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?:'' Wednesday, July 20, 1904 THE SUMPTER MINER ? rt ii ! WILL WRI1 E UP SUMPTER5 MINES Chicago Record-Herald Man Here to Do the District for His Paper. Through the Instrumentality of A. L. Craig, general pMNDRtr agent of the O. K . & N. and the able seconding of Renaldo M. Hall, at the head of the company's advertising bureau, the services of S. Glen Audrus, railroad editor of the Chica go Record-Herald, bare boon secured to do a general writeup of the Pacific Northwest for his paper, and also for a number of magazines. The mining industry of eastern Oregon is one of the featuroa which has engaged early attention in this matter. Mr. Hall and Mr. Andrus, the latter accompanied by his wlfo and son, arrived here, this morning, and will remain in the district sev eral days, visiting all tbo promiuout mines. Mr. Audrus has been in tho newspaper baruosB for mauy years, at difforout times sorviug ns sportiug editor and in various other positions on the Record-Herald, ilia dutios as railroad editor huve led into sovoral mini ug regions, and the work in hand is not new to him. Besides a general writeup of tho Pacific North west, with a viow to its di verbified industries, bo will pay special at tention to mining, giving the various districts, their operating mines and prospeots. Mr. Andrus and Mr. Hall will probably start tomorrow on their itinerary, and will devote some time tu gathering tho required data. In Mr. Hall eastern Oregon has a firm, steadfaut booster. Beyond tho duties of his offico. which would naturally load him to fa'vorablo ex pression, whether ho means it or not, ho is fully couvinccd nf tho groat noss of this mining region and has no hesitancy,saying so. Ho is just back from a trip to St. Louis and othor points iu tbo coutral west. Ho saw Fred Mollis, iu charge of tho minora! oxhiblt at the world's fair, and was carried away with the Oregou miueral display. Speak lug of this ho says: "There are other states which havo larger exhibits, but tboro is none which has a better or more repre sentative exhibit. The ores are well arranged, aud tho display 1b attract ing the attention of mining peoplo from all ovor tho country. Mr. Mollis has tho work well iu baud aud ho is advertising tho mlnos of Oregon to an advantage that few other men in tbo state are capable nf doing." ORGANIZE THE OREGON DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE The Portland Commercial club has Issued the official call for a meot iug to organize an Oregon Develop ment League. Railroads will soil round trip tioketa at ouo fare, The call says in part: "A convention for the purpose of organizing an Oregon Development League will be called to order prompt, ly at 10 o'olook A. M. Tuesday August 2. for two days' aesaloo, at the Marquam Grand theatre, Port- land, Oregon, uudor tho auspices of the Portlaud Commercial club, which will have for its pruposo tho development aud upbuilding of tho stato of Oregon. "Every editor in Oregon is a delegate at large. "The govornor, Uuited States senators aud congressmen are also delegates at large aud are expected to be present. "The mayor of each aud every city and town in the state, as well as the county judge of each aud every county, Is urged to name ten delegates. "The president or executive naloer of every oommerelal, Industrial, agricultural, horticultural, livestock, dairy, irrigation, mining or other similar organisation having for Its purpose the development of any in dustry Is urged to name ten dole gates, and add himself aud secretary to tho delegation, as active workers aro ospoolally desired. "The great railroad systoms traversing Oregon have soveral thousand men actively engaged In soouriug Immigration, and thoso samo rallroadB havo industrial departments which will oooporato with cities and towns ou their lines in tho location of manufaoturng enterprises, and thoy want to know just oxactly what has beon accomplished and reports will bo asked for from all of the IntorostH roprosouted through dolo gatlous, aud no feature of tho pro gram will be moro advantageous aud interesting than this. "If you haven't a busluaBH or ganization in your community, or somo other body through which you can bo represented, orgauizo at ouce, aud if your mooting la ouly largo enough to select the delegate, name yourselves aud oomo, for it is the willing workers who are to do most for Oregon. "Immediately upon cboosiug dole gates, please notify your local papers and send notloo to tho Portland Commercial club. "A program of brlof but explicit speeches on various subjects will bo urraugod iu advance, aud every pob siblo effort will bo made to havo thifl couvoution rosult iu bringing tho Oregon peoplo together aud iu form ing plana which will lesult to tho bonofit nf every portion of thia groat stato." SNOW ON THE HILLS AROUND BOURNE The humidity in tho atroosphore of yesterday aud last night on tho higher hills around Douruo was turned into suow, and thero was a oonsldorablo adornmout of tho hoau tiful, say travolors from tho mining vlllauo above this moruing. It raiuo I horo Intermittantly all night, aud also at Bouruo aud iu tho