The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-07-03

| diSo one Oh tne many StrOnS features
of this up-to-date modern American
amusement organization, which is COM
ing in all it's vast entirety and will ex-
hibit at Oroville, Wednesday night
July 8, under a mammoth water proof
palace theater tent seating $500
people.
The depot force is now wondering
when sleep time comes in for them
1t is late in the evening before the
boys can knock off, owing to the hour
| OF arrival of the last train, and they
| can hardly sink into quiet slumber be-
| fore it is time for them to be out
| hustling around helping to turn loose
| the first train out at 5:45. Such hours
of labor is liable to bring on nervous
prostratiOn.
Mail service with Wanicut will be
spasmodic and only once in a while af-
ter the 1st of the present month
Postmaster Mills has indefinite in
structions to make up and send out
the Wanicut mail whenever the Wan
icut postmaster sends in for it. That
order Is open to wide construction,
| and under it patrons of the Wanicut
Office could be served one in six
months If the postmaster so elected.
The first train consisting of three
passenger coaches, combination ex-
press and mail car and freight car
pulled out of Oroville on the branch
Wednesday morning, and it was as
tonishing the number of passengers
and amount of express handled. 1t
looks from the start that a regular
passenger service would have to be
inaugurated to accommodate the pub
lie. The train was in charge of Con-
ductor Burk, with Engineer Lenz in
the cab, A c. Harding express mes
senger and Robert A. Young mail
agent.
This office is informed that excel
lent ore has recently been encounter
ed in the @. s. mine, which is located
between Loomis and Conconully. This
is an old time mining property from
which much was expected years ago.
Little has been done on the claims
beyond representation work for long
time. The strike reported occurred
while doing assessment work. The @.
S. has all the ear marks of valuable
property if ever properly opened up.
Remoteness from transportation is a
handicap, but transportation would
soon be provided If big mine was
once opened up, and that may happen
some day.
c. A. Valentine, one of the ancient
residents of the Loomis neighborhood,
spent few days in Oroville this week,
taking brief rest from the tolls of
ranching. Mr.. Valentine is looking af-
ter the old Cochran place, on Blue
lake, a land mark of the Sinlahekin
valley. He is faithful worker and
careful manager, and knows how to
handle land to get the most out of it.
Mr.. Valentine is getting tired of ,iv-
ing far from the busy haunts of men,
and Is thinking seriously of securing a
small tract in the valley near Oroville,
where he can make permanent home
and at the same time be in touch with
metropolitan life.
The Grieger Bottling Works turned
out large quantity of bottled goods
this week including ginger ale, root
beer, strawberry, raspberry and lemon
soda, sarsaparilla, iron brew, etc. For
purity, bouquet and flavor these soft
drinks cannot be excelled. They
should be the best on the market, as
they are manufactured from distilled
water and only imported extracts are
used as flavoring. The beverages are
bound to become popular drinks as
their quality becomes known, and few
families will be without them. Just
drop in and see the modern plant,
test the product and convince your
self that drinks produced are pleas
ant to the taste and healthy to the
consumer.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Mcars, of Okla
hogan, stopped over in Oroville Tues
day. Mr.. Mear3 is at the head of the
Boston Orchards company, that has
put out one of the largest apple or
chards in the state, near Okanogan.
Mr.. Mears has been up to inspect the
orchards on Okanogan lake, accom-
panied by his horticulturist, B. F..
Brown, to ascertain the ravages of
fire blight. He found many orchards
seriously affected, but believes that he
has interested the people to inaugurate
war against the pest, and that it will
be eradicated in time. He urged the
growers in this part of the valley to
guarding against fire blight getting
foothold in the orchards.
Pat ID. Mcdonald surprised his
friends Monday evening as he got off
the train direct from his old home at
Alpena, Mich. Mr.. Mcdonald left here
some months ago, only few of them,
bytheway, with the expectation of re-
naming permanently. He met with
kindly reception among his relatives,
but he could not resist the appeal Of
the west and the longer he stayed
away from the mountains of Okano-
gan the more anxious he was to re-
turn. He says he felt better as soon
as he got a whiff of the sage brush.
He is by no means strong, yet is bet
ter than when he left on his eastern
trip. Mr.. Mcdonald found jobs await
ing him that will occupy his time and
keep the wolf from the door.
The most caring and successful
birdman who has ever attempted
flights in Spokane is A. D. Smith. He
flies around that city just for the
novelty and sport of being up in the
air. He has become so proficient that
he is now booking engagements for
outside points. Mr.. Smith has given
c. c. Tilley, of this place, the exclu-
sive booking right for British Colum-
bia and all the country north of Spo-
kane Mr.. Tilley has accepted, and as
soon as the Oroville celebration is
off his hands he will commence work
ing up dates for the birdman. Say;
what is the matter with Oroville put
ting on a flight early in September
in conjunction with baseball tourna-
ment? 1t would be a drawing card
that would knock any otLer attraction
off the very top limb.