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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-06

ter Valley. at its shops in Baker
City. l. building IA first class refrig-
orator car for Phillips, Brown Il Ged-
des. to he used in shipping meats to
the Sumpter branch of the company,
known as the Sumpter Meat market,
formerly the Austin market. No
local slaughter house il to be used
by the new cOucern.
Mr.. Barton also stated that when
the refrigerator car is completed, the
company will construct mail and
express car to replace the one now
being used on the road.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-06
APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE.

In the County Court Of the State Of Oregon fo'
the County OF Baker.
In the matter OF the application OF John Bartlett
Tor County Liquor License.
To the Honorable County Court Of the County OF
Baker. State Of Oregon:
!, John Bartlett. do hereby make application Tor
license to sell spurious. malt and vinous liquors tor
the period OF three months. LON January ISt 10
March ,Ist. 1904. both dates Inclusive. AZ what Is
Baker county. Oregon said Halfway House being
situated on the county agOn roai between the City
OF Sumpter and the Town OF Bourne. In the County
OF Baker. State OF Oregon. and being situated about
halt way between Sumpter and urne.
That there mine within one mile OF said Half
Way House. That the signers OF this petition con-
st'ue majority Of the legal voters OF Bourne pre-
cnct. JOHN bARTLETT.
Sumpter Oregon. November s7th, 1904.
the legal voters Of Bourne precinct In Baker County,
Oregon. do hereby respectfully ask that . Liquor
license be granted to John Bartlett. OF the Halfway
House. In Bourne Precinct. Baker County, Oregon.
Tor the peroi beginning January first. 1904. and
ending March llst. l0o<.
I'M DOYLE, Thos Connolly. { Burton. W Hanra.
han. N s Melee. O e Burnett. Al Young. Asa
Rob rt>on. kobert N Simms. Thomas Doyle. Thomas
Tobin. Ed Haley. q kemptu. Ed Turk. A Nc
brayer. & n Tabor. Tom Moore: Titus. }
Stevenson. arIey Smith. Walter Self. Arthu! Rses.
kinley, Harry Allen ] J Grabb. Tom Jones. Z S
Jenkins. Tom Bailey. Cliff Hackeu. Guv Harris, ,Thos
Taylor. = Durkee. J Il Ball. r A. Anderson; WIN n
Emes. ] d Mcdonald. George Maurn, ChaS Will
Hams. A N Weath-riorI, J + RuSk. Jas McGhes.
W Kellogg, I W Smith. Pest Macey. s A Abel.
Civie TITUS, u iones, Elmer Taylor. J X More. b
BuIto". John White. ten Woods.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-06
new FREIGHT ROOM
AT The S. Y. STATION

Joseph Barton, general freight and
passenger agent Of the Sumpter Val.
ley, spent the time today between
trains In the city. He was here to
authorize q change ut the station.
An express room is to be provided.
A partition will be run In the freight
room aud another window cut, thus
giving better facilities for handling
express matter
Mr.. Barton stated that the Sump-
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-06
HICH-MINIMUM WAGE.
AND INFERIOR WORKMAN

