The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-04-06

know that they will receive full re-
turns in pleasure on the small invest
Iment necessary to secure 6dmittanCe
LADY floor managers will nave charge
Iof arrangements at the hall On tAe
levening of the grand ball, and re-
|freshments will be served IL cafe
Iteria. Be sure and get ticket, and bt
Isure to attend.
D. Maske, accompanied by his wifi,
land son, left Tuesday to take up his
residence on the land that he secured
at the time of drawing lots for home
steads on the south half of the Co
Iville reservation. Mr.. Maske has he'll
the position Of immigration officer al
this place during the past Two or three
Iyears, and has secured leave OF al
sence for year. 1t Is the first lay OIL
that he has had since entering the ser
Ivice, nearly twenty years ago.
United States officials have been in
|structed to take down the names and
addresses Of those who express dis
loyal sentiments toward the govern
ment, and such individuals are liable
to considerable future misery. If any
ioutrages are committed marshal law
may be declared. The president in his
address to congress. made 1t plain that
drastic measures would be taken to
stamp out disloyalty and mete out
condone punishment to traitors to the
lcountry
Arthur Lund, general head of the
state bank Of Loomis and Riverside
and the First National bank of Tomas
ket, was visitor in town Friday last.
For number of years Mr.. Lund ac-
formulated flesh until his rotundity
became uncomfortable, and really a
menace to his health. Recently the
IyOung man has put himself on diet,
with the result that he has dropped
some 35 pounds in few weeks, and
| Is looking 100 per cent better, is il
fine fettle and is feeling as we'll as he
looks.
| A false alarm of fire was turned in
about o'clock last Friday evening,
that drew out the department and sent
ness part of town in search of the
blaze. 1t seems that nervous citizen
noticed a heavy cloud Of smoke in the
east part of town and without investi-
eating turned in an alarm. Burning
Irefuse caused the abnormal amount of
smoke, and the alarm. The fire laddtes
were right on the job, anyhow, ready
to fight the devouring element had
there been any devouring element to
tight
Tom Collier. chief of the railroad
troundhouse, makes one of the most
generous offers that has ever come to
our notice. Mr.. Collier owns some q
acres of land under the irrigation
ditch, few miles south of town. He
offers to let any man have two acres
upon which to raise vegetables for
his own use without charge. He can
farm only two or three acres himself
and he is willing that the balance be
taken over in small tracts by those
who are willing to cultivate the same
The water rent is all paid. so the per-
sons taking advantage of this offer
will be at no expense for water
number of the Oroville Gun Club
were out Sunday afternoon breaking
clay pigeons over the traps. That is,
they were burning lots of powder and
trying to smash blue rocks, but with
indifferent success, owing largely I,
stiff breeze and generally inclement
weather. The Gun Club has a large
membership, has laid out grounds just
beyond the base ball grand stand, has
trap and supply of pigeons. The
members will extract considerable
pleasure from the sport this summer,
although it is going to be rather an
Expensive sport considering the steady
increase in the cost of ammunition.
Mr. Truax lost valuable horse last
Monday by most singular accident.
The animal was used on a hay bailer,
and as he made the rounds he was in
! the habit of taking a nip of hay frou
the stack. Mr. TruaX had occasion to
] luse the hay knife, and when through
with it had stuck it back into the hay
stack. In one of his efforts tae horse
made to grab a mouthful of hay, the
handle of the knife caught in the bri-
Idle, jerking it from the stack. 'Thc
knife fell in such manner under the
horse that the blade struck one of the
animals legs, completely uajCining the
lleg at the knee. The horse had to be
killed.
] Within the past fortnight there has
been a party in town claiming to hail
| from Ohio, who secured optional
leases on very large acreage scat
tered about the north part of the coun-
Ity wherever the least indications of
coal exists, and there are numerous
Iplaces where such signs are to be
found. He was very reticent, and no
one knows the object of his activities,
lalthough it is supposed that he is on
the look out for any lands where there
is remote possibility of the presence
of coal or oil. This gumshoe campaign
may mean absolutely nothing, or some
one may have an idea that both coal
and oil can be found in this vicinity
Iby extensive prospecting.
Rev. F. c. Cook, pastor of the NJ. +
Ichurch, has been assigned to the
Ichurch at Lind, Wash, and departed
this week for his new home with his
family and household goods. This
lchange was unexpected both by Mr..
! Cook and his congregation, and his
departure will be sincerely regretted
iDy all who have the pleasure of know
ing him, outside as we'll as within the
pale of his church. Mr. Cook is one
Oh the most kindly and loveble minis
ters that has ever been connected with
the local M. E. church, a thoroughly
christian gentleman. and a minister ni