The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-03-23

ltator at the Omak-Oroville basket ball
game Friday evening, and had the sat
isfaction of seeing clean, lively
game, even II it was trifle too jug
handled to be intensely exciting.
The local fire department deserves
credit for the prOmptness with which
lit responds to alsfms, no matter wha.
the hour, day n night. The apparatus
was on the ground ready for business
in short order Saturday morning.
Mrs. P. J. Todden returned home
from Oroville where she has been with
her son, Ed. who is still in the Oro-
lville hospital suffering from blood
poisoning Ed. is having a tough fight
but seems to be now slowly improving.
I-Chesaw News.
| Mrs. Burnham, who Is very COM
petent nurse and has served in that
capacity in the Oroville General hos
lrital, has had the tables turned, as
she is now In the hospital as a patient
but her condition is not serious in any
sense of the word.
| DR.. j. L. Masters left Thursday
morning for Spokane to attend dem
ltal clinic, at which will lecture some
of the leading dentists Of the United
States. The doctor expects to be back
home again Tuesday evening. He was
accompanied by his wife.
| Parties have taken hold of the Stack
properties, near Nighthawk, and are
preparing to do extensive work this
summer. There Is very extensive
showing of fine ore on the Stack
group. Fuller particulars will be CIV
ell when the censorship is raised.
Two of the children of A. L. Kitch-
Ing, living on the Ellis-Fordo tracts
east of town are down with scarlet
fever. These are the only cases report
ed in this vicinity, and as the home
has been strictly quarantined 1t Is be-
lieved the disease will not spread
AS preliminary step toward re-
moving to Malott Miss Pauline Davis
has resigned her position as teacher
of domestic science in the Oroville
high school. The vacancy has been fill
ed by the engagement Of Miss Gladys
Oxen, of Oregon. who comes to the
school highly recommended.
The william seems to be pursuing
Frank Buckingham. Week before last
his residence on Wanicut lake was
destroyed by fire, and Saturday morn
| Ing his barber shop had a very mar
row escape from suffering the same
fate. No. his barber shop was not in
sured, hence no suspicion attaches.
| 1t was satisfaction to those who
take an interest in school athletics to
see the large attendance at the basket
ball game last Friday evening. Had
tho support been equally as liberal
lduring the winter the boys would to-
Iday have a balance to the good in
stead of being in the hole financially.
NJ. e. Bowen, of Tonasket the genial
young son of M. X. Bowen, who has
1.-THE Tonasket agency for the popular
Ford car, was in town Monday. Mr..
Bowen tells the pubic something about
1.-The Ford auto in another column, and
the man who wants big values on
small investment in gasoline vehicle
should not overlook Mr.. Bowen.
| The fire Saturday morning IN the
Frank building was as mysterious as
the fire that occurred in the TruaX
building last fall. In both cases the
fire started in frame rows, discovered
about the same time in the morning
In either case, had the fire secured
| few minutes more start great damage
to property would have resulted