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

United States--the greatest hoard Of
the yellow metal ever gathered In
the history of the world. Four
hundred tons OF this gold are piled
like bags Of salt. within the four
walls OF the subtreasruy of Wall
street, New York. Outside the
treasury hoard there is in circulation
through the country a nearly equal
amount Of gold coin. making more
than 2, 500 tons Of gold In the United
States bearing the imprint Of the
eagle. The value of. this coin is
more than 81, 26O, 100000. One Of
the remarkable things about this
gold 10 that. despite the fact Of Its
forming one half of the country's
circulating money. 1t Is rarely seen
In the course Of ordinary business
In the east. One may live in New
York or Chicago without seeing
single gold coin for a year, while out
here on the Pacific coast, especially
In California, gold coins are quite
az common a. paper money.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-10-07
DAVIS IS NOW REGISTER
OF THE U. S. LAND OFHCE.

f. w. Davis, of Union. is now In
charge Of the United States Land
Office at La Grande. He received
telegraphic instructions from Wash
ington Wednesday, stating that his
bond had been approved by the Inter
Tor department and instructing him
to Immediately take charge Of the
Office and enter upon the discharge of
his duties.
A similar message was sent from
Washington to E. w. Bartlett, noti-
flying him in effect that he was no
longer on the salary list and instruct
ing him to turn over the Office to bis
successor. Register Davis went up
from his home at Union yesterday
morning and took charge Of tho
office.
Thus ends the La Grande Land
Office fight, which threatened for
time to disrupt the republican party
in the state.
The Miner received today the first
notice for publication signed by the
new register.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-10-07
Wednesday, October 7, 1909

here about the middle of the month
with a view of investment In the
property.
The coal in the John Day which
Mr.. Mohr and business associates con-
troll. exists In paying quantities and
of a good quality. 1t is only
question of getting action In the mat
ter. This, IL Is thought, will be
done before snow flies.
Speaking Of the Sound country
and Portland generally, Mr.. Mohr
says:
Seattle is good, Portland ia good
and the whole country is flourishing
from q business standpoint. There
is more building, more business than
ever saw before there"
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-10-07

Anthony Mohr returned this morn.
ing from business trip to Seattle
and other Sound points. His mission
was In regard to q pending mining
deal In that section, and he states
that II was successful.
Mr.. Mohr Is also interested In the
development Of the coal deposits In
the John Day valley, aud he states
that certain Seattle people will be
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-10-07

A man who has just reached Port
land from the wilds reports that
Mount 81. Helens was In eruption
September 10, the date on which
the entire coast felt u slight earth
quake shock. The mere fact that IL
required about twenty days for his
information to leak out would in
dictate that st. Helens IL IA mere
prospect In the volcano line.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-10-07
FOUND PnONOLI1f
ON BURNT RIVER.

James Graham, an old Cripple
Creek miner who has been prospect.
ing OH Lower Burnt River, below
Unity, made what he confidently be-
lieves to be the greatest discovery
ever made In the history of the Blue
Mountain gold region of Oregon,
says the Baker City Herald. He has
traced deposits of phonolite for three
miles along the hills of that section.
Phonolite Is the great mineral deposit
found In the Cripple Creek district
of Colorado aud Mr.. Graham
emphasizes his remarks when he says
the new section he has uncovered to
view IL greater In extent and values
than that Of the heretofore most
famous gold section In the world.
Phonoilte formation does not
carry great values itself, but is in
dicative Of teilurides of gold. MIR.
Graham has uncovered one ledge In
the first three miles district aud
brought samples to Baker City. The
assays run $1,000 to the ton. The
samples brought were not selected,
but taken at random.
Both sylvanite aud graphic tel.
lurium are known to have existed In
the valley, but Mr.. Grahsm's
discovery Of phonolite 10 entively
new. -
In the report Of Professor Wsldemar
LindRren, In the United States
Geological reports, there is mention
Of rhyolite, a kindred formation,
In the Lower Burnt River country.
The discovery Of phonolite is con.
tinuation Of the laws Of geological
formation. These are the deposits
Of the Neocene age, and the
surroundings show the kindred
formation phonolite In plenty.
Near the railroad crossing at Unity
cuts expose the contorted silicious
separated from the Neocene tuffsceous
sediments. Neocene conRlomorations
are also exposed at several points
northwest Of Durkee. The total
thickness Of the Neocene sediments
aud tufts Ia at least 600 feet. Small
areas Of ryolite are found on
the slopes high above the valley.
The long ridge, a few miles northeast
of Lookout mountain 10 covered by a
series Of basalt flows. headed after
the manner Of the Columbia River
valley.
The new strike Ia on the route Of
the Bonita railway, and will benefit
the mining industry in that section
just that much more when the
railway Ia built.
MIR. Graham 10 making prepara-
tions to have the prospect developed
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-10-07

