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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23
LOOKING BACKWARD

Memory was pleasantly yanked
back thirty years Saturday when meet
ing up with an Acquaintance of the
early days of Spokane Falls in the
person of M. H. Whitehouse, the first
jeweler and matchmaker to open
shop in that city, then very much of
village In a reminiscent mood Mr..
Whitehouse mentioned number of
incidents of the callow days of Spo-
kane, and remarked to the writer,
you are the only newspaper man |
ever met who would not accept pay
ment on subscription when starting
a paper. When you asked me to take
the Review thirty years ago this
month | wanted to pay for it, but you
declined, saying you did not want the
money unless you made good" And
that was true. The money was not
refused because we were rich and
proud, and We're starting paper for
glory, but owing to the rather cool
reception lllel WIFI III SOllle qudTleTS
when the announcement was made to
the public that we intended locating
in Spokane for the purpose of estab-
fishing a weekly paper. AT that time
Spokane was hardly large enough to
insure support even for a weekly pub
| lication. 1t appeared that small
though it was. remote from the then
settled part of the west as it was, two
or three irresponsible individuals had
blown into Spokane Falls made pre-
lenses of starting papers, collected
considerable money in advance on the
strength of those promises, and then
faded away, ostensibly to purchase a
plant, never to be heard of again.
Hence all comers talking ink and an
timony looked the same to that COM
munity and aroused suspicion. Well
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23
REPUBLIC VISITORS

Dr. and Mrs. Fred Whitaker, of Re-
public, spent two or three days in
Oroville during the past week guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank M. Dallam, jr
The doctor drove over from Republic
in his car, coming by the way of
Wauconda, and had enough rough road
experience to justify the calling down
of scOrching anathemas upon the
heads of the road supervisors of this
county. He made the run in spite of
almost insurmountable obstacles, but
one trip of the kind was enough and
the return journey was made over
another road. DR.. Whitaker has !
hospital at Republic, where he
building up a large practice, and
very successful in the treatment
diseases and performing surgical
erations. He is one of the most SKI q
full young doctors and surgeonss-~
eastern Washington, and will i
work his way to the head of his y, $
fession on the coast.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23

Power company is property of such
present and prospective value that it
is rather surprising that some indi-
vidual, or company, did not take ad-
vantage of the opportunity and secure
control. Probably the more proper
way to put it would be to say
the power itself, and not particularly
the plant, is an asset that in the
course of time is to become a money
making holding. The plant is some
what antiquated, although performing
it's functions satisfactorily in the
main, but the power, much of which
is now running to waste, is one of
the best and most readily and mex
pensively controlled of any water
power in the state. only very small
portion of the total power that could
be utilized is now being used The
present plant can meet present de-
mands, but few years hence there
must be greater product to meet the
call for electric energy.
The Similkameen falls are most ad-
mirably situated for the conserving
and generating of power at small cost
and labor. Coming down from the
mountains to the westward the Simil-
kameen, of sufficient volume to be
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23
STUNG FOR TWENTY DAYS

Last week Ed. Smith and ]. A. Law
renee, two muscular tie jugglers who
had been working on the branch, came
to town and started in to celebrate
their vacation. In the course of time,
after booze got full action, the two
men went to bed in the alley between
Main and Spokane streets. When they
revived from their potations Law
renee charged Smith with robbing
him of check for $2O.S2, and upon
being searched the goods were found
upon his person. Smith was locked
up and the case was aired in Judge
Parsons court Thursday last. Smith
was found guilty and sentenced to
20 days in the county Jail. Not hav-
ing any beans Smith will have to
serve out excess time sufficient to bal
ance up his account, which will
amount to Is additional days. Deputy
Sheriff Ward came in Friday, return
ing to Conconully Saturday with
Smith in charge. Smith will breathe
the air of freedom about in time to
celebrate the 4th of July.
In this connection few lines may
be devoted to correcting wrong i'm
preston some of the county papers
insist upon having relative to Orc.
Vile. When a case of the kind men.
toned occurs here, at long intervals
some of these papers will mention
the circumstance as another hold ul
in Oroville," just as though hold ups
were daily pastime in this place, ant
that the citizens conived in the crime
There have been but two or three
| cases of theft reported for months
/ and in each instance, SO far as coult
be ascertained, the guilty party wa!
a stranger passing through the town
or here only temporarily. When i
is considered that during the past 81!
months hundreds of men, most 0
whom were foreigners of the roughe
class, many pretty tough looking in
dividuals, it is a matter of surpris
that there has not been more Grim
committed, more boisterousness, NOR
drunkenness. 1t can be safely sal
that there is not more orderly o
quiet town of the same size as thi
in the state, and no place where pro
perty is safer, the rights of other
better respected and the people a
>ra law abidiaf
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23

