The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-08-08
LOCAL NOTES.
Mrs. John Them, of LOOMS, was a
visitor in town Monday.

Mrs. John Them, of Loomis. was q
visitor in town Monday.
.. W. Green, of Tonasket was reg.
istered in Orovilfe Saturday.
Hon. Bob Picken, of Tonasket. was
a visitor in Oroville Tuesday.
George J. Gardiner went to Nelson
Monday to do some surveying.
Prof. Frank Funkhauser, of Con-
conully, was visitor in town Satur-
day.
Mrs. A. c. Potter, of Nelson. was q
guest of Mrs. L. H. Hendrix two or
three days this week.
Sheriff Harry Stark was over from
Conconully Saturday in the county
auto on Official business.
John Woodland, the Loomis pioneer
ana capitalist, was among the out
siders in town Friday last.
County School Superintendent W.
II. Gamble was over from Conconully
saturday enjoying taste of city life.
Mrs. r. P. Hoskyn left this week
for visit at her old home in Keo-
Kuk. Iowa, and will be absent several
weeks.
Mrs. Chas. Shull, of LOOMS. and
young daughter, were out going pas
sengers Wednesday, on their way to
Spokane
travel has again revived, and the
east bound passenger carries away
crowds from this station almost eyery
morning.
II. A. Campbell, manager of the
nrace development company, and Dell
Hart left Tuesday on a business trim
TO Spokane
Miss Ruth Strong returned TO Re-
public Tuesday after having visited
with her father and brother for a
week or ten days.
Miss Dorothy Putnam, of Concon-
ully, has been visiting for the past
fortnight with her aunts, Mrs. Gordon
and Mrs. Clendenon, of this place.
M. LAUDER, of Loomis, arrived at this
place Monday from a trip to the west
side OF the state. His outing was ben
eficial judging from his appearance.
Jas. s. Day, Princeton coal mine
owner, met his family at this place
Saturday, they coming all the way
rom Nottingham, England to join him.
George Beall is reported to be down
with a severe attack of rheumatism at
his place near Tonasket. He is suf-
fering greatly and has no one to take
care of him.
DR.. and Mrs. J. l.. Masters returned
20 Oroville Monday from a run up in
% British Columbia, in their auto, as
Tar as kamaloops. They had charm
ing trip of it.
Last Friday the population swelter-
ed under a temperature of 1O2, and
the night was one of the warmest and
most uncomfortable ever experienced
in the valley.
The Loomis tennis club will give a
social dance in Eagle hall next Fri
day evening. 1t will be a largely at
tended function, and a source of great
pleasure to all whom may be present.
Much space is gwen up to a portion
of the game law this week, but it is
something that every one who hunts
is interested in and should have some
knowledge of the provisions of the
law.
Monday of last week a son was born
to the household of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Harpham, on Ellemeham noun
tain. We came very near missing the
announcement of his arrival until his
first birthday.
Word has been received that the late
hot weather has worked great dam
| age to the grain crop in the Water
Vile neighbOrhOOd, where, two weeks
| a"o, the prospects were never brighter
for banner crop.
Mrs. Frank Babcock, of Twisp, has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. John H.
Killian, this week. This was the first
time the sisters have met in 10 years,
| and Mrs. BabcOck was only two years
of age the last time Mrs. Killian saw
her.
Little Miss Isabella Cobb, the young
daughter of w. P. Cobb, one of the
proprietOrs of the Crescent cafe. is
out Of all danger and steadily recover
ing from a serious attack of typhoid
fever, that confined her to the bed for
| week or ten days.
The ring of the trowel will soon
| echo up and down Main street, ma
king music more catchy than the
liveliest rag time tunes. May the re-
frain be taken up on both sides of the
track until the ear drum is stunned
| by the continual din.
Some time ago report was going
| the rounds that Frank Stansbury had
| purchased an automobile. This turns
| out to have been an error. The pos
session of car depended upon the
| disposition of slice of land near Okla
hogan. The land was not disposed of
and Mr. StanSbury continues to drive
q team of horses.
| A young woman named FritZie Ma
son, employed as a waitress in the
| Crescent cafe, was thrown from a
horse, Saturday evening, in the south
part of town, while out riding with
friends, and sustained a fracture of
the right leg just above the ankle. DR..
Elmer was summoned and reduced the
fracture. The patient is resting COM
fOrtably at the Keller boarding house
From an illness attributed to faint
ed milk several young children died
at Wenatchee last week. Among those
who are called upon to mourn the loss
of dear ones are Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
Woods, of the Wenatchee World, they
losing two children within seven
days. The sympathy of the publish
ers of this paper go out to the stricken
parents in this hour of their deep and
inconsolable affliction.
One of the Goering brothers, of the
local market firm, had an exciting
experience for a few minutes Satur-
day. He drove into the OkanOgan river
below the bridge at the creamery, in
order that the horses might drink
The animals got beyond their depth
and swan down stream some distance
before they struck shallow water and
could be driven ashore. 1t was a close
call for horses and driver.
One of the cars that run between
Penticton and OrOville is big Stan