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The Oroville Weekly Gazette FOURTH VI'.AR. NO. M AN IMPORTANT PROJECT That Will Add Greatly to the Power Production ol the Similkameen River. A DAM TO BE CONSTROCTEO And a System Installed lluf Will Develope Eight Thousand Horse Power. Oroville possesses a number ol ad vantages that gives her a great pre tige over less fortunately situated com munities, any one of which in itsell would he sufficient to insure the ulti mate building up of a city of consider able magnitude and importance, hut what must be considered its strongest factor in insuring future and stable growth is its immense and almost in comparable water power, a power of greas magnitude, only an infinitesimal portion of which now being utilized. How ng unchecked upon the western boundary of the town. This capacity 'or power production is the Similka lieen river, a brawling, rapid stream >f large volume that erosion, the work If ages, has so com pas d in a channel >et ween beettling cliff's as to make h of control, and which, under such in time will be made lode electric power sullicient to sup |Bily any demand that may be mad.- for modern energy. Already, at the of the Similkamcen, only some Hmr miles tip liver, a plant lias been installed and is in operation, but hi Hneer the, falls and the town l here j- fall in the river, the course is narrow with p.-rpen banks ol stun", ban it r . in (hr of dams can, and on.- day well, B- the potter developed by i h falls. SB It is staled that tin. provision fm power can and w ill be ae pli shed, and He indication ai. if«|hat the day of accomplishment is not .Jfcl dislani. It is generally knmvntli.it Bivdrological engine l tid prmnnem ■ Ai&d reputation visited, investigated secured a water right and dam 9Bht on Ihe Similkaineeii river, last f.l at the point when the railroad jjSßidge an Os. I eli.isin TTi is gent le pjtjßn came here as a repre entalivi to investigate, make un a - *"11111-, draw plans and sped lira [tlHpiis and report. Considerable, lime money were expended in Ibis work, when it was completed the en- had profiles and a report to sub iSHkit that was convincing as to the teas pßilily of Ihe project, and lo the im- HBi'tance and desirability of llie uudet- IMtking as an investment. The work 'i®Hs done by an atii-t in bis profession, every detail of bis report was ol ■Bch an encouraging nature that fail .h*| e of success i- to remote to be eon ■tiered. I \V bile the writer has not bail access these reports, and hence knows of she contents only in a general way, it hi understood that the proposit ion is to JJiu in a concrete dam at (he narrow- Jljßt point in the river, winch is at the •hi road bridge. It is calculated I bat '•Hell a dam as is in contemplation will develop 8000 horse power. The plant •mild lie installed in '.MOO-horse power Bints, the production to be increased Iti correspond with the growing ih Jhaial. Adam at the point selected Ijßould not in any way interfere wiib plant at the falls, and a- the river ’•!■ i ll- down through a narrow, rocky jSaKirge from the falls lo the point seha l- Tftl lor the dam there is no land lo be ■a'aaged by overllow from back water. placing of the dam will uecessi vtlil* 1 o the elevation of the railroad hut .'irrangements have been with the railroad eompauy lo |Hmke the change. Such is an outline tsjll 'be plans to be adoptpil a- suggested Hal.' the examining engineer, and it i. ieved I bat tie work will hr can e l Hot during the present year. ■ Nothing that money ronld be m., t in tin way of a private enterprise be felt so immediately as a h. n ■t in ' •roville. The contemplative HBenditure is $, it in, into, a large portion w’luch Will go to labot But it t > gjah' l ' the bene lit derived from tie im prose es.nl building that will pi ■■ . the gicaie.i good the plaee. tot a p ■t plant of such capacity a- t- tigui d j|Bi' meins a perpetual ad antanta • great moment In conjunct ton wit.li " ,ji cildet t -tahli.-litd plant it would 1 11 1• 11 01 1 pom r lor every class of indus try «In.