surround lug reglou, but nt greater olovatlona the dampness took tho form of snow. Bourne peoplo iu Sumpter today say the coating on tho hills above Htid sjrrounding the towu amounted to soveral iucbos. Taking Testimony. R. E. Drlscoll, tho Ureenhoin raining mau, was iu town today in the mattei of giving testimnoy be fore Fred Pontaiue, referee in the oase of Drlscoll against the United Ex ploration company. J. P. Baunon la attorney for Mr. DriMoll. The case will come up in the Grant county court. ORE THAT CARRIES 80 OUNCES GOLD PER TON Wild Excitement in Cornucopia District Over Recent Discovery in That Oldest Oregon Quartz The wildest excitement is raging In Cornucopia over a strike of the richest oro possibly ever discovered in thiB flection. It is really the blggost striko ou record tboro. Tbo disoovory was mado by Uitllagher and Pioroo, prospectors, ou what is sup posed to bo tho old NelHon location, made way back in tho sixties, on Pine areok near tho Union Companion miuo. Tho uowly discovered lodge is six foot wide and tho oro carries eighty ounces In gold and eight ounces in silver to tho ton. Peoplo aro coming in from all diieiUioiiH from iinurhy camps and owucrH of adjoining proprotios aro jubilant ovor tbo striko. Along about 18(17 L. W. Nelson, PAID $25 AND SOLD FOK $300 W. II. Simon, tho Contor stroot shoemakor believes in quick sales and small profits, although tho profit in tho Instance to bo related cannot bo regarded as very small. On Juno 21, Mr. Simon purchased of 10. O. Hara a half Interest in a ulaim located In tho Cracker Creek district above the Half Way house. Today Mr. Simon received !I00 in coin of tho realm for his acquisition from .1. 1. Watt, of Omaha, Nebraska. S. H. Watt, brother nf tho pur chaser, owns tho other half lutorest, and iu view of tho rloh surface assays ho induced tho Omaha man to invest. Thoro Is only a three foot hole on tho property, but assays from oro reoontly takon out havo gone as high as 9180. This looked mighty good and S. B. Watt Induced his brother to buy Mr. Simons' Interest. Work is to bo started Monday dovoloplng tho property, and S. H. Watt will havo charge of It. Tho name of tho laim la tho Hidden Troasuro. Cutting Lumber for Mills. Dr. It. N. Jackson, manager of the Fortune Mining company, operating ;ln tbo Ciieonhnrnn, was on tin) train this afternoon going to Hakor City to muni bis wife, who Is coming from Spokane to spout! tlie summer in urn mint). Tbo company lias tbo Hum- 1...1.1. .....I !?,.! .Inn A fmwiilill bllH iiuiiil mm i,i't """ 'boon infatallod aud is now cutting timber for tho Humboldt aud Red Lion mills soon to be installed. Elk Head Saloon. Elk Head Whiskey, old, fine aud mellow, at the Elk Head aaloon.Cen ter street, Old Olympia stand. Try it. Camp. of Raker City, tho dlsooveior and owner of tho celebrated Nelson plaoor mlnos, and his associates mado what was probably tho first quartz location in tho Cornucopia camp, and ovon at that oarly day peeked in by horses from Umatilla ou tho Columbia river a stamp mill which was shipped from Sail Francisco by water via Portland. Tho mill nover wmh erected, but tho decayed pieces of it ato Htill found on tho ground aud soattorcd along tho trail between there aud Umntilla. Tbo importance of this striko, coming just at this time, to Maker City can readily bo seen, aud tho attention It. will attract will no tho big 'doubt have a tendency to hurry adjustment, of the matterH iu tho Cornucopia mines.- - Democrat. MONEY IS UP ON M'LEOD VS. JOHNS Tom O. Cray posted int) today in tho hands of M. R Muxy to hack M. D. MitLeod of the Overland, in tho single drilling contest against Joe Johns, or tho E. and 10., and tho rest or tho SilfiO is on tap, tho match lo take place within tho next two weeks. It is urged that. Johns Iiiih ndvoi liscd the meet, wilboiif consulting MoLood, all hough lie Iiiih shown no disposition to post the cash. Mol.ond is willing to have the meet pulled oil', and has all the backers he needs. JoIiiih, too, seems to havo supinators, and it. Ih probable a date will soon lie announced, McLeod and Joiiua won first and second money at. tho single contest on Jul fi. Work on the Virtue. Tho Old Virtue mine ou which it force of men is now at work under the recent H'orgauiation H'hcnui and salo Is taking on ou now life aud pre sents a scene of great activity. Ueneral Manager J. K. Romig la pushing forwawl the construction of tho heavy foundations for the new hoist and iu another four weeks will havo the big piece of machinery in operation. This hoist is one of three of the samo pat I ecu now in uho in eastern Oregon, there being one at the lied Hoy. The fouudationa for the hoist will bo 24xi!8 feet, nine feet deep or cement aud stone. It will bo put down iu layers each one or which will be allowed to m-iikou. Tho hoist itseir is a magnificent double engine aud double ilium aud weighs 112,000 pounds. Demount. Timber and Honuttcad Filings. Timlxir and homestead tilings, as wei as final proofs, can Ihj miule hefoie Charles 11. Chauce, United HiiiImh Com missioner, cilice in Pirat National Bai k of Bumpter building, Huiiiptor, thus sin lug applicants expense of a trip to l Graade. TX"