The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-26
LOOKING BACKWARD.


Young and Spsrsely Settled.
From the Loomis Prospector, jan
uary %, 1882
Word was received here Sunday by
mail that the appeal in the mining
case of Calhoun and Campbell vs.
Enright, In which the ownership OF the
Grand Summit mine, on Palmer noun
tain, was involved, had been called IN
the supreme court at Olympia, on the
18th and the decision OF the lower
court in favor of J. J. Enright had
been confirmed. The contest was ably
conducted on both sides, and pushed
along as rapidly as the hating meth
DDS of the law could be urged. F. w.
Hankey appeared for the plaintiffs,
and H. N Martin, Of Davenport.
young. Jealous and painstaking mem
Der of the Lincoln county bar. had
charge of the defense. CAT that time
the Grand Summit claim was looked
upon as one Of the most promising
gold bearing properties In northern
Okanogan county. Some OF the richest
specimens of free gold quartz ever
taken out Of any mine came from the
Grand Summit, although the vein
showing this exceptionally rich ore
was only a few inches In width. Much
was expected from the claim, which
afterwards became incorporated with
the large number Of other claims on
Palmer mountain constituting the
Palmer Mountain Tunnel company's
holdings. No extensive work was ever
done on the Grand Summit, and its
true value was never demonstrated.
OF the litigants In this mining case,
which was q celebrated case at the
time, Messrs. Calhoun and Campbell
were living In Seattle the last we
heard of them. The original owner. j.
J. Enright, we'll advanced in years yet
in vigorous health, still resides In
Loomis. The whereabouts OF F. w.
Hankey, one of the attorneys In the
litigation, is unknown. H. N. Martin,
no longer 90 young as he was twenty
years ago is still resident Of Daven-
port, and IL considered one Of the
able lawyers OF eastern Washington.)
The Prospector announces the mar
riage of c. H. Lovejoy and Miss Elva
Jones at Glover. Glover then was q
post office some miles below the old
town Of. Ruby. Mr. and Mrs. Lovejoy
is still in the county. residents Of Con-
conully.)
Father de Rouge, the Catholic mis-
sionary, was visitor In town several
days this week. Other de Rouge was
then hard at work organizing and
building up st. Mary's Mission. which
became one of the most beautiful and
useful missions among the Indian
tribes of the west, and today is a mon
ument to the energy. devotion and re-
ligious enthusiasm Of this priest who
spent the greater portion Of his life
in the labor Of love. Father de Rouge
died at the Mission last summer, and
the good work he did will live on for
generations.)
Geo. H. Ellis Of the Loomis Trading
company, returned home Wednesday
after trip covering two weeks, dur
ing which he took In Spokane, Seattle
and Portland in company with his
partner Jas. e. Forde. He returned
over the Canadian Pacific and by the
way of Oroville. He reports the one
and only song on the route is "Klon-
dyke" (And during the past week
both Mr.. Ellis and Mr.. Forde have
been in Oroville looking after their
landed interest in the town and val
ley. they never having entirely sever
ed their business connections with the
Okanogan country, still believing 1t
has a great future.)
A ten pound boy. the first in the
family. was added to the household of
Jas. Kinchelo, Saturday. The mother
and child are doing nicely, but friends
are still sitting up with the delighted
father. (The arrival thus announced
is now a husky young man, popular
member Of the young set at Loomis.)
The Prospector Of the 2Sth carries
belated item with an apology for hav-
ing overlooked the interesting event.
That was the marriage on December
29th of VIM. P. Burberry and Miss
Mary G. Smith. (The Burbery's are
still living ON their ranch in Horse
Springs coulee, and during the flight
of time this worthy couple have pros
pered)
cessful bids for carrying the mail by
the year In this locality. and when the
hardships Of the service are consider
ed the government was getting the
work done at remarkably low figures:
From Conconully to Oroville the bid
for daily service was $1.440. When it
is considered that those figures
called for stage service both ways
daily between these points, a distance
of between 40 and 45 miles, it will be
realized that there was not much Of
graft in the contract. From Coulee
City to Virginia City (now Brewster,)
81 $50. From Malott to Olema, 1869.
From Glover to Alma (now Okanoganj
$17S.9s. From Virginia City to Con-
conully, $1,43S.99.
The Prospeotor announces the sale
az auction of the Central Washington
railroad on Tuesday, January 18, and
that it was knocked down for the nom
inal sum of 100000. The Central
Washington railroad was commenced
in 1888, starting from Spokane. and
completed to Coulee City in 1890,
which was the terminus of the road
for many years, until the building of
the Adrian cut off. The building Of
the Central Washington was VEN
|ture of the Northern Pacific to cut off
the proposed Seattle, Lake Shore q