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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-13

had been able to build, yet while
the year before he did not sell barn
bill Of any consequence, In 1902 he
sold fourteen. It was probably the
result Of the influence Of the action
Of one farmer upon others; the arous.
ing Of a spirit Of rivalry, mild per-
haps In its character, but important
SO far as 1t affected the handlers Of
lumber. The tiniest spark will fire
a quantity Of powder, so our natures
of love. ambition, hate, are aroused
by causes SO slight that on the sur.
face they can not be observed.
A retail dealer In the southwest
says he has demonstrated the fact
that mild building boom can be
createted, as he has been Greater In
such an event. That building
operations should take their own
sluggish way he emphatically denies.
Get behind and push. he says. To
start the ball rolling he would offer
some inducements. His way Of ad-
vertising Is to talk directly to the
prospective builder. insteaud Of ap.
pealing to the general pubeic to buy
lumber. He makes It something OF
an object for two or three men to
start houses and he says that more
will follow az surely as morning fol.
lows night. This dealer may have
overlooked the law Of coincidence; /;
he may have over. rated his ability
to induce the people Of his town to
build at the same time he desires
they shall do so, yet without
doubt, there Is a principle involved
In the course he has pursued.
No matter what we may do we
show the way, as generally there are
others who will trail after us. -
American Lumberman.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-13
SQUAD. GINSENG AND
MUSHROOM CULTURE

This Is the time OF year when the
eye grows tired OF the snow clad
mountains, overshoes become mono.-
onous, and the soul of the average
mining magnate yearns for an orange
grove, perpetual sunshine, the song
Of birds. green banks by gurgling
brooks and such like pipe dreams of
winter resort literature.
1t is doubtless some such feeling
as this that Is actuating General
Manager Balm, of the Overland. In
his present diligent investigation of
things agricultural, pertaining thereto
intimately and remotely. He being
both of utilitarian aud original cast
OF mind, has introduced a slight vari-
alton into this annual dream Of u
sixty day paradise, aud IL negotiat-
ing for scholarship In some teach
IL all correspondence school, to learn
the hidden mysteries In squad, gin
seng and mushroom culture, that he
may have a profitable as we'll al
pleasant retreat from the snow white
landscape when his soul aud body
call for recreation, for change.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-13
STOCK MARKET
MATERIALLY IMPROVED

Superintendent Tom G. Gray, Of
the Valley Queen, today received a
most encouraging letter from Wheeler
\ Company, Of New York. fiscal
agents for the Valley Queen and
other we'll known Sumpter mining
properties.
According to the statements Of the
irm the stock depression, which has
prevailed throughout the east for
some months past is broken. The
advices to Superintendent Gray state
that there have been greater sales In
Valley Queen stock, and more in
quiries during the past ten days than
there have been for the four months
preceding. Besides the strengthen.
ing Of the market. Wheeler Il Com
pnay attribute the change for the bet.
ter to the merits Of Sumpter gold
properties now being exploited.
From the tone of the communica-
tion, It would he inferred that the
firm entertains the belief that the
dullness of the market as far as min.
ing securities are concerned, IL ut
an end. The local management IL
complimented upon the development
policy now being carried out, and as
sured that ample funds will be pro-
vided as In the past for u continu-
ance Of the work at this promising
Cable Cove property.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-13
CONCENTRATES SHIPPED
FROM The DISTRICT

While IL IL a difficult matter to
get at the exact facts concerning the
amount of concentrates now being
shipped fiom Sumpter and tributary
points in the district, 1t is believed
from reliable information that the
shipments will aggregate between
forty aud fifty tons In day.
What appears to be just appor-
tionment among the different prop
cries and districts In view Of the
lack of more reliable statistics shows
tine following: Cracker Creek, in
cluding the North Pole, Columbia
and Golconda. fifteen tons; Badger,
Susanville district. ten tons; Bonanza
i've tons: Snow Creek, Greenhorn
district, two tons; Equity, Quartz
burg disrtict, two tons; Baisley- Elk
horn, fifteen tons; giving Il total of
forty two tons. This Of course does
not include such properties as the |.
X. l.. and California and Others
which cyanide their ore concen'
trates.
The Cracker Creek concentrates go
very high In value and what IL
thought to be a fair average IL 500
u ton, making the output of the
properties mentioned over $4,000 u
day in concentrates alone.
The or. aud concentrates shipments
over the Sumpter Valley from here
will average In the neighborhood of
ten cars week, and probably two
thirds of the amount is concentrates.
Tb' cars average between ten aud
twelve tons each, which bears out
the statement relative to the amounts
produced by Cracker Creek proper
ties, az this Is taeir nearest point OF
shipment. In the instance Of the
others the figures attributed are per
hsps equally as reliable.
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NOTICE

