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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-10-07
OFFICIAL ttCORnS.

VuuuOuNL lOVV'Os
The following ins,."0". were filed
at the Baker county court house during
the week ending Oct. g, 1903.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Sept. 21-State Of Oregon to p. j.
Canovsn, N. 1.2 OF N. w. Ia, Sec.
80 TIP 10 r. IS E; 800.
Sept. 21-Jos. Palmer and wife
to w. 8. Rupel, lots "a, 25 and %
B. 8, Wilovale; $50.
Sept. 23-L. L. Carter to Eliza,
wife, 45x113 feet in B. %, Atwood's
2nd adm to Baker City; 81.
Oct. 1-U. G. Strictly to John
Huffhines, Strictly ditch and W. Rt.
of Meadow creek; 81.
Sept. 27-P. r. Rizor to Daisy
NJ. Olsen, 1O4x2OS feet In N. +.
IA N. E LAS &c. 20 TIP. OR. 40
E; ss5.
Jan. 5-F. Perry and wife to Geo.
Eblen, N. E. IA N. E. Ia Sec. %
To. IL r. 80 f: $1,000.
Oct. 3-John McHenry to Hewitt
Land company. N. W. Ia Sec. 8 TIP.
IL r. 80 E; s7OO.
Aug. 4-B. A. Jacobs and hus-
band to American Bonding Co., f
l.2 s. W. IA Sec. IL TIP. 0 r. 80
f, and lots % and 30 B. and b. 6,
Wilovale; 81.
Aug. 2l-W. w. Lloyd and wife
to Geo. U. Srapp, 1OOxl2O feet In
Halfway, Oregon; s125.
Oct. 5-P. Basche and wife to A.
Abel, N. 1.2 8. w. Ia N. W. Ia
Sec. 10 TIP. 10 r. 80 E; 1850.
Sept. Estate Of Oregon to Theo
Van Cappenolle, 80 acres In Sec. l6
T. Z r. 40 E.; 600.
Sept. 3O-J. E. Brennon and wife
to Mary Brennon, 4sx75 In blockl,
b. McComas addition; 81.
Oct. lO-Jennie Elliott to Mamie
Elliott lot 3. and 1.2 lot 4, block
16, Atwood's addition; 81.
Oct. 81. H. Donald and wife to
NJ. E. Gardner, 1852 acres In Sec.
10 and OF T. 10 r. 80 E.; Gle.
Oct. 2-E. T. Barman and wife
to Chas. Gooding, 11-2 acres In N
Ian l-2 Sec. % T. OR. 40 E.;
600.
Oct. 2--Anna Moore and husband
to Mrs. E. A. Millet, lot 10, b. Z,
Mill addition to Sumpter; e7OO.
April lO-Adda A. Crew to John
Steiger 100 acres In Sec. IA, 10 T. 8
R. Al; $3.50.
June Joel b. Ritter and wife to
Geo. w. Brown east half Of southwest
quarter Of southeast quartesr Of Sec.
30 T. 7 r. 40; e74O. . .
MINING MATTERS.
Oct. IF. e. Wilson to M. r.
Wilson, wife, Mud Springs and o
other claims; 81.
Sept. 3-W. H.. Emes ct al to
Thos. w. Evans ct al Red Cross
group, (3 quartz claims; $1,000.
Sept. 3-W. H. Emes ct al to p.
r. Buck, Great Western quarz claim;
$3.50.
Sept. 23--H. W. b. Smith to A.
w. Gambs, one-half interest In
Gran d View quartz claim; $3.50
Sept. 23-A. W Gsmbs to Cracker
Summit Mines Co., Grand View and
Midnight quartz claims; $1,000.
Sept. 3O-Wm. Madden to Oregon
Mining 4 Development Co.. Little
Hacket and Kanawha quratz claims;
81.
Dec. IL, '02-Emil Melzer ct al to
Eastern Oregon Mining Co.. North
Oolo p1ooor olaim. Al
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Inspecting Badger Concentration.
DR.. Moulton aud Charles Thomas
returned today from Susanvilie,
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Cannon and Economy.

