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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1905)
Wednesday, March i, 1905 THh bUMPTER MINhR M E. BAIN DISCOURSES ON LOCAL KNOCKERS M. E. Baip catue in from a busi neas trip to the outeide yesterday. Last evening be was talking with a Miner man, and jumped onto some things hereabouts with hobnailed boots. Among other things, bo said: MYes, I am always glad to get back to Sumpter; but do you know, it takes off a great big slice of the pleasure to be confronted on your return with a copy of a letter, seut out from one of the local fraternal orders, condemning mining and proB peoting, and this letter signed by an individual tryiug to du busiueaa with the men who make their living entirely through miniug and the development of prospect? "The genuB knocker is uni versal, found in all lands; they are inevitubly failures in life, at crosa-purposea with the world aud misfits generally. They aro uufor tunateB aud should be provided for liko lepers. "And while discuraing on knockers, thoro Is another feature about it that oau hardly be explaiued. A pros pective investor can converse with men In whom ho has every confid ence, receive communications of en SENATOR CLARK THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN Senator William A. Clark, of Montana, is a billionaire, the richest mau in the world, according tu Major W. A. Meuach, of Kingman, Arlzoua, who was interviewed by a Chicago Chronicle reporter. Major Mensob is the United States weather prophet at Kingman, and on the side a mineral prospector aud export. Said be: Senator Clark in the Verde tuiue certainly has a billion in sight. The wealth there is fabu lous. Other tnlues in Arizoua, I be lieve, will turn out as rich. Arizona in 10 years will have outstripped Colorado as a gold aud silver pro ducer. The great mineal belt which extends from Mount Shasta in northern California, to Sonora. Mexico, runs through Arizona, aud ia the richest lode in the world. "Nor are the preoiouB metals the only thing. There are veius of valu able iron, copper, lead, aud mauaga neBe. Although not bo much coal is in sight, it in said that the new Salt Lake City-Los Angeles road will opeu un extensive coal fields. The railway will prove a greMt boou to the whole southwest. The distance from Salt Lake to Sau Podro on the Puoiflo by the new linn 1b not more than the distance from Salt Lake to Shu Frauolsao. Consequently the new road will not only figure na a local road, but as a through route." Plenty of Moisture in Grant County. Although but one-half, or less, the usual amount of snow uow covers the mouutains, there is far from lack of moisture in the high altitudes. Early fall rains loosened up the ground in flue order, bo that the later rains and melted snows have permeated every nook and cranny of the timbered sec- dorsoment from n dozen reliable aud subBtatial business men, and one letter from a parasitic knocker will overbalance all tbeothor enoemlums. When this moat recent kuooker was approached in regard to the matter he seemod proud of having placed his knock where it was effectual in keeping money from being invested iu the district, and said: 'If you fellows don't waut such (otters seut out, why don't you come in aud 8eo me?' Of course, that revealed the aui mus and motive. lu looking over the camp, I find there are comparatively few promis ing prospects that are uot being de veloped this winter and during the past year several have beeu brought into the produoiug list aud many others would be produoiug today if the promoters had beou ablo to bring in a few tbouaaud dollars moro for development purposes, but the knookera got iu their work aud the proapeot is idle, throwing sev eral minors out of employment. "It is almost inconceivable that auy individual oould ho so construct ed as to gloat over such r oau Its, aud persist iu bis nefarious methods." tions. Peculiarly, too, the melting has beeu almost wholly from be ueatb, so the top layers of suow have beeu frozou into crust most of the time. Thus it ia, that while the body of suow lying on tbo ground uow ia certain to melt slowly, because of the crust, the moisture flowing from the drifts will sink buck into tbo earth. Should no oarly, warm rniua spoil this promgram for the spring mouths, it is moro than likely that thore will bo a very steady supply of water in all tho mountain coureoa tbroubout the spring aud summor. (Jraut County Newa. New Cars on the St. Paul Road. The Milwaukee aud St. Paul road has just received from the car shops of Barney it Smith at Dayton, Ohio, two flue observation cars of an eu tlrley new dcsigu. They have been built with a view to Increasing the comfort of womeu. Their novelty feature couBists of the isolation of Bmokers iu a compartment occupying one-half of the oar. The oar have all the latest improvement in tho way of toilet-rooms, electric lamps, elealrio fans, writiug desks, etc. The obaervatiou platforms are much more extensive than iu old time observation care, aud the cars them helves are of a much stronger type, beiug furnished with a aeries of steel arches from side to side, bo that it will be uqxt to impossible to crush in the sides. The now cars aro for uae on the road 'a Overland Limited trains hotweeu Chicago aud Omaha. They will be put into commission immedi ately. Chicago Eveniug Post. Four Million for the Tacoma Smelter. Sau Frauclsou, Feb. 211. It is stated that the American Smeltiug ,fc Refining company baa at last gained control of the Tacoma smelter by purchase. Four million dollars Ib said to have beeu the price paid in this deal, which has beeu on for some months. 1). O. Mills, who with other, has beeu iu charge of tho Tacoma smelter for somo time, said: "The ealo haH nut yet been confirmed. Tho final negotiations are now going ou aud the deal will bo over soou, I think. New York parties are uego tiatiug for the smelter property, pre sumably for the American Smelting & Refining company. 