The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-09-18
HERE AND THERE ON THE CURB

M Meaa ana W. II. Higgs, of Mans
held, Douglas county, were visitors r.
town Saturday.
refer Flanagan, of LOOMS. was
shaking hands with his friends in Orc
vile Friday last.
ROBERT kllian has a coop of bant,
chickens entered at the Spokane In.
terstate Fair this week.
Mrs. E. S. Taylor, of Riverside, was
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Davis, OF this place. over Sunday.
Mrs. c. w. Smith returned home last
Friday from a visit with friends a,
Centralia of several weeks duration
Miss Olive Arnold, of Oroville. has
been visiting friends in Okanogan dur.
ing the week.-Okanogan Independ.
ent.
Mrs. j. S. Spencer, of Cozy Corner
ranch, in the East Oroville Orchard
tracts, has been quite ill during the
past week.
Phll. Schleiff was up from his place
below Oroville Friday with a load of
hne apples, which h. sold at 81 a box.
Chesaw News.
j. Z. Fisher, of the Dividend-Lake
View mine, is back again from Spo-
kane, where he spent several DAYS last
week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kinchelo and
daughter Ophal, of LOOMS, were visit
ors in town Friday last, coming over
H. Mr.. Kinchelo's car.
Poul Gordon, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
). A. Gordon, left Friday last for
Walla Walla, where he will attend
school for the ensuing year.
Mrs. c. H. Neal spent several days
ia Conconully during the past week
arranging to have her household goods
removed from that place to Oroville.
Guy Gordon was in town Friday last
from Riverside, circulating among his
friends, and reports business in a
flourishing condition at that place.
The new residence of Charles Pow
ell, jr., in the north part of town, is
rapidly assuming shape, and will when
finished, be very neat and attractive
little home.
Miss Tressie Masters left the latter
Part of last week to enter the Catholic
school at Ward, in the Colville valley
The little lady has attended the same
school for number of years.
Valley growers in ihis vicinity have
disposed of much fruit and vegetables
in the high country to the east during
this season. The trade has run on
soft fruits, melons, tomatoes and Gu
cumbers principally.
Dooley P. Wheeler went over to Re-
Iublic Thursday last with two or three
tons of watermelons, which he dis
posed of in that mining camp. Mr..
Wheeler's crop of melons this year
was enormous.
DR.. F. S. Beale was the lucky fisher
man Sunday, as he landed big black
bass that weighed three and a half
pounds when dressed. He hooked 1t
in Osoyoos lake and it is one of the
prize catches of the season.
Friday evening the 14-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Walk
er, of Berger, B. c., was brought to
Oroville suffering from rheumatism of
the heart, and placed in the Oroville
hospital, where she is under treat
ment.
According to the figures &C hand
Omak received majority of the votes
in the elimination contest at the pri-
maries only in the precincts OF Ouak,
Riverside, Synarep and Tonasket. The
majority for Okanogan is in the neigh
borhood of 900.
J. A. Raitor, who filled the position
of station agent at this place for sew
eral months during the past year, and
is now back on his old job as relief
agent on the line, with headquarters
al Marcus, was helping out the force
at the depot this week.
The first new snow Of the season
whitened the western peaks the latter
rart of last week. 1t is harbinger
of what is due here in a few weeks,
and the providcnt nan will accumu-
late a wood and coal supply to meet
the weather change that can be ex-
pCcted.
From the amount of wood coming
into town it is evident that those with
the means to be provident are prepar-
ing comfort in anticipation of hard
winter. which is predicted as a neces-
sary sequence of the mild weather last
winter. and the extremely hot sum-
mer that followed.
Every once in awhile one notices in
dications of prosperity. A straw point
ing in that direction was the receipt
bv James Holmes of big, solid fire
proof safe Friday last. The installation
CT this strong box would indicate that
tie owner was accommodating valuables
that required safe keeping.
Those who were not registered be-
fore the primaries should get on the
books as soon as possible if they de-
sire to vote at the general election In
November. 1t is an important cleo
ton and every voter in the county
p.n1o and female. should be prepared