The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-10-10
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sr, tsn TO, o. ground Mr.. Schwartz nron.
|som. WI become quite valuable For
M months Otto has been the bardv
~ nan around the Hotel de Gruhh IA
that hostelry. 'A' patrons OF
r. A. Block and family pu,,sa ~, =,
a aa s AUTO last Thursday afternoon haod a.
80 ior California. and from thence 90 ;.
..e, short sojourn in tha s,,nn'.
tbat 10 ne party was well outfitted az
t,n' to- Il caught out from human babita
camr "ni'e en- route they can go into
s lamp and be comfortable Mr. nlooS
III not leave with the intention -
nehing the Okanogan country hnt ~
= . Ave-. 70 return at some future date
uate that is wholly indefinite for h,s
purpose Is to take his time trava,ir q
anu cover ground until he is fed nm on
tutoring and sight seeing. NAV tho
,aniiiy nave a pleasant and safe iomr
be. '"ctea II may
~, ,o .u medical authorities have given
put the statement that there 10 No zoos
On 10 apprehend a repetition oY tho IN
.iuehza epidemic that proved 20 gem
elai ana fatal last winter. and vet
0poiauic cases are reported In differ-
en. parts OF the country, and a very
severe one developed during the nast
week at our neighboring town Of Loo
ms NOW we all hope, most deyoutlv
nope that the country can be snared
from another visitation from This far
RUE disease that claimed so many
ictims last year, but should It again
appear 1t is the duty of those in aptbo-
rity 10 act promptly and drastically in
an eiiort to prevent its spread. Better
that people be put to some inconvan-
renee than that single member of tho
community be sacrificed.
The st. Mary's Indian Mission local
cd on the reservation few miles east
Oh omak was destroyed by fire Sunday
ana the loss is placed at $4,000 The
cause of the fire is unknown. This ,s
one OF the Oldest and most successfully
conducted Catholic Indian missions in
tne west, Is pleasantly located and
after years of work has been beautified
with charming surroundings. Here
rather Derogue put in many years of
MS life laboring for the upbuilding of
the mission and the welfare of his red
wards. Fortunately most of the build
ings were saved, no one was injured
and the structure destroyed will, in all
probability be. speedily replaced, for
the Indians take great pride in the
mission and have always shown will
ingness to contribute literally toward
its Improvement and upkeep.
j. M. Norris, ST., was In the Office
Tuesday with ears of corn grown on
his place south of town that could not
be surpassed in size of ear, unifor-
nifty OF kernel and general appearance
by anything grown in the great Miss
issippi valley. But the corn iteslf wcs
not the only feature about the exhibit
that would call for comment. Those
ears, or at least one of them showed
the ravages of the Chinese pheasants,
the most destructive bird ever turned
loose in the county, which is taking a
toll to the extent of many dollars
from every farmer within the limits of
the game reserve in which they are
protected, which extends from Orc
vile to Tonasket. We are not surpris-
ed that the farmers upon whom the
birds prey do not hesitate to shoot
them, protective law or no protective
law.
In last weeks issue Of this paper
was published an item taken from the
Princeton Star telling of the finding
of the body Of Mrs. John Gaare, who
on the evening of June 25 disappeared
from here home a few miles west of
Hedley with two children, boy aged
five years and IA months old baby.
The body of the woman was found
some miles esast of Keremeos, and
was very much mutilated. At the time
the item stated that the body of the