The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-23
HERE AND THERE ON THE CURB

S NiaAiie lnOrp, OF Chesaw, was
visiting in town Saturday.
u M. Wyatt, of Omak, was among
the visitors in town Monday.
John Woodland was over from Loom
Is last Thursday afternoon on bust
ness.
| Jas. Il. Forde arrived from Spokane
Monday evening, on one of his period
ical business visits.
Mrs. Zeke McGill drew the China
dinner set given away at the Orph-
cum last Sunday night.
r. A. Jackson purchased lot 1S. in
block I, Grand View addition. during
the week from J. A. Blackler.
Workmen under the direction of Mr..
Minnick broke ground on Hamischs
new brick block Tuesday morning.
The town is fairly full of strangers
ana there will be more of them in
evidence before the summer is over.
Grasshoppers have almost become
plague in this part of the county and
their ravages are doing no little dam
age.
The street graders had to rob the
hillside west of town for dirt to fill in
the depressions on the streets being
graded.
The local steam laundry has made
quite cut in prices Of washing, an
increase of business enabling the
reduction.
The new Office building on Main
street to be occupied by Drs. Lewis
and Ketchum is well on the way to
completion.
Mrs. Florence Lundstrum will have
safe of personal property at her
home on Ellemeham mountain, Thurs
day, August 5.
VIM. Keller sold dwelling and
four lots in the south part of town
during the past week to new arrival
from Vernon, B. c.
E. S. Campbell, who is handling min
ing property near Chesaw, and proper
ty that looks good to him, was in Oro-
vile over Sunday.
The surveying crew on the big ditch
lire has gone into camp on the west
side of the Simikameen river, at the
bridge south of town.
Henry East was in town Monday
from the homestead near Tonasket.:
Douglas Hills was down off the
hill from Nelson, Monday.
If the continual rains are to become
habit in the valley it will be neces-
sary to change the contracted irriga-
ton system into drainage system.
There is to be great bill at the
Orpheum Sunday night, and another
81 piece China dinner set will be CIV
ell away to some lucky ticket holder.
The mercury in local thermometers
has been hobnobing with the nineties
several days this week, and the heat is
felt owing to the long run of cool and
wet weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred j. Fine left Sat
urday for the coast, first going to
Spokane. Mr.. Fine expects to return
in few weeks to examine state lands
in the county.
Jas. O'Herin, the old time Loomis
orchardist, was in town over last Fri
day night, coming here to see Dan
Mulcahey and cheer him on to more
rapid recovery.
The fruit on Guy Gilmour's place, on
the hillside west of town, ripens ear
lier than about any place in the valley.
Plums are ripe in his orchard the
last of last week.
T. F. Powell has purchased the bar
Der shop in the basement of the Hotel
de Grub, formerly owned by Geo.
Umbach, and will keep it up to its
former high standard.
Jack Long, the popular stock man
of LOOMS and one of the Oldest resi-
dents of the north part of the county,
was in Oroville for few hours on
Saturday on business.
1t is getting down to ice cream
weather at last brand that this val
ley has not enjoyed this summer, much
to the discomforture of the ice cream
mandatory and dealers.
Farmers have been busy lately get
ting in bumper hay crop. For time
rain threatened to do some damage,
but the weather cleared up just at the
right time to save the crop.
Rev. w. E. Armfield, field secretary
for large hospital just recently open
cd at Wenatchee was in the city last
week. The gentleman preached in the
local M E. church Sunday evening.
Many strangers are drifting into
town. attracted here by the building
Of the big ditch and other improve
ments under way. 1t is the forerun-
ne- of what can be expected by FALL
A farewell party was given by the