The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-22

| course chance that mistakes VIII
occur, and this Office stands ready and
| willing to rectify any errors that may
be brought to our attention.
Easter this year comes on Sunday.
April Z.
The ice went out of Osoyoos lake
this week.
II. Greiger has been receiving large
| shipments OF lumber this week
{. s. Turner, the Davenport horse
man. came in Tuesday on q business
visit.
Geo. Wood was trading in town
Tuesday from his ranch on Palmer
mountain.
Fishermen are taking a rest as the
fish are on a strike and refuse to
| take the hook
M. B. Folsom, living in the neigh
bOrhOod OF TOnasket. was a visitor in
town Saturday.
Geo. J. Gardiner is working off a
severe cold that laid him up for two
or three days this week.
! Mrs |. l. Work and her daughter,
Miss Relta Work, were passengers for
Spokane Tuesday morning.
A. S. Pratt, who is now living on the
IIllis-Forde Orchard Tracts. was in
| town after supplies Saturday
Burt CudwOrth, of Nelson, and Mrs
Minnie Hoffmeyer, of Oroville, were
married at Nelson last week.
Dooley p Wheeler commenced tax
| ing up his nursery stock this week
preparatory to spring delivery.
The carpenters at work on the
Blackler residence are rushing things.
The frame is already up and enclosed.
The high walk in front of Sigrist
hall, that has long been an incOnven-
fence to pedestrians, has been lowered
TO street grade.
A new school house is to be built
Immediately at Circle City, the direc-
tors of the district having contracted
for the lumber and construction.
Dave Smith,. who has a valuable
ranch at the west end OF Spectacle
lake. is figuring on putting Up new
residence on the place.
The first young chicks of the season
in this vicinity were Matched out at
A. A. Strongs place, on the East Oro-
vile Orchard Tracts, this week.
PremierMcBride, OF British Column
bia passed through OrOville Sunday
in q special on his way to Princeton
and other towns along the line to the
westward.
Messrs Ellis and Forde left for
Spokane Saturday. but will be back
again In a few weeks to look after
the several irrigation irons they have
in the fire.
st. Patricks day falling on Sunday
this year, and the citizens generally
keeping under cover, there was not
the usual display of shamrock and
green badges in evidence.
Del. Wood, who is standing off the
wolf, down at Tonasket, through the
medium OF the mercantile business,
and selling land as a side line. was in
town on business Monday.
It is almost worth while to have
ones appendix pulled If assured on
the return home OF reception as earn
estly and sincerely cordial as that ex-
tended to Doc Schwabland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Peterson, of
Riverside, were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dooley P. Wheeler the first OF the
week. Mr.. Peterson was up after
,Ome OrOville grown fruit trees
Geo. A. Blackwell came in from Riv
erside Monday, and went on to SpO-
kane Tuesday. Mr.. Blackwell has
been ailing for some time, and goes
| to Spokane for medical treatment.
Oliver Tufty, who has been floating
around the north part OF the county
| for a dozen, or more, years and now
| IN hvc At a
was visitor in OrOville Monday.
| Miss Elsie Potter was called to Oro-
| Vile from Spokane last week by the
serious illness Of her andmother
Mrs. Yeardly, who died Sunday. Miss
Potter returned to Spokane Monday
The ladies of the Altar society OF
the Catholic church have out bills
| announcing the first semi annual bal
under the auspices of the society tC
take place IN Cummings hall April IL
Through bull in handling machine
slugs the report of the council pro-
ceedings as published last week was
all balled up. The doings OF that meet
ing are given this week in corrected
form.
The St. Patrick dance given by thu
band last Friday night was attended
by large and jolly crowd, and thu
gay festivities were kept up until ;
late, or rather early, hour. The boys
stand for congrats.
Judging from the stack of mattress
es and bed furnishings received b!
the Oroville Commercial store Monda,
the proprietors must expect grea
many young people to go to housekecp
ing in the near future.
March has kept up it's reputation 10
being one of the rawest, most disa
greeable months of the year. March
thank goodness, is drawing to close
} and kinder weather may be locke,
J for with the opening of April.
Saturday was another busy day il
commercial circles. The surrOundin,
country was pretty we'll represente,
} on the streets. Make the neighbor
feel at home when they get here an,
I they will come again and often.
NJ. H. Schweikert came in from Ton
; asket Monday and went out to SpOkan