The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-02-10

Thursday n chinook was getting in
its work, and if it holds out day or
two snow will be thing of the past.
+. G.. Limbach, of the Palmer noun
tain tunnel, was en- route Thursday to
LOOMS from Spokane. He was going
in to look after the property.
In business circles January and Feb
ruary to date have been an exception
ally quiet period. A marked change
for the better is expected with the
breaking up of winter.
Parties in town Monday from the old
government saw mill neighborhood,
report that the roads are badly drifted,
ticulty getting through.
A large steel cylinder, to be used in
the new bridge about to be construct
ed across the Okanogan river at Ton
asket, was loaded on runners and con-
veyed south Wednesday,
J. j. Bennett was down from his
elevated homestead, near Golden, Tues
day, for the first time in month. The
mountain air is agreeing with him
Judging from his robust appearance.
The only smooth ice on the world of
frozen water surrounding Oroville is
down near the bridge crossing the Sim
ilkameen, and old and young possess
ing skates are making the best of it.
There will he another great wash
ing out of roads next month, and the
same old annual drain making repairs.
And so twill keep on until some sys-
TEN is established giving the people
permanent highways,
Phillip LEM came in from Green
wood b. c., Saturday evening to spend
a few days on his homestead. He has
been at work in the neighboring Brit
ish Columbia camp during the past
month, and will probably remain there
unit spring.
About time the base bali boys were
figuring on reorganization for the sum-
mer campaign. The club will sorely
miss Ernest Peck, under whose care
full and insistant management it be-
came such an efficient performer on
the diamond last year.
Chas. L. Kline, who has been in
charge at the 9. s. mine for nearly a
year, was in town Tuesday. He has
returned to his ranch near Golden,
and is preparing to till his place and
harvest some of the bumper crop due
in this county next fall.
Mr.. ana j. A. Gadbury, of Loomis,
drove over to Orovile Wednesday.
Mr.. Gadbury has travelled the roads in
Okanogan county for years under all
conditions and in all seasons, but says
this last trip was one of the hardest he
ever made owing to the heavy drifts.
The revival meetings at the NJ. f.
church have been quite largely attend
ed, and much fervor and interest man
ifested. A few have been snatched
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the services have been success in the
object for which they were inaugu-
rated.
There has been no abnormal cold
weather during the past week, yet it
| has been far from mild and spring-lke.
| There are premonitions of an early
break up, and within short time, in
all probability, a sea of water will
usurp the place of the snow. After
| five or six weeks of good old fashioned
northern winter people will welcome
the change.
| Judge Gardiner is one man who has
the nerve to give up an appointive Of
flee He was named as police Judge
| by the new town administration, but
after holding the job for month with
out having case, and in the mean
time losing several surveying contracts
! with money in them, he decided that
the police judgeship was an unproft-
able honor. Therefore the quit.
Adolph and Ferd Brustedt, of Okla.
hogan, connected with the government
reclamation service, were in town
Monday. While here they discovered
they were cousins of Jake Kast Very
strange to say one of the Brustedt,
recognized Mr.. Kast, although they
had not met for 30 years, and the re-
lationship established. The recogni
tion and reunion proved to be happy
event to all concerned.
w. H. Whitcher, an old newspaper
man who lived on ranch for severa
years on Whitestone flat, and is inter
ested in the anthony mine near White
stone mountain, was IN town Sunday
on his way to Spokane, where he now
makes his home. Mr.. Whitcher says
the outlook is favorable for deal be
ing closed for the mine. May it g,