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The Oroville Weekly Gazette
FOURTH YEAR. NO. 39
iOUNIY DIVISION NO 60
Return Home Disgusted of
One of Our Delegated
Representatives.
BAD CASE OF GOLD FEET
Representative Bolingcr Dodges
Pre-Election Promises made
to Oroville Residents.
C. F. Sigrist, who was sent to Olym
ia as plenipotentiary to represent this
lace in the effort to talk the legisla
ure into putting the knife to Okano
an county and cutting out a new coun
y to be known as Tonasket, returned
•om his fruitless mission Tuesday eve
ing. That it was fruitless was no
,ult of Mr. Sigrist, nor his active asso
late, Hon. Geo. J. Hurley, of Loomis,
ho was on the firing line in the same
tortby cause. Probably the late date
f putting the matter up to the legis
iture was the strongest factor in
eading off the commendable effort to
cure the division of an unwieldy
irritory, but that was not alone the
tumbling block, for had our represen
dive stood fairly to promises made and
le Methow delegation toted fair, even
te late hour at which the bill was
•csented would not have prevented
s passage.
This paper has not said a great deal
)out the division movement, because
was so sudden, and so precipitately
ished that there was little time to
tploit the proposition, yet it was an
ten movement against which little or
developed within the
rritory that the people therein pro
ved should be set aside. Up to a
rtnight ago county division was not
Scussed, nor did it entek into the cal
lations of the residents of the county,
bout that time the people of the
■ethow valley suddenly developed a
Htaire to be set aside as a separate
The residents of the north
of the county at once took up the
■gS’estion years ago advanced of or
ganizing a new county out ot the sev-
Mral rows of townships just south of
H|e international boundary, and made
Hie proposition to the Methow people
■pat two new counties should be made
Hpstead of one. The Methow tribe
■gerly fell in with the plan, promis-
Hpg united action in the effort to bring
Wbout division. Delegates were sent
£|p Olympia, both from the Methow
Kid the upper Okanogan to push the
Hphcme, while representatives were
■resent from what was to remain of
Bic old county to see that the lines
■id not cut too great a chunk out of
'parent body. At Olympia the Methow
ijklegales fell out among themselves,
Bresuinably upon a division of the
Soaves and fishes, and the Methow bill
•as squelched. However, that disap
pointed region claimed to be friendly
toward the proposal to make Tonaskel
lijitounty, but from subsequent develop
ments their protestations must have
been insincere. When Representative
Bolinger was asked to introduce the
pill providing for the formal ion of a new
bounty he flatly refused and would not
'pven introduce it as by request. In
Irder to get it before the legislature
■t all it was necessary lo appeal to the
eprescntative from a neighboring
nunty. Of course it is recognized
hat at so late a moment a hill of this
tnponance would meet with difficul
les hard to overcome, but had Mr.
(olinger adhered lo promises made to
esidenls of this place, and given it
is hearty endorsement and support,
access might have followed. Of
nurse the people up here feel very
indly toward the gentleman for his
ttitude in the premises and only hope
j be able some time in the future to
ward him by promotion to the senate,
n the meantime the people of what
tas to be Tonasket county will con
nue lo saw wood and grow apace, and
dll come in on the home stretch two
ears hence.
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WILL WORK PLACER GROUND.
Dave Roberts, who has been in
barge of the Golden Sands mining
laitns during the winter, was in town
iunday. He reports that it is the in
ention of those interested to cora
tence work on the property on an ex
onsive scale during the coming sum
jer, and if the plans in contemplation
re carried out it means employment
or quite a number of men. The Gold-
en Samis is a placer properly along
the Similkamcen river, only three
miles above Oroville. The claims were
located by the late VYm. T. I’elerson,
and Milwaukee people became inter
ested in them. It is claimed by the
engineer who carefully examined and
tested the ground last fall that the
dirt will yield $4.75 to the cubic yard.
This is a remarkable showing for or
dinary placer ground, for dirt yielding
one fourth that sum would leave a
substantial margin to the operators,
if there is any extent of pay dirt hold
ing up to the figures claimed, and it is
properly handled, the property could
be made to yield a profit that would
compare favorably with the output of
the old Rich Bar diggings, located
above the Similkamcen falls, which
created a stampede over 50 years ago.
It is the intention of the company to
put in an electric pump and hydraulic
the ground, at least it is so reported,
and no doubt correctly, as it is the
cheapest and most effective system that
can be used for working placer ground
on a large scale.
IN ON A GOOD THING.
