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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-08-12
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE ;, 1875
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Once.

Ia tfande. oregon, aug, y, 1901,
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions oi the act of Congress OF June :. 1873.
entitled IAN act tor the sale OF timber LANDS In ne
States OF California. Oregon. Nevada, and W ash.
ngton Territory, a. extended to all the Public Land
states b, act OF August =. iSs,
WILLIAM u. SALMON.
oi West Superior. county OF Douglas. state OF Wis
con In has this LAY hlet In this othce his sworn
statement No, s,ss tot the purchase ~ the ny neH
s~N neS sat n~A sex OF section No. a. In
township No, ~ south, range No " EWM. and
wtl oneI proof to show that the lana sought Is
vstuate 'o Its timber stone than tor agricultural
purposes. and TO establish his clam to sait lana be-
tuse the Register and Receiver OF this once at Ia
Grande. Oregon. on Thursday. the s,h dav Of No
vemter. ,0ps
He names ss witnesses Peter J. Soaris and
William Kelly. OF SumptsS. Ore Chas y. Murphy
and Ei /. Toten. u McEwen, O,e,; John T Salmon.
Of Cylon. Wis.
Any and oil persons claiming adversely me apove-
tsscStsi lands are requested 10 h's their claims In
A'> oshes cn OF esto~e sa,d sm lay Of November.
,0ns.
Ew, BARrtsrr. Register.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-08-12
TIMBER LAND. ACT JUNE ). Is7s.-NoTIcE FOR
PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office.

United States Land Office.
La Grande. Oregon, Aug. 8. 100.
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions OF the act OF congress Of June B. 1873, en-
ned IAN act for the sale Of timber lands In the states
ot California. Oregon, Nevada and Washington Ter
ritory. as extended to all the Public Land States by
act Of August =. isos.
JOHN T. SALMON.
Of CyIon. county Of ST. C,ois. state Of Wisconsin.
has this day filed In this Office his sworn statement
No. s7sI. for the purchase OF the M mex, swh mex
and nwx SEX Of section No. Q In township No. !
south, range NO. 81 EwM. and will offer proof
10 show that the land sought Is more valuable
for Its timber stone than for agricultural purposes.
and TO establish his claim to said land before the Reg
lister and Receiver Of this office a Ia Grande. Ore
on Thursday. the ,th day Of November. 1903.
He names as witnesses: Peter J. Soards and Will
liam Kelly. Of Sump,er. Ore; Chas p. Mu ply and
Ed L. Toten. Of MeEwen, Ore; W. n. Salmon. Of
West Superior, Wis.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the above
described lands requested to file their claims In
his ONCE On OF before said ,th day Of Nov, 1901,
e W. BARTLETT. Register.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-08-12
TIMBER LAND. ACT JUNE }. is7s.-NorlcE FOR
PUBLICATION.


United States Land Ohhce.
La Grande. Oregon. August TO. ioo,)
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions OF the act OF congress Of June 1875 en-
titled An 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 by
act Of August =. 1909.
OLIVER c. WRIGHT.
Of Sumpter. county Of Baker. state Of Oregon. has
this day filed In this Office his sworn statement No.
s761, for the purchase Of the eh sex sec. >; nwH
nwk sec. ~ and swA swh Of section No. in town
ship No. TO SOUTH range No. >, EwM. and will offer
proof to show that the land sought Is more valuable
Tor Its timber stone than for agricultural purposes.
and TO establish his claim to said land before Charles
n. Chance. U. S. commissioner At Sumpter. Oregon.
on Saturday. the nth day Of October. 1901.
He names as witnesses: Thomas s.. Van vset.
L. Manning. all Of Sumpter. Oregon
Any and all persons claiming adversely the above
described lands are requested to file their claims In
this office on or before said 9TH day Of October 1903.
e. W. BARTLETT. Register.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-08-12
OFFICIAL RECORDS.