In the matter of the petition OF tho
Sumpter Townsite company, Ltd,
for the vacation of certain streets
and alleys In the Sumpter Townsite
Syndicate's Second Addition to the
town. now City of Sumpter, Ore
gon.
The above entitled matter coming
on to be heard before the Common
Council Of tine City Of Sumpter, In
meetin. duly and regularly assem-
bled. this 10Th day Of December,
1908, and the petition Of said Sump-
ter Townsite Co. Ltd, having been
duly presented raging Tor the vaca-
tion of certain streets aud alleys In
the Sumpter Townsite Syndicate's
Second Addition to the town, now
City of Sumpter, Oregon, together
with the proof Of the due publication
of the notice of the application for
such vacation by advert isement
thereof for four consecutive weeks In
the Sumpter Miner that said petition
would be presented. and also the
consent of the owners In tee simple
of all the property fronting on both
sides of said streets and alleys so
sought to be vacated, and for 200
feet on each side thereof, and said
petition and proof being In all
respects regular,
IL IL ordered that the 10Th day of
January, 1904, ut the hour Of seven
O'Clock =. NJ, ut the City Hall In
said City Of Sumpter, Is hereby fixed
as the time aud place for hearing
said petition aud any objections or
rem0nstrances thereto.
Done In open Council this Goth
day of December, 1908.
(Attsst) s. s. START, Recorder.
Approved December 20, 1908.
ID. p. BRADLEY, Acting Mayor.
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to arrange for sending a surveying
crew in charge m +. Il. Forshay to
20 over the line and make an esti.
mate IA to the cost Of completing the
ditch. when u contract will be let.
The first work will he done on the
lower part Of the ditch, ~ II IL de-
sired to get the water on Dead Ok
Hat In time for irrigation during the
coming season. Weiser Signal.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-13
WILL SOON START WORK
ON DEAD OK FLAT.

That work on the completion of
the Malheur Butte Ditch will be be-
gun at an early date. and pushed
through to completion as rapidly IN
men and teams can do II, there seems
to be no doubt.
Messrs. n. J. Jensen, Joseph Jen-
sen aud Moses &. Davis. the parties
who are to furnish the sinews Of war,
accompanied by Contractor George
Thompson. returned Saturday from
IA tour over the line of the ditch.
The gentlemen were satisfied, after u
thorough inspection, that the propo-
sition Is paying one, and are will
ing to invest their money In 1t.
Messrs. Jensen aud Davis are from
Utah, and are thoroughly posted on
all matters relating to irrigation,
aud are convinced that the ditch
will open up flne section Of coun-
try.
The gentleman have gone to Boise
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-13
BUILDING
EP|DfMICS


changeable. being the same today, to.
morrow and forever, and is under
stood only In part by many. To arrive
at better understanding Of this law
has been the aim Of science, as we'll
as Of every thinking mortal who
would know the truth. The effect
may look strange, mysterious, even
marvellous to US, but II we under
stood the cause that produced it, the
event would appear as natural as does
the result Of two multiplied BY two.
There have been periods Of build
ing activity which the dispensers Of
lumber at retail have been unable to
account for. Not always have they
accompanied general business activ-
ity, and often building has been
lively in one town while In the
neighboring town nothing was going
on. A retail dealer was recently
heard of to remark that trade In his
town had been at low ebb this sea
son while In another less than twenty
five miles distant It had been decid-
edly lively, the conditions In both
cases hinginR on the volume Of build
ing, aud that he could not account
for it lie said there were in the
spring no more empty houses In his
town thau in the other, but that
building In his town had literally
been nothing.
In case like this It Ia reasonable
to look for cause that was brought
about through the medium Of spe-
cies Of psychology--the action Of
mind upon mind. Every man is in
fuenced more or less by what his
neighbors do. He Is disposed to go
with them to the circus, to a revival
meeting. to war. and to some extent
follow them in a business way.
There are retail points In which every
lumber shed IL of the same type for
the reason that all have followed the
man who huilt first. A house going
up Is a reminder to those who may
have been thinking about building
for while that they, too, may III
we'll begin activities. 1t Is this way
In repairs, the retail dealer often
affirming that there are brisk periods
for repairs while at other times little
il doing in this line. There IL such
a quality as pride In the mental
make up of the most of people, con-
sequenlty a house owner wants his
home to look as neat as does the resi-
dence of his nsighbor. II that neigh
bor adds a porch. lays new sidewalk
or repaints. 1t is an inspiration for
Others to 40 likewise. The past
season yard mau sold three porch
bills which were used on one block.
and it was his belief that had not the
first porch been built the other two
would not have been. This is very
likely, as 1t is characteristic of peo-
pie to follow suit In other things
than in games of cards.
The same propensity IL observed In
the country, there being barn build
ing periods there as there are house
building periods in town. The
erection of a barn by farmer Is Ie.
garded as a sign of prosperity of the
man who built 1t. aud Others would
have 1t known that they as we'll as
he are on the high wave aud build
barns to prove 1t. A RETAIL dealer
who q year ago the present season
bad as many barn bills a. he could
we'll furnish expressed surprise that
they came In such q bunch. The
farmers had needed the barns for
years, he said, for Q long time they
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-13

