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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-01
TIMBER LAND. ACT JUNE ,. rs,s.-NoIIcs FOR
PUBLICATION.
United States Land Once.
La Grande, Oregon,

United States Land Once.
la Grande. Oregon, !
February 9th. Ioo,)
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions OF the act OF Congress Of June :. 1875
entitled IAN act tor the sale Ot 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 =. I8os.
ROSE A CALL.
OF Sumpter. county Of Baker. state Of Oregon. has
this day filed In this ONCE her sworn statement No.
i97s. Tor the purchase Of the W n se V. section
No 6. and nIs ne Y OF section No ?. In township
No. south. range - U N. and will offer
proof to show that the land sought Is more valu-
able for Its timber or stone than Tor agricultural
purposes. and 70 establish her claim to said land be-
tore Charles n. Chance, U. S. commissioner. ~
Sumpter. Oregon. on Saturday. the 9th day Of
May. I9o3
She names as Witnesses: Eugene Brown.
Thomas Moore. Melvin Clark and Cornelius S. Van
Duyn all OF Sumpter. Oregon.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the above
described lands requested TO file their claims In
this ONCE on or before said 9th day OF May.
E.W. BARTLETT. Register.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-01
TIMBER LAND. ACT JUNE ,. rs,s.-SorIcs roa
PUBLICATION.
United States Land Once.
La GHande. Oregon. Jan. ~. lQo] /


La Grande. Oregon. Jan. a.. 1901,
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions OF the act OF congress Of June IS,8 CO.
Titled IAN act Tor the sale OF timber lands In the states
OF California, Oregon. Nevada and Washington Ter
ri,ory. as extended to all the Public Land states BY
act Of August =. is9s,
WILLIAM HILL.
Of McEwen. county Of Baker. state Of Oregon. has
this day filed In this ONCE his sworn statement No.
raIa Tor the purchase OF the e ne v, OF
section No. as, In township No. south. range No
a, EWM, and will offer proof to show that the land
sought Is valuable Tor Its timber or stone than
said land before A. b. Combs Jr. county Clerk OF
Baker county. at Baker City. Oregon. on Friday.
the 18th day OF April. 1901
Nelson and Rutherford B. Hsstead, Of MeEwen.
Oregon. and Louis j. Lewis. of Baker City. Oregon
Any and all persons claiming adversely the above-
described LANDS are requested TO tile their claims In
this once on or before said 18th day OF April 1904
z. w. BARTLETT, Register.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-01
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, lS7s,-
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Once.

United States Land Once,
Sump,es Oregon. March =. 1901.
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with he
provisions Of the act Of congress o June !, 1873.
titled An act or the xse ot timber LANDS In the states
Of California. Oregon. Nevada and Washington Ter
r,tory. extended 10 all the Public Land States by
act OF August =. iSss.
SAMUEL A BERNeSSER.
Of SumpteS. county Of Baker. state Of Oregon.
has this day filed In this Office his statement
No. soI,. tor the purchase OF the SEX nwk. and
n:N :~* and w 's OF section No; cG In ,o.n.h'g n 5
offer proof to show that the land sought Is
more valuable tor Its timber o. stone than tor
agricultural purposes. ami 10 establish his claim
to said land before Chas. u. Chance. U. S. COM
missioner. q Sumpter. Oregon. on Monday. me
70 b day Of May. 1901
william A Green. George Wright, ST., and Rsipn
Mead. oil Of Sumrter. Oregon.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the above
described lands are requested TO file their claims In
this once on OF before said roth DAY Of May. i9o,
{. W. BARTLETT. Register.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-01
Timber And Homestead Filiuss.

Timber and homestead filings, as we'll
- anal proofs, can bs made before
Charles H. Chance, United States Com.
missioner, Office in First National Bank
Of Sumpter building, sumpter, thus saw.
ing applicants expense Of . trip to La
Grande.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-01
nmsGR LAND. ACT JUNE .. Uls.-MoucG FoR
PuOticArloM.
United States Land Once.
La Grande. q egOn.

