The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-08-04

Staalo 49, was porn TO Mrs. W. O.
steele Monday night "
Eiwood Course has been enpaeed 70
.each the Nighthawk school dmrin q
the next school year. '' '"e
r MISS Florence Mills is learning the
.opes IN the post office, where she 10
to hold a clerkship ''e is
MISS Iva Irby left Friday last for
spokane, where she will snend a
month visiting with friends.
1. A. Hubbell, who has been con-
nected with the Ruby mine for several
years. was in town Tuesday
malcolm Ross took crew of section
'i'eh up to Nelson Saturday to load
''es ior the Granite creek extension
James Cameron has improved the
ouiiulhg In which he has his black
s''ii'h shop with fresh coat of paint
ID, w. Holbrook, the widely known
Chesaw livery man. was visitor in
town Tuesday, accompanied nv b;s
wife. ny MS
A son and heir was born to the
household of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Kirk.
residing in Horse Spring coulee. last
Friday. '''''
D. +. samson returned Friday last
from trip down the valley. and re-
ports business in all lines as exceed
ingly quiet
Judge + X. fendergast was an ont :
gong passenger Saturday morning on
MS way 20 Republic, wnare ne opened
court Monday
Quite large amount of freight has
] IL.
the past week, much of it consigned to
! points down the valley
Eggs and butter fat are commencing
to take an upward tendency, an indi-
. cation of shortage in the former
crop. and greater consumption of ton
sill lubricator.
Following the receipt of the sad
news of the death of her sister. Mrs.
Walter Mills was taken i'll with nerv-
Gus prostration and could not go out
to attend the funeral.
+. S. Taylor has traded his residence
in the south part of town to Geo Par
ker for his residence just across the
railroad track from the water tank.
where the Taylors now reside.
A small; army OF bridge builders and
track layers stopped over in Oroville
last Friday night and left for the front
Saturday morning, which is evidence
that work is to be pushed on the Gran
lite creek extension.
Mrs. II. p Decent, of LoOmis, left
Thursday morning for the east, en-
pecting to be absent three months at
least. She goes direct to Chicago. and
from there to Duluth, Superior and
her old home at Reading, Mich.
w. B. SeXson returned home Tues
day from his outing on the headwaters
of the Occur d'Alene river. While he
did not bring back bear hide, he re-
ports having had a most delightful
vacation and rare sport with rod and
line
Mrs. Fred. J. Fine was called to SpO-
kane Thursday by the message an
nouncing the death of her sister, Mrs.
E. d. Pease. She will attend the flu
neral and remain with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs j. Switzer, for fort
night.
The ball boys are in correspondence
with the ball teams at Greenwood and
Phoenix, with the aim of arranging
for games at those places. IF dates
can be made the local club will visit
those cities, and will expect return
games at later date in OrOville.
A. J. Understands bear escaped
one day this week and hit for the hills,
dragging the chain that held him in
captivity The chain became jammed
between two rocks, stopping his rush
for freedom, and by chance the ami
NAL was discovered and recaptured
Butter has gone up cents pound
and the local creamery is now paying
81 cents for cream And 1t may be
noted. while on the subject, that Mr.
Friis. of the OrOville creamery, is al
WAYS giving farmers the advantage OF
the slightest rise, and pays the nigh
est price for cream of any creamery in
the county.
Renorts as TO the condition OF crops
in this county are very conflicting. In
some localities grain promises to yield
we'll. even leyOnd the average, and IN
other sections the outlook Is dlscoui-
aging Probably when the harvest Is
over it will be found hat there VIII
he but slight falling off from nor
NAL average.
Cbas Sigrist recently invested in
fiery, untamed team that ne 10 Urea
ing to drive The animals possess
some of the uncertain characteristics
of the Indian from whom Mr.. Sigrlst
obtained them, and the young man
will be playing in luck II he succeeus
in breaking them before they succeed
in breaking his neck
A + Wickersham has received ms
new Penn 80, touring autonio-
lille ordered through the Charles
Peterson agency, and the machine Is a
regal beauty. 1t did not take wick
long to master the mystery of operat-
ing the car, and he drives it like pro-
fessional chauffeur. He is extracting
good deal of peasure ont of his new
possession.
A gentle yet steady rain fell for two
mr. three hours very early lhursuay
morning. laying the dust and molsten-
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