The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-02-14
LOCAL NOTES.

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Dell Hart spent several days in
Penticton last week on mining bust
ness.
Henry Brown and w. J. DeMerchant
were visitors in town Tuesday from
their ranch homes on Palmer noun
tain.
John Kendall, the old time livery
manof Riverside, brought sleighload
of passengers up from Riverside Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. Hoskyn are plan
ming a trip to Spokane, where Mr..
Hoskyn has some legal business to
transact.
The ladies of the Civic League will
give another of their series Of delight
full progressive whist parties in Ath-
letic hall Friday night.
Attorney r. P. Hoskyn is having
material delivered for building an Of
fee on his lot adjoining the store oc-
cupied by Jay c. Newell.
R. Grieger left Thursday morning
for Spokane, where he went to attend
meeting of western lumbermen. Mr..
Grieger will be absent about week.
L. l.. Work, president of the First
National Bank of Oroville, left We'd
nesday morning for Spokane on a
business trip Of several days duration.
Judge E. X. Pendergast stopped in
Oroville the first of the week on his
way from Conconully to Republic
where he goes to hold a ten day term
Of the superior court.
Mrs. E. J. Mackedone, who has been
visiting her parents Judge and Mrs.
A. w. Barry at Riverside for several
months, took train for Spokane Mon
day morning on her way to her home
in Nevada.
Mr. and Mrs. John Whidden were in
town Tuesday from their Palmer
mountain home. Mrs. Whidden went
from here to Republic to attend a ses-
sion Of the superior court at that place
and act as court stenographer
Ollie Steele gave dance at his place
on Ellemeham last Friday night. About
a dozen couple enjoyed the terpsich-
orean exercise. The music was fur
nished by Will Nyma and Chas. Lewis
the Ollie Bull and the Jan Kubelik of
Palmer mountain.
The Oroville Telephone Co. have is
sued a new telephone directory show
ing an increase of several subscribers
within the past month. The business
Of the company is growing satisfac-
torily and Is but one of the many indi-
cations of the growth of the town.
Chas. Gale, who has a ranch about
i've miles southwest Of Chesaw, will
auction off his personal property on
March Bird at his place and remove to
Oroville, where he will open a sport
ing goods store and shooting gallery.
Mr.. Gale has leased lot from DR.. c.
P. House north Of the electric light
office and will put up frame building,
14x5O feet for his store. He has leased
his ranch to a neighbor, w. X. Field.
Sheriff Harry Stark came up from
the county seat Tuesday evening and
Wednesday morning served a warrant
Of arrest on Harry Williams, better
known by the sobriquet of Marcus
Daily" which was sworn out by Mrs.
Chas. Hardman, of Wanicut. The
warrant charges Williams with a SER
ious crime and his bail bond was fixed
at $4,000. Sheriff Stark took Williams
to Conconully Wednesday to await
trial.
Miss Beulah Frank was the recip-
lent of a miscellaneous shower Friday
afternoon, given in her honor by Miss
Florence Mills at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Mills. Those present were
Misses Bernice and Agnes Desmond,
Helen Tucker. Eva Overman. Ethel
Munsey, Orpha and Mildred Mills,
Helena McCammon, Eliza Grathwohl,
Ellen Hamisch. Edwyna Tilley, Celia
and Buelah Frank, Florence Mills and
Mrs. G. A. Powell.
Some spirited bidding developed
Saturday morning at the sheriff's sale
Of the Harry L. Phillips barber shop
equipment The outfit was finally
knocked down to Oscar Trummel for
$157.25 who bid against Frank Buck
ingham. Mr.. Trummel purchased the
equipment for his father-in-law, ]. G..
Hare. Of Valley, Washington. Mr..
Hare will remove to Oroville soon and
open barber shop at the old stand in
the Hamisch building.
Deputy State Fruit Inspector ]. N.
Piercy was visitor in town Tuesday.
Mr.. Piercy's trip to this part of the
Okanogan valley at this time was to
see some Of the nurserymen. At this
season there is little work of an Of
hcial nature to occupy his attention,
but he Is an enthusiastic orchardist
and a conscientious enforcer of the
horticultural laws, so he overlooks no