THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, January 18, 1901;
SMITH'S HOPES
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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. Though the poet
ottloo department will protect the
mouopoly of that name, uo power or
iutlueuoe ou earth cau prevent other
Oregou towus from buttiug la ou
the Fowl I spirit.
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