The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-09-05

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For time the chances were decidedly
in favor of a lively blaze, but the
badly frightened sons of Italy shovel
ed dirt as they never shoveled be.
fore, and succeeded in extinguishine
the flames. Their activity cut out an
excitement that might have enliven.
ed an otherwise very dull and quiet
day.
The Lyric will present an unusually
good bill Friday, Saturday and Sunday
evenings. The chief attraction will be
Rip Van Wrinkle in two reels, an old
but always interesting play. The
scenery in these films is especially
beautiful.
c. H. Brickbill, who looks after the
Pacific telephone system in this coun-
ty, and is always wide awake in his
efforts to keep the line up to a high
standard of efficiency, was in town
Monday on one of his regular tours
of Inspection.
A typographical error in the Ga
zette bargain day advertisement on
the third page of this issue gives the
regular subscription price of this
paper as $1.OO, whereas the price is
$1.5O, as heretofore. The sepcial price
of $1.00 is for bargain day only.
If the weather is favorable it is ex-
pected that large crowd will be in
town next Tuesday, Bargain Day.
Visitors from the country will find
something to please them both in the
way of bargains and a line of enter
tainment in which only residents of
the town and county will take part
Miss Pearl Adair returned to Spo-
kane Monday after visiting with rel
atives in this place for a week. Sew
eral months ago Miss Adair was taken
to Spokane on a cot, and she was
not expected to survive the trip. She
rallied from that illness and is feel
ing better at the present time than
ever before in her life.
The heavy steel columns and Orders
Tor the new Grubb hotel have COM
menced arriving. The contractor has
been lucky in receiving shipments of
material for this building. The usual
experience is long and annoying de-
lays, but so far Superintendent Stan
ley has secured prompt service. That
helps to expedite the putting up of
structure.
Miss Elsie Haeder, one of the teach
ing staff of the public school, came in
Friday last from her ranch in Horse
Spring coulee. AS it will be two
weeks before the local school opens
Miss Haeder left for Spokane Saturday
for short vacation before taking up
the school grind. The young lady
taught here last year, and gave excel
lent satisfaction.
w. c. Hancock is putting up l.. w.
Barnes building in the south part of
town, that is to be used as an under
taking shop. In reality it is only the
rear part of a more pretentious
structure that Mr.. Barnes contem-
plates putting up next year, still it Is
neat, snug and we'll built, and will
answer the purposes for which it is
intended for the present.
Indian Farmer f ]. Hall, of Re-
public, who has manv calls this way
in looking after the Indians within
his jurisdiction, was in town Satur-
day. Mr.. Hall now travels in his
own auto, and as he has much travel
ing to do finds the car a great cen
venience getting from place to place,
although just now the roads are not
inviting for motor pleasure trips.
Geo. j. Gardiner has resigned the
Office of police Judge. 1t is an Office
that few men care to fill, as it is a
thankless task with nothing in it. 1t
has to be filled, however and it should
be by some one who can temper JUS
tice by mercy. where it is wise to ex-
ercise mercy, and be memorable to
outside influences when the wrong
doer Is entitled to the limit of the law.
w. E. Payne has been appointed
marshal to succeed Percy Davis, who
has held the Office since the beginning
of the present municipal administrs-
ton. Mr.. Payne, who is engaged in
the trucking business, is quiet, mild
hammered individual, but when it
comes to meat there Is lots of him,
with sand to back the flesh, so any
offender who gets funny will find him
a hard customer to handle.
M. c. Jackman, local weather OBJ
server, hands in the following report
for August: mean temperature 74.4;
maximum temperature 1902, date Aug.
1; minimum temperature 40. date
18th; total precipitation 1.16 inches;
number of days clear 13; partly
cloudy 10; cloudy s. From the 22nd
to the 30th was the longest run of hot
weather. Commencing with the 22nd
the high mark ran "a, 101, 95, 95, 90,
SIS, 81, SO and 60
A party consisting of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. T. Larson, Miss Gladys Bell, Mrs.
McKeane and M. Dresser came in from
Rock Creek, B. c., Tuesday and re-
NAMED over until Wednesday morn
ing. They were travelling in a new
tangled auto rig. The vehicle was in
the shape Of canopy top hack, the
bed high from the ground and light
wheels, supplied with gasoline motor
power. 1t was an odd looking craft