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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-07-27
StM|.ANNUAL
DIVIDENDS


United States that reported to the
Engineering and Mining Journal
dividends amounting to e64, ,891,-
176 for the six months ending June
30. Compared with the corresponding
period last year, there is shown a
falling off of three In the number Of
companies reporting, and Of &c.
252,775 in the profits divided. The
principal cause explaining this
large decrease was the suspension Of
dividend pay ments by some Of the
more important industrial combina-
tions that had guaranteed at the
time Of organization from Ave to
seven per cent annually. To some
extent also the lower prices Of copper
and spelter this year have affected
certain low grade mines that paid
dividends in 1903. On the other
hand, the improvement In the silver
and lead markets has permitted the
payment of quarterly dividends by
the smelter trust at the rate Of five
per cent per annum In the common
stock and seven per cent in the pre-
ferred.
In detail the dividends paid In the
half-year just closed are given below !:
Copper, $40, ,332, SAC: gold, silver
and lead. $3.50, 545; quicksilver,
800, 900: zine, s623,04l. total metal
mines. sl9,f97,0 -ts.ss
Coal and coke, 80. 337, ,625; iron
aud steel, sl4.525, ,2i3; oil and gas,
s25,207, ,226; miscellaneous, 81,
O36. $50; total industrial. s45, 1874,
l44; grand total, s6i. i.s9l.l76.
or these dividends twenty were
regular monthly payments, princi-
pally by mines In Utah aud Colorado,
that yielded as high as forty per cent
per anuum. Thirty eight payments
were made quarterly, chiefly on the
preferred stock OF the industrial com
binatious, which declare at the rate
of seven and eight per cent per an
nun. OF the remaining sixty Eight
companies only eight pay semi annual
dividends, while the others distribute
rroiits at irregular Intervals or have
made their first payment.
The two largest dividend payers In
the United States are the Standard
Oil company, controlled by few
people, who have received e23, $50,
600. or twenty -four per cent, aud the
United States Steel corporation,
which has paid sl2.6lO,904 or
three and one half per cent for the
half-year to thousands OF its pre-
ferred shareholders. Foremost III
tie metal mines list stands the Cal
umet n Hecla copper mine. In Mich
igan, with $4,000, ,000, or eighty pei
cent, on the par of s25 per share for
the six months. paid to a small mum
her of shareholders. Calumet 4
Hecla stock is now quoted at
eighteen times it's par value, aud at
$3.50 yields fraction over eleven
per cent per annum In dividends
Its rival, Amalgamated, with a capi-
talization sixty-two times greater,
paid only I,53S. 500. or one pei
cent, on par value Of slO) for the
half year to over ZOO stock
holders. Amaleamated shares ART
selling around half their par value,
aud at $50 yield only four per cent
IN dividends annually.
The gold, silver aud lead prop
critics pay the larger number OF
dividends, usually in small In
stallments. Among the better paying
mines are the Camp Bird, of Ouray,
Colorado, which, up to the end OF
4 - ha raia Of iNanl =
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-07-27
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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-07-07
How Crane NIimicked robson.

