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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-26
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IdFuOu ue, Uut
If you were going to rent your farm to
man, you would feel surer Of getting
your money if that man had had some
experience in farming, wouldn't you? If
you have job, a steady job, and you
knew there was going to be change Of
managers Of the business, factory or
whatever concern it is that hires you,
you would feel safer If you knew that
the incoming manager had had expert
ence in managing your line Of business,
would you not? You'd feel more certain
Of his running the business successfully,
wouldn't you? You'd feel surer Of hold
ing your job, wouldn't you? If you are
hustling around for a job, you'd rather
get one if you could, on a farm, in a
factory or in business that is run by
an experienced manager, wouldn't you?
For you'd figure it that your job would
be more likely to pan out, to be steady
one, wouldn't you?
And;
When you take a ride on a railroad
train, you wouldn't feel particularly com
Portable If just before the train was to
start you saw young dry goods clerk
climb up into the engine cab and begin
to yank the lever. Now would your You
wouldn't want to be working at the
mouth Of mine and know that a poet
was running the hosting engine, would
you? You'd be afraid of your corpus,
Ell?
Now, when it comes to politics, don't
you think a man ought to try to show
just as good sense in voting as he does in
his trade or business? Bryan is long on
wind we can all agree on that; but Mack
has got the engineers license. He's been
over the road. But Bryan claims he has
an entirely new method, method OF his
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-26

Gooding Bros. of Idaho have seen a
contract for sheep which is typical OF
the feeling among Western wool raisers.
The contract calls for the payment Of
$4,000 for band Of sheep in case Nc
Kinley is elected and $4,000 in case
Bryan is successful McKinley's cleo
tion represents an immediate difference
Of $4,000 to one dock owner.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-26

SOME DEMOCRATIC TRUSTS.

(From the Chicago Inter OCEAN,
Merely to expose the sham of
Mr.. Bryan's present antitrust
campaign, we cite below few of
the trnsts-only those with &c.,
100000 or more capitalization
organized before Mr.. McKinley's
Inauguration, and protected and
nurtured by the Democracy be-
tween March 4. 1898. and March
4, 1897:
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-19

house. Fletcher Henderson Is one Of the
interesting characters surviving eastern
Oregon's pioneer gold hunters. He loea.
ted at Auburn In 1862, when that camp
was booming with new discoveries. BE.
tween that period and the present he has
traversed every gold bearing district Of the
region. With true miners luck he has
been up and down often and the periods
of his successes are remembered for their
extravagancies. Exposure and hard work,
together with old age, have left him a
physical and mental wreck. The past
two years has been spent mainly in the
poorhouse Of this county. Recently symp.
toms Of rapid failing mind have caused
the authorities to conclude that he would
be better off in the asylum.-Baker City
correspondence in Oregonian.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-19
Pendleton Has q Kick Coming.

1t Is common complaint among con.
sumers Of beef and mutton In this city
that It Is almost impossible to procure at
any Of the markets choice stake or piece
Of mutton. It Is alleged that Pendleton
people are compelled to buy meats that
are unmarketable to outside dealers. In
most cases where small lots Of sheep and
cattle are bought, the local dealer ships
the most marketable animals, retaining
the old stays and toothlees sheep for
home consumption. The very best meats
ought to be obtainable In Pendleton, but
the fact Is, the so.caIled "tenderlOin" I"
found In Pendleton markets, chews very
much like piece Of India rubber. soaked
in Arctic blubber.-Live Stock Journal.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-19
MACS LUCK COMPANY.
Latest Gold Mining Proposition
Launched in Sunpter.

