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

came on to Oroville for medical treat
ment. He is now able to get around
and is steadily improving. If he had
not been as tough as pine knot he
would have played the principle role
at funeral.
| Tom Lavigueuer, the old time Havil-
lab saw mill man, spent several days
| in town during the past week. We
would not be surprised if he became
permanent fixture in Oroville, and
also glad of it.
Mrs. c. J. Hinshaw, of Tonasket,
| spent the latter part of last week WIS.,
iting in this city, guest of her moth
er, Mrs e. N. Bragg. Mrs. Hinshaw is
teaching school this year at Oroville.-
OkanOgan Independent.
After the first of the year Geo. Bar
| tell is to fit up the room at the side of
the Orpheum as display quarters
for his new Studebaker car, which he
will handle throughout the county in
the spring as general agent
| J. F. Samson has rented his home
for the winter to F. Calvert, who is
interested in handling salts output
from the salts lake near town. Mr.
Calvert is expected to arrive with his
family from Seattle this week.
Miss Cora Smith, teacher in the Oro-
vile schools, visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. B. L. Smith, in this city the
latter part of last week, returning to
her school work Saturday evening on
the train.-Okanogan Independent
Geo. Umbach who formerly conduct
ed the barber shop in the Hotel de
Grub, and who for the past several
months has been mining near Curlew
returned to Oroville last week and is
again welding the razor at the old
stand.
The sale of cattle advertised by the
Lakeview Dairy last Saturday was
rather disappointment to those inter-
ested. The attendance was small and
the bidding dragged. Only few head
were sold and the prices were unsat-
isfactory.
Upon the death of Geo. Steil, Dick
Case Immediately communicated with
q brother of the deceased living at
Sheridan, Wyoming, whom Mr.. Case
has known a great many years, and
the brother had the remains shipped
to Sheridan for burial
VIM. Colby, the we'll driller, reports
that he has sunk well at the Lucky
Knock mine $50 feet deep, and has SC
| feet of water. The drill is down the
hole at the present time and further
progress sis stopped until the impedi-
ment can be fished out.
Miss Bessie Richter entertained a
few friends on Saturday evening in
honor of her guest, Miss Lucille Gard
| iner, of Oroville Dancing was indulg-
ed in until IL o'clock after which re-
freshments we're served.-Keremeos
items in Headley Gazette.
| Mine Host Grub of the Hotel de
| Grub has lost a valuable overcoat
since his return from California. Some
light fingered cuss who was shy Gov
ering to meet the exigencies of an
early winter, took fancy to the gar
ment and walked away with it.
Reports from the hill country are tc
the effect that as much snow has fal'
len already this fall as fell during the
whole of last winter. 1t means another
heavy grain crop next year, and fol
the good that it does we can stand ar
extra quantity of the beautiful.
Al the time Prof. Shaw was herr
lJoha Peterson, who has valley ranci
and orchard few miles south of Orc
Vile in high state Of cultivation, tolC
him that he had raised FORTY TONS
of white carrots on a single acre. Thu
Professor was astounded at such
an unprecedented yield, and to satisf.
, himself had Mr.. Peterson measure tn
, ground. It was found that Mr.. Peter