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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-01
COUNCIL NET AND READ
EXPERT REPORT on SEWER
Eben Mounce Was Elected Councilman of First
Ward to Fill Unexpired Term of
J.B. West Resigned

from the fact that the contractors de-
sired time to look over the report be-
fore accepting the city's final manifesto1
on the matter.
The only question which came up
for discussion with relation to the re-
port was an item Of $3.50 which was al
lowed in the report Of the experts and
which a member Of the council thought
that it should be first determined who
was responsible for the additional item
of expense. The item was bill OF
extra work on the trunk line which was
necessitated by. taking up line which
had been laid crooked. 1t was con-
cluded to make little investigation on
the matter and Inspector Pointing, En-
gineer Maxon and Mr.. Naylor were ex-
amined and it then became the ques-
ton of who changed the line Mr..
Naylor contended that the city was
responsible while Mr.. Pointing con-
tended that the contractors We're re-
sponsible. The entire matter was
finally disposed of by referring the
matter to the sewer committee who
will today confer with the contractors
with a hope that a final adjustment
may be made. The report of the ex-
perts were placed on file. The council
will meet tonight to settle the matter
and expect to accept the sewer and
| discharge the contractors.
City Attorney Mcfarland presented
! 1x-hich road one
ordinance governing house and drain
age connections with the Normal Hill
| sewer and the other an ordinance Gre
| ating the ONCE OF city sewer inspector
| It was decided to make several changes
and the latter ordinance changed Il
1 combine this ONCE with that Of inspec'
tor Of drainage and plumbing which
office Is already provided for in thu
new building ordinance. The new or
dinances will be presented to the coun
Gil tonight.
The matter Of electing a councilman
from the First ward to succeed J.
West recently resigned came up an
Eben Mounce and L. E. Forbes wer
nominated. vote was taken Mounc
receiving four and Forbes one vote
Mr.. Mounce was declared duly electe
to the position and will take his sea
this evening.
The report Of the sewer committe
on their investigation on the Norma
Hill sewer system was read and places
on file. The report Of the experts ma
ha found in detail In another column
of the Teller.
The council adjourned to meet TIL
| evening.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-01
PERSONAL

W. A. Wellman of Orofino is in the
city on business.
VIII Keller returned this morning
from business trip to Melrose.
Attorney John A. Baglev left this
morning for his home in Boise.
Fred Boyes left this morning for
Boise where he will reside in the flu
ture.
Joe Lane. manager Of the Idaho
Store company, at Kamiah is in the
city on business.
S. P. Fitzgerald left this morning on
business trip to the Palouse coun-
try and Spokane.
Martin Shaughnessy of st. Paul is
In Charleston visiting with his son r.
P. Shaughnessy.
Major Manning returned this morn
ing from Orofino where he has been
transacting business
c. G.. Hickok, who is well known in
this city. arrived here last evening
from Portland on business.
Mr.. c. w. Mount. general agent OF
the o. R. & n, left this morning on a
business trip to Portland.
Mrs. VIM. Deary who has been Wis.,
iting her sister Mrs. James AspOas lief,
for her home in Spokane this morning
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-01
HERE IN LEWISTON
,..ssses sss.sse

. . .
500 Plano Free North Star & Blue
Front.
Largest stock Of clocks In town, at
Hames'.
DR.. w. F. Galbraith. dentist, Adams
block Phone so6.
The Tsceminicum club will meet to-
morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with
Miss Binnard at her home in First av-
enue
There will be a dance at Bradford's
new hall in Charleston on next Friday
night April Sth. for the benefit of the
Charleston public library. Good music
will be in attendance.
Largest stock Of chains and rings at
cut rate prices at Hames. .
For sewing by the day, see Mrs.
Knapp at 456 Ninth street. st
Let us collect that account for you.
Parks & Merrill, 81 Adams block.
Special sale on burnt wood and wood
to burn at Mrs. L. Hos1ers. 226 Main
A special price will be given on side
walk lumber this week. DO not fail
to place your order now. Lewiston
Lumber company. limited.
w. H. Moore. alias Lousy, Bill was
taken by an attendant yesterday morn.
ing over the o. r. & N. bound for
Bhckfoot where he will be placed In
the state asylum for the insane.
County Treasurer Hastings has re.
ceived from the state 800 for school
district joint II and $500 for schoo
district number Is which money IL
from the state lands and for which
sums these districts were bonded.
For sale-s.oeo fence posts. Clear.
water Fuel Co.. Butterfield 4 Jensen
Mar.2S-1m
Notes and bills OF all kinds collected
BY Parks & Merrill. Room 81. ADAM
block.
H. Cramer has reopened the Glob'
( restaurant at So Third street and ha.
fitted up the dining room in neat style
; He expects to furnish meals at al
hours and says that he will run first
<class place.
I The beautiful interior Of the Vale!
Lumber company Office Is now com
pleted and the firm expect to move il
within the next few days. The finish
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-01
COMING EVENTS

