The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-12-24

Inc stores in town were doing quite
lively business this week.
@Here's wishing you all merry Christ
mas and happy new year.
The town still moves forward A
city hall is to built at once.
commence the new year right by
subscribing for the GAZETTE.
d. I. SeXon, of Reardon, is in town
10 spend the holidays with his son, w.
b. Sexon.
nave good time tomorrow, but try
TO he rational in your method and man
ner 10 celebrating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Armstrong were
down from Chopaca Friday last doing
Christmas shopping.
Mrs. Ira w. Follis returned home
Monday after an absence of several
weeks visiting in Spokane.
Lee Fruit was up from the ranch
Monday, enjoying chunk of holiday
happiness in advance in advance.
Miss Jessie Mae Sigrist, who is at
tending the State Normal school, at
Cheney, is home for the holidays.
Mrs. Geo. w. Loudon stopped over
in Oroville Tuesday, on her way home
at LOOMS from a visit on the outside.
Harry Stanton commenced making
the long needed repairs on the lower
bridge across the Okanogan river
Monday.
For the next few days those who ex-
pect to be there will be figuring on the
disguise they will assume at the mask
ball next Friday night.
All of the young members of the
community and as many of the older
ones as can make it convenient to turn
out to the Christmas tree tonight.
This is the season of the year when
the postof1ce force has to work a
double shift to keep from being ovev-
whelmed by the ayalance of packages.
Mrs. Morris Costello left Monday for
Spokane to meet sister of Mr.. Cos
tello, from California, on her way to
Oroville to spend the holidays with her
brother.
Locomotives have been screeching in
agony almost every hour of the day
and night during the past week, an
indication that there are busy times
on the T rails.
Mrs. E. G. Williams has our thanks
for the Christmas number OF the Top
penish' Review Judging from the sup
port given the Review it is certainly
| printed in liberal community
Even the tight wad should open up
his heart and purse tomorrow and con-
tribute to the JOY that ought to be IN
circulation, especially among the
Younger members of the community.
Workmen are Drawing the discom-
forts of cold weather and pushing the
new Presbyterian church ahead toward
finish The edifce will be a very
neat and attractive addition to OroVllle'
A large number of Turks, Greeks or
natives of some other Mediterranean
sea port were passengers on the east
bound train Monday morning. They
had been working on the railroad al,
the front.
Mrs. Pierce, of Toronto, mother OF
Mrs. J. NJ. Richmond and Thos. Pierce,
of I.oomis. arrived here last Friday
evening, and left Saturday morning 1or
Toomis. She was met at this place
by her son.
Winter weather is not interfering
with building operations. That Is to
say the structures that were started
before winter set in are being finished
The bic store building on Main street
is rapidly growing into shape.
The first throagh passenger tram 10
Princeton pulled out Thursday morn
ing. Station Agent CASTILLO had not
| received INSTRUCTIONS 90 w
runninp time Thursday morning, put
it is understood the new run VIII DE
regular
| Mr. and Mrs. Studebaker and Miss
O,I.eary. teachers in the public school,
will leave today to spend their vaca-
tion in Spokane. Mrs. Linck and Miss
Arke will do their best to extract as
much Measure as possible out OF the
holidays among the denizens OF Orovilie'
Wednesday morning was the .coloes'
If the season, up to date. Capt. Du-
nield's government thermometer placed
the frigidity at ! above Zero II IL Is
all the same to the captain ana the
clerk of the weather this record can
stord uncovered for the BALANCE OF the
! winter.
Roy. II. j. Strowbridge, who Is IN
CHARGE of the Nj. +. church at Loom's'
where he has touched the pubic pulse,
which in the past has not responded
any TOO warmly to the voice OF the
church, expects to hold series OF
-.ot;ro in Oroyille some time during