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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-05-22
Care First Bank of Sumpter


by the owners Of mineral.bearing lands.
In conjunction with agriculture, mining Is
the prime source Of wealth, for manufac.
turing and commerce are dependent upon
the products Of the earth. With more
painstaking study, deeper researches In
all matters Of science, the great industry
Of mining will reach an Importance not
dreamed Of by the old time miners. 1t Is
quite apparent that the age Of mining has
Just begun.-Seattle Times.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-05-22
CHANGES IN MINING METHODS.
Business Oifer an Inviting Field as a Call.
Ing for Young Men.

The ancients thought they knew some.
thing about mining, but Notwithstanding Il
the experience Of many centuries, recent
discoveries In science show that scien.
tihc mining has just begun. Though
there Is an element Of uncertainty In the
result Of a tour Of prospecting, when min.
eral.bearing rock Is once found recent
study enables the metallurgist TO extract
theretrom many products that are Of
value In the commercial world.
The ancien,s knew nothing Of the
modern methods Of treating ores, and In
consequence Of recent discoveries many
ores that were once thrown away are now
found to carry great values. New terri.
tory Is daily being explored. new lodges
found and new placer beds uncovered.
All OF these occurrences emphasize the
fact that the mining industry. II not still
IN Its infancy, has not yet passed through
the stages Of early development.
The me,hodical prospeetor AMI the
painstaktng metallureist have advantages
uSet ttV UNtuets VI uuNtcUt udys Vlut dtC
as marked as In modern agriculture over
the methods pursued when fields were
plowed with forked sticks aud grain was
threshed with the fail. Invention and
chemistry, by their working together, are
opening up new era In the history Of
mining. and just AS the agricultural land
OF old are rewoIked, 50 are mineral.bear.
Ing lands that were once thought to be
exhausted, are being Teworked and yield.
Ing values, even greater than when first
discovered.
To the young man who would achieve
distinction as specialists there Is no bet
ter field than one wherein the work has
bearing upon the mining Industry. The
expert geolosist. engineer. metalluryist or
chemist. In any Of the several branches
.of. his science. will always be In demand
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-05-22

The Capital Hotel Is again under the
management Of Mrs. George B. Tedrowe,
which fact guarantees the best Of service
to all patrons.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-05-22

Mrs. Marsh, next door to MINER Office,
will give practical instructions In lace
work. Materials and hundreds Of pat.
terms to select from.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-05-22

Never falls Giant powder.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-05-22
OFFICERS

President. ................J. J. II. ROBBINS
Mayor Of Sumpter
Vice.President. G.. RICHARDS
A,,orney-at-Law
Sec'y and Trras...OTTO HERLOCkER
Asst Cashier First Bank oi Sumpter
Directors. II. Robbins, N. 6.
Richards, L. N. Anderson, N. d.
Supt Of Mnes..........DAVlD O'NElL
Geiscr y, o.. Baker County. Oregon
In addition 10 the officers OF the company
among the stockholders are: Hon. Lee Mantle.
late u. =. Senator, Butte, Montana: Thos X.
Iiinis. late County Treasurer. Butte. Montana;
Hon. John T.. Forbes. Attorney at Law. Butte:
Chas. s. Warren. Speculaior. Butte; los. !. Par
dee. Miner. phliipshurg. Montana; u. N. Grant.
Insurance Aijrscr Portland; Geo W. Mellow
ell. Broker Portland; &. B Richardson. Conirac-
tor. Walla. Wala. Wash; Hector NC Rea. Miner.
Rosslani, u. C.: Dr. ~ &. Silis. Fort Wayne.
Ind. ana many others who have investigated this
promising property.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
Fances and Flying Hens.

No fence will confine persistent
flyer. A fence is usually eight feet
high, out six feet is generally found
to be sufficient for the breeds of poul-
try of medium size. and four feet is
high enough for the heavier breeds.
such as the Brahmas and Cochins.
Even if these birds attempt to fly over.
one Vt their wings may be cut. but in
doing this care must be taken to leave
the two large outer feathers in order
not to distigure the birds. Of course.
the first cost of number of yards is
considerable as there is the wire to
buy, tho posts and the gates, besides
the labor of putting them up. How
ever, runs are the only possible means
whereby many can keep fowls at all.
and if they are we'll looked after ard
carefully fed and housed there is abso-
lutely no reason why they should not
thrive we'll and be a source of profit
Farm aud Fireside.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
SELL THE FAT HENS.
No Process by Which They May he
Turned Into Profitable Layers
in Less Than Six Weeks.