FOR RENT-New four room oil
finished house. Enquire Of @. H
McColloch.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-13

Room and board ut Sumpter HO ,el
for elO per week aud up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-08
THE CIRCUIT COURT
List Of Cases Noticed for Trial
at the Coming September
Term of Court.
WOOD CASE ON CALENDAR.

The September term of the Circuit
court, which will open on next Mon
day with Judge Be1den on the bench,
promises to be pretty busy term for
kenosha county, and the list of cases
noticed for trial shows that there will
be something doing at the court house
for some time after the opening of
the session. The list of cases includes
the following jury cases:
Joseph Anderson, an infant, VS..
The Chicago Brass Company; Will
lam Hadden VS.. Matthias Ludwig and
Christian Ludwig; Herman Freiberg
VS.. Peter Lippert; ]. A. Pigots VS..
Emma Robinson; Elizabeth Bush
mann VS.. The city of Kenosha; James
E. ellis VS.. Barney Hetcraft ct al;
Jacob r. Hanche VS.. The town of So
ners; Herman J. Koh1mann VS.. The
town of Somers; Charles Mau VS.. The
Chicago Brass Company; Truman T.
Parker VS.. The Fidelity and Casualty
Company. All of these suits are ac-
tons for damages.
The cases on the criminal calendar
are: State VS.. Andrew Anderson, on
charge of adultery; State VS.. Alice
Woods, on charge of adultery; State
VS.. James Desmonia, charged with
rape; State VS.. Frank S. Komp, who
is charged with violating the state
banking laws.
The case against Alice Woods will
probably not come to trial. Mrs.
Woods was released on a cash bail of
$500, and the man who was arrested
with her is now doing time in the
state prison. Mrs. Woods has not
been seen in Kenosha since the pre-
1iminary hearing of the case, and it is
thought that she will not appear for
trial.
The civil cases that have been MOTTO
ed for trial by the court are the settle
ment of unhappy marriages and a
few other cases, the divorce actions
on the calendar including: Frances
Isabelle King VS.. Lucius G. King;
Lewis H. Bea11 VS.. Agnes Bea1. Other
cases for the attention Of the court
are: Matthias Joachim, as admins
traitor of the estate of William Joa-
chin, VS.. The Kenosha Gas and E1ec-
trio Company; The Menominee Bay
Shore Lumber Company VS.. Mary o.
Newell ct al; Sydney Jones VS.. Mary
Mcintyre ct al; Anna c. Meyers VS..
Charles and Elizabeth Ha11ett.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-08
Kenosha Base Ball Team Wins
and Losee in the Series
With the Gunthers
SCHMITT LOST FIRST GAME.
Second Game Proved Easy for Kenosha
The Home Team Making Runs
Enough in the First Inning.

