The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-26

one of the owners of the Buster Brown
orchard, near Bridgeport, and written
from Chicago, Mr.. Crewdson says
Fred Graham sent me a special copy
of the Gazette You surely got out a
dandy number, and l appreciate re-
ceiving it, Congratulations"
| This is the season of the year when
| life is made miserable for the little
fishes, and every Sunday a goodly per
centage of the population is off trying
to coax the finny tribe from their ma
tive element.
| Mrs. S. C. Mitchell, who has beer
lintermitently confined to her bed with
illness for the past three weeks was
gradually improving at last reports.
Mrs. Mitchell has been suffering fro n
a weak heart.
| c. G.. Hedger was in town from We
natchee for several days this week
Mr.. Hedger is selling life insurance,
and seems to have struck what he ;s
fitted for as he is making success
of his venture.
The Wenatchee World sees mining
boom for Oroville on the strength OF
placer gold being found in the center
of the business district of the town. Sc
far claim stalking has not developed 10
any appreciate degree.
Mrs. Emma Bartell, of Oroville, ac-
companied by her children, Mrs. Geo.
Bartell and Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Keep.
home of her daughter here, Mrs. j. A.
Hargeman. -Twisp News.
| A. j. Spencer has suggested that the
small park on the east side of the
named the East Side park, which Will
no doubt be approved in the absence
of an offer of better or more apprO-
pirate name.
w. c. Gresham tried to pull tele
phone out by the roots with his auto
Tuesday, while coming in from a triI
into British Columbia. The pole was
very much disfigured, and so was the
car Fortunately the occupants of the
car were uninjured.
The East Side park is going to be q
popular resort for tourists this sum.
mer. Already several travellers have
used this site as a camping GROUND
this spring. The park is conveniently
located, being within easy reach of tn.
business part of town.
While they were in Oroville the Wis
iting bankers were driven over tn;
West Okanogan Valley Irrigation pro
ject. They expressed themselves al
very much pleased with the vigorou!
orchards and signs of improvement
under way on every hand.
Former friends of the family will b
interested in knowing that F. l.. Pour
tales, formerly a resident of Oroville
has secured position requiring hin
to make his headquarters at NeN
York City and that the family ha
moved from Tacoma to the big metrol
oils.
under direction of the teacher, Mis-
Elizabeth Price, rendered a May Da,
program in the school house in tn
valley. The children went through
their drills and exercises with mucl
precision and most creditable to al
taking part.
Chas. L. and A. E. Wright, formerl,
publishing a paper at Riverside hav'
moved the plant to Marcus, wher,
they are issuing the Community News
covering Marcus and Kettle Falls
May they find the new field a more at
tractive one financially than that re
Gently abandoned.
The news letter issued from Pull
man college in mentioning the pres
club annual states that Frank N
Dallam, Jr., editor of the Orovill
Gazette, was to have been the speake
of the evening, but was called home il
the afternoon, after addressing tn
journalism class"
4 During the past week the Similka
meen river fell as rapidly as it raise,
fthe first of last week, owing to tn
sudden change in temperature. A
much water has run off with the ris
it would not appear that there is an
further danger of high water this yea
at least of excessive floods
The value of the rains that have fal
len during the past week to the farm
ers of the county cannot be estimates
in dollars and cents. The country ha
become very dry and dusty and vege
tation was being retarded. The pre-
cipitation came just in time and work
ed an immense amount of good.
W. A. Thomas, teacher at Mob Hill
school during the past term, left 70
Oroville STANDARDIZATION Leader.
Mr. and Mrs. Britton Douglas an,
children motored over from thei
home at Oroville to Toroda creek t.
spend the week end at the home o
Mrs. Douglas parents, Mr. and Mrs
Shain.-Molson Leader.
President Grant of the Oroville Com
mercial club, has called a meeting o
the club to be held next Thursda,
levening, June 1st. AS the club has beef
in languishing state for some month