1 do not desire to make any atatemeut as to the prico to be received for the Tacoma smelter, nor oau I state authentically wbother Mr. Rust will remain aa general mau ager. " TRUST NOT OWNtR OF TACOMA SMELTER A late dispatch from Sau Fran cisco gives tbeao further dotalls of tho aoqulremout of coast amelters by a new company. Aooordiug to W. R. Rust, general manager of tho Ttcoma Smelter com pauy, tbo Tacoma aud the Everett smolters will shortly como undor one control and will havo no affiliation whatsoever with tho largo smoltor truit, although the Everett smelter Is now uudor tho control of tho American Smelting & Roliniug com pany. "Roferriug to tho roport that the Tacoma smloter haB been sold or Ih to bo sold to tho American Smelting 8c Roluing company, 1 would Bay that tbo aarno is without foundation," said Mr. Hint. "Ou the uoutrary, thoro is no no gotiatloriB botweon the American Smeltiug compauy and the Tacoma Smeltiug compauy. "R. M. Haruoh, of Now York, who Iibb certain Interests with the Ameri can Smelting & Refining compauy, Is now at the St. Francis hotel, ne gotiating for tho purchsao of both tho Taoma aud tho Everott smolters, tho latter plant now being owned by tho American Smeltiug & Refining compauy, having practically fallen Into that company's haudu through John I). Rockefeller's Federal Smelt iug company's transactions. "I shall continue to retain my interests in the business and expect to continue as general manager of the uow compauy, which will be dis tinctly a Pacific coast induntry. Tho amalgamation uf the two tmoltera ia not only a non trust transaction, but will result Iu tho oxteuslon of tho businessa ou very broad lines." Gold Brick Victim Persistent Sucker. Portland, Feb. 21. The mau who waa swindled out of $10,000 by the "gold brick" trick last week is Win. Vance, a mau of wealth, whose resi dence is Albany, Oregon. Tho deal was consummated at Salem. Vance is now iu this city, very ill at the home of one of his daughters. It developed today that the daughter of Vance used every effort to purHiiade her father to have nothing to do with the confidence operator, even going ho far ou the day they left Albany for Salem to telegraph a Salem attorney tr add his iullueucH to hers. Vance stubbornly refused to listen to the lawyer uud persisted In going to tho Ladd aud iitinh bank, where tho money changed bauds. mmmmmimmm C. A. Starr is Alive. Some time ago a report was receiv ed in Raker City that E. A. Stair, the (Jreenuom mine owner aud pros pector, who so mysteriously disap peared about two years ago this winter aud who was thought, to have wan dered away and met bis death, has been Beeu iu tho Klondyke. Siuoo that time members of hts family iu this city inatltuotd Inquirlos aud yesterday a telegram was reoelvod by Mrs. R. R. Moyere, of this city, a daughter of tho missing mau, to the effect that the ohief of the mounted polloe of Dawaon says that nor father is in the Yukon territory. Democrat. SMELTER TRUST AFTER THE TACOMA PLANT A prose dispatch from Sau Fran olaoo, dated tho 21st instant, saye that aocordlug to k woll-fouuded rumor, iiegolatloriH tending toward the absorptlou of the Tacoma imelter by the American Smelting & Refin ing company are ripeuing. The presouao Iu tho olty of W. R. Rust, general manager; I). O. Mills, owner of a controlling interest in tho Tacoma property, aud othors,is inter preted hb meaning that a deal is ou tho vergo of going through. Proddont F. W. Rradloy, of tho Tacoma uonoorn, denies, however, that the representatives of tho two ooucorns havo boon In conforouoe. JIo says that tho almost simultaneous arrival thero of Mr. Rust and Mr. Mills wbb only a coincidence. Tho liullotin aays that dosplto tho deulala wh'ob havo boon mado, It has been loarnod that negotiations looking to a transfer of the smelter aro in pro- gresi aud aro in a fair way of beiug luocoHsfiilly concluded. No deflnlto statumeuts have boou given out, all of those concerned refusing to dis cuss tho matter In detail. The F. W. Bradley mentioned above, repurtod to hold the con trolling interest iu tho Taooma. smelter, h the ownor of tho Uadger mine, iu the Susiinvllle district. At tho time that he bought it,. somethlug ovor two years ago, it wa reported that it wae for tho pur pose of Hoouring its oro for his smelter, as it was needed thoro in the smelting operation. Tho smelter trust has already se cured control of tho plant at Evorett, aud if it goti tho oue at Tacoma, it will then bo in control of every smelter of any consequence ou the coast, exoopt tho Hoi by, near Sau Frauclsao. Bell's Ontario Enterprise. Outario will noon be under the glare of aro llgts. At a special meet- lug of the alty council Monday night au eleotric light franchise was granted to Seymour fi. Hell, of Sumpter, for a period of ten years. The olty also coutraoted with Mr. Hell for seven arc lights to be used for street lightiug purposes. Mr. Hell de posited 9u00 with City Treasurer Martiu, as a bond to be forfeited iu case he fails tu commence work iu three mouths or falls to have bin plant completed within eight months from the date of the passage of tho ordinance granting the franchise, Mr. iiell has purchased sufficient ground to establish a plant from tho Enimisou Lumber company, ou Idaho avenue, near the railway right of way, aud will commence work ou the buildings aud polo lines as soon as tho material can be put on thu ground. The gentleman also stated that he would probably ask the city council for a franchise in tho near future for the privilege of putting in a 400,000 water system to supply the city. Outario Democrat. Slab wood 12,00 per cord. Sump ter Lumber Co.
