The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-04-30
DOINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN
Few Things Seen and Heard by the Gazette Reporter

l.. f. de Particles, and will be used to
pump water to irrigate that gentle
mans ranch on the Okanogan river, a
few miles below Oroville.
Chas. Jordan came in from Olalla.
B. c., Tuesday evening, on his way to
Spokane, Mr.. Jordan has been sui
ferer all winter from rheumatism, and
on this trip he will probably visit some
hot springs for treatment
J Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. O'Herin, of Loom
is, were in attendance at the odd Eel
lows ball. Mr. O'Herin has one of
the choicest orchards of its size in the
state, and the apples he places on the
market cannot be surpassed,
A new coat of paint has not detract-
ed from the appearance of the row of
buildings including the Crescent sa-
loon, restaurant and barber shop. 9th
err property holders could do like wise
without detrment to the town.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hurley and son,
Webb, of LOOMS, participated in the
Odd Fellows dance. Mr.. Hurley, who
has but recently returned from the
Paso Robes hot springs, is looking and
feeling better than he has for years.
The wind, that had been resting for
| fifteen minutes, had to come up Mon
day afternoon for the benefit of the
Odd Fellows parade. 1t did net scare
off the fellows of the three links, al
though any thing but pleasant to the
marchers.
Willard Young, the Loomis druggist,
was in Oroville Wednesday. He had
been out setting up poles on the dilap-
idated telephone line between Loomis
and Oroville, a job he fell into as be-
ing local agent for the company at the
former place.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. f.. Grant and Mas
ter Lloyd spent couple of days in
Oroville this week The odd Fellows
dOings drew Mr.. Grant over. and gave
an opportunity for the family to visit
with Mrs. Grants parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Fruit.
The local base ball club has made
arrangements to play games with the
keremeos, Is. G., aggregation on the
home grounds Saturday and Sunday
afternoons. 1t will be the first match
games of the season, and no doubt
there will be large outpouring of
people to see the sport.
John II. Arnold, of Columbus, Ohio,
who is extensively interested in min
ing propositions about Chesaw, spent a
couple of days in Oroville this week.
The genial Gentleman left the impress
sion among those whom he met that
he had become sufficiently westernized
to be classified as native.
Hon. NJ. A. Smalley, of Chesaw,
spent Monday in Orovlle. He was
down here on invitation to deliver an
address at the commemoration eXer-
cises held by the Odd Fellows, and per-
formed his part to the satisfaction of
all within sound of his voice. Mr.
Smalley is always welcome visitor to
OrOvil1e, where he has a host of warm
friends.
Among the members of Okanogan
Lodges No 1856, !. O. o. F., of Looms
who took part in the Oroville celebra
Hurley, w. Z. Grant, Chas. Powell,
Jas. O'Herin, Peter Anderson, a. Geo
Wehe, S. A. DeMerchaut, NJ. Iorri-
gan, Lott johnson, Il. G. johnson,
Gordon Irvine, G.. n. Graham aud f.
NJ. Dalam
A. J.. Bradley came in from the TriZ
une mine Tuesday, and left for Dan
vile Wednesday morning. liereports
the telephone wire stretched from the
Triune to the Similkameen Power
plant, from which electric power is to
be obtained for operating the mine.
The heavy copper transmission wire
has not as yet arrived, but is expected
to arrive at any time.
That concrete block manufactory
that this paper mentioned several
weeks ago as going in here, has not
fallen through although nothing has
been said recently on the subject.
Messrs. Hamilton, kast and Ionic were
in earnest in the announcement. Tim
bers and lumber We're delivered at the
river this week, from which Mr.. Kast
will build scow to be used for the
purpose Of conveying sand from the
lake to the factory.
NJ. X. Rodgers, who made the fam
Gus Nickle Plate mine, at Hedley, what
it is today, one of the best paving min
ing properties in the west, passed
through Oroville this week on his way
to Hedley, where he still has interests.
Would to heaven NJ. X. Rodgers, or
some man of the same calbre in the
mining way, would become interested
in northern Okanogan mines. Then
there would be other Nckle Plates in
the country.