The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-10-20
1I,OylNG BACKWARD.
-..,.ai,ss When the Land Was
v.,rr and Spsrsely Settled.
c,rom the Palmer Mountain Pros
~, ~ october %, 1879

:, and George Riste were at work
..,,.sa tunnel on the Golden zone
i ~. ,ssm spoke very hopefully Of the
.,s developmeAt Of the Golden Zone
=. nreperty is now owned by st,
=. NJ. reople. The Riste Bros, are still
.,as.tscf the north part Of the coun-
" ~. -Prospector states that "the
..,,ds plant at the Wyandotte mine
m.tinr a test run on a quantity of
.,.rt. from the Bull Frog claims. and
~, me mill works to perfection" The
r,.ndotte and Bull Frog groups
var maAs good for a lack of proper
,.,.opnent, the cyanide mill Is a
Nh, a the past. and both properties
s.vs ~ idle for many years.)
usutioa was made OF the presence
!. Ioomis. Of Guy. Gilmour. an old
,.,ldeut Of Oroville. Guy is still living
NE old homestead. just west Of
lo,ov,llA sndif he was an "old citizen"
s.,r.teeo,years ago he certainly comes
!. updeps the head of an ancient in
sl,bIta1f Aoday.)
Z AIsY McAuley Of Oroville, was in
snvp saturday, a witness for s. Sogle
~ VAS proving up on his homestead.
~, NcCauley. Is still o resident Of
.n,.,,,le and hardly looks day older
.tl,a hs did IN 1870
nank L. Stansbury of Oroville, was
4 Town Saturday as a witness to
move that IS. Sosle was entitled to a
s,.,ent 10 his homestead. (Mr. Stans-
slury +, still living on his place Just
ust q 'Oroville.)
q Chas. Thomas Of Louisville. KY,
:e,ne in on the stage Wednesday in
..onpany with General Wharton. and
~ the same day for Oroville. Mr..
.Fsomas was on his way to Myers
.ers.k to inspect and put a force Of
!. nm Il work on the Crystal Butte.
This 4 one Of the most promising min
~ properties on the reservation, and
v,s owned by Henry Seiffert and 9TH
a Spokane parties from whom Mr..
srhomas purchased 1t a short time ago.
Il b probable that the new owner will
opea up the claim on an extensive
,cale Immediately. (But he did not, and
;Ae Crystal Butte is only a memory0.
Gen. 8. M. Wharton, Of Spokane, the
.eestleman who recently made the deal
shr the Rainbow group. arrived IN
town Wednesday morning, and de-
,perted at once for the mine, where de-
,vslopment is in active progress. (Gen.
Wharton did considerable work on the
IRaInbow, and further work was done
x ~ mine In subsequent years, show
~ up some fine ore. 1t is understood
Inas 1 deal Is now pending for the
Rainbow, which, il carried out, may
lmenlt n making that excellent prop
MA paying proposition.)
II u the old days travellers crossed
IL eimilkameen river at Oroville at
d ION, .er BY "a ferry, the ford being
~ customary crossing except in high
water. Some nasty accidents have hap
ygasa' It the old ford. and occasionally
Il amusing one. The Prospector has
he iolloWlps account Of one of the
litter: TIE next time John Boyd
drives team to Oroville he will be
careful and not select animals that are
ssch devout believers in immersion
ut vhen they once get into the water
thet Insist upon staying with 1t. Re-
turning with his family Sunday from
w villsge, he attempted to ford the
&milkameen river. In the center Of the
river the horses halted, and so thor
ag1dI uid they enjoy the continual
lgaklbm that they could not be induc-
4 70 move on. There the travellers re-
NAMED In the midst Of the stream for
bali ~ hour. or longer, until a good
Samaritan happened along in wagon
nd removed them from their ridicu-
lous position. (Only within the past
noath Mrs. Boyd, ons Of the marooned
t1Ayelers, died in New York, while Mr..
4pyd once 50 we'll known in northern
0kenQean county is in Minneapolis or
wa when last heard FROM
J. p. Randolph had just opened q
lunch counter in conjunction with his
saloon. (Mr. Randolph has been dead
for navy, years.
Ine Pr0spector was great In in
dulsiug In pipe dreams and building
" castles, Some Of the predictions