The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-06-01
LOOKING BACKWARD.
Happenings When the Land Wa,
Young and Sparsely Settled.

(From the Loomis Prospector, June
"A 1879
Twenty years ago county warrants
were of little value, the Prospectol
stating that 1T is reported that one
party accepts them at Conconully al
|25 cents on the dollar, outside they
cannot be sold at any price" And the
paper asks the question, Gould any
corporation be more thoroughly bank
rupt?"
J. M. Haggerty, who at one time
pushed very lively pencil on the Ma
Dire d'Oro, a paper Of great promise
but destined to a short life, published
at Orc, when that place was sparring
to be the champion city Of the upper
country, came in this week. Haggerty
has deserted the paste pot and shears.
and bid a long farewell to the office
towel, the printers devil and all his
works. and has become a disciple OF
Blackstone and kindred musty tones
devoted to unraveling the mysteries OF
the law. with headquarters at Port
land. He is up here on business con-
nected with the estate of the late Okla
hogan Smith, in which the ownership
of several mining claims are at stake.
CIT was out of that visit that Mr.. Hag-
gerty became interested in the mining
game in Okanogan county, which he
followed assiduOusly up to some ten
years ago, when he was called by
death. Two of his children are now
living on a piece of property that Mr..
Haggerty owned near Nighthawk)
H. N. Martin, young lawyer Of Da-
venport, was among the visitors in
town last week, called here on busi-
ness in connection with mining case
in which he is retained. Mr.. Martin is
an ambitious young man who has
worked himself up into a very success
full practice. A few years ago he was
teaching district school. He was
eventually elected school superintend-
ent of Lincoln county, and when he
surrendered office made choice of the
law as his profession and is making a
success of it. (Only last week the same
Mr.. Martin was in Oroville on legal
business, somewhat increased in girth
measurement, although losing none
of his old time geniailty)
Tom Brown, the sage of Loomis
caught trout last week so
large that we will not note the size for
fear OF being solicited to make applica-
tion to the Brotherhood of Free and
Unadulterated Liars. Anyhow it was a
whopper and set the town on fire. Be-
fore night the creek bank was sown 81
thick with fishermen that the poor lit
tie trout had hardly a chance to swol-
low mouth full of water without TAX
ing in a hand full Of hooks. (Old Tom
Brown took the last trail eighteen
years ago, but the old creek still runs
gayly through the valley, and is to this
day a great resort for anglers.)
VIM. P. Cochrane proved up on his
homestead located in township 81
This is the first final proof taken in
this place and on the township. (The
ola COchrane place was located on
Blue lake, half way between Loomis
and Conconully, where Mr.. and Mrs
COchrane lived for number of years
Both the old people long ago passed
to their reward.)
A scheme Is on foot so it is stated
for operating a light draught steamer
on the Okanogan river, to run from
Virginia City to Oroville. (Can you
beat that? Were we dreamers in those
days, when almost anything seemed
possible? 1t would have to be light
draught steamer" indeed that could
made the upper Okanogan with fly.
ing machine attachment.)
Note is made of the following LAND
filings: VIM. Granger. Geo. w. Loudor
land Uriah Ward, homesteads; Henry
Wellington, James A. Johnston ant
Andrew w. Johnston, pre-emptions il
township 80, and Mamie ODonnel
and Guy A. Gilmour, homesteads, il
township 40. This land had Just beer
surveyed and opened up for entry
Some of the persons mentioned hat
been living on the land for severa
years.
Mention is made of a mysterious
visit" from a party headed by Prof
| G. W. Adrian of Minneapolis, and tn
old camp was all agog. 1t was the gen
eral impression that the party was tn
|forerunner of a railroad surveying out
fit. But the visit amounted to nothing
A son of Prof. Adrian who headed thi
expedition, is now in Oroville, looking
after land that his father located nea
town many years ago.
| One of the numerous visitors in tow
last week was Herbert F. King, Q
Conconelly, who recently returne
from a trip to New York, his home, i
(which city he is highly connected. MI
King is one of those men, born in tn
purple and accustomed to all the con
forts and luxuries with which wealt
surrounds her favorites, who enjoy
Throwing off the stilted conventualitie
of social life, and roughing it in tn
free and untrammeled wilds of tn
Iwest. (There was much more Of tn
item referring to Mr.. King, but the eN
tract is sufficient for the purpose. Ol
timers will remember MIR. King, an
leven to this day have not ceased wor
ldering why he, and others Of his i'll
lshould elect to dive into the very wilt
lest sections of the country and live
life anything but creditable. King wa
from family of great wealth, tf
family living in the south Of Franc
when he was up here. He spent yea
or two at Conconully, spending none
with lavish hand, playing at going il
Ito the cattle business. He sudden
gave away his accumulations, left II
, the east and never returned. He W:
man of education, Harvard or va