The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-08-21
EDUCATIONAL NOTES
interesting Information Relative to the
Orovlle Schools
school will open Monday, Sc

/ IGOl Is. Nance, WHO VIII De at the
head of the school, is in Jamison, Mis-
| souri,, visiting his parents, who are in
very poor health. lie will return to Oro-
vile about the first OF September
| w. Leonard Davis, who is to teach ag
riculture in the local school the ensuing
| term, will be in Oroville about the 1st of
| September.
The board has engaged Miss Hazel
Goodwin, of Baxter Springs, Kansas, to
| teach domestic economy during the com
| ing school year.
| Miss Gertrude Miller, of Spokane, will
| teach in the grades. Also Miss Alice
| Ilorrigan and Miss Mabel c. Griffith.
| Miss Dobson will resume her old posi-
ton in the primary department.
| Miss Murray will probably teach in the
| high school.
contract has been let to a. q. Fox to
| repair the old school house Tor the sum
o. $224. The building will be thoroughly
| renovated, and Il new porch added. 1t
| is to be used during the ensuing term
| for school purposes
l.. Bar and son have been awarded the
contract to do the janitor work in both
| school houses for $50 per month
| S. o. Rice was awarded the contract for
| supplying so cords of slab wood, four feet
| long, at $3.50 per cord, and 25 cords of
| lG-inch wood at Sc per cord.
There have been rumors that the board
| intends taking such action as will result
| setting several grades back one year
This is an error. The board is not 60
| ing to make any changes in grades that
dc not meet with the approval of the sup
erintendent of the school.
Indications at the present time promise
IA large attendance in the various grades
| of the school this year, and one of the
| most successful terms that the school has
ever had. a very strong staff OF teachers
have been engaged, and with the board
teachers and scholars working together
the high is sure to gain u four years
credit.
Quite number of scholars are expected
to enter the local school from the sur
rounding country this winter.
Dell Hart has gone east on business
trip.
Mr.. and Mrs .. A. Johnson and daugh-
ter, Lenora, of Nighthawk, and Miss Julia
johnson, of Nelson, b. c., We're guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Jordan during the
past week.
Trinity Episcopal church, Rev. c. H.
Severance b. d. Vicar. There will be
no services in the church on next Sun
day. Sunday school will meet as usual
at IL o'clock. ~.
The Oroville Construction company has
commenced the erection of d cozy cot
l2ge for Chas. Powell, jr., in the east
part of town. 1t will be "a handsome little
home when ready for occupancy.
The Union Title and Trust company
sold three lots this week to Mr.. Prentice
The lots lie across the street from the
laundry, and Mr.. Prentice plans to i'm
mediately build a house on his new pos
sessions.
The Presbyterian Sunday school of
Circle and Oroville will hold joint picnic
at Bowerman's point Wednesday, Au-
gust 26. Everybody bring your luncheon
and come. Meet at the Presbyterian
church at $50 Wednesday,
i lie great yellow ticket sale that Jud-
son Murray has been advertising will
commence at O'Clock Saturday morning
and continue indefinitely The entire
stock will be offered at attractive prices
that will appeal direct to the consumer.
S. a. Johanson of Phoenix, b. c., was
i'll town this week and purchased a lot
in the East Oroville Orchards which he
expects to improve and make a home
Mr.. Johanson has been employed in the
smelter at Phoenix, until it was recently
closed He came to Oroville to invest
and found just what he wanted. He will
move down Immediately.
Mrs. Fannie p. Aukrom, of Cheney,
president of the Rebekah Assembly of the
state, has been visiting the various lodges
in the county during the past fortnight.
She net with local lodge this week. and
lett fol l-oomis Thursday. The lady is
most ctive and capable official and one
Of the best posted members of the organi-
zation in the state. Her visit to the To-
cal lodge was "a most pleasant event for
the members, and the result of her trip
through the county will be a revival of
interest in the order.
j. n. Judson, of Riverside, is taking
baths at the Wanicut Lake Sanitarium
for rheumatism and experiencing great
relief. The day is not far distant when
Wanicut lake will be the refuge for
invalids suffering from rheumatic and
cuticle diseases unable to secure re-
lief from other sources.
Owing to the closing down of all
the boundary smelteres work has been
suspended at the Dividend-Lake View
mines. 1t is the general opinion that
the smelters will remain idle only a
short time, but the suspension of oper-
ations even temporary gives mining a
set back not pleasant to note.
There is no falling off in the amount
of business done on the Oroville-We-
natchee branch. There is so much
freight moving that the train coming
north is frequently away late. Mon
Cay evening it did not arrive until 10
o'clock, and in consequence did not
| leave Tuesday morning until 7.
Last Thursday afternoon was prob
| ably the hottest of the summer, al
though for several days every day
seemed to be much alike as to punish
ing heat. That afternoon the govern
nent thermometer registered 1O3 at 4
| O'clock, and was SO at 8. There is
nothing chilly about those figures.
| The directors of the West Okano-
gan Valley Irrigation district will meet
in Oroville as a board of equalization
or Thursday, September 10, and will
continue in session as long as may be
necessary to hear any and all objec-
tions to the valuation and assessment