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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-08-06
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1873
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States l.ani Office.

United States Land Office.
La Grande. Oregon. July u. 1904
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions Of the act Of congress Of June 1873. en-
titled "An for the sale ot timber lands In the states
Of California. Oregon. Nevada and Washington Ter
ritory. extended to all the Public Land states by
act Of August =, i8os.
JOANNA z. TRUE.
Of Pullman. county Of Whitman state Of Washington.
has this day filed In this office her sworn statement
No. isIl for the purchase Of the swA Of section No.
In township No. u south. range o. IS HwM, ani Will
offer proof to show that the land sought Is more
valuable for Its timber stone than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish her Claim To said land be-
tore the Register and Receiver Of this office Al La
Grsnde. Oregon. on TUESDAY. the s's' iay Of Oeio-
ter, ioos. -
She names A. Witnesses; Rowena Wlnius and
Harry Z. True. Of Pullman. Washington; William ID.
Arnold. Of La Grande. Oregon. and " X 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 sl> day ot ctohcr loos
Z. W BARTLETT, Register
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-08-06
TIMBER LAND. ACT JUNE ,. 's,s.-NoTicE
FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Once.

La Grande, Oregon. July 81. Ioos.
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions OF the act Of Congress OF June g. 1873.
entitled IAN act Tor the sale Of timber lands IN the
States OF California. Oregon. Nevada. and Washing
ton Territory" as extended TO all the Public Land
States BY act Of August =. t8os.
CHARLES o, MERRELL.
OF Pullman county OF Whitman. state Of Washington.
has this day filed In this office his statement
No 100, tor the purchase OF the es SEX sw "a Sc
"a Sc ia Sw "a OF Sec. No. In Tp. No. No.
,s HwM, and will offer proof TO show that the land
sought Is more valuable Tor Its timber or stone than
Tor sgricuurai purposes and to establish his claim
10 said land before the clerk Of the Supreme Court Al
his Office Al Pende on. Oregon. on friday. the IAth
day Of November. Ioos.
He names as Witnesses Joshua N. Palmer,on.
Minnie Spaulding. Alfred Y. Windus. ot Pullman.
Wash, and William J. Windus. Of ColiaS. Wash.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely the above
Described lands are requested to file their claims In
this ONCE on or before said 18th dav Of November
Iooa Z. W. BARtiHTI Register.
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NOTICE Of APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Mineral Application No. sA,.
Mineral Survey No. ,9t
Limited States Land Ofilc.

La Grande. Oregon. July 20. loos,
Notice Is hereby given that IN pn, suanee of the
United States Mining Laws. 4. w. Ellis. whose post
office address Is Sumpter. Baker county. Oregon.
has made application Tor patent Tor 800 acres OF
placer ground embracing the Meadow and Por-
tI0n Of the mo Name placer claims. situated IN no
organized mining district. Baker county. state of
Oregon. described as follows. 'o-w'';
MEADOW PLACER.
Beginning At Cor. No. I. Identical with Y cor. 10
Sec 40 ~. T. s.. r. ~ L. W. NJ. thence south S9
IS min west 66o.7 H. to Cor No. .; thence north " 10
min. east 66,s II. to Cor No, =: thence south "
min east $3.50 to Cor. No. the place Of beginning
A PORTION OF NO NAME PLACER
Beginning At Cor N0. |. whence the Y Cor 10 Sec.
So "a. T. s.. X. ~ t.. W. ~ bears north 90 s.
min east 66o7 IT, thence south 8oo IS min. west COOS
H. TO Cor No. 4; thence north 90 81 min. west osoS H.
10 Cor No. s; thence south 30" ~ min west 6so.o H.
TO Cor No. q: thence north % ~ min. west os>o y.
to Cor No. u thence north S9' ,, min east 'ss,s H.
to Cor No, 9; thence south =" west o4Il H. to Cor.
No. o. thence south so east l4s.6 II. to Cor No. 10:
thence south 10 10 min. east 66oo u. 10 Cor No. the
placs OF beginning. containing ,76o acres an form
Ing port on Of The SWH. Sec. 40 In Township b.
r. ~. EWM
The locations OF these claim, are recorded ~ the
office OF the Recorder OF Conveyances IN Baker
county. Oregon, as follows, to-wt Meadow
Placer on page % Vol. g. the "No Name Placer on
page Ga Vol. q. records Of Placer Locations Ad-
Joining claims are Sumpter Placer Mine. J. D. Young
Co Placer Mine. hatcher Placer Mining Claim ana
unknown claimants.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any por-
ton OF Said mines or surface ground are required TO
file their adverse claims with the Register 0f the
United States Land Once. at La Grande. In the state
Z Oregon. during the Sixty days period OF pubea-
ton hereof. or they will he barred by virtue OF the
'''''''' v" L. W. BARTLETT. Register.
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a small part Of the mining necessities.
Again. it may work very well by labora.
tory test in Baltimore, but when con-
fronted by the needs of the big mining
fields out here, II may fall down alto
gether.-Butte Inter Mountain.
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ANOTHER REDUCING PROCESS.
Many People Experimenting With Or
Treatments.


