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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31
MAY Build This fall.

Joseph West, chief engineer OF the
Sumpter Valley, and II. Belknap, a
prominent lum herman of Ogden, went
through to Baker from Upton this
afternoon. Mr.. Belknap is making a
general visit to eastern Oregon. Re
garding the John Day extension, Mr..
West says he is to meet President
Eccles In Baker and the matter OF
building this fall will be decided
upon. Some grading. however, has
been done beyond Upton, aud the
survey is we'll under way.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31
HIGH GRADE ORE AT Tilt
MOUNTAIN MEADOW NINE

A. w. Ellis is exhibiting some
very fine gold sulphide ore today
which came from the Mountain
Meadow, over IN the Rock Creek dis
trict. There are four claims In the
group owned by Mr.. Ellis, George
Turner aud the Biswell estate.
The ore shown by Mr.. Ellis Is
very high grade. 1t came from two
foot streak In the main drift.
Some high assays have previously
been received from this property.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31
PREHISTORIC WATER DAM
on STRAWBERRY BUTTE

A traveller returning from the John
Day today and passing through to
Baker City on his way east tells re-.
markable story of q discovery made
In the Strawberry Butte region.
His name is Christopher Il. Vernel.
son, aud he halls originally from
Albany, New York. lie has been
looking after mining interests In the
Quartzburg district. Relative to his
discovery he says:
'In company with several mining
men, friends aud acquaintance OF
mine, l journeyed through the vari.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31
RUSHING WORK AT
BLUE BIRD MILL

o. G. Wright, general manager OF
the Blue Bird, returned last night
from this property.
Millwright Potter, OF Baker City,
and a full force Of men are there on
the mill construction. The object
Is to push the work to completion.
The plant will probably be finished
in thirty days. OF course. 1t can
not be definitly stated, but the
present progress Of the work looks
like It can be completed In this time.
A big force from the Virtue mine
was brought In to do the work, and
no time will be lost.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31
JONAPAn AND G0lDflflD
AT POINT 0flSTARvATION

Reno, Nevada, August 25.--CIoud'
bursts and washouts In Tonopah and
along the lines of the Tonopah aud
Carson Il Colorado railroad were the
most disastrous in the history OF
these districts. On the Tonopah road
all OF the track rebuilt after the last
washout has been swept away, aud 1t
will be q week before any traffic can
be resumed. At Walker Lake. near
Hawthorne, the track is under three
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31
MAY QUEEN MILL
STARTED YESTERDAY

John Thomson, manager Of the
May Queen, returned from the mine
today and left for Baker City. b.,
The mill, Mr.. Thomson says, was
started yesterday for the purpose Of
making a test run. There are be.
tween 300 aud 400 tons OF ore on the
dumps aud tho plant will probably
be kept In operation for the next
thirty day. The May Queen has u
ten stamp mill.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31
lawtOn Sold by Sheriff.

The property. of the. Lawton In
vestment company was sold ut
sheriG's sale last Saturday to j.. j
Summerville for $4,000, on an exc.
cution to satisfy u judgement In
favor of Lima II. Sturgis. The prop
erty sold includes the townsite Of
Lawton, u boom town In the Green.
horn mountains two miles west of
Granite Canyon City Eagle.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31

Seymour Bell has returned from
trip to La Grande, where he went tn
look over the official plats Of the
quarter of u million acres Of land re-
Gently withdrawn from the temporary
forest reserve. lie says that very
much the larger portion OF II has
ar leady been entered; many home
steads, some desert. aud timber
claims aud few tracts have been
script. There are very few quarters,
comparatively speaking, that will
tempt settlers to file.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31

+. NJ. Riley. of Des Moines, Iowa.
who 10 with the Killeu, Warner.
Stewart company, aud DIR. j. l..
Williamson, also of Des Moines, left
today for the Standard. DIR.
Williamson came In several days ago,
but owing to sickness could not
visit the property sooner. he says
bis Iowa friends pin absolute faith
In the Standard and Its management.
They have no doubt as to the ulti-
mate outcome of the property.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31

WANTED-Twenty cords OF black
or yellow pine, f0ur-foot cord wood.
Enquire Miner office.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31

The Miner does job printing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-17
GERMAN ARMY ABUSES
Kurt MuitulI Declares Stories
Are Not ROmanCeS.
OFFICERS ARE BRITISH
Everything Centers About the
Army and All Know 1t.

