The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-08-15

been neatly papered, and a nobby bal
backed by heavy plate mirrors, ha
taken the place Of the former ding
fixtures. 1t Is one of the neates
liquid refreshment dispensaries to b
found in the country where tn
drouth has not prohibited public hu
man irrigation.
Strawberry vines will bear continu
GUS crops through the summer, and A
]. Spencer has a lot of those kind O
vines. The berries he Is picking nov
are as firm and tempting in appear
ance as the first crop of the season
A patch of that kind of strawberrie
ought to be source of large incom
to the grower.
W. A. Ballew, of Danville, left Mon
day for his home after a visit of sew
eral weeks with A. s. Long, at Loomis
1t is rather a coincident that amonI
the items of happenings Is years ag,
this week as published elsewhere IL
this issue Is mention of the marriag,
OF Mr.. Ballew as one of the occur
RANGES of the long ago.
A party of Okanoganites consistin,
Of Judge W. c. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs
0. H. Woody, Miss Mabel Woody ant
Miss Nelly Ferbrache, spent last Fri
day night in Oroville. They wer,
travelling in Judge Browns car, ant
intended putting In a week autoin,
into British Columbia, extending tn,
trip as far as Kamloops.
In back ages Charlie Tilley cam,
into possession Of a lot on the fla
west of the swimming pool, but it 90
lost In the weeds and he was unabl.
| to locate It, Monday he had Geo
Gardiner on the ground with his tran
sit pegging out the corners. This
activity in starting a voyage of dis
| covery for an infinitisimal slice o.
the valley may presage a new resi-
| dence.
Now F. v. Covert is talking serious.
ly OF putting up brick block on his
lots at the southwest corner of Main
street and Central avenue. Mr.. Co.
vert could hardly make a better in.
vestment He could arrange his store
to display to the best advantage his
large and elegant stock of dry goods
furnishings, etc., and save q comfort.
able sum In the way or reduced in.
surance.
The Methow Valley Journal, pub.
l1shed at Winthrop, this county. by
W. E. Brinkerhoff, has just entered
upon Its second year. The Journal
Is a dignified, we'll conducted and
newsy sheet, and from its advertis-
ing columns it is evident that It is
occupying field where the people
appreciate a newspaper. May It sur
vive under the present management to
celebrate many more birthdays.
L. A. Livermore, of Spokane intro
duclng device that absolutely pre-
vents the raising of checks. was in
terView1ng our business men Tues
DAY. He tried to saw of a machine
on the Gazette office, but it did not 70.
AS any check issued from this office
ABOVE $1O would be looked upon with
suspicion, and arouse inquiry be-
fore paid, any scheme to prevent lift
ing figures on such a piece of paper
Is unnecessary.
Judge Albert Allen, of Spokane.
who does not permit his orisions at
the shrine of Blackstone interfere
with his counting dame fortune in the
game OF mining, stopped over in Oro-
vile Monday night on his way to the
mineral fields Of the Tulameen. It
cannot be noticed that time is in any
manner putting crimp In the judges
activity, nor has 1t modified his habitu-
a! cheerful spirits. He Is one of the
old. DIV"
Jake Neadieur, the jolly Dutch
Jake Of the old days. who held down
the earth adjacent to the O. s. Nine
Tor 80 many years, came in from Spo-
KANE Tuesday. where he Is now resid-
Ing. and shows no evidence of getting
any older or Of loosing his old genial
ity. He Is up here to do assessment
work on some claims he owns near
Conconully, and may remain all win.
ter. He has become so used to citv
life that he will put in much of his
time IN Oroville II his stay is protract-
ed until spring.
Mr.. Dart, Of the Owasco mine. re-
turned from Spokane Saturday. hay-
Ing secured a 50-horse power electric
motor to be used to operate the stamp
mill, and to furnish power for such
other purposes as required. The first
motor ordered by the Spokane house
from the east has been lost en- route
and no trace of It is Obtainable. The
motor and half car load of other ma
chinery for the mine is here. and It
Will not be long until the Owasco ia
running full blast. From the indica-
lions on the surface and under ground
the running should be Immediately
followed by producing.
w. J. DeMerchant has the contract
for excavating the bitches for the steel
water pipe that is to rupplant the old
wooden mains, in the east part of
town. that have become so moth eaten
that they leak in scores of places and
are Of no further use as means of
water distribution. Mr.. DeMerchant
Is using the road grader for starting
the bitches, and that will greatly ex-
pedite the work. The larger main will
De extended east on First avenue to
Douglas street, and north on that
street to the river. Laterals are to
be put down on the other cross streets
where required. Pipe laying will be
rushed, and water should be turned
into the new system by the first of
next month.
M. X. Bowen, of Tonasket, who has
become famous up this way from the
facility with which he has unloaded
Ford automobiles on the public this
season, was a visitor in town Satur-
day. Mr.. Bowen certainly secured the
agency for a car that touched the pop.
ular demand, for he has disposed OF
fourteen this summer in the small
territory that is within his jurisdic.
ton. Strange to say out of the en-.
tire number only one was sold In Orc.
vile. which would indicate that the
people of this place who are able tc
indulge in the luxury are looking fol
higher price machine, a better one
for service over the kind of roads
that exist in this country could hard
ly be secured.
Frank Griffin left for Seattle Mon
| day on business connected with al
| ov<anc{vo n1oonr r,fuin0 rr03oo< ~