THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, October 19 1904 The Sumpter Miner I'UHU.MIKI) BVBHV WBDNBMMV IIV J. W. CONNIil.l.A fcnti-rfd at the postofflce In Sumpter, Oregon, tor transmission llirouch the mails as second class n,iicr. SIJIISOMII'TION WATES One Yrnr J a.oo .lx Months 1.3; ALWAVS IN ADVANCH. whon tbo ame rule will he adopted in thin country uh uow prevails in AuHtnilin." Au Ati.Htraliiiii mine operator who Ih touring lliu world for the purpose of studying viiriotiH mining and re rl tint I on rjtiHtoiiiH and methods, now in Hutto, Monlitna, talks moHt enter tainingly of mluiiig Jiiwh and con rlitioiiH in IiIh home country. Ho nays: "J 11 weHlern AiiHlraila there are government stamping iiiIIIh where ore Ih ortishud tit nominal prints, anti where prospectors, beginning with practically nothing, have he (tome wealthy inine ownerH. More than 200,000 Ioiih of inir'.. wore onishi'd Jimt year in thtiHt) iiiIIIh. In the Phillips river district the gov oiniuciil Jiiih made advances on ore mill put in a government monitor, which In no sense I h ft rival of private indtiHtrlmt. There ate government Hl.nmping iiiIIIh and cyanide works In NOiithitin Australia. In the neutral (Million (it (lie ooiiniry mere Ih a government mine which win sunk for (lit) purpose ol showing Mini the ills frit't Ih rich in inineialH in the hope that proHiietiloiH would he oucnurng od to enter mid Improve the land. ' "lltn ti u til lion rln w Ih universal in AiiHtrnliii, ami no work Ih done on KnnilayH or holidays, excepting in the smelters, in the stamping iiiIIIh mid in the minim th'tro are ahont 300 world iik dayH in the year. All holi days fail on Monday, and In IIiIh way pormitiug the worker to have from noon on .Saturday until Tiioh flay morning tor rmiroation, iIiiih allowing hlni time to go into the 0011 nt ry if he wIhIioh to do ho, "Wages vary in the dlll'eieut weHtern AiiHtralia the 83,ft() a tiny, furnace eiirpeiiterH, brick layers men 91. Partioiilrly are paid to iiiauagcrH Uofore Federal .ludgo Reatty in Roiso during the pint few dayH there has boon on trial the ciiho of the United States vorsus the Shaw Lum her company, for tho recovery of 8 inn, 000, the eHtimated value of titnher alleged to have heen cut from the public domain. The ciiHe hinged on the question of the character of certain IihkIh, whether or not they are "mineral." In hia charge to the jury, tho judge wild: "1 iuHtruut you upon this im portant question an follews: That the law IncludcH iih mineral laud not only tlioHO tractH in which minor il Iiiih heen actually discovered, and which Iiiih heen claimed and located au mining cIuIiiih. hut alno all other lantlH lying in roiiHonably clone proximity to or in the general noighorhood of hiicIi mining claims, and all such noighoriug lands, even if mineral Iiiih not actually heun dis covered therein. "1 feel HiiliHlled in saying tlint ground containing only a trace of mineral, a color, or containing it in Hiioh Hinall iiiintitk'H that a miner would not e.iect. it to ever prove prolltahle, cannot he held to he mineral, lint when it contain Htilllcient mineral to encourage the miner to claim and locale it in good faith iih mining ground, and work and develop it with a reiiHouahle ex pectation of lludiug initio in 1 in paying (tiiuil it Ich, even if it never proven prolltahle, Ih, within the law, mineral land compelled to take to the highway, to Bail under the black Hag of piracy or to burglarize the homes of honest citizens by the aid of the midnight "glim." But in those days such thiovos were outlawed and branded as robbers and pirates. Their prototypes in this ago of enlightenment are known as "captains of Industry" or apostles of high finance, who have studied the intricacies of the law and who have remained within its bounds, until they have amassed sufficient wealth to purchase legis latures and defile and debase judicial bonohos. Then they can defy the law and control the very functions of government, for no mau would dare to aspire for judicial or presi dential honors in tho United States in then year of Christianity, 1001, unless endorsed openly or secretly by tho