Wednesday, January 18, i9"S THE SUMPTER MINER The Sumpter Miner PUBLISHED BVBSV WfiDNBSIMV BV J. W. CONNELU rVtrifd at llic postofllce In Sumpter. Oregon, lor ImmmUslon through Ihe malli a second clats rtulirr. MJHSCHII'TION MATHS One Year ,.'.',!..' ;.'iU.i $.c alx Month ',,)fs,, i..r.r ...... ....... '.5 t" ALWAYS IN ADVANCH. , j' I ' Firtoou tin lid rod tons of Alabama pig I rcjn huvo boon Hold in Pitts burg, for dnllvory during the HrHt three monibhtof thin year, which 1h rather h striking instance of "carrying ooiil to Now Castle." MomborH of tho geneial assembly of Novnda -hayo received word from tho interior department at Washing loti that that elate will, lie expected to take HtopH at tho next sohhIou of tlio legislature to atop tho hIo of li(iior along tho lino or tho Irrigation ouiiiiIh thiit urn being ooiiHtruotod in oonnoollon with tho loolamiitlou work. Tho department IiihIhIh (hat tho varioiiH Htaton that are enjoying tho honolltH or tho rmiluinatlon nets IIIIIHt glVO hlOll to till) HIIKKOHtloil, nit tho presence of ll(iior roHortH along tho lino of tho canal Inn ro Htiltod in ina'iy hoIh of crime and Horlonaly Intorforod with tho proHU oution of work. Tho Eust-Orogonlan cuIIh attontion or loglHlittorH from tho western por tion of tho Htuto to tho faot that eastern Oregon Ihih always helped thorn to got ' approprlatlonM for thoir Htuto inHtitiiioim, and othor graftH, and IiohomoIioh thorn to roolpro cato now hy hhhIhUiik oaHtorn Oregon to noouro legislation noeoHsury to in Hiiro tho consummation ot propoHiid irrigation projects. Ignoring lioro tho palpiihlo fitot that thlH Ih Hiiokor pelitics: tlmt tho wh- to got politi cal fiivcm Ih to domand thorn on ooiiil.it n Htrongth that umi ho do livorod at tho present or in tho I in niodiuto fiituro, ami not lK for thorn on tho ground f lnt favors, The Minor whiles to suggest to tho East Oregoulun tlmt ItH ownpolloy of knocking mining IntoroHts Is not tho nemo of wlHdom, to Hay th least, mildly expressed. Now Jersey In making a light on Ihe insurance company combine in Now ark. J tint why Now Jersey should interfere with a triiHt of any kind, that slate being thoir favorito brood ing plaro, and thoy tho Htato'ri chief prodnot, ItH favorito infant -prodigy industry deponent doth not nay, tint tl.o investigation Ih revealing hoiiio interesting alleged faols. Tho com panies declare, without a wink of olthur eye, that they aro only making their ill tie two por cent prollt; also Mint in certain western statin, whoro tho oninpiiiiloH aro not permitted to got tngthcr to arrange hoIiciIuIoj of :liiHHltlnution, rates aro necessarily higher. Chat Ih doubtless an appro prlato piece of Information to convoy to tho marinoH, tint no man who Iiuh m Nature, gtvtui IIi'oiiho to reside outside ot an iiitiuno aHylum oan ho mado to holiovo that ootMpotltinn rainoH prloot. Mint a law which roally provontn a oomhino. which nocoHHHrily Htitnu latoH compotitlon, inotoasoH raton, -1; Governor Chamberlain recommends (hut ti ItiW l)il,AAm(4Hl to (MX public utllttf'tvoriorklimou a buhls of gross euruiuga. It has also been eugeted that mining companies be taxed according to the produc tion of their proportion, which In volves tho sumo principle, lhe Miner does not pose hh an author ity on ooiiHtltutloual law, yet it ventures the second-hand opinion that in tho ounoof mining compunies, Htich a law would not he declurcd valid, should it ho tosted In the courts. All who have Hvnd in mining re gioriH, whore tho taxation of mines Iiuh neon genernlly discussed, know that this Hyslom of tnxation has always linen proposed aud tiro familiar with the constitutional ohjuctlou to l Somo people hore uhoiits, hoivovor, havo evidently never heard the case staled. Tho way the luwyors put it is thHt, in tho eyes of the law, mining prop erty Ih real estate; tho same as farm lands. They say that it Ib iui established principle of law that there must he no discrimination hotwoon citizens oti any proposition; nor against one property, in favor of another; or, in other words, all men and property aro equal In tho oyoH or Ltio law. tiiih uomu ino