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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-10
N. G. & o. Railway Cheekma,ed.

II Is no, known whether the settlement
of the Columbia Southern litigation will
have any bearing on the plans oi the Ne.
vadl, California and Oregon. This com
pany's line Is completed TO Termo. near
the Oregon boundary Its next move will
be towards lakeview, the seat of Lake
county. Had the Columbia Southern
been tied upby reeeivership, the Nevada,
California and Oregon would have hur.
ried It's road TO Prineville and made cen.
trail Oregon tributary to California. This
would have bottled up the Columbia
Southern, as II viii be many years before
central Oregon viii be able 10 support
two roads. Z. Z. Ly,e, president Of the
Columbia Southern. saw through the de.
signs Of the Nevada, California and Ore
Ron and realized that II his road was to
be Of any value to any one either, he must
buy O'Reiily's interest or sell his own to
O'Reiliy. This was the motive for the
settlement Of the litigation between Lytle
and O'Reilly. Now that the Columbia
Southern Is out Of court and Is making
money, the next move Of the Nevada,
California and Oregon Is awaited with
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-10
Grande Ronde Quartz and Placer.

VIM. Muir, the veteran miner of the
Grande Ronde quartz and placer group Of
mines, is enjoying a respite from his
labor and spending the time among his
friends In La Grande. mr.. Muir has not
been to town since last November. He,
with one companion, P. N. Nevada, has
spent the winter doing underground work
IN his mines. With the exception Of one
visit from an expert, they have seen no
one during the winter, but have enjoyed
to their hearts content a "high lone.
some" The ground, Mr.. Muir states,
has been IN very poor condition for work.
ing this winter. Because Of the un.
usually large amount Of moisture and the
lack Of cold weather, the ground Is so soft
that II can scarcely be held In position by
the ,imbers OF the mines. ~ fact, the
ground seems to be constantly moving
and Mr.. Muir, who Is by no means a
superficial student of silence, believes
that some geological transformation may
be taking place. II Is possible that 1t Is
merely local, but he believes that Il ap.
plies to the entire section. Mr.. Muir says
that there is considerable snow In the min.
ing section, aud, as the roads are yet bad,
he would not have undertaken the jour.
ney but for the fact that he had an ap.
pointment to met some mining promoters
at this place. Grande Chronicle.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-10
Sumpter Grocery Company Change.

J. +. Alden who, until the first Of the
month. was partner In the Sumpter
Grocery company, left Monday afternoon
for his Union county stock ranch, having
retired from business here. N. w.
Wheeler, who has been the other partner,
has taken Mr.. Alden's interest and will
hereafter operate the business. He has
secured the temporary services Of J. W.
Cowden to take care Of the growing
trade. Mr.. Alden's family will remain
here for short time, at least, and as he
has various other interests In the vicinity,
will be back from time to time.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-10
RAILROAD RUMORS.
N. c. & 0. and c. S. Headed
for John Day Valley.

u isreported at Lakevew, Oregon, that
the Nevada, California 4 Oregon Rail.
way Is about to put engineers In the field
TO survey the proposed extension from
Termo TO Lakeview. The work Of grad.
Ing the roadbed and laying ties will begin
without delay and rails will be put down
as fast as they can be obtained from the
mills. The company has rails for i0
miles OF road and will have to wait on the
factories for the remainder. II expects 10
be supplied about july !, and to have
trains running into Lakeview by Thanks.
giving.
The Nevada, California 4 Oregon has
been bull, from Reno, New, to Termo,
Cal, a distance OF 1870 miles. Much of
the territory through which 1t passes Is
not profitable. 1t has good country for
10 or IS miles south OF Iermo, and the
northern stretch to lakevi,w is capable of
furnishing large traffic.
ID Comyn Morgan is president of the
company aud Amedee ID. Morgan treas.
ufcr. They are New York men who
have rating Of $40 ,ooo, ,ooo.-Oregonian.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-10
Columbia Southern Litigation Settled.