-i, (lower enters, and Its clr-apness would inereasc tlie demand., 1 i inn In 1 1 ii (he estahlishtncnt of such • nt'Tin i -f - as depend upon motor |K)» i Tie people ol < >rnville surely hope it the project under consideration urn .i i 'ali/ai ionol the near future. MAt »\ I HUM I(I I. t OAST. linn. Geo. .1. Hurley, of Loomis, 'pent Tuesday in Oroville on his way lioiue from the coast. Mr. Hurley was sent lo ( dynda some weeks ago as a repre ■eMlative of the residents of the ourtli part of (lie county who favored county division. Tins movement for county division was initialed by the people of the Methow valley, who de sired the west part of the county set aside as a new county, and invited the people of this locality to join in and aid to cut < Ikanogan into three coun ties. Had it, not been for this invita tion our people would not have taken any action in the premises. Much to his embarrassment and disappointment on i i aching Olympia Mr. Hurley found the Methow contingent divided upon the question of county seat, and the proposal to form Methow county had liem abandoned. Not only was that project given up, but the representa tives from that section became antag onistic to the formation of the new county of Tomiskel. Why they as sumed that attitude after inducing the people mri here to enter the field Mr. Hurley was unable to ascertain. The upshot of it was that while Mr. Hol ingcr endeavored lo have the bill, which was reported favorably by the committee, culled up and killed, Mr. Hurley so managed to have the bill kept sii far down on the calendar that it could not he reached, and hence ihe hill remain on record unpreju diced. No man could have been sent lo Olympia better equipped for the work in hand than Mr. Hurley, and he did all that could he expected under the ei ecu instances. While in Olympia Mr. Hurley was taken sick, and since the .idjurt of the legislature he has been under medical treatment at Portland. He is much improved, hut will not he able to return to his duties m the store for some weeks. .11 ill I.ft*. MNf.KHS., Tii? \, nii.i'ii. .infill. •• :Sogers wlil give :i concert in Singrist hall on the • veiling nl Tin ■ l:i•;. April tin. The <*tinllii v will :1111• •11 under the aus -1» ilr M 1 church as a bene iii i; 11 v lor lie i .nreli building; fund. I'ln i • 111111 ■ in\ i- lie best nf its kind mi lb" i "ad and I'one's highly recora •ii- no dI" tie |'i' and eminent edu cate! and cliuieli workers. The mem - li l i . of tie’ tftnipe are natist.s and give a phasing and reine d entertainment. Ibe attendance should, and no doubt will, lill draw nut a large audience. \innng the many testimonials that are prea nted bj the eompiniy the state of ( barb . V Rarry, of the Washing lon \grieuli oral < ollege, Pullman, Wash., is ipioted .is follows: “These Williams' Jubilees deserve to bo re* '■ominendi'd as one of the greater en tertainments before the public today. A member of our musical department calls them a first-class Jubilee com pany. We have invited them to be on our next lecture course.” I. 11l 111 lll'.ll ns>. Mr. Mi i'ammon has received returns on Ibe quartz taken from his recent discovert east of town, sent out for aj-ay. and I be result gives a total value iu gold, silver and copper of $lO, which is really a remarkable good surface showing. Tim copper present was over two per cent. Mr. Mel amnion was out Sunday doing' more work, and he re ports that lhi' ledge lias widened out io four feet. Kour feet of quartz car ryiie: a airfare value of +lO would make the prospect a ready seller in a mining country where mining is ear ned on at a pi old, and is good enough to justify more extended development. wiii line t mii i u r\i nim mi. 11. 11. Brown, who bar ranched and raised stock on a place over near \\ chest i 1 if lor tears, was in town .Sat urday, lie is in desert bis old occupa- I ions for a lime at least, bating* just iaki n a I* is, on (lie Jack Pul groupof claims near lus ranch. He proposes pulling in ihe next year driving on a Mime I that was>tarted to tap the ledge at considerable depth. The ore in the ■ eio for which file tunnel i> heading ■ irrii - I ateiage tallies, and Mr. Blown In lot. s ilint (be property can In made taluable bv proper exploita tion. The formation isdiorile, as hard a. an anvil, and luruu r operators were di eunraged because the rock refused in give ttat to the coaxing force ol giant powder, but Mr Brown is young, endowed with muscle and energy, and Im prop,.