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.
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' 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,
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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.
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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.
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