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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-15

~ ulnin ~ the nose on your face
tha, We are work ing in an immense
basin, perhaps caused in prehistoric
times by hig waterfall. On either
side of the cauvuu the bedrock out
crops. IN the middle of the basin
uur shaft has penetrated over 200
feet of wash lut has not yet passed
through 'wchiuut' bedrock II We
sink deeper aud liud gravel sub.
stratum living between '"eh'uot' and
true bedrock, there IL every reason to
hclcvc that the deposit will he
richly aurifcrous. Under the cir
r,mstnmcc- we have decided 10 sink
deeper, aud In the meantim. We viii
continue drifting from the 9u-iout
level ia search oi II pay channel IN
the surface wash. the existence of
which has been proven hy prospect
holes. "
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-15
If WILL BE 10 YOUR INTEREST

If You contemplate visiting the st.
Louis exposition, to secure reliable
information as TO railroad service,
the lowest rates and the best routes
Also as TO local conditions IN st.
Louis: hotels, etc, etc.
II you will write the undersigne !.
stating what information you desire,
the same will he promptly furnished
II we do not have it on hand. Will
secure i, for you if possible. aud
without any expense 10 you. Address
B H. TRUMBCLL,
Commercil Agent li2 Third street,
Portland, Oregon.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-15
D. X. 4 n. SUMNER BOOK.

The handsome 1904 summer book,
"Restiul Recreation Resorts, Issued
hy the passenger derar'ent ot the
Oregon Railroad aud Navigation com
pany, is Just out, II tells all about
the snmmerins places of the Columbia
river valley-a brief description OF
the trips up aud down the Columbia
river, To the mountains, beaches,
inland resorts and fountains Of heal
in,, where they are aud how To reach
them. The book has n special de
signed front cover, printed IN two
c ,lors, aud the inside pages are
,pl,ndidly illustrated by costly aud
beautiful half.tones. \ copy of this
publication may be obtained by
sending two cents In stamps To Al.
Craig, general Passenger agent of the
Oregon Railroad and Navigation
company. Portland.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-15
|Ht FAMOUS OlD
CAMP OF AUBURN

No nov shaft will hc sunk hy the
Auburn Deep Sinking comray, Work
will be continued on the dIift at the
9o.foot level in the old one,
Mayor McColioch, Councilman De
Neiie, Joe T.. Reed, Postmaster Frank
Jewett, \. L. Goss aud j, {, Davies,
all of whom are officers aud heavy
stockholders in the company, excep
Mr. Davies, visited the property at
Auburn Thursday aud suspected the
work. All oi the members of the
party returned with feelings Of
enthusiasm.
Councilman DE Nene said Its
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NOTICE
United S,tr> l,ni once.
la Gfanic. Oregon. Nav ?, 1905 =

INITHI NJ IN TIIITI 'TTTT
Ia bfanic, Oregon, Nav ?, 1904.
Notice Is hereby given that Edward u Perrin,
whose pnStoii,e address iS Williams, Arizona, t'
seymour n, Bell hi, attorney In tact whose ro>
nrte address Is Sumpiet, Oregon ij on thc 9TH jiN
u Mav, igla, make appli alton 20 select. under tie
49, oi June 4, tSor go Stat, 30, HE inWpWin; de-
>tfirei tract ot land In Baker county, Oregon. IN
the Ia Gtinie. Oregon, lanG district io'wir
The southeast quarter ~ the northwest quarter ~
SECTION Twenty -onc az. Town hir Nine % south.
Meridian,
That the purpose oi this notice Is 20 allow all PER
sons claiming the selected Lands. Under the mining
laws, OF d.>ring "a show " Ia be mineral IN chafac-
ter an opportunity "a NE objections to such Selet'
ton wish the ofiit-r, ol the 1. -. lani once, ~ IA
tiflnir, Dfrgo', within thirty iaNN after 'le Isih
iiN of NiN toua, ~ ~ cNtabll>h 'hrif interest
therein ~ the mineral character thereof,
: W, DAVIS, Register
First publication N,VtL ipai
Last par a. alton lun" IS, ,ulA
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TIMBER LAND ACT JUNE !, 1878. NOTICE For
PUBLICATION
United States Land Office.
Ia Gran Sc, oregon. {
Apf1 3gth fuo.

