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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1904)
V THh bUMPTER MINhR I ! Wednesday, June it;, 1904 BIG GUNS MAY BACK PROJECT With traflle enough it) sight to warrant count met ion, negotiations for financial aid in t lie cast to build the. Oregon and Jdalio Short Lino railroad from tho Colnmhia river to the .Snake, through southern and central Oregon, are proceeding with success. The road is the project of Sumpler men, at the head of uhom are If. T. Ilondryx, Albert Ooisor and Anthony Mnhr. Articles of incor potation have been Hied with the secretary of the state ot Utegon, the incorporators being K. W. Maxtor, S. Stanley and II. T. Ileudryx. Veslcfilay Mr. Ilendryx received a emitter trum Salem and also received good word from the syndicate of capitalists in the east who will fi nance the project. J. W. Maxtor is one of tho best known railroad men in the northwest. For many years ho was with the Oregon Short Line and was later general super! njondonf of tho O. M. A- N., resigning to accept a similar position with the Union Pacific, with head, quarters at Omaha. F. S. Stanley is a millionaire lumberman of Oregon, lie owns tho Orande Hondo Lumber company and Uloho railway. He is an ox-slato senator and is known from tho Mine mountains to the Pacific. II. T. Ilondryx is junior member of the OoiHor-IIcudiyx In vestment company, ot Itakor City and Sutuptor, whose promotion of various mines in this and other districts have boon unexampled successes. The O. it I. S. L. roial was origi nally projected to tap tho Morrow and Wheeler county coal fields, wherein Sumptcr men are heavily interested. When it survey of a route was made, it was discovered that the road would open up a great agricultural and wool-growing region in central Ore gon, from which sufficient fialflc can be immediately drawn to make operation profitable at once. The projection of a line to extend across the eastern half of the state was deemed advisable Cot various reasons. According to the charter granted by the secretary ot state, the rail way's western terminus will be apoint on the Columbia river between The Dalles and Arlington. The line will follow tho John Day river to Keel, Creek, thence up Mock Creole to a point near Olex, through Condon and Fossil and thence to the John Day river again. The towns of .John Day and Prairie City will be reached and the Mine .Mountain range will be crossed at tho famous Malheur pass, the lowest in fho entire range. Fast of tho pass the line will follow Wil Jow creek to Snake river, with an eastern terminal at or near Weiser, Idaho. The road will thus traverse a water line grade from Snake river to the Columbia, with the exception of tho low Malheur pass, and will shorten the O. It. A: N. distance between those two streams bv 110 miles. The iattor feature of tho proposed road havo given rise to a well grounded belief that the 0. K. & N. is backing the project. A firmer basis is afforded this boliof by tho fact that both Baxter and Stanley are iu close official connection with the O. K. N., O. S. L. aud Ilarrimuu system. The recent announcement from au oflicial source that llatrlman would build a water grade line from the Kockies to the Pacific by way of Huntington aud Levviston is evidence that tho O. K. A N's present Mine Mountain division, with its numerous summits aud heavy gradients, is not a satisfactory line. That the Hani man policy emoraces au ultimate abandonment of this costly lilue Mountain dMsiun is almost certain, and it is by no means inconceivable that the superior advantages of the Maxtoi -Stanley-1 londryx project as 'against the lluntiugtou-Lowistnu line ! have beet) properly ptOfonted to the big western magnate. That llarri ! man has definitely otidoised the O. ;V I. S. L. is given the color of prob i ability by the tact that one of his i high ollleiats is an incorporator ami i by the further lad that success in financing the road is being mot with in t lie oast. It is au acknowledged fact that no independent trans-state railway project in the western field can successfully fight ngain.