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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1904)
T"tA VOL. V. THAT GOLCONDA DEAL STILL "UP IN THE AIR" Manager Howard Says Papers Have Not Been Signed Nor Agreement in Detail Reached. For some days past thuru has hcon considerable said tiud writ ton re garding n pending dual for thu trans for of Mm (.ioluouda to thu Cieisur ilondryx company. Thu nuwspapur stories liavo buun Bent out from Pun dleton,Home of thum bolng pormoitted with nialico and falsely colored; notably tlio story published in tho Spokesmuu-iioview. It looks iih if this stuir was inspired by somu intor ostod party; by whom and for what purpose Tho Minor dous not know. Nor is it sufficiently familiar with ootid it ions to mako ovun a good It has, howovur, boen reliably and authentically informud that this prumatiiru ptthlicnton of thu fact that somn sort of a dual is ponding, accompanied by thu distortion of facts, has had thu ulfuot of interrupt ing negotiations and complicating thu d i (Hen I ties already encountered in consummating thu dual. Wiiun questioned regarding thu inattui last Friday, Manager 1. A. Howard, of thu lioloondn company, stated that thuro was a deal ponding; but requested that nothing bo said about thu matter at that timo and his wishus in thu mattur wuro roBpeoted. Vusturday he thought that ho would bo able to glvo out thu story within a day or so IIu said that, as thu manager of thu initio and thu largest individual stockholder in thu company, hu would most eortninly know whuti any doal affecting thu property had boon Hindu and that no dual has yut been consummated with any person or linn, transferrin; thu ownership or lnnuagumunt of thu property. Mr. Howard says, howuver. that when all of tho nuwspapors have had their say aud gottou through hu will probably have something to say to tho interested public. Mr. Howard was naked regarding tho statement mado from Fond lot on on tho fifteenth instaut aud pub lisbed in the Portland Telegram and Spokesman-Review ho says: "This story evidently emanates from the same collosal liar that wired the Spokeemau the infamoug lie SUMPTER, OREGON, JULY 20, 1904 ationt. thu great damages and Umatilla country to Pendleton by thu storm of thu third instant. "When this Ananias says that thu Ciolcuuda mine is 'literally papered' with mortgages and that muohauios lions wuro placed upon it, ho again shows his ponchaut for lying mid misrepresentation, for no mechanics lions and but two small mortgages wero ovor placed against tho property since this company was organized and tho mine and all of thu machin ery aud other property belonging to thu company are in much better shape in every way than when this corpora tion took charge of it. Ami while thu property is in debt a few thou sand dollarts this is a great deal more than nlfsut by thu (act that it has develoned aud has in sight at thu prosont time profitable milling ore of thu value of many times thu cor poration's iudubteduess, besides hav ing added to the equipment of the property aud nut lay in betterments a sum almost equal to thu present total iudubteduess.'1 POLITICIANS SEE THE LIGHT If there is any one depvelopmont in national politics more than' atiothei which interests the mining man this year it is the credit which he is receiving on all sides for the settlement of a disturbing Ismiu ; Heboid, it is observed by the wise1 men or inu cast mat the enormous production of gold throughout the world during thu last eight years has removed thu troublous question of thu standard of money "from the Hold of political contention." The quoted p bra ho is thu language which narrowly missed tlndiug a place in tho democratic platform, but though this plauk has boon relegated to oblivion, it has received sutiloieut publicity to make the gold miners happy. Eight years ago tho oouutry passod through ouo of tbo bitterest political campalguB it has ovor known. Tho republican proas drew tho issuo along tho Hue of henosty and dishonesty aud the rosult was that iu many cases argument gave way to personal nhuno. It was a trying timo for thono whoso blood Hows ovonly aud cool from habit. Four yours ago there was a renewal of tho same dispute, though tho national bitterness had abated somewhat. In this year wo find (ho issue eliminated, and all because of tho enormous production of gold thioughout thu world. Stand up, Cripple Crock, aud lie knighted. Stand up, Alaska, and receive your decoration. Stand up, South Africa, Wtslern) Australia and all of you others that have contributed to thu abounding I prosperity and wear the badge thai politicians havu created for you. It. I is you 10 wnom may extend mo honor of bringing peace between brother and brother, of removing thu question of tho standard of money "from thu Hold of political conten tion." Since thu campaign of 1H!)