United States Land Ohce.
la t,rarie, oregon, (
April 18th, 1904 >
Notice /, hereby given that m compliance with the
proys ~ u e act OF congress oi June \. 1873, en-
titled IAN act the sale oi TIMER Lands 10 the states
pt California, oregon, nevada and waShlng'on Ter
ritorv ~ eSienieI To all the putlic lani states tN
az, Of August 4, t812.
HARRY X. BUNKER.
oi Sump,er. county OF Baker. state of Oregon. :
this iav tiled IN this Office his sworn statement ~
loso. tor the purchase oi the a -,
ana SWk y l. a ~ section No 20 IN TOWNSHIP
No. . south. range No. - EwM. ana Vii
offer proof 10 show that the Land sought Is more
valuable tor is TIMER stone than tor ngtoultuf"
purposes. ana to establish his claim to said land be
tore ChaS. n, Chance, /. =. Commissioner. o.
>umptet. Oregon. on saturday. the ioth iaN ol
July, 'goi.
He names - Witnesses Morris II. Allen. Thomas
Moore. Ralph Meat ani Van Reis,eief Mead
an ~ Numptcr. Oregon.
An, ana ~ persons claiming adversely the above
described lni> are requested 20 hlc their claims ~
this oii,c ON of tciotc Slii 10Th i1v ~ JuV tgoi
l.. W DAVIS Register
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21
MUST TRUST ROOSEVELT.
There IL No Other Alternative for the
Work In men.


Wage earners, though saying little, ar<
taking a deep interest in the campaign.
They have compared the records of the
two leading Presidential candidates, and
have found Parker wanting in sympathy
for the workingmen. Roosevelt's record
speaks for itself. lie has never lost an
opportunity to show, by word and deed,
that he is heart and soul in sympathy
with the toiler. In this connection the
following extract from an editorial in
the Western Laborer, of Omaha, one of
the best known organs of union labor in
the West, is interesting:
The workers Of the doubtful States must
trust Roosevelt because they know him
and because of what they know him to
have done usscmblymnn Mt Albany, ms
governor of New York and President of
the United States. II the workers In the
doubtful States will read Parker's letter
of acceptance they Will fall to lind any
comfort for labor In that, nnd will GER
tninly conclude that the long-looked-for
document is the work of designing knave
of n statesman, because 1t IL fiat, stale and
Improbable to the reader, closely resemb-
ling all his other expressions in which he
has expressed nothing tangible In my of
his promises or propositions, wherein moth
Ing Is but what Is not and the very fact
that the anti-union solid south Is anxious
for his control of the government should
be sufficient to alarm all liberty y-loving,
generous hearted md fairmindcd men.
We must trust Roosevelt. There is no
alternative for the workers of the United
Stutpa.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21
wATsoN.s VIEWS
The osor gian's Opinion of Roosevelt
and Parker.


and Parker.
\ Thomas +. Watson, the candidate OF
the Peoples party, is getting a great
deal of amusement out of what he calls
the independent side-show of his own,
OF which he is ''in full militant aggres-
sive control" He says he respects
Roosevelt and the Republicans because
they know what they want, are candid
in stating their position and fearless in
fighting for their principles. He prefers
Roosevelt to Parker, because the former
sis not seeking the support OF Bryan
Democrats upon false pretenses. He is
not playing a confidence game on the
negro question. He is not attempting
to win Jeffersonians by sham adher-
ence to Jefersoninn principles. He is
not in ambush; he is behind no blind !;
he stands out in the open and says to his
enemies: Here l am, Republican
who stands pat OH all existing conditions:
Ii you want fight. come on"
Mr.. Watson's letter is full Of vitriolic
contempt for Judge Parker as a weakling
and artful dodger. 1t ridicules his posi-
ton on the pension question and says
his pledge to revoke Order No. 7S
amounts to saying, Roosevelt did the
right thing, but not in the right way,
and il you will elect me President
will do the same thing in the proper
way"
AS to the Democracy itself Mr.. Wat
son asks:
"Who could put faith in the pledges
of the party which has so little unity
of conviction as the National Demo-
cracy?'
what party ever made and broke so
many pledges|
"What party ever changed its ground
so often?"
what other party ever unloaded all
of its principles at one quick throw
down as they did at St. Louis!'
Candor compels the answer "None."
It remains the party of nothing but big
professions, unfulflled promises and
pledges
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21
THE PARTY OF THE FLAG.

