The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-03-23

|ago was as cold almost as any tii
during the winter" according to the
Prospector, which would indicate L.
spring was as slow arriving the year
| of 1898 as 1t Is this spring of 1917.
] Republic is to have newspaper. 1t
will be published by Cleveland
Drake, two experienced journalists.
The new candidate for public favor
will be known as the Pioneer. (The
Pioneer went the way of so many
newspaper ventures, but the field is
lnow covered by two excellent papers
In the News-Miner and the Journal)
Judge o. S. Stocker, U. s. commits
sioner, made a trip to Glover and VI
cinity last week, for the purpose of
taking filings on the new townships
that recently came into the market.
His mission was successful one and
the following named farmers made
homestead entries: Matthias Garigan,
Geo. Cooper, VIM. A. Cheetham, Joseph
Beckett. Edwin D. Broughton, August
lJ. Piper, Gertrude Bum, Columbus c.
Guthrie, Mrs Mary E. Carpenter, Jack
son D. Bohn, U. Henrietta Torjusen.
IJOH0 w. bOu6ldS, ShdiACS W. oPouAu-
ing, Henry c. Richardson, William X.
IMunson, Edward C. Ostenberg, Nathan
ISmye, Victor Ruffanch, Mrs. Sarah A.
Jones and VIM. Rowley. Qn those days
Clover was a post office between Con-
conully and the present town Of Okla
hogan. How many Of those old home
steaders are still living and residents
lof the countyO
Thos. Burke, one Of the pioneer citi-
zens of Conconully, was a visitor in
town this week. (Even at that time
Tom Burke was venerable citizen,
and the last time we saw him he d
not look much older than he did nine
teen years ago. He is still resident OF
the Conconully neighborhood, and age
has not soured his natural geniality.)
Col. Frank Streamer, the travelling
philosopher and philantrophist was in
/ town Sunday. He has been spending
the winter at Wenatchee. (Streamer
was a wandrer over the land, vacant
rooms to let in the belfrey, and made
regular rounds in this upper country,
living with white men or Indians rs
the chance might be. He carried around
a large blank book in which he had
made copious entries, that were with
out rhyme or reason. He claimed to
have communication with invisible
Isririts. 1t is claimed that at one time
he was reporter on various eastern
papers, He said one day while crossing
the Missouri river on the bridge at
Omaha two white doves flew down ard
lit on his shoulders and voice COM
manded him to 60 into the west. He
wrote beautiful hand, and 1T times
talked very intelligently, but his nor
NAL periods were very brief, and he
was continually whispering conglom-
Grafton of nonsense to those who
would listen. At last he was sent to
Medical Lake, and we were informed
a short time ago that he was still li,
ling)
Ed. Burden will leave with a shingle
mill for Republic Sunday. He has al
eady booked enough orders to KEEP
him busy all summer. (This is tn
same Ed. Burden now living at Mol
son, who is a frequent visitor in Oro-
Iville.)
a. r. Thorpe has been laiu up at
his ranch, north OF town, for several
days with a severe attack of sickneeo
(Al Thorpe was the first set -ier in 1
Sinlahekin valley, md was quite q
! character around Loomis for years. lie
was an expert gardner and always had
tie first vegetables of the season Oh
the market. lie diei several years ago.
Last Saturday morning between 10
and IL o'clock Joseph Stager commit.
] ed suicide at Orovi ;e. AS near as can
lbe learned the particulars of the trag-
Iedy were as follows: Joseph Stager
las been employed as watchman on
the dredger belonging to the Similka-
meen Gold Mining company, that IS
noored to the bank about half a mile
above town. Recently w. E. Butter
who has charge of the property, dig
charged Stager, and he at once starte
en- protracted spree. He KEEP: up his
orinking for some two or three weeks,
and had become deranged from the eff
fects of liquor. He made many threats
against the lives of others, and he was
really dangerous to be at large. Mr.
Cutters and a companion hav, been
sleeping in the upper works of the
Loaf. which had been removed and set
up on shore. Stager had been in the
habit of going to this house drunk at
|all hours of the night and sleeping in
one of the rooms. Saturday morning
Mr.. Buffers ordered Stager to remove
eli of his traps and not come about .ne
premises again. Stager went to town
land shortly after ten o'clock a. M re-
turned to the building where he had
been accustomed to live He entered
the room occupied by MIR. Buffers and
took Winchester rifle. Going into an
ladjoining apartment he placed the
lntuzzle near his forehead and fired the
sun with his foot. The rifle was loaded
with an explosive bullet and the whole
upper part of the head of the unfor-
tunate suicide was blown to atoms. A
coroner's jury composed of B. J. Riste,
lOliver Tufty, J. T. Riley, G. o. Shuman
i. A. Grant and Mike Mahoney was
Summoned by Judge Ferdinand Wehe
and verdict of suicide was returned
CVhe old upper works of the dredge
in which the tragedy occurred are
used as residence on the west side
of the Similkameen river, and OF all
the various persons named in connec-
ton with the incident, Mike Mahoney,
is the only one still residing in Oro-
Iville.)