The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-17
LOCAL NOTES.

after tussle with grip.
Miss Maude Keller was a passenge
for Spokane Wednesday morning.
Judge E. X. Pendergast went to Re
public Thursday last to hold court.
Carl Hamilton has given up his pc
sitiOn as clerk at the Peerless hotel.
Jack Myers left for Republic Wed
nesday to be gone two or three day s
Harry Forde has gone to LOomis t.
visit with his brother, j. p. Forde, TO
few weeks.
Art Potter was summoned to Mol
son Friday last as witness in thu
big land case.
i Mrs. r. Grieger, who has been il
for the past fortnight, is well on thu
way to recovery.
| Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Oty, of Chopaka
spent the week end with the parents o
Mrs. Oty, Mr. and Mrs. N. Provo, il
Oroville.
Jack Mclaughlin has ordered TEN
1880 feet, which he will set up on
lot on Main street to be used as 9
shooting gallery.
Mrs. Ethel Gray departed Saturday
for Seattle, and may extend her trav-
els to California. She expected to be
absent all winter.
Judge q. II. Neal represented the
democracy of this part of the count!
at the inauguration of Gov. Lister at
Olympia Wednesday.
Phil Schlief manages to keep his
power wood saw in pretty steady OPP
Grafton this month. The cold snap
created a run on the wood supply.
Snow and cold weather has been
somewhat of hardship to the rail-
road boys during the past week. but
they faced the elements cheerfully.
What is the matter with that fort
nightly auction sale? That is scheme
that our merchants and citizens gen.
orally cannot afford to lose sight OF.
Special evangelical services will be
held in the M. E. church, Loomis, be-
ginning Sunday evening, January ~.
Revs. II. o. Nash and c. M. Bolin are
expected to assist.
All members of the Orovhle Grow
er's Association are invited to be at
the social meeting to be held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. P. Wheeler
next Monday evening. Come early.
The members of. the Altar society
are requested to attend business
meeting to be held at the home of w.
O. Hamisch Saturday, January Is,
from 3 to o'clock in the afternoon.
Mrs. C. X. Statonn has been quite
seriously i'll during the past week and
is still far from out of danger. She
never fully regained her health after
treatment at Spokane several weeks
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Silvernail and
baby left for Spokane Monday and eX'
pect to be absent two weeks. At the
end of that time Mr.. Silvernail expects
to be able to return to his job on the
Princeton run.
Frank Samson was called to Mol
son Thursday last as a witness in the
famous Mcdonald land case. The old
settler who escaped being put in the
witness chair at that hearing was
playing in luck.
. DEPUTY sU}ir ittedf Stateg Marshall Mat
Anderson came in Tuesday evening
from Spokane, and returned Wednes-
day morning having in charge the old
man who was arrested and bound over
for Bookkeeping.
Mrs. r. S. ,Rumsey. wife of the sta
ton agent at Nighthawk, was brought
to Oroville Tuesday suffering from an
attack of appendicitis. She is under
the charge of DR.. Elmer, who reports
the case to be light.
Wake up and get a new Commercial
Club on it's feet. Just now a CONNER
cial Club is needed more than at any
other stage in the history of the town.
Such an organization can accomplish
much good for the place.
Everywhere throughout eastern
Washington the snow fall has been
very heavy since the first of the year.
In the Cascade mountains the storms
are the worst ever known. This sec
ton so far has been very fortunate.
F. C. Humphreys, the well known
representative of Fairbanks-MOrse
company, was in town Thursday last.
Mr.. Humphrey has placed great
many gasoline pumps in this county
that are used for irrigation purposes.
The Altar society wishes to an
nOunce a preLentOn tea, refreshments
to be served on the afternoon of Feb
ruary Bird and 4th at the Oroville
lHcy Wlou W UlcAIlOA JIC
fact that the gentlemen also are in
vited.
Mrs. John Whidden went to Re-
public Thursday last to act as stem
ographer in some cases to be tried be-
fore the superior court. Mrs. Wild
den is an expert short hand writer,
and her services are in constant de-
mand.
The Oroville Construction company,
the members of which have been busy
all winter erecting buildings at Ker-
emeos and Chopaka, is now putting
up small residence for Paul Loudon
in the valley short distance south of
Oroville.
During the blizzardy weather the
latter part of last week the passenger
trains found it hard pulling reaching
the top of the hill, arriving at Nelson
very much behind schedule time
Drifting snow was the cause of the
hold ups.
The Civic League wishes to inform
the public that it is open for donations
of books, magazines, or in fact any
thing that may go towards building ur
library. Leave donations at the
drug store, or communicate with some
member of the League.
c. Schassberger is now figuring or
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