The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-12-22

register at IL below Friday night. The
public Is about ready for the return
OF the good old summer time.
A letter from the old reliable R
Grieger. living in San Francisco, who
ever keeps an eye on the news around
ofoville, and always has a pleasan,
word for the town even rhe has ceas.
ed to be resident thereof, says: "Oro-
vile visitors are rather scarce at this
time OF the year. The only one have
met recently was Mrs. Alma Bartell
She informs me that Al. Sailing and
wife. as we'll as his wife's sister
Daisy, formerly the Mcdonald girls, }
were in the city, but have not been
able to call on them, but surely will.
Another visitor had was a great sur
prise to me. niece, Miss Adeline
Grieger, missionary to India, home
address Findlay, Ohio What made the
surprise worse was that one of the
Grieger family should become mis-
sionary, but such is life. COME is maxi
Ing good progress in music. She has
an active part in the opera Mikado,
coming off in the Scottish rites hall
In the near future. so you see we have
not neglected music"
Quite number of residents suffered
the usual unpleasant experience with
frozen water pipes that is about al
ways figured in as part of the annual
expense of running a house hold in
this northern country, where houses
are not built to stand off Arctic
weather. Among those who had more
than their share Of misery was Geo.
Rae. MIR. Rae mad to leave his resi-
dence for a couple Of days while alb
sent on trip to Chelan, but he left
the taps turned on supposing hunning
water would not freeze, but not cal
culating upon the chance Of the re-
cepticle into which the water flowed
freezing. When he returned home he
found that the water was running all
right but the drain pipes had frozen
and his kitchen turned into a miniature
skating rink. Mr.. Rae was somewhat
irritated over the calamity and is
rather incdined to feel that life has
more attractions in this upper coun-
try In summer than In winter. Thus
Is a mans view point warped by hav-
ing enjoyed the opportunity Of spend
ing his winters In the balmly south
where nipping frosts never puts the
t0basco In ones veins.
L. w. Barnes received a letter last
week from Rev. r. R. Martin, formerly
pastor Of the M. e. Church in Oroville,
recently stationed at Tacoma and now
living at Grangeville, Idaho, in which
the following flattering reference to
Mr.. Barnes and his work as an under
taker appears: you will be surprised
to receive this, but have thought Of
writing so many times, yet never got
to 1t. had a funeral yesterday. That
is peculiar stimulous, is it not? Well,
every funeral l nave l threaten to
write. They say never to wait until
man is dead to place roses on him,
so this is the reason that am writi1fS
just now. / get in the habit of coma
pairing men and their work, both rrem
the standpoint of artistic toucAeq
body. grave and surroundings. ManpeH
Of conducting the service, AAN @A
condition Of the body. Now W Nv |
you may believe me this, 0vH6 soft.
soap or boquets. but hAye
funeral to mold since le3E4
that can hold a candleAAp Ys1rEarEd
II you we're in city. M \h%hfsjifeI
Tacoma. and they arp 1Abp4s40bI ~
good, you could cNSJ5sslef RWA
under any competittcn eHAftdf d y
perience with you. f9sEaHSss tfH I'd \
takers think ! am.hhaEiAna III, 1ht
frequently give them pointer that
think they are secretly glad to get"