The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-28


feet on the run west from Oroville to
Princeton this week. Trains formerly
made the round trip Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays. Those trips are
now made on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays.
Mrs. Jones, mother OF Miss Lenore
Jones. was in town Friday last visit
irg her daughter who is at the Oro-
willie hospital Mrs. Jones is pioneer
OF the county, having lived for years
il Ruby canyon, few miles below
the old Ruby mining camp.
Prof Ira F. Emington has accepted
a position as leader of the orchestra
az the Orpheum theater, Oroville, and
will leave for that city next Thurs
day. The Prof. is violinist of ex-
ocptional ability, and will do well in
his new location.-Molson Leader.
OF course much depends upon eli
r,atic conditions in figuring on the
completion OF any outdoor contract,
so that Silke & La Plant can not say
exactly when they will have the street
work completed. They expect to fin
ish the job, however, within so days.
r. L. Prentice and J. Friis made a
run TO Pateros in a car this week on
laundry and creamery business. They
report the roads 10 be in excellent con-
ditiOn, considering the heavy rain fall.
Indeed. the worst roads encountered
was after getting within the corporate
limits of Oroville.
Bishop Page of the Episcopal church
will be in Oroville on Sunday, June
3 TO confirm a class. He will preach
in the Episcopal church Sunday morn
ing. June IS, and as he is said to be
one of the most eloquent diyines in
the west large congregation should
be out TO hear him.
The water sports that are TO be a
feature of the Oroville ith of July
celebration will be an unique attrac-
ton that will furnish thrills for the
big crowd that will be here. With
the river and lake so near at hand
OrOyille is excellently situated for
swimming. diving and boat contests.
People from the hill country on both
sides OF the valley report that the
prospect for big grain crop was
never better at this season OF the year.
II would almost seem that enough
moisture has fallen to insure crop
even if no more fell prior to harvest
time.
The latter part OF last week, while
fishing from boat in Osoyoos lake.
Oscar Trummel caught a three-pound
trout ON a smell hook, and the bate
used was plain feather. Either
Trummel is the luckiest fisherman in
the county, or that trout was hybrid
and had a strain OF sucker in his
blood.
The Nelson Leader says that a post
office is to be established on Ninemile
creek, about nine miles west of that
place, which will be named lessen, af-
ter l.. p. lessen. one OF the pioneers
OF the district. The postoffice depart
ment is now looking for postmaster
to take charge OF the proposed new
office.
Lloyd Lyons was taken to Seattle
Tuesday morning where he will be
treated by an eye specialist in the
hopes OF saving the sight of his eye so
shockingly injured recently by a pre-
mature blast at the Ivanhoe mine
Aside from the condition OF his eye
Mr.. Lyons is almost entirely recover
ed from his injuries.
Ernest Riste, secretary Of the West
Okanogan Valley Irrigation district,
left for St. Paul Saturday to confer
with the railroad officials relative to
the construction of the project. 1t
is the sincere hope of the people of
the valley that his mission will bear
fruit and early construction result
from his negotiations.
Ray Hershberger returned Monday
from West Virginia where he has
been living for the past year. Mr..
Hershberger is far from a we'll man,
as he has been suffering from lung
trouble for months. 1t is hoped that
the dry, warm climate OF the valley.
when the rains are finally over, will
work an improvement in his condi-
ton.
The Spokane train due here at 1880
last Friday evening did not arrive I'M
I'll about IL O'Clock. The cause of the
delay was huge boulder that rolled
down from the hill side on to the
track near Boyds. 1t required three
applications OF giant powder to re-
duce the chunk Of stone to man size
Gornicks so that the track could be
cleared.
Sunday was an off day for the val
ley league clubs, and the quality of
ball put up was not particularly to
the credit of the players, and nothing
to compare with the air tight ball of
the week before. At Oroville the win
ming club ran into double figures, and
in the game at Okanogan the Okano-
ganites defeated Tonasket by score
of to 3.
Okanogan is out for the Okanogan
Valley League pennant, as the team
OF that place have just imported a pro-
fessional pitcher in the person of Jess
Baker. He will appear for the first
time against Oroville next Sunday. If
he Is the tnrnadn that he iS ranroSan4