The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-01-01

to dispose of another shipment before
spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Hoskyn are
visiting with the parents of Mr.. Hos
kyn Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. Hoskyn for a
few days this week. Mr.. Wilbur Hos
kyn has been resident engineer for the
Great Northern at Coalmont for the
past three years. His work at that
place is completed and he will leave
tomorrow for st. Paul, where he was
called by orders from Mr.. Budd, as
sistant to the president of the Great
Northern. Mr.. Hoskyn was one of, if
not the first to suggest the irrigation
OF the lands in the valley between
Oroville and Tonasket, and has always
retained keen interest in the project.
irCounty Engineer II. L. Young was
up from the county seat the first of
the week endeavoring to get right Of
way again along the west of the river
for the extension of the state road
north from Tonasket. number of
the property owners along the route
have refused to give right way, and
as CONSCIENCE, 1t is understood that
a delegation of property owners from
the east side of the river will go to the
county seat to meet the county COM
misisoners at their first session in
January and ask that the road be To-
Gated on the east side Of the river.
The county records and offices were
removed from Conconully last week
to Okanogan which henccforth be-
comes the county sect of Okanogan
county by grace of the popular vote
at the last election.
r. l.. Prentice exhibited the car
cuss of young bob cat Monday that
he shot in the yard back of the laun-
dry near the Similkameen bridge Sun
day evening about o'clock. The cat
had been robbing the chicken house
and had managed to dispose of a prize
rooster before Mr.. Prentice discover
ed and shot him. This was an unusu-
ally daring and adventurous foray for
an animal of this kind. The bob cat,
though young, was a formidable look
ing feline. When Mr.. Prentice dis
covered him he sent his bull dog at
ter him until he could get gun. The
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the dog and refused to retreat. This
pugnacious tendency proved its undo
ing, however, as it afforded Mr.. Prem
tice time to get his shot gun and end
the career of the cat with we'll d.
rected charge of buck shot.
The enterprising Ford Automobile
company is constantly striving to give
the best service possible to the pub
lie, and Chas. T. Peterson, the local
representative of the company, an
nounces that the last departure of this
concern to make its product more ia
tractive is an abandonment Of the old
method of shipping and displaying
Fords in bulk. Hereafter each car will
be put up in a neat carton adapted to
the requirements of the postal regu-
lations for delivery by parcel post. 1t
is in line with modern progress in
retailing most of the popular groceries
and other necessities and 1t is antici-
pated that quite saving can be made
in freight charges by this method. The
package will be attractive and con-
venient in size, and Mr.. Peterson is
also considering the advisability of
establishing uniformed messenger
service for local deliveries.
l.. L. Work returned Saturday from
a business trip to the Spokane and
Palouse countries. Mr.. Work was in
the wheat country about three weeks
and reports conditions generally pros
porous there due to the high price of
grain and the prospects for still high
er prices the coming year. He was
and pleased to find every
where a decided interest in the Okano-
gan country and general expression
OF belief in the opportunity this coun-
try affords to settlers. AS a result
o. the inquiries he received during
his trip, Mr.. Work believes that a
large number of people are coming to
Okanogan country next year with a
view to locating here. He also found
growing demand for horses in this
state due to the war in Europe. A
number of buyers for contractors fur
nishing horses to France and England
are coming to Washington and in all
likelihood will come into this part of
the state before long, 1t is reported
that the French are not only buying
horses for remounts for cavalry, but
for food purposes as we'll, as horse
meat is being supplied 10 the French
soldiers at the front.
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