The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-12-06

want 10 lose that kind Of mater,o,
one of the neatest and mos, con.
piete confectionery establishments 70
.ouio IN north central Washington 90
ma, conducted in this place by R n
jackson. Mr. Jackson ia asnac,o,,,
s ss up with Christmas candies
Gnu christmas supplies In large va
iie'y' as he announces conspicousIv
through the columns of this paper.
Geo |. Cole, who is now in the mer.
nraaulsing business at Pine Civ
wash, writing to renew his subscrip.
'ioh shows that he has not forgotten
.he people he lived among for a num-
per or years. He says Eve have
watched the casualty list very care
July and have been glad that so MANY
Vi the oroville boys have escaped the
Huns and will come back to
'neir old homes. How did the result
Vi the election suit you? The ONLY
ones here that are not satisfied are
'ne democrats When it comes to
chortlng over the election results Mr..
Cole and the editor are two OF a kind
W. Leonard Davis, formerly teacher
IN the Oroville public schools. and
now living at the old Davis ranch in
the south part of the county, was in
town Sunday to see his sister, Miss
fauiine Davis, teacher of domestic
science in the high school, who has
been contend to her room with influ-
enza for fortnight. Mr. Davis
stated that he had been rendered a
position at Spokane, and he left Mon
day for that city to enter upon his
duties. Mr.. Davis, who was in pre-
carious health for some two years, is
very much improved Indeed he has
not looked in better condition for
years.
Mrs. Jack Downs, who left here a
few weeks ago with the intention of
going to England to visit her parents,
was compelled to give up her trip and
return west. She was expected to
arrive in Spokane Saturday 1t ap-
pears that permits to sail for England
are limited in number and there had
been so many applications prior to the
arrival of Mrs. Downs in New York
that she would have been compelled
to wait until March before she could
secure permission to sail She de-
cided that was too long to wait under
expense and so gave up her proposed
visit to the old country for the present
at least.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Dell Hart received a
letter Monday night from their son,
Walter, after a silence of two or three
months. The family felt so worried
over not hearing from him that Mr..
Hart wrote to Seuator Pondexter
Monday requesting him to make in
quiries at the war department to as
certain if anything had happened to
his son. The letter arrived from Wal
ter just before Mr.. Hart was going to
mail his letter to the senator. Walter
| is in a machine gun company in the
| 91st Division and was in Belgium
| when the letter was written. The
91st saw some very hot fighting the
last few days of the war and met with
heavy losses.
We would again I'll ge advertisers to
file their change of advertisements at
this office not later than Wednesday
morning, and what would be far more
satisfactory, Tuesday afternoon.
Change of advertisements, in order to
secure the best results, is good plan
and the office is always ready and
willing to make sucn changes, but II
advertisers delay bringing in copy un-
til the last minute It works a great
hardship in the office, and not infre-
ouently throws the paper behind
Then no time is given 10 properly lay
out the advertisement to the best ad-
vantage. We trust our patrons VIII
make this slight concession for their
own benefit as we'll as for the beneht
of this office.
For some time the Okanogan Valley
Power Company has been contemplate
Ing making extensive improvements at
the plant located at the falls OF the
Similkameen river, and the prellmin-
ary steps with that object in view Will
probably be taken next summer, as
the present plant is back NUMBER,
the machinery being out OF date, ana
the demand for service is steadily I'M
proving. Had it not been for the war
tba improvements would have been
made before this time. Largely IN
creased power can be easily developed
at the falls, and the time Will come
when the plant at that place VIII De
furnishing all the electric lighting anu
mower service for which there Is
demand throughout the valley.
Oroville apples are coming in TOR
much praise this year, and the quality
is such that they are entitled 10 an
the praise they receive. Recently w.
IT Hollants sent a box of Delicious 10
bis friend. T. f. Da nrell, cashier or
the Lamont State pank, Lamont
Wash. and he has just received a
letter Of acknowledgment from which
the following extract is taken: Tue
first thing now is that l want 10
thank YOU for the dandy Dox ol
onnles. and to say they were enjoyed
hu oil of MS more than you can posi-
bIv imagine. We have been wonder-
ING what variety they were until your
Letter came stating they are the Deli
lions They seem to be much better
than the ones we grow IN this country
Must be some apple country where
you are"
Throughout the country people are
being urged to do their Christmas
sbonning early this year, and to oe
liberal in their purchases me ann
10 70 make this one of tue most gen
nrallv observed holiday occasions 1oi
many years. Outside of ina oD'e ','
tbora is much more satisfaction III