The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-08-06

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Ferris Ford, OF LOOMS, was visiting
with friends in Orcyille Monday.
Lawrence Dallam left Tuesday to
spend "A month among relatives on the
coast.
There is no race suicide around here
Judging from the number of increases
in families.
Prof. w. NJ. Savage went to Spokane
Monday ON business connected with a
real estate deal.
MIR. and Mrs. J. B. Sheridan left for
the front Saturday morning, and will
be absent several months
Forty Judd drove in from Loomis
Monday with big load of printing ma
chlnery for the GAZETTE office.
DIR. Masters returned to Oroville
Friday last after travelling through the
county for month doing dental work.
Webb Hurley, of LOOMS. left on the
Monday morning train for Seattle,
where he will put in several weeks at
the exposition.
Ed Newman came back from his trip
to Portland Monday, bringing back his
mother who had been visiting daught-
er in that city.
}. II. Smith, of Nelson, was in town
with his family Monday. While here
he filed on homestead before the L.
>. commissioner.
Chas. Powell, jr., spent Sunday in
Loomis, and while there assisted the
ball club of that camp to wallop the
Conconully team.
y floating sign writer blew into town
this week and decorated the windows
of Jay Newell's news stand with some
fetching lettering.
f. II. Western, who is spending the
summer with his wife visiting relatives
on Palmer lake, was II passenger en-
route for Spokane morning.
With the absence of his assistant
Postmaster Samson is up against the
stern realities of life. He is called to
put in about Is hours of hard work.
There will be another sale of White
stone Hat school lands at ConcOnully
tomorrow Saturday, and there will
probably be bidders present from this
place
Mai. f. =. Wehe, John Wehe and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Chapman are camp
ing for few weeks up on ToatS coulee
creek. After returning they expect
to take in the Seattle fair.
}. a. Blackler was visitor in Loom
is Sunday, and as the Conconully ball
team was short handed he volunteered
his services and mourned with the
county seat contingent in defeat.
The stork has been busy in this place
of late. Thursday of last week cute,
tiny girl was left at the homes of both
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Hageman and Mr.
and Mrs. Jas. Ryan. All hands doing
well.
The patrons of the swimming hole
have made an addition to the bath
house in the shape of a runway and a
high dive spring board. 1t will be
lucky if the season passes without some
accident on the high dive.
S. A. Keeler has purchased and ia
ken over the delivery and trelghting
outfit of w. L. Payne, and will devote
his attention to filling orders for trans
fer work. Mr.. keeler is prompt and
reliable and will treat you right.
Col. 4. NJ. Dewey left for Spokane
last Saturday morning after spending
a few days at the 9. S. mine. II a
few more such earnest and optomlstlc
men were interested up here Okanogon
county would experience boom.
ltlntlelS On dllhtI anu INV 'i'N'''''
have cut, or are cutting, their grain
and the yield is turning out heavy.
Harry Allen and Harry Brown, near
neighbors, have fields of wheat that
average over 80 bushel to the acre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira w. Follis went to
Nelson Tuesday to be gone week,
Mr.. Fols is just recovering from a
seize of illness which knocked OIL con
siderable flesh, and he had none too
much to spare, and goes to higher
altitude to recuperate.
A. large gang of men passed through
Tuesday to work on the government
dam at Conconully. Judging from the
freouent crews that are taken through
to that point there is considerable dli'
dcultv is securing men who will holo
down the Job ON that work.
The Osoyoos company owing con-
siderable land along the lake of that
name, has just received new gasoline
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