THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, April $, iM
Y
The Sumpter Miner
I'UHLISHI'i) BVERY WEDNESDAY BV
J. W..CONNGLLA
hntereo at the postofflce In Sumpter, Oregon, for
rnmlMlon through the malls' as second class
natter
SIIHSCWII'TION RATBS
Jnr Year
Six Moulin
.$1.00
. 1
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A1.WAVS IN ADVANCE.
Thiit Ih it "happy thougtit" of thu
O. it. & N. 'in Bonding many thou
sands of Ita folders, 'containing it in up
uf the gold (Inlrlr of eaitorii Oregon,
tojTonopah and Ocildliold. If tho
mob thitt Ih rushing Into that country
has thu prion loft, niHiiy will come
hero, to 11 hut tor oouutry.
ProfoHHoi llertiwtu V Hllprouht,
hniid of the nrohoaologioal dupitrtment
and mtmotim of tho University of
Pennsylvania, and it world-Tamed
urahaHologiHt, who was accused of do-,
coption, Iihh resigned IiIh ohair of hh
syrlology. L'rofuHHor llllproorit Ih
charged by Itev. John I'otorH, of New
York, with having pnrolniHod from
duiilnrri clay tahlotH, which Professor
Jlllprocht ronroHOiitud iih having boon
found by hlniHiilf in ruins of thu so
uullud "Temple Library" in tho
buriod ill ty of Nippur. i'rofoHHor
Hilprenht Iihh published llliiHtrntloiiH
mid diiHorlptoiiH of thoHo tablets.
When h this craze for faking, thlH
wild doliriiiiu of dhhouiiHty, going
to cud V
Knv. Dr. Washington Oladdon,
general ooiiihoI of Cougiogiitioiinl
churches of Him Unitud States, in his
Hcrmou Sunday at Cleveland, Uhio,
dlHOUHHod the gift of 6100,1)00 made
by John 1). Itookctollor to tho Ameri
can board of iiiIhhIoiih. Ho said:
4 'The money prolfered to our board
of miasloiM comes out of iiJcIohhiiI
oHtate wIiiiho fouudatioiiH were laid
in the moHt rclcutloiH rapacity
known to modern comiiiercial his
torv. Tho huccuhh of tlila huHlncs
from the beginning until now Iihh
been largely duo to unlawful and
outrageous manipulation of railway
ratoH. The United Htaten government
Ih now ougegacd In a strouuoiiH i t
tempt to ferret out and imiiiIhIi (IiIh
injiiHtlce And the people of the
United HtetoH have a tremeudouH but
tle mi their hatidH with the corporate
greed which Iihh entrenched itself in
this stronghold and Inn learned to
iiho the railwayH for the oppioHsluu
of the people
"And ii'a, on the eve of this bat
tle, they are asked to accept a great
gift of money from the man who
more completely than any other rep
resets theiiyHtom thtiy me eummoued
to fight. I hope thev are not mean
enough to take IiIh money and then
turn aroiinu ami tight him. 1 hope
they are not ho iaithloHH lo their
obligation uh to take his money and
shut their moutliH, or become his
apologists. We do not. want thin
iniiu'ri money. ' To accept it would
be to merit tho contempt of millions
nf Helmut, men; to reject it will
Htreuutheu our churchei in the afflic
tion ami icspiuU of mlllloiiri who are
Inclined to doubt whether the church
Iovch Hod mora thin Mammon."
Accordion to the views of the
Wall Street Journal, cnugiosH -thou hi
have passed a bill annuitizing thu ro
coinage of the Htaudard-silver dollars,
or such portions of them as might be
noci'smiry, Into subsidiary silver
col iih. The country can get along
with fewer silver dollam. It needs
more subsidiary silver coins.
Not only did congress fail to do
this, but it failed to make an appro
prlation for any purchase of ellver for
the ooiuage of subsidiary money.
ThlH will necessitate a reduction of
the force of the Philadelphia mint;
but Mint Director Huberts says that
there will be HufUoiout -uibsidlaty
coin to Biipply all needs between now
and next December, when tho next
congress meets. There Ih now in the
treasury over 81U,000,000 of Biibsid
lary coins, and thorn in 5,000,000
ouuoeH of silver available for sunsid
lary ooIijh. Moreover, the attorney
general has held that under tho pres
ent law tho directors of the mint can
purchaso silver bullion in the open
market for subiudiary coinage; but
the director das uo idea that he will
have to do thlH.
If the secretary of the treasury had
authority to use the standard silver
dollars for conversion Into subsidiary
nilver, two great ouds would bu served-
'first, there would be a reduction
in the outstanding silver dollars, aud
second, there would be an increase
iu subsidiary coins. Secretary Shaw
Hald iu his last annual repert:
"No provision now exists for the
rooolnago of standard silver dollars,
which, by natural wear, have become
unlit for circulation. Many such
dollars arc now in the treasury. They
cuuot bu iuooinod into dollars with
out loss. Ah tho subsidiary coins
are of lighter proportionate weight
than the standard silver dollars,
those abradod aud uiicurrent coiue
might be recoined into subsidiary
sliver coin without loss. The small
contraction Ih the circlulatioii of
dollars would bo olfsot by the in
crease iu Hiilisidlary coin, and the
new result of thu operation would
leave tho total circulation un
changed." OFFICIAL RECORDS.
The following instruments were
Hied at the court house in Baker City
for record yesterday:
UEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
DICKON.
Joseph A. Ccddon to William
Pullman, N. W. U, S. E M. S
N. E. Ui S -- '' N- -. N- w
aud s. w. 4 n. e. ;4', s. :i:i, t.