Treatments.
Few people realize what II number
there are Of appliances to simplify and
increase the efficiency Of concentrating,
milling and by various devices lead to
the cheaper trertment Of gold and silver
ores. Only few Of these ever reach the
mining fields Of the west, but In looking
over the scientific journals one is almost
amazed at the countless numbers Of such
things put upon the market. slathers
Of them don't get very far from the
workshops Of the producers. Rarely
does one come up to the requirements Of
the mines. But inventive minds con.
tinue to experiment. One Of these days
there will prance out OF the multitude II
man with a machine and II system that
will make stir among the producers Of
mineral aud possibly upset all the oper.
ators Of the present day.
II may he that Emil A. +. Schultze,
whose name implies German extraction,
a resident Of Baltimore, has struck just
the thing wanted. He has spent he
last five years in completing new sys.
tenn for the reduction Of gold and silver
ores. His patent covers the reducing Of
ores OF complex composition, to lower
or simpler combination, thus allowing II
larger yield by subsequent treatment Of
friction and separation.
Here is the outfit he proposes to use (:
The apparatus consists Of u furnace sub
divided into an upper, or ore, and a
lower, or fuel, chamber, with suitable
contrivance to introduce atmospheric
oxygen and hydrogen. by the use Of the
two latter all sulphurated ores are first
converted into sulphates and then de.
prived Of their sulphur and converted
into hydrogen and leaves the ores In II
metallic state. The charge will assume
the consistency OF a spongy mass, in
which the minute particles Of gold and
silver are exposed and can be thorough
ly extracted by any Of the present
methods Of handling. 1t will be seen
that 1t does not extend to the recovery
OF the metals, but simply prepares the
ores for easy extraction. Mr.. Schultze
states that the advantage OF this process
OF chemical trituration is in the absence
Of expensive crushing, stamping and
roasting machines. The apparatus il
portable and can be transferred from
mine to mine. The crude ore il broken
up in the line Of cleavage, exposing the
smallest particles Of precious metals.
Charcoal can he used where coke and
fuel are not obtainable. The cost Of con.
struction, wear and tear, labor and fuel
il reduced to minimum.
1t seems to resolve itself into a cheap
mode OF concentration, cleaning out the
waste and leaving the metals in small
bulk to be managed by any method
adapted to getting out the gold and sil.
YER BY the description, the apparatus
can he packed or carried in wagon to
different mines in a district, put to work
on dump or sorted ores and in short
time will prepare them for easy manip.
ulation. Like most improvements
brought out, it is designed to cover only
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Rates Again Reduced From All Points East.

