The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-06-11
DEATH OF GEO. GARDINER

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| Okanogan county, died at Okanogan at
| 1880 Monday afternoon after a very
brief illness, the immediate cause of
| death being heart failure His son.
| Cecil, of Oroyille. who had been hastily
| summoned to his bedside, was the only
relative present when the end come
| Although a man of large, fine physi-
cue, and to all appearances strong and
| robust, MIR. Gardiner was far from be-
| ing sound and healthy. His heart ac-
ton has not been normal for some
| years, and his condition has been ag-
gravated recently by a severe cough.
Still he has not been incapacitated
from the active performance of his Of
fcial duties, and even last Friday he
was at work in the field seemingly in
good health. Early Saturday morn
| ing DR.. Carmichael was called and
found Mr. Gardiner suffering from
bemorrhage. The sufferer was given
every possible attention, but from the
very first the physician realized that
Mr.. Gardiner was in very serious
condition. Several hemorrhages fol-
iNNNu octuludy anu ouludy uty
ceased Monday morning, and shortly
after noon the unfortunate man died
after a brief struggle.
The deceased was born in Leaven-
WORTH Kansas, November l, 1859, and
hence was aged 80 years, months
and 6 days. He received his educa-
ton in the city of his nativity, and
fga1y hn e
civil engineer His life has been an
exceptionally active one, as he has
followed his profession for many
years When a young man he went to
New Mexico, and after short resi-
dence in that territory he went to
Denver, Colo, and served as assistant
engineer of that city. He then took
up railroad work, and was connected
with the engineering department of
the Northern Pacific railroad. He was
with the railroad engineers that sur
veyed out the route of the Northern
Pacific through the territory of Wash
ington. When he severed his connec-
ton with the railroad he elected to
remain in Washington, locating at the
old town of Yakima. He was in the
employ of the government for time
and surveyed the Yakima Indian res
ervation when that work was ordered
for the purpose of allotting Indians of
that tribe. Subsequently he was ap-
pointed to survey and plot unsurveyed
land in Okanogan county, coming here
for that purpose some 25 or 26 years
ago. He came to Loomis to make his
home some is years ago, and there
followed his profession as civil and
mineral surveyor. He was twice elect
ed county engineer, his second cleo
ton occurring last fall. In both in
stances he received a very large vote,
showing his popularity with the peo-
pie among whom he has lived so long.
| He resided in Oroville during the past
| five years, and only left here last jan
uary to assume his Office.
Mr.. Gardiner was married to Miss
| Cora A. Manklin, at Yakima, in 1889,
where the wife and daughter are now
| living -Four children were born to
| The union, three sons and one daugh-
| ter. He is survived by his wife and
al OF his children.
Up to few years ago Mr.. Gardiner
| enjoyed sound health, but he met with
| peculiar accident which afterward
| affected his heart, and which no doubt
| finally contributed to his death. He
was surveying a mining claim above
| Nighthawk some six years ago. At
| that time a transmission wire carried
| a heavy voltage from the plant of the
| Smilkameen Falls Power company to
| the Ruby mine. This wire passed over
| the ground that was being surveyed.
| One of the assistants who was hand
ling the steel tape line gave it a sud
den and vigorous jerk, and the tape
! sprang up and came in contact with
the copper transmission wire. Mr..
Gardiner received a terrible shock.
He was thrown some distance, and for
a time he was not expected to recover.
| His heart action was never natural
after that accident.
The death of Mr.. Gardiner marks
the passing of pioneer of both the
state and county. He was one of the
best known residents of the county,
and wherever known he was respected
and esteemed. His death is universal
ly deplored, and especially it casts
gloom over this community where he
has been so long and favorably known.
In every attribute that goes to make
a man few are better equipped than
was George j. Gardiner
Z The remains were brought to Oro-
Vile from Okanogan Tuesday, but ow-
ing to the inability of Mrs. Gardiner
to reach here before Thursday evening
b. the funeral has been put off until Sat
urday afternoon, when the ceremonies
! will be conducted under the direction
| of the members of the local Odd Eel
p lows lodge, of which order the deceas-
7 ed was a member. Interment will be
in Odd Fellows cemetery.