-t the big trans-continental systems: nor can the "little fellows" "do business" in eastern (inacial circles without en dorsement by the magnates. The Wheeler aud Morrow county coal fields, to (ap which is the primary aim of the 0. v I. S. L., are now tecoguized as being It emeu -dously valuable. The coal measures are large and (lie utility is superior. In the olllcc of Anthony Mohr in Sutupter are many samples of Whcelci county black diamonds, taken from tho ground by Lew Walker, with whom Mr. Mohr is associated in the ownership and control of a couple of thousand actes of coal laud. With cheap transportation to these fields a huge development would follow. The O. U. tY N. stands iu great need ol just such development, and tor this leilhUll there is notbine hum nlnihln I that in ail these moves being made to build tiie O. v 1. S. L., appears the line Italian hand ot llarriman et al. Up lo the Engineers. A portion of the party of Now Vork Central railroad magnates who came west this week iu a private car to look over the route of (lie pro posed Vinson railway from Maker City to Pine and Fagle Valleys, re turned from the Panhandle Thursday and went, thtough to the west. All of the easterners expressed belief in tho ultimate gi outness of the terri tory to lie traversed by tho Vinson lino, but refused positively to give opinions legardiug the feasibility of tho project at this time. They announced their intention to delay such opinions until their engineers, who are now iu the field, lender a report. Big Black Eagle. loo Moikel, of the Mluek lOngle mine, iu Malheur county, has gone to Los Angeles for a vacation, leav ing Superintendent A. Kimo iu full charge. Tho 20-stamp mill is run ning day and night on ore from au immense porphyiy dy.kke. Kosults aer said to lie highly satisfactory. Sale of The Brazos. It is roported from Maker City today that a long ponding deal for the sale of the Mrazos mine, at Pleasant Valley, has been consum mated. Tho mino was owned by Al Oeiser and tho Mlewetts, and its ten stamps woro recently purchased at sheriff's sale by I Maseho, of Maker City. E. L. Kennon, Whitney, Oregon, lumber, sash, doors, shingles, build, lug material, mining timbers. 'NOTICE 01' PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS." In Justice Court for Sumpter Pie citict, Maker County, State of Oto gon. (leorgo 10. Allen, .Justice of the Peace. II. D. (itillln, Plaintiff, vs Put Murry, Defendant. To Pat Mutry, the above named Defendant iu the ahoc entitled act ion. In the name of the State of Oregon; you ate hereby uotilied and required to appear and answer or plead to the-Complaint filed iu the above entitled Cause and Court. On or befote the expiiation of the publication of thif- summons, to-wit: on or before the expiiatiou oi six weeks t I 'J days' from mid after the date of flt.st publication of this .-iltn-niotis, which is Hie ISlh day ot May, A. D., 1!MM. And you ate tut (her hereby notified that if you fail to so appear, answer or plead to said com plaint, the Plaintitf will for want of answer on plea thereto take de fault and judgment against Mild debt for the sum of Eighty-Eight and 25 HU) dollars with inteiest on said sum from the t St h day ot August. 100M, and costs of this action and as ptayed lor in plaintiffs complaint. Thai this summons is published pursuant to the order of the above entitled Court, Ceoige II. Allen, justice of the peace, made and en tered this I lib day of May A. I)., 1001, directing that this summons lie published iu the 'Sutupter Weekly Miner," la weekly newspaper pub lished iu Sutupter, Maker county. Oregon, of general citculntinu in county aud state) once oiwh week for six eonsoeutlvo weeks (being 7 publi cations covering 12 days). Date of order May, 11, 1001. Date of first publication, Mav IS, 1001. (HOO. F. ALLEN, lust ice of the Peace. NOTICE OK FOKEEITUKE. To Ole Liuquist, Peter Sodetlieig aud lo you and each of your heirs, executors, admiiiistralots, and assigns are hereby notified that I the uiidoi signed, your co-owner of the follow ing named quail mining claims, fo wl t: The "Center Star" the loca tion notice of which is recoiilod in Hie Quartz Mucoids ot Maker county, Oregon, iu Volume "M" at page 11)7 theieof and the "Center Star Extension" tho location notice of which is recoided iu the Quartz Mecords of Maker County, Otegoti, iu Volume "M" al page 10H theteot which notices weie so lecoided on the Kith day of Match, 1 HJIJI. have ex pended the sum of .rlUD per claim ai.d upon each thoicnf tor the years of 1!I(K), I !)