The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-08-25

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way far up into Canada The t t ane
eIs reported at the custom honsa ous
stated that they had driven oil a tSu
way IRON Nevada. They wara III; .ne
north seeking a location e''"s
=, Messrs Hamisch and Greiyor 70
Will Will saturday from their outing on
u o'. lake. Greiger claims that
u,;.'1.s kept all the birds and fish
within radius of a mile awato b,,
ms snoring However. the noctmrn 10y
nasal explosions did not prevent thn
o'u ooys from having a good time.
on mohGay Roy Guyton and Mrs. Flor
snee ROBERTS were married ar tho
nome ronie OF Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. stewart ~
,iohasKet, Rev. Robert Thomson Nv
ing the Knot. The groom is one ~
ehe prosperous homesteaders j;v;na
east or Loomis, and the bride racan,i,'
came to the county from Montana
County Superintendent e. y Grin
ne'i announces that The regular teach
es examination will be held at Con
oor"i,y on August 81 and September /
ant T. Ibis announcement and tho
announcement of the eighth Grade en-
a,,iiihations reached this Office loo
ia'e I'd make a note Of them la,;, waa,,
Inc machine used to tap the water
i"ihs 10 attach service pipes in use
Wy sammy Sanderson the plumber aa-
uac.s much attention whenever n con
hection is made. Ii Is an inpen;ous
piece OF mechanism, as the mains arc
tapped with full pressure on. and Tho
, work Is done swiftly and with very
little muscular effort.
l.. Stofteran, who has been snend-
ing the summer at his ranch on the
, mar, was swapping yarns with
MS friends about town Friday last
MS reports as to crop prospects in
the locality where he is farming is
very reassurlng, and would indicate
ma. the harvest on the north half
VIII be fully up to the average.
Dooley p. Wheeler had quite a dis
play or products from his five acre
tract on exhibition in Frank De Vos'
once last Friday ana Saturday. II
was handsome and diversified COL
iectlon OF vegetable edibles. and gave
the stranger some idea as to what the
SOIL In this locality will produce. A
collection of this character would he
a great advertisement for the countr.
IL exhibited at the Spokane fair.
Col. and Mrs. A. NJ. Dewey, left
Monday for their home at Spokane
Some one filed a contest against Mrs
Dewey's desert claim, situated near
Whitestone lake. The case was set
for hearing before Geo J, Hurley. q.
5. commissioner at LOOmis, but when
called Saturday the contestant failed
10 put IN an appearance. The colonel
claims to have spent upwards of $1,000
IN improvements on the desert land.
Miss Fanny Peterson Is spending a
few days with the Work family at
their cottage on Recreation beach.
Miss Peterson recently came in from
Spokane to join her fathers family
who own fine ranch on the east side
OF the Okanogan river eight miles be-
low town. She resided at ConcOnully
for some months several years ago,
having been employed as a clerk in
the Office of Henry Carr, county audi
tor.
Last Friday J. A. Gordon was dis
playing a small twig cut from a peach
tree upon which hung a dozen large
ripe peaches. Ordinarily this would
be such wonderful sample of pro-
life production as to create much at
teDtiOn. but everything that grows here
produces so literally that the natives
have become so used to seeing mar
velous fruit and vegetables that they
refuse to be surprised at any kind of
display along that line,
One thing sure there was no failure
of the hay crop in this valley this year
for every field is dotted with man.
moth hay stacks, and lots of them.
Miss Olive Arnold teacher in the
public schools of this county, and who
makes her nome with the family of l..
work during vacations, is preparing
to attend the state norman school at
Bellingham during the coming year.
She left Saturday for Nighthawk,C Con-
conully and Omak, at each of which
towns she Will visit before she leaves
for Bellingham.
Nc. Hershberge was down from his
place near Golden Tuesday on
shopping visit. Mr.. HershberSer owns
a tbreshing outfit, and has Just COM
mencel thrcshinS among the farms on
the hill. He states that the yield gen.
orally is going to be much better than
was expected IA few weeks ago. work
has in It started mp and the machine
has been at only few settings. put
so far the grain threshed has turned
ont full NJ to the average. A rev
fields. late sown, may prove total
failure. but as rule the yield is eX-
cellen- and in some cases exception
ally heavy.
A. q. Mitchum, of Harrington, LIN
coin county stopped in Orovjle Sun
day nighJ en- mis- way home from an
extended trip through Ferry and Oka-
hogan counties. Mr.. Mitchum is p1o-
neer of Lincoln county, and at one
time welded considerable influence
in notifies. OF late years he has de-
voted his time to raising wheat on
large scale and operating a cham OF
hanks as a side line. This he found
tn he much more profitable than poll
tics and he is now ranked as one OF
thp largest capitalists in the zig Behd
country. Mitchum always was mlgh
nv good fellow. no matter what game
he nlayed and those who knew MN
in the DAYS when prosperity was not
,rritten all over his shirt front con-
oratu,ate HIM on the success ne mas
mo, With in the feverish chase FOR the
elusive dollars.
There was some criticism over the
adjustment made upon the hre loss
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