The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-07-16

Doil oVerloOk the ball game Sun
day afternoon.
July is making a complete new rec
ord for rainfall.
Deputy Sheriff Mills was called to
Nelson Tuesday on official business
Charlie and Beverley Powell and
I'd hllngman spent Sunday in LOOMS.
Attorney Fitzgerald went to River
side Tuesday on professional business.
Cecil Hutchings was in town from
his Ellemeham mountain ranch We'd
nesday.
Roy Beeman, of Pine creek, was in
town Wednesday delivering dressed
beef to the butcher.
Attention is called to the new adver.
tisements S. Rayburn, Mills g. Savage
and A. McDermott.
Mrs. W. o. Hamisch and her neice
left Monday morning for Seattle and
will be absent several weeks.
The Tri Mu class will give lawn
social at the M. E. church Thursday
July %. Proceeds for piano fund.
w. V. Champneys, the prosperous
Similkameen valley stock man, was
doing business in town Wednesday.
Miss Kirby, of Keremeos, stopped
over in Oroville Monday night on her
way to Greenwood to visit with friends
C. S. Barns. of the First National
bank, has the real estate microbe. He
filed on 40 acre timber tract Tuesday.
Geo. Gilpin, of Davenport, was a Wis
itor in town Wednesday, He owns
some well located lots on Main street.
The occasional explosion of fire
cracker indicates that the 4th of July
spirit still fingers among the popu-
laton.
c. H. Brickbill, of Okanogan, who
looks after the telephone, job that
keeps him pretty busy, was in town
Wednesday.
Mrs. John F. Lahman, of Seattle,
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Loitz johnson, left for her home Thurs
day morning.
If the summer season is SO changing
that copious rain storms can be depend
ed on the problem of irrigation is salts
factorily solved.
The farmers are rejoicing over the
copious rains. The moisture was a
trihe late coming, but it did an i'm
mense amount of good.
L. w. Mallory, who lives some dis
lance out of town, is reported on the
sick list. and also has an infant child
down with scarlet fever.
VIM Kirk, of Oregon, spent Sunday
in LOOMS on his way to visit his sons
who are holding down ranches in the
neighborhood of Loomis.
Lortz johnson, accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Elizabeth. were visitors
in town Wednesday from the home
ranch in Antoine valley.
Rev. o. w. Mintzer, D. D., of Spo-
kane. will preach in the M. E. church
Friday evening, August 8.
A party consisting of M. c. Williams,
Justin Hill and Misses Madge Dunbar
and L. A. Davis, of Riverside, were
visitors in Oroville Sunday.
Miss Mile Richards, of Loomis. was
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Powell
Wednesday night on her way to Sc
attic to attend the exposition.
Rev. w. S. Holt, of Portland, held
services Sunday evening in the M. e.
church, large congregation turning
ont to hear the eminent divine.
1t is reported that dressed beef is
bringing only Sc cents at Spokane
That is about as low as that staple
article of consumption ever gets.
J. NJ. Doyle, assistant superintend-
dent of the Spokane Falls & Northern,
came in from Spokane Monday even
ing, returning home on the special
]. A. Blackler left on business trip
To Spokane Thursday. He may invest
in an aroplane in which to make daily
trims TO his Palmer mountain ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. johnson and
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mills left for Yer
non, Tuesday, in Mr.. Johnson's auto
mobile. and expect to be gone week.
Geo, J. Gardiner, who has been sur
veying the Wehe group of claims,
came in Tuesday with his crew OF as
sistants, having finished up the helo
work.
Last week the Twisp and Okanogan
(meaning the town of that name) oall
teams PLAYED game of Is innings, the
latter winning by score of to T. Ii
was the best game ever played in the
county.
II. s. King, E. S. King, II. h. oteu-
art and Gordon Cumming, of Spokane,
a portion of the surveying crew for the
Dewey electric road, came in TUESDAY