The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-04-04


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10 . native OF Norway.
Mrs. ]. A. Blackler and Mrs. X. u
Evans, OF Oroville. were Okanogan VS.
itors Tuesday.-Okanogan lndepend-
emit
W. T. Carly arrived in town last
week 10 take the position OF night
operator at the depot. Mr.. Carty Is
accompanied by his wife and child
and is here to make his home.
Deputy Sheriff Eli Wilson was up
from Okanogan over Sunday. He Is
rapidly recovering from the fractur-
ed arm that he received from KICK
of a Ford car while cranking.
The domestic science class or the
high school put on candy sale in the
lobby of the Hotel de Grub Saturday
and disposed of very large stock OF
sweets. And the candy was real candy
and we'll worth all that was asked for
il.
Tom Pierce. of whom II might be
said that he was present at the discov-
cry of Loomis, or on hand closely fol-
lowing that event, spent Sunday in
Oroville, and is looking to be in better
health than at any time for several
years.
The fortnightly benefit teas given
by members of the Episcopal Guild are
very generously patronized by the Ia
dies of the town. The next tea will be
given at the home of Mrs. z. S. Taylor
Wednesday afternoon April 9th, TO
which all are cordially invited.
Mrs W. E. Grant went to Wenatchee
Wednesday morning as representative
of the local branch of the American
Red Cross. where she was called to
confer with representatives of other
branches of this district on business
connected with the organization.
Mrs. Herbert wunsth, formerly a
resident of Oroville. but for the past
three years living at Milan. Wash. has
been visiting with Mrs. w. S. Keller
for the past fortnight. The lady is very
much pleased to note the marked i'm
proyement in Oroyille since she left
the town
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of the big auction sale that is to
take place at the creamery, in Oroville,
Saturday, April 18th. A fine lot of
stock is TO be offered at public VEN
due 1t is possible that these sales will
come off regularly during the spring
"A fc ND
grow in popularity.
Trouble comes to Jimmie Jackson
in punches. He says he has a tract of
land below the creamery that has half
a mile of frontage on the Okanogan
river, upon which he feeds his numer-
Gus cattle. and yet those cattle have
not drop of water to drink. The
shortage of water is caused by the |
damming of the river by the flood |
from the hills.
Doc Lewis had AN unusual exper-
fence handling birth case Monday
evening. 1t was the home of Mr.. and |
Mrs. Bob Powell. living a few miles |
east of Oroville, that was made happy
by the arrival of boy. Owing to the
condition of the roads it |
was simply impossible for the doctor |
to reach Mr.. Powells place. so the |
accouchment had to be directed by
telephone, and that method worked out |
all right.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Baker arriv- |
ed in Oroville Monday to make this
their home, providing they can find a |
house in which to lay their heads, and
that is tough proposition. Mr.. Baker
was recently discharged from the SER
vice, having been a member of Battery
A, 18th Coast Artillery. His unit got as
far on the way across as Camp Upton,
\. Y, about the time the war ended.
Mr.. Baker was discharged at Camp
Lewis January 20. He worked as a
railroad bridge carpenter before en-
tering the army, and has been restored
10 his job in the bridge gang at this
point of the railroad