The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-06-15

Ben Prince who has been In Montana
|most of the past winter, surprised MS
|friends by turning up around his OLD
lhaunts Friday evening, looking as trim
as a fashion model and in the pink or
physical condition. His friends were
Ipleased to see and greet him again.
lBen is talking of making stab for the
Inavy, and he will make an ideal sailor
hoy.
Rev. Robert Thompson, formerly u
resident of this place and Loomis and
now living at Clarks Fork. Idaho. sur
Iprised his old friends of Oroville and
Loomis by dropping in for visit dur
ling the past week. In the fall Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson will leave In their auto
flor California, and after making tour
of that state will continue on east.
Iprobably to remain permanently.
J. C. and ]. H. Sexson, father and
brother of w. B. and Claude Sexson, OF
this place, arrived in Oroville from
Reardon Tuesday evening In their car.
Mr.. Sexson Sr.. although 70 years OF
age. drove the car and made the last
| 100 miles in four hours. which would
Indicate that he was just hitting the
earth now and then. The brother will
remain in Oroville and assist W. B.
and Claude In the hardware store
Mrs. s. A. Wilder of Chesaw. was
brought to the Oroville General hos
pital Friday last. suffering from pc
culiar and complicated injury. The
lady was hurt In runaway accident.
and her left shoulder crushed. DR..
Lewis applied the X-ray and by means
of photography found that the bone
of the arm was fractured straight
across, a piece of the shoulder broken
off, and the head of the arm entirely
out of the socket. 1t was necessary TO
split open the shoulder, chisel OF the
broken bone, return the head OF the
hone TO the socket and the bone at
tached by the simple but heroic use OF
ten-penny nail. The patient Is doing
nicely, and she will at least have par
tial use of her arm.
A brakeman named thinner. who
formerly ran in and out OF OroViiie.
has framed up a whole lot OF misery
for himself Zimmer's wife has been
teaching school at Nine-mile, and In
other districts, and accumulated con-
siderable means, also car. Not long
ago thinner sold his wife's car, squan
dered about all of the wife's cash. ana
then slid out for Vancouver, B. G..
where he was living high at a hotel
with another woman whom he had reg
istered as his wife. The authorities on
this side of the line are working IN
conjunction with the British Columpia
officials, who are holding thinner uh-
der arrest. to secure the person OF the
Young man, in which case he Will study
The architecture of the interior OF the
stone pen at Walla Walla for term OF
lyears.
Tim Griffin and Steve Mangott start
ed few days ago for TOnasket, wash,
| to take a lease and bond on property.
They had crossed the line hundreds OF
times before without difficulty. but
Uncle Sam was then at peace with all
the world and telling how he could do
lit IL he had to- Now Samuel Is at war
and doing things without saying very
much. Tim and Steve failed to provide
themselves with the very necessary
slip of paper from an immigration Of
ficer therefore were not citizens or
any country Yes; they were known by
half the people of Oroville. but Uncle
Samuel's officers did not consider that
Official knowledge. They returned on
the next train War Is -.--Hedley Ga
zette.
For eight years we have been trying
to raise shade trees just to give pass
ers by the pleasures of breaking them
down 1t was trying work and required
patient waiting until the trees were
large enough to make 1t worth while
for the pedestrian to tear asunder the
limbs. That we have thus been able to
contribute to the happiness Of our fell
low beings we are thanful and feel
that we have not lived in vain. Only We
do request that when gentlemen twist
,off limbs, they remove them entirely.
We are getting somewhat advanced
in years and it works an unnecessary
hardship on one who lives to do others
Ia kindness to be compelled to go
around and unusually exert ourselves
in removing the crippled branches. We
are in hopes Of getting in other trees
this fall to take the place of the de-
formed ones so that the public may not
be deprived OF the annual Joy OF defac-
ling the shrubbery.