When Robson and Crane acted the
Comedy of Errors" together, Mr..
Cranes "Dromio" was the most nota-
BILE feature of the performance, for
while Robson simply represented him
self in the garb of the Syracuse ser
want, Crane gave an excellent exhibi-
ton of his mimetic powers by duplicat-
ing the "Dromio" of his associate. He
thus describes the opening night:
1T was one Of the most intensely
exciting nights l ever experienced be-
hind the scenes. In making up, Rob-
son dropped huge daub Of grease
paint on the front of his tunic. Out of
pure consideration for art, painted a
similarly dirty device on my garment
But Robson nearly destroyed the fine
fabric of consistency, to the construc-
ton of which 1 had sacrificed the
cleanliness Of my attire, by walking
on absent-mindedly in the second act
with a smoking cigar protruding from
his mouth. Just previous to his en-.
trance in the first act he declaimed his
speech in the wings. and from this
took the key, which had to hold con-
stantly in mind. My lines were only
partly committed, so that between
thinking of Robson's peculiar voice
and mannerisms-which l was expect
ed to initiate faithTully-and of nv
own speeches-which shouldhave been
delivered with equal fidelity to Shak-
sweltered in body and mind
all night.-Leslie's Monthly.
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dreds, would not touch the meat. al.
though the knowing ones found the
buffalo steak superior to that OF tho
beef OF commerce.
The excitement OF the old.time buf.
falo hunt was whetted hy the danger
which It entailed. Tor, while the huge
animal OF the plains waS generally
speaking, peaceable beast, the habits
OF the bison were such that 10 become
entangled In herd was perllous DO.
sltion for both horse and rider They
were easily frightened, and, like sheen,
followed their leaders hllndly. THIS
fact also made Il difficult for the old
bulls who always graEed at the head
OF the herd TO stop 4 stampede. when
once II occurred. The force behind
them would push them forward. and
many instances are known where the
leaders, stumbling or pushed over a
cliff, would have the whole herd piled
up over them In a mangled mass. II
is easy 70 see the perlls Of a hunter
against a force Ike this. which, once
started, did not stop until exhaustion
overlook those behind. Buffalo hunting
was science. and was only TO be en-.
gagged In safely by those who thor,
oughly understood the methods OF their
nrey.
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saw them. There Is a well-authenti-
Gated story that the garrison at Fort
hearney actually 6red their cannon at
an Immense herd once to prevent them
taking the fort In rush. Many officers
and cavalrymen who were stationed
on the frontier years ago tell OF travel.
ing for months at a time and never
being out OF sight of tn ir countless
numbers. The bison was particularly
numerous In Kansas at on, time
owing to the fact that the buffalo
grass was there most plentiful. AT
times the plains were solid. moving
mass OF monsters; as far as the eve
could see they were visible In enor-
nous numbers. Trains were often de-
layed while herd crossed the tracks
OF the Union Pacific Railroad.
At one time they roamed all over the
country. Naturally migratory, the In.
dams knew their wandering habits.
and followed them. They were in those
days OF the greatest value to the In.
dams. They supplied nearly all OF
their food, and millions were slaugh.
tered each year for the sustenance OF
the red man. Not only did the buffalo
supply food, but furnished them with
robes and hides for clothing and
dwellings.
The Indians made tools from the
hide, horns and bones of the buffalo.
The hide of the bulls was tanned and
used for lodge covers. Dried in the
sun after the hair was removed, the
hide became almost as hard as flint.
and was used for moccasin soles and
belts. Laid on the ground. the dried
hide kept out the dampness and form
ed fairly good bed. Raw hide was
cut into strands and braided into
ropes. Green hide was converted into
kettles and also into canoes. Battle
shields, which were impervious to ar
rows or lances, were made from the
thick hide Of the neck Of the buffalo.
No part of the valuable beast went to
waste with the Indian.
Enough has been told to show that
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It PAYS to Read Newspspers.

Cox, Wis, July 4.-Frank NJ. Rus.
sell of this place, had Kidney Disease
go bad that he could not walk. He
tried doctors treatment and many diff
ferent remedies, but was getting worse
He was very low.
He read in newspaper how Dodd e
Kidney Pills were curing cases of Kid
ney Trouble, Bright's Disease and
Rheumatism, and thought he would
try them. He took two boxes and now
he is quite we'll. He says:
II can now work all day and not feel
tired. Before using Dodd's Kidney
Pills, / couldn't walk across the floor. !"
Mr.. Russell's is the most wonderful
case ever known in Chippewa county.
This new remedy-Dodd's Kidney Pills
lis making some miraculous cures in
Wisconsin.
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LAST BUFFALO HUNT.
PoNcA INDIANS CHOOSE CHEF
AND COUNCIL.
Tribe that Was Once Part Of the Sioux
Nation Selects Rulers In Traditional
Manner-Recalis Practical Extinction
OF American Bison.

There Is touch OF pathos in the
story from Oklahoma which recalls
the practical extinction OF the Amer
lean bison. 1t appears that the new
chief OF the ponea Indians, who live
in Oklahoma Territory, was to choose
his advisory council. In the old days
when a new chief selected his coun.
ell, they wero taken from the band
that was most successful In a buffalo
hunt 1t was arranged to initiate this
ancient custom, but the contrast was
almost painful for the old-time hunt.
ers who can remember when millions
of the shaggy beasts roamed the plains
in freedom, Three buffaloes from a
small herd in captivity were obtained
for the purpose. A sixty-acre tract was
inclosed with a substantial stockade.
at different places were ten small cor.
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CUT THROUGH SOLID ROCK.
Centuries Elapsed Before Completion of
CorlnthiRn Canal.

