The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-05-08
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DR.. C. P. House went to Spokane
Tuesday on business trip.
Geo. Smith is putting up a large
barn on his place on the East Oro-
Vile Orchard tracts.
MIR. and Mrs. A. Moran returned to
Oroville last week after having spent
the winter in California.
Butter fat is reaching so low a fig
ure that the poorest of us can eschew
axle greese and get back to butter
again.
Mrs. Frank M. Dallam, jr., left for
Spokane Tuesday, where she will Join
her husband, and will probably be at
Seattle for the summer.
Mrs. L. F. Pourtales entertained a
number Of ladies of the town Monday
| afternoon at farewell luncheon CIV
en- to Mrs. Frank M. Dallam, jr.
Dick Case arrived in town Satur-
day from Phoenix, B. c., where he
has been located for the past two
years. He has returned to Oroville
to stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Fruit and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. e. Grant, of Loomis, were
visitors in town for a few hours
Thursday last, coming over in Mr..
Fruits car.
c. c. Tilley, who has spent the win
ter at Greenwood, B. c., arrived in
town Monday on visit to his family.
Time Is treating c. c. kindly judging
from his healthy appearance.
w. F. Keller returned to Belvue,
Ohio, Tuesday after having spent a
month in Oroville. He still has min
ing interests in this neighborhood that
will probably draw him back to the
OkanOgan occasionally.
Quite number of residents are tap
ping the water mains this spring, in
surfing an increased revenue for that
department. Some of the excavations
have been carried long distances in
order to reach premises remote from
the mains.
A prize of S. was an offering by
Prof. Courtney for the young man who
won the declamatOry contest last Fri
day night. 1t proved to be so hard
to decide between the two contestants
that the professor divided the pot be-
tween the young men.
Prizes were offered for the young
graders who won first, second and
third place in the recitation contest
last Friday evening, but as it turned
out all did so well that Prof. Court
nay felt it was hardly fair to discrim-
mate, so he made all of the youngsters
happy by presenting each of them with
a handsome present.
Midway, B. c., will celebrate May
rs, Victoria day, and good time is
guaranteed to all. There will be
horse racing, base ball, relay races,
motorcycle races, etc. In the even
ing dancing in Harrison hall. Special
train on the c. P. railway from all
local points. Excursion rates given
on the Great Northern.
The Dividend-Lake View auto truck
has been put in commission again and
ore shipments to the smelter will be
renewed. The workmen were getting
out SO much ore that the mineralized
stuff was becoming nuisance by be-
ing in the way, so it was decided that
it might as we'll 60 to the melting pot.
Harvey Collins will have charge of
the truck.
When man does not know how to
conduct himself in a public audience,
annoys, distracts and disgusts others
by his buffOOnery, it is the duty of
the management, or some one with au-
thOrity, to put him out of the building.
Much OF the pleasure Of the entertain
ment last Friday evening was spoiled
by one Of these public nuisances with
more mouth than brains.
The American people love sensation.
So long as sign of war existed in the
Mexican situation Loudons news stand
swarmed with people at the time of
the arrival of the evening train, al
most developing a riot in the anxiety
to secure daily paper. 1t was a case
of scramble and snatch, first come
first served. AS soon as hostilities
ended the demand for papers ceased
or assumed it's normal status.
Huerta may be as black as he is
painted, yet when all is said it must
be admitted that he has displayed
more forebearance than would most
men in his position He has submitted
to more humiliation from the United
States than the United States has
from him, and in about all the rela-
tons between the two governments he
has shown to better advantage than
the administration in state craft.
An executive order issued by the
president requires competitive exami-
nations by the civil service commits
sion for the position of postmaster at
all fouth class postoffices at which
the annual compensation is $3.50 or
more, and at which the present in
cumbent was not appointed under the
civil service regulations. Such ex-