The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-07-03
HERE AND THERE ON THE CURB

J. F. Mccarthy, county assessor, wa:
in town Saturday.
FRANK Funkhouser, formerly prin.
cipal of the Conccnully school, was 4
visitor in town Saturday.
j. E. Metcalf has purchased a ranct
near Ferry where he has moved ant
VIII make his future home.
Mrs. j. H. Porter, of Spokane. is
visiting with her mother, Mrs. Harry
Alen at the ranch, near Wanicut.
A dance was given in the Orpheun
Thursday evening last by the members
OF the ball club, which was largely at.
tended.
MISS Norma Allen, who attended
school at Spokane during the winter
mas returned to her home near Wani-
cut lake.
Both parties in the contracting firm
OF Weaver & Warren will put up con-
crete residences in the east part of
town this summer.
Some measure should be taken To
drive down the nails in the sidewalks
about town that are a menace to raj
ment and foot wear.
Mine Host Grub, who has been in
capacitated from active work for some
months, has taken charge of the day
shift behind the desk at his hotel
Mrs. AL. Sailing has not been in good
health for some time, and recently she
has been at the Wanicut Lake San
itorium taking baths, and is improv-
ing under treatment.
Mrs. H. Cunningham, of Riverside,
accompanied by her two young chill
dren, was visiting with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. McCammon, several
days during the week.
Mrs. w. L. Splawn, who is visiting
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
W. Loudon, in the Similkameen val
ley, was in town Saturday, accompan-
led by Miss Ruth Loudon.
An auto party consisting of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. O'Herin, Mrs. j. M. Judd,
Miss Milly Richards and Ferris Ford
came over from LComis Friday last
and spent the Gay in Oroville.
Fred Neal is stopping in town in
charge of the business affairs of the
law firm of Neal & Neal, during the
absence of Judge Neal in the east, and
will probably be here two or three
weeks.
The town will be jolly scene of
hilarity during the last two days of
this week. 1t is pretty late to invite
people to come and partake, but those
who overlooked the first day should
be on hand to see the grand finale
Saturday. There will be stunts to en-
terrain everybody.
Fort the first time in the history of
the county tent show will visit this
part of the valley next Wednesday.
The very novelty Of having big tent
pitched in town, with the old fashioned
street parade, will take the older peo-
pie back to the days of the circus and
will have the effect of drawing a big
crowd.
Charlie Kloppenberg, at one time
assessor of this county and now
resident of Republic was a visitor in
town for two or three days the latter
part of last week. Mr.. Kloppenberg
is looking exceedingly well, and ex-
pressed himself as delighted to meet
his old friends, and he has lots of
them around Oroville.
M. j. Sweeney, of Spokane spent
two or three days in Oroville during
the past week looking over mining
properties in this vicinity. Mr.. Swee-
ney has had much experience in min
ing during the past twenty years, and
he declared that he was surprised at
the extent and excellent character of
the mineral showings in this part of
the state, and could not understand
why they were not in a more advanced
stage of development.
During the heavy wind storm that
came up suddenly Sunday afternoon
a number of boats were out on Osoyoos
lake. The pond was dashed into white
caps and heavy rollers, and the boats
had to be headed to shore to prevent
ship wreck. The waves drove the
boats high and dry and the excursion
lists had to secure teams from resi-
dents along the lake and drive home.
Thorough soaking was all the damage
the pleasure seekers suffered.
w. o. Steele drove in from Spokane
Friday last in new Detroiter car. He
left Spokane at $50 Thursday morn
ing and reached Oroville at 4:30 p. m.
Friday. The actual distance travelled
from Herman avenue Spokane, to
Grubb's hotel was just 23S miles. The
trip Thursday was made in heavy
rain storm. Considering that it was
the first time Mr.. Steele ever ran car
the time made was really remarkable.
The car is handsome one and will
be a conspicuous addition to the big
flock of buzz wagons now in COM
mission in this ncighborhood
C. ]. Mckenzie, who has acted as
clerk at the old Peerless hotel and
since its completion at the Hotel de
Grub, for the past two or three years
severed his connection with the hotel
Friday last and left for Spokane Sat