Ia 1fande. ~ egOn, I
March 70. I0ol)
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions OF the act Of congress OF June B. 1875. en-
titled An tor the sale Of timber LANDS In the states
OF California. oregon. Nevada and Washington Ter
ritoTy.' IS EXTENDED to all the Public Land states BY
act Of August =. lS9s.
JOHN q. r. YEAGER.
Of Sun pter. county OF Baker. state Of Oregon. has
this day tiled In this office his sworn statement No.
sIoo for the purchase Of the 9 " sw 4 and lots
, and Of section No. 70. In township No -
south. range No. 70 W N. and will offer proof
to show that the land sought Is more vau-
able tor Its timber or stone than TOR agricultural
purposes. and to establish his claim to said land
before Chas. N. Chance. u. S. Commissioner. at
Sump,er. Oregon. on Monday. the s'h DAY OF June.
1923. . .
Ne names as Witnesses. Van Rsnnssaer Mead.
William A. Green. Ralph Mead. George Wright. ST..
all 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 s,h dav OF June. 1901.
{. ". BARTLHrT. Register.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-01

The celebrated Gund's-"the beer Of
good cheer'-always on draught At Dun
phys The Club.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-01
TAXING MINES.
Equitable System Which
Would Operate as Stimulus
to Production.

Many western states are especially
interested in the taxation of mines.
The question has been anxiously
discussed for many years, particularly
in Colorado. No very satisfactory
results have followed from all these
years Of discussion because the
Legislatures have not been guided in
their deliberations and ensctments by
any rational scientific principle.
The somewhat natural but mistaken,
though almost universal practice Of
taxing wealth has been the prevailing
idea. The farmers throughout the
west have been intent on taxing
wealth, and taxing banks, the
common repositories Of money.
They have almost taxed banks out
of existence to their own most serious
Inconvenience and loss.
Influenced by this mistaken idea
Of taxing wealth wherever 1t Is found
there is a disposition to impose a
tax on mines proportioned to the
gross output. In defence of this
proposition 1t may be urged that 1t Is
In principle identical with the much
favored income tax, though that Is
declared to be unconstitutional. 1t
might even be levied with more
justice and equality than the income
tax; for It Is easier to ascertain the
output Of q particular mine than to
find out the income Of a millionaire.
But the taxation of the gross out
put Of mine would be all right II
you desired to discourage the output,
and reduce 1t. Tax dogs and there
viii! be fewer dogs. Tax the gross
output Of mines aud 1t Is absolutely
certain that In any state where tax
10 imposed the total output Of mines
will be less. It Ia said that In
Colorado many of the less productive
mines have been forced to cease
operation as a result Of taxation.
This Is doubtless true to some extent
universally for the direct influence
of taxation is to discourage enter
prise.
In discussing this question aud
arguing against the taxation Of the
gross output, western paper says,
"If the miner were taxed on the net,
then, and only then, would some
semblance Of fairness be approached,
so far as he is concerned" To some
extent this Is no doubt so, but even
the same principle Of encouragement
would operate. A miner might be
deferred by fear of taxation from
adopting improvements or making
outlay which would increase the
net result of his mine. He might
conclude that the increase in taxation
would be too great for the risk and
trouble and cost of improvement
which otherwise he would not hesitate
to adopt. 1t may be taken as an
axiom in taxation Of universal aud
invariable application that you
cannot tax wealt in any form and in
any manner without disrcouraging
its production.
A nearer appro'ch to fairness and
equality in taxation even than that
of taxing the net product Of mine
would be that of taxing its annual
value. While this method would be
strictly just between miner and miner,
1t would operate as a positive
stimulus to production, and conse-
quently to the general enrichment Of
the state.
A miner, under the influence OF a
tax on the annual value of his mine,
would be induced to make the very
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-01

Mining deeds for sale at this Office.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-17
Night Was Her Terror.

II would cough nearly all night
long," writes Mrs. Charles Apple
gate. of Alexandria, Ind, land
could hardly get any sleep. 1 had
consumption so bad that If walked
a block I would cough frightfully
and spit blood, but, when all other
medicines failed, three 81 bottles Of
DR.. Kings New Discovery wholly
cured me and I gained So pounds. Z"
It's absolutely guaranteed to cure
coughs, colds, ID grippe, bronchitis
and all throat and lung troubles.
Price soc and 81. Trial bottles
free at D. A. Memberships drug
store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-17
Teachers institute.