Hon. Joseph Cannon. speaker to be
of the house of the fifty-eighth con-.
gress, has reiterated his announcement
congress are tos be distinguished as
economical ones and that the house
will firmly resist the tendency Of the
senate to extravagant increases of the
appropriation bills
Mr.. Cannon is certainly justified in
sounding this warning, aside from any
political exigency Of the dominant
party requiring retrenchment in ex-:
penditures before the general elec-
ton The decrease of revenue receipts
during the first four months of the
present fiscal year, as compared with
the corresponding period of the previ-
! Gus fiscal year, aggregates $7,4S5,862
and the current surplus fell to less
| than 100000 a few days ago.
| OF course, the surplus figures will
grow larger, but common sense eau
ton demands that congress may ex-
pect reckless appropriations to breed
deficits instead Of big surpluses, which
are: strong temptation to extrava-
gance such as is embodied in some Of
the present propositions for congress
sional action. 5,.,.
I 1t is well to rene ember. in this cotl-
nection, that, if the secession of the
state of Panama from the United
1 States of Colombia becomes an ae-
complished fact in the sense that a
Eself-sustaining and intelligently-
erned republic is founded on, the
isthmus, it is more than probable that
our government, finding a responsible
party to deal with, will negotiate with
| the republic Of Panama for inter
oceanic canal construction rights, and
the large expenditures for, that work
will begin with heavy disbursement fol
the canal rights--forty nmillions at
4 once to the French company holding
the franchise. Economy In other ex
penditures is, necessary in vieW4ef ftht
possibilities growing outs father Pan
4 anna revolt. There are schedes pro
Il jected and dignif1ed as demanding. urg
ency which are very far from beint
! urgent.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-05
No Favoritis1n for Crime

IS Some congressman from New York
had the audacity to approach PRESS
dent Roosevelt IN behalf Of a promi-
nent man whose name has been COM
nected with some of the scandals the
department Of justice has been prob
ing. This congressman got a scorch-
ing letter from the president for his
pains.
Il care not a rap for the political
or social influence of any human being
when the question is one of his guilt
or innocence on such matter as corr
ruption in the government service, 4
the president wrote, and continued: ]
II note what you say that the circus
1ation Of this report about me may
ALLEVIATE the support of many Of - - =
friends from my. administrations
Frankly, I believe that anyone that
would believe such story must be
either lacking in intelligence, or else
possessed Of malignant cruelty. If
anyone is to be alienated from me by
| the fact that I direct the prosecution
of republican or democrat, without
regard to his political or social stand
ing, when it appears he is guilty OF
gross wrongdoing, why all can say
| is let him be alienated.''g
The letter concludes with these ring
ing words:
| I should hold myself unfit for this
office if I considered for one moment
either my own welfare or the interest OF
a party or anything else except the in
| terest Of justice. "
That is the. kind of talk the people
like to hear. Moreover, they know
that when it comes from Theodore
| Roosevelt it stands for facts.
The party politician is apt to get
an erroneous idea of the privileges OF
| pull. The one the president so prompt
| ly rebuked actually thought that the
president of the United States should
undertake to stop the prosecution OF
some scoundrel because that scoundre
had more or less political influence
that might be turned against the presi.
dent. ii
/ All grafters look alike to the presi.
dent, and good republican records OF
stacks of pull do not give them, the
least distinction.
4 =5#-
Senator Hanna's head has not beer
turned by the Ohio avalanche. He stii
refuses to become candidate for presi
/ dent against Roosevelt.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-05
Two Border States.

The two old border states, Maryland
and Kentucky; which, in recent years,
have shown some inclination ito get
fulfill the moderate republican expec-
tations Tuesday. German, perhaps,
will claim that his introduction of the
race issue won votes for. the demo-
cratic ticket, but, no doubt, had the
republicans been free. from factional-
might have won control of the legis-
1ature.
As for Kentucky, the democrats
claim for Beckham a plurality Of 15,-
900. Beckham is the democrat who
ran for lieutenant governor in 1899,
when Goebel was the democratic CAM
didate for governor. Taylor the re-
publican candidate for governor, was
elected ON the count of the state re-
turning board, which was controlled by
the democratic machine and was a
special product of the ingenuity of
Goebel and his democratic friends, de-
signed to seat a democratic candidate
whatever might be the majority or
plurality against him.. Goebel was as
sassinated by parties unknown then
and unknown to this day, and the
democrats charging the republicans
with the crime, raised a great outcry,
fraudulently packed the Legislature,
and fraudulehtly reversed the will Of
the people, which had seated Taylor
| 1nxy 9 nj ifJ Tor ho1 : :, "a
republican candidate for lieutenant
governor, by 2,511 plurality. They un-
lseated Taylor and seated Beckham in
! his place, Beckham having been the
democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor, and had the crime sane
toned by partisan state. court.
In the election of 1900 Beckham
machine by only S,51S majority. If it
1 turns out that he had at Tuesdays
i election received $1,000 plurality, il
will show that Kentucky democrats
even under the facilities for fraud fur
|nished by the partisan election. law
lean never expect to poll again In Ken
lucky the former big majorities, rang.
ling from $4,000 to over 125, 900 votes
Morris Belknap. the republican gu.
bernatorial candidate, may live (. te
make more successful fight than she
made this yea. He is an able. prac.
Etical man Of affairs, and would make {
most efficient governor. The Republic
4 an vote in Kentucky at the 1900 presi
4 Dental election showed up to the ex
tent Of S227.12S votes, 4s.43 per cent o
the whole vote cast. In the importan
election Of 1876, the republicans pollet
97,156 votes. The democrats that yea,
{ Ipolled 159,690 votes for Tilden. Her,
is republican voting strength i11creas,
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BOOKS RECEIVED