Kurt Matull, writing for the New York
Evening Post, says:
Something new in the way of literature
is now on the top wave of popularity in
Europe and has begun an invasion of the
United States-the German military ro-
nance. Writers of great renown-Count
de Baudissin, for instance-teIl OF the
proudest army of Europe stories that
read like a new chapter OF the history Of
Emperor Nero. If these stories are to be
believed. the nthe German officers for the
most part are a brutal horde. the mem
bers Of which arrogate to themselves
rights that are usually associated only
with the Almighty. Are these stories
really true?
1t is the purpose of this article to treat
the subject critically and dispassionately.
At the outset the principle is laid down
that militarisn develops and fosters the
instinct of brutality and that in the lands
where ii thrives we find il insolent
naughty, and contemptuous of the rights
Of the weak. And such land is Ger
many. Let US look al the effects of mill
tarism. dominant and rampant. upon the
character of her officers.
First of all. il must be understood that
there are different classes of German OF
fcers. II is strange but true that while
, all should be comrades, serving the same
Emperor. subject To the same regulations
and with the same honor 10 defend they
are divided into groups. with radical diff
ferences The officers themselves have
distinctive characters: not in their grades.
no. but in their noble birth and the class
if1cation Of their regiments. First in rank
is the nobility. then the noblemen. then
the wealthy civilian, then the poor civil
chi After this classification comes the
regulation concerning the rank and prec-
edence of the regiments-cavalry. foot
artillery. train AS though this were not
enough. the highest class of all these
regiments is the Imperial Guard All this
is hard to understand in a republican
government. The naval officers are not
included in the above. and it is a signia-
cant fact that the German Emperor pre-
fers them TO officers Of the army
The common way to become an officer
In the German army is this: The can6i-
date for commission is required to
prove that his family name is untalnted
by the least suspicion CT any offense
against the state and that his father is
able TO furnish security for certain sums
10 be contributed yearly towards his sup
port. The candidate himself must be
free from any suspicion of d;sloyalty TO
the monarchy. and he must have classi-
cal education
Such is the foolish worship OF caste in
Germany. that when a family OF what
may be called the citizen class becomes
able 10 boast that one OF its members Is
an officer in the army, IL is thereby ex-
allied above all others. And this endeavo-
after distinction is the prolific breeder Of
1sa1ousies and heart burnings, and has
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-17
TO HEAD OFF SANTA FE.
Southern Pacific Pays $f.25o.OOo for
Isolated Narrow Gauge Line.

San Francisco. April ls.-The Chronicle
saws: II is now well established that
the Southern Pacific company made a
purchase ito or three months ago Of
the North Short line from SanszAto to
Caszade-o. The principal Object Of the
bsr co-no-at.on IL absorbing this isolated
narrow gaage li1e is said 20 have 70
secure the waiter front at Saaszlito and
head of the Santa Pc from possible
bay terminal for It's contemplate aeS
line down from Eureka 10 San Fra1c-soo-
The road Is supposed 20 represent 81
Investment OF about S.-z5o.eln but as a AT
VA property il IS conssrvatsFeiy F@4Sed
a; $50 10 independent Of any prospective
value AZ Bay terminal may have II
* alSo understood that the Southern Pa
ei-ic has acquired or Will scon control
the California Northwestern running
from TSburoa 10 Ukiah- a broad gusss
line Of considerable more Importance thai
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-17

