The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-10-10
LOCAL NEWS


F. L. Dow. of Okanogan. was register
ell in town Monday.
E. c. Quakenbush. wife and child were
over from Conconully Tuesday.
There was no auto race from oroville
/ to Greenwood Tuesday. Notwithstanding
the prizes offered for such a contest
/ J. NJ. Adams, the Riverside land at
/ torney. stopped over Monday night in
/ Oroville on his way to Nelson on legal
{ business.
/ Mrs. Rebekah Fritz, of Benton. Penn.
an aunt of Silas Fritz. left for Ritzville
I Tuesday to visit with relatives after
/ having spent some time in Oroville visit
/ ing with Mr.. Fritz.
/ \. Coy is of on a trip into British CO.
/ umbia to be absent a few weeks. His
mission is largely for the purpose of pre-
senting among his friends the claims of
! Oroville as the coming city of north CEN
/ trail Washington
! Homer W. Moves, the produce broker
is to have desk room in Dell Harris office
/ Percy Davis. who knows how to handle
a brush, is putting the sign on the win
dow that points out Mr.. Noyes local
/ business habitation.
! D. - DtAtcI IL biNh at ll!S hcHS At liiS
local telegraph office. and while he is
working the Morse code the public can
depend upon prompt and accurate SER
vice. And it viii be a pleasant change
from what it has been recently.
Geo. J. Hurley and his son Webb came
over from LOOMS Monday to deve fur
Their into the mysteries OF masonry.
/ Webb returned home very early Tuesday
Republic. Spokane and Portland on min
in business
he entertainment in the nature of a
trip from Alaska to Panama that was TO
be given this Friday night under the di-
rection of the Deborah Society has been
postponed for the present. Timely no.
lice will he given when the ladies decide
10 spring the excursion.
II c. a. Sa1le. representing the Under
wood Typewriter company. was in town
/ tuesday. He spoke very flatteringly OF
the changes that have taken place in Oro-
/ vile since his last visit in the spring.
and predicted that in time Oroville would
! make large city
\ letter from Robert Thompson informs
| this office that he is now located in Spo-
kane, and is workins out of that city.
| eovering Wenatchee district in the mis-
/ sionary field. His duties require him to
! do much travelling over the large ter
iitory embraced in the district.
y force Of plasterers is smearing mud
/ on the interior walls Of the new school
house which hangs up proceedings for
the time being in the way of FINISHING
/ work. There is still much to be done
before the building will be ready for use
but as soon as the plasterng is finished
1 the contractors will speedily put on the
finishing touches.
FL. Benson and Marshal Payne locked
horns at the city hall Monday evening
and in consequence Benson spent a nigh,
in Jail besides receiving a number OF
abb sions resultant from coming in con-
tact with the marshars knuckles it being
necessary to resort to heroic measures
as the prisoner exhibited a disposition
to resent being taken in. The morning
after-and what an experience the morn
ing after always is-Mr. Benson was tax
ed s. and costs for his lodgings. The
demon rum was at the bottom of the
trouble.
John Manley is down with a mild at
| tack of scarlet fever at the home of his
brother-in-law, c. C. Hedger Every
thing about the premises has been
| thoroughly fumigated and disinfected, and
| every known means taken to prevent a
| spread of the disease. Mrs Hedger and
| the baby moved out of the residence al
once, and left for Republic Wednesday to
be out Of all danger. Mrs. Manley.
! mother OF the young man, arrived from
Republic Tuesday. and will take person
al charge of the patient. Considering the
precautions taken at once no fear is ap-
pretended that other cases will deyelop.