The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-06-30

not hesitate at any absurdity II he
thought he could influence the person
ne was addressing. Then again he was
Jealous and envious of Oroville and
would stick at nothing to turn a pros
pective settler from this neighbor-
hood. 1t Is pleasant to be able to add
that the stranger was not taken In by
such senseless yarns, but came on and
made his investment.
A singular incident occurred near
town last week. While a land owner
was showing prospective buyer q
piece OF land, and a rafting good
piece OF land at that, the family, living
On an adjoining tract hilledsix9 kunks
ana two rattlesnakes. This appearance
OF undesirables at that particular place
might not happen again in a million
years. out some earnest conversation
was required to convince the stranger
It was not . regular everyday happen
ling. t-.r -h..5e =, II =,
Measles are tattooing the residents
OF the Chesaw country This eruptive
disease has gone all around the circle
since the breaking up Of winter. The
inhabitants Of 'T0nasket had q siege
OF the annoying ailment, then LOOMS.
1t crossed the line and made its appear
ance at Penticton. and Is now decorat-
Ing the residents Of the hill country
to the eastward. II this part Of the val
ley escapes touch Of the measles the
Immunity will be little short Of q mir
acle. ''S .s-- 4a-.. as--3 az
Jack Gormerly who is working In
producing mine near Davills, was q
visitor in town Friday last. Mr.. Cor
merly states that the mine with which
he Is connected Is shipping ore stead
lily to the Grand Forks smelter and
paying the operators as we'll. It seems
pity that some of the claims in this
Jneighborhood with flattering surface
showings at least are not being thor
oughly prospected. Among so many 1t
would seem at least one good mine
could be found. 44... II. &C. - I.
Fred T. Neal has resigned the office
OF United States Commissioner and
Mrs. Julia Bussert has been appointed
to I'LL the vacancy. Owing to the fact
that business engagements required
Mr.. Neal to be away from town much
Of his time those having business be-
fore the commissioner have often been
disappointed upon coming to Oroville
and finding the officer absent. This
VIII not be the case In the future. Mrs.
Bussert will be in the office every day
and the public will find her a pleasing
and accommodating lady to do land
business with.
The bucking contest that took place
at the ball grounds Sunday afternoon
failed to draw much of q crowd. Peo-
pie possibly have lost interest in that
class Of sports. which has the appear
ance OF being exceedingly cruel even Ii
the hoses do enjoy going through the
contortions INDUCED in for the purpose
OF unseating the rider. There was
some exciting bucking in this instance
and two of the riders were cast out
| ward into the circumambiant atmOs-
phere, escaping without injury. From
a financial point Of figuring the exhibi-
ton was a failure.
1t is reported that the B. G. Copper
company has made all preparations for
carrying on mining on a very large
scale at Princeton, or at least near
that place. For year or two the COM
pany has been prospecting an extern
sive mineral zone with diamond drills,
and it is said, although the statement
seems Incredible, that in carrying on
this diamond drill prospecting 1913
miles of cores have been removed. II
true, such research Is like going over
the ground with fine toothed comb.
Anyhow the company is satisfied with
the returns and will begin a campaign
Of development that will involve the
Expenditure of couple of million
dollars.
| Doc German, the genial customs Of
ficer at Osoyoos, was in town Monday
loaded with a fish story of some cali
bre, having virtue generally foreign
to fish stories, and that the element
of truth. Monday morning Mr.. Ger
main found dead fish on the shore
of Osoyoos lake, near the customs Of
flee, that he took to be young shark
This finny specimen of the deep was
Al inches in length, with the sharp
nose of shark, and the same kind Of
a cash for mouth on the under side
of the head that looked like the formi-
dable nav of a man eating shark. Up
on inquiry Mr.. German concluded the
specimen was salt water dog fish,
which had some of the characteristics
of shark and grows to prodigious
size. If 1t was salt water fish how did
it stray into Osoyoos lake? There is
only one route of entrance, and that is
by the Columbia and Okanogan rivers
The presence of such ravenous inhab-
itants of the drink is liable to cause
timid bathers to confine their ablutions
| to the bath tub.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Reevie Frank and Dick
Case returned home Saturday from
their trip by auto, after an absence Of
some six weeks. From here they drove
down into California as far as Sacra-
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