The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01
LOOKING BACKWARD.
happenings When the Land Was
Young and Sparsely Settled.

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of German business men of Chicago
had been taken in. gold bricked as i
y we're, in the purchase of the Wyan.
4 dotte group of claims. and how they
n had been induced to put up a cyanide
j mill before any ore had been discov-
q cred, a discovery that was never made
4 after the erection of the mill, in guam
q titles sufficient to pay to operate the
4 plant. The company made arrange
4 ments to take over the Bull Frog group
but never went so far as to develop
4 their new possession 'rhe Wyandotte
q and Bull Frog have been idle for
4 many years.
A movement was started to secure
an appropriation from congress for
the Improvement of the Okanogan
i river. There was nothing modest in
4 the appeal for help. The movers in the
] scheme asked for Sl00. 900 right off the
i bat. Ii is hardly necessary to add that
the 100000 We're not forthcoming, as
there were too many dinky streams in
the east for which appropriations were
wanted where said appropriations
would not accomplish one-half the
good that would have resulted by the
Improvement of the Okanogan river.
This country then had too few votes
to get at the pork barrel
]. T. Mcdonald, then customs officer
at this place, seized cattle belonging
10, Twin ,lo
value of $4,000, that he had caught
grazing on this side of the line. (Mr.
Mcdonald and his family lived in the
log house on First avenue, now owned
by E. N Grubb. AT the time this house
was built it was the only structure in
the neighborhood. and seemed like
days travel from the store in the Old
Town. Both MIR. and Mrs. Mcdonald
have been dead number of years.
This is the effect eating turkey on
thanksgiving day had on portion Of
the population. according to the Pros-
peetor: "The turkeys consumed in this
place on Thanksgiving day had a pc
culiar effect on large portion of the
PECULIAR is that the same symptoms
were not noticeable among the women
folks. Nothing indicating anything
nnusua! was in evidence in the evening
leyod an uncomfortable fullness, and
a'onsequent inclination 70 sluggish
ness anCng tho hearty dinerS. friday.
however, the manifestations cOmmen"-
cd. There were a strange loosening OF
ioints, and tickling of the articular
that superinduced excessive vocal
demonstrations. The eye was inflameJ,
staring. and had an inclination to be-
come iead set in the head. 'rh' tongue
vas somewhat paralyzed, giving
strange moduialion to the voice. with
irregular punctuations in the form of
hiccoughs. Those who were so affected
seemed strangely inclined 10 favor one
or the other side of the sidewalk alter
Eately ard there were Involuntary ana
alarming exclamations, whether or
jain or JOY it was hard 20 say. Quite
handsome percentage O. the voters
came nicer the influence of the same
lind Of bird and now thar-E is gen
eral inQu ~ among those who failed
to secure a fowl from the same liter
as to wne;e the supply Of bip 'da were.
rbtained As the country is under pro-
hibition now here will be no repetition
Of the same symptoms This year.
According to the local market report
the cost of living in this country WAS
not as great twenty years ago 9s I Is
today. by long shot, notwithstanding
everything consumed had to be hauled
in very long distance by freight
teams. Butter was 30 cents pound
eggs Is cents per dozen; potatoes !
cent per pound; hams IL and 10 cents
per pound; flour $5.75 to $500 per
barrel
The coldest day for November was
2degrees above zero. That was much
colder than it has been this November.
Large parties were entertained at
tie homes of John Cutchie and Allen
Palmer, Thanksgiving day. (Both MI.
Palmer and Mr.. Cutchie are still living
at their old homes in the Similkameen
valley.)
Two dances given within fortnight
netted the school district $3.50. In those
days the price of dance tickets was
set at from So 50 to $500 and nobody
kicked at the price. There are no
dtnces given nowadays in this county
where any such sum as $3.50 is cleaned
np.
Hero is a sample of a treacherous
memory: d. T. Mcdonald became so
Interested in his cow chasing episode
that he forgot he had been travelling
With his wife, and left her at Grahd
Forks among strangers for ten days
The lady was compelled to drive to her
Eome at Oroville with a Big l3ehd
trader. arriving about an hour aiteF
Nc had returned. Nc said he was sure
he had forgotten something, but dld
re, know just what il was until he got
home.
In those days any old thing was
exen on subscription, if the old thlhs
vas eatable, as the following item m
olcaies: 1--WE received a note Saturday
'fom lady living on the Okanogai'
iVer, near Oroville, that read as lol'
Mws: Il would like to trade you oac.'
ol onions for a years subscription 'o
your paper. | think they will be more
tender and JUICY than hay" We accept,
ea the substitute, and now, If we hVeo
near limburger cheese factory, We
Gould make a fortune selling oul
.featE to supply the principal lngre'
uient In that brand of cheese
Tom Jones, popular young resi-