The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-12-06
TONASKET NEWS.

Prof and Mrs. Grinnell spent Sun.
day in Oroville.
Frances Hone and May Dexter en-
tered school Monday
Miss Florence Gren, of Chicago. is
visiting her mother and brothers.
Civic League will meet Saturday at
2:30 in the new club room. Everybody
invited.
j. ID. Armstrong and family of the
OkanOgan Orchards spent Thanksgiv-
ing in Omak.
Dell Woods made a trip to Riverside
and Synarep last week with some
parties who are looking for land.
Mrs J. p. CULLEN, of Occur d'Alene,
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
J. f. Sargent, returned to her horne
Tuesday.
1t is reported here that Frank Jones.
who was so badly hurt at Homes mill
some time ago. is much better and is
expected home in two or three weeks.
r. C. Dodge, of Conconully, Arthur
Lund, of Riverside, and Clay Fruit
were in town Monday. They held a
townsite meeting, put the Riverview
addition on the market classified and
put prices on all lots and acreage in
c!uded in same.
The Thanksgiving ball was social
and financial success. The hall was
comfortably crowded.. the music was
the very best and the costumes were
beautiful or comical enough to suit
every taste. Mr.. and Mrs. Newman
took the prize for the best costumes.
A. F. Whitcomb, Great Northern en-
gineer, Mr.. COlquhoun and Mr.. Hill
resident G. N. engineer, were here
Sunday and Monday They hired Da-
vid Maberry and Clair Monroe to level
and clear the right of way between
here and OrOville preparatory to lay
ing steel.
The Thanksgiving program given by
the pupils of Miss Scoville and Mrs.
GrinnelPs departments was well at
tended and very much appreciated.
The pupils showed that they had been
very carefully trained and reflected
great credit upon themselves and their
instructors.
John Hone has purchased two lots
in Riverview addition and will build a
house at once in order to move his
family in to town during the school
year. The liberal offer of the Town
site company to those in district 100
who want to build in town will un-
doubtedly bring in many more fami-
lies.
Two auto loads of young men in
Guiding VIM. George, Arthur Lane,
Adolph La Rose, Chas. Tufty, Leonard
Tufty, Harley Morrison Thos. May
berry, VIM. Leonard, Morris Bowen
onh na1 Woods aftnndod a Tho n
giving dance at LOomis. They met
with such warm welcome and had
such a good time that they all lie
clared their intention to attend every
dance that LOOMS advertises.
Don't forget the M. e. Bazaar. Fri.
day, December 18th, at the TOnasket
hall. Many beautiful and inexpensive
novelties suitable for Xmas gifts will
be on sale. A large and beautiful line
of dressed dolls will be shown at pric-l
es that will make it absurd for you to
dress your own dolls. Refreshments
will be served in the afternoon and
chicken dinner at 6 p. m. Prices Csc
and 15c. Free entertainment at $3.50.
Frost has stopped work on the Bon
aparte road with one mile unfinished,
but through the courtesy of the Burns
brothers, who will allow travel over
their land, for that mile, the road is
open to travel. 1t will be finished in
the spring. This road is five miles
long and gives Wauconda, Anglin and
Aenas Valley water grade to Ton
asket and gives Chewhilliken valley.
and upper Tunk creek a shorter and
better grade. This road will be fav-
orite with sight seers as its big trees,
overhanging rocky cliffs rugged can
yOns. three water falls and various
other attractions make it a rival of
any scenic highway in the state The
road was built by donations, the fol-
lowing being given in work and sup
plies: David Mayberry. $50; H. z.
Smith. $45: Ralph Pheasant, $35; NJ.
Sweikert, $3.50; Clair Monroe $25;
James Westerman, $27.5O; Don RAM
sey, $25; John Ramsey, $l8; Mat Pick
en-, 1925; Robt Picken, $50; w. E.
Bowers, $3.50; Ben Peterson, $3.50;
f. B. Grinnell, $3.50; Burns Bros, $50;
Clay Fruit, 800; Geo. Baker $3.50;
Okanogan Orchards Co., $3.50; John
Pollock, $45; Arthur Lund. 1926; A. J.
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