The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-24

valley. III properly followed up II Is
/ going to be a paying industry.
! Clarence Haeder, one of the hustling
and progressive young ranchers OF
Horse Springs coulee, was in town
Friday last
Mrs. f. S. Beale was up from Oro-
vile Saturday between trains to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Dunlap
Chesaw News.
Mrs. Amy Newton was taken to the
Oroville hospital Tuesday evening to
take medical treatment for dropsy.-
Nelson Leader.
J. A. Hughes, from Okanogan, coun-
ty agrculturalist and agent of the U.
S. department of agriculture, was
visitor in town last Friday.
If Villa could only make his peace
with his countrymen and the United
States what fortune he could har-
vest on the vaudeville stage.
Henry Armstrong, travelling for
Holly, Mason, Marks & Co., the pioneer
hardware company of Spokane, was in
town Saturday on one of his regular
visits.
The fair proposition is going with a
whoop and hurrah. Let everybody get
in and drill and Oroville will have a
fair next fall that will be an eye
opener.
The jolly rains of the week will make
the grass grow all around and around.
and touch of green to give tone to
the barren landscape would be good
for the eyes.
Messrs, Stone, Strong and Cox came
up from Tonasket in car Monday.
and as they made the run in one hour
and ten minutes the roads are evil
IDENTIFY improving.
1t is reported that Mrs A. Peterson
has gone to Oroville to take treatment.
Her many friends hope to hear of her
great approximations items
in Nelson Leader.
j. r. zimmerman, formerly with the
Oroville Commercial company and now
travelling on the road for Spokane
house, was in town doing the business
men Friday and Saturday.
The annual meeting of the Okanogan
County Better Roads association will
be held at Okanogan, Wednesday, April
s. Everybody interested in good roads |
should make it point to be present.
l.. l.. Work returned home Saturday |
from protracted visit to the coast on
a business mission. Mr.. Work saw some
evidence of returning prosperity, but
not in such large chunks as to create
any great enthusiasm over the general
outlook.
The first arrest for drunkenness in
Oroville since the prohibition law went
into effect occurred Friday. The pris-
oner was taken before Judge Ferguson
who socked on such fine as will dis
courage intoxication in this place in
the future.
Dan England and Harry Forde were
in town Monday from the Ellis-Forde
Orchard Tracts. Daniel now sports a
new automobile, or good imitation of
one, which he finds great improve
ment over the cayuse getting around
the country.
If there had been anybody around
in the east part of town Saturday
with split second watch
they would have been able to take a
record of the fastest 200 yard dash a
Splinter has ever accomplished on a
cross country squirt.
of in N n hnf hun 90 &c
afternoon that the ladies of Trinity
Guild are to present in the lobby of
the Hotel de Grubb Those ladies are
going to dispose of something in the
way of eats that will give you joy when
you sample the wares.
The way things of a rather dubious
and sensational nature, hardly fit for
print in highly moral family journal,
boiled UP Friday night and Saturday
gave the impression that the
Did town had awakened from the dor
mant condition that has prevailed
since the first of the year.
The supper given by the civic league
last Friday night in connection with
feed as the ladies of that organization
are noted for serving. 1t is a pleasure
o add that there was sufficient patron
age to make the trouble worth while,
leaving very neat balance to the
good
The OrOville Construction Company
has been busy this week putting in the
and making the necessary i'm
in the Frank building for
The Oroville Pharmacy and that store
in the town. Mr.. Samson expects to be
in his new quarters within a
very few days.
A room 16x1S has been added to the
west side of the Episcopal church to
be used exclusively for Sunday school
purposes. This enlargement was made
necessary by the steadily increasing
attendance at the Sunday school. The
does not improve the appear
ance of the church but it will be found
a great convenience.
Mr.. McCammon's suggestion of Or
ganizing a Horticulture society is an
idea worth considering. 1t may be stated
that Mr.. McCammon can be considered
an authority on flowers, for he GER
tainly has one of the finest flower gar
dens in the country every summer, and
one he justly takes great pride in.
Others could follow his example to the
advantake of the town.
Mrs. II. A. Reed and little daughter
arrived from Portland last Thursday
evening and are visiting with Mrs.
Reeds parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F.
Samson. Mrs. Reed has been in Port