The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-10-03
LOCAL NEWS

geo. Riste, of Nelson. spent SIM.
DAY in Oroville.
l.. L. Work left Monday on a bust.
ness trip to Spokane.
j.. A. Gadbury, of Loom;s wos
visitor in town Tuesday. was
Workmen are engaged on Mrs. Mur.
10y residence in the east part Of
J., =. ". Barnes, the local undertaken
fever. 'N VI typnold
W. h. Daniels, of Okanogan. Skinned
large consignment of peaches RI
~oison Monday. ~
A steady fall of rain for savoro,
hooo sunday laid the dust that had
pecome almost unbearable.
=. ). Mckenzie, clerk at the Peer
sess' mas been confined to his room
ior fortnight with an attack of III
ness. VI III
.. l. =. Dodge, of the mercantile
urn OF Cloud-Dodge, Tonasket. was
III town last Friday evening attend.
ing the dance.
social dance was given in tho
Orpheum last Friday night which was
largely attended by the young neo-
pie about town.
NO new cases of small pox have de-
veloped, and the patient occupying the
pest mouse is very little Inconvenience
ed by his illness.
/. r. Mcneil, of LOOMS, one of the
ola time knights of the plane and
manner, has secured work at his
trade in this place.
Application for final citizenshin
papers was made last week at Con-
conully by Philip Lentz and Henry
Pagels, of Oroville.
A. Moran, who has Just sold out his
laundry, states that he expects to
remain in Oroville and enter on anth
ar line of business.
The Ladies' Guild of Trinity Episco.
pal mission will meet at the home of
Mrs: Frank M. Dallam, jr., on next
wednesday at 2 pm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ritter reached
orovllle Monday evening in their auto
mobile on their way to their home in
Loomis from trip to Spokane.
There will be special meeting of
the Deborah Society at the Presby-
terrain church Saturday afternoon at
$50. All members are urged to at
tend
Paul Baker was in town from his
iIllemeham ranch Tuesday. He re-
ported that threshing was to COM
menoe at once in his neighborhood.
and that the grain this year has av-
cfaged fully up to the annual average.
Services in the Methodist church
next Sunday. Sunday school at 10.
Morning service at II, subject, Love"
l Cor. ID. Epworth league at $50.
Rev. Brumblay, the district superin-
tendent, will preach in the evening
at 1880:
The high school foot ball team has
received the regulation toys, and the
lads are in the field practicing pretty
consistently, with the result that there
are a number of lusties with stiff
joints and miscellaneous assortment
of bruises.
Harry Williams, better known
this upper country as Mar
Gus Daily, who was arrested here some
days ago on charge of gambling,
plead guilty in the superior court last
week and was sentenced to 80 days
in the county Jail.
Coroner McCampbell was up from
Okanogan Tuesday, called here by the
accidental death of j. P. Anderson.
After learning the particulars of the
accident he decided that it was not
necessary to put the county to the ex-
pense of an inquest.
Fl. N. Martin, of Davenport, one of
the best known attorneys in eastern
Washington, stopped over in Oroville
last Friday night on his way to SpO-
kane. Mr.. Martin owns a valley ranch
near Tonasket and was up here look
ing after his property.
Rev. Robert Brumblay, superintend-
ent of the Wenatchee district, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, will
preach in the Methodist church Sun
day evening, October5 at 1880. He
will hold the first quarterly confer
ence on Monday evening in thechurch
at 1880.
E. McCammon reports that deal
is on for the celebrated salts lake,
situated a short distance west of town,
a property in which he has long held
a large interest. The parties with
whom the deal is pending are from the
east, but negotiations have not pro-
ceeded far enough to go into any par
ticulars.
z. McGill and Herbert Silvernail
have laid foundations for small houses
on lots in the block east of the Gazette
office The structures are only tenn
porary make shifts, to be occupied by
the builders until more modern and
commodious residences can be erected,
when the present buildings will be
used as wood sheds.
Under the direction of j. Friis placer
is quietly going on upon the
north bank of the Similkameen river,
Just above the falls. A thousand feet
of fluming have been built, and wash
ing is going on steadily. Some fairly
large pieces of placer gold have been
taken out, but as yet the returns have
not been such as to justify the opera
tors starting bank.
e. McCammon secured the contract
for extensive improvements to be
made on the Episcopal church. The
building is to be weatherboarded out
side, lathed and plastered on the in
side, and vestibules constructed at the
entrances as a protection against the
weather. The building will be very
much more presentable when these
changes are carried out.
NJ. G. Pepper, of Vancouver, B. c.,
travelling representative of the Van
couver branch of the American Type
Founders Company, spent Sunday In
Orovile. Mr.. Pepper reports that az
ter long reign of dull times Van
couver and other British Columbia
coast cities are experiencing a revival
of business life, and better times from
now henceforth are anticipated.
C. S. Jennings is engaged sacking
mil, wi