The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-03-14

Notwithstanding the fact that tbs
rummage sale held by the ladies OF
the Episcopal Guild, Saturday. had to
take place in the church building
some distance off the business streets
the sale was well patronized and the
receipts amply repaid the ladies for
the labor and time devoted to the VEN
ture.
Mrs. J. M. Richmond of LoOmis
stopped over in Oroville Monday night
on her way to Seattle where she was
going to visit with her husband for
two or three weeks. Mr.. Richmond has
been employed in one of the big stores
at Seattle for number of months
Eventually he expects to move his
family to that city.
Herbert Gregg formerly of this
place, now living at Portland, writing
with a remittance for his subscription
says: THE old paper looks good every
issue, and when finished always leaves
a little feeling of inconsistencies. The
Goth arrived at 8 a. IN. Boys just fresh
from the soil of France. The reception
was beautiful. Portland opened hel
big arms like parent to the return
ing soldiers. First an hour of touching
scenes in which all felt proud Of their
moist eyes. Then moist up Victory
Way 18th street,) down Morrison to
Third, thence to the Auditorium, where
breakfast (Of the BEST was in wat
ing for the 500 hungry lads" Hi
John M. Cutchie, one of the oldest
residents of the north end of the
county, came in from his Similkameen
valley ranch Monday evening, re.
naming in town over Tuesday. Mr.
Cutchie first came to this country
when only Indians occupied the land
and he had some exciting experiences
| in those early days. He certainly has
stuck close to home for many years
He camped at the falls of the Spokane
before there was any sign of habita-
ton at that place. Twenty-six years
ago he went to Spokane, where he was
married, and has never been to that
city since. He would be somewhat sur
have wrought in Spokane.
Last spring the people of the valley
suffered torture from the mosquito
pest. There were more of those blood
sucking insects last year than for any
previous year for long time. The land
owners of the valley may escape that
pest this year, but there is no GER
tainty. What should be done by the
county authorities is to reduce the
danger of another year of the mosquito
pest so far as it is possible to do so.
Oiling the water of sloughs and pot
holes will go long way toward elm
mating the mosquito, and this can be
done at no great expense. That meth
cd should be thoroughly tried out. Let
the land owners put the proposition
up to the commissioners at once.
What this town is in want of just
now than almost any other one thing
is a number of neat resideces to meet
the demand for homes that Is already
far greater than the supply. So far as
can be learned there is not desirable
vacant house in town, and many are
putting up with quarters that they
would like to shift for better ones. II
! is unusual that there should be such
a shortage of houses at this season OF
the year, and considering the fact that
a large influx of new citizens Is ex-
pected in the spring the question
! arises what is to be done about the
housing of those new arrivals. During
! the past few days several parties have