TENNESSEE TODD. A NOVEL OF THE GREAT
S RIVER. v BY q. w. Ogden New York a. $.
y Barnse & Co. Price Sl.50.
MAMzELlE FIFINE. a Romance of the Girl
hood of the Empress Josephine on the Island
OF Martinique. BY Eleanor Atkinson New
y York: D.. Appleton & Co. $1.5O.
SALLY OF MISSOURI BY r. Il. Young New
York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co. Minneapolis:
Nathaniel Mccarthy. Price $3.50.
MY MAMIE ROSE. THE STORY OF MY RE-
e GENERATION. BY Owen kildare !. New ~
York The Baker & Taylor company, 33-3l
East Seventeenth street. Minneapolis: n. Nc
Carthy.
NEW FORTUNES. How Molly and Her Brother
Came to Boulder Gulch. By Mabel Earle. IL
Illustrated. New York: A. S. Barnes Co
GARETH AND LYNETTE, LANCELoT AND
ELAINE, THE PASSING 0F ARTHUR. By
:. Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Riverside Literature
Series. Price Is cents Boston: Houghton,
| Miffin & Co.,, Minneapolis: NJ Mccarthy.
LITTLE DICKS CHRISTMAS. By Etheldred
b. Barry. Illustrated by the author. Boston
Dana Estes & Co. Price 40 cents.
THE CHRISTMAS CAT. BY Anna Burnham Bry
ant Illustrated by Edith Browning Brand
BOSTON,: The Pilgrim Press
CHATTERBOx. Edited by ]. Erskine Clarke
! NJ. A. Boston: Dana, Estes & Co., az sum
mer} street. .6f
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we must not take part. We must so
shape our course as to be able to live
In harmony and amity with the re-
public Of Panama, If it be established,
and with the republic of Colombia.
whether 1t succeed or not in stamping
out the rebellion.
Taking a look into the future, it is
not too much, perhaps, to say that
great events are now having their
birth. It is altogether probable that
If a republic of Panama be created it
will ere long become an American pro-
tectorate and may, indeed, be annexed
to the United States. 1t has always
| appeared to be anomalous that the
greatest public work ever built by this
republic should be In a foreign land
and under a foreign flag. 1t is geo
graphically logical that we should hoid
the connecting link between the Pa.
1 cific and the Atlantic. Il
So, that bloodless revolution III
Panama yesterday may mean more ex
pansion for our country. It may NEAR
one less state for Colombia and ont
more, for us. If
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-05
A Portentous Revolution.

While the Panama revolution, if
successful, will play into our hands,
the United States must not be in any
great hurry to recognize the revolu-
tionists. Tho we have reason to be
displeased with the course Of the Col
ombian congress in regard to the canal
treaty, it must be remembered that
Colombia is an independent nation
which has the right to do with its
own territory as it pleases. The fact
that it has not done what we would
have it do does not remove it from
the list of friendly nations. The United
States must. therefore, look upon the
Panama affair as a rebellion against
| the authority of a friendly nation, and
must not take any steps to assist the
rebels.
On the other hand, SO long as the
rebels respect Americans and Ameri-
can property they are no more our
enemies than the Colombian govern
ment. This is q family row in which
1--we are keenly interested, but in which
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-05
The Other Side.

