The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-04-11

ranch.
J. Friis is painting and thoroughly
renovating the interior Of the cream
cry this week.
| w. v. Champneys was q business
visitor in town Tuesday from the ST.
milkameen valley.
]. M. Wentworth returned Tuesday
evening from a visit to Spokane and
took the train Wednesday morning for
his home at LOOMS.
jeff Davis and Miss George Lee
were married at Nelson, B. c., last
week and returned to Oroville Mon
day to make their home here.
Judge E. K. Pendergast stopped
here Wednesday night and took train
Thursday morning for Republic. where
he goes to hold term Of court.
You will be in Tough Luck II you
fail to attend the Hard Luck Pot Luck
Erbswurt 10 cent social at the Pres
byterian church. Friday evening, April
10, 1918.
DR.. c. P. House was passenger on
the south bound train Wednesday
morning bound for Spokane, where
he went on business that will detain
him for few days.
H. H. Porter, assistant principal Of
the local schools, will attend the In
land Empire Teachers Association at
Spokane Thursday. Friday and Sat
urday of next week.
Robert Thompson will give an H.
Illustrated Sunday school lecture at the
Methodist church here this evening,
using the Underwood slides. The
lecture Is free to all.
Ralph Pheasant came up from Ton
asket Monday to attend q meeting Of
the board of directors Of the West Ok
anogan Valley Irrigation District. Of
which he Is a member.
c. A. Powell, ]. E. Forde and J.
F. Samson drove to Conconully Tues
day in Mr.. Samson's car. The trip was
made to enable Mr.. Powell to take
out his final citizenship papers.
F. w. Firth, sub collector of GUS
toms for Canada stationed at Kere-
meos, was visitor In town the first
of the week for the purpose of having
dental work done by DR.. J. L. Masters.
Monroe Hartman, who left for Ohio
the middle of last month, reached
there Just in time to witness the de-
vastation wrought by the floods. He
was marooned for week at Mansfield.
Local sportsmen are considerably
exercised over the reports of killing
game birds at this season, and fear II
something is not done Immediately to
stop the practice, the Chinese pleas
ants will be exterminated.
Judge and Mrs. C. H. Neal, Of Con-
conully. were visitors in Oroville
Monday. Judge Neal came over to At
tend the meetings Of the boards Of d.
rectors of the east and west irrigation
districts as legal advisor.
Rev. F. M. McCreary and family left
Thursday morning for Seattle. They
will make their home somewhere on
the Sound. A successor to Mr.. Nc
Creary has not yet been chosen, but
one will be named before long.
Homer w. Noyes. who is engaged in
the real estate, insurance and broker
age business with headquarters at
LOOMS and branch offices at Tonasket
and here. was in town Wednesday and
Thursday looking after his business.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Mapes and N.
G.. Barlow, of Spokane. were visitors
in town Wednesday. Mr.. Mapes came
up with crew Of laboring men for
| work on the coast extension of the G.
N and Mr.. Barlow was looking for
land.
DR.. w. T. Schwabland arrived from
Spokane Tuesday evening and will re-
main here for a few days looking after
his orchard tract three miles south of
Oroville. The doctor found q warm
welcome awaiting him from his many
friends here.
The apple day lunch and sale given
| W Iho uA6u oCuOOI ottI0CtSO large
number Of patrons and stacks of apple
delicacies were disposed of. The pro-
ceeds of the sale and lunch are to be
applied on the purchase price Of the
school piano.
DR.. J. l.. Masters drove over to
LOOMS Wednesday afternoon and re-
turned the same evening making the
rounJ trip in three hours. On his re-
turn he was accompanied by Mrs. Geo.
j. Hurley, who viii visit with friends
here for several days. --------,--
Lee Fruit, son Of Clay Fruit of To-
nasket and who for several years was
a resident Of Oroville, returned Tues
day after an absence Of about four
years. He is now located at Burke,
Idaho. and returns at this time for
visit Of several weeks.
The free public library has received
several cases Of books from the state
travelling library. the beginning Of the
service that was recently arranged.
The library has also subscribed for
the Cosmopolitan and in doing 80 Sc
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