The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-07-25
LOCAL NOTES.

Fred Clark has purchased for his
wife the former Irwin home, on lot
Block 16. The transfer was made by
the OrOville Townsite company We'd
nesday:
The Ofoyille Commercial company
has an interest in straight car load
of grain sacks that have just arrived.
Those who desire either wheat or oats
sacks should place their orders at
once. They will find the prices right.
Representatives of the Wenatchee
Fruit Growers association were in
town yesterday making arrangements
with the local merchants to place a
part of q car load of fruit that is be-
ing marketed IN this valley.
Mrs. John Whidden, of Loomis, who
was compelled to go into hospital
at Spokane several weeks ago and
submit to an operation arrived in Oro-
Vile Wednesday on her way home.
The lady is still weak but much i'm
proved in health with the promise that
she will entirely regain her normal
health. She was met at this place by
her husband.
r. M. Desmond, OF Spokane, is
visiting his brother H. J. Desmond.
our public spirited and progressive
hardware merchant. Mr.. Desmond is
a man of considerable means, and is
so favorably impressed with Or0ville
and the surrounding country that he
has already invested $4,000, and may
yet increase his investments. That
is the kind of backing the town needs
to push it speedily to the front.
F. N. Martin, of Spokane, was a
visitor in Oroville the latter part OF
last week. Mr.. Martin is manager OF
the Hazelwood company. and was in
the county in the interest of his en-
ployers. 1t is not to be wondered at
that we failed to recognize the big
bronzed man, as the last time We 81 Y
Mr.. Martin he was a mere lad. 1t was
a pleasure to meet that lad grown up
| to be a man, and to learn that he had
made good and worked his way up
| to responsible and remunerative pos
itiOn.
| The effort of the Civic League t.
start shade trees on the chief tho
roughfares, a campaign that was Or
ganized in the spring, was ably sec.
onded Tuesday when Messrs. Pour
tales, Butler, Schultz, Fred Hart, Ton
| Burgett and others were out with g
wagon load of water barrels watering
all the trees still living on Centra
avenue and cross streets, and they
found a great many of them holding
their own under the burning sun
The bath will give the trees a chance
and help them through the summer.
The new First National bank of Ton
asket threw open it's loOrs for bust
ness last Thursday. and from the yer!
start the institution developed vep.
healthy list of depOsitors, There Il
evidently room at TOnasket for bank
and the people of that place and sur
rounding country are extending ever.
encouragement to the new enterprise
Arthur Lund is at the head OF the new
First National and the record he ha
made as a successful banker at River
side and Loomis will be repeated II
the new venture he Is behind at Ton
asket,
A sensation was created In the com
munity Monday when it became know
that the immigration officers, unde
instructions from Washington, visite
the home of Mate Irwin with a war
, rant for the arrest of himself an
, wife. The Irwins were not to b
, found. They had gone up the lak'
Sunday, ostensibly on a days OUTING
, and although they did come back lat
Monday evening upon learning th'