Wednesday, January 2?, iM
FINAL PROCLAMATION OF
BLUE MOUNTAIN RESERVE
PLAN TO ESTABLISH A
FLOUR MILL IS SUMPTER
THR SUMPTER MINER
1
IMitiiH uru under wiiy for the estab
lishment in Similiter of a 100-harrol
flouring mill. Tlio chamber of com
merce, tho Civio League, I ho city
council, tho Sumpter MIiioth' iibbo
elation, tho I'roHH chili 11 nil tho A tnnl -gamtaod
Association of WhoatgroworH
of tho Hiuiiptor district hiivo taken
tlio 11111I tor up iimi Htrnng hopes are
ontprlalnod tlnit the projuat will
materialize in 11 fow days.
Jonathan Mlllor, of I'iiIoiiho, ar
rived in Hiimplor yoHtonlny mill hiiIi
mittuii h proposition to tho Civic
LoHguo. Mr. Mlllor in 11 wealthy
Hour mill mtiri of tho Kvorgroou Htuto
Ho dosiroH 11 niiMotinlilo hotiiiH from
Htimptor iind I lit lioniitlon of u mill
In rottirn, ho olForn to (Htiihlish ii
Hour milling plant in IIiIh city, with
11 dully duplicity of 100 hiirrolH. To
diiy ho lutorviimod tho mftiinu limn
of thin cutiip. nnd Hiiunrod promises of
u himvy tonnage uf wheat, HiiHIolont,
ln hii.vh, to guiiriiutoo the protfhihlo
oporntion of his propiiHiid mill for an
inilollnitn porlod.
"There Ih no reason why u Hour
mill In Rumptor hIioiiIi! not ho n py
lug institution," mild Mr. Mlllor to
a Minor reporter thlH aftornoon.
"My original liitontloii wiih to litiild
a mill at Baker (Jity to handle tho
wheat from IMuo r.ud Kaglu valleys,
and othor purtH of tho Panhandle, lint
tho citliuiH of Baker City woro ho
wrap pod up in a plan to erect a big
timelier there that thoy (mold Hud no
t.imo to IIhIoii to my proportion.
Tho Hinoltor hhIioiiio in Baker City
Ih a very fltiti ono. Iiiuiioiiho quan
tities of oru hiivo hoon or can ho
pledged from tho whoiit Holds,
orchards and truck gardens of tho
I'auliaiidlo, and ovon tho Hhoop men
of lower 1 1 11 r nt rlvor hiivo guaran
teed a heavy tonueuo of Hinoltlng oro.
linker (Jity In thereby tho idoul aite
for a big allotting plant, and I havo
turned uiy atontion to Siunptor,
whore IiuimIioiIh of mliio-i Htand roitdy
and willing to guarantee mo a heavy
enough wtioat tr.niiage to feed a 100
barrel Hour mill.
"If my plan ih adopted, by tho
nltions of .Siunptor and tho iiiIuIuk
iiioii of tii in cniiip, 1 will, In omiiioo
tiou with my Hour mill, IiihIiiII a
hiiIiiioii nunnery It kooiim to mo
t lut t tho canning iudiiHtiy in thin
camp ha too Ioiik been neglected. I
havo looked nvir tho history of
Sumpter for tho lint ton yoain, and
liavo found that during all that tinto
nothiiiu titiH boon canned hoio hut
live dons I kIho plan tfio operation
of a fruit cannery, to oaro for tlio
products from such uuiivalod fruit
growiuu tl i hI rl Ih iih Cable Cove, Duck
gulch, IJuldy mouutlHti, (iroouhoru
and Cracker Crook. Tho prolltahlo
oporatiou of (IiIh branch industry will
ot course dopoud upon tho construe
Hon of a holt lltio railway through
tho regions utimod, which 1 am
HtiHurtMl will la brought about next
spring "
Mr. Mlllor Ih being pilottod ahout
Sumpter tiy a committee ap oluted
hy tho (Jlvio League, composed ot
Olaudo Hasotio and Clark Snyclo.
Doth thoho gentlemen Hre enthu
siastically in favor of tho establish
ment of a Hour mill bore.
"It wilt revolutionize tho mining
indiiHtry of thiH camp," aayB Mr.
BtiHoho.
"It will roault iu giving Sump
tor a population of 50,000 IriHlde
of hIx monthH," Hiiya Mr. Snyde.
Tho oommlttoo favors the plan of
moving tho Siunptor Bmolter to Ilakor
City, to at Inch to thoT'propoued bi
smelting plant down thoro bb a samp
ling wo rkH adjunct. "Wo can thon
uhip down all our oroH from thjB camp
and devote our undivided attention
to wheat growing." explalnu the
oommlttoo.
