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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-12-17
Wednesday December y. 1902
TIMBER LAND. ACT JUNE =. tS7s.-Norics
FOR PUBLICATION.


United States Land Once.
La Granie. Ore, Nov. !, 1909.
Notice 1. hereby given tha, in compliance with the
provision, OF the act OF congress OF June 1873. en-
titled IAN act for the sale OF timber ands w the aes
Of California. Oregon, Nevada and Washington Ter
ri,ory as extended TO all the Public Land states ~
act Of August ,isos.
ROBERT n. GRAVES.
of Sumpter, county OF Baker. state OF Oregon. has
this Iay filed in this Office his sworn statement No.
,oso, TOR the purchase OF the e sw Wv
!. OF section No. and nv = NV = OF See,!on No. -
offer proof show that the land sought Is more val
liable for It's timber or stone than tor agricultural
purposes and TO establish his claim TO SAID land be-
tore Chas. n. Chance. U. $. commissioner. At
Sumpter. Oregon. on THURSDAY. the s7ni 3ay OF
January, 1904
He names as witnesses: Ralph L. Graves and
Frank :. Bailiie. Of Sumpter. Oregon; Jose T. DaS.
Of McEwen. Oregon. AMI Van Rensselaer, Mead. of
Sumpter. Oregon.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely the above
described LANDS requested to tile their claims IN
this Office on or before said 77nd DAY O JAM. ioo
L. W. BARTLETT. Register.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-12-17

tinted States Land once.

nltri States Land ofhte,
Ia Nisnie. Oregon, Nov. !, iooa
Motto. /, h,Tsr, gwen lha, IN compliance with the
PROV i>on> oi the az o' Congress ~ June I, 1875
entitled An act tot The sale oi timber lani> IN the
States ot California, Oregon, Nevada. AMI Washing.
ton Territory" ss extended To all the Purlit Land
States ty a., oi August =, rs.'.
RALPH l., GRAVES,
NJ Sump,.t county NJ Rakef, state ~ Oregon, has
this iay hlei in this office his sworn statement No
IoS- Tor the purchase ot the Sc = ~ section No ,,
IN Township No ~ -, " No IS W ~. and VIII
otter ptnot To show that the ani sought II more val
uaelr tot its umter stone than tof agricultural
purposes and To establish his clam io >aii ani be-
tore charles ~ Chance, |. y, Commissioner AZ
>ump,er. Oregon, on THURSDAY. the ssni ia> oi Jan
aary, 1905 . a., ,,, =,
Ne names ~ witnesses; Frank =, Biillie. Robert
A. Graves Van Rensselaer, Mead, all OF Sump'er.
Oregon, and lose !, pias oi NcE~en. Oregon,
ANY and all persons claiming adversely the above
ani, are requested IL he their claims IN this
once On oi r-'orv >s'i ssni iN OF January, ,ooH
/, ", B>RIlsrI.
Register.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-12-17
NORA. ..klLLEN.

oi sunp,rr. county Of Baker, state Of oregon. has
this dav filed In this office her sworn statement No.
1858 Tor the purchase ot the seK of Sec. No In Tr
No. ~ y. X No. ~ EwM. and will otter proof to show
tina, the land sought Is valuable Tor Its timber
stone than tor purposes. ani 10 establish
her CLAW 10 said land teior- Charles n. Chance. u.
=. comm, ,,ioncr. at Sumpier. oregon. on Weines-
day, the 9Th lay Of January. iooI
She r1mes as Witnesses: Lawrence ~ Welsh.
Ciaud ", Roe. Kate N. Welsh and Maud Roe. all OF
Sumpief, Oregon.
ANY AMI at persons claiming adversely the above
describe lands reIuc >'ei To file their Cims In
this Office on ~ hefore sai 9TH iay OF January. 1909.
l.. w. BARIiErT. Reg >ter.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-12-17
TIMBER LAND. ACT JUNE ,. 1875 NOTICE FOR
PUBLICATION.
United States Land ONCE.


