The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-08-13

funds to complete tho structure and
any there be in the community VIII
have not contributed now - the tim
for them to display their public liber
atty.
| Paul Schultz, an old resident O
LOOMS. was in town over Sunda,
night returning home Monday. MI
Schultz is first class carpenter an,
did much work on new buildings a
Tcnasket during the past two years.
The Huntley postoffice, that ha
served a small community on tn,
north half Of the reservation, a few
miles southeast of Oroville, for a mum
Der of years. has been discontinued
Mail heretofore routed to Huntley will
go to Anglin.
only about three more weeks ant
the first fall month arrives. One won
ders where the summer has gone to
for, taken all around there has beer
less hot weather this summer than any
year within the recollection of the
oldest inhabitant.
| VIM. kepp, was in town with his
auto, Monday, from LOOMS. MI. Kepl
has charge of the water and electric
light system at LOOMS, which was
put in by the Palmer Mountain Tunnel
company when that camp was on the
crest of prosperity.
| Mrs. Joe Hall of Tonasket, was re-
ceived at the Oroville hospital this
week. At one time 1t was feared that
she would have to undergo an opera
ton but DR.. Lewis decided that it
would not be necessary, or at least ex-
pedient at the present time.
The frame work of one of tie resi-
dcnces that the Oroville Co: struction
company are erecting in the west part
of town, is up and from present ap-
pearances the building is going to be
conspicuous and attractive addition
to the hill residence section.
Now that dry weather is on us in
earnest it behoves property owners to
be careful about fires. The town has
a splendid water system, but no one
in particular desires to see it in action
suppressing conflagration in the
business or residence district.
The ladies of Trinity Guild of the
Episcopal church are arranging to
hold another rummage sale the latter
part of September, to which donations
are solicited. The sale last fall was
such popular hit that the ladies de-
cided to repeat the same this fall.
Chas. T. Peterson returned home
from the Methow valley Saturday,
considerably improved in health, yet
far from being entirely we'll. He re-
sumed the management of the Wash
ington Motor Car garage, though not
in condition to apply himself to hard
work.
J. M Adams, the we'll known River
side attorney, was in Oroville, Monday,
coming up in his own car. Mr.. Adams
is so we'll satisfied that Oroville has
a future, and future that is going to
materialize at an early date that he
is thinking seriously of getting in on
the ground floor by locating here.
Rev. G. H. Severance left Monday
morning for Seattle, Tacoma and Port
land, and will return home by the way
Of Spokane. The trip is taken as a
vacation, very brief one, by-the-way,
as he expected when he departed to
be back in Orcville by Thursday or
Friday.
The swiftly driven autos are still
soaring the newly macadamized
streets. Local autoists are using some
judgment in travelling over these
streets, it is the visiting Gel owner,
having no interest either in keeping
up or paying for this Improvement,
who is most generally the speed
maniac.
A very large number of people were
out on Osoyoos lake Sunday, or do
| ing the picnic stunt on the shores Of
that beautiful sheet Of water. This
lake is an attraction that the people
of the town and valley hardly fully
appreciate, and few years hence it
will be looked upon as most valuable
asset to the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Ellis, Mrs.
Lair H. Gregory and Mrs. Frank M.
Dallam left in Mr.. Ellis car for Spo-
kane, Sunday. Mrs. Gregory will re-
turn to her home in Portland after a
day or two stop in Spokane, end Mrs.
Dallam will visit for short time
with her daughter, Mrs. Ellis, before
returning to Oroville.
A nice little land deal was recently
closed for 60 acres on Britain Flat,
just south of the Ellis-Forde Orchard
tracts. ]. w. H. Farver Of Wcnatchee,
was the investor, paying the Picken
brothers and NJ X. Brown $4,000 cash
for the acreage. The land is under the
new irrigation system and was sold
on the strength of the construction of
the project.