The following instruments were flee
at the Baker county court house during
the week ending Aug. IL, 1903.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
July 29-Laura X Steele and nd to !
Allen va NV. swi. sec "a tip Is 45
q.
Aug ~ n Levens and VT to J n
Torgler lot ~ blk A, Fishers adm Baker
City; 1900.
June l9-Wm Dean, w A Payton e,
al TO Mrs Emily Arthur lot 4 blk 2 Riv'
erside adm Sumpter $500.
Nov ID, 'O2-First Bank Of Sumpter to
First National Bank Of Sumpter east 25
feet lot 10 blk /, with bldg; $4,000.
Aug 25. O2-ROse A Call and nd to
Henry Hewitt Jr, WI se4 sec land n
mex sec Z tp lOsr 81; $500.
Aug l-P Hansen to Leonard $ Goss
sis nw4 and nw.4 nwi4 sec 3tpsr 80 /;
$liOO.
Aug "a l. LaNiers and vi to W &
Wandcrscc lot y Gricrs adm Baker City /;
$500.
July 3l-l!cn Gale and VT too X Il \
Co tract in swla sw4 sec Is tp II r n q
and sc'4 sciA see l3 tp ~ %; $3.50.
MINING MATTERS.
DEEDS.
May &c VI johnson to J Blair Ken
ncrly the Leonard and Emma W, Gold
Dollar and Gold King q,z mining clms
$1,000.
July 27-J X Romig 1T al tn Sanger
Gold Mining Co. Excelsior, New York
Bar, Fir Gulch and ilogcm placer min
ing Gins; 81.
July SIT Thornton at al to u Her
man placer claim in S,ice's Gulch, south
:, Herman Il iiowald;$i.
Aug 3-W J Evans " VT ct al to A =
Smith, Gold Bar placer elm; $50.
MORTGAGES.
Aug "a T. Dagany to Chas Rimbol
II 10 II lots | n = blk u Sumpter; $500.
Aug IL. : Goss To Peter Hansen 81
nw4 and nw' nw'4 sec 3 tpSs 3Se;
1880.
Oct ~. 'OO-Isaac England to Alex
Hopkins "a swi see u tp = r IL; $500.
July lO-W " Stalker Il wi to Alex
Hopkins nea SCI, and NV. sci sec !
tpSr AZ; $500.
July 2o-F T. Davis to Henry Hewitt
SCI. see 20tp II r 10: 1900.
July 2s-S Berncsser to Henry Hewitt
set nw4, ne'4 sw'4 and w,s se'A sec
~ tp II ~; $22s.
Aug 7-TC Shea ct al to American
Brewing Il Crystal Ice Co :. int in Bid.
ncr ice house and beer refrigerator, also
:, int in personal property in Our House
saloon tlsOO.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bond for Deed-Msy 70, Robt $ Ma.
kinson to Chas Mcdonald so acres in
secs 10 n III tp sr ~; $3.50.
Sui,-Aug I, J T. Gentry vs. Mary
Gentry, divorce.
Suit-Aug I, Julia Green W. A A
Green, divorce.
Suit-Aug u, X |. Sabin vs. T. A Bond,
suit To recover ON account; tl92S.
Suit-Aus u, A T. Dagany vs. \ II
Thihault, to foreclose liens and certain
accounts against defendant and Don
Juan mine $l0tS.
Suit-Aug Il, Oregon Liquor Co by l. =
Grunbaum vs. I'D jackson, To recover
stock and fixtures in Panhandle saloon,
attached $ll73.
Suit-Aug 3, II J Withers vs. " $
Driver, Ia secure payment Of promissory
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06

