The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-11-29

"o ioou administrator will
BOOST the allotment to four Mound,
during December.
Many Of the sufferers from ,na,-
enza are up and around, but the NAL
aoy Is tough customer and leaves
the patient In rather debi,itatad
condition for days after the disease
mas run Its course. 1t is discourag-
ing to state that while there are fewer
cases the influenza has not deserted
the community entirely, for new cases
are reported every few days.
A letter from France brings the
information that DR.. Fred Wbittakar
formerly well known physician of
Republic, has been promoted to major
IN the medical corps. DR.. Whitaker
enlisted In the service over a year ago
ana was sent to France with a medical
detachment with the rank of lierten-
ant. He has seen much hospital
service and gainted his promotion on
merit
Monty East is still confined to lis
bed at the Hotel de Grub. Last week
he was so far recovered from his late
attack OF pneumonia that he was able
TO be up and around the hotel, but he
was put down and out with inf1amma-
ton OF the veins of one of his legs.
While this last dose is not serious it
Is inconvenient and it will be some
time before he will entirely recover
his normal strength.
Jack Babcock, brother of r.. ].
Stone, of Tonasket, is very seriously
Ill at the Oroville General hospital
with pneumonia following influenza
For the last few days he has been
holding his own, which is very much
in his favor and it is hoped by his
physician that he will make 4 live of
it. His is one of the most serious
cases that have occurred in Oroville
growing out of the flu.
Mrs. l.. l.. Work, formerly of this
place, and who has been in poor
health in the east for some time, is
now with her brother, B. J. Bate, at
Twisp. Her daughters, Mrs. s. B.
Starret Jr., and Miss Carol Work,
left here during the past week to visit
with their mother. The many friends
of Mrs. Work throughout the county
sincerely trust that she will speedily
recover her shattered health.
Adam Nideck, of Tunk creek. re-
turned today from Oroville, where he
had the bullet he received last sum-
mer in the back of his neck, removed.
Through the aid of X-ray very deli
cate operation was performed in re-
moving the % calibre rifle bullet, but
nevertheless Adam was delighted at
getting rid of the little scrap Of lead,
as it greatly improved his physical
ndition.-Riverside Tribune.
Mention was made in recent issue
of the Gazette that Mrs. Stanley Evans
of Loomis was called to her old home
at Evansville, Ind, by the serious ILL
ness of her father. 1t is learned that
Mrs. Evans reached home only few
hours before the death of her father.
She had been home only a few days
when she contracted pneumonia. When
last heard from the lady was out OF
all danger and steadily improving.
Frank Woodwork, just back from
Camp Lewis, reports that there are
inward of 10000 men in that camp.
He saws that many of them were Bit
terly disappointed because they failed
TO get to France and into the scrap.
OF course all kind of people can be
fonnd in mob of 10000, and Frank
states there were also a number or
men in the gang that were thankfnl
that their skin was not to be put IN
| jeopardy.
Mrs C. C. Hedger, who has had
charge of the soldiers Christmas
boxes on behalf of the Red Cross, mas
sunervised the sending out of a num-
her of these holiday rememDrances 10
bovs across the sea during the week
Even though these boxes are small
and no one realizes how small they
arc except those who tried to squeeze
as much as possible within their mar
row confines, they will carry JOY u
the dear ones far away.
The h. C. |. has hit the turkey oiro
az it has hit. everything that goes
into ones mouth, or upon ones Dack
or is purchased on the market FOR any
nrrnose under the sun. Turkey COM
handed 80 cents per pound this year
the highest price for that class OF low
over known in Oroville. And on tha'
oocount most of us gave thanks over
com bone Thanksgiving day an'
uoro exceedingly thankful for me
home even if there was but little hiea'
on it.
For the past two or three week.
49,. co1ette has been "a hours lat'
citing ont owing to the difllcuity eN
Sou;oncad in heating metal with TN
iow gravity gasoline now in use AM
:, 20 necessary that metal is llqulhe'
~ order that type can be set we nav
noon compelled to go so far as TO NAM
~ ~ ,vno and use plates in order u
.e1,o a. all 1t is hoped that an elec
is 9,o r,elting not can be installed with
IN the next fortnight and the uih'ou''
,ahored under thus removed.
# is expected that about ever
,oga, registered voter will be out mex
Tnesdav exercising his or ner Iran