The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-02-26

well attended dance was providing JOY
for the inhabitants. There may have
been other events on tap that did moi
come under the observation of the re-
porter.
]. W. Douglas left Friday last for
Spokane where he will attend the min
ing convention in session in that city
this week. He will lose no opportun-
ity to present the claims of Okano-
gan for recognition among the host of
mining men who will be in attendance
F. j. Cummings stopped over in
Oroville Monday night ON his way to
his home at Riverside, after having
put in a week at Spokane. He re-
ports times as quiet on the outside as
they were in '93, and those of us who
passed through that pinch knows
what that means.
e. McCammon, of this place, has
the contract for building a $4,000 resi-
dence at Okanogan for Judge E. X.
Pendergast. When finished it will be
one of the handsomest homes in Okla
hogan, and furthermore it will be we'll
built, as Mr.. McCammon understands
the business of building.
Mrs. E. N. Grub is slowly yet stead
lily improving. Owing to the nature
of her Affections and the long per-
iod she has been a sufferer it will be
some time before she can be restored
to normal health. The fact that she
is improving in mind and body is
most encouraging to her relatives and
friends.
Four of the teachers in the Oroville
school, Misses Griffin, Dobson, Good
win and Gooding, spent their holiday
most delightfully."- at the home
OF Prof. A. M. Riste, at Chopaka. Not
only were they charmingly entertain
ed by the Ristes, but they were given
an opportunity to inspect the Golden
LOue Ulllo anu HILL.
Next Thursday night is the date for
the regular monthly meeting of the
Commercial Club. Every member
should be on hand and bring in as
many new ones as possible. Every
resident of the town should rally in
support of an organization that has
for it's slogan the betterment of Oro-
Vile and the country adjacent thereto.
In speaking of the Nelson basket
ball team coming down to Oroville to
play the champs, the Leader said "it
will be a feather in Nelson's cap if
she defeats Oroville." 1t sure would
not only be feather but bunch of
sweeping plumes. Good boys are the
youth from the hill up, but they have
e great deal to learn about basket
ball.
Jake Klinger, of Chesaw, who has
been in the Oroville hospital for a
week, is in a precarious condition. He
Is suffering from softening of the
brain. Commitment papers have been
received with the object of sending
him to Medical Lake, but he is so weak
that it was not considered advisable
to send him to that institution for the
present.
o. S. Allen, who has the material
assembled to put up concrete build
ing at the northeast corner of Van
street and Central avenue,
work upon which will commence soon,
is figuring on buying moro property in
the same block. If he does he will in
dulge in more building, much to
the decorative improvement of that
part of town.
Clarence Ho'bert, of LOOMS, a
bright and capable young man who
has been clerking for Will G. Jones,
al Nighthawk, for some time, was
brought to the Oroville hospital last
Friday evening suffering from accute
He was operated on
Saturday, and at present writing is
slowly improving, although not who'll
ly passed the critical stage.
This must be fovored spot in the
valley. Snow has been gone for some
time, and yet a few miles down the
valley sleighing is still good. Less
snow fell here during the winter than
at any point in the valley south of
town. This same phenomenon is OBJ
serable every winter. Evidently there
is warm belt in this part of the
county that tempers the winters.
This mention is somewhat late in
the day owing to the young man keep
ing well out of sight since his return,
but it will be news to many that Tom
Burgett is back from the east after
an absence of year or more. The
east has lost it's charms for Mr.. Bur
gett after spending some time in the
west, and he will probably be a fix
ture now that he has returned to old
stamping grounds.
The owners of the Horn Silver mine
located across the line in British Co
lumbia a few miles north of Night.
hawk, will ship considerable ore tc
the Smaller this snrinQ The shin.