The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-02-09

The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church
will serve tea at the Methodist parson-
|age Wednesday afternoon, February
Ia, from to o'clock. Everybody in
|vited.
Mrs. H. w. Champneys, and Mrs
Robert Gallup, Of Loomis, came owe,
to Oroville, Wednesday in Geo. J. Hur-
|ley's car, and were here to have dental
work done.
Chas. Graham was in town from
Loomis Wednesday. Mr.. Graham and
his partner have recently received the
|agency for new electric lighting
plant that is adaptable for business
houses or homes. The machine takes
up but little room and is comparatively
cheap, supplying electricity either foi
lights or power. Through the owner
ship of one of these machines any one
can have his own electric plant
In the list of contributors to the hos
pital fund published last week the
name of Amel Schultz was inadvert-
antly overlooked by those making out
the list. With a liberality that others
better able might initiate Mr.. Schultz
subscribed $50 If any other names
were accidentally omitted We would
like to haar frnm thAm.-- as thara- -was
mo intention to overlook any one, and
every individual who came through fol-
this worthy enterprise is entitled to re-
ceive due credit.
After many days, things came the
right way for VIM. Briley. who has a
ranch on Ellemeham mountain, this
past year. His wheat crop was very
large. yielding 40 bushels to the acre
and while he contracted some of it last
fall at figures far below the market
price, or what the market price became
at the time of delivery, he had sur
plus that brought him In the top price.
Besides the wheat he had a good sup
ply of potatoes, and potatoes ran into
money fast this winter.
Sheriff Clair Ward Sundayed in
Oroville. He was up here following the
trail of an undesirable who was want
ed, but lost the spoor at this point and
had to return empty handed. He re-
ports that criminals are keeping under
cover just now and that thcre is moth
ing of an exciting nature in hand at
his office. Mr.. Ward is going to make
just as an efficient sheriff as he did a
deputy. which means that the office
will be run right for the next four
years, for he will surely be reelected.
A. p. Murray, president of the First
National bank of this place, left Mon
day morning for Spokane, where he at
tended banquet Tuesday evening at
the Davenport hotel, given by the Spo-
kane Clearing House association of
bankers. This year the Spokane bank
ers included among their guests the
presidents of the bank groups of the
Washington Association of Bankers,
and Mr. Murray is the president of
Group No. of this state association
This is the first time presidents of
group banks have been included in the
lists of guests by the Spokane bank
ers.
Cards have been received by old
friends of the family announcing the
marriage at Douglas, Arizona, on the
9th Of January. of Miss Jetta Boyd
land Marlin Clack Martin. The newly
weds will be at home at Douglas, Ari-
zona, after March 1, 1917. The lady in
this matrimonial venture is the only
daughter of John Boyd, formerly OF
Loomis. where she grew up from in.
fancy to young womanhood. The bride
has many friends and we'll wishers in
Loomis and the surrounding country
who remember her as bright, viva
cious, pretty young lady, and one and
Jail will join in congratulations trust
ing that her married life will be one
of unalloyed happiness and content.
Henry Bahrs is at work taking the
water out of the shaft and drifts o.
the Copper World Extension. This
property has not been worked for sew
eral years, and from surface leakage
and seepage, the big shaft and severa
drifts have gradually filled with wa
ter. The hoist is a huge iron buckle
Ioperated with the engine near at hant
and that is being used to unwater tn,
mine. The workmen were making ex
ccllent progress until the extreme COLI
spell struck the country last week
when work had to be temporarily sus
pended. With the water in the shaft
was impossible to inspect the ore bod.
uncovered on the 300-foot level, an,
the mine is being cleaned out to per
NIT of inspection by mining men VIII
will have no hesitancy in operating tn
property II the showing Is anything
like what has been represented.