The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31
DR.. E. E. Elmer has been to Spokane

home
T. ]. Hannah, an attorney OF Mil
waukee. is in Oroville representing the
Hagerty heirs in the sale of the water
and light power plant.
W. F. Mahood and family arrived
Wednesday from Blackwell, Oklahoma.
and has purchased lands under the
irrigation system, which he will at
once improve.
The Oroville Investment company
Russell, the Iowa colonist. to place
settlers ON desirable tracts under the
irrigation system.
The Deborah society of the Presby-
terrain church will meet at the church,
Wednesday. April 5th, at 2:S0 o'clock.
All ladies welcome.
Waivers have been secured for a
right OF way for a road from the Frank
Mitchell ranch to Circle City, and
eventually the road will be extended
down Dry Gulch TO Oroville.
Leonard hubert, the young man who
had his back broken in Aeneas valley
last week while unloading saw logs.
was placed in a plaster cast Wednes-
day. He is in good spirits and suffer-
ing very little. His physician has hopes
that the treatment will prove benefic-
ial.
Prof. L. V. Burrus, principal of the
Tonasket public school. was brought
TO Oroville Wednesday suffering from
appendicitis. Dr. Lewis operated on
the patient Thursday morning and he
passed through the ordeal safely. If no
complications set in Prot Burrus will
be out and around again in few days.
A deal has been on for a week for
the Similkameen power plant. 1t would
be more proper to state that several
deals have been under consideration
Up to the hour of going TO press no
transfer had been made. but negotia-
tons have reached such point that a
sale may be eousumated today or to-
morrow.
Fred McDevitt, who has been cook
ing at the Crescent cafe, left Wednes-
day morning for Grand Forks, B. c.,
where he will enlist in the British
army as baker. His friends here gave
Fred the glad hand at his departure.
expressing the hope that he would
never be hit by anything harder than
one of his own biscuits.
Deputy Assessor Snider, who is in
yestigating the possessions of the res
idents of this part of the county in
order TO see that no man guilty of
owning anything upon which tax can
be levied escapes. has completed about
three-fourths of his work. He is max
ing thorough investigation and the
man whom he overlooks will be play
ing in big luck.
For Sunday evening. only. the Or
pheum will present New York" from
A H. Woods famous Broadway sue
cess, strong human inteSt play, feat
uring Florence Reed. one of the fav-
orites Of the spot light. New York"
is said TO be one of those intensely in
tsresting film features of the movies,
including an all star cast. Patrons of
picture plays should not fail to see
this presentation.
A report was started in circulation
Tuesday that Mrs. Justin Casad. nee
Alice Horrigan, of Twisp, had died at
her home, and that lady will be pleas
ed to learn that universal regret was
expressed throughout the community
over what was supposed TO be her I'M
timely demise. 1t is a great pleasure
20 report that Mrs. Casad is now out
Of all danger and is recovering stead
lily. Her new son is also lusty and
thriving
Fruit growers should attend the lee
lures to be delivered at the high school
auditorium this Friday evening by
such we'll known authorities as A. H
Harrison. entomogolist, Louisville, Ky.
o. T. Clawson. state horticultural in
Speetor. Stanley Nagley. county horti-
county agriculturalist. They will tell
all about spraying for worms and
aphis, and that is something that ev-
cry fruit grower ought TO know
r D ASApu1lu, mo spent the " IN
ter in Portland. returned to Oroville
Monday evening. looking as though
the world had been treating him kind
IL through hard winter. Nc reports
that business conditions are improv-
ing on the coast He was surprised TO
see so many changes for the better in
and around Oroville since he left the
place, for the streets have been grad
ed. the irrigation system constructed
and number of new buildings erected
during the period OF his absence.
T y. O-Neill has been working
among farmer on the proposition or
erecting elevators at several points
along the railroad Already the farm
ers OF Nelson have organized 10 build
an elevator ar that place and one is
to be erected az Circle and Chssaw.
A chop mill will probably be put IN
in connection with the elevator az Cir
Gle Considering the high price OF
grain sacks with every prospect Of a
great shortage, the elevator IS the only
solution TO handling grain in the farm
ing communities
Miss Juns.ta Catlin, aged "a Years.
OF Horse Spring coulse, was brought TO
ST. Jossph's hospital Saturday suffer
ing from aupSuiiCi-iS Dr LAWS nra-