The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-22

dug out fthe concrete walk and re-
required considerable additional labor
This change is made to elevate the
electric power wires as high as posi-
BILE above the telephone cables.
Do not fail to attend the basket ball
game next Thursday evening at the
thigh school gym.
AS usual people put off Christmas
purchases until the eleventh hour, and
iii consequence the stores were crowd
ell the later past of the week.
| The telephone company will not be
installed intheir new quarters until
about the first week in January. There
has been an immense amount of work
involved in changing the system, and
the weather has not been such that the
| force could work to advantage. Nat
urally there are some defects in the
service while the changes are under
way, but after all lines are attached
up in Oroville will have a service to
be proud of.
Ye editor made trip to Wenatchee
noting conditions down the line, is well
satisfied with business conditions and
1.-THE geenral outlook at OrOville. OF
|course there were good many people
on the streets at Wenatchee, for We
|natchee has grown to be considerable
|of city, but large proportion of the
|apple crop is still in storage, awaiting
cars for shipment and hence money is
not as plentiful in the community as it
would be if the crop had all been mar
keted, and hence none OF the stores APP
Ipeared to be rushed with business.
John Swanson, knight Of the ham
mer and anvil long resident of Loo
mis-, was in Oroville Thursday last
and while here entered into contract
with Henry Bahrs to do the annual
assessment work on group of Is
claims situated on Palmer mountain.
Among those claims are those once
Iowned by the late Chas Gerhard, upon
which excellent ore was uncovered
years ago, but the leads were never
thoroughly opened up. Mr.. Swanson
has had plenty of mining experience.
and when he tackles a job of this kind
it is a cinch that it will be done right.
The firemen are deserving of much
Ipraise in handling the fire last Friday
|evering. The fire was we'll under head
way before an alarm was turned in,
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and then the boys had mile run to
make Two leads of hose was speedily
laid and there was nothing to it I'M
der the pressure of our splendid water
System. The house adjoining, belong
ing to Mrs. McNeally, living near
Molson, and unoccupied, was slightly
|scorched, but as it was only eight or
ten feet away from the building de-
stroyed it was saved only by the
prompt action of the firemen. The de
APARTMENT has saved the value of the
water works over and over again dur
ing the past year.
Saturday, NJ B. Folsom, an old and
widely known farmer residing at the
head of Antwyne valley, died after an
ILLNESS of about week. The funeral
was in charge of Undertaken Barnes
of this place and took place at II
O'clock Tuesday morning from the
residence, Rev. F. l.. Cook officiating.
Interment was in the cemetery at To-
nasket, and the remains were followed
to the grave by large cOncOurse of
friends and neighbors. The deceased
was one of the early homesteaders of
that locality, and by his industry, en-
Iergy and enterprise had become one
of the most prosperous farmers in the
north part of the county. He was a
man of sterling qualities and his death
is a great loss to the county. The
|sympathy of very large circle of
friends is extended to the bereaved
wife and family.