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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-05

Brothers, whose flocks Craze In Malheur
county, just over the line Of Baker
county. They located claims some time
ago and have diligently prosecuted de.
velopment, and are opening up a property
that has all the ear.marks Of being a big
bonanza. 1t Is ledge containing quartz
which holds leaf and cube gold, besides
gold bearing mineral Of refractory ma.
ture. Any kind of an assay can be OBJ.
tanned, running way up into the tens Of
thousands Of dollars per ton. Full partic.
ulars are not obtainable at this writing, but
there is no doubt but that the report OF the
strike is bonatide, for the information has
come in from different sources and spec.
linens OF ore, exceedingly rich in free gold,
are exhibited here IN corroboration. There
Is no excitement, apparently, In the
country where the strike was made, for the
simple reason that gold Is not uncommon
there. The people are mostly engaged in
pastoral occupations and do not get the
gold fever very readily. Moreover, the
district Is out OF the general route Of travel
and the news of its strikes does not
quickly find its way to the outside world.
The strike in the Sheepmen' mine, how.
ever, will doutless cause an influx Of
prospectors to that country next spring.
There Is too much snow now to permit Of
successful prospecting.-Baker City Cor.
respondente In San Francisco Mining
Review.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-05
Fabuiously Rich Strike 10 Malheur Count

Fabuionly Rich Strike 10 Malheur County
The Malheur country, which Is the
southern extension Of the Inland Empire OF
the Golden West, Is to the front with one
Of the most remarkable gold strikes that
has been made In Eastern Oregon for
many years. II was made IN the mine Of
. couple Of Aock.mzsters who have fol.
lowed gold mining as side issue to sheep
and wool growing. They are the Ward
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-05
CABLE COVE DISTRICT.
New Companies Operating in
That Lively Camp.

In no district in eastern Oregon Is there
more mining activity than in the Gable
Cove. For months past there have been
frequent mentions in these columS of the
extensive operations at the Baby Mckee,
under the able management OF Colonel
CraySon, representing a Cincinnati syn.
dicate.
Some weeks since W. n. W. Hamilton
negotiated the sale to Boston capitalists
Of the Gypsy Queen group, on the west
side OF the divide, on which property &C.
tive operations are now In progress. Mr..
Hamilton Is directing this work. He was
out to the mine last week, a few days
after the main ledge had been cut, sixty
feet In. He brought to town samples Of
the ore, which assayed s64 .o2. two ounces
Of gold and the remainder in silver. Mr..
Hamilton declares that he knows of a
no more promising proposition than the
Gypsy Queen.
This property was located last June by
Eugene Bartholf, an experienced miner
from Colorado. He says that at that
time all the western side Of the range
was practically new ground. Some mex.
perienced prospectors had been there. for
he saw where they had been digging pot
holes In places, but the leads were
"blind" so were not discovered and no 10.
cations were made. During the season
he located three groups OF claims, the
Gipsy Queen, on the west side Of Big
Timber creek; the Gypsy King, on the
east bank Of that stream, and the Evening
Star group, I4oo feet south Of these. Last
week he sold the latter to local capitalists
and at the same time took a contract to
run a 100 foot tunnel, on which he is now
at work.
The Gipsy King will be incorporated
and worked by a company, Mr.. Bartholf
retaining a large interest. The company
will be known as the GipSy King Gold
Mines company, capitalized at 81 200, 900;
with $3.50, 900 in treasury stock. The IN.
corporators are John r. Alden, &. +.
Brodie and q. II. Dedrick, all well known
business men OF SumPter. Several other
residents OF this camp are interested in
the company, which has perfect title to
three claims, the Gypsy King, the Orphan
Boy, located by Mr. Barthot; the
Leila May, located by s. Harrison, and an
excellent water right.
The ledge on this property is the same
as that on the Gypsy Queen group; In
fact was first discovered on the King and
traced across the creek to the Queen.
One OF the prospectors who had been
there before dug a ten'toot hole within
three feet OF the vein, but failed to find Il.
1t has been stripped for 100 feet and eS'
posed by half dozen open cuts up to the
apex, distance OF 1000 feet. II is a
strong, well defined ledge, five to six feet
in width. The ore is an IRON pyrites, and
assays on the surface from SI4 to $40
principal value in gold, with considerable
silver, some lead and copper. 1t is thought
that its character will change to galena
with depth.
The company intends to begin activ
work at an early day. The plan Of de-
velopmeut will be to drive tunnel on the
ledge. A depth OF 100 feet can be at
tanned with a Isoo.foot tunnel.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-05
COOPERATIVE Irrigation Scheme.