When by overlooking flock OF hens
has become too fat to lay. it seldom
pays to put them on short rations for
the purpose Of reducing them in flesh.
Where a hen is too fat to lay she is in
prime condition for the table, and that
is the best use which can be made OF
her. When anything is in first-class
market condition it ought to go to
market. IT is only in exceptional cases
that the destruction of this condition
can be justified on the ground of good
business policy. The rule will not ap.
ply in the case of very choice breeding
stock, but under the ordinary state
of affairs this is the most profitable
course to pursue. Reducing fat hens
to a laying condition is not as simple
a task as it may appear to be. If this is
attempted in the middle of the winter
the chances are three to one that there
will be no eggs until spring. And it is
usually in the middle OF the winter
that this operation is undertaken, IS
it is not until about that time that the
owner discovers that his hens are in an
over fat condition. 1t takes an expert
to make the change and start the eggs
while the weaeher is still cold This
writer has had his share Of grief with
over fat hens, and he knows Of no proc
css by which he can turn them into
profitable layers short of six weeks.
The hens will have to lay tremendous
lot of eggs to make good the loss sus-
tanned by six weeks of idleness during
the latter half of the winter 1t is bet
ter to save the weight at six or seven
cents a pound, and replace the fat hens
with lighter ones.-Wallace's Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW

Europe has had 321 monarchs since
the battle of Hastings.
Only "a doctors reach the age of 20
for every AZ clergymcn.
Wheat is mentioned % different
times in the Bible.
Germany holds the record for the
first daily paper. 1t was printed in
1924.
Four bushels of potatoes contain
the same amount of nourishlncnt as a
bushel Of wheat.
When the serfs were freed in Russia,
the government paid on an average
SIS for 20,7O0,OO0 Of them.
A boy-baby month old can expect
but 80 years Of life. When he is five
years older, his chances of living have
increased to 81 years months.
London is the most expensive port
in the world. Ships which can dis
charge in three days at Liverpool or
New Yorl: take II in London, owing
to lack OF facilities.
Among the ruins of Pompeii have
been found chatting dishes of exquisite
workmanship, which gives undisputed
proof of their use in the city which
contained villas of many wealthy
Romans.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
The Wife and AOtIlcr-in-Law Of Mr..
Charles Keys.
Romans.

Clarissa, Mimi, April Is (SpeciaD.
No family in this vicinity is better
known or more universally respected
than Mr.. Charles Keys, the local School
Teacher, and his estimable wife, and
mother-in-law. For long time, Mrs.
Keys has been in i'll health. Recently,
however, she has found cure for her
ailments in Dodd's Kidney Pills.
II cannot speak too highly of Dodd's
Kidney Pills, or Of what they have done
for me-" said Mrs. Keys.
my life was miserable, my back al
ways ached, also my head. Twas troub.
led with Neuralgia in the head and face
and suffered extreme pain, but thanks
to 1odd's Kidney Pills, all those aches
and pains have vanished like the morn
ing dew, and it now seems that life is
worth living. I consider Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills God-send to suffering hui
manity. They may rightly be named
the Elixir of Youth.
'While speaking of my own ease and
the wonderful benefit have received,
might also add. that my mother, who
is now an old lady of "a years and who
lives with me, has been troubled more
or less with aches and pains, as is nat
ural with one of her advanced age.
When she saw what Dodd's Kidney
Pills had done for me, she commenced
to use them herself, and she says that
they have done her more good than
any other medicine she has ever tried,
This testimony is given in the hope
that others who may be afflicted as we
were, may see and read it, and be bene-
flied by it,
What Mrs. Keys states in her letter
can be verified by reference to any of
her many friends in this neighborhood.
Dodd's Kidney Pills have already a
wonderful reputa ton in Todd County.
Nothing has ever cured Bright's Dis
ease, Diabetes or Dropsy but Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
POULTRY YARD HINTS.

