The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-09-03
LOCAL NOTES.

j. w. Faulkner, of Twisp, spent
few hours in Oroville the latter part of
last week. Mr.. Faulkner is promis-
ing attorney of the Methow valley,
and at the time of his visit was trying
to break into the legislature through
the medium OF democratic votes.
Mrs, w. Q. King and her young
niece, Clara Belle King, of NIinneapo-
lis, after spending a fortnight visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. E. Forde at
LOOMS, left Monday morning for Spo-
kane. After visiting a sister at Wa
teryille Mrs. King will return home
over the Canadian Pacific.
The members of the NJ. f. church
have arranged to give a reception to
the new minister, at the church par
lors, this Friday evening, at So'clock.
The residents OF Oroville are cordially
invited to be present. and it is request
ed that the male members of the com
munity be largely represented,
- fff'05nt,a, = 'seetihs out logs Tor
his saw mill, near Golden, Guy Har-
pen met with a painful accident. A
log rolled upon him breaking a small
bone in the right leg. DIR. Schwab-
land was called to the scene of the ac-
cident and made the patient as COM
Portable as possible under the circum-
stances.
Col. Frank Richter, of Keremeos
and the pioneer of the Similkameen
valley, stopped over Monday night in
town on his way TO his home. He had
been out to Vancouver, b. c., where
he placed his daughters in school, Col.
Richter is carrying his accommodating
years with the ease and grace of a man
in his twenties.
Rev. \. Baumsn, the new pastor of
the NJ. f. church, arrived in Oroyille
during the week, and will hold his
first services Sunday, morning and
evening. MIR. Bauman, who comes to
his new charge from Harrington, is
very agreeable gentleman to meet, and
it is to be hoped that he will meet with
Ia cordial reception, his efforts en-
couraged by his people, and find the
field a pleasant one in which to carry
on his work,
The passenger train that left here
Monday morning had u narrow escape
from a Serious accident near Grand
Forks. While rounding a curve, with
hittle river on one hand and high
bank on the other, the rear axle of the
tender snapped of, throwing some of
the cars toward the bank. Fortunate
ly no one "as injured, but had the
cars gone over into the river the loss
Of life would have been large. Traffic
was tied up four or five hours.
Judge G. H. Neal, of Davenport.
spent Sunday in Oroville visiting with
his son, Fred. The Judge had been
over to Conconully to hear some cases
in which Judge Peck was disqualified
from passing on, having been an attor-
ney in the cases. Judge Neal did not
complete the business for which he was
sent in here to transact, owing to the
pr0crastination common to the trans
faction OF legal matters, and may have
TO retu- the latter part of the month.
The Pacific States Telephone COM
pany has commenced recognizing the
necessity Of paying more attention to
Okanogan county. or some more enter
prising outfit might break into the
field. And surely it was high time,
for more useless system than the one
that has pretended to be in commits
sion for several years was never in
jicted upon a suffering public. The
company is said to be putting in a new
pole line, and has in contemplation nu-
merous much needed improvements.