The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-03-19

A. s. Pratt was a passenger on the
marooned train from Wenatchee Satur-
day evening, and the way he talked about
1t he found no joy in his experience.
G. M Scott, local manager of the Bow
en- Auto company, made a trip to Seattle
last week and upon his return was ac-
companied by his family, among them the
recent new additions to the house Of
Scott, for it will be remembered that the
roster of the family was recently in
creased by the addition OF twins All of
the members are in excellent health
DR.. C. p. House returned home last
Friday evening from a trip to Seattle,
stopping off for a day at Chelan on his
return trip. AS republican committeeman
from this precinct the doctor regretted
missing the meeting of the county central
committee at Okanogan Saturday. but
did not receive his notice until Saturday
mroning, too late to make the trip.
Mrs j. Nj. Fairbrother, an elderly lady
living in the valley some nine miles south
of town, died at the Oroville General hos
pital Sunday night. The deceased had
been very seriously ill for some months
and DR.. Webb gave her relatives no hope
of her recovery at the time he was called
on the case, week prior to her death
Mrs. Ferris Ford, of Lomis, was WIS.,
itor in town Monday.
Deputy Sheriff Ed. Burden was ap-
pointed deputy marshal at the regular
meeting of the town council Monday even
ing. One of the jobs the deputy will fall
heir to will be to shoe kids off the streets
after the ringing of the curfew bell There
will not be much excitement in this en-
forcement of the law, but Ed will be
around handy if the occasion arises
where wrong doers have to be pulled in
out of the scenery.
There is such a growing demand for
gasoline at the Bowen Auto cor4pany's
garage that another tank was placed un-
der the sidewalk at that place this week
The demand for gasoline at this point is
simply astounding. Not only are there
many locally owned cars that must be
supplied with this volitile fluid that pro-
vides propulsion for the vehicles but
many, very many, cars from the outside
tank up here every day.
The straw ballot hound is again at
large in the land and RACES up and down
almost every train going too and fro
through the country. DIR. House states
that a straw ballot was taken on the train
in which he travelled from Seattle to We
natchee and the vote appeared to be
about equally divided between Woods
and Hoover. But straw ballots are not al
ways to be depended upon as representing
the drift of public opinion.
Louis Penrose of Spokane, was an ar
rival in town last Thursday. He is a son
Of w. T. Penrose who for great many
years was foreman of the mechanical de-
partment of the Spokesman Review, and
only recently gave up that position owing
to failing health. Young Penrose is an
exservice man, having been a member of
the famous I'd Division, and saw the real
thing in the way of hard fighting at
Cheteau Thierry and on the Argonne
John Beall has returned to Looms
after having spent the winter in Oroville
c. w. Adair has sold his property on
the East Oroville Orchard tracts and re-
| turned to his mountain home west OF
Loomis, leaving here Tuesday. Mr.. Adair
cut loose from his altitudnial ranch last
year and came down to the valley to try
the orchard game, but he could not resist
the call of his mountain aerie and hence
| is again perched up on high looking after
his herd of cattle.