All litigation between L. Z. Lytle and
Drake G.. O'Reilly, on account Of the
Columbia Southern railroad, has been set.
tied for good, and five cases pending In
the state and United States courts were
dismissed yesterday. Mr.. O'Reilly drops
out of the road and L. L. Lytle and
Walter II. Moore become owners OF the
entire issue of stock. Mr.. O'Reilly re.
ceived sI27,7oo In cash for his interest.
OF this amount, SIA,7oo was applied to
his iiA7 shares Of stock, which Ly,le and
Moore took at par, and Sic, 900 to the mat
ter connected with the extension from
Moro to Shaniko. The Moro Shaniko ac.
count was submitted to arbitration. II Is
said that Mr.. O'Reilly expected to get
S3a. 200 on this account, but compromise
was feachcn at $4,000. The settlemen,
between the litigantS was give or take,
aud the Lytle.Moore people decided Ia
take. II the litigation beween Lytle and
O'Reilly had been continued II would
have bankrupted the Columbia Southern
aud all connected with II. In the settle.
ment O'Reilly gets fair valuation for his
interest. lylle and Moore have no rea.
son to complain OF their end OF the deal,
Tor they have a good property. They are
progressive men and when the proper
time comes they will extend the line into
profitable ,err,ory.-Oregonian.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-10

interest. To the railroad world II looks
as II the Columbia Southern has checked
Mr.. Altschul's little game to annex cen.
trail Oregon, for commercial purposes to
San FranciSco.-Orrgonian.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-10
A Safe
Mining Investment
s333GEee

THE CRACKER SUMMIT GOLD MINING CON-
/ PANY own eight quartz claims and one placer
claim and mill site in the famous Cracker Creek
District adjoining the properties of three of Eastern
umba, & and North Pole, and are but three thous
and feet from the famous Goconda mine, on the same
ledge as the Climax, Ohio Cyclone and Free Coinage
claims.
The company owns 45oo feet of this ledge rang
ing from to 40 feet in width. The vein has been
opened by shafts, tunnels and open cuts for distance
OF 2Ioo feet showing pay shoot 100 feet in length
and feet wide. shaft has been sunk on this pay
shoot s. feet in depth, showing that values hold out
and increase with depth. Samples taken from this
shaft assay from $500 to S4oIS per ton and picked
samples have assayed as high S2Io78 per ton. The
shaft was thoroughly sampled across its entire width
of 7 feet every feet for its entire depth by two re
able experts giving average of about $40 per ton.
Outside OF this payshoot the average runs about $500
per ton.
Beside this ledge the Company has three other
Lodges on which the assessment work only has been
done showing values from a cents to 81 per ton.
The claims are heavily timbered and we'll watered,
having small streams which flow the year round
from the west vein which is contact between slate
and granite, and will furnish power enough for 10
drill compressor. The formation is the all of
the large mines in the neighborhood, being black
metamorphc slate; that lying next the foot wall having
the appearance of quartzie.
The development consists of I2s feet of tunnels,
100 feet of shafts and about $50 feet of open cuts
The ledge can be tapped at a depth of 63S feet by
brought through this tunnel to the mill by gravity thus
saving expensive hosting and pumping machinery.
There is good substantial blacksmith shop and outfit
of tools the ground and good wagon roads into the
property
The officers Of the company are James Clark pres
ident; Leon H. Long. vice PRESIDENT George H. Lins-
ley, secretary and treasurer and H. w. B. Smith, gen.
eral manager, the above named gentlemen together
with j. c. McFadden, of Waa Wala form the board
of directors.
capitalization 100000 shares, par value 25 cents
each, fully paid and worcestershire, with 100000
shares in the treasury The first issue of 10000 shares
is offered at cents per share. The price of succeed
ing issues will be advanced as development proceeds
Every share of the personal stock pooled until treas
uy stock reaches 50 cents per share, that treasury
stock will not be crowded out by individual offerings
OF personal Stock thus insuring ample funds for the
treasury, every cent of which will be Srent to make
producing mine of the Cracker Summit property.
All checks and drafts should be made payable to
George H. Lnsey secretary and treasurer. For pros
pectuS reports references and general information re-
garding the property address
Cracker Summit GnId Mininu IN
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likely tt happen when a boom is
busted"
Speaking broadly, there are two
kinds of slang. One depends for its
popularity on the mere fact that the
phrase is mouth-flling and pleases the
popular fancy. Such slang is likely
to have only a temporary popularity.
The slang which lives and which soon
er or later becomes a permanent part
of the language is that which really
means something, which describes
some fact or condition in a new and
vivid way. There are many people
who are greatly impressed by the
sound of any phrase the meaning OF
which they do not understand. twas
this feeling which proved SO effective
when DR.. Samuel Johnson was vocal
ly attacked by one of the famous fish
wives of Billingsgate. DR.. Johnson
knew that it would be idle and use
less to answer the woman in kind,
even if he had been willing to lower
his dignity to that extent. At the
same time he did not wish to lissen
W I1OIG VI ICl dOuOC' ~ oAAASAJ ~
pointed the finger Of scorn at her and
exclaimed in a voice of indignation
and contempt: Madam, you are an
isosceles triangle, a parallelopipedon,
an octagonal rhombiod." The fshwife
was totally overcome and was unable
to answer the doctors scathing denun-
citation, but it is not recorded that the
use of mathematical terms has ever
become popular in the vocabulary OF
Billingsgate.
Another kind Of slang which has a
merely temporary popularity is that
which exaggerates an already slang
expression and carries it beyond the
point of absurdity. Two street arabs
for instance, may be quarreling in the
gutter.
"G'wan," says the first; you've got
a wheel in yere head"
"Rats!" says the other. "Yere nu'
is a reg'ler bicycle factory"
Most people know what is mean
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.