And now comes Eagle valley with big
cooperative irrigation scheme that bids
fair to bring a large tract Of rich but arid
land under cultivation. Fifty farmers
have joined In the construction Of what
Is known as the Fuller canal. Their plan
is to irrigate the land Of those interested
In the company. The ditch or canal will
be IA miles in length when completed. II
takes the water from Eagle creek on the
south side and far enough up to cover the
low hills by the time II reaches the valley.
This land, whenever irrigated, produces
fine orchards and alfalfa fields. II Is es.
timated that 10000 inches Of water can b-
diverted from the creek without interfer.
ing with the water rights now IN force.
This ditch will reclaim large tract Of
land that is now useless except for pas.
turage. When the farmers and stock.
raisers see that il is to their advantage TO
work hand in hand aud on the co.opera.
tive plan, and suit the aation to the
thought, great things can be accomplished
in eastern Oregon nvallrys.-Demo,rat.
Colonel Donan Writing Of the Northwest.
In letter to THE MINER Colonel
Donan says. incidentally: 81 have turned
in recently the manuscript ot a revised
edition OF my book on "Oregon, Wash.
ngton and Idaho" that viii be 100.
pager. And am under contract Ia furn.
ish copy tor two more, between now and
January I-one on the mines and mining
of the Pacific Northwest, including Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and the
British Columbian region; and the other
on Pacific Northwest scenery-moun,ains
rivers, glaciers, cataracis, etc. IN the
same time limits, have contracted to
grind out thirty newspaper and magazine
articles on these and kindred subjects"
Saw Mill Moved from MeEwen to Baker.
The large saw mill plant Of Stoddard
Brothers that has been in operation neaI
McEwen for several years is being re.
moved to Baker City. A large part Of
the machinery has arrived OH the site jus,
west Of the o. R. Il N. depot and the new
machinery to be added will increase the
capacity Of the mill to about 10000 fee,
Of lumber per day, making the plant the
equal In output Of any mill in this part Of
the state. The location Of the Stoddarl
Mill here means an increase Of Baker
City's payroll over $4,000 per month and
will generally increase the importance ol
Baker City as lumber shipping point
Democrat.
Aan1u Einaa1 sa1uAs aanNine 0lNmnAs
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-05

Henry Finger serves genuine Olympia
oyster cocktails to order.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07
South jersey News


Dr. Grant Sparks, OF Mantua, has
been elected almsh0use physician for
Gloucester County.
The population Of Newark, under the
new census, is GAG, 070-an increase of
65 ,240 since 1900.
Jacob Moore, of Mullica Hill, has
been awarded the contract for carrying
the mail between Mullica Hill, and JEFF
ferson.
Twelve hundred feet of trolley feed
wire vas taken from the National Park
branch of the trolley last Monday night.
It's value was about 5000.
William Watkins, Esq, aged SO
years, father of Hon. David O. Wat
kins, was killed at Woodbury. Thurs
day morning by the Cape May express
going north.
Newark, N. j., officials have decided
that an automobile is subject to the
same law as a traction engine, and
should be preceded by a Waterman by
at least an eight Of a mile.
George Headley, of SWedesboro, has
a couple Of kittens that seem as much
at home in the water as a spaniel. Moth.
ing pleases the little animals as much
as to place a pan Of water before them
for q bath.
The pleasure of shooting one small
king bird cost John Chew, Of Camden,
$24.35. Fish and Game Warden Guth-
ridge wal strolling along Cooper's Creek
when Chew shot, and the bird fell at
the foot Of the warden.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07
Paris Award For The Prudential.