,,av night, April 1.-The @. A. T.
o,ub will meet with Mrs. E. A.
Coz.
.,,rday afternoon April 2.-The
;,,icum club will meet at the
50 Of Miss Anna Binnard at 2:3O
o'clock.
saturday. April 2.-There will be a
,.Sate in this city between members of
.SoIewiston State Normal and Cheney
cote Normal schools.
r.;dav night, April s.-The Ladies
,ha Maccabees will give a social hop
the hall over the Cash Hardware
store.
Wednesday, May 11.-There will be
an adjourned meeting of the Clear
later Implement Dealers association
In this city.
Wednesday, May 1S.-The republican
,vention to name delegates to the
uot,onal republican convention will be
held In Pocatello.
Wednesday, August 1o.-The repub-
ucan state convention will be held In
Moscow.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-01
Furniture for Sale

At Great Standardization sets,
formerly used in Raymond hotel. APP
ply at Raymond hotel Office from 10 to
IL daily. while it lasts. Don't miss this
chance while it lasts bring your wag-
ons. tt
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-08
Wednesday, June 8. l1o4

If this system was strictly adhered to
the mining industry would be on
firmer financial basis at the present
time.
It is always in the power OF the
investing public to better conditions
in their particular field. If invest
ors would refuse to invest In stocks
wherein the promoters we're In posi-
tion to unload at the first good OPP
portunity, companies formed along
these lines would soon be compelled
to go out of business. Not only
would the promoters find It necessary
to work alnog more conservative
business lines, but the entire busi-
ness would soon respond to the
change aud capital for Investment
would be more easily secured for the
mining industry.
The cut rate broker would also
lind that under the new system there
would be no demand for his kind
Offices. lie would find that every
stakeholder had the same confidence
In the future of the enterprise as
did the officers and promoters OF the
company. As "A result tn ere would
not he the large blocks Of promotion
and treasury stock thrown on the
market as there Is at the present
time. Ervery day the mining in
dustry Is getting nearer the point
where IL will be on just as firm and
substantial basis as is any business
house in the country. 1t Is mp to
the investor To demand that the pro-
motion stock of companies he invests
in be pooled. II this stock Is not
pooled he should refuse to invest. --
Pacific Oil Reporter.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-08
SCHEME FOR SHUTTING
OUT CUT.IHR0AItRS

The ideal mining company of to-
day is the one in which the pro-
mnters show their faith in the future
ot the enterprise by pooling the pro-
motion or so-called common stock
until the company has been financed,
or until ltlsa dividend payer. II
all the companies selling stock would
compel the promoters tn pool their
stock until the proposition Was on
II dividend paying basis, or Was
financed there would he but very
small field for the cut rate broker
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-08
Concerning The Bellevue.

j, fl, Parker, the Baker city
banker, Who owns heavy interest in
the Bellevue mine has gone TO Salt
Lake. aud from reliable a1viccs II
l. learned that the long pending deal
for "A reorganization of the mine is
nearing cuusummntiuu. Fred CHOell,
another heavy owner, Is home from
California and Is expected 20 pass
through Sumpter Tuesday on his way
Go the property,
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-08

Dor cost may change, freight and
smelter charges may alter, copper,
silver and lead prices vary, supplies
fuctuate in price, floods and fires
and cares may come. All these are
risks.
Geographically. one may say that
the chances are an ore body will con-
tinue. But no one can accurately
say what its value will be. In min
ing there is a profit of 800 per cent,
while manufacturing ranges from 0
to 25 per cent profit, with failures of
80 per cent
Low grade properties are the best
money makers. They necesitate large
capital for operating, but they are
sure. Investors are looking for
properties Of this kind and not for
mines carrying narrow seams of high
grade ore. Low grade mines, as IA
rule. are more satisfactory, aud
yield. in the aggregate. much larger
returns. journal for Investors.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-08
NOTICE,
United States Land Once. !
la Granie. Oregon. April 2S. 1904.

