The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-24
Miss Melinda Fincen was visiting

Miss Melinda FinCen was visiting
with relatives in Oroville for two or
three days the latter part of last week.
Miss Finsen held a position in the as
SCISSORS Office for some weeks, and
when the work she was on was COM
pleted she was offered and accepted,
a position in one of the business
houses in Okanogan. At present she
is off on a brief vacation. She left
for Seattle Saturday morning to visit
relatives.
Miss Mildred Mitchell and Misses
Lillian and Bernice Demerese, three
members of the teaching staff, have
secured rooms in the E. N. Grubb res
idence, in the west part of town
where they will engagsAn community
housekeeping during the school term.
] This is not only convenient location
for the teachers in relation to the
| school building, but is happy solu-
ton of obtaining suitable quarters,
which teachers in the past have found
difficult problem.
If the machinery set in motion does
not slip cog ye editor figures on
taking a week or ten days lay off,
commencing Monday, the first break
in the monotony of the regular grind
within several years. During his
absence T. c. Hume will have charge
of headquarters ready to take care of
all the business offered and receipt for
l IN nnad
backward in coming forward to do
business or pay in cash, either, or
both, being acceptable.
Frank Musselman, the cold blooded
murderer, who shot down Miss Opal
Harmeson a few weeks ago at the
home of N. A. Doyle, near Oroville,
without moments warning, was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment Monday.
The Judge expressed regret that cap
ital punishment had been abolished in
this state. The views of the learned
| member of the bar coincide with those
of about every resident Of the county.
Life Imprisonment is mild punish
ment for the crime of which Mussel-
man was guilty.
Among those who asked for ex-
emptions Monday on the ground of
having dependent wife or wife and
child, were the following from this
part of the county: Virgil M. Hager-
man, Molson; Andrew J. Mckinney
Chesaw; Robert F. Mcdaniel, Night
hawk; Don E. Wood, Chesaw; Oscar
B. Tuttle, Anglin; Roy w. Mooney
Chesaw; Harley H. Bussert, Oroville;
Leon Swegle. Nelson; George o. Har.
meson, Oroville; Orwell l.. Fisher, An
glin; Milby Marshall, Nelson: Thos
w. Spence, Aeneas; Guy Teel, Oro
vile.
Eighty-one men were examined
Monday by the local board Of examin
alton for the selective draft and onl!
13 of those physically qualified made
no claim for exemption. They were
Albert A. Accord, Brewster; Morris
Queyrel, Brewster; Albert G. Wat
kins, Nelson; William B. Adams, Ok
anogan: Ralph ]. Lynch, Tonasket
IR. Newton Nickel, Winthrop; Harr.
IL. Pulsypher, Brewster; Clinton B
Flagg, Winthrop; Frank S. Emert
Chesaw; Joseph H. Hoskins, Brew
ster; William F. Mayberr, Leese
Obed M. GODDARD, Brewster; Walter A
Holt, Okanogan.
| We see by the list of those boy
who did not ask exemption from serv
ing their country in the time of he
dire need, last Monday. before tn
board of examiners, the name @
Frank s. Emert, publisher of the Che
saw News. A clean-cut, bright youn
!. man is Mr.. Emert, who recently too
charge of the News, and his leavin
his business would work a hardshi
on him, but he believes it duty c
l those who can do so to make persona
sacrifice at this time when the countr
needs the aid Of every able-bodie
citizen. He, and all others who al
in a situation to waive exemption
81 are to be heartily commended upo
[thefr willingness to do their duty.