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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-04
Wednesday, January 4, ,ooS

hand. There Is no date or inscrip-
tion, except the initials III. +. L."
on the barrel. From decay caused by
time and weather the screws fastening
the lock to the stock bad become
loosened, and the lock had fallen of
and was not found. The stock is
made of hard black walnut, and !,
still we'll preserved. The iron barrels
although rusty, is in good condition.
considering its long exposure to the
weather. Owing to the proximity OF
the old Hrearm to the human skele-
tons. 1t is supposed to have belonged
to one of the latter when 10 life,
and according to the Indian custom,
was placed near him when be WIS
buried. The gun WIS probably once
sold to the Indians at one Of the
numerous trading posts Of the Hud.
son Bay company.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-04
Gun Grown Into Limb OF Tree.

Says u recent dispatch from Chat
colet, Idaho. An interesting relic
Of u distant past was discovered near
here a few days ago, within a short
distance Of the human skulls and
bones brought to light by the o. r.
4 N. steam shovel, a gun OF an
ancient make aud pattern was found
by one of the forsmeu. attached to a
limb at q height Of about Is feet
from the ground. The trigger guard
bad evidently been placed around q
small twig which had grown until ths
iron guard bad become firmly i'm
bedded iu the wood. The limb to
which 1t was attached had afterwsrd
decsysd aud died. The gun 10 a
sinRle bsrrelsd, muzzle loading shot.
gun OF rude workmanship, Its stock
having apparently been made BY
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-04
IMPERIAL EXPECTS
TO DOUBLE OUTPUT

General Manager A. L. McEwen,
OF the Imperial, is preparing to let
another contract for hauling ore and
concentrates To the Sumptei smelter.
lie ha' not yet decided whethsr
to award 6.months or 3.months
contract.
''rhree months will carry us until
the spring breakup comes, aud as at
that time l exect to have nearly, IL
not quite dNubied the mines output
| shall probably adopt the shorter
contract period" said Mr.. McEwen
to u Miner man today.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-04

the state in which occurred durin :
1903 the greatest decrease in the
production of gold aud silver. ln
gold the production fell off s5, 92S,-
600, or 20. 80 per cent; In silver the
decrease amounted to 2,G5s. 500 fine
ounces. The production OF gold in
1908 was valued, however, at no less
than 1922, $40, 100, and the produc.
tion Of silver amounted to II, 80. 200
fine ounces; 20 that Colorado 8
supremacy in the production Of
precious metals Is still nnquestioned.
The decrease in production during
1903 WAS due to the strikes among
The mines Of Cripple Creek.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-04

The recent advance In the price of
silver calls attention to the increas.
ing scarcity of the floating surplus OF
that metal. Bar silver WAS quoted
Saturday st 7G1S cents an ounce,
while Mexican dollars ranged from
40 cents to i81 cents These rates.
IL was said. we're merely nominal.
and any great demand for bar, would
cause mr. advance Of the price. Con-
ditions Ia ths silver market are now
such that ths consumer waits on the
producer. The war IN the far east,
the steady absorption by East India
and this oomntry's increasing trade
with ChinR are responsible. experts
say, for this very complete reversal
OF conditions.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-04

The indictment OF Senator Mitchell
and Congressman Hermann for alleged
implication In timber land frauds.
aud the dismissal OF United States
Attorney Hall, unless they vindicate
themselves completely, sounds the
funeral knell of their political
careers. OF course, all of Oregon
awaits with impatient curiosity for
the evidence on which the indict.
ments we're returned aud the reason
for Attorney Halls dism issal.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-04

Attention IL called tn an error In
Press Buiistin ls5. issued by the
United States Geologoical Survey tor
release on December 10, 1904. The
statement WAS there made that Nevada
was tho leading state of the Onion IN
IN. production of gold aud silver
during ths ysai 1903. This IL of
coarse Hn evidsnt mistake. Nevada
led all othst states In the increase of
gold aud silver production in 1903,
as Il did also Ia 1902. but ranked
only eighth Ia the list of states that
produce gold aud dfth In silver. pro
dncinR states. Its increase In the
production ot gold amounted to
si92, TOO. or l7.O2 per cent; Its In
crease Ia ths prod nction of silver was
] 3oi, 800 hne ounces. lie actual
y, odutoton Of gold In 1908 wss
valued ut 81. 3ss. 900. aud It's pro.
ductiou of silver amounted to $3.50,
300 Hue ounces.
To Colorado still belongs the
honor ut heading the list Of gold
aud silver producing states, notwith-
standing tho fact that Colorado was
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-04