Notice is hereby given that Edward b. Perrin.
whose postoihce address ,s Williams, Arizona. ey
Seymour n. Bell his attoreey In tact. whose POST
ssth iay OF April. 1904. make application to select
under the Act oi June 4. 1907 (io STAT. iol. the
following described tract oi Land IN Baker county
Oregon, in the la Granie. Oregon land district
to-wit'- . ,,
The y W a OF the N w; the N = OF the w
!. ana the - W y OF the w = OF section ~, lp'
o south range " East OF the Willamette Meridian
That the purpose OF this notice is To allow all per-
sons claiming the selected lands under the mining
laws or desiring show IL To re mineral In charac-
ter an opportunity te objections To such selection
With the officers OF the United States Land once
AZ la Granie. Oregon. within thirty DAYS after the
.th iay OF Man, 1000, 81 as 20 esiahliSh helr
interest therein OF the mineral character thereof
l.. w. DAVIS, Register
Date Of FIRST publication MAY A,I9I
Date of last public alton June 8, 1904,
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-08
STORY OF VIRGINIA CITI'S
MAD. DtllRlOUS PRIME

This Is u story without "A moral.
\ true tale, however, aud treasured
in the archives of the Washoc club as
an argument in favor of poker and
hard liuuor aud an illustration of
how things sometimes happened In
Virginia City's mad, delirious prime.
The hero of this chapter from the
early seventies was W. Il. Thornberg.
who twenty years before had made
name for himself as sehriif of luba
county. lie il dead now, but the
story Of how his fortune was founded.
the tale without n mora, still lives.
Thornbcrg had been speculating In
Savage. His little all WAS tied mp
in the stock, which was steadily
dropping In value. As the stock =
worth wnned the greater waxed
Thorubcrg's disgust at his choice of
Investment.
"I'm going tn sell my Savage
right away" hc told u friend. "lt
goes lower and lower aud first thing
| know IL won't bring enough tn buy
mo "A ticket To san Francisco. "
On his way to order the sal" of his
stock, however, Thornborg dropped
in To the Washoe club, where he WAS
persuaded tn take hand In u poker
game The game proved fascinating.
II continued all night, went along
without interruption until the next
days sun arose and was still going
when darkness once more fell. AZ
hc played. Thornberg drank whiskey.
The strain of the game, lack of sleep
aud the generous flow of liquor wore
him out aud when ~ went To bed II
was To sleep the round of the clock.
Upon awakening his first thought
was of his stock Its pinched ont
hy this tmie au m busted sure. ;" he
soliloquizcd as he hathed his aching
hend aud prepared 10 visit his broker
aud learn the worst
Soon after Thornberg started Ia
play poker rumors of n strike III
Savage had reached Virginia city.
The dropping stock revived. The
rumor was confirmed. The stock
went up hy leaps aud bounds. When
Thoruhcrg returned To earth II wa'
uuuted AT S3uu share and when b,
sold his holdings Melted him nearly
SaiO, uOO. Snu Francisco Call,
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-08
NOTICE.
United States Land Once.


Notice Is hereby given that Edward Is Pefrn'
whose po.,ot,ce address Is Williams. Arizona. by
SEYMOUR n, Bell his attorney In fact. whose pos
once address Is Sump,er. Oregon did on the 9TH dav
,c, of June A. 1907 (,o Stat. ,o) the following de-
serhed tract ot land In Baker county. Oregon. In
the La Grande. Oregon. land district to'wit
The southeast quarter OF the northwest quarter oi
section Twenty one (si). Township Nine 20 south.
Range Thirty seven (37) East OF the Willamette
Meridian.
Tha, the purpose OF this notice Is 10 allow all per-
sons claiming the selected lands. under the mining
laws or desiring TO show II TO he mineral In ehafae-
ter an opportunity 10 file objections To such selee-
ton with the officers OF the L, ~ Land Once. al Ia
Granie. Oregon. within thirty DAYS after the i2'h
day oi May. IGoa, 10 establish their interest
therein or the mineral character thereof,
I. w. DAVIS, Register.
First publication May ~. 1904.
Last publication June IS. 1904
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-08
THE NtBRASKANS
ARE ENTHUSIASTIC
Return From Quartzburg
Loaded With Samples
And Enthusiasm.

