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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-30

There IL a story current In Mexico
that during the revolutionary period
u certin foreign compsny's mine was
managed with fair measure Of sue
CESS by an OK military officer. When
water was struck. the soldier was
unable to cope with the situstion
aud was, therefore. promptly re-
placed by a sailor! In this year Of
grace, 1903, an eastern company,
operating In the west. replaced their
manager who was not saving the
values, by 4 dentist. On what
principle We know not, except that
as possibly the dentist was good
tooth extractor he should, likewise,
he M successful In extracting values.
- Mining Reporter.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-30

sessment. In examining acts passed
by the legislature at its recent session
II WAS noticed that the exemption law
carried no emergency clause. This
was called to the attention Of Attor.
ney General Crawford.
"It looks as though there will be
no exemption in 1904" was Judge
Crawford's comment. perhaps
some way can be found to construe
the law SO that the exemption can be
allowed, but 1t does not look very
favorable at first glance.
II now devlops that this special
session OF the legislature, called to
pass one bin, the purpose Of which
was to rectify u blunder Of the last
regular session, did not have time to
perfect II, as indicated above; but
did manage to lind the time to pass
thirty one other bills.
Governor Chamberlain has ap.
proved twelve Of these, handed tbir.
teen to the secretary Of state without
his approval and Saturday had seven
on which he had not acted. These
latter are mostly charter aud iucor-
poration bills for towns.
The more important Of the meas
ures are. providing manner of making
levy Of school tax, manner Of execu-
tion Of death sentence (ArmstronR
case); changing rate of interest on
taxes; providing manner
for appropriating water rights; ap-
propriating 800, 600 for the purchase
Of right Of way for Cello canal and
one relative TO the competency Of
witnesses and admissi bility Of testi-
mony.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-30
NO lax EXEMPTION FOR
OREGON NEXT YEAR.

A press dispatch from Portland,
dated Saturday, says:
That there will he no $500 tax ex.
emption on the the assessment Of 1904
seems apparent from the laws as they
were left by the special session. As
the law now stands there IL no ex.
emption authorized. The next assess.
ment will be made on March /, 1904.
The act passed by the legislature re
vivinR the $500 exemption will not
take effect until ninety days from
December 23, or on March %.
Therefore, II would seem that no
exemption eau be allowed on the ~.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-30
A DIRECT LINE

To Chicago and all points east !;
Louisville. Memphis, New Orleans,
and all points south.
See that your ticket reads via the
Illinois Central X. X. Thoroughly
modern trains connect with all
transcentinental lines at st. Paul and
Omaha.
II your friends are coming west let
us know and We will quote them
direct the specially low rates nOw in
effect from all eastern points.
Any information ~ to rates, routes,
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-30
APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE.

In the County Cour, OF the State Of Oregon to'
the County Of Baker.
In the matter Of the application Of John Bartlett
for County Liquor License.
the Honorable County Court Of the County Of
Baker. State Of Oregon
J. John Bartlett. do hereby make application for
license TO sell spurious, malt and vinous liquors for
the period Of three months. from January Ist TO
March 3ist 1904. both dates inclusive. At what Is
known as the Halfway House. In Bourne precinct.
Baker county. Oregon; said Halfway House being
Of Sumpter and the Town oi Bourne. In the County
Of Baker. State Of Oregon and being situated about
halt way between Sumpter and B ufne.
That there 8 no mine within one mile Of said Half
Way House. That the sgners OF this petition con-
cinct JOHN BARTLETT.
Sumpter Oregon. November s7th. 1903.
We, the Undersigned. constituting Q majority Of
the legal voters Of Bourne precinct In Baker County.
License be granted TO John Bartlett. Of the Halfway
House. In bourne Precinct. Baker County. Oregon.
for the period beginning January first. 1909. and
JIM DOYLE, Thos Connolly. ! c Burton. W Hanra.
han. N S Melee. O e Burnett. Al Young. Asa
Robertson. kotest N Simms. Thomas Doyle. Thomas
Iotn. Ed Haley. B O KemPiu. Ed Turk, A L Nc
6rayer. G Tabor. Tom Moore: Titus. J
Ein!ey. Harry Allen J J Gfabb. Tom Jones. R S
Jenkins. Tom Bailey. Cin Haekett. Guy Harris. Tho.
Taylor. L Durkee. J B Ball. r ~ Anderson; WIN n
Emes. D Mcdonald. George Maurin, Chas VIII
liams. A n Westhertord. r Rusk. Jas McGhee.
W Kellogg. J w Smith. Pest Macy, S A Abel.
CLYDE Titus. D Jones. Elmer Taylor. r More. B
Burton. John White. Ben Woods.
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To Visit The Standard.

