The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-02-25
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OF religious meetings at klpllng dur
ing the past week.
Chicken pox is causing trouble for
the younger members of the popula-
ton over in LOOMS.
Tuesday, Washington's birthday, was
legal holiday, and the schools had a
vacation on that date.
Hay is reaching up toward the $40
mark, and stock have a kick coming
on the high cost of living.
Mrs. Geo. j. Hurley, of Loomis, spent
the past week in Oroville, a guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Powell.
j. y. Blackler returned Tuesday
evening from business trip to Spo-
kane of several days duration.
z. j. Wander, who was off to Spo-
kane for couple of weeks on pleas
ure trip, returned home Monday.
If you want to enjoy real musical
treat attend the concert in the Pres
byterian church next Wednesday even
ing.
S. L. Sanderson, the local plumber,
has been called over Loomis way to
install furnace in the Evans brothers
home near Palmer lake.
The high school basket ball team is
Oft for Riverside tomorrow, where
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Riverside and Omak teams.
The city council skipped date and
there was no meeting Monday evening.
1t is even too cold for an alderman to
expose himself to the weather.
The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian
church has secured another of the c..
p. Walker companies for the Goth of
March, of which particulars will be
given later.
The concert announced to take place
in the Presbyterian church next We'd
nesday evening will be one of the best
entertainments that has been present
ed to the public this winter.
Chas. Sigrist left last Friday on
business trip to Columbus, Ohio, and
will during his absence visit Wash
ington and other eastern cities. He
expects to be away about month.
Lee Rhoden, Of Loomis, was a visit
or in town for few hours Thursday.
Mr.. Rhoden is engaged in the grocery
business at LOOMS, and being steady
and popular young man is building up
good business.
County Clerk Gamble was over from
the county seat Tuesday exchanging
greetings with his friends. His duties
keep him nailed pretty close to the
desk, and he does not often stray this
far from home.
DR.. Beale has been figuring on pur-
chasing the warehouse owned by the
Washington Commercial company, To-
Gated down in the old town. and re-
moving it to the railroad, near the
passenger depot.
AS an illustration of the open-hand-
ed, warm-hearted character of abe
people of this place it can be stated
that some sl35 was collected last Sat
urday for a worthy charitable object in
a very few hours
Thursday morning opened up with a
healthy snow storm. but at the hour of
going to press in the evening thaw
had started in and it is almost safe to
chance the guess that the backbone of
winter is dislocated.
The skeleton Of H. W. Bragg's big
warehouse is up in the air, and as soon
as the weather will permit of outdoor
work, will be pushed to completion. 1t
will fill in an erstwhile big gap Just
west of the town Jail.
Frank Wilson. the unfortunate rail-
road laborer who had his foot ampu-
tated last week. is improving slowly.
1t is serious burt to heal, and it will
be long time before Wilson is able
to be out and around.
Tomorrow Saturday evening the
ladies of Puritan Circle, at LOOMS
provide Joy affair for the people of
that camp which gives promise of be
ing the best of the many local enter
tainments of the winter.
NJ. E Ryan, of Spokane, claim agent
for the Great Northern road, spent
Wednesday in Oroville. He was out
here to adjust the loss of stock that
had carelessly bumped up against one
of Jim Hills locomotives.
5. A. DeMerchant was down from
Golden Tuesday to attend the Farmers
Institute. He reports dose of cold
weather up in the mountains the first
of the week that laid over ANYTHING in
the chilly class that has been dished
out this winter.
Chas. a. Bartholf, formerly holding
down homestead on Palmer noun
tain, spent several days in town this
week. He was taking his family to
Tunk creek where he will leave them
with his wife's parents, while he goes