The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-01-02

Wednesday of last week a son was
born to the household of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jassen Erwin and as it is the first ad-
dition to the family the fond parents
are excessively happy over the dainty
Christmas gift.
T. H. Osborn, the drummer evange-
list, will be at the M. e. church ev-
cry evening. commencing next Mon
day evening. If you want to hear a
real talker with tn punch do not fail
to attend these meetings.
Owing to the steady and marked ad-
vance in the cost of everything enter
ing into the operations of a print shop
after the first of the year this plant
will not put any job on the press, ex-
cept visiting cards, for less than $500.
Miss Helen Johnston, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. V. Johnston, spent the
holidays with her parents Miss john
stOn attended the normal school at
Bellingham for several terms and Is
now making her home In or near that
city.
A fire at Monitor. in the Wenatchec
valley, Saturday destroyed two stor-
age warehouses containing some 10000
boxes of apples. The buildings ana
contents were only partially insured,
and no returns could be expected on
the baked apples.
With the new year let us all get to-
gether and pull for larger and better
Oroville. 1t is in the cards that this Is
going to be bright year for the old
town and by united effort on the part
of the population the realization can be
made even better than present expecta-
lions.
Potatoes are potatoes this season.
The lowly potato that Is daily item in
the menu of every household is now
quoted at $50 ton and not an over
supply Of the same in the country. A
lot OF us will forget the taste of the
tuber before the next crop reaches
the market.
Poetic effusions on the king of fruits,
the apple, are not uncommon in a
country where apple growing is one Of
the staple industries, and among these
flights of fancy the little poem writ
ten by Paul Mohler and published
elsewhere in this issue, holds its own
as among the best.
So far as the local demand is con-
cerned requiring expert cutters the
ice crop for the season has been har-
vested and stored for next summers
use. A finer quality Of ice has never
been put up at this place, and never
before has the supply been housed so
early in the winter.
l.. W. Barnes returned from Monroe
the latter part of last week. Mr..
Barnes was called away by the news
Of the serious illness of his mother
and found her very low. She rallied
after his arrival and when he left for
home she was considerably improved.
AS Mrs. Barnes is far advanced In
years 1t is feared that her improve
ment can only be temporary.
Christmas was universally observed
in oroville. All business houses were
closed and there was much entertain
ment among private families. The
spirit of giving prevailed generally
and the buying was more generous
than at any previous Christmas with
in the recollection of man. The COM
munity Christmas tree drew a large
number to the high school building,
where a very interesting program was
a part of the evenings entertainment.
Masons commenced laying brick on
the new bank building the last day OF
the old year, and the walls are creep
ing up with a steadiness that promises
a speedy completion of that part OF the
lob. Handling brick at this time OF the
year looks like a cold job, but the
knights of the trowel do not seem tc
mind a little thing like chilly weather
and they toss brick and sling mortal
with as much abandon as though they
were working in summer tempera
ture.
A young man was arrested and finet
$40 and cost Saturday for being DRUM
and disorderly. The youth looked upol
the punishment as joke. He consid
cred the booze experience worth IN
money. The justice makes a grave mis-
take in not attaching fine OF Slo
and 80 days in Jail. A sentence or tw
of that nature would make drinking G
whiskey in these prohibition days s
serious matter that the public woul
not be disguised with so many case
Of this character as are now reported