The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-08-18

made the same trip and again wa.
caught in a storm and wet tnrous. ~
the last drenching he was exposeu ~.
sono time before he was able TO retu,n
bona and procure change OF cio'n
inc and II was that exposure 'ua'
drought on his illness. AT present w." W.
ling Mr.. Van Alta has shown cohs,ue
able signs Of improvement, anu h,'
nhvsician is hopeful that he VIII sooi
no abIe TO be up and around.
This paper was rather premature IA
petting Charley Powell started Oh no
Alaskan trip in the last issue. IL maD
stated that he was to leave Thursuay
morning, when in fact he did not &c.
aUav until Saturday morhlns' anu
then went out by the way OF SPOKANE
where he had business to trasact' MIS-
Powell TO meet him at Wenatchee Oh
Monday. Mr.. Powell has one adVan-
tape in thus changing the date ana di-
rection of his departure, for ne was
able to see the next president OF the
limited States at Spokane, Charles ~
Hughes. who was in that city SUNDAY
and Monday.
Mrs A. M. VanAtta came in from
Spokane Saturday with a new BUICK
auto, and it is probably one OF tne
most completely equipped models that
has so far come into the county. ine
car itself has great power ana tne
sweep of it's lines makes it thing OF
lbeauty in the way of motor vehlcle.
lit is modern in every detail with eV-
Iery new tangled accessory known,
/ such as water gauge. side MIRROR
swinging side electric light, time piece,
rear guard and other features too nu-
n,erous to mention With only a rev
lessons Mrs. Van Alta can operate her
car. having run it up to her mountain
ranch several times, and that Is ABOUT
as severe a test as a new hand at the
|stearing gear can be put to.
Already there is a tinge OF fali Ia
the cir, that chill in the early morn
ings that is a forerunner OF that Keen
err chill of December. When you come
TO look back over it, this summer mas
been one of the most unusual that has
ever been experienced in this part OF
the valley, at least since the advent OF
the white man. There has been only al
few days all told of real summer, that
kind of summer weather that means
excessive heat, and there has not been
a single night when blankets were not
comfortable long before morning.
Then, more rain has fallen this sum-
mer than during the same season for
years. Taken altogether it has been an
exceptionally pleasant summer, fol-
lowing a long and exceptionally I'M
pleasant winter. *
Rev. G. II. Severance, of the Episco-
raj church, returned to Oroville last
Friday evening after an absence of
two months, during which he spent
his vacation among relatives at his
old eastern home in Vermont and New
Jersey. Mr.. Severance had most en-
joyable trip and visit, yet he says in
all his travels he found no climate that
would compare for comfort with that
of the Okanogan valley. He went out
over the Canadian Pacific and returned
west through Salt Lake, Denver, Colo
RADIO Springs and on to Seattle. Asked
as to the political situation in the east,
Mr.. Severance stated that while he
took no part in politics in the east the
sentiment was overwhelmingly in ia
vor of Hughes, and that he was in
formed that the betting at Washington
City was rs to ! in favor of the re-
publican candidate for president.