Geo. Loudon, jr., who is at the head
of a nourishing mercantile establish
ment at Keremeos, B. C., passed thro -
Oroville Saturday on a brief visit to
Spokane. Mr. Loudon is a young man
who is keenly looking forward to a
competency early in life, as ho is not
contented with the natural accretion
that comes with a prosperous line of
trade, but has his eyes open for such
investments as look good for substan
tial returns. In this laudable pursuit
for substantial returns he secured an
interest in the Carbon Hill Coal and
Coke company, that holds an extensive
territory rich in a high grade of coal,
located in the Fernie district, a region
from which the chief coal supply for a
vast scope of country is drawn. The
writer has had some opportunity to
look into this proposition, and while
not an authority on coal feels confident
that Mr. Loudon has made an invest
ment that will speedily pry his bank
account into prominence.
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SCHOOL NOTES
Rev. H. M. Course gave a very in
teresting talk on Yellowstone National
Park to the Athenian Literary Socie
ty last Friday, ,The- t#lk was v«r;
much enjoyed by all, and the pupils
found the same beneficial.
The Oro basket ball gil ls have now
two well organized teams, and have
had several profitable practices. The
teams hope to play a matched game in
the near future. Miss Stella Wurty i
acting as captain of the town team.
Misses Mildred Mitchell and Cora
Morris made a short visit at their res
pective homes near Kipling last week.
It is reported that Mrs J. W. Folds,
who had charge of the elocution work
in the high school, will return next
week. It is greatly desired by the
high school students that the lady will
resume the elocution course.
Miss Blanche Bisseli spent a few
days last week with Mrs. J. Myers, of
Chopaca.
Richard Jackson, who lias been ill
for the past few months, has fully re
covered, and it is hoped by all that the
“little chap’’ will soon he able to re
turn to school.
The first of a series of three games
of basket ball to be played between
Riverside and Oroville was played at
the former place Saturday last. The
following was the line up :
RIVKBBIDK OKIHIM E
Prof Johnson Hinhi forward Henry East
A. Smith i.udl forward '.lcon Michel'
C. Williams Center James East
Boy Leonard LidtOnard Billy Me.Mlttian
Hubert Smith Bight Guard Leslie Stanshury
First on the list for that evening was
a game between the Riverside town
and school girl teams. After a warm
contest the game was decided in favor
of the town girls.
The game between Oroville and Riv
erside was called about !t o'clock. Both
teams went in for a hard scrap, and for
some lime the game was rather rough,
resembling foot ball more than basket
ball. Time was called for the first
half with a score of Ito J in favor of
Riverside. After lo minutes inter
mission work was again resumed so
vigorously that Referees Savage and
Davis were kept very busy for a few
minutes calling fouls and assuring the
boys that they were not playing fool
ball. In the last half Oroville suc
ceeded only in making one point, while
the other team scored •.*, making a to
tal score of 21! to a. After the game
everybody joined in merry making,
and all enjoyed a pleasant evening in
dulging in the dance. It is true the
Oroville boys returned skinned, but
not “sore."
O. E'. Hall and D. D. England, of
Wenathee, were arrivals to look over
the country this week. Mr. England
will take charge of the Ellis-Forde Ok
anogan valley ranch.
OROVILLE, WASHINGTON. MARCH 5, tyoy
ANEW INFANT INDUSTRY
A Concrete Plant Soon to
Be in Operation in
This Place.
ENCOURAGE THE ENTERPRISE
A Popular Building Materal that
is Destined to Enter Largely
Into Future Impovcmcnts.
Carl Hamilton, Jacob Hast and David
Louie have completed arrangements
for installing a concrete plant at Oro
ville. The necessary machiney has
been ordered, and as soon as a suitable
location can be secured and building
erected the trio will begin the manu
facture of concrete building blocks,
brick, tiling, and such other articles
of utility that concrete can be fashion
ed into. Several parties about town
have expressed an intention to erect con
crete buildings this summer, and when
the fashion is fairly started others will
fall in. and that cheap, convenient and
durable material will enter largely into
improvement s to be made in the future.
Two members of the company engaged
in the project are experienced me
chanics and builders, and hence will
turn out a superior quality of material
in shape to be used to the best ad
vantage. Concrete is rapidly growing
in favor as a substitute for lumber,
b.tick and stone, and in a few years it
will become the principal material
used in private and public construction.
It is more economical than brick or
stone, and in lime will be produced at
less cost than lumber. Besides the
recoin medal ion of cheapness experi
ment and experience have demonstrat
ed that concrete makes the most dur
able and comfortable building in com
parison with any other constructive
material In use. The- audition of 'it
concrete plant to tie active industies
of Oroville is a matter of general con
gratulation, and it is to he hoped that
the promoters of the movement may
realize a full measure of success from
the enterprise they are displaying.
