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

got crushed out of existence. For
the f]rst time since that date the
Klerksdorp q. l. ID. company pro-
pose to resume operations on this
particular ground, which contains
both gold and diamonds, and the
prospects of unearthing more OF
these green gems are being eagerly
watched from the Rand. It is
known that on at least several oc
casions diamonds have been ground
up In California, especilly in gravel
or cement mills, as diamond dust has
more than once been detected In
the shines.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31
TAKEN FROM VEIN
OF INFORMATION

The Bolivian government has given
concessions to French syndicate to
build system Of railroads intended
to develop the minerl resources Of
the country. The improvements
proposed will cost about s35, OOO.-
900. of which the government fur
nishes s1O, 900, 900, received from
Brazil for the release Of the Acre
territory. 1t my be that this will
be another Panama canal case, and
that the Americans will yet be
called In to complete the under.
taking.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31
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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31

From Kaysn, Russia, comes the
story of a remarkable treasure hunt
which ended In the wreckinR OF
village aud the death OF two persons.
II appears that legend current
among the people OF the volsk dis
trict declared that during the Cri.
mean war tr easure captured from
the English, amounting to tens OF
millions Of roubles. was buried under
the village of Kostro "for use during
the first great war In which Russia
was engaged In the twentieth cen.
tury." A number Of local patriots,
led by a carpenter named Shakov-
sky. set out to discover the buried
millions, intending to offer them to
the czar. At first they met with
consid iderable resistance from the
no ise owners, but at last the house
owners, being convinced that 1t was
q patriotic work, joined In the
search. The earth under nearly
every house In the village wns tun-
nelled, many OF tho walls sugging,
and after three days digging the
village looked ~ II II had been
wrecked by a hurricane. No treasure
was found, and as the original ex'
plorers abandoned the search. they
we're attacked by the delnded Kos
trovans, two heinR drowned In the
village pond.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31
ANOTHER PROCESS
TO TEMPER STEEL

some one who has discovered pro-
cess to temper steel that accom-
plishes all kinds Of wonders, but it's
general application is never accom-.
plished. About a year ago the Port
land papers published columns
about the marvellous things that
man In that town could do with
tools tempered by his process. Now
comes a similar story from Republic.
Washington, sqully faky aud equally
interesting. Here It is. ss Given in
q press dispatch Of recent date:
Weston l. Graham, a blscksmithing
firm of this town, claim to have de.
veloped process for temperinR
steel likely to surpsss anything uf
the kind ever before brought to light.
A patent has been applied for.
Harvey w. Graham. the junior
member Of the firm, began working
on the process five or six years ago,
and has continued n series Of ex.
periments and tests on iron and steel.
and the firm has patiently worked
and expended their earnings from
their business on the matter until II
has been brought to such alleged
perfection that 1t bids fair to be-
come basis for large fortune and
perhaps revolutionize the iron and
steel working Industries.
| The process consists of the use ut
certain chemicals In water or oil In
the temperinR vessel, but what those
chemicals are is the firms secret. Ii
IL claimed that by their use any kind
Of a tool, from blunt hammer head
tn keen edged razor, can be tenn
pered to q perfection never before
realized. In the correspondence
presence Mr.. Graham, with Nh ax
tempreed by this new process. cut sew
eral big Rhshes In cold bar Of steel
without dulling the edge. Such
blow NJ WAS dealt at the bar with any
other kind of tempering would have
broken big gap In the blade OF the
ax, IL IL did not destroy II for all
further use.
with an ax tempered by this pro.
cess, a cOld bar of iron or steel
may be cut into chunks almost ~
easily as II II were Of wood, and with
a stout knife blade bar of steel may
be whitfield into shavinRs. A heavy
blow dealt u chunk Of wood, into
which a number of nails had been
+ driven, split In two and cut through
the nails without taking tho edge of
the blade. Other severe tests have
demonstrated u projection Of temper
ing that had not even been antici-
pated.
! Mr.. Graham says he thinks the
process IL as perfect M Il can ever be-
The firm IL kept busy making razors
aud tempsring them for local Gus
toners. aud can not even meet the
demand with their present facilities.
4. S. Williams. OF the Bon lou
barber shop, has one of the razors,
which he would not part with. aud
George Umbacb. q barber OF twenty
years practice, has three which he
has been using for three months.
He said today:
~ have set aside my old case OF
tools and now use only these raxOrs,
and can say that never before
bad blade that would hold al edge
as long az these will"
John Nisber took q set OF thirty
one drills with him to the south half
which had been shsrpensd aud
tempered by the process aud used
them forty days 10 driving the tunel
on the Wssoo mine, through the
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31

