The Sumpter Miner
PUlHISMei) BVBRY WBtJNBSOAY BY
J. W. CONNELU
kntcred at (hi postofllce In Sumpter. Oregon, fur
tranmllon through the mail tecond clan
matter.
SUIISOPIITION MATHS
One YrJr .,,
alx Month
.fi.oo
ALWAYS IN ADVANCB.
A review of thu Ihwh fnrhiding tho
(pollution of inland waters in thu
United StatoH, which imiy bo of great
practical lionellt to the (iiihlio, has
4oen prnparod liy Edwin II. lloodell
or tho United States (Jonlogioal Sur
vey. It Jh puhlinhod uh No. 10. 'I of
thu aerlea of Water Supply Hiid Irri
gation papera, wh'jru it Ih available
for all.
Mr. (Joodoll'a purpoHH ha not heeii
to prepare h oompl ite work on witter
pollution for thu iiho of mumhora of
the henoh and har, hut rather, to put;
into the iiHiidH ot polio official,
legislators, witter companion, maun
faoturura, farmera, ami others Infer
ostod in the subject, a guide for
their Motion, and to furnirih refer
ences to the aourcoH from whioh it
more oxhitUHtivu knowledge of thu
Hiihjeot may he ohtitlued If reiiiirod.
No attempt Iihh heen made to pioHunt
a detailed statement of the entire law
against witter pollution an it exists
Independently of HtatuteH, hut thu
broad legal prlnoiplua under whioh
uuti pollution atatuten lieuomu opera
tive are explained mid important
oourt decisions are quoted to Hbow
tiuthorlty for, varlotn deductions
These principle and decisions have
heeii'dawHled and lire presented lu
three groups.
The rlfihtH of riparian owners to
pure wtr aa against one another.
Tho rights of the puhliu (Hi din
tiugulMhld from individual owuerH)
to have inland waterH kept free from
pollution hy riparian owuera or
other.
The ouuditluua under which, and
the extent to which public muni
.oipullilui may iiho inland waters In
the diHpoHa! of Hewago matter from
public sowers
Thu statutes enacted In various
utattta are claHHilled accordiiiK to their
geiiMtal acr.pe and an opportunity in
thus; Ifora'ed to compare their
effectiveness Mid desirability, lu
home atatct Uieru Ih iiothliiK more
than m almpJu1 provision making it h
crime to poiHou wells and springs,
while in othera elahorate provisions
liuve been made to" check ib o far iih
IohIIIo, atiHolutely pi event all
pollution of all waterH by the rofiiHo
prodfc.tu ,of annual life qr the waste
of human iudiiHtry, lu citing thu
HtatuteH, Mr. (Inodoll ban grouped
the states together logically, to show
the stage of growth in Hiiuitary j
vduoatitin at which eitch ban arrived. ,
' . "
"Sener Don Korker" whites some j
Miot stulf" for (Joorgo's Weekly, a'
Hoover publication, relative to thuj
(luggouholms, their exploration com-.
peny and the smelting trout, I lu I
iiotH a mining mau politician an'
t-ayiug that Simon one of thu
brother, Iihh thu United States
xvnatorial bee lu bin bouuet, and in
wlHinu to bid higher than any other
main the state for that doubtful
honor. Some one questioned his
Htatemuut as to the political combina
tion, when he continues h follews:
"Maybe I am mistaken. If 1 am,
liuggy Ih a smarter d fool than 1
take 'him to be and is not only
foollug Poabody, but Evans, Could
THE SUMPTER MINER
and the whole batch of statesmen, by
protoudlng to bo an American Smelt
iug Refining company mau, when on
tho sly, bo Is selling cut bis stock as
fast uh ho darea to, and invention it
in (Juggonheim'B Elxplorutlon com
pany schemes that in tho end can put
a crimp in tho smolter truat. If
auch Ih tho caao, juat watch Uuggy
bloHHom out in a fighter of tniBta by
building a lot of mw indopontiont
smoltora to fight tho amolter trust,
to treat oroH from tho tniuoH owned
by tho (Juggouholm Exploration com
pany. Twenty million dollarfl will
duplicate every amolter in the trust
worth duplicating and porhapa treat
inent charges won't have to be so
high hh they now are becauae it won't
bo ueaoaaary to earn hpvou per ceut
dlvldeiidH on fifty million preferred
aud three or four per ceut additional
to cover dividends on fifty millloUB
of common Block. To squeeze elKhty
mililoua of water out of the Smelter
truat and get down to twenty mllllonn
would kIvo the railroiida, coal coin
panioH, ore producorn aud lime rook
men a chance to live."
The highest quotation
Htako Mi ui uk company
on llomo
of South
Dakota in the hiatory of tho com
pany was in 11)01, when tho atock
aold at 104 per ahare. Tho InwoHt
price at which it Iihh aold in tho paat
toil year was 810 per Hharu in 1891.