GO ONACSH OA 49, AbA /
There were two handsome old ladies
sitting at the window with their work
in their laps, one the hostess and the
other the visitor. They were children
together and still talked of their
former playmates as "the girls"
where's Margaret asked the visi-
tor.
"Out in the back yard with some lit
tie friends skipping the rope. My tav-
orite granddaughter, you know"
Rather delicate, I'm afraid. l de-
clare / don't know what the race is
coming to, judging from the girls Q
growing Up. They don't seem to en-
dure anything. Do you remember
how we used to skip the rope, Sue?"
Gust as though it was yesterday.
Salt was the designation when we
just jumped an ordinary rate of speed,
pepper was faster, and mustard was
the fastest.
That's right. To do anything faster
than mustard meant fits or palpita-
ton OF the heart. Dear me! l don't
suppose that there is one of those chill
dren out there could skip mustard
without having a sick spell. We GER
tainly go backward each generation,
Sue. Let's take a look at them"
When they reached the back door
there was Margaret flying up and down
as though she had wings, springs and
lungs like a long-distance runner, says
the Detroit Free Press. She vas jump
ing two ropes going in opposite direc-
tons at the same time and whirling as
rapidly as the operators could make
them.
"Come here at once, Margaret" call
ed the hostess. what in the world
are you doing, child? It's enough to
give you commissions. Why, it's faster
by far than mustard"
Mustard sneered the granddaugh-
ter, who was breathing easy. IT'S toe
slow for us. That's 'tobasco' I'm do
ing"
Then the old ladies filed back
looked sheepishly at each other anC
: went to talking about how much bet
t~er-looking girls used to be than the!
= are now. 5aLhsaaA---@.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
msDsFfSg s9sa
SSN aN0H1yk

Dim goin' down tie the Thir-r-d
war-r-d this blissed afternoon and
Dim goin' te git We more votes than We
liver dreamed about. Ohm goin' te de-
vote me intire tonne from now IN, to
hoopin'-'er-oop fer We, Jimmie, and be
jabbers, Dim the bowld booko that
can do the thrick. OF always did loike
We, Jimmie-ye young spalpeen We
and it's me that niver wint back on a
frind. And, Jimmie, what's more
Here he leaned over to one of Jim
mics ears and whispered mysterious
ly:
"Begobs, Dim goin' to spind me
OWN mu-u-nny!"
1t is probably unnecessary to state
that Jimmie '~loosened."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
HE HAS A "CINCH" ON THE MULE.