The Macs Luck is the latest gold min.
mining company organized In Sumpter;
with these officers: F. A. E. Starr, pres.
ident; d. E. Wheeler, vice president;
Otto Herlocker, secretary and treasurer; ;
J. H. MeCallum, manager; Walter R.
Allen, superintendent. 1t has a capital
stock Of $4,000, divided into I,soo, 900
shares Of the par value Of 10 cents per
share.
The company owns the Macs Luck,
Isabelle, Mother Lode, Colorado, View
Fair and Golden Crown, all full claims,
GOO by 1900 feet, and lying contis.
uous, giving an area of about 100 acres.
This property Is located on Deer creek,
about four and half miles northeast Of
Sumpter.
The location work has been done on all
the claims, showing three distinct parallel
contact veins, varying In width from five
to twenty feet. A tunnel has been driven
on the ledge Of the Colorado for distance
Of q feet, gaining foot for foot Of depth.
BY driving this tunnel 300 feet depth Of
1000 feet will be obtained. A tunnel has
also been driven on the ledge Of the Macs
Luck for distance Of 36 feet, gaining foot
for foot in depth. BY driving this tunnel
1900 feet depth Of 1900 feet will be OBJ.
tanned. The eompany's plan Is to con.
tinue these tunnels until sufficient pay ore
Is blocked out TO warrant the rec,ion Of a
mill. The ore Is characteristic Of the dis.
trict, being blue and white quartz.
These claims were located by practical
miners Of many years experience. The
management Is composed Of practical
miners and business men thoroughly fa.
miliar With this district, and who have the
utmost faith In the future Of the property.
The property Is said TO have all the ear
marks Of mine and with proper develop.
ment work will no doubt In a short time
be added to the dividend payers Of this
district. Manager MeCallum has spent a
number Of years In mining and Is consid.
cred one Of the best posted men In the bus.
mess now operating In the state.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-19
Pioneer Resident Of Sumptes Insane.

OuSSS S>SssoSus VI oUsAsPVSS AusAues
One Of eastern Oregon's pioneer gold
hunters has been brought to the county
jail at Baker City, and Is now held for an
examination as to his sanity. His name
is Fletcher Henderson. The first cabin
erected on the present site of Sumpter
was his handiwork. The large placer
fields lying Immediately opposite the town
were first opened by him, and many well
known properties Of eastern Oregon have
at some time in their history been In his
control. But the old man comes to the
asylum from the poorhouse. Pioneers of
this region can remember when he spent
money like prince, OF the more apt
synonim-successful miner. He has lost
1t all, and will probably spend the time al.
lotted him after his 7ad birthday In mad.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-19
UNwArERING MEXICAN MINE.
Has Nine Miles Of Workings, and Was
Opened In 1850.


An interesting mining operation is be.
ing completed this month in the Guan.
juato district, famous as the richest min.
Ing territory In Mexico, In unwatering the
Sirena gold mine, which, after being
worked by the Mexcans since the year
1850, has been flooded and abandoned ever
since the Mexican war Of independence in
ISa2. There are at least nine miles Of
workings In the old mine and II has taken
two years labor with powerful electric
pumps to remove the water already In the
workings and to fight the incoming flow.
It was 900 feet deep when the work be.
gan. Now It Is less than four hundred.
Just how much Of the workings re.
main to be uncovered and what there Is
in and beyond them no one knows. Rec.
ord keeping and chart making were done
in very primative fashion by the old Mex.
lean miners. As the clearing Of the mine
has progressed curious relics have come to
light. In one place, far below the water
level, the explorers came upon stable
half full Of skeletons Of mules and men
who had been caught there by the rising
flood. Life Is cheap In Mexico, and no
one could be found who remembered ever
having heard that anybody had been
missed In the mine.
The Sirena Is the first Of the old mines
In the district to be unwatered. The pro.
ject Is carried out by New York com.
pany, and It indicates the new channel In
which modern mining methods In the old
districts run. The company counts on
making an immediate profit by going over
the old workings and treating the ore out
Of which the Mexican miners with their
mule power and hand labor could obtain
no paying results. Electricity is being
used where mule power failed, and when
the water Is all out Of the mine the work.
ings will be driven deeper than the Mex.
cans could ever have dreamed Of opera.
ting them.
The same method Is now being under.
taken In other parts Of the district. A
German syndicate has acquired the famous
Valenciana mine on the same vein, out
Of which many millions have been taken
by the MexicaRs. Another mine on the
Veta Madre vein, which runs through
the district, yielded the king OF Spain SI7,.
600, 900 In royalties. The unwatering Of
the mines has been discussed since the
time of Humboldt, who had project Of
doing 1t by driving a tunnel twelve miles
long into the vein, but 1t is only now that
American enterprise has given a start to
the work.-Exchange.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-19
Notice Of Dissolution Of Partnesship.

