The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-06-09

cast anu west. The backward spring is
responsible. 1t may be that the damage
Is not as great as is feared at this time
IT, T. Smith of Oregon, has been ap.
pointed county agriculturalist to fiji
the vacancy made by the resignation
OF }. A. Hughes.
Now that the excitement Of the colo.
oratioh Is over make arrangements in
advance to celebrate the 4th of July
with the Loomis people.
Mrs. Geo. Wilson came in from Re.
public Monday evening, spent Tuesday
win Chesaw friends and went to Orc.
vile that evening.-Chesaw News.
II. Bussert of Oroville has taken the
contract to lath and plaster the new
farm residence of John Anderson and
Is now at work on the same.-Molson
Leader.
| Judge {. II. Neal and C. w. Smith,
OF Oroville, was in Monse last FRIDAY
| looking over some mining property on
| the reservation east of town.-Monse
Monitor.
A large force is calking the fumes
on the irrigation system, and as there
are many miles of fumes it will re-
cure some weeks to get over the en-
tire system.
V. W. Champneys, late stockman of
inc Similkameen valley, now a gentle
man of leisure that he has well earned
by years of roughing it and hard work,
ISundayed in Oroville.
Jas. Jackson left Monday morning
Tor Everett, where he will attend the
annual session of the grand lodge of
odd Fellows of the state as a delegate
from the Oroville lodge.
Dooley p. Wheeler has been market
ing some of the largest strawberries
ever seen in this place They we're
grown on his Bonnycroft place, on the
East Oroville Orchard tracts.
Main street will come in for the
name of Rainbow Alley" with a few
more tints spread on the store fronts.
Joe Helm has butted in with beautiful
maroon on the Crescent cafe exterior
Attorney Il. A. Williams of Oroville
was here Saturday on legal business.
He is kept so busy with clients down
there that he seldom has time to visit
his former stamping grounds.-Molson
Leader.
The musical entertainment given in
the Lyric theatre last Friday evening
n hn Inn, <,f IaI n
of the Episcopal church, was well at
tended and a most pleasing program
rendered.
In some parts of the town mustard
has attained rank growth, and it
would be a good plan to "cut the mus
tard' while it is in the flower, thereby
increasing the chances of a short crop
next year.
In mentioning the dance at Kere-
meos recently the Hedley Gazette says
"the music was rendered by the Oro-
vile orchestra of five peaces, and was
quite the best ever heard at dance
at this place"
The frisky mosquito has put in his
appearance and is industiously pre-
senting his bill. That is one bill the
payment of which cannot be put off to
some remote time in the future 1t is
collected on delivery by Mr.. Mosquito.
The ladies of the Trinity Guild wish
to express their thanks to Mr.. Geo.
Stotz for the free use of the Lyric
theatre on the occasion of the giving
of the musical entertainment Friday
evening last. 1t was kindness chat
was highly appreciated.
Rev. G. II. Severance of the Epis-
cOpal church left on his summer vaca-
ton, or indeed, the first vacation he
has taken for several years, Thursday,
and will spend June, July and August
visiting with his parents in his old
home in New Hampshire.
The Okanogan Independent had it
that X. F. Hoffmark, manager for A.
Guthrie & Co., was the man who met
with a mysterious death between Oro-
willie and Fairview. Of course that was
ar accident. Mr.. Hoffmark is at Port
land and very much in the flesh.
Attorney Fred r. Neal was up from
Orovile Tuesday to be present at the
final proof of l.. B. Pearce. The proof
has been protested by miners, who al
|lege a conflict of rights to the land in
question, which lies at the foot of the
mountain Just east of BOlster.-Chesaw
News.
=. V. Covert returned home Saturday
evening from attending the session of
the Presbytery at Atlantic City N. j.
1t is hardly necessary to red ark that
Mr. Covert had a pleasant time at the
session and that he enjoyed every day
of his outing, which embraced num-
Der of the largest cities in the country.
The announcement that Father
Sherman is to deliver the 4th of July
Grafton at Loomis should be enough
in itself to draw big crowd. That ad-
dress will be better than any sport
that can be staged, for when it comes
down to concrete Americanism Teddy
the TERROR has nothing over Father
Sherman.
Talk about the virtues of irrigation,
three births are reported Saturday by
DR.. Lewis A boy came to gladden. the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Sanford,
and the families of Mr. and Mrs. j.