The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-19

beck in his play fiercer than ever
When all Is said on the subject of un-
gentle skirmishing there must nave
been some distribution of the rough
stuff as two or three of the Republic
contingent returned home limping
The miners carried more meat tn an
their lighter opponents and had decid.
eddy the best of it when 1t come lo
bumps and strong arm playing.
The next and last number of the
Midland Lyceum course Is billed at
the Orpheum for next Friday evening
January 26, when the Edna Earle Crum
company holds the boards. This COM
pany is made up Of trio of artists
including Miss Crum, an accomplish
ell violinist, Miss Johnson, a charming
vocalist and Miss Kvello, pianist and
limpersonator. 1t is combination OF
entertainers that makes one Of the
best numbers of most excellent ly-
ceum course.
The various stores in the town have
been busy since the first of the year
taking inventories and planning for
| the 1917 campaign. For a small town
Oroville can boast of mercantile es-
Establishments in almost every line
that would be credit to many cities
of ten or twenty times its size in the
lquantity and quality of goods carried
in stock Desiring to keep abreast OF
the times and meet every demand
| the stocks are being increased and
| Improved each year.
1t is stated that the game commits
channel cat fish. Those who have tick
led their palate with cat fish trust
the report has foundation, for the cat
| is one of the most toothsome fish in
Ihabiting the waters of the east. II
the plan is carried out In a few years
Osoyoos lake will be the anglers de-
light with it's wealth of black b
and cat fish, and become one of the
most valuable assets of Orovillc as an
attractive Mecca for 3portsmen.
Geo. Bartell has arranged with the
Redpath Lyceum bureau, the oldest
and best known organization of the
kind in the country for series of en-.
Entertainments for next fall and winter
Next fall and winter are remotely in
the future, but it is customary to bill
these attractions year in advance
and if it is not done they cannot be
secured at all. The Redpath attractions
cost much more than those put on the
road by any other bureau doing bust
mess, but Mr.. Bartell believes thai
Oroville is entitled to the best ant
feels satisfied that his efforts will Sc
cure the endorsement and support o.
/ he public. And they will.
| In compliance with a promise made
to a number of readers living in the
country when the proposition was frs
agitated in congress to grant the entry
of $40 acres of land under certain
conditions, We publish the law in full
this week so those who desire to tax,
advantage of its provisions may ia
Imiliarize themselves with the require
ments necessary in order to make en-
try. Miss Fannie Peterson, the loca
UNITED States Commissioner, has no
as yet received the required blanks
from the Waterville land office, We
she has sent in two or three applica
|tions for entry under the new law AM
lis prepared to do the same for any on
desiring to make application.
Herbert Gregg, who was at on,
thine a resident of Loomis and take
much interest in the items publishe,
from the old Prospector of 20 year
lago, states that he has one Of the col