The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-06-25


day on legal business.
DR.. c. 7. House was visitor in Spo-
kane during tina past week.
G. a. Andrus, of Nigthawk, spent
Saturday and Sunday in town.
Now get ready for the boom that is
due to arrive in very short time.
Chas. Powell, jr., spent Saturday and
Sunday visiting with friends in LOOMS.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Sheridan, of
Nighthawk, were visitors in Oroville
last Friday
There is no danger of people becom-
ing ossifed from inactivity during mo-
squito season.
| J. Lenton, of the Nighthawk neigh
borhood, was visitor in town over
night last Friday.
The river is the most popular resoit
in this place during the heated term.
1t beats the brewery.
DR.. F. s. Beale made final proof on
a 40-acre homestead Monday before the
u. S. Commissioners.
Mrs. Anna Mitchell left Saturday
for Danville where she will visit with
sister for fortnight.
The local ball club expects to play a
game at Nelson on the Sd and again at
f'ho-ou, ~, Tho XII Of Tu1y
Al. Riste was in town from his ranch
ia the Similkameen valley, near the
international line Friday last
Owing to the activity of the agile
mosquito there were no services in
Peerless hall Sunday evening.
Misses Sadie and Lille Nelson left
Saturday morning for Rossland, b. c.,
where they go to visit with relatives.
Oroville will be largely represented
at Chesaw on the 9TH, when and where
q rafting celebration will be pulled off.
Mrs. G.. F. House left the latter part
of last week for the east, where she
will visit with relatives during the
summer.
Miss Jessie Mae Sigrist left Satur
day on visit to Spokane and Seattle,
expecting to be absent most of the
summer.
W. T.. PAYNE has bought out G. c.
McKay's dray and transfer business.
Me now devotes his entire time to his
livery business.
Mrs. J. s. Dillabough, of Conconully.
was in Oroville last Friday, coming
here to meet her daughter, Nora. on
her return from school,
Miss Nora Dillabough, of Conconul-
". spent last Friday uight in Oroville
ON her way home from attending the
Catholic school near Colville.
Miss Kate Dallam left Saturday for
Wenatchee, from which place she will
accompany her sister, Mrs. Geo. II.
Ellis. jr.. to the coast and remain dur
ING the summer months.
Frank Samson is putting NJ a
building on the vacant lot adjoining
the Washington Commercial company's
store on the south, 24x2S, which will
be used as the postotfice.
Marshal Case rounded up a couple
of Weary Willies Saturday and escort
inc them to the town limits advised
them to move on and take in the Seat
tie exposition. They moved.
Miss Elma Jordon, who has been at
tending the Catholic academy, near
Colville, during the past year. arrived
at Orovile last FRIDAY evening on the
way to her home near Loomis.
j. \. Blackler sent out lumber to
his ranch of Palmer mountain Monday
with which to build an addition to the
residence already on the place. A.
Signs will have charge of construction.
s. j. SinCOck, a prosperous and old
time homesteader of Horse Spring
couIee, was visitor in town Saturday.
He stated that there is quite a demand
for decided ranches in his part of the
county.
Mrs. p. d. Wood, of Sprague, moth
err of George and Del Wood, old resi-
dents of the county, arrived in Oroville
last Friday, and Saturday filed on
homestead before the local L. :. Com
missioner.
VIM. Beeman, of Pine creek, came in
Monday with a bunch of cattle for the
butcher shop. He reported that grain
is in fine condition in the Pine creek
country with a tlattering promise OF
large crop.
Mr.. and Mrs w. II. Hamilton. of
Long Beach. Cal, are visiting their
daughter. Mrs. w. B. SeXon. After
spending two or three weeks here they
expect to put in the balance of the
summer at Spokane.
J. +. Mccarthy. who as deputy as
sessed the north half of the reserva-
ton. passed through Oroville Monday
on his way to Conconully, where he
will do Office work until the assessor ;
books are closed up.