The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-01-13
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i Joe Ienton Of Nighthawk was bus.
mess visitor in Orovllle Tuesday.
c. A. Potter of Nelson was regis
tered at the De Grubb hotel Friday.
Grandma Mccall, mother of Mrs. w.
A. CRUDE. celebrated her S3rd birthday
Sunday.
II. B. Payne, secretary of the Four
Metals Mining company was a visitor
in Oroville Tuesday.
Mrs. L. F. Mcdaniel returned Mon
day from an over Christmas visit with
relatives in Douglas county.
The annual stockholders meeting of
the Union Title & Trust company.
called for Tuesday, was adjourned to
meet today.
Mr.. Leonard and Miss Edith Brad
shaw, brother and sister, of Hedley.
B. c., were week end visitors with Mrs.
Margaret Keller
j. G. Stone, of the firm of McLain
& Stone who purchased the Dixie cafe
last week, returned Friday from
business trip to Spokane.
Rev. Jas. Opie, pastor of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. returned Friday
from visit OF few days to Spokane
where he was called to conference
with the bishop Of this district.
c. B. Sanger shipped a car load of
grain from here Monday. This is the
third car load of grain that he has
shipped from this point this year.
The continued freezing weather for
the past several weeks made thick ice
on the lake and rivers and crews have
been busy cutting and storing quaint
ties of ice for the coming summer.
Word was received here Saturday
that Paul Antwyne, son of old Chief
Antwyne, died Thursday morning at
his home in Antwyne valley, victim
of tuberculosis.
Fred HOyt of Seattle arrived Satur-
day and remained in Oroville over
Tuesday to attend the annual meeting
of the stockholders Of the First Nat
ional bank.
Otto Schwartz left Thursday morn
ing for Fresno, Cal. to visit for
few months with his daughters, who
have their home there. George Adrian
has taken Mr. Schwartz place as night
clerk of the De Grubb.
Fl. w. Bragg left Thursday morning
for Spokane to attend convention of
hardware dealers in that city. He will
remain on the outside for couple of
weeks and enjoy the first vacation he
has permitted himself in two years.
w. F. Ramsey left for Seattle Satur-
day to attend a meeting of the trus-
tees of the Pacific Northwest Fruit
exposition at which meeting it is ex-
oected that a decision will be reached
concerning the continuance of that ex-
hibition
Leslie FairbrOther. who lives south
of the old Granger ranch in the Okla
hogan valley has been making clean
up on predatory animals and at the
same time making an income for him
self this winter. In less than week
he trapped thirteen coyotes and two
bobcats. for which he received $23 in
bounty and has the valuable furs be-
sides. The bounty for coyotes is $1.O0
each and for the bobcats $500 each.
James T.. Forde arrived from Spo-
kane Monday evening and left Tuesday
morning for TOnasket He will spend
week or ten days looking after his
varied interests in this part of the
county, visiting Omak, Okanogan and
Loomis before returning to Spokane.
Mrs. Margaret Keller has rented her
rooming house in South Oroville to
Miss Grace McAllister for period of
three months, reserving room for
herself Mrs. Keller has conducted this
rOoming house for many years and in
leasing 1t for this period is enabled to
enjoy rest that has been we'll earned.
Paul Nelson came in Saturday from
Rock Creek, B. c.. where he is employ
ed in mining. He is interested in the
Submarine group near here and came
in to learn what progress is being
made toward starting development of
the claims in that group. He will re-
main in Oroville several days before
returning to Rock Greek.
The old dependable January thaw
started Monday with light Chinook
wind blowing from the south. For the
first time for several weeks the mer-
curry in the thermometers climbed up
above freezing and the snow began to
soften under the influence of the gen.
tie breeze. Another silver frost fell
Wednesday and nipped the thaw in
the bud.
Returns from apples shipped during
eral Oroville growers from SLIPS to
$1.7S box for Rome Beauties and
$1.40 to $1.70 box for Jonathans it
was learned Monday. This is consid-
cred very satisfactory return by the
shippers, and 1t is but one of multiply
ing arguments in favor of planting