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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1905)
CCT' h I v-U v . l v aviV-'' ' Wednesday, April' 12, 1905 'v .A J THE SUMPTER MINER 1. 1' . 0 1 . v ,. J 11 BE VIED WITH YOUR JOURNEY If youi tickets read over the D. & R.G., the scenic line ot the world. BECAUSE There are so many scenic attractions and points of interest along the line be tween Oi;den and Den ver that "the trip never becomes tiresome. U you are going east write for information and get', a pretty book that will tell all about it. 4 4 4 I, G. MoBBIDE, Gen. Agt. 1 i 124 THIRD, STREET PORTLAND, OREGON --- 4 fiflt Oregon flHr 1 1 mnnr Link Shorj line and union Pacific TO Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas City. CHICAGO ST. LOUIS NEW YORK Oceftn steamers between Portland and San Francisco every five dayi. Low Rat ! Ticket to and from all parts of the United States, Canada and Europe. Through Pullman Staudard and Tourist Sleeping Gars daily to Omaha, Chicago, Spokane; Tourist Bleeping car daily to Kansas City ; through Pullman tourist sleeping cars (per sonally conducted; weekly to Chi caKo, Kansas City; reclining chair cars (seats free) to the East daily. For particulars, call on or address H 0. Bowaas, Agent, Baker City, Or. Timber ani HoawtUai FiUafi. Timber and homestead filings, as well as final proofs, can be made before Charles H. Chance, United States Com missioner, office in First National Bank of Sumpter building, Sumpter, thus sav ing applicants expense of a trip to La Grande. ill ANNUAL MEETING BLACK BUTTE MINING OOMPANV. Notice 1b hereby given that the uu nual meetiug of the stockholders of the Blnok Butte Mining compauy will be held at the office of William sou & Burleigh, 242 Water Street, Augusta, Maine, ou the aixtoeuth day of May, 1005, at 2 o'clock iu the afternoon, for the following pur pur eoses: First. Tojjoleot a board uf direct ors for tbo ensuing corporate year. Seoond. To transact fany other business which may come before said meeting. ISSmm Pendieton,J Oregon, April 24th, 1905. uH F. W. VINCEN1, Secretary, Black Butte Mining Company. ATTENTION ! Do you desire to sell stock in your Gold, Copper, Mining or other In duptrial companies? If so, you can not find a better advertising medium than THE DIXIE MANUFACTURER IIIMMMII, IUIIM. It in the lendim; industrial ami financial paper published in the South. It reaches that class of, road era who are interested in financial and industrial aff.iiid. It is old and established. Published semi-monthly. Guaranteed circulation 10,000. Subscription price 2.00 per year. Advertising rate reasonable. Send for sample copy and advertising rates. Address, RountnelPublishing Company lirMiRhai, Alabama. TH SUMPTER GOLD BELT MINING COMPANY CAPITALIZATION St00f000 F. 0. BROD1K, M. F. MUZZY, F. 0. BUCKNUM 0. II. CHANCE, 0. II. FKNNKK, President Vico President" Sec. and Treas Attorney Engineer QFEMTES MINES IN THE GREENHORN IND SUMPTER .DISTRICTS Sniptir, Onto SPECIAL NOTICE If you want to read a free and inde pendent paper, devoted to the inter net of mining and current events, which is not controlled by any pro moting concern, such as most of the papers in the east are, send for a free sample copy of NEW YORK BANKER 23 BROADWAY, NEW YOUI'. FREE! FREEH FREE!!! $5.00 Oertfeato of the best Oil Stock absolutely given away. Write at once' for plan how to secure Five, Dollars' worth of fully jmidv and non-assessable Oil Stock without cash. INVESTORS' LISTS NMNNY Room 729 Park Row Bldg. NEW YORK TIMBER LAND. ACT JUNE 3. iS78.-NOTICH IOR I'UUUCATION. Unit d States land Office, ( La Grande, Oregon, February 6, 1005, Notice Is hereby Riven that In compliance with the provisions of the act of congress of June 1. 