Thus it is that disconnected men of for
| eign feeling compo sethe greater part of
/ the Imperial Guard-the pride of Ger
many. What a commentary upon mill
tarism gone mad, The chasm that sep
arates the common soldier from the Off
| Ger is so great that it could not possibly
be greater between human beings 1t is
these officers who are today the hen oes
of the military romances that have Great
ed such a sensation in Europe Their
rule is that of the feudal sword-law aris-
/ tocracy of the Middle Ages with all it's
shocking brutality. They have arfOgat-
cd to themselves powers of life and death
, over their fellows which every normal
man must view with adherence
If an officer of the Imperial Guard looks
with contempt upon a brother officer of
the line because his family is OF the citi-
zen class, what sort of treatment from
such hands can the common soldier ex-
pect? The poor fellows sole duty is:
obey like the miserable eur that you
are! And it is because of this treatment
that German authors have brought it to
the attention of the world Are they
true? Horrible dictum. They are true. If
l did not know many who today are of
ficers of the Imperial Guard l should
not write as l do. When | was d school
boy and they were schoolboys / had a
foretaste of their future treatment OF
their men.
As young boys with the little word
won before their names, they received
preferential treatment from the teachers,
and the sons Of citizen families had TO
permit these boys 10 treat them with in
science and contempt. As school com
rades they let the citizen boys know what
to expect Of them as military men. And
if their bearing with the sons of citizens
was intolerable what must be the fate
OF, the sons of poor workmen and farmers
who are now in their power?
The last years in Germany have witness
ed a food of revolutionary votes which
can be ascribed mainly 10 the insuffer-
able arrogance of the army officer. As
has been said. miHtarisnl develops the
instinct of brutality. II is probable that
brutality cannot be eradicafed from the
German army until the Democratic spirit
triumphs: but while laws and command
rlents can do little many who have heard
so much ABOUT Emperor Williams per-
spicacity will wonder at his failure 10
perceive that this cancer or the body OF
his army calls for heroic remedial meas
ures such as he. with his great energy.
might bring TO bear before it is too lats
Today all the civilized nations look upon
the German officer with dtsrespect. and
oal ythe emperor can save his officers
from themselves We who are his ad-
rnirers. hope 10 hear that he has taken
action
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-17
Conway SPRINGS STAG Club.

Last Monday twelve of Conway
Springs brightest young fellows met at
the Star office and perfected an organ
iZation to be known rs the s. T. A e.
club. Their name IS a secret" and the
Intelligence gained by these four letters
Is all that an outsider has by which TO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-17

the North Shore. BY taking over the
California Northwestern the Southern
Pacific would again be anticipating the
Santa Fe and keeping il out Of a pos
sible purchase of a convenient bay ter
minal for its Eureka line
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-17

determine the purpose or motto OF the
club,
But judging from the royal entertain
ment given the J. \ +. girls Friday
night il is concluded that their one OH
ject is to show tho leap year club a
merry time
The following is the list Of officers:
president Claude Z. Kier; vice president.
Richard Baltimore. secretary. Delton
Spar. treasurer, - Mcfarland; sergeant
Walter Guard.
London. the greatest diamond market Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-17

Forty boys and girls In the public
schools at White Plains. y. Y. struck
because the superintendent would moi
grant them an Easter holiday Thes
became dis0rderly. ard the police were
called Then all marched back 10 school,
and apolosized
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-17

the demand for large and expensive
stones, but this country continues to be
the best customer for gems OF that quail
ity The average price Of diamonds OF all
sizes is about twice as high an Il was
twenty years ago. In the wholesale mar.
kets.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-17

London. the greatest diamond market Of
the world. reports a decided falling or In
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-17

Lots to p inclusive Riverside Avenue, being all OF
block No. ., $4,000 each.
Lots p 4, Avenue in block No at $4,000
EACH
Lots ., g. . s, Parkview Avenue block No. l. S22500
each
Lots 9 to Is inclusive, block l., at $4,000 each.
Lots 10 to % inclusive, block No. L S175.OO each
Lots % to 81 inclusive, block No. l. at $4,000 each
Block No Reserve are to be sold subject to owners
approval at price.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-17

years since people of this city have had
an entire addition Addition situated
Central Riverside Park the Rv
the south by Riverside
on the west by avenue the north,
along bank overlooking the river and
North Riverside Park The city has contracted to
F.. cadamize Parkview the entire length Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31

