The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-02-01

crime. According to published reports,
DR.. Smith went to his rooms, secured
a pistol, met Burke on the street and
commenced shooting, the first shot
causing death. Not satisfied with the
shooting the insane doctor commenced
beating the fatally wounded man over
the head with the butt of his revolver.
Felix Shaser came up from Oroville
Tuesday morning, near where he Is
looking after the feeding of about 100
head of cattle for the Knob Hill Stock
association. When winter opened up
with shortage of cattle feed the assO-.
citation stockmen bought up consider
able hay along the Okanogan river
south of Oroville. Nearly a hundred
head are now fed there and it is I'M
derstood more will be taken down
soon.-Molson Leader.
Indications point OF an active de-
mand for automobiles during the seas
on of 1918 Notwithstanding the con-
slant demands for money FOR war pur-
poses. During the week the Frank
Craft company has disposed of four
cars at this point, and fourteen be-
tween Oroville and Waterville. Since
Friday last two or three car loads of
Bucks have been received here, and
from the way they are being snapped
up several more car loads will be re-
quired to meet the demand before
spring fairly starts in.
Monday morning the weather was 50
mild here that snow and ice were rap
idly disappearing, and water was run
ming in the cutters. Almost in an in
slant very stiff wind of the Arctic
variety blew down from the north, fol-
lowed by touch of winter that tight
eIed everything up. AS changes have
been freqent so far this winter, with
spring weather predominating it Is
not safe to venture a statement as to
prospective climatic conditions. AS we
write there is decided touch of win
ter in the air, yet tomorrow it may
be mild and spring like.
According to the Nelson Leader
letter from Otto Henning, who is in
training with the aviation squadron at
pneumonia of another Okanogan coun-
ty boy in the service, George Collins,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Collins, of
MalOtt. That is the third soldier from
Okanogan county to die in the service
from disease, which is pretty heavy
toll for this county to pay before the
sacrifices we must expect when the
nat t1n Art
hearts deep sympathy goes ont to the
parents who are called upon to mourn
the loss OF dear ones, for there is no
telling when we will be called upon to
pass under the rod and suffer their
agony.
Monday morning the Oroville high
school basket ball team started on it's
tour of conquest If the gods are favor
able. Anyhow, the boys have a string
OF games arranged for, which takes
them over long circuit that will con-
sumo two weeks. The first game Is
scheduled for Republic Monday even
ing. Then they 60 to Colville, Che
welah, Hillyard, across country to
Waterville, down to Wenatchee and
back home up the Okanogan valley,
meeting various school teams enroute
The party is made up of Steve Macy,
Louis Bovee, Glen Carrel, Albert Car
rel, Herald Mallory and Bob Killian,
the team under the charge of Prof. z.
L. Maddox, coach and teacher of man
ual training
DR.. e. p. House owns a group of
mining claims near the salts lake,
which he has done much prospecting
work during the years he has held
them. Assisted by Silas Fritz the doc
tor has been sinking on the ledge dur
ing the past few weeks, and has reach
ed depth of some 60 feet. We are in
formed that large quantity of excell-
ent ore is now on the dump, and the
indications are that the doctor has a
mine pretty we'll along in the making.
VIM. Kaiser also owns several claims
not far from DR.. Houses holdings up
on which he has done considerable
work this winter, and where the guam
tity and quality of the ore is NOSE en-
q large, well-defined and thoroughly
mineralized zone in that locality, and
with deep workings the properties
named, and others in the vicity, should
make shipping and paying mines.
The road master on this section of
the Great Northern Railway reports
snow fall in the northwest as rather
peculiarly irregular. In some places
the fall of snow has been very heavy,
and in others, where heavy snow is
the rule at this season of the year, the
fall is unusually light. Around Prince
ton the fall is from three to four feet
deep, and in the mountains around the
headwaters of the Similkameen and
Tulameen rivers, snow is piled up to
an extraordinary depth. On the Nelson
hills, on the contrary, where snow is
generally pretty deep at this time of
the winter there is hardly any more
snow than in the Okanogan valley, and
here the ground is hardly covered. The
presence of much snow on the upper
reaches of the Similkameen river in
sures plenty of water for irrigation
next summer under the West Okanog-
an Irrigation system, although it
makes possible high water should the
big accumulation go off with rush.
This is contingency not necessary to
bother about until later in the season.
SEED CORN SUPPLY.