powors behind the banks, io that thin anomalous proposition is presented to the people by the trusts: 'Vote whatavor way you please, the electoral ballot Ih sacred and this h a government by the peo ple; but whoever you elect, we win."' In the statement of the treasurer and secretary of state, it appears that more than 3110,000 has been re ceived under the Eddy law, of which somolhiDg like 894,000 wbb from tho annual license, aud the re mninder for the initial tax. The latter has falleu off materially, as nearly all companios desiring to in corporate with a high capital stock, have beon organized under the Jaws of other tasteB. There are about 400 corportious that have not reported to tho state officials, aud it is believed that several of these contemplate making a light when au effort is made by tho state to collect tax, or drive thorn out of buBiuess. Reports from Now York aud Salt Lake are to tbo effect that the Uotild Rockefoller cliquo has secured con trol of the Union Pacific. Idaho is credited with a total gold production of 8400,000.000. Ore gon, accoidiug to tho official returns, trails along far in the rear with only about 6 lliu, 000, 000. A clot;o aualyslH of the present coppar market Hays au expert on the subject, revcalH au unusual state of nil ui ih, and even the most conserva tive rotund the outlook as favorable. The present onormouH demand ror for record yesterday: copper for foreign euusumptlon.added ! REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. OFFICIAL RECORDS. The following instruments were filed at (he court houso in linker City i HtlltoS. Ill miners get men, $2 02, him! engine high HiilaritiH Mini metallnrgi tit, piobably the highi'Ht in tht world. In Victoria and New .South Vale the living ex penses are very low ami the men get iM.f0 to $ 1.7ft a day as common laborers. CarpoutiiiH, bricklayers inn! engine men get 8'-.ftO. The scale Ih fixed liy the unions and approved by Cm government. " In Victoria the government not The world's commerce of the latent year from which HtatiHticH are avail able Ih given in the recently issued annual report of the chief of the bureau of statistics of the department of comeice and labor. It shown ihe total roportH of all mitiniiH of the world to be, in the latest year avail- able, 510, ft L.r, 000, 000, and the valuo of the total imporlH of all nations, 81l,80n,000,000. ThlH would give the total value of the world's im ports and exports combined as 822,321,000.000. but since all articles which were counted iih ox portH became in turn imports when they entered the country of destina tion, it would appear that the actual value of the articles entering into International commerce is, in round teruiH, 811,000,000,000. The chief of the bureau of utatistiCH also estimates tho value of tho articles forming tho internal com merce of the United States, counting ; only a single transaction for each to the (hiring domestic the past demand, which four weeks Iiiih i commenced to assert itself, shows thati i,Miini 'JO Henry Stoddard to At. fttnddnrif. Home nlncn , -.... . -, --T 4 more is noi copper onougu oeing pro- j ((,r,xl00 fL,ul) ValIoy ,, 4tll strouta duced in the United Slates to meet l j(lia,,. (jjiy $700. the present activity. In fact, if it ,r AuR 0jjj 1If Houb,lls ml j, W. had not been for tho inlluenco on-I sber and wives to Wilson Juvoat. oitud by the leading metal soiling I nmt oompuny, ,.;. 2fi feet lot 0 agencies 111 mis ouy 10 uiiuoniuo ,...,,. ., .,,.. ai.7ru. Oct. 10 P. J. lirown and wifo to Chas. McKiuuoy, 100x100 feet in Campbell tract in Sec. 10 T. 0 K. 40 E. ; Hakor City: 8200. Oct. 11 J. II. and C. A. Early to the present movement, copper would be selling liigluv than it is now. Heretofore when a strong dotnand for the metal Ins developed aud reserve stocks were small, soiling agencies have been prone to en courage buying, with tho result that a rapid advance was readily se cured. At the present time, how ever, actual demand has controlled the market, and there seems to have been a total absence of any llditious advance. only iiMHihlH in equipping prospectors lirUe,0 t llU0llt l!'2,000,000(000 j single year