The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-05-18
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,ne of his occasional visits.
Fred Hoyt of the First Nanonai
Rank. was called to Brewster "eu- !
nesdav morning on business.
slight rain frightened UP the sur
rounding country Monday morning i
was a welcome visitation, put not
enough of 1t.
A card party at the Civic League
building last Friday evening furhisheu
Measure and entertainment to quite
number of our town people.
CLYDE Hicks las been appointed
tank manager at the new station Oh
the Union Oil company, and that emu
of the business is in capable HANDS.
Joe Lenton. tne old man OF the
Similkameen valley, that Is, old in the
point of residence although yet
skookum specimen of physical man
hood, was in town Tuesday.
Judge C. H. Neal stopped over in
Oroville last Friday night ON ais way
TO his home at Okanogan from RepuD'
lie where he has been for several
DAYS on one of his regular judicial
visits.
Tuesday Ote Hershberger handed
in his resignation as town marshal TO
Mayor Miles and Mr. Miles at once APP
pointed f. G. Weldon, former town
marshal and deputy sheriff, to fill the
vacancy.
The rites OF confirmation were con-
| ferred upon class of twenty at the
Episcopal church Sunday morning
Right Rev Bishop Herman Page Off
ciating. 1t was the largest class that
mas ever been confirmed in the local
church.
| Okanogan is to celebrate the Fourth
of July this year with wild west r0-
dec covering three days. the End, 3rd
and 4th. This promises to be one of
the largest celebrations in point OF
attractions and attendance ever held
in the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. V. Covert left Oro-
willie by auto Sunday for Spokane, and
from that city will drive down to
Palouse City to visit with the family
of A. p. Murray. former resident of
Oroville The Coverts will return
home Saturday or Sunday.
w. l.. Wagner, of Chicago, a fruit
buyer of country wide reputation, was
in Oroville Monday. 1t was his first
visit to this part of the Okanogan
lvalley and he declared that he was so
!'well pleased with the country that this
| would not be his last visit
In the spring Howell Mason took
the contract for delivering material
for the contractors on the White
stone Flat irrigation system and con-
tinued in that line of work until few
days ago when he sold his outfit and
signed over his contract to Ed. Row
lands.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Dodge of Tomas
ket, and Chas. A Blackwell, OF Okla
hogan, passed through Oroville Sun
day on motor trip up into British
Columbia. The trip was merely for
days outing. and a more attractive
scenic trip cannot be found in the
northwest
| J. NJ. Hall, an old and respected res
ident of the county, living with his
daughter, Mrs. o. T. Erickson. in the
| Okanogan valley near Tonasket, died
Saturday and was buried Tuesday.
The deceased was 70 years of age and
leaves son, Perry Hall, and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Edith Erickson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Fisher, of Los
Angeles spent several days in Oroville
during the past week visiting with
Mr.. Fishers mother, Mrs. B. Fisher.
A supper was given for the visitors at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Fer
guson Sunday evening. The Fishers
were travelling in their car, and left
Monday headed for Chicago.
DR.. Bevis reports the arrival of a
new boy Saturday to make happy the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Frasier
living on the Hill ranch, just across
The line in British Columbia. Mr.. Fra
sier was at one time manager of hte
Oroville cannery, and indeed it was
largely owing to his efforts that can
merry was established in Oroville.
John Barmon, pioneer of the north
part OF The county, who now makes his
home at Okanogan, was a passenger
sou'hbound Saturday morning. Mr.
harmon is an expert blacksmith and
machlnest and most of the time dur
ing his years of residence in the coun-
ty he has been employed at various
mines. Recently he has been working
at the Pyrarygrite mine, better known
as The Ruby. He reported the mine
working steadily and that another car
load OF concentrates was shipped Fri
day.
saturday evening Emil and Frank
schultz and Beverly Powell motored
to Princeton and Sunday morning
went out to Ospray lake, located on
the divide between Princeton and Pen
ticton. They We're out after fish and
while they did manage to land a few
.hey discovered that they had made
the trip TOO early In the season. Mr.
Fowell reports that although short on
trout they We're well repaid for the
trip as the road they travelled passed
through a wonderfully attractive
lscenic country.
OF all the mothers on Mother,s Do y
mrs. +. Fl. Dokken was one of the
happiest. Saturday evening her daugh-
Ter izora, arrived from Los Angeles
On Sunday morning Mr.. and Mrs n
E"' Bragg Mrs. Dokken and daughter
lzora motored to Pine Creek and
u u Mrs. Dokken's daughter. Mrs
"hlttle and family back to Oroyille