The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-09-22

DIR. Elmer of Oroville. Mr.. Hurley
and son, Mr. Boyd and Mr.. Graham of
Loomis. passed through town on Mon
day from Granite Creek, where they
had been looking after some mining
nterests.-Hedley Gazette.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Blonder. of St.
Paul were visitors in town Wednes-
day. Mr.. Blonder is connected with the
Northern Pacific immigration depart
ment and is out on a tour Of the Okla
hogan country.
Last week about dozen young men
from British Columbia passed through
Oroville on their way to enter college
on this side of the line Some were 60
ing to Pullman, others to the Univer-
sity of Seattle and still others to Berk-
ley, California. s...s.1-A.
The old three-times- -a-week system
was inaugurated on the Princeton run
this week. Trains will make the round
trip every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, as was the schedule prior to
the putting on of the daily service
some months ago.
The Women of Woodcraft held an
interesting reception to many invited
guests in Odd Fellows hall Tuesday
evening. A short musical program,
dancing and refreshments made up an
entertainment that all OF the partici-
pants highly enjoyed
,,,,ho, 80 Odd Ea11ouS want I'm RI
Molson one day last week to help Tire
new lodge recently instituted at that
place to get off OH the right foot. The
VS. of the mystic links met with a
most hospitable reception and OF
course had good time.
l.. l.. Bair left 16 pounds of potatoes
at this office Friday last, some OF the
specimens being monsters in size. Mir.
Bair stated that the potatoes were dug
from a single hill of volunteer growth
on his place just west OF the school
house. The potatoes had no care what
ever, and Mr.. Bair dug up the hill more
through curiosity than an expectation
of finding any tubers. He was surpris-
ed beyond measure not only at the
quantity of the potatoes the hill yielded
but with their extraordinary size.
H. A. Stafford, the young man who
was connected with the Woodbury.
Lumber company at this place for some
time. has been selected to fill the va
cancv made by the resignation OF Roy
Vincent. and will be the manager OF
the Farmers store. The company lost
good man in the departure OF Mr.
Vincent. but was very fortunate IN Sc
curing the services of such an excell-
emf successor in the person OF Mr.. Sta1-
ford The public will find the young
man a very pleasant individual TO 90
business with, and the store Will lose
none of its prestige with the change.
Say; you taxpayers of the county
have you any idea how your taxes
have increased in the past SIX years
We doubt if you have, and 1t may en-
tighten you should you turn PACK 10
vour old receipts and note the STEADY
increase. We were shown rrlgnuui
example of steady increase or taxes
Tuesdav. when we were permitted TO
look over a tax receipt that had just
been paid. The receipt was for taxes on
lot 6 block 6, Oroville, lot that mas
M improvements on it, and the pay
ment embraced back taxes from l9lo
n 1915 In 1910 the taxes on this iot
we're so cents in 1911, 92 cents; IN
1912 1920; in 1913, $3.50; in 1914
s7s5; in 1915 slO.O5. This does not IN
clude interest. This seems incredlDie
but there is the tax receipt and the
money the receipt called for was palo
II is only charitable to hope that some
how in some way a mistake has been
made by the assessor, but it is an eH'
Mons siye mistake to the man called up
on to meet the bill.