The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-05-03

the CRANKY smelter, at Grand Fosksy
Monday. Mr.. Dorr hopes to continue
shipments regular. He states nat
sorted ore will average as high aas
$50 or $50 per ton, Aud kWill not take
a great deal OF that Kind of ore To
run up into money. d
II was rather unfortunate that the
two moving picture -hosses in town
should have had two such stroug
features billed for the same nights az
Joan the woman and 'Arhe Whip. 4
However. people so arranged theitI
show going as to take in both attracsl
tons and thanks to the regulations OF
the plays and liberal advertising beth
houses drew crowds at each presen.l
tation.
An automobile driven by F. Calvert
which he left standing In front ofDr.
Lewis office about o'clock Sunday.
afternoon, caught fire from Z short
|circuited wire. and quite an excit-
ment prevailed for a time. A number
of cars were parked near the lCalvert
car, and the owners rushed them out
Of danger. J. M. Adams put out tho
fire with an extinguisher before m0c4
damage was done to the machine. D
Pete Flanagan, one of the earliest
homesteaders in Horse Spring eou-
lee, was In town Thursday last1on
business. Mr.. Flanagan is doing his BIT
this year by putting every available
acre into wheat. Owing to the verys
dry spring up to the time of his visit
the outlook for crop was not ZEN
couraging. But just the same he Is
still planting and hoping to be able
to contribute a goodly share to the
cereal output Of the county. g
E. J. Judd. one of the first settlers.
at LOomis. was in town last Thursday
evening to meet his wife, who had
been visiting with her son and daugh-1
ter-in-law at Kettle Falls, coming
over with Geo. J. Hurley. The last
time Mr. Judd was in Oroville, and
that is some time ago. he was In fail
ing health and looked like a candisl
date for the boneyard, but he has
taken on a new lease of life and was
never looking better in the past
twenty years than at the present times.
In the last apportionment of school
funds the following districts in this
vicinity fell in for the amounts sets
opposite the names: LOOMS, $999.23:
Palmer Mountain, $14S.S1: Oroyille,
$2946.34; Golden, $125.29: Nighthawk.
$167.26; Palmer Lake, $122.SO;s
Chesaw. s725.51: Havillah, $2s2.7s:N
Nelson, $1,257.40: Ellemeham,
$2S3.S7; Horse Spring Coulee. Sl99.21 u
Antwyne, $4,000; Nine Mile, 4195.27; d
Circle, $36S.76: Wehesville. $150.O7:
Chopaka, $173.36: whitestona, 1858 80;
Tonasket, $2665.24. A,
In the county spelling contest that
took place at Okanogan last week. in
which pupils Of the seventh and eighth,
grades from all parts of the county
took part. Nina Allender. OF Okanogan,s
was declared winner by a perfect recI
ord Of 100. Marjorie Graham and,
Dudley Cloud, Of Tonasket, Hazel
Mills. of Methow. and Emma Hedges,
of Nelson, were close up to the head;
the first named registering 99H and,
the other 80. Two -0roville pupils
were among the contestants making
very creditable records, Aionzo Hen,
derson with credit of 80 and Chester
.Gjerde with 81. g,
Fred J. Fine, the old Orovillean'1
who is now connected with the states
land department, where his ability5
has won for him record as beinG.1
one OF the most efficient attaches OF
the land department OF the state, issl
making his headquarters in town this
week while examining state lands in
this vicinity. Mr.. Fine Is enjoying
the very best of health at this time
and reports the family we'll. It is
his great desire to return to iOroville
at some future day and settle down,
and when that time comes he will
find warm welcome awaiting him
from his old home friends. and &C.
quaintances. 4
II. J. Schwenne. who purchased the
old Keller place. short distance,
south Of town, last fall, is a man with
the push that makes success respond
to effort intelligently directed, and hts
example Is one that should be an in
SEPARATION to other land owners in the
valley. He has not only moved the
old residence from its former site to
a more convenient location. adding
a concrete basement with other I'm
provements. but Is putting up one OF
the largest and most modernly ar
ranged barns to be found in the.
county. The transformation of the.
entire ranch under the energetic d..
rection of Mr.. Schwanne is of such
a marked character as to attract the
attention and call forth the commen-
dalton Of all who travel along that
well travelled road.
Rev. Ford, of Conconully. stopped
over in Oroville last Friday evening,
the guest of Rev. U. L. Smothers.
Through some inexplicable misunder-
standing rumor was started on its
dizzy rounds, increasing In unrelia-
bility with every repetition, that Rev.
Ford had a decided list toward pro-
Germanism. A more unjust report
could not have been given publicity,
according to the statement of the
reverend gentleman. Rev. Ford de-
clares he is 100 per cent loyal. and
then some. 1t il. hardly necessary
for him to make denial of such a re-
port. The mere name carries con-
viction that he Is American in every
fibre. We have never yet heard Of a
Ford, whether spelled with or with
out the final e. who was not true as
steel to his country and his flag.
Saturday evening N. E. Whitworth
OF Okanogan, who has the Liberty
Loan bond drive in charge for the
county, and P. d. Smith, the we'll