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

"A. F. Rankin, of Hedley, was Wis
itor in town Monday.
Lon Gadbury was over from LOOMS
several days this week.
Maj. F. p. Wehe was in from his
home near Wehesville Wednesday.
Indian Edwards shipped car load
OF cattle from this point Wednesday.
Chas. Gerhard is in town on visit
from his mining claims on Palmer
mountain.
f. p. Gaillac, the well-known Che
saw resident, was in Oroville over
Monday night.
ID. w. Holbrook, the Chesaw livery
man, dove in Wednesday with load of
drummers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Sanborn, of Ton
asket. were among the many visitors
in town Monday.
Mrs. Frank Bartell, jr., returned
home Wednesday evening from trip
on the outside.
j. f. Samson has the lumber on the
ground for a sidewalk around his beau
tiful home on the hill.
IL is strictly against the law to sell
liquor to Indians. Mark that, and es-
cape lot of hard luck.
The partial eclipse last Thursday
afternoon was not observable here ow-
ing to the cloudy weather.
A little care should be exercised in
the use of fire crackers. They have
habit of burning up property.
Mrs. j. A. Stewart, of Spokane, was
visiting her father, r. p Hoskyn. last
week. returning to her home Saturday.
Bridge and construction material for
the extension of the road is being
pushed to the front almost every day
A savings department has been adj
ded TO the Bank of Oroville. Get wise
and lay up some treasures that will
gradually swell on accommodating in
terest.
Sheriff Thorp passed through town
Tuesday on his way home from trip
to the north half on business connected
with his office.
Mrs Z. E. Parsons brought in straw
berries from the home ranch during
the week, and they were the best that
have been on the market.
The car load of ore that this paper
noted as being hauled down from. the
Copper World Extension was shipped
out to the smelter Saturday.
Prof. E. B. Grinnell is taking va
cation on the outside, and while away
he will make it a point to visit Seattle
and enjoy the sights at the exposition.
{. II. Seims, son of the senior mem
Der of the big railroad contr acting
hrm OF Selms " Shields, spent several
days IN town during the past week.
VIM. Barry was over from his Pal
mer mountain ranch Tuesday and in
vested in binder. He reports crops
in his neighborhood to be in a excel
lent condition.
II something unforeseen does not in
terfere with their arrangements DR..
and Mrs. w. T. Schawbland expect to
leave on the first of July for Seattle to
be absent some three weeks
Sherman Stark left for the coast
Saturday, and will put in some time at
the Seattle exposition. 1t is rumored
that Mr.. Stark will probably locate
permanently on the west side.
The band was out Tuesday evening
treating the population to an open air
concert. The brand of music was ex-
cellent and highly appreciated, judy
Ing from the size of the lingering
crowd.
Geo. Bowerman received 1O-horse
power gasoline engine and pump this
week, which he has installed for irri-
gatlon purposes on his choicely located
tract OF land on the east shore of Oso-
yoos lake.
Archie Ash, the head of the Kirk
wood Liquor company, long time res
ldent of Spokane, was a visitor in Oro-
vile Thursday. He has large inter-
ests IN this plac e and believes his in
vestment to be "a good one.
{. K. Owens, the LOOMS ieweler,
VINO has a grain and stock ranch on
Palmer mount ain, was in Oroville on
business Wednesday. Mr.. Owens re.
ports that raj j is wanted in his imme-
ulase section to insure a crop.
Tuesday night some party, or parties
unknown, with malice aforethought,
ran of, contiscated, appropriated. lift
ed and stole bunch of horses in this
vicinity The sufferers were w. f.
Moultray, w. J. Morehouse and J. \.
Gordon. Lo. the poor Indian comes
IN for suspicion, as he was cutting up
shamefully about that time
Work is going on at the west exten.
sion of the railroad in real earnest.
The bridge crews are busy. Three
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