The government has established
assay Offices at the following places !:
New York City. Boise City, Idaho {;
Helena, Montana; Denver, Colorado {;
Seattle, Washington; San francisco,
California, Charlotte. North Caro-.
lima, aud st. Louis. Missouri.
These offices are for the receipt Of
gold and silver bullion. the consignee
receiving In return its value, less
parting charges. These Offices also
accent old gold and silver jewelry,
coin, etc.. the metal reduced aud
made into bare, or the government
will pay for the bullion produced.
The charge Is supposed to be actual
cost.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31

It is thought that the gold pro.
duction of Mexico for the fiscal year
will reach $4,000, 900. This is
the largest for any one year In the
history of the republic. Fifteen
years ago the production Of gold In
the republic was only $500, 900, and
five years after that time It bad only
reached sl,OOO,OOO. The fiscal
years OF l9O2-l9O3 show the value
of exporting gold to be 90. 2s3, 254.
and the gold coinage to be 81, AGO.
900. During nine months, OF 1904
ending March 81, the expectation OF
gold alone was s,0s9, s43. Copper
is the one other metal In Mexico
that approaches the gold output.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31

Considerable interest has been
aroused In Johannesburg by the dis
oovery on q mining property at
Klerksdorp of u green diamond OF
about three quarters carat. The Rem
bad slipped into q crsvice 10 the
iron plates Of the crushing mill, and
was found during the dismsniling OF
the mill to make room for Q new
stamp battery In 1898 over seventy
similar by colored stones were found
upon the came property. They bad
ell slipped between the dies and
escaped destruction. 1t is con.
iectured that many other green stones
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-08-31

The largest and most remarkable
deposit of asphaltum known 10 that
worked by an American company on
the island Of Trinidad, in the West
Indies, aud known as Pitch Lake.
The mineral occurs In q lake-like bed
q mile and half In circumference
and varying In depth from ten to
eighty feet. In the center nf this bed
the asphaltum is hot aud fluid, but
along it's shores is solid and cold.
Il is mined In the cool early morn
ing, at which time 1t Is brittle and
may be blasted or broken with pick.
An aerial tramway conveys the pro-
duct to the sea. where 1t is loaded in
boats. The great popularity OF
this deposit Is that 1t is forming
nearly as fast as 1t is mined, the
substance oozinR up through the
center aud replacing that extracted.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-11-04
DOESN'T RESPECT OLD AGE

It's shameful when youth fails
to show proper respect for old age,
but just the contrary in the case
of Dr. Kings New Life Pills. They
cut off maladies no matter how se-
we're and irrespective Of old age.
dyspepsia, Jaundice, Fever, Con-
stipation all yieldsto this perfect
Pill. 25c, at c. wv. Greene's Drug
Store.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-11-04