by wagon, and the cost was enormous,
but he lived long enough to see the
plant in operation if he never reaped
much benefit from it during his life
time.
At present the plant is supplying
light for Oroville, and such power as
is used by a few small local institu-
tions. 1t supplies an 100 horse power
pump for large irrigation project
Contracts have been entered into to
supply power for the Owasco mine,
and line is to be constructed to the
lvanhoe, where electric power is to
be used in driving 1000 foot tunnel.
The Ruby mine, when in operation, is
supplied with power from this plant.
Its sources of income are more numer-
Gus just now than at any previous
time since the plant was first started
up, and the demand is bound to in
crease as the country fills up and is
developed. AS a meritorious property
it is the most valuable of any in the
county, and for that reason it is a
matter of surprise that the notifica-
tion of sale did not attract number
of bidders.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23

as his mining ventures, it coming in
more as means to aid in the devel-
opment of claims from which he ex-
pected to derive great fortunes. MIR.
Hagerty was not so much of a mining
man as he was promoter, and no
man who has operated in this country
has been so successful in interesting
capital in Okanogan properties. An
untiring hustler, genial, optimistic, a
good mixer, clever at presenting the
bright side of a proposition he could
go outside and raise almost any sum
OF money to carry out some pet mining
operation. There is no telling what
he would have finally accomplished
had he not unfortunately been strick-
en- down at time when his several
undertakings were well under way.
1t was through his efforts that the
present power plant was installed at
the falls, and before his death he COM
menced to realize it's Importance as a
possible money making holding. The
power house was built and equipped
at time when material and machin-
cry had to be hauled long distances
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23
A PIONEER OPERATOR

E. p. Wheeler, of Conconully, stop
ped over in Oroville Monday night on
his way to Princeton, near which
place he owns copper mine that has
the ear marks of valuable property.
Mr.. Wheeler is the oldest active mine
operator in Okanogan county. For
more than quarter of century he
has been perched on Mineral Hill, a
short distance from Conconully, where
he has been steadily engaged in de-
veloping large group of claims. The
statement that he has been steadily
at work may be too broad an asser-
tim yet he has put in many days,
" teau,. ,''ccths, and even years in act
.-..s al 49, t. Recently things
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23

have moved slowly on Mineral Hill
in the way of underground explora-
ton, but for long periods during the
past 25 years vast amount of pros
pecting has been going on, and a vast
amount of money has been spent in
the efforts to make paying mine.
Difficulty of access and remoteness
from transportation is the story of
failure to meet expectations in the
opening of the Mineral Hill ground
and securing returns. There is
large amount of mineral exposed,
some of high grade, but the average
is too low to pay the long wagon haul
necessary to reach a railroad. With
treatment plant near at hand the
history of Mineral Hill might have
been different. A railroad down the
Okanogan valley brings the means
of speedy and cheaper transportation
nearer at hand, and it is not beyond
the bounds of possibility that the
mine will yet be made shipper Mr..
Wheeler and DR.. Jacob May, of
Bridgeport, Conn, who spent much
of his own means, and was instru-
mental in raising all the funds that
have been spent in equipment and
labor, may yet receive recompense in
full for the years of application de-
voted to Mineral Hill. However, the
returns must come soon, as both gent
lemen are in the seer and yellow leaf
of life, and have nn any too much
earnestly, faithfully and literally ex-
erted in the years when they were
younger.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23

