The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-08-21

cess who is farming the place thiS
year. The best corn grown IN iliihoi9
and Iowa has nothing over this giant
Okanogan valley sample. moreover
this was not an exceptional stock Gun
81 from a field of lesser neighbors. IL
was fair sample of the entire ileio'
and shows that if more attention was
given to corn growing 1t wouid oe-
come one of the staple products OF the
valley.
| The most laudable piece of work III
the way of clean up noticed Ill 'o"h
for months was the renovation Oh the
ward in the rear of the Peerless hotei
buildings. The premises were shoch
ing and repulsive to look upon. "eeuS
had grown up making rank jungle
| II the midst of old boards, rubbish ana
refuse The litter was almost impen-
etrable and an eye sore to the toWh'
This. is a step in the right dlrectioh'
land a few more of the same KIND "ouia
greatly improve the general appear
ance of the town.
| Robert Killian is blossoming out as
a chicken fancier, and is going to de-
vote his attention to raising superior
strain of domestic fowl. During the
Ipast week he received five hens anu
cock of the Buff Cochan banty tribe
from an uncle in Pennsylvania. Inc
birds have the right strain of blood,
and have been prize winners Ill poul-
try exhibits. The lad is in earnest III
his intentions to turn his attention TO
high class chicken raising, and 1t IS 4
| line that he will win out in for the de-
mand for thoroughbred fowl is always
greater than the supply
1t is time the tennis players of this
place were practicing for the LOOMS
tennis tournament that takes place
early in September, commencing ON
the 3D. 1t will be one of the most
interesting gatherings of tennis play
ers that has ever taken place in this
county, both in point of numbers and
the skill of the performers. Particip-
ants in the events will be present from
far and near and the contests promise
to be close and exciting. Oroville
ought to be represented in the events,
and send q large delegation of sight
seers to swell the crowd.
| Nothing new has developed recently
in the irrigation situation. The di-
rcctors of the project are carefully
carrying out all the requirements de-
manded by those who are to take the
bonds, and at the present time nothing
appears to stand in the way of the fl
nal contamination or the enterprise.
| The directors feel optomistic and the
situation is most encouraging OF
course, in deal of such magnitude,
where SO large sum of money is in
volved there is no such thing as abso-
lutte certainty until bonds are issued
and actual work commences.
Prof. Frank Funkhouser, who has
taught school in this county for sew
eral years, and made such an excellent
record at the head of the Conconully
public school last year, spent Friday
last in Oroville. Mr.. Funkhouser is
lnow state agent for the American Book
company, and will make his home il
Spokane. With his wife the profess
sor spent the summer in Seattle, and
came in at this time to move his be-
longings to Spokane. Mr.. Funkhouser
has many friends in Oroville who will
be pleased to learn that he is doing
well in a line of business that he en-
Ijoys.
Attention is called to the announce
ment of Geo. j. Gardiner, republican
gineer While the political affiliation
of the candidate is designated, as is
necessary to get place on the ticket,
here is an office where competency
should count against political pref
erence. If a man is chosen for en-
gineer solely on merit and experience
Mr.. Gardiner will have the solid sup
port of the electors of the county.
His reputation as a first-class sur
veyor and civil engineer is not con-
fined to this small section of the
st.te, it is recognized TIN oushout east
elm Washington.
We see by the Riverside Argus that
}. w. Jones, proprietor of the Occi-
dental hotel, at that place, has been
committed to the Medical Lake in
sane asylum. The paper does not
state the hallucination that the I'M
fortunate man is laboring under.
Some time ago Dr. ID. H. Lewis, of the
, Oroville Hospital, was called to Ri
verside by DR.. Fryer in consultation
over Mr.. Jones condition, and at that
time Dr. Lewis reported that he fear
ed it was case of insanity, growing
out of melancholy. Mr.. Jones is we'll
known in Oroville, where the news of
his unhappy and unfortunate condi-
ton will he read with feelings of the
keenest regret