The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-12
The bali club has a date to play a


seated traps in the county.
Ira W. Follis and Dell Hart and
their families spent the 4th of July
picnicking on Wanicut lake.
Mike Manning, of the Palmer lake
district. was in town Wednesday IN
company with Arthur Lund.
Morris Rumsey left Monday for
Monterey. Cal. for a brief stay. He
went out for the purpose of attending
the marriage of brother.
Miss Kate B. Dallam returned home
saturday from Seattle, where she at
tended the Washington University
during the last school year.
l.. l.. Work returned Tuesday from
the coast. where he attended a ses-
sion OF the State Bankers association
MRS. Work remained on the outside to
visit with friends for few weeks.
Miss G. M. Donald, who has been
connected with the Oroville public
schO0l for the past two years. has ac-
cepted the position of principal OF the
central school Of the Tonasket con-
solidated district for the ensuing year
l.. X. Armstrong, OF Spokane, a
mining engineer of experience and
ability, was In town last Friday on his
way nome from trip above Prince
ton. where he had been for the pur-
pose OF examining mining properties.
There will be q dance in the big
Pavilion on the south side of the track
Saturday evening to which everybody
Is invited. The floor Is in excellent
shape. there will be good music and
all who join In are assured of a good
time.
Z. Schassberger, our successful
local tailor, has purchased the build
ing and lot on the west side of Main
street. now occupied by Mrs. Mitchell
and owned by Sherman O'Bryant. The
consideration Is said to have been
$3.50.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Samuel
Blackler gave an lat home" for her
sister, Mrs. Russell Wells, at the new
and handsome Blackler home just
east OF town, which was attended by
very large number of the ladies OF
the city.
Geo. JANET and family and T.. ID.
Pease, OF MOndOvi, Lincoln county,
were visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred.
J. Fine two or three days during the
past week. They came over to OrO-
vile in Mr.. Janett's new Cadillac car.
Mrs. JANET is a sister of Mrs. Fine.
Mrs II. P. Hoskyn announces that
She will give music lessons. Few
musicians have had the opportunity to
perfect themselves In the higher art
of music than Mrs. HOskyn. as her
father In his time was considered to be
one of the most finished musicians in
Iowa.
Sam Rider was In town Wednesday
from his place near Huntley postOffice.
and while hear purchased from Fred.
J. Fine a full blood Holstien calf. a
breed of cattle that Mr.. Fine is max
ing a specially, and which promises
to bring riches much more rapidly
than running a print shop.
Prof. Granville, whose misical stunts
are among the pleasing attractions OF
the moving picture show, reporting
the recent trip to Nelson states that
the outlook for heavy crops on the hill
were never brighter than at the pres
ent time. He predicts a big harvest
and a prosperous fall and winter for
that part of the county.
w. T.. Grant, the old time and we'll
known LOOMS attorney, was In town
Sunday. but was so closely confined
in attending to some business mat
ters that had to be settled up on that
day that his old friends saw very little
of him, lie was looking we'll, and
time has not changed his natural
cheerful spirits,
Signs pointed to renewed interest
in the mining industry, which has
been dormant for so long time, when
such well known mining men as l.. H.
Armstrong, Albert Allen, J. X. Tilsley
and VIM. b. Dornberg were registered
in Oroville Friday night last. They
had been looking over mining claims
along the border.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Thornton, who
have been in Oroville for the past two
months, returned to Spokane Thurs
day morning to resume position win
the Crescent dry goods store. Mr..
Thornton came to OrOville very much
run down from close confinement, ana
returns to the city new man, with ~
pounds added to his weight.
Thursday evening, during the rnck
of shooting crackers and hre'iOrhS on
Main street, the roof OF the awning IN
front of Truax 4 irwins barber shop
caught fire. The blaze created more
fun than excitement, as the crowd
passed out a lot Of cheering advice to
Mate Irwin in his attempts to reacn
the fire with a garden hose No dam
age was done.
correspondent sends in the fol-
lowing tender epistle. entitled The
peoples Opinion of the Oroville Co'n-
Gill;" ,,,,a
"There is Crandall and Mills. and NILS
and Crandall
Beale and Bragg and sham;
Single they do very well
But together they're not worth
d-n."
C. w. Tage, the Mergenthaler eX-
merit representative, was IN browne
over Sunday, coming here for the pur-
nose of looking over and adjusting the
i;notype in use in this office, and, by
the-way he found very little adjusting
10 do. Mr.. Tage is one OF the most
expert linotype operators in the conn-
trv. He has no permanent postoHce
address. as the territory he mas 10
cover is so great that he is constantly
on the move.
Arthur Lund has 100 acres OF lake
front orchard land, on the east side OF
Osoyoos lake, short distance hortn