(I mora than 8'J, ()(,()()(), 000 has hmw added to thu world's supply of gold, and within (hu past fifteen years thu world's supply has been iuci eased more than 6:1,000.000,000. At the prudent rate of production it will be said at thu end of lilOl that the world has produced since IH'.M) one-third thu total output of the world since thu data of thu discovery of America. Without entering into thu merits of the dispute between thu extremes of policy on the question of thu standard of money, it is sufllcieut to note that thu politics of 1001 has directed thu attention of votuis to an important fact concerning the gold mining industry. There arc those who do very little thinking except when a political campaign is at iln height, aud at such a time they do so only becausu their partisan duties compel them. If the present cam paigu does no more than adveitlse the fact that the gold mining industry is surpiirihiug all previous reemds, to the great amazement of statlstl-l clans and the dismay of some politi cians, i'n mission will not ho vain so far as thu mining industry is con cerned. Cans thu word along, Thu gold miner has made the politician take a few hitches iu his suspender.- -Daily Mining liucord. K. I). party of Hill, of Chicago, and a associates passed througlu Sumpter this morning en route to Canyon City aud Mums. It is te ported that they are on an important laud transaction, though Mr. Hill, when seen by a Minor representative, stated there was nothing rogatding the mission for publication at this time. NO. 46 IRRIGATION BV ELECTRIC POWER Irrigation by electric and gasoliuo power is steadily Increasing in scope on thu arid lands adjoining Maker City to the northeast. W. J. Patterson, a capitalist, of this city, was (hu llrst to make these experi ments ami now the use of water for irrigation purposes from wells dug by power aud the water distributed by (lit) same power is becoming general, and these lauds arc being eagerly sought after. Thu expense of digging those wtdl a and pumi lug the water iuih been found to be much less than taking care of ditches and protecting water rights of questionable value. it has been demons! tatcd that a good body of water can be developed by digging a well ami making an under ground reservoir or drift at. tho bottom of (ho well, at a depth on tho flat lauds of thirty-five or fu(y foot ami about sixty feet on tho (ahlo lands, Muhhi'h. Collins and Warner, who havu a tract of laud about live iiiilea north of the city, have a gasoliuo plant iu operation and are pumping water successfully over their tract tif laud. " Mr. W. tl. PallcrHin tcuoiifly opened up two good wolbt on his tint, northeast of the city and Hiatal led an electric power pumping plant, using centrifugal pumps that throw over '200 gallon; of water per minute each, aud while thu power lasted they did thu work to pet feet ion, lint. Mr. Patterson was obliged to limporarily suspend work before the wcIIh wero completed, hcoaiiHi the Light and Power company was not utile to furnish necessary power with tho piosout system. Within a veiy short time thiH difficulty will be obviated, as thu company will put iu sub stations, which will enable it to fur nish ami distribute the necessary power on all the laud now lying idle northeast of Maker City Hy putting iu a '.veil aud pumpiin; plant on every forty acres plenty of water will be furnished for dlvcihlllcd tunning. As soon as it Is pohhlle to get tho necessary olcnlric jutw t-i , which is the most economical ami rcquitoH tho least attention, Mr. Patteisnu will complete his picout work and will begin the cnnstiiiclinu of other wolla as soon as possible. A number of ' people who have been skeptical about Lhmu being water available rut in igntinu purpOHoH by digging wells are now anxious to get hold of a forty -aero tract near thu city, ami it is safu (o say thatwif1iin two years tho valley will be pnpulatod by fruit aud other small larmets, justifying a greater Maker City. Democrat. 0 j i; "mssfsss