The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-09-27

evening. 'e' "oon anu
p, John Ley was called to Spokane
TUESDAY as a witness in the Cotav
| case. TIC oo'ay
,,,a .nerioW Adair, of Nighthawk. was a
vlsitor IN town several DAYS during
the past week. u"'ine
Or. B. F. Emery, of Omak. went o,t
TO Spokane Tuesday. summoned nc
witness In the Cotay case.
A forest fire was reported near Fair.
view Monday. Which accounts for the
valley. ''o' Tic
.. M. East came in from the outside
MONDAY, and went on Tuesday to visit
win his parents at the East ranch
near Tonasket. i
Col. Robert Stevenson came in from,
ms mining properties near Princeton
saturday, and left on a business trin
10 Spokane Monday.
l.. W. Barnes has secured II p
Decents hearse for use at funerals
that may take place in this part of the
valley In the future.
Frank E. Mitchell, living east of
oroVliie, Will move his family into
Town Tor the winter in order to send
his children to school.
). d. Metcalf, from the Tonasket
nelghDorhood. will move his family to
Oroviile to give his children the ad
Vantages OF our excellent school.
Judson Murray has the thanks of
tnls once for liberal supply of an
pies, including several varieties. from
MS place a short distance east of
town.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Starrett, who
iiVed at Work point on Osoyoos lake
during the summer, have taken up
their residence in town. occupying the
residence of Frank Bartell, jr.
Mrs. r. S. Bowers. who has been
visiting with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
WIN. Allen, accompanied by her two
children, returned to her home
at new Westminster, B. c., Monday.
Mrs. Ed. klingman has been con-
hned to her room the greater portion
OF the time since her return from
Spokane, two or three weeks ago. She
is now able to be up, but regains
SlTenStn very SLOWLY,
Clay Fruit was a passenger for Spo-
kane Tuesday morning, where he was
called as a witness in the Cotay case.
He is at loss why he was called up-
on to testify, unless expert bootleg
ging evidence was required.
M. H. Smith came over from LOOMS
Monday to place the metallic slabs on
the Stofferan building. Owing to some
hitch in the shipment another annoy
ing delay occurred before the material
could be removed from the car.
Dooley P. Wheeler is again shipping
large quantities of vegetables and mel
Ons to outside markets from his East
Oroville Orchard tract. His largest
shipments are to Republic, although
consignments are made to numerous
other points.
There is stalk of corn on exhi-
bition at the bank of Oroville that
measures IA feet in length. 1t came
from Mrs. C. X. Stanton's place, on
the southern edge of town. 1t would
be difficult for the famous corn fields
of the Mississippi valley to beat it
longitudinally.
1t pays to advertise. A typewriter
advertised for sale in this paper two
weeks ago was sold after the first pub
LEGATION. The lost watch advertised
for last week was returned to the
owner Saturday. But these are only
two instances of scores of cases of ad-
vertising with results that might be
mentioned.
Monday evening r. C. Johnson was
coming down the hill from Nelson in
in his car, accompanied by J. p. An
dersOn, the machine skidded off the
grade near the Fine ranch, turning
completely over. Through sheer luck
the occupants escaped without so
much as a bruise, and strange to say
the car was not injured.
The funeral of the late Harry l..
Allen, that took place at LOOMS
Thursday afternoon, was one of the
most largely attended that has ever
taken place in the county. The cas-
ket was buried in flowers, the loving
tributes of old friends and neighbors.
Funeral director l.. w. Barnes, of this
place, had charge of the interment.
The editor was very pleasantly sur
prised Friday last by visit from Mrs.
J. p. FOrde, Mrs. J. M. Richmond, Mrs.
d.
four charming and hOspitable ladies
who have long resided in LOOMS, who
had taken advantage of lovely day to
motor over to Oroville, in Mr.. Hurley's
car. with Webb Hurley at the wheel.
As will be seen in another column
the registration books of the town Of
Oroville will be open until the 18th of
october. Any one living in Oroville
desiring to vote at the general election
in November must be registered. If
this notice reaches the eye of any res
ident entitled to vote who is not al
ready enrolled he or she should make
it a point to register at once.
Sam Kaser was the lucky purchaser
of Lot s.. block IL, in Grand View ad-
dition Monday. Others who desire to
secure slightly lots at bed rock figures
should see J. A. Blackler while the
present prices prevail. An investment
in an Oroville town lot is as safe as
government bonds, and what is more
will put the buyer in possession OF a
piece of property that is bound to adj
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