The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-06-08
LOOKING BACKWARD.
happenings When the Land Wa,
Young and Sparsely Settled.
(From the Loomis Prospector June IL,

i 4,
1870
Some of the boys were exhibiting a
couple of nuggets this week taken from
the Similkameen placer claims that must
have weighed IS each. (These nuggets
were washed from the river bank near
Oroville. Twenty years ago considerable
placer gold was taken from the Similka-
meen river bars and sold at the LOOmiston
Commercial Cos, store)
w. V Champneys, the sturdy knight Of
the anvil. who has handled hot iron In
this place for number Of years. Is con.
tributing his mite toward improving the
town. In transforming the large shop OPP
posite Loopis' store into a row ! resi-
dences he has made very neat sob Of It
and supplies accommodations for three or
auently took up his residence on his ranch
In the Simikameen valley. and engaged in
the cattle business. eventually accumulat-
ing comfortable competency: A year or
large apartment house In Seattle)
This Item Is not exactly q slam at Orc.
vile. but 1t represents the conditions a.
they existed twenty years ago as to the
presence OF the mosquito pest: REV. J.
g. Stewart drove down to Orovlle Satur-
day with the intention Of holding SER
greeted by delegation of ten million mo-
squltos They struck up song of well
come The dscord was so great that the
reverend gentleman turned tail and fled.
The chief inhabitants down there are en-.
tirely too hospitable Just now, and those
who are in need of II will have to get
along without spiritual sustenance until
after the first paralyZine frost"
An illutsration of the chances Of placer
mining and the good thing the rocker
shaker occasionally falls upon was given
kell and Roger Finan. Those two old time
placer miners. travelling In double harness
have been engaged in working the banks
and bars of the Similkameen river for a
p,,h pf a q
ly loaded with plenty Of cash II is evident
their labor has not been thrown away. A
short time ago they uncovered a crevesse
cleaned up $3.50 the first day and yielded
$75 for the week. The impression general
ly prevails that the Similkameen was
that these men have met with and the
character OF the placer gold, would 60 to
prove there Is yet lots Of the stuff along
the ,sam AS as sGa has
past twenty years, but these old miners
mentioned. Paskell and Finen. have pass
ed on to a land where placer mining In
Cal Hamilton of Oroville, put in sew
eral days this week circulating among
friends in Loomis Us this the same Carl.
Oroville. but got his name twisted in the
Prospector?')
Miss Susie Fruit returned home Wed.
has been at School and studying music
for several months. Miss Fruit IN now
Mrs. W. E. Grant. resident OF Oroville.
and has boy almost as tall as herself:).
Miss Ada LOudon returned home We'd
nesday evening after an absence II sew.
cral months at Oakland Cal. where she
has been attending a young ladys semin-
McKibbin. and resident Of San Fran
csco)
Geo Redpath and J. W. Miller were
down to Loomis Monday, from their gOSd
claim on the west side Of Palmer lake.
(Messrs. Miller and Redpath delved away
for years on the old Lake View mine. find:
s nard @es aN
invested largely In the Grand View. and
as result both Of the original owners
were made comfortably, well to do. Mr..
erty In Seattle. where he has lived for
number Of years. and, we believe. Mr..
Miller is living in the same city. The
Grand View. came to naught after the ex-
penditure of thousands Of dollars putting
In an electric plant on Cecil creek and a
mill on Palmer lake. After filling the bins
turning wheel one Of the most extraor-
dinary cases of cold feet on record In
mining in this county. The mill was sub
sequently sold to the Nighthawk mine.
ran on Nighthawk ore to a profit One
would imagine that the mill Is a hoodooo
VIM. Armstrong. from over on King
Georges land, was In town Thursday. and
informed us that an electric road Is about
to be constructed from Okanogan Falls.
at the foot Of Dog Lake. to Fairview.
Ing, but the announced electric road never
materialized.)
John Wentworth who has the contract
tS doing the work On tine
after supplies. (Mr wentworth is still a
resident Of Loomis and still owns inter-
He IL holding out with faith that sur
passes all understanding, and such tenac-
ity IL deserving Of reward AS to the Po-
land China 1t Is memOry)
The Prospector has this to say OF n
stage station presided over by lady who
resided In Oroville for number OF years.
and who but recently removed to Malott:
'There was one particular oasi. in the
route over which we Travelled coming Into
LoOmis that fingers lovingly in our mem.
try. 9y 1t is Is feature of the stage rde tnat ad
t o In going and coming with anticipations
OF pleasure and leaves with feelings OF
regret. We have reference to the home or
w. l.. Davis. proprietor Of the Conconully
and Bridgeport stage line. where horses
are changed and the inner man comforted.
Not alone Is our memory filled with the
picture Of the coZy home and It's cheerful
iy kept surroundings. The place is attract
i've. enough. worthy Of extended notice
and calls forth the rapture Of the transient
lives, bright in recollection, the teeming
board. with its spotless cleanliness and
the delicious viands that were spread In
profusion to tempt the appetite. Mrs. Da-
Wis, the beaming. and hospitable matron
whose kindly welcome puts you at ease
and cordial greeting makes you feel at
home at once, is the magician that sup
plies to that table the inviting refresh
ments. the quality of which can he sur
passed nowhere in the state. no matter
who may be the caterer. The dinners at
the Davis ranch are the subject Of eulogy
ny all who have partaken. Those who
have not eaten there know not what good
living Is; those who have are not fitted