STUTF3Y COMPANY COMING
Arrangements are being made with
the Stuthy Dig Theatre company for
their appearance in Oroville while en
route lo tin coast eitie,- The .Stutby
company does not usually play the
smaller towns, as it is composed of 14
people, and the expense attached lo
handling a traveling company of that
size hardly justifies playing any but
the large cities. The company is high
ly recommended, and no play put on
the stage by the Stutby people will
offend the most exacting or refined.
The agent for the company will arrive
iu a few days and complete arrange
ments for the appearance of the troupe,
and fuller particulars will lie given at
a later date.
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PREPARING TO WORK THE TRIUNE
C. M. Strowbridge, who islhe super
intendent in charge of the Triune
mine, at Golden, was iu town Tuesday
for supplies. \ lino of poles is now
up from the mine to the Similkamcen
Falls power plant, and the wire will
iic strung so soon as the snow is re
duced sullicieutly to work over the
mountain ridge between the mine and
the power plant. The company lias a
large quantity of material en route
from the east, but (lie consignment
Iras been side tracked somewhere and
cannot be located. When the plans ol
operation that have been formulated
are c •Tied out the Triune will tie ope
! rated by electric power, and that swell
proposition that turned out much liar
| gold in years past, will again he pound*
| ng out the yellow metal. This will
lie advantages to Oroville, as the mine
i is only a few miles west of the town,
and all business connected with the
j mine is done at tins point.
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A MATTER Ol PUBLIC UTILITY.
Tile utisiglitln condition of the main
stret ts at ibis time leaves a rather un
favorable impression on tire stranger
'isiting town, and. indeed, the firmly
implanted citizen by no means looks
upon lire situation with complacency.
Tire streets in many places are awash,
and mud is prominently in evidence.
No provision has been made for drain
-1 age, no grading' has ever been done,
and hence the ponds remain to. be
paddled through until natural percola
tion and-e vaporation removes the mois*
tore. If the financial condition of the
city exchequer is such as to warrant
the expenditure and thanks to the
uniformity of an ideal townsitc thisex
pense should be comparatively light
those in authority should make an ef
fort to grade the principal streets and
cover them with a coal of gravel, it
would eliminate the water and mud
nuisance, and reduce in a large met
urtb the circulation of real estate dur
ing the summer months. This item is
not written in a spirit of criticism, but
as offering advice that none can deny
as being good. Everybody is interest
ed in the material advancement of the
city, which has exceptionally bright
prospects, and there is hardly any ex
penditure that could be made that
would add more to the attractiveness
of Oroville than providing neat, solid
and well cared for streets.
TO HANDLE REAL ESTATE.
Mr. Guy Fruit, of Loomis, arrived in
Oroville Wednesday, and brings his
blankets to stay. He has formed a
partnership in the real estate business
with ids brother, I’rice, and the firm
will be located in the new building
about completed, opposite the Peerless
hotel. The Fruit brothers are among
the oldest residents of the north part
of the county, and are thoroughly fa
miliar With every locality where land
can be taken up, or is under improve
ment. They will handle fruit and farm
lands, as well as town property, and
their knowledge of conditions and sur
roundings especially qualities them for
giving their patrons satisfaction. Both
members of the firm are wide awake
pushers, and those who transact busi
ness with them are assured of square
treatment and honest representation.
PUBLIC MEETING,
A call eminating from the Commer
cial (.lull has been issued through the
medium of dodgers—-or otherwise this
office would have been ignorant of the
movement for a mass meeting, at the
Peerless hall, next Monday evening,
to take up the question of a compre
hensive city water system. Probably
there’is no public utility to be provid
ed fov a municipality more important
than fit adequate supply of pure water,
and the sooner the,. matter is set tled,
providing it is settled right, the belter
for 1 copulation. The question is
one in which every individual citizen
is directly and vitally interested.
There should be a large and represen
tative crowd at the meeting, and the
question carefully and calmly consid
ered.
FOUND BAD ROADS
F. M. Hall, the genial representa
tive of the Gray, F,wing A < o. papei
house, of Spokane, came in from Moi
son Tuesday. He started down the
slope on runners, hut the snow gave
out and the last few miles w a-made
on the vertebra of a cay use. Not be
ing hardened to that method ol loco
motion the young man was seeking
cushions to sit on. Mr. Hall announced
that he was about to shake the road
and go into the mercantile bu-iness at
Hatton. He will be missed by the
press boys along the route he has so
i long traveled.
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Invests at Oroville.
