The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-02


the house keeps itself 1t is the
woman that lives in houses where the
boards have been put up and down
where the wind and dust has free ac-
'ess, In other words merely shacks
with scarcely single convenience
Where she has to clean house eyerv
lay, who deserves the credit of be-
ing a good housekeeper
Mrs. Annie Hoof, of Mile was
registered in town Monday.
h. Burns came in Saturday from
Nighthawk on brief visit.
l.. j. Jones, of Okanogan was among
the arrivals in town Monday.
c. A. Andrus, of Nighthawk. was
a visitor in town Friday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. Avery were down
from their home at Nelson Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Adams of Okla
hogan were visitors in town Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bender re-
turned to Oroville this week after
having spent several months in the
east
| Miss Mile Richards, of LOOMS
was in town Monday on her way 20
| Wenatchee, from which city she will
go on to Seattle.
Frank Grogan, the we'll known pio-
neer of the Similkameen valley ana
an enthusiastic booster for the county.
was in town Saturday.
The seventeen months old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam. Voil of Havillah
| died at the home of Wilbur Voil near
Oroville Tuesday, from inflammation
of the bowels.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Bartell, of Oro-
vile, went to Grand Forks last week
where Mrs. Bartel attended stock
holders meeting OF the Maple Leaf
mine.-Molson Leader
Harry Coulton, formerly road mast
er stationed in Oroville and one of
the most popular employees on the
Great Northern line. Joined his wife
here during the past week
No doubt many from Orovlle ald
vicinity will drive over to LOOMS To-
day and tomorrow attracted by the
carnival of sports billed to come of
at the old camp on those dates.
DR.. Bevis reports the arrival of
new boy at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. V. Johnson, on May "a. and new
girl at the home of Prof and Mrs O. c.
Overton, of Loomis, on the 26th
G. L. Gregson came in from Spo-
kane Tuesday evening for the purpose
of putting on sale for the Oroville
Commercial company and he will put
t on right, for that is the kind of
,ird he is.
Ralph Noble, a nephew of the Sex
son boys and a graduate of the local
high school this year. left for his
home at Chinook, Alberta Tuesday,
W. B. and Jess Season accompanying
the lad as far as Penticton.
N. f. Sturges, who is working for
the Near East Relief fund, told
pathetic story of the condition of the
Armenian children at the Episcopal
church Sunday morning and his ap-
peal for aid met with generous re-
spouse. $
A party of four, giving in their
names as the Stanton party, haillns
from Riverside, CAL camped at the
East Side Park over Monday night
They had been on an auto trip through
British Columbia and were headed
homeward.
Col. R. S. Grant, who is largely
interested in the Four Metals Mining
company, and who has been in Orc
Vile for several months getting the
mine in running order, left for Chi
cago Thursday morning to be absent
indefinitely.
Some enthusiastic residents are fig
uring that there will be 10000 people
in Oroville July 4th at the time of the
great Legion meet Even if this num-
save argument we grant that such
may be the case, Oroville is going TO
see the largest crowd ever gathered
together in the county.
A ball game was advertised for Fri
day afternoon between the Oroville
high school team and a team repre-
senting the high school at Tonasket
For some reason that has not been ex-
planned the Tonasket boys failed ID
come to the scratch much to the dis
appointment of number. of fans.
Deputy Sheriff McAuley was in
town Saturday for the purpose Of
serving papers and also take Oscar
Devon in charge, who has again been
showing signs Of being demented. The
unfortunate lad will be sent to Med
ical Lake, where he was under treat
ment for brief period a year or two
ago.
Mrs. Ella Evans Irwin objects to
statement that appeared in the Gaz-
cite of last week in connection with
the story of the sale of the Okanogan
Smith ranch. Mrs. Irwin declares that
she and her brother, Robert, are
grandchildren of Hiram F. Smith,
whereas the story said that they were
grandchildren of Mrs. Smith by a
former husband,
I. L. Bair, formerly a resident of
Oroville but more recently living Oh
an orchard tract south of Tonasket,
sold out his place a few weeks ago
and to show his faith in the valley he
invested last week in eleven acres on
the west side of the Okanogan river,
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