The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-05-14

The base ball boys give benefit
dance in Sigrist hall tonight.
Fred j. May. of the Conconully bank,
was visitor in town Tuesday.
DR.. +. c. Webb is now in Spokane
very much improved in health, and
expects to return to Oroville within
ten days.
1t is reported that Surveyor Wood
ard has posted notice on the lower
bridge across the Okanogan river con-
demning it,
The Ladies' Aid of the NJ. f. church
will meet in the church parlor on
Wednesday, May 10. All ladies in
terested in the work are invited to
attend.
from the old location on Spokane street
to the building on Main street por
ton of which has been occupied by the
Commercial Club.
The Oroville and Chesaw ball clubs
try conclusions on the local diamond
Sunday. A good game can be counted
deem themselves.
Attention is called to the new adver-
tisement of the Pioneer meat market.
A new system has been inaugurated
that the consumer should get next.
Cash talks at that establishment in
the future.
Engineer Gardiner is out surveying
the streets and attracting good deal
of attention. We were requested not
to say anything about it, but it is
limited that Price Fruit is figuring on
| applying for franchise for an electric
street car system.
ChaS. Schlam's valuable Chesapeake
dog was poisoned early Monday morn
ing. 1t is next to impossible to fix the
guilt upon the party who poisons dogs
for the maa who did it that his identi-
ty cannot be established
Assessor klopenburg has been pry-
ing into the possessions of the public
this week. and listing them on the tax
rolls. Mr.. Klopingburg is not only
one of the best and most thorough as
fessors this count has ever had, but
is also one of the most popular officials
that has ever filled a county office. He
is assisted in the work here by Deputy
| Assessors Hamilton and McC Carly.
DIR. and Mrs II. M. Fryer, of River
side, were in town Tuesday. 1t was
the date set for the meeting of the
County Medical Association, but the
saw bones of the county must either
| have forgotten the date, or are so busy
that they could not spare time to at
tend, as Drs. Fryer and Schwabland
were the only members of the profess
sion who showed up.
May "a is Victoria day, and the date
is religiously celebrated throughout
Canada. The good people of Keremeos
have made extensive preparations to
appropriately observe the day. The
Oroville ball club will go up and play
game with the Keremeos boys, and
the Oroville band will supply inspira-
ton. No doubt great many people
from Oroville will take part in the
festivities.
A. j. jackson, who has been con-
nected with the Oroville meat market
ever since that establishment was
started is to leave town next week
and take charge of the branch market
| at Nelson. Mr.. jackson is a citizen
| the place can ill afford to lose. Few
men ever become more generally pop
ular in community than Mr.. Jackson
| has in Oroville, and both himself and
family will be sadly missed.
! II. n. Martin, the old time and we'll
! known Davenport lawyer, was in town
| Tuesday. Mr.. Martin owns a tract of
land on the Okanogan river, near
Tonasket, and was up here for the pur-
pose of looking after that property. A
most successful lawyer is Mr.. Martin,
and one of the oldest practicing mem
bers of the Lincoln county bar. The
demands of business prevented him
from wasting any time visiting with
friends in this place.
j. f. Badridge, of Columbus, Ohio,
an earnest believer in this country,
and largely interested in the Night
! hawk and Favorite mines, came in last
Thursday evening in company with
| Henry ID. James. Mr.. Baldridge has
| paid particular attention to the Fa-
vorite, that joins the Nighthawk on
! the south, and is having the tunnel on
that property pushed ahead. There
are cords of good ore on the upper tun-
mel of the Favorite, and test run of
| this ore may be made in the Night
hawk mill. The two properties occupy
! virtually the same character of ground,
and success on one inSures success on
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