The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-01-31
LOOKING BACKWARD
Items From the Palmer Mountain
Prospector OF January %, 1889.

From l.. S. Baldwin we learE that
the force at work on the Walla Walla
and Osoyoos mines has broken into
the ledge in new place ,and some
very fine mineral is being taken oui.
(Where was and where is the Walla
Walla and OsOyOOs mines? One Of
those dreams of wealth never realiI-
ed and the very existence of the mines
now forgotten).
A nunlber1 OF friends gathered at
he home of Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Lou
Ion Wednesday evening, and spent a
very enjoyable half night with music
dancing, etc. both Mr.. and Mrs.
Loudon are living on ranch in the
Similkameen Valley.
Frank Raborg reports the death of
Maurice w. McDougall, at Republic.
last Monday. the funeral being held
last Wednesday. Mr.. McDougall was
one of the original locators of the
lvanhoe mine on Palmer mountain,
and also the first recorder of the
Wanicut Lake mining district.
Frank Raborg came in from Re-
public today. Mr.. Raborg is very en-
thusiastic over the future of Repub-
lie, and reports that everything is
booming there and everyone has
money. He has not lost faith in Ok
anogan, having let contract on the
Wall Street and Strictly Business
properties in Horse Spring coulee for
considerable work, and is also con-
emplating making other investments
in mining properties in this section
(Raborg was hustler, but for all
his hustling he saw his work in the
Loomis neighborhood come to naught.
Wall Street and Strictly Business
never panned out, possibly becausue
the operator did not go far enough.
Mr.. Raborg left the country years
ago. and if still living his where
abouts is not known.
A letter from A. M. Wehe, at Mil
waukee, states that since leaving
Loomis he has been successful in in
teresting eastern parties in his Ok
anogan mining properties, and ar
rangements were being made for sink.
ing 200-foot shaft with cross-cuts
fifty feet on each side. (This pros
pective work was to be done on min
ing claims near the old Wehesville
postoflice, where vast amount of
prospecting work was carried Oh year
after year, although that was long
time ago. Mr.. Wehe even in those
days was gentleman we'll advanced
in years, but active and opti uistic
Mr.. Wehe made many visits tC this
locality. He is still LIVING in Mil
fear that he may never be able ia
come out here again and go over his
old stamping ground where he spent
so many days at irregular intervals)
Notice is made of the dissolution
of partnership of Colgan & Eahrs in
come of Colgan we do not know, but
%r. Bahrs save up the clea;er 70,
| .he drill, ard is still i'm the country
| Interested In numerous min ,g prop
ert'es. Mr.. Bahrs has beel instru
l
mental in bringing more money into
the country for development worl
than probably any other single indi
vidual, but unfortunately for himse]
his activities have not enriched him
: which would indicate that very littl'
of the money he handled stuck to hi
fingers.
Recently Representative Wallace
Mount. from Lincoln county, intro
duced bill in the Legislature havin,
for it's object the division Of Steven
and Okanogan counties, and the bill
was amended to embrace only a par
of Stevens county in the bounds O
the new county, which is to be calle
Eureka. While come favor the bill
many living in the portions most at
fected oppose it, The Statesman-In