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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1905)
I EASTERN COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT SHAPING ORE EXHIBIT AFFAIRS Tho hoard of inauagun of thu Sumpter ore xliilill UHHOoiatioii held u mooting InHt Saturday evening nt dotal Sumpter. Tim iiiomhorH of tint hoard iri!Hiiiil worn AuHlHtmit Oouurul Manager J. JO. Hood, Sucre tury Tom (J. tiruy, tMiiiutuitr (I runt. Thurnhurg, roproHonting tint (intuitu district; Henry Noldormark, repru Hunting Hid Oiui'kor ('rook camp, uml Managur Frud I). Hinith, roproHont I UK tlio (iiooiilioru district. Kx oiisiM for iiijHiuum woro ruculvod from all (hit other uiumhurH of tho hoard, who, on account of proHHiiru of private dutioH, worn unable to ho proHout. AstlHtant (Jonoral Manager lined roudered hii uxhauutivu report, show ing tho progress of work on tho permanent homu for thu uxhihit. Ha announced thrtt Ido hulldlng, which 1h thu old Kfiokut Htoru on Mill atiuul, would hu In Hhape for neon iiituoy hy Wednesday of thin wuuk. on Hiid aftur vvliioli llmu thu uho- liberal cloiinClon out of municipal ulntlou will hu In lendlnusH to ro- '1h. but thiit the llournn 'harlor, oiilvu oru from thu vurioiiH oullyiiiK ! ' rattior. thu latik of csliiirlnr, pro turnips. hlhltn u diruut appropriation. Law- Manager .1. N. milium, of Clnni.rH h lookliiK Into tlm matter and iul.,. ...allud to thu secretary i, .ilimik , " liol hIIow hue a liberal domi for MO, being thu IkHt iimrtiirly 'tolii ih Mximittl In hu found. pitj itMiut out ot thu 6200 approprla tiou Hindu for thu hoiiollt of thu uhho ola'.lnu hy (hi (irauito city council. Hmirotury Ciay read a loiter from (iouoral Passenger and Freight Agent .IiimiiiiIi Itiirtiiii. of tlm Simtiiitiir Viillov railway, in which hu acknowledges ! receipt of information hlaiikM and shipping tK Hunt out. hy thu atHoola tion to mining uioti who aru ox pouted to contribute ore for thu display. .Part of Mr. Hartou' letter read aa 'follews: "It Ih thu policy ot thu Suuipter Valley railway company to aid aud foHiur all legitimate aud bona tldu ulfortM to buuellt thu Sumpter mining dlHtrlct, and wu think thu move now hoi iik madu by you aud your collea gues l.i such. Our agents havu boon uoUllod to mak free bllliiiK on all oru shipments to thu aHHociatiou," (iouoral Patsougor Agent A. 1j. Craig, of thu () K. ,v N., aho wrotu to Son o tury Cray iu response to a query as to tho pondbility of fair viHitorn HoouriiiK Htopovor privlloKOH at. liakor City for a dip into tho Kumptor Kold lloliln. Mr. t-ialK naye: "At tho prusont tlmo Htopoors aro Itruulod on roKular HO tiny aud nine uiuutliH uxcui'Hli u tickotn iu olthoi direction, aud on the K"iiiK U1 to the holdon of hocoiuI cIiihh aud homu Huukurrt' tickotH. Thu travel Chin aiiuiuiur to thu uorthvtott will no doubt bu laruuly on thu low ratu LuwIm aud (JlaiK uxcurtiiou tiukuta; thoHu tiukotti will carry utopover pilvllt'KOH in each dlroctlon. 1 think that you will find that the class of puoplu who doHirn to visit your uxhihit will havu no trouhlu in securing Htopovors. " Manager Frud I). .Smith, of tho (jruoiihurn diHtriut, ruportud that during thu coming month hu would tuku up thu Sumpter uxhihit proposi tion with thu town council of Croon horn and with thu )! variouu mine oporatorH in h Ih diHtriut, and oou- llduutly expected to hu ahlu at the uuxt regular mooting of cho hoard to bring iu a lihoral donation of funds iih wall uh oroH from hid oamp. Tho town council of Huuruo will hIho ho invltod to join thu proouscicn headed hy the olty of Suuipter aud the towu of Oranite. the former of which baa appropriated $ !150 and tho latter $200 for thu good of thu causo. Manager Noldormark, of the Uourne Mud Cracker (Jruek camp, auuouuueH that all thu vurioiiH uioinhurH of the Hournu council aru willing to make a I'MriHg till' U0t10llt WUBK, IIIIIIIMIII Manager Hood will begin again u campaign of solicitation among IouhI moruhuuts mid IjuhIiiohi iiiuii. So fur, from all sources, a trillu moru than $1200 Iihh houu secured to carry ,hl rimiiieut uxlilbit foi two years or moru. Thu uuxt mooting of will bo on March 10. thu board CASE AND WILL JOIN THE ROLL OF HONOR Thu roll of honor of Hiihtiorihurti to the uxhihit fund Ih an follows to dato Ulty of Sumpter MHO Town of (iriiuiln .... 