The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-04-13
WHEN CHESAW
WAS0N The Map
A Few Leaves Out Of the Past FROM
First Issue OF the Chesaw News
Twenty.three Years Ago.

Joe Robinson has handed into the
Gazette office the first number of the
Chesatw Times dated Friday, May %,
1900, and published by Fred J. Fine,
founder of the Oroville Gazette and
now resident of Snoquamish, Wash
lngton. Quoting from it's columns at
some length there is mucn in this old
paper that will be of interest to the
older residents of the north part of
the county. In those days Chesaw had
bright future, or at least those who
had cast their lot with the embryo city
of the reservation thought so, and Mr..
Fine was one of the most Optimistis
members of tnat small comhnG nifty. I'm
fortunately the residents Of what was
more OF mining camp than a town
founded upon more subs tantiai back
ing never realized their expecta tons
and Chesaw today is smaller in point
of population than it was when the
News heralded its claim to public no.
tice % years ago In his salutatory
Mr. Fine said:
with this Issue is presented to the
people of Myers creek and Okanogan
county the initial number of the Che
saw Times. In locating here We nave
done so with the earnest belief that
this camp is going to grow. Although
in its infancy the camp has proven it
self one among the best free-milling
propositions in the state. This, coup
led with the fact that the throwing
open of the reservation next fall, will
open for settlement one of tne best
tracts Of grazing and agricultural land
to be found anywhere, is destined to
make Chesaw mining and CONNER
cial center And the mission of the
Times will be to let the outside world
know that the camp possesses such
attractions. Okanogan county, has,
during the past year, made great
strides toward first place as mining
county. and when that goal Is reached
Myers creek will be found in the van"
Among the advertisers are found the
following, and among all the names
probably Judge Cresson and Mr.. Horn
Ing are the only ones still residents Of
the old camp: Traders Headquarters.
J. e. Welch. proprietor. Chesaw Res
taurant, f. L. Russell proprietor. Che
saw Meat Market. Fisher e Weisger-
Der, proprietors. Chesaw Trading Co.,
Owl saloon, W. H. Weisgerber. propri-
etor. Holbrook, Kean & Co. merchants
Pioneer restaurant, Horning e Clark
proprietors. Exclusive hardware store.
McGregor & Campbell, proprfetors.
Windsor Hotel. Monson & Lind, pro-
prietors. Hopson e Hopson, attorneys
T. J. Delaney, matchmaker. Stowell &
Campbell, merchants. Livery and
stage company J. H. Mcdonald & Son
proprietors. Greenwood saloon, Dunn
& Willard, proprietors. Assay office.
James p. Blaine, who, we believe is
still living at Chesaw. Chesaw I'M
provement Co., A. G. Neal, secretary,
j. Schroeder, manager J. f. CressOn,
U. S. Commissioner. an office ne still
holds. Miss ]. NJ. Maltbie. ladies' dress
goods. Fred Lauer, barber. Judd &
O'Herin, Loomis livery stable and
Martin & Grant, Loomis, lawyers.
The first page is taken up almost
entirely by descriptions of various
mining properties, more of less active
ly worked at that time. and most of
them today only memory, and an I'M
pleasant memory to those who furn-
ished the sinews to do what develop
ment was done. much of that work
thrown away, as it has been in other
parts of the county, and If 1t had been
properly applied might nave made
producing mines. for the material is
| in the ground around Chesaw and will
he mined at a profit some day.
Item of interest: 81. NJ. Hagerty, the
well known mining and newspaper
man returned last week from bust
ness trip to the Sound. Mr.. Hagerty
paid this office a visit and told us Of
bringing the now defunct Madre de
Orc plant from Kettle Falls to Oroville
some eight or ten years ago. At that
| time there was no settlement in this
part Of the country, and with gang OF
men, he built ais own road across the
reservation"
| The following local excerpts will be
Interesting realing taken FROM the To-