The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-16
HERE AND THERE ON THE CuBR

iii W. - Sohhie was DOWN on the NIL
from Chesaw Monday.
The weather Sunday night was al.
most cold enough for frost.
The usual number of travelling men
stopped over in Oroville Sunday.
Now Main street is all torn up pre-
paratory to an application of a top
dressing of rock.
Dooley P. Wheeler, the fruit and
vegetable man Of Oroville, was here
Sunday.-Molson Leader.
Mrs. Lair H. Gregory spent a few
Gays at Loomis this week a guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. For6e.
Walter Weaver and wife, of Oro-
vile, were the guests of DR.. Jaeger on
the 9Th and 6th.-Molson Leader.
Cement cutters are being put in on
the First avenue front of both the
Hotel de Grubb and ODD Fellows lots.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Forde and son
Boyd, and Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Evans
and son Stanley were over from Loo
mis- Sunday.
Ed. Buzzard left for Nevada Friday
last for the purpose of looking over
that state and sizing up the chances
for an opening.
Mrs. Frank Putnam and children
returned Tuesday morning from a few
days visit with relatives at Oroville.-
Tonasket Times.
Mrs. Georgia Loundagin, Mrs. Keel
ey and VIM. McCrory drove down to
Oroville Thursday in Mrs. Loundagin's
car.-Chesaw News.
Jack Williams, the popular Oroville
vegetable man was in Chesaw this
week with load of toothsome green
stuff.-Chesaw News.
Cloud bursts are reported from all
the surrounding hill country during
the past week, but in no instance was
a great deal of damage done.
Many parties spent Sunday on Osoy-
COS lake boating and picnicing, and it
would be difficult to select a more
pleasant way of spending a holiday.
Miss Marjorie Bailey spent few
days in Oroville with DR.. and Mrs. j.
L. Masters during the absence of her
parents on the Blackwell excursion
Tonasket Times.
A couple of professional chimney
sweeps from Spokane were working
the town the latter part of last week
and picked up a good many dollars
renovating fumes.
Mrs. c. d. Smith, who was visiting
her uncle, F. A. Block, at Oroville, re-
turned to Nelson Saturday, where she
is visiting her cousin, Forest Block
and family.-Molson Leader.
An application of crude oil, it has
been suggested, would greatly add to
the wearing qualities of the newly
macadamized streets. 1t would, at
least, eliminate the dust nuisance.
r. J. Okerlund, an Omak builder and
contractor, was in Oroville over Sun
day. He was here for the purpose OF
bidding on Hamisch's new brick block
that is to be erected on Main street.
Grandma Wheeler, who is making
her home with her son, John Wheeler,
in Horse Spring coulee, returned
Tuesday morning from a visit with
relatives at Oroville.-Tonasket Times.
The new addition to w. B. Seasons
residence is about completed, and it
adds materially to the appearance OF
the building. The work was in the
hands of the Oroville Construction
company.
About 1 o'clock last Friday morning
one of the heaviest rain storms ever
Experienced in this part Of the coun-
try deluged the valley. The rain was
accompanied by vivid lightning and
terrific peels of thunder.
The summer of 1915 is going down
ia the annals of the weather bureau as
the most continually moist season in
the history of eastern Washington. If
the rains keep up farmers will be
wailing for hot weather to ripen grain.
Mrs. l.. d. Oliver left the first OF
last week on visit with relatives at
Seattle, and Mr.. Oliver departed Sat
urday to join his wife. Mr.. Oliver is
the customs officer in charge OF the
station at this place, and is taking his
annual vacation.
Rufus Woods, the Wenatchoe World
hustler. was in town Saturday. This
upper country is a big field for the
World, and the World is doing the 1alr
thing by keeping the advantages Oh
this upper country constantly ana
prominently before the public.
With the beginning of the hscal
wear the following changes were maze
in postoffice salaries in this county:
Brewster was raised from Sl1OO TO
>is12OO: Riverside from $1,000 to $11OO;
Okanogan from $1,000 to $500; and
Conconully reduced from sl5oo 10