The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-08-25

Clyde e. Lemaster and Ruth Holmes
Dotn OF Oroville, took out marriage
license the middle OF the week-Oka-
nofan Independent.
Last week DR.. Bevis operated upon
Hazel Harris, Of LOOMS, for appendi-
citis and the patient is already well on
the way to recovery.
v. G. T. Pitman, connected with the
r. V. Covert store, returned Saturday
night from his vacation and is again
established in his old position.
The registration books closed this
week and those living within the cor
porate limits who failed to register
VIII have no kick coming when they
ARE barred from voting at the pri-
| mary election.
]. H. Shorty" Wagner, who is now
located at Oliver, was in town Mon
day. Tle rotund Shorty" is a keen
sport, and at one time is the not dist
ant past he flourished in Oroville,
taking a great interest in base ball.
Guy Rayburn was taken suddenly
Ill Saturday evening and for a time
his condition threatened serious con-
sequences. However, by Monday he
was able to be out and around al
though not wholly in his normal con-
dition.
e. J. Wilson, an expert Mergenthaler
typesetting machinest, who at one
time had charge Of the mechanical de-
partment Of the Gazette. and now
holding the same position on the Okla
hogan Independent, was visitor in
town Sunday.
Saturday DR.. Bevis operated upon
Donald MOhler. son of Paul Mohler.
for appendicitis. The appendix was
ruptured and the case a serious one,
but at last accounts the young man
was improving with every prospect Of
speedy recovery.
A special school election has been
called for Saturday, September 2, for
the purpose of voting upon mill
tax for transportation purposes. In
all probability, like most school cleo
lions, few will climb the hill on this
occasion in order to exercise their
franchise.
The first snow fall Of the season
fell on Chopaka mountain last week
which is an unusually early manifes-
'atiOn of the approach of winter. OF
course 1t was light top dressing and
only temporary but sufficient to cause
the householders fancy to lightly turn
to thoughts of coal
DR.. Elmer was called to Loomis Sun
day to treat the two-year-Old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Peel, who had been
severely scalded. The little one had
backed up against a tub containing
scalding water and fallen in. While
the child was badly scalded DR.. Elmer
believes he will recover.
Omak is to have Pageant of Pro-
gress from the 18th to the 23rd of
September. A queen of the pagenant is
to be chosen and we note among the
candidates the name of Miss Pauline
Schassberger, of Oroville. The honor
may not fall to Miss Schassberger, yet
il 1t did the young lady would fill the
role of queen to the satisfaction Of the
public.
A strange effect that rain has on the
almost ripe tomato is to burst the skin
Of the vegetable. This does not damage
them for use in the cannery, but it
stops shipments until the green tomato
ripens. No one seems able to give a
reason why rain has such an effect
upon the vegetable for spraying the
vines with water does not cause the
skin to burst.
There Is marked falling off in To-
cal travel British Columbiawards since
the booze kens were recently cleaned
up by the British Columbia autlori-
tives. That should result in more ready
money in circulation for the necessi-
ties Of life on this side of the line, for
the beer shops across the border were
certainly heavy drain upon the cash
reserve in this country.
Mrs. Chas. Loudon, Of Loomis. was
guest of Mrs. AL. Fox the later part
of last week. Mrs. Loudon stated that
her father, A. j. Long, was located in
southern California for the v~--:.er. In
one of his letters Mr.. Long stated that
himself and wife had driven into Death
valley and experienced heat Of 1870
degrees, a condition that robbed the
future of all its terrors.
Parties from the hill country east
of town report that the late rains left
the ground in such fine condition that
from 40 to so per cent of the winter
wheat has already been planted, and
the outlook is for an increased acre
age this winter. Those who have the
nerve to stay with it are bound to win
out in the end, although the past
four voorc hava hoau ANYTHING hut on