The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-05-21

Okanogan and Oroville meet on the
local diamond Sunday and the public
can depend upon it that there will be
no such cruel exhibition of blow UP
as marked the eighth inning of the
Omak-Oroville game.
E. c. Martin left for Seattle Monday
morning where he goes as d represen-
tatiVe from Oroville Lodge, No. 1873
X. OF p, to attend the annual session
OF the grand lodge that met Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday.
E. X. Hoose returned home from
Spokane Saturday where he placed his
lhree children in the Spokane Home
Tor Children. He was very much pleas
ed with the excellent manner in which
this Home is conducted, where orphen
children receive the very best atten-
ton and care.
Elsewhere in this issue is published
a full report of the financial condition
OF the First National bank, a statement
that the comptroller of the treasury
springs on national banks periodically,
ana that report shows the local finan-
cial institution to be in a very healthy
condition. Special attention is called
TO the increase in deposits for the past
year which is indicative of a growing
prosperity in this locality. The in
crease in deposits within twelve
months is something over 40 per cent,
and hat is a most creditable record.
Our water system and the activity |
OF the boys whorun init der machine
demonstrated their efficiency at the
lire last week, although the water
iorce did not seem .as strong as usual.
by the time a long lead of hose was
run out to within reach of the fire the
rear portion of a very large frame
barn, within only a few feet of the
burning building, was smoking and
almost ready to burst into flame. A
few more minutes delay and Oroville
would have had a spectacular fire, for
had the large barn caught there is no
telling where the destruction would
have ended, as the Woodbury. Lumber
Yard joins the barn on the north, hy-
drants are few and far between in that
part of the town and it was impossible
to get more than a single stream in
action.
There is going to be one of those en-
joyable public dances that have sup |
piled dance lovers with the opportun- |
ity to indulge in the pastime so often
during the winter months at the Lib |
erty theater next Friday evening,
May %. The management announces
that special music will be furnished by |
the Emerton Orchestra of Penticton,
not "Pendleton" as the type was made |
to read in the issue of last week. That
accidental error will detract nothing
from the eXcellency of the music, for
the Penticton orchestra has made a
name for itself as being one of the best
in the northwest. With first class mu-
sic and a floor that cannot be equaled
for dancing purpoes in the county the
dance mex Friday evening should at
tract every patron of the pastime in
this locality.
The new First National bank build
ing has been enclosed and covered for
some weeks. and yet it will be some
80 days before it is occupied. The
throwing up of the walls and putting
on of the roof was the easiest part of
this structure. 1t is the interior finish
that consumes the time, as the interior
finish is something out of the ordinary
in the matter of swell fittings and fix
lures. On or before the first of July
the bank force will be in possession of
the new building. There should be a
grand reception and feed when that
important event takes place.