The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-09-03


Jennette, of Oroville.
Miss Florence Shull, of LOOMS was
visitor in town Saturday.
+. A. Mccormack and wife, of Repub-
Nc were visitors in town Monday.
C. c. Reed and E. w. Wheeler, of
Republic, were in Oroville, Monday.
F. S. Ludolff, of okanogan, was
among the visitors in town Monday.
1t is said that the thermometer regis
tered 1O4 degrees in this place sun
day.
}. B. Jones, manager of the CONNER
cial bank at Chesaw, was a visitor in
town Saturday.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs
Short, living near Circle, died Monday
and was buried Tuesday.
Sherman Burden, of Tonasket was
among the many from outside points
registered in town Saturday.
More men were put on the ditch
work this week and dirt is being turn
ed up in a number of places along the
line of the canals.
Harvest is in full blast on the hill
top about Nelson and Chesaw and the
farmers are gathering in one of the
largest crops ever cut.
Work has commenced on Mrs. Will
lams bungalow, in the east part of
town. Downs & Weaver have the con-
tract for construction.
s. R. Richardson of Republic,
member of the firm of Richardson &
Richardson, civil and mining engineers
was in town Saturday.
Always keep your eye on the CLASH
fed column, as there is where you will
catch bargains and see something that
may interest and be of value to you.
At the side track put in at the rail-
road bridge, just west of town, large
amount of lumber is being unloaded
for construction work on the fumes
for the irrigation project.
Carrel Kemp, of LOOMS, left for
Pullman, Tuesday morning where he
will enter college next Tuesday.
LOOMS will be represented at Pullman
by a number of scholars, this year.
The pail of smoke that still canopys
the mountains and the valley indicates
that forest fires are still doing the
annual work of destroying more tim
Der than is cut for commercial pur-
poses.
Arthur E. Body, the fairy, airy engin-
eer on the Spokane run, is back at the
throttle after having had a six weeks
lay off in the hospital at Spokane,
where he was getting the better of
severe attack of illness.
A. E. Baer is the name of the young
man who leaped into the Similkameen
river one day last week and saved Os-
car Johnson from watery grave. The
modest and plucky youth hestated to
give his name for publication.
Orley Johnson, who left for Califor-
mia last fall with his family, returned
to Oroville, Tuesday last. They had a
very pleasant visit in the mild and
genial south land, but are glad to get
back to old Okanogan county.
The board of directors of the West
Okanogan Valley Irrigation district
will meet as board Of equalization on
Wednesday, September 8, to equalize
on the ratio of benefits the assessments
of the real estate in said district. All
interested should make a note of this
meeting.
pvvp1c " tame 'yyCr the excess acre |
&c. With them this is very impor
mt matter, and we would like to i'm
ess upon the Interested persons the
ct that they rlust do something in
e way of preparing their lands for
Irigation.
Doubtless there are many people 1
ho entertain he idea that they are t
hing to be able to sell off their lands c
fore the water is turned on, and if :
W settlers should not materialize in
Efficient numbers IN the meantime
ere will be some disappointments. d
The safe and sound thing to do is for I
erybody to pr pcre as much of their S
nd for irrigation for next year as /
! AS an indication Of prosperity the
Elk restaurant has been greatly I'M
proved and the counter seating capac'
itv largely increased. That man Crom
well is a postmaster in the restaurant
line. and has built up flourlshlns
business from a financial basis thai
could be represented by CIPHER.
One day last week DR.. Elmer and
NET dog at the hospital had an unpleas
ant Misunderstanding, AS a result thu
doctor was wearing a rag bracelet oil
HE arm for several days and the dos
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