Centuries Elapsed Before Com pIetiou oi
corinthian Canal.
speaking OF canals" said the en-
gineer who had been talking about
Panama. "a very interesting canal
and one not much heard OF, is that
connecting the Gulf OF Corlnth and
the Gulf OF Aegina In Greece. It's
some older than any we have In the
Western hemisphere. also, for perlan.
der tyrant OF Corlnth, proposed TO
cut through the isthmus as long ago
rs six hundred years before Christ.
Superstition stopped him. however
Julius Caesar and Caligula took Il up
again when Rome had hold OF Greece
but 1t was too much for them. Then
came Nero, and he went at II with
vigor, but the work stopped when he
died. Others kept pounding away at
II for the next several hundred years,
but II was not until 1881 that real
work OF the Nero energy was nut
upon II. Then Gen. Turr, aide.de-camp
TO Victor Emmanuel OF Italy, organ.
lied company and worked on tn
the money gave out In 1890. the chief
obstacle being some kind Of a fint
which dynamite couldn't break.
About $l0,0o0.o00 was spent up to
1890, and then Mr. Syngros took hold.
organized new company. with Se05,.
900 working capital. and finished the
Job In 1898, II is only about four
miles long, but II Is 90 feet wide at
the bottom, about so feet at waterline
20 feet and 3 inches deep in water.
ana 1t Is cut nearly all the way
through solid rock. rising at some
points for 269 feet above the canal
II is like a canyon, and ships do not
take kindly TO II. the entrance being
bad, strong wind blowing through
1t as through great air shaft, and
there Is at times strong reverse
current 1t is an interesting trip
through the canal. and II saves 123
miles OF very rough water and 20
hours OF time; but so far shippers pre-.
fer to go around the peninsula rather
than through the canal, though with
some changes which will be made Il
IS believed the canal will become of
general use as soon as a few ships
begin to use II and remove the pre.
udlce now existing against it."-Com.
Tort.
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The Romans were great sticklers for
formal dinners. Their appetite-produe-
ers consisted mainly OF egg salad.
spiced fruits. oysters, asparagus, and
snails in vinegar. Then, having stirred
up the juices OF the stomach to the
point of keen expectation. they pro-
ceeded to realization by way of fish
principally mullet, which was regard
ed as the 'top-notcher" Of fishes, serv-
ed with a paste prepared Of the flesh
OF the sea hedgehog reduced to pulp,
with oil, pepper, onions, dates and mus
tard; while, when the emperor was
served with the priceless liver, the dish
was but family seasoned with salt,
pepper and oil, and served with chick.
en- livers garnee. After fish and game.
pork was the most esteemed meat
dish, and II was served in the form of
roast stuffed with sausages. The
dessert was formed OF fruits in season,
the luscious grape being a close COM
petitor with the apple.
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Osages, Pawnees, Kaws, Tonkawas,
Otoes. Missouris. Cheyennes, Arapa-
hoes and other tribes in Oklahoma to
be present. Hundreds of Indians se-
cepted, more especially to see the bus-
faloes, which are now so rare as to
be actual curiosities. A real buffalo
hunt in the brave days of old was
very exciting and often attended with
much danger. What a change! The
modern travesty was nothing more
than driving few tame cattle to
corral.
There are little more than hand
full Of the Poncas left; If the white
man ever found good Indian. which
some claim to be an impossibility, the
Ponca was near approach to that
ideal. The tribe was part Of the Sioux
nation, and the original home was near
a branch of the Red River and Lake
Winnipeg. The Poncas have always
enjoyed reputation for being very
peaceable. They were driven from
their Red River home by their old
enemy, the Chippewas, who forced
them beyond the Missouri River. Fol-
lowing them up closely, the Chippewas
drove them away once more, when
they Joined the Omahas, which aili-
ance has had the effect of preventing
their annihilation.
Although a part Of the Sioux nation.
the other tribes kept up a relentless
war upon the Poncas, as did the Paw
ness Osages and the Kansas Indians.
What these wars left. smallpox and
the white mans vices nearly finished,
and from a total of about 6,OOO there
are only about GOO now. The remnant
was placed on a reservation, near the
mouth Of the Niobrara River, in Ne
braska, and here their Ill-luck follow
ed them. This time 1t was not their
Indian enemy, but the Federal Gov.
ernment which folled them. Uncle
Sam neglected the terms Of the treaty
made with them, and once more they
became nomads, forced to hunt for
subsistence. They nearly starved TO |
death, and, as If destiny had something
worse in store for them, they were
forcibly removed to Indian Territory, |
where the unwholesome water killed |
of their animals and depopulated
their ranks.
Forty years ago, when Chief White
Eagle was chosen, there were about
5000 in the tribe. Only eight survive
of those who hunted the buffalo at his
The Council of Advisers
consist of ten, and since he can no
onger draw the necessary quorum he
has retired, and his son, Horse Chief,
lakes his place at head of the tribe.
Selected in Buffalo Hunt.
In accordance with the traditional
avs of the tribe, the chief and his
advisers are selected in a buffalo hunt.
At this hunt sixty bucks take part,
forming twelve hunting parties of five
each, The most successful ten In the
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-07-07

