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

Nouhts LOT number OF
years and was homesteader on the
nortn half of the Colville reservation
one mas also taught school at several
places in this locality, and had been
re-eheaged to teach in the Oroyille
schooi this Gaming year. We trust
tnat Mr. and Mrs. Sigrist will find a
peasant home and prosper beyond
their expectations. j
One OF the heaviest rains that has
laiien in the valley for some years
soaked the world at large last Thurs
Jay night and Friday. No doubt con-
siderable hay that had been cut was
ruined In this locality. On the other
hand the rain will be a helm TO grain
and vegetables. 1t is regrettable that
the moisture did not reach the valley
six weeks ago.
Ihe government took over the tele-i
phone and telegraph lines of the
country on the LIST of August, and
word was received early in the week
that all operators and employees of
the lines would be expected to wear
uniforms, although Just what uni
forms are to be adopted has not been
designated, or had not up to the time
OF going to press.
Some of the fellows who were warm
about the collar last Friday evening
ana Kept the guests of the Hotel de
Grub wide awake by their wild and
woolly warblings claim that they had
confined their imbibitions to cider and
Jamaica ginger. That is a horrible
mixture, and it sure has a punch
Judging from the disturbance that the
indulgers stirred up.
Word has been received that Miss
Odelia Dokken graduated from Will
sons modern business college on the
18th of July with very high honors.
Miss Dokken progressed very rapidly
in her school work. The first of May
she was chosen as model for pen
manship by the president, Mr.. Wilson,
and she has the honor of being the
best penman graduating from that
school this year.
Mrs. E. E. Elmer and daughter,
Dorothy, Mrs. Ed. Klingman and Miss
Madge Lewis are spending fortnight
at large hunting lodge at Lost lake,
very pretty sheet Of water high up
in the mountains, at a point between
the Okanogan valley and the eastern
border Of Okanogan county. OF we
q n RI Ia nf 10
lake We apologize to our neighbor of
the Nelson LEADER.
The Okanogan Independent reports
that c. w. Gunderson, a homesteader
living near Duley lake, in the central
part of the county, was accidentally /
killed Tuesday last by a wagon run
ming over his head. No one witnessed
the accident. From all indications he /
was leading his horses through a gate \
when the animals knocked him down,
the wheel Of the wagon passing over
his head crushing the skull.
There is a diversity of opinion as
to the possible extent of the grain |
crop on the hills east of Oroville Qf |
our neighbor of the Nelson Leader |
will stand for the statement that the |
hills are east of Oroville, and we are |
not mixed up in the points of the |
1t is the general opinion |
there will be better than half a crop, |
and that is an improvement on the |
of few weeks ago.
Herbert Gregg HAD letter from
A. C. Warner, formerly of LOOMS, but
for a number of years a resident OF
Pacific Grove, Gala, last week, in |
which the sad announcement was
made that Mrs. Warner had recently |
died. The remains were taken to San |
Francisco for cremation. Both Mr.. |
and Mrs. Warner had many friends in |
Loomis who will read with feelings |
of sincere regret of the death of the |
lady.
Engineer Zediker discovered a
weak place in the flume west OF town
Saturday. He did not wait until the
flume should give way and cause a
lot of damage and trouble, but he cut
off the water and strengthened the
weakened section. Water was not cut
off more than "a hours, what might
have been a serious break was avert
ed, and considerable amount OF
money and trouble was saved the dis
trict. That is the result of efficiency
on the Job.
Do not forget to register, and the
sooner the job is done the sooner the
duty is off your mind. 1t is neces-
sary to have your name on the regis
tration books in order to vote at the
fall elections. Don't forget that.
Residents on the north side of the
railroad track register with E. r.
Hoose. Those on the south side of
the track register with Ed. Davis.
Frank Satansbury holds the books on
the east side of the Okanogan river.
Mrs. P. H. Dokken, of Myncaster,
B. c., who has been down at Riverside
spending a month with her daughter,
Mrs. Whittle, returned to her home
July 21st. She was taken to her home
by Mr.. and Mrs. Whittle, and their
daughter, Mervel o. White, in their
car. Mr.. White returned to River
side Tuesday morning of last week,
and Mrs. Whittle and her daughter
will remain at Myncaster for some
three weeks visiting with Mrs. Whit
ties parents.
There is not a summer that passes
but that one is drowned in this county,
and too often deaths from that cause
number several. No matter what ad-
vice is given, what precautions are
taken, the regular summer toll goes
on. People, whether they are able
TO swim or not, will take to water in
the hot days, then some one gets be-
yond his, or her, depth and life IS
sacr;fced II seems impossible to