The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-08-07


Mrs. W. o. Hamisch, and while here
on a visit took occasion to carefully
look over the country with a view of
Investing in lands. He was very fav-
orably impressed with this part of the
state.
During his brief stay in Oroville
Donald Fitzgerald has been instru-
mental in saving the life of boy who
was drowning, and his skill as a swim
mer was put to severe test Sunday
when he recovered the body of young
McGinty These opportunities came
to him because he delights in bath
ing, and spends many hours every day
in the river.
w. c. Smith is showing no signs of
undue excitment over the discovery
but he is taking out rock on the bluff
west of town that contains consider
able native copper. The extent of the
deposit is yet to be determined. 1t
would be a strange yet fortunate in
cident should Mr.. Smith open a copper
mine right on the very edge of town.
fortunate for the operator and the
town, as it would provide bucket
brigade and pay roll that would help
to make Oroville hum.
Sam Nelson, manager of the Okano-
gan ball team and one of the leading
and successful merchants of that town,
was in town Sunday. Mr.. Nelson is
one of the best natured sports in the
county. He has managed to collect a
| strong ball team, and has won many
| games during the season. He takes
defeat with more grace than any man
| ager who has visited Oroville this year.
He believes in clean ball playing, and
has made many friends among the
fans of this place.
Chas. Tremain and T. A. Leiber, of
New York, arrived IN Oroville the
latter part of last week. Mr.. Tremain
has visited Oroville several times in
past years. 1t was Mr.. Leber's first
visit. Both are men of large means,
and they are interested in the Divid-
end-Lake View mines. Their visit
here may be followed by extensive de-
velopment work on those mines, and
the showings are certainly such as to
justify energetic effort to place the
properties on paying basis.
Sunday morning j. p. Forde, Jas. E.
Forde and Geo. H. Ellis arrived from
Spokane, having made the trip via the
north route in Jack Forbes new Buick
The car is one of the SWEETEST automo-
biles that has been seen in this coun-
ty, and is of the latest model in all it's
equipment. In the long run from Spo
kane over roads good, bad and indif-
ferent the new car worked perfectly,
proving it to be just the machine for
this country. Mr.. Forde will derive
vast amount of pleasure from his
new possession.
Miss Helen Ross, of Seattle, stopped
over in Oroville last Thursday night
on her way to Republic, where she
will take editorial charge of the Re-
public Miner Miss Ross is graduate
of the school of journalism of the
much experience on the newspapers
Of Seattle. A charming young lady
personally, and a bright and ready
writer she will be valuable addition
to the Miner office. May she find the
work and her surroundings congenial
is the wish of the Gazette.
Coast visitors would form more
favorable opinion of the Okanogan
country if they could see it dressed in
the bright and charming verdue of
spring. The brown, arid, sun parched
hills do not appeal to them coming
green hills and timbered lands of the
coast. However, the growing Or
chards, with their wealth of fruitage,
stand out verdant GASES amidst the
otherwise desolate looking scenery,
showing what water will accomplish,
and giving the stranger an idea what
the valley will look like when under
irrigation.
The following named gentlemen
have announced themselves in this
county for candidates for office before
the primaries: Chas. A. Johnson, re-
publican, prosecuting attorney; e. c.
Quackenbush, republican, treasurer;
r. G. Dodge, progressive, commission
er from the first district; Horace
Smith, republican, engineer; M. j.
Flynn, republican, assessor; r. L.
Blackstone, republican, treasurer; W.
E. Gamble, democrat, clerk: Cyrus F.
Thorp, democrat, sheriff; Dick Case,
republican, sheriff; Mrs. NJ. E. Nc
Clure, republican, clerk.
Mr. and Mrs. H. j. Desmond return
ed home last Friday evening from an
extended trip to the coast and Yakima
valley, after an absence of fortnight
The larger cities looked lively enough
| to Mr.. Desmond, and he was especially
impressed with the beautiful Yakima
valley, where irrigation has worked a
| wonderful transformation in the past
| few years. He realized from this OBJ
ject lesson what the Okanogan valley
will soon be under the beneficial in
| fluence of water. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Desmond enjoyed every moment of
their outing, and especially H. J., who
has not been away from the grind of
business for years. The vacation, all