If all the workmeu IN any trade
remained IN steady enjoyment after
/ the establishment of the high mini
mum wHges, the inference might
be justly drawn that the inferior
workman was protected aud benefited
by such wage regulation. But it
invariably happens in practice TINT.
when this rule is imposed, employers
soon begin to weed out those work
men who 10 not pruduc" enough To
he entitled In the wages stipulated.
what becomes Of the unfortunate
ones thus thrown out of employ
mrntyn
They cannot always. says the Jan.
nary tu--i"''s, udapt themselves to
new cuud iuus IN uthcr trades where
the minimum wage rule may not he
operative; aud even IL they could so
adapt themselves. they would not
cndily lnh suitable positions. The
usual result IL ialcncss, discourage
ment, poverty aud loss of self.re
spert.
From IN economic standpoint II is
to the employers advantage tn give
space in his shop to the quickest and
hest workm"n. His unit of expense
is reduced when he increases his per
capita output. II he allows slow
aud old men in whom he has become
Interested to occupy positions that
pay them the same proportion of
wages for their labor as IL received
by superior workmen, and suffe-
the loss which comes from their rer
duced output. where, then. IL the In.
Justice or injury of the workmen,
by n rule Of their own contrivance
which aims to force the payment Of
partly unearned wages to these un.
der. average men, cause such emhar-
rassmeut IN the discharge Of the latter
would bring abouty IL this benefit
ting the weak!
"ies," says the hearty supporter
of the high minimum scale; we ad-
init this hardship, but we must look
to the greatest good for the greatest
number. In the march Of progress
the weak must drop ont"
This sounds very we'll, but in the
matter of wages cannot the greatest
good to the greatest number be
brought about without the sacrifice
OF those who need protection mosts
Artificial barriers IN the way Of the
easy workings Of economic laws are
very apt to bring injury in the long
run. We're the cases of inability to
earn the so.called minimum wages
rare, namely, tn make exception in
favor of the slow aud the old, might
answer; but the earning capacity of
men has wide range, and the high
minimum wage crowds out not few
individuals, hut usually u minority
class Of workman. II the demand
for help happens to be very great.
aud there IL work for all. the em-
ployer IL often forced to pay the low
workman more than they earn. su0
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-06

10 counierbalnnre this increased out
lay. he il apt TO average IN Mt the
expense of the better workmcu 10y
limiting the pay of the latter to the
stipulated minimum.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-06

sized bricks rnrh month. There are
many ntnrr properties near Alamo
that are show ing up better and bet
ter after each shot.
We rejoice In bidding vel
come to what IL sure to prove "a
happy and prosperous year. Granite
Gem.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-06
TIMBER LAND, ACT JuNE3, 1875
NOTICE EOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Once,
La Grarde. Oregon. OctOl,er 2b. rooa,

United States Land once.
La Grande. Oregon. October 40. 1901,
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions OF the act OF congress OF June I878
titled "An act for the sale Of timber lands In the states
OF California. Oregon. Nevada and Washington Ter
rorv as extended to all the Public Land States BY
act Of August =. iS9s.
ROBERT c. BAKER.
Of Sumpter. county Of Baker. state Of Oregon. has
this day filed In this office his sworn statement No
se6s for the purchase Of the swK Of section No.
a.. In township No. south. range No. ~
Hwx. and will offer proof TO show that the
land sought Is more valuable for Its timber
or stone than for agricultural purposes. and
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 Pa,te. son. OF Sumpter. Oregon.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely the above
described lands are requested to file their claims In
this office or before said 9th dav Of JAN. eo4.
Z. W. DAVIS. Register
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-06
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR
GRANITE DISTRICT.

II IT. customary at the close of the
year to look back aud note the pro
Rress that has been made. also to loot
forward into the coming year as TO th'
prospects. In u mining country. ~
We are here all questions of progrcs
naturally hinge on mining. Tn,
year 1908 has past and the progress,
made during that time has been quit,
satisfactory. While In future pros
poets there has never been n time ii
the history Of Granite when they
were brighter.
On the head Of Beaver creek about
four miles from Granite u new and
rich mining district IL being opened
by the company now operating the
Golden Fleece ConsOl lidated group.
and u number Of prospectors who are
developing their properties as rapidly
IN possible ns their limited capital
will permit There are other good
properties on Beaver creek. Capital
is learning the fact aud is beginning
to seek them.
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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-06

The following instruments were filed
it the Baker county court house during
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-15
UNHEEDED.

