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

C. NJ. Hicks, one of our wide awake,
local merchants, Is in San Francisco,
where he went some two weeks ago for
the purpose of being treated by a spec
ialist Mr. Hicks is afflicted with
a cancer on the left side of his
nose. or at least the eruption has been
SO designated by physicians in the
county. He was treated at Riverside
and for time the treatment promised
to remove the growth. Recently the
ease became more pronounced and Mr.
Hicks decided to consult the best spec
ialist that could be found on the coast.
Hence his trip to San Francisco. We
are informed that he was operated on
last week. 1t Is sincerely hoped that
the treatment he is undergoing will
affect thorough cure.
The local basket ball team did not
return from Republic singing paeans
Of victory. although they made a des-
perate effort to snatch victory from
defeat, the score being so close that X
was anybody's game up to the very
last minute. Republic had visited Oro-
Vile some two weeks previous to this
last meeting on the floor and went
down to defeat before the local gladia-
tors. and the return game was sched-
uled for last Friday evening at Repub-
lie. The boys went over Friday morn
ing In charge of Prof Palmer, return
ing Saturday evening. The game was a
whirlwind. according to reports, the
Republic boys gathering the laurais
by score Of 43 to Al, a narrow mar
gin, as you will notice. The Oroyille
lads were we'll treated. and have only
words Of praise for Republic and Re.
public people.
A few years ago r. p. Hoskyn leased
the lot on Main street, opposite the
post office, from the owners, who at
that time lived in Wenatchee. He built
a frame building on the lot, cutting 1t
up into two rooms. One of these rooms
he used as law office until appointed
postmaster. A. E. Williams has since
occupied 1t, and the other room has
been occupied by the Lavelle Invest
ment company. Shortly after MIR. Hos
kyn secured the lease VIM. ]. Frank
and son Revue purchased the lot, SUBJ
ject to the lease. The life of that lease
soon expires, and 1t Is understood that
Mr.. Hoskyn will remove the building
and the Franks are figuring on putting
up a concrete or brick block on the
lot this spring. If they carry out that
plan, the building will make a neat
addition to the principal business
street in town.
]. w. Jordan reports that the new
residence that he has been construct
ing for J. F. Getsey in the extreme
southern part of town, on a tract Of
land Mr.. Getsey recently purchased
from s. T. Stanton, is completed. That
is. the wood work is all finished, but
the plastering will not be done until
warmer weather. The new residence is
a modern five room bungalow, and the
first really pretentious residence of
up-to-date appearance, that has been
built in that part Of town. OF course
the structure is neat and we'll built, as
that is the kind Of houses that the
Oroville Construction Company, Of
which MIR. Jordan is a member, always
puts up. The Getsey home is the first
improvement in the line of building
for 1917, and we trust that the early
start will be speedily followed with
other residential additions to the town.
The suit Of L. R. Hendrix against A.
Guthrie & Co., for damages sustained
by a break in the ditch at the time wa
ter was turned into the West Okano-
gan Valley Irrigation district last sum-
mer, was heard in the superior court
at Okanogan Friday last. Mr.. Hendrix
owns a ranch on the west side Of the
Okanogan valley, just below the bridge
across the Similkameen river. where
he has erected a very attractive sub
urban home. The break in the ditch
washed an ugly cash in the land near
the residence and Mr.. Hendrix believ-
ed he was damaged $1,000 worth. Those
were the figures set forth in his claim
for damages. The district was made a
party to the suit, but the case against
the district was dismissed by the
Judge. After all the evidence had been
submitted, and there we're a wide d.
versity of views az to the extent Of the
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