The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-06-13
A. w. Ellis Sums up the Con.
dition Of Affairs Here.

nishrd that paper with this resume OF tn,
industrial and commercial conditions here
A visit TO Sumpter made Saturday, anc
q careful investigation Of business condi
tons and all matters relative to mining
interests IN that district, reveal the fac,
that affairs IN Sumptrr and the surround
ing territory are IN 4 very prosperous con
dition. There is not an idle man IN the
town who viii work, and there are moi
teams enough to handle the freight and
passenger business between Sumpter and
the various mining camps.
One oi the most conservative and care.
iul business mer Of Sump,er is authority
for the statement that never IN the history
oi Sumpirr, except IN the cases oi the
Vinson investments and the FIRST invest.
mrnt oi the Sumpirr lownsiie company,
was there u time when 80 much capital
was coming into the town ior investment
as a' the present time.
The new electric light and power com.
pinv has just completed transforming the
old plant into 4 new one, under the ci'lc.
lent management oi Mr. T.. Cannon. ot
Portland. Fourteen hundred and sixty
incandrStcnl lights and - arc lights Tor
commercial and municipal purposes have
been contracted lor. The new plan, has
4 number oi very unique features In its
installation. and will hr one ol the most
perfect small plants in the western coln.
nv. u goes into operation today, much
To the satisfaction oi the citizens oi Stump.
ter, who are promised 4 service equal 10
tha, furnished in anv ol the large cities.
The new Numpter Stage company,
which >hor, time ago bought the stock
and out't oi lom McEwen. lined up its
eight new coaches Saturday afternoon IN
front oi the office for inspection Nv the
public. The new vehicles were started
ont that afternoon on their regular runs,
and the company now has something over
No head oi tine horses IN harness IN the
traffic 10 and from the different camps.
The Columbia Brewing company has
Increased the capacity oi its plant from loo
Ia Zoo barrels per month. and is putting
In large atiiitial itr plant.
The Hohson Mercantile company, re.
Gently burned out, will IN 40 DAYS ottupv
the same premises IN their own brick
blotk.
Sixty men are working on the Sump,er.
Granite road, and good portion ot the
necessary 5000 was subscribed IN Sumr,cr
n few DAYS ago.
The Fourth ot Julv committee in the
past 10 DAYS has collected over 500 Tor a
celebration In Sumr,rr, Sumptrr Is the
only town oi its size IN eastern Oregon
that tan boast ot paved and plankrd
streets, The county records show that
within the past three weeks more real
estate has changed hands in Sump,er than
In the three months prior Ia tha, time.
The Sump,er Iownsite company has lust
closed 4 contract for a tine hritk orlte
building Ia We erected opposite their pres
rnt location on Mil street.
The proprietor oi the brick ward at
>ump,er states that he started in huSi.
ness three weeks aga with the intention
II burning small kiln ot oo,ooo hritk
without 4 contract ior their sale. IN al.
vance. tie has nov Increased the tapat'
" 10 200, 1000 brick, and had every hritk
sold before his men commenced 10 make
he mud.
\, W, Ellis, one oi the original owners
# Sumptrr. is SPENDING A large amount of