The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-10-11

warm, sincere friends and we'll wish
lers in Oroville, extend congratulation.
and earnestly trust that Name etc.
Will grow up to be lovely and lovine
daughter, a pride and comfort to the
parents in their declining years.
Tom Hansen. of Rock Creek, well
known here, had his handsome Cad.
lilac car wrecked Wednesday, and
narrowly escaped from death or ser.
lous injury He was driving from
| ROCK Creek to Midway, and as Thorn
as Is not slow mover when burning
the road, the telephone poles were
staggering past jumbled up together
IN turning sharp curve in the road
he ran head on with another auto driv-
er who was not lingering along the
way. Both machines were wrecked,
ana strange to say the occupants of
the cars escaped with only a few
scratches and bruises.
Chas. H. Carpenter, who has a shoe
shop on the south side of the track,
was discovered to be in a condition
verging on insanity Wednesday. His
hallucination was that he imagined
that he had call to die, and was an
xious that Mr. Parker should turn the
trick. His brother at Conconully was
notified and arrived late Wednesday
night to take charge of the unfortu-
nate man. Mr.. Carpenter is in a very
nervous condition, but 1t is hoped that
with care and treatment he may en-
tirely recover. His alteration may
have been caused by the use of mar
cotics, although that Is only a matter
of supposition.
j. j. McNerny, of Wenatchee, spent
several days in Oroville this week
looking over the proposed reclamation
propositions, with view of later
consideration of their construction.
MIR. McNerny was most favOrably i'm
pressed not only with the feasibility of
the projects, but with the wonderful
possibilities of the valley under wat
err. He declared that in every respect
this locality eQualled the Wenatchee
valley, and without the shadow of a
doubt that with the application of wat
er the OkanOgan valley lands would
take on the value of the older irrigat-
ed districts and OrOville become in
size and importance a second Wenat-
chez.
That old veteran and prOspector,
Joe Hunter, who has lived at and near
Nighthawk for number of years, has
moved to OrOville where he expects to
spend the balance of his days, as he
Is getting too old to chase elusive for
tune over the hills. In his time Mr.
Hunter has cleaned up a number of
handsome sums on claims that he has
located, and when in means he spent
with free hand, and of all the money
he has made there is nothing left but
the memory of flush days. He emitted
In the celebrated Fire ZOuaves, and
served throughout the war. He Is
still pretty active, but the weight of
IS years, and the hard outdoor life
that he has lead Is telling on his nat
ural iron constitution.
A cold water enthusiast states that
he knows of one family that would
possibly locate in Oroville IL the town
was dry, yet he does not take into
consideration the forty or fifty people
who would be thrown out of employ
ment, or who would be affected by the
change, and have to seek home some
where else should the town go dry.
This Is no argument in favor of a wet
town. 1t only shows what will happen
If the town goes dry. However, that
cuts no figure in the controversy.
There are people who would vote dry
II every business house in town should
be crippled in consequence. 1t is just
stating condition as 1t exists, and
must not be construed as either favor
Ing or opposing the proposition.