The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-06-14

TO spend sunday IN OrOV1lle.
Geo Loudon was in town Tuesday
from his ranch near Chopaka.
DR.. Schwabland made a business
trip to Greenwood, B. c., Friday last.
DR.. and Mrs. c. F. Webb returned to
Republic Friday last after a visit to
LOOmis.
Mrs. s. H. Marley, of Republic, is
visiting with her daughter, Mrs. c. c.
Hedger.
Walter Mills is slowly improving
from his attack of typhoid fever, after
a protracted illness.
Any old soldier desiring increased
pension papers can secure the same by
applying to S. f. Mills.
Mate Irwin is enlarging his coy
home near the creamery by the addi-
ton of two more rooms.
Mrs. ]. w. Miller returned from Sc
attic Monday and continued on to her
home at Loomis Tuesday.
Many of the town people drove out
in the hills or took to the lake Sunday
to escape the heat of the day.
J. w. Gilmore is up at Princeton en-
gagged in engineering work, and ex-
poets to be absent some time.
Mrs. A. d. Balderson and baby, of
Okanogan, are visiting Mrs. Balder-
sons mother, Mrs. J. F. Samson
Geo. Devon is having his hotel, upon
which he ha msade such extensive i'm
provements this season plastered.
G. H. Breckbill, trouble maker for
the Pacific telephone system, was in
town from Okanogan Friday last
Reeve Frank is figuring on invest
ing in an automobile. Everybody who
can stand for it is getting the bug.
w. O. Hamish is adding more floor
space to his warehouse by new ad
dition to be used for the storage OF
flour.
Rev. Snowden, of Nelson, and Che
saw, will exchange pulpits Sunday
with Rev A. Bauman, of the local M. E.
church.
Mrs. Geo. Stoltz and child left Mon
day morning for Republic where they
will remain during the next two hot
months.
Joe Cotay is home again, having
been granted a new trial in the U. S.
court. This almost practically closes
the case.
The water has reached that temper
ature when it is inviting to the popu-
lation, and there is a daily rush to the
bath houses.
E. McCammon has a pear tree on
his lot that has fruit the size of hens
egg, and is again producing blossoms
on the upper branches.
AL. Fox is improving the exterior
appearance of E. w. Henderson's resi-
dence in the southeastern part of town
by the addition of veranda.
Mrs. C. H. Baldwin and Mrs. w. H.
Mcdaniel, of LOOMS, returned Tues
day from attending the session of the
grand lodge of Rebekahs at Seattle.
Mrs. Bert Wentworth stopped over
in Oroville last Friday night on her
way from Spokane to visit her mother
in-law, Mrs L. Wentworth, at LOOMS.
This section has had touch of real
summer during the past week. The
heat was intense, and will hardly be
more severe the balance of the season.
The Okanogan ball team is trying to
add Tom Daily to its pitching staff.
Daily made the 6kan0gah club club almost
unbeatable last season. 1t would be
Manager Newell expects to be able
to make date for ball game with
some outside club for Sunday. Pos
sibly the game will be played Satur-
day.
A shower Wednesday morning tenn
pered the atmosphere, and was a great
benefit TO vegetation. The country
could stand heavy fall just at this
time.
battle royal to pit Daily and Davis
against each other when both are feel
ing in perfect form. 1t would be
worth months salary to witness the
struggle.
This is Flag Day, and If you have
failed to display the national flag be-
fore you receive the paper ana read
this item, be sure and throw The colOrs
to the breeze.
Beverly Powell left for Spokane
Tuesday morning, where he will meet
his mother, who has been attending
the meeting of the Rebekah grand
lodge at Seattle.
the depot as telegraph operator dur
ing the enforced absence of Operator
Trummel, returned to Spokane We'd
nesday morning.
Dan England returned from Soap
Lake Monday very little improved Mr..
England is suffering from sciatic
rheumatism and has been a great suf-
ferer for some weeks.
For once at least in many moon
all the carpenters seem to be busy. 1t
is a condition we trust will keep up
until change OF weather makes out
door work impossible.
large gang of Austrians arrived
Tuesday night to go to work on the
Kettle Valley railroad at Penticton.
They were driven up to PentictOn in
vehicles from this place.
An old custom was revived Sunday
morning when Rev. H. o. Nash read
in church the bans announcing the
approaching marriage of Edward
Klingman and Miss Iva Irby.
Judge II. E. Sullivan, of Spokane,
arrived Tuesday and continued on to
COncOnully Wednesday, where he will
preside at a session of court for two
weeks, Judge Pendergast holding court
in Spokane.
Sheep men in the county are through
shearing, and the wool clip is unusu-
ally heavy this year. Ruling prices
are not such as to create much of