The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-10-09

and is here for the purpose OF or
ganizing a staff of solicitors in the
county. 1t is the intention to estab-
lish the head Office in Oroville, and
after the first of January the local
office will be in charge of Bliss Phil
lips. the present treasurer of Stevens
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Whidden were in
town Tuesday from their Palmer
ranch. Mrs. Whidden is an
and very skillful short
hand expert, and was here to do work
OF court reporting. She just recently
took down testimony in case tried
at Conconully where the evidence COW
cred over 400 pages Of tpye written
copy, which would indicate that there
had been some long as we'll as tall
swearing.
During the week there has been two
of the largest apples ever seen In this
part of the county on exhibition IN
the show window of the Oroville Com
mercial company's store. One weigh
ed 35 and the other 80 ounces. They
were beautiful in shape and color,
and were striking evidence of the al
aptability of the soil of this neighbor-
hood for the growing of apples. The
fruit was grown on Phillip Lenzs
place, on the bench lands just east OF
town.
Wednesday of last week Grin Al
len. a widely known business man or
was operated on for ap-
pendicitis at the Oroviiie hospital. The
patient was recovering from the Ell
fects of the operation, and the wound
was closing nicely, when complica-
tons of the heart and kidneys set in,
followed by paralysis of the bowels,
in death Tuesday evening.
The remains were embalmed by I'm
dertaker Barnes and shipped to Pen
ticton Wednesday OF this week.
The dance to be given in the Or
pheum this Friday evening is the open
ing social festivity of the fall and Win
ter season, and as such should draw
out a alrge and merry crowd. The re-
ceipts of this dance go to the benefit
o. the local band, and there is not a
more worthy organization in town en-
titled to liberal support. While help
ing on a good thing the purchaser OF
a ticket is insuring for himself an
evening of pleasure, and thus the in
vestment is mutually beneficial.
The Lyric was dark Tuesday even
ing through a strange mistake on the
part of the film company that supplies
moving picture houses with films. The
box of films intended for the Lyric
was expressed to Geo. Bartell, OF the
Orpheum. Mr.. Bartell did not dis
cover the mistake until just as he was
about to start the picture machine in
the evening. Mr.. Bartell, in an effort
to save him from any inconvenience,
at once notified Mr.. Stoltz of the err
ror The Orpheum audience did not
miss the show, as the pictures belong
ing to that house were at the express
office and they were secured in time
tc be used that evening.
Frank De Vos, of the Omak Chron-
icle, was in town for a few hours
Tuesday, coming up to this place with
j. A. Hughes, the county agriculturist.
The object of the trip was to collect
samples of fruit and vegetables for an
exhibition car. They picked up some
attractive samples about Oroville,
among them the finest lot of Spleen
berg apples that have come under
their observation in the entire valley.
The fruit was secured from the old
Okanogan Smith ranch. Mr.. De Vos
was resident of Oroville for several
years and has many friends here who
will be pleased to know that he is
doing we'll. Mrs. De Vos is teaching in
the Omak school again this year.
A member of the committee of re-
ception hands in the following: Bish-
op Simmer. of Spokane, arrived in
Oroville on the 7:40 train, Saturday
evening, and was met at the depot by
large number of business men of
Oroville. The band was also out and
did credit to the town in the selections
rendered. The bishop was taken to
the Hotel de Grub in A. p. Murray's
car, and was introduced to the lead
ing business men of the place. He
was conducted to the dining room of
the Hotel de Grub, where he sat down
with other guests to one of the best
spreads that was ever served on any
occasion in Oroville, for which the
cafe under charge of Mr. and Mrs. w.
l.. Clark is noted. The reverend gen.
tleman was banquetted at the Rad
bourne hotel at 4:30 Sunday after
noon by the members of his church
and again partook of bountiful feed
served under the admirable manage
ment of Mrs. G. p. House.
For some time a peeping Tom has
been visiting various residences in the
north part of town during the early
evenings. What the object is for spy
ing around is beyond understanding.
Wednesday evening R. Butler noticed
man standing on the sidewalk near
the residence of J. F. Samson, and
knowing of the late visitations he be-
came suspicious. Going home he Sc
cured gun, and returning saw the