The old flags still n-waving, the stars
are clean and white,
The red and blue are cleaning, a joy
to every sight.
With drum beat and with trumpet, with
musket and with sword
The old flag came to being, each thread
with glory stored.
We held it high, triumphant, when il
was but Il rag.
And still we stnnd beneath it, the party
of the flag!
Tho old fng and its story! The old flag
and it's truth.
We wove 1t in the passions that marked
the nations youth;
We dyed 1t in the lifeblood of our heroic
sons;
1t wrapped the lnureled caskets of our
heroic ones.
/. waves to-day in honor from forepenk
and FROM crng.
And we stand proud beneath it. the party
of the nag.
The old nag and its honor. The old flns
and its pride.
1t shakes silent challenge whenever it's
defied:
1t whispers us blessing all through tho
starry night
1t sings a song Of safety when blazing
in the light.
1t bushes all contention, all blustcr and
all brag.
And we stand firm beneath it, the party
of the nag.
The old flag and its meaning! The story
1t hns made!
The story of brave nctinnA- nf soldiers
unafraf6
The story Of stern duty; of faith that
there should he
One land from south to northland, one
land from sea to sen.
We held It high, triumphant sh0t-rid-
died and rag;
And still we stand beneath it, the party
of the flag!
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21
THE big STICK" LIE.
NonpartIsau Tsstinos that Roosevelt
IL Leader Of Peace Moves ment.

NonpaFtsean festiHs osy that Roosevelt
IL Loader Of Peace Movement.
Apropos of the silly Democratic charge
that Mr.. Roosevelt is "war lord" 1t 10
interesting to note how the Interparlia-
mentary Union views the President. The
Union is composed of some of the lead
ing parliamentarians of Europe, who Wis
tied this country in the interest of inter
national arbitration and peace. The Wis
itors were entertained at luncheon by tho
National Civic Federation in New York
recently. Here is what Thomas Lough.
an Irish member of the Union. in pro-
posing a toast to the President of the
United States, said. as reported by tie
New York World, a newspaper that has
been picturing Mr.. Roosevelt US a veritA-
BILE god of war:
We, who are visitors here. after a few
days regard him an ruler of one Of the
mightiest powers OF the earth, who has
of peace than perhaps any other power
has taken. He is not only great ruler
himself. but is worthy representative Of
a great line of rulers who have done much
for the liberties of mankind.
w. Randall Cremer, a noted member
of the British Parliament, also praised
the President. The sOvereigns OF Eu-
rope, he declared, were ready to listen to
peace propositions" always with .
but" He then said:
Not 70 your young President; no. but.
but. but, with him In any of his utter
straight from the shouldcr-nobIe words
and we all rejoice In his statement Of Sat.
uriay and In his assurance that the great
United States will sign what we failed
eighteen years ago to get.
Others spoke in the same strain, giving
non-partisan testimony that President
Roosevelt has done more to aid the UNI
versal peace movement than any other
President.
The 'bg stick" bugaboo is not worry
ing anybody but those Democrats who
are foolish enough to think they can be-
guile the voters by mutilating the Presi-
dents speeches and twisting their mean
ing into the opposite Of what he said.
Democracy has never yet been able to
conduct an honest campnign. Hypocrisy,
deception and forgery are the chief tenets
of its creed.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21
FOR HOME AND FIREsIDE.
Lincoln siEned Homestead Law-Mn-
llaaa Ihua Becor,aa Esea haldeEa.

Lincoln Signed Homestead Law-M1-
lions Thus Become Fresholders.
The Homestead Law was passed by a
Republican Congress-Democrats oppos-
ing-and signed by President Abraham
Lincoln In 1862. 1t has proven to be
one of the most beneficial measures ever
enacted by Congress- or signed by a
President. 1t has largely populated the
West, up to date, with independent
home-owning citizens. 1t opened to i'm
mediate settlement millions of acres of
public domain, chiefly west of the Mis-
sissippi. Settlers rushed in from the
Eastern Stntes and from Europe. More
than any other influence, it has contrib
uted to the development of the Western
States and the rapid growth of the ma
ton.
The Democratic party was true to Its
policy of obstruction in this. as it has
been in every other measure intended
for the good of all the people. The first
bill, introduced in 1859, passed the
House by vote of 100 to 10. The Re-
publicans were supported by few scat
tering Northern Democratic votes, but
the Southern Democrats voted in body
against it. The Senate was then Demo-
cratic, and no vote was taken in the up
per house. In March. 1860, Mr.. Love-
joy reported the Grow Homestead bill,
and it was passed by 4 vote of 115 to
65; all of the Affirmative votes, except
one, being from the free States. The
Senate passed a different bill and there
was a conference which finally agreed
upon q modified bill. This was vetoed
June %, 1850, by the Democratic Presi-
dent, Buchanan.
In 1862, when the Republicans had
ma ajority Of 80 in the House and II In
the Senate, a new homestead bill was
passed and signed by President Lincoln.
as stated. The measure was framed by
Republicans and passed by Republican
votes. At the same session were passed
the acts establishing a Department Of
Agriculture and providing for agricul-
tural colleges. In 1864, 1870 and 1872
bills were passed by Republicans giving
Union soldiers special homestead priv
ileges. These measures encouraged thou
sands of soldiers who were discharged
in 1865 and 1866 to emigrate from the
Fast to such States as Iowa, Nebraska.
Kansas and the Dakotas, in the middle
West.
There are many and strong reasons
why the western farmers, ranchmen and
miners should vote the Republican ticket,
but the national Republican legislation
that gave homesteads to millions Is
enough, of itself, to bind the West ire
vocably to the Republican party.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21
Mec.rr.n and tn. others.

