The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-12-27

Here's wishing everybody a happy
and prosperous new year.
r. P. Hoskyn has been appointed
police Judge for the town.
John Woodland, of LOOMS, spent
Monday in Oroville on business.
VIM. Holbert, a long time fixture al
LOOMS, was about town Monday.
Mrs. Minnie Stever was off duty g
part of the week, victim of grip.
Adolph La Rose, who is attending
school at Tonasket this winter, was in
town Saturday.
A number of the business houses OF
the town issued very handsome cal
endars this year.
| Mr. and Mrs. E. g. Rice were pas
sengers for Spokane Monday for a
| visit of few days.
Noel B. Kelsey, jr., left for Rock
Creek, B. c., were he will spend the
| balance of the winter.
Mrs. Oscar Trummel and the baby
| spent Christmas with Mrs. Trummel's
parents at Deer Park.
A number of young folks from Oro-
vile attended the Eagle dance at
LOOMS Christmas night.
Mrs. J. F. Samson left Thursday for
Portland, where she goes to visit with
relatives for some weeks.
The postmaster and express agent
have been very busy during the week
handling holiday packages.
| Mr.. and Mrs. David Johnson, of Mol
son, were in town Tuesday the guests
| of Mr.. and Mrs. E. n Grubb.
Val Haynes was down from his place
near Fairview Monday doing Christ
mas shopping, and mixing with the
boys.
Judge c. H. Neal, of Conconully,
stopped over in Oroville Wednesday
night on his way to Nelson on legal
business.
Mrs. Frank Griffin left for Spokane
Monday, where she will spend Christ
mas. and then go on to Seattle for a
brief visit.
Mrs. w. H. Weisgerber left Thurs
day morning for visit with friends
and relatives in Spokane and Hamil-
ton, Montana
1t looks as though there was enough
construction material piled up in the
yards at this place to build a railroad
clear across the state.
With three engines putting away in
the yards Tuesday morning it looked
as though some railroad business was
being done in Oroville.
Mrs. A. C. Smith and her two young
sons left Saturday for Standpoint, Ida
no, where Mrs. Smith will spend the
holidays with sister.
Jerry Wainwright, one of the old
homesteaders of the Wehesville neigh
bOrhOOd, was in town Monday stock.
ing up on Christmas goods.
Mrs. Gene Judd returned to her
home at LOOMS the latter part of last
week after visit of some days with
her sister, Mrs. A. c. Smith.
Miss Trese Masters returned home
from the Catholic school at Ward Sat-
urday, for the holidays, the family
spending Christmas at LOOMS.
Miss Mildred Mills has been assist
ing in the pOstoffice during the holt
day rush. 1t is season that keeps
the postoffice force on the jump.
Between the dance, the Christmas
tree, the moving picture show and mid
night mass about everybody in town
was up to late hour Tuesday night.
Miss Orpha Mills assisted during the
holiday rush in the F. " Covert store.
Miss Mildred Cole was also employed
here for several days during the rush.
Malcolm Ross, the section boss, has
been transferred to Circle. His new
base of operations Is not so far off
that his acquaintances here will not
see him often.
The show windows of the Oroville
Commercial Company were Hastily
dressed in holiday attire this week,
attracting the earnest attention of
every child in town.
Turkeys are scarce in the market
this year. Here is fowl that always
commands a ready sale at good fig
ures, and the wonder is that more are
not raised in the valley
A few of the smaller ponds around
the valley are frozen over and all the
youngsters who are the happy owners
of skates are indulging prodigally in
the exhilarating exercise.
A farewell reception was rendered
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira w. Follis at the M.
r. CLuTCI Ouc cVculuS CHc ldJLcT part
of last week, which was very largely
attended by friends of the family.
Resident Engineer Hill has made
arrangements to use M. NJ Collins
auto in making his trips up and down
the valley in the discharge of his du-
ties during the construction of the
branch.
Bob Hoose held the lucky number
that drew DR.. Schwabland's valuable
shot gun at the rattle Christmas.
Strange to say the very first ticket
drawn from the box was the lucky
number.
The outgoing passenger trains were
pretty well crowded for several days
before Christmas with people headed
for outside destinations to take part in
Christmas festivities among relatives
and friends.
There was large attendance at
the dance given by the Amateur Ath-
letic Club, in Cummings hall, Christ
mas eve, and those who took part con-
slider that they were we'll paid in pleas
ure for turning out.
The freeze following the season of
mud left Main street rutty, ridgy and
ragged, and going over it in vehi-