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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, December 21 1 904
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The Sumpter Miner
I'UHUSHRI) BVBBY WBDNBSOAV BY
J. W. CONNELI.A
t-.nltred at Hie ostofflce In Sumpter, Oregon, for
transmission through the malls as second class
matter.
SUIISc:ICTION HATES
On Year .
Six Months
ALWAYS IN ADVANCD.
The following editorial from the
Dully Milling Record la ho thoroughly
impregnated with common hoiiho and,
being in h moHHtire applicable to con
dltloiiH hereabouts, more or less, that
The Miner reproduces it in full:
"Wu hiiar much about the effect of
improved metallurgical achievements
upon the minora I production of the
went mid tho advantages to ha derived
from the growing traiiHiiortation
faailitiei In the mining aootlouH, but
the direct bonritiK of population itself
upon theHi) matters Ih nut ho fre
quently analyzed. The discovery of
gold in Caiifouria and the miniiiK
iiidiiHtry generally Ih rightly credited
with the almost iiiiraculoiiH advauceH
which woHtcrn civilization has made
the last half century, but mining han
helped civilization no more tliHti
civilization has in turn hepled mint
ing. Tho migration of gold hunter
hiiH been followed by the rauchmati,
the cow bay mid the nrl Ihiiii, and
thousands of civilized oommuuitieH
now dominato the regions which once
frowned nllently itud mysteriously up
on tho faint trail of the frontier
man. Mining, having created those
biiHy surroundings, InokH upon them
ami IIiicIh that they are gqud, or they
are necessary to Its further advance
meut. "Population brings with It onl-
Cure, capital and thodlviHloti of labor.
i
It makt tailrnadH mid
uinuiiniury
ImtiHtiH piiiHltile. It ftirniHhtiH the
miner with a working hiiHO and makes
It eiiHler for him
let iih give to
to live. Therefore.
I nuiiiMi mm, in hid -u yunm uiuiiur
the mountain town,,.. ,,.. ., ,r. ,.m mm
the plane it deserves In the unfolding
of events among' the mines.
"To one whtiHe thniiKhts are Hpeut
upon the dcvlcopmcut of the mineral
reHouioeH to the went, there iniiHt
come a hoiism of broiitl Hympathy for
very public movement that Iihh for
itH end the up building of western
civilization, whether it be irrigation,
foreHtry, uiitiiufacture, Hive hoc genui
omne. The American Mining Con
grrHH pohhohhoh a certain bond of Iti
terost with the Irrigation Congrjssj
mid the National Live Stock Ahho
clatlnu. It Hometlmoii happeiiH, It .
in true, that Intercut of one industry,
seem to be imposed to those of
another, but the common interest h
never to be forgotten; and if It Is,
it is to the injury of all. In elfoct
tli'iro is little difference between such
oppoHltiuu aud that arising between
individual mining men thomvolvos,
or hetwou mine operators aud labor.
Such antagonism is always wasteful.
"Mining men owe It to themselves
to support local institutions, for the
ioiiho'ih already set forth. There is
no mine that iu net tributary to some
town or city, without which it could
not be nearly ho productive. It in
impossible for auy operator to be in
dependent of that mutality which
unless a district or a whole roglou
strong in the eye of the world."
Au evidence of the wide-spread
prosperity- still more widely herald
ed which has engulfed this couutry
during rtceut years whs adduced in
New Vork recently at the trial of two
manufacturers for a violation of the
statu law regulating child labor, it
was thon and thore proven thut these
two men tiuve girls under thirteuu
years of age workiug sixty-eight
hour avery hIx days, over eleven
lioiirn a day, for throe dollars a
week; the munificent Bum of four
contH an hour less deductions se
cured through an elaborate system
of flues.
(jnld coiiiH wero first introduced
in Euglitud by Henry III. in 1257.
They were of pure gold, without a
particlo of alloy. In 1345 au allo
waH flrnt use and a standard of 1)1)48.
wmb mane In in 11 tho standard
of all gold coin i waa reduced to
01(1 0 and it'.'iiu In 151(1 to 833.4.
Thin lator liguie ib the loweHt stun
dard of gold coiuage value ever
known iu England, (t was boou re
Htored, coiiiH of both 01(3 0 and 004.8
staudarda wore iaued and tho latter
wbh employed at Intervals to 1040.
Since then the lower standard, 01(5.(3
has been solely uaed in England.
