The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-10-25

seriously Ill.
imported bread on the loca,
ne' mas gone up one cent a loaf. Inn,
we 90 not notice that ones aupef,ts
,ias shrunk any to conform with The
increased cost of living.
The mountain peaks n tba no,.
ward were wearing head coverings n,
snow curing the past week. and thew
i'ad the appearance of the advance
guards of approaching winter.
our ora friend Charlie Herman of
ooneonully writes: Il can't get alon .
without the Gazette, and If miss an
issue feel as though a friend had
gone by the door and not spoken"
MRS W. s. Keller left the latter
part OF last week for Portland where
sue goes to join her husband. who LEFT
mere some months ago for Dragon
ihey exepct to locate near Portland
Word has been received by the mar
eh's OF Archie Spencer that a son was
porn TO the household of their son
at seattle last week, The grandson
was born on the grandmother's birth.
day.
IL Is very much trial to have
SCHOOLS, churches and the moving
picture show closed and all public
meetings prohibited, but It is far bet
Ter to patiently submit to the incon-
Venlence than that single resident
Oh the place should contract the dread
'h'luenza that might result fatally.
Kew. Geo. H. Severance. dean of
the Episcopal church, who has been
very successful in building up the
church membership in the district nm
der his Jurisdiction, has received no.
lice through Bishop Page that his an
pllcation for appointment to a chan
lancy in the army has been accepted
and that he will be called to assume
his duties about the 18th of November.
Nature is kind this season by fixing
things up proper for blowing and fall
sown grain. II propitious conditions
VIII now only continue in the spring
the husbandman of this upper coun-
try Will reap fat harvest next fall.
and as the price Of wheat for 1919
IS fXed at attractive figures he Is 60
ing to get on velvet Notwithstanding
the pinching hardship of two partial
| failures.
More deer have been killed around
Loomis this year than for a number of
| LOT; to I:,,:,,
fat on venison. 1t is stated that one
young man, while out in the hills
rounding up cattle, ran directly into
two deer. both of which he killed with
a revolver. That is he killed one in
tentionally and the other ran in the
way when he was shooting at jack
rabbit. One deer is the seasons law
full kill
| Mr.. and Mrs T. II. Kearns recently
of Gary, Ind, who own a valuable
apple orchard, just coming into bear
ing, on the Ellis-Forde Orchard tracts,
left for the coast Saturday where they
expect to spend the winter. 1t is the
intention of the 'Kearns to return to
the valley in the near future and make
their home on the place. Delightfully."-
pleasant people are Mr.. and Mrs.
Kearns and they will be valuable
addition to the population Of the
county.
Now that the influenza has secured
foothold in town it may be expected
that there will be numerous cases.
Where the disease makes it's appear
ance those afflicted cannot be too
careful in following closely the di
reotions of their physician. Any I'M
necessary exposure or indiscretion on
the part of the patient is liable to
| lead to serious results. 1t is a malady
| that no one can afford to fool with
unless they are bent upon commit
ting suicide.
Those of the railroad boys who sub
scribed for Liberty Loan bonds and
make their headquarters at Oroville--
and 80 per cent bscribed-numbered
| 80. and the amount taken was $4,000.
That is a mighty good showing, but it
was to be expected that the boys OF
the rail would go the limit as, with
mighty few exceptions, no class of
men are more loyal to their country
than these same genial gentlemen, old
and young, who draw their monthly
stipend from the Great Northern cof-
| fers.
Mrs. Geo. w. Lee of Omak, lay
| ..,a,,,bor 80 .bo E,niccopa1 churuch was
in attendance at the session of the
Episcopal deanery held in Oroville
Thursday of last week. Mrs. Lee is
one of the most active and prominent
workers in almost all the patriotic
charitable and humanitarian move
ments set on foot in the center OF
the county. She has taken a special
interest in the movement for the
amelioration of those suffering from
the white plague and for the eradi-
cation of that insiduous malady.
Stanley J. Nagley of Wenatchee,
representing the Northern Fruit Co.,
has spent much of his time in Oroviile
for some weeks. His mission mere
was 70 purchase as much of the apple
crop of the north part OF the valley
az was worth the purchasing and ne
managed to secure quite raft OF
apples, that is a good many Tor "a
country where the trees are just COM
ing into bearing. He informed this
office that some 20 cars OF apples
would be shipped out of Oroville TINS
wear. and car loads of as fine apples
as find their way into market
Among the lay members Oh the
church in attendance at the session
Of the Episcopal deanery held in town
last week was Dale Greene, OF Omak
IN, ro did not recognize him right