know how hard it is to get trusty serv-
ants.
Kenneth nodded his head. as if he knew
all about it. but he didn't. Then he asked,
What is he doing?
Look at him and see"' said the katy
did. Its Jack Frost, and he's painting
the leaves
Painting the leaves" exclaimed Ken
Meth Why L thought leaves grew!
That's just like people" cried Katy
did. They always think things grow,
without any trouble for anybody. But
they don't. Leaves are only just one lit
tie bit of the things that have to be kept
in order and they have to be painted
twice every year-every single leaf has
| to be painted twice.
'Oh. dear" cried Kenneth. What lot
| of work"
Il should think it was But it has to be
done. Spring does it first. but she never
will use anything but greens. and greens
fade you know, so Jack always has to dc
| it again after a while But here We are
And she and Kenneth came to stop
under the tree which was being painted
Way up in the tiptop branch was little
swing that looked like a cobweb; and in
| the swing was a tiny little fellow all
dressed in white, who was so very busy
| that he never noticed them at all until
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31

| Katy-did called out to him and asked
him if they might come up. Then he
looked down at them and showed them a
round and jolly face.
"Su e." he answered breezily. Come
right up!'
So Katy-dd and Kenneth walked up
the bark of the tree-something which
Kenneth had never tried to do before.
and which he found was surprisingly
easy. When they reached the very top
branch and were right by the side of the
little painter Kenneth cried out, why it
is a cobweb,
"Of course it is" said Katy-did What
did you think it was?" And then she went
on, indicating the man in the swing, "And
this is Frost-Jack. called him.
oh" said Kenneth.
The man in the swing nodded at him
and smiled Sorry / can't stop my work,
but I'm in hurry just this present mo-
ment.'
That's all right" Kenneth politely as
sured him. and then he watched him at
his work. He used a toad-stool for pail
ette-and a very good palette it was, too
his brushes were soft. fuzzy pussy will
lows, and his colors were reds and yell
brilliant. He painted every leaf with the
most careful attention to detail and the
most astonishing rapidity. and no two
leaves were just exactly alike. Some
times he began in the upper left-hand
corner with bright red, which he shaded
into brown and then into a yellow
sometimes he began with the yellows and
shaded up into the reds; sometimes he
used one color in the different shades
but no matter how or where he began or
what colors he used, the results were al
ways satisfactory. Kenneth felt that he
could watch him all night and not be
tired of it, but the Katy-did grew rest
less.
Come on and show us your palace ana
your workshop" she begged finally. You
dent have to finish all these tonight, do
your"
"Oh. no"' replied Jack. I'm only just
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
At the Big House

How the 'Possum's Tail Became Bare.
Copyright 1904. by the Bobbs- Merrill Company.)
The children, in roaming through the
woods day, came in sight of the little
clearing where Aunt 'Phrony's cabin stood.
SO hidden in the midst of tail pines that it's
existence was unsupported until you were
fairly on it. The old woman was in her
tobacco patch, STOPPING down and looking
the plants over carefully, fsaf by leaf, in
search of insects.
The children ran toward her as fast as
their little legs could carry them, crying:
''Oh! there's Aunt 'Phronyi there's Aunt
'Phrony! Please, Aunt 'Phrony, stop and
tell us a story"
She went on with her work, looking up
at the children sidewise, now and then,
and muttering as il half to herself: Dun
no no mo- tales. desc chillen done drug
em all outen me long befo' now. Sidesen
dat, s'pose I stops my wu'k who gwine
git dis 'baccy? Wy, de bugs an de wu'ms.
dat who. An wen de winter done come
an wanster set long side de fire wild my
pipe, whar 1 gwine git me any 'baccy? Kin
VII tell me dat?''
Buy it, suggested Janey; there's lots
and lots of stores in town where they don't
sell anything else
Aunt 'Phrony raised her hands and rolled
her eyes. Fer de Ian sake!' said she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
New Year Day in POsytOwn
BY MINERVA SPENCER HANDY.

