The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-05

t =. oy those whose duties it is to keen
So 49, anu correct record of municinoI
a nances' IN most excellent shane Frnr
nere ne left Friday morning to prv in
- .he records of other incornorated
towns of the county. "'eo
"as' n. silverthorn, for some Tina
Connected Connected with the West Okanogan
'a'iey irrigation district in n clerioa,
capacity and now living at Okanogan
was IN town for short time SUNDAY
s n,. greetings with his old
All lines of industry are GETTING -,
1 rn from the goblin of high prices.
ne apple grower is having his profits
pareu down by the big increase in the
poe vi apple boxes which are al
most 100 per cent higher this wear
than last. ''"'
=. X. Garrett. of Spokane, has az.
.ep'eu the position of bookkeeper for
tne oroville Commercial COMPANY Mr.
Jarrett is pleasant young gentleman
10 meet. He is married and ha and hi,
wile are installed here as permanent
residents. '''''
customs Officer German, of the
canadian service, stationed at Oso.
yoos' was in town Saturday. He re-
| ports that grain turned out much bet.
! Ter imam was expected in the valley
ana higher lands on the north side NJ
the boundary.
| u. ID. Macy, formerly of Oroville but
Tor the past year or more located at
| Copper Mountain, near Princeton
where he is with the B. c. Copper COM
pany, which is carrying on mining on
an immense scale, was a visitor in
town Tor few hours Saturday.
Ira W. Terry, representing the I'm
derwood typewriter, was working the
town Monday. While here the Gazette
stocked up on Underwood ribbons, and
users of that typewriter can be sup
piled with ribbons for the Underwood
machine at any time. Ribbons for other
machines also in stock.
4
orchard Tracts are just fairly coming
into bearing this year, and the crop
OF apples are not only very heavy but
the finest looking fruit that can be
! found anywhere in eastern Washing
ton. With the ruling prices of apples,
owners should do very we'll this year.
Under the direction of resident man.
ager c. c. Hedger, the work of erect
ing new line of power poles between
| town and the plant at the falls of the
Similkameen, is completed. The new
line follows close to the railroad right
OF way, and the poles are much larger
I than those that have heretofore car
ried the wires.
1t is estimated that the apple orch
ard in the East Oroville Orchard
Tracts owned by that company will
yield 5000 boxes of apples this
year, and apples of the choicest quail
ity AS apple prices are better than
| usual this season the orchard is going
to turn into the company neat profit
from this years crop.
r. B. Pierpoint, who has been at
tached to the Forest service for a num-
Der of years, with headquarters at
Fish lake between Loomis and Con-
conully, was in Oroville on one of his
rare visits Saturday. Mr.. Pierpoint is
one of the best known rangers in the
| county, and personally an exceedingly
genial and likeable gentleman.
Dr. J. w. Adams of Waterville, was
visitor in Oroville last Friday, and
while here, Reevie Frank, of the Frank
-Pentecost Buick company, took the
doctor and some friends for spin
across the line. Upon return to town
DR.. Adams purchased five passenger
Buick from Mr.. Frank which was de-
livered on the spot, and the doctor
started home in his new car the same