The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-12

|anaesthetics into him, expose his in
lcutting hardware that surgeons are SO
skillful in juggling with, and do other
things to him that would have spelled
tho end to a man of ordinary constitu-
|tion. But William came through the ex-
|perience as clipper as four-year old,
lis in excellent spirits and is galloping
right along toward recovery. 1t takes a
|pile driver to put these tough old wes-
Iterners out of commission, and even
then the weight must be heavy and the
| fall great. Besides those Immediately
near and dear to him there is large
concourse of old friends who will be
delighted to learn that Mr.. Splawn is
good for heap of years yet to come.
Geo. Riste was down to the metropo-
lis Friday last from Nelson.
At the meeting of the town council
Monday evening the telephone fran
chise of the West Okanogan Irrigation
district came up for hearing. After
some discussion upon the subject, in
which F. A. Granger spoke on behalf
|of the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph company, already holding a
franchise in the town, and Attorney
Adams and Ernest Riste on behalf of
the district, the council voted in favor
|of granting the franchise. 1t was ex-
planned at length that the irrigation
district had no intention of entering
the Held as a competitor to the COM
pany already occupying the territory
and that the franchise was wanted
only for the service along the line of
ditch, as means of protecting the
important investment, that communi-
cation being indispensable in the op-
Grafton Of the system five or six
months out of the year.
At we'll attended meeting of the
fire department last Friday evening
an attendance that indicates that the
members are actively interested in
the organization-it was decide to give
la dance for the benefit of the depart
ment on the evening of February A.
than once during the past year dem
onstrated that is is capable of doing
good and effective work in saving of
property at times when property was
|jeopardized, the public is certainly suf-
ficienty indebted to the boys to re-
spond literally on an occasion of this
kind, especially as the receipts will be
used for the betterment of the SER
vice. The price of admittance to the
dance is small individual contri-
button, and 1t would be evidence of
appreciation if every citizen, regard
less of whether a participant in the
'pastime or not, would invest in a
ticket.
1t would only be natural to sup
pose people would look upon modera-
ton Of the temperature with equan-
unity and complacency. Yet such is not
the case just at the present time A
let up on the zero stuff brought the
clerk of the weather in for paeans of
thanksgiving, but the public draws the
lime on hallelujahs when the tempera-
lture climbs up until the eradication of
the snow and ice is threatened. There
lis reason for questioning thaw at
this season. A January thu ", at least
this early in the month, is not har-
binger Of spring. 1t may rasp off the
winter covering of the earth, but no
one is to be duped into the belief that
summer Is near at hand. It stands to
reason that there will be more tight
lening up and frigidity. Cold without
'snow and sleighing is more trying