The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-02-26

What kind of a lemon is one Ma
bee handing out to the innocent and
susceptible inhabit9nts of Chicago?
Up his sleeve what has he? Is it pre-
arranged raid upon the Golfers of the
money loaded lads of the great me-
tropolis? Or is it merely the vulgar
ostentatious display of sudden wealth?
Those are questions that remain to be
answered by the fight of time.
Anyhow, with a reckless display of
ready money, bejeweled like an In
dia rajah and princess, with glad raj
ment beyond description couple by
the name of Mabee claiming to hail
from the Okanogan country, have been
dIshing out dope to a Chicago Exam
iuer reporter more chimerical than
the hallucinations or a pipe dream.
The following, which has appeared
in number of eastern Washington
papers, is the dizzy Arabian Nights
story that the Mabees reeled off to the
Examiner Scribe:
How the Adirondack lode in the Gold
Range mountains of Washington was dis
covered, as the result Of an attempt to
sell Mrs. Mabee a 'salted mine," she told
in a manner of fact tone last night.
We grew tired of the fruitless search
for copper, she said, and decided to invest
our savings in a farm near Portland, Ore.
had always wanted to hunt for gold,
but Mr.. Mabee insisted that copper was
Il surer road to fortune.
Even after we settled on the farm and
had ceased active prospecting | dreamed
of gold one day gold prospector whose
name does not matter, offered to sell
Washington. He said he would sell for
$35 900. which was about the value of our
farm. l wanted to buy at once but Mr..
Mabee advised that he send an expert to
was no good and l was so disappointe
that | cried, but l made up my mind
that if there was any gold in the region
once more Mr.. Mabee and 1 assembled
a prospecting outfit and for three months
we poked about the Gold Range noun
tains and last May we discovered the Ad-
irondack lode. The ore, which comes
right up to the grass roots, assays from
$100 to $3.50 and the vein is more than 100
feet thick. Now that we are rich we pro,
pose to enjoy life. | have been offered
S100OO,O00 for the mine but it is not for
sale.
S200,00o purchased since the discovery of
her mine AS she talked she gestured
with hands, on which shone diamonds
weighing So carats and worth $4,000.
for which he said he paid $40 900.
n, In spite of a1dr their suddenly acquired
Happy" dined in the main restaurant
of the Hotel La Sale last night in an
ordinary suit and sighed with comfort
l hate dressing up, he said. aid ! let Mrs
full of gowns that cost $500 each, and
have plenty of fine clothes, too, but I'm
not going to wear them until l have to.
have three dress suits, but I'm not go
ing to wear them.
But l was never satisfied he concluded.
always wanted to pick my ore off the
in doing so only when my wife, who has
BONANZA. Now | TX Kick it from the eSi surface face
Why hasn't there been a stampede to
the Okanogan gold region since your dis
covery? he was asked The answer came
with a snort.
Because the people are fools, he said.
They are lured by tales of riches in AL
aska and other far away places and STUN
W we ont care of chcaee neir meb
course. this is our first visit and we
haven't seen very much of it, but it seems
too dirty and smoky and everyone tears
makes you dizzy to watch them. Well
be here for a few days and then we're
going back home, where there is plenty
of space to breathe.
After reading this screed the editor
Of the Okanogan Independent has ran
sacked the county records and finds
the following transfers in which the
name of Mabee figures, and it will be
noticed that the money considerations
mentioned are somewhat shy the mil
lions of dollars that Mabee so fluent
ly juggles:
The records of the county auditors Of
flee show a deed filed January IA, 1914,
by z. A. Mccormack of Republic to
Leona Mabee of Portland for one-fourth
interest in the Adirondack lode, Taroda
district, for a consideration of 81. Also
on May 20. 1914, a transfer was made of
one-half interest in the same property
by p o. Mccormack to the same party,
the consideration being recorded as 81.