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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1904)
1 f Wednesday. December 21, 1904 THh SUMPTER MINhR MITCHELL AND MAY BE Defendants in Conspiracy Case Promise to Tell What They Know 4bout Land Frauds. Portland, Dee. 19. It appears of considerable doubt whether United States Senator Mitchell and Congress man Blnger Hermann, now ou their way from Washington, D. C, to ask the privilege of appearing before the federal grand jury in their own be half will be granted the wish. It Is stated on good authority tbtt these gentlemon will only be allowed to go before the graud jury in oaso every body believes that they have evidouoe necessary for the jury to know. In barging the jury Judge Uelllugor stated 'that if porsons connected with the testimony were to ask to appear in their own behalf he recommended the request be granted, but specifically stated this was not the legal right of anon persons. He added it would be proper for the jury to allow thorn to appear if they saw tit to do so. The reason for the postponement of the second conspiracy case has become apparent. It was ascertained today that on the eveulug of Decem ber 12, the defendants lu the rirst case had a conference uutli late at night. At the meeting were present Pnter, Mrs. Watson, McKinley, Miss Ware and perhaps D.W.Tarpley. It was argued they were at a disad- MASTODON TUSK BASIS OF FORTUNE Harry Hill, the millionaire lumber man of Alaska, found bis fortune when be found the tusk of a masto dou. Although a young man, Mr. Hill is reputed to have a fortune largo enough to make even Russell Sage sit up and take notice, and be made i all out of lumber. Nome City, from which he bails, was practically built of lumber furnished by him. The tory of the mastodon tusk and Hill's rise to prosperity through' it is common property iu the great northwest territory. Seven years ago he weut to' Alaska aB a propseutor. I'e fulled to make a strike and was about to return to the states. When traveling north of Nome he saw great fute&ts thore and knew that a fortuue greater than any gold mine existed in them. Putting a knowledge of the lumber indsutry to work. Hill soon acquired the right to out unlimited timber, but he lacked the means to do it. He bad no money to pay the enor mous cost of a sawmill in that terri tory and he saw no chance of getting it until one day the mastodon's task appeared on the scene. In the heart of the great forest through .wWoutbe-f o" HERMAN BARRED OUT vantage; that they had been cou viuted, with the exception of Ware, and a great deal of trouble was ahead, all things considered. Mrs. Watson and McKinley could not see why they should suffer iu silence while the instigators of the conspiracy rested iu peace and security. Then it was decided to tell what they kuew. Miss Ware, however, held out, She did not conoed she had anytbiug to con fess, she, however, at last con sented to go before the graud jury with whatever testimouy nbo might be able to give. The return for this, it is said, tho dofondanta woro assured they could hope to rocolve the miulmttm sentence for their crimes if oouvioted. As to the oases postponed, it is unlikely the publio will ever hear of them again. Tho agreement whs commenced iu its fulfillment today when Puter and McKinley weut be fore the jury aud told what they knew. Marie Ware is in readiness to testify, but was not called today Olyde Lloyd, Eugene, and Tbaddeus S. Potter, an attorney in the office of F. Pieroe May, a well known lawyer of Portland, are also witnesses. wanderiug and makiug plans for the future, but at the same time keeping his eyes open for new epooios ot timber, be leaned to rest for a moment against what be thought was an enormous boulder. As he did so there was a crash, he felt himself falling In a cloud of dust, aud when, much suiprised, he picked himself up again it was to Hud that the boulder was in reality the skull ot an antediluvian monster. Investigating further, bo found that it was the skull of a mastodon, with its tusks buried iu the ground, just as it had falleu thousands of years ago in some general battle with its kind. Securiug tools, ho dug dowuward and unearthed one perfect tusk aud tne broken half of auother. Tp make a loup jjtory short,,, be sold the large tusk to tho' Cauadiau government for 98000, and through this sale met people who financed bim through bis lumber project. From the brokou half be bus bad different small objeots made for use as presents and Edward VII. of England plays billiards with the ouly ivory balls ever made from the tusk nf a mastodon. Exobange. Strike at Mountain View. The Miner learns from a reliable source that a rlob strike was made in the Mountain View one day last week, but at the present writing baa been unable to secure detailed in formation. It Is related that a large body of ore was uncovered, at-wiHable theoompauJrjTo -rtf.v SUMPTERITES Editor Sumpter Miner: Kindly advieo your renders that Major Nor ton, of Wbooliug, West Virginia, bus uot boon perpotrnting "outrnggs" In tho Cruakor Creek district, as appears iu your issue of yesterday, as tbe re