The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-01-25

There was a good attendance at the
services held in the lobby of the Hotel
de Grubb, Saturday evening, the oc-
casion being the placing of bible in
leach room of the hotel.
Geo. S. Lee, one of the legal lights
of Okanogan, was in town Tuesday on
professional business, being an attor-
neg in a case tried before Judge Neal
while holding brief session of court
here.
The Frank-Croft Buick company
does not propose to have any shortage
of cars to meet the spring demand.
The company received two car loads
of the crack Bucks this week, runa-
bouts, five and seven passenger. They
are the 1918 model, and among the best
cars in use today.
Fred T. Neal, who has been out of
town for some weeks, is now employ
ed at the Trail, B. C. smelter. Mrs.
Neal joined her husband at Trail this
week. They did not move their house.
hold belongings, which would indicate
that they expect to return to Oroville
at no distant day.
Bernard M. Wills and wife arrived
in town Friday last from Chelan,
where they have been living for some
months. Mr.. Wills formerly lived at
Wehseville, and then made his home
at Oroville for some time. Just at
present, he is not established and is
not certain where he may locate.
Walter A. Holt. of Okanogan, assist
ant county agriculturalist, was regis
tered in town Monday. Mr.. Holt is do
ing a good work in aiding the agricul-
tural and stock interests of the county
by advice and suggestions from fund
of information accumulated through
long study, investigation and exper-
fence.
Our thanks are due to Joe Hunter
for a very handsome photographic
panorama of Camp Lewis, the great
cantonment that sprung up almost in
a single night. The old veteran is now
at Tacoma His health is excellent,
but he has not been able to have his
eyesight improved. He expects to be
back in Oroville this spring.
Miss Pauline Schassberger left for
Spokane Monday morning. where she
will make her home with close friends
of the family while taking long
course in music. Although quite young
Miss Schassberger is marvelously
capable pianist for one of her years,
and promises to become an exception
ally accomplished performer.
AS there has been so little freezing
weather this winter it is hard to be-
lieve that the south end of Osoyoos
lake was solidly frozen over Saturday
so that boys were skating from one
side of the lake to the other. 1t look
ed like taking long chances on such a
frail covering, but long chances are
what boys take when on skates.
At the last meeting of the commits
sioners petitions for roads in this vi
granted, one is connection with the
Molson-Oroville road and the other is
to be called the Tonasket creek road
They are important stretches of high
way that the people of this vicinity
have been working for for some time
Word has been received that all the
boys who went from here to Seattle tC
work in the ship yards are employed
and doing well. If young men have left
other towns in Eastern Washington
for the coast in search of work in the
same proportion as they have from
this vicinity the interior of the state
must be well represented on the west
side.
Mrs. Herbert Gregg had a letter
from her brother, Earl Harkins, Tues
day evening, written from England
and dated Dec. go Earl is a member o.
the lend Infantry, attached to the Ais
Division and sailed from some Allan
tic port on the 18th of December. They
were fifteen days crossing, had {
pleasant voyage with little sea sick
ness.
Judge w. c. Brown was up from
Okanogan last Friday evening for thu
purpose of consulting DR.. Lewis
Judge Brown was in pretty bad shape
suffering from what the medicos dag
= nosed as a touch of appendicitis. Thu