The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-03-21

ance. He was an orderly at Brigade
Headquarters Detachment, 25th In
fantry Brigade, 18th Division. He ha.
received his final discharge. Mr.. Finnit
was accompanied by Arb Donague, o.
Pine Creek, who was also stationed a.
Camp Lewis member of Battery e
337th Field Artillery.
The Oroville Gun Club has purchas.
ed and installed at the shooting
grounds new automatic traps over
day. The traps are operated by means
of lever fixed near the shooting line
A small boy feeds in the targets, the
lever is jerked and the trap does the
rest, while the man with the gun is
Expected to get the imitation of bird
before it strikes the ground. Some OF
them do quite consistently, and some
] of them don't as the score sheet shows
c. M. Zediker returned home last
Friday evening from his trip to Olym-
pia, where he went as a representative
of this part of the county to confer
with the powers that be over the dis
tribution of the state road money Mr..
Zediker was successful to a large de-
gree in arousing interest in State
Road No. 10, but had he been able to
have reached Olympia two or three
days sooner he is satisfied that State
Road No. 10 would have received
$4,000 instead of 100000 set aside
for that highwty.
The SeXson brothers have consider
ably increased the floor space in their
hardware store by putting in a long
platform, somewhat in the nature Of
a balcony, down the center of the
store. This in no wise interferes with
getting around on the main floor, and
gives much larger area for the stor-
age of goods. All of which would indi-
cate that the SeXons are getting ready
for the prospective increase in bust
ness that a growth of the town and
ly to the very large stock they already
carry
The annual meeting of the Okanogan
County Live Stock Association is
billed to be held at Okanogan on April
Sd and 4th The i've stock industry Is
one of the most important in the coun-
ty, and great many individuals are
engaged in that line. The annual meet
ings are for the purpose of discussing
the stock situation and such other
N in Oc q n
Furthermore, it Is always jolly get
together occasion that is thoroughly
enjoyed by all who attend. The meet
ing this year promises to be the most
largely attended that the association
has ever held.
J. P. Friis has purchased what has
long ben known as the Mcdonald home
in the east part of town, from F. v.
Covert. Last fall this place was con-
siderably scorched when a neighboring
building was destroyed by fire, and
has never been repaired. Mr.. Friis will
move the remnants of the presetn build
ing to face on Bridge street and not
only have it thoroughly repaired but
will put on an addition. When the pro-
posed changes are made the new struc-
ture will be neat addition to that
part of town. AL. Fox, the veteran
carpenter and builder, will have
charge of the work, which means that
it will be well done.
The ladies of the Catholic church
have been in the habit of giving st.
Patrick's day dance and no dance Of
the season, no matter how many there
may have been, equals in attendance
, and amount of pleasure in circulation
that of this St. Patrick's day festivity.
Owing to the fact that it is Lent the
ladies of he Catholic church will not
give their st. Patrick's day dance until
the Oath of April. That is somewhat
subsequent to the day generally cele-
| brated in honor of the good old saint,
but that will not in the least detract
from the number of people that will be
present when the dance is finally
given, nor minimize the amount of Joy
that will be in circulation.
Stuart Mulch, one of our valley far
mers who suffered the merciless on
slaughts of mosquitoes last summer, is
taking an active part in a movement
to eradicate the pest, as far as posi-
bic, during the coming season. and
finds the residents of the valley eager
to cooperate in the good work. The
aim is to oil all Of the sloughs and pot
holes in the valley under the ditch
Immediately after high water, and
plan are being formulated to do
the work Systematically and thor
oughly. Every rancher in the val
| ley should lend his assistance to carry
| out this excellent and necessary, pro-
iect necessary in order to relieve the
residents of the suffering that the mo-
squito inflicts.
II. ID. H. Lewis and s. B. StarrC't
r. left 70. Seattle AMI the coast cities