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

Or. c. p. House left Tuesday on a
trip to Spokane.
Mrs. T. f. Collier and baby were
passengers for Loomis Tuesday
Mrs f. F. McNall was in town Sat
urday from her home on Pine creek.
Judge A. w. Barry, of Riverside. wa3
in Gown Thursday last on professional
business
Mr.. and Mrs Phil Pinkston of Con
conully, were outgoing passengers
eastward bound. Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs j. p. Forde and son
Boyd stopped over in Oroyille Monday
night on their way to their home at
LOOMS. from a trip To Seattle.
Owing to being unavodably delayed
in spokane Rev. c. W. HurIbert will
not be able to mold Episcopal services
in Orovlle sunday. July 2, his regular
date for his monthly visits.
Mrs. NJ. A. Sharp left for her home
at Kansas City Tuesday morning. Mrs
Sharp is the mother OF Mrs. Umbarger.
living on Palmer lake, where she has
been visiting with her daughter for
some months.
The Omak club made a trip TO We
natchee last W eek, and gave The semi =
professional club of that city all kinds
of trouble winning out. The club Is
especially effective with the addition
of ;he new pitcher, Davis
Bishop Lemuel II. Wells. of the
Episcopal church. will be in Oroville
next Friday evening, July 8, and de-
sires to meet the candidates for con-
tirmation that evening. The class
will meet AT the residence of Mrs F.
NJ. Dallam.
The heavy rains lately were not al
together an unmiXed blessing While
timely for growing grain. the moist
ure ruined IA large quantity of alfalfa
hay. Among the heaviest losers is
said to be Clay Fruit, who. according
to reports, had 1000 tons pamaged.
A now up-to-date butcher shop is to
be opened in the building on the south
side OF the track recently occupied by
James David as a restaurant. Ii will
be conducted by Messrs. Eaton and
Lindquist, who are experienced in that
business and well known in Oroville.
The new market will be supplied with
a full line of fresh and smoked meats.
fish and poultry.
Fred W. Graham, western industrial
agent OF the Great Northern road, was
rec entity through the Okanogan coun.
try, and was much pleased with what
came under his observation. He has
charge of agricultural exhibits, and
any samples OF products sent to him
at Seattle will be thankfully received,
and be placed on exhibition where
they will do the most good.
The Omak Chronicle thinks the Ga
zette was rather chilly in its praise OF
the Omak ball players If the report
as published had frosty tone, II was
certainly unintantional. No fault could
be found with the Omak boys as
whole either ol or OFF the diamond.
They played good. clean ball. and
were pleasant visitors to meet
Before the last rain Chas. Sigrist
had a man and team engaged hauling
water in barrels to irrigate over 5000
fruit trees he planted out this spring
on land adjoining the town to the west.
Irrigation by this means is a slow.
tedious. imperfect and expensive meth
cd OF procedure, and had the dry
weather continued very few trees
could have been saved. The deluge
Of Monday night relieves Mr.. Sigrist
for the present of the necessity of de-
pending on the water wagon. and be-
fore the ground can dry out he will
probably have pump in operation.