The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-05-04
LOOKING BACKWARD.
|appenings When the Land VIZ,
Young and Sparsely Settled.


Young and Sparsely Settled.
(From the Loomis Prospector, May
1881
Captain II. Mainwaring and Steve
agy have been seen in town only at
IRE intervals during the entire spring,
I'D the reason for their absence has
Zen close application of both indi-
duals pushing development work on
e Gladstone. They were in town on
pnday, and the Captain informs us
at the mine has improved thous-
I'D per cent since the first blow was
ruck on the spring work with all
e great Improvement reported with
such brief period the Gladstone
>ver proved IA profitable investment
Id the hole in the side of the noun
in, overlooking Palmer lake. and the
Emory of much hard work Is all that
left OF the Gladstone. once such a
fght pi omise OF fortune. Steve Ma
put in many weeks OF hard toll and
nsiderable money trying TO make a
ne out of the Gladstone. At last
cve gave up mining in disgust, took
a homestead on Ellemeham noun
IN. Few, very few, mining men in
Is upper country have made as much
i of mining as Steve Macy has out
the soil. OF course it required the
plication OF muscle and long up
struggle, but Steve had the muscle
HI staying qualities and now he is
toying a well earned reward.)
The Prospector announces Dewey's
Tory at Manila under large head
les.
The situation as to war was very
Rch similar nineteen years ago this
>nths as to what it is today judging
I'm the following extract from an
torial in the ProspectOr headed
Rigging" Those who remember the
6pense the country was in during
long period of inactivity, when the
eral army fingered along the Po-
hic, and the restless and eager were
htinuasly raising the cry "On to
chmond," can understand the un-
kiofactOry news that comes to us
|ly from the seat of war, or from
bere the seat Of war Is presumed to
located. There is feeling that time
being lost, that dilatory measures
practiced. The American is of a.
rvous temperament, active in mind
b body, and feels that men and
)ets should be moving. So far the
blic has been remarkably PATIENT
every day we expect to see flaring
adlines in the daily press 'on to Ha-
ha
This is the way Oroville secured
dge across the Okanogan at this
Ice, and it may be added that the
Rn has received little more recog-
Ion from the county of late years
IN it did twenty years ago For a
1g time the people In and about
pville have felt the want of a bridge
oss the Okanogan and Similkameen
ers at that place. Travel has de-
kded upon fords during low water
inadequate ferries when the wa
is up. There was bridge
Dss the latter river at one time
1t was placed with poor judgment
the first freshet coming along
tched it out. Petitions without
bber have been sent in to the COM
eioners, but the county is too poor
indulge in extensive bridge building
the public continued to make shift
the best means at hand. Recently
r. Samson and Frank Stansbury
the matter in hand with the de-
pination to at least bridge the Okla
ln. Their energy and enthusiasm
M catching, and others entered into
spirit of the movement. Contribu-
- of labor and material were turn
&in, and after much exertion and
try the crossing is at last complet-
<1t is one of the best bridges in the
MY 1t is 2S0 feet long, across the
1er, with substantial approaches"
e he following was the list of Jurors
Swn for the May term Of court.
IN East, Nick Fahy, w. l. Keene,
ps. r. Gibson, P. l.. Filler, D. G.
lson, VIM. Burger, Ben Brown, An
Nv Johnson, Fred Ritter, c. e.
Eggs, Chas. Wilcox. Geo. H. Krug, M.
y Kingman, Robt. Ortel, H. c. Rich
lson. w. H. Liptrap, L. P. Larton.
klter Frisbee, D. c. Graham, A. J.
mares, A. C. Libby. Fred Cole, Hen
~ Livingston. We know of several of
ese jurors who have joined the silent
ojority, but how many are still liv-
in Okanogan county? We know Of
3ly five or six.
May started in nineteen years ago as
u as mid summer, and dust was as
&oAvy on the roads as at any time dur
3 the summer months, an indication
II very dry spring.
<According to the weather report for
Drill the maximum temperature for
)e month was rs degrees on the 25th'
minimum, 81 on the 4th and Sth; total
eecipitation only .16 of an inch. A
pte to the report adds: Very dry and
)e country burning up. No rains this
Dring. No grass"
NJ Some hot camp was Loomis as
Would be indicated by the following
EN-: 1--WE recently predicted that the
lug hat would soon follow the other
natures of civilization recently intro
need in the camp. The tile was In
violence Monday. Once before a party
Dad the temerity to wear such head
1ear in camp, but it collapsed sud
1enly under the force of public disap-
6roval. Strange to say in this instance
the Objectionable head covering es-