The Parker and Herrick organs are recklessly
and without the least regard for truth, uttering
wild and random charges against honorable
men. They utterly refuse TO produce the least
evidence TO sustain their allegations, yet def
antly repeat them, and now, finding the public
ignoring them as common nbellers, they become
more hysteric than ever trying to excite further
attention to their cowardly falsehoods, which
they have nothing to sustain, and distract atten-
ton from their own record and their own candi-
date.
No wonder! They presume 10 advocate re.
FORM and in the name Of reform are trying to
defeat an able, experienced, honorable and alb
sOlutely stainless candidate to elect in his stead
the notorious Judge-Boss whom one Of his sup
porters C"The World'D in It's political CORE
srondence describes as "the master OF a no.
''litical organization which knew no law but
''the law Of success" and which was accused
''of vote buying, ballot box stufing and every
crime known to venal politics" whom an
other ("The Evening Post') describes as an
adept in all the disreputable arts Of Demo
cratic politics IN Albany County"-whom an
other C'The Times'O speaks OF as making
his judicial career an improperly" and a
''scandal" whom another ('The Brooklyn
Eagle'D has attacked in these words: "For long
time elections have been as bad under the d.
'Cady Herriek machine in Albany as they were
under the Murphy machine In Troy, and, we
regret TO say, considerably worse than they
''were under the John Y. McKane machine IN
"Grayesen6" whom another ('The SUM- de-
nOunced as a "brazen political operator" "a
disgrace 70 the judiciary and Judge whom
the press must denounce unless the press had
become as foul as Judge Herrick's court"
These papers few years ago Joined 10 the
work Of overthrowing AfcKane. They helped
send McKane 20 State prison. Now they want
TO send his eo-worker TO the Capitol No won
Ger their double loaded editorials and their vain
repetition OF exploded SANDERS are treated With
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-15
"UNCLEAN, UNCLEAHr"

Yesterday morning The New-York World
reprinted extracts from its editorial open let
ters' containing gross charges against Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Chairman Cortelyou OF the
Republican National Committee, and made the
following comment:
It is 80 days since "Tha World" first called
public attention 10 the se2elyou scandaLl In
an this time there has Sen no word Of
PLANTATION or exculpation either from the Pres-
dent or from the chairman Of his national com
mittee.
1t is A days since 1.-The World" published a
long, clrcumstantial. deliberate and editoriauy
Endorsed account Of two secret conferences
declared to have been held between President
Roosevelt and Mr.. ]. PierpoDt Morgan at
Oyster Bay in the month Of July, the purpose
and result of which were thus described In the
headings and body of the article:
Morgan sees Roosevelt; deal made; two secret
trips by the banker in his yacht Corsair de-
liver the Wall Street interests to the President
on terms satisfactory 20 botn. Partner steele
at the ten hour conference. Morgan and Roose-
welt talk over the situation. and the former gets
assurances that win his support-the banker to
raise funds the President 70 ''be good
It is thoroughly IN srstood that President
Roosevelt at this meeting. which IS now bit
Of political history. pledged TO Morgan. body
and bones. the future Of the Republican party.
and that, in return for the promise that nothing
Revolutionary TO follow President Roose-
velt's election the entire vast weight OF tne
Morgan interests was TO be thrown for the Re
pubiicans and that all the money needed from
Wall Street was 10 be produced at the proper
time by a syndicate. with ]. Pierpont Morgan at
its head.
The next morning there was published an Of
fcial statement by the secretary TO the President
pronouncing the story in THE World" to be "a
lie from beginning to end" and saying further:
Neither Mr.. Morgan nor any representative OF
"AIr Morgan has seen the President or COM
inundated with him, directly or indirectly, at
Oyster Bay or anywhere else" Since then
a days have passed, and in all that time no
word Of exculparion, apology or regret has
come from the Editor Of 1.-THE World" or any
other person concerned in the publication of a
monstrous fiction.
The World" now comes into the court Of pub
lie opinion with another scandalous accusation.
In what condition does it come? It comes with
what we must regard as the uncleanest hands
which have been exposed in this campaign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-15
THE CIRCUMBAIKAL ROAD.

