The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-01-10
LOOKING BACKWARD
Items of interest taken from the Pal
mer Mountain PrOspectOr Of
January 6, 1899.

Prospector, published at LOOMS
while the owner, present publisher 81
the Gazette, had charge of the Day.
export Times temporarily.
1t is reported that the Golden Zone
Mining company has purchased the
major portion of the Lone Star mill
at Conconully. (The rumor proved
TO be correct and the mill was in
stalled at the Golden Zone mine, nea.
the present railroad station of Cho-
paka. where it operated for a time
but has been idle for years..
The Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany is contemplating another eyten-
sicn. The line now in contemplation
will run from the end of the Wash
ington Central. at Coulee City, to the
Columbia river and then down that
river and across country to Ellcns-
burgh I'm those days any rumor
promising a railroad for this region
was accepted as possibility, for
transportation is what the people
wanted and continually cried out for
The extension of the Central Wash
ington was never carried our, even il
IL was being considered AMI that is
doubtfuD.
One of the worst storms that ever
visited this country occurred here IT,,
first of the week. Commencing sun
day morning snow began falling, and
accompanied by a heavy northerly
wind kept up for three days and
nights. During a greater part of the
time it was impossible to travel any
length of time. One thermometer
dropped to Is degrees below Zero.
The mail routes were blocked, and no
mail other than local was received
at this Office for three days. When
the storm abated snow was piled in
every sheltered place in drifts, in
some instances ten feet in depth
making the roads in every direction
almost impossible. A party coming
up from Conconully reported the snow
drifted so hard as to nearly bear up
the weight of a horse. Two men
started from here for Greenwood, B.
c. and only got half way to Oroville
the first day, when their team played
out and they were compelled to stop
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trip up of the Conconully stage the
driver was compelled to leave his
team and break road for mile over
grade that had been drifted full
Below Conconully the roads were so
badly drifted as to be impossible to
follow them, and the mail carrier
spent three hours Monday night, in
the storm, wandering over the big fiat
north of Scotch creek in search of
the road. (Such storm nowadays
would work great hardship in this
country, but the residents of today
cannot realize what hardship il was
twenty years ago when travel was
confined wholly to team or horseback
and all mails were brought into and
taken out of the country by stage)
w. H. Mcdaniel will commence cut
ting ice on the south end of Palmer
lake with his new ice plow and outfit
early next week. (Mr. Mcdaniel, one
of the oldest residents of Loomis
died some two years ago.
1t is reported that julius Brechlin
has 12en awarded the contract tc
drive ZS feet farther in the main tun-
mel on the Mountain Sheep mine on
Mt. ChOpaka. (Mr. Brechlin is still d
resident of Loomis The Mountain
Sheep still exists on the mountain
but has become only a memory, nc
work having been done on the prop
erty for years, although at one time
it gave promise of being great
mine).
There was pneumonia in the land
in those days as Mr. ]. O. Calhoun
and Mrs. J. P. Dexter were reported
very low with that ailment Mr.. Cal.
houn was living at Seattle the last
We heard from him, and Mrs Dexter
is still a resident of the Loomis neigh.
borhood
James A. Gadbury was advtrisins
to prove up on his homestead. Mr.
Gadbury is still living at Loomis.
E. Fl. Melrose and Frank Richter
offered $3.50 reward for the arrest O
any one stealing their cattle. Boti
men long ago passed to their reward
Among the advertisers in the Pros
pector twenty years ago were tn,
following: Mrs f. w. Pember. con
Quoting the Northern hotel. Mrs
Pember died years ago. John Went
worth was running the Wentworth
hotel. Mr.. Wentworth was still
resident of the county up to a few
II months ago when he left for Nevada
w. L. Davis was operating the Bridge
port-Concnully stage line. Mr.. Davi
died in Oroville a few years ago. TIL
Big Bend National Bank with Dr. n
Fred Essig president; d. M. Drum
heller, vice president; c. c. May
cashier. DR.. Essig and d. NJ. Drum
heller are still living in Spokane
prominent residents of that city
Charlie May, of pleasant memory j
somewhere on the earth's surface.
man without a country John Wood
ard was conducting a saloon and
still living at oLomis, and is largel
interested in a bank at Tonasket
M. Judd had livery stable and sti
lives at Loom's. b. F. Keck was o;
Grating thirst parlor. Mr. Kec
went to Republic at the time of TIL
big boom at that camp, where he
still living. A. X. Gregg was practit
ing law and conducting a store. M
~ Gregg even then was man far ad
vanced in years and is still living /
III Florida. Jas. p Blame was doing as
saying, with residence at Lakesid
~ Chelan county, then in Okanoga
county, Mr.. Blaine is now at Chesay