What started the trouble at Milhgan's
wake was that Casey brought bottle
of wood alcohol and drank it!
McCarren of Brooklyn has drunk 4
pint of wood alcohol, and that is ono
of the things that is accomplishing the
disntegration of lower New York poll
tics and will prevent the giving of tho
great foreign Democratic majority down
around Manhattan Island, which some
times offsets the vote throughout tho
State, where apple blossoms grow.
They are talking about "Odellism"
and factions in the Republican party.
Undoubtedly there are some differences
among the Republicans in New York.
But, as for preventing the accumulation
of votes the differences between the s
lent, fierce factions about Manhattan ISL
and among the Democracy may be said
to offset any differences in the Republi-
can situation.
Some one of the Democratic leaders
has admitted that Roosevelt could be
elected should n vote be taken to-day.
This is going to be one of the most gold
eli of Octobers, blending into a Novem-
Der when things will happen, and the
extent to which Roosevelt could be elect
ed to-day does not compare with that by
W which he will be elected on Nov. 8.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21
Lono Distance Chess.

Thousands of devotees play chess
by correspondence, and there Is a
game now going on between man in
Canton, o., and another in Warsaw,
Russia, that 1t will take several years
to complete, each move being sent by
postal card from one player to the
other. Gable matches are Of frequent
occurrence and many persons will re-
member the International game that
took place some years ago between a
team made up of members Of Con.
gress and one composed of members
of the House of Commons. During
that contest, one move was cabled
across the Atlantic and reply re-
ceived in forty seconds. And now that
wireless telegraphy has become fea-
ture of ocean crossing there are few
days when some big liner is not ex-
changing series of moves" with
sister ship.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21
THE POWER OF GRIT.
Make UP Your Mind to Task, and
You viii Do IL,

You viii Do IL.
To carry on the back a pack weigh
ing hundred pounds or more means
not only strong muscles but mastery
OF balance. In the Forest, Mr..
first time he did any packing he had
hard time stumbling few hundred
feet with Just fifty pounds on his
back. At the end OF that same trip he
could carry hundred pounds and
lot OF canoe poles and guns over
long portage without serious incon.
venience. Mr.. White says:
At first packing Is as near Internal
punishment as merely mundane con.
ditions can compass. Sixteen brand
new muscles ache. at first duly. then
sharply. then intolerably, until 1t
seems you cannot bear it another sec.
ond. At first you rest every time you
feel tired. Then you begin to feel very
tired every fifty feet. Then you have
to do the best you can, and prove the
pluck that is in you.
Mr.. Tom Friant, an old woodsman
of wide experience, has often told me
with relish of his first try at carrying.
He had about sixty pounds. and his
companion double that amount. Mr..
Friant stood 1t for what seemed like
a few centuries. and then sat down.
He could not have moved another
step II gun had been at his ear.
Whats the matter?" asked his
companion.
Del" said Friant, I'm all In. l
can't navigate. Here's where quit. :"
Cant you carry her any farther?"
mot an inch"
"Well, pile her on. I'll carry her for
you."
Friant looked at him a moment in
silent amazement.
DO you mean to say that you are
going to carry your pack and mine,
too?"
That's what mean to say. I'll do
it II have to-"
Friant drew a long breath. well, "
said he, at last, 'if little, sawed-off
chap like you can wiggle under q hun
dred and eighty, guess can make 1t
under sixty"
That's right" said Del, imperturb-
ably. 'If you think you can, you
can"
"And l did" ends Friant, with a
chuckle.
Therein lies the whole secret. The
work is irksome. painful, put II you
think you can do 1t, you can; for al
though great is the protest Of the hui
man frame against what 1t considers
abuse, greater still Is the power Of a
mans grit.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21
MINERS LIKE ROOSEVELT.
william Little TeIis Why the Prssi-
dent ehouid He Elected.