II tho citizsns of Sumptsr care to
be told al unpleasant truth, then
let them rssd this prophecy: Unless
they got together, stop knocking each
Others business, aud work In cordial
harmony for the benefit at the com.
munity. QUO year from today this
camp won't hnve n population Of one
thousand. That is the prophecy,
and no occult power IL needed To
read that story of the future. Ex-
perisncs Ia mininR camps aud western
towns generally " the only xnowi.
edge required To translate that writ.
there is not n town In the northwest
that will respond 40 QuiukIy and
satisfactorily tn intelligent effort aud
enterprise - which consists of some.
thing more than going to Baker City
and stating tn n reporter that the
upper camp is booming, business is
good nud money IL plentiful. II
the people who are endeav orinR to
freeze out every body else aud make
this n quo Mnn ar n Quo institution
town, succeed In their purpose, they
will be wsicome tn what they get and
will never again be able To saw Oft
their noldiORs or any QUO else. A
town that decays. with tho III will ot
those who leave II aud those who live
In contiguous districts. never revives,
aud that IN merely the statement Of
an historic tact.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-04
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up, ut the ranch OF Henry
i'snning, near Whitney, last spring,
two 2.yesr. colts, one grey,
branded &c" on lett shoulder, aud
on f., bay branded Owner may
regain property by paying expense
Of their Keeping since the date Of
their taking up.
HENRY PANNllNG,
Whitney. Ore.
December 30. 1904.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-04
AGAINST THE
tDOY LAW
CONTINUED from page 3.

81 will be the second,'' said Neil
j. Sorenson.
"You can put the X. W. s. com
pany down for another hundred, "
said Prof. Nicholson.
A motion to appoint finance
committee to solicit funds prevailed,
and the chair named Seymour H
Bell, Neil J. Sorenson, Prof Fl. H.
Nicholson. Anthony Mohr, Tom q.
Gray, John Wyatt, Emil Melzer,
Clark Snyde. land every other min.
Ing man in the camp who possesses
100 plunks." said the chairman.
Both the resolution and the finance
committee are TO report at the Satur-
day night meeting, until which date
adjournment was taken.
At the adjourned meeting Ut min
lug men and merchants, held at Hotel
Sumpter last Saturday night to hear
the report OF the resolu tions COM
mittee. It. was decided to retain the
committee intact and empower it to
draft bill TO be submitted by Rep
reseutativa Smith ut the next session
OF the legislature, embodying such
remedial legislation affecting the min
ing industry OF this state as recon-
md hn INIT
mittee. These resolutions, which
were adopted, advocated the exemp
tion of mining corporations from
taxation under the Eddy law; recon-
en0ed a revision of existing laws rela-
tive to the location of placer mining
claims; asked tnat Oregon corpora.
tions be absolved from the necessity
Of maintaining a resident board of
recommended that het
Oregon Miners association more
fully cooperate with it's branches;
aud advocates the granting of every
inducsment, In the way of low
orl anization fee aud exemption from
state taxation. to corporations or
ganized for the reduction OF ores.
The resolutions were signed by
Charles II. Chance, l.. q. Lilley,
Seymour II. Bell, II. II. Nicholson
aud Emil Melzer.
Representative elect Smith was
present at the adjourned meeting
aud himself made the suR-
gestion that the resolutions COM
mittee be continued In force to draft
a proper mining bill for submission
by him.
Mr.. Chance. rs chairman of the
has already begun work
m the prOpOsed bill.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-04

II the mining men sncceed In kill.
ing the Eddy law, they can plead
self defense 10 justification.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
OLD MAN ON WATCH.

President Eliot of Harvard announces
that he will sit on the side lines at
the coming championship football con.
test between his boys and the sons OF
one Eli Yale, and if he catches any OF
the players doing any slugging, or eye.
gouging. or ear.biting. or other unseen.
ly tricks, he will put an end to football
at Harvard. This doubtless marks the
end of the practicd of singing out
strong players on the opposing teams
and jumping on him so severely that
he becomes disabled and has to retire
Prexy's announcement does not mean
that football will no longer be played
at Harvard, but that the authorities of
American colleges have awakened To
the fact that abuses in ths sport must
be cut out.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
Mr.. CHAS. ROGERS
Tells Why He Endorses vinol so Very
Highly.

