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THE SUMPTER .MINER
Wednesday, November 2, 1904
OREGON AWARDED 102
MEDALS AT ST. LOUIS
Oregon exblnltH Ht tho world'a fttir
huvo rHOuived ultoKethor 102 awunlu,
HOOorrlliiK to ttio following atnt'imont
marie by (lonuriil Htipurintatidunt
WebrutiK, of tho exhibit:
"in our hk Hon I turn I (lupiirtmunt
wo huvo boon nwimk'fl thirty II vo
nlil iiioiIhIh, fnrtyfour Hllver und
twunty bronze, mul khuicI prize for
gnil uh und knihhoh, HKKrKiititiK H)'2.
I huvo nutltloiuid tho Hiiporior jury
of iiwurdH on iigrhsulturo for fonrtciiii
tuoro modiilH on lurlioluH cither over
lookm! or mlHJudud; In runt, I know
noma or thwii huvo boon ontiroly
ovorlookod. 1 huvo Mlod with I ho
Hitporlor Jury of iiwhhIh on foruHtry,
IIhIi und Kiiiiiu it petition Tor aiidl-
I I mill 1 iiwiirduioiit or gold iihmIhIh or ii
griind prio. Wo huvo tlmn fur boon
awurdod In IIiIh dopiirluiout gold,
rillvor and brouo iiioiIhIh uggrogat
lug twunty-foiir. 1 cannot toll you
today how many of oaoh denomlu&-
tion.
"Wo have received in mlnea and
metalH, gold, silver and bronze medah
aggiegating twelve. I have petition
ed in the Interest or eight mines which
I believe were overooked. in our
educational department we received
one gold medal, one ailver and one
bronze. Tho method of award men t
of prlzoB by tho superior jury of
iiwhkIh on education diaappoiiited uk
ItiHtoad of awarjlug prlzoH to indi
vidual hoIiooIh, tho jury arranged our
hcIiooIh in three grnupH, awarding to
ouch group one prize "
KiiDotiiitoudonl. Wi'hrung and W.
Wladom any that thoy had received a
letter from the national oominlHHlon
ordering them to give out no more
iuformalion for publication until
rurthor notice. Tlio detailed Htnto
mout or (lid awards la therefore not
ohtaluablo.
SUIT INVOLVES A
PRETTY STORY
Tho linker City Democrat explalua
Oitt Hiiit or tho Virtue mine vermm
KrnwMt Dale Owen, mentioned in
yeterday'H Minor, by telling tho
following IntereHtlng atery:
"For over thirty yearn, mid during
tho time that tho,Vlrtuo mine milling
wiih done in a primitive way, tailing
rrom tho old mill of the Virtue ran
down tho gulch, and during tho lapno
of time thoHo tallngH wore covered
over with earth anil aago IiiuhIi and
wore loHt night of iih fur mh the Viituo
nil no mauagomeutH woio concerned.
After all thono yearn, there re
mained ouo man, ho It. Ih atatod,
that knew tho value of Micho taliugH
and Im divulged hla tiecrot to Judge
Owen, who at once not about to ho
cure tho right to work tho depoHitn
and extract their valued.
"Judge Owens, ho it ia alleged,
entered into a contract with Mr.
Hoiuig and proceed' to ramore the
tailluga from the Virtue mine
preuiiHOM to the Cyclone for treat
meut,
"It developed, ho it la authorl
tativaly Minted, that the tailluga were
exceedingly rich. Home of the ore
NHckH that were taring tilled and
tented going aa high an $20 to the
ok. The value of the tailluga
h bo wed a value of near $100 to the
toil. Them waa plenty of the de
posit, enough for several yeara
worklug.
"Men and teama were employed
Mil1 king and hauling to the
Cycloue. A lively InduBtry waa In
nugurated, and Judge Owen aaw
vibiooH of wealth ahead or him and
ahuokled to hlmwllf over hla tore
bighteduetiti. "Hut, It is alleged by liomig,
that under hla ooutraot Owen only
had the privilege or sampling the
tailluga uutll audi time mh he had
paid the purchaae price of 1.400.
Ti In Owen had uot paid, and Humig
stepped in to prevent the removal or
ilia tall lug. Owen, it ia alleged,
only paid down 8)00 and that wiih
for tho privilege or Hiimpling.
"Tho oontrovoray hua roached the
court uud the dltrorounoH between
tho partloa will bo Mettled there."
Mount Hood, Mount AduiiiH, and
Mount Ht. Helena, perpetually cov
ered with hiiow. atand in all their
beauty. On tho back of tho map la
an intereatlug atory in detail of tho
trip from Huntington to Portland
and, from Portland to the ocean, not
overlooking the beachea aud the San
KrciHCo trip by ocean. A copy of this
folder may be aooured by aending
four ooute in atampa to pay poatuge
to A. L. Craig, Ceueral PaHuonger
agent for the Oregon Haiti oad &
Navigation company, Portlaud, Oro
gon. Hy Houdlng the addroua or aome
friend in the eaat, aud four centu
in pnntago, tho folder will bo
promptly mailed.
flMIER UNO, ACT JUNECI. II7I.-N0TICC rOR
PUIllCTI0N.
United Stair Land older. (
La Grand. Oregon, Oct. ti, iv4 i
Notlcr U hereby given that In compliance with the
provlklnnt of the act ol conurekt, of June i. I878. en
illlcJ "An act lor the tale ofllmber land. In thr ktate
o Calllornla,OteKin, Nevada and Waihlngton Ten
rliory," a, rxtended to all the Public Land State by
by act ol Aufcuit 4, IHgi,
KIM N HOLD SCHEIHEtt,
... Ci. .. .... -. ii-i 1ai ni n0nn. hs.
till Jav filed TnThli olflct hl wbrn iiattrfltnt No.'
114, lor the pun hate of the NK NW. W NEtf.
ot Section No. i. In Township No. 10 S. range No. it
HWM, and will offer proof to how thai the land
ought l mora valuable for Us timber or
ttone than for agricultural purposes, and to estab
lish his claim to said land before Charles H.
Chance, U. S. Commissioner, at hl office al
Suinpter. Oregon, on Monday, the gth day ot Jan-
lie' names as witnesses: Frank E. p'Rourkt, of
Simpler. Oregon; Peter J, Soards. of Sumpter. Ore
gon; Van Rensselaer Mead, of Sumpter, Oiegon;
Oiarlrs H. McColloch, of Sumpter, Oregon.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the above
described lands are requested to Me their claims In
this office on or before said i day, of Janusry, 1005.
E. W. PAVI. Register.
FREE! FREEH FREEH!
Sfl.00 Certiiicute of tho lnwt
Oil Stock absolutely given away.
Write Ht once i'or plan how to
secure Five Dollar' worth of
fully paid ami itoiirMwsahlo
Oil Stock without cash.
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Address, B H. TRUMBULL, Commercial Agent, 142
Third St., Portland, Oregon.
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