The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23

o. u'uay and meeting the
"osan scout troop in footbou
game This win be the first game tsa
local scouts have played. ''
Dr' E. E. Elmer left Thursday for
minneapolis, Minnesota, to attend
convention of the Great Northor,,
runway surgeons. He will also visit
' ia'''er In Iowa and then return to
oroville about December l.
.. NJ Adams went to Okanopon
tuesday by train to transact CO..
'eeai business. He states that the II.
quor caravan ran parallel with tho
lrain for some distance This eide :,
Riverside. ''e vi
All members of the Oroville Lodge
w. 1855 Knights of Pythias, are re-.
tuesteu To be present at tho naxt uo,.
'''ar meeting, Tuesday, November -
Important business will be transacted
ana work in the second rank will ho
done. N VIII ne
QUICK SIX driven by Percy Walk.
anu a Star car driven by f. L. An.
uerSoh OF Wenatchee collded obo,,
SIN miles south of Oroville Friday
"hsht. The Buick carried six passen.
gers and the Star four. Both oars
were badly wrecked but none of the
occupants were seriously hurt.
/ Threshing of the big grain cron +,
the MolsOn-Chesaw district was com
pleted last week after three month.
run for number of the machines
Nearly all of the farmers received
larger yields than they anticipated
before the grain was threshed. It /,
estimated that the total crop of tn
district was about 100000 bushels.
The low prices for farm product
has caused the farmers to cut produc
ton cost. Among these resourcefu
farmers is Steve Knochy on Elleme
ham, who by trading work with neigh
boring farmers, was able to harves
40 acres of grain without hiring an
help. His Oat crop went around
bushels to the acre, and his sprin
wheat 26 bushels.
That Oroville has climate that
second to none is evidenced by tn
: beautiful California pOppies mar
Colds and dahlias now In full bloc,
in Merrill Gays yard in the Crane
lview addition. While the snow is
lplain view on the hills the climate
very pleasant in the valley surrOun'
ling Oroville and these flowers hay
not been hurt by frost or cold weatl
err.
l. f. Hendricks tried his hand
raising turkeys this spring but IN
with disappointment. Imagine h
surprise this week when one of n
turkey hens showed up with seV'
l. little turks, as proud Of her brood
e If they had come in the regular Sc
:. lson. Mr.. Hendricks is afraid, no.
r ever. that they will be hard to fatt'
by Thanksgiving.
e Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Haines arriv
d here Thursday night from South Ber
z lheing unable to get here IN time to
o tend the funeral of their son-in-la
Guy Rose. Mr.. and Mrs. Haines liv
Inear Tonasket for a number OF yea
- At the present time they own sol
- Oroyille property and they expect
). move here from South benu' III
snrine to make their home here.
Miles Verge returned last Thu
~ day from Spokane where ne W
working with a government sur'
y ,,artv Mr.. Verge left this spring
ioin the rarty. T1ry surveyed
tba Cascade watershed, at Spirit Ii
he an the Coast, and later at Spoka
IS They were often back in the big [
an her and would not see anyone exc
mt the members of their own party
weeks at a time.
&c Fred 7. Fine, who is with the ST
Of commissioner of public ianos'
en- heen in this district the past "eeN
III official business and mas "'So "
Gathering up some of his pers'
-, property left here several years
~ Mr. Fine was publisher OF the oro'
ne Cauotte for n number of pears but
., at ally sold it to the pallams rs ana ue
al oroville about ten years ago. he
o4O acre farm near TOWN..