-. . in burn a path to riches if l.e In- -todoif by inches Such pluck desert's success, and he will succeed if the stulf is in the ground lo make success possible. OROVILLE. WASHINGTON. APRIL <j. tyoy. AN OKANOGAN BOOSTER __ Col. A. M. Dewey Promoting ! two Important Enterprises For This County. ONE AN ELECTRIC RAILROAD And the Other a Large Copper Mine With a Most Excclent Showing. Col. A. M. Dewey, of Spokane, stopped over in Oroville last Friday night, on his way to the Q. S. mine, situated on Blue lake, an equal dis trnoe between Loomis and Conccnully. Col. Dewey is the promoter of two en terprises that will tend very material ly, when carred out as at present con templated, to the rapid growth in population and the more speedy devel opment of the dormant resources of Okanogan county. One of them, which in its completion and operation is real ly the most important public utility that has yet been suggested end set on foot in this upper country, is the con struction of an electric railroad from a point on the Great Northern, a few miles west of Nighthawk, down thro’ tlie idII country to Brewster, {touching founds, Riverside, Omak, Okanogan and probably Conconully. This has been a pet scheme of the gentleman for the past two years, and he reports that at last he sees his way clear for accomplishing the object he has so long striven for. At one time there was a disposition to belittle the efforts of 1 "01. Dewey, but he has shown such a doughty front, lias worked so hard in the face of discouraginent, has kept up such supurh courage that at last the scoffer has been forced to admire the unwaveping pertinacious energy of the. man, and if not to actually praise, to give him full measure of credit for the efforts put forth. Among those who admire a man who w ill surmount all obstacles, who will notadmitof defeat, who will go on and win out against every impediment, Col. Dewey's ad mirable struggle is fully appreciated, and they will rejoice with him when he is at last able to see his plans con summated. The colonel is a full-fledged optomist, and the word “quit" is not to he found in his lexicon. Col. Dewey staled while here that the prospects for raising l the necessary funds for the construction of the road were very Mattering. Sufficient cash is on hand to grade the first twenty miles of the road, but the directors of the company are insistent upon wailing until all the money required to com plete the line is raised before any con struction commences. Two [represen tatives of the company are negotiating the sale of bonds in London, and a cable from that city last week slated that the negotiations had resulted suc cessfully. It is expected that work will commence within fid days. The other enterprise that Col. Dewey is interested in is the Q. S. mine. Suf ficient work has been done on the property to show that there are large bodies of copper ore on the claims. This has been exposed for many feet by deep workings. The company has experienced some troubles, which seems to ho the history of about all mining propositions up this way, and a reorganization became necessary. All the legal requirements have been met to perfect this reorganization, and Col. Dewey was up at this time to make arrangements to resume development at the mine. He informed the writer ihat SIIO,OOO were in sight to carryout ilie plan of driving a main working tunnel near the base of the mountain to reach the ore dc|>osits at great depth, and that lie will now licnd every ener gy toward making the Q. S. a producer. The revival of operations at that joint will give employment to a large force of men. and encourage the renewal of work on other holdings in the. neigh borhood. Among those who are [Hosted as regards the mineral showings there on, it is felt that the carrying out of the plans in contemplation can only result happily, as the Q. 8. certainly has the indications to justify extensive exploitation. STILL MOKt GOOD ORE. In the mineral zone that embraces a long stretch ol territory along both sides of the international boundary, there are few local deposits that have shown up to a better advantage for the work done than on Kruger mountain, a huge bulk that is divided as to j>< s session by said international line, good properties existing on both sides of that imaginery line separating the United States and British Columbia. About the only difference in the value of the properties is in the amount of ore exposed, and suclt exposure seems dependent entirely upon the amount of work done. Wherever research has been pushed forward, there is the pres ence of ore, good ore, in assay value far beyond the product of many mines that tfre now in the dividend paying column. Among the number none are showing up better than the 4!»th Par allel,/ that is being opened up under the supervision of S. T. Stanton. Those about town interested in this gronp of claims are highly elated over a very recent discovery, which settles for good and all the standing of the 49th Par allel.