The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-07-28

office to which he aspires with credit
to himself and honor to rhe state.
Should he secure. the nomination at
the primaries he will be elected, and
his administration will prove to be a
most creditable one. With the exception
OF Mr.. Sutton, Mr.. Lewis is the only
republican candidate for governor who
has visited Oroville. Others can be ex-
Ipected before the primary election.
J. c. Weymouth accompanied by his
wife spent several days fishing on Sal
mon creek, near Conconully, and on
the lake had phenomenal luck, landing
upwards Of 200 trout. This office ex-
tends thanks for a sample of the catch
and the force can pronounce the trout
swell eating.
T. c. Hume, foreman of the Gazette
office, took day off Saturday and
motored to Omak with E. J. Cronin for
the purpose of registering for the
Colville Indian reservation land draw
ing. Mr.. Hume is in the game to draw
selection No. l, and here's hoping that
he will reach it.
This office received a pleasant call
Saturday from T. C. Hume, of Oroville
member of the Gazette mechanical
force. Mr.. Hume came down with car
load of Oroville people to register at
Omak, and while in this part of the
VALLEY decided to inspect the county
Iseat.-Okanogan Independent.
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Miss Anna B. Lewis, of Owasco, Wis,
mother and sister of that old time
resident of Ellemeham, Chas. 8. Lewis,
are visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
S. Lewis, and are so well pleased with
the country that they may protract
their stay until late in the fall.
Lee Rhoden, Of LOOMS. stopped over
in Oroville last Friday night on his
way to Republic, where he was going
for vacation for a fortnight Mr.
RhOden has charge OF w. c. Jones
store at LOOMS and has been applying
himself very closely to the work for
months. He had rest coming.
The Odd fellows OF the county are
making arrangements for holding a
picnic at Conconully on August II, IS
and 10. The old settlers hold meeting
at the same place on August II and
Is. This happy combination should
draw very large crowd to the old
county seat from all parts of the coun-
Ity.
DR.. F. S. Beale has raised the largest
crop of hay harvested in the valley this
year from his 40 acres on the flat just
east of town. The doctor says it has
been the heaviest yield since he has
owned the property, and that has been
a number of years. He was lucky, too,
/ in cutting and stacking the crop be-
tween rains.
Undertaken Barnes was called to To-
nasket Friday last to conduct the fun
eral of a young child of Dave Cattlin,
who had died a day or two before from
again summoned to Tonasket to take
charge of the funeral of Mrs. Joseph
Miller, of Wauconda, who died Monday.
The deceased was aged A years.
Rumor has it that quite an exciting
naval engagement took place on lake
Osoyoos last Friday night. There were
several casualties, and the next
morning quite collection of debris
was floting around on the lake. There
| is SO much secrecy maintained about
the aquatic entertainment that 1t Is
Impossible to secure particulars.
Last Thursday evening while Otto
Mills and Charlie Powell, Jr., were
scooting around in DR.. Efner's yellow
peril the thing struck a soft spot in
the road and disintegrated. propelling
the young men out into the ozone. The
car lit on the back of MIR. Powell's
neck and by miracle the young man
escaped with slight bruises and gen.
eral shaking up that incapacitated him
for a day or two.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Woody, Miss
Woody and two children passed
through Oroville Sunday on their way
Ito Nelson in Mr.. Woody's car. Mr..
Woody is the bright and enterprising
editor of the Okanogan Independent.
The party noticed DR.. Lewis wrecked
car on the road below Tonasket, and
from the appearance of the remains
they considered the escape of the occu-
pants only short of a miracle.
Friday last, this office had visit
from Calvin J. Carr, Of Tacoma, one
of the several republican candidates
for state treasurer to be voted for at
the September primaries. For the past
four years Mr.. Carr has held the i'm
portant office of treasurer of Pierce
county, where he has made an envia-
BILE record for his able and economical
administration of that office. No man
named in connection with the treas
urership is better equipped for the po-
sition through experience than Mr..
Carr. He has a very large personal fol-
flowing on the coast, where he has al
ways taken a very active part in both
civic and political affairs. While in
Oroville he met number of residents
of the town, and made a most favor
liable impression.
Mrs. Mary E. Mcclure announces
herself as candidate for county clerk
Isubject to the decision of the repub-
Ilican voters at the primaries. Mrs.
Mcclure is the present county clerk,
Ia &c staud;np for roaloctiOn AS she