H, It. 10 81.
W. II. Ullhort aud wife to W. II.
Shoemaker et al, 50 acres iu S. 22,
T. t. K. 10; KKJ.
John F. Chatham aud wife to
Myers Putmaii and wife, lotH 1 and
12, block 24, Huntington; 8U25.
W. R. Urihor to Wm. Chaudlor ot
al, lot 7 Iu block 1, Richland; 8U0
Marl ha J. Eastman and husband
to CIiiih E Poole, lot ), block 1,
Mills addition to Sumpti'r; 8225.
U. S. A. to Steward Shick, N. E.
4, S. 10, T. 12, R. 40.
Bert Prescott aud wife to W. (J.
Ay le, W. tf. S. E l4, S. 14, W. ',
N. E. l4, S. 211, T. 12, R. ill; 81150.
James Dunohy aud wife to II. C.
Armstrong, "Wallflower" quartz
claim; 81.
U. S. A. to John W. Barnes, E. l(
S. E. 4, 8. 18, and N. E. U f N.
E. l4 of S. 10, T. 0, R. 40.
(iiiy L. Lindsay, cashier, and wife,
to W. Wade, E. 50 foot of lot 1) aud
10, block 5, Sumpter Heights addi
tion; 81.
Margaret A. Allen aud husband
to Walter T. Allen, N. l N. E. l4
S. E '4. S 10. T. 7, R. 40; 8200.
C. P. Lawrence to Margaret L.
Lawrence, E. N. W. l4', S. 18,
aud E l S. W. i4', S. 7, T. 13, R.
:I7; 82000.
E. W. Bormau et al to W. J.
Ilamm, lots 10 aud 11, block 10,
Pacific additiou to Baker City; 8175.
Itlsrael Hewitt aud wife to R T.
- ' Lanrell, lots 9 to 16, block 5,
I Boyd'H second addition; 8159.
CharleB Shaff ner et al to Hans Ott,
their interest in 100 acres in S. 0,
aud 10, T. 10, R. 40; 81.
Noah Blaine to II. II. Salisbury,
"Confidence," Monarch,"
plon," ''Climax" and'
Hope," placer claims; 81.
J urn os Zeuor to Nirah
same; 825.
J. E. Dean aud wife to
Oham
"Qood Blaine;
W. R.
liawley. 100 acreB iu S. 11, T. 10, R.
VM 81.
Wm. Baker to i Jones, lots 5, G
aud 7 and N. E. M S. W. , S. 6,
T. 10, R. .'18; 8100.
A. P. Jones and wife to W. R.
Hawley, same; 81.
James Milne to David Gool, three
head of horses, harness aud wagon;
8200.
GOOD THING TO PUSH
4L0NG TO YOUR FRINDS
Tho 1005 hsuo of "Orogou, Wash-
iugtou, Idaho and Their Resources,"
issued by the passenger department
of the Orogou Railroad & Navigation
company, aud the Hue of the South
ern Pacific iu Or)gou, Ih now ready
for distribution, 50,000 ooplos hav
ing been issued. Tho book Iihh a
specially dusigued front cover of two
colors aud contains eighty-eight
pagos, illustrated by tweuty-ouo full
page first cIiish half-tone outs aud
a number of smaller ones. Tho book
Ih divided into chapters covering the
following subjects: Climato, dairy
ing, diversified farmiug, fish and
fishing, fruit culture, graiu growing,
grassea ani forage plants, homoH for
millions, hup raising, irrigation,
Lewis aud Clark exposition, lumber
aud lumbering markets, minus aud
mining, Portland, "tho Rose City,"
railroads, schoola aud churches, soil,
stock raising, vegetablo products,
lauds iu wosteru Oregou, coudeused
inf oi motion about towns aud aitles
along the O. R & N. aud the tioutti
em Pacific Hues.
Thu illustrations or fruitful scoiioh
iu farm aud orchard districte are tak
on from actual photographs, aud
factu aud statistics are basid on
conditions as they are, aud these
features of the work make it of
great value to people of the east,
wlio u ro looking to tho Pacific
northwest for homes aud busiussa lo
cations. Every citizen of the state
exploited iu the book will Uud it
valuable to feud to relatives and
friends in other states who mayjbo
induced to come aud livo iu te
Pacilic northwest.
Four cents iu stamps sent to A.
L. Craig, general pauougor agout
of the Orogou Hull road & Navigation
company, Portland, Oregon, with the
address of an custom frieud, will in
sure its bolng scut.
If Your Are Not Particular.
Don't travel over tho Illinois
Contra!, as any old road will do you
and we don't want your patronage;
but if you are particular and waut
the best aud mean to have it, ask tho
ticket agent to route you via the
Illinois Central, the road that ruus
through solid vestibule traius be
twoou St. Paul, Omaha, Chicago, St.
Louis, Memphpls aud New Orleaus.
No additional chargo is made for
a seat in our recliuiug chair cars,
which are fitted with lavatories aud
smoking rooms, aud have a porter
iu attendance.
Rates via the illnois Ceutral are
the lowest and we will be glad to
quote them iu connection with any
! f ranaitnnf I noiif nl lino
J. C. LINDSEV, T. P. & P. A.
142 Third street, Portland, Oregon.
, B. H. TRUMBULL, Commercial
agont, 142 Third street, Portland,
(Dragon
PAUL B. 'THOMPSON, Freight
and passenger agent, Colmau bui'd
ing, Seattle, Washington.
Men's shirts, very fauoy,
styles, at Johu's store.
lates)
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