The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-01-21


DR.. Turner, of Omak, the railroad
physician, was in town Wednesday.
February l. is the date for the next
public dance. The band is behind it.
Guy Fruit was passenger for Phu-
nix, b. c.. Wednesday morning on a
business trip.
Tom Finney, an old time resident of
the Nighthawk neighborhood was in
town Wednesday.
The streets were ahoat again this
week, and hip boots were necessary to
get around dry footed.
Jas. L. Case made Communication proof
on an 80 acre homestead before the
local L. S. Commissioner Friday last
A dance, preceded by a lecture, a
rather odd combination of entertain
ment, attracted a crowd to Sigrist hall
Saturday night.
Archie Ash, of Spokane, head of the
company that owns the Peerless hotel.
spent several days in Oroville during
the past week.
Jay Newell, returned home from
Conconully Monday, where he was
called to do jury duty. and was mighty
glad to get back to his business.
Mrs. w r. Rash is reported to be
on the sick list. She has been unable
to take solid foods for nearly two weeks.
and the case commences to look serious
The ladies of the PRESBYTERIAN church
met and organized Ladies' Aid. A
valentine social will be given in the
new church on the evening of Febru-
airy II.
Stanley Evans returned to OrOville
Monday evening from the east. where
he has been visiting among relatives
and friends at his old home since last
October.
Rev. r. j. Stawbridge, of LOOMS,
began series of meeting at the Nj. f.
church Monday evening that are being
| well attended. These meetings will
be continued for some days.
Porter Bros. and Stewart and Welsh
have the contract for constructing the
| next section of the railroad from
Princeton west, and Mr.. Welsh and
one of the Porters left for the front
Tuesday morning.
With all the long drawn out cold
weather there has been no severe cold
| registered so far this winter. The
lowest drop of the mercury according
TO the government thermometer was
only degree below zero.
The electric sign has made it's APP
pearance in Oroville. The Wicker
sham brothers, of the Club, are the
first to introduce this modern innova-
ton. Others will probable follow the
example until Main street will look
like Riverside avenue in miniature,
Strenuousness Is not confined to the
halls of congress. A little of it is
mixed up in the sessions of the local
board of aldermen. From rumors that
sifted out in the chinook Tuesday it is
evident that the Monday night meet
ing was full of the pepper that is red.
The horses attached to Keeler's ex-
press dray became ambitious to make
a record for swiftness, Wednesday, and
started on runaway trip from the
creamery. The exhibition was unex-
citing and uneventful. After scamper-
ing around until out of wind they sub
mitted to a hold up without protest.
Gravel cars for grade work are still
being hauled down the river on sleds
and distributed along the line of con-
struction of the new road From the
amount of material that has been
pushed forward this winter it is EVIL
dent that the contractors expect to
rush work as soon as the conditions
are favorable.
This is the season of the year to send
out to people at distance information
relative to this part of the county, and
the best literature that could be mailed
is a copy of the Christmas edition of
the GAZETTE. A large number of ex-
ira copies were printed to meet the
anticipated demand, and any order sent
in will be promptly filled.
Oliver Tufty came down from Mol.
son Friday last accompanied by bad
tooth that was hitting him jolt every
step of the way. He was in search OF
a dentist and relief, and found both by
accident, as DR.. Masters had remained
in town several days beyond his usual
date. The trip back home was more
interesting to Mr.. Tufty than the ex.
cursion down.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Proctor, of Riv-
erside, spent Monday night in Oroville
on their way to the coast, and expect
to be on the outside a couple of months
Mr.. Proctor was publisher of the Ar.
gus for some years, but that was toe
slow means of getting on in the world
and so switched to handling real estate