Kenos11a managed to get an even
break in the Labor day series with
the Gunthers, for the latter took a
ten-inning game on Sunday bya score
of five to three, while on Monday the
locals cantered about the diamond
and won as they pleased with score
of eight to four.
Schmitt pitched both games, and
his showing on Monday was decidedly
better than on Sunday.
The game on Monday was strange
mixture of errors. LIE Jeune, who
usually officiates in the right field for
the Gunthers, was put in to pitch and
in the first inning his wi1dness and
the ability of the Kenosha boys to hit
the ball put LIE Jeune out of business,
and at the close of the inning Keno
sha was five runs and game to the
good. LIE Jeune was effective-at
times-and while the score shows
that the Kenosha boys had but seven
hits to ten for the visitors, the
hits were made at a time when hits
meant runs.
The attendance at the two gam es
shows that the Racine series put an
awful damper on the enthusiasm of
the Kenosha base bali followers.
There were not enough people at
either game to fill the grand stand,
and had both crowds been put to-
gether it would not have made pay
ing crowd for the management of the
park.
The score of the game on Monday
follows:
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The stock yards strike, which has
already cost ST., 1000, 900, is to be con
tirued indefinitely. About the only
good result of the waste of this great
sum is the fact that the strike has
shown the smaller butchers outside of
the packing centers that they are not
really so dependent upon the big
packers as they supposed they were,
and if the strike continues much
longer good many of them may de-
eide to do their own killing. The
emancipation of the smaller dealers
from the rule of the packers combine,
as result of the strike, was unfore-
seen by either the packers or their
employees, but if the strike frees them
it will be good thing for the dealers
and IN the end for the public. There
is an immense profit at present be-
tween the price of beef on the hoof
and the retail price of meat. This
margin of profit is so great that the
department of commerce is now en-
gagged in an investigation to see if
there is not an illegal combination
among the big packers to maintain it;
but if the smaller dealers all over the
country decide to do their own butch
kering the department will never have
to take any evidence it may get
against the packers into court. With
the smaller dealers fixing their own
buying and selling prices, the compe-
tition for local trade, which all of them
must meet, will soon put prices and
profits at normal level.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-08
GIRL Is A BURGLAR.
Martha MarshfieId, Only Nine
Years Old, Admits Robbing
Prairie Ave. House.
PARENTS ACCUSED BY POLICE

Martha Marshfe1d, the nine-year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Marshfe1d, who reside at the corner
of Edward street and Se11eck ave-
nue., sat in chair at the office of the
chief of police this morning and told
one of the most remarkable stories
ever heard FROM the lips of a child
criminal in Kenosha. She admitted
that she had worked as a robber for
several years, and stated that in that
time she had managed to take several
valuable rings and money. She also
stated that there had also been two
other girls working with her, and that
the booty secured by the trio had been
considerable. The parents of the
child, who were with her while she
was in custody of the police, are ac-
cused by the officers of having guilty
knowledge of the action of the daugh-
ter, but they stoutly denied this accu-
sation.
The child stated that she had en-
tered several homes on Prairie ave-
nue., and that she had secured the
confidence of the people in question
by telling them that her father and
mother were dead, and that she was
forced to beg for food for herself and
sisters. The child was so small and
her plea SO earnest that it always re-
suited in the housewife giving some
thing. While the housewife left the
roam 70 40 fNod 60 o1,s 41,,
latter would make a hurried search of
the house and carry away whatever of
value she might find.
The specific charge against the
child is that she took two valuable
rings from the home of LeVant Stew
ems on July 1. The child admits that
she took the rings and brought two
rings to the police to give back to the
woman from whom they had been
stolen. The rings were not the ones
taken from the Stevens home, and the
police are now making an effort to
discover the owners of the rings
turned over by the child.
The child, according to the chief Of
police, is a degenerate. She sat IN
the office this morning and was per-
feet master of her emotions. She
could laugh or cry at will, and the
way in which she yarned to the
officers was a marvel, Her stories
were disconnected and impossible,
but she always stuck tosthem.
An effort is being made this after
noon to locate the gir1SywhO the child
lc1aims, were with her in the different
robberies, and nothing will be done
with the case until the other girls are
found. 2
i The child has not as yet been ar.
frosted, and she is the youngest Grim
ina1 ever in the hands of the Kenosl1a
| police. The case is proving an inter.
| esting study for the officials and 9TH
sers who have taken an interest IN 1t.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-08


The street car company would make
things easier for its conductors and
its patrons if it would provide trans
fer tickets for use on the lines. AS
things are now, if the car leaving
passengers gets away from the trans
fer point before the car the trans
ferred passengers wish to take comes
up, they either have to pay again or
have an argument with the conductor
of the car they are supposed to be
transferred to. The street car COM
pany is making money enough to
afford these little transfer slips, and
it has no right to subject its patrons
to the annoyance Of being obliged to
argue with the conductors for their
rights.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-08
ELECTION OFFICERS NAMED
Mayor Names Men to Have Charge OF
the Coming General Election.