The entire plan Ih mooting with
unparalleled popular approval.
SUMPTER SMELTER CAN
HANDLE ALL THE ORES
Tho Ilakor City Democrat Iiiih in
augurated a typographical campaign
iu advocacy of the plan of establish
ing a Htnoltor at linker City. It Ih
pointed out that tho count mot Ion of
tho VitiHOii railway to Pine Valloy,
which will airord an nutlet for oroH
iu the Cornucopia, iron Dyke, Sanger
and Sparta dhtrlotH, makes impera
tive the ostabliHhmuut of a cuatomu
Hinelter at the county Heat.
"It Iiiih probably uover occurred to
the projoctora of the ilakor City
HineltiiiK miheino," nald a Siunptor
uiluiuu man to a repoiter thin morn
Iiik, "that the mine oport in of the
Panhandle can Hud a ready market
for every pound of their ore at the
Sumpter plant. If the capacity of the
proHont 100-ton Sumpter Hinoltor Ih
iiiHuHluleut to tiaudlo tho ure re
ceiptH, the mauiiKomeut ntandH
ready to 'ii! 'Hi h or (juadruple
tho cupi.f it i.iui City Iiiih innt
IIH IllllCh '"' "" Hl't' H' II k-ttll
had for i " ui."
Hog's Jaw Filled With Gold.
Tho IliiHoho-SaKo Hardware com
pany Iiiih jiiHt roceived from one of
itH patroiiH iu KhkIo Valley the jaw
of a wild lio contalniiiK a row of
tooth coated and tilled with tfold.
TIHh Ih a uioHl rouiarKiuiie curio auu
specimen of whit HomotlmoH Ih found
in eiHtern Oregon tiohl Hlede. The
Iiok'h juw wiih brought In by Frank
llelmiok. It HoeniH that the wild ho
wiih killed a nhort time iiuo by a man
named Copp. Tlio animal win
droHHod, and iu making head eliooeo,
the wile dlHCdvered thiH jaw with
Kohl lllled tooth. No ono can ac
count for the utrauuo occurrence, un
Iohh it bo that the ho wiih leudiiiK iu
palcor ground and rubbed up aKaiunt
uiiKKotH in ttie huow biiuk. One thiuu
Ih Hiiro, tho jaw Ih here and the teeth
are tfold tilled, Holld. Democrat.
Gold Coin Looks Good.
Jack Doyle, Hupuiluteiideut of tho
Cold Coin mine, in tho Cracker
creek dhtriot, came down tho iiuloh
today to buy HupplloB. Two uhiftt
of uilnerH are employed at tho Cold
Coin. "The pay utreak Ih wldeu
Iiik," saya Superintendent Doyle,
"and we now have three feet of oro
in the face."
Fine printing Tho Miner.
It Ih plain that the sheepmen of
OreKon, and particularly of Baker,
Malheur. Harney, Oraut, Morrow and
Umatilla counties, deBiro the perma
nent creatiou of tho Blue mountaiu
forest reBorve. 3 H. Owiuu, secre
tary of tho Oregon WoolRrowera' as
sociation, who attoudod the lecont
national tneetiug of the American
forestry congress at WtiBhiugtou,
says that one of the important topics
of (HboiibbIoo at the congreaB waa tbe
proclamation of tbe Blue mountain
foreBt reserve. Mr. Owlnn believes
that the reHervo will be Anally uud
detlnitoly proclaimed duriug this
aeaaion of congress. A bill J intro
duced in the house of representa
tives, for briuging tho iutoroBta of
foreHtry conditiotiH uudir the uuitud
aupervlHion of tbe interior and
agricultural departments, Iiiih passed
and is now ponding iu the senate
PieHldeut Roosevelt, Mr.' Wilson,
secretary of agriculture; Mr. Hitch
cook, Horotary of tho iutorior, aud
Mr. Plnchot, bead of the forestry de
partment, havo endorsed tbe bill aud
reommonded that tho change bo made
though there Iiiih boon a disposition
on tho part of boiiio Beuatora to bold
tbe moaatuo up, for tbe reason that
they declare that nothing which per
teiuB to lands growing timber should
bo taken up by the interior depart
ment. Tho supporters of tbe measure
aay that it will be conducive of bettor
roHiiltH by uuiting tbe interests of tbe
two departments and that many
diftloultioH iu disposition of tho laud
aud timber questions will be much
more easily overcome.