The Japanese war has at any rate expedited
the completion of RuSsia's railroad around Lake
Baikal far ahead Of the appointed and expected
time. AS our dispatches have already reported.
that road was completed and opened for use
some DAYS ago. 1t was not TO have been done
until some time next year. But the exigencies
Of the war have hurried things by several
months, without It is happily reported, impair
ing the quality OF the work. So now the road Is
finished. and train can for the first time be run
without change from St Petersburg TO Vladi-
vostok.
This link is said to be the most expensive
piece OF railroad ever constructed IN the Rus
sian Empire though compared with roads built
here and elsewhere il has been inexpensive
enough. II is DAG versts, or leo miles, long. and
cost 81 500. 500 rubles or about $2T 100000 That
means about S16S 80 a mile The bulk Of the
cost was incurred upon less than half Of the
line. In that stretch OF so versts, or 53 miles,
there are no fewer than $50 tunnels and 2i0
bridges and viaducts. Moreover. while the tun-
nels are mostly through rock, making them
costly to cut the quality Of the rock is so bad
that they have had TO be heavily lined with
masonry, adding much 70 the expense.
The road will. however, be highly serviceable.
Good time can be made over II. for its heaviest
gradient IS only s per cent, and Its sharpest
curve has a radius Of 1850 feet. It is said 70
be capable of handling fourteen trains day in
each direction; but for the present only half
that number will be run. the ferry being retained
in use as an auxiliary. II must be n cause Of
much satisfaction to Russia TO have this road
finished, and it may be that 1t will be OF some
material service to her. But at best it can only
lessen slightly, and can by no means overcome,
the tremendous handicap which those five thou
sand miles of distance put upon the wngng Of
her Manchurian campaign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-15
~ ApRANcR THAT FAILRp.

Arcpatkin's advance has become Oyama's
sdvance. That seems % be the present situa-
ron az gentai. and that seems likely to be the
net final outcome Of the operations there. At
the beginning Kuropatkin tried to flank Kuroki
st the east end Of the japanese line, on the
Tai'nse River. but be failed TO do so, and in
stead narrowly escaped having his danking
force cut Of and captured Now, at the west
end of the line. between the Shi-Il and Hun
rivers Oku IS threatening Kuropatkin with q
Banking movement before which the latter is
falling back. AT the centre, also, Nodzu is
pushing forward, and the Russians are re-
treating with heavy losses. There are reports
OF Russian losses Of from $1,000 to 10000 men
and from twenty-four to forty guns-about
one-dfth Of their entire army. Such losses, if
actually suffered. must mean little short OF
disaster.
We are told. also. that the japanese attacked
the Russians before the latter were prepared TO
meet them. That IS not a soldierlike complaint
90 make, though It. OF something much like il,
has been made before in this war. The Rus
SLAMS have repeatedly said they did not under
stand the strategy Of the japanese. and did not
know what they were going 10 do next! But
81 this case such complaint would be self
stuiufying. For it was. we were told. the Rus
slams who began this battle, on their own mi
fiative. They turned around. when they were
ready. and STACKED the japanese, and they ex-
ulted IN the fact that they had caught the jap
anese unprepared and mapping. Their chief
fear was that the japanese would not stand
and fight them. but would run helter-skelter
back 70 the coast. We were told that the
japanese had abandoned Yentai. and proba-
bly, Liac-Yang itself, and were falling back all
along the line. But now it appears they did
not Can back at all, unless at one or two minor
points. and that they were actually better pre-
pared TO meet the attack than the Russians
we're 70 make IL That is a strange common
fary upon Russian strategy.
At the beginning OF this movement we raised
the query whether Kmopatkin was acting IN
der orders from St Petersburg or on his own
initiative. That question Is not yet positively
answered. bat the present aspect OF affairs
leaves little doubt as % what the answer must
be. judging from what We know OF Kuropat.
Kin. of his caution and prudence and Fabian
tactics. il seems simply impossible that he
should have elected % make movement which
las turned out SO badly. II looks Ear more IKE
q piece q Viceroy Aiexief's laundering. IL that
rlerpl0t has got back to ST Petersburg, whittier
be vss said recently 20 have started, and these
are tie 1rst fruits OF his counseIIing 20 the
Car. both the Car and his generals IN the
Geld pay well regret that &c did not get lost
somewhere on tie road la mid Siberia. II,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-15
TEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT.

