The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-06-18

John Il. Knight, the well known pro-
gressive rancher living south of town,
net with a very painful accident Sat
urday. His team ran away and in the
subsequent proceedings Knight was
considerably battered up. When eX-
tficated from the mess and placed in
the Oroyille hospital under the scrut-
nizing eye of DR.. Elmer it was found
that the unfortunate farmer had suf-
fered dislocated right ankle and a
severely bruised right hip besides
minor contusions. He was properly
repaired and is doing as well as he
could expect under the circumstances.
Lloyd Lyons, the young man who
was so shockingly injured by a prema-
ture blast at the Iyanhoe mine some
time ago, and was taken to Seattle to
consult a specialist in the hopes OF
saving his eye sight, is now at his
home in Seattle. Miss Hicks, who had
charge of the case at the local hospital
as nurse, has had a letter from Mr..
Lyons sister, dictated by the young
man, and she writes hopefully and
Cheerfully. MI. Lyons has almost en-
tirely recovered from all of his in
iuries, except those to his eyes, and
the occulist who treated him holds out
the promise that ne will be able to
see with the use Of glasses. This will
lie very pleasing news to the friends
Of Mr.. Lyons in the north part of the
county.
The bills of the coming circus and
lmcnagerie are arousing keen antici-
pations among the Youngsters OF town
and country Is there any old man
whose memory is so dead that he can
mot remember with Wha. awe, and ad-
Imiration, and anxious desire he gazed
upon the viyidly colored pictorial bill
beard in his tender youth, depicting
linen performing impossible stunts, and
Irod mouthed lions hungry to devour
| the handsome lady trainer in their
Imidsts. Or how he worked every pos
| sible scheme to accumulate sufficient
lfunds to secure a ticket of admittance
on circus day? Or how he did $40
worth of work carrying water for the
elephant for a pass? Or in the absence
oe the kile, or the chance to labor,
what desperate chances were taken
lstealing under the canvas? Oh, days
OF youth, oh, days of youth; the hap
lpiest of a life time, be that life time
! long or short, And circus day was
one OF the happiest.
| One OF the heaviest hail storms that
| las ever visited this locality fell here
Saturday, proceeded and followed by
Train almost in the nature of deluge.
The hail covered only a comparatively
small area, as the fall was light in the
south part Of town, and none at all
fell a mile below town. The storm cut
a swath across the valley from the line
of railroad tracks northWard. Some
OF the hail stones We're quite large
and the ground was entirely covered
with the icy particles. 1t is reported
! that considerable damage was done to
i fruit, but just to what eXtcnt remains
to he determined. The hail nicked little
Il pieces out of the green apricots, and
mo doubt left bruises on the small ap-
pies that will be noticeable later
! strawberries and small fruits were
Knocked off the vines, flowers beaten
to pieces and vegetation generally in
the path of the storm was pretty well
| peppered. The oldest -nhabitant does
j net remember anything of like kind
having ever occurred in this rart OF
the county.