The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-05-04


At last apricot trees are in bios
Isom.
Sunday morning fire destroyed the
Igreater part of the town Of Conconully
lspared by two or three fires that have
occurred in the past year or two. The
Iold county seat has been most unfortu.
mate in this respect. The l. o. o. F. hal
and Myers hotel were the big buildings
burned.
Mrs. E. G. Williams, who has been
living in Seattle for nearly a year, was
lin town for a day or two this week
looking after her property Mrs. Will
Jams Is in poor health, suffering from
rheumatism. She will make her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Grnnell, AT
Tonasket
A young son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.
sargent, living near Tonasket, was
accidentally shot in the upper part
of the right leg by a companion, Tues
day. while out shooting with 90 cal
abre rifle. The bullet passed downward
and through the leg, making two ugly
but not serious wounds.
A. Pumgartner, of Grand Forks, B.
&C., has purchased and is conducting
the Hotel de Grubb confectionery
store. Mr.. Bumgartner is a pleasant
young man and should make that pop
ular resort continued attraction for
the public. Mrs. Mildred Evans will
act as assistant in the establishment.
Hon. Hans Lund, who spent portion
OF the winter in southern California,
returned to Tonasket last week and
was visitor in town Wednesday. Mr.
Lund found rejuvenating climate in
California as he is looking more phys
lcally ft than on the occasion of any
Of his former visits during the past
several years.
Last week this paper failed to men,
ton in connection with the organiza-
ton Of Red Cross unit that Mrs. D.
H. Lewis and Mrs. A. A. Worley had
Iorganized children's Red Cross aux
Iiliary to work in conjunction with the
society Of the older people. The auxH-
larry has large membership to start
out with, and will be valuable ad-
1unct to the main organization.
Young Jack Gormerly's heart is
broken. He wanted to get into the navy,
but could not pass the medical exam
nation as he had an ankle which was
broken last winter and the bone has
never properly knit. But the spirit of
patriotism burns bright in the breast
Iof the boy, as it should In every red
Iblooded American, and he sees other
recruits leave to join the army and
navy with feelings of envy
Leo Fuhman and Miss Olive Arnold
were united in marriage at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Banes, at Okla
hogan, Saturday. The bride, who has
been teaching school at Riverside for
the past two years, Is very well known
here, as she made her home with Mr..
and Mrs. L. l.. Works for many years.
Friends here extend congratulations
with the best Of wishes for a long and
happy life for the newlyweds.
Frank Schultz left Wednesday
morning for Wenatchee where he will
enlist in the navy. The young man
was born at Loomis, has grown to
manhood in this county and is
steady, industrious and most worthy
lad. 1t is this class Of young men who
respon dto the defense of their coun-
try in time of danger under the vol
unteer system. May good luck be his
Throughout his term of service.
Will Irby, who graduated from the
Kansas City medical college recently,
has been selected to accompany the
first contingent of surgeons to be sent
Ito the French front, so he has written
to his sister, Mrs. Ed. Klngman 1t has
been the hope of the young mans rela-
tives that he might be able to make
them visit before his departure. If
this Is impossible his relatives may go
east to see him before he sails
In correcting an error in linotype
slugs whole line must be removed for
the insertion of the corrected line. Not
linfrequently the wrong line is inadver-
ltantly removed and then the item is all
balled up. An instance of that kind oc
lcurred in the last issue wherein men
ton was made of Mrs. Bache returning
| to Wenatchee and Mr.. Bache remaining
here in charge of the pill and powder
department of the Oroville Pharmacy.
Will Cole, an Oroville boy, and a boy
that Oroville is proud of, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. I. Cole, has gone to San
Francisco to enter the officers training
camp. Mr.. Cole has applied for lieu
tenancy in the cavalry. Young Cole
graduated from the Oroville high
school two years ago, and since then
has been attending college at Pullman
He is fine, outstanding lad and he will
make record in the service, no matter
what capacity he may be in.
Wednesday, Mrs. Viola Taylor of To-
lnasket, wife of Chas. A. Taylor, one
OF the pioneer business men of thar
lplace, died after a very brief illness
Jagged "a years, 2 months and 81 days
The deceased leaves a husband and
three children to mourn her loss
Florence, aged IA, Willis, aged II, and
Lucy, aged 3. The bereaved husband
who is we'll known in the surrounding
Icountry, has the sympathy of a large
Icircle of friends in this sad hour of his