"Rafford Pyke," said to be Harry Thurs
ton Peck in thin disguise. writing in the
September Cosmopolitan about Summer
Types Of Men and Women INDUCES in
sneers about the people between Phila-
delphia and the Mississippi river who fire.
quent Eastern summer resorts. but espe-
cially Atlantic City.
They know absolutely nothing" he says.
outside the narrow limits OF their own
vocations. They never read a book. they
rarely read a magazine, they only now and
then look at a newspaper. They never
think anything outside the subject of iron
or coal or pork or wheat. They represent
Grass materialism in it's most hopeless form;
since they do not even know that there is
any other life outside and beyond the life
they live. They are a wonderful study,
a truly fearful spectacle; they are the
neither milestone upon whose finty surface
an the graces of life, all the ideality Of
existence are ground to atoms. They are
incapable Of even the enjoyment which
they see." And so on and SO on, with the
browning sin that they sound their "r's'
when they speak. Too much cannot be
said about it 1.-THE sounding of the RI, he
adds; "for it makes so many beautiful and
accomplished women utterly impossible.
And the pity of it! For Western women
are so frank. such good comrades, and so
finely American in the best sense, that it
almost makes one weep to find so many Of
them incapable of uttering a sentence with
out setting ones teeth on edge"
Pyke-or Peck-has written a good deal
of rubbish first and last, but nothing worse
than this. Why is it that writer's who be-
tray themselves at every step as never
having been further West than Buffalo
or Philadelphia are perpetually maunder-
ing on about the characteristics of Wes-
terriers? Always, too. in face of the fact,
patent to any cosmopolitan (Which the av-
erage New Yorker is nots that one need
not come as far West as Atlantic City to
find rawness and crudeness, ignorance and
pretentiousness among the corresponding
class Of Eastern natives. At any Eastern
summer resort the home-born Jay is al
ways in evidence in large numbers, while
do " SiOSCi y liz " tiOcC
who frequent pleasure resorts, it may be
remarked casually that New Jersey, New
York and New England can furnish forth
rawer specimens than Illinois or Indiana
ever dreamed of-primitive beings who fill
the souls of Western visitors with deep
joy.
But to go back to Pyke-or Peck; why is
it not as well to pronounce the ''r' where
it is placed in the language as to drop it
from its rightful position and add it where
it does not belong? Why not as we'll say
Denver as "Denvah.'' California" as
"Califawnia?' Why is world" less eu-
phonious thar "woil9?' Why c~riticise the
clear-throated Westerner for insisting upon
''car'' and "far" and star" while the
very critics go about calmly dropping these
final letters n adding them to papa
mamma Emma and the like? Why,
come to think of it, stop to discuss the SUBJ
ject with a person-Pyke or Peck-who I'M
~doubtedly pronounces it ~"Indianar"?
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ing rag. and Is there to be a room In the
house not permeated by the stale odor of
tobacco smokes where she can retire when
she has a headache?
There are other questions-lots OF them
likely to come up in the course of a matri-
monial existence. requiring more or less of
concession on both sides. but these are a
few of the leading ones that surely ought
to be determined in the contract when it
is no longer her duty to "obey." nor his
.to love and cherish"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06
PROBLEM FOR spoRTsMEN.

The ingenuity of the advertiser who is
able to make large investments in order to
obtain publicity is bringing up a very nice
problem in the sporting world. During the
summer a fairly successful racehorse,
owned by a manufactures of a food prod
uct, has been racing under the name OF
"Cox's Bovine or some such name, and
the name of his product has thus been pub
lished free in the pure reading matter of
the newspapers over and over again and
has been up on the boards of the poolrooms
daily without any further expense to him
than the maintenance Of the animal and
it's retinue, an expense largely, if not
wholly recouped by the purses won. Next
we shall probably lave "Higbee's Hams"
winning the Derby, with "Dobson's Fruit
Flakes second and "Silver Soap among
the 'also rams" In a measure this plan has
for some years been followed in amateur
baseball and bowling contests. Clothing,
cigars and a variety of things nave been
advertised by baseball and bowling teams
made up of employees of the concern putting
out the product thus advertised, but these
have been purely local affairs. The news
papers might readily have put an end to it
by declining to mention the organizations
with the advertising names, outside the
advertising columns, but this would have
looked like rather small business, and it
has been allowed TO run. But in the larger
field of horse racing and other professional
sport 1t is a question of how far the enter
prising advertiser should be allowed to go.
And to make things a bit worse, it is
limited that the next challenge for the yacht
cup is to come from an English manufac-
turer of soap, with the deliberate intention
of bringing his particular brand mord
strikingly before the world. A very con-
siderable section of the British public has
always chung to the assertion that the
house of Upton easily got back on it's food
products all the money it's head spent on
the yacht races, but Americans have been
loath to believe that such was the purpose
of the challenger. Yet, If the soap man is
to come next and to call his yacht Sun
light" or some other brand, the New York
Yacht Club may we'll take It upon itself to
inquire whether love of sport is the real
and only purpose Of the challenge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06

