The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-01-24

were to be made. If Oroville fell
down on this charity it was because
of mismanagement of those who had
charge of the drive on the outside.
Forester Judd of Loomis, who was
operated on for appendicitis at North
port some two weeks ago and had a
very narrow escape from checking in,
has greatly improved and is now we'll
on the way to recovery.
Last Friday while the sun was
shining brightly in Oroville and water
| running in streams along the high
ways and byways Wenatchee was hav.
ing the heaviest snow storm of the
season The nearer the north pole
you get in this part of the country
| the milder is the weather, providing
of course, you do not get out of the
Okanogan valley.
There is and has been so many
cases of influenza among the popula-
| ton that it has been impossible to
keep run of those afflicted. The doc
| tors do not stop trotting long enough
| to give in the names of the patients.
| If they were all published in a single
| list il would look like one of those
which the names of about everybody
appear.
The funeral of Mrs. G. c.. Sanford
and her little daughter Doris took
place from the Barnes Undertaking
Parlors last Friday afternoon, both
bodies occupying the same casket. The
funeral was private, and only very
few were present owing to the ban
on public meetings. The services were
conducted by Rev. r. r. Martin, and
the interment was in Odd Fellows
cemetery
Lloyd Loudon having recovered
from the influenza left Monday morn
ing for the home of his parents in the
Similkameen valley. His brother,
Dick, who was also down with the
same malady at the same time, had
a slight setback SUNDAY and is still
confined to the house The two boys
have been attending ligl school in
this place and will resume their stud-
les as soon as conditions are such
that school can again opel.
The old M. f. Church building was
sold during the past week to a sort
Of community church" organization.
the purchase price of $500 being borne,
largely by the Episcopal church Or
ganization represented in the county,
by G. II. Severance of Oroville. The
Episcopalians paid $500 of the
amount, the Chesaw Trading Co., $25
Commercial Bank, $25, and $50 by so 4
licitation about town. Meetings will
be conducted by Mr.. Severance
CheSaw notes in Nelson Leader.
Glenn Carol has secured employ
ment and will remain in Oroville.
Now it would be a handsome and wise
movement if some organization was
formed by people here for the pur-
pose of finding employment for all
returned soldiers and sailors. When
discharged few of them have more
than just enough money to meet i'm
mediate wants. and it is not fair nor
just that these men should be left to
hustle around and live from hand to
mouth. Some provision must be made
to find them work.
The Great Northern ice cutting
crew that was assembled at Otter
lake last week returned TO Oroville
Sunday and continued on to Spokane
Monday while the train crews were
sent TO Marcus. The ice cutting cam
paign commenced prematureIy. Just
as the force was ready to start in the
January thaw commenced business
and before cutting fairly commenced
the ice disappeared or at least was
so softened up that 1t was worthless
for storage. The cutting will hawke
to be dozen later in the winter, if
at all.
Ed. Davis was off his feed several
days during the past week and was
unable to show up with his usual
regularity at the hardware store over
which he presides when his normal
self. This is one case requiring medi-
cal attention where the flu did no,