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

launday morning to ba absent for sew
al days. 1t is a com, 'Icl busineso
81 pleasure trip, AMI the se1tlemen
will apply themselves diligently to
both. DR. Lewis took Walter Brattain
to Seattle for the purpose of consult
ing a dental surgeon with the object
of having plates made to straighten
out young Brattain's broken Jaw. The
young lad was kicked in the face some
ten days ago, the shod hoof of the horse
striking him fair in the mouth, smash
ing the bones and knocking out teeth
in most shocking manner. The doctor
managed to get the broken bones in
place, but brace is required to hold
them in place until they knit
f.. N. Conner was able to return to
his home at Tonasket Monday after
having been laid up in the Oroville
General hospital for fortnight. Such
speedy recovery is really marvellous,
for Mr.. Conner was operated on not
only for appendicitis but also an ag
grevated case of hernia. 1t was a
double, delicate and serious operation,
but DIR. Lewis made such successful
job of it that Mr.. Conner improved
much more rapidly than could have
been expected. However, it is not
claimed that Mr.. Conner is as yet in
his normal health. He moves around
with a great deal of deliberation, and
1t will be some time before he can
enter for a tch-as-catch-can wrest-
ling match. but f. N. is glad he is still
alive, and considering what he had to
go through feels that he got out of i.
easy.
In making reference to the gentle
men who are developing the Stack
mining claims, situated near Night
hawk this paper has several times
made the grievous mistake of giving
the names of Atkins and Smith, when
the combination should have read Ar
kins and Grant. Our attention has been
called to this error by Mr.. Atkins, who
has had occasion to realize that the
error has been accepted elsewhere as
the correct designation of the firm. as
he has received considerable mail adj
dressed to "Arkins & Smith" Mr.. Ar
kins says that his experience shows
this incident Is testimonial to the
far-reaching character of the circula-
ton of your newspaper" We trust
those who have been led estray by the
Gazette as regards the firm of Atkins
and Grant may see this correction of
an unintentional error
The Sexson brothers have purchased
the warehouse at the intersection of
Vancouver street with the railroad,
built some two years ago by E. F. Wal
dorf and owned by Galthbreth-B Bacon
Co., of Seattle This is an excellent sit
uated warehouse directly on the main
Travelled road. 1t is a good piece of
property in good hands, and the own
ers propose to make It useful for the
farmers of the country as well as a
busienss venture for themselves They
will handle feed stuff, flour, farm pro-
duces, fruits and vegetables in season.
The boys have made arrangements
with Montana dealers to handle
large quantity of vegetables in the
spring and fruits when the harvest
comes. They have recently been buy
ing and shipping large quantities of
bailed hay, most of which goes over
the hill to the uplands.
D. w. t. Smith surprised his friends
hU in, DNrt1o
day of last week, with the announce
ment that he had come to stay for
some time. Mr.. Smith has not been n
permanent fixture in any one place for
the past twenty years. For a time he
made his home in Loomis, or at least
a part Of the time. for it was his habit
to make frequent trips to Iowa, where
he owned property, of long or short
duration, but no matter how often he
left he always turned up again. After
living in Oroville for some time he
went to Portland some two years ago,
and made visit back last summer. OF
late he has been working in the ship
yards and wooden mills of Portland.
In all the twenty years that we have
known him Mr.. Smith never looked as
well as he does at the present time.
He is a sort of human marvel, for
although he is "a years of age he can
do more and better rough hard work
than nine-tenths of the men of 40
years.
1t is a rare case in far western
town for woman to lie insulted by a
male on the street, night or day, and it
is most unhealthy stunt for any male
to pull off if he is afterwards caught.
We mention this because one of those
rare cases occurred in this place
shame be it said last Friday evening
As young lady was walking toward
town on Central avenue, on her way
to the basket bal game, some stranger
accosted her, calling to her to wait for
him. She was so surprised and discon-
serted that she did not stop to take a
good look at the man so that she
could afterwards recognize him but
ran into neigEboring residence. BY
the time she could tell her story the
individual has disappeared. 1t is re-
grettable that this imitation of a man
could not have been identified and
thrown into the river, although even
in that case it would have been an in
suit to the innocent fish that have
done nothing to be compelled to asso-
ciate with the carcass of such a human