United States Lana OHtt,
La GSande. oregon. I
October y, ivos)
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions Of the act o congress Of June 1873. en-
titled An act for the sale OF timber lands In the states
Of California, oregon. Nevada and Washington Ter
ritory. as extended TO all the Public Land states hy
act OF August Z. iSos.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-18
ing Scots, who

made an almost ideal Industrial town
just at point where the pretty Pas
sale river curves about the brow of a
low mountain and falls into its lower
valley. Then New York grew out
towards Paterson, and Paterson itself
grew more like city. The grandsons
of the settlers fell into strange ways,
a revela ton of which shocked the COM
munity in the murder of Jennie Bos-
scheiter, mill girl, by several young
men of good family. This tragedy
was the beginning of a series There
came fire that swept away millions of
property; there came death that
closed the great Rogers locomotive
works; there came flood that swept
away fortunes; there came the horror
of Bresci's assassination of the king
of Italy as the agent of Paterson
group of ''reds."
Now these same "reds" have been
the leaders in fury of rioting which
has called out the militia, checked
trade, and once more given the town "a
bad advertisement. 1t is hard to real
ize that it is really a good town, with
well-fil1ed churches, excellent schools,
a population in the main orderly, and
Jersey justice" so strict and we'll
administered that the "vigilantes"
won't get far with their project of put
ting down the anarchists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-18
EOoR Of MUSTY VOLUMES.
Il Regarded by a True Book-Lover
as ExcelIing the Rarest Frag-
rance in Nature.

My friend was holding book not
quite three inches from his nose and
rapidly turning the leaves. suggest
ed that he do his busting at a rather
greater distance, relates a writer in
the New York Tribune.
You have made slight mistake %
said he. Il am not housecleaning. I
allow dust and cobwebs on my bot
ties only-not on my books"
Then this rite of yours" began
THAT is the word" said he, pausing
a moment to taste what I had said
sit is a rite, and only the elect, the
knowing, are worthy to witness it,
''Seal me of the tribe said /.
81 fear you could not understand"
answered he. shaking his head doubt
fully. But listen. 1 was perfume
hunting on the works of Charles Lamb.
You came upon me as l was enjoying
the aroma of volume IIEthe first
Ella essays, you will remember. The
two volumes of letters are also rather
rare. but somehow this is the most
delicate in odor of the entire set. Try
it, he added. generously, handing over
the volume. I sought to remember how
he had held it.
Nearer the nose" said he, "you're
quite cut of range" I adjusted the
book to his satisfaction.
''And now you're ready for turning"
[ passed the 300 pages rapidly in re-
view before my waiting sense of smell.
''Your thumb touch is not delicate,"
exclaimed he with some Impotence
You bear on too hard. Just see how
cd ho odn of he
They should be sharp as a razor. Once
again" I exerted myself to please
him.
chats good" said he. "Isn't it de-
1icious?"
81 was SO busy with the machinery
of the thing that I forgot to try for
the scent" I had to confess in some
Embarrassment. ''And now, finally"
This time I had ma stored the mechan-
ism and was receptive to the message
of the leaves.
''Well," said he, as I hesitated.
"Why, I get subdued dusty and
musty odor," replied I. "What else,
indeed?"
81. too, had to serve my apprentice
ship" said he in a tone of disappoint-
ment. But if you have the stuff in
you, there will come time when this
will be to you the rarest fragrance.
Nature is we'll enough in its way with
flowers and foliage and the breath of
cattle, but this is altogether finer and
makes its appeal to more highly-de
veloped sense. Take the Bohn library
publishers of Addison, Ricardo,
Adam Smith. Of course, each book of
theirs gives out its own peculiar Whit
but everything they publish comes up
to high standard. You appreciate
that this perfume is not something
applied to the completed book, your
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-18