The award Of gold medals for American
exhibits has just been made at the Paris
Exposition, and the first and only life In
surance company in the United States to get
a gold medal or an award of any kind is
The Prudential.
It comes as a formal and oficiel recogni-
tion of The P~rudential's excellent policies
and modern business methods, and the Off
GERS feel justly proud that theirs is the only
company to be paid such a well-merited
honor.
The COmpany's exhibit was made al the
request of the United States government,
and the award carries with it a double sig
n~ifiance, for it bears witness to the unique
status Of The Prudential in the word of life
insurance, and to the high character of
American exhibits in General.
The fact that The Prudential was also
able to get up such a comprehensive and ex-
haustive exhibit on such short notice from
the government authorities, and, besides, one
that received the only prize awarded to
American life insurance companies, speak
volumes for its excellent Office system and
accurate business methods, and makes it
clear that the Company has its business in
all its branches under thorough control.
The Prudential gave the i~nitiatiye to the
idea of Industrial life insurance in the
United States IN 1875, and, from that time
until the present, The Prudential has been
Its foremost exponent, and its policies have
been held as the best and most liberal ex-
amples Of the modern life insurance con-
tract.
To receive . high award is one thing, but
to receive the first and only award attests
not only the Company's commanding place
IN the life insurance world, but is equally a
tribute to those pitts management, to whose
untiJing efforts the success ofthe Company
is 50 largely due. The Pfudential's award
suggests the epigram.
Praise is praise when we'll addressed y
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07
Murder and Suicide.

Daniel Beetle shot Herbert 1 Gle
ment in the face with a gun Thursday
of last week, at their farms east OF
Woodbury.. Beetle had long disputed
the right of way of the Clements to
their house through the Beetle fam,
which dispute had been settled in Court
in favor of Clements. The Clements
were expecting company and Herbert
and q colored man were moving the
lane when Beetle came out with a gun
told them to get off, and shot Herbert
l. Clement. The left side of the face
was torn away and eight teeth destroy
ed. Clements is recovering. Beetle was
taken to Woodbury. jail where he
drowned himself in the bath tub on
Friday.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07
County Gleanings.

Rev. B. r. Hope. the pastor Of the
| Memorial Baptist Church OF Salem, has
resigned to take effect the latter part
of November.
John M. Pancoast, Ut Lower Alto
way. has many corr stalks that meas
ure fourteen feet In height, all we'll set
with c0rrespOndingly large ears.
Lucius E. Allen, of W0odstOwn,
who has a hobby Of joining lodges and
societies claims that he has joined IT'S
and is q member now in about 30.
The trustees of the Shirley chapel
have presented the building to the
township Board of Education with the
pr0visO that 1t shall be free FOR religious
services. The old school house will be
sold and the chapel used as a school
| house.
Reuben III. Richman, a farmer liv-
ing near Daretown was found dead last
Saturday with a gnnshot wound in his
stomach. He had been squirrel hunt
Ing. Whether the shot was accidental
or with suicide intent is still a quanda-
~. Some of his previous actions leads
some to think the latter.
The Pilesgrove schools opened Mon
day morning with the following teachers:
S~harptown. Mary Paul and Helen F.
Moore; Yorktown. Oliver T. Justice;
Laurel Hill. Margaret Dickinson; I'm
ion Grove. Emma Harris; Eldridge's
Hill. Bertha Nixon; Fenwick, Ella r.
Richardson; Friendship, Albert Early.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07

Campaign plans of Senator Hanna's
"get there' committee have been Grip
Piled to some extent thus early by the
apathy of those who are expected to
contribute the necessary sinews of war.
The responses to the party appeal have
aggregated thus far scarcely 3Oper cent
of the sum raised in 1896 by September
1 to defeat Bryan. Mr.. Hanna will have
to devise some new and effective form
OF scare in time for the later October
roundup Of reluctant contributors
Phila. Record. AS the manufacturers
have their high Dingley Tariff law, the
bankers and stock gamblers have their
gold standard law, while the trusts
have control of most every other CON-
mercial necessity, then the Senate will
remain surely Republican. what is the
use of their contributing when McKin.
ley Il Roosevelt aret to have a walk-oysr.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07
Hottest Summer ON RECORD.

