The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-11-15

| e 'here Is little difference and
that dinerence in favor of the germs
Everybody remembers what a hard
TASK Don Mooney of Nelson had
breaking into the army. He did not
manage to pry way in. after heinz
turned down about dozen times
until June 22nd, and by September he
was in France. He got speedy
actioh after reaching the other
sue. lie was transferred to the
1ooth infantry, and his regiment was
IN the drive northwest of Verdun. In
letter to his brother he states that
half the lads that went in with him
We're killed or now in the hospital.
lie was one of the lucky ones as he
escaped with out scratch.
j. M. Pitman, of LOOMS, was in
town over Sunday Mr.. Pitman, not
discouraged by his first unsuccessful
enort to locate mining claims worth
while, made second incursion into
the wildness of the mountain country
OF British Columbia and is just back
from that prospecting trip. This time
he located some very promising
claims, the surface groupings assaying
over SIS in gold and silver. He is
elated over his find and we trust that
his anticipations Of rich returns will
be fully realized, and that speedily,
for j. M. has not any too many years
ahead to enjoy competency.
Hector Smith. the young son of Mr..
and Mrs. c. w. Smith, whose curios-
ity to discover the effect of touching
a match to giant powder cap result
ed in filling him pretty full of scrap
copper, with the loss of portion of
thumb and finger, has about entire
ly recovered from his numerous, seri-
Gus and painful wounds. Fortunately
he will not lose his eye sight, as was
feared at the time of the accident.
One of his eyes was penetrated with
fragment of the cap, but that was
removed. The lad had very narrow
escape with his life, and he is to be
congratulated that his permanent in
JufleS were not greater.
Up to the present time Oroville has
been very fortunate during the reign
of king flu. There have been numer-
Gus cases in the town, but as rule
the malady has been of light form.
A few cases have developed into pneu-
mona, and several of the victims have
had close calls, but so far there have
been no deaths that can be attributed
to influenza This is not mentioned
in spirit of boastfulness but in a
spirit of sincere thankfulness. We
know not what time has in store for
us, for there are still many Ill with
the disease, but we hope and pray
that our small community will suffer
no losses from that cause.
There has been quite movement
in real estate in this vicinity during
the past few weeks. Arthur ID. Jones
had his large tract on the west side
OF the Similkameen river, under the
ditch, cut up into small tracts ana
Dell Hart has sold most of that land
TO various parties at from 500 TO
$50 per acre. Prior to the construc-
ton of the irrigation system this land,
like all of the bench land in the val
lev. was not worth the taxes paid on
II and there was absolutely no mar
ket for such land. Now the bench
land, where it can be watered, Is as
productive as that along the river ana
is mighty good property to own.
Owing to the prevalence of infiu-
enza and complying with orders from
the health officer, committees cou'd
not go out and make house-to-house
campaign for War Work funds. In
lion of personal solicitation the COM
mittees appointed by the Council OF
Defense to raise the amount OF the
district quota sent out pledge caros
nv mail to all citizens with request
that they voluntarily step into either
If the banks and hand in their SUD-
scrintions. The response so far mas
been ouite general. If any one mas
neglected that duty they should at
once make good by visiting the banks
and subscribing their assessments
Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. McGrath ana
Young son arrived Saturday evening
srom Wenatchee to visit with MIS-
McGrath's father, L. w. Barnes. AN
edict had gone forth at Wenatchee
that all stores should close for sew
oral days in an effort to reduce lhe
snraad of the influenza, and Mr. NC
crath came up here with the expecta-
ton Of spending the vacation in oro-
vile VII, Sunday he received message
that the order was rescinded and SO
no had to return to Wenatchee Mon
dow morning Mr.. McGrath is employ
od with the Morse Hardware COM
nanv Mrs. McGrath and son viii re-
main main with the Barnes family for some
time.
Miss Jessie Heathman, OF the school
s.cnltv who has the influenza more
severely than any person IN oroviI, o,
and whose life was at times despaireo
If is now so well along toward r re-
90 covery as to be out of danger Inc