designated as a river, breaks through
rocky ridge before entering the val
ley and joining ita waters with the
OkanOgan. For miles the fall is con-
siderable. A short distance west of
the town the swift current breaks
into succession of rapids and finally
drops in sheer fall of some twenty
feet over ledge of rock. Even after
this leap so great is the fall between
the cataract and the town that it is
estimated tha at leas three dams could
be placed in the river and produce a
large amount of power without inter-
fering with each other. But this has
nothing to do with the power espec-
tally under consideration. At the falls
is the chief source Of water power.
estimated of capacity of many
thousand horse power, and there is
situated the property that was offered
for sale under order of the court, and
did not raise legitimate bidder.
Looking at this power as a con-
tributary source in aiding in the up
building of city the Similkameen
falls can be counted in as one of the
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23
TO SIGN THE CONTRAG,
ARRANGEMENTS ARE COMPLEX
WITH RAILROAD OFFICIAL,
FOR DETAILED SURVEY
VALLEY IRRIGATION PROJECTS
FlOtatiOn of Bonds Expected to Folio
G!
Upon the Official Report of
o.
the Engineer

| The prospects for the eventual c.
pletion of the East and West Okai
an Valley Irrigation projects 2
brighter at the present time tlaIof
| any period since the enterprise e
first agitated. The fact that The :
rectors have not been vociferousY
to the plans they are carrying ,,
is no sign that they have been n
They are earnest in their des.<}
bring about the consumma'S 3 X
these projects that promise slX = !,
mense benefit to this part of the 4 !
hogan valley, and have been WORK..
consistently to that one end. ls1
have been in close and constant ~
munication with the Great North
officials upon the subject, and ii
now nearing happy solution to :
problem. This paper has kept =
public advised as to the offers 70,
have been rendered through thesA
fluence of that great transcontinekI l
road, so that it is not necessary to-
peat the proposition as made.
The first step that is to lead NJ
the eventual construction of a ca.-sy
ditch and fiume system is a full {.
comprehensive survey and ensinee.
report upon the quantity of land -
can be covered, the character of
land, and the actual cost of constrtS
tinn- This -thn-rniIr iIraad--anthoririe,
insisted upon as the basis for til
backing of bond issue. Furthermo.
the company required that the sur
vey and report be made by engineer:
of their choosing, which was >'nly ;
fair business proposition to which
property owners under the proposed
ditch found no objection. Last wecl
a formal contract drawn up by thu
railroad people was received by thu
directors of the two districts, and i
was most carefully and minutely ex
amined and studied both by the di
rectors and their advisory counsel
Judge G. II. Neal. In the main tn,
contract was entirely satisfactory. I
few minor changes were suggested
and have been put up to the railroad
and it is believed they will be accept
ed. The attorneys for both parties
to the contract will meet at Wenat
chez at an early day fully authorized
to sign up the contract upon mutua
agreement upon the points questioned
Engineers will then at once be put il
the field and the final survey and es
Inmates made.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23
DECORATION DAY

Maj. F. p. Wehe was in town Tues
day planning for an observance of
Decoration Day, May 30. The old
veteran Is in poor health, and was
quite Ill Monday night, but he man
aged to get down off the hill from his
Wanicut lake ranch Tuesday and start
movement for the recognition of
Memorial Day. At the time of going
to press no programme had been for
mulated, but 1t can be promised that
the 3Oth of May will not be permitted
to pass wholly unobserved. Age may
have laid heavy hand upon Mai
Wehe, but his patriotism and loyalty
to the flag Is as bright and beautiful
in his declining years As IN thar
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23
LOOKING AFTER BANKS

DR.. F. H. Luce, national bank in
spector, spent Monday in Oroville
paving over the records of the First
National bank, and searching through
the details of the business in order to
ascertain if depositors are sufficiently
protected, as is the duty of such func-
tionaries. The result Of the investi-
cations was satisfactory to the official
and demonstrated that the institutior
is ip solid and flourishing corr 9
conducted on business princi d
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-23
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

Minutes of thu o. of the town
council of OrO' sh., May 10,
1918.
Present May Councilmen
Murray, Beale, 'ourtales and
Wickersham. ~
Minutes of , 'evious meeting
read and approve
Application of or A. Hagerman
for retail liquor license was read and
motion was made that the license be
granted and the bond accepted. Yeas,
Murray, Bragg, Beale, Pourtales and
Wickersham. Noes, none.
On motion council adjourned.
E. R. HOOSE, Clerk.
The Civic League will hold its reg
ular meeting Friday afternoon at %"
o'clock at -SvIIISe year.
members -
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-02
fEssk N D E N
Continued from page Six

