The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-26

900 rainbow trout eggs from Virginia.
These eggs have been turned into the
state hatchery on the Methow river.
near Pateros, for Matching, and at the
proper time the fry will be turned into
the streams of the county. With this
start the rainbow trout in a few years.
will be one of the game fish among
the numerous other varieties that will
give sport to anglers in Okanogan
county streams and lakes.
1t is something unusual for the hus-
bands of two sisters to be in a hos
Ipital under treatment at the same
time, yet such an instance Is to be re-
corded in Oroville. VIM. Splawn and
Ferris Ford are under treatment at
the General Hospital. Mrs. Splawn was
formerly Miss May Loudon and Mrs.
Ferris was only recently Miss Ruth
Loudon.
The following item under the daily
dose of divorce court news that ap-
pears in the Spokesman-Review Is of
interest to the residents of this place
as the parties mentioned are we'll
known here: Mary Cromwell sued for
a divorce from G. w. Cromwell. She
Says he flirted with mattresses at Oro-
vile while in the restaurant business.
He struck her when she refused to
wait on women friends whom she
though were immoral, she says" Fie
upon you, gay old George.
Last Friday Ferris Ford was
brought over from LOOMS very sick
man and taken to the Oroville General
Hospital, where his case was diagnos-
ed by Dr.. Elmer, assisted by DR.. Lew
is. At first the physicians were unde-
cided as to the nature of the ailment
but later the symptoms developed ty-
phoid fever. The young man was ac-
companied to Oroville by his wife. his
father, VIM. J. Ford, and his grand
mother Mrs. Richards. The family
was very much alarmed at first, but
that alarm has been alleviated by the
improved condition of the patient un-
der the excellent care and treatment
received at the local hospital. Mr..
Ford is still seriously Ill, yet all the
chances are in his favor, and II no un-
forseen complications arise he will
soon be restored to normal health.
During the winter Rev. J. A. Graves
of Wenatchee, has been almost con-
stantly confined to his room at the
home of his son-in-law, Prof. F.
Nance, in this place, from a general
break down, lingering between life |
and death. Although we'll advanced in !
years, the reverend gentleman has
vitality. Time and again |
he has been so low that his family |
did not expect his to live from day to |
day, yet he would rally and show |
signs of Improvement. Last Friday, |
Mr.. Graves was taken to the home of |
lis son, Claude Graves, at Wenatchee. |
The flag above the customs office |
in the Covert block was flying for sew
eral days Of last week at half mast as |
a mark of respect to George Dewey, |
the hero of Manila Bay, who died in |
Washington last Wednesday and was |
buried with distinguished honors Sat
lrday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Turner and Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Carter left Chesaw on
a bridal trip to the coast fortnigh
ago, after the double wedding In the
Blaine family, and life took on the
colors of the rainbow The latest re-
port from the quartette Is that their
cup of Joy has been spilled, only tenn
porarly, however, and through no
fault of the gay and happy newly