The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-08-28
HERE AND THERE ON THE CURB

: School opens week from next Mon
day.
The LOOMS tennis tournament has
been postponed to September Is.
James Kincaid and daughter, Mabel,
were visitors in Oroville Friday last
from LOOMS.
= Mrs. r. Greiger left for the Methow
, valley Thursday to visit for a fortnight
/ with her parents.
: Geo. j. Gardiner, candidate for en-
gineer, was out on the road this week
, interviewing the voter.
M. j. Flynn, one of the candidates
fer county assessor, was in town Mon
day, evening feeling the public pulse
Miss Violette Granger and Miss
Helen Johnston went to Conconully
this week to take the teachers exam
ination.
Rev. j. A. Spencer and family, of
Oroville, were visitors at the Metho-
dist parsonage Tuesday. - Nelson
Leader.
A social dance i'll the Orpheum
theater Saturday night supplied pleas
ure for number OF lovers OF the
dizzy whirl.
Jack Williams, one Of Oroyilles most
successful farmers, was here Saturday
with load of fruit and vegetables
Nelson Leader.
Trinity Guild, of the Episcopal
church, will hold their regular annual
Christmas bazaar on Friday, Deem
Der A, this year.
Mrs. E. M. Covert, of Lansing, Mich,
is visiting with her son, r. V. Covert.
She arrived Friday last and will re-
main here several weeks.
| Miss Gertrude Granger went to Spo-
kane this week, where she will visit
with Miss Dodson prior to going to
| Davenport tor the winter.
| From the amount OF print matter
that is being distributed by candidates
Tor congress it must cost a man
pretty sum to stand for that Office.
VIM. Frank, accompanied by his
| daughter, Miss Celia Frank, and Miss
Bernice Desmond, are visiting among
| friends i'll Seattle and other coast
cities.
Butter is going up, which may be
attributed to the European war as
| that war is blamed for the sudden
advance i'll price OF other necessary
commodities.
Dan Mulcahey and his side kicker,
John Reed, two OF the oldest, best
known and most prosperous cattle
men in the county, were in Oroville
Friday last on business.
w. Brown, who has been in the Orc
vile hospital for some weeks taking
for oil
again full OF health, good spirits and
praise for the doctor.-Hedley Gazette.
While the sun still throws off a sum-
mer warmth during the day The even
1ngs are taking on fall temperature
1t is pleasant change from the long
season of torridness that everybody |
enjoys.
Arthur Lund, OF Tonasket, was in |
town for few hours Monday evening, |
coming up with Clay Fruit. for the |
purpose OF assisting in receiving the |
shipmen OF trout fry arrived from Spo-
shipment of trout that arrived from |
Spokane.
M. Glascoe has had the old Marker |
building, on the south side of the |
track, entirely made over on the in |
side, cutting up the floor space into |
small rooms and opened up the Work |
lngman's Home, where lodging will be |
furnished at moderate rates.
f. w. Mcdaniel, one of the old set
tiers OF the Nighthawk country, was in |
town Monday. His son, Fremont, is |
quite i'll, and he came down to Gro |
vile for medical aid. DR.. Beale accom- |
panied Mr.. Mcdaniel to NighthaWk Oh |
hand car, and administered to the |
sick lad.
e. ID. Reitter returned Saturday from |
trip to Tacoma, where he had gone |
for the purpose of making some ar
engagements with the smelter to take |
the concentrates from the Caaba mine |
His mission was unsuccessful, owing |
to the arbitrary demands of the smell |
ter people as to prices.
The local ball team may play at
the Labor Day celebration at Hedley, |
September Z. That plan is under con-
sideration at this time. The Hedley |
people have hung up a fat and tempt
ing purse and the local players may
go after it. If they fail to get it the
other fellows will have to play ball. |
The announcement of Geo. j. Stew
art as republican candidate for the
Legislature appears in another col
umn. Mr.. Stewart is making an active
campaign throughout the county, and
is encouraged with the outlook. If
nominated and elected he will make |
creditable record at Olympia next
winter.
If you have not registered do so at |
the earliest moment. The town clerk |
will have the registration books in
the town hall every afternoon next
week from 2 to 4:30. If you are not
registered you cannot vote. People
living in the precinct outside of the
town limits must also register. Do
not forget this.
Fred Watson, who arrived here from
Chelan some days ago, has had the
north store room of the old Peerless
hotel building overhauled and reno
waited and opened a bowling alley
therein this week Now that cooler
weather is coming on people will hunt
indoor amusementS, and a bowling al
ley furnishes clean and rational sport.
About 2 o'clock Saturday morning
Marshal Case noticed a bright fame
spring up in the grass and sage brush
close to the old barn in rear of the Ray
| born residence, and gave an alarm by
firing off his revolver several times.
a number of people responded, but
| their services were not needed, as
there was no wind and the fire died
down and went out. 1t is not known
how the fire started.
In mentioning the return of l. N.
! Wickersham last week it was stated
that he had been at Spokane. This
was mistake. Mr.. Wickercham was
visiting with his mother at his old
home at Walla Walla He reports