Jas. True, an old and well-known
pioneer of the Molson country, recent
ly disposed of his ranch that he located
on shortly after the opening, of the
north half of the reservation, and has
purchased a string of lots from J. P.
; Samson, located in the south part of
town. It is reported that Mr. True
j will at once improve a portion of his
purchase by erecting a comfortable
■ borne. It is a wise plan, mid others
are invited to locate hi Oroville and
! follow Mr. True's example.
POVERYT SOCIAL.
Remember the poverty social in
yigrist hall, Friday evening, March .1,
given by the Ladies' Aid of the M. K.
church. A prize will be given for the
most poverty stricken gown, both lady
! and gentleman. Ladies are requested
i to bring half a pound of tea in a fancy
j bag, with their card inside. The sacks
w ill be sold at auction. Lunch will he
I served free to all. Everybody wi Iconic.
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Paid a Fine.
The trial of the young man before
! .Justice Fraser last week developed the
fact that the case against 17-;, car-old
Alva Holtle,-of Kipling, was not as
serious as at first reported. The ori
ginal charge was attempted rap. on
the person of a school girl, but m\• ai
gallon convinced the justice that 1 1 1 i -
charge could not ho sustained in Die
superior court, so be assessed a line
against the bo\ on a charge of simple
I assault and dismi-.ed the case. Sev
eral people from the Kipling neigh
borhood \vere down as witnesses, among
j them being the boy s father, who paid
the line at the concilia! o . <1 ihc s.e.t..
BACK EDOM THE EAST
Monroe Harnan Expects to In
stall a Trcatmeut Plant
at the Rrtby Mine.
TO REA CHLORINATION SYSTEM
It Means a Paying Mine at Last
For This Upper Country
After Long Waiting.
Monroe Harman, manager of the
Ruby mine, one of the most thorough
ly developed and promising properties
in the Similkaraeen valley on this side
of the international line, situated on
the northeast slope of Mount Chopaca,
directly on the railroad and only a
short distance west of Oroville, re
turned last week from an extended
visit to his old homo in Ohio. Mr.
Harman made a combination pleasure
and business trip, and it goes without
the saying that he reaped a full meas
ure of the former, and found time to
transact a good deal of the latter.
Mr. Harman lias been at the head of
the Ruby, camped immediately upon
the ground, for a number of years, and
has given freely both of bis means and
his best energies in the effort to make
a producing mine. Under his manage
ment a vast amount of underground
work has been accomplished, and a
comp 1 hensive system of tunnels,
shafts, drifts and uprises lias exposed
a vast quantity of ore, the chief values
therein being silver. Some of this ore
carries ruby, brittle and other charac
ters of the richer formation of siver,
running into high values, but the vast
bulk of the product is of such grade
that the best results can only be ob
tained by treatment immediately at
the mine. Considerable of the high
grade ore has been shipped at differ
ent periods in the past, but producing,
transportation and treatment charges
have b. en so high as to cqldqeply into
the returns, and the company wisely
decided that it was throwing good
money away to continue the system.
It has long been the aim of the stock
holders. and the one great ambition of
the manager, to secure and install a
treatment plant to handle the output
of the mine, as the quantity of ore in
sight, with indisputable evidence of its
continuation in the workings, is so
great that a profitable income is as
sured whenever local treatment is pos
sible. One of the objects of Mr. Har
man's mission east was to personally
witness the operation of a n w method
of ehlorinat ion, in conjunction with elec
trical treatment, A ,'iO hour test run
was made, and while some difficulty
was experienced with the elecric fea
ture that prevented a more extended
test, the result in the saving of the
values of the ore treated was so satis
factory that Mr. Harman feels confi
dent that the system, when the defects
that interferred with extended opera
tion are remedied, is just what he has
been looking for to make the Huby a
producer of riches in bulk metal. Just
when a plant can be installed is not
known, but Mr. Harman hopes to have
one working out the values in the
Huby ore during the coming summer.
If this expectation is realized those
who have supplied the sinews for car
rying out the work so far done on the
Huby can figure on returns upon their
investment they have so long, and not
very patiently, waited for.,
From a party who met Mr. Harman
upon his return it is learned that the
gentleman is not only hopeful of an
early consummation of long deferred
hopes as relating to the mine he is in
terested in, but he has a very optomis
tic opinion of the future of Oroville.
He overheard much favorable mention
of the place during his travels, and
expressed himself as confident that the
town is sure of enjoying a rapid and
substantial growth. If our informant
did not slip a cog on a cypher or two,
Mr. Harman is quoted as having ex
pressed the belief that Oroville would
grow to be a city of 'Jo,duo inhabitants
within the next live years. We would
not be at all surprised if he hit the
mark, but most of us will be satisfied
with half the number in that length ol
time, with aoOpMXt margin in ten years.
