The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-06-16

league building and grounds. lauding
the community and civic spirit that
Icould make such beauty SPOT possi.
Ible. p0' po'''
Inc stockholders of the 49th parallel
mine met here this week and are max
ing arrangements to commence work
OH an extensive scale.
"eo. Riddle of Hedley, motored
Through town on Sunday with Mr.. and
MRS. Oty. going to Oroville-Keremeos
items in Hedley Gazette.
The Wenatchee World is authority
Tor the statement that the Western
Union Telegraph company is to estab-
nsh line up the Okanogan valley
from Wenatchee to Oroville.
Mrs. J. F. Getsey who is now living
III Spokane, spent several days in Oro-
Vllie during the past week visiting
with her son, Louie Drummer and
daughter. Mrs. H. c. Jackson.
The one refrain in this town Satur-
oay among both progressives and re-
puDiicans when they learned of the
nominations at Chicago was "Oh. HI"
10 many of us it was even worse than
that.
While attending the dedicatory exer-
cises on the canal during the celebra-
tlon Seattle visitor lost some con-
tracts and blue prints. If the finder
VIII please leave at this office the
courtesy will be appreciated.
A heavy volume of water is being
carried off by the Similkameen. For
tunately the weather cools off lust
ABOUT the time the river gets to the
highest stage permitting it to shrink
before Overlooking to any extent.
.. II. Woody of the Okanogan Inde-
pendent, was the only county editor
who took in the OrOvile celebration.
Mr.. Woody was called upon at the
smoker in the evening and responded
very neatly, showing that his ability
is not wholly confined to the pen.
Mrs. Geo. Bowerman. formerly res
ldent OF Oroville, but for the past three
or four years living at Hedley, visited
with friends in Oroville two or three
days of last week, leaving Saturday
for Spokane, where she will make her
home during the summer, at least.
considerable acreage has been
planted to alfalfa in the valley this
year, which is a wise move on the
part of the land owners Alfalfa grow
ing will naturally lead to dairying, and
dairying is about the surest and best
money getter for residents of the val
Hey.
Rufus Woods, the hustling head of
the Wenatchee world, was a visitor in
town Friday last. He failed to get here
for the celebration with the Wenatchee
delegation, but that was no fault of
his. He tried hard enough, but his car
got to bucking on the road and tied
him up for day.
Tom Cookery, of Spokane, a pleasant
gentleman personally and a rafting
easy talker on the stump, who ran for
congress two years ago on the progress
sive ticket, was visitor in Oroville
during the celebration Mr.. Cookery is
still harboring an ambition to get to
congress, yet so far has not declared
himself in the race this year.
DR.. and Mrs d. H. Lewis, Miss Madge
and Baby Lewis left in the Doctors
car for Springdale and Spokane Mon
day morning early, expecting to make
the run through to Springdale that
day. The doctor has five surgical
Operations for people living in this
part of the country that he will per-
form while on the outside at one of
the city hospitals.
Wednesday strapping big young
man confronted we editor and said:
You do not know me. | am Claude
Stanley, of Waterville, and this is my
we did not know him, for when we last
saw Claude he was very little bigger
| than the son he presented us to. 1t was
great pleasure to find the promising
lad had grown up to be such fine,
we'll set up, clean looking young man.
In an item from Loomis some three
or four weeks ago the statement was
made that Road Supervisor Percy
Eastman had $1,000 to spend on the
road around the south end of Palmer
lake. This was an unintentional mis-
take. Mr. Eastman had only $500, and
he used that sum to the best advantage
building up the road in the places
where the waters of the lake formerly
covered it several feet during high wa
ter nearly every spring.
Listen to the old refrain. Have you
Registered? You cannot vote anywhere
in the county, town or country, unless
you are registered. 1t is the duty of
every man and woman entitled to vote
to see that his or her name is on the
registration books. E. r. Hoose is reg
'istration clerk for Oroville precinct
No. 1, Ed. Davis of precinct No. 2, and
F.. S. Stansbury of precinct No. 3. Do
not put off this duty too long or you
will find yourselves disfranchised.
A run over the roads in this vicitity
impresses the traveller that they will
stand fixing in numerous places.
Without a substantial top dressing the
roads cut badly in the summer time.
| or course these highways at present
are a great improvement over what