The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-02

TOT seattle on BUSINESS COIL
nected with the irrigation project
Note that display OF fireworks n
the show window of the Oroyjlle Com
merciaI store. It is a big one, repre-
senting many large pieces. The SKI
rockets are especially large ard VIII
make q beautiful showing. K is the
most extensive and best selected lot
OF fireworks ever brought TO the cOun-
" for 4th OF July celebration.
L. F. Pourtales and r. Butler took
Messrs. Leedy and Morrison, the rail-
road immigration agents, over to Mes
pelem in Mr.. Pourtales' car last Fri
day. The roads on the south half Of
the reservation are not built for auto
travelling and the party had a pretty
tough experience However, the tray-
elers GOT through and back without &C
cident
-Arve." a yiolinist who is really
clever with the bow. and who IS visit
ing with relatives near Tonasket. was
featured at the Orpheum Sunday night.
The announcement OF his appearance
drew . crowd much larger than the
normal sunday night attendance. AMI
those who were present speak in terms
Of praise OF the performance. Furth-
ermore. those so praising the artist :
work have had ample opportunity in
the past to hear violinists OF wide
celebrity.
Ripe peaches were picked from Chas.
F. Sigrist's peach orchard. on the SIM
Lkameen river, adjoining the town to
the west. last week. That is about the
earliest peaches raised anywhere in
the state. and goes 10 show that in flu
ture years, with this country under
irrigation. northern Okanogan county
will be supplying the earliest fruits
and vegetables that find their way 10
market
sunday a ball team made up OF lads
from Oroyille went down to Tonasket
and were cleaned up by the Tonasket
team 10 the tune OF y to 10. Another
team NET nine from Horse Spring
coulee at Spectacle lake. and in this
case Oroville won by a score OF II to
10 4 diamond was laid out in the
grass just for this game. and conse-
quently the going was not good for
ball playing.
Monday l. ~ Wickersham will start
in moving the frame building occupied
by Will Wentworth to the vacant lot
between Franks saloon and the Cres-
cent cafe. This location is but tenn
porary, for as soon as the brick build
ing is finished Mr.. Wentworth will oc-
cUpy a portion OF that block, and the
cid frame structure will be moved
around on to Spokane street, out OF
the fire limits.
There was a great game OF ball at
Chesaw Sunday, full OF sharp plays
and exciting thrills. Republic and
Chesaw were matched and Chesaw won
by a score of l to 0. While Chesaw
did remarkably well Republic was not
tagging far behind, judging from the
score. This is no surprise as regard
ing the ability OF the Chesaw ball play
ers to play the game, for that place
has always had strong team.
Right-of-way mas been secured for
state road No 10 between Oroville
and Tonasket and the surveyors are
busy at work with crew OF assist
ants making a permanent location Of
that important artery or travel, which
is to be q connecting link between the
good roads OF Washington and British
Columbia. 1t is expected that actual
construction will commence out of To-
nasket and Oroyillo in few days.
1t is said that the travelling show
last week took 800 out OF Nelson, and
it picked up even a larger sum at this
place. 1t was fairly good show Of
the kind, but OF course did not pres
ent all the features advertised. 1, is
customary TO discount the promises Cf
travelling circus 50 per cent at least,
md then some Probably in his in
stance the show fell about 90 per cent
short Of what the show bills promised.
Miss Mabel {. Griffith, who taught
in the local school last year, and at
the close Of the term went to Wenat-
chez to visit with d sister, returned to
Oroville last Friday, but only remain
cd here over night. Saturday she went
out into the country to visit with
friends and Tuesday left for her home
at BeIlingham, going by way of Prince
ton. Her time while in town was so
limited that she could see only a few
Of her old friends in the community.
l. J.. Work, OF Oroyille, formerly
the big banking magnate Of Okanogan
county, but who has closed out Of THAI
business to devote his entire time TO
the Union Title and Trust company
and his land interests, was in this
City Thursday looking after land in
TESTS near this place. Mr.. Work Is
= close student Of business conditions
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