut put poi U to bog it; wurk without delay on a group toiciMy, that tho hammer biimute of claims iu which Kokom, Iiidinun, j hnd made a cuueortod attack on hi capitalists hare hocomo intcrostod . friends- and had. .Jiuun routed; thai with (hum. i'liifc' propoity will bo thoy are woll pleasuri with tho irop o pan ml up llio ptiuuL sunuu. 'orly. BURGLARS STILL WORK IN THE HILLS ( , . J (10l( lorillturo, UietlSllH, pOWCIOr IUIU CVon staple provision), have been utnimi. JJut the job done at tho Piilunki I breaks the record. ProHidont T. W. Davidson wiih out at. this property ti 'fmv dayH nineo and states that ! thlovoH havo made a clean swoop . there, carrying away tho ore car and 2U0 feet of track, iron mill?, : H would Heem to havo been im- Ipohnible to move thin heavy material while the hiiow wiih oh the ground, ho, j jt iH thought that tho theft must have 'hcoich of cairi of an identical pattern ' EXTbNSIVE WORK AT THE ORNAMENTAL i Mr. and Mrs. I'Yed Warren have returned from a prolonged visit, on the const, spending most, of the time in Seattle and J'oitland. Mr. War icn returns to beiu extensive de velopment of the Ornamental, a valuable propoity in the (reeuhoriiH. This mine wiih bonded last senson for 10,000. but. the parties who held the option failed to make uood and the propeily reverted to the owner, h'reil Warren. While in Seattle he made iirranumeutH to H'curo money with which to prosecute jiiHllty the erection ot a reduction plant. MILWAUKEE PEOPLE LIKE THE MORNING Charles Scholl, sercetary of Hie Lucy Miniiit, company, ami TrmiMirer Keousih, came in trom thu lit ecu .1............. M... t .... I .. t I.. . ..I I i.l. I ,M",,au" '""""'- ' "' the Milwaukee capital ititti who went I out to inspect the Mm unit; mine, with u view to purclinln it. With , the exception of Mr. Kooch, wiio io umiuud over in Sumpter, tho paity , went to Maker City, opoetinn tu ; loiivo fur homo tomorrow uitit. Mr. Scholl wtnted to a Minor mini that thuy would docide bctoro btnitmu iii&t whether or not tho Morning .would be taken over. He ni-o ie marked, incidentally, thouuli quite Bank of Sumpter Transacts General S Banking S Business. Interest Paid on Time ) Deposits S Safety Deposit Vaults i rx.vX OREGON Shot line and union Pacific TO Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas City. CHICAGO ST. LOUIS NEW YORK Ocean stuiimura between J'ortluml anil hJnn Frunejsco every five iltiya. L.oA Rates ! 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