his family for years. They had been
simply landowners, enriched by lands
growth in value. So it came about
very naturally that the great cleric,
with his brothers, owned the Hoffman
house, at one time famed for its lux
ury and for the frank beauty of some
of its paintings. By curious coinci-
dence, the lessee of the Hoffman
house, Ed Stokes, was also a member
of a very religious family. Yet the
placewas long headquarters for sports.
and was the first in New York to keep
a pugilist in regular employment as q
"bouncer" and as q stakeholder of big
bets.
DR.. Hoffman had celebrated his gold
en- wedding. He lived simply, gave his
money freely for charity and educa-
ton and was not in sympathy with the
modern ritualistic tendency in the
church.
AS to this latter curious. develop
ment a New York paper recently
printed list of four orders of Episco-
pa1ian brothers and PA orders of sis
tiers. These, while their period of vows
hold good, are practically monks and
nuns. In some cases, though not usu-
any, the VOWS are perpetual.
In the st. GabriePs convent in Peeks-
kill of the Sisters of ST. Mary, one of the
largest orders of this kind, a num-
Der of girls of fashionable New York
families have just conducted a ire
treat" Miss Mary Morgan, daughter
of the trust-maker, headed the list;
others were of the Schermerhorn,
King, Matoon, Minturn, Bartlett,
Clendenin, and Griswold families and
of 40 others scarcely less famous
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-18

It's a little late in the year to talk
Of marrying and giving in marriage.
but romance that waits for di-
yorce courts cannot always lead to
a June bridal.
It is said that Julie Opp, the ae-
tress, will marry Justin Huntley Nc
Carthy, historian, novelist, drama fist,
and erstwhile the husband of Cissy
Loftus-wasn't It? One of the Cissies,
anyhow. Here's a London romance
that touches America closely Every
one knows by repute the elder Justin
Mccarthy, the author of the History
of Our Own Times" the gentlest ma n
that ever led forlorn hope in poll
tics, the Irish irreconcila BILE VIII ON
everyone loves. The younger man?
More of an ordinary mortal of the mar
rying and divorcing sort. evidently,
but decent enough fellow in his way,
and a brilliant writer.
Miss Opp is a New York girl, born
on the Bowery, where her father,
Johnny" Opp, owned a saloon of
rather poor reputation But it is not
true that the girl grew up in the sa-
loon, passing beer mugs with her own
hands, as is persistently told of her.
Instead, she was reared by her moth
er, in the home of her wealthy grand
father, one of the founders of the
Staats-Zeitung. in luxury and with the
greatest care. A portrait of her,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-18

over every foot, and soundings at in
tervals of 100 feet or so may miss a
jutting spur of rock. Ships of very
deep draught do not as a rule go about
the Battery; the one that did went
bang upon an obstruction hidden be-
meath 26 feet of water, where other
boats had safely passed something
like a million times.
The big rocks in He'll Gate eyerv.
body knows about. The government
keeps on blasting away at them, and
commerce is now fairly safe. / web
remember the great day when. after
years of blasting and tunneling under
meath, Flood Rock at He'll Gate was to
be blown up with dynamite. People
came from far and near to hear the
sound and see the water jump in the
air. 1 was at work within two miles.
of the place and I hardly heard the
explosion. You can't get any one to
go far nowadays to assist in blowing
up reef. It's too much s-out of sight.
Quite unnoticed,-indeed,g goes on I'M.
eeasingfy the improvement of the har.
b0r, task of the most monumental
magnitude. The government keeps.
the bay clear; the city is replacing
all its sloyenly water front with en-
during granite walls. Some $4,000. 600
is being spent upon the work by this
administration alone; in time the
docks will rival those of Liverpool.
which Americans go so far to see.
The Liverpool docks are tidal, with
gates to keep water in or out. New
York's tide rises only about four feet.
A ship can lie at an ordinary dock and
rise and fall to that extent without
interrnpting iading. This single diff.
ference gives New York an advantages
over Liverpool, and most cities in west
ern Europe, that must be computed in
millions enough to make one dizzy.
OWEN LANGDoN. !.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-18

maid pu<s cologne on her pocket hand.
kerchief. 1t is the very essence OF
the book. It is the product of binding
and leaves and cover and print-the
perfect blend of the workmanship
Only the English can come at it. Oul
American books have too business
like a smell. They are done in haste
machine made and not put together
by loving hands. I can always ana1yze
the odor of them into its separate e1e-
ments. The glazed paper, the glue. are
irrepressible.'
at must take long training" said L
making ready to depart.
s'The time is well spent" replied he
as he took down a volume of s'The Spec.
tator" and lovingly sampled it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-18
WEDDINGS IN BRITTANY.
Odd Personages and Entertainin,
Features of a Most Enjoyable
Ceremony.

