The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-04-25
LOCAL NOTES.


Mrs. J. F. Getsey left for Spokane
Tuesday, where she will visit with
friends.
Judge c. H. Neal, of Conconully
stopped over in Oroville Monday night
on his way to Republic on legal bust
ness.
At the sheriff's sale of the effects Of
John R. Fraser Saturday, the junk was
bid in by M. H. Mahoney for the sum
of SIS.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Harding left for
Spokane Wednesday, where Mrs
Harding will enter a hospital to un-
dergo an operation.
Vancouver street has been graded
between Central and Railroad ave-
nues, an improvement that highway
stood greatly in need of.
Mrs. AL. Fox has been confined to
her bed for week with an attack of
illness. At last reports the patient
was slowly recovering.
Mrs. J. A. Robinson, of Pasco, left
for her home Monday after having
spent several days visiting with her
sister Mrs. G. p. House.
III. G. Champneys was in town Sat
urday from his ranch in THE Cove"
an indenture of the shore line on the
east side of Palmer lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Broll, old time
friends of John H. Killian, arrived in
Oroville Saturday from Hartford,
Conn. They came to Okanogan county
to make their home if satisfied with
the country.
w. H. Weisgerber lost a valuable
horse last Thursday afternoon. The
animal dropped dead in harness.
Death was not due to abuse or over
eXertion, for Mr.. Weisberger is mer-
ciful to animals.
e. McCammon left for Spokane Sat-
urday where he was wanted as wit
ness before the United States court in
the case OF E. L. Thurston charged
with selling whiskey to Arthur Hay
ward, an Indian.
Geo. w. Loudon, who has been in
the sheep business for years, ANNOUNCE
es that he will dispose of his band and
try his luck at something else. He
thinks that free wool spells ruin to
the sheep industry.
G. r. Owens was in town Monday
to see Station Agent Costello for an
empty stock car. Tuesday he drove
over some rs head of hogs, which were
shipped to the Stanton meat packing
company, at Spokane, Wednesday.
James Black, who has been a resi-
dent of Loomis since the stone Hge
was visitor in town Saturday. Mr..
Black has charge of crew building
roads at the Ivanhoe mine, and doing
other work preliminary to the driving
Of the big tunnel.
Del Wood, of Tonasket, is running
an auto stage between Oroville and
Okanogan. With stages pulling out
every morning going both north and
south, there is quite buzzing of cars
and odor of gasoline on the streets at
the hour of departure.
F. J. Cummings, of Riverside, was
in town Wednesday looking after his
property interests in this vicinity, and
especially his ranch, short distance
east of Oroville, which he is making
one of the most valuable holdings in
the north part of the county.
Profs. Riste and Porter returned
home Saturday from attending a meet
ing of the Inland Empire Teachers
association, held in Spokane. There
was large collection of educators,
and the session was both pleasant and
instructive to all participants.
A great many Chinese pheasants
and Bob White quail are to be seen
in this part of the valley this spring,
and the protective law is enforced
in a few years there will be any
quantity of these beautiful and tooth
some game birds in the country
A cold wave swept the valley Mon
day night and Tuesday. Snow fell in
the mountains, and overcoats were
q n t a 10 in, ho
Nately the wind continued high during
the prevalence of the cold and there
was no frost to work damage to the
fruit.
j. M. Pitman, formerly of this coun-
ty, is an applicant for the position of
state hotel inspector. If the plums
are 10 go to democrats Mr.. Pitman is
certainly entitled to consideration, as
he is one of the Oldest democrats in
the state, and has never shifted his
principles as so many have.
Big Bill Lightner, OF LOOMS, who
has worked in mines in this county
for the past % years, was brought to
Oroville Friday last suffering from a
cold on the lungs that threatened to
develop into pneumonia. For a time
he was very sick man, but thanks
to robust constitution he is grad
ually recovering.
When Fred ]. Fine reached Oroville
he found his valuable registered Hol-
| stein bull quite sick. He at once had
the animal examined by DR.. Jaggers,