The Teachers Institute for Tyler
county will be held during the
week beginning August II, 1908,
with M. c. Tough and W. R. Gorby
as instructors. Under a late act of
the legislature, all who enroll are
required to pay an enrolment fee
of oae dollar, those who teach will
receive one dollar and fifty cents
per day for attendance, payable at
the close of the school term.
D. L. TALKINGTON,
County Superintendent.
722 at w
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-17
Baltimore & Ohio R. R.
Ohio River Division,

Oht0 River DIVISION,
Time Table In effect May ~ 1908.
EAs1 BOUND.
7.O5 A: M. Accommodation
Daily except For wheeling and intermediate
Sunday. points.
S;54 A. NJ. Pittsburg Express
Daily. For New Martinsville Moundr
Vile, Wheeling Pittsburg, Frank.
lin, OIL City, Tltusville and inter
mediate points. Runs solid &c
Pittsbsrg, daily except Sunday
Daily to Wheeling.
1885 p. n. Accommodation
Daily except For New Martinsville and Inter
sunday. mediate points.
l:57P. N. New York Express
Daily. For New Martinsville Mounds
Vile, Wheeling, Pittsburg, Bufa
10, Washington, Baltimore, Phila
deiphia, New York and all points
North and East. Runs solid h
PittsburR. Parlor car.
4:5S P. IL. Accommodation
Daiiy. For wheeling and intermediate
points.
8:I5 P. N. Ohio valley Express
Daily except For New Mart1nsville, Mounds
sunday Vile Benwood, Wheeling, Pitts
burg, Buffalo, Baltimore, Wash
ington, New York and oil points
North and East. Runs solid to
Pittsburg. Parlor car.
WEST BOUND.
9:2lA. NJ. Accommodation
Daily For Parkersturg and interms
diate points.
Has A. N. Ohio Valley Express
Daily except For st. Marys, Marietta, Park
Sunday. ersburg, Ravenswood, WILDWOOD
Pomeroy, PIT. Pleasant, Charles
ton, Gallipolis, Huntington, Ken.
ova, Ironton, Portsmouth, Cincin,
natl and all points South and
West. Runs solid te Cincinnati
Parlor car.
80 = n. Kenova Express
O.liy For st. Marys, Marietta, ParE
ersburg, Ravenswood. Ailuood
Pomeroy, PIT. Pleasant, Charles
ton, Gallipolis, Huntington, Ken
ova and principal intermediate
points. Parlor car.
S:I4P M. Accommodation
DAILY except For Parkersburg, Spencer and
Sunday intermediate POINTS
5:4l P. N. Accommodation
paily. For Parkersburg and !ntsrns
diate points
S:25 P. NJ. RIpress
D.ily except For Friendly, st. Mays, WavSI
euaday, ", Marietta and ParkersburE
D.B. MARTIN,
Man'g'r Passenger Traffic.
c. W. ALLEN, T. P. A.
HarSsrssurs, VIVA.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-17

Cut this out and take 1t to c. q.
G,ier's drug store and get box OF
Cbamberlain's Stomach & Liver
Tablets. The best physic. They
also correct disorders of the stom.
ach. Price IS cents.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-17

Insurance cannot prevent
fire, but 1t can and does pre-
vent the ruin and suffering
that would ensue without 1t.
1t lets you down easy sus-
tains you until you get anoth-
er foothold.
I represent a score of the
Oldest and best fire insurance
companies In the land, and
am giving very low rates just
now. The probability IS that
they will not be SO much lon
ger. Better take out suhci
ent insurance without delay.
As every Company now
charges exactly the same rates
why not have your property
insured with a company that
Is we'll known In this City and
one you know has and will
pay all Its losses promptly?
Here Is my list and everybody
knows that there are no better
companies on earth.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-02-10
PRESENTATIONS
OF ANDY RUSSELL

Andy Russell told US that George
Herberth is under the care Of a doctor.
not at the hospital and is getting along
slowly. He and his wife room with
Mrs. D. H. billiard on Geary street.
Charlie Burchardt is improving. Chas
McFarlin's father is in the city being
treated for cancer of the stomach.
Mr.. Russell was visited at the hossital
by Mrs. ]. H. Whited and daughter
Bessie. He stopped at Sacramento
and saw J H. Whited who is looking
well, Mrs. Albert Givan. nee Lily Dryer
who is blooming, Mrs. Clippinger and
Mrs. Geary enjoying good health.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-02-10
UP AGAINST IT.

