The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-06-12

trips with patched up team, for I'M
der such conditions defeat is invited
and inevitable. No one expects the
home club to win every game, yet ii
grows wearisome to have the boys
lose games on rank errors alone.
few more exhibitions like the last two
games and patrons of the sport will
decline to extend support to the or
ganization.
Saturday evening c. P. Ives, con-
nected with the Guthrie-McD ougal
railroad contracting firm, and Miss
Della Marie Benish, of Eu Glare, Wis,
were married in the parlor of the
Hotel de Grub, Rev. A. H. Morton Of
floating. Mr.. Ives came to Oroville
from Princeton and was met here by
his bride, who had been visiting rela-
tives in Spokane. They will reside
at Princeton, where Mr.. Ives is now
employed, for a few months.
J. Henry Smith, of Brewster, spent
Sunday in Oroville. Mr.. Smith is one
of the best known residents of the
state, and has a multitude of &C
quaintances from Spokane to Seattle
and from Walla Wal'a to Oroville. He
is not only pioneer of the state, but
served as register of the United States
land office at Seattle for two terms,
and has always taken an active part in
state politics. He is now away from
his old beat. However, he says he
likes this upper country and has come
into it to make his home.
Fred J. Fine arrived in Oroville last
Friday and is here for the purpose of
looking up and reporting on state
lands. Mr.. Fine is in excellent health
and is making a most creditable rec
ord in the position he is holding. He
met with hearty welcome during his
stay in town, for few men who have
lived in Okanogan county have more
warm personal friends than Mr.. Fine
At present Mr.. Fine has no established
home, as his wife is visiting with rela-
tives in eastern Washington, but eX-
poets to be located again soon in Sea-
tile or Olympia.
Last fall Ben hutchinson frisked
Bidum in the old Riverside
hotel for the comfortable sum of $110
and some small change, the amount
of which was trivial as compared with
the main rake off. hutchinson has
been spending the winter jovially in
the county Jail, awaiting the slowly
moving action of the law. His case
finally came to hearing the latter
part of last week, and he was found
guilty, as the evidence was too plain
for the willy lawyer to circumvent.
Up to time of writing it had not been
learned what penalty he will pay for
his crime.
The local ball club drove up to Che
saw Sunday and took dressing down
from the lads of that place, by score
Of 5 to 2. The game was played in the
mud, and the last three innings in a
rain. Up to the fifth in
ming the score stood 1 to 1, when some
Of the Oroville boys got giddy and at
tempted to throw the ball over the
hill into the valley. The game was a
kindly gift to Chesaw, yet at the same
time the performers from the hill
country are no slouches on the dia-
mond, and even with air tight playing
the Oroville collection have to do their
level best to put it across on Chesaw
Col. N. E. Linsley, of Spokane was
visitor in Oroville over Sunday. Col
Linsley is one of the ancients in the
mining game in this state, and while
Did in years and experience he is still
quite active and takes keen interest
in the business he has followed for so
long a time. Years ago the colonel
was not a stranger in Okanogan coun-
ty. In late years he has devoted his
attention to other fields. Now that
there is a revival Of interest in mining
hereabouts he may be more frequent
visitor, for the colonel always felt
that the mineral was in this north
if operators only went after
It in the right way. 1t was pleasant
to meet and greet the colonel again,
and he cannot come this way too Of
ten.
LOOMS people have enjoyed the
privilege of public library for num-
Der of years. The organization of the
library was the work of the ladies of
the place, and during the long time the
library has been open to the public 4
great many people have patronized the
institution. Heretofore the books
have been free to those who desired to
avail themselves of the opportunity.
Now there has become such a demand
for new books that in order to keep
up expenses the ladies have decided
to levy small tribute from all who
apply for books. The charge fixed
is only 60 cents year, cents per
month, sum so small, indeed, that no
one can nor will object to the tax. The
new order goes into effect on and af-
ter July LIST.
A wrangle over the ownership of
a colt attracted crowd on Main street
and occupied the time of the two con-
testants most of Saturday. One of
the claimants insisted that the ami
NAL was a two-year-old. 1t was the
cOn census Of OniniOn of every horse