The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-06-20
LOCAL NOTES.

III toWH saturday.
Stanley Evans was in town from
Loomis Friday last.
DIR. G. p. House was a passenger
for Spokane Tuesday.
David Williams, of Omak, was reg
istered in town Sunday
j. E. Parkhurst, of Riverside, was
visitor in Oroville Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Hoskyn were
passengers for Spokane Monday.
Geo. S. Lee, prominent resident
OF Okanogan, was in town Monday.
r. X. Green, of Tonasket, was
among the visitors in town Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Funkhauser,
J of Conconully, were visitors in town
Saturday.
jeff lrby left Monday morning for
Spokane to join in the gayety of the
Pow Wow.
The pest house has been removed
from on the earth, and people living
in that vicinity are breathing easier.
Mrs. Ii. j. Desmond and her daugh-
tiers, Bernice and Sylvia, went to Spo-
kane Monday, attracted to the city by
the Pow Wow
a number OF young men .tbout tow II
are diligently practicing on the ten
MS court. developing several pron,is-
ing liayers
Mrs. j. w. Carrel returned home
Friday last from attending the meet
ing of the Grand Lodge of Rebekahs
at Walla Walla
Mrs. c. H. Neal, of Conconully. STOP
ned in nrnVillo MnnJou ,;nb
her way to Spokane, where she will
visit for a few days.
The next regular meeting of the
Deborah society will be held We'd
nesday, July $. Mrs. Cole, hostess,
assisted by Miss Cole
S. j. Sincock, of Tonasket and Mr..
Gamble, of Riverside, returned Fri
day from attending the Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows at Walla Walla.
Jas. Jackson took his young son to
Spokane Tuesday to have his eyes
again treated. After a long seige of
1t the lad is recovering his sight.
Geo. Devon will invest in high
priced automobile while in Spokane,
and will probably put it on the run
between Oroville and Penticton.
One of the graduating class of the
University of Washington taking the
degree of bachelor of arts this week
is Miss Kate b. Dallam, of Oroville.
Bob Gallup came in from LOOMS
in his car early Monday morning,
bringing over Mr.. and Mrs. w. e.
Grant in time to catch the Spokane
train.
The junior ball club of Loomis is
expected over Saturday, and if the
youngsters come it will be a game
that everybody will want to see. 1t
will be too much fun to overlook.
Phil Schlief, who makes a speciality
of growing berries, and Mrs. A. w.
Mitchell, of the East Oroville Or
chard tracts, have the thanks of this
office for. samples of delicious straw
berries.
The railroad company is putting in
concrete culverts along the road way
east of Nelson and filling in the draws
preparatory to removing the trestles
This will give more solid and safer
road bed.
1t is expected that the ball clubs
from Chesaw, Penticton and Hedley
will be here on the 4th and 9Th and
take part in the contests. Some pref
ty ball playing is assured If those
clubs show up.
Mrs. H. p. Decent, of LOOMS, re-
turned from Walla Walla Saturday,
where she attended the session of
the Grand Lodge of Rebekahs DIR.
Masters took Mrs. Decent to her home
in his car Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Grant and their
young daughter, of LOOMS, were pas
sengers for Spokane Monday Mr..
Grant had business that called him to
that city, and decided to mix little
pleasure with the trip by taking his
fanny to the Pow Wow.
Mrs. Samuel Blackler gave lunch
con last Thursday at her suburban
home to number of lady friends in
town. The event was in honor of the
natal anniversary of her daughter,
Mrs. Robert Evans. The guests were
taken out to the Blackler home in
autos.
Geo Devon, proprietor of the Spo-
kane hotel, broke his s:ay-at home
habit by taking the train for Spokane
Monday. While doing business in
that city he will incidentally extract
a large amount of pleasure from the
Pow Wow. He was accompanied by
his young daughter.
About the busiest place in town is
at the concrete block yards where
Burbridge, the owner, is turning out
blocks as fast as a single machine
can be operated. 1t is business ne
understands, and the class of building
material he is exposing to view seems
to be of the very best
The construction crews completed
ballasting the branch between Gro
vile and Ophir this week, and two
construction trains were pulled of
, temporarily. There will be no worl
!. at this end of the branch until navi
CATION on the Okanogan closes and thu
/ bridge is put in at Ophir.
The dance given last Friday nigh
in Bartell's hall, for the purpose o
raising funds for the improvement
Of the swimming pool, was we'll at
< tended, and conducive to the usua
an,oLnt of pleasure to those who par
ticipated. A neat balance resulted
( 70: :he object for which the dane
! was gwen.
K Ed. Haney spent several days il
! Oroville and the valley during tn
\ past week. Mr.. Haney is now q resi-
K dent and Dermanent fixture of LO