The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-04-09

P. E. Shogland, of Tonasket, was in
town Monday.
Lloyd Kelsey, of Nelson was reg
istered in town Monday.
CASTOR Dewitte was down off the
hill from Nelson Monday
Miss Louise Fisher of LOOMS. was
among the many arrivals in town
Tuesday.
S. A. DeMerchant, who has been
confined to the hospital for fortnight
suffering from pneumonia, is steadily
improving.
DR.. Webb was called to Loomis the
latter part of last week to treat Mrs.
Geo. J. Hurley, who was suffering
from lumbago. Sunday Mrs Hurley
was so much better as to be able to be
up and around.
While the town is in a clean up hui
NOR it would not be amiss if few
buckets of paint could be smeared
over some of the buildings about town
that at present are conducive of pain
to those who have to daily look upon
them.
o. M. Chaplin. contractor and bull
der, has put down a cement walk from
the side walk to the porch steps Of the
Civic League building which will be
of convenience to the public and 4
much needed improvement on the
premises.
thA Of
son at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
NJ RAINY The little stranger first lift
ed up his voice in a new world on the
24th of March, but Inadvertently the
doctor forgot to report his advent into
this vale of tears
The birds that were hopping around
and warbling carols last week were
silent and hunting stoves Saturday
owing to the cold wave that struck
the valley. The little birdlets were
rather premature in heralding the
arrival of summer.
Mention is made by the Summerland
(B. c., Review of distinct earth
quake shock felt in that place at 10: 80
p m, one evening last week. Several
residents of Oroville report having felt
slight tremor at the same time on
the same evening.
l.. w. Barnes who was slow in re-
covering from his late serious spell Of
illness, left for Soap lake last week
where he will try the virtues of the
waters. Mr.. Barnes is still in an
alarming condition as he was very
much run down when he left here.
The larger paper issued this week
is not intended for regular thing, but
plans are. maturing for considerable
enlargement of the regular issue. The
change requires time and considerable
money, and in the meantime we will
give our readers as much reading mat
ter as possible.
Hot cakes and other delicacies that
appeal to the palate were the stock in
trade of the ladies of Trinity Guild at
sale held at The Palm last Friday
afternoon, under the title of Gross
Bun Sale" and the force Of sales peo-
pie handling the goods could not sup
ply the demand.
A car load of slab wood came in
from Princeton Friday for the Stewart
Calvert salts plant That is a long way
to go for fuel when the surrounding
hills seem full of trees. But wood is
becoming so high in this locality that
it almost pays to send to the coast for
that kind Of fuel.
The Ladies Aid of the M. e. church
held food sale in the real estate Off
ce of Frank l.. Smith Saturday after
noon, and spread out most tempting
array of elegant cooked eats. There
was lively demand for the wares and
the ladies Realized handsomely upon
their undertaking.
P. s. Harris of LOOMS. was visitor
in Oroville Tuesday During the WIN
ter Mr.. Harris suffered serious
siege of illness which at one time
threatened to supply him with pass
over the dark river, but just now he
is looking better physically than a.
any time for a number of years.