Citizens from Oroville and the surrounding area gathered to celebrate the Fourth of July with speeches, songs, and a banquet that lasted well into the night.
“As the sun went down behind that grand old peak, it was truly a happy party that joined voice, heart and soul, in that good old song, 'My Country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of Liberty.'”
A worker is nearly killed at the Favorite mine when a piece of waste quartz thrown from the dump strikes him in the throat.
“As bad as it is it might have been worse, for had the rock struck him fairly on the head he would undoubtedly have supplied the chief drawing card for a funeral.”