The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-06-18

ager of the Tonasket ball club Sun
day. Joseph was a corking good play
er in his halcyon days. and in a pinch
he could go into the field and give
some Of the youngsters pointers as TO
handling the ball even to this day.
Even il not a regular he takes as much
pleasure in the great national sport
as when he used TO dance around at
first and was swatting the pill.
Harry Forde. a 33d degree fan. was
here from Ellisforde Sunday roofing
for the Oroville team. and of course
getting a great deal of fun out Of the
game. as he always does.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Norm of Okanogan,
were in town Sunday, coming in from
Nelson on their way home from 1
visit 10 that part of the county.
Shorty" found the Nelson hill a hard
proposition and does not care to re-
peat the trip often.
Frank Putnam. the genial publisher
of the Tonasket Times, Vas an inter
ested spectator of the ball game Sun
day, that is. interested up to the sew
enth inning. when that unfortunate
farce threw a gloom over him as
though he was attending his own fun
eral.
jolly T. c. Dodge. the we'll known
] Tonasket merchant, was up to Oro-
| vile with his home team Sunday YELL
ing himself hoarse imam effort to spur
his boys on to victory. He had occas-
ion to have a mighty good time up to
the bloody seventh, when the big thing
went off.
W. H. Crandall. auditor of the Pa
cifie Telegraph and Telephone COM
pany, with headquarters at Spokane.
was in town on one of his regular Wis
its for several days during the past
week. Being an old time republican he
was delighted with the nominations
made at Chicago.
Mention was made last week that
| Paul Schultz of Loomis. was a visitor
in town. 1t has since been learned that
Mr.. Schultz in all probability will
move to Oroville and make this his
permanent home. Mr.. Schultz is a def;
hand with carpenter tools and no
doubt will find plenty of work in this
place and vicinity.
A. NJ. Hinkes left by auto last
is looking after interests owned and
handled by the Stewart-Calvert com
pany after having spent several weeks
in Oroville. Mr.. Hinkes is an enthus-
iastic and valuable member of the Or
der of Knights of Pythias, and he
lent much aid to the local lodge dur
ing his stay here and will be greatly
missed by the members.
Mrs. Jack Barman spent several
days in town during the week under
treatment with DR.. Wilson. She went
to Okanogan Tuesday morning for a
brief visit. Mr.. and Mrs. Barman are
pioneers of the county, having lived in
LOomis in the early days of that camp.
At present they are living at Night
hawk. where Mr.. Barman, one Of the
most reliable mine workers in this
county is employed with the Kaaba
mining company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold McCammon left
for Manson. Chelan county. last week,
where Mr.. McCammon has accepted a
position on the Manson irrigation sys-
tenn. Manson is beautifully situated on
lake Chelan. and the orchard yield at
this place last fall was very heavy. The
young man has been employed with the
West Okanogan Valley Irrigation dis
trict for the past two years and is now
pretty thoroughly posted on irrigation.
the building and upkeep OF fumes and
bitches. The McCammons expect to re-
turn to Oroville in the fall.
c. c. Hedger is off this week to
Walla Walla where he is taking part
in a trap shooting contest, represent
ing the Oroville Gun Club. Every man
has his weakness in the field of sports
and target busting is Mr.. Hedger's
great hobby. And he is a scatter gun
artist. toe. 1t has been through his ex-
ertions that the local gun club has
held its organization for several years
and it is due largely to his steady hand
and eagle eye that the club has made
such a remarkably good record in all
the contests that it has taken part in.
Clay Fruit, Of Tonasket, was an in
terested spectator at the ball game
Sunday. Clay never gets too old to
enjoy sport, and in our acquain.-
ance with him throughout thirty years
We have always found that he believes
in playing fair. The fact is. that Clay
has lived so long in the county and
knows so many players that he can
hardly concentrate his entire alleg-
lance upon any one club, so while he