The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-14

appointed water Superintendent r.
serve out the balance of the year. and
.he next board Of directors could NOT
no better than to retain him on the
Joo' as there is not a better engineer
UT more conscientious gentleman for
Tue position In this upper country.
Inc apple cropin this part Of the
valley is going to be heavy, and the
prospects for good prices are very en.
couraging. The tract owned nv H.,
rnrst National bank in the East Orc.
vie orchards Tracts, is going to pro.
luce a very heavy yield.
Miss Lorrine Bartell, daughter Of
1eo. Bartell, returned home Monday
evening from California for the pur-
pose OF resuming her studies in the
oroVliie nigh school. Mrs. Bartell is
stiii IN California and may decide to
spend the winter in the south.
Victor Julian, who has been assist
ing in the Gazette office for the past
seven or eight weeks, left for Seattle
Monday. Mr.. Julian is a very pleasant
member of the art preesrvative". and
ne taxes with him the kindly wishes
OF the Gazette force for his future sue
cess in life.
FRANK Musselman, the murderer of
opal Harmeson, has been taken TO
Walla Walla to serve life sentence.
IL is to be hoped that some sentimental
1901 OF a governor will not pardon the
brute few years hence, as too often
happens in cases of life sentences
for murderers.
Dell Hart made quite an importaut
land deal during the past week when
ne negotiated the sale of 100 acres of
| iarm land owned by Arthur s. Bushing
to j. A. Duchow. Mr.. Duchow also pur-
chased the adjoining 100 acres from
Burton j. Onstine. This ,an1 is situat-
ed near Havillah.
Indications are that the Ruby niue
will not remain idle much longer.
Furthermore, it is really shame that
a mining property of such proven
merit should have remained idle as
long as it has. With silver anything
ike its present value the Ruby can
pay dividends for years.
e. S. Taylor has been taking a vaca-
ton from the Oroville Commercial
store for the past fortnight and spend
ing his time among relatives and
friends in Spokane, where one can put
in. any number of days most delight
fully. He Joined Mrs. Talyor at Spo-
kane, and they returned home this
week.
Bishop Shrner, head of the Catholic
church of eastern Washington, with
his home in Spokane, held services in
Oroville Sunday. From here, he went
over to Loomis, Monday. where he had
a class to confirm. The bishop is a
brilliant prelate in the Catholic church
and his Pensioners in the county are
always glad to welcome him.
Miss Fannie Peterson, U. S. Com
missioner, returned home last Thurs
day evening from Spokane, where she
lad been attending the Spokane fair
and otherwise having good time. She
Is again ready to take up the land
office business, so that those who con-
template filing on land or making
proof can make note of it.
Mrs. l.. c. Malott stopped over in
Oroville Monday night on the way to
her home at Malott, after visit with
daughter at Keremeos. Mrs. MalOtt
is pioneer of the county, and is well
known among all the old timers. She
reports that Mr. .Malott is in very poor
health and that they expect to go to
California, soon to spend the winter.
Fred Stannard, who has been filling
the position of freight rustler at the
depot for some months, has resigned
his position and is out hustling for
something better, which he will find
mo trouble in finding considering the
fact that the railroad does not pay a
wage to that class of employees equal
to the pay of men working on the
county roads
Reevie Frank was in Spokane for
several days last week and spent most
of his time in the section devoted to
the exhibition of automobiles, where
the Buick people had one of the finest
displays on the ground. And it was q
pleasing place to put in considerable
time for there was magnificent ex'
hibition of all kinds Of motor vehicles