The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-06-29

"ioo6H OToNille last Friday on
e a trip up into British Columbia.
Geo Bailey, manager of Blackwell
y * COS, store at Tonasket, was a WISH
e Tor IN town Friday last, just as care
p free and jolly as ever.
Roy Vincent, one of the popular stu
dents of the Oroville high school. came
l down from the hill country Sunday.
l attracted by the ball game.
DR.. ID. H. Lewis went to Spokane
1 the latter part of last week to attend
: the State Physicians convention, re-
= turning home Monday evening.
The band the ball club and quite a
J number of citizens will go to Penticton
: Monday to participate in the celebra-
ton to be held in that city on that
date.
1t is reported that considerable rain
fell last week in portions of the county
although the visitation was not general
and this part Of the valley escaped
wetting.
Geo. Bartell is to put up q large
dancing pavilion just north OF the
Orpheum theatre which will be open
to the public during the 4th of July
celebration.
Stan Baker, ex-county commissioners
and all round good fellow, was In town
from Chesaw Sunday. and saw a garae
OF ball that was lulu, even II his town
boys did lose.
The gun shoot during the celebration
next week is going to be an interesting
feature. 1t is expected that contestants
VIII enter the shoot from a number of
neighboring towns.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Pourtales, mother of our
townsman L. F. Pourtales. arrived
from Oregon Tuesday evening last,
and VIII visit with the family Of her
son for some weeks.
W. b. Sexson moved into his new
residence on First avenue Sunday. The
building is brick veneered. and one of
the most complete modern residences
on the inside in town.
Those who enjoy excitement will
have an opportunity to indulge In plen-
ty of celebrating next week with the
Penticton attraction for Monday and
the big local celebration on the 4th
and 5th
Ray S. Matterson is the new immi-
grafton officer who is to fill the va
cancy made by the transfer of A. VOL
igny to Winnipeg. Mr. Matterson comes
to this station from Winnipeg, and Is
on the job
Among the marriage licenses issued
at the county seat last week were two
for Oroville parties, making happy c.
j. Otter and Anna Theasen, and Hen
ry Oliver Johnson and Isabella La
Flora French.
Monday large representation of
Oroville people will motor up to Pen
ticton and take part in the celebration
at that place. The people up that way
will reciprocate and come down to
Oroville on the 4th
Frank Grogan, who was kicked so
hard by a 10000 volt electric power
wire fortnight ago, is gradually re-
covering from the shock. He may con-
slider himself exceedingly lucky that
/ hC 10 nv INV pay lib a hoA
Two days next week will be devot-
ed to appropriately celebrating the
national holiday. An interesting pro-
gram has been prepared and all who
visit Oroville on the 4th and 5th are
assured of rafting good time
The municipal flag pole from which
the red, white and blue is to be un-
furled July 4th, has been received and
is being put in shape to raise on the
day we celebrate. This will be one of
the features of the celebration.
The ball games on the 4th and 5th in
which Orovlle, Chesaw and Penticton
will be contenders, will in themselves
be well worth coming to Oroville to
see. If they prove to be anything like
that of Sunday they will be a spasm of
joy to the fan.
| A large body of Masons attended SER
vices at the Episcopal church Sunday.
and the sermon was appropriate to the
occasion. The local lodge can boast of
fine looking lot Of members, and one
would be willing to chance the goat to
be one of the crowd.
Some of the hill roads near Chesaw
are sadly in need of fixing and the
same cry goes up in other sections OF
the north part of the county. Possibly
road funds are short, yet some pro-
vision should be made to make the
highways at least passable.
Sherman Stark of Port Orchard,
was a visitor in town for a few days
last week. 1t was Mr.. Stark's first Wis
it to Oroville for several years and he
was very much pleased with the evil
dences of changes for the better both
in the town and in the valley.
Tours into British Columbia via the
Okanogan valley are growing popular,
and people from even the eastern
states have passed through Oroville
this season. The trip is one of the
most enjoyable in the northwest and
will grow in popularity as it becomes
better known.
Messrs. Weldon, Cox and Dallam,
who have had experience in the SER
vice, are kindly lending their assist
ance to drilling the Boy Scouts. Herb
Silvernail, who also has had army ex-
perience, is drilling the Home Guards
or the small squad that so far has
turned out as representing the Home
Guards.
Workmen were engaged during the
week putting up the big steel oil tank
for the railroad, down near the round
house. The oil is run from tank cars
into a concrete stump and from there
pumped into the elevated tank. From
the tank, the locomotives on the