Democracy's campaign managers are
trying their utmost to show that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is not the friend of the
wage-earner, but are meeting with re-
bluffs on every hand. All the big, pros
porous labor organizations are non-par-
tisan, strictly ignoring politics as body,
but influential members are not chary in
expressing their views individually. Will
liam Little, member of the executive
board OF the United Miners of America,
is as careful an observer of public senti-
ment ms can be found in the great army
of toilers. He travels extensively, and
has become convinced. after talking with
representative labor unionists through
the country. that there is nothing or
nobody in it but Roosevelt" as he terse-
interview in the Labor World of Pitts
burg, printed in its issue of Sept. 2,
Mr.. Little says:
among those who do not take much Interest
In politics as well MS among those who do.
Roosevelt will certainly hive big vote
among the workingmen for 1t Is their firm
conviction that he Is their friend. And let
me remark TINT he is true friend have
watched his policy toward organized labor
ever since he became n public man, and be-
yond all doubt he is In sincere sympathy
with the man who works for wages. There
is no denying TINS fnCt. lie may not De
able to secure all that we reasonably need,
but we can depend upon 1t that he will get
US more than any other man know of.
l am aware that among the workingmen
Democratic or Republican tickets. They
will vote for some radical candidate. Let
me point out n great truth and 1t Is this:
let us cast 1t for Roosevelt. To vote for
the Socialist ticket is wasting vote. for
there is no possible chance for other than
nnn ~ RpUubllcuU candidate be-
Ing elected. 1t Is simply contest be.
tween Parker and Roosevelt and we all
know that Teddy has been our friend and
will remain so. We don't know what Par
ker is, but he cannot be any better than
Roosevelt. and there are 30 chnnces to 1
against his being ms good. 1t Is our duty,
therefore, to use our votes In a way that
they will do most good. We can do this by
voting for Roosevelt.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21

preached him, that basilisk gaze be-
fore which the hearts OF strong men
have often turned to water.
But the child was in nowise abashed.
"Pick up my ball." she said impera-
lively. Lord Kitchener frowned and
answered not.
"Pick up my ball." reiterated the
small damsel insistently.
Haven't you got nurse?" said
Lord Kitchener In an awful voice.
The intcrrogative mood was an
swered by the imperative.
"Pick up my BALI"
Lord Kitchener looked round de-
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21
TO MEASURE STAR DISTANCE.
sessel Solves Problem by Finding
Quantity Of ParaIIaetIe Change.

Bessel Solves Problem BY Finding
Quantity Of ParaIIaetie Change.
What is the length of this room?
Anyone can make this simple meas
urement with two-foot rule. How
far is 1t from this house to the end
of the street? This question also can
be answered easily with surveyors
tape-measure. But how many people
ever think of the possibility of meas
uring the distance of an inaccessible
object? To discover how far away
thing is. when We cannot reach 1t in
order to measure the distance-this Is
a problem of very different kind.
And when the distant goal of those
luminous stars from which we are
sundered by the profound depths Of
space; when that object is not only
supremely inaccessible. but also re-
mote to degree nearly as infinite as
the human mind can grasp-in such
a case the problem of distance is not
merely one OF attractive difficulty; 1t
is one that stirs the imagination
strongly.
Bessel was the first to solve this
observational problem. His method
was S1nple enough. we uSSo seen
that the actual quantity of parallactic
change in a stars position diminishes
with the stars distance. Consequent
ly we have but to measure the
amount of this change In order to
have at once an estimate of the stars
distance.
So Bessel selected his star on &C.
count of its large motion as indicated
by the older star catalogues. His
method of observation, like every
method destined for conspicuous sue
cess, was perfectly simple. Two small
auxiliary stars were selected near the
one under observation for parallax.
Every observing night Bessel meas
ured the exact distance on the face
of the sky between each small star
and the parallax star.
He Judged quite correctly that these
two insignificant objects must really
be almost infinitely far from us. II
such was the case they must be per-
fectly free from any appreciable paral-
Tactic shift, even according to the
Copernican theory. If, on the other
hand, the suspecter star really is near
us, 1t must suffer parallactic changes,
and these must make 1t appear to
swing back and forth during the year
between the two auxiliary stars
Harper's Weekly.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21

TINT ''rhe apprehension which now pre-
walls in business circles and the present
unsatisfactory industrial condition of the
country. seems to demand u political
change"
The official announcement that the
stockholders of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company now number 44.9o0-an
increase of 81 per cent. since May, 1907
is a significant bit of testimony in
new quarter to the fact that here in the
United States not only is wealth increns-
ing, but that it is being more generally
and widely distributed than ever be-
fore.
More men receiving larger wages.
more stockholders getting better diyi-
dends. is the condition as regards the
railroads of the United States now as
compared with four and eight years ago.