Ita present market value ia 355 per
Hharu. Thu yuara
dunda wore 1800,
when uauh year
of greatest dlvl-
1000 and 1001,
dlvideiida to tho
amount of aix dollara pur aharo wiih
paid. In 1002 live dollara was paid,
aud in 1003 throe dollara, and a
similar aum will be paid or 1001.
Dividends are paid monthly of
tweuty-tlvo ceuta por aharo at presout.
The lowest prlco tbo stock baa
touched since 1H06 was lu March of
this, year, when it full to 340. HO a
ahato. Thu company Iihh paid lu
dividends to date thu aum of $12,-801,550.--
Mining World.
Thu combatauta in thu uaat 'ire tin
oqually placed aa to coal supply for
lighting purposes, although Russia
Ih not as badly hand leaped ita nno
might think, since there ia a fair
supply of coal obtainable Irom
wusturu Siberian points, thin re
lluvuiuu thu necessity of dependence
on tho attenuated lino of hiipply by
thu Trans-Si berlau railroad. About
100 miles by laud from Vladlvostock
an anthracite mine, from which much
was expected, was opoued early lu
1002, aud by now ia probably cou
uected with tho Usurl railway Hue,
permitting bhipmeutH to Vladlvostock
aud llarhln. I'erhapH, alao, Vladlvos
tock can still not coal from the uou
vict mines on SaKhalieu. It ia a lon
way from Vladlvostock to Harbin,
where the Chinese Eastern railway
hrauuhtis off to run to Daluy aud Port
Arthur, aud that line, throughout
its 000 miles of track, w.s until the
outbreak of Inutilities, mainly do
pendent on Japaueso coal, though a
little was obtained from native
workings lu the iuterlor. The miuua
uear Newchwaug, aud those near
Lushaug, lu the Liaotung poiiiusula,
produced coal of iuferlor quality,
and last year were closed. Tho miues
uear Veutai, north of Llaoyaug, made
hhtorlc by recent tlgbtlng, produce
better coal, but their output has beeu
small. All these mines, however,
are now in posiessiou ot the Jap
aueso, aud, as far as kuowu, there are
no considerable bodies of coal
opened betweeu Mukden aud Harblu,
4:10 miles. West of Uarbiu the
nearest coal miues of importance, so
far as known, are in the province
of Irkutsk, over 1,000 miles away.
These mlnea are opeued ou quite a
large aoale. Tbo Japanese, of oourae,
bavo an excellent and cheap supply
of coal for all purposes, in the mines
of tboir own ialauds, and in addition
have the facilltlea of dlatribntlou by
water to aupply points. With the
neoeBaity of coal for tho military
rallrooda, the fnol problem concerns,
tbeao oastoru armies aa well as the
navies. Mining World.
1
Aa tho Minlug World has alroady 1
pointed out, tho Uulted States poatul
department baa efitubliabed the pre
cedent that stock awlndloB, wbiob
were floated through tbo malls, are
within ita own tireless and sweeping
aupervlaion. Alieady several casea
bave beeu brought into court, aud
when the helpless victims, who
thought that prospectus figures could
uot lie, come to realize tbe certain
weapon of vengeance which lies in
the power aud practice of tbe postal
department, as tegarda the investiga
tion of HBO of tbe malla to defraud,
there will be a lively hiking for tbo
tall timbor by some of tbe men whose
mining operations wero confined to
tbo sky acrapeis of Manhattan island
aud to tho carpotod offices iu other
cities. Tho aoouer the fakir is
forcod to hia fato and the swindler
aont to bis cell thu bettor it will bo
for legitimate miulug promotion and
tho moro money tb ire will be avail
able for actual mining aud develop
ment. Miulug World.
It ia gouorall.v known that light
nitig striking tho grouud aomotimoa
forma tuboi liued with fused
mluerala. Iu April last, during a
thunder storm in Esaex, Englaud. a
ball of flro whioh seemed to caat
darts iu all directions, was seeu to
desceud from tho olouda. There was
a crashing explosion, and afterward,
in au oat field, three diatiuct sota of
holoa, ranging from nine Inches
down to ouo inch iu diamoter, wore
found In tho ground. Thoy wero
purfectly circular, diminishing iu
a lzo aa they weut deeper, aud wore j
cut through the yellow day aa cloau
as augor boloa.
Duiiii aud Uradstroot agrou that
buslueaa haa finally "turned a
corner;" that apeculalon iu stocks
baa beeu resumed and that tbe lambs
are about to bo fleeced to a gratify
ing extent.
Beautiful Columbia River folder.
