The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24

STAMPS do so at once before the COOS
~, Un Is over and lend your mite toward
ole johnson left Saturday for Ono
pIae BIZ ana from there he will go on TO
iaza' North Dakota, to visit with
'eidtlVes for month or two
Mr' and Mrs. Archie Spencer have
amen rooms in the second story of tbo
covert block, most confortah1o and
man. INC Souhs
,na'." no" continues piling up in the
mountains there will be good pros.
pe0.S OIL repetition of the big water
VI 81 next spring. Residents in tha
lo"ol part Of the valley will be wise if
'i0S commence early building arks.
j.. H. killian has the thanks of this
I i W q unlqu OF cigars. That
10 say the package was unique. the
Vls"rs We're of the best quality that
MI hlllian manufactures and that 70
saying That they were "a first class
smoke.
One of the heaviest snow storms ca
lar thls winter fell here Saturday and
saturday night. Taken all together
more snow has fallen in this valley
'ileauy thls winter than during the
past two winters, and the winter is vet
very young.
MIS-. Z. O. Sterling was taken down
VITA a serious attack of pneumonia
'dSt week, and is at the hospital. The
'ad' Is improving rapidly. Mr.. Sterl-
ms Is u conductor on the Princeton
rum and the family lives in the outh
part of town.
MIS- {. l.. Jackman and children re
turned to her home at Sumas. Wash
Saturday, after visiting several weeks
with her mother, Mrs. r. p. Hoskyn.
with her mother, Mrs. II. p. Hoskyn
who accompanied Mrs. Jacklnan as far
as Wenatchee.
j. f. Stevens, engineer representing
the district on the irrigation system
works, and his assistants have NOV
ed their office into one of the rooms
on the second floor of the Covert
block. The transfer of location took
place Saturday.
&. A. Could, of Portland, who has
charge of the installation of the big
siphons on the ditch system, is hard
at it but working under difficulties. |
The weather is a severe handicap, and
besides, he is wrestling with a well
developed case of the grip.
There was real sleighing in town
this week for the first time so far this
winter. There has been snow before
this, but not enough of it or firm
enough to justify the use of sleighs
Since the above was written a chinook
has butted in and the snow that was
is not
A report is in circulation that Guth-
RE & Co., have suspended work on the
irrigation system for the present,
owing to the condition Of the weather
This is a mistake. Two small crews
were laid off, but large number Of
men are still on the Job, notWithstand-
ing the cold and the snow.
Cliff Warren was down from his
home near Nelson Friday last to see
the basket ball game between Nelson
and Oroville He acted as referee, Civ
ing general satisfaction. Mr.. Warren
was formerly student in the Oroville
high school, and a member of the
basket and foot ball teams.
Miss Cecilia Frank returned home
from Spokane Saturday to spend the
holidays with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Frank. The young lady has
been attending the Blair business col
lcge at Spokane for the past year, TAX
Ing the full course in bookkeeping, ac-
counting and stenOgraphy and Will
graduate in another nine months.
With tn basket ball game on last
Friday evening the attendance at the
civic League whist party was very
much curtailed. Only a few were pres
ent TO handle the pips, but when dane
ing commenced the building was we'll
filled. as the patrons Of the basket ball
came drifted in and wound up the
evening tripping the light fantastic
II, L. Bragg is preparing his lots in
HE east part of town for early pIow-
ing in the spring and the planting OF
q lawn. This arrangement is evidence
fh,I Mr.. Bragg contemplates putting
nm q residence next year and il he
Gn.y so he will build a modern struc-
t..c that will add materially 10 TIE
appearance of that part OF the to"h'
The following new cases in which
residents of this noighborhood are III
tcrosted we're filed in tho superior
court last week: East Oroville Canal
10 vs. Samuel Minnick; VIM BrlIey
Us Thomas II. Hobbs, action on prom
issorv note; Arthur Potter VS. }. II.
Holmes. suit on account; Neal d Neal
arc the attorneys fo' the plafntiffs IN
each case.