The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-03-05

| dropping around to see his old friends,
and Mr.. Dill has now taken possession.
Mr.. Dill Will be valuable addition to
the population of the valley. and as
he is very much of pusher. he will
make his new investment one of the
swell places of this part Of the valley.
| VIM. H. Seibert, of Republic, Indian
farmer, spent Sunday in Oroville. Mr..
Seibert was called to this place by the
death of Michel Charlie, an Indian
ward over which in his official capac-
ity he had jurisdiction, and to make
some provision for the care Of the two
| children left orphans by the death of
| both father and mother, and who have
been in the local hospital for a week
or more. While here Mr.. Seibert met
number of Indians who had flocked
to Oroville knowing that the farmer
was to be here, most of whom had
some business to transact with tho
government official.
| Assessor G. B. Fore was among the
| arrivals in town Saturday While Mr..
Fore is very pleasant young man to
meet people will not be seeking his
| company for some weeks to come,
rather Sinking it We might say, as
beginning with the first of the month
he and his band of myrmidons will be
| out on the war path seeking to ascer-
tain the extent of the possessions of
! each and every individual citizen in
order that possessors of property may
be touched through the medium of tax
alton to aid in supporting the state,
county, school district and municipal
governments. These interviews are not
conducive of great deal of hilarity on
the part of the ultimate payer, as the
h. C. o. l. seems even to have affected
taxes for that annual touch, that is as
undodgable as death, appears to grow
with the cost of shoes and other items
that enter into daily consumption.
A large excursion under the man.
agement of J. w. Douglas is to leave
Oroville this Friday morning for
Nighthawk and the Similkameen val
ley for the purpose Of looking over the
Kaaba, Ruby and other mines in that
locality. Quite number of the Com
mercial club will join the excursion.
The more that can 90 the better it will
be. Few of the residents of Oroville
realize the extent and Importance of
the mining interests within only
short distance of town, and personal
inspection will give them better idea
Of the Importance Of this tributary re-
source Of the town. Mining was an i'm
portant factor in the building up of
Spokane, and few paying mines in
lthis locality would contribute very ma
terially and speedily toward the
growth Of Oroville. And every excur-
sionist will feel that there are real
mines in close touch with Oroville
after making this tour of inspection.
An Indian named Michel Cosmoshes,
locally known as Michael Charlie, who
held an allotment a short distance
down the Okanogan river, on the east
side, died at the local hospital last
Thursday evening. the result of flu.
Mention was made last week Of this
unfortunate case. A section hand going
to the house found Indian Charlie so
i'll that he could not summon assist
ance, his wife dead on bed from the
flu and two young children suffering
from sickness and neglect. DR.. Elmer
and Deputy Sheriff Burden took charge
of the case. The Indian and children
lwere removed to the hospital under in
Istructions from the Indian farmer The
father was in such condition that his
recovery was beyond hope, but the
lchildren are on the way to recovery.
From the reports coming from the gov
ernment official the Indian population
has not met with an irreparable loss in
the death of Charlie.
A committee composed of Dell Hart
Geo. Bailey, f. B. Gay, Paul Mohler
land w. r. Ramsey went to Wenatchee
lest Friday for the purpose Of con-
sulting the manager Of the evaporat-
ing plant at that place with the aim
of securing a plant for Oroville. While
the committee was disappointed in not
being able to secure a promise of a
plant in the immediate future the
members were encouraged by the
statement that in the course OF time
the company would consider favoraoly
a proposition to enter this field. Owing
to the fact that such soft fruits as
peaches and apricots could be safely
depended upon in this part of the val
ley. land owners were urged to plant
that class of fruit, the manager stating
that when once a dryer was establish
ed here it would have a capacity to
handle all the peaches and apricots
that could be delivered. The committee
feels satisfied that an evaporation for
Oroville is only a question of time, and
mot very long time at that.