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

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terde in town Monday.
Mrs. F. A. Devos left Wednesday to
join her husband at Omak.
M. Schweiket, the Tonasket -four
mill man, was in town Tuesday.
The always genial Bob Picken was
in town from Tonasket Tuesday.
P. l.. Johnson and daughter, of Mol
son, were visitors in Oroville Monday.
Mrs. R. M. Crawford, of Spokane, is
visiting with her sister, Mrs. J. D.
Bond.
Geo. Bartell went to Spokane We'd
nesday to secure furnishings for the
theatre interior of Bartell's hall.
Indian Farmer r. J. Hall came over
from Republic in his auto Monday,
stayiro only long enough to appease
the pangs of hunger.
A. G. Rice is having a boat built
| with which he gets from his house to
dry land. He is surrounded with water
as result of the spring freshet.
w. J. DeMerchant left for Colville
/ Wednesday, where he will attend a
meeting of the state Grange as rep
resentative from the Wanicut Grange
Ben O'Hara, to whom credit Is due
for the extensive work in progress at
the Lucky Knock anthony mine, re-
turned from an eastern trip last week.
Arthur Lund, the successful Loomis
and Riverside banker, motored in
from LOomis Tuesday evening. He
was accompanied by Mrs. A. s. Long
and Guy Fruit
Oliver Tufty was in town Tuesday
from Tonasket. And he went out on
the train. which is d great contrast
to the days he travelled down the val
ley on freight wagon.
Williams & Finnie are rapidly get
ting another kiln of brick ready for
the fire. II further building goes on.
as is expected, it will keep them hustl-
ing to supply the material.
E. S. Bruce, who has been at the
Lucky Knock mine for two or three
months, and one of the most fetching
zephyrs that has hit the valley for
many day. left Tuesday for Chicago.
c. c. Tilley may not be graduate
sign painter yet he handles the brush
with a great deal of skill and taste,
as numbre of new signs about town,
specimens of his handiwork, bear wit
ness.
j. d. Bond is pulling the throttle
on the engine attached to the con-
struction train on the branch. This
is lucky assignment for J. D., as it
makes his headquarters in his home
town.
Work has commenced on an at
tractive modern bungalow at the cor
nue. for Mrs. Albert Smith. Jake Kast,
the saw and plane artist, has the con-
tract Of building.
The demand for Oroville ice cream
is growing faster than it is possible
to secure material out of which to
construct it, which means that that
man Friis is putting something into
the dope that creates constant
clamOr for more.
The following Is the weather record
for the month of May as furnished by
Weather Observer NJ c. Jackman:
mean temperature, 57.12; maximum,
SO, date 31st; minimum, 80, LIST. Total
precipitation, 2.65 inches. Number of
days clear, Is; partly cloudy. 8, light
frost list and End.
The pest house, such as it is, hard
ly more than tent, is to be removed
to the east side of the OkanOgan river.
That is proper, as in it's present To-
cation 1t is menace to the cOmmun-
ity. The patient is rapidly improving
and If he has no hard luck will soon
be discharged as cured.
F. E. Chitty, the hustling young
printer of Nelson, who was largely
instrumental in giving that town
newspaper, spent Monday night in
OrOville. He has entirely recovered
his health after a protracted and SER
ious seige of illness during which he
had to undergo an operation.
Concrete pits are being put in on
the lots to be covered by the old
Washington Commercial company
building, that is under slow locOmO-
ton on rollers from the original site
in the extreme south part of town.
The building will be used as a garage
by Chas. T. Peterson when it is once
settled in place.
Children's day will be observed by
the First Congregational Sunday
school, of LOOMS, with an elaborate
programme consisting of recitatiOns,
solos, duets and chOruses by the best
talent in that town. The church is be-
ing prettily decorated for the occasion.
A cordial invitation is extended to ALL
The entertainment will commence at
II o'clock a. m.
Decoration Day was rather feebly
observed in this place so far as the
turning out of the people was con-
cerned. Numerous flags were display
ed, the bank at least was closed, and
after programme of exercises in the
Lyric theatre, at which Chas. F. Sig
rist delivered an appropriate address,
a number of people went to the ceme
terry and decorated the graves.
Mention was made last week of a
sale of personal property belonging
to G. r. Owens, of Loo mis-, and the
sale was announced as coming off on
June IL. The date was subsequently
changed by Mr.. Owens to June 18th.
Prospective purchasers should bear
this in mind and be on hand Tuesday,
June II. There will be a chance to
hit some bargains in live stock.
Walter Mills has given up his posi-
ton with the Similkameen Power COM
pany after holding down the job for
nearly year. His resignation was
on account of the health of his wife,
who will go on the outside for treat
ment. Trevor Mallory, who has been
with the Oroville Commercial COM