The dust bath is still one of the ne
cessities in the poultry house.
Make your buildings tight and warm
for your fowls, and they will be better
egg producers.
If you have no clover hay for your
hens, you had better see about getting
some. It is fine substitute for grass.
Green bone and meat scraps in win
ter take the place of bugs and worms
that the fowls have during the sum-
mer.
The season for selling eggs is again
at hand, and little card in your home
paper would undoubtedly bring you
good customers.
The scraps from the table will pro-
duce better results if given to the hens
than to the pigs or cows. Give plenty
Of milk also.
Scaly legs can be cured by dipping
the feet and legs of the fowl into coal
oil. One or two clippings will be all
that's needed.
A pullet is at her best as a show bird
just before she reaches the laying
point-as regards color, condition Of
plunage and general physical develop
ment.
If you have eggs to sell this spring
it is high time you were advertising
them. Get yourself before the public
in time to get we'll acquainted before
the egg season begins.
It is never wise to buy breeding
stock at beginning Of breeding sea-
son. Buy before, SO that the stock will
have become used to it's new surround
ings before breeding season COM
mences.-Barnum'sM Midland Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
TEMPORARY HOUSES.
A Pennsylvania Poultrymnn Prcfers
Them to the Costly Structures He
Used for Many Years.

I started Is years ago with we'll
built poultry house, which, while COM
Portable in winter, was too hot in sum-
mer. 1t finally became infested with
vermin, which l could not keep rid of.
I finally built sheds of poles and old
hay, and have used them with the best
results. These sheds are made 25x1O0
feet and ten feet high, with poles set
in the ground six to eight feet apart.
Use poles for the top pieces, put cross
wise. Fence wire is stapled on top of
the cross pieces lengthwise, about IA
inches, apart.
About two feet of old hay is put on
and tar paper laid evenly over the hay,
with the ends projecting on the north
about five feet. Six-foot small-mesh
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
ETERNAL VIGILANCE.
Unleas 1t 10 Exerted Successfully war
Cannot BE WnRcO Against the
Cbiauitous Hen Louise.

So much has been said and written on
the topic of hen lice. and so many REM
edies advertised, that it really seems
as though the louise would be annihi-
lated, but still it is ever present with
US.
I built very large new poultry
house, lined it's sides and ceiling with
tarred building paper, built new roosts,
moved the hens in, and in four months
found the whole building swarming
with the spider louise or mite.
The mite is smaller than pinhead,
resembles a young spider in form, is
bright red when full of blood, and
breeds ON the roosts, walls and floor
of the hen houses, and at night preys
on the poultry and saps the life from
them.
They are sure death to young chicks,
will cause setting hens to leave their
eggs, and are the worst enemy of the
poultry keeper.
got the pests with some thorough
bred poultry l purchased which taught
me in future to buy eggs, and get my
new blood that way, and run no risk Of
importing lice and disease into my
flock.
What to do hardly knew, as the
building was large and new and tarred
paper did not daunt them.
1 drove out the poultry, closed the
building. took a pail of kerosene, q
whitewash brush, and went all over
the wood parts, wetting them thor
oughly, then smoked the building for
ten days with sitting sulphur smoke.
After two weeks I found the ground
floor simply alive with the lively mites;
then T took barrel of slaked lime I
happened to have, and spread it about
an inch deep all over the floor, and
that killed them.
You ask why did not use some Of
the advertised lice killers? because
the expense would have been too great.
Still l would advise using them where
the building is small. find the foun-
dation of all the lice remedies | have
used consists Of tar, kerosene, sulphur
and roaddust, and | see no necessity
of purchasin it ready mixed.-Clara
Ransome, in National Rural.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19

