The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-05-01

hour of night who awakens in the
morning hardly able to believe his
eyes that what he sees in the way of
a town is the same place he arrived at
the night before.
Miss Mildred Schisler, of Prince
ton, B. G., is visiting at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Stains.
| H. H. Granger left Thursday for his
old home at Davenport on business
trip, to be absent several days.
An auto party consisting of Jas.
O'Herin, Gene Judd, p. S. Harris and
Ferris Ford came in from LoOmis
Wednesday and spent several hours
Visiting with old friends.
| Among the injured employees OF
eastern Washington who were award
ed compensation by the industrial
commission last week is the name Of
q. M. Rayburn, OF Orovilie, $i2.1O.
The Odd Fellows dance that was due
for this Friday evening has been post
poned until Friday evening, May 8, on
account OF the minstrel entertainment
that takes place this Friday evening.
T. r. Wilkinson, county sealer OF
weights and measures, spent several
days in OrOville during the past week
examining the scales and measures
in use in the several business houses
OF this place.
Mrs. Walter Foster will entertain the
members OF the Episcopal Guild at a
tea served in the parlor Of the Hotel
de Grubb next Wednesday afternoon.
There will be various articles of needle
work on display and for sale.
Jas. 7. Maher, OF st. Paul, chief of
the right-of-way division Of the Great
Northern railroad, and Maj. A. M. An
dersOn, OF Spokane, stopped over In
Oroville Thursday night on their way
to Spokane from trip to Conconully.
| The minstrel performance to be CIV
en- by the girls of the public school
cakes place this evening, and at this
late hour nothing can be said by this
paper that will in any measure in
crease the interest the public is taking
An the performance. 1t will be an un-
ique entertainment, full of pleasant
surprises, and there will be fun from
the beginning to the end. The Orph-
cum should be crowded from stage to
sidewalk, and no doubt will be.
The entertainment given in the Lyric
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spices OF the Civic League was not as
we'll attended as it should have been
considering the meritorious perfor-
nance. Besides the special reels reci-
tations were most delightfully."- render
ed by Prof. Nance and Miss Bertha
Jones, of NighthaWk, Herbert Gregg,
who is an artist on the instrument,
gave a cello solo, Mrs. Riley sang two
solos in charming voice, and Walter
Stains, who is as clever at legerdemain
as he is expert at the telegraph keys,
amused and mystified the audience
with stunts at slight-Of-hand.
Hon. L. w. Shatford, representative
of the Similkameen district in the
Canadian parliament, stopped over a
few hours in Oroville Wednesday on
his way to Penticton from visit to
Princeton. This Office acknowledges
a brief yet pleasant call from Mr..
Stafford. The gentleman is a man Of
parts who has done much for his con-
stituency in the way of securing gov
ernment aid for roads and other public
improvements, and is deservedly pOpu-
lar among all classes. He is certainly
a genial gentleman to meet, and those
who had the pleasure of meeting him
here were sorry that he did not have
more time to spend in Oroville.
Heavy loss from fire was narrowly
averted at the power house OF the
Dividend-Lake View mine last Friday.
In the north end of the building shell
tering the machinery Is the assay Of
fee. Friday as assaying was in pro-
gress gasoline tank exploded. That
end of the building was almost instant
ly in flames. Mr.. Douglas and Mr..
Fisher, who were near the building,
rushed to the scene, and with the as
sistance of employees soon had a
stream of water playing on the fire.
Fortunately those at hand acted so
promptly that the fire was confined
to the assay Office, and was speedily
distinguished. The loss was consider
able, as the assay outfit will have to
be largely replaced, but comparatively
slight to what it would have been had
the entire building been consumed,
with the accompanying destruction of
valuable machinery.
Max Anderson, of Spokane, deputy
UNITED States marshal, came in Sat
Iurday and left for home Monday. Mr..
Anderson was up here on busi-
ness connected with his Office. One
Don Condor has been culling liveli-
hood from the live stock possessions
of the Indians on the south half of the
Colville reservation, at least he stands
charged with that grievious wrong
doing, and was gathered in by DR.
Emery, of the Indian service. Mr.. An
derson was here to escort the accused
J to Spokane, where he will be tried
in the United States court, and If found
guilty he will get what is coming tc
him. Deputy Marshal Thorp was call.
! ed into action, it being the FIST case
he has taken hand in since his recent
J appointment. Mr.. Thorp went to Omal
from Conconully, took Condor of
} Emery's hands and brought him te
: Oroville. The prisoner was given
J quarters in the immigration detention