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

SPiiA6udle, an uncle OF /
the doctor, spent the week In Oroville
visiting with the Lewis family.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Starrett, Jr.. re-
turned home Wednesday evening from
their trip to Seattle and Spokane. Mr..
otarrett was at Seattle attending the
state bankers convention, and at the
close OF that session went to Spokane
on business.
Miss Maud Keller, who has charge
OF the local telephone office is taking
a TWO months vacation, and has been
at spokane this week. During her abb
sence Mrs. f. w. Zabell will have
charge OF the office. Two new opera
tors, Miss Alden and Miss EsteTla Hor-
rigan, are learning the ropes and will
soon have regular shifts at the board.
The county commissioners have ap-
pointed H. H.. Brown registration clerk
Tor Golden precinct, a position that has
been vacant since the removal of j. J..
bennett. and a shortage that was wor-
YIN the voters of the precinct as
quite a number of residents of that To-
callty We're fearful that they might
lose their right to vote owing to the
precinct being without a registration
clerk.
frank Frasier, head and front of the
cannery company, is saying little but !
saving wood. The building is under
way. all the necessary machinery has
been ordered and Mr.. Frasier states
that the building will be ready for the
equipment by the first of August. In
the main. the large acreage of tomato
plants are thriving and it now looks
as though there would be a large out
put of first class canned goods this
fall. Thus another permanent industry
has been established for Oroville. Let's
get some mOre.
The bridge across the Similkameen
river has become so frail with age
hat none of our truck drivers care to
cross the structure with a load, and
autos are taking chances when they
use the bridge. The county will be
fortunate if the bridge does not go
down while people are crossing it, ana
through death or injury put the coun-
ty to the expense of paying large
damages. This bridge is to be replaced
with a steel structure sometime in the |
future or at least that is the promise
of those in authority.
Hatfield is now considered in the
class as Joshua. The latter has
the reputation of having made the sun
stand still. although it must have been
the world he commanded to cease re-
volving, seeing that the sun is a fixed
planet, and now the people of Grant
county are satisfied that Hatfield said
let there be rain and there was rain.
We do not wish to rob Mr.. Hatfield of
any OF the glory, and believe that he
has earned the compensation that was
promised him, but our faith Is still in
the Lord as the dispenser of the rain
upon the just and the unjust.
Walter Fisher of Butte, Mont, left :
for seattle last week on the south I,
bound branch train after having
spent ten days in Oroville visiting with
his sister, Mrs. Nora Ricketts,. Mr.. |
goes to Seattle to visit with an !
sister, and announced at the time
leaving that he was going to return !
to Oroville if he did not find some
place that looked better to him. We
he will travel far and search
long before finding anything more at
tractive than Oroville as a place to !
settle down and stay with, hence We
are looking for his return pronto. (
While in Republic last week Rev. :
Geo. Fl. Severance, of this place, who :
was in the Ferry county mining town
doing church work, was drafted into
committee to destroy a large guam
tity of liquor that had been seized by
the county officers from persons hav-
ing the anne illegally in their posses
sion. Without a twang of conscience
the committee, of which the reverend
wal an active member, per-
this costly fluid to trickle into
a cess pool while fellows almost
shriveled up by the long drouth stood
around with their mouths drooling.
Walter Hart, accompanied by his
wife drove out to Spokane last week
in Frank w. Taylor's car for the pur-
pose of securing a truck to be used at
the local Standard Oil station for the
purpose Of delivering gasoline and
oils. Mr.. Hart drove in the truck last
Wednesday night, leaving the car he
took out at Spokane which Mr.. Taylor
will later bring in. With the introduce
ton of a motor truck the faithful old
horses that have been used since the
station was installed here will be out
of a job, at least the job that they have
been hooked up with for so. long a
time.
Sunday, while the men were at work
at the power plant below the falls of
the Similkameen, the Golfer dam sud-
IDENTIFY and without a moments warn
ing went out and two men working
on the foundations of the new power
house were swept into the swollen
river, surrounded by the whirling de-
bris of the dam. By rapid and siren
uous work the men were rescued from
their perilous positions, escaping
without injury. The wrecking Of the
dam is a serious loss to the power
company and will no doubt have the
effect of delaying the completion of
the work.
Word was received at this place
Tuesday that Grin Aaron, living on a
ranch a short distance south of Tomas
ket, was downed in the Okanogan river
about 10 o'clock Monday morning
while crossing the river in a boat. 1t Is |
supposed that the boat capsized and
the unfortunate man was unable to
save himself in the swift and cold