The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-05-26

not find many infringements of the
law IN his travels, but in order that tar
lodging may not become a habit the
government finds it profitable to keeI
representatives of the revenue depart.
ment warm on the trail, and Mr.. Mer.
ritt drops around with clocklike regu.
larity about twice year.
At meeting of the Deborah society
recently held the following officers
were elected: Mrs. J. M. Norris presi-
dent; Mrs. Geo. 1. Cole, vice-president;
Mrs. s. H. Sanderson. secretary; Mrs
Samuel Blackler. treasurer.
Prof. F. B. Nance expects u xu IL
Wenatchee the latter part of the week
to visit with friends for a few days,
and from there he will go to Eugene
Oregon, and may take summer
course at the college at that place.
AS far as can be learned not a great
deal OF damage was done in this vicin-
ity to the fruit crop by the unseemly
and undesirable cold weather in May.
Indications point to heavy yield of
almost all varieties OF fruit both small
and large.
The weather has been extremely I'M
seasonable during the week, at times
it was cold enough for fires. Here 1t Is
almost June and so far the tempera-
ture has been more In the nature Of
very early spring than we'll on the rim
of summer.
Frank Ford. who has attended the
high school during the past year, left
Monday for the Davis ranch, near
Ophir. where he will keep in physical
condition to buck the line next fall by
applying his energies to the gentle
art of farming.
DR.. and Mrs. Elmer and the baby
left Thursday morning for the east,
expecting to be absent two months or
more. While in the east the doctor will
take a post graduate course In one of
the leading medical colleges of the
Atlantic coast.
In order to vote at the fall elections
whether a resident of the town or tho
country, every man and woman entiti-
cd to the franchise must be registered.
II is duty that should not be n aglec.-
ed. Have you registered? IL not get a
move on at once.
Miss Gertrude Miller, one of the
able corps of school teachers, will visit
with friends in Nelson for a short time
and spend the vacation on the coast.
Miss Miller has taught two terms in
Oroville and has been retained to teach
her old department next year.
The river is as tickle as young girl.
II will rise for few days and then
drop a foot or two. The cool weather
would insure against high water was
it not that at every touch of cold
about as much new snow falls in the
mountains as is removed with a few
days Of warm weather.
DR.. J. r. Masters, who has been in
the east during the past year taking a
post graduate course in dentistry will
be back in Oroville the latter part of
June. The doctor, accompanied by his
wife and daughter Tressie, made the
trip east overland in an auto and en-
poets to return west by tn, same
means.
J. j. Mcdonald who had sub con-
tract under A. Guthrie & Co., on the
irrigation system, left for Gle Elum,
Monday where Guthrie & Co., have
a contract for building fourteen mile
prong Of railroad for the Northern
Pacific out into timber belt. Mr..
Mcdonald will have some of the con-
structing to do.
Revue Frank and Dick Case left by
auto for California early Monday
morning. Mrs. Frank had to remain
over here Monday to close up some
business matters that had been for
gotten until the last minute. Mrs.
Frank left by train, via Spokane,
Tuesday, and will catch the overland
excursionists at Pasco.
l.. Christman who conduced the old
Irven barn for the past two years, has
moved his family to LOOMS, where
he will engage in teaming and many
drift back into the livery business.
The departure of Mr.. Chrisman means
the loss of a very desirable family,
and their friends trust that they may
find their way back to Oroville in the
near future.
Remember the annual convention Of
the Okanogan County Sunday School
which is to be held in Oro-
vile on the 9Th and 9th of June. There
will be be a great many visitors in
town from all parts of the country.
Welcome and hospitality should be ex-
tended to these strangers, who must
return home feeling that they were not
strangers in this place.
Mrs. R. A. Rhenwinkle, a graduate
and experienced physician, sister OF
DR.. e. e. Elmer, arrived in Oroville
Saturday, and will have charge of the
doctors practice while he is absent in
the east. Mrs. Rhenwinkle is no stran-
ger in Oroville as she had charge Of
DR.. Efner's practice for short time
some two or three years ago, giving
eminent satisfaction wherever called.
Frank Stansbury tells us that the
Indians inform him that this is going
to be very cold summer. OF course
their representations are based on
signs, as it has ben among Indians