David l.. Kijlen, of the killen,
Warner. Stewart company, returned
today from trip to the Standard
mine at Quartzburg, fle was accom-
panied by his brother, Sam ID.
Killen. whose home IL at Beatrice,
Nebraska, and by }. NJ. Vanberg. the
Nebbraskabanker. who Is here to look
over the Sumpter- Bourne railway
pi oiect The party returned from
Quartzburg loaded down with sam.
pies aud enthusiasm. The former
was of the $500 per ton kind and the
latter was of such variety as would
naturally result therefrom.
"rhe Standard looks good.' said
the Honorable David. "Four shifts
of men are working and some crackin'
fine ore Is being taken from the face
of the main Standard tunel. The
Willie Boy drift Is also In great ore.
II would do your heart good to go In
the mine
Sam Killen. who still persists In
asserting that he IL u younger and Il
handsomer man than than Dave, said
To The Miner mau this afternoon:
81 don't pretend to know whole
lot about mines, but when | see sue h
ore and such assays Of oIe taken
from IA property as big as the Stand
ard, IL IL conducive to IA deep and
abiding fnith. We chaps in the
Middle West read much about eastern
Oregon mines, but all | have read
and all have heard pales into in
signi iicance compared with what
have seen on this trip"
Mr.. Vanberg said. "There's
simply got To be railroad from
Snmpter into the heart of these vari-
ous mining camps. whose contiguity
contribute to the greatness Of the
Sumpter district. The town de-
mands il and the mines compel It,.
Over there In QuartZburn are some of
the biggest copper. gold and cobalt
mines in the west, which simply
clamor for the construction of railway
/ lines-just as the Cracker Creek
J string of mother lode bonanzas de
mand the building of the Bourne
! line. This country is rich in proven
mineral resources. Railroad builders
can figure To n cent In traffic. Ii
isn't matter of estimating; it isn't
IA matter of euessw The field Is
here aud the railways IL local con
ditions are favorable, will follow just
so sure as death and taxes.
Both MIR. Van berg aud MIR. killen,
the younger, depart eel for Baker
City this afternoon en route to thei'
\pLranka homes,
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-08
DAY IS PAST FOR
MINING fAK|R
Industry is Now Firmly
founded on a Legiti.
mate Basis.

with the present legitimate Dasls
upon which mining IL founded, there
II no longer need for methods to
carry on the business that borders
along the shores of charlatanism.
The days Of lucky finds are past, but
the days that call for skill. technical
ability and the employment of rare
business judgment have arrived.
These conditions arise from the i'm
proved methods In processes In hand
ling orcs. from the rnpid changes
that have evolved n better and higher
class of machinery To bring results
and the crowding 10 the wall of that
class of persons who look upon min
ING M the one branch Of commerce
hat could be- used 10 cover plans that
could not stand the light 0f inspcc-
tiuu. The business of mining calls
for men of scientific attuinmcnts aud
requirements, those possessing an
under standing of the best aud most
practical methods of applying their
know ledge. The opinion long existed
that mining IL but one gigantic gam
bile no longer IL tennblc.
No branch of business calls for u
greater amount at skill from the
skilled mechanic. down To the man
who hits the drill. No business pays
larger or better wages aud none IL ns
remuncrntivc To the sober and In
dustrious. The average bnnk cashier
does not rank In compensation with
the manager of developed properties.
while forcmeu and assayers earn per
duy more thnn any bank clerk could
think of being pnid. with expansion
OF the business, demand Is greater for
those possessing talent, aud M class
of business oiicrs ns rare opportunity
for advancement ~ does that ot min
ing. ns mining no longer IL roman
tic dream.
f.xasgcrution IL not needed III
mining, for IL "A piosp"ctor hns
property that is developed and shows
value aud possess virtue. the truth
ahou, hi- ledge Is sufficient. Capital
will nud the commercial worth, ~
talent oi "A high order IL employed
Ia make examinations. \ prospectol
may dcluhc himself into thinkinl
that his riches ran into the billions,
hut the cold mathematical problem
of n trained expert when applied t'
the property viii bring the real Goa
ditions Into prominence. Hence I
becomes necrsasary for owners Ia d,
yelop toa greater depth, as this l.
what the iutcllignu Investor de
mauds. Capital today Is seekiu.
good properties, hut II Is not con
trncting with the enthusiast oi th
boomer, who sees TIN ough glasses col
orod hy his uWip conceptions a
wealth that his ground possibly ma
contain.
To he able 10 calculate the valu
oi "a mining property, a. one Wuul
determine the ground To tie move
ON "A railroad, l. rarely possible
Every ease must he Judged iudlvldu
ALLY, for no two are alike. Will
Tonnage may la estimated I'm man
eases accurately, values are not p
easily fixed There are commerclu
risks ina mining which cumno, he nc
curntrly measured, amy more tina
they can Zee ia manufacturing In
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-08
Harry K. BUNKER.