1878, en titled "An act for the sale of timber lands In the state of California, Oregon. Nevada and Washington Ter ritory," a extended to all the Public Und states by tctof August 4, i8gj, ELVA A1ILIS. of Sumpter, County of Hakei, Slate of Oregon, has this day tiled In this office her sworn statement No na, for the purchase of the NW of Section No a In Tounshln No. o. South. Range No. S E. W. M., and will offer proof to show that the land sought Is more valuable (or Its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish her cialm to said land before Chas. M. Chance, U. S. Com missioner, at his office at Sumpter. Oregon, on Wednesday, the t& day of May ioo. She names as witnesses: Walter .1. Mills, Cato J. Johns, Byron Woafierford and Margaret Johns, all of Sumpter. Oregon. Any and all persons claiming adversely the above described lands arc requested to tile their claims In this office on or before said ud day of May, I95' E.W. DAVIS Register. TIMBER LAND. ACT JUNE ). 1878.-NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. United States Land Office, Li Grande, Oregon, February 0, 1005. Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the provisions of the act of congress of June , 1878, en titled "An act for the sale of timber lands In the states of California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington Ter ritory, as extended to all the Public Land states by act of August 4, i8g, MARGARET JOHNS, of Sumpter, county of Baker, state of Oregon, has this day filed In this office her sworn statement No, 176, for the purchase of the SE of Sec tion No. u. In township No. 9 south, range No. 18, E. W. M., and will offer proof to show, that the land sought Is more valuable for Its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish her claim to said land before Chas. 11. Chance, U. S. Commissioner, at his office In Sumpter, Oregon, on Wednesday, the ud day of Mav iqoj. She names as witnesses: Cato J. Johns, Walter J. Mills, Elva Mills, Byron Wcatherford, all of Sumpter, Oregon. Any and all persons claiming adversely the above described lands are requested to tile their claims In this office 011 or before said )rJ dnv of Mav, iu3. E. W. Davis, Reglste- timber land, factjjunu , 1887 notice for:publication. United States Land Office, ( La Grande, Oregon, Fcbruaiy ft, iqoj. Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the provisions of the act of congress of June , 1878, en tiled "An act for the sale of timber lands In the states of California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington Ter ritory, "as extended to all the Public Land States by act f August 4, i&w, CATO J. JOHNS of Sumpter, county of Baker, state of Oregon, has this day lllcd In this office hi sworn .statement No. 177, forVhe purchase of the NEtf of Section No. ja, In Township No. y South, Range No. 18, E., W M.,und will oiler proof to show that the land sought Is n or,e valunble for Its timber or stone than for agri cultural purposes, and to establish his claim to said land before Charles II. Chance, U.S. Commissioner, nf tils ofticet Sumpter, Oregon, on Wednesday, the jrd.day Of May, 1005.1 'He names as witnesses: Waller J. Mills, Margaret Johns, Byron Wcatherford, Elva Mills, all of Sump ter, Oregon. Any and all persons claiming adversely the above described lands are requested to file their claims In this office on or before said ird day of May, 1904, E.W.DAVIS. Register. TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1878 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. United States Land Office, ( La Grande, Oregon, February 6, iqoj. ) Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the provision of the act of Congress of June 1, 1878, en titled "An act for the tale of timber lands In the States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washing ton Territory," as extended to all the Public Land States by act of August 4, iftoa, WALTER J. MILLS of Sumpter, county of Baker, state of Oregon, has this day filed In this office his sworn statement No. )78, for the purchase ot the NWJf of Section No. t in T No. 9 south, R, No. 8 11 W M, and will offer proof to show that the land sought It more valuable for Its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish his claim to said land before Charles II. Chance, U. S commissioner, at his office at Sump ter. Oregon, WednesJay, the jrd day ol May, iooj. He names us witnesses: Cato J. Johns, Margaret Johns, Elva Mills. Bron Wcatherford, all of Sump ter. Oregon. Any and all persom claiming adversely the above described lands are requested to file their claims In this office on or before said ud day of Mav, 1904. 