Speaking Of the work Of the
American Mining Congress and the
necessity Of national department
Of mines. the Daily Mining Record
says: Tho all important movement
for tho establishment Of y National
Department Of Mining should be
agitateh continually. and widely,
and be aspt prominently bfore the
public all the time. President
Richards has ably dealt with this
subject. and his remarks should
be studied with care. Let us. then,
all put our shoulders to the wheel
and help individually and collectively y
To push along the Mining Congress.
which In turn will mean added
prosperity to our mining industry
and the indirect benshttinR Of
everyone.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-10-07
OPEN ALL NIGHT.

From now on Giants restaurant on
Mill street will furnish an all night
service for patrons. Short orders
and full supper menus will be
provided patrons.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-10-07

The genesloRy Of tho Lode family
IL somewhat mixed. Mother Lode
II we'll known and quite popular.
but her children bear the family
name Of Splitofs. And who ever
heard Of Father lode. The Lode
family tree needs fixing.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-10-07

In ton years. or from 1892 to
1902, says the Mining World, the
United states has made vast strides
In Its metal output. The following
figures explain tho present extra
ordinary prosperity Of this country !:
In 1892 there was produced In the
United States l.596,27 ounces troy
Of gold, and In 1902 4,243, 232
ounces, more than doubling the out
put In the short period Of ten years.
In 1892 there was produced 353,-
600, 900 pounds. There was melted
from Iron ores In 1892, 100000.
900 long tons of pig iron, and In
100? l7.82l,307. The coal mines
of this country mined In 1892
$50, 900, 900 tons Of coal, and In
1902 tho enormous aggregate OF
800, $50, 6b9 tons.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-10-07

Nearly 1900 tons Of gold lie today
in the vaults of the treasury of the
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-10-07
dispatch from Poplar

A dispatch from Poplar
Creek, Il. G.. states that vein
discovered there carries yellow
stuff which upon analysis has beeen
identified IN autuntie, one Of the
very rare uraninim ores, which IL
Supposed To be ono Of the radio active
minerals, and ono Of the important
sources Of radium. A radium mine
which would supply tho rare metal
In any quantities to speak Of,
would prove bonanza to the owners.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
FEET BADLY FROZEN.
Chas. Thomas, an Asylum Inmate, In a
Pitiable Condition.

On Christmas eve, Chas. Thomas
of Boscobel, an inmate Of the
asylum for insane, wandered away
from the institution and was not
discovered until two days later
when he was picked up on the
streets of Prairie du CHEN by the
marshal of that city and confined in
the calaboose there. Under Sheriff
Mcmahon went over after the
patient and brought him back Mon
day night. He is now at the county
jail and in a pitiable condition.
Wandering away without overshoes
or overcoat he suffertd greatly from
exposure. Both feet are badly froz-
en- and when his shoes and stock
ings were removed upon arrival
here portions of flesh came off in
tact. He was given the best Of at
tention and is getting along as well
as can be expected, although it is
feared amputation will have to be
resorted to in order to save the in
iured members.
Thomas has been at the asylum for
some time. He was born and raised
at Boscobel and was a base ball
player of more than local repute.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
Death of Mrs. Geo. Brown, Sr.

