The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-06-19


fences that are not expected in tn,
smaller and newer towns of the ives
Iare to be found.
H. c. Mccain, of Princeton, wht
was operated on at the Oroville hos
pital for appendicitis fortnight ago
was taken his regular three meals
again Saturday, a new and well man
The consumption of water during
the hot spell is something terrific, anG
Bob Hoose, who sees that the reser.
voir is kept supplied, is compelled to
keep the pumps going night and day
Mrs. ]. w. Baker has the thanks OF
the editor for a quantity of the very
choicest strawberries he has sampled
this season. They were grown on the
Baker place, in the south part of town
c. l.. Simmons, Spokane, who tray
els for a marble works in that city
end in very early days was a large
landed proprietor at Davenport, spent
several days in Oroville during the
past week.
C. c. Tilley is the right man in the
right place as secretary Of the 4th of
July committee. He is doing much
publicity work, and his efforts are go
ing to result in big crowd in town on
the Sd and 4th.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Mcguire of Chelan, at
tended the Sanford-Martin nuptuals,
at the j. c. Martin home, near Wani-
cut Sunday. Mr.. Mcguire is brother
in-law of the groom in that matri-
monial venture.
Mrs. L. N. Pourtales arrived from
Mortified, Mimi, Saturday, and will
visit with her son, l.. f. Pourtales for
some days. From here she will go to
the coast and make her home with a
son near Seattle.
The executive committee of the 4th
of July celebration are working up a
program in conjunction with Secre-
tary Tilley that is bound to please the
multitude that will collect in Oroville
On the day we celebrate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Ellis returned
to their home at Spokane Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis came to Oroville
to be present at the marriage of Mrs.
Ellis sister, Miss Kate B. Dallam,
that occurred last week.
r. A. Jackson is again on the branch
run after an absence of two months
visiting at his old home in the east
Of course he had pleasant vacation,
but he could not stand the hot wether
and was glad enough to get back to
the coast.
Albert Groulx, nephew of our pop
ular wagon maker and blacksmith, A.
Groulx, left for Butte Tuesday to be
absent several months. Young Groulx
has been resident of Oroville for the
past two years, and is a very likeable
young man.
Readers will confer a favor by hand
ing in any local news, especially Of a
personal nature. Ye editor can not he
everywhere, and he often misses mem
tioning arrivals and departures with
out intention. Touch the telephone
and receive our thanks.
Kinneman, who caught for the Oro-
vile team in the Keremeos game, and
then got out of town under cloud,
is pitcher as well as catcher. He
pitched for Conconully recently in a
game against Riverside, and won his
game by a score of 10 to 0.
The ball boys of Penticton are some
plucky sports. Several of them came
all the way from Penticton last Fri
day night to attend the dance given by
the Oroville club. OF course they had
good time, yet is was long distance
to come just for good time.
No mistake can be made by stating
that summer is here, and here with
both feet and a breath like the blast
of furnace. AS the weather has been
unusually cool for two or three weeks
the change is felt more severely than
if hot weather had been the rule.
| Mining operations are going on
briskly on a number of claims in this
vicinity, and the returns are so en-
couraging that operators are hopeful
of developing real mines in a very
short time, and real producing mines
will make this upper country fairly
hum.
Mrs. j. w. Smathers has moved to
Oroville from Nelson and opened a
photograph studio in the building
south of the Radbourne hotel, former
ly used as a school room. The lady
has the reputation of being an ex-
ceptionally expert portrait photog-
rapher.
The local band will go to Penticton
in full force on the list of July to join
in the celebration at that place that
comes off on the list and I'd The ball
club will also take part in the festiv-
tiles. In return the Penticton band
and ball club will be here on the Sd
and 4th.
Mrs. E. N. Grub has gone to the
sanitorium at Wanicut lake, where she
will try the virtues of the waters of
that lake for rheumatism. Mrs. Grub
has suffered long and severely, and
Just recently returned from Hot
Springs, Oregon, where she spent sew
cral weeks taking treatment.
The demand for houses has never
been as great in this place as at the