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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-25

embodies the amount of ore In sight
and it's value. together with the costs
of the varied operations necessary to
recover this value, It becomes a
tangible proposition, which can be
utilized to advantage. either as a
basis Of Investment or rs a substan-
tial deterrent to further expense In
connection with the property.
IL mines could be placed on the
market on the showing Of gross value
in sight, the Introduction Of new
mining projects would be easy Of
accomplishment. Some years since,
an elaborate report stated that GER
tain ore deposit showed several
millions OF dollars In sight. An en-
gineer, who was sent to see 1t the
statement was true, In his report
vreified all that had been said as to
the value In sight, but also submitted
the opinion that It would cost two
or three millions more than were
there to get It ont.
The engineer who accepts a com
mission to examine a mining prop.
erty for possible purchasers under
takes a responsible task, aud he
should be guided by the faUts both as
to values and as to costs. A noted
mine was sold on the report of a we'll
known engineer some twenty years
ago. The mine was equipped snd
work was prosecuted for a time. but
at a loss. aud the property was
abandoned. This mine Ia now In
operation and paying, not because
the ore is more valuable than for
meriy, for It Ia a gold mine, but for
the reason that the enRineers who
made the former report were mex
perienced In the district where the
mine WAS situated--a remote one
aud under estimated the cost OF Oper.
ating In that region. The conditions
existing at that time have beer
changed by the building Of a rail
road, and the cost of operation ha
been decreased by improved mining
met ethods, and also by making avail
able q better class OF labor, while th'
possible saving of values has beer
greatly increased by the introduction
of the caynids process.
Instances Of this kind are more
numerous than is generally supposed
It's quite az important the that writer
Of q mining report should be capable
Ut judging the cost of operating
property under the existing condi
tions az that he should know how t.
take mine samples, and mathemati
cally compute his averages aud arOs
values. Mining and Scientific Press
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-25

A Huntington mill arrived over
the Sumpter Valley road today, con
signed to the Imperial Mining CON-
pany. z uxxss
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-25
OREGON MINES AS
VIEWED BY OTHERS

legislature will have before 1t q prop
osition TO establish bureau Uf
mines. The probabilities are that,
IL the agricultural element among
the lawns kers permit such a measure
to become law, 1t will provide
in a general way for an office
similar to that Of the mine COM
missi oner or OF the mineraloeist of
the other western states. There
can be no doubt that the mineral
industry OF Oregon deserves just
such representation under the local
government, and 1t is therefore the
more surprising that the proposed
department does not already exist.
Taken IN comparison with the
extent and Importance OF it's min.
eral industry, there is no other
state in the west that "cuts" a
more striking figure" than does
Oregon. It Is constantly making
itself heard. and its mining men
have way about them that makes
one feel as II they mean business
which they doubtless do. This Is
probably accounted for by the fact
that the states mineral resources are
so far from being adequately developed
and that they never offered greater
promise than today. There are so
many new enterprises on foot that
the enthusiums of deeds aud the &C.
companying local pride are only
natural.
notwithstanding the Oregon
farmers have particularly large voice
in the government, the establishment
Of mining bureau Is evidently ap
preciated. The time for state aid
and encouragement Is when an In
dustry needs IL and not after II Is so
big that 1t can afford to he i0depend-
ent OF government officers, II not to
comaud them. HeIb Spencer, iu
his advanced years, declined to accept
a degree from a university, remarkinG
that the honor might have done him
some good as q young man, but he no
longer required 1t. There has been
much complaint that the agricultural
10 terests of Oregon have not shown
proper appreciation of the cO-ordi'
nate industry OF mining, especially
when they forced through the dis
tasteful Eddy law. concerning the
taxation of corporations. 1t is now
time for them to realize what the
oatside world thinks OF Oregon az
mining state, for we believe they do
not understand that their mining
men are doing more than their share
toward advertising the common
wealth beyond its own borders.
In this connection 1t occur, to III
that a small colony OF Colorado news
paper men has recently taken up IT.
abode Ia Oregon's lea ling city
These journalists have gone from
state where mining 10 II big factor
and the mining news habit will prob
ably cling to them. Not that Oregon
has already posse, ed a good share OF
hustlinR mine writer's, but that 1.-THE
more the msrrier" 1t will be for the
great north vest. Mine writing II
an important phase OF mining
whether your dy ,peptic conservative
thinks 80 or not. Writers are al
important adjunct to any industry
because writer's are the business
pullers, the motive force that drive
aud attract capital and brains. i
this motive force 70 not good thing
why should Portland 60 to th'
trouble to hold q big exposition
next summer? We know what Port
land thinks about 1t, because be
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-25
THE
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IL read by bankers, capitalists, In.
'estors, retired merchants. II you
want to reach a good class Of buyers
and the moneyed and investing pub.
lie, advertise in the National Banker.
Thousands Of copies Of each issue Of
tho National Banker goes To investors
throughout the Middle West, Eastern
and New England states. The best
journal in the country In which TO
reach investors. Sample copies free
Advertising rates on application.
, 1905-07-06
New Fireproof Cloth.