=
The past months Of July and Au-
gust have been the hottest on record.
According to the q. s. Weather Blu
reau report, Philadelphia, the highest
temperature was 99o and the mean for
the month was 100 This Was exceeded
only in 1887 when it was 81. The
average for July for 20 years was rs,
making the average excfss Of daily
temperature 8 degrees this July.
According to the same report the
average for August was 1872, which
was 50 above the normal and made it
the hottest August since the weather
bureau was started. The hottest day
was August 18th when it wal 101. The
coolest day was the 4th when the max
imum was 70 and the minimum 81 de.
grees. For thirteen days the temper
ature was above 80.
at the Pennsylvania Hospital where
a record has been kept since 1926, the
average for August was 80 degrees,
which surpassed any average in the
past Is years. The nearest approach
being 81 in 1895, and Sc in 1898. The
next nearest was Sc in 1929. and 1858
in 1880.
The observer in charge of the Phil
adelphia Bureau says: ..This heat was
caused by a high barOmetric pressure
settling wei the South Atlantic and
Gulf States, which had the effect Of
charging the stagnant air with heat,
as if the outward circulation in the up.
per air was suspended for quite long in.
tervals of time.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07
Tie Real Danger

from heart disease Is not the posgk-
bility OF a sudden death, for the1 Me
comparatively few; but following IN
the wake OF this dread disease Gods
q general breaking down Of eveky
organ of the body. Circulation e
retarded; digestion Is derange6 tbs
blood Is contaminated, the nerves
weakened and the brain eiouded. II
your heart is affected begin At once
to guard against these dangers
DR.. Miles Heart Cure, has rescued
thousands whe were given up to die,
and 1t viii help you, too, il you try Il
For several years l was troubled
with nervousness, sleepsess, palpita-
tiCn of the heart, short Of breath,
smothering spells and pain In chest
back, left side and arm. l was So
very bad that / remained in my bed
the whole of one summer. Was
treated by three physicians, but de-
rived no benefit. Finally / saw q
paper advertising Dr.. Miles New
Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine.
/ began their - and was SO greatly
benefited that / am new doing nay
own housework and enjoy excellent
health" MRS. BERTHA KURTH,
996 10Th St, Milwaukee, Wis
Dr. Niles Heart Cure is s8la at all
druggists on . positive guarantee
Write Ter free advice and beckett to
Dr.. Miles Medical Co, ElkhaTt, Ind.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07
stood Death or

=. b. Munday. a lawyer of Henriet-
ta, Eek, once fooled a grave. digger.
He says: my brother was very low
with malaTfaI fever and jaundice.
persuaded him to try Electric Bitters.
and Le was 0 much better, but con-
tinued their use until he was wholly
cured. | am SURE Electric Bitters saw
ed his life." This remedy expels NAL
aria, kills disease germs aud purifes
the blood; aids digestion, regulates liv-
or. kidneys and bowels, cures c0nstipa-
ti0n, dyspepsia. nervous diseases. kid,
ney troubles, female complaints; gives
perfect health. Only Soc at Johnson's
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07

Secretary Cages charge that Mr..
Bryan, If elected, could place the coun.
try on a silver basis by paying all the
government debts in silver has been
successfully cOrked by Carl Schurz who
charges that he cannot do it unless the
Republican party in full control of the
Government proves utterly dishonest
in its professed purpose to maintain the
gold standard. If there is a flaw in the
law passed last March there will be
ther session of Congress when they
I'd remedy the matter,
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07

Now the Census Office has suggested
that the increase in the House of Re
representatives. under the 10 enumera-
tion might be neutralized by disfran-
chising southern states that suppress
the illiterate negro vote. This would
have the advantage of letting the north
ern states alone, whether they disfran-
chise their white illiterates or not.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07

The Standard Oil has issued another
dividend, bringing the total for the last
nine months up to 38 per cent on a
hundred millions capital. Some one
ought to organize a fund for the bene-
fit of Rockefeller before he starves to
death.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07

Investors are gradually finding out
for what end trusts were organized.
They are doing so by studying the
market reports and learning that trust
stocks are worth little more than half
what they were a year ago.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07

Mckinley was hard hit by Russia's
proposal to withdraw from PekiD. He
could not decline it, after all his loud
talk about wishing to get out, but he
considers that Russia played it pretty
low down by taking him at his word
and he showed the fact in his official
acceptance. The worst Of it is that
political exigencies should force him to
turn his back on his ally, John Bull,
which Secretary Hay declared be
would stand by.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07
Possibilities OF The watermelon.
Farmers Voice.

