The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-01-05

| trio pumps in use in this part of the
valley for irrigation purposes, was an
outgoing passenger Tuesday morning.
| He stated that the year 1911 was the
best year he has ever had since he
started selling pumps. Which would
indicate that times are not so dread
fully hard as people try to make them
selves believe, and also that there is
, great oti.ty along the line of small
irrigation projects.
The Oroville Athletic Club, that has
has headquarters in the Cummings
hall, will give smoker tomorrow
Saturday. evening that will provide
entertainment for all who take an
int rest in athlete stunts, especially
boxing. The chief feature of the SEES
sion will be six round go between
Ed Lacy and Chester Teel. Lacey is
recent arrival from Alaska, where
he last entered the ring, and Teel is
a local sport who knows how to han
de his dukes.
Geo. J. Hurley, of LOOMS, stopped
cverin town Tuesday on his way to
Spokane on business connected with
his large land holdings in the Sinla-
hekin<valley. Mr.. Hurley still feels
confident that the project of putting
water on Whitestone flat from Sinla-
hekin and Toats Coulee creeks will
he eventually carried out The par
ties behind the enterprise are honest
and earnest in their intentions, but
| have been vexed by delays through
the slow process of doing business
with the Indian department, it being
| necessary to secure right of way for
bitches and fumes across certain In
dian alloments. Mr.. Hurley states
that the trees he planted last spring
on his land at Blue lake have made
great growth, with the remarkable
record of loss of less than 2 per cent
al the trees set out. He is confident
that within few years every availa-
Bile acre of the Sinlahckin valley. that
can be reached by water, from Blue
lake nOrthward, will be in fruit Mr..
Hurley, who has never been able to
boast of robust health, is feeling very
we'll this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Wood left Orc
vile last Friday morning for their
former home, Chicago. Mr.. Wood may
possibly never return, although he
was perfectly satisfied with the coun-
try and expects to do much missionary
work for Okanogan Valley. Mr.. Wood
came here about year: ago,and took
enc of the East Orovii!e Orchards
tracts, and although he only cultiva-
ted a portion of the land he made
remarkable success, raising and har-
vesting an immense quantity of beans,
considering the extent of land cult
waited No man has ever cultivated
land in the Okancgan valley and ex
dressed more enthusiasm over the re
salt. He was perfectly satisfied, more
possibilities of the soil. He expatia-
ted at all times upon the wonderf Il
yicld of the land, and declared that he
could pay for the tract in two years.
besides making a living, growing beans
alone. However, Mrs. Wood yearned
10: the old home with its old .ssu-
Ciates ara associations. and yielding
to her solicitations Mr. Wood decided
t. return 10 Chicago. He proposes to
open IN office in that city and handle
Okanogan county lands He can spe1k
from experience, and being an elo
Quent talker upon this subject his et-
fort will no doubt result in heading
many new people this way. If he is
not altogether different from the vast
majority of people who have gone
from here and tried to stay away Mr..
Wood will be drifting back before
the expiration of many months.
Dan England, who has charge of the
tillis-Forde orchard tracts, few miles
down the river from Oroville, had a
cold and trying job on his hands We'd
ncsday. In charge of force of men
he was loading an enormous gasoline
bump on a sled from freight car.
This pump, engine and accessories
are built on a huge plan. The pump
is one single piece of machinery
Weighing between 1 900 and 10000
pounds, not a very dainty piece of
furniture to handle, and before the
crew landed it on sled they found it
TO be an awkward customer. Tie
rump is 80 horse power, and at Ordi
nary speed will throw $50 gallons of
water per minute, quite a respectable
food. The engine is also large piece
of metal. requiring some figuring and
the exercise of considerable muscular
action to land it safely on sled. The
two fly wheels are no small matter to
take into consideration when it comes
10 transportation, as they stand sin
:ccet high. The pump is to take the
l.lace of the old pump at the Ellis