The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-03-22

have no trouble in finding employment
in the yards.
Although Sunday was dark, cloudy
day, with pretty stiff quartering
wind, the gun club members seem to
have got better hand Of the trick and
did improved shooting. equalling the
best score of the match so far made by
the local shooters.
The big rain, and a warm rain, that
fell Sunday night, must have cut the
snow in the hills east OF town, for
Tonasket creek, usually a very modest
trickle Of water at any season of the
year, and for months entirely dry, was
on the rampage Monday morning, tear
ing out bridge near the Philpot place
on the East Oroville Orchard Tracts,
and also washing out the earth to a
considerable extent.
Jack Mclaughlin, who with J. F.
NcGinty. has demonstrated that the
best corn grown in the west can be
produced In this part of the Okanogan
valley, states that he intends to ex-
pertinent with the growing of broom
corn this year. The experiment will be
on small scale, OF course, but IL he
makes a success of the trial consid
cradle acreage will be planted to
broom corn next year.
BY twist of the type this paper an
nounced last week that the ladies of
the Guild of the Episcopal church were
to give Conversation" supper after
Lent. when the word should have been
conservation" However. II our ex-
perience among the ladies has not been
different from that of others the mis-
take was not 80 far off color. A sup
per given by ladies without CONVERSE
ton would be a good deal like sup
per without viands.
During the past week Dell Hart en-
gineered real estate deal by which
e. B. Gay secured II acres Of land on
the west side of the Similkameen river.
near town from George H. Ellis, Jr.,
While the tract is small, the ground is
very choice for any purpose to which
It can be put, and Is under the ditch.
This is the second investment for Mr..
Gay, who is a new arrival in the coun-
try, as he purchased a considerable
body of land in the same locality
through Mr.. Hart only short time
ago.
There seems 10 be more activity in
the movement of real state this early
spring than for any season for a num-
Der of years. Dell Hart, who has fac
ulty for sloughing off land, probably
because he has a lot Of very choice
land to sell at most attractive figures,
has disposed of number of ranches
and inside property during the past
two months. And the beauty of it is
that he is selling to men who are COM
ing in to locate and improve. So far,
every buyer is we'll pleased with his
investment.
A number of young men in this vi
cinity who were included in Glass AL
at the last examination for draft state
that it is their intention to volunteer
in some branch of the service If they
are not drawn to fill the quote from
this county. The war is coming home to
them, as it is to everybody else, and
they feel that Uncle Sam needs their
services in order to win. 1t is the right
spirit, the same that is animating the
boys at the front, where the American
soldier is upholding the traditions of
the country as fighters.
Much interest is developing in the
adult bible class that has been organ
lied at the M. e. church. The class is
steadily growing in membership. 1t is
la movement that should be encouraged.
Few people are versed in bible lore,
yet it is book that every one should
be familiar with. The class meets in
the Methodist parsonage every Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock. IT. Is now in
charge of Prof. H. H. Fellmy, and ev-
eryone is cordially invited to join. No
man could spend more pleasant and
instructive hour than by devoting that
period of time to this adult bible
| class.
D. w. c. Smith, formerly resident
of Oroville, for a number of years, but
for the past two or three years living
lin Portland, returned to town on visi,
last week. Now that he is here he does
not know just when he will be able te