The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-11-11

dan, where he will visit with his par.
ents, and also go over into Idaho to
visit brother. He will probably be
away fortnight. Mrs. Sexon. who
is as expert drug mixer as Mr.. Sex
on, will be in charge of the drug store
during her husbands absence.
julius Brechlin, of LOOMS was in
town Wednesday. He is working on
a group of claims he owns, located lust
above the Similkameen falls, and has a
showing ore that cannot be excelled
in any mining property in the north
part OF the county. Some day some
individual, or company, will take hold
of these claims and make Il mine. and
a paying one.
Joe Armstrong, the weh-known Ker-
emeos sheepman, was in the frightful
freight train wreck that occurred on
the Great Northern, near Spokane,
Sunday, and was one of the only two
men on the Inflated trains that es-
capped. He was coming in from Mon
tana with 800 sheep, and strange to say
not one of the sheep were killed, at
least it is so reported.
Col. A. NJ. Dewey returned to his
home at Spokane Wednesday after
spending Il week at the Q. S. mine,
looking after his large interests in
that locality. Col. Dewey, who is one
of the most optomistic boosters in the
state, has great faith in the future of
this county, and has several important
projects in hand that will contribute
to hasten the ushering in of new
and brighter era.
Bob Vail returned to LOOMS Tues
day from visit of Il couple of weeks at
Spokane. 1t was his first sight of Spo-
kane in Is years, and Bob declares that
there is not the money in circulation,
nor the evidence of life apparent, in
that city today that there was Is years
ago, To many the great progress of
the present does not make up for the
swift and garish past that has gone
forever, exciting as a memory, but a
good radiance.
A. j. Long, of LOOMS, accompanied
by his wife and daughters, Misses Belle
Leila, were east bound passengers
Wednesday morning. Mrs. Long and
her daughters were going to Spokane
for an outing, while Mr.. Long will
continue east, going to Indiana or Ken
lucky, to invest in thoroughbred
horses. Mr.. Long is one of the oldest
and best known stock men in the
county. and of late years has turned
his attention largely to blooded stock.
The fight for the important and lu-
crative Office of justice of the peace for
this precinct Tuesday was a battle
royal. The balance of the aspirants for
Office padded along without special
boosting, but workers were out in force
singing the praises, or preaching the
defects, of the candidates for Justice.
When the smoke of battle cleared
away it was found that Geo. j. Gardi-
ner and w. j. Hoskyn, both good, reli-
able men, were well in the van in the
matter of vote getting.
Two car loads of girders, fixtures,
etc, for the new steel bridge at Night
hawk passed up the road to their des-
tination Saturday. This bridge at
Nighthawk will soon be under way,
and when completed be great con-
yenience to the people living in that
part of the county, who have depended
upon ferry, or very dangerous fords,
available only a short time during the
year, ever since the country was first
settled, and that was further back than
the memory of man runneth.
Last Friday morning Mrs. A. Signs
met with very painful accident, and
had a narrow escape from injuries more
serious. She had driven to the school
house with Miss Ruth Bowerman, and
after that young lady had gotten out OF
the buggy the horse suddenly dashed
away, throwing Mrs. Signs violently tC
the ground, The lady struck on hel
face, sustaining a number of severe
cuts and bruises, the plate Of her arti
fetal teeth cutting through her lip
She is now well on the way to recovery
Mention was made last week of the
accident A. NJ. Wehe met with, by
which small silver penetrated the
pupil Of his left eye. He went to Spo
kane and consulted the best occuls
to be found, but they gave no hope o
restoring the sight, Mr.. Wehe lief
for his home at Milwaukee, and it i:
feared this country, where he ha
spent so many years, will know him nj
more 70. ever. Mr.. Wehe has numer
GUS friends in this locality who trus
that his case, on further examination
NAV not be as serious as represented
Charlie Blackwell, the prosperou
Riverside merchant, came into Orc
Vile Sunday in his new White tour
ing car, bringing in Messrs. Gillespie
Tyler and Minton, making the ru
from LOOMS in about an hour, whicl
is going some when it is considere
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