First: Ninol contains in concen.
trated form all the medicinal curative
elements OF cod liver oil, actually taken
from fresh Gods livers, but without a
drop OF oil to nauseate and upset the
stomach, and retard its work. therefore
where old.fashioned cod liver oil or
emulsions will do no good vinol will do
far more good.
Second: Because yinol j. not pat
ent or secret medicine; ii contains no
injurious drugs to react upon the sys.
tan. and you know just what you are
taking as everything il contains is
pHnteh on tins back label Of every
bottle.
Third: Because Vinol acts first upon
the stomach, creates healthy appe.
tit, tones up the digestive organs. puri.
fies and enriches the blood, and in a
natural manner health is restored, and
strength is created.
Fourth; Since we first put Vinol on
the market our admiration for II has
steadily increased, because il rarely
disappoints customer, in fact we can
truthfully say we never sold medicine
mora satisfactory To Great, strength
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
SHARES RESPONSIBILITY.

The issue of an open" as against a
"closed" town is not wholly question
between the moral and vicious elements
of this or any other community. Gamb.
ling and other immoral allurements are
inevitable in every large place, are part
and parcel of existence, and the only
reason they are not in full sway to the
utter undomg of civilized humanity, is
that humanity revolts against the sacri.
flee and puts curb upon degrading
conditions. And the stronger the curb
the broader the responsibility for it, be-
cause there are numerous contributors
to the suppression of vice as well as
to its perpetuation. In the case of As.
toria this responsibility must be fairly
borne by the workingman, the clerk and
the wage. Garner generally. They are
the ones to guard and be guarded. The
man Of leisure and means may run risks
that no ordinary poor man may dream
of. Human nature is the same under
all phases of temptation, but the yield.
ing is largely a matter of conditions,
and these conditions are the more FIRE.
quently prohibitOry of indulgence, es.
pecially in the case of the poor man,
the man who works from day TO day,
and it is he who should be hedged and
should hedge himself He needs all the
protection he cannot furnish himself,
but as a free moral agent he should be
the first to array himself against condi.
tions that tend TO diminish his safety
and self-respect and that of his family. II
is up TO him. And there is not a res.
pectable, honest, clean-minded Garner
of wages in this city but will align him.
self on the side Of general decancy and
self.service when the hour strikes on the
9th of December for the doing Of his
public and private duty.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
MORE PROOF.

Aeask containing a record. which was
set adrift from whaler in the vicinity
of Point Barrow. Alaska. has been found
off the coast of Iceland. after five years
of drifting in the polar sea, or being i'm.
prisoned in the ice. This confirms the
belief that there is current setting to
the eastward through the Arctic ocean,
and that open water during some Of
the summer season, extends clear around
the northernmost extremity OF this con.
tinent.
Driftwood, from its type believed to
have come from forests bordering on the
Pacific, has been found before this in
the ice fields or in the northern waters
of the Atlantic. The barrel which was
found on the coast of Iceland, however.
confirms beyond Il question OF doubt the
existence of the current and of open
water at some seasons OF the year.
Some time, under favorable conditions 1
a vessel. will yet cross from the Pacific |
to the Atlantic. No practicable pas.
sage of commercial value will, of corrsc
be found, but the northwest passage
nevertheless exists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
Cured Consumption.

Mrs. b. W. Evans, Clearwater, Kans.
writes: my husband lay sick for three
months. The doctors said that he had
quick consumption.
We procured bottle Of Ballari's
Horehound Syrup, and II cured him.
That was six years ago. Since
then we have always kept bottle In
the house. We cannot do without Il.
For coughts and colds II has no equal" /"
25c, SOC, and slO0. Sold by Hart's
drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
TWIN CHUMS.