sult of an uuacoouutabln, typographinl misplaaeuieut of your uews items. Major Norton is a ret I rod oftlner of the United Sate army and is the secretary of tbe Citron's Consoli dated tlold Mining company, au or gauizatiou composed of responsible citlzons of Wbeeliug, WBt Virginia, who are luveatiug their mouey iu this aomp, iu tbe bopo of promoting their individual welfare, as well as contributing their share in tbe de velopment of the rich resources of oastern Oregon. The statement made by your reporter if properly and con secutively printed, are reliablo aud correct. The company haa adjusted all differences heretofore existing be tween thoinsolveH iu aud all other parties, aud the dove of poaao toostB high at tho Mold Coin mine. Very Truly, T. II. NORTON. Sumpter, Dec 11. Through one of those "accidents that sometimes happens in tho best regulated families," Tho Miner got Major Nortou mixed up with a train its mill night aud day; that lu this shout is a streak of high grado ship puig ore that will be sont to tho smelter for traatmout, shipments to bogiu at au early day. Tbe larger portiou'of tbe find is milllug ore and will bo reduced on tbo ground. Baker's Federal Bulldlnq. Washington, Dee. 1!) That Maker City's long cherished hopes of a fedoral buildiugjs almost cortaln of rualitation was disoloiod today at Washington wbeu tho secretary of the treasury sent In bis recommendation to congress that an appropriation be made for a public building at inker City ou tbe site already owned by tbe government. No amount is designat ed lu tho recomeudatiou made, but it is likely to call for a first appropria tion of I G0,000aud go tbe continuous contract system. WEATERBY MINE SOLD TO PORTLAND LAWYER In tho suit of M. A. Butler, au at torney, of. Partlaud, against Weather by Houanzn mine, Sheriff llrowu yesterday sold all tbo property of the , Woathorhy-Honanza company, located uear Durkee, to M. A. liutler for 8:1,05-7,20. Tbe execution was issued from Multnomah county, whore the judgment was obtained. Mr. liutler, who was present at tbo sain and bid iu the property person ally, was hot prepared to state what be Intended to do with it. Demo oi at. Magnolia m Not Running. W. L. Vlnsou reached town ibis afternoon just In time to oatcb tbe traiu for iiaker City, Al Jones driving bim in from tbe Maguolia, where he has been for several days riant IIa oovfu ftriur uri uAffnnf lima made' a week" aao to" run the mill.? But - - - - N w PROVE ALIBI robbory, mado him uporpetrato out rngos," whloh "omboldonod tbe gnug" and had him oonnoctud with nil kinds of morally drendful things, lustoad, ho Is as gonial a gontlo mau as ever uurnvolod n mining tnuglo, drlug tho square thing with nil parties concerned; a thoroughbred, withal and n business man as woll. Togothqr. with Dr. A. F. Oas mjro, tho president' of the corn pauy, ho has been at tho Uold Coin mlue for a oouple nf weeks past, Ar ranging for oxtnnslve development of the property. They have already exponded over 112,000 in eurfaoo improvements, consisting of board lug, bunk and power houses, machine shop, offices and so forth. They are the kind of pent le neoded In eastern Oregon, and no ono need fdol any tin -easiuoss when they aro around, (in account nf this Inadvertent mixnp with an attomptod holdup. Tbe Miner 1b convinced that neither one of the gentlemen had anything to do with that job; an alibi oau bo estab lished without doubt. Besides, if thoy had been connected with the enterprise, It would havo been a sue cos, becauso thoy don't know how to fail In any undertaking. owing to lack of water, nothing could be doue. Thoy had the samo trouble thoro that tbo Sump eor Wator & Light company experi euced; tho hard freeze arrived ahead of the snow, which is both a protec tion to and a supply of water for tho flumeH Just how tho now concen trator will work in saving tbe gold is thoreforo uot yet known. UMBER LOCATORS WILL NOW HAVE TO VACATE It Is loarueu ou authority, says the Maker City Democrat, that dispatches rocoived from Wasbititgou D. C yestorday have denied tho patents ap plied for by certain tlmbar locators in the Elkhoin mine district. who for the past six or eight months have been locating claims 'in that vicin ity. Tbe locators will now have to vacate the property, as no pro tests will be allowed. , Mining men aro pleased over tho deolslou,as timber locators were infringing ou tho mineral ground. Clnorgo Campou, city euigneer of Lincoln, NohrnHka, arrived in Sump eor yesterday and drove out to tbo lilack Jack mine, in which he is a heavy stock bolder. Mr. Ciimpeu will remain at tho mlue for a couple of days. Shipments of miscellaneous mining supplies were made this morning from liasche'a storo to tbe Oro Fino, at Alamo, the E. & hi., at flourue, aud the imperial, In Cable Cove. Prof. H. II. Nicholson will leave tomorrow for Portland on builuefs aouueated with the Standard mine. While lu tbe metropolis' be will ar rauge for a oredible exhibit of Quartz burg ore at tbo '05 fair. James Cussiok, foreman of the I. X. L. mine, In the Ureenborus, baa gone to California to visit with bia parents during tbe winter. J frwtmwf- .ilUj.' MP--