BE sits there at the freside. where IN
mellow light is cleaning
Ger the columns of the little countr,
paper that he holds.
And something he has read there SEEM
to set his fancy dreaming.
While memory's panorama OF forgot
ten days unfolds.
Its quaint and homely phrases all in
cline him to reflection.
Some sweetness OF enchantment as h,
lays the paper down,
Strips the bitter peel Of sorrow from
the fruit of recollection.
He tastes the mellow sweetness OF the
little country town.
He sees at eve. a cottageswith the lamp.
light dimly straying
Through the window. thickly bowered
with the honeySnckle vine.
To his ears come strains OF music, there's
a sound Of someone playing
On little cottage organ, and the notes
of Aud Lang Syne."
He hears the tea things clatter, sees a
woman's figure fitting
Here and there, belize some fairy, and
the simmer Of her gown,
And longing leads his fancy to the place
where he is sitting.
Just across from her at table in the
little country town.
Yet he sits here alone, with all the
dreamy shadows dancing.
nd al 4.
memory may hear,
The eyes that DER the columns Of the
little paper glanciag
Like violets, dew-misted, in the pass
ing OF tear.
From some, as he, are missing from the
circle once unbroken,
And one he knows lies sleeping where
the autumn leaves are brown.
His hair is white like silver, yet In
fancy he has spoken
With all those lads and lasses Of the
little country town.
The misty eye OF sorrow at the bush Of
dreams is seeking
The rose Of recollection with the frag-
rance of its morn.
And in the ear OF memory the voice Of
grief is speaking,
The hand that plueks the blossom
knows the sharpness OF the thorn.
His dreams die with the embers at the
6replace-ah, the pityl
The paper falls from listless hands |
and idly flutters down.
How lonely, lonely, lonely, is the sullen,
smoky city,
When the heart has come from stray |
ing in the little country town.
New York Times.
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slOO Reward. stOO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being q constitu-
tional disease, requires constitutional treat
ment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have SO much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that il fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
address. r. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Rheumatism

Does not let so Of you
when you apply lotions or
Iiniments. L. simply loosens
les hold for a while. Why?
Because to get rid Of It you
must correct the acid con-
dition of the blood on which
Il depends. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla has cured thousands.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-07-07
Easily Done.

Tess-Well, believe I'm rid of Mr..
Staylate at last.
Jess-How on earth did you accom-
plish it?
Tess-While he was calling upon me
last night l remarked that "all hand
some men were conceited bores." Then
lac said: Indeed! ! can take a hint
as well as the next one," and left
Philadelphia Press.
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rails, one for each band OF warriors
that participated in an endeavor 20 be
chosen Of Chief Horse Chiefs council.
Upon this occasion the band that sue
ceeded first in driving the buffalo in
the corral assigned to 1t was declared
the winners. The other bands were
free to interfere whenever possible.
which brought on kind of polo scrlm-
mage, with the buftaloes for the ball.
The Poncas sent invitations to the
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His Letter.

