The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-10-23

visitor in town Saturday.
This is a week when things have
happened few and far between.
l.. l.. Work has been on the outside
during the past week on business.
Mrs. r. J. Armstrong, of Chopaka,
was a visitor in town Wednesday.
A. S. Long, of Loomis, was mingling
among his friends in town Saturday.
James Ritchey is still quite sick,
necessitating trip to Oroville last
week-Chesaw News.
Jas. f. Forde came in Wednesday
from Spokane to remain week look
ing after his property interests.
George Turner and Ed. Trodden
autoed down to Oroville Saturday, re-
turning Sunday afternoon.-Chesaw
News.
DR.. Elmer was called to Chesaw Sat
urday, and reports healthy girl born
to the family of Mr.. and Mrs. Amos
Harry.
Deputy Sheriff Clair Ward was nos
ing around town Monday. but he did
not have anything serious on the
string.
Miss Bernice Desmond will teach in
the McGinty school house, short
distance south of town, commencing
next week.
The heaviest frost of the season
covered the face of nature Thursday
morning, and the air had the keen
kick of winter.
Miss Daisy Stansbury arrived from
Oroville Wednesday morning, and is
visiting at the home of H. Fl. Catlin.
-Tonasket Times.
After a weeks vacation, to permit
teachers to attend teachers institute,
teachers and scholars buckled into
work again Monday.
J. A. Merva spent several days the
latter part of last week in Orovllle
where he was retained as attorney in
two law suits.-Tonasket Times.
Paul Schultz, of Loomis, who has
handled several building contracts at
Tonasket during the past two years,
was a visitor in town over Monday
night
E. r. Bond, travelling representative
of the John w. Graham & Co., paper
and book house of Spokane, was in
town on one of his regular visits We'd
nesday.
Oscar Trummel has given up the sta
ton at Nighthawk, that he has held
down for number of months, and is
again engaged in the tonsorial line on
the south side of the track.
This promises to lie wet fall, and
that should insure good crops for
next year. Wheat will be paying
crop, because Europe is not going to
pay much attention 70 farming.
Frank Buckingham is a dog fancier
with a strong leaning toward the bull
species, and raised several handsome
bull pups this summer. They all
found a ready market at $40 per.
Dooley P. Wheeler, the OrOville
fruit and truck gardner, was up Sat
urday placing orders with our deal
ers for all kinds Of seasonable pro.
duce from his Bonnycroft tract.-Che.
saw News.
The ballot this year is going to bt
almost as large as horse blanket
and the voter will have to use con
siderable circumspection or he is 60
ing to overlook a bet or two marking
that ballot.
Percy Eastman came in from
LOOMS Friday last accompanied by
his wife. Mrs. Eastman continued on
Saturday for Republic, where she in.
tended to stop with Dr. Webb fol-
medical treatment.
Sheriff Harry Stark was visitor
in town Wednesday, He was not Out
this time chasing down malfactors
but for the purpose Of mingling among
the population to let them know that
he is out for reelection.
The bowling alley that has been in
operation in the old Peerless hotel
building for several months, closed its
doors last week. There is not a suf-
ficient number of patrons of that sport
in town to support an alley.
j. A. Blackler attended the Twisp
fair last week, and received the prom
Use of very substantial backing in the
Methow valley. The Methow people
will find that Mr.. Blackler will stand
as true to their interest as any man in
that valley.
Ray Vincent, of the Chesaw coun-
try, who attended the Oroville high
last year, and who was one of the star
performers on the football and basket
ball teams, was in town Tuesday. He
expects to re-enter school here in a
week or two.
In the first football game of the
season OkanOgan defeated Oroville by
a score of 26 to 6. The local boys do
not feel that they put up poor ex-
hibition against Okanogan since that
team has defeated tie crack Concon-
ully team 26 to 7.
|. N. Minick, a pioneer resident of
Davenport, was a visitor in town Mon
day. Mr.. Minick is dealing in dairy
stock. He considers this valley an
ideal dairy country, and expressed