Notice Of Dissolution Of Panhenhip.
Notice Is hereby given that the partner.
ship existing between Ed Turk and Nj.
not Austin, under the style of Austin
Meat company, was dissolved on October
20, 1900, and said Minot Austin has as.
sumed sole control OF said business.
MlNOT AUSTIN.
Sumpter, December IS. 1900.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-19

All kinds OF pies, cake, bread. etc., at
Brechtel's bakery, opposite depot and in
Neill building. Orders promptly filled.
The sun., 1900-12-20
Against Ratification in Any Torm

To THE EDITOR or THE SvN-Sir. Unless
common sense Is an ideal which, like Poe's
'Annabel Lee. we may love and lose and
long for. but never possess. Americans are
not likely To he content with the smal, an
proach to ii embodied in the Davis and Fora
ker amendments TO the canal treaty. The
people well understand that those measures
or half-measures and the decisive vote which
adopted them are chiefly valuable as indicat-
ing the widespread, intense and non bipartisan
character Of the opposition TO Secretary
Hays triumph of diplomacy" They do
not consider them as disrosirg of the matter.
nor will they approve any relaxing Of oppo-
stion either in the senate or ont Of il until
the treaty. however IL may be amended
shall have been rejected. IL is plain that the
Senate is now considering what. from an
American point Of view. Is the most uudiy-
nitl"d treaty that has presented itself for
ratification In half a century. Like the
Treaty of Ghent. the Northwest boundary
settlement. the Clayton Bulwer treaty and
other Anglo American transactions during
the dark ages of United States history. this
compact is a blunder which no patching
can cure.
If ~ il less dangerous now ms amended
than the original agreement. il is far moro
absurd There was at least some method
in tho madness of making the canal the
concern Of all the nations under the sun.
But by what process of reasoning can the
canal cease to concern France or Germany
and yet continue To concern Great Britain9
Why must Great Britain alone of all the
nations Of the earth be reckoned with9 oh
yiously nothing is needed to commence
work on the canal but a resolution of Con-
cress II IL hard to see why negotiations
with our British cousins. should not be con-
fined To the abrugation Of the Clay ton Bulwer
treaty that other triumph of diplomacv
for this country's honor was displayed on
both sides.
is very simple:
Il, hbrogate in some honorable way the
CLAYTON Bulwer treaty.
a. Acquire sovereignty over every tract OF
country through which the American isthmus
is capable Of being pierced.
al Build the canal through Lake Nicaragua
6l Forbid any other canal.
(0l Make Lake Nicaragua and the canal
termini an American Gibraltar
Americans expect that number one will he
done THURSDAY, world philanthropists to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
There Is no process OF amendment which
can make an American treaty out Of MIR
HAYS bargain IL will be like its missha pen |
predecessors, a stumbling block to American |
progress as long as IL exists. Its existence |
should be terminated now. There Is only |
one way out Of the situation, IL Is the way Of |
the Taste-paper basket Reason, patriotism.
il Is to be hoped the august Senate viii not |
Be dismsysd. however II may. be erieved.
NsS foss. Dec -. ''0'
The sun., 1900-12-20
Theatre Mnsic-The Musician, Side.

TO THE EDITOR oP THE SvN sly: Your cor
respondent, Il. W H.. In his letter Theatre Music
Reform In your issue Of 10 day, states that man
ayers do not appear 10 consider the music played
between the acts OF much importance he is In error
Most managers do. and some consider II Of great i'm
portance.
He also refers TO the difference between good and
bad music as shown by Mr.. Sam Franko during his
one Years engagement at the Lyccum Theatre where
tho orchestra consists Of \ double string quintet
similar To that introduced by Nr. Richard Mans0cld
at the Gafrick Theatre some years ago
Mr. itanko was not retained but his orchestra
was and his best selections were continued in me
rcrertoIrN IN addN On 10 which his predecessor and
succt ssor. Mr. Frank A. Hovson selected new and
interest ng numbers from thc best works
Theatre m iSiC reform. as II. W II. would have
IT, VIII never hc accom- pl SHE'D until the auditors nav
Inc orchestra the compliment Of listening 20 its mise
INSTEAD Of IA <ng advantage OF hr intcrmssons 10 i'm
dulge IN loud and 10 thcm, pleasing. c0nVcrsatlnn
which is the custom o AZ least nineteen out ~ every
twenty, and really recognized part Of their lust
Amusement The fact that many, and indeed most
uf th performers In the best theatres mem i
the Philharmonic Grand Opera and classical concert
ofchesitAs and guartc, clubs and that such numbers
as I.sds second Hungarian Rhapsody" Mobrr's
Invitation 10 the Dance. Gounod's Funeral March
Of a Marlonette 'lohcngrin" and "TannhsuS,r'
selections. &c, are always dpplaudrd hy appr.ca IA.
tive few at Daly's and the Empire theatres SHOWS
that the audiences need Theatre Music Rcfot m"
quite a. much as. II not more than, the ofChcstrAs
BROOkLNS. Dec. H. ONE WHO KNOWS
The sun., 1900-12-20
Pacific Coast vote.