Staid old Philadelphia has introduced
something new in the way of marriages.
and something which. in these days of in
dependent w~omanhood, may set a fashion.
Promise to obey is cut out, and in it's
place is a mutual bill of rights" signed
by the bride and the groom and the wit
nesses to the ceremony. The dispatches do
not give In detail the stipulations Of this
document, but that is not material, for it
can be drawn up with plans and specifca-
tons to meet the conditions in each par
ticular case-and with the variation that
exists in individual tastes, environment and
financial circumstances. the special con-
ditions are endless.
But there are n few general suggestions
that might be of value in the drafting of
a document limiting the rights and priv.
leges Of the high contracting parties. 1t
is, of course, important that it should be
stated which is to pay the rent and settle
the grocery bills. and how much, if any,
of the husbands earnings or income the
wife is to have without question, or how
much of hers he is to have. 1t would also
be well to set forth something of the char
acter of the joint establishment to be main
tanned, how many servants. etc. Or, If
there is tc be no servant, the duties of each
should be defined as to looking after the
furnace. starting the fires, etc. How many
relatives of each shall be permitted to visit
at the house during the year, how long
they may stay. and how much entertaining
shall be done for them are points on which
differences of opinion might much better
be settled before marriage. How many
days and evenings shall she devote to clubs
and functions and how many nights OF is
he to have? Shall she keep house for him
during the summer. or will both enjoy a
month or two of separation? Shall there
be regular days for the things he likes
for dinner and other days for the things
she likes, or shall it be all one way or an
effort to harmonize tastes every day? Can
she be a sister to all the bachelors she has
rejected in the past and can he be big
brother to numerous girls and women, or
must they cut that all out with marriage?
Is he to be a hller-in for her card at dances
or is he to be a free agent? When he is
growing a little old and grouchy. is he still
to be dragged out to functions or permitted
to stay at home and buy flowers and a
carriage for her. Is there to be any place
in the house where his papers vim not be
subject to the fatal Invasion Of the dust
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work ron MINISTER'S

The present municipal campaign finds
many of the preachers OF the city taking a
very active part, denouncing both the pres
ent Republican administrator and it's
Democratic predecessor because Of the
existence of many saloons that violate the
liquor laws in various ways by selling at
illegal hours. by maintaining winerooms.
etc. In their view the only way to pro-
mote sobriety and good citizenship is 10
elect the Prohibition candidate. Mr.. Hitz.
Let us imagine for a moment that Mr..
Hitz could be elected and should give even
as close an administration OF the liquor
laws as was given by Mr.. Denny. What
would be the result? Unquestionably it
would be followed by a reaction that would
elevate such men as Thomas Taggart TO
control of the municipal government and
keep him there for a long term of years.
In the long run a city gets about the
sort of government it's people want, and it
has been shown time and again that people
Of the average American city. while they do
not want winerooms and dives and gamb-
ling dens. do want what is generally called
a liberal administration Of the liquor
government; it lies in the sentiment of the
people themselves. The ministers, while
they cannot accomplish anything of perma-
nent value by sporadic excursions into the
field of politics, can accomplish a great
deal If they will take this question of the
dripl hohtt 60 hoor+ not oroo q, 49,
but all the time, and use their constant
and earnest effort to create a wiser and bet
ter public sentiment in regard to the whole
drinking business. 1t is getting away from
them. The women of the country, who are
peculiarly amenable to the influence of the
pulpit, are not the force for temperance
they were a few decades ago. When they
can afford it, a goodly number of them
serve wine on their tables, and many more
that cannot afford wine serve beer. Time
was when there was, in the homes Of good
women. little liberation of the young man
that drinks; now he is not only tolerated.
but the chances are that he will be offered
4 highball.
The trouble lies largely in the training
of the individual boy and girl, in the shap-
ing Of their notions of right and wrong
and the development of their ideals. The
laxity Of the ministry in the duty OF preach
ing against intemperance during the past
decade has been quickly reflected in a
general social laxity and a very great in
crease in conviviality in the home. The
great temperance agency of to-day is not
the pulpit, but the requirements of business.
which are forcing the drunkards out OF
most occupations where steady nerve and
clear brain are prime essentials. The
Journal has no objection to ministers ex-
ercising their privilege of citizenship in
any way they see fit: that is a matter be-
tween them and their parishioners; but it
would like to see them take up the effort to
create in the church and in the home a
sentiment that would make drinking less
popular with individual men and women.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06
PRACTICAL WORK BY THE
SALVATION ARMY.