0. W. Davis, Register. ANNUAL MMWT1NG HLUK HMD MINING jJCOMPANV. Notice is hereby uiven thut thu an uuhI meetiug of the stockholders of the Blue Bird Miulug ouaipany will be bold at the otllce of Williamson & Uurielgh, 242 Water Street, Augusta, Maine, on too eleveuth day of Mwy, 11)00, at 2 o'clock iu the afternoon, for the following purpeses: First. To elect a bourd of direc tors for the ensuing corporate year. Seojnd. To transact auy other buiiuess which tuny come before said meeting. Sumpter, Oregon, April 24th, 1905. O. O. WRIGHT, Secretary, liluo Uirl Mining uompany. GOOD THING TO PUSH 4L0NG 10 YOUR FRINDS Tho 1005 iiHtiu of (OroKou, Wash ington, lilulio imd Their Resources," issued by thu pusaotigur department of tho Oregon Kriilrond & Navigation company, and tbo lno of tho South oru Paciflo Iu Orgou, Ih now ready for distribution, 50,000 copies hav lug beou leaned. The book has a specially dHigued trout cover of two colors and oontaius eighty-eight pageB, Illustrated by twenty-ono full page first class half-toue out aud a uu tuber of smallor oues. The book is divided tutO chapters coverlug the following subjects: Climate, dairy ing, diversified farmiug, fish and Usbiug, fruit culture, graiu growing, grasses an! forage plants, homes for millions, hop raislug, irrigation, LewiB aud Clark itxpoHitiou, lumber aud lumbering markets, mines and mlnlug, Portlaud, "the Kobo City," railroads, schools aud uhurches, soil, stook raising, vegetable products, lauds In western Oregon, condensed iufoimutlon about towns and altles along tho 0. It. & N. aud thu tiouth oru Pad He lines. Thu illustrations of fruitful suones In farm and uruhard districts are tak en from actual photographs, and facts and statistics aro hnsod on conditions as they aro, aud these features of the work make it nf groat value to puoplo of thu oast, who aro looking to the Paultlo uorthwoHt for homos rind business lo cations. Hvory citizen nf the state exploited iu the book will Hud it valuable to rood to relatives and friunds iu other states who may .ho Induced to como and live in the PaulHc northwest, Four cants In stumps sent to a. L. Oralg, Koiiora) passenger agont of tho Oregon Railroad & Navigation company, Portlaud, Oregon, with thu address of an eaHtorn friend, will in sure its boiug sent. ANNUAL MHlOriNU HUOK HORN MINKS. Notico Is hereby by given that the autinual meetiug of the stockholders of tho Huok Horn Minos will be held at the otlloo of Williamson A Utir loigb, 242 Wator Street, Augusta, Maine, ou tho seventeenth day of May, 1005, at 2 o'clock in the after noon, for the following purpeses: First. To elout a board of direct ors for tho ensuing corporate yoar. Seuoud. To transact any other busluoss which may come before iald moating. Sumpter, Oregon, April 21th, 1005. O. CJ. WRIGHT, Secretary, lluak Horn Mines. Nevada Laws on Shaft Sinking. Hoforo thu Nevada luglalature ad jotirued, a bill was pasued making it uuluwful for auy poison, company, ur corporation, after July I, 1005, to sink or work through any vertical shaft at a greater depth than 450 feet, uuluss tho shaft is provided with au Iron-bonneted iafoty cage, to be used In thu lowering and hoisting of the employees; also auy shaft Iohh than 450 feet doep, where no safety OHgo is usod, aud where a cross head or cross heads are used, platforms for employes to rldo upon while com lug up ur going down the shaft shall ha placed above the orossboads. Prolvious of the aut require the plau lug of these platforms 011 the oroie heads not later tbau'July 1, 1005. Si