* At all times there has been a quantity and quality of ore in sight that encouraged the hope of ultimate success, but the strike last week in sures that success beyond preadven ture, What has been thought to be thedianging wall was only a large de posit of tlie choicest copper ore so far in the workings. It was broken into Saturday and the good news was passed to town to make glad the hearts of the stockholders Mr. Stanton went up to the mine Sunday, returning Monday morning. Satisfac tion was his in large hunches. He re ports that the ore surpasses in grade anything yet found, and that that was being removed was of a quality to cheer on the operators lo renewed ex ertions. The ledge is now fully eight feet wide, and the entire face in ship ping oie. Which is a positive assur ance that the 49th Parallel is distinct ly a real mine. - MAY SO TO MISXICO. John Thomas, who has spent many years in this upper country, was an in coming passenger on last Thursday night’s train. Mr. Thomas spent the winter in Spokane, ami most of* the time was devoted to getting over a serious attack of pneumonia. He shows the effects of the struggle in a re duced quantity of llesh he is in the habit of carrying around. Mr.Thomas nov has a well developed case of Mex • and will probably hike out for that alluring county this summer. SCIIOOI, NOTKS. The primary department has ordered a set of 40 books intended especially for use in the primary grades. The money for the books has been supplied by that department, the greater part of it being the proceeds of pop corn sold by the children. Such efforts de serve praise and patronage. Profs. Hungate and Buchanan, of Cheney Normal, will be here this Fri day evening. The puiqxiso of their visit to this town is the inspection of the Orovillc high school. Both of these gentlemen will lecture at Sigrist hall in the evening. These lectures are ab solutely free. Every one is cordially invited. It will be well worth your time, no matter if you are busy. The Oroville basket ball teams, that is the boy's and girl's teams, played at Chesaw last Saturday night. The line up of the girls was as follows : OROVILI.K POSITION CHESAW Mibs Ryan Reft Forward MissOaUac Mlbs Morris Centre Miss Holmes Miss Schuller Right Fotwar 1 .iessie Blaine Miss Williams Left l.nard Anna Blaine Miss Mitchell Right Hoard Miss Cromer The girls played a good game. It was fast and peaceable. No one re ports any vicious hair pulling, or scratching. At the end of the first half the score stood 2 to 3 in favor of Chesaw. The last halt was fast, Che saw succeeded in making a basket. This made the score 5 to 2 in favor of Chesaw. The line up of the other team was: OHOVI LK POSITION CHIBAW J. Last Right Forward \V Mt( rury G. Mitchell Centre 31. Mclntyre F. Bartell Left Forward 1). McCrory G. Miihoven Right Guard A. Briggs L. Stansbury Left Guard Mr. Moore The {fame was rough, fast and inter esting. It was ended by a lopsided score in favor of Chesaw. After the game everybody danced until close upon the hour of 12. After the dance the visitors were royally entertained and given a great “feed.” The basket ball season is now over. - I’AIST VV A LITTLE A stroll through town leaves the. Impression that nine people of ten who have erected buildings exhausted their means with the driving of the last nail, for it is about that per centage of structures that arc without paint,many of them weather beaten and an eye sore. The cost of a little paint is not a vast sum, calc imining can he done for less, Now that spring is on let house owners who have neglected this finishing touch proceed to rectify the error. It would give the place a much more cheerful and attractive appear ance. Do it now the sooner the job is completed the better it will he for OrovjlJe. PASSING OF I PIONEER Death of One of t fie Frist White Settlers of the County. FEW OF THE OLD TIMERS LEFT A Class of Men Who Blazed the Trail Through the Wilderness For