The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-05-11
LOOKING BACKWARD.
Happenings When the Land Wa,
Young and Sparsely Settled.
(From the Lomis Prospector. May
49, 1881

(From the Lomis Prospector, May
l3, 1881
High water along the Similkameen
is causing residents on the low lands
along the stream to hunt cover else
where.
The Ellensburg made the run to
Johnson creek, on the Okanogan river
nation Of the steamer on every trip
during the prevalence of high water,
which usually extends over two or
three months. Qn the days before the
valley railroad and the railroad
through the north part of the county,
vast amount of freight came into the
county by means of steamboats, that
could run on the Okanogan river for
short time in the early spring. At
the mouth of Johnson creek, the head
of navigation, sprang up the town OF
Riverside. During the time boats were
running, Riverside was lively place.
The stores in the upper country figur-
ed on getting most Of their years sup
plies in by boat, and especially staple
articles were shipped in in car load
lots BY this means long wagon haul
was saved to the store owners. Also
much mining machinery came into the
country over the same route.)
Otto Zeibelle has just completed the
annual assessment work on the
Mountain Sheep mine on Mount Cho-
paca. A vast amount of development
has been done on this property, and
we are told that some good ore has
been found. Some day, probably the
mine will be worked, and prove to be
valuable property. (But the some
day" has never arrived, and the Noun
tain Sheep is almost forgotten prop
erty)
Owing to serious illness in his fam
lily, Judge Neal was unable to preside
at the term of superior court held this
week. (Twenty years ago Judge Neal
was superior judge of this district.
Subsequently he was Judge of Lincoln
county. He resigned that position a
number of years ago to take up his
residence at Conconully, and from
Conconully he came to Oroville to re-
side. Last fall he was appointed to the
superior judgeship of this district to
I'LL the vacancy made by the death OF
E. X. Pendergast.)
Speaking Of the Loomisites who
chased over to Republic when that
camp first came into prominence, the
Prospector says: Ellis & Forde have
dropped right into a thriving busi-
ness; l.. H. Mason, late Of Bridgeport,
formerly a resident of this place, is
doing we'll with general store; Frank
Keck is coming money; Martin & Har
kin have a paying restaurant; DR..
Webb is enjoying big practice; Geo.
#. Moon, who left here last summer
for old Eureka, and is a pioneer of the
camp, is prospering as contractor.
Besides these mentioned many of the
boys have all the work they can do,
among them Harry Moore, Frank
Huckleberry. Tim Mccum, J. B.
Spence, Tom Pierce, VIM. Mcbride,
Neil and a score of others, while
Frank Raborg is getting his fingers
into mining property" (Of these men,
toned, so far as known, Messrs. Ellis
& Forde. who are in town this week.
are residents of Spokane, although
still largely interested in real estate
in the county. Frank Keck and DR..
Webb are still residents of Republic.
still a resident of Lomis. The balance
are dead, or scattered to the four
winds.)
Charles Phillips, the half breed, who
shot Officer James Wells, at Seattle,
on November %, 1897, without cause
or provocation, was found guilty of
manslaughter by jury, and the Judge
sentenced him to Imprisonment for
twelve years and fine of $1,000.
phillips served his sentence, was dis
charged, came back to Okanogan
county, got into another shooting
scrape, and Is in the penitentiary at
this time, We believe.)
Announcement Is made that Dell
Hart was about to bond the Triune
to syndicate of California capitalists.
The deal was not made, but subse-
quently the mine was bonded to east
ern people, and that was about the end
of the mine. Considerable work was
afterwards done on the property, but
the mine has been idle for several
years, although there Is hardly bet
ter prospect in the northwest.
s. J. Sincock has been engaged for
the past fortnight doing assessment
work on the Iron Queen, located well
up on the south slope of Palmer
mountain, not far from the Black
Bear. Much was expected from the
Iron Queen, but ended in expectations
as even the name has been forgotten
by the older residents Of a locality
where so many failures have occurred
in the way of mining during the past
twenty years.)