The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-12-30

| i VIII open again next Tues
day for the long term.
Here's wishing one and all happy
and prosperous new year.
Steve Macy was down from his farm
on the high lands west of town Tues.
day.
u. w. Packwood, of Riverside, left
wednesday on business trip to Spo-
kane.
w. Is. Kelly was visitor in town
from his Ellemeham mountain ranch
Tuesday.
Or. Z. L. House returned home from
MS eastern trip in time to spend the
holidays with his family.
Harry Cowling has been confined to
his home for fortnight with an acute
attack of sciatic rheumatism.
Miss Agnes Desmond, who has been
attending college at Spokane, returned
home for the holidays Friday last
Mrs. Thos. Collier held the lucky
number that pulled down the So, Sat
urday night, at Newell's weekly draw
ing
). Z. Mitchell made a business trip
to Spokane this week, and did it quick
as he was absent only two or three
days.
AL. Overman came down from Mid
way, where he is engaged at railroad
work, and spent Christmas with his
family.
Fred Gadbury came in from Spokane
last Friday evening on the way to
spend the holidays with his parents at
Loomis.
An important meeting of the Com
mercial club will be held this Friday
evening, and full attendance is re-
quested.
Dan Reilly, who, though young
man, was one Of the. earliest home
steaders on Ellemeham mountain, was
in town Tuesday.
Gus Peterson, who has been assist
ing j. Friis at the creamery for the
past year, has gone to Seattle and will
be absent for month.
Sunday is the day to do the new leaf
stunt. 1t is good practice to form
new resolutions, even if most of them
are broken almost in the making.
That new type setting machine for
the GAZETTE Office has arrived, and it
is hoped that it will be set up and in
running order in time for the next
issue.
Rumor has married off several couple
this week, but rumor is an uncertain
foundation upon which to build matri-
monial items, and until further veri-
fed it is not safe to venture on giving
names.
Miss Mile Richards, of LOOMS,
left Thursday for Spokane. After Wis
iting for "a few days with friends in
that city Miss Richards will go to Cal
ifornia to spend the balance of the
winter.
Webb Hurley, who is studying hor-
ticulture at the Pullman college,
passed through town Friday last on his
way no his home at Loomis to spend
the holidays.
Men and women with mysterious
packages were lodging about town
quite numerously Saturday afternoon
and evening, that heraled happiness
in many homes.
Miss Kate Dallam. who is taking a
journalistic course at the University of
Washington, Seattle, arrived in Orc:
Vile Saturday evening to spend the
holidays with her parents.
Geo. Riste, who is in business at
Nelson, was in town Tuesday. He
states that trade in his home town was
almost entirely confined to home peo-
| ple, as few were in from the country
llldhlbS poi Sh"oS''
A car load of telegraph poles came
in this week to be used on the Orc
! ville-Pateros extension. This is a
small straw that would indicated that
the company had not entirely forgot
ten the partially completed branch.
Santa Claus put a mild case Of sick
ness in the stocking of both of the pro.
prietors of this paper, and while it was
nothing serious it prevented the usual
amount of labor being done, and a con.
seouent curtailment of type setting for
the paper.
w. O. Steele was in town this week
limping around with the assistance o.
crutch. -, Seiatic' rheumatism hat
knocked the pins from under him. Mr.
Steele has recently returned from 6
visit at the home of Vic Champneys
in the Similkameen valley, where he
spent pleasant week.
A shower was given at the home o
Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Murray last Thurs
day afternoon to Miss Emma Grath
void. Quite a number of ladies were