March of Civilization. On Wednesday afternoon of last week there passed away, at his home a short distance south of Loomis, the oldest white resident and pioneer of okanog an county, in the death of John Beall. The deceased was a quiet, unassuming man, who attended strictly to his own business, taking no part in public af fairs, or local agitations, and hence may not have been so widely known as others who have lived in the county a shorter time, yet he was undoubtedly the oldest inhabitant at the time of his death. Mr. Beall has been in poor health for the past year, suffering from a combination of ailment that under mined a once powerful constitution, hence his death was not unexpected, although none the less regretted by those who knew him when the final summons came. The remains were buried in the Loomis cemetery last Friday afternoon, a very large cortege following to the grave, the people turning out en masse to show this lasi mark of respect to the ancient pioneer. Little can be learned of the anli cedents of the deceased. lie was horn in Alabama 7ii years ago. and like many another was lured to the fur west by the discovery of gold in California, lie came to the coast in 1801. and bil lowed the mining excitements that caused men to chase up and down the land from Arizona on the south to British Columbia on the north, lie was miner, prospector, packer, freight er in his time. Many years ago In packed on Frazier river, and other mining districts in British Columbia. At last he settled down on a ranch in the beautiful Siulahckin valley, nmn than a quarter ol a century ago, where he continued following a peaceful ai.d industrious life until hedisposed of tin place only a few years ago. lb-lean s a wife, two sons and three (laughters and a brother, Lloyd Beall, all ol whom live in the county. John Beall was one of those hold, adventurous, enterprising argonauts that blazed the way through tin- great west for the civilization that was to follow. Tlie race, of which he was a striking representative, is rapidly dis appearing. They lived a hard life of of deprivations, yet hardships seemed conducive to longevity, for lie certain ly reached a green old age, and up to a few months ago ho was a well pre served man. We cannot help Inti re fer with kindness to those old, old timers, ami express feelings of ex treme regret when one of them at last succumbs to the in citable and pa-.-i - on to that “bourne from whence no traveler return.*’ \ grand work tin t performed in spying out the wilder ness for future generations to enjoy the fruits thereof, and lot of Ihein have ever rceHwd the reward lien they were entiled to nri jv-, -4* ► IIKLVIIM' \s A 11l 'll lit. The bee slin;, as a remedy, or relief, for rheumatism, was tried on Hr. I . S Beale last week, with remarkably good results. Dr. Beale has been afflicted with the painful malady for some lime, and nothing in the way of treatment gave him relief. Bees were applied to the affected parts and an improvement was felt at once. The sling acts as a counter irritant, and somehow relieves the pain. It remains to be seen if the improvement is permanent, or only a temporary relief. The remedy is cer tainly simple enough, and if it proves afficacious in the ease of Dr. Beal it will henceforth become a popular anti/ dote to a very common ailment. / THE MAN AGAIVsT Till: Kltl'TE. ljute a number of people collee'ed on Main street, near the Washington < om mercial company’s store, last Thursday afternoon, attracted by an unujue con test. It scents that .Frank Webstei owns a loose jointed horse that he im agines can gn a cay ole pointers on spilling wind.-and has wa.s in town that day feeling sporty and elorpiently boost ing of the going ability of his steed. Some person casually suggested that in $1.50 I’KR VKAR. a sluirt distance race lhe horse could not lieut a man. Now to Mr. Webster this sounded like casting disparaging remarks upon the ability of his beast, | and he grew violently eager to cover i money to the extent of his pile that j his horse could make a man look like a snail in any distance that could he named. Now Mr. Webster never had bis eye teeth cut on speed jobs that be was going up against, and he mourned I that the quantity of In. substance oulv { equaled the sum of .72 plunks. And ; fortunate for him that his clothes held no mote cash. It was agreed that