The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-09-12
LOCAL NOTES.

Il. +. Hoskyn was nasSorao,
headed for Spokane Monday.
Albert Bronze, of Nighthawk wa.
among the visitors in town Monday.
Ernest Middleton. of Omak woo
among the outsiders in town Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Poprne. of Night.
hawk' were registered in town Mon
day.
L.. N. Helm, hustling rancber lv.
ing near Loomis, was visitor in town
Monday.
Miss Lily Nelson left for Spokone
Monday, where she is to take a conrse
in stenography. -
quite heavy frost curled I'D the
leaves of those plants susceptible 70
the cold Tuesday night.
Judge E. X. Pendergast left Tues
Day morning for Republic, where he
mas court business to attend to.
Lloyd Whiting, of Omak contributed
his presence toward swelling the
crowd of strangers in Oroville Mon
day.
VIII Green came in from a trip on
the outside Tuesday, and continued
on to his home near Loomis Wednes-
day.
Jas. E. Ford came in from Spokane
tuesday. 1t was a flying visit this
time as he only remained a day or
two in Orovlle.
The Deborah Society will meet We'd
nesday, September Il, at 2 p. M, at
the Presbyterian church. 1t is desired
that evoiy ilember be present.
Sheriff Stark spent Monday after
noon in Oroville on his return to
COncOnully from a trip over to the
HaVlllah country on official business
Mrs. F. E. Carter and children left
for their home at Winnipeg Canada
wednesday after a visit of a fortnight
with the family of her brother, S. C.
Mitchell.
Mrs. Claude George, very popular
and highly respected resident of Omak
was taken to Spokane Tuesday, suf-
fering from a serious attack of ap-
pendicitis.
julius Bechlin, one of the pioneers
or Loomis, and sturdy old miner and
prOspector, spent several days in town
this week visiting with his daughter,
Mrs. Thos. Collier.
Dr. II. M. Jaeger, the well known
veterinarian, came down from Nelson
saturday in response to summons
to prescribe for ailing stock, return
ing to the hill top Monday.
Bargain Day proved to be very much
of gala day in Oroville, and was en-
joyed both on account of the real bar
gains offered and for the list of inter-
esting sports.
Mrs. Geo. Bowerman and her
daughter, Miss Ruth Bowerman, were
down from Hedley and spent two or
three days in town visiting with
friends during the past week.
E. c. Quackenbush, who carefully
guards the county's finances as treas
urer, was over from Conconully Fri
day last. He lost his bearings in a
city and failed to find this office.
There are few kicks over the streets
and sidewalks being Uttered up with
building material. In fact the people
generally rather like it, and want to
see more of the same kind of mess.
In the distribution of ministers by
the M. e. conference at Walla Walla,
last week, Loomis and Tonasket drew
Rev. Max A. Jeffords, Nelson Rev
r. r. Holland, and Oroville Rev. A.
H. Morton.
F. j. Cummings, head of the Glen
wood Mercantile company, Riverside,
Familiarity known by all old timers as
"Pard," was casting his benign smile
around among his acquaintance in
town Wednesday.
The Odd Fellows hall is assuming
shape under the deft hands of large
force of carpenters. 1t is going to
be a very neat building when finished
even if it is frame, and a marked i'm
provement to Main street.
Mrs. C. c. Hedger and son Billie
returned home Monday from a pro-
tracted visit with her parents at Re-
public. She was accompanied by her
brother, John Manley, of Republic,
who will remain here few days.
Two nights after w. e. Payne was
appointed marshal some one stole IS
chickens from his premises. That
was a low down trick to play man
who had hardly gotten the star of au
thority firmly fastened to his chest
A promising fire broke out in the
mountains north of town, just about
on the boundary line, Saturday, and
burned couple of days before it was
extinguished. The fire covered only a
small area, and the damage was light
Andrew d. Sorensen, who has held
down ranch on Cayuse mountain
for some time, is now working at the
round house, and has purchased a
residence in the south part of town
with the object of making Oroville
his home.
The ladies of the Episcopal Guild
held pie sale in the Oroville Com,
mercial company's store Tuesday, and
Judging from the demand for that
article of consumption there was 6
pie appetite prevailing among those
visiting in town.
Miss Anabel Downs, who is to have
charge of the primary department o.
the public school, arrived last week