200 Harry T. Iluudiyx .... ?2o0 N. .1. SoroiiHon !: Co fiO Klllou, Wartior, Stuwart company "0 .1. V Holland T0 ItorKiuau A- .McWatty Sumpter Moat company I'MiHt National liauk - Van Vloot Wriwht lianohu Sau Hardware Co. .o no no n'J . JO 100 no ro K. K. Slrahorn iThuruburK A Lovu ' C'ano Kurnlturo C Sumpter Stoam Laundry 50 .vtititaut (.Iouoral MaiuiKUi Hood, of the Sumpter Dhtict Oru Rxhibit ataiociatiou, anuouucuH that thu per manuut humu for thu display Jh how ready forjthu reception of ore. FULL FACE OF FINE ORE A full face of hlwh uradu abippliiR ntu ie ropo-ted in tho South Polo. Superintendent Andy IIonHon was iu Suuipter yesterday. lie nursed a oiiHe of toothache and couldn't talk much about tho atrike. Ho muu iiKud to say, howovor,that the South Polu nover looked hotter; that tho main drift Ih now iu solid ore, and that it it wasn't for his aabiuR tooth tho world would look bright. Tho South Polo Ih owned by a stock company, of which Poto Hasuho, of Maker City, is tho virtual control lor. Shipmonts to the Suuip ter smolter aro expected to begin shortly. AL GEIStR SAYS HE C4N FIND THE ORE Tho Portlaud Journal, iu wludiug up an interview with Harry Heudryx on the Uotiauza proposition, in which Heudryx la quoted as saying that Ueiser will mauage tho mino for tho PittHhurKerH, hh.vh: "If 1 got Into tho llutiaua mine, I believe 1 would fiud lots of ore," Mr. (Suisur has often been heard to remark of latu, wheu tho management waH atruggliug with tho diftlmilty nf supplying a big stamp mill. Aud su thu uiiuiug moil are Inulined to think. Thu lionaoza may have beou worked iu a thoroughly suleutillo inauuor, but there ia a general seuti meut that Albert (ioIboi will Hud au abuudaiico of oro there yet, aud that, tun, without tdnking auy deeper. Ilia leturn to the management has been expected for tome time, aud as aeaurauce is given that hu will suou control again, the uommuuity shapes its uxpectatioiH to see Oregon's deep est mine Iu the rauku of rich pro ducurs before the year closes. No Express to Granite. Kitchen aud Joe Hartou are buck lug, aud as u consequence the Oranite exprebs otllue has beeu dicsoutiuued. Kitchen, who runs the stage Hue says hu Ih not getting enough for hauling the express betweou here and Sumpter, and Hartou, for the oxpress company, sayH he will uot pay auy moru, also wu do without uxpross, This includes thu Ciein. Our ready printH wore hold up for two days iu Smptur this week, which auuouuts (or thu paper coming out latu. Oranite (Sum. Handle today sent out a uozzlu for u hydraulic giant to Charles Dim miuk, of Alamo. Miscellaneous sup plies were also sent up to the North Polo and Victor. THE VICTOR STARTED LIP Tho Victor miue, at Bourne, will resume operations at onc', undor the superiutendeucy of Hon. A. P. Smith, member of the state legis lature from Baker county. Mr. Smith is InJSunipter today, purchas ing supplies. A crew of men ! ia already at work overhauling the sur face pliut; Operations ou a largo scale will he ordered upon the return to Sumpter of H. T. Heudryx, . fiscal ageut for aud goueraljj manager of tho Victor. Mr. Heudryx is. expected to be here tomorrow. J Air drills tro used at the Victor, compression beiug by n gasoline en glue. A crosscut to Jthe main veiu has already eutered it body of ore, aud the face agaiu displays evidence of toe proximity of another fissure. The pluu of the management is tu ooutolue the crosscut aud drift ou the iuterseoted ledges. STANDARD COMPANY HOLDING A MEETING Reports como from Quartzburg of a rich strike iu tho Sido Issue claim of thu Staudard group. Details are 1'icklng, as all tho local otllcera of thu Staudard company are iu Peu dletou in attendance upon the annual stockholders meeting, it which a now board of directors is to be eleoted. R. l' Wnruer, of the Killeu, Warner Stewart comppuy, fiscal ageut for aud operator of the Staudard miue, whu arrived lu Suuipter from the Mil waukee otUce of the oompauy laat Satuiday moruiug; S. D. Foes, of Chicago, a heavy stockholder iu the Staudaid, who accompauied Mr. Warner ou his western trip: Chief Clerk Fred Laue, of tho home office of the compauy; Zooth Houser, a big Standard stockholder, and Dave L. Killeu, leuior member of the K., W., S., compauy, who passed through Uaker City last Saturday on his way to Portlaud aud other westeru points, are among the men who are atteudiug the Pendleton meetiug today. All of them aro expected to return to Sumpter ou tomorrow's traiu. Pend ing that, time, nothiug definite cau be secured for publication with relatiou to the striku at the Sido Issue. The entire party named above will visit the miuo Wednesday. The Killuti, Warner, Stewart party, who lett Sumpter Sunday for Peudle tou to attend tho auuual meetiug uf Staudard miuo stockholders, failed to return ou eohedule time. The party iuoluded D. L. Killeu, E. I Waruer, Prof. H. 11. Nicholsou, S. D. Fobs, Zoeth Houser and Fred Laue. They willprobably arrive to-tuoiruw.