The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-02-16
Did You hear the Rev. Hodshire?

in the Methodist church every night
next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Butler were pas
sengers en- route for Spokane Satur-
day morning.
The Rev. C. A. Hodshire, of HIillyard,
breaches every night next week at the
Methodist church.
Jas f. Forde left for his home in
Spokane Saturday. He will be back
to Oroville- in March
Ben Anderson was in town this
week from his Similkameen valley
ranch, near Chopaka.
Miss Helen Johnson has been con
fined to the house during the past
week with an attack of Illness.
}. p Forde spent last Friday night
in Oroville on his way to his home at
Loomis from a trip to Spokane.
Miss Teresa A. Stack filed on
homestead in 1-3S-26 before the local
United States commissioner Tuesday.
Mrs. Leslie Tilson went to Spokane
Thursday morning, where she will
enter hospital to undergo an oper-
alton.
+ C. Limbach, receiver of the Pal
mor Mountain Tunnel property, was
= passenger headed for Spokane on
Wednesday.
DO YOU want to laugh? See delight
ful Dolly Dltton and Pittacus Green
in Hazel Kirke, Parry's hall. Nelson,
February 20
Shakespeare says "The plays the
ching" ana you'll say so too after
V 1 in p1 nj
next Tuesday night.
Monday was the anniversary of the
birth of Lincoln, and being q legal hol-
day the banks were closed. Otherwise
there was no observance of the day at
his place.
Herbert Silvernail will occupy the
parsonage just vacated by the Rev.
II. NJ Course. Which does not nee
assarly follow that Mr.. Silvernail is
20 abandon railroading for preaching
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. T.. blackwell, of
Riverside, were in town Tuesday. Mr.
Blackwell, who has the autophobia
bad. has invested in a new car, noise
less running machine, which he con-
iiders the best over
The coming events for this is I'm
ION Station, by the Deborah society
next Tuesday night; Hazel Kirke,"
by local talent at Nelson on the same
evening; and the band leap year dance
On the night of the 22nd
The election on the question OF or.
gani2ing two irrigation districts takes
place a week from Saturday. and judy
ing from the prevailing feeling the
land holders will vote almost in II
hf4f DIV in fnt ~ tl,,
Harold McCammon returned home
rom Republic Friday last accompan-
led by his sister, Miss Helena Nc
Cannon, who had been visiting
friends and relatives at Nelson and
Republic for a number OF weeks
The Rev. II. NJ. Course preached his
farewell sermon to I, large audience
Sunday evening, holding farewell
reception at the church at the close of
the services, receiving the kind wish
es and God speed in his good work
from all present.
Ed. Burden, of Nelson was in town
Tuesday. Mr.. Burden has recently
returned from a visit to eastern Ore
gon, a section he was familiar with
a quarter of century ago. He states
that times are not riotously lively in
that part OF the country.
The leap year dance in Cummings
hall next Thursday evening, February
%. is the strong coming attraction that
should pull out Il crowded house. Just
remember that the proceeds go to the
benefit Of the band, and help along a
good thing by buying a ticket
A theatrical company composed of
rnn ma hnp 1n 81 mt #
stage paraphernalia drove down from
Penticton Sunday, and took the east
bound train Monday morning. The
hotel register gave no intimation as to
the name the outfit is travelling under.
Messers Ellis and Forde have re-
Gently purchased the Neihart ranch on
the east side of the Okanogan river, a
few miles south of OrOville, consisting
of 100 acres. 1t is one of the most
favorably situated tracts in the valley
for easy irrigation, and next year the
purchasers will put water on the land
and set it out to trees.
S f. Minnick, of Spokane, who pur-
chased two of the East Oroville Or
chard tracts last year, has arrived and
viii put up temporary building at
once in which to store his household
goods until he can build permanent
residence He has wife and two
children. Mr.. Minnick is a contractor
and builder, and expects to engage in
that business whenever the oppOrtuni-
~ is presented,
The managers of the Lyric are put
ting up first-class show nowadays
with moving pictures interspersed
with musical selections. There are
generally four reels of live, interest
ing pictures, and these with the musi-
cal feature fill in an evening from
which pleasant recreation can be eX-
Jracted. The enterprise of the man
agement deserves the increased at
tendance noticeable.
The following are the names of the
candidates for directors OF the pro-
posed East Okanogan Irrigation dis
trict, to be voted on February "a: j.
A. Blackler for the first district; W. A.
Nicely for the second district; Il. l..
Picken for the third district. All that
has been said as to the qualifications
of the candidates of the West Okan-
ogan Irrigation district will apply
with equal force to the gentlemen
herein named.
The performance in Sigrist hall last
Friday night. given by travelling COM
pany under the auspices of the local
band was rather poorly attended. En-