DIR Ed. W. Mueller, general mana
ger Of the Standard, accompanied by
Professor II. II. Nicholson, Of Den
yer, NJ. +. Bain,of Sumpter, manager
Of the Overland, and +. j. Wallace,
Of Gold Centre, left this morning
20 visit the Standard In the Quartz.
burg district. The party will probs.
bly, be gone till the last Of the week.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-30
Beer BOTTLE ABODE
At TONAPAh, NEVADA

| Not a tree grows within sixty
miles Of the far famed mining camp
and town of Tonopah. in Nevada.
In consequence building material
and fuel command all sorts Of fancy
prices. the very commonest kind Of
sawed lumber bringing s66 a 1000
feet, while low grades Of scrap cedar
sell for S22 a cord. BY reason Of
these conditions. Tonopah has
achieved fame apart from its vast
mineral wealth.
1t enjoys the unique distinction
Of numbering among its inhabitants
man who is able to live In a glass
house and throw unlimited quanti-
ties of stones at the same time with
out suffering any of the serious in
conveniences popularly Supposed
to surround such an association.
On account of this scarcity and
high price Of lumber, various subter.
fuges are resorted to in the archi-
tectural makeup Of Tonopah. There
are houses made Of straw, Of burlap
sacks trimmed with bluejeans over.
slls, of tin from five gallon oil cans,
Of dry goods and cracker box lumber.
Of mud, stone, tents, cloth-in fact,
almost every sort Of contrivance Is
resorted to ~ q makeshift for place
Of habitation. but 1t has remained
for william +. Peck, miner, to
devise a house in class by itself.
He has constructed Of empty becr
bottles a house l6x2O feet in the
clear, with ceilings eight feet high,
and containing two rooms. Il was
built In October Of last year by Peck,
entirely uusided, ut such odd mo.
ments a. he could spare from his reg.
ular duties at the mine.
Ten thousand empty beer bottles
were incorporated In the structure.
The inside walls are plastered with
mortaJ, which 10 spread to depth
sufficient to cover the protrudinR bot
tie necks. making smooth surface.
Peck lived all last winter In his pc.
culiar abode with his wife aud two
q girl Of seven and boy Of
three years, and he says, while the
In many residences Of
Tonopah reached the freezing point
quite often, bis family found their
glass house was exceedingly comfort
able ut all times. Exchange.
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At the Dixie Meadows, the concen.
TRAITOR has been running for adjust.
ment since Monday, aud will con-
tinue to run In this way until the
New Year, when regular work will be
commenced permanently. Arrange
ments for water have been made, so
that there will be plenty for perma.
nent use. The free gold product Of
the mine, which will average about
twenty five per cent OF the values,
II IL calculated will pay all expenses,
and that the proceeds from the values
Of the concentrates will be declared
dividends to the stockholders, which
will amount to large percentage on
the investment. Prairie City Miner
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-30
Wednesday, December 30. 100.

etc., oheerfully given on application.
b. H. TRUMBULII, Commercial
Agent, 142 Third street, Portland,
Ore. =. -,
j. G. LINDSEY, T. F.. and p. A.,
142 Third street. Portland, Ore.
P. b. THOMPSON, F. and P. A.,
Room !, Coleman Bldg. Seattle Wash.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-30
WALL STREET
AND ROOSEVELT