In a paper read at a meeting of a
society of dyers in Manchester. titanic
acid (the oxide of titanium) was
claimed to possess remarkable fire
proofing properties. and evidence was
produced in the shape of experiments
by the reader of the paper. He took.
for instance. some pieces of flannel.
cite which had been treated with
titanic acid and put a match to them.
The incipient fire in the material
smoldered and went out, refusing TO
burst into a flame. The experimenter
claimed hat all infiammable textiles
could thus be rendered fireproof. and
that dyeing, boiling or washing would
not remove the acid. 1t becoming. in
fact, an integral part of the fabric
United States Consul Mahin of Not
tingham.
, 1905-07-06
One Thing More to Find Out.

l did hear of a small boy who was
somewhat seriously upset In his be-
liefs by the discovery hat Santa
Claus is a myth. His Sunday school
teacher told me about It. She was
teaching the class the creed. and Mas
ter George grinned the whole time.
After the Sunday school was dis
missed he walked home with the
teacher and she r%eproached him for
the grin.
THE other boys didn't act that
way. said she.
They're pabies.' said George. 81
used to be. but | know better now.
Bob Jordan told me he found out
Santa Claus was just your father and
mother. ! amt found out yet who
God is. but | bet ] do before long
Washington Post.
, 1905-07-06
The Brouue.

It is a pity some Of our stage Irish
men do lot discover ireland, says the
London Tattler. After a century or
s. OF exploration among its green
hills, conducted within a radius limit
ed. say, to ten miles. we might expect
sistent reproduction OF the brogue."
Perhaps | ought to say one of the
many ''brogues,' for every county has
its own. and some counties two or
three. l once asked a Meath man
what was the correct Irish brogue.
"Arrah, me good man. he replied,
"shure Oireland has a kish o.
brogues." He did not add as he
might have done that in his native
country the standard of ignorance is
to be "as ignorant as a kish O.
brogues." Now, 1t has always seemed
to me that the stage Irishman, unless
he happens to be a recent importation
himself, goes round in this country
and from a variety of "exiles" picks
up samples OF the whole "kish" of
Irish "brosues"-mostly adulterated
with the Cockney ditto. From these
he constructs a patchwork %"brogue"
OF his own that no Irishman could
mistake for the rea thing" Perhaps
there is no reason why he should.
The stage Irishman is not catering for
Irishmen.
, 1905-07-06
Why Japanese Praise Emperor.

When Japanese commanders an.
nounce a victory they never fail to
ascribe their success to the "illustri-
Gus virtue OF the emperor" Accord
ing to a Japanese authority it is o n
sidered that this is no empty phrase,
but has a sound basis in latter-day
fact as well as in national tradition.
While the emperor, as the son of
heaven" and as the 121st emperor Of
Japan in direct lineal descent. con-
stitutes for the Japanese the delegate
of divine authority, his majesty in his
own personality since his accession
in 1868 has worthily prosecuted the
beneficent objects which he then
placed before the nation and has there
by enabled 1t to achieve what it has
in the comfy OF nations. On
this basis, then. the Japanese refer
ence to his majesty's "illustrious vir-
tue" as responsible for all the national
victories at m becomes Ineligible.
, 1905-07-06
Llttl. lesson. From Liza