Mr.. Geo. Brown, Sr wife Of the
we'll known trustee of asylum and
county home, died at her home in
the town of Woodman Christmas
day.
Deceased was born in England,
Oct. Is, 1880, and was married to
Mr.. Brown Mar. %, 1858. The
couple set sail for America shortly
after and landed here June 1st OF
the same year. After a residence
Of two years in York state, they
came west and located at Rockford,
ILL., rand from there moved to Grant
county and settled on the farm IN
Woodman township where they had
continuously lived happily together.
Deceased was converted to M. E. be-
lief in Millville twenty eight years
ago and was always true Christian
woman. Besides the bereaved hus-
band, two daughters and one son
survive, Mrs. Fannie Ohm stead OF
Woodman, Mrs. Martha Ketterer oil
Werley and Fl. G.. Brown Of Mill
vile, also Oscar P. Brown, an adopt
ed son, who resides in Manawa,
Wis. An older child died in infancy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown were among
the earliest settlers of this county,
moving here from Rockford in 1857,
with an OK team. In those early
days Mother Brown was sought for
far and wide in cases of sickness and
most gladly did she minister to the
suffering. She was a loving wife,
an affectionate mother, and ever
faithful friend and neighbor.
The funeral services were held
Sunday, Dec. 2Sth, in the Methodist
church at Melville, of which she
was an honored member. The re-
mains we're inferred in Bethlehem
cemetery, the services being con-
Quoted by Rev. G. A. Bird, former
pastor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
Increase in Hunting Licenses.

The residents of the state, accord
ing to the State Game Warden
Henry T. Overbeck's report, have
taken out 3, 189 more licenses up to
December LIST this season than they
did last, which in all netted the state,
after deducting 10 per cent. allowed
to county clerks, $65, 202.3O. This
season SO, 925 was paid by non-resi-
dents to the fish and game warden
for licenses, $50 licenses being for
small game at $40 piece and 1913 Ii
censes, being for the privilege OF
hunting deer, which costs $25 apiece.
Last season there were 7,740 non
resident licenses issued. There were
$4,000 licenses issued to residents
and non-residents this season and be-
fore the close of the season, April
30th, 1908, there will be between 300
and 400 more licenses issued. Those
already issued have Melted the state
S., 1890.
County Clerk Gr1fflS issued
796 licenses in 1902, which is 456 less
than the number issued last year.
Villas county which had a voting
population Of 1,747 two years ago
had more licenses issued to it's resi-
dents in proportion to the voting
population than any other county
in the state. There were S83 Ii
censes issued there this season.
In Milwaukee county 4,00S Ii
censes were issued this season which
is an increase Of sos over that of
last season..
The nonresident licenses are is
sued by the state game warden, the
state getting the entire amount paid
for them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01

A. Ryan of Merrill, Wis, was
seen on our streets yesterday.
DIR. and Mrs. Chase of Viroqua
are visiting Lancaster relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. McDermott of
Minneapolis are guests at Jos.
Books.
Prof. Clark Emery of Canton,
ILL.,, is renewing Lancaster acquaint-
anceS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Jeide of
Soldiers Grove are visiting relatives
in this city.
-Postoffice Will be closed today
from $50 a. m. to 12:45 p. M, and
from 2 to p. m.
Town taxes can be paid Town
Treasurer Beetham at the Meyer
Showalter state bank.
The last big dance of the sea-
son at the rink tonight. Music by
Dubuque Harp orchestra.
james McCluskey, a pioneer
settler of Mt. Hope, died at his
home in Mt. Hope, Friday OF last
week. Funeral was held Sunday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
News of General Interest TIC
People of Badger State.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Telegraphic News of Happenings of The
Past Few Days in The State
of Wisconsin.

Oshkosh, Wis, Dec 26-Especia1 in
tel est is taken here over the Stratton
phine Larrabee. of this city, has just
been married to ] H. Stra tton of Col.
Orado, son of the ia NOUS millionaire.
Stratton may only get Il moderate for
tune if the will is decided against him,
while otherwise he will be provided
with millions. AS yet Mrs Stratton
does not kno", whether she will be
called upoa to act as hostess Of an i'm
mense mansion or whether she will
have to play the role of housekeeper
in modest dwelling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
Bagley News.