hands made presentable, you simple
ton. OF course, that's exactly what I
came for.
liecuba was as dign1fied in welding
the knife and the polisher as when she
handled the Bible or the opera glass.
SO regain my self-possession and
gently fish for Hecuba's story.
Briefly, her mother had died sudden
~ four weeks ago. She had been a
widow several years, and always
earned good income, but never ac-
cumulated any money. She had given
her daughter an education, and now
Hecuba had taken her mothers place
in order to do the like for her younger
brother. The money was wanted at
once, and this was the quickest way to
earn it.
THAT is the boys picture on the op-
posite wall"'
yes"
"And the sword that hangs over it
that looks historic.'
"It was our great-grandfather's. He
was an officer in the revolution-in a
Connecticut regiment"
Let me think the situation all over
as walk away. First, the romance Of
it. 1 remember cutting from news
paper last year and placing in my
scrapbook an exquisite little poem
signed Hester Nidivear. One of the
best French poets was barber, and
one of our own was a dentist; after
the beard and the teeth, why should
not the nails have their turn at
nretics? Second, the sense of it. Ny
grear-grantlfather also took part in
the revolution, but he wore no sword;
he was only private. Better a pri-
vate under Washington than q colonel
under CORVALLIS, I have always boast
cd And after the war he pared the
hoofs of horses before mailing on the
shoes. Rule of three: AS the human
hand is to the horses hoof SO is-um,
! fear rank little below her. Where
am l? I do not know where I am.
Oh, Hecuba!
Now, old chum, perhaps you can
guess why I have not married. But it
is not certain that never shall
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
Mrs, JOIN WILLIAMS.

toms, and no woman should allow
herself to reach such a perfection OF
misery when there is absolutely no
need of it. The subject Of our por-
trait in this sketch, Mrs. Williams OF
Englishtown, NJ, has been entirely
cured of such illness and misery by
Lydia e. PinlShaln's Vegetable Com
pound, and the guiding advice of Mrs.
Pinkham of Lynn, Mass.
No other medicine has such record
for absolute cures, and no other medi-
cine is lust as good" Women who
want u cure should insist upon getting
Lydia E. Pinkha1n's Vegetable Com
pound when they ask for it at store.
Anyway, write a letter to Mrs. Pink
ham at Lynn, Mass, and tell her all
Your troubles. Her advice is free.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19

HENHOCSE MADE OF HAY.

poultry netting is put on the sides all
around the shed, and before stapling
to place the wire is set in the ground
about eight inches to keep out rats.
Poles are then set about three feet
from the sides all around the shed,
with the exception Of the south side,
and few strands of wire tackled to
them to keep the sides in place. When
the hay is put in it is tramped we'll un-
til it is built up to the paper and the
projecting laps laid over.
When cold weather sets in the south
side of the shed is covered with heavy
duck and Stats nailed over the duck.
For entrance flap is left and a board
tackled to the duck endwise. Loops of
leather or wire are stapled to the board
to draw taut. This will give the build
ing plenty of light and will answer
better than window glass. During the
warm months the duck is removed and
put away for future use. The sides on
the north are also removed for ventila-
ton. In the fall new sheds and runs
are erected upon a new location, the
poles removed, the old pile of hay
burned and the ground plowed for q
garden for the next season.
During the winter when the wealth
err requires it these sheds are heated
with steam from two old steam cook
ers in greenhouse, which is located
about the center of this row of sheds.
Two-inch pipe is laid through the
sheds upon blocks of wood in a trench
20 inches deep. 1t is covered with
boards and then dirt. The pipes
through the shed are not covered, with
the exception of Stats over the trench.
The steam does not return to the
greenhouse, but is let out at the end
of the last building. I breed fancy
poultry altogether and was unable to
get paying prices for stock and keep
them in perfect order until adopted
this style of buildings.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
DO YOU FEEL like THlS2
Pen Picture for Women.

CT am so nervous, there is not .
we'll inch in my whole body. ON so
weak at my stomach and have indi-
gestion horribly, and palpitation Of
the heart, and am losing flesh. This
headache and backache nearly kills
me, and yesterday nearly had hyster-
les there is a weight in the lower part
of my bowels bearing down all the
time, and pains in my groins and
thighs; l cannot sleep, walk, or sit,
and l believe I am diseased all over /;
no one ever suffered as do"
This is description of thousands OF
cases which come to Mrs. Pinkham's
attention daily. An in1amed and ul-
ceratcd condition of the neck of the
womb Gun produce all Of these symp-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19