Before you make defnate arrange.
ments for that trip east let us quote you
rates via the Illinois Central railroad
Our rates are the lowest to be had, and
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Woman is loveliest in womanIy at
tire.
Men make laws. women make man
nerS.
Modesty is me conscience of the
body.
Time is the microscope of the judg-
ment.
With time and patience the null
berry leaf becomes satin.
The greatest evidence of demoraliZa-
ton is the respect paid to wealth.
One cannot ina gine how much clev-
erneSS is necessary not to be ridiculous
A woman whose railing passion is
not vanity is superior 10 any man of
equal capacity.
There are three things that women
throw away-their time. their money
and their health.
The change OF fashion is the tax
that the industry of the poor levies on
the vanity of the rich
The wealthieSt one is the one who is
most economical; the poorest, the one
who is most miser!y.
The error of certain women is to i'm
agine that 10 acquire distinction they
must initiate the manners of men.
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Men and women who never pass
the line which brings them to the
doors of a peniteDtiary, but ever keep
lowering Oh the border, constitute
class that is difficult TO deal with
The speaker was a successful and
capable business man and as he had
lust closed an interview with a shifty-
looking individual il was quite evident
that he had his caller in mind.
such people are not deficient in
ability which would enable them to
earn Il comfortable living. Many are,
however. self-indulgept, shrink from
the sternness OF economy and self-de-
NAL and gradually SO weaken their
will power that they simply become
driftwood in the tide of circumstances.
When they are stranded, which is the
inevitable outcome of such life, when
misfortune in some form or other
comes upon them. then their relatives
or friends are looked to. The indus
triouS and hardworking are obliged to
contribute to the support of such
people as well as the others who con-
stitute the class of incompetents. 1t
seems hard, though, when this class,
already sufficiently large, should be
ipcrea sed by the voluntary action OF
those who properly should be con-
tributors to the support of the weak
lings of the community. y."-Washington
Star.
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FEAR KILLED THE suFrALos
A Big Bull Scared to Death by the Sheen
of y LOGON oti ve's whistle.

Of motive's whistle.
Although / was on the plains when
buffaloes Were there by the hundreds
of thousands said an old-time locomo-
tive engineer, Il never killed but one,
and 1 didn't mean to do that.
1T was the first year the Santa F'e
Railroad was opened up through Kan
sas. l was an engineer on that road.
and one day my train was held up not
far from Dodge City by a great herd OF
buffaloes that We're travelling couth.
Il ran as near to the herd as could
get, and then stopped to wait until
it passed, for ! nigh: as well have
dashed my engine against a stone wall
as try to force a way through that
living mass.
"Of the buffaloes that could see us.
which were only those on the edge
of the herd only one seemed to be dis
turbed by our intrusion on that vast
prairie. This was the enormous bull
| referred to-
He actually lowered bead and shoul-
ders above his fellows. He was near
the head of the column and left the
ranks when he stepped upon the rail
road.
ADVANCING toward Inc locomotive ne
came to within few yards Of it,
where, with nose 10 the ground, he
paved the dirt and beloved and
snorted defiance. showing every dispo-
sition TO forcibly resent our coming
into his domain
"As he stood there in the middle
the track. becoming tiercer and fer
l pulled my whistle valve wide Il
Such a wild, piercing. hairraisf
shrek as that locomotive had let
had never split the air in that fan
Western country before.
1T struck the great bull with such
terror that he rose on his hind feet
as if he had been shot mp by a blast.
his immense head and shaggy name
and ponderOus shoulders towering
StreiSht up in the air. An instant the
bull stood that way. his eyes big and
staring with terror. and then he tOppled
over like falling tree and came down
in heap across the track. making
everything tremble.
He was dead before he struck the
ground. for there was not even the
Quiver of a muscle as he lay. / had
scared him 10 death with that awful
Shrek of my locomotive"
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Een,arEable SeIf- acrif;ca

"I recently witnessed a most bean
tiful cNemplitfcation of devotion and
self sacrifice" said wcll-known To-
cal churchmau. such n case is so
rare thar / must tell about it About
year ago Woodworking laborer
contracted consumption. His wife
gave him every attention, but the
struggle was too much for her and
she died about tive months ago. The
poor man made every effort TO ward
off the disease, bur he soon became
so weak and emaciated that he was
compelled to stop work. What to do
or where 10 go to spend his few re-
naming weeks on earth was an euig-
ma. His money gave out. and he was
ABOUT TO apply 10 one of the hos
pitals for admittance when he one
day met a friend with whom he had
worked during the days when he was
we'll and strong. He made known his
condition. both physical and financial.
and asked for advice. Come to my
house" was the instant reply. II
have only three rooms. but one of
them shah lie yours. You shall not
want for anything as long as l keep
my health and strength The offer
was gladly accepted, and for over four
months that man and his wife gave
the consumptive food. shelter and at
teution. and when he died they went
around among their friends and col
iected enough money to give him a
decent burial l myself visited the
sick man just before he died. and he
told me his friends had willingly and
unSelnShly divided their time day and
night. in administering to his wants
Ihat man and woman are Gods own
people. e.'-Washington Star.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

Or. Leyds and Mr.. Fischer. IF the
Boer delegation. have recently visited
Berlin. The ooiect of that visit was
TO arrange With the German Govern
ment for the occupation of certain por-
ton of German East Africa by those
Beers who finally decide to trek in
preference to submitting to British
rule. The doctor supposed that the
Beers who are now in the hands Of the
British as prisoners will object to set
Ting down under British rule when
they are released. and he is therefore
taking these steps 10 he able TO point
out 10 them fresh fields ard pastures
new when peace is finally declared.
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THE HEARTS HIGHWAY.
How Far the Blood Travels In Your Veins
"a in . Snort Lifetime.