Woman is held in great honor il
this part of the French republic, anc
marriages have a solemnity that they
possess in few other places. It is
difficult to trace the history of the
custom that gives the tailor such high
rank at the wedding as the Britons
accord him, says Woman's Home
Companion. He is the marshal for
the groom, and if he be gifted in the
art of making rhyme he may be asked
to participate in the comedy of for.
mallywooing the bride by recitine
stilted verse in her presence. He
wears a red hose on his right leg
and a purple one on the left, when he
makes this journey, while from the
end of his wand are suspended two
little embroidered hearts. When the
nuptials are celebrated, bread and
wine are blessed and exchanged with
the groom by the brides parents. The
wedding follows Immediately, and the
bride barbados her house prepare
tory to receiving the groom. The
lover arrives accompanied by bag
pipers, who play in front of the house
while the mock parley continues. He
makes formal demand for his wife.
and her relatives bring forward her
grandmother or some other aged per
son. Meantime the smell of the vi
ands which are being prepared for the
feast float on the air. Of course, the
aged woman is politely set aside.
Perhaps a babe may be the next re-
Spouse to his Importantly. He must
not lose his temper or insult the one
who presents the infant but with
rather exaggerated praise he returns
the child. A widow and a married
woman are perhaps the next to be Of
fered, and it is not until he has re-
fused them all that the bride is
brought out, dressed and ready TO.
the ceremony.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-18

MACHINERY engines have aarm1ngy quick during
young as
think.
however, ought to surprise no one
Good blood he and you have the
Europe Ignorant people call Out
that flow the blood OF the
energetic enterpng OF the Old World No doubt
have English English themselves admit that the
Durest and the Norman You have the blood
your president Roosevelt Dutch you
Germany, Denmark Sweden, Norway, Italy
BUT the blood Of France With what
the living OF fathers
north from New Orleans to ST. LOUIS yes
province that the parliament OF Paris
We family &c. look at your progresses
Without you ourselves Your
Europe BUT NOT FRANCE guaranteed
United States and Europe
France threatened by American competition And
evil might become positive good,
obg European nations abandon their old
sterile antagonism, order
development find them
thus the American copet
beginning of European wisdom You will have
neimabe humanity if that socaned
PERIL be transformed into the AMERICAN
CURE" viii confne yourself selling goods to
Europe; YOU WILL GIVE US YOUR EXAMPLES THE Elk
AMPLE OF YOUR ENERGY AND OF YOUR WISDOM.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-18
A STUDY OF COMMERCIAL
CONDITIONS IN AFRICA
and Possibilities
for he

- HE searchlight of modern
~ civilization has penetrated
, Y dgA N. the darkness of darkest
NNIIE Africa, oand where the
sEz crack of the slave steal
er's whip or the screams
of his victims were once heard there
is now the click of the telegraph in
strumeht, the shrek of the 1ocomo-
stive, or the hoarse whistle of the
steamboat. Where children few
years ago played with what seemed
worthless pebbles, are now mines
furnishing % per cent. of the dia-
monds of the world; and the gold
of Ophir, lost to civilization for cen
tnries, has been rediscovered and be-
come the richest deposit of the pre-
cious metal known to mankind.
With these developments have
come wondrous changes in the map
of the continent, and instead of the
great Blank which covered the in
terror are now accurately shown the
location of navigable rivers and
lakes and the boundary lines into
which the continent has been divided
by the eager nations which have seized
upon its territory, section after Sec
ton, until scarcely a foot of the nearly
~, 100000 square miles remains unre-
claimed. On the north and northwest,
France claims a territory equal in ex-
tent to the entire United States; on
the east and west coasts conservative
Germany holds possession of an area
one-third as large as that of the United
States, and is establishing experiment
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-18