case, If a Htuto Iiixoh mines on thoir output, then furiiiH muHt pay taxiiH on the same ImhIh; if faiiuorH aro not so taxed, then minors cannot ho forced to contribute to tho HtaleN revenues on that hasiH. Junt think of tho Indignant howl that tho farmers would utter agaiiiHt hiicIi an iniquitous law! One Colorado mine, tho'lluHHick, CiiHlor county, Ih celebrated for having produced fu.OUO.OOO, aud being nothing more nor Iohh than the crater of an ox'.luct volcano, llllod with boulders in hIo from tiny pobbloH to huge rocks llfty feet uoroHi. TIioho, coated with a toalo of tellurium ore, arc often rich in gold, giving iih high vuIiioh iih 810 por pound. SolonthtH HiippotiothiH scale was deposited by the gasuH of the volcano, aud thU Ih tho only place In the world whore tho evi dence hooiiih to hIiow that hucIi ii min eral deposit from gascH has been made. l)r .1. H. WhitoHido Iih returned to I'hoouix, Arioua, from u trip in to tho lilg Hend country to the norhwest of Chloride. He Ih of the opinion that there oxIhIh many rich veltiH if gold aud silver ores which wore worked by a prehistoric luce In tho turquols initio are to ho found numbers of crude Imple ments with which tho ancient mined the precious stone. Those mines aro in the most secluded spot In tho United States. It Ih Dr. vVtiitosido'H intention to return to tho mines when tho i oatlior moderates., aud pursue further bin antiquarian researches. The product of the nilnon Of tho area included in tho Louiuiaua I'ur oIuiho, according to tho United States lluroau of Statistics, is as 'ollows' Tho coal produced in this area in 11102 amounted to ,'10,000,000 tons, against 11,000,000 In 1800; the Iron ore to ho lri.HOfi.OOO touH in '100'J, against l.'JtSO.OOO tons in 18 DO; the sliver product of '02 to S!l7,8:i7,r70 iu coining value, against 811,700,008 in 1800, and gold :iO,8U,uOO in 1002, against 10, uT.0, 000 in 1800. There Is an old, true saying, that "there are more ways of killing a dog than by choking hltn to dentil with butter.' There are aUo more ways ot getting the best of h public lauil deal thun that .mloptid by the Oregon crooks, which is auuietitue dangeroui. Furthet east, where they have studied the science, of "doing" the public longer than we have out here, they have gained greater skill aud prollcieuoy, and do things differently, A, form of graft in pub, Ha' lands which has heretofore attract ed little attention, has been recently brought to tho notice of the government. An effort is being made by certain interests, ospeoiully In South Dakota and Colorado, practically to auuul the old home stead law aud substitute for it a (510-acre or suuare mile homestead. The movement Is not In uocordauco with the homestead idea at all, but Ib brought about by tho desire of cattlemen to get posession ot large traotH of laud for grazing purposes. In his' address before the Forostry Congress last week, President Roose volt deuouueed the men who are bent on "skinning the land" instead of "developing the country." Near the end of the last session or congress, a bill was pussod substi tuting a square mile homestead in place of the KiO-acro hotnestoud, but was made to apply only to wosteru Nebraska. At the nresotit session two similar IiIIIh have been intro duced by Representatives Hrooku and Martin, applying tho same provision to Colorado aud the western part of South Dakota. It Ih charged that these moisures are in the iuterost of stockmen and will prove a serious detriment to real settlement and development. The Nehrusku law contains a provision that in case u man had already filed on 100 acres us n homosteuds, he should be ontitled to take up an adjoining 180 acres; aud Htatomeutu have come even from Nebraska that cowboys had iu advance secured tilings oti KiO-acro tract, s aud were thiiH enabled to take the .additional 180 acre tracts for tho bouotlt of employers, while the real settlers took second chance. Hotwoon 1800 aud 1810, the world'H iroductioti of silver was i bout 4 to 1 iu value, iih compared with the production of gold. When iu 181)1 the now California and a few years later the Austallan