Speaking OF interesting calculations
with reference to the functions of the
human SYSTEM" said the young man
with penchant for mathematical
curiosities. did you ever stop to think
how far ones blood will run in life
time at the velocity agreed upon by the
scientists? The authorities have
reached the conclusion that the heart
at each beat of contraction discharges
about two ounces of blood. 1t is esti-
mated that there are about nine pints
of blood in the normal frame, and spec
ulatively. for scientists cannot be GER
tain about it. the conclusion has been
reached that in the larger arteries the
velocity of the blood is about twelve
inches. or one foot in. a second of time.
Now this will give us basis to figure
on and since the basis is speculative
the conclusion must be after the same
kind. Yet they will all be approx
mately correct.
IF the blood flows in the larger ar
tereS at the rate of twelve inches q
second, in a minutes time it will have
flowed 120 inches. which equal to sixty
feet. In an hour the blood will have
courSed a distance of $4,000 inches. or
about three-Quarters of mile. In a
day. or twenty four hours. the blood
will have run distance of 1.03G. 500
inches. Put in a different way this
would be about sixteen miles. 1856 feet
and eight inches. In a months time.
allowing thirty days for n month. the
blood will course a total of 81 l04. 600
inches. and in twelve months. or one
year. 313.2S4, 600 inches. Suppose lives
to be thirty-five years old We find
that q mans blood in this period of
time. on the basis assumed would
cover a total distance of 1903. $50 600
inches. Now. how far is this? Twelve
inches make one foot and $3.50 feet
make one mile. so 1908. $50. 600 inches
feet and four inches.
If a man should happen to live 10
be 100 years old the distance covered
by the blood would be nearly a million
miles. We rarely stop to think of those
things. and yet life depends largely
upon the marvellous little engine which
must drive the blood of ones body this
enormous distance. If we thought
more along these lines we would do
less to cripple the functions OF the
heart Than we are won't to do The
fact is. that we are constantly doin.
things which cannot in any way aid
the hearr in the performance of its
functions. and in most instances we
do those things which are n downright
injury. But the little throhher keeps
on just the same until We wear il out.
and then il stops. and we pass New
Orleans Times Democrat
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

Early in the year the Pretoria CORE
Spoudent of the London Times gave a
forecast of the South Africa situation
which recent events have strikinGly
borne out. He commented upon the in
herent weakness OF the uuderIn AIMED
blockhouse lines, declared that the
Beers We're undisturbed north of the
Pretoria Lorenzo Marques lines. and in
virtual possession of large tracts of
the TransvaaI and Orange Free State.
and showed that only the smallest
fraction Of the Roer republics was in
any sense pacifed. On such Il shoV ng
it is clearly a case not for ''mUddling
along" because England is in. but for
seeing If there is not a better way out
A stern logic would require the rein
forcement of Kitchener at any cost
or frank effort to substitute a policy
of negotiation for policy OF extermin-
alton. thinks the New York Post
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without doing anything to awaken his
neighborS to the fact that he was a
man He had no trade and sought
none. When he got his patrimony he
bought saddle horse. new maga-
zine shotgun and two pistols but he
continued to run with the tiremen and
more than once showed his mettIe as
volunteer reScuer of life and prop
erty.
Hoke Nudge. sheriff incumbent. can
didate for reelection and an old wheel
horse of the party in Sageville. laughed
loudly i'll his long whiskers when he
saw in the Daily Banner an announce
ment that Max Watson had "ap-
proa ched" the redoubtable Silas Stan
ford on the subject of the nomina ton
for sheriff. Hoke Nudge was eloquent
he could talk so fast and so interim
inably that his awed constituents were
beginning to make plans for sending
him to Topeka. He hadn't made ex-
actly brilliant record as sheriff but
then the county had been so placidIy
law-abiding during his term that there
wasn't much room for brilliance.
Sheriff amt good enough for
Nudge" the voters would say .Hc
oughter pe up tIopeky aShowin them
fellers how tmake fust-rate speech
Whereupon HOke Nudge would ex-
pand his chest, stroke his long beard
and with benign condescension muir
muir:
Never heerd me sayin' word bout
Topeky, did ye?" But deep down in
his heart he knew that he hadn't the
nerve to SO after SO lofty a place and
that his position as sheriff was for
him dizzy pinnacle.
But fate was preparing an awful
test for Hole. 1t three days be-
fore the nominations that two 5esper-
ate herse thieves broke Jail at Tru1-
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Harpers Weekly observes that tb,