Men are righteous. men are bad,
According to the meal you've had.
Pursuing things we think will bless.
We lose the blessings we possess. :
How can life be reckoned sweet
BY him whose new shoes pinch his feet?
Whether the world is kind or cold
Depends upon the job you hold.
Seek not to gain the peaceful life
II no fair gems bedeck your wife.
Toiling's useless or worth while.
According to your store of bile.
How can wd doubt that Gods above
When those we love return our love?
The futures drear and dark or bright
To match the dreams you had last night
$. +. kiser.
, 1905-07-06
LIGHT IN DARKEST AFRICA.
A Contrast Between To-day ard TWEEN.
ty-five Years AGO.

A Contrast Between To-day ard TWEEN.
ty.five Years Ago.
Twenty-Five years ago there was not
. single school In central Africa. To-
day there are nearly 40 in the Liv-
ingstonia mission alone. Twenty-Five
years & no one in central Africa
knew a letter of the alphabet. To-
day there are more than 20 1000 schol-
ars in the schools, says the Southern
Workman. Twenty-Five years q
there was no Christian in all the coun-
try. To-day 300 native teachers preach
Christ in the villages every Sabbath
day. Twenty years ago there was
but one inquirer after Christ. Last
year there were more than 5000 cate
chumens In the baptism classes, and
in a single day, at one of the stations,
more than 300 adults were received
by baptism into the church of God.
Up to 1890 slave ava were as
numerous as ever. To-day a strong
British protectorate has made slave
raiding impossible, and this much is
certain, that II Christianity had not
entered Nyasaland there would be no
British administration there to-day.
and central Africa would still be a
land OF darkness, Of spoliation and Of
blood.
Each week volunteer evangelists go
out two by two from the mission. No
pay is given them, but a few beads
are usually furnished to enable them
to buy food at the distant stations. To
reach these the evangelists have I O
cave on Saturday afternoon, descend
some $500 feet to'the lake shore and
walk from Ave to ten miles along
rough broken paths to their d~estina.
tons. They return on Monday in time
for afternoon school. In this way
sometimes not less than forty-four vii.
lage services are held in a day.
, 1905-07-06
Senator spooner's conundrum.
Coincidence In Col. Poee,s Life.

Col. Percivai c. Pope. who will be
retired next month with the rank of
origadier general. was born in the
C~harlestown navy yard. where his
mothers father was marine command
ant. Oddly enough Col. Pope has been
ordered to Charlestown navy yard to
await his retirement. He entered the
marine corps at the outbreak of the
civil war and has served on a number
Of war vessels in many parts of the
world.
, 1905-07-06
Dog Maker Lona 1rln.

A long trip was made by a dog
owned by Roy Spaugh of Looking
glass. Douglas county, Oregon. 1t was
taken to Crook county. Oregon. last
September by c. H. Spaugh. The dog
returned home to L.ookingglass. arriv.
ing on Dec. 8.
, 1905-07-06
Vanderbilt pisHkes Society.

Frederick Vanderbilt seldom goes
anywhere in society. He dislikes 1t
extremely, n 1t is said that he fire
quently goes away when his wife has
house parties. They are n devoted
couple, and Mrs. Vanderbilt herself is
not much taken with society of to-day.
She Is fond of literary people and of
entertaining men and women of brains.
, 1905-07-06

The University Of California has
formally forbidden the playing Of
"crusoe" by the students, both be-
cause II is gambling and because the
students made So much noise W. 1t
as to disturb the professors.
, 1905-07-06

A cry maid has been arrested at
Cologne for bathing herself daily liz
the milk before 1t was sold, because
she had read that milk baths were
good for the complexion.
, 1905-07-06
elo Order Tor Carr.

Fifteen cars a day for five years
or a total OF 2S,475, is the order placed
by the Grand Trunk Pacific railway
company with the Canada Car com.
pany of Montreal.
, 1905-07-06
Notice to Move.