Privato adrlcea from the cant are
uuauimuoH in the statement that iu
voHtments iu milling, both properties
and stockn, was never more active.
All reports are to the elf eat that
every branch of businosH Ih reviving.
The eastern Oregon gold llelda
should (eel the beuullclal effects of
this state of h If a Irs before a great
while. Those who stand by this
country during the present utimia
takable dull season will reap the re
ward for tholr nerve and patience,
just as Hiiro as tho sun Hhoh and seta.
The Assouan dam on the Nilels a
most imposing structure. Built of
granite, It Ih about a mile and a
qtiartor long, Ih 12(1 feet high at ita
doopoHt point and IioIiJh up 100,000
toiiH of water, tinning the river back
i muni Ittinlf
for a distance of 140
,,
Some idea of the great work
W "",
done by the ISrlllt-ti government in
Kivn iiuiv In nlitiinliwl whuu it Ih
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Ill i.'V', uiu null ui piu,vuuuuu una
expended iu irrigation and drauiage,
but Hie rcHiiltlug houolltri have already
justilled the cost.
man. Maxwell's Talis-
Goorgo'a Weekly, published at
Denver, keeps clone cases on the
Mmeller triiHt and seema to make a
hiiHlucHH of informing the pbullc of
ita actH and intentions. It a recent
issue it Haya: "The smelter trust la
trying tu 'butt iu' on the Paailia
coast, but thev have fuuud the So I by
smelting people control about aa
much capital aa tho smelter trust
can
scare up, and the ore producers
of the Slreras are being potted aH to
the methods of the smelter trust,
and the ore pioducors aro beginning
to realize that tho offers of reduced
tieatiiieut charges aud tho establish
ment of a new smelter on the court
Is nothing but a t'ohomo on the part
of the tiuat to clean up tho Selby
people and the other smelters on the
, Pacific coast and get them out of the
way; aud, after they are not of the
, way, the amoltor trurt will do by the
ore producers of the Pacific coast what
they do today by the ore producers
of Colorado rob them to a finish."
In writiug of the coutiuued ruab
to Alaska, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
delivers itself of some Interest
ing philosophical observation!. It
says: There is something iu the
American character, something iu
stliicttve aud fuudametautal, that
Impels migratiiig of this klud. It la
not due iu any degree to reed for
the lands aud property of tho in
habitants of other countries. That
passion does not exist iu the United
States. Destiny aud duty extend
the boundaries of this natiou from
time to timo, aud awlayb on equitable
principles. Apart from auy appetite
for acquisition of foreign territory, a
steady wave of Americaus baa pressed
to the west, the northward, the
southward and this tide will
oontiuuo to ruu. Danger and hard
ship do not retard it. In fact, diffi
culties only increase the weight of
tho movement. TIioho who are famil
iar with froutlor life seldom settle
down in the more populous centers.
They crave tho wider horizon aud
primitive surroundings, enjoy rough
ing it aud meet obstacles and pri
vations with a hearty acceptauce of
what they impose. It may be taken
for granted that when ever periods of
builuesa depressions come, there will
be a fresh drift iu some chosen
direction, accord lug to the circum
stances of the period. The march to
the Klondike was a typical expres
sion of Americanism.
Poor ventilation along crosscut
tiiuuela is sometlmos due to the too
rapid rise of the floor of the tunnel,
says Miuiug Hoporter. Contractors,
ih a rule, have to be watched very
carefully to see that they keep
the floor of tho tunuel down. The
tondoncy la to make the grado too
itoop. A grade of from oue-balf
por cent to oue por cent will
allow tho tunnel to go a long
way without interfering too much
with ventilation. Tho ventilation
depends also on the ground driveu
through. We know of a cross-cut
tunnol nearly 1,000 feet long, and
Iu which thero la considerable
atopiug, where ventilation is re
markably good. Iu other cases we
have known crosscuts to be stopped
by cause of bad air when they have
been drviou only 200 feet.
The New York Commercial roasts
Thomas Lawson daily, in the style
of a couutry weekly exchanging com
pliments with ItH esteomed contem
porary. I lore Ih a aamplo from ita
editorial columns. Spoaking of tho
Boston butter-iu, it says: "It would
bo iucouceivable that audi a char
actor could be born into the world
and be dvulopud aa he baa beeu an
almost uuthlnkablo mixture of van
ity, distorted Imagination, mendac
ity, urcdulity, impudence arid arro
gant audacity."
