The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-02-23

Mrs Grace Cowgirl went to Orovilie
Friday evening to visit until Iuesaay
VITA her sister. Mrs. George barteIi.
She left Tuesday for her home al
rangeville, Idaho.-Molson Leader.
On the 14th of March the Camp Fire
Girls are going to do things IN tne
entertainment line for the deiectatlon
of the public. Keep your eye out tor
the announcement of the things to De
done.
The crew at work at the south salts
lake is COMPOSED o. Silss Frif2, WIN.
BURY. Johnnie Reeder and Clarence
Hanlan. and when gang OF VISITORS
came down on the bunk house Monday
the boys proved themselves to be gem
ial entertainers while Johnnie Reeder
established his reputation as cnel.
The force work hard and live well.
This locality has been enjoying reg
ular spring weather so far this week,
and every indication points to the
fracture Of the backbone OF winter.
We hardly dare 60 on record by say
ing that winter Is entirely over yet
based on the mildness OF the past few
DAYS we have our suspicious that THIS
section has seen the last OF severe
cold.
Rev. and Mrs. d. Vincent Gray re-
turned home last Friday evening from
Spokane. Some three or four weeks
ago Mr.. and Mrs. Gray attended con-
vocation at Spokane and while In that
city Mrs. Gray submitted to an opera
ton which her physician informed her
some time ago mad to be performed
eventually. Although steadily i'm
proving Mrs Gray is far from having
regained her normal health.
George Bowerman stopped over in
Oroville last Thursday night on his
way to his home at Hedley from a trip
to Seattle and Spokane. He reported
that bota Seattle and Spokane were
in the grip of blizzard when he was
in those cities with a very heavy snow
that had almost entirely hung up traf-
fic. In former years Mr.. Bowerman
was a resident Of Oroville but for the
past dozen years has made his home
at Hadley, B. c.
H. B. Thayer has dismantled the old
wooden bridge across the Similkameen
river that did service for some eigh-
teen years up to the time Of the COM
pletion of the concrete bridge, last
spring, a few hundred feet up the
river from the site Of the old bridge.
The removal Of the old structure
leaves vacancy In the scenery espec-
tally noticeable to those who became
with the old bridge during its
long life Of usefulness.
DR.. Z. NJ. Bevis left Monday morning
for Seattle where he will join the bal
ance Of til board Of directors, Messrs
Matt Picken and H. Hershberger, to-
sether with Ernest Riste, secretary OF
yae board of the West Okanogan VAL
ley Irrigation district. The object Of
the visit to Seattle at this time is to
close up deal for rebonding the dis
Irict On very satisfactory terms and
which is going to rebound to the bene-
lit of land owners under the system.
Lee Fowler. aged 50 years, of Ellis
'orde, died at the local hospital early |
Wednesday morning. Death was sud-
len and unexpected. Mr.. Fowler came |
o the hospital several weeks ago suf- |
'ering from abcess appendicitis and
vas operated upon. To all appear
lnce he was improving steadily with |
'very prospect of speedy recovery
When he was suddenly taken with a
and passed away. The
ause of death DR.. Bevis pronounces
O have been embolus.
During the cold wave last week the
mercury dropped to SO degrees below
ero at Nelson, to the east. 20 degrees
Glow zero at Wenatchee to the south
nd AZ degrees below at Colemont
the west. The lowest the mercury
cached at Oroville was Z below one
light and the unpleasantly cold
leather lasted only for three or four
avs. Besides this locality had only
bout one inch Of snow on the level.
lore evidence that this is the most
climate in the northwest.
Thursday morning while assisting n
loading ice into the railroad Ice
ouse Cecil Park, aged 20 years, was
augnt IN the clutch of the machine
lat snakes the ice from the car up
ITO the building and had his clothing
'rn TO snreds and was scratched and
at IN divers places. His companions
40 to wrap him In a shawl In order
cover lis nakedness when taking
I'm to the doctor. Upon examination
r. Bevis found no serious injury and
lter being patched up Mr.. Park could
IKE care of himself. 1t was a yery
arrow escape from serious injury n
OF death. d"