The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-06-14

in the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning. If they remain in the county
the MASKS will probably make their
home in Oroville, filling other appoint
ments from this place. He has been
furnished a car and travelling from
point to point to hold services, as 10
required of him, is less of hardship
than it was when he had to depend
upon the stage.
]. p. Anderson and J. w. Carrel re-
turned home Saturday from Seattle,
where they attended the session Of
the grand lodge I. o. o. F. The dele
gates report having had most de-
lightful trip, and very pleasant stay
in Seattle.
Frank DeVOs ate new potatoes
Thursday of last week grown on his
acre tract on the East Oroville Orchard
Tracts. If the soil of this valley does
not get quick action we would like to
know where the soil is that produces
more promptly.
Friends of Attorney Johnson, of
Okanogan, are urging him to enter the
race for prosecuting attorney. Mr..
Johnson is said to be a very capable
character. and just such a man as is
needed in the Office.
Some of the finest strawberries
grown in this valley are being market
ed from the Phil Schleif place, short
distance below town. When it comes
to productive orchard tracts Mr.
Schleif has a piece of ground that is
equal in fertility to any in the valley
AS the paper goes to press the sec
ond day of the County Sunday School
convention is in progress with very
full attendance. Much interest is be-
ing taken in the sessions, and the
meeting is one that the participants
will long remember with feelings of
pleasure.
A new Ford car was delivered to
Clarence Plunkett, at Chesaw, Satur-
day, and Monday that car rolled into
town with Mrs. Plunkett at the wheel,
the lady handling the machine after a
few hours instruction with the conf
dence and ease Of professional
chauffer.
By an error in the figures in the
list of donations for the 18th of July
celebration the sum contributed by Ed.
Buzzard was set down az $50. 1t
should have read $25. When it comes
to putting up for public enterprises
Mr.. Buzzard never lags behind any
contributor.
Now what do you think of that? R. c..
Johnson, the mail carrier between
Oroville and Wanicut, has invested in
a Ford motor car. Not but that Mr..
Johnson has as much right to car as
any other man in the county, but one
would hardly think that short dis
lance mail contract would be sufi-
| mobile.
John w. Graham, of Spokane, head
of the great book and paper house of
John w. Graham & Co., came in from
Spokane Friday last in his auto, ac-
companied by his wife and Mrs. Robt.
Evans. From here MIR. Graham went
to Loomis to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
Evans, and returned home from that
place Monday.
H. L. Arnold, the Fairbanks-Morse
& Co. expert pump man, is stopping in
Oroville. The company stations him
at this point during the summer sea-
son, and from here it is easy for him
to reach any point in this upper coun-
try where the company hes installed
pumping plants, in case the pumps re-
quire inspection and repairs.
ttirday evening Judson Murray
was driving home, leading several
horses behind his vehicle, one of the
animals became tangled in guy wire
bracing up an electric light pole at
the north end of the bridge at the
creamery, and for a time created con-
sternation in the neighborhood The
wire was cut, the pole almost toppled
over, some of the electric light wires
fell in the river, and visions Of cleo
trocution startled the inhabitants. The
tangle was finally adjusted without
any serious damage to person or prop
erty.
One day the latter part of last week
as Bob HOose was in his garden bull
let whizzed past him, struck the
ground and flattened out. 1t was a
stray shot started on it's way by some
careless shooter, but who Mr.. HoOse
does not know. 1t was very narrow
escape from death or injury. There is
no excuse for firing off guns within
the town limits, especially rifle. as
that class of gun carries so far there
is no telling where the bullet will fin
ally land. There is no use OF waiting
until some citizen is killed, or wound
ed, before putting an end to the prac-
tice. DO it now and save the citizen.