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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1904)
,t ) 6 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, December 28, 1904 GASOLINE IRRIGATING PUMP A SUCCESS ----- --- BLUEBIRD BUCK HORN ! Fifteen hunrtrnd nnd thirty Kallkiriti of wutur wan thu Htnount raised luto the flume per minute on the Foster rauob IhjU week in the initial teat iven tho new gasoline engine and (jump. This arnotiut oould have been increased to the maximum of 1C00 KalloiJH, hut, as il wbb, the flow from the dlsnliarKe pipe was HtiHJoient to carry the volume through the aido of the dlioh ao the supply was soon shut off. The test was made Thursday after 1100 r5 soon after tho arrival of some of tho piping Tor which tho en gineer, A. T. Waklnr, hud heeu waiting. Tho ongiiie was started and the first results were more thau satisfactory. The water whh drawn from I lin well holow the engine hoiiHU mid forced upward into the flume through the seven inch discharge pipe in a milliner that slumed plainly that irrigation can he carried on there next summer with out any dilllciilty, ho far iih (he Htipply nf water Ih concerned. Mr. KoHhtr Ih highly pIiiiihimI with flic plan, which Iiiih now piihhimI the ex pnrimciital Htage and laicome a null ity. Mr. KnHtiM- InfeiidH next year to put aliout '25 or 'Mi acniH of IiIh ranch iuto alfalfa and dining the Hiii'ciindiug yearH iih many more acres until (he ohilru trad of MOO aoroH Ih ihIhIiik nothing hut alfalfa. A ditch line will lie Ijii 1 1 L from the cud of the flume along the Iiiihm of the ridge and (IiIh will he extended each year iih the work of sowing progresHiiH. drainage will he carried hack (irooked river. It Ih not cxpmdcd that the supply of water next year, which will he uocded to irriatito the 2fi acrei, will exceed 00(1 or 70()'gallouH, and after the Hull Ih once wet down thin amount will he gieally dcorciiHcd. Tho maxi mum amount which the pump will throw will he Hufllciout to irrigafe the entire MOO acres, and it is not holiewxl that all of (IiIh will lie needed after the work of irrigating is well in hand. ('rook County Journal. The into FREE! FREEH FREEH! fi.00 C'ciliiicHtc of tho lxt Oil Stock absolutely given away. Write Ht once for plan how to aocuru Five Dollar' worth of fully paid and non-tUMCHsahle Oil Stock without ciihIi. INVESTORS' LISTS CMP1NY Room 72!) Park How lildg. MOW YORK SPECIAL NOTICE If you want to read a free and inde HUideut paper, devoted to the inter Kt o( mining and current events, which Ih not controlled by any pro looting concern, such as most of the papers in the cant are, send for a free sample copy of NEW YORK BANKER 1T.H liltOADWAY, NKW YORK I t Only transcontinental line I dswiing directly through Salt Lake City I Leadville Colorado Springs and Denver Three splendidly equipped tra db J daily TO ALL POINTS EAST. t Through Sleeping and Dining Care and free Keclining Chnir Gars. ' The most Magnificent scenery in America by unyiignt. Stop overs allowed on all claHHts of tickets. For cheapest rates and descriptive literature, address W. C. MoBRIDE Gtneral Igtnt RIO GRANDE LINES Portland , OatooN mm B OREGON SHOip LINE and union Pacific TO Salt Lake, Denver, hisis City. CHICAGO ST. LOUIS HEW YORK Ocean steamers betwaan Port laud and Sad Francisco every fire days. Low Rt I Tickets to and from all parts ol the United Sutss, Canada and Europt. Through Pullman Standard and Tourist Sleeping Gars daily to Omaha, Chicago, Spokane ; Tourist Sleeping car daily to Kansas City ; through Pullman tourist sleeping cars (per soimlly coudueUd weakly to Chi cK' Kansas City; reclining chair cars (seats free) to the East daily. For particulars, call op jt addi H C. Bowks, Agent, Baker City, Or. VALLEY QUEEN BLACK BUTTE Arc the greatest mooeymakiog (locks on the market today. Investigate them. Write for annual reports sod prospectuses WHEELER & CO., BANKERS Dept. 60 32 Broadway. . New York. Sole agents for above companies. igjgSB-fTi) .a .y -""- - i-"-g t"--ri' -1-1 fiiri n m T"TF-TPBfBBwTircTiSwraSJi" mm i m m mm miMiai.j l 'mmi I HOIFORST.LOUISANDTHEWORLD'SFAIR WILL YOU BE THERE? Q Nature's Art Gallery of the Rockies in addition to the Jvv Attractions at St. Louis. This can only be done by goiog or returning via the "SCENIC LINE OF THE WORLD." U NRIVALED SCENIC ATTRACTIONS NEQUALED DINING CAR SERVICE NSURPASSED IN EFFORTS TO PLEASE Write for Illustrated Booklet of Colorado's Famous Sights and Resorts W. C. McBRIDE, General Agent) 124 Third Street PORTLAND, OREGON Tourist Cars East Many experienced travelers prefer tourist sleeping cars for tho transcontinental journey. The e Chicago, Milwaukee fie St Paul Railway can ai range for your trip east in tourist cars, offer you choice of routes and save you money. a-m &- H. S. ROWE Gam uELt 134 Third St., Portland, Ore. J daaMftHaagBfc