Points of resemblance between Theo.
dore Roosevelt and Robert Baron, while
not striking. are well in evidence. Each
man is an all-Tound athlete-big Of
frame. strong Of brain, supple of limb.
quick and lorcriul in action, and Gag Z
TO be out in the open. rain or shine.
While Mr.. Bacon has the advantage Of
the President in inchc>-being a clear
six-foot The lack, the Roosevelt pirtb
and general .tockine,s. From bovhood
Robert Bacon has been an enthusiast in
outdoor sports. At Harvard he walked
and swain with Tha,dorq Rd,-Hrlt.
boxed with the President -to.be. and took
long walks and horseback rides with
him. OF Bacon's horsemanship President
Roosevelt said only a few days ago
Bob Bacon is one of the few Eastern
men who know how to ride" He was
next to the youngest man in his class,
yet during his four years none was more
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
ACCOUNTING NEEDED.

The determination Of Attorney Gen
enl Crawford to force an accounting
fNm the General Electric Company for
such sums as are due the State of orr.
gon upon its lNse and contract in the
manipulation Of the state property
known as the Willamette Canal and
Locks at Oregon City, is wise one and
we trust may be brought to success.
full issue. The molm policy of big
corporations to ignore their public du,
ties is one of the scandalous features Of
high. financing" and any one with cour.
age and ability to gnpple successfully
with the evil is entitled 10 no end Of
grateful praise.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
BEEF-TRUST AGAIN.

II the beef trust is right in what il
says about Commissioner Garfield hav.
ing, promised immunity from prosecu.
tion under the testimony given to him,
then Mr.. Garfield, who brought him.
self into ridicule by his report upon
the operations of the big packers,
merits pbuke and oensure. 1t is in.
conceivable that government consent
could have been given to providing a
way of escape for the beef trust and
avail themselves of the avenue now
claimed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06

for old people, weak, sickly women and
nursing mothers and to build
up strength after severe sickness.
Again Ninol is cndor> d BY eminent
physicians and guaranteed by over two
thousand Of the leading druggists OF
this country. These are some Of the
reasons why We believe in vinol.
Charles Rogers, druggist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
II Thank The Lnrdln

cried Hannah Plant, of Little Rock,
Ar, "for the relief / got from Buck.
lens Arniea Salye. 1t cured my fearful
running sores, which nothing else would
heal, and from which / had suffered for
5 years" II is a marvellous healer for
cuts, burns and wounds. Guaranteed AZ
Charles Rogers drug store; 25c.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
Chapped Hands.

Wash your hands with warm water,
dry with a towel and apply Chamber.
lains Salve just before going to bei,
and a speedy cure is certain. This
salye is also unequalled for skin dis.
eases. For sale by Frank Hart and
leading druggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
Best Liniment on Earth.

Henry d. Baldwin, Supt. City Water
Works, Shullsbtrg, Wis. writes:
u have tried many kinds of lini.
ment, but ] have never received much
benefit until l used Billiards. Snow Lini.
ment for rheumatism and pains. / think
it the best liniment on earth" 25c, Soc.
and sl.OO. Sold by Harris drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06

Mr.. Carnegie's advice TO the Scotch
girls Of Dundee to cut off their hair
seems unlikely to be accepted unless the
philanthropist guarantees that following
his recommendation will entitle the
brave lassies to share in the hero
fund.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
Fortnight of Pleasure.

Tonight the Roach Comedy Dramatic
and Gift Company will commence their
engag ment at Fishers Opera Ilou>c,
producing the laughable comedy drama,
My Sweetheart" followed each even.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06

After many years of patient waiting
Chicago has at last moved into il, new
postOfiice, and now from the Windy
City rise paens Of praise to the illus.
trious ancestors who in tha ancient DAYS
planned and made the beginnings of the
great work.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06

ing by different play new To Astoria
thcau .'goerS Each purchaser OF tickets
will receive from one la three number.
ed coupons emitting them to chancc
in the drawing for beautiful prizes now
on exhibition ut Griflin's book store.
Seats now selling.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
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) WEATHER TODAY. :.

. Portland, Nov. 5.-Westen
. Washington, and Western Ore I
= gon: Sunday, partly cloudy. =
. Slightly warmer Sunday after 4
. noon in the interior. Z
. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Wash. Z
. ington: Fair. Z
Q . 80 A>>HA .
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06

Life might be worth living II We could
only choose our own bosses.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06

Listeners seldom hear any good Of
themselves, or anybody else.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06
World.

Influential or popular,-New Iore
World
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06

Entered as second-class matter June
S 1905, at the postoffice at Astoria. ure-
gon, under the act of Congress OF March 5,
1879.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-06

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