The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-02-08

Marble playing among the kids is
Eays the first sign of spring, and
bville kids are already hard at it
boxing the little jokers around.
The Rob Roy quartet at the Or
cum tomorrow night. The enter
nment promises to be one of the
BIT that has ever taken place in
En.
The local gun club is going to make
creditable record in the state shoot
which the club has entered. There
e some excellent shots here. c. c..
bdger and Jack Hare have made
pecially good records over the traps.
In this locality the ground hog could
|e his shadow at least part Of Sat-
fday. Maybe that splits the difference
Id we will have but three weeks
ore of winter. We will size the por-
hit up that way until time settles the
bestion.
Sheriff Clair Ward spent Tuesday in
toville. One of the objects of his Wis
was the running down of draft
bdgers, and If some of those fellows
te caught they will wish that they
Id toed the scratch and shown them
lives men.
deputy Sheriff Ed. Burden, was in
wn Saturday. He reported that the
ercury had marked IA degrees below
BRO at Nelson, last week. He had oc-
lsion to go to Greenwood, B. c., and
1ere thermometers registered rs de-
ices below zero.
Entertainments have rather crowded
be board this week with two shows at
be Orpheum in which local talent
bok part, the regular list Of attrac-
Ions at the Lyric and the Rob Roys at
he Orpheum tonight.
There is a great demand for Thrift
ramps at the post office and at other
aaces where these war saving stamps
BE on sale. This demand is especially
(Oticeable among school children, and
bout every kid who can get hold of a
|uarter is investing the same in
Ramps.
In a recent issue of the Gazette the
|tatement was made that G.. j. Otter,
brmerly of this place, died recently
It Trinidad the report coming through
Dooley P. Wheeler. This was an error
n names. The person who died was a
Mr.. Ditmer, an old time resident Of
spokane.
p. M. Snider reports that the Bank
If Oroville has received a supply of
Liberty Bonds, and those who have
bald outright for bonds can have the
lame by calling at the bank. Those
Who are paying in installments will
get what is coming to- them after they
lave come across.
Mrs. E. N. Grub and Miss Agnes
Nensted returned home from Spo-
tame last Thursday evening after an
lbsence of month. Mrs. Grub was
N the city receiving treatment from q
specialist, and after submitting to a
slight surgical operation is much i'm
proved in general health.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Getsy and Louis
Drummer returned to Oroville this
week with the itnention of making
Oroville their permanent home. The
ietsey's left here some months ago to
ocate in Spokane, but they could not
resist the call of the Okanogan. They
are welcomed back by large circle Of
friends.
Mrs. Frank M. Dallam, Jr., formerly
4 resident of this place, took the nec-
essary examination for government
clerkship some three weeks ago, and
asst week was appointed to a position
n the war department at Washington,
.. c. She expects to leave Seattle Mon
lay for the national capital to assume
ler duties.
Victor De Ginck IS one of those
model subscribers" newspapers are in
he habit of Boosting Of On the day his
expires he is on hand to
shove it ahead another year. His time
expired Monday and he was in bright
and early Tuesday morning bemoan-
ing the fact that he was not able to get
down off the hill Monday.
A. A. Worley is about to build new
Two story, modern residence on his
tract at the Ellis-Forde Orch
ards. He harvested large apple crop
last fall, and the yield next year prom