The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-04-14

Harry NJ Wood who invested in the
East Oroville orchard tracts last week,
is losing no time i'm arranging to settle on
his new possession. A force of carpenters
is actively engaged building him neat
bungalow Mr. Woods is made Of the
right stuff. He does not hesitate to get
in and drill, for he is lending hand In
the work of construction.
Saturday morning a lot of old JUNK De
longing to Contractors Mcnamara and
Nelson. that have been littering the rish'
of way ever since the branch grade was
completed. was loaded on fla cars ana
subsequently skidded out of the coun-
try. Those who saw the cars loaded with
tools had visions of resumption Of rail-
road work The deusion was sorely dis
appointing.
W. H. Phipot who formerly handled
two sections of land in Adams county in
the great wheat belt, has purchased lot
Il of the East Oroville Or chard company,
and started in the fruit industry. II is "A
vast change from 1900 to five acres, but
he will lind that it requires as many hours
to properl, care fof the lesser acreage as
| il did to formerly look after the larger
amount OF territory.
f. c. Rice who recently arrived in
| Oroville from Lake Forest, ILL.,. is here
| to stay He has looked upon Okanogan
valley land; decided il is worth having.
and clinched that conclusion during the
week by purchasing from Blackler &
| Evans eleven acres of land in the south
east part of town. He has already start
| ed in improving the place, and it will be
set out to fruit this spring.
\ party. consisting of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Evans, Mrs. w. 4. Schwabland.
Chas. T.. Peterson and j. A. Blacker,
drove to Penticton, on Okanogan lake.
| Friday last, in Mr.. Peterson's auto. re-
| turning the same day. They left here
about 10 o'clock in the morning, took din
! ner at Penticton and reached home at
| about I in the evening. The distance
Travelled was about 81 miles and two
tenths.
| Mrs. G. G. Hedger. of Oroville, who Wis
tied with her parents. DR.. and Mrs. Man
| ley. several days last week. returned to
her home Monday. She was accompan
| led by her mother. who will spend sew
eral weeks at the home of her daughter
in hopes of regaining her health. which
has been greatly impaired for the past
in Grand Forks between trains.--Repub
lie Paystreak.
For a long time "A movement has been
on foot to organize IA Rebekah lodge at
this place, and plans have so far matured
that this valuable auxiliary to the l. O..
o. F. will be perfected on the 2eth of this
month. a proper method of observing the
anniversary Of the order. The lodge will
~.
Members of Rebekah lodges in neighbor-
ing towns are invited to be present anC,
assist in the ceremonies
VIM. Watson. young man who t'ew Up
from childhood in Loomis. was in town
last Thursday. MI. Watson has been
working for some time in the Nickle Plate
mine at Hedley. and came d)wn to secure
Doc Masters services to induce a bad
tooth to be good. 1t was Il pleasure to
find in one whom we have known since he
was lad a clear eyed. clean looking.
strapping young man, which were indica :
tons that he has settled down to a steady
life and is making the best of his oppor-
tunities.
+. McCammon, who is handy man at
figures. by conservative calculation has
cscertained that the EPSON Salts lake,
in which he and several Orovile citizens
are interested. contains salts and by pro-
ducts to the value of th;rty-fo miion
odd dollars. Knocking off the surpertlu-
Gus numerals We, for one. trust the own
ers will live to realize the even thirty
four million. and the numerous luxur.es
that that amount of ready money will
purchase.
j. A. Gadbury came in Saturday eve
ming from Spokane, where he had been
called on business. He was at the depot
in Spokane Friday evening when Reese
welt arrive, and states that the jam of
| humanity was terrific. Like all vast
crowds the constituent parts OF this one
was without sense or reason. and in the
swaying mass the weaklings suffered
He fortunate in securing an advan-
tageous position from which to see the
distinguished visitor and view the mad
dening and aimess crush and rush Of
! the mob.