The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-21

c. A. Potter was down from Molsol
Monday.
Ralph Pheasant was up from To-
nasket Monday.
County Commissioner Green was in
town Wednesday.
c. Umchied was over from his ranch
near Tonasket Monday.
J. c. Robinson. of Nelson. was a
visitor in town Monday.
Agnus Black, of Synarep, was TAX
ing in the town Monday.
S. T. Crooker, of Tonasket, was a
visitor in town Monday.
Miss Grace O'Keefe was a visitor
in Oroville over Saturday night.
Attorney J. NJ. Adams was register
ed in town from Riverside Tuesday.
Rev &. II. Severance attended the
Episcopal convocation, at Spokane, this
week.
Lee Fruit, of Tonasket, was in town
Wednesday circulating among his old
friends.
Mrs. J. G. PEBBLES of Okanogan, was
Il guest of Mrs. S. B. Starrett for sew
eral days during the past week.
w. c. Jones, the Nighthawk merch-
ant was in town Monday accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Ellen Jones.
The NJ E. Sunday school picnic that
was to take place Saturday has been
! postponed on account of the wet
| weather.
Mrs. F. J. Cummings, of Riverside
was visiting with the family of Mr.
and Mrs L. l.. Work for several days
during the past week.
A lively looking town it was Thurs.
day morning when Silke & La Plant
commenced the work of street grad.
| ing. 1t gave one some idea how the
town would appear if the irrigation
| project was started up.
The pupils and teachers of the pub.
lie school gave a private dance il
Odd Fellows hall Tuesday evening
which was we'll attended and a source
of a great deal of pleasure to the
young people. 1t was the closing
| function given under the auspices o.
the school at the end of the 1914-1;
term. which has proved to be so pleas
ant and profitable to both teacher.
and scholars.
! Lloyd Lyons, the young man whC
was so seriously injured by a pre-
mature blast at the Ivanhoe mine las
week, is doing far better than coul,
have been expected, considering thu
nature of the accident. He is recover
ing and gaining strength rapidly. Hi!
face will not be disfgured. The onl.
uncertainty is as to the sight of hi
left eye, and he will have to be treat
ed by an eye specialist. He will g
on the outside in few days for tina
purpose.
No definite word has reached tn,
directors of the West Okanogan Val
ley irrigation district from the rail
road officials at St. Paul up to tn,
hour of going to press relative to tn,
construction of the big ditch Othe
t1au ara still wnrl.ipU on RI,
proposition in an effort to place tn
bonds. The intimation was conveye'
il the only dispatch received that tn
railroad would succeed in the effor
Of securing the necessary finance
and that the project would be carrie,
out.
The north bound Great Northern
train No. 256, with Conductor Dodt
and Engineer Morarity in charge
struck an automobile at a road eros
sing near Gray station, Monday morn
ing driven by J. f. Moore. The ca
contained Mr.. and Mrs. Moore ant
their infant child The child and Mrs
Moore were killed and Mr.. Moore yer.
seriously injured. The crossing il
en- curve and at a rather heav,
curve. The auto was not seen unit
the train was within few feet of tn,
car and it was impossible to avert tn
catastrophe.
On and after June 1st the bankin:
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