OF Sumptcr county OF Baker, state OF Oregon. has
ihi> 5ay hlci IN this once his sworn statement No
;osQ, tor the purchase OF the y a,
ani SWl. = / a of section No % in township
No. south range No - EWN, ana will
ouer proof to show that tie land sought Is more
auabe tor its timber on stone than for agricultural
rurpoSeS ami 70 establish ms claim TO said land be-
lore Cha>. n. Chance. |, y. Commissioner, al
>umpter. Oregon. on SATURDAY. the roth DAY OF
JDN ,sq~-.
N ,oie Ralph Mead. ana Van Reisselaer Mead,
aI ~ Sumpier, Oregon.
ANY ANA au persons claiming adversely me aooNe-
described lands are requested to re their claims IN
ths ONCE On OF before sara ltth taN OF July, 1904
& W DAVIS PegiS'er.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-08
TIMBER LAND ACT JUNE 8 ls1s-soTlct FoR
PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office.
La Grande, oregon.

April 2sth. 1904
Notice iS hereby given that m compliance with the
provisions OF the at oi congress OF June y 1875 en-
titled An ior the sale OF umteI lands IN the states
of California. oregon, Nevada ana Washington Ter
rtorv ~ eNteniei 10 all the Public Land states by
at OF August 4, IS9s,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-20
OF INTEREST TO CAIRO.

The people of Cairo will be interest
ed in the announcement by Mr.. Mel
Vile E. Stone. general manager Oh
the Associated Press. tina. the press
censorship SO long exercised by the
Russian government has at last been
removed. The result was obtained
entirely through tbs efforts OF MT
Stone himself.
The press censorship has for years
closed the doors Of Russia against
the news agencies of he world. II
was a false and short-sighted policy
of Russian craftsmanship which tend'
ed to suppress truth and TO put upon
all information from the Russian cap
ital a large element of doubt
when the hos.ilities between Rus
sia and Japan broke out the injustice
Of the press censorship al St Peters
burg became so apparent and worked
such a hardship that Mr.. Stone de
termined TO make an effort TO break
IL He made a special visi. to the
Russian capital and thrice armed
with reason and justice, he succeeded
in convincing the car that the cen
sorship was an injustice against th'
great nations Of the world who wer'
deeply interested in .he progress o
the war. Il is to the credit II th'
car that he saw the reasonablene
Of The contention. and the result wa
tha. with his word Of approval. Rus
sia's news doors were opened 90 IN
world. The truth now comes fTon
st Petersburg. taking the place o
garbled accounts Of internal matters
I generally written acrOas the border
BIZ unfriendIy pens. This means tina
Russia as she Is viii be known TO th
. western world.
Il is a great triumph for the world
progress. ami Mir. Stone deserves II
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-20

ternational praise for his wcrk.
This is OF direct interest 70 the peo'
ple of Cairo, because they now ge.'
delivered at their very doors each
morning ANA evening, through the me
dunn of the Morning Bulletin ana
the Evening News, the latest and
most reliable war dispatches from INC
very fount OF all authority ne war
Offices at st. Petersburg ana TOXIC.
The Bulletin ana the News receive
the same dispatches as those reeeiV.
ed by the great dailes of the iarSfI
cities, and the readers of .hese Two
papers are thus enabled 70 READ ~
Inc same time the people OF New
York, Washington and all the great
cities are reading the latest war news
from the east No oshcr papers ~
Cairo get, or can get. this service
The day ana night franchises OF tAe
Associated Press are owned exclusive
ly in this city by Tho Bulletin ana
the Evening News.
The Associated Press stands alone
and unrivalled, as the greatest and
mos. perfect ncwsgathefing organ
ization in the world. Its wires AMI
cables stretch to the remotcst paris
Of civilization. to every capital ana
every important city.
This means great dea! @ CAIRO,
for it shows the progress and adj
yancement of the town. The reading
public of this city no longer have to
wait for the ST. Louis AMI Chicago
papers to reach here, six TO ten hours
after they are published, in order .
get the news of the world. The DAYS
Of the old horseback news service
have passed in Cairo, as they are rap
idly passing everywhere.
Therefore, II you want the news
while it Is news las IL comes direct
from the great cities and news CEN
tiers of the world, you viii find i eY-
ary morning in the year in the Morn
ing Bulletin and every afternoon eN-
.ept Sundays in the Evening News.