The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-05-16
LOCAL NOTES.


VIM. Beeman, the prosperous Pine
creek stockman, was in town on a
business visit Monday.
Vic Champneys, the pioneer cattle
man of the Similkameen valley, was a
visitor in town Tuesday.
Jos. Linton was down to Oroville
Saturday from his place on the noun
tain south of Nighthawk.
Judge c. II. Neal left for Concon-
ully Monday, after spending a few
days in Oroville on legal business.
Will Jones, the Nighthawk mer-
chant, was visitor here over Monday
night attending a meeting of the Ma
sonic lodge.
Henry Brown, ST., left for Grand
Forks Tuesday, where he expects to
take medical treatment. Mr.. Brown
has been i'll for some time and shows
the effect of his suffering.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Long came in
from Princeton last Friday evening.
and returned to their home at Loomis
Saturday. Mr.. Long made sale of a
$4,000 stallion on his trip.
A. F. Rosenoff, late of Ritzville, a
graduate and thoroughly experienced
pharmacist, has accepted a position
with the Oroville Pharmacy, and as
| sumed his duties Saturday
Ribbons for Oliver, Remington I'm
derwood and other typewriters, car
bon and typewriter paper can be OBJ
tanned at the Gazette office. Mail or
ders solicited from neighboring towns.
M. H. Whitehouse, a Spokane cap
italist and old timer, was a passen-
ger westward bound Tuesday. Mr..
Whitehouse has interests about
Princeton that require his presence
occasionally.
Cecil Gardiner left for Okanogan
Tuesday where he resumes his duties
in the forest ranger service. He was
on the force last year, but it is GUS
tomary to lay the rangers off during
the winter months.
Harry Prince is having his build
ings near the railroad tracks moved
around on the lots, overhauled and re-
paired for use as residenc IS. This
will have the effect of removing a
blemish from that part Of tie town.
Among the Loomisites over to the
ball game Sunday were Mrs. Fred
Retzer, Mrs. Guy Fruit, Mrs. Fox, Miss
Gracia Fox, Miss Hilda White, Miss
Myrtle Shull, Miss Lucille Douglass,
Miss Mile Richards, Guy Fruit, Will
Ford and Fred Retzer.
Lee Fruit left for Elk City, Idaho,
last Friday after a visit of several
weeks with his father, Clay Fruit, at
Tonasket. Young Fruit owns a num-
Der of choice mineral claims in Idaho,
Which, ne VIII patent CnIs summer. ne
expects to return to Okanogan county
in the fall.
A basket social will be given at the
M. e. church of Wehesville, May %.
The purpose is to raise money to pay
for the church organ. There will be
short entertainment followed by the
selling of the baskets. All are invited
and the ladies are requested to bring
baskets with supper for two.
Harry Stanton had narrow escape
from serious accident at his saw
mill near Nelson, Saturday. A log
rolled from the skid way upon his left
ankle, so severely bruising the flesh
that he has since been limping around
with much difficulty and a great deal
of pain. He was lucky in not having
any bones broken.
The ice cream feed presided over
by the ladies of the Episcopal Guild
Saturday afternoon and evening was
quite literally patrOnized, considering
there was trif1e too much chill in
the atmosphere to make ice cream a
popular diet. The patrons managed
to absorb five gallons of cream, the
proceeds from which swell the Guild
treasury.
Al. Riste, of the Similkameen valley,
who went on the outside some weeks
ago for medical treatment for some
affliction of the skin and eyes, re-
turned home Saturday feeling much
like a new man. He first tested out
doctors stuff without relief, and then
put in three or four weeks at Soap
Lake. The waters of that lake
worked wonders.
Ed. Kloppenburg, an electrician
who laddled out juice at both the
Loomis and the Similkameen Power
plants in days faded into the past,
returned from Republic Saturday,
where he has been doing the same
turn for a number of months at the
Republic treatment mill. Klop has
returned to Okanogan county to stay,
if he can catch onto job.
Three prairie schooners, relics of
the days when the immigrant came
west across the plains, reported to
) Customs Officer Jackman Saturday.
The travellers hailed from Geery, this
state, and were on their way to the
FRAZIER river country, far up in Brit
ish Columbia. The fever for change
that has marked the peopling of the
coast is responsible for this long hike
in the old primitive way.
c. H. Libby, who spent 25 years in
the upper Methow valley, thus entitl-
ing him to go to the head, or very
oil IN in tho old cotflor Of