The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-02-23

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vile if he can find any thing to keer
him busy. Notwithstanding his adj
vanced years he is Industrious and
ambitious, and more anxious to work
than the majority of younger men.
Word from H. M. Wood would indi-
cate that he is one of the busiest men
in Chicago, where he is taking Okan-
Ogan as a text for his preachments
on the glories of the golden ewst. If
his plans do not slip cog Mr.. Wood
will be out here in March with a
whole raft of people eager to engage
In fruit culture.
| The automobile trade promises to
open up brisk in the spring. Among
those who have filed orders for cars
for spring delivery are Dr. j. l.. Mas
ters, Guy Fruit and Bob Gallup, the
two latter of LOOMS. In a few years
the motor car will be as common in
this county as the cayuse used to be-
The world do move.
| w. b. SeXsOn returned home from
| Spokane Thursday last, where he was
at the bed side of DR.. Schwabland
when that gentleman was in such a
| serious condition following an opera
ton for appendicitis. Mr.. Sexson
| states that the doctor suffered intense
| ly. and for time there were little
hopes Of his recovery.
l.. Stofferen is having water pipes
extended from Main street to his lots
| at the corner of Spokane street and
Railroad avenue. This would indicate
| that Mr.. Stofferen cOntemplates i'm
proving those lots, as a man does not
| go to the expense of laying water
pipes just for sport, or to help out the
town water department
Boat owners were busy Overhauling
| their crafts Sunday, getting them in
| shape to enjoy leisure hours on the
river and lake. Some effort will be
made to open a channel over the bar
! at the outlet of the lake, where shall
low water has been an annoying draw
back to navigation in past years dur
ing the later months in the summer.
Andy Johnston went to Spokane
some days ago to secure expert medi-
| cal treatment. For several weeks Mr..
Johnston suffered severely from stom-
| ach trouble. and becoming alarmed
| over his condition decided to take a
| course of treatment. AS he is ro-
bust and vigorous man normally he
will no doubt soon be himself again.
Homer Evans, of Omak, accompanied
by his wife and child, has arrived in
| town and will go to work for DoOley
P. Wheeler, the nursery man. Mr..
Evans is an experienced truck and
fruit grower, and by joining hands
| with Mr.. Wheeler combination is
formed for high grade work in garden
and orchard that could not we'll be
| eXcelled.
The next time fetching young lady
| comes rOmping into town as advance
agent for some entertainment bureau
it is safe to bet that about thirty
grave and reverend signors who were
stung by such an apparition last sum-
mer, will not be caught by the same
bait. They are rich in experience
with the Virginian Warblers and the
Weeks company.
An erroneous idea has gotten abroad
| that the formation of irrigation dis
tricts under the state law provides u
number OF high salaried positions.
There is no ground for such q re-
port. The law specially fixes the pay
| of directors, if they are to be paid at
all, and that pay Is confined to 50, or
$3.50 per day. Grail all such nonsense
out of your thoughts and vote in favor
of the proposition.
Geo. w. Loudon and son Paul we're
| in town Tuesday. Mr.. LOudOn drove
| in from his Similkameen valley ranch,
| which is about IF miles west of Oro-
| Vile. As there is no wagon road up
| the Similkameen he had to drive
| around by the way OF I.oOmis. dis
| lance of nearly so miles, in order to
get here. Mr.. Loudon thinks there
| ought to be road UP the river from
this point and there are others OF the
| same way of thinking
A. GrOulx, our rOtund and jolly son
of Vulcan, will contribute his share
toward the building boom this sea-
son. He is about to put up new
building east of Sigrist hall, and is to
introduce concrete blocks as material
for construction. The time is coming
when concrete will enter largely into
house construction, and the expert
ment being made by Mr. Groulx will
be watched with much interest, and
no doubt will be followed by others.
The first blowing of the season in
this vicinity commenced on the East
OrOville Orchard tracts. DOoley P.
wheeler started IuTrOW Oh Inc lSJn
of February. He started in on the
18th, as he says that is his lucky day.
Flowing is not the only sign of spring
on the Wheeler place. He reports
that he has lettuce up that was plant
ed out of doors early in the present
month. The OkanOgan valley has
hot house beaten to fragile this
year.
e. TruaX has sold three small tracts
recently from his home place on the
west side of the OkanOgan river, a
short distance below town, closing two
of the deals Wednesday. Ben Strange
purchased ten acres, Martin Strange
three acres and Faltin Sorhus three
acres. These sales were made upon
the strength of the prospective organ
ization of the west side irrigation dis
trict. Without water the land is prac-
tically valueless for production. With
water the land is worth three or four
times what was paid for it, and that
was $3.50 per acre. If there Is any land
owner under the proposed ditch who
hesitates in supporting the measure
he is committing grand larceny upon
himself
No man in this upper country eX-
tracts more real pleasure from that
mildly exciting sport, angling, than
I w Newell and no one hereahOutS