Every time a strike stops industry
there is a lour roar about the blind
of organized labor.
Men with pencils sit down and figure
out that so many thousand workmen
have lost so many millions in wages
and that capital has lost so many mill
lions in dividends. Then the public is
expected to say, 20, thou foolish work
man." And it may be So Doubtless,
there are many occasions when the
public is fully justified in becoming in
dignant over a strike that disastrous
ly affects whole community.
But let us not reserve all our in
dignation for the laborers who cause
suspensions of4Tindustry; let U.S. save
some for the. capitalists who tie UP
great Industries in their selfish quar-
rels. Ittis the business Of the public
to sit in judgment on both sides and
condemn them when they err.
Consider the trouble in Montana.
Fifteen thousand men are out OF
work, and the business of the state is
paralyzed. The railroads are suffering
and all business interests outside the
state that have Montana relations are
injured. People are leaving the state
on every train, and the worlds busiest
mining camp has become the haunt Of
idle men.
Did a strike cause all this disaster
Not at ALL The men were working
steadily and happily and were desir.
Gus of continuing, when, all at once
the mines Of the Amalgamated Cop
per company were ordered closed.
Who closed them?
The capitalists who are in posses
sion, because they did not like an in
junction issued by the courts. I
makes no difference whether Heinze
or the Amalgamated Copper compan!
has the right of this legal battle Owe
the mines. The fact remains that ;
| deadlock in a quarrel between self1sl
capitalists has thrown $4,000 men ou
Of work, imposed hardship and suffer
| ing upon thousands of men, womel
and children and wrecked the pros
perity of city and state.
| If two rival labor unions had quar-
relied and closed the mines anathema
would be heaped upon their heads
Two rival groups of capitalists hav
quarreled and closed the mines; VIII
should not the curses be forthcomin
for them? p They have shown no NOR
consideration for. public interest, Q
any interest but their own, than tn
most rabid strike leader.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-05
WAS .wELLlNeroN's AlD.DE.cAMP.

BY. the death OF the Duke Of Richmond
and Gordon England loses a picturesque
figure as welr as her eldest duke He
was the Grand Old Man. ofsthe aristoc-
racy and an interesting fink with the past
For nearly ten years the duke was one
of Wellingtons aides-de-camp and was
also the first secretary for Scotland when
that office was screated Until Disraef
went upstairs as the Earl Of Beacons-
field he led the Conservatives in the house
of lords. The duke could boast Of descent
from two kings. He was connected with
Charles II. by Louise Renee de Parren-
court de Kerouaille who. was created
Duchess Of Portsmouth,. and with James +.
by Jane Maxwell, the brilliant wife Of
the fourth. Duke of Gordon. sTi1e duke was
one of the last of the really great noble
men. commonly called gentlemen of the
old school,: As master of Goodwood he
represented the best traditions of the Eng
lish turf in it's stately days, altho he had
not raced for many years. He held four
dukedoms- Richmond in the peerage of
Great Britain, Lennox in the peerage OF
Scotland Gordon in the peerage of Great
Britain and D'Aubigny in the peerage OF
France. The Richmonds are a long-lived
race. The duke was. until a few days ago.
hale and hearty at 84'
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-05
cAssATr is "a WORKER

President A. j. Cassatt of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company has been a New
Yorker for about fot.r days in the week
for the last few months. Prior to that
time he was Philadelphian four days
and a: New Yorker about two. About
twenty four hours Of his time each week
is spent. III his. private car en- route be-
tween the two cities. This time. is not
lost, however. for some of his heaviest
and best work is accomplished while the
train is rushing along at the rate of
sixty miles an hour. Lately the immense
CONSTRUCTION enterprises which the COM
pany has started in New York have. CON,
PEELED him to spend much. p Of his time
vigorous manhood, robust and hearty Al
tho president of seven companies and di-
rector in twenty three, he devotes himself
as assiduously to outdoor recreation as he
does to the manifold duties Of his position.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-05
THE MAGAZINES

Had BoreilI's Comet Anything to Do
with the Aurora7-Of interest just now
when the recent aurora borealis is fresh
in our minds is the comment of Alexander
Graham Bell on the aurora of Aug 81.
DR.. Bell at the time was on Cape Breton
island. Nova Scotia. He watched the
iauroral display closely, and among other
things says The appearances noted
We're. highly suggestive of luminous mat
ter of some sort streaming past the tearTh
on all sides with tremendous velocity In
a direction away from the sun--the par
allel streams being rendered. apparently
convergent by perspective. He adds:
In this connection it would. be interest
ing to know where Borelli,s comet was
at the time. 1t was then rapidly nearing
its closest approach to the sum-, The
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-05
DISCOURAGED BROKERS

The gentlemen who hold seats as brok-
ers on the New York Produce txchange
are not making the money they lid once.
They are discouraged Not only have they
been hit by the general depression, but
they have an account to settle direct with
the west. The balance is steadily in
creasing against them, and, what is worse.
seems to be growing worse each year. Chi
cago is handling direct most Of the bust
ness that was once done in New York
The purchasers of food stuffs buy of the
Chicago brokers, and thus eliminate one
man in the transaction. Chicago is max
ing thet most of the fact that she is the
natural outlet of the grain growing areas
Of America and she does not intend to
let New York do any business that she
can do herself.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-05
LITERARY NOTES