Colouel Green, of Arlzoua, who
was fleeced by Thomas Lawson on
Wall Stroot last week, and filled
columns in the New Vork newspapers
about the transaction, stating that he
would hold him "personally" re
sponsible, called on the frenzied fin
ancier in his Hostou office Friday.
The two adjourned to a hotel, spect
seveu hours closeted together, and
the only message the outside world
baa received from that searet inter
view waa au order for au elaborate
lunch, which did uot Include "pistols
and coffee for two.'
Why Geiscr Dind't Walk.
A I Gelser was traveling on
stage from Coudou tu Johu Day
the
oue
day last summer, aud waa kicking to
the diiver on the slowness of pro
gress. "Why iu hades dou't you
get out aud walk theu?" growled
the driver. "1 would," reapouded
the bouauza ruluer, "ouly my frieuds
dou't expect me uutil the stage arrives,"
OFFICIAL RECORDS.
The following instruments were
filed at the court houBe in Baker Citj
for record yesterday.
REAL ESTATE TRANPFER8.
DEKDf.
.Innnio E. Smith and husband, to
L. A. Rosb, small tract iu S. E. li
of N. E. xis S. 20 T. 9 R. 40; 8300.
Sheriff to Frank W. Tbompaon, 40
aorea iu W. , S. W. tf, S. 12T. 0
R. .10; 81045.
Robert Walbruun administrator
estate of I. E. Straub, to Pearl
Straub, Iota 17,18, 19, 20, block ID,
Pacific addition to Baker City;l650.
A. II. Brown and wife and Jno.
Pefenberger to John Walker, S. 20
feut lot lot 3, block 2, original Baker
City; 81.
John S. Wlllmot to Andrew M.
Manu, S 20 feet lota 3 and 8, block
2, origiual Baker City; $11,000.
N. C. Haakell et al to Delia Herr,
Iota 4 aud 5, block 17, Haskell's
addition to Baker City; 1300.
Pattersou & Eppinger to Mr.
Edward Saulley, N , lot 45 blk A,
Cleaver Cemetery; 825.
3. S. Chadd and wife to Ella and
Minnie Wood worth, quit claim, E.
three-rlftba of W. KN.E. M 8. 9 T.
0 R. 39 aud witter rigbta; $1.
Eugene Bartholf aud wife to T. D.
Hume, lot 19, block 29, Syndicate
first additiou to Sumpter: $75.
Chaa. D. McCurry and wife to O.
Jacnhsou, 30-foot right of way over
S. W. M of S.W H Sec. 2 T. 7 R.30;
81.
Rocoivor to Henry T. Ferguson,
N. E. i of S. WK of Sec. 28 T. 9 R.
39; 8100.
Albert V. Ferguaon to Meda Fer
guaou, wife, lot 7 and N. 7 feet of
lot 8, block, "B" Place's addition
to Baker City; 81.
Oregon Lumber Company to Ore
gon Smeltiug & Refining Company,
20.(1 aorea iu Sec. 20 T. 10 R. 37;
81.
MINING MATTER.
OKKDS.
Sheriff to Delia M. Hudson "Lout
HorBo" aud "Loat
Horae No. 2"
quartz mining claim;
F. T. Glis8an and
Rumery, "Arlzoua"
$52(1.
wife to W. M.
quartz mining
claim; 81.
T. M. Rumery to E. II. Bartholf,
"Arizoua"quartz mining claim; $1.
Sheriff to Little Cracker Gold
Miuiug company, certificate of re
demption, "Chance' aud "Zenith"
quatiz miuiug claim, from sale to II.
B. Wisdom; 8029
Interior is Prosperous.
L. Hirschlaud, the Baker City
wh?lesale liquor salesman, pitted
through Sumpter today, eu route
from Cauyou City aud Grauite to
Bouruo. He says the John Day coun
try is prosperous. Stockmen have
uot yet beeu compelled to commence
whiter foediug. Very little. enow, has
fallen. Sleighs are uaed from Tipton
to Flyuu'a station, but south of that
poiut wheels are still iu vogue.
Granite la eujoyiug somewhat of a
boom, aays Mr. Hiricbland, owing to
a reopening of the Red Boy.
Stockholders' Meetifyj.
There will be a meet lug of the
stockholders of the First National
Bauk of Sumpter, Oregon, held at
the bauk ou Tuesday, January lOtb,
1905, for tbe purpose of electing a
board of directors for the ensuing
year.
GUV L. LINDSAY, Cashier
Sumpter, Oregon, Dee. 10, 1904,