Harper's Weekly observes that there
is something about organization that
seems to be in conflict with morality
Gather ten honest and reputable men
and form them into a gas company,
and the chances are that within a
month they will try to buy the Com
mon Council; gather Il hundred God
fearing people and form a church. and
in proportion to its vigor as an organi-
zation will be the need of careful re-
striction of its power: gather multi
tude of people and form nation and
organize a government, and the richer
and bigger the nation grows. the more
its government will tend TO a course
of conduct regulated by consideration
of the main chance. Government even
when conducted by decent men for
wellintentioned people, seems to care
not much more for moralities than dy-
Mantle does for municipal ordinances
Governments tend to do what the times
seem to prescribe. and let history make
their explanations. And yet nothing
much can be accomplished without Or
ganization, and gas companies, churches
and governments, needful as it il to
watch them, are indispensable.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

According to the figures of the resig-
trar general, Ireland is still losing in
population. the decline for the last
year being figured at 31,43J. This is
entirely accounted for by emigration,
for there was an excess OF birtns over
deaths amountining TO 1883, making
the loss by emigration for the year
45,2SS. The registrars figures show
that last year there were 21 $50 mar
riages 101, ,459 births and $1,000
deaths. There has been, in COMPARE
son with previous years. slight de-
cline in both the birth and marriage
rates, while the death rate shows an
increase, which is, doubtless, partially
accounted for by the fact that the
reductions of the population by emf
grafton are almost entirely drawn
from the ages in which the death rate
would be smaIlest,-Boston Herald.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29

A lady member OF the -sstor family
is credited with the statemen; that in
order to be i gentleman it is necessary
to have Il college education. This is =
discouraginG estimate. for : great
many men who are deservedly distin-
and Il number OF men got through col
lege without being conspicuousiy edu-
Gated. reflects the Washington Star.
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When coyote goes off on a fora ging
raid by himself. and is so lucky as to
catch an unsuSpecting sheep or calf
out for moonlight stroll. he will first
suck the blood of his victim. and then
dragging the carcass to shady and
unfrequented retreat, will devour the
choice morSels first. Before he has
finished his meal he will gorge
many pounds Cf the most substantial
parts, until he resembles sack of Goa |
on four spindling legs. a coyote has
been known to eat his weight in meat
in day and 4 night Not particle
of the coyotes feast is ever allowed to
90 to waste. for when he is stuffed he
viii snatch hold of the remnants OF
the carcass by his mouth. and. throw
ing the flesh across his back. will start
for the family abode. where the rest
tell of having found coyotes so gorged
and heavy with food that their dis
tended sides made it impossible for
them to enter their burrows and holes.
Jack rabbits are the principal food of
coyotes, and both animals are provided
with muscles of locomotion that are
marvellous. There are few things in
nature as swift as coyote following a
California jack rabbit across a plain.
A fleeing jack rabbit can easily make
a mile a minute for one or two miles
New York Post.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-29
tf We coutp KNOW:

II VIC could know to o-morrowss secrets-see
Just where to-morrow's lights and shades
shall be,
If we could pull the curtain back and
gaze
Down all the smooth aud up the stony
ways,
wonder who would wait complacently?
For yoI there might be fortune and for me
Gray woes from WHICH | fain would turn
and flee
/ wonder who would sing the songs OF
praise,
If could know
Death might be grinning at us there if we
Could draw the curtain You mighi bend
the knee
In suppliance while / rushed forth to
raise
Such wild and joyful shouts as should
amaze
wonder which would shrink-men's woe
or glee,
Il we could know?
$. f. Kiser