Sboopiuen of coutral Oregon have
round that tho Cascade forest reserve
is a good thing. Thoy aro issued
grazing permits ou that reserve aud
tho rauge boiug under tho direct aud
tk'M supervision of a government
ii. cor, the grazing lauds ate properly
i .. uirved.
It is not iuipoBkiblo that Secretary
Cwlun's advocacy of tbe permauent
creation ot tho Blue mountaiu roerve
is based on a wore aoltlab motive tbau
a dosire to aid the Oregou wool
growing iuduHtry. It will be remem
bered that Mr. Cwiun and his brotter,
Motite B. Uwiun, a sheep king of
Idaho, not long ago leased 40,000
acroH of grazing laud iu Graut, Mai
hour and Baker counties from tbe
PaciUc Livestock company, which
controls Tbe Dallen military road
laud graut, paying 20 couta per acre
aud sub-lousing a large portion of
tbe tract to other HocKmastera for 10
cents per acre. ThiH tract Ilea along
the borders of the temporarily-created
Hlue mountain reserve which, if per
manently Hot asldo, will increase the
value of tlio Cwiuus' holdings through
decreasing materially tho availab u
grazing area iu this part of tbe couu
try. Congressman Williameou, wbo is a
nhoop king or Crook couuty, favors
the creation of tho Blue mouutain re
nerve, because tbrough hla pull at
Wasbiugtou, bo baa hitherto beeu
able to ueoure practically unlimited
grazing privilegea ou tbe Cascade
forest reserve, aud undcubtodly hopes
to apply tbe same system to tbe Blue
mountaiu reserve.
However, it Iu believed that opin
ions of Congressmen Willlatnsou aud
Hermauu aud Seu. Mitchell will not
ba'vo much wolgbt with Secretary of
tbe Interior Hitchcock, in whose
bauds tbe creation ot tbe proposed re
serve practically reBts, as these gen
tlemen are alleged to have been
guilty of conspiracy to defraud tbe
government of lands in tbe aforesaid
reserve.
It will bo remembered that at tbe
time of the temporary withdrawal of
this immonae Blue mountain tract for
forest reserve purposes, a tip went out
from Washington that auoh action
was ponding. Immediately tbore was
a tremendous ruib by certain parties
to Hie ou timber claims in the
tract affected, tbe evident purpose
being to secure a baie for lieu land
scrip. Congressman Hermann waa
at that time oommiaiBouor of the
gouoral land oUlco at Wa biugton,
aud the finger of suspicion was
pointed in IiIh direction as beiug tbe
man who sout out tho tip. Ho was
shortly afterwards removed from
ofllce by President Roosevelt, upou
the request of Secretary Hitchcock
for reasons which wore nevor made
public.
Despico the iufluouco which might
bo brought to bear upon Secretary
Hitchcock by tbe woolgrowers of
Oregou, it is not believed probable
tbat the Blue mountain toservo will
bo officially oreated until after tbe
pending laud fraud Investigations iu
Oregon are lifted to the bottom.
DID C0STELL0 MEAN
SICKNESS OR SUCKERS
Tom Duupby is iu receipt of letter
from Tom Caatello, dated at Gold
Held, January 111. He ia working at
oue of tbe big uiiuea, neglecting to
mention its uame. Part of tbe Jotter
roads as follewn:
"Muzzy aud 1 made several good
locations on our trip, and we will
put iu about two months ou their
development, beginning soon.
"Some eicKneHs in camp and soma
deaths; alao deaths from natural
causes, such as bullets, booze, and eo
forth.
"TLe weather Is getting slightly
cold, with raw wiuds.
'"So far as 1 kuow, all tbe Sump
terites are iu good health."
Where ''sickness iu camp" ia men
tioned, tho wotd iu Caatello's wierd
chirograpby looks like "suckers. "
Porhapa that is what he meaut.
No State Money for Ore txhibit.
Prof. 11. il. Nicholson, consulting
ouuinoer for the Killeu, Waruor,
Stewart company, wbo returned yes
terday from a business trip to Port
laud, says that tbe advertised
mooting of tbe state commission of
the Lewis aud Clark fair was barreu
of results. The commission has ex
hausted tbe state appropriation aud
now Huds itself in tbe predicament
of lacking funds to gather a compre
houBivo ore exhibit. It baa beeu de
cided to move tbe mining building
at tbe fair to a better locatiou, aud
tbia will require money. Prof.
Nicholsou says tbe commission will
undoubtedly get more money tbia
year from some source. While id
Portlaud, be arrauged for a liberal
allotment of space to an ore exhibit
from the Staudard mine.