The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-02

| Inc surveying crew lining out the
main canal for the irrigation system
is still at work from the intake on the
ISimilkameen toward town, and it will
be some days before the line is fully
Established. The crew has not lost
a day since starting in, even working
on Sundays. The boys have been
camping on the dredge at Rich Bar
since work commenced.
Lew Prentice has contract to pump
the water out of the o. X. mine, on
Kruger mountain, and worked all OF
Monday night to get his pump in run
ming order This property is owned
by Geo. Blackwell, of Riverside, and
the removal Of the water from the
shaft is evidently an indication that
work is to be renewed on the property
The o. K contains excellent ore, and
now that all kinds of metal is away up
it would pay to get some of the num-
erous claims in this locality producing.
This has been The most singular sea-
son up to date for the valley within
| the memory of that meteorological au-
thority, the oldest inhabitant. More
rain fell in May than ever before rec
Orded, and June followed in the foot
| steps Of May as an unusually damp
J month. There have been only about
half dozen real hot days so far this
summer. There is still ample time to
| catch a roast, but July and August
will soon exhaust themselves and fall
will be knocking at the door One ef-
feet of the humidity is that the grass
has remained green longer than usual,
and crops of grain are assured even
| should no more rain fall
Frank CARRIER and son, of Okanogan,
stopped over in Oroville last Friday
night on their way home from Spo-
kane Mrs. CARRIER recently passed
through a serious operation in hos
| pital in that city, and father and son
were returning from her bedside The
lady is out of danger, but will be con-
fined to the hospital for several weeks.
Mr.. CARRIER has a large fruit ranch
near Okanogan, upon which he has
resided during the past nine years.
He was formerly a resident of Daven-
port, and was county official of Lin
coin county for a number of years.
The writer kenw Mr.. CARRIER at Daven-
port years ago and it was an unexpect-
ed pleasure to meet him here.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Gray are visiting
with their daughter, Mrs. D. II. Lewis
The Grays drove overland from their
/ home at Springdale, and will remain
here another week. 1t was great
pleasure to meet up with Mr.. Gray, as
cur acquaintance with the gentleman
dates back to the early days of Spo-
kane Falls, when that place, now an
important metropolis, was not much
larger than Oroville, and far behind
Oroyille as regards public improve
ments and substantial buildings. Then
both of us were in the very hey day of
life. Although showing the marks of
| fleeting time Mr.. Gray is still hale and
hearty, with more vitality than the ma
jority Of men twenty years his junior
Sunday afternoon j. F. Getsey was
suddenly taken with a fainting spell
i'll the store room while conyersing
with members of the family, and this
was followed by violent vometing. DR..
Lewis was hastily summoned and gave
| the sufferer such relief as was in his
| power, Mr. Getsey is still quite i'll
at the time of writing, but his condi-
ton is not considered alarming. The
doctor is somewhat at loss as to the
cause of the sudden attack. 1t may
have been caused from ptomaine pois-
oning, or weakening of the heart ac-
ton, as Mr.. Getsey has suffered some
trouble from his heart The sudden
! illness Of the popular railroad man
caused much uneasiness among his
friends, who will be pleased to learn
that the gentleman IS in no immediate
danger.
Complaint reaches this office Of dis
turbances created by strangers visit
ing picture shows in this place. 1t is
alleged that these persons seem to
think they have a license in small
town to make a holy show of them
selves, trying to convey an impression
that they are used to something bet.
ter The fact is so far as the pictures
are concerned they are just as good
as any that can be seen in any theatre
il a larger town, even if the audi
toriums are not as elaborately decorat-
Cd as those of a city, and the contemp-
tible display of coarseness is a re-
\ Hection upon the character of those
guilty of the practice OF making them
selves conspicuous A few elections
from the building by an officer of the
law would cool the ardor of these
noisy nuisances and put an end to the
practice.