The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-05-02

ehtirely inadequate. For temporary re-
llei from the crowded condition n
building has been purchased and will
De moved to the church property. This
VIII be occupied by the primary de-
partment.
Williams 4 Finnie are rushing work
at the brick yard in the eastern part
OF town in order to get out material
TO I'LL the contracts they have on hand
at present. AS soon as the brick are
near ready for delivery work of con-
struction will commence on two or
three brick blocks.
Reports from Princeton state that
all the work inaugurated by the Cop
per Mountain Mining company is tied
up by big strike. At the mine and on
construction of the cwelve mile rail-
road track from Princeton to the mine
several hundred men were employed.
IL Is stated that the company reduced
the wages dollar a day all around
and as result there was a general
walk out The business men of Prince
ton are endeavoring to secure an adj
Justment of the difficulty between en-
ployers and employees but had made
no progress up to last reports.
That Victory Platoon that is COVERING
the county, commencing Thursday and
continuing Friday and Saturday, has
DIG territory to cover, and the autos
conveying the squad will have to sur
pass the speed limit if the different
towns are made on the dates fiyed
rake the itinery for today. for IN,
stance. Starting from Nelson the OK
cursionists stop at Oroville. LOOMS
and Conconully. and in each place a
parade Is to be held. Then Saturday
the squad covers the entire Methow
valley, starting from Brewster Tha
boys Will have no time to linger long
IN any one place if they cover the en-
tire county.
Joe Robinson has moved down from
the nil country with his mother and
they have taken up their residence
on the orchard tract in the East Orc
vile Orchard district, which Mr. Rob-
inson recently purchased. We regret
to say that Mrs. Robinson has been in
poor health for a long time and that
was really one of the objects of NOV
ing to the valley. She was taken to the
hospital Saturday, and her physician
believes that she will soon recover her
normal health. Mr.. Robinson has been
engaged in farming near Kipling for
a number of years. He has worked
exceedingly hard, and has accumulated
a large acreage of choice wheat land
as we'll as considerable ready cash.
Joe says he has earned a rest from
hard work and it is his intention to en-
JOY life in less strenuous way than
has marked the last dozen years of
his existence.
The Nine-mile creek road has been
the only route open between Oroville
and Nelson since the floods washed
out the Tonasket creek road, and as
it is necessary to open two or three
gates through private property over
that road travel that way is very much
of nuisance both to the traveller and
the property owner, as too often the
traveller thoughtlessly or Intentionally
neglects to shut the gates. Then, too,
there is stretch of heavy sand on this
route which is difficult for autos to
negotiate, hence the route is not at all
popular and is used only because of
necessity. Commissioner Mitchell at
tempted to make the sand barrier
passable by having straw and brush
placed in the road, but as protest
against travel over4hat route some one
fired the straw in three places last
week, thus removing this aid to motor
cars.
Honesty in man is not altogether a
myth. Last October under drastic
ruling of government authority, coun-
try papers were compelled to discon-
tinue all papers to subscribers where
subscriptions were six months or more
in arrearage. There was no way to
dodge the mandate. Failure 70 comply
was threatened with cutting off of
news print supply, which naturally
lowing instructions, quite number of
the Gazette subscribers were dropped,
much against our will. Saturday K. s.
Steiner, an old reader of the Gazette,
who has been so unfortunate as to be
among those subscribers who came I'M
der the ban, stepped into the office,
apologized for his neglect and squared
up the old account. Vt would not hurt
our feelings if a number of others
should happen to follow this worthy
example.
There was a great gathering of Odd
Fellows and Rebekahs of the county at
Okanogan Saturday to celebrate the
Tooth anniversary of the order. 1t was
the largest gathering of Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs ever held in the county.
There were business sessions of the
order in the afternoon and evening, "A
big parade and banquet. Oroville
was very largely represented at the
meeting. Fred j. Fine donated a hand
some Past Noble Grand collar to be
awarded to the most proficient Noble
Grand lecturer, and this was won by
Jas. A. Jackson of this place. In the
drill competition, in which the initia-
tory degree was put on the team from
Oroville was declared the winner by
the judges. Those from Oroville who
attended speak in warm terms OF
praise of the treatment received
through the hands of the citizens of
Okanogan who extended a royal well
come to the visiting members of the