The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-08-01
TONASKET NEWS

Ii. anu MTS. maurice, OF CneWnlll1-
kin were callers in town Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Britain, of Antwyne
valley, were callers in town Thurs
day.
w. Powers, the creamery field man
returned Saturday from a weeks visit
at Spokane.
Picken brothers are busy garnering
their crop of alfalfa on their land
north of town.
Mrs. Ed. Cox left the first of the
week for Kelowna, b. c., where her
husband is at work.
Judge Sincock and sister, Mrs.
Curtiss, drove to Pine creek Saturday
to attend the grange meeting.
w. w. Cloud was in town from
Conconully Sunday noting progress
on the Cloud-Dodge building.
The bridges are being put in on the
Bonaparte creek road. George and
John Ramsey are doing the work.
Mrs. Ned Putnam and baby drove
up from Bridgeport Thursday. to
spend a few days visiting her hus-
band.
The Tonasket mill shipped car
load of -four to Riverside Tuesday.
The excavation for the Blackwell
building is under way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al. Fox and George
Stoddard, of Bridgeport accompanied
by Mr.. Kidd, of Wenatchee were bus
mess callers in town the first of the
week.
Our citizens are spending the most
OF the time in and beside the river.
striving to find cool place. One
man says his thermometer registers
III in the shade. What must it be
in the sun?
They have good roads clubs, Off
cered ana ready for work, In several
localities in this county Why should
not our town do the same? There is
no better money maker than a good
road to travel to a town.
Pine creek grange held it's regular
meeting Saturday evening, and also
one of their pleasant social affairs.
After the meeting adjourned refresh
ments were served and dancing held
the strict attention of all until the
wee sma' hours.
A mistake was made in printing the
item about the Cloud Dodge building.
The item read walk" for wall" AS
yet the walk" is not apparent. but
the walls" came out of the moulds
beautifully baked and stamped. The
cement work looks fine.
The engineers and assistants on the
big ditch proposition were guests at
the Shemik hotel from Monday until
Friday, when they finished their work
and returned to Oroville. The party
consisted of A. G. Foster, of Brewster
Z. M. Zediker, of Loomis, Harold Nc
Cannon, Lawrence Dallam and J. W.
Gilmore, of Oroville.
A few feet of lumber has been haul
ed for the additional room to be built
OH the school house for the accom-
mediation of the primary grade. Last
year the poor little primaries" had
no abiding place. They played a con-
tinuOus game of pussy wants a cor
ner' most of the year. Now it is
proposed giving them room all their
own, where no disturbing influences
can distract their attention from their
work
1t seems to us that our health Off
Ger should keep sharp eye on health
conditions these days. There are sew
raj things in our vicinity that should
,, be brought to the owners notice such
as the water supplies, garbage thrown
about the premises, and the places
where food that is easily affected is
kept. One cannot be too careful dur
ing these torrid days of everything
and anything affecting the general
health.
Mrs Paxton of Pine creek, was d
guest at the Shemik hotel from Sat
urday until Monday. The Paxtons
recently held sale of personal pro-
perty at their ranch on Pine creek
and thought they would go into Ore.
gon and locate. After a thorough
search of that state for an ideal To-
cation they have returned to their
ranch on Pine creek, convinced that
this country is good enough for them
Mrs. Paxton returned by train, but Mr.
Paxton and sons drove through with
teams.
Thursday the Loomis Aid entertain
ed the Tonasket Ladies' Aid Early
Thursday morning Rev. Robert
Thompson motored over from Loomis
to Tonasket. gathered load OF
ladies, returning to Loomis easily be.
fore dinner. Rev. Thompsons party
consisted of Mrs. Pollack, Mrs. Sar.
gent, Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Hinshaw
Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Mayberry, Mrs
Smith and Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Fol
som. Mrs. Kellogg and Mrs. Curtiss
/ drove over by teams from Tonasket
Several Of the ladies remained all
I night, and returned home the next day
with Rev. Thompson's party. CamI