Farmers voice.)
Considerable interest is just now be-
ing taken in the fact that a horticul-
Jurist of Bowling Green, KY, has re-
Gently made an excellent quality Of
syrup from watermeloDs. In the Far
mers Voice of October 9, 1897. P. j.
Edwards of Hillsbor0, ILL.,, related the
experience of the troops at Fort Duncan,
Eagle Pass, Texas, some time before
the civil war, when a member Of the
garrison ''fnding melons very cheap,
and also that the juice was very sweet,
conceived The idea of making syrup
from watermeIons. The experiment
was reported to me-" adds Mr.. Ed
wards, '.as a perfect success, the quail
ity being superior and the cost consid.
erably less than the cost of maple syrup
iu the North" This is interesting, il
for no other reason than that it confirms
the more recent experiments in Ken
lucky.
However, there are many valuable
and suggestive data furnished by Mr..
Hanz, the Kentucky gardener, which
deserve to be disseminated. He says
that ''from eighteen melons, weighing
twenty to twenty-five pounds, we made
two gallons and one pint of syrup. We
cut the melons in half, cut out the
pulp, ground it in a cider mill and
pressed out the juice. We boiled the
juice in porcelain kettles on the kitch-
en- stove for twelve hours. With q
cider mill and hot air or steam eyapOr.
atOr two men can make twenty-five
or thirty gallons of syrup every day.
At the above figures it would take
about 27O melons to make thirty gal
Ions of syrup, worth SIS. The melons
would he worth at wholesale $5 to S.,
and it would tak6 tw0- three days
to haul and sell them to market. With
a mill and an evaporation in tue melon
patch. a farmer and one or two hands
could realize 100 per cent more by max.
ing them into syrup aud feeding the re-
fuse to hogs, cattle, horses aud chick
ems, which eat 1t readily.n
1t is reported that MI. Hanz will try
to reduce the syrup to sugar, which it
is believed will be excellent in quality.
whether it proves to be so or not, even
If only a superior quality of syrup can
be produced from the watermelons. the
facts here developed are full of sugees.
ton to the farmer, especially of the
south, where the watermelon attains a
high degree of sweetness, and contains
an unusual percentage of available sug.
ar.
1t seems to us that here is a broad
and promising field for the chemist and
inventor, no less than a great opportun-
ity for the farmer to increase the value
OF a crop nov quite a negligible factor
In his financial consideration. The
luscious watermelon may prove to be
possessed of qualities as valuable as
are those already known to be delight
full and refreshing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07
Working Night and Day,

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. These pills change weak
ness into strength. listlessness into ener-
gy, brain-fag into mental power.
They're wonderful in building up the
health. Only 25c per box. Sold by
J0hnsOn's druggist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07

The Democratic State convention to
nominate Presidential electors will be
held in Trenton next Wednesday. So.
lem county is entitled to 10 delegates l
for each township and borough.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07

The allies lost a good deal of credit
by looting Pekin and Tientsin. But
like the Persian poet. they doubtless
prefer to sstake the cash and let the
credit go.n
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07

The great success of Chamberlain's
Colo, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in
the treatment Of bowel complaints has
made it standard ovcr the greater part of
n civilized world. For sale by ]. Sweet
tens Sons.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07

People who are charging Bryan with
wishing to reverse his position on the
peace treaty should remember that.
along with the adoption of the treaty,
he recommended the passage of a reso-
luton declaring that the United States
meant ultimately. to give freedom to
the Filipinos. and that such a resolu-
tion was defeated In the Senate only by
the casting vote of the vice president.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07

Mr.. Bryan proposes to go more mod.
crate this year than four years ago by
making not more than two speeches a
day.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-07

"When I entered Goldey College, Itook
the most profitable step in my life,,
writes a Goldey College graduate. Prin-
cipal q. S. Goldey, Wilmington, Del.
will send the new, free, catalogue, if YOU
write for it, See adv. this paper.