The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-05-29

the council to appear on the scene
that body was shy a quorum Monday
evening hence no meeting was held.
An effort will be made to get on
ball game at Pateros between the Oro-
Vile and Wenatchee clubs at the time
set for the driving of the golden spike
J. NJ. Smathers, of Nelson, spent the
early part of the week in town. Mr..
Smathers states that he has decided to
move down into the valley and locate
in Oroville.
Rev. Munton a returned missionary
from Africa will lecture in the Metho-
dist Episcopal church Wednesday
evening, June 3. Admission-adults
Csc, children 10c. Do not miss the
lecture.
The Nighthawk mill started up again
Monday running on Caaba ore, and
the Owasco mill was again in COM
mission the same day. but owing to
lack of power both mills could not be
operated at full capacity.
G.. NJ. Fripp, substantial business
man of Grand Forks, B. c., interested
with ]. L. Harper in some of that gen.
tleman's mining ventures in this To-
cality spent Monday in company with
Mr.. Harper inspecting the Caaba mine
and the Nighthawk mill.
A heavy rain fell fo- short period
| Wednesday, and when the clouds roll
ed by it was noted that the higher
peaks were we'll peppered with snow.
The white mantle disappeared wit l
the appearance of the sun, yet it was
certainly AL unreasonable visitation.
| Herbert Gregg has the thanks OF
this Office for sheaf of postal card
views of Oroville and scenes around
about the town. 1t is needless to add
that the pictures are beautiful speci-
mems of the art photography, for that
is the only kind of pictures that come
through Mr.. Gregg's hands.
The TWO poems published in this
Issue, appropriate to Memorial Day
and the closing of the school term, are
from the pen of Mrs E. NJ. Douglass
who lives in the Okanogan valley, q
short distance south of Tonasket. Tie
lady writes in a musical and HAPPY
vein, and her productions have meri
far above the ordinary.
i c. J. st. Hill, who has travelled il
|South America and the West Indies
we'll lecture to the Farmers UnioI
Saturday, June6, on the soil and sugar
! industry of the Isle of Barbados, W
III Mr.. St. Hill will illustrate his lee
Iture with samples of volcanic ashes
which he gathered after the eruption
| of La Sufere volcano which he wit
messed ten years ago when so 10000
tons of ashes fell on 1873 square mile.
of surface.
Good Roads Day." Friday last, wa!
permitted to go by default by the resi-
dents of this place. Last year man.
citizens turned out and much worl
was done in the good cause. 1t ma.
so happen that the citizens of thi
place will get up a good roads da.
celebration all by their lonely, ant
rectify some of the rough places in tn,
roads radiating from Oroville. 1t ha
been so suggested, but so far no on
has heard to DANGEROUSLY second tn
motion.
DR.. E. W. Smoot, who has been liv
ing at the Treadwell mine, the old Ma
quoy property, near Golden for sew
eral months acting as disbursin.
agent for the syndicate that has sup
lplied funds for keeping up develop
E2ent on the property, left this weel
for his home at Madiosn, West Va
Work will be temporarily suspende'
a, the mine The doctor has not los
faith, but funds ebbing low he woul'
not run the property in debt. He ex
poets that operations will be resumes
in the near future.