The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-03-09
back of the Loomiston Trading

Antoine back of the Loomiston Trading
company's store, and they were to-
gether only few minutes when row
/ icommenced, resulting in Smith knock
ing Antoine down.
The active siwash was on his feet in
All instant, knife in hand, and slashed
at Smith viciously number of times,
inflicting slight wound on the mus
cles of the left arm, and cutting a
horrible cash in the right breast. Il
few inches below the shouldec. Dr..
Willard dressed the wound. The cut
on the breast was fully four inches
long. slightly curved and several IN
ches deep. The blow had been deliver
ed downward, the knife striking rib
ches lower down, or few inches to
the left, the wound would have proved
fatal. (Smith recovered from his in
Ijuries only to be murdered by un-
known parties a few years later.
Smith was very much of contentious
half breed when under the influence
| of liquor. was constantly In trouble.
and his body was neatly decorated
with many scars. One morning his
body was found mile north of Loo
mis- with his head crushed almost as
flat as postage stamp. While he was
Iasleep some one had dropped a hugo
boulder on his head, and his tempes-
tuOus career was at an end. Antoine
also met with tragic death, as he
was shot by young man when he
insisted upon entering house few
miles south of Loomis.)
Nineteen years ago the country was
in very much the same state of eX-
citement over the prospect of war
as 1t is today. The Prospector says:
Preparations for war go on with
lgreat activity from one end of the
land to the other. Guns are being has
tened forward for coast defenses, new
war vessels are being fitted for SER
vice, two additional artillery regi.
ments are being recruited, troops
have orders to be in readiness to
move and the states are filling up the
ranks of the militia" And short time
afterwards Spain and the United
States were engaged in actual war,
which proved short and decisive.
The Prospector says: Geese are
moving northward. We do not refer
to the crowds heading for Alaska"
March came in like a lamb in the
spring of 1898.
Lloyd Beall reports the grass in
Horse Springs coulee is two inches
high, and the valley has every appear
ance of spring. (Mr Beall, u pioneer,
Is still resident of Horse Springs
|coulee.
The maximum temperature for Feb
ruary, 1898 was 55 above on the 18th
and the minimum 13 above on the
End.
DIR. c. P. House, the popular physi-
clan of Oroville, passed through town
Monday, on business trip to Con-
|conully (Dr. House is still resident
|of Oroville, although he has given up
|active practice of medicine for several
years. In early days his services were
greatly in demand, and he was very
successful practitioner)
Harry Allen started with his team
for Republic Wednesday,, to look over
the situation. (Mr Allen was among
the first freighters in the upper coun-
try. He never thought of taking up
land when he had the pick and choice
of the best in hill or valley. In later
years, when all the best land had
been taken, Mr.. Allen secured a home
stead near Wanicut lake. He died only
some two years ago. Mrs. Allen still
lives on the homestead, and his large
family of children have grown up to
man and woman's estate.)
A dozen items mentioned residents
OF Loomis going to Republic, that
camp being the great attraction a.
that time. Most of the Loomisites
(eVentuallY returned to their old hnlnn