While it has been nut muutts iclviuices lo mine owners 011 the securltv of the laud. In Now Smith WaloH the government uhsistt tho priiHpuotor by paying him dollar lor dollar paying him one half itagoH for working IiIh own olaitu. ciirttomary to speak of the internal commerce of tho United States an equal to the international commerce of the world, It appears from this statement that the actual value of .tho inori'hiiiidiHti oiitoriiii into tho tti 1.. tut .. . - " 1 tie nulling properly uiii " t i ntitrmtl commerce of the United States Ih practically twice as great as that entering the international com merce of the world. Aiihtralia piovidcs that if a man has mineral under IiIh laud aud iloei not work l, another may secure from the government tho mineral right , it the laud. When ho Ih through' working it, the rights revert to the' It is not pessimism to tell the 01 igiual owner, if a man wishes to truth, however dark and disagreeable work the minerals under his own tbo nthtoiuout may bo. The follow luuil he may. of course, do ho. There ' ing from tho Minlug aud Engineering is room for improvement in HiIh Review, for instanc, hits the bull's respect in this country. Not two eye of accuracy, though it is u fright per cent of the patent lodea from fill fact to centemplate: Mexico to Oregon are worked, and! "in other times aud other couu through that district there are de- tries men were as dishonest as uieu oayiug cities which would be pros- are iu this ago and country. Rut porous ami progiesslve it it were not ; iu former times that portion of mau for tho tioing up of claims through ' kind who preferred to prey oi their patent?. 1 think tho time will come 'fellow men rather than to toil, were September reports of tho Taconia smelter show imports of ore amount ing to a valuation of 8'J0H,B27.:ift; merchandise, 82, '20ft. Exports iu tho form of furnace products amounted to 8:t:il,8(S2.:i!. Tho company is now at work figuring out a plan by which it can eavo the mineral that, is lost iu the smoke from the huge chimneys. Some 820,000 a mouth is said to be lost iu tills way besides, the lesidentb living near the smelter complain to the city about this mineralized smoke killing all of the green tree? and shrubbery. The company expects to tiller the smoke, so as to catch aud save the mineral aud tin away with the nuisance complained of, at the same time. The name Latin aurum, orange" is from the uieauiug gold, or of golden color. The fruit was origi nally a bitter berry about the size of a common cherry and vory seedy. Tho work of mau has so far improved on nature that the delicious fruit of the present day has beeu evolved, It is rumored that a new com pound metal ha beeu made which will take the place of copper and can bo produced at one-tenth the cost, aud au offer of over one uiilliou dollars for the pateut has beeu re ceived. ; Mary E. Scott N. W. 4 Sec. ft. T. 10 R. :)8. ; 81.ft00. Oct. 4 N. J. Noslou ostato to 1). W. C. Nolsou, 100 acres iu Socs. 4 and ft T. i) R. .'10 E. ; 8(500. Sept. 10 M. Holf and wifo to Minnie Craven, 100x200 foot in Hlock .'IT Pacific addition to Hakor City; 81. Oat. 1 Hirdio Rusk aud husband to Fred Link, north 28 feet lot 14 block 2 Rouruo; 8ft0. Sept. 10. J. P. Lucada aud wife to S. Oflboru, E. H Soo. 2a W. )i Sec. 24 T. 8 R. :8 E. ; 80,000. Sopt. 7 A. A. Donuy, ot al, to Cioo. Wilklns, lot 2 block G Rrattaiu it McComas addition to Raker City; 8100. M1NINO MATTER. DKKDS. Oct. 14 Wui. II. Moldeu to Gor man Americau State bank, trustee, ' interest Morning dory and 4 other quart, claims; 81,2ft0. Oct. 1 iloury liraves to W. F. Kippen, Ciieat Americau quart, claim 2 years; 820,000. Oct. 1 W. II. Oloasou, et al, to SV. F. Klppeu, Crowu group quartz claims; 80ft, 000. Oct. 13. Thos. Dowuie, et al, to J; F. Dlokaon, l Mary Agues Con solidated quartz claim; 81. May 1 Eugeuo Bartholf and wife to L. N. Cook, Eureka quartz claim; 830. Sept. 10 C. H. Neal, et al, to Oregou Smeltiug & Reflniug company Lime Kill placer claim; 81. Sevou tons of ore from the Clougb property, ou Paddy's creek, in the Pauhaudle, were recently run hrougb au arraitra and yielded 140 per tou. -i