The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-01-11

III were former residents OF Or0ville,
where Cromwell conducted the Elk
restaurant for a year or two. Accord
ing to Mrs. Cromwell's testimony the
domestic life of the couple was not
along the prim rose path of happiness.
and she convinced the judge that her
husband was good piece of property
for her to get rid of. The view of the
husband was not take nbut he was
probably satisfied with the general
drift of affairs as he failed to appear
to defend the suit.
| J. c. Wheeler, of Trinidad, station
on the Great Northern short distance
east of Wenatchee, spent the past week
in Oroville visiting with his son, Doc
ley p Wheeler. Mr.. Wheeler, senior
owns 40 acre fruit ranch on the CO.
lumbia river and one of the best in
section where there are many fine or
| chards. Mr. Wheeler was very favor
ably impressed with Oroville and the
| surrounding country, and could see a
bright future for this particular part
of the state.
| o'clock the fire department was called
out by blasting chimney at the resi-
| dence of Mrs. c. p. House, in the south
part of town. No damage was done to
! the building, but the firemen had a
long, hard run. The promptness with
which the alarm was answered at that
hour of the night would indicate that
| II h,,, tot, Ia
midnight oil, or that the members of
the fire department are keen and ex-
ceedingly prompt in responding to a
call.
Having leased the Orpheum theater,
George Bartell will now devote his1
entire time to the handling of Stude-
baker and Maxwell automobiles, line
of business he understands and at
which he has made success. With the
Orpheum on his hands Mr.. Bartell was
handicapped in getting around the
country, as the two irons in the fire
took time and attention. Now that he
is footloose he will double his efforts
in pushing the two excellent cars for
which he is local agent, and his sales
will naturally increase in number.
Geo. w. Bartell says that he will in
all probability put up concrete or
brick building on his lots on Main
street in the spring, and it will be
structure that would be credit to any
town. The First National Bank is sure
to build two story block at the corner
of Main and First avenue, the Oroville
| Commercial company is considering
seriously the moving of the frame store
building and the erection of a brick
lblock and if Mr.. Bartell carries out
his plans improvements on Main street
this year are going to be extensive and
Expensive.
Every family that can possibly do
SO should get one pig and raise
pork. There is nothing that will grow
/ into money faster at the present price
of pork, price that is bound to hold
for some time to come. Charlie Lewis
brought young hog down from his
ranch Friday last that he shipped to
Okanogan. 1t was a small animal. One
could have carried the animal around
under ones arm. And yet that small
porker was worth $21 Not only is
there money in hogs, but by raising
them the problem of the meat supply
can be solved.
| c. B. Craft of Waterville. connected
with the Frank-Croft Buick company,
of Waterville and Oroville, spent Sat-
urday and Sunday in town consulting
with the senior members of the firm
and laying plans for the auto CAM
paign of 1918. Mr.. Craft is very much
of the "hot stuff" variety as an auto
salesman, and is linked up with a
dealer who is pretty slick in the same
line. Mr.. Craft and Reevie Frank left
Monday morning for Okanogan, and
from that place Mr.. Frank will prob
ably 60 on over to Waterville for a
short business visit.
Attorney Grant was in the midst of
an impressive and telling speech at the
Commercial Club meeting last Thurs
day evening. and the audience was list
ening intently, when the fire alarm
sounded, and in the twinkling of an
eye Mr.. Grant was without hearers. 1t
might as we'll be added that the club
was without speaker, for no one dis
appeared and got over the ground fas-
ter than Mr.. Grant, and many there
were who flew the coop and hit the
grit at 2:40 pace. Grant declares that
It was put up job to head him off
as he was not half way to his perora-
| tiOn Whnn tho
panic.
1t looked something like old times at
the high school gym last Thursday
evening to see between two halves,
such old players as Beverly Powell
Aubrey McMahan, Dick Sampler, Joe
Ashley and other former school boys,
dancing around the floor trying to
coax the pill to fall in the box, while
other old basket ball players like
Yerdley Redhead, Claude Sexson, ct al,
were slipping up on stunts that at one
time came so easy And then there
were other familiar faces absent,
faces of boys who are now wearing
Uncle Sans uniform somewhere in
France" at sea, at environments and
naval stations Those old representa-
tives of the Oroville high were missed
but far from being forgotten.
A. w. Boyd of the Ivanhoe was in
town Saturday. He reported that VIM.
Poucher, of Edmonston, one of the
large holders of interest in the Ivan
hoe mine, was expected here in few
days for the purpose of starting work
on so ton reduction mill at the mine
During the course of development
within the past several years strong
lodges of excellent silver-lead ore have