The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-06-25
DOINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN
Few Things Seen and Heard by the Gazette Reporter


the railroad during the past week.
Henry Bahrs came in from LOOMS
Thursday on his way to Spokane on
mining business.
After week of pleasant weather it
commences to feel as though the clerk
was firing up for hot lth.
The Oroyille creamery is shipping
butter even to Spokane, 1t is of such
a quality that it can successfully com
pete with the best made.
What makes business and enable a
paper to exist is advertising. The
business men of Oroville should make
a note of this and come through.
DR.. and Mrs. j. l.. Masters, and the
doctors young daughter Tressic, ar
rived from Spokane Friday night, go
ing on to Loomis Saturday morning.
Miss Tressie has been attending the
Academy of the Holy Names.
H. r. Gregg, who has been engaged
in business at LOOMS a number of
years, stopped over in Oroyille Mon
day evening, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Powell, on his way to San Diago,
Cal, where he expects to make his
future home.
Inadvertently we have failed to men
ton the fact that Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
| Iyn atT oil IGTt f,Nt. . To, IL,
of weeks ago to attend the exposition.
They returned home last Saturday
evening, having enjoyed the trip as
well as the sights at the big fair.
j. A. Gadbury has purchased the
Schwartz residence in the north part
of town, and the lot adjoining. The
| house will be moved to the adjoining
lot repaired painted and remodled.
| Clyde Andrews is building barn on
the premises
Up to Friday morning nothing had
been heard from officer Mills, and the
presumption is that he is camping on
Sam Pierre's trail. Mr. Mills is some
what advanced in years for such siren
uous work, but when once in the chase
he has the grit to stay with it.
Miss Mary Ryan, who taught in the
public school during the past year. and
proved to be one of the most popular
and efficient teachers who has ever
held a position in the school, left for
Conconuliy "Wednesday, where she has
accepted clerkship in the auditors
Office.
The ball game Sunday afternoon be-
tween the professional men and a nine
from the band was screaming farce
enjoyed by good size crowd. When
the dust of battle cleared away the
professionals were winners By a score
of % to u. The professionals should
be daubed the "Inyncibles." As they
have not met with defeat so far this
season.
Mrs. Fred j. Fine was called to Mon
dovia, Lincoln county. last SATURDAY.
by the sad news of the seriou, illness
of her sister, Mrs. L. y. Pease. Mrs
Pease visited Mrs. Fine several weeks
ago. and was in fairly good health at
that time. After returning home she
was taken down with an illness that
has bat1ied the skill of physicians. and
it is feared that she cannot recover.
The keremeOs train crew consisting
of Conductor Gage Fireman Moore,
and Brakesmen SiIvernail and Nran-
denburg, We're in Grand Forks Il. c.,
the latter part of last week taking an
examination before a regular board of
examiners as to their efficiency in the
positions they hold. As the boys are
back on the run it is evident they made
good in their cataCism. 1t is rule of
the road, even if not always strictly
enforced, to put train crews through
an exhaustive examination once every
three years.
a large crowd of men were attract
ed to the vacant lot adjoining Mills
store on the south, last Friday evening,
by istc encounter between two Stran-
gers of the boating variety. Cntor-
tunately that Argu--eyed guardian of
the peace, Marshall Case, wa, at sup
per, otherwise Judge Fraser would
have had an opportunity of exercising
his genial habit of putting the screws
to EN-. The gladiator, were not dam
aged to any extent, a. 50 much pub
LEFTY cooled their tlood, and the gath
ering of multitude had the effect of
putting an end to the iracus.
j. NJ. Pitman ha, bonded his farm
ON Palmer lake to Tacoma parties. and
the sale will he closed on the 10th of
July if the contract i, carried out, and
it undoubtedly viii he a, d payment
was made 10 bind the bargain. Prob
ably there Is not more charmingly
located farm in the entire state than
the Pitman home 1t has frontage
on Palmer lake, than which there l.
not a more beautiful sheet of water
to be found, and slopes gradually from
the foot of Palmer mountain to the
water edge. The soil i, fertile and
well adapted 10 fruit growing There