gold IIikIh were made, the annual output of gold so increased that the yellow metal output was soon more than .'I to 1 in vnluo, compared with the silver output, aud during this great change in relative production the commercial rates remaiuod comparatively stable, due to the fact that the mints of tho world took the precious metals aud mado them into currency. J. P. McMiiuus, of tho Pilot Rook Record, takes the proposed reorgani zation of tho (lolcoudit as a ext for a gouoriil roust of mining men and methods, several prominent mou or Sumpter being among .those con demned. Though iuacurate in his statements and away otf in hi? con clusions, the story makes entertain ing, if not edifying aud instructive, reading matter which is doubtless what he was endeavoring to produce. There are at present 1,000 coal uiiuers oti strike in Ciermauy, with tho probability or 8,000 more joiu iug in the movement soon. King William, or course, has butted in aud will endeavor to straighten things out. There is a chance for him to employ his long Idle army, give i something it hasn't had ror mauy yeans, Home real tight! ug. Lot the ml, pern take their position iu the coal bins, with their contents as ammuni tion and thaln strong right turns as t weapons, auutHe if the Ciermnp army owjrtW8loAltihoiu.- , . 4t. OFFICIAL RECORDS. The following instruments ere tiled at the court house in Baker City for record yesterday: . REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. , ' DKBDP. Uuy L. Lindsay, cushier, and wife, to Geo. W. Jett, undivided & in terest iu W. of N. E. 4' of E. ofN. W. J4',S. 17, T. 10, R. 37; 8400. Johu Wutormuu -md wife and Jno. Submit?, and wife to Thos. Bossier, Jr., lots 9 aud 10, block 27, Pacific addition to Ruker City; 8150. Thos. Bossier to Anuu UesBler, snme; 81. Annie M. Bessler aud husbaud to D. H. Hallisey, same; 8150. Auuie UileB aud husband to Ira B. Sturges, trtntee, lots 5, 7 and 8 block, 12, McCreary's addition to HakerCity; SU.OOO. Ira B. Sturges, trustee, aud wife to M. B. Whitehead, same; 81. State to Leonard Turemau, ICO ncros iuS. 2, T. 0, R. Mi 8200. S uto to Johu M. Swift, E. XA of S. W H, S. 28. T. 8, R. 10; 8100. Sume to same, W. ,lj S. E. H S. 28. T. 8, R. 40; 8100. Same to J. M. Swift, B. h of S. K. .'-4, S. 2, r. 8, R. 40; 8100. Sumo to sumo, E. J a of S. E. is S. 7, T. 8, R. 40; 81,000. Johu Sohmlt'z nnd wlfo to S. O. Correll, S.E &, S. 115, T. 8, R. 40; 81.500. Jos. Scbwurtz nnd wite to Guy L. Lludsui, cushier, E. 24 foot lot 5, block .'I, Sumpter; 81. (Joo. (3. Pratt aud wlfo to Chas. Kollor, lot 0, block 1, Dulfey's north addition to Richland; 82,000. United States to Jacob F. Halm, S. '.i of S. E. S. 11 E. )i ofN. E. H, .S. 14, T. 7 R. 44. Leonard B. Foster and wife to Johu Whaliu, N. & of S. W. X of N. E. M S. (i. T. 8 R. 10; 8725. M. D. Simmons aud twenty-tour others to Watorbury & Allen Ditch company, all their intorest iu said ditch; stock. Roy H. Miller and wife to Sam W. Duucuu, lot 7, block J17. Viusou's addition to Sumpter, to correct; 875. l W. Eppiuger aud wlfo to W. J. Patterson, undivided )i iuterest iu 5,000 acres east ot Bilker City, to correct; 81. United States to heirs of Ira A. Taylor, 100 nores iu S. 20, 21 and 28, T. 10, R :i8. United States to W. S. Love, S. XA of S. E. ,'4, S. :fa. T. 7, R. 44. State to T. B. Taylor, S. E. X of S. E. '4, S. 10, T. 10, R. 38; 850. L. S. Wiokersham to Auua M. Tuylor, lots 4 nnd 5, block 17, Pacific additiou Buker City. Lillie M. Fisk to T. B. Tuylor, half iuterest in 50x100 foot Green horn City; 835. W. R. Uawley to Thos. Taylor eust half lot 8, block 0, Sumpter; 81 E. A. Fish aud husbaud to D. B. Hallisey, lots 5, 0, 7 aud 8, block 20, Paoitlc addition to Baker City; 300. Whitney Townsite compauy to Dora J. Eckmau, lot 2, block a, Tiptou; 8100. MINING MATTER. DKKDH. Henry Meutle to Geo. O'Cruuor, half interest iu Mouutain Chief Extension quartz tniulug claim; 81,000. Jeunie Baisley to D. L. Moomaw undivided, 3 iuterest in "Cliug Stoue" quartz miulng claim; 81. Johu C. Boyce to Johu N. Shanks, the "Stautord" quartz miulng claim; 81. '? fti'-- SI ft - fv. if' J kit ...