The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-08-13
$500 PER YEAR
lou acre tract Mr.. Harris was able
to get down town Saturday, but he
was still suffering from his skinning.

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= The following real estate deeds
f were reported last week by the Okla
. hogan county Abstract company:
Jennette r. Murray to c. 8. Burns.
; lots 80 and 40 East Oroville Orchard.
, $40; Orovile Townsite Co.. to Mabel
/ c. Hoskyn, lot g. block %. Oroville,
, $3.50; Cora Love to Mary C. Brown,
, lot ~. block 35. Orc, $25: Louis Op-
, penstein to Archie 8. Ash lots IL and
IL, Oroville' /; James Laughran to A.
!, y. Spencer ct al, lots s and 6, block
20. Oroville. $2,500; Geo. c. Corum to
F. M. Headlee. lots 1, 2, 3, 4, s, s, I:
and s, block l. Orc, $1,000: Geo. A.
Wilson to Arthur s. Bushing. trustee
tracts &c. 81 and S8, East Oroville
|orchards, $4,000; Jas. Laughran to
Geo. Wilson, same description. $3.761.
The Gazette office is indebted to F.
l.. Stansbury for the gift of the very
finest box Of delicious ripe peaches
that We have seen anywhere this
season. so far. Mr.. Stnsbury not only
has big fine fruit ranch and raises
Dig fine fruit thereon, but possesses
a Dig heart as well, as evidenced
through the presentation of said box
or peaches. If there Is any fruit that
we are partial to it is big ripe peaches
and If you doubt this you can easily
prove 1t by trping US out in like man
liner.
The Southern Minnesota and WASH
lngton mine will resume operatoions
at once is the report that has been
confirmed by the officials of that
promising company. This property
has been closed down temporary for
past few weeks for various reasons.
the principal one being the desire to
make some attractions in the machin-
cry and change in the manner of
development. AS soon as operations
are resumed core drilling will be
utilized extensively and other later
and more progressive methods en-
plOyed.
! old Jupe opened his heart and the
flood gates of heaven last Tuesday
evening and gave Oroville and the
valley to the south a real honest-to-
goodness rain. We had long ago come
to the conclusion that this town would
never again experience the delights Of
summer shower, but through some
slipping of the machinery in the
weather clerks office we fell heir to
one of the most delightful rains we
nave ever experienced or at least We
think so, as we haven't experienced
any other rain for so long a time that
our memory hardly dates back that
/ far.
Saturday night Frank Snyder, who
mas been member of the Oroville
ball club and who has been living in
this town for some time, proceeded
to get on a high lonesome, which
has been his usual custom whenever
the opportunity presented itself, and
was promptly locked up by Officer
lSprague. During the night, however.
)Snyder managed in some way, prob
ably by outside assistance, to break
out of the detention camp and make
his get away. 1t is probably a good
riddance for Oroville as Snyder has
caused the town authorities consider
able trouble during his stay in this
place.
The we'll known M. X. Bowen ranch.
at Ellis-Ford, consisting of some 10
acres of apple orchard, was sold last
week to parts from Alberta for the
sum of $2O,OOO.0O. This is little over
$1,000 an acre, and is only another &C
tual illustration of the rapid Increase
In the value of the orchards of North
ern Okanogan county. Land buyers are
nosing about the valley almost con-
tnually looking for pick-ups In valu-
able orchard and alfalfa lands. Owners
under the North Okanogan Valley Irri-
CATION project are not near as eager
to dispose of their holdings as some
people want you to think II you doubt
. this, Just go out in the valley and try
your luck at picking up some choice
tid-bit
Ramsey & Clark is the firm name of
new produce shipping concern that
has just started shipping fruit and
vegetables from Oroville, and during
the past week has been exceedingly
busy packing and shipping the early
peach crop, tomatoes and other garden
produce. They have in sight for ship
ment at present some 1000 boxes If
early peaches and hope to handle
| many more than this amount. Mr..
Ramsey while in the Gazette office one
day this week made the statement that
| they wanted all the early peaches and
other fruits they could get and would
pay the farmers delivering the same to
| the warehouse the highest market
price in cash. There are many farmers
| throughout the valley that have only
few trees, not enough to make up
| shipment Of their own, who have been
in the habit of letting this fruit 20 to
waste. Now is the time to get the cash
for all of this surplus stuff. Call I'D
or go and see the new shipping firm
and let them know what you have that
can be marketed
| F. V. Covert took old Father Time
by the forelock one day this week and
! gave that venerable old apostles fore
lock twist by receiving and unload
Ing car of fine eastern coal in prep.
aration for the winter season, which
Dy the way, is not so very far off.
Everyone who burns coal or expects
to burn coal this wenter should do
the same thing as ample warning has
ben setn out by the government to the
effect that coal shortage may be ex-
pected this coming winter. The time
to put in your winters fuel Is right
now, while the getting is good.