The Official returns of the November cleo
ton in three Pacific Coast States. California
oregon and Washington, have been dc
,lared and they show more surprising
chang in political division than do the re-
turns from any other group OF States in the
country.
In 1896 BRYAN pollcd $4,000 In California
this year he had only I25,Uuo. In Oregon
he had a. 900 votes four years ago; tis year
he had only $4,000. In Washington he had
81 900 votes four years ago.. this year he
had only 4A,oU0. In these three Pacific Coast
States the Bryan vote fell Off from pa. 900
TO .OS.OuO, a loss of 5000 in four years.
MIR Mckinlrys vote in California was
$4,000 four years ago, 1t was $4,000 this
year. a gain of 1900. In oregon. the Mckin-
ley figures were 4S.770 in 1896 and 49, 500 IN
1900. In Washington the Mckinley vote
was $4,000 in 1896 this year il was 81 500
the total increase OF the ReDghl!can vote
In the three States being 3l,0D In four years
A Bryan majority of 7.o,0 on the Pacific
Coast in 1896 was transformed into a Mckin-
ley majority OF 5000.
The sun., 1900-12-20
Clerical scholarship.

Bishop POTTER pronounces the entrance
into the pulpit of a minister unable to speak
the English language with correctness
and elegance an impertinent intrusion
II all ministers who do not come up TO that
requirement were excluded. how many
preachers would be left in the pulpip
Nor are ministers more lax in the use and
pronunciation of language than the great
body of lawyers. for instance. 1t is rare to
hear a lawyer making plea in language
which indicates refinement Of education.
no matter what may be the college or uni
versity from which he halls. So also of
our college bred men, generally; the num-
Der Of those who choose their language
and speak their language without Offending
critical listeners is relatively small,
Nor does it seem likely that so far as the
pulpit is concerned. there will be- tendency
10 Improvement which will admit OF the
practical application Of the standard set
up by Bishop POTTER. During the first
century of the existence of Harvard Col
lege. more than one-half ofits graduates
went into the ministry. Now those who be-
com, ministers are relatively few in number.
and usually they are not among 'He ptieh'-
est minds Of the classes. The same Is true
OF the old colleges generally They were
founded for the special purpose OF re-
cruting the Christian ministry and usu-
ally clergymen were their Presidents and
preponderated in their faculties until COM
paratively recent years. Now they are
almost wholly secularized Intellectually
the young men in the theological schools
are in large part of feeble timber and few
Of them exhibit any of the graces OF an
elegant education. Very often they come
{. IN uneducated surroundings very
raw lot Of young cubs 10 be licked into
shape. II is not to be expected Of them
that when they get into pulpits they will
satisfy a severe critical standard in their
speech. How many OF the Bishops even
can stand IL?
The sun., 1900-12-20
The German Duty on Wheat.

After the lgrarlan party had succeeded
in passing bill at tho last session OF the
Reichstag, practically prohibiting the im-
portation Of our corned beef. canned meats
and sausages, it introduced another bill
to raise the import duties on cereals. The
proposed duty on wheat, for example,
is a cents bushel The bill will come up
for action this winter and Consul DIE
pERIcH writes from Bremen that it will.
In all probability. become law.
The Agrarians assert that the Empire
is perfectly able to raise all its own food
They declare that all the barren and waste
places. the swamps Of the northern low
lands and the moors and heaths of the
southern highlands may be turned into
excellent farm lands and pastures that
will moro than supply the present def
cheney In breadstuffs and meats. The
fallacy OF this statement Is obvious and
It Is surprising that any political party
should use it as an argument in support
Of the prohibition OF food Imports
Germany's ability 70 feed itself is grow
ing less every year. Her population is
increasing at the rate of 100000 per annum
and there Is no possibility that agricultural
production can b. increased In the same
proportion. Agriculture is nowhere more
highly developed than in Germany. The
farm and grazing lands are scientifically
treated. The limit of production has not
been reached but IL cannot be far of Even
with highly improved and intensified farm
ing il was necessary. last year. for Ger
many to import over 5O,0oO,OO0 bushels Of
wheat and 22oooOoo bushels of rye,
The fact Is that il all the waste lands
of Germany should be put into wheat and
rye next year they would not supply enough
breadstufis for a single season The coun-
try is now compelled to import one-eighth
of all its bread~tuiis and all the waste
lands of Germany are only one twentieth
OF its area and a large part OF them can
never be made available for any form of agri-
culture or stock raising. They are barren
areas Of rock on the tops of some of the
southern highlands. as little adapted for
reclamation as tho slab-covered upper
region OF our Mount Washington
Germany gets hundreds Of thousands of
new mouths TO be filed with bread every
year and yet the tendency among farmers
for the past decade. has been Ia decrease
the acreage in cereals and give more atten.
ton TO other crops. Germany raises far
more sugar beet. tobacco and hops than
France produces and as large u quantity of
the oil grains and textile plants The
main reason why these products have
been cultivated at the expense OF cereals
is because 1t is becoming cheaper for the
people to import breadstufrs than to raise
them and this condition is being more and
more emphasized every year because
more and moro Of the farming class are
leaving the rural districts and finding em.
ployment in the city factories.
Before the Agrarians got tho upper hand
The sun., 1900-12-20
rho Vote To-day.

