The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-12-03

"oiihS the uOilluayS.
w. l.. Payne, the feed mill man, is
down with Slight touch of typhoin.
Inc Slmilkameen raised several feet
tuesday, the result of heavy rains to
the west.
Ihere has been medley of weather
curing the week, some vile and some
not too bad.
A. w. Odell the Nelson man who
deals in dirt of the corner lot variety,
was in town Tuesday.
A communication from socialist
was received too late Tor this issue. 1t
will appear next week.
Swanson Bros, of North Dakota.
railroad contractors, arrived this week
and will take contract on the branch.
The registration books show the
names of 10 electors ready to cast a
vote at the coming town tournament
of ballots.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Ellis left Tues
day morning for their home at Wen
atchee after visiting in Oroville and
LOOMS for fortnight.
The Switchmen on the Great North
| ern are out on strike, and notice at
| the depot announces that no freight
can be taken in car load lots.
Sunday school at the NJ. L. church
every Sunday morning at II a. m. Sun
day evening service 1870 p. Special
music. Mrs. Thompson will speak.
L. L. Work is having having the
sage brush cleared from his desert
land claim on Osoyoos lake, north of
town, getting it in shape to water and
set out to trees.
The hungry man will find the corner
of Main street and Railroad avenue a
happy hayen to hit, for there are, or
soon will be, four restaurants running
within a few feet of eachother.
Frank Farnsworth, the funny fellow
who headquarters in the Tonasket
neighborhood, and who is waxing
wealthy from wool and the creatures
that produce the crop. was visitor in
town over Monday night.
A communication was received from
an arnachist this week, too late for
publication. The "Professor," as the
writer deigns to daub We editor. will
in due time endeavor to skin the skunk
as carefully as skunk was ever skun.
Fruit Inspector Pearcy was in town
Wednesday spying about for infected
fruit trees. He found much eastern
stock affected by the crown gall. Geo.
Whistler, his deputy, threw out over
700 trees from one shipment showing
symptoms of crown gall.
Rock is being delivered for the foun
dation of the new Presbyterian church
that is to decorate lot almost oppo-
site the GAZETTE office, and almost a
sufficient sum has been pledged to in
sure the construction of a coy and
comely house Of worship.
Word comes down the line that while
working in the lower level of the Ruby
mine the workmen broke into the finest
| body of ore yet encountered in that
mine where choice ore has been a fire.
ouent discovery. The Ruby people
really expect to commence treating the
ore on the ground by spring.
GUY Browne, of Spokane, who is con-
nected with the Bank of Oroville, spent
several days in town during the week.
This is another great big Browne boy,
Of the mould of the athlete, that the
writer knew when the kids chin hard
" came ND to the arm of chair, and
it was real pleasure to meet and
greet the lad.
Parties have been carelessly driving
over the new sidewalks since they were
laid. Some one will be pulled up with
q short turn one of these days and
made to pay stiff fine, and they ought
to be. 1t cost property owners money
IN have these walks built and reckless
and indifferent drivers should not be
permitted to destroy them
Word has filtered down from the
north that Fred Clark has been pinched
on SUSPICION of holding up the Ashcroft
stage. The joke will be appreciated
bv those down this way who know the
mild and gentle Frederick Why he
is so law abiding that he would not
hold up a lamp post. Our Canadian
cousins have pulled the wrong party
Jacob Meyers, who has been deputy
customs collector at Chopaca Tor the
past two years, has been transferred to
I,aurier, and left Tuesday morning to
assume the duties of his new station.
The young gentleman was frequent
visitor to Oroville and his friends here
will miss him. The Chopaca station
will be in charge of Deputy Collector
CRUDE.
Fred. J. Fine, Price Fruit and 5. ii.
Sanderson have been selected as the
building committee to have charge OF
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