The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-06-23

Io"6eMent 10 return there the first Ol
July Tor several days, playing with thu
Orovilie orchestra, footing in the band
ana hddling in the orchestra
News.
The county Sunday School conven.
ton held at Oroville last week was q
great success, being pronounced the
pest from every point OF view ever
held In the county. Delegates from
nearly every Sunday school in the
county were REPRESENTATIONS
Leader. |
q. l.. Ide and P. H. Watson, con.
nected with the customs department,
were in Oroville Friday and Saturday
checking up the local office formerly
In charge Of the late L. D. Oliver. Mr..
lido Is veteran in the service and an
acquaintance of We editor Of many,
many years.
| Say; the election is coming on and
you. Will have no vote, II you are. .oi
age emitting you to vote. unless reg
Iistered. Registration clerks say voters
are slow coming. forward. You cannot
afford to be disfranchised. Get your
name on the lists. This means country
and town residents.
Lew Kruger, who contributed to-
ward painting UP the town with Jack
Downs this spring, left last week for
lSpokane. to try his fortunes on the
outside. Mr.. Kruger made a number
tof friends While living here who win
be pleased to see him scatter back this
Iway at some future time.
The 4th of July Is near at hand and
majority Of the population will want
to scatter out in search Of celebration.
as there will be none on tap in this
place. 1t will be we'll to head direct for
LOOMS, as the old camp Is near at
hand and the population Is arranging
ITO do the hurrah act proper.
Jas. Jackson returned home from
the Methow valley Saturday and re-
ports that every bridge on the Me-
thow river with the exception of one,
has ben carried out by the exceptional
ly high water In that stream. This
means foisting an expense OF thous-
ands OF dollars on the county.
Notwithstanding the nasty condition
of the Okanogan while the Similka-
meen was backing up into the lake a
number of people persisted in taking q
dip into the swimming hole. 1t was q
dangerous experiment considering the
chances of sickness between the po-
luted water and the scorching heat.
The overloaded Similkameen was
the attraction Sunday and many of the
inhabitants visited the stream and
watched the tumultous waters rushing
by. 1t is seldom the river is as high
las 1t has been this season, and when
it gets on the rampage an enormous
volume OF water slips along through
town.
When this paper protested last week
against double punishment for single
crime It was not person we were de-
Tending but principle denounced, as
some might be inclined to interpret
When a law is broken the breaker
should take his or her medicine, but
double shooting the turn savors of OBJ
preston.
Some of the inhabitants of the valley
living on the low places had to take to
the high lands when water commenced
|encroaching upon their premises dur
ing the past week, but the total dam
age that may result will be overbalan-
ced by the enlarged meadow hay crops
that will be cut in August as a result
of the overflow. 49,. ,
1t is reported that A. r.. Thomson,
employed with the Nickle Plate mine
at Hedley, who was operated on for ap-
pendicitis at the Oroville hospital last
summer. was drowned in the Similka-
meen river last week. He was stand
ing on rock on the edge Of the river
repairing flume, slipped and fell int
to the river and was not seen again.
A change of nearly 40 degrees in 4a
hours is swift transformation but that
is what occurred here between Satur!
day and Monday afternoons. Saturday
the big thermometer registered SO de-
| 81 ees and the sun had on its cooking
clothes. Monday afternoon dampness
prevailed, snow was falling in the wes1
tern mountains and the climatic recor-
der registered 60 degrees. |
w. B. Sexson was summoned to
Reardan, Saturday, by telegram con-
|veying the sad news that his mother
was at the point Of death. He made the
trip overland in A. J. Wickersham's
car, 1t is learned that Mrs. Scxson was
in a state of coma for two OF, three
days but at last reports was somewhat
improved, although still in very crit
| ical condition, with chances Of recov-
cry very slim. ~
DIR. d. H. Lewis returned home Sat
urday evening from his trip. to Spo-
kane, Mrs. Lewis and the children re-
naming to visit with friends and rela-
tives. There is some intimation that
the doctor may move to Spokane to
take up his permanent residence. We
trust that this report is an error as
| he Is too valuable citizen to lose,
not only as a practitioner, but as a con-
sistent and persistent booster.
Now wouldn't this rasp you? Some
kind friends having only the best in
terests of Oroville at heart are giving