There was the greatest excitement in
Posytown Everybody was fastening
toward one especial corner. where heaps
and heaps of new green leaves were piled
1t was New Year day, and although the
frost king reigned outside, within the fairy
precincts one might have thought it May
day, so fresh and green was the foliage
Fairies great and fairies small were busy
with their little rakes and soon the big
pile of leaves was turned over to the great
satisfaction of all the tiny people
In the palace of the queen a different
scene was taking place The queens hus-
band was in passion. and was storming
about the room in a fashion horrible to
behold. This gentleman had never been of
much account in Posytown. He was only
referred to as king because he was the
husband of the queen, and since the begin
ming of the world a queen has always ruled
over Posytown. The king had in some
way gotten the idea into his head that it
was time he threw off petticoat govern
ment, even If the petticoats were of the
flmiest and most beautiful texture.
The king announced that he had turned
over new leaf (You remember. it was
New Year day in Posytown) AS result
the ruler should from this time forth be
the king and not the queen. In vain
did the queen plead with him. She told
him that all the poetry and childrens sto-
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ter show hissef off befo' de face an eyes
er de creeturs. He wus prancin' long. mon
st Gus biggitty, wild his tail hilt high in de
air, en- he git ter a damp, swampish place
whar kind err gin him de snifties... He fotch
big sneege whar shuk him up all over, an
clar ter you dat wen he git thu eyy
single hya'r done drap often his tail an
lef hit bare an smoove ez de pam er you
III ham.
HE ain KNOWN muffin t all bout dat.
dough, an glong airish ez uver twel he
come ter whar Mistah Cricket an a passed.
er de creeturS wuz layin low fer him ter
pass, 'kase Cricket done tof 'em bout W at
he done, an dey knowed de hya'rs want
gwine stick On dar long.
when dey seed Postum switchin' down
de road, shown off dat oil bare tail lax
twuz greet shakes, an he not KNOWN any
diff ms, dey bus out Iaughin' so hard dat
some I'm 'em 'bleeged ter lean up gin de
trees an some un EN- git so sore dey hat
ter hof on ter der sides ter ketch BRET.
tongue, an he chirp up loud z he kin,
Nair' hya'r is lef' upun hit
Postum ain KNOWN wat Cricket mean
by DAT, but tu'rr creeturs shet him up, an
den dey smoove down der grins an wait
snortin' an snickerin' iii behime one han
ez dey say, Heyo. Mistah Poky Postum
Whar dat tail err yo'n? Wat dat ar you
drag behfme? 'Clar' eff dat don beat my
ioo SHo 10 lei, yo Tall DIT nome, YOU
sho' is! Yo' tail nuver look dat-a-way;
mus blong ter Mistah Rat! Lam er grac-
ious! POSTUM done bin ter de barber an
got him clean shave dis time"
Las Possum look behme an gre't-day-
in-de-mawnin! eff t'wan't nuttin' dar but
1es' de ghos' NV his OF tail. He felt Sc
shame NV hit an NV de way he bin shown
on dat he drap down right den an dar an
| let on lax he WI. daid. An sence dat
time. w ensorhuver he see folks comm he
git ter thinkin' bout dat bare tail an
memb' en- how fine hit ulster be an how
plggitty he useter ac' bout hit, an he feel
| so mossified over hit all dat he aluz drau
down an roll over an tend dat de bref er
| life done gone outen him. Heap er times
| he fool folks whar ain KNOWN him.
Dish yer tale 'splains how tbs Postum
come ter change his ways, an stidder
| sleepin In de Nighttime he sleep all day
| an walk all night so's't his bare tail kahn
| be seed. Folks whar hunt him gotter go
| by night an kyar torches wild EN- so's't
| dey Kin th'ow light on him and let him
know dey sees dat OIL bare tail:
| w en- de creeturs seed him layin' dar
| lookin' lax he sho''nuff daid dey felt kind
| er saWy fer him, an dey go roun' sayin
| ter one nu'rr dat dey reckon he want secl
! monst'ous fool after all. But Cricket he
| mighty sharp an up-ter-snuff an he kind
| er nave his 'spiclonS 'Possum so he
stay hidln roun wen de res go way an
! bimeby he see i'm git up an teck nu'rr look
at de tail an go slinkin off in de bresh
| Den Cricket jump up on a high bush an
sing at de top er his voice:
| 4 done done hit I done done hit.
| Nair hyar is lef' upon hit
| can he nightly please wild wat hi
| zone Dat he bin keepin up dat song 1--WE,
| scnce, an you kin year him at hit ali night
| iohg. lessen you sleep eZ SCUM an snore e;
loud ez wat oil man 'Possum useter."