the distance to he run should be 13 feet, | and Me. Webster's money was covered jso quickly that the eagerness to get into the jack pot should have opened his eyes. The parti. .s holding the man end of the hel induced Frank Kartell, jr., who is pretty clever on his feet, to enter against the horse. Two heats 1 were run. The first was decided a tiep and the second resulted in the defeat of the horse, much to the surprise and ! disgust of Mr. Webster . There was a sequel to the race that ! came near increasing Mr. Webster’s loss, but why he should have been bailed up more than the others de ponetli sayeth not. it seems that there is an ordinance that makes it a misde meanor to race on the streets, and hav ing ruptured that ordinance Mr. Web ster was introduced to Judge Frazer. A line was imposed, but the penally was afterwards remitted. Tire memory of the arrest, however, should be a warning to sports to coniine racing to the suburbs in the future. — i;asti;i! si:nvinx The new .Methodist Fpiscopal church «ill he opened Faster Sunday, April II with the following services : ii a. m. Sunrise prayer meeting. 10:.;» a. m. Morning service, at the close of which new members will be received and communion served. 2:JO p. m. The regular Faster ex ercises given by the Sunday school. A good programme is being prepared. All members of the Cradle Koll (under it years), and Kittle Beginners (between ,'i and ii), are requested to ho present at ••Uoll.t all. ‘ A baptism service for adults and children will he held at. the close of the programme. Parents 1 wishing, theii children baptised will ; please call early. 7: io p. m. -Special song service, fol lowed by preaching and the dedication of the church. Kev. •). \\ , Mintzer, 1>.!)., ilisti id superintendent, will he [IITM'DI Ml 'ill'll Ilf till' Se| vict’S, will preach morning' and evening ami dis pense till' Lord's supper and the sacra ment of baptism. Friends lionilho country bringing their lunch will lie provided with U j a andcoll'ee. (>n .Monday evening an old faslmned Methodist h a meeting will In' ludd in Ihe Hunch. Supper served Imm •'|o H |i. in., ;iHi■ i- w liinh a flood programme will In- i-i• i,i|. 11 <|. Admission nil cents; children Ji cents. This includes en tertainment and supper. Ice cream anil all the other good things the Ladies' A i<l can serve. The mite hose-, distributed by the. Ladies' Aid w ill be called in on Mon day and opened at the entertainment in the evening, when a lirst, second and third pi l e w ill be given to the ones coni a inine'tbe mo t money. The prizes will not be costly but from our knowledge ol men will In much appre ciated. lUiIMM.-W <l> VTIIhhTIf AtSSO'M The lirst annual Field Meet and Ora torical (.'untest for Okanogan county grade and high schools will lie held at ( iiin oriully or some other convenient place on .lime ■>, l!lll!l. I’rcviousto tills date two disi rict meets w ill be ludd at i Iroville and Brewster, respectively, on Ma\ s. Pins, All point winners at Iliesc district meets sliall be entitled to compete at the general meet. Kadi s.'iiool whose students wish to take part in llie contests w ill be re .paired to pay to llie treasurer of the Association the sum of one dollar ■id.no). This fee is to ho used in de fi aying this incidental expenses of tile Association. Kadi student taking part in the competition, whether athletic or oi atorical, must have been in re gular attendance in the schools in this comity for a period of at least fou school months during t lit- present school year. Tlie events will consist of 100-yard dash, ■J-'i-yard dash. 4+o-yard dash L mile run. mbe run, mile walk, relay .race, pole vault, simt put, standing broad jump, running in-oail jump,stand ing high j imp, and running high jump. |i is re'Oiniiiended that cadi school taking pact, hold a home track meet to seleci 1 1 s representatives for the dis trict, meet. It is also recommended that not more than two representatives for the oratorical contest he selected by a home tryout. In this latter con test ii is to 1” understood that original subject matter will not he used. The o heel .- of the Association deem it advisable to state that the meet in this count} will lie conducted on ex act iy llie .siuu' lines as an ordinary immcolh up oi Intel scholastic meet. K if (.1 RIXNT'LL. President. M. BKINRKUM* >KK, Secretary. ,t., A. DALE, Treasui r.