The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-08-07
HERE AND THERE ON THE CURB

In Oroville over Sunday.
Z. A. Potter, the well known Nelson
merchant, was in Oroville Friday last
on business visit.
Mrs. Will Nelson and little son, came
up from Oroville Friday to visit rela-
tfves.-Molson Leader.
). f. Samson went to Conconully
Monday On business connected with
the irrigation project
Oroville district receives $540.22 as
It's apportionment of the last distribu-
ton of school funds for the county.
Miss Fay Riste is reported to be
quite seriously i'll at the home of her
parents in the Similkameen valley.
A forest fire is devastating the tim
Der just across the line in British Co.
lumbia, a short distance north of town.
Frank Farnsworth returned to Ri
verside Saturday after an outing of
two or three weeks in the mountains
near Keremeos.
Mrs. l.. F. Pourtales and daughter
Florence left Monday over the branch
Tor Tacoma, where she will visit with
relatives for a month.
daughter was born to the house
hold of Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Hoose
last Wednesday evening. Both mother
and child are doing nicely.
Morris CASTILLO took charge of the
office at the depot Saturday, and it was
like old times to see his jolly face
framed in the window of the ticket
office.
Count Won Pourtales, German EN-
bassador to Russia, mentioned in the
exciting news from the theatre of war,
is near relative of l.. F. Pourtales of
this place.
1t now looks as though those who
have been bleeding the American tour
list in foreign lands for so many years
are going to do a great deal of bleed
ing themselves.
A report is in circulation that work
will start again at the Triune mine,
west Of Golden, this fall. Another
property where indications leave the
impression that idleness is unjusti
fable.
A younger brother of the unfortun
ate John McGinty, who was drowned
was present at the time agon-
lied at seeing his brother go down,
and perfectly helpless to render any
assistance.
c. T. Fenner, of Oroville, has open
ed up the barber shop and pool room
next to the postoffice. He is an ex-
pert with the razor and will undoubt-
eddy do we'll in his new location.-Mol-
son Leader.
Mrs. H. F. Seifert and baby, &C
Companied by her mother, Mrs. e. B.
Perne, left Saturday for Seattle on a
visit. Mrs. Perne has been visiting foi
some time with her daughter at the
old Prize mine.
The many friends of Roy billiard
are pleased to see him back in Hedley
again after his operation. He return
ed from Oroville on Saturday last, and
says he is feeling fine, although little
Gazette.
The river was so full of bathers
during the hot spell that there was
not room in the stream for the fish.
Miss Clara Melcher, of Loomis, was
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Gregg during the week.
The Oroville and Conconully ball
teams come together on the local dia-
mond Sunday, August Is. The Con-
conully club is the champion OF the
Okanogan valley league, and the game
that is to be played here will be we'll
worth seeing.
The heavy pail of smoke that envel-
oped the valley during the past week
indicated that timber fires somewhere
in the surrounding mountains were
destroying valuable property Fires
were reported in the direction of
Princeton and Camp Mckinney.
A number of fires have been burn
ing this week along the railroad be-
tween Oroville and Princeton, the
nearest one to town being just beyond
the Similkameen falls. These. fires
to the heavy canophy OF
smoke that has been overhanging the
valley.
A bathing party was given by Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Gregg to their guest,
Miss Clara Melcher, Friday evening
last. at the Gregg home on Osoyoos
lake. There was large attendance
of young folks, and the crowd made
happy evening of it on land and in the
water.
J. w. Mcbride, who in early days
was connected with mining enterprises
in this county, stopped over in Oro-
Vile last Friday night on his way to
his home at Spokane. Mr.. Mcbride
still has confidence in the future of
this county as a mineral producing
district.
Mrs. C. c. Hedger and son Billy, ac-
companied by Mrs. Hedger's mother,
Mrs. S. H. Manley, of Republic, left
Saturday for Seattle. After visiting
in that city for short time they will
80 on to Portland for a visit, and
where Mr.. Hedger will meet them in
ho foil