In view OF the afii tions OF Har.
per's Weekly, its statements that
Wall street will be In favor Of a
democratic candidate for president
next year. provided be is u 'conserv-
alive" possesses the largest signiti.
cSnce. This statement practically y
confirms what WAS said In the Wall
Street Journal some days ago. that a
political revolution WAS In progress
In this country, aud that the finan
ciaI interests which In the last two
presidential campaigns gave their
support and their money to the re.
publican party, were now prepared.
on account OF their antagonism to
President Roosevelt, to transfer their
support to the democratic party, pro-
vided IL should be impossi bio to de-
feat him In the republican conven.
ton, and provided that the demo.
cratic party cuts loose from Organism.
This has been apparent to well-in-
forme1 persons ever since the mu
nicipal election In this city, but
this is the first time that 10 has been
openly admitted In a place known to
have intimate connection with finan-
cial interests opposed to Mr.. Roose-
welt. The opposition which mas
heretofore been carried on In u secret
way aud by covert suggestion and in
nuendo IL now apparently about
ready To appear In the open.
The leading financial interests
should be prepared to go over to the
denocratio party, which II the party
of free trade, or ut least of such tariff
revision IN points towards free trade,
is altogether extraordinary. For the
properties of these financial interests
are largely concerned In the main
tenance Of u protective tariff, and
even II they were not, business men
IN u rule. have been antagonistic to
any proposition for radical reform
In that direction, because they know
the unsettling influence Of tariff
agitation and the demoralizinR effect
Of tariff legislation upon trade.
That these powerful financial inter.
ests, therefore, should be ready to
transfer their allegiance to the party
of tariff reform In presidential
election, IL clear proof Of the nten.
sity Of their antaRonism to President
Rooevelt, who IL altogether likely to
be the candidate OF the republican
party next year. II these interests
carry out their present program, II
II clear that they will do 80 either
because they are willing to risk the
enactment Of tariff reform measure
In case Of triumph of the demo
cratic party, or else because they be.
lieve that by support Of Its candidate
they can prevent that party from tax.
ing any more than nominal steps to.
wards carrying out the policy which
In all probability they will be com.
pelled to advocate In their platform. |
Wall street Journal.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-30
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1875
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Once,
La Grande, Oregon, October 76. Ioo,

United States Land Once,
La Grande. Oregon. October a6. 1904,
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions Of the act Of congress Of June 1875. en-
titled An act for the sale OF timber lands In the states
Of California. Oregon. Nevada and Washington Ter
ritory, extended to all the Public Land States by
act Of August 4. iSos.
ROBERT {. BAKER.
Of Sumpter. county Of Baker, state Of Oregon. has
this day MED IN this ofhce his sworn statement NO
so6s for the purchase Of the swk Of section No.
s,. In township No. II south, range No. y
EwM. and will offer proof to show that the
land sought Is more valuable for Its timber
or stone than for agricultural purposes. ant
to establish his claim to said land before Chas. n.
Chance, L. S. Commissioner, At Sumpter. Oregon,
on Saturday. the 9th day Of January. 1904.
He names as Witnesses: Peter J. Soards. Of Sump-
ter. Oregon: William Salmon. OF West Superior.
Wisconsin; William Kelly Of Sumpter. Oregon:
Robert Pate son. Of Sumpter. Oregon.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely the above
described lands requested to file their claims In
this office on before said 9th dav Of JAN. too1.
Z. W. DAVIS. Register
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-24

steadier than ever. He takes to his
work with interest and vim and has a
good appetite. In many cases when a
trotting horse is doing hard work on
the track he falls off on his feed, but
Gardiner eats like a truck animal. The
other two horses in KimbaJPs string
are Kalanos and Sprague Nutwood.
Both are owned by Kimball. Kalanos
is the bay colt, raised by Nat, which
last year got a record Of 2.2S. The
horse has not been going steadily until
this year and unless something unfore-
seen comes up Kimball expects to clip
several seconds from the colts record
before winter comes. Sprague Nutwood
is a green horse that has never done
any fast track work. He is dark
sorrel with a white face and was pur-
chased from "Tete" Locke two winters
ago when he showed the horse with a
number of others in the two cities.
Sprague Nutwood is a long gated ami
NAL with indications Of fast points
and was one of the string of horses
sold by the estate of the late Frank
Jones of Portsmouth, N. H.
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routes would be on easy grades, and
those on the west side would require
hardly any rock cuttings or deep fill
ings, while the land damages could
notbe high. The money spent on sta
ton buildings would be well spent, and
sure to bring in good returns. From the
merely selfish point of view, even, it
seems as if the Maine Central cannot
fail to approve.
But what if the Maine Central does
fail to improve?
Well, citizens of Augusta, you own
your own town, don't you?-and don't
you own it this year as you never did
before? All you have to do is to make
up your minds what you will have
and have it. There is TO corpora ton
nor company nor combination of
capitalists on the face Of the earth
that ever could stand a. moment
against an American community which
had once really walked up and deter
mined to do as it wished. Why have
Western towns with not a quarter of
your resources advanced while you
have stood still? Because, in the West,
every man, woman and child makes al
most a religion of local interests, and
fights for them night and day, year in
and year out. You yourselves, on two
occasions within the past six months,
have shown what you were capable of;
but you don't yet half know your own
strength. You have in your hands the
power of helping yourselves and pro-
viding for the future convenience and
safety of your children-but you can't
bring it all about by letting somebody
else do your work. Act together, as you
have done before. Then you will see
the result, and that result will please
you. There is a great opportunity
offered; but you must act if you would
embrace it, and the first act is to at
tend that hearing at the City hall,
Monday evening, July q.
HOME RULE.
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w. G. HASKELL electrician for the
Kennebec Light and Heat Co., is re-
plenishlng the old batteries in the fire
alarm room at City hall, to last until
the new batteries, which have been or
dered, arrive. The batteries have been
overWorked for some time by the addi-
ton of new fire alarm boxes, and in
consequence have become so much
weakened that a larger set is needed.
When the system was introduced there
were 70 boxes, and the battery supply
was adequate. but the addition of four
new boxes has pulled them down far
below their strength. The addition of
box %, near the car barn, required the
stringing of about three-fourths of a
mile of wire, and was a heavy drain on
the current. 1t is expected that the
new battery jars will arrive within q
few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-24

