The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-09-13

Miss Tressie Masters left Tuesday
morning to take up her studies at the
Catholic school at Ward.
+. J. Cummings, of Riverside, was
in town on one of his occasional Wis
its Monday.
Miss Mary StOfferan, who is attend
ing school at TOnasket this year, was
visiting with friends in Oroville Sat
urday, a guest of Miss Ellen Hamisch.
Mrs. A. d. Balderson came In from
TOnasket, where she met her father
Sunday, and will spend the winter
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F..
Samson.
Tons of peaches, fine, rich, delicious
fruit, are going to waste on the Hill
ranch, as there is no market at the
present time without transportation
to the coast.
Adolph La Rose, who has been
clerking in drug store at Princeton
during the past summer, returned to
Oroville last week, and will attend
school at TOnasket this winter.
If some of those engaged in the
business were little more careful
would not be so much bitter agitation
over this question of local option.
The registration of voters of Oro-
vile is about complete, and the books
now contain upward of $50 names.
John r. Fraser has been appointed
police judge. vice w. II. Crandall, re-
signed.
w. F. Lantzenhist, OF Republic, an
assayer and mining expert, returned
to Republic Tuesday after having
spent several days looking over the
mineral prospects in the hills west Of
Oroville.
The OrOville TOWnsite company pre-
sents some special bargains in real
estate, which the wise investor will
take advantage of, as lots well situat-
ed in Oroville are bound to advance
in value
Mrs. K. S. Taylor came up from Riv-
erside Sunday, where her husband Is
boOkkeeper for the GlenwoOd Mercan-
tile company, and spent Monday WIS.,
iting with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Davis.
The people of Riverside are build
ing an elegant new concrete school
house 1t ought to put the people of
this school district to the blush to see
how lesser towns are SURPRISING them
in modern school edifices.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Frisk have been
recipients of many useful presents
from neighbors and friends since their
marriage. They keenly appreciate
the kindness. and wish to express their
thanks publicly to the doners.
The members of the Episcopal
church are making arrangements to
conduct Sunday school in the church
building. Sunday school will be held
at o'clock Sunday afternoons SO as
not to interfere with other like organ
izations.
1t is requested that the Fair Board,
all the heads of the different depart
ments and their committees meet with
the Deborah society at Cummings hall
Wednesday afternoon, September IS,
at $3.50, to discuss plans and arrange
ments for the coming Fair.
Now that the primary election is
over the country will be kept stirred
up for several weeks until the general
election. Elections come altogether
too often in this country as the people
hardly get over the excitement of one
until it is time for another.
The last issue of the Greenwood
Ledge devOtes some space to the OrO-
vile bedbug, the item being in Col.
LOwery's usual fluent and incisive
language The colonel must have
been stung on his last visit to this
burg. but it is strange that an insect
had the harihood to tackle him If there
was anything more tender under the
same roof.
Weather Maker Jackman hands in
the following report of the weather
record of August Temperature-Mean
maximum S1.1; mean minimum 54.4;
mean 67.75; maximum 81; date 22nd:
minimum 40. date goth; greatest daily
range A. PrecipitatiOn-TOtal 1872
inches; creates in "a hours rs, date
18th. Number of days clear IA; part
ly clear 6; cloudy II.
Charlie Johnston, who is one of the
best judges of horse flesh in this part
of the county. is driving one of the
prettiest matched teams of sOrrels that
have been seen on the streets for
many day He assembled the team
one at a time, and had to do much re-
iacting of candidates before he was