Persons who see little bands of Salvation
Army workers marching along the streets
on Sunday or who read occasional reports
of their meetings have little idea of the
great work the organization is doing in
the way of establishing farm colonies in
aid of the poor. Revival work is well
enough in it's way. but there are forms
visible results. The Bureau Of Labor,
which is now attached to the United States
Department of Commerce, has recently is
sued a bulletin containing a statement by
Commander Booth Tucker relative to the
establishment of farm colonies by the
organization of which he is the head. The
object Of the movement, which originated
with the Salvation Army, is to enable
stranded but worthy families to keep to-
gether. and ultimately, by their own ex-
ertions and payments, to become home
owners. 1t aims particularly at aiding
cities can generally be provided for in
other ways. A movement that aims to
hold impoverished families together, to re-
lieve the congestion of city populations and
to MAXI poor families ~self-supporting is
certainly worthy of encouragement The
work was begun in this country In the
spring Of 1898 and now comprises three
colonies, viz, one Of nearly 1900 acres in
the fertile valley Of the Arkansas river, in
Colorado, one of 2SS acres about twenty
miles from Cleveland q and ono of h10
acres in southern California, near the bay
Of Monterey. These colonies are yet in
their infancy, but the work has been be-
gun in a practical way. The one in
Colorado. called Fort Amity. has nov
about 800 colonists, including men, women
and children, two schoolhouses, a post
Office, an orphanage which cost $40, 600 for
the reception Of orphaned children, and
other improvements. The land is very fertile
and there is a good market for all the
colonists can produce. The colony in
northern Ohio is established on land do
mated by Hon. Myron T. Herrick, of Cleve-
land. Republican candidate for Governor.
and citizens Of Cleveland have contributed
10000 toward starting the enterprise. This
colony is called Fort Herrick. The third
colony. Fort Romie. in southern California,
comprises $40 acres OF rich agricultural
land in the s~ugar-beet belt and near one
Of the spreckels sugar factories. The land
has been divided into ten-aere tracts, cot
tages have been built, an irrigation pump
ing plant installed and about seventy colon
lists have located there. As the relief is
Intended for very poor families. they are,
in most cases. supplied with means of
transportation and with a little farming
outfit As land. improvements. ETC.. cost
money, some good financing has to be
lone. On this point the bulletin says:
For the purpose of raising the necessary
funds. thirty-year gold bonds for $50. 900
have been issued on the Colorado and Cali
fornia colonies. Interest 10 payable semi
annually at 5 per cent. A sinking fund Of
2 per cent. has been established, and the
bonds are guaranteed by the Salvation
Army. Incorporated. In addition to the
above q colony endowment fund, consist-
tnx Of donations. has beep Organised Ihts
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the art of graft with them; they learn it.
il at all. after they arrive, and they learn

the art of graft with them; they learn it.
il at all. after they arrive, and they learn
it of the native-born American
In every place where boodling and graft
are practiced there the native American.
it develops, is the moving spirit, the chief
offender. and not only is he native. but he
is OF the class of men we know best, the
representative men. the men we meet on
the street and in our homes, the men we
transact business with daily. Not that all
these men are dishonest, but neither were
the others, taken from the same n and
with the same training. before they were
put in the place of temptation. When the
vacancies in the Dawes commission and in
the Postofice Department are filled. the new
appointees must come from the same class
as did the others. There is nothing to
prove that they can be better trusted. The
President and the postmaster general and
the secretary of the interior must take their
chances. When Missouri elects another Leg
~islature an attempt will be made, no doubt,
to secure honest men. but what new test
can be tried, since 1t is the purpose of the
people always to elect trustworthy men?
1t is a sad showing, this lack of moral
stamina on the part of people so enlight-
ened that not one who gives way to tempta-
ton and betrays his trust but is perfectly
aware of the character of his act. If he
swindles the government, If he cheats the
Indians, he knows he is a thief; If he ac-
cepts a bride he knows he is a rascal.
There are no decisions on his part. Like
the man who loots a petty cash drawer,
his only desire is not to be found out.
What are we going to do about 1t? Is
there not work for Psychologists and mis-
sionaries among our "higher classes?" What
shall education profit the slum inmates. the
new citizens, if they shall thereby be put
in position to learn from men above them
in social rank the varied methods or
working the public, of getting rich quick
at any cost Of morals? Truly, there is
a great need of a crusade that shall rouse
and ~regenerate the average conscience and
sense of personal responsibility.