The passeuger department of tbe
Oregon Railroad & Nnvigatlou com
pany has just issued a boautiful aud
costly panoramic foldor entitled "The
Columbia River, Through the Cascade
Mouutaius, to tbe Pauitlc Ocoau."
Prom Arlington to Portland, aud
from Portland to the Paul Ho ocean
every curve of thu rlvur and every
point of interest are shown, while
Mount Hood, Mount Adams, and
Mouut St. Helena, perpetually cov
ered with suow, ataud iu all thuir
beauty. On tho back of the map is
an iuterestiug story iu detail of the
trip from Huntington to Portland
and, from Portlaud to tbo ooeau, uot
overlooking the beaches aud the Sail
Kroisco trip by oceau. Acopy of this
folder may be secured by aeudiug
four cents iu stamps to pay postage
to A. L, Craig, Ueueral Passeuger
ageut for the Oregou Railioad &
Navigation compauy, Portlaud, Ore
gou. Hy sending the address of som
friend iu tbe east, aud four oeuts
iu postage, tbe folder will be
promptly mailed.
Zoetb Houser left today for a visit
with the folks at Pendletou.
Wednesday, November 2. 1904
OFFICIAL RECORDS,
The following instruments vere
filed at the court house in Baker City
for record yesterday:
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
DEKDP.
May 10. Baker City Real Estate
aud Home company to A. Welch,
lot 4 block L De Roo addition to
Baker City: 32,850.
Oct. 20 A. Welch aud wife to
r.niiiu cinmtnnr. lots 4 and 5 block
L De Roo additlou to Baker City;
87,00.
Oct. II L. Soinmer and wife to
M. Hoff, ) Interest in same;
f?:i,750.
March 11 Receiver to Mary
Young, iu full for 1G0 acres in Heca.
18 and 19 T. 10 R. 30 E. ; $400.
Oct. 10 -J. W. Moxon to Richard
Pbillibor, )i intreest in 32x100 feet
in Oreeuboru City; 1200.
July 240. R. & N. company to
Juo. E. Chatham, lots 11 and 12
block 24 Huntington; 1100.
Oct. 13 Receiver to Joseph E.
Reed, 100 acres iu Sees. 17 and 18
T. 10 R. 38 E.'; S400.
Oct. 20 Jos. E. Reed to Hewitt
Boll Timber company, same; 8800.
Oct. 25 C. E. Wood aud wife to
C. L. Palmer, lota 13 to 10 block 14
Wilovale; 11.
Oct. 13 R. M. Wilsou aud wife
to J as B. Wilsou, S. E. h Sec. 0 T.
7 R. 3 B.; 81.
Sept. 12, 0'3 H. Lauoaster to
Wm. Chamberlaiu, M, interett in
Lauoaster aud Tetreau ditch, Burnt
river compauy; 8200.
April 18 Clareuce C. Sbelton aud
wife to A. P. Brown, 100 acres in
Sees. 22 T. 12 R. -43 E. ; 81,000.
MINING MATTER.
DKKDS.
Oct. 20 -A. J. Bess to Juo.
Sbeak, interest iu Red Bell quartz
claim; 81.
Oct. 20 Juo. Sbeak, to C. C.
Cox, li iuterost iu Red Bell quartz
claim; 31.
Oct. 24 A. J. Boss to C. C. Cox,
4 interest in Red Bell No. 3 quartz
claim; $1.
Oct. 15 W. E. Saudora to Ueo.
A. Carter, 4 interest Violin No. 2
quartz claim; 825.
Sept. 12 C. W. Adams to Wm.
Voting, l4 luterest iu Little Chief
aud Red Chief quartz claims; 8750.
Oot. 22 L R. Bellman to Cali
fornia M. (iold Miues company,
Minueapolis, quartz claim; 81.
Sumpter's Wonderful Growth.
Fred Foutaino, while iu Poudelton
a few days siuce, delivered au enter
taiiiiug address to an East Oregouian
reporter on this' town aud district.
Apparently for tbo purposo of vouch
iug for tbo wouderul things quoted,
that paper adds this ou its own ac ac
eount: "Sumpter haa experienced
the most phenomenal growth of any
camp iu the Northwest, within the
past seven years, lu the fall of
1807, the editor or tbe East Orego
uiati was offered two fifty foot lota,
1 10 deep, lying iu front of Tom
MoEwen's livery stable, iu what is
now the heart of the city, for a spau
of horses worth about 3110. At that
time it didn't look as if tbe entire
town would worth a team of cayuses,
but withlu a year aftei, those same
lots aold for $2,000 without improve
meuts. Within two years from,
Jauuary 1. 1898, 3300,000 was in
verted iu substantial buildings."
Messrs. Fuller aud MoCouuell, of
tbe smelter, weut to Baker City this
afteruoou.