TO LOSE A VALUABLE CITIZEN
K. F. Magee, for a longtime cashier
of the First National bank, left Wed
nesday for Twisp, and as he was ac
companied by his wife his stay in the
Methow \alley may lengthen out loan
indefinite period. During his residence
litre Mr. Magee has made man;, warm
$1.50 PER YEAR.
friends by bis uniform urbanity and
courtesy. He is a valuable citizen for
any town, as Ins influence is always
enlisted on the side of good govern
ment and progression, and ins efforts
are directed toward advancing the
best interests and welfare of
the community of which he happens
to be a member. While wishing Twisp
no Lad luck it is the hope of those who
know him best that Mr. Magee will
And his way back to Oroville at an
early dale. In the meantime the bank
will be left in capable and efficient
hands, as Messrs. Murray and Arm
strong will be at their posts to give
the business public the richt kind of
service.
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Basket Ball at Riverside.
The high school basket ball team,
with a few rooters, drove clown to Riv
erside and tried conclusions with the
team at that place Saturday. Owing’
to the limited space in the hall, which
prevented tlie springing of the team
work that our home boys had framed
up, which was confidently expected
would wipe their rivals off the earth,
and other causes that shall not be enu
merated, the Riverside boys, with lit
tle regard to the courtesy due guests,
threw the visitors over the fence by
the lopsided score of 21 to 3. The fol
lowing are the names of the home
team that took part in the festivities :
Glen Mitchell, Win. McMillan, Henry
East, Jas. East. Leslie Stans bury.
Nighthawk to Work.
The report reaches this office that
the Nighthawk mine and mill is soon
to start active work, and that Henry
D. James, of Milwaukee, the manager,
will probably spend the summer at the
mine, taking personal charge of the
work. The Nighthawk has a finely
equipped stamp mill, operated by elec
tric power, and large ore bodies have
been opened up, by means of a main
working tunnel, that carry strong
values. Owing’ to the late financial
pinch the property has been idle for
some time, and a revival of operations
would put new life in the adjacent
village of Nighthawk. The mine is on
the railroad only some twelve miles
west of < )roville.
The Loomis Dance.
Ed. Klingman was the only Urovil
lian who attended the masquerade ball
given under~tlie auspices of the Com
mercial Club, at Loomis, last Friday
night. It proved to be the most large
ly amended and most enjoyable public
social event that has taken place in
that camp during the winter. The
Club profiled handsomely by the effort,
and those present express themselves
as fully repaid by the quantity and
quality of pleasure in circulation. In
the award of prizes Mr. Herbert Gregg
secured that awarded for the best sus
tained lady character, and Miss Millie
Richards for the best lady "s costume.
Mr. Hurt Ghampneys captured the
prize for the best dressed gentleman,
and Mr. Kobt. Vail for the best sus
tained character.
Send the P.iper East.
What a local paper needs to be ef
ficient lit its service to the community
it represents is a large circulation, and
il the comniunitv is loyal to the paper
it will aid in securing’ that circulation.
There are few residents of Oroville
who cannot afford to subscribe for from
three to ten > xtra papers, having them
mailed to friends at a distance. This
will be aiding to build up Oroville and
surrounding country by spreading
broad cast the bright prospects of this
locality, at a small tax upon the indi
vidual residents. Try the scheme and
see the effects. This office is open to
j an experiment of the kind.
A German Colony.
Price Fruit, wiio in rapidly taking
j the higher degrees in the real estate
j business, expects to land a colony of
Germans, from North Dakota, with a
j representative of whom he lias been in
I correspondence *-for some lime. The
| object is to get the homeseekers lo
| rated in a body on land in this vicinity.
! It the project can be carried through
1 it will be a fortunate stroke of busi
j ness, as the Germans are a thrifty,
| steady, industrious class of fanners,
who will place the land they occupy in
[ a high state of cultivation, and make a
i valuable addition to the population.
An Ellcmchan Property.
W. H. Hix, who ha- long been iden
tified with a group ul mining claims
1 located near Golden, and possessing
; evidence of being tie' making of a val
’ liable mine, arrived from Spokane
Monday evening, and left for the moun
tains Tuesday. Mr. Hix is sustained
by an abiding faith in tlie \alue of ids
i holdings, and will continue after the
lore all summer, il it requires that
length of time to reach it. He expect,
a party ol Spokane people, interested
nth him, out here su soon as the earth
breaks throe :h the snow eappinj.