The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-05-03


Guy Rayburn has gone on the nigh
Shift at the North Washington Powe
plant at the falls of the Similkameen
Ed. kloppenburg, who has held thu
job TOR long time, resigned the posi-
ton end will 60 to Seattle.
Mayor Reese returned home Satur
day from Spokane in order to preside
at he council meeting Monday night
As he was witness in the Cotay
case, that was tried Wednesday, he
had to get back to Spokane Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. f. Blackwell
came in from Riverside Monday in
Mr.. hlackwell's touring car, remain.
ing over night. They intended ex.
tending their trip to Penticton, but the
heavy rain held them up in Oroville
Wm. Briley and Oscar Smith proved
up on hOmesteads Saturday before U
s. Commissioner Fine. The former s
land located near Wanicut lake
and that of the latter short distance
north of town, and west of OsOyOos
lake. an
Two families from the Yakima
country travelling in large four horse
wagons, with all their household
goods and fifty head of horses and
mules, passed through town Monday
on their way to British Columbia,
where they intended to locate.
Albert Smith has bought out his
partner, J. j. Cash, in the Peerless bar,
and is now conducting the business
alone, Jas. Callahan acting as assis-
tant on the day shift Mr.. Cash has
not as yet decided what he will go at
but will continue to reside in OrOville.
Any information in the way OF news.
personal or other wise. tipped off to
this Office will be duly appreciated. Ye
ediOr is not able to get around as reg
ularl" and freely as he would like to,
owing to labor he has to perform, and
hence Is liable to overlook news of in
terest.
A. r. Tillman, better known among
his faniliars as Charlie" one of the
Oldest saw mill men in the county
has an order for several hundred
thousand feet of flume lumber to be
used by the Whitestone Irrigation
company, that will keep his mill chew
ing timber all summer
Chas. e. Blackwell ran up to Oro-
Vile from Riverside last Friday III
his swell touring car. He left River
side at 3 o'clock and rolled into OrO-
vile at $50. That makes hOrseflesh
seem tiresOme, when 1t Is considered
q drive between the two places con-
sumes pretty full day
Jas Black if not the ancient mari
ner at least the ancient miner of
LOOMS, was in Oroville Friday last
induleing in q good time with his old
acqIaintances. Mr.. P,ack has not
rounded out the century but he is con
fident that If he has no hard luck he
Will reach the hundred mark.
W. D. Scott. general superintendent
of the Great Northern road r. c. Nor
gan. district superintendent VIM
Kelly, chief master mechanic. and H.
F. lnholt, master carpenter. stopped
over in Oroville Tuesday night in Mr.
Scouts private car on their way to the
front, to look over conditions.
1t required an extra coach on the
Monday night train in from the east
to accommodate passengers en- route
for Oroville The bulk of the list was
made up of a gang of foreigners head
ed fer PentiCtOn to work on the Kettle
Valley railroad They were conveyed
from here to their destination in rigs.
The public sale af personal proper
ty belonging to w. r. Rash, Saturday
attracted a large attendance, and in
the main bidding was spirited. Very
satisfactory prices were received for
the q ticles put up at vendue the totals
running to over $500. F. Z. Mitchell
did the barking, and proved himself a
handy man on the job.
W. A. Nicely, living few miles south
of town, reports that farmers are hav-
ing some trouble in his part OF the
valley from cut worms that are prey
ing on vegetation. The man who
tackles the soil has difficulties to con-
tend against from weather complica-
tons to the insatiate appetites of
craw ling, creeping, flying worms, in
sects and things.
Mr.. and Mrs w. R. Rash will not
leave for California until after the
close of the public schools, as thier
daughter Miss Esther, will accompany
them. The family goes south to visit
sister OF Mrs Rash and so Mr.. Rash
can enjoy we'll earned rest. II is
not the intention of Mr.. Rash to To-
cate in California, and he expects to
be back next year
Hon Warren w. Tolman. of SpO-
kane. whose name Is familiar in pO-
liticai circles in this state. and who Is
one Of the leading members of the bar
of Spokane county spent two or three
days in Oroville the latter part of last
week. appearing as counsel for Mrs.
Florence Gilmore in the land contest
of Gilmore VS. Arthur Lund, assignee
for jackson Evans.
L. w. Barnes, the photographer, is
con- elled to leave OrOville simply be-
cause he cannot find building suit
able for a photOgraphing gallery. He
has sought and solicited for quarters
for weeks, and failed to find a place
to take head, II not to lay head.
A pity it Is that accommodations at a
rental within reason are unobtainable.
Mr.. Barnes is a skillful manipulation
of the camera, as well as being a
worthy and valuable citizen. He likes
the town. sees that 1t has future,
and desires to stay. He leaves with
the intention of returning so soon as
the conditions are such that he can
be assured of a properly arranged and
permanent place in which to do bust
ness.
VIM A. Bottomley and Miss Nora
Crowley were married on April 20 in
| st. Joseph church, San Jose, Cal.
by | ather Dinand. and the happy
coupe will reside at the home of the
gropr''s brother near CupertlnO, Cal
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