People travelling west Sunday night
were up against it. A passenger train
struck a caboose not into clear in the
Reno yard and a work train went in
the ditch near Saliva, blocking the
track till 6 O'Clock yesterday morning.
This was rather rough on the pass
engers who had to bunk all night in
the cars. Among the elected we're
Senator w. w. Williams. Assenblv-
man J. F. Crosby, w. T. Golding,
Senator w. C. Pitt and wife. Jud Allen
and wife. Asst Postmaster Abbay, Joe
Jackson Of the DISPATCH, and others.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-02-10
SPLENDID
SHOWING
Seventy Tons Of Ore Return
E. Olinghouse $500

E. Olinghouse. after whom was
named the now famous gold mining
camp. Olinghouse Canyon. showed a
reporter today the mint returns from
his milling Of 70 tons Of ore taken
from the Gold Center mine.
1t was a neat certificate for 1920.
not bad for gold ore these days. And
the beauty Of 1t is that the ore now
being produced from the same ledge is
richer than that milled.
Nothing. in or opinion, is too good
for Mr.. OiingEouse ard we hope he
will take out a few hundred thousand.
He is gritty and willing to work the
mine or labor at any proposition that
pays for the industry.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-02-10
LEGISLATIVE
PROCEEDINGS.
Confined from page tue

Of office while on duty. Judiciary
committee.
Assembly Bill. No. So. McCourt, by
request: To amend the act for the
preservation Of the different species Of
wild game. Fish. Game and Forestry
committee.
Assembly Bill. No. 54. Averill: An
act making 1t a misdemeanor to. give
false alarms Of fire. Public Morals
committee.
Assembly Bill. No. SIS. Averill:
Concerning work done on mining claims
by lessees. Mines and Mining COM
mittee.
Assembly Bill. Sc, Syphus: Relat-
ing to the duties and fixing the salary
Of the county superintendent OF schools
Of Lincoln county. Lincoln county
delegation.
Assembly Bill. No. 81, Riley Of
Humboldt: To amend the act relating
to the preservation Of wild game. beaver.
otter, etc. Fish, Game and Forestry
committee.
Assembly Bill, No. So. McElory:
Amending the act prohibiting the sale
Of intoxicating liquors to minors. Public
Morals committee.
Senate concurrent resolution. No. 6
Washoe delegation: Calling for the
appointment OF a special committee
from the Nevada legislature to confer
with a like committee Of the California
legislature regarding the pollution Of
the waters of the Truckee river.
Washoe delegation.
Senate Bill No. 10, Hardin: To
amend the act 10 regulate the proceed
ings in civil cases in courts of justices.
Judiciary committee.
Senate Bill. No. 10, Bell: To reim-
burse w. Brougher and T. L. Oddie
for money advanced TO the State Board
Of Health. Claims committee.
On final passage the following bust
ness was disposed Of:
Assembly Bill, u. Cooke: Relating to
amending the acts for the settlement
Of the estate OF deceased persons, was
made a special order for Friday after
noon at . O'Clock.
Assembly Bill, No. d. Wilson, by
request: Local option. Lost by a
vote of 81 to Is.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-02-10
Nearly Forfeits His Life.

A runaway almost ending fatally.
started a horrible ulcer on the leg of /.
B. Orner, Franklin Grove. III. For four
years it defied all doctors and all rom
edies. But Bucklen's Arnica Salve
had no trouble to cure him. Equally
good for Burns. Bruises. Skin Erup-
tons and Piles. Csc at all druggists
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-02-10
Mysterious Circumstance.

One pale and sallow and the other
fresh and rosy. Whence the differ
ence2 She who is blushing with health
uses DR.. Kings New Life Pills 10
maintain 1t. BY gently arousing the lazy
organs they compel good digestion and
head off constipation. Try them. Only
Csc. at all druggists.
Arizona republican., 1903-12-09

present s,hteule Of the water com
any.
No man vt one wilfully blind to the
facts can deny, then, that if the
bonds should be voted under the pend
ing proposition it would mean two sys-
tens of waterworks. Nothing but an
act Of congress could enable the city
to buy the plant Of the Phoenix Wa
ter company, under the call for the
pending election. Nobody can deny,
either that the two water systems
would mean that both systems would
do business. The Phoenix Water COM
pany would certainly get a good por-
ton of the revenue, for TIE water con-
sumers would not be governed by SEN
timent in bestowing their patronage.
So that, taking the assertions on be-
half Of the bond proposition at their
face value, the taxpayers would find
their accounts standing thus: On one
side OF the ledger an obligation call
ing for The payment of Six Hundred
ana Seventy-fve Thousand dollars in
taxes; on the other side, deficient
revenue, and increased taxation for
every owner of property in the city
This must be so, for all the statements
made in support of the pending pro-
position have presupposed a revenue
from all the water consumers in the
city.
But let the taxpayer face the whole
truth while he is looking into the led
ger. Let him glance down the page
until he reaches a date ten years hence
and he will find charged against him
the entire cost Of reconstructing the
plant. because. as every engineer
knows, mains laid in the soil of Phoe-
nix and carrying the subterranean wa
ter OF this locality will not last. on an
average, more than ten years.
The city could ignore these bald
facts when it was a question os facing
them or doing without adequate wa
ter and fire protection. But can the city
afford to ignore the same facts now
on the sole excuse of past grievance?
What citizen of Phoenix ever made a
profitable Investment when guided
SILLY by prejudice?
Arizona republican., 1903-12-09

