THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, January 18, 1901; SMITH'S HOPES ARE ROSY HUED BLUE BIRD BUCK HORN 6 Attorney U. II. Obaooe today re ceived h letter from Representative A. i Smltb at Balem, aokunwledg log receipt of a draft of the rululug bill preparod by tbo tiumpter Miners' anaooiation comuilttou, of which Mr. Obauue wan obalrmao. Mr. Smith write that be hatt submitted a copy of the propoHud measuro to bla oolleaKueH from thu varloiiH other uiiuliiK counties of the stato, aud hau received from them many valuable HUKKOHtiotiH Hud ruuommeudatioiiH. A conference of repruHuntativeH from Hoiitburn and uaitorn Oregon will bo bold In a few cluyH, writoH Mr. Smith and It Ih anticipated that a conference bill, relating particularly to taxation of minliiK corporatioiiH, will be pre pared for early premutation to thu JimiHo. lIupri'Heonlntive Smith aye that IjIh hopuH for HecuriiiK the enactment of IhkIhImMoii aloiiK the proper IIiiuh are of the hriKhttiHt. It Ih poHHible, be hmvh, that a bill will pum this NfMHiou exempting "ilnltiK compauiuH not on a paying mid producing IihhIh from taxation of any kind. Tbla HueuiH to be thu detdru of nvory rcprcHcutatlvu interviewed by Mr. Hinltb. PruvlHiotiH will probably be made In thu propoued law for taxa tion of mining cnmpanicH upon a IihhIh of their prollt from production, Mr. Smith writcH for an cxpreHHiou of opinion on tbla propoHliou from hia eaateru Oregon constituent. In couverHiitloii with a reporter for The Miner OiIh aftuiuoon, all thu local mining muu uxpreHied approval of thu plan. Kepresuutattvu Smith will bo mo not I tied by ' phone. In thu muautlmo, ponding the drafting of thu mining tax bill by the ennruruueu, thu Smith bill, pro pared by tin Sumptur committiiu, will tin placed upon IIh paHHHgu through thu lower Iioiihu, with every proHpect for enact muiit. TIiIh measure, when shorn of is proviHioiiH relatirg to exemption of mining cor poralioiiH ft tun taxation under thu Kddy law, will provide for thu tiling of allldavltH of thu performance of animal aHHUHHiuent work on mining claluiH aud will change the preHeiit mode of locating placer oIhIiuh. In hit letter, Mr. Smith profesws the utmost coutldunce in the ability of biuiHelf aud hia colleaguea in con fereuon to place mining companion outside the palo ot thu obuoxloiiH Kddy law, and says that the lutorost in aud kindly fooling toward the mining industry of thin atatu, dis played by members of thu leglalaturo aurpriaed him very agreeably. liberal arts and varied induatrlea building, work on wbioh Is to start soon. The request came from the exe cutive committee of the exposition, and will be brought before the atate commission at it tneetlug next Satur day. The moving of the mining building is considered neoessary for the noaessary apaae for the new build ing already determined upon by the executive committee. The moving of the building will be no light task, aa It Is built of staff, the universal expoHition material, aud la 100x200 feet in aize, with plumbing couueatiotiH for the most part completed. The building is now practicaly completed, at a cost of fit. 000, and was built by the Jin roll CniiHtruotlon company, of Oakland, California. Injury to the building can only be avoided by caroful work hi moving it. This will lie taken into couHlderatiou by thu atato committHion in permitting tbo removal of the Htrucure. IN SWELLING GROUND AT CRACKER OREGON WANl TO MOVE MINING BUIMNG AT THE TAIK At the Lewis ami Clark fair, min ing will be forced Into the back ground, literally npoaklng,if the plan now proponed is adopted. The Port laud Telegrau says: A request haa been made to the Ute Lewie ami Clerk fair commia aion to allow the moving of the mlu lug btil Id lug 160 feet east aud south of Its preeeut location, to permit the traction of the uew oiauufauturles, (leuural Manager L. R. Hollman, of the Cracker-Oregon mine, made the round trip to liourue this morn ing and left thia afternoon fur Port laud, on biiHiiicHH. He brought down word from the til 1 Ih that thu miners at tbo Cracker-Oregon had uncuontor ed a itroak of hard luck recently. The giouud at thin mine has always been bad. Of Into, howuver, It haH bifeu awful. Thu main adit level paHHOH through a formation with a predilection for Hwelliug. Tho tun nel Iiiih boon loHt two or thiue timoH, aud thu company hau beun to extra ordinary expense in picking it up again. The other day the workings were cleared out aud Frank Flanuery aud Hugh (Hills, two of the best mi tiers In this part of the country, begau the carrying out of a 100-foot tun nel contract. The ledge objected. About a week ago the velu slougbod olf from its two walls aud crushed all thu tlmburiug in sight. The wreck was complete. The dubrla was dually cleared olf aud work started again. The last two or three days has seeu a dilferent aouise of events. In stead of awellitig aud crushing the timbers, which are placed two aud a halt feet apart, the vein la adding down from above and drlviug the heavy timbers Into the aiuck ou the tloor of the tunnel. "It's the worst ground 1 tver saw," saya Mauager Hellmau. "However, we have dually got the best ot it, aud from now on the work of drifting will progress rapidly.' KoHsil, m properly uamed towu lu tbistitate, has voted to abolish whisky aud eleotri" lights. 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