Weather colder than "blixin" but
moderating.
A nice little wedding took place Dec.
18th, at Arlington, La. The nuptlal
vows were taken by Miss Nellie Handy
and Geo. Metcalf in the presence OF
about seventy invited guests, Mr..
Mitchell notary public IN and for the
state Of Iowa, officiating. The bride
and groom we're formerly from Bloom
ington. At the hymeneal altar the
bride looked lovely dressed in white
satin trimmed with white silk braid,
the groom in the usual black. The
rooms we're decorated with evergreens
and white roses. After few days of
visiting they will settle down on a
farm near Arlington.
Miss Edith Bailey, sister of Mrs. Ar
thur Calkins, is now dressmaker and
is kept busy in Bagley.
j. M. Harvill, our agent, and Mr..
Cooper, station agent at Wyalusing
took a..business trip to Patch Grove in
the snow storm Tuesday evening.
You have of course heard of that new
girl baby at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walt Gloss.
The Christmas tree in the M. E.
church was all that fancy painted. The
teachers deserve much credit. Pro-
gram rendered, presents handed out,
lights out and che people on their way
home by 8 o'clock.
The Misses Minnie Schuelter and
Edna Gulick of Brodtville were down
day before Christmas shopping.
There is talk of the hotel changing
hands. Just you wait awhile and the
thing will be done.
We are glad to report Mr.. John
Moores little girl better. She was
thought at one time to be passed hope
Ed Gulick, wife and daughter Edna
accompanied by Minnie Schuelter
spent Christmas as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Harvill in Bagley.
John Day, who has spent some time
at Brownsville, Mimi, we notice is
back home again.
The Harveys and Morrisseys dined
with friends in Glen Haven Christmas
day.
Chas. Calkins and wife are spending
Christmas week in Lacrosse.
Our band played for the Glen Haven
dance Dec. 26th, and number of oul
young folks were there.
Mrs. Fred Sulner is suffering from g
carbuncle.
Mrs. Sam Nelson and children Of
Galesburg, ILL.,, are here visiting hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Anderson
Just in few days now our pearl but
ton factory will start up and by spring
you can hear the whistle of our factory
engines in the little city of Bagley.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
PLIGHTED TROTHS.
Cupids Work of a Week Recorded at
County Clerk Griffis Office.

Clay D. BETTER, Patch Grove, and
Myrtle May Geiger, Bloomington.
Nelson Whitman, Laurens, Ia,
and Emma Him, Fennimore.
Chas. Finley and Elva Dixon,
BOscObel.
Peter Boebel, Jr., and Anna Fry,
Marion.
Edward Kelly and Belle Curtis,
BoscObel.
Chas. Mckinney and Mary Ariss,
Patch Grove.
Edward Pratt, Redwood Falls,
Mimi, and Della Huntington, Plat
teville.
Patrich Griffin and Maggie Doyle,
Cuba City.
Aug Sanderman, Clifton, and
Alice Bean, Chicago.
James Carrigan, Milwaukee, and
F. Alberta Tormey, Fennimore.
Fred E. VanCourt, Sioux City, Ia.
and Mabelle G. Cook, Cassville.
Chester B. Clark, Muscoda, and
Ida Harris, Watterstown.
Ernest Steinforth and JULY Fry,
Mt. Ida.
Henry Pink, Lancaster, and Clara
Udelhofen, Waterloo.
Floyd G.. Clifton, and Florence
Beckett, Platteville.
David A. Shinn, Arpin, Wis, and
Martha E. Peat, Clifton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
Notice.

Eva Camp No. 1904, Royal Neigh
bors and Sylvan Camp No. rs, M +.
w. A., will hold a joint installation
at the City hall Thursday evening,
Jan. Sth. During the installation
musical and literary program will
be given. After the installation
various amusements, including
dancing, will be INDUCED in. Dance
and supper free. All Royal Neigh
bors and Woodmen, their wives and
husbands, are invited to come and
have good time. The M. w. A.
hall will be open for the convenience
of the members of both camps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
Notice of Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Bloom
ington Farmers Mutual Fire Insur-
ance company for the election OF
officers and the transaction OF such
other business as may come before
it, will be held at Bloomington,
Wis, Jan. 6, 1908. Every member
ought to be present and take part
in the business done at this meeting.
LINCOLN ABRAHAM,
Sec., and Treas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
Harry Stone and Fife Finley.