An old man from the Home was at
the police station, Thursday morning,
in very bewildered state of mind. He
had been taken in the night before by
Officer White, who took him from train
%. The old man had been on fur
Tough, and was just getting home, from
Connecticut. He said that he had in
tended to leave the train at Gardiner,
but somehow had got carried bH and
he was very much bewildered when he
awakened in the morning. To the police
he explained that as he had never been
in the capital city before, he did not
know where he was, and his one de-
side was to get home, and so, as he was
pretty much used up by lameness, the
marshal had him placed on board a car
bound for Togus.
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GOSSIP OF THE ORANGES,

Dromore Grange, Phippsburg, at its
meeting, last week, discussed the fol-
lowing topics: do We Spend Too
Much Time and Money on What We
Eat?" and do Farmers Wives Scrub
Too Much and Read Too Little?"
The officers and members Of Penn
broke Grange, No. 245. are pleased at
the prospect ahead for their grange. At
the last regular meeting twenty-six
were present and three were given the
first and second degrees Of the order:
quite number outside have declared
their intention of becoming members.
At the next regular meeting the third
and fourth degrees will pc conferred
upon three candidates. after which
there will be harvest feast of ice
cream and cake.
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TRACK AND STABLE.

Capt. W. D. Bennett of Bucksport,
has shipped his speedy mare Beulah to
Camden where she will be trained
for the racing campaign.
H. H. Clark of FIT. Fairfield, has sold
to George f. Parker of that town a
yearling colt by Alfondly, (3) PIP; Kate
H., by Wide Awake, for s150..
J. F. Wilson of Belfast has a fine
two-year-old colt at his stable. The
mare is by Broomall by their driving
mare Hazel W., and has been named
Minnie w. She stands Is hands in
height and is of a bright sorrel in color.
The mare shows good gait in travel
ing.
l.. E. Hudson Of Guilford, owns a
valuable string of horses which stand
in the stable Of II. Hudson & Sons in
the string is Adelaide B., a recent pur-
chase which gives promise of great
work on the track this season. AIDE
laide b. is black mare, sired by
Fleetwood, he by Advocate, dam Fly
ing Topsy by Black Hawk. This mare
was raised by Wesley Brazier of Gull
ford and is exceptionally well bred
besides being possessed of rare trotting
abilities.
Biddeford and Saco will be well
represented on the race track this sea-
son. Nat Kimball mas four horses
which he will drive, under his care.
All give promise of doing some good
work. With little break i'm work
they have been showing some fast
miles and go stronger every day. Lady
Nelson the bay mare owned by George
Stevens of Goodwins Mills is coIisid-
cred the fastest of the bunch wit tn a
record of 2.14A. The mare as ev cry
pody knows has been giving better ac-
counts of herself every year and the
sports look to her for record around
Il before she leaves the track this sea-
son. Lady Nelson has been rect .ivins
gilt edge care and Kimball is sal listed
win the showing that she has mad
while getting her ready for the races
me Old reliable gray PAGER Gar elmer
z.z4&, owned by George Chapm an o.
Saco, is another of KimbalPs tring
Ihose who have watched this hors'
since Chapman has owned him are no
d DIT backward in saying he Is in thu
iinest condition of his life. On top o
lhls the gray is going faster ant
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are nutrltive as well as tonic, and
therefore In full accord with advanced
science as to the proper treatment of
ahemia, paleness, and neurasthenia,
nervous weakness, in which the need
OF more and better nourishment is so
apparent.
ihey combine the best tonics, ner-
vines and nutrients for all pale, nervous
sufferers; are invaluable to delicate
women and girls, invalids and con-
valescents.
ihey put iron into the blood, strength
ny sne nerves, color into the cheeks;
$40 a.u question and promote sweet, re-
ilesnlng' natural sleep.
G, ep1ron Pills, (chocolatecoated.) Soc. or
y, 'he latter full months treatment
prepared by c. 1. HOOD CO., Lowell, Mass.
oonn Coughlin, West End Kennebec
Bridge, Selling Agent in Augusta.
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NOTICE.

