The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03

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Ida Zimmer, o. Nelson vas an ar
rival in town Tuesday.
Aug Alstrzn, o, Nelson, vas regis
tsred in town Tuesday.
a r. and Chzs. Kelley of Chessw,
wsrs among the arrivals in town Mon
day.
John Woodland, the old time LOOMS
iter was in Oroville On business We'd
nesdsy.
One Of the twin babies Of Mrs.
Innis. Of Keremeoz, died a, the hos
pitaI Wednesday
The weather has heated up again,
and we are likely to have 2 repeti-
ton Of the hot spell suffered In July.
Lew Prentice has the lumber on
the ground st the west end Of Central
avenue for garage in which to house
his truck
Reevie Frank was OF thi. wek for
several days to Wsterville on business
lcost-Bunck Co.
Fires in the surrounding mountains
must have been e1ringuished By fire
fighters Or rain, for the atmosphere
, has been clear Of smoke for several
days.
Frank Buckingham, one Of the local
BARRIERS, has been away for three
weeks with his family. travelling over
the country in his suto. enjoying q
vacation
Z. a McMahan made trip TO his
homestead On the south part Of the
Colvills reservation Sunday Nc is
| making arrangements 70 take up his
residence On the land in the fall
Miss Bernice Desmond who has been
| taking course as nurse IN one OF the
| large hospitals in Seattle for over a
year, returned to Oroville with her
| parents last week for short vacation
Frank Farnsworth was q visitor In
town for several days this week Mr.
| FzrnETorth has completed his plans
for engaging in the grain buying bus
mess in Oroville this fall, and in all
probability will make his home IN
Oroyille. Mr. and Mrs Farnsworth
will be valuable additions 10 the
| community.
| J. II T. Williams, Of the brick max
ing firm Of Williams &, Finnie, is car
rying his left hand in sling as q re-
suit Of an accident Tuesday He was
| hauling hay down from the noun
| tains near Wanicut lake when he had
the hard luck To fall Of the load. He
struck On his left side, painfully bruig-
ing the arm. He will be az good al
new in few days.
Life giving water Ia again flowing
through all the ramifcations Of the
Wegt Okanogan Valley Irrigation sys-
| TEN, bringing cheer TO land owners IN
der the ditch and reYiving vegetation
In the valley. IL Ia 10 be hoped that
the district has seen the end Of its
trouDles in the way Of broken bitches
and fumes. There Ia no reason 10 find
fault with the system, for We are in
| ANA '4tN tHaA OhNNi SsstrH45 NAVE t1pSI
fenced far more trouble than has fall
en- To the local project this year
Dell Hart recently closed a deal with
jC. L. Thompson and his son, o. J.
Thompson, Of Hayillah neighborhood
By which those gentlemen purchased
AZ acres OF the East Oroville Orchard
Tracts The Thompsons will bunld
and otherwise improve their new pos
session, and will prove a valuable ad-
dition to rapidly growing section OF
the valley. Besides making the pur-
chases as mentioned the Thompsons
have leased n. c. Falkner's ranch, on
the bench lands Just east Of town.
| AS will be seen by an announcement
in another column arrangements have
been made with Prof. G.. A. Weber for
the delivery of his interesting and in
structive illustrated lecture 1.-THE Pas
sion Play" in which he gives life-like
Representation Of this famous play as
presented at Oberammergau, Bavaria,
every decade, and which he has wit
messed on two occasions. Prof Weber
who has been great traveller in his
time, and who is an able and pleas
! ing lecturer, is now ON one of his lee
ture tours and has included Oroville in
his itinery. A crowded house should
greet him at the NJ. E. church next
II. DO, L.