(From Cassviile Record Dec. 18th
Miss Efie D. Finley and Mr..
Harry L. Stone were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony at the
residence of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. JAS Finley, at 1920 o'clock
Wednesday morning, Rev. j. M,
Coates performing the ceremony.
At the appointed time the bridal
party proceeded down the stairway
and into the parlor, lead by little
Marjorie Donovan, who was prettily
attired in beautiful silk gown, who
acted as ring bearer, Miss Setta
Vogel playing beautiful wedding
march. The bride was attended by
her nephew, Otis Reynolds, while
the groom was attended by Miss
Pearl Reynolds. Upon entering the
parlor they took up their positions
under a beautiful canopy trimmed
in evergreens and holly, and here
in the presence of their relatives and
friends they took the VOWS which
made them man and wife. The
ceremony was beautiful and i'm
pressive. After the ceremony the
young couple were showered with
congratulations by the many guests.
The bride was handsomely at
tired in travelling gown of brown
broadcloth. She carried a beautif I'll
bouquet of white hyacinths and
wore flowers in her hair. The
bridesmaid wore a pretty gown OF
blue silk null and carried a lovely
boquet of pink carnations.
At II o'clock sumptuous we'd
ding dinner was served after which
the guests were entertained with a
number of musical selections by
several Of the guests.
| The bride is one of Cassvilles
popular and accomplished young
Ladies. She is the youngest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Finley, and
has spent the greater part of her
life in Cassville. She has many
friends who hasten to congratulate
her and wish her a happy and pros
porous voyage over the matrimonial
sea. The groom, Mr.. Stone, though
not residence of Cassville, is quite
well and favorably known here. He
is a railroad man and is one of the
G. B. & Q's trusted employees.
The happy couple left on the af-
ternoon train for Lacrosse from
which place they will go to Mime
agolis to spend their honeymoon.
They will be at home to their many
friends at 1910 Wood ST, North La
Crosse, after Jan. 1st.
They received many beautiful and
costly wedding presents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
VARRELL WILL
is CONTESTED
Adjourned Term of Court for
Hearing the Case IS On.
NINE ATTORNEYS ARGUE
Will Bequeathed $4,000 to Some of the
Appeal from County Court.

An adjourned term of circuit
court is on before Judge ClementsOn
this week. The matter being heard
is the contest over the will of the
late John w. Varrell of Boscobel.
A preliminary skirmish was had in
county court when the will was pro-
bated, the contestants making
stand against the probating of the
document. Judge Goodsell accepted
it, and an appeal was taken to cir
cult court.
The contestants are Mrs. McLi-
mans of Little Grant, this county,
James and VIM. Varrell of .Nebras-
ka, Miss Eunice Varrell of Lacomi,
N. H., and Mrs. Minnie Wheeler of
Cape May, N. j. The first four
named are nieces and nephews
of the deceased w h lie tn e
last named is a sister. All were
named in the will but not for equal
amounts, part of them being remem-
bered by the bequest of but $40 in
money. According to the will the
estate appraised at $4,000, and is
composed of real estate and personal
property. The total amount beque-
athed to all is something over $780,
600. The residue of the estate was
to be set aside as trust fund, the
income from which to be devoted to
charitable purposes, given to sui
ferers from casualties, etc. The al
lotting of this was left to the dis
erection of three trustees named In
the will, Messrs. Theo. Kronshage,
E. o. ,Shiegelberg and w. H. Pitt
man all prominent business men OF
Boscobel. This trust fund is the
bone of contention the heirs are
now after, and to accomplish their
ends they are striving to break the
will. Their grounds briefly stated
are that deceased was OF unsound
mind when he made his will.
The array of legal talent retained
on the case is formidable. For the
trustees are w. E. Howe and Platt
Whitman of BoscObel; for the con-
testants E. M. Lowry and A. r.
Bushnell of Lancaster, j. j.. Blaine
of Boscobel, and f. M. Benford OF
Lacomi, N. H., w. w. Gilman Of
Boscobel is looking after interests
of Maggie Kane, Boscobel lady
/ who was beQueathed 800 through
friendship; w. J. Brennan Of Ian
caster is guardian ad Item for the
children of County Clerk Griffis
who were granted 81, 600 by the will.
The case opened Tuesday morn
ing. Among the witnesses who are
on hand to give testimony are the
the trustees; F. G. Muf1ey and FL.
G.. McWilliams, who witnessed the
will; A. E. Doeringsfeld, who witt
messed the codicil; Saphronia Laird
and Seward Laird, housekeepers for
deceased; and DR.. L. G. Armstrong,
a physician who attended him, all
of BoscObel.
1t is probable that the trust fund
of the will will be dissolved. This
will then be divided among
the heirs according to law. One
provision of the document reads
plainly that any heir attempting to
break the will shall be cut off from
all benefits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
Child Left Alone Burns to Death.

Duluth, Dec. 30-John Steffins and
wife, who reside near Spider Lake,
northern Wisconsin, were invited out
to spend the evening and it cost them
the life of their 3-year-old daughter
and their home. The child was left
IN the house asleep and when the par
ents returned they found the dwelling
a heap of smoking ruins and the little
girl dead. 1t is said that Mrs. Steftins
is critically ill as result of the dis
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