will find the best material o%btainable
for that new house or barn. Mr.. A.
J. Metzger has been connected with
this company at Fessenden for the
past eight years. His sales for 1912
amounted to $35, 900 and he cOntem-
plates %thribbling that amount for
1913. Mr.. Metzger will figure that
lumber bill with you any time and
save you dollars. .
All kinds of cement work, cement
blocks, the kind that WON'T chip or
crumble, bridge abutments, cement
walks, houses, etc. Mr.. Albert An
derson Of Fessenden will; figure on
that contract, with you. '.1srSa~ ~.
,s Another Good Elevator.
GRAIN, nour and feed are handled
by the Occident Elevator Company
at all of the branches. Fessenden
branch bought close to $4,000 bush
els of grain this last season and is
figuring onr20O,000 for 1913.
Another OF the old line elevators
in the state, The Minnekota Elevator
Company, Mr.. G. F. Buerge as, mana
ger, have had their share of business
for the last year. Mr.. Buerge never
fOrgets the necessity Of .dealingi with
one and all alike. n Fjp6l{
When wanting to 80 UsOmeGnlace
and be certain of the returnpltrip,
don't forget the Carl rahey livery,
sale and feed stable, one of the best
auto liveries in the state. In conncc.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-02

ton are first.clase turnouts and at
right prices.
Don't forget the photo man when
wanting good pictures. He does ex'
ccllcnt work, has patented a machine
that would be Of interest to every
one concerned in photography.
DR.. Frederick "A. Douglas, physician
and surgeon, is a graduate of Toronto
School OF Medicines and Surgery.
Five years In Fessendcn has been snf'
ficient PROOF Of the doctors ability.
Supper tine, don't forget the Con-
ner Hotel. just the place to make a
now mar Of one. True. | am staying
there all right, no better place. Good
night.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-02
MANOAN SPECIALS

Earl Tostevin returned home from
Duluth the last of the week. Earl
has been associated with the News
Tribune of Duluth, for the past few
months but was compelled to resign
on account OF III health. He expects
to return to Duluth after he Is fully
recovered from his setback.
Saturday afternoon an interesting
scene was Witnessed by several when
a steer forced his way through a
stock car door while in the local
yards an route 10 South ST.. Paul.
There were Is head in the car but
only one got out. The authorities in
charge were Immediately notified and
the critter was soon caught. How
ever, he escaped his fatal ride to the
market very much through the disap.
pointment Of the owner g."
Charles Carew, better known
among his many friends in Mandan as
"Coonie," arrived in Mandan Satur-
da evening and will spend several
day evening and will spend several
returning to his home in Beach.
Tag day vas a big success in Man
dan Saturday, which through the ef.
forts of the Ladies of the Mandan Lii.
brary association, netted them a neat
little sum. There were girls and Ia
dies on every corne at the noon hour
eager to tag all passers-by.
In a way unknown to your CORE
spondent John Ellison, one Of the
Morton cOuaty commissioners, met
with an accident which resulted in
breaking his leg. He was taken to
the hospital and is getting along nice.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-02
BIsMARckS ROLL OF HONOR.
Men Who AreMaking History In The

There is nothing slow about our
business men when they get started.
Just show them a good thing and
you may safely leave the result to
their sound business instinct and in.
itiative.
Since last publishing the list OF
those who have signed contracts to
assist in the Third Industrial EXPOSE
ton, to be held III Bismarck October
7 to ~, many new names have been
added and the; list today stands as
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-02
FIREWORKS.

Let us make up your Lawn Display
Of Fireworks. Order them early. At
Selvig's.--lAdv.y
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-02
JULY 4rH PICNIC.

The ladies Of the Stewartsdala
church will hold a picnic at Robin
sons grove July 4th. Refreshments
will be served and a pleasant time as
sured.-(Adv)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-02
ALTERATION SALE

See the ad. OF special values in
Mems clothing. Now on at s. T..
EERGESON e SONS.-adv.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-02
FIREWORKS.

Let us make up your Lawn Display
Of Fireworks. Order them early. AT
Selvig's.--(Adv.)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-02
TO WHOM ~ MAY CONCERN.

Ny wife and family having left my
o.u and board, Twill not be RESPONSE
Bile for any debts contracted by them.
.... ...-a. DAVID G. SITES.
Dated at LlvonA N. D., this Both day
OF June, 1913. .:.. .
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dining room looked A. II It n
have belonged In Silver CITY ~
81 prmlug. Quite number
vent down bl train Silver 'l'H
ierprse.
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