The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-07-14

III the vacancy. Among other business,
Transacted subscription OF $50 90 r.
the stock of the proposed general hos
pital at Oroville was authorized Tbose
attending the meeting from out O,
Town were VIM. Baines and Will Nal.
lott from Okanogan.
| The Oroville Construction Comnan,
ias the contract for putting in the
concrete foundation for the new schoo
mouse at Tonasket, which is a suaran.
Tee that the work will be properly
done. PRYOR. >
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Avery. OF Molso,
ana Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Armstl ong OF
this place, left Sunday in NJ Ayerv's
car for Seattle to be absent for fort
hight. 1t will be a very pleasant ONT.
ing for the young people.
Rev. M. j. Stevens of Spokane. held
services in the Episcopal church Sun.
uay. AS the announcement of his com.
ing dld not reach here until late in
the week, general notice of the ser.
wee could not be given out.
I. F.. Vessels, of Spokane. who will
nave charge of the Episcopal church
at okanogan during the absence OF
fev. Geo. II. Severance, was in Orc.
Iville over Sunday. He will hold SER
vices in the local church Sunday, July
|2S.
Mrs. Harry Reed accompanied by
her little daughter, arrived in Oroville
last Friday evening to visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs j. f. Samson.
Mrs. Reeds health has much improved
since her last visit home, some months
IagO
An automobile party made up Of W.
j. Frank. Revue Frank, Dick Case, Joe
Helm and Fred Clark drove down to
Omak Monday morning in Reevie
franks auto for the purpose of reg
istering for the Colville reservation
land drawing.
Dr.. ID. II. Lewis has had such de-
mands for his services in surgical
cases this week that he was compelled
to open the old hospital for patients,
which will probably be kept In opera
ton until the proposed new hospital
is constructed.
Marxc Thomas, of Okanogan, who
was valuable attachee of the sheriff 3
office during his fathers administra-
ton. at time when the sheriff OF this
county had hard and dangerous du-
ties to perform, was in town from his
home in Okanogan Monday night.
1t is calculated that at least 100, 900
people will register for the Colville
reservation land distribution. Hun
dreds of people have been in Omak
since the opening of the registration
books and hundreds more will visit
that place before the books are closed.
w. A. McCrary is handling the tele-
graph key at the depot. Mr.. McCrary
was telegraph operator and station
agent at Nighthawk for several years
in former days, returning here nearly
a year ago to go upon an orchard tract
on the Ellis-Forde Orchard Tracts
south of town.
Several notaries from Oroville were
in Omak on the first two days of land
registration, but at rs cents shot
there was not sufficient money In TAX
ling registrations to pay respectable
salary to all the notaries on the job,
SO the Oroville contingent returned
home Thursday last.
With passenger train arriving here
at 1890 p. m, the Seattle daily Post
Intelligencer can be received here the
same morning it is printed, giving the
valley the daily news eight hours ear
lier than heretofore. This is surely a
great advance over things as they were
in this locality only few years ago
Mrs. II. H. Granger and daughters,
Misses Violette and Gertrude, have
Joined Mr. Granger at the ranch south
of town after being absent since early
last fall Miss Violette attended the
Normal schol at Cheney, during the
past year, and Miss Gertrude attended
and graduated from the high school at
Davenport.
Fred. j. May of Conconully, spent
Monday night in Oroville ON his way
to his old home in Bridgeport, Conn
Mr.. May Is connected with the Com
|mercial bank at Conconully, and has
been applying himself closely to bust
IEess for several years. He Is off now
on a we'll earned vacation to be absent
tor a couple of months.
AS illustrating the great convenience
of the double train service on the
branch it can be reported that several
people from here having business at
the county seat during the week went
down on the 7:15 train, transacted
their business and caught the train
leaving Wenatchee in the morning
reaching home at 1890.
Geo Bailey, one of the master minus
That is doing so much for the upbuild-
ling of Tonasket, spent Sunday in Oro-
vile. accompanied by his wife, guests
Of DR.. and Mrs. J. l.. Masters. IT there
were more men in the upper Okan gan
with the ability to do things like Geo
Bailey this part of the county Woulo
Iepio, :. season of progress ana ros-
ne ritv of indefinite longevity.
A. C. Groulx has purchased the
blacksmith shop, including lot anc
Ibuilding. in the rear of Wilbur Hos
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