The people who insist that school d.
rectors may have too much larnin' -
Will be strengthened in their belief by
the news from Brown county. Kansas.
that school teacher near Hiawathn
has lost his place on account Of thu
Mary and Ann" age problem. He
solved the problem for his school. with
the answer that AIMS age was Is
years One cf the pupils, whose father
IS a member of the school board told
his parents about it, The school direc-
tor decided that AIMS age was e.
and said that anyone that could get
any other answer to the problem was
Incapable Of teaching children, T.
save his place the school teacher aD-
pealcG to the county superintendent.
but that Official was too foxy to become
involved in fine controversy. and tnr
offending teacher is out Of a job The
altitude os the director viii be upheld
by ouer esteemed contemporary, the
Yuma Sentinel which insists that
AIMS age was twelve
Arizona republican., 1903-12-09

the larger needs for which it is design
| ed. Further legislation is not recon
mended until the necessities nf change
are most apparent"
The study of the opportunities OF
reclamation of the vast extent Of arid
land shows that whether this yeclama-
, tion is done by individuals, corpora =
lions or the state. the sources of water
supply must be effectively protected
and the reservoirs guarded by the pre-
servation of forests at the head of the
streams"
'The recess ty Tor perpetuating or
forest resources, whether in public or
private hands, is recognized nov: as
never before"
The government of the United
States would have been guilty of folly
and weakness, amounting in their sums
to crime against the nation had it
acted otherwise than il did when the
revolution of Nov. 5 last took place in
Panama. This great enterprise Of
building the intcroceanic canal cannot
be held up to crafty the whims. o.
out OF respect to the governmental i'm
potence. or to the even more sinister
and evil political peculiarities of people
who, though they dwell afar off, yet
against the wishes of the actual dwell
ers on the isthmus. assert an unreal
supremacy over the territory"
1.-The possession of territory fraught
with such peculiar capacities as TIE
isthmus in question carries with its
obligations to mankind
Arizona republican., 1903-12-09
The Tlessage.

The dominant note in Mr.. Roosevelt
annual message for the year 1903 is its
conservatism. The document appeared
in full in yesterdays Republican, ana
a careful reading discloses nothing to
alarm the country in any way. ana
there are few recommendation Of a
radical character. The federal con-
stitution requires that the executive
shall from time to time give to the
congress information of the state of
the union, and recommend 10 their
consideration such measures as he
shall judge necessary and expedient q"
and the message delivered TO congress
on Monday is a careful compliance
with this duty. Full information "of
the state of the union" is laid before
the lawmakers and the country in
readable and engaging style, and it
will be observed that on the whole thu
information is of a most gratifying
character Now, as at most of the time
during the past fifty years the country
has reason to congratulate itself that
1t has republican administration. The
following extracts form the message
are characteristic expressions:
Constant watcnfullness is needed
to secure to Americans the chance to
participate to the best advantage IN
foreign trade"
Whenever either corporation. Iabo~
leader or individual disregards the Law
or acts i'll a spirit of arbitrary and
tyrannous interference with the rights
Of others, whether corporations or
individuals, then where the govern,
ment has Jurisdiction it win see to Il
that the misconduct is stopped, paying
not the slightest heed to the position
or power of the corporation. the union
or the individual, but only to one vita.
fact-tEat is, the question whether. the
conduct of the individual or the ag-
Rregata of individuals is in accordance
with the law of the land"
Every man must be guaranteed In
liberty and his right Ia do as he like.
with his property or his labor, so lon.
as he does not Infringe the rights Of
Others"
obedience to tae law is demanded
as right; not asked as favor"
eve cannot have too much ir-
migration of the right kind, and we
should have none at all of the wrong
kind"
No one people ever benefited an
other people more than we have aene-
flied the Filipinos by taking possession
of the islands,"
The work of reclamation of the arid
lands of the west is progressing stead
lily and satisfactorily. In Arizona and
Nevada, in localities where such worl:
is pre-eminently needed, construction
has already been begun. ... The ma
ton as a whole is of course the gamer
by the creation of these homes, adding
as they do to the wealth and stability
Of the country, and furnishing a home
market for the products of the cas-:
and south"
THE reclamation law. while perhaps
not ideal, appears at present to answer