The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-04-06


Mrs. John o. Davis of Nelson, wa.
a visitor In town Friday last
Joe c. Iddings. of Okanogan. wa,
registered In town Friday last.
Farmers In the valley were plowins
last week, but 1t was cold enough t.
|wear overcoats while engaged in tn,
IeXercise.
J. Friis our popular creamery man
returned home last Thursday evenins
after an absence OF a week or MOI
at Seattle.
The fishing season opened Sunday
but owing to the disagreeable weather
few sportsmen around this locality
cast line.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church did very flourishing business
at the sale held In l.. F. Pourtales' Of
fee Tuesday.
A. Bierwagen, Of Cayuse mountain
was visitor In town Friday last. Mr.
Biergagen Is one Of the oldest settler.
In that part Of the country. and Is
gradually accommodating a competency
That old time pioneer, L. l.. Palma.
tier, was visitor In town Friday last
Although far advanced in years, Mr.
Palmatier Is still vigorous and looks
good to round out another score OF
lyears.
Frank A. Granger, who has been
county manager of the Pacific Tele-
phone and Telegraph company since
the new company took over the local
telephone lines, has resigned his po-
!sition and will go into business at
Okanogan.
Every business house and residence
so far as possible to do so should
fling out the banner of the country
Do not be ashamed to show your col
ors. Throw the national emblem to the
breeze, and to hell with the man who
would pull 1t down.
Winn Scott returned home last week
with bunch of thoroughbred bulls
that he purchased on the outside for
the Stock Association on EllemeEam
mountain, another evidence that the
farmers and stock men Of the county
are bent upon improving their herds.
This afternoon the ladies of the
Episcopal church will hold cross
bun sale In the office of L. F. Four
to those who are stuck on good eats,
but there will be other toothsome ar
ticles on sale. Go there and stock mp.
Lee Christopher is behind the desk
at the Hotel de Grubb as night clerk,
filling the position vacated by joe
Hash, who left last week to join his
regiment, the Second Washington. The
travelling public will find Mr.. Chris
|topher a pleasant and accommodating
gentleman.
r. A. Jackson of this place, propri-
etor Of the Palm, has been appointed
| by the county auditor to issue hunting
and fishing licenses. Last year M
Jackson issued more licenses than AL
other one subagency in the county,
and he will probably keep up the rec
ord this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Keeler returned
home the latter part of last week from
San Diego, Cal, where they spent the
winter. While in the sunny southern
land the Keelers visited many points
of interest and came north looking and
feeling very much rejuvinated after
their protracted outing.
Owing to late call for extra ad-
Ivertising space our reading matter is
quite meagre this week. Overlook chat
deficiency and go down to the Wonder
Store, that is responsible for short
Iage of the news columns, and look
over one Of the neatest stocks Of goods
lever offered in Oroville.
Geo. w. Bartell came up from Oro-
lville last Friday in the interests OF
the Studebaker automobile, for which
he has the county agency. He has APP
pointed Douglas Hills agent at Mol
i son and vicinity. Mr.. Bartell figures
on putting in a repair station here as
soon as the snow goes off.-Molson
Leader
Now it is rumored via the Van
couver (B. c. World that a through
passenger service Is to be inaugural
ed soon over the Great Northern from
Vancouver to Spokane, via Oroville.
That has been the annual rumor for
the past eight years and does not Gre
ate any particular excitement down
this way
A copious shower fell in the valley
Gun lou tnh o1t Il
the rain changed to snow at an alt
tude of few hundred feet. 1t was {;
pleasant visitation, for the country
has had no real rain for five or six
months, and the general impression
came to prevail that the clerk of the
weather had gone to sleep at the switch
and did not intend to turn on the water
tap again.
That old time Molsonite and all
round good fellow, c. A. Blatt, was
a visitor in Oroville over Tuesday
might. Although living so near Mr.
Blatt rarely gets down off the Hill to
this place, and when he does come his
time is so occupied that he seldom has
an opportunity to get around amonp
his old friends. The world is .reatn2
Mr.. Blatt kindly, as he is looking ex-
iceedingly well.
The post-Lenten dance to be given
by the ladies of the Catholic church
next Friday evening will lie happy
close to the season Of 1861. and a
very long season it has been, counting
the winter months as the time of usual
festivities, and especially these that
include dancing. The ladies are max.
| ing preparations to entertain lar
crowd, and they will not be disap.
pointed, for dances given by this re-
Iligious organization are always liber'
lallY patronized. because the patrons