The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-11-18

neighborhood, were visitors in Oroville
yesterday.
Frank MITCHELL a prosperous rancher
living near Kipling, was trading in
Oroville Saturday.
The cold snap worked Il hardship on
the carpenters who are engaged in
building about town.
Roy Beeman filed on homestead
located in Horse Spring coulee, before
the L. S. Commissioner, Saturday.
1t is reported that thermometers at
Kipling registered zero Sunday. This
is pretty chilly for this time of the
year even at the altitude in which Kip
ling IS located
The illustrated lecture by the Gle
brated Canadian cartoonist. Bengough,
that takes place December &. should
draw crowded house. 1t is an en-
tertainment no one can afford to miss.
besides the revenue goes to the bene
fit of the school.
Mrs. II. Epler stopped over in Orc
Vile over Sunday on her way to her
home ut Spokane. Mrs. Eper is inter-
ested in several mining claims on Pal
mer mountain, and had been at LOOMS
for fortnight having the annual as
SeSSment work done.
The annual date of executing the
death penalty on the turkey family
comes due next Thursday. May every
resident of the place get his or her
teeth in the bird, or some other table
delicacy more to the liking if the pal
ate protests against the royal fowl.
DR.. c. F. Webb, of Republic. stopped
over in Oroville Sunday, on his way to
Conconully, where he had a case on
this week involving land on Fish lake.
known as the old Spikeman place. Dr.
Webb secured the land through a will
made by Spikeman, whom the doctor
took care of during his last illness
The Foote Il McGregor grading out
fit is making rapid progress on this
end of the Oroville-Brewster branch
Last week the camp was moved a
couple of miles down the river from
the old quarters. Give the gang few
weeks of good weather and they will
soon finish up their contract, or at least
make big showing at it.
One of the passenger engines run
ming into Oroville is provided with an
electric headlight, which is a stunning
improvement on the old fapged head
lights. 1t throws a sharp, bright shaft
of light far ahead on the track and
Eliminates all the surrounding coun-
try coming within reach of its rays. 1t
is surely a better safeguard at night
than the old style of headlight and
eventually will be the only one in use.
For time it looked as though
Thanksgiving would escape without
the time-honored dance, but the omis-
sion has been rectified, and patrons of
the pastime will have an opportunity
to indulge their proclivity. \ Thanks
giving dance is to take place at Sigrist
hall next Thursday night, under the
direction and management of Prof
Remington orchestra That means
capital music and the kind of Il time
that goes with that kind of music.
Geo. w. Loudon, of LOOMS. who en-
joys rs wide an acquaintance rs any
one man in the county, drove into Orc
vile Sunday and was surprised to find
every place of business closed up. Not
but that he was fully aware Oroville is
Il closed town on that particular day.
but he had slipped cog in keeping
tab on the flight of time and was la
boring under the delusion that it was
Saturday. The next time he makes so
long II trip to do business he will be
CAREFUL to apply to neighbors and find
out the day of the week.