The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-03-12

| time make a thorough assessment of all
| the property in the county. By extend
ing assistance and every courtesy to the
deputies the public will expediate the
work and make an unpleasant duty more
pleasant.
Some cases of black leg among cattle
are reported in this part of the county,
but DR.. Jaeger states that they are very
few. Doc has done considerable vaccinat-
ing lately, and he says that this preventa-
tive has greatly reduced the danger of a
spread of the disease.
The Okanogan high school basket ball
team also did things to the Cashmere
combination in a game played at Okla
hogan last Friday evening. The score
was 80 to 10 in favor of Okanogan. The
lads from Cashmere found the Okanogan
valley teams hard nuts to crack.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Taylor were
taken sick at the same time during Mon
day night and a physician was called to
prescribe for them Tuesday morning at
their room in the Hotel de Grub. Their
ailments were not serious, but very in
convenient with the whole family in
termed.
Mrs. G. b. Avery entertained a few
friends Wednesday afternoon in honor
of Mrs. Otto Rehmke, of Oroville, the
guests being the old time friends of the
guest of honor. The afternoon was spent
in sewing, and at it's close a two course
lunch was served by the hostcss.-Molson
Leader.
j. c. Irving, formerly a resident of Oro-
vile, but residing at Grand Forks, B. c.,
for the past few years, was in town for
several days last week taking treatment
for rheumatism. He was accompanied by
his daughter, Miss avene, who was
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. IL. j. Desmond
while here.
Jas. e. Forde and Chas. Powell, ST., put
in Sunday at LOOMS, where the COW men
of the vicinity vaccinatcd some hundred
head of stock as preventative for black
leg. About all the old time stockmen of
the Sinlahekin valley were collected to-
gether, and the event proved to be a
jolly reunion.
Fred White, who has been a familiar
figure on the streets always absorbed in
paper when walking about, is in a de-
plorable condition. Being deprived of a
drug that has become an unfortunate
habit with him, he won't almost deranged
Saturday. The sufferer is under the care
of DR.. c. p. House.
Another neat modern residence is I'M
der construction in the east part of town.
1t is being built by Henry Warner
carpenter for his own use. 1t is going to
be very pretty addition to that resident
district. May the building bacteria get
into the blood of other citizens until
building boom of large dimensions is on
The sale of table coofections held under
the auspices of the Ish-ka-bibble society,
Saturday, was so well patronized that the
stock disappeared as rapidly as mist be-
fore the morning sun. The pastry was
so tempting that visitors to the room
where the sale took place could not re-
sist investing. The ladies cleaned up a
neat sum by the venture.
Frank Anderson is doing development
work on the O. X. mining property on
Kruger mountain, and recently opened up
a fine body of high grade ORE The time
should arrive soon when the Kruger
properties, of which the o. X.
is zone of the most important, should be
shipping ore to smeters or have treat
ment plant near at hand.
Last Thursday Mrs. j. T. M. Williams
who has been a great sufferer during the
past year, had to submit to an operation
at the Oroville hospital. Owing to her
weakened condition and age grave fears
We're entertained as to her recovery, but
she survived the shock, and at this writ
ing is steadily improving, with very fav-
orable prospects of entire recovery.
B. r. Laubach, who has been conduct
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left this week for Ritzville to
join his wife, and where Mrs. Laubach is
teaching school. They expect to leave
in June for the San Francisco exposition,
and then return to their home in Pen
nsylvania via the Panama canal. Mr..
and Mrs. Laubach will eventually return
to this state, as they like the west
There will be great doings at Okano-
gan on the occasion of laying the corner
stone of the new court house. The fol-
lowing committee has been appointed to
take charge of the ceremonies: Chas. E.
Blackwell, of Riverside Roy Dorothy, of
Brewster; Harry j. Kerr, of Okanogan;
E. f. Banker, of Winthrop; J. F. Sam
son. of Oroville The trick will be turn
ed some time between the LIST and 10th of
April. We must all put on our best buds
and go down.
N. p. Juenemann, who has been con-
nected with the Oroville Commercial
store for some month";, left Saturday for
Chewelah, where he may locate. He is
not only an experienced and valuable
salesman about mercantile establish
ment, but he has the pleasing faculty of
making himself popular with the pur-
chasing public. Mrs. Juenemann is still
in charge of the dry goods department at
the Commercial store, where she will re-
main until such time as her husband may
secure location.
Ponce de Leon made the mistake of
his life in not coming to the. Okla
hogan valley instead If going to Florida
ual youth. 1t is certainly here, in the
ozone if not in the liquid of fountain
During the past few weeks there have
been three weddings in Oroville in which
the age of the grooms would average up
almost 20 years, and since the happy
events the ancient bridegrooms strut
around and look as clipper as youths of
twenty-five.
Clarence Holbert, OF LOOMS, who has
had such a time with his appendix that
that organ had to be removed, was dis
charged from the Oroville hospital and re-
turned to Nighthawk Monday, where he
has been employed in Will C. Jones store
for a long time. The lad is yet wabbly
on his pins, but time will take the kinks