with the Davis amendment NJ already
adoptcd by great majority OF the senate
and with the two so-callcd Foraker amend
men,s. already accepted and advocated
nv tho Committee on Foreign Relations.
the Hay-Paunccfote Treaty Will require
only a single modification To render 1t sats-
factory 20 American sentiment
That Is the clear assertion Of the right
NOT necessarily the intenion-of the
Government constructing and owning the
canal TO fortify it
This can be accomplished in two ways.
namely: BY slightly changing the DAVIS
amendment and making il follow Section
7 instead Of Section OF Article H.: or by
striking out the italicized portion of Section
7. as follows
No ,ortircation, shall ~ ertctsd commanding no
canal or the ra'crs adiirr1f The United States
hoversr shall be at liberty 20 maintain such fniafy
police along the canal may he necessary 10 p'o'ee'
It against lawlessneSs and disorder
The right TO fortify the canal is a matter
for diplomatic adjustment with Nicaragua
not with European power.
II the Senate shall proceed to this further
amendment Of the original text, 1t Will
have removed the only remaining stpua-
ton that is inconsistent with the amended
treaty, as a whole. or with the Monroe
Doctrine. And this last step In the right
direction will probably have no practical
effect upon the fate of the treaty or OF the
canal project.
II. on the other hand. the prohibition
Of fortfcations be retained by the Senate
in spirit Of compromise with the orig
inal proposition, and II Great Britain
finally assent TO the amended treaty. this
glaring incongruity will stand forever to
shackle our independent action on the
isthmus 1t will be the price we pay for
Secretary HAYS diplomatic enterprise.
But in either case the main object is Sc
cured and the fight is won.
The sun., 1900-12-20
For Relief Of Tunnel Travellers.

To I'll. EDITOR OF THE SUS--Sr. While |
have no, the slightest doubt that the authorities O,
the Grand Central Station are doing their best y,
restore normal conditions In the running OF the nun,r
Gus trains which come into H. especially In the morn.
ing, any more than doubt that they will ultimately
succeed In So doing may sorely tried daily t,ln
per" who has often Important appointments i'm me-
diately on arriving in the city, make a sugr,s,ion
and save the railroad companies from cons idersms
amount Of snsthema' It is that from the oonges,ea
a. frequently a. is Necessary Information concernin.
the probability. OF the reverse, Of the trains being
stalled IN the tunnel. that this infofmsuon should
b. announced to the passengers on each incnminS
train BY the guards OF brakemsn so that any one
bavinga pressing appointment hearing the announce
or "rhls train may be delayed nve. ten, or twenty
minutes IN the tunnel can use bis discretion about
leaving II al that point T.. HAMILTON ppII
NFw YORK. Dee. II.
The sun., 1900-12-20
Great Cattle Ranges Gone.

CHEYENNE. wyo., Dec. lathe large real estate
holdings Of the STANDARD Cattle Company, at time
the leading cattle concern in eastern oming were
yesterday sold To BUD Drlskell. a large cattle owner
of Spearnsh, s. ID. The land including incosed pas
lures amounts to about 1000 and is Of the
finest stock ranches In northeastern Wyoming.
This sale brings the fact home 10 the old timers In
wyoming that the days Of the range cattle business
are rapidly drawing 10 close. The Standard Cattle
Company was for years power In Wyoming range
stock business but. like hundreds OF other concerns
has submitted TO the new order OF things and is now
engaged In raising small herds Of thoroughbred
stock on smaller ranches and irrigated pastures