The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-08-09
The First National Bank
Surplus, $lO,OOO.OO.
Oroville, Washington

mas confidence in the mineral posi-
Dilities of the county and that is tn.
reason he is sticking so closely tc
that line.
e. w. Zibbell, with the Stewart
calvert company, returned last Fri.
oay evening from a business trip tc
Seattle. While in that city he saw
a number of ex-Orovilleans and re-
ports that all of them are working
most of hem in ship yards and are
doing we'll.
| The predatory COW, with an &C.
| casional horse, continues to work
havoc with lawns and gardens about
town. leaving notice of their pres
once in a way that is anything but
pleasant to the property owner who
suffers from the visitations.
Are you registered? This question
the Gazette asks every week. 1t is
a vital question and every legal voter
| should be prepared to answer Eyes. "
Remember you cannot vote unless
registered. If not registered do not
put off the duty another day.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Prentice went to
Okanogan Sunday to visit with Mr..
Prentice's parents. While there the
youngest child was taken very i'll.
Mr.. Prentice returned to Oroville
Sunday evening while Mrs. Prentice
remained at Okanogan where the
child was under treatment.
Cliff Hill, of Seattle, service man
ager of the Buick automobile agency
in the state, was in town for several
days last week, Ginning with the
local representative of the Buick
people, Frank-Craft Buick company,
giving Revine Frank pointers and
generally looking over the local field.
The local Four Minute Men have
been requested to make an appeal for
volunteers for mechanical service for
| the government. The government is
in need of some $4,000 crafts men and
the four minute speelers are to urge
volunteering. Here is a good opening
for those skilled in the various crafts.
Mrs. Van Cleve had young son in
the Oroville General hospital the lat
ter part of last week who was threat
ened with appendicitis. The ai'ment
responded to treatment and II was
found unnecessary to operate. Mrs.
Van Cleve returned to her home at
| Tonasket Monday morning with the
lad.
Ralph Mason, of this place, who
responded to the last draft, was dis
charged at Camp Lewis, not being
able to pass the medical examination,
and is back home again. He was
stuck on military life, on account OF
the training, and regretted that he
was not able to continue in the
| service.
Miss Pauline Schassberger has
| quite a large class of music pupils at
the Ellis-Forde Orchard tracts, and
goes down every few days to give
lessons. Miss Schassberger, though
| young in years, has developed remark
| able musical talent and is already
| becoming a very efficient and sue
cessful instructor.
| John Wehe has recently heard from
his son, e. j. Wehe, who is now
member of Co. M, 44th Infantry, sta
toned at Camp Lewis. The boys are
now given a serial number and all
mail must contain the number on the
address as we'll as name of company
and regiment. Mr.. Wehe's number
runs far beyond 100000.
| In announcing the hours for visi-
tors at the Oroville General hospital
in our last issue we got the hgures
pretty we'll balled up. The visit
ing hours are between 10 and IL
o'clock a. M. and from 3 to In tne
afternoon. Just remember the hours
if YOU have occasion to visit that in
stitution to see patients
i r Truax received the sad news pS
wire Sunday of the sudden death !,
.: his brother, U. G. Truax, who fel
dead Saturday morning at his home a.
Minneapolis The telegram ASKED
Mr.. Truax to come, but owing to cir
cumstances over which he nad III
control it was impossible for Mr.
Truax TO leave at this time.
John E. Kennedy who has flocf
of trucks with which he takes large
contracts for hauling at various
places in eastern Washington, com
pleted his contract with the Stewart
Calvert company for hauling sai''
from the lake on the north slde U
the boundary line, last week. @n'
pulled out for other fields this week
Miss Mamie Seward and Miss PAU
inc Anderson left for Seattle Monaa.
morning. 1t is understood that MIS-
Seward and Louis Provo and MIS-
Anderson and Theron Pratt are TO D.
married upon the arrival OF the youh'