The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-12-27

FRED Pratt, a we'll known resident
Oh Chesaw, was In town Thursday last.
Il. v. Emery returned to his homo
near oroville Monday night.-Molson
Leader.
Jas. Il. Forde came in from Spokane
Monday, evening on one Of his fire.
quent business visits.
IS. o. Rise is building a two story
residence at his place Just above
Circle'-Molson Leader.
May the new year be happy and
prosperous one to all our readers is
the wish of the Gazette head.
DR.. Elmer reports that Mrs. C. Pi
house is seriously i'll with pneumonia
following an attack of influenza.
Riley Cole returned to Oroville
Saturday after an absence of several
weeks visiting relatives at Republic.
The postoffice force was kept busy
during the past week mailing pack
ages going out and handling packages
coming in.
Up to the time of going to press
all the influenza patients In town were
doing nicely with every prospect of
speedy recovery.
Morris Bowen, proprietor of the
Ford garage. whose home is at To-
nasket spent several days in town
during the past week.
John Reed. one of the Oldest active
stock men in the Loomis neigbbor-
hood, and well known throughout the
county, was visitor in town Friday
last.
Cattlemen have reason to be thank.
full this year The feeding season will
be crowded into 100 days, providing
winter does not crowd too far over
into spring.
Frank w. Taylor, local manager of
the Standard Oil distribution system,
left Saturday for Tacoma where he
will spend the holidays with his wife
and relatives.
The highways in this part of the VAL
ley are as rough in spots as a cordu-
roy road. They are cut into chuck
holes and going over them in an auto
almost shakes travellers teeth loose.
Stanley Evans is making frequent
trips to town from his place in the
Sinlahekin valley as he is feeding a
bunch of cattle on the Jas. E. FOrde
George Bartell drove over from
Oroville Friday, returning Saturday I
accompanied by his mother, who has
been visiting at the home of her
daughter here, Mrs. J. A. Hagerman,
for the past three weeks.-Twisp
News.
Miss Marie Waldorf, resident office
manager of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company at this place,
leaves tomorrow for Seattle on vaca-
ton. She has we'll earned vacation
by close application to office work
during the past year.
E. Truax left Saturday morning for
Eddyville, Iowa, his old home, called
east by the sad news of the very seri-
Gus illness of his mother. This will
be Mr.. Truax's first visit to his people
for fifteen years. He expects to be
absent one or two months.
Morris Bowen was in town from
Tonasket the latter part of last week
looking after his Ford garage business
and he confirmed the report that a
large modernly appointed garage is to
be constructed on Main street at an
early date, and we would judge from
what we have heard that Mr.. Bowen
will occupy the same.
Harry Williams, the miner who was
so fearfu1y injured by a cavern last
week, is resting quite easy at the Oro-
vile General hospital at last accounts,
and if no complications arise he will
be himself again in few weeks, and
that is more than any one expected
who saw him just before he went into
the hands of the doctor:
The Review of Thursday last con-
tains an account Of the wounding of
Sergeant George Silman of Hillyard,
a member of the 146th infantry. IL
is believed that this is the George
Sillman who formerly ran as fireman
on the Great Northern passenger be-
tween Oroville and Spokane, a very
popular young railroad man.
Young Edwin Williams, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. e. A. Williams, is one Of the
latest victims of the influenza. Up
to going to press the lad had the all
ment in light form, but considering
the number of children in the family
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams are going to
have a great trial ahead if all the
little ones become innoculated.
w. B. Sexson returned to his duties
in the pharmicist department Of the
navy at Bremerton last Friday morn
ing, after having spent a couple of
weeks in Oroville. He has no idea
how long he may he beld in service,
but will serve six months at least in
order to be entitled to his dunnage
bag, which is withheld by the govern
ment in cases where men retire be-
fore completing six months service
in the navy.
Mrs. c. M. Bottomley Of below Oro-
vile was up on the hill Friday and
Saturday on hunt for stray stock
that had not been picked up in the
round up of his herd near Lost Lake
| this season. Mr.. Bottomley runs a
large bunch, perhaps the largest in
dividually owned bunch of beef stuff
on the Colvil'e reserve range, having
territory assignment between Lost
Lake and Beaver canyon, south of
| Chesaw-Chesaw items in Nelson
| Leader.
Ho, boy: there is nothing the mat
ter with this country. We have seen
people buying porterhouse steaks late
ly-cut thick. Now what do you know
about that? Where people can sink