Mayor Names Men to Have Charge OF
the Coming General Election.
Mayor German last night sent to
the city council the list of election of
ficers to have charge of the coming
general election. The list follows:
First Neutrality-suspicious.: S. C. New
man, w. J. Boyle, Eugene Sullivan.
Clerks: Leon ]. Gilbert, Frank Hans
man. Ballot Clerks: Thomas j. Ryan,
W. J. Dickhaut.
Second Ward Inspectors: William
Senne, William Dordy, John McCon-
nell. Election Clerks: Albert Wallis,
George Harkins. Ballot Clerks: Geo.
G. Limpert, H. w. Bienemann.
Third Ward Inspectors: George
Wallis, John ]. Langin, j. H. Tu11y.
Election Clerks: John G. Slater,
Henry Condor. Ballot Clerks: S. O..
Rogers, Mat C. Goergen.
Fourth Ward-Inspectors Dan O.
Head, Hans Harbert, M. J. Brady.
Election Clerks: William E. Hill, E.
A. Alleman. Ballot Clerks: c. H.
Gonnerman, Jacob Hermann.
Fifth Ward-Inspectors: George
Kroncke, J. M. Scho1ey, H. Plum
mer. Election Clerks: w. M. Leon
ard, C. c. Giles. Ballot Clerks: Mi
chael Leik, G. G. Theleen.
Sixth Ward-Inspectors: C. F.
Stemm, John B. Mayer, John Gil1ett.
Election Clerks: Jos. Widman, Ed.
White. Ballot Clerks: Michael Link,
Joseph Bendt.
Seventh Ward Inspectors: N. J.
Werner, Rudolph Borkenhagen, Geo.
Lindermann. Election Clerks: Will
liam Threinen, Robert Stoebig. Bal
lot Clerks: Frank Senne, H. B.
Schwan.
Eighth Ward Inspectors: Frank
eraser, M. F. Zens, Peter Keu1, Jr.
Election Clerks: Fred Lindermann,
J. G. Dosemagen. Ballot Clerks: Otto
Kohls, Michael Schultz.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-08
schmitt Loses Sunday Game.

Schmitt Loses Sunday Game.
Schmitt's miserable fielding of his
position, and an inexcusab1e ba1k in
the second inning. resulted in Keno
sha losing the ten-inning game to the
Gunthers on Sunday afternoon, by
score of five to three. The delightful
appe1ation of Crazy seems to have
been we'll placed upon Schmitt, for
while he can pitch fine game of ball
SO far as the batter is concerned, he
seems to be hope1ess1y lost when
playing the field about the pitchers
box. Had Schnitt fe1ded his posi-
ton the Kenosha team would have
shut out the Gunthers IN the first
game. Kelley, who played for the
Gunthers in the pitchers box, was
not nearly as good tosser as Schnitt
but the way he fe1ded his position
was marvel.
The trouble all began in the second
inning, when with man on first and
third Schn1itt made ba1k and forced
in a run. An inexcusab1e error by
Mahoney pushed the thing along, and
the Gunthers got three runs, not one
of them earned. The Kenosha boys
struggled along and in the eighth
managed to make things all square.
The tension was too much for Schmitt
in the tenth, for with man on first
and second and splendid chance for
double play, he threw the bali far
wild of second base and the two men
scored.
The score of the Sunday game fol-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-08

THE recent narrow escapes from
serious accidents should convince the
managers of the street railway that
the cars are running too fast on South
street. The number of "b1ind" cross
ings makes it the most dangerous
street covered by the car lines, any
way, and the high speed made neces-
sary by the present schedules adds
greatly to the chances of accident.
The company would gain in the long
run by putting on an extra car for the
south branch SO that the running time
of the cars could be extended. The
damages thatsth company would have
to pay for one accident would keep q
rim service some time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-08

THE different get rich quick con-
Germs seem to think that Kenosha is
ready for another picking, and the
town is being flooded with attractive
circulars Offering great returns from
various schemes on a small invest
ment.. It is almost incredible that
after past experiences with these
swind1ers that anyone in Kenosha can
be fool enough to bite again at this
bait, but it is an even bet that when
the names of the victims are pub
1ished after the customary court pro-
ceedings, the list will contain one OF
more names from Kenosha.