Augusta LIST the Augusta, Winthrop &
Gardiner Railway will put on sale and
continue until further notice, excursion
tickets TO BE USED ora R6r.
NJ, at the following prices: Gardiner to
Winthrop and return, thirty-five cents;
Hallowell to Winthrop and return, thirty
cents; Augusta to Winthrop and return.
twenty-five cents: Togus to Winthrop and
return thirty-five cents
Winthrop to Augusta and return, twen-
ty-five cents; Winthrop to Hallowell and
return, thirty cents; Winthrop to Gardi-
ner or Togus and return, thirty-five cents.
The holder of this ticket will be allow
ed to stop off at any point on the line.
These excursion tickets may be procur-
ed at G. p. Hannaford's Winthrop, Willis
Partridge's Drug Store, Augusta, c. B.
Hobbs, Hallowell, and at the Gardiner
waiting-room, and Station at Togus.
THESE EXCURSION TICKETS
SOLD AT HALF RATE WILL POSI-
lively NOT BE ACCEPTED BY
CONDUCTOR BEFORE 6 p. M.
L. F. TAYLOR Supt.
july24dtf
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MAINE FARMING NOTES.

J. D. Bayard, Orrington's expert po-
tato raiser, is now digging his early
crop which is averaging 800 bushels to
the acre.
Fl. Fairfield Review: Spray your
potatoes. If you don't, when fall comes
around, and your potatoes begin to
wrinkle up and grow black and die, you
may be finding fault with providence,
but your neighbor, the man that
sprayed, will simply laugh and say:
Guess providence is on my side"
Some farmers catch on easily, while
it takes others a long time. Years ago.
many farmers would not use Paris
green, but relied on hand picking.
Nowadays, wouldn't farmer show off
to great advantage hand picking bugs
in the middle Of a 50-acre field. Now
some farmers will not spray. But they
will catch on later, though, after losing
a few more crops.
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People who happened to be near
Winthrop hill crossing, about noon,
Thursday, saw a runaway of about as
wild a nature as has been witnessed in
Augusta for many moons. One of F.
l.. Webbers teams, to which was at
tached a horse which is alleged to pos
sess well defined inclination to take a
run now and then of his own accord,
was standing before a house on Oak
street. Evidently one of his spells
seized him, for he started down the
street at a speed somewhat remark
able for a grocery horse, and which de-
fled all attempts to catch him. Turn
ing the corner on to Dickman street, he
let out several notches of speed, and
laid a straight course for PreScotts
stable, going at a pace that had he
been on a half mile track, would have
elected him to the go class. Frank
Page, who is employed by Mr.. Pres
colt. was just starting out of the stable
with a team, to go to dinner, and see
ing the runaway, tried to dodge him
by driving up on to the railroad plat
form, suppOsing that the horse would
keep his course for the stable. But as
the wild one reached the crossing, he
changed his course and ran directly
into the wagon which Mr.. Page had
just left. Both horses We're thrown
down by the impact, the shaft of the
runaway's wagon, going completely
through the side of the seat to the
other wagon. Neither horse was hurt
much, nor the delivery wagon, but Mr.
Prescotts wagon was completely
wrecked. One rear wheel was crushed,
the axle damaged, both sides Of the
wagon broken off, and the seat broken.
The fence along the platform was also
l,rnEap down