The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-09-01
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A. c. Pickering from Chesav w.s =,
town Friday last. was 'n
Monday is Labor Day and oo,.o
quently holiday. '"Se-
H. H. Elliott, of Havillah, was a via.
''or IN town Friday last "
Aug. Alstram, of Nelson was rev,..
tered in town Friday last.
MRS T.. B. Flanders, of Riverside
was visitor in town Saturday
geo hlrby was visitor to Orovi,,e
last week.-Keremeos items in Hed,av
Gazette. ~ ~ i'euiey
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Neal of orovi,,e
were IN Riverside Saturday Rivar'
side Tribune. ''.
Z. W. Mckee was at Orovil,e Mond.u
o"ying a supply of fruit for his store
Nelson Leader.
jean ADAMS, of Oroville, is here with
ner grandmother, Mrs. Woolsev y,
"'ehwood acres.-Riverside Tribune.
Inc Nelson Leader says that the
Nme-mile school will open September
D, with Mrs. w. w. thinner AZ teocbor
DR.. Lewis reports the arrival If =.
daughter Saturday to make happy the
household of Mr.. and Mrs. G. n Cur.
tits.
People who complain of heat dur.
ing the past week can appreciate what
the soldier boys on the border are I'm
against. r
The hot part of summer was slow
III getting here. Luckily 1t was late in
arriving. hence 1t is not liable to con.
tinue long.
Herbert Stafford, of Oroville, has
taken position with the Woodbury.
Lumber Co., In this city.-Okanoean
Independent.
According to the Nelson Leader DR.
W, {. ketchum will spend week or
TWO at Nelson, doing dental work be-
fore leaving for California.
About everybody owing cars. and
there are raft of motor vehicles in
town, were out on excursions into the
surrounding country Sunday.
|. N. Wickersham of Oroville brought
in the first squash and peaches from
that vicinity Friday and found ready
sale for them here.-Chesaw News.
Miss Carol Work, of Oroville, was
passenger on Wednesdays train, COM
ing don for visit at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. O. Burdett.-Okanogau
Independent.
c. Shassberger has discovered a COL
ony of spiders in his back yard that
for size and ugliness are first cousins
to the tarantula, and he is now trying
to ascertain what they are and where
they came from.
MIR. and Mrs. Archie Spencer re-
turned to Oroville Monday evening
from the coast, where they had been
visiting for several weeks, and ex-
press themselves as being pleased in
being back in dear old Okanogan.
Miss Hortense CRATIC, who has been
visiting with her nieces, Mrs. Herbert
Gregg and Mrs. ]. L. Masters for sew
eral weeks returned to her home at
Portland Tuesday morning. Miss Graf
TO has been teacher in the Portland
schools for several years, and resumes
her duties Tuesday.
The government thermometer at the
office of the West OkanOgan Valley
Irrigation district registered 98 II
Saturday, the hottest day of the year.
Moreover, the mercury has been bob
bling around above 80 for a fortnight
and that is very long spell Of torrid-
ness for this locality.
Geo. Bowerman was visitor in town
during the past week. Early in the
spring Mr.. Bowerman made the trip to
Hudson Bay in pursuit of the elusive
gold mine, and is just recently back
from that far north land. He says that
there is some mineral in that country,
but so far it has not been found in suf-
fcient quantities to pay to work,
especially where 1t is so remote from
transportation.
Judson Murray, a merchant OF Oro-
Vile, has applied to the United States
district court for decree in voluntary
bankruptcy. He says his liabilities
amount to $2356.24 and his assets to
s331S.57. In the assets he includes an
interest in a quartz claim which ne
values at 5000; two lots In Oroville,
$500; merchandise $4,000; open ac-
counts $433.32, and other small items.
Okanogan Independent.
w. A. CRUDE, immigration agent who
has been statinoned for long time at
chopaca. was in town Friday last. 1t
is reported that on the 18th of this
month Mr. CRUDE will be assigned as
deputy revenue officer to the office
formerly conducted by the late l.. u.
oliver in this place. This selection Will
rect with the approval of the citizens
of Oroyille for Mr.. CRUDE Is well
known and we'll liked in this commun-
ity.
There will be a meeting of the rep
resentatives Of the good roads organi-