The great debate on the divorce
question in the Episcopal gener-
al convention at Boston is sum-
married in the November Re-
view of Reviews by Miss Flor
ence E. Winslow.
j. E. Watt, Of Devils Lake,
one Of the most popular travel
ing men in North Dakota, made
his last trip to Rolla the early
part Of the week. He will take
up his residence at Portland,
Oregon. Turtle Mountain Star.
Lost. Between the rectory
and the residence of Chas. Tur-
ner, Tuesday, drab colored
memorandum book with map in
side, also a number Of visiting
cards with owners name on
same, and ten dollars carefully.
folded. Liberal reward if left at
this office, 34tf.
Magician Way, who IS playing
| the state with a splendid show,
is an, old time friend and former
neighbor at Austin, Mimi, of
Peter. Haley Of this city. Mr.
Haley has known him from
childhood, and says he was al
ways doing something out of
the ordinary, and was always
trying to learn. They revived
| old time memories for several
hours while Mr.. Way was in
the city.
Hans o. Lee of Berg in township
was a pleasant caller at the In
teri Ocean Office Tuesday. Mr..
Lee is quite an interesting gem
Itleman, he having been one Of
the very first settlers of Bergen
= township. He broke 20 acres Of
prairie there in 1884, and has
lived to see the desert prairie
converted in to the richest farms
in the world, and, has seen the
trail which he once followed,
changed into a railroad owned
by the very farmers who braved
/. the isolation Of the frontier to
find homes in the new country.
A farmer had q dream. He
dreamed that he raised a thous..
and bushels Of. wheat, and was
happy over the fact. Then he
dreamed that he sold it for 81. so
la bushel and his happiness was.
great. But he dreamed now
THAT he sold 1t to a thousand
different people q bushel to
leach one, and that nobody had
paid him and he was sad. When
HE aWoke 1t II was broad day light
land leaping out Of bed he sex-
lclaimed to his wife. sRebeca,
La have had d solenan warning and
II know the meaning of it, I am
going right to town to pay the
printer the $1.50 / owe him for
1.-The paper. = Elk.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-11-04
CITY ). IN BRIEF

Mrs. Aida Saunders Of Perth
is the guest of Mrs. R. Goer.
Old papers for sale at this
Office. rs cents bundle.
For a good alarm clock, go to
Huesgen's. M.
Girl wanted for general house
work. Mrs. G.. M. Fisher. 3334tf
Mrs. julius Sandlie Of Lakota
is the guest Of Mrs. Joe Foubert.
The best 18-k wedding rings
are at III. Huesgen's.
E. A. Brown from Crazy was
in the city Tuesday on business.
Rev. Father Raith Of Minot
has been a city visitor for a few
days.
Born To Sheriff and Mrs.
Rutten, Friday of last week, a
son. 8
Miss Birdie Marks is in the
central Office Of the Improvemen
company.
Wanted. Girl for general
homework. Mrs. "a. M. Pow
ell. Stiff
Attorney Fred j. Traynor
visited his brother John Traynor
at StarkWeat over Sunday.
Mrs. Rebbelke Of Crazy spent
. q few hours in the city Monday
shopping.
Storm Windows for sale q
the Independent Lumber Yard,
west Of Wilson'S Livery.
Mrs. Helen Webster is visit
ing relatives at Grand Forks
this week.
Mrs. Mary Jones' left Saturday
for Spokane, Wash. where she
will make her future home.
Huesgen has got the latest in
ladies' hat pins.
As man named Ness was
brought to Mercy hospital from
Knox. He has a severe case OF
typhoid fever.
Lee Vale. Of Taubert's drug
store. left Tuesday morning for
arimore to be present at the
marriage Of his sister, Miss May
to Mr.. Benjamin Orne Schrump.
Casselton Repo rter.
Get your Storm Windows al
Nels W. HaWkinsOn Lumber
Yard, west of Wilson'S Livery
Reasonable prices. VI.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-11-04