When Willie Blank was at the sea-
shore last summer his father wrote to
him quite frequently, and in each let
ter inclosed 10 cents or a quarter to
add to the little lads pleasure. Willie
was no letter-writer, but one day be
managed to compose the following
comprehensive epistle, which he sent
to his father:
"Deare Papa-I got all your letters,
and you have put some mummy in each
one Of them. Please write oftener.
Your luving son, WILLIAM"
-WOman's Home Companion.
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SOME QUEER sUPERsTITIoNs.
Bad Luck Sure to Follow IL You Are
Broke ON Thursday.

bEoke ON thursday.
However smart man may be,
however deep brain, there Is yet Il
tract Of superstition In his makeup" !"
said a thoughtful man to writer on
the New Orleans Times Democrat,
"and often 1t exists and controls him In
various ways without his knowing
anything about It, II you should tell
him that he was superstltious he would
resent 1t and In no uncertain way. But
all men are superstltlous In some way
Just the same. There are little things
about which men are a bit cranky and
they develop into well-rounded super
stitlOns. There is Opie Read, who has
Il queer little notion that II he gets up
Thursday morning without money In
his pocket 1t is bad luck and he be.
lieves In 1t so firmly that he will not
venture out Of the house and will not
turn his hand to a piece OF work IL II
happens to him.
"He Is generally very careful to see
that he has something left over
Wednesday night, nest egg, as the
saying goes. for Thursday morning.
But sometimes he forgets and suddenly
discovers that he Is dead broke. That
settles 1t. Not step will he take from
the house on that morning. Now, how
is that for superstition? Yet, call him
superstitious-well. you had better do
1t at long range. l know another man
in Chicago who has a queer little no.
ton that 1t is bad luck to forget any
thing when you are leaving home in
the morning. One morning we had
walked to the car together. He sud.
denly turned on me with the state
Inent: III not go to the city to-day
When / asked him why he said he
had forgotten something. It's bad
luck he said, and he was uncers-
making tracks for the house
when he said 1t. suppose we all have
those little notions and beliefs, but we
are not conscious of them and so we
are apt to believe, quite honestly, 700,
that we are not the least bit supersti-
tious. But we are, just the same"
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Sorry He smoke.

'0h, we have some very strong men
in England" boasted the new arrival
from London.
How strong are they5" queried the
American citizen.
''0h. I've seen them lift cannons,
trucks and even cars"
Indeed. Then it is strange that
none Of them can lift such a small OBJ
Ject as the yacht cup"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-07-07
crueI Youth.

"He said l was tall and willowy,"
remarked the girl who likes flattery.
do you think look like a willow
tree?''
''N1; you yook like chestnut" re-
torted the savage young man in the
loud vest.
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Ealao IInnna.

Flannigan-~Say, Moike. this won't do,
People say you are shwate on Mrs. Fla.
herty--and she a married woman.
Mike-Phwist! Not n wurrd Thot'a
only SO Oh can so on borryin' terbacky
V old Flahery. He's In hopes oln
elope wild 'er.
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-keeleN LIQUOR oR-MoRPNlNE- -T0BAcco|
NOIl-9 hAeiTS PERMANENTLY cURTDI
- So FOR EuLL PARTICULARS -
Assssaa We ELIlIfnenWIL, goRYlANp, ,oRI, /
Fine F,ulal,.

They had bought aI upright piano
on the pay weekly plan. John" she
said one day, II want you to stand OF
and take note OF the exterior OF this
piano. Can you see It's ilnishY"
II should say So" sighed John.
"When the nstallment man comes"
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speelai In,,ucem.n..

Prospective Purchaser--I see you ad
vertisc special lnducement IN engage.
ment rings, What Is lt3
Jeweler--well, we guarantee TO re,
purchase any ring we sell within six
months.
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the practical extinction of the buffalo
was not due to the Indian, but to the
white man. While the Indian never
killed more than was needed, the white
man slaughtered relentlessly. Then,
too, the white hunter, when he was
hunter and not merely tenderfoot
cut on sporting excursion, would
simply take the fur hide and leave the
carcass to the wolves. He was very
wasteful, and the sportsman" who
spent a day, killing of perhaps hun
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Quito a Prcten,Ious s,rnc,,,u.

MarIa--what did Martha's new hat
look like2
John-Goodness, can't tell! II look.
ed more like n basket phaeton full Of
flowers than anything else. se.-CIncln.
uati Commerclai.Trlbune.