The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-22

day Mr.. and Mrs. Grub will put up a
handsome home on their new possess
sion.
Messrs. Ellis and Forde are having
another 40 acres, on the fiat Just east
of town. cleared off. broken out and
plated into small tracts 1t is a choice
piece of property, and no doubt will
sell as rapidly as the first 40 of the
original 80 acres that were cut up into
small tracts last spring
c. M. Zediker, of LOOmis, the civil
engineer who made the original sur
vey of the East and West OkanOgan
valley Irrigation company, spent Sum-
day In Oroville, travelling around with
Mr.. Wiley, giving such information as
to engineering points as that gentle
man might require. Mr.. Zediker is
high up in his profession, and person.
ally high up in the esteem of those
who have the pleasure of knowing him.
Mr.. Bond, who has charge of the
auto truck that is hauling ore from
the Lake View-Dividend mine, is again
making regular trips to and from the
mine after a blockade of several days
caused by the soft crust on the earth
surface, through which the heavy car
was in he habit of breaking and be-
coming stalled. Mr. Bond is getting
large quantity of ore on hand, and
car lot shipments are occasionally 60
ing out.
Report comes that a business insti-
tuition at Nelson was seriously handi-
capped lately by the over indulgence
of an assistant. and vague reports
come in that parties about TOnasket
hit the jug not wisely and too we'll.
Yet those places are in the arid belt,
and there were we'll meaning people
in Oroville a few weeks ago who la
bored under the delusiOn that the clos
ing of saloons put an end for ever to
liquor consumption.
In letter containing a remittance
from that happy-go-lucky, dyed-in-the-
wool bourbon democrat, Price Fruit,
the following cheering greeting ap-
pears: "The enclosed may help you
out in paying some of your election
bets. No more G. o. p. Plenty of
time now to play golf. Kopa mika and
and all my democratic tillacums will
be quite busy turning the rascals out.
Getting along fine down here. Me
heep good sQuaw man."
p Zimmerman, who makes his home
at Everett when at home, which is not
frequent, spent the week in this vicin-
ity Mr.. Zimmerman Is employed with
the state land department., and is out
In the country most of his time get
ting lines on state lands, and seeing
that no one carries any of 1t away.
The condition of the weather while he
was here caused him to protract his
stay, as there was much of the time
when only webb footed creatures had
any business to be out and around
F. J. Cummings, the Riverside mer-
chant, was visitor in town Monday.
Mr.. Cummings owns considerable
property in and about Oroville and has
a warm place in his heart for the town.
There would be no surprise felt If Mr..
Cummings came to Oroville next year,
erected a handsome home and settled
down to spend the balance of his days.
He has certainly earned a long sea-
son of rest and comfrot after many,
many years that he has applied to
active business in Okanogan county.
The town is deplorably short of hall
facilities. 1t Is true there is a neat
little theatre which will accommodate
a crowd of some size. but what is
wanted Is modern and we'll equipped
hall of greater dimensions than any
at present in the town where enter
tainments and dances can be given
The Odd Fellows promised to supply
the great want some time ago, but
that project is still in allegiance. A
neat commodious hall would pay we'll
on the investment in conjunction with
the lodge and store rooms, and the
Odd Fellows would be doing a great
public service, besides providing a
source of revenue to the lodge, II they
would get busy at once and erect a
handsome hall and lodge room.