I. wise voter will prefer for President a
born executive with fourteen years experiences
in high administrative ONCE to a local Judge
with no executive training whatsoever.
Q wise citizen win desire the continuance
In Office Of Secretary Of State Hay and other
Invaluable Cabinet men. and oppose their dis
placement by the Germans Of Maryland. the
Champ Clarks Of Missouri. the Tillmans of
South Carolina or the Hills Of New-York.
g. Since Hamilton. Madison and Washington.
the chief trainers of the Constitution.
July g. 1882 put protection in the statute book
OF the nation In express terms. we may consti-
tutionany and honestly keep II there. without
the cooperation or consent Of the ST. Louis or
any other convention
4. For four-hfths OF the period since the first
protective tariff this Republic has enjoyed pro-
tecting duties. II protection is a robbery. four
ffths Of the American Congresses have pro-
NOTED robbery and plunder-a distinct irnpeach-
rnent and condemnation OF our whole system
Of free government
8. An intelligent business man knows that
protection, like the gold standard, is approved
by IS per cent OF the American people. but that
both policies might be temporarily reversed
with disastrous results IL the Democrats came
into power.
%.
suffered from possession OF the Philippines
could have been avoided had Admiral Dewey
allowed himself TO be whipped at Manila or fed
from the scene Of his success as II defeated.
z The policy which the Democracy first IA
vored and then opposed might have been
changed In 1899 had the treaty made by our
Paris commissioners been rejected. But the
support OF Mr.. Bryan and other Democratic
leaders was so determined that the islands be-
came ours by right OF conquest treaty and
purchase.
s. The questions that now confront US are:
Shall we haul Down a thousand flags or run up
two thousand more? Shall we educate and CIV
ilizs eight million fellow beings or leave them
in barbarism? Shall we give them order and
the reign Of law or outlawry and anarchy?
Shall American energy gather wealth from
mines. hemp fields and forests or shall British
or German capital increase itself fourfold2
g. Prosperous people need and want
change. When business Is good they are usual
~ wise enough 10 let things alone. We learn
which party promotes the general welfare by
comparing Observation-Disclosures OF Buchanan
and Cleveland for example with those OF Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt. Statistics prove over
whelmingly that Republican rule comedies with
national prosperity. and thas the last years Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-15
THE REGISTRATION.

Good work was done yesterday IN the nrst
DAVIS registration Of voters. The registration
was notably heavy. fact in which all thought
full citizens should rejoice. as showing popular
interest in the campaign and q general willing
ness and eagerness Of voters to perform what
is at once a privilege and duty. There was
also notable number Of challenges. This, too,
Is something in which every good citizen OF
whatever party. should rejoice. There has been
some clustering talk about intimidation" for
which there was absolutely no ground, as the
authors of the talk we'll know. The only 'in-
timidation" there was yesterday was to frlghten
hired rascals away from registering under other
mems names. To denounce such intimidation"
IS 70 denounce the maintenance Of truth and
justice.
A full registration, and an honest one. That
is what Is wanted, and long step toward get
nnc il was taken yesterday. 1t is earnestly to
be hoped the good work viii be kept up to-day
and on the other days Of registration. Those
who have not yet registered should be moved
by yesterdays good example to fall in line
Those who are charged with the labor of safe
guarding the lists against fraud should be en-
couraged by yesterdays achievements to persist
in their efforts until the last corrupt "colonizer
is detected and rejected. A full registration and
an honest one. That is the order of the day.