The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-17

Every grade in the Orovi'le public
schools Will have appropriate Christ
mas exercises, and the several rooms
nave been tastefully decorated for the
great holiday. This Is as It should be
Keep alive the Christmas spirit and
teach them to reverance Him whose
birth W. commemorate on that occas
ion.
II. G. Barlow, horticultural inspec-
tor for the county, was In town for a
few days this week confering with To-
cal orchardists. Mr.. Barlow is an
authority on horticulture and will
prove valuable aid to the fruit grow
ers of the county. He desires us to
say to any orchardist who may have
problems relative to trees and fruit
growing that he will gladly answer
all questions and make inspections if
he is notified at Okanogan.
The Okanogan Independent tells of
pretty wedding having taken place
at the county seat, in which John Shull
and Miss Josephine Mullen were made
same day for Oroville to spend a
short honeymoon. That was the proper
.caper Oroville holds out. welcoming
arms to those starting the voyage on
the sea of matrimOny with the aim to
make the visit pleasant enough to in
duce the voyagers to stay.
Other communities in this county
have responded nobly and generously
to the appeal for Red Cross anti
tuberculosis funds by buying Red
Cross Christmas seals. In some towns
seals to checks. Most of the towns are
gong over the top and then some. Oro-
Vile has never been behind in re-
spending to appeals in the cause of
humanity. Let the town keep up its
record in the matter of red seal pur-
chases.
Groups of people on the Main street
sidewalks Saturday evening were
speculating whether bright light low
down on the sky to the southwest was
not an airplane. Some of the spec
tators insisted that they could see the
light move, although it seemed to how
er in one place. The excitement finally
died down when some one better vers-
ed in astronomy came along ad de-
clared the light to be the evening star
which was twinkling much brighter
than usual.
The Okanogan County Abstract Co.,
reports the following real estate trans
fers of property in this vicinity: Lu-
ella r. Shepard to E. M. Bevis IL
lot Z and s, block 20, Oroville. West
Okanogan Valley Irrigation District to
F. E. Huggins, IL lot 3, Sec. 4-39-27.
First National Bank Of Oroville, to
Ida C. Hedger lot 4. Works Ideal
Homes, $3.50. Geo. w. Hardenburgh to
Olga Mckinley. lot 8, block 70 An
Addn., to Oroville, $40. Ed. Benson to
]. w. Carrel, lot 8, block 21, Oroville
$1,7OO. Oroville Townsite Co., to Price
Fruit, lots and 8, block 20, Oroville,
81.
This office is in receipt of a letter
from Col. A. M. Dewey, formerly a
resident of the county and who was
largely interested in the old Q. S. mine
at Blue Lake, between Conconully and
Loomis, where he spent number OF
years off and on endeavoring to make
something of a property that at one
time had every promise or becoming
a mine under development. Col. Dewey
is at present living at Des Moines, la.
where he is manager of the Liberty
Manufacturing Co., manufacturers ant
distributors of Liberty automatic tire
pumps and other exclusive auto acces'
sories. He writes that business Is
rather slow in Iowa at the present
tinna hut the outlook is encOuragins
for an early revival. The colonel al
ways says number of complimentar,
things about the Gazette and the jun
ior owner of this plant which we thor
oughly appreciate.