The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-07-31

too. that in the past they have always
won out in the race, no matter how
often they repeat.
The NJ. E. Sunday school picnic at
Smith grove, on Osoyoos lake, was
well attended Tuesday, and the young
PEOPLE had jolly good time in and
out of the water. Some of the picnic
ers went up in boats and others in
vehicles. Tuesday was an ideal day
for an outing, and those youngsters
failing to be of the party missed a very
pleasant event.
1t is understood that number of
families expect to move to Oroville
for the winter in order to give their
children the advantages of the local
high school. That is they will move
here if they can find accommodations
If there are not more vacant houses
at that time than there are now very
few families will find places to reside,
for empty houses are exceedingly hard
to find just at the present time.
The office of the Union Title and
Trust company, of which P. M. Snyder
is secretary, has been removed from
the old quarters adjoining the First
National bank to the brick building
on the south side of the track, for
|merly occupied by the Bank of Spo-
kane. The change was made so that
the trust company could have the use
of the roomy fire proof vault in the
brick building.
The bonbardment heard every once
in a whil9 to the westward and the
geysers of dust thta accompany the ex-
plosions are incidents in the process
of prospecting carried on by c. W.
Smith, who is possessed of a notion
that he may be able to uncover a rich
lead on the hill that butts up against
the west limits of town. And what is
exposed to view as giant powder tears
hole in the rock crust is daily add
ing strength to that notion.
Word has been received that Mrs.
w. T. Schwabland, formerly a resi-
dent of Oroville, and now living in
Spokane, was taken very seriously ill
last Wednesday night and was at
one conveyed to the Sacred Heart hos
pital where she was operated on
Thursday for removed of the gall blad-
der and ulcer of the stomach. At last
reports Mrs. Schwabland was slowly
gaining, but it will be a long time be-
fore permanent recovery.
Geo. N. Stewart, tho has been sta
4, toned at Oroville for a long time as
one of the staff of the government i'm
migration inspectors S very low with
combination of fatal ailments at his
home in this place. Mr.. Stewart has
been in poor health for several months
and during the past few weeks has
failed rapidly. His unfortunate con-
diton is deeply deplored, as his genial
personality made him large circle
Of warm friends in this community.
The Owasco stamp mill has been
closed down. Not on account of any
shortage of milling ore, but because
the necessary electric powed to oper-
ate both the Nighthawk and Owasco
mills cannot be delivered by the pres
ent plant 1t is much of a disap-
pointment to Mr.. Harper, who has
been operating the Owasco, that work
cannot go on at that mine. When the
| requisite power can be supplied the
| old Owasco will again be grinding ore.
DR.. E. E. Elmer, who made trip
into the hill country east of town
| last week, reports that grain has been
far more seriously damaged by heat
than heretofore reported. Wheat and
| oats have headed out from six inches
to foot from the ground and is not
even worth cutting for hay. He be-
lieves that in many of the fields the
| loss will be total 1t is a most I'M
fortunate situation for the farmers of
| that part of the county, although they
are not alone in misery for the same
condition is said to exist in other parts
of the county.
w. E. Grant is the latest resident of
| Loomis to fall victim to automobile
| tits in this part of the country He
| surprised his friends Dy proudly roll
ing into town Sunday gripping the
steering wheel of new Ford, which
he had purchased through the M. X.
| Bowen agency, at Tonasket, house
that has placed most of the Fords now
in use in this part of the county, and
the number is in excess of all other
makes combined Grant withstood the
Temptation a long time, while his
Ineighbors were enjoying the owner
ship of cars, but will get plenty of fun
out of his now that he has taken the
plunge.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice CASTILLO ar
| llNSu III olONille SATURDAY iiohl 4Noi III
Dakota, where they have been spend
ing the summer The long rest has
worked a transformation in Mr.. Cas-
tello. He left here after years of
Isteady employment as station agent
with his nerves sheltered and physi-
cally very much run down. He had
the appearance of being a very sick
man. He returns as clipper as a
twenty-oner, looking ten years young
er than when he left, and in fine fettle
Having used his long vacation to the