1870 Naa0O0 y
We understand the city council
will grade and otherwise i'm
prove Railroad avenue this fall.
Mrs. Martin Hagen leaves
Thursday for Devils Lake where
she will spend the winter. -
Stanley Sun. ISL
j. E. Horsman, of Omemee,
reports his macaroni wheat as
yielding sixty bushels to the
acre.
All sorts Of repairs for all
kinds Of sewing machines at
Gilbertson & Anderson's. 29tf
Mankato Commercial College,
Mankato, is the school for you
to attend. Send for their free
catalogue.
First National Bank loans money
not only on farms, but on good city
property, as well
H. r., y WI !, - !,
zen nur4 n u wepsIeI 1 ,G was
9rougaI 70 MelSy nospisai MoI-
injured knee. Drs. Jones and
Smith are his physicians.
"a: =
Lost.3A :yeariilg sao I
Dull III req Wa1n 4h a a,. a sag u u,
rlghC ear n1 WIZ. oWn 1as : name = ae,. VI
devils r AXE Route o 58,53 35-37
= J, a. .ss ! !, q d.
| MIS-. y. y. !, otanlon; u CI ~
was q city ylsltor Monaay. one
expects % leaye y 9 IeM Weeks VS. s.
N. Y.
II o,,;s MI a. will hove a.. 10 :
~ 4ba 5a a,u14t stor = =. nf tha Man
Msroa,,t nj; co cUo 81 G,.as, ,,A
H. vii move liz Family 81 - fhsi
place about the first Of the year.
Miss Jennie Traynor Of Stark
Iweather 4 sister Of Fred ].
! Travnor Of this CITY. went to
!! Grand Forks Monday where she
Twill enter the university.
Ed Peterson, an expert sales
imam, will arrive in a few days
| Ito take charge Of the dry goods
land clothing department Of the
! Mann Mercantile company's store
!. at Crary.
Write o. call on VIM. B. Brown
4 Company Mandan, n. D for maps
land plats Of free homestead lands and
railroad lands adjoining at $3.50 to
$3.50 an acre, easy terms. lift
= & ~ =, 5,r !,
/ =: 81 M, Maan' =. M =, an ',
/, Monday to take stock Of the
/ Soby store recently purchased
/ by F. w. Mann & Som
/, A =. u, VI . .t .
r. q, It's Is s.layson, 9 pro1nlnen.
IPalsle = l aalilier, Vas 9 k nisasan.
/ N.Y. sffsys.aa Yisa.or Monaa "
~. l.l lsas y WY nluca ".
l !ere e - .ene poliolcai iient
! y Tug county ,.,.
For. sale. -Four good work
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-09-22

|, Concordia Blade: Advertising is
like ar ce between two express trains:
should one stop it's soon utdistanced
and lost sight Of entirely. The name
Of firm that continually carries an
advertisement in the local paper be-
comes familiar to the people who read
the paper and in time household
word. When strangers come to town
they naturally hunt up the firm
whose name has become familiar to
them by seeing it week after week In
the paper.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-09-22

and everybody iu the state who knows
anything, knows that the taxpayers,
the farmers, the stock raisers and
shippers are not demanding the
enactment Of the Texas railway law,
or any other Texas law, for, as Mr..
Hoch said in bis opening speech in
Marion. Thursday, Kansas has the
best railway law today Of any state,
east or west, while the patrons Of
Kansas are, as rule, satisfied to not
only let our railway law alone but to
let the Democratic party alone-to
sleep and dream of what it could,
but wouldn't do, il given a chance
which is not to happen in this land
Of the free and home OF brave-this
year or any other right-away.quick
year-now on the goth century calen-
dar.n
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-09-22
Kansas Democrats and Their Money.

At the time OF the Dem0cr0tlc state
convention 1t was confidently stated
that Judge Dale would spend $4,000
to be elected governor and maybe
he would. He felt very confident
until the Wichita fasco, but that
seemed to show him the hopeless
ness OF his candidacy and he has ap-
parently concluded not to spend good
money in losing cause. At any
rate he has not as yet rendered the
committee any financial assistance.
Judge Dale is not alone In this, how.
ever, IS the other candidates on the
Democratic ticket have also failed TO
pay their assessments. They say
that the state committee has asked
too much Of them. Their campaigns
are practically hopeless and it is I'M
reasonable for them to be expected
to give two months Of their time to
the party on their own expenses and
In addition make heavy contributions
to the campaign fund. The candi-
dates think that the Democrats who
are not running for office should put
up the campaign expenses.
So far as financial assistance isloon.
cerned the Democratic national com.
mittee has practically repudiated the
state committee. Judge Dale's close
friends were the first to concede that
there was no hope Of carrying Kansas
for Parker and to suggest that 1t
would be wise to fight the campaign
on state issues, letting national issues
alone for fear Of offending the Popu-
LISTS. Now the national committee
gets back by saying that 1t has no
money to spend on state tickets; that
1t 10 looking after electoral votes.
Money alone will not run a campaign,
but Col. Sapp has discovered that one
cannot run campaign without mon
ey and he is discouraged. The
money question" is the paramount
Issue at Democratic headquarters and
until 1t is settled 1t is not probable
hat the fusion end Of the campaign
v II "set the woods aiire.n
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-09-22
pals say., .Nothing poing."