()!, I!i(i2. aud I HUM, thai Mild Minis so expended each ,ear was for Hie benefit, impiovemeut aud development of each thereof and as tho annual woik, labor, and improve ments as icquircd by the laws of the United States of America aud of the state of Oregon. And you and each of you are further notified that should you fail, or neglect to contribute aud pay to me, your co-owner of said claims your proportionate shares of such yearly expenditures, which is the sum of ?flfl.0U 2-.'J each, for each of said yeam above mentioned, amounting to the sum of 2(i(i. (i(i 2-,'i for each of you to so contribute or pay, within ninety days from the date of tho first publication of this notice, aud iu case of you and each of you failing to so pay to mo tho said sum, your respective interest iu said quartz claims will become the property of the undeiiigned as by law provided, litst cb.'e ot publication of this notice bring the fth day ot May, HUM. H. II. UKIFI'MN. ' PETITION To the Hon. County C. i rt of Maker County State of Oicgen: We the undersigned actual uuijotlty uf the whole number ol legal volets of I'tiity ptecincl, hereby petition your honotable body to grant a license to 10. II. Hayes to sell spirituous, map, iuous liquis, ami hatd Cider iu said precinct, at their place of busi ness iu less quantifies Ihaii one gallon for the petiod of twcho mouths, Mild place of laziness being on the county road and near the Post olllcc which is known as Unity, Ami we tutther show that the said place of business is not with in one mile of any wotkP'g mine. Louis Tift, 10. Tilt, P. T. Tut limp I. M. Ilauohmau. L. L. King. ,1. M. Shaw, Alfred Whited, W. (5. Yea- i .. i. it i .!.. I. Ki'i, imim'imi mi iii, nio reus linn, Willsam Haskin, (I. C. Will I i.i I Cm ( :., ...,. I ! M I ... " ' ! ' ' ' " If I'll ' potte, Minor Covin, l!iley llatdmati, Peter Voakmau, Sam Petault, (Sen, (I. Nelson, N. N. lOlliol, Win. Mull, Tims. .1. lOlms, (leo. W. I.' I...., I) Mill.. 1 1 1 1 n , i . it i' i i 1 1 r- nllii In lut t'i I iv- iitvnii Hint tin. - ', k. " iw undeiiigned will apply In the Honor able County Court of Maker county .... II... I .,1 .1 1' I.. I.. Illltl .. iii i hit in nnt in iiiii,), I, mm, ill lilt sooti thereafter as may suit the eoti ...... i.... fit i i it i.. iMli-i-i' n nil' l-llllll, III' IM'IMIM) III accoidauce with the tonus otthe above petition. E. II. HAYES. SUMMONS. In the Citcuil Couil of tho Slate of Oiegou for Maker County. -Iodic Wallick, plauilill vs. Henry C. Walick, Defendant. To Henry C. Wallick, the above named Defendant. Ill Hie name nf the Stale of Otegou you ate hereby lequited to appear an answer Hie complaint filed against, you iu the above entitled cause on or holme the 2!Hh day of .lime, I'.HH, which is the last day of the publica tion of the summons as prescribed by the order duly made and Hied by the Hon. W. W. Travillion, county judge ot Maker County, Oregon, on the 10 Hi day of May, l!H), mid it you fail mi to appear and answer said com plaint the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief prayed for in Ho complaint fllid heieiu. Ami yon 'are fluffier notified by said older so made and filed on the Kith day of May, 1001, ordered that set vice of sum mons in this suit be made upon you by publication theieof iu the Sumpter Miner, a weekly newspaper of Sump eor, Maker County,' Oiegou, and that the date of first publication thereof is May the IHth, 100t, aud the date of the last publication thereof June the 20h, 1001. C. II. McCOLLOCH, Attorney for plaintiff. WAITED on Salary. A man with light llg, who is well acquainted in Maker aud Oraut counties, to handle a standard arcticle. I ''all aud winter Job for the Might paity. must give reference. Add res Mo.71. Union, Ote,.