Something, much better than the average story
for young people is Mabel Earle's story Of the
life of Mollie and her brother Austin Norris at
boulder Gnlch where bothe-revea1ed the heroism
of their na lures and showed themselves worthy
pupils of the splendid energies of the west. s
ChatterooX for 1909 is as attractive as ever
TO the: children who always consider themselves
especially happy if they possess a copy. The
Illustrations extraordinarily humorous and
taking this year. and the stories are instructive
MS well as immensely alluriny
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-05
NEWS OF BOOK WORLD
Stirring Story OF War for Traffic Of the
Lower MissIssippI - The sGirIhood Of
Empress Observation-Disclosures Grahara
Bells Question about the aurora Bore
alls and Borelli's Comet s5s@ ss.


als and Rorelli's Comet. 4. ss sfy ~
The war between the packet lines on the
lower Mississippi and the railroads for
traffic supremacy Is the basis Of G. w. Og-
den's novel Tennessee Todd. The war,
which was a very real war, is little un-
derstood by the younger generation-the
generation of rapid railroad development,
and for that reason Mr. Ogden's story
may not attract many--..tfle more's the
pity for the story As a strong one and
plainly theswork Of one who knew what he
was writing about, and besides it tells Of
a struggle that is interesting, even thrill
ing, both as simple history and from an
industrial standpoint.
Running thru the story is a thread Of
romance and passion which .sustains and
heightens the interest, tho there would
have been little danger Of a tagging of
interest, had that thread been omitted al
together. t $50
| Partners in the packet line business, two
former captains, Amos Blair and Robert
Andrews, have become wealthy thru their
enterprise. Andrews .ees the end of
river traffic in the growth Of the rail-
roads. He wishes to SELL He warns his
partner that the river cannot long main
! tain It's supremacy. Blair buys him out.
! A year or SO later Andrews returns to offer
his former partner a chance to go in with
him in the building ola railroad from ST.
Louis to New Orleans. Blair is loyal to
the river and brands Andrews as a
j snake These two mon from that mo-
ment represent the opposing forces and
their characters are strongly drawn and
consistent Blair has a daughter who. is
more than charming. Andrews has a son
who has big heart if he does not seem
| quite the hero the situations demand al
ways, who is not afraid to act and to act
4 promptly and with vigor when there is
4 need Of it. Then there is Tennessee Todd,
/ the daughter of a river pilot who herself
4 can pilot a packet to victory in a river
4 race at the risk Of hundreds. of, lives, a
I mixture Of good sense and folly the. latter
/ Of which gives her and others vast
] amount of misery. There is a cunning
4 villain with other villains, fight to keel
/ the railroad from getting. it's right Of way
4 which brings on a county seat war, and
1 obstacles for trains-such as "soft' soar
tan 'lasses' once the road is opened. Al
a these persons and things and other per-
4 sons and things furnish material fol
4 working out a chain of incidents which
!: do not let the interest flag until the last
act of vil1any has been thwarted in the
1 final paragraph
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-05

November Popular Science Monthly con-
tains also an article on Life in Other
Worlds" but not at all a conclusive ar
ticle. Certain developments in wireless
telegraphy are also discussed.
Story by Edwin Minneapol-
itans who: were familiar with the news
paper offices Of the city a few Years ago
will be interested in knowing that Edwin
Biorkman has a story in The Atlantic
Monthly for November. 1t Is. called The
Boy Who Lived at the Bottom Of a Well 7
and those who start to read it because
they knew Mr.. Biorkman will finish it
because they are interested in the story
itself. "The Battle of Gray's Pasture: A
"Reminiscences of Old Fashioned Football
is written-at least it would seem so--by
one who knew the game. He-George l.
Teeple--knew what counted for glory, too
for he says: "It was a spot upon youl
honor not to have a spot upon your shin
In the same magazine Harriet Prescott
Spofford begins a short novel, and thert
is much else to invite the general reader.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-05
A VANDERBILT A sHARPsHooTER

Lieutenant Cornelius Vanderbilt, who
was last week made a member of Gov
ernor OdelFs staff. won honors as a sharp
shooter at Creedmoor Saturday. When
some of the best shots in the regiment
failed to qualify young Vanderbilt quail
fed not only as a n1arksman but as a
sharpshooter He had not been shooting
with revolver for any length of time.
and his brother officers We're surprised
when he scored IS at the 25-yard range
with 3S-calibre revolver. His record for
the craftsmanship, made with a revolver
was 3S out of a. possible so. At the first
range. so yards. he astonished the officers
by plugging the bulls eye twice.