Judge Dale spent yesterday In Sa'
lima where the Democrats have hard
work keeping people on the ticket.
He reported TO the Journal that the
conditions at Ellsworth and In other
parts OF the state are about the same
as In Salinas: Nothing doing" II
this 10 the way the judge looks at the
matter be should have attended the
opening Of the Republican campaign
at Marion where he would have found
plenty doing. The judge is consider
able Of pessimist regarding politics
and is inclined to look on the dark
side OF the question, but 1t is prob
ably due to his not feeling well and
for the reason that he Is ON the dark
side OF the fence.
lone can hardly be surprised at
the lack Of political enthusiasm ex-
hibited by either party" said the
Judge, "when the conditions are con.
sidered." This caused smile at the
admission Of the conditions being so
satisfactory to the people. but the
Judge hastened to add: "You must
rememb Der that this is one Of the bust.
est seasons Of the year for the farmers
and ON them the situation depends.
They just simply can't spare the time
to get interested in politics this early
in the game"
In speaking Of the general political
outlook the judge says that he thinks
everything depends on the local or.
CARNATIONS. In other words the
Democratic candidate is q believer In
the power Of the machine In politics,
and it was Dale who wrote the plank
In the Democratic state platform
which was intended to be a gang.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-09-22

The Democratic club Of town is a
very crsditabls little organization but
it has the wrong idea Of politics.
Any political organization that gives
all It's time to dances and allows lie
rival to put up a flag on Its own
street-trOnt Is too slow for Kansas.
The boys may be able to make a
pretty figure in a twO-step but when
1t comes to getting votes they viii
have to take rear place.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-09-22

The Winfield Tribune points an in
teresting moral with this simple tale:
"a. B. Freuch is a good man. He
has lived in Winfield many years, and
has large acquaintance in the city
and through the country. His place
OF business was located on the best
business corner Of the town. His
store was we'll supplied with fresh.
salable goods, articles Of everyday
use and necessity. He is capable,
honest and reliable. He should have
done a thriving business. A few days
ago be went into bankruptcy. Do
you wonder whyp He never adver-
tised o line."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-09-22

plank for tho Republican machinista
who had been thrown overheard al
Wichita, but they refused to take I'D
vantsge Of 1t and all Of them found q
place on the RspublicS4 platform.
The judge predicts the largest vote
this year in Kansas that has been cast
for several years.
After spending day or SO in So.
lima visiting friends and putting a
prop or two behind bis fences where
they appear to be weak the judge will
90 ON to Topeka.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-09-22

Chapman Advertiser: John Favor
was down from Abilene Friday and
while here made . very thorough
canvass Of the town. Mr.. Favor 10
one Of the most pleasing candidates
in the field, and we lsOk for him to be
we'll recognized for his faithful can.
vass in the present campaign to such
an extent that he will be our next
sheriff. No better choice could Be
made for this important position.
Chapman will give him = good vote
this ysar.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-09-22

The Norris county people may
think Elmer Rugh's letter to the
Council Grove paper saying he "will
hold court three times year in that
county" is rather poor taste for q
candidate for the dignitied position of
district judge, but Elmer is such q
Cut.uP that he just can't help these
exquisite flashes Of humor.