HE HAS A "CINCH" ON THE MULE.
so many apt and novel phrases which
are incorporated into the body of the
English tongue that it is still alive
and growing. And both in the United
States and abroad students are begin
ming to recognize the importance and
the value of words and phrases which
start as slang, and, because they vivid
ly describe some prevailing condition,
gradually find their way into the stan
dard dictionaries.
The English society mourns because
most all the slang which is found
worthy of permanent adoption orig
mates in the States" But it is
proud of the fact that in England has
originated at least one popular phrase
which has not found it's way into this
country, and which, if one may VEN
ture an opinion, is never likely to do
So. The new English phrase is "twen-
cent" and it is used to describe any
thing which is extremely "up to date"
1t is, of course, an abbreviation of
twentieth century, and in the English
eye 10 a. CI11 hdOiC SA0A4P1O VI NOA
densation and wit.
Both the philologists of London and
American authorities agree in the
opinion that comparatively little slang
of the sort which endures and becomes
part of the language originates in
large cities. Nor is it used first by
educated and refined people. The So
called educated classes" add little to
a language except some stilted words
which are borrowed from the classics
or scientific terms which are also like
ly to be derived from one of the dead
languages. 1t is the men on the farm
on western ranches, in gold and silver
mines, and in other similar occupa-
lions who give the language it's vi
tally and growth.
Thus the men who pack mules AMI
horses for the trail over the mountains
and plains of the great west put {
tight "cinch" on many a "critter'' be
fore the general public began to tall
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
MADAM, YOU ARE A PARALLEL
PIPEDON."

when a nan is said to have ga wheel
in mis- head" but the bicycle factory
joke carries it a point beyond perma-
nent appreciation.
The only class of highly educated
people who contribute to any extent 10
the growth of the language is the col
lege students. College slang is so
vivid and has been so generally adopt
ed that a dictionary has been issued
which is entirely devoted to the sub
ject.
1t was at a college boarding club
for instance that a student who want
ed the small milk pitcher asked a
companion to drive the heifer this
way" From terms originally used in
college games the language has adopt
ed many useful phrases. 1t is not many
years since the first curved ball was
pitched in a baseball game, and yet the
current phrase II am onto his curves"
has a meaning entirely without con-
nection with the baseball diamond.
From the field sports of ~collegians have
come the phrases to Jump on" a man
and to Jump on him with both feet"
Even the great American game of
draw poker, which will not be claimed
as a college game exclusively, has
added several common phrases to the
languages. Many a man who has new
er tried to "fll two pair has called
a bluff or declared that he would ego
it blind"
1t was a farmers boy who had
touched his tongue to the iron pump
handle on a below-zero morning who
discovered that ito freeze to" a per-
son expressed a strong degree of at
tachment. The expressions "to get a
load on" and "to carry a load" are
plainly of country extraction and need
no explanation. ga jag" is a provin-
cialism which means a little load, Sc
that to say a man has ga big jag on
is a contradiction in terms. "LSg'' is
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

one Of the American expressions which
has hardly reached England as yet, X
one may judge from the expression
of a recent author, who defined a "jag"
as an umbrella, and quoted as author
ity a paragraph from a st. Louis pa
per which announced that "Mr. Brown
was seen on the street last Sunday
morning in the rain, carrying a fine,
large Jag" 1t was a Chicago humor-
list who declared that a man OF his ac-
quaintance was sometimes entirely So
Der, though he did Jump from jag
to jag like an alcoholic chamois."
Almost every business and profess
sion has given the most picturesque
words in it's particular vocabulary to
enrich the language. From the stock
exchange, for instance, come bulls"
and "bears," a corner" and mar
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
Mrs. Papa and Her Paper.


Mrs. Dano Papa, widow of the late
Italian republican journalist of Milan,
is now living in Paris, France. Mrs.
Papa is an American woman, and,
when her husbands paper, Italia del
Popolo, was suppressed by the govern
ment on account of its liberal thought,
she brought out two editions in the
city of New York to demonstrate that
the paper was not dead. At the time
of the New York editions all the edi-
tors and contributors were either in
solitary confinement as prisoners or in
exile. Mrs. Papa is thoroughly fami-
liar with the political situation in
Italy, and, while her opinion may be
influenced somewhat by her advanced
thought, she states that Italy has just
passed through a crisis of which the
other powers are comparatively igno-
rant. Two republicans were called
to the ministry because the opponents
of the government had become Sc
strong that it forced a recognition
Chicago Journal. s.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
FingerleSs Lace Gloves.