Soarer-So your landlady objected
to Topnote and his chum singing duets
in your apartment?
Roarer-Yes. she told me my room
was better than my company.-New
York Times.
, 1905-07-06

Comfort in Cold Winter.
81 don't keer fer no coal trust now"
How Gomez"
We'll, de new preacher say he gwine
preach bout hell fire all de winter
Atlanta Constitution.
, 1905-07-06

Just sold a 1000 acre ranch and if
you want to buy or sell you had bet
ter see the man that's doing business,
that's me. d. S. Crawford
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-01-07
WHILE The
TEA DREwS

For evening wear the feathered
stole has dainty rose of camellia
fastened at the left side
A trimming fancy much seen is the
use of silver-edged straps and buttons
of kid or leather
One of the new lace blouses has
perfectly close plain sleeves after the
fashion of ages ago.
There are hats so big that they
are ridiculous and others so absurdly
little as to be ludicrous.
Silk and fur are happily combined
in gowns of the new soft silk, made
ornate with fur bands.
So light and pretty are the mara
bout hats one wonders that any wom-
an should choose heavy fur creations
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-01-07
The Spirit of Horticulture.

Prof. E. A. Bartlett, director of the
Nebraska experiment station, said:
"A new horticulture had to be
evolved for this -Western~countrvO Out
of the multitude of failures and the
few successes came knowledge. We
are reaping the results of the labor of
the pioneers. Through persistent Ia
Dor has been acquired the knowledge
which will successfully extend the
fruit-growing belt so that great areas
of the state now practically without
fruit will have an abundance The
farmer is in better position to-day than
ever before to grow orchard sand
trees. The profits of his industry have
made his reasonably independent He
can now secure varieties which are
hardy in this locality. He knows that
cultivation is necessary to retain the
moisture for the tree, and has ample
proof that cultivation forces rapid
growth. The aesthetic sense of the
people also grows with their ability
to crafty this desire. People are
building better houses and surround
ing them with windbreaks and orna-
mental trees
Prof. Bailey once said: 'fThe appre-
citation of beauty lies mostly under
mans hat" One man sees so much
lumber in tree. another sees cords
of stove wood The wel1-trained aes-
thetic sense sees beauty in the grace
full spreading branches, and comfort in
it's refreshing shade. We should train
our young men and women to see not
only cord wood, but beauty also in
their visions of the future home life in
Nebraska
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-01-07
ECO Yields of Hens.

We speak of hens laying from $50
to 200 eggs per year, and the man that
never takes an account of his egg
yield fondly imagines that the hens
in his flock are producing at least $50
eggs each annually. If he would keep
an account with his hens he would
find that he was being deceived and
that there were so many hens that
were doing little that the average pro-
duction falls below the 100 mark. The
writer was treated to a surprise of
this kind the first year he kept an ac-
count and by knowing what hens
lay the eggs it is possible to eliminate
the poor layers and have ultimately
flock of good layers. Yet the process
is not so easy as might be supposed,
as we must correct the breeding in
clinations rather than do the work
with individual layers. Thus when
we find COW that gives, a good deal
o. rich milk we can keep her for
dozen years, but with the hen that is
good layer we have to depend on her
progeny because few hens are profit
able when they get old.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-01-07
Dress Wrinkle.

The newest wrinkle in dress is the
sleeveless Jacket. 1t would be a bo-
lero if it were of little different
shape. 1t is made exactly like a little
tight fitting coat, except that it has
no sleeves. Its material is something
pretty, usually brocaded silk, and it
is abundantly trimmed, making a gar
ment of great deal of elegance.
From the bolero to the sleeveless
jacket is, indeed, only step. The bo-
lero in all its forms is well known.
And the sleeveless jacket will soon
be- 1t opens up such a fine possibility
for pretty vogues that modistes are
rushing into it headlong and are
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-01-07
AS to the Quality of Euus.

