The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-05-11

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Mrs. Stanley Evans, all of LOOMS
were in town attending the big shows
Sunday. &
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Fruit were in Orof.
| vile over Sunday from their home at
LOOMS, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W, =
e. Grant. 4.
! F. l.. Stansbury of Oroville was q,
week end visitor in town while looking
after some land interests here.-Omak
Chronicle.
Geo. H. Ellis came in from Spokane
last Friday evening for short visit,
looking after his property interests in
this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs Nielsen and family
leave Saturday to make their home In
Oroville.-Cashmere items in We-
natchee World. a
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cloud and Mr..
and Mrs. Steve Cloud motored up from
Tonasket Sudnay to take in The
Birth of Nation
Mrs. Geo. Major was taken to the
Oroville General hospital the latter
part OF last week following a severe
attack Of asthma.
There were raft of visitors in town
Saturday and Sunday from Nelson,
Loomis, Tonasket and other points in
this near locality.
Several days this week felt as though
summer surely had made Its appear
ance. The public has waited a long
time for the change.
The members of the gun club are
getting ON the knack Of breaking blue
rocks. and are making better records
than they did when they first started
in.
A million dollar rain visited the val
ley Sunday, followed Monday morning
by the most delightful weather that the
population has enjoyed so far this
spring.
Any one wishing to get hold Of land
to work for song should keep an eye
on the Bargain Column" where so
many snaps are advertised from week
to week.
The Commercial Club luncheon on
, Thursday evening of last week was not
= rs we'll attended as 1t should have
been. An interesting meeting followed
I the luncheon.
Mrs. e. B. Umberger and daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Umberger, of Palmer
, lake, were visitors in Oroville Sunday,
, coming over with Hon. Hans Lund and
Arthur Lund.
Revue Frank got in from Spokane
, Saturday evening with his new Buick
and reports the roads between Spo-
kane and Oroville in excellent condi-
ton for auto travel.
The report of the First National
bank, as 1t appears in another column,
shows that fiancial institution to be in
a very flourishing condition with a
substantial increase in deposits.
Frank Putnam, publisher of the To-
nasket Times, and mighty clever
knight of the quill, was in town Sum
day accompanied by Mr.. George, one
of Tonaskets live young business men.
The passage of the conscriptive law
should stimulate volunteering. Any
man with a semblance of back bone
would much rather join the army of
his own free will than to be drafted.
The Red Cross society will meet
each Thursday afternoon to carry on
the work t. hand at the library bull,
ing. It was decided to hold half day
sessions at the last meeting Of the So
ciety.
There is but one more chance for
liquor permits in this state, as the bone
dry law goes into effect June LIST. The
man with an unquenchable thirst will
have to fall back on straight water or
seek another cline.
The latter part of last week Mrs. A.
M, Allen was operated on by DR.. D. H
Lewis, at the Oroville General hospital
for appendicitis and intestinal obstruc-
ton. At last reports the lady was
steadily improving.
Everybody owning an automobile
and that means lot Of people now-a-
days, was out taking the air Sunday,
and there were many cars in town
from the surrounding country, includ-
ing British Columbia.
A long row of white numbered pegs
have just sprouted along the railroad
right of way, looking like head marks
in cemetery These stakes mark out
warehouse sites, and should have been
placed in position at the time of track
laying.
Even the price Of such an insignif-
80 1LN1l
matches has increased 80 per cent
within the past three months. If there
Is not a halt soon in the initiation Of
prices what are we poor mortals 60
ing to do?
The Oroville General hospital is
the patients being from a distance. AS
this haven for the helpless becomes
more widely known, and it's reputation
is growing rapidly, it will be necessary
to greatly enlarge the building.
Thursday last DIR. Lewis operated
upon Mrs j. C. Curtis, removing two
very large tumors. Notwithstanding
the seriousness of the operation Mrs.
Curtis was doing better than could be
expected at the last report from the
Oroville General hospital where she
Is confined.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley Hurlbert were
visitors in town Saturday. Mr.. Hurl-
bert it will be remembered. had his
left elbow broken some two weeks ago
while driving his car between Tomas
ket and Oroville. He is still carrying
his arm in a sling, but the injury is