Last evening 1 found Dolly busy with
some pieces of old lace founces. For
some time l watched her cutting, snip
ping, taking up the threads and tying
little knots here and there to keep the
lace from raveling before I discovered
what she was doing, says a writer in
the Minneapolis Times. Then at last,
when she had transformed one of the
pieces into a funnel shaped affair and
had pulled it over the hand and fore
arm I concluded she vas making
gloves. These lace gloves she tells me
are to be the rage this summer for
dinner and garden parties. They are
fngerless and may be elbow or should
er length. At the stores they are sold
for $50, $50 and even $500 a pair, but
Dolly says that any girl who is skill
full can make her W lace mittens.
Silk mitts will also be worn, l suppose,
as the vogue of the fingerless lace glove
will suggest the wearing of lace mitts.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
"sALrED. REAL ESTATE.

''Why are all those promoters buy
ing your land?" asked the amazed
boarder. "It isn't possible that there
is oil under the surface?" y
mot by a jugful!' chuckled the wise
old farmer, TITS just a little scheme
of mine. | mixed gold paint in the food
Of the last fowls 1 shipped to town.
The city folks found it in the craws
of the poultry, an you couldn't make
them believe thar amt a vein of gold
on my farm."-Chicagc News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
TWAS JOHNSON.

From the New York Evening Sun: 1t
was in Magistrate Brann's court a few
days ago. A frail little white woman
had her husband, a strong, big negro,
up for non-support. She said that he
would not support her, because he was
jealous of another man, who had paid
her some attention. The magistrate
heard the story, and then turned to-
ward the prisoner and asked:
well Mr.. Othello, what have you to
say to that?''
The policeman who made the arrest
leaned over and whispered to the ma
gistrate:
"His name isn't Othello, your honor"
he said. cts Johnson"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

of the machine" said the inventor to
Chicago reporter the other day, Gus
ing clean, warm soap water. By open
ing a small valve the necessary
amount of water is allowed to spread
on the floor. When the machine is set
in motion the scrubbing begins. The
brush revolves and the two rollers,
covered with cloth of a suitable nature,
rinse and wipe. The waste water is
conveyed to a tin box on the under
side of the machine. This can be
emptied at will"
The machine is 10 inches high, 10
inches wide and 20 inches long. 1t is
especially designed for large floors.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
HE NEEDED THE MONEY.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel: A
~well-known local character, who never
had a CEN of money that anyone knew
about, and whose sole object in life
appeared to be the accumulation Of
liquid refreshments, recently ap-
preached a candidate for Office, and in
his rich Irish brogue, supported with
a fair quality of Jag" remarked:
Jimmie, me boy, it's me that's glad
to see We roonin' fer Office, and Dim
coin tn work hard to see We ELECTED.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

Clerk-''That yoygg lady in front
wants to look at Some rings exactly
like she has one. She says she is
thinking of purchasing a duplicate for
her sister" Old Jeweler-"Huh! You
needn't waste any time on her. The
ring she has is an engagement ring,
and she merely wants to find out what
it cost."-Chicago News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
Between the Lines.

Percy-'I shall treasure forever
every word of endearment you write
me, Pauline"
Pauline-"Oh, no; my love-letters
are not necessarily a guarantee of good
faith; they are only for publication"
~r ,.@l
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

The Society Of Amateur Philologists,
the members of which are devoted to
the study of language, has gravely de-
'cided that If it were not for the
,tions made from time to time by
Americans, English would have to be
classed as a dead or at least as a rap
idly dying language.
From this country, however, come
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
His Way.

"The weather man is the most tall
ented long-distance mind reader in the
world"
What makes you say SOP"
"Just let me barely think of going
into the country on a pleasure trip
and he gets up a rain"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
Quick Work Of sanitary Men.

A specially-trained sanitary troop
lately drilling near Berlin has trans
formed cars of different kinds into
hospital cars, with bcrths for sick or
wounded, in from three and one-half
to five minutes per car.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

There are three parts in truth; first.
the INQUIRY. which is the wooing of it;
secondly, the knowledge of it, which is
the presence of it: and, thirdly, the
belief, which is the enjoyment Of it
Bacon. &.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
A Jimtown Effort.

well, how did the cantato go off,"
ooh, inet Saul sat on a red calico
wore a big button hole bouquet-and
famed himself with a Japanese fan"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
LITTLE LAUGHS.
The Insien,fcant minority.

'tPa, what is a 'quorum'?"
Sonny, it is when there are SO few
of us home to dinner that your mother
won't cut the cake!"