tugueSe territory, but considera bly,
farther north, and destined to extend
to Salisbury in Rhodesia, where it will
form junction with the "Cape to
Cairo" road; still another is projected
from Zanzibar to Lake Victoria Nyan-
"a, to connect. probably at Tabora,
with the transcontine line; an
other line is under actual construction
westward from Pangani, just north
of Zanzibar, both of these being in Ger
man East Africa; another line extends
enthusiastically from Mombasa, in
British territory, to Lake Victoria Ny
ANA, while a the entrance to the Il I'd
sea road is projected westwardly
into Abyssinia, and is expected to pass
farther toward the west and connect
with the main line. At Suakim, 'front.'
ing on the Red sea, a road is projected
to Berber, on the line running south
wardly from Cairo. On the west of
Africa lines have begun to penetrate
inward, short line in the French Sou
dan running from the head of naviga-
ton on the Senegal eastwardly toward
the head of navigation on the Niger.
with the ultimate purpose of connect
ing naviga ton on these two streams.
In the Congo Free State a railway con-
meets the Upper Congo with the Lower
Congo around Livingstone Falls; in
Portuguese Angola a road extends
eastwardly from Loanda, the capital,
a considerable distance, and others are
projected from Benguela and Mossa-
medes with the ultimate purpose of
connecting with the "Cape to Cairo
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-18

ta1farms, building roads and railways,
ard encouraging the growth of the
tropical products which her people OF
&. he temperate zone require; Portugal.
whose great explorers were the first
to round the Cape of Good Hope, holds
valuable tracts of territory on the
western and eastern coasts, and with
thelatter a harbor through which mil
lions ofgdollars' worth of imports pass
en- route to the interior; Turkey is rep
resented by Egypt and Tripoli at the
north; Italy by her colonial posses
sions on the eastern coast, and Spain
by Rio de Orc on the west; Belgium
administers the affairs of the great
Congo Free State in the very heart of
theecontinent, and there are three in
dependent states = Morocco, on the
north; Liberia, on the west and Abys-
sinia, on the east. And stretching
through the eastern section of the con-
tinent from south to north is an al
mostS continuous territory in which
thee English language and the light
which seems to GO with it everywhere
are being spread. From the Cape of
Good Hope northward lie the continu-
Gus links of the chain which Great
Britain has steadily forged one after
another until the contiguous territory
under her control reaches, with a sim
gle exception of a few hundred miles,
from the extreme south to the eN-
IRENE north of the great continent. or.
literally, "from Cape to Cairo"
Railroad development in Africa has
been rapid in the past few years and
seems but the beginning of a great sys-
} TEN which must contribute to the rap
id development, civilization and en-
Aiyht eminent of the dark continent. Al
ready railroads run northwardly from
Cape Colony about 1900 miles and
southwardly from Cairo about 1,2Oo
miles, thus making 2.7OO miles of the
"Cape to Cairo" railroad complete
while the intermediate distance is
about 1900 miles.
Toward this line, present and pros
pective, which is to stretch through
the eastern part of the continent, lat
eral lines from either coast are be
ginning to make their way. A lin<
has already been constructed from Ma
tai on the southeast coast; another
from Lourenzo Marquee in Portuguese
territory and the gold and diamone
6elds; anotherfrom Beira. also in Por
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-18

able to appreciate even free govern
ment. The poverty in which they live
keeps their resentment keen. But their
children learn better. They are mod
Ell scholars, these recent corners from
the south and east of Europe. At
the recent commencement of the col
Iege of the city of New York, which
is practically high school, all the
honors save one, as well as all the
youths who were afterwards arrested
for schoolboy yelling in the streets,
bore such names as BolOnski, Kretski,
Pickelski and Boski. Not one name of
English sound appeared upon the hon
or list. They were German and Polish
exclusively. 1t was so in the Normal
college, where thousands of young
women who become teachers in New
York are trained. Not much danger
of permanent anarchistic party
from people whose children almost
monopolize the learned professions.
AS pupils, the Italians are equally
talented, but they do not SO often turn
to intellectual pursuits. They are
of the old Roman stock; doors, practi-
cal men. They become masons, con-
tractors, farmers, restaurateurs, ca
terers, politicians. In every line they
undertake they show great energy.
It's only the constant horde of new i'm
migrants that keeps their average of
wealth and intelligence low.
They were Italians and Poles who
drew the fire of the rifles in Paterson;
Italians and Poles who did what a ma
tive American mob has never yet done,
and put women with babies in their
arms upon the firing line" knowing
that the police would not club them
nor the soldiers fire upon them. But
wait until the schools have had a
chance at their ehildreni