The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-06-30

The grand stand will be free to the
public during the celebration on the
| Fourth and Fifth.
Mr.. and Mrs. ~ Provo have gone to
the Methow, where they expect to
! spend the summer.
Herbert Silvernail has given up the
| princeton run and is now running on
| freight out of OrOville.
James David, the colored restau-
ranter. has closed up his Club cafe, on
the south side of the track.
First avenue is being graded for a
| distance of ha!f a mile for use AS a
race course on the Fourth and Fifth
The Nelson ball team will be down
here on the Fourth and the crowd can
depend on some corking exciting ball
games.
Abe Jordan, one of the cary settlers
OF the Nighthawk neighborhood, spent
several days in Oroville the latter part
of last week.
A big dance pavilion for the Fourth
IS being erected just northwest of the
depot for use of those who indulge in
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Prosecuting Attorney Fred Neal
spent Sunday in Oroville and left
Monday for Chesaw on business con-
nected with his Office.
A lot of material was pushed to the
front Tuesday. Looks as though there
was something to be done in the way
of railroad construction
II. II. Granger is getting the old
Wellington place pretty well set to
alfalfa. He is going extensively into
- rpislng pork
l.. Rudy, who is now in charge of
the house, is making a popular stop
ping place of the Riverside hotel, on
First avenue, north of the depot.
Keep an outlook for fire on the
Fourth Much powder in the way of
fire crackers will be burned, and the
fire cracker is a dangerous plaything.
If you want 10 start in right for the
Fourth attend the amateur perform
ance Monday night in Sigrist hall, Civ
en- by the members Of the w. O. w.
r. NJ. Irwin is putting up a neat
cottage on the bank or the Okanogan
river. near the creamery, which will
be an attractive addition to that part
of town.
The kid teams of Oroville and Con
cOnully were to meet on mutual
ground at LOOMS Sunday. but for
some reason the Conconully boys
could not fill the date
The Ladies Guild of the Episcopal
church will meet at the home of Mrs.
l.. i. PourtaleS EeXt Thursday after
noon. July 9Th. at which time church
history Will be taken up.
Ed Mills, having recently sold a
ranch near HaNillah, has put some of
his gains into enc of Blaclller acre
tracts that have become so popular
with the investing public.
A vast amount of explosives is be-
ing burned prior to the Fourth of
July. If the noise could be concen-
trated for the two days what a ter
rife uproar would prevail,
All that is wanted is pleasant
weather to make the celebration a
lally cooler, what ever that is. al
though it is supposed to stand for
something exceptionally grand.
j. w. Graham, of Ioomis, was in
town Thursday last He expects that
the irrigation company, of which he
is manager, will soon carry out the
project of watering Whitestone fiat
A band of 1900 sheep, the property
of Ben Anderson, were driven through
town Saturday, on the way to the
summer grazing grounds. on the for
est reservation, near Cathedral peak.
Miss Elizabeth Umberger spent Mon
day night in Oroville, accompanying
her grandn other, Mrs. Sharp, this far
on her trip east from the beautiful
Umberger homo on picturesque Pal
mer lake.
Train 3o7. that is, the Oroville-
Princeton tram, will be held at
Princeton until p. M, on July l, to
accommodate those who wish to go
to Princeton to take in the Dominion
day celebration.
All arrangements for the annual
picnic to be held in the Mcdaniel
grove, Loomis, July 4th, by the M. f.
Sunday school, are completed and a
splendid time is assured to all who
come. Basket dinner at 1 p. m.
r. c. Morgan, superintendent of di-
vision, and A II. Ilogelard, chief en-
gineer of the Great Northern, travel
ing on a special in Mr.. Hogeland's pri-
vate car, passed through Oroville
early Tuesday morning, headed for
the front
One of the heaviest rain storms that
has been experienced in this locality
for years visited the valley Monday
night For some time water fell in
torrents, and the face of nature was
awash. 1t was a glorious braCer for
growing grain.
DR.. w. r. Schwabland left Saturday
morning on a trip to Minneapolis and
Sioux City, Iowa. He expects to be
absent about ten days, and on his re-
turn will be accompanied by his wife,
who has been at her home in the east
for several weeks.
The school trustees have engaged
the following teachers to take charge
of the public schools during the next
school year Miss Georgian NJ. Don
| aid, principal; Miss Susie Davis, Miss
! Jessie Mae Sigrist, Miss Esther Rash,
! Miss Maude Young and J. r.. Johnson.
Mrs A. ID. Balderston left last Fri
day for Okanogan, where she expects
to make her home for the present. Mr..
Balderson is assisting in the allot-
ment of lands to Indians on the south
half of the Colville reservation, and
| will ,,nIyo nl,annpnn his bp11Qn1rtprS.