Evidently the people on either side Of
them are not of their party; so prob
ably she is q widow, and this her only
daughter.
1t was perhaps six weeks later
when went out for long walk one
Sunday afternoon and was caught in
shower. The first shelter could find
was building where mission Sunday
school was being held with open doors.
A young man in the porch babe me
welcome. The auditorium was rather
somber. When my eyes became used
to the scant illumination l looked
about me, and there, only three seats
ahead of me, teaching a class of boys,
was Hecuba. What sang the genial
Mark Lemon? "Oh, would were boy
again:" would not spend Sands !! sft-
ernoons going in swimming or play
ing marbles; I would go to Sunday
school with great regularity. But you
cannot fool the almanac. Yet might
become teacher here. l will ask the
superintendent if they need more
teachers. The gamin harvest truly is
great. And how it must broaden a
mans spiritual nature to teach every
Sunday afternoon in a mission chapel.
True, I don't know much about the
Scriptures myself, but would not that
be Il good way to learn? Yes, teaching
others is the surest way to acquire
knowledge.
I fingered after the services to ask
the young man in the porch all about
it. Hecuba passed out, with an UNI
brella in her hand, opened it on the
steps and rapidly walked away. Oh, if
that umbrella had only been mine in
stead of hers! But there's the luck
OF it.
I have always been particular
about my hands, but have neglected
them somewhat of late. I ought to be
especially particular now that l am
proving my religion-"neat hands and
a pure heart" That doesn't sound
quite right; I'm a little weak on
Scripture quotation, but shall be
stronger when I have taught the Sun
day school class. I must stop at a
manicure's on my way downtown.
Here is one. with the name on mod
est sign-"Mme. Nidivear"-probably
assumed.
\ very pretty reception room for pa
tients. ''Take seat, sir. The oper-
ator will be at liberty in few mo-
ments."
Certainly-and I look around. exam
inc everything. as l always do in such
ceses, though am not professional
detective.
What is this rolled parchment Oh
the little side table: Unroll tit if
not tied, and can hardly be anything
private. All! graduation diploma
from one of the best of our colleges
for women, issued to Hester Nidivear.
So that is not an assumed name, after
all; and the manicure sent her daugh-
ter to college-why not, in our free
land? Good for her! Look at the date
of the diploma-but l must not tell
that: however, it was recent. Books
on the comfortable indicate that some
BODY here knows what literature is.
A slight rustic of skirts; the op-
orator has come in. look up, and do
not quite faint away. 1t is Hecuba!
What am to do: Do! why, have your
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
ANNEX TO CHICKEN COOP.

box and remove top, bottom and ono
side. Nail lath across the bottom at
the open side, to hold the ends in place,
and cover the top with poultry netting
or Stats. When this is set up before
the coop the chicks have u chance to
run out upon the ground in the sum
light, yet are protected from cats and
hawks. AS they grow older and are
better able to take care of themselves,
the "annex" can be removed.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
An Insupernbc bar.

The New Yorker-I suppose chess 10 .
non u : game in the Quaker city?
The Philadelphian-No; it's played very
seldom.
"Why, I supposed it being such slow
game you people would like it.
'No; you see we'd have to stay awake to
play it,"-Tonkers Statesman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
Mu.t Go beyond the EGGS,

One must look to the parents, not the
egg, in building up a flock. You cam
not tell by the size and shape or color
of an egg whether it will hatch out
good laying bird or scrub; but an egg
from a hen that lays generous supply
of eggs during the year will without
doubt show the good qualities of the
mother. though the shell of the egg
be too light or too dark or understood.
A hen that lays no more than dozen
eggs a year may lay perfect eggs, still
her chickens will not be good layers.
u. L. Irwin, in Farm and uoma
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
Are You Interested
In the. Northwest?

HONE AND GARDEN, a 18-rage illustrated
monthly paper, tells all about the fine cli-
mate, FERTILE grain and fruit lands timbsr
Northwest, the richest undevelopel por-
ton Of North America. The regular price
OF the paper is soc year. II you will cut
out end return this ad state name Of paper
In which it appears and enclose 10c in sill
yer, Home and Garden will DO sent you,
and Garden, Newspaper Row, ST. Paul, MINI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
Try Crain-O! Try Grain-O!

ASK your grocer to-day to show you pack
age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the pace Of coffee. The children may
drink It without injury as well as the adult.
All who try it, like it. GRAINO has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. 1 the
price OF coffee l5c. and 25cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.