The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-06-27
LOCAL NOTES.

Venlr menu cards for the 4tll OF July.
F. c. Humphrey, the Fairbanks
Morse man, was in town Wednesday.
Mrs. AL. Hill left for Spokane Tues
day, where she will visit for Shcrt
time with friends.
There will be series of boxing and
vi sting louis in ;'rovile ON the Bird
4th and 5th Q: inly.
Roy l. Snider, of Okanogan, came
in Monday and left on a business
trip to Spokane Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Jackman re-
turned Tuesday from their outing to
the coast, having had very pleasant
trip.
Mrs. A. V. Bailey of Omak, was in
town Wednesday on her way home
from attending the Pow Wow at Spo.
kane.
Come to Oroville on the 4th and
see the birdman. 1t will be the first
aeroplane flight ever made in Okanog-
an county.
The present outlook is for pleasant
weather on the 4th and 5th, and that
Is what every inhabitant of the town
is pulling for.
Roy Dorothy, cashier of the First
National bank of Brewster. was in
town Saturday. He was accompanied
by his family.
Mike MahOney took the train for
Spokane Tuesday, and as it was his
| first fling off duty for ages he started
OH as happy as school boy.
The contractors are getting in the
foundation of the new school house
and in short time the walls will be
penetrating the upper air currents.
Joe Lenton, the sage of the Night
hawk district, and the Oldest settler
along the Similkameen river, was a
visitor in Oroville over Monday night.
From the amount of travel notice.
able at this time of the year one would
imagine that large per centage of
the population was constantly on the
wing.
Ball clubs from Penticton and Che
saw will take part in the contests to
be held here on July 4th and 5th, and
1t Is hoped to be able to induce the
Tonasket team to enter.
The several 4th of July committees
must get in and drill. Only few
days more until the great celebration
and there Is much to be done in order
to get everything in shape.
j. H. Silkwood. who has been quite
successful interesting eastern people
in Okanogan valley fruit lands re-
turned to Seattle Saturday after hav-
ing spent several days in Oroville.
The telephone ofticie will be closed
on the 4th and 9Th between the hours
of IL and IL in the morning. This
is for the purpose of giving the oper-
ators at least glimpse of the cele.
bration.
ID. B. Crandell is laid up nursing the
| wound made by the slug passed out 10
him by Ethel during the late I'M
pleasantness in which Ethels con-
tentiOusness created so much trouble
and excitement.
Geo. H. Ellis, jr., returned to Spo-
kane Friday last after having spent
a week in Oroville and vicinity ar
ranging for the continuous improve
ment of the partnership property
down the valley
John THEM, one of the old timers
Of LOOMS, was in town Wednesday.
He accompanied Mrs. Them as far
train for the east, where she will
spend the summer.
Rev. P. L. Johnson will conduct
open air gospel services in Tonasket
grove July Is to 20, and on the par
sonage grounds, LOOMS, July 20 to
q. 1t is desired that all who can
plan to attend one or both above
services.
c. M. Smith left for Spokane Mon
day, where he will take a course in
assaying under the we'll known metal
lurgist c. M. Fassett. The inforna-
ton Mr.. Smith secures will BIZ applied
to running the assay Office at The
Owasco mine.
John Melcher stopped over in town
Monday night on his way to his home
at LOOmis from attending the Spo-
kane Pow Wow. The lad entered for
the school athletics, and while he
failed to get into the winning class
he says he learned enough about ath-
letics to repay him we'll for having
made the trip, to say nothing of the
pleasure of the visit.
Dr. L. s. Faulds, of Gary, Ind, left
for his eastern home Tuesday after
spending week in Oroville and vi
cinity. The doctor is gentleman of
ripe judgment and keen discernment,
and hence invested in one of the Ellis
FOrde orchard tracts, few miles
south of town. There is no invest
ment that will bring man larger
returns than the purchase of a slice
OF Okanogan valley fruit lands.
Not ell the veterans living in this
| state who were tried in the fire at
Gettysburg will be present at the re-
union to be held on the battle ground
July 4th, the 50th anniversary of that
deadly struggle, where the fate of the
union and confederacy hung in the
balance. R. Edgerton, of Oroville.
who served during those fateful days
in the 61st New York infantry will
| be absent. He did not feel that he
could spare the time at this season of
the year to make the trip.
John Reed. the old time cattle man
who has an aerie high up on the
mountains that are mirrOred in the
waters of Palmer lake, is spending a
| few days in OrOville. Some OF Mr..
Reeds interior cogs have no. been
working smoothly for fortnight,
causing him to shirk his feed, aud
being satisfied that when he failed to
relish his victuals trouble was brew
ing he came down to the metropolis
to consult doctor in hopes of head