The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-04-14

the whole gamut of appeals To the court
| OF last resort
| In the meantime, the case dragged
its weary length along before the several
offio ials to whom il was submitted. quite
a settlement sprang up on the disputed
| territory. and as there might be some de-
| lay and difficulty under the circumstances
| in perfectne Il homestead proof Mr. Sa-
bourin entered into an agreement with
John Boyd whereby Mr.. Boyd was to
clarity and expedite matters by placing
scrip ON the land. This move was heartily
indorsed by all those interested in lots at
the time. because fair and Just under
standing was reached in which no one
was to be the loser. No matter what
may be said at this late day, when the
proposition was put up to property hold
ers not "A protest was registered before
the land department and to all appear
ances everybody felt perfectly satisfied
with the arrangement Indeed. satisfac
tion was freely expressed that there ap-
peared To be such an easy way out Of the
difficulty. At large expense. expense
that kept on growing the time slipped
by. Mr.. Boyd secured the necessary scrip.
ana had ii not been for an unfOttu-
ate and unforeseen interpOsition of an un-
kindly fate the LoOms townsite would
have been amicaby and forever settled
long years ago. But before the scrip
could be accepted and patent issued gov
ernment agents discovered that the man
through whom the scrip was purchased
had been perpetrating enormous frauds
upon the government through the issu-
ance of fraudulent scrip. 1t was never
held that the scrip Mr.. Boyd purchased
was otherwise than genuine. but every
piece of scrip that had passed through
the hands of the accused was held up un-
til II thorough investigation could be
made. and the guilty party tried and pun
ished. Everybody knows what case in
the United States court means as to its
possible final adjustment. 1t Is another
example of the 'circumocuton office"
proceedings that Diakens SO delightfully."-
satrizes in Bleak House. The ease
dragged along month after month. year
after year. 1t is not to be wondered at
that people interested at last lost pa
tencc. They not only lost patience. but
in measure became unreasonable En-
mites We're engendered. the population
became broken into factions. old friend
ships were severed. protests were entered
against perfectinS the scrip entry. and
such II muddlc was eventually stirred up
that there seemed no prospect Of an ad
Indication to the crack of doom. And so
the tOwnsite has been in the air for
ages Children have grown up to man
and womantIood. since the Gown ii. 81
settled. adults have grown old. decrepit
and gray. many have gone to their last
home in the Gods acre under the shadow
of the surrounding mountains. There is
light ahead now. May it not be eclipsed
by more contention.
The whirl-a-sis of time has made many
changes among those who took an active
part in the l.ooms townsitc war. Sa-
bourin is dead. Barney attorney for Sill
verman. has passed away. S!lverman
has since made and lost fortunes Starr. |
attorney for Sabourin. resides in We
natchee. Boyd is chasing the elusive dol
lar in South America. OF the witnesses
at the original contest one or two are
still i'm I.oomis. the majority scattered
over the face Of the earth. no one in this
county knowing theiI present where
abouts.