The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-04-11

in the doctors car to attend the must
cafe given by the Loomis Musical Club,
returning Sunday. They pronounced
the entertainment an exceptionally
fine treat.
A. A. Spencer, L. L. Work, Mrs. S.
M. Keller and her daughter, Miss
Maud Keller, will represent the M.
E. church of this place at the Metho-
dist parliament to be held in Spokane
on the 18th, 18th and 14th of this
month. Mr.. Spencer left Friday for
Spokane.
F. j. Cummings, who has been en-
gagged in the mercantile business in
the Okanogan valley since the palezoic
| age but who is no fossil at that as the
large and successful business estab-
lihment he has built up at Riverside
amply testifies, was business visitor
in town Monday.
A. ]. Nickle, formerly county treas
! urer and now a leading and success
full merchant of Tonasket, was a visit
or in Oroville Sunday, accompanied by
his wife. Mrs. Nickle returned to
Tonasket Monday morning, while Mr.
Nickle remained over to attend to
business matters.
w. e. Gamble, county superinten-
dent Of schools, has been appointed
by Governor Lister a member of the
state board Of education, succeeding
Mrs. Josephine Preston, who becomes
a member ex-officio by reason of her
election to the Office of state superin-
tendent of schools.
L. Chrisman, formerly of LOOMS,
recently leased Jim Irvings livery and
feed stable near w. H. Braggs i'm
plement store. Mr.. Chrisman is an old
time experienced livery man and
knows how to cater to the public. He
has leased the stable for a year and
starts business with bunch of good
driving stock and number of new
rigs.
The weather report for March shows
that there were ten clear days, ten
partially cloudy days and eleven
cloudy days In the month at this place.
The mean temperature was 36.1 de-
grees. the lowest point reached by
the mercury being II degrees above
zero on the 21st and the highest so de-
grees above on the II and the 3Oth.
The precipitation for the month was
but 01 of an inch.
w. B. Sexson, president, manager
| and stOrekeeper of the Oroville Tennis
| club, tried to switch a gang of good
roads workers on to the tennis court
Tuesday, but was foiled in his scheme
before the court was entirely cleared
| OF weeds and brush. A sufficient start
was made, however, to encourage fur
Their work. and President Sexson ex-
poets soon to have the club revived
and In training for tournament with
the LOOMS Tennis club.
1t Is reported that Italian laborers.
working on the new railroad con-
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nese pheasants in the valley, and a
request has been made of the county
commissioners that deputy game war
dens be appointed for this district to
protect the birds and to arrest those
! guilty of killing them out of season. A
few heavy fines would put a stop to
the practice of the Italians and others
OF breaking the game laws hereabouts.
At their meeting Saturday, the Far
mers' Union named N. c. Faulkner as
their representative to confer this
week with the county commissioners
about road matters in this district.
Mr.. Faulkner will endeavor to secure
as favorable an apportionment of the
funds for road betterments in this dis
trict as 1t is possible. The Union also
selected L. F. Pourtales, George Pulls
and w. G. Riste, as a committee to
confer with the Oroville Growers AS
ISOLATION and the Oroville Develop
ment League relative to the organiza-
ton OF fair association and arrange
for holding fair here this fall.
Otto Mills, brakeman in the Great
Northern yards here, narrowly missed
a serious and even fatal accident Mon
day morning when making a coupling
between the switch engine and a
freight car. AS he stepped in front of
the engine to make the coupling, the
pilot caught his left foot and before
he could free himself, both feet were
dragged under the pilot and he was
thrown forward. He managed to
grab the coupling bar and make the
connection and slppoor ted himself un-
til the engine was brought to a stop
He sustained sprained ankle as a re-
suit Of the accident, but feels fortu-
nate in escaping without greater in
jury.
Maj. F. P. Wehe and his son, Eugene
Wehe, arrived in Oroville Friday
evening. Maj. Wehe will probably
spend the summer at Wehesville while
Eugene comes here to look after some
business interests that will demand
his presence for couple of weeks or