Many people imagine that a brown
shelled egg is better than one with a
white shell. This is purely imagina-
ton, and the only way to test the rich
ness of an egg is to break it and look
at the yolk. The deep orange yolks
are the best and the pale yellow ones
the poorest. City hens or those which
are. badly fed and whose runs and
rcosts are poorly ventilated and badly
cleaned lay the pale yellow eggs.
Those which live in the country lay
the rich orange ones, as do all wild
birds. Anaemic eggs contain less iron
than rich ones, and are far less nu-
tritious; but there is only one way to
test an eggs quality, and that is to
break it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-01-07
UtiIizinu Rouohaoe.

The more roughage that can be USED
on the farm the more chance is there
of a profit coming out of the feeding
operations. One breeder declares that
he gets his animals partly fat on
roughage by using silage and alfalfa
hay. There are many people that can
use roughage in the form of silage
that cannot grow the alfalfa. 1t should
be remembered that one thing against
the use of roughage in the fattening
of cattle is the long time the material
has to remain in the stomachs of the
cattle before it yields up its nutrients.
1t has been asserted that it takes from
four to seven days for a COW to digest
the hay she takes. But with silage it
is probably far different. We do not
know that there are any available sta
tistics on this point, but it is reason
able to believe that the silage is
quickly digestible, and that for that
reason better success is possible With
silage than with dry hay.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-01-07
For Travel or Drivino.

In describing coats the neld is so
wide that it is not possible to cover
the whole ground. One style seems
to be almost indispensable, and that
is a long, fur-lined tweed or cloth
coat. Such a coat is a wrap par ex-
cellence for driving, motoring or rail
way travel The mode has no rival
SO far as com mfortable knock-about and
comprehensive wear is concerned. One
example of a coat of this description
is made of light gray tweed, and is
lined. throughout with squirrel lock,
handsomely adorned exteriorly with
a huge roll collar and revers of gray
Persian lamb.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-01-07
To Ship Live Chickens.

Occasionally we ship chickens and
old fowls alive to the market. The
question may arise, when and what to
feed them before shipment The an
swer depends somewhat on the length
of the journey, or rather the time it
will probably take to get them into
the buyers hands," remarks the Prac-
tcal Farmer. IF to be shipped only a
short distance, for presumably imme-
diate killing, we give them all the
wheat or corn they wish to eat the
night before, and all the water they
wish to drink just before shipment.
This seems to be in keeping with COM
mon sense. Fowls should always be
quite empty at the killing time, but
they should not be allowed to suffer
for want of food or water for an un-
reasonable length of time before"
1t may be, as here stated, that fowls
should always be quite empty at kill
ing time, but the consumer who buys
a freshly dressed chicken at the butch
er shops of our large cities usually
finds the craw as full of grain as it
will hold.-Journal of Agriculture.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-01-07
Waterfall for ST. Petersburg.

st. Petersburg is looking for a
waterfall, and has been so looking
for more than twenty years. Its object
is to find fall capable, of furnishing
&suf1cient power to supply ST. Peters
Fburg with electricity. Hitherto the
most suitable for this purpose appear
ed to be a cataract in Finland, which
it was proposed to utilize for the
working of an electric railway. Fur
ther researches, however, have result
ed in the discovery of the Kirimemi
waterfall on the river Voksen, forty
six miles from St. Petersburg, with
energy equivalent to $4,000 horse
power. This waterfall is forty-five
miles. closer to the Russian metropo-
lis than tnat in Finland, and is offered
for sale at a considerably less price.
Unless the difficulties of conveying
the current prove insuperable, the
Kirimemi waterfall will be purchased
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-01-07
Pumpkins as Feed.

Results obtained by the Vermont sta
ton show that pumpkins compare fair
ly with silage for feeding dairy cows
The pumpkins were cut and fed with
the seed. No harm resulted to the
cows and the quantity of the milk was
not affected The Pennsylvania sta
tion also reports satisfactory results
from using pumpkins in supplementing
failing pasturage, near the close of
the grazing season. Analyses and
feeding tests made by that station
show that in protein content the pump
kin does not equal the carrot or man
gel, but in all these products protein
is comparatively Insignificant, so that
none of them are much esteemed ex-
cept for succulency. The pumpkins
value for mixing with dry feed in COM
pounding feeding rations is therefore
apparent, and its use does not taint
milk and butter, which nearly always
follows the feeding of turnips and car
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