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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-04-07

Serial No. oli95 Contest No. 1O1
CONTEST NOTICE
department of the Interior United
States Land Office. Watervllp, Wash,
March 20. 1871.
\ SUFFICIENT contest affidavit having been
filed in this Office by Frank NJ Beeman.
contestant, against homestead entry 80.
ll2i2 serial No. 04595. made September
II, 1907, for southwest quarter, section -,
toWnS4'p b H.. range &c e. Willamette Me
ridian, by Gus II. Scott. contestee. in WI III
1t is alleged that said Scott has nt,rr
established residence on the land; that ne
mas never Guilty lted or improved the land,
said parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching said
allegation at 10 o'clock Il m. on May ..
1911, before George j. Hwley, United
states commissioner, at his office IN
be Held at 10 O'Clock IL. m. ON May l6.
lhll, before the register and receiver at
the United States Land Office in Water
vile. Wash.
Tne said contastant having. in proper
4ilidavIt fled March is, 1911. set forth
facts which show that after due diligence
personal service of this notice can not Je
made. IT is hereby ordered and direr,e ed
that such notice be given by due ana prop
er puhlication.
W. f. HAYNES. Register
Record address of Entyman-orov.ue,
Wash.
FIRST Publication April :, 1911,
Serial 40 o>o7o Case No. 737
department of the Interior. Initcd states
Land otiice, Watervlle, Wash, March
-, l911
To William Van Leer. of Bellngham.
Wash, Contestee:
You are hereby notified that Diantha
Dewey. who gives OrovilIe. Wash. as her
post office address, did on March "A, 1871,
lie in This office her duly corrOhorated j,p-
plicati0n to contest and secure the cancel
laUun of your homestead entry Mo-
Serial No G>o70 Made April 30. 1910. fol
I1ia SEli. section .: We SW section 10.
township 81 north. range 2S east. William
cite Meridian. and as for grounds for her
contest she alleges that the said William
Van Leer never resided upon, cultivated
or improved said lard; that he has wholly
abandoned the same for more than six
months last past.
You are. therefore. further notified that
the said allegations will ne taken tY ths
,'hce as having been confessed by YOU.
and your said entry will be cancelled
Hereunder without your further right to
he heard therein. either before this office
nr ON appeal. if YOU fail to file i'm this Of
ice within twenty days after the fourth
publication % this notice. as shown be-
! low. your answer. under oath. spec ticaIly
meeting and responding to these alleea-
lions o: cont est, or If you fail within that
lime to file in this Office due proof that
'ou have served a copy of your answer on
/ @ said contestant either i'm person or hN
. cSistered mail. If this service is made
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-04-07
Serial No. O96yy
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior United States
-, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Amy \.
Rogers, formerly Amy y. Lampkins of
1907, made homestead entry No. 9l9(C. s.
tor lots / and :, S1a NEA, Sec 8. TIP 81,
n, r rs, +. w. M, has filed notice of in
tention to make final Communication proof
to establish claim to the land above de-
scribed. before red. J. Fine. L. S Com
missioner, at his office al Orovile, WASH
in&ton, ON the LIST day of May. 1911.
claimant names as witnesses, Joseph
Stever, George Smith William Bandtman
al of Anein, Washington, and Wexford
u. Ramey of Havillah Washington.
w. +. HAYNES, Register.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-04-07
MERITORInUS ATTRACTION.

Marvellous Mental" and his compa-
ny Of high class artists, due to ap-
near in Sigrist hall tomorrow (Satur-
day evening. recently filled a four
weeks engagement at Vancouver b. c,
and a week in Bellinghan, Washing
ton The Bellingham Herald has the
following to say of the show; Men
tai" the marvellous Mental" contour
ded. confused and completely bewild-
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-04-07
W. j. HAYNES, RogIsteT
Published April 4, II, u. 2S-l9l1D
NOTICE or SPECIAL ELECTlOH.

Notice is hcreby given that a special
election viii be held in the town of Oro-
vile, OkancSan county Washington on
the 9Th day ol May. 1914, for the pur pose
of ratif. fas lnd 'unding he contra ted
indebted ness Of tie SAID town. and for
the purpose II authorizing The extension
OF the water works system OF saiG town
along Fourth street from sutton street to
State Street The polls will be open at the
town hall iu'lding IN said town on said
cay from O'Clock in the forenoon until s
% clock in the afternoon.
T. X. IlOOSE,
Town Clerk of the Town of OrovilIe.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-04-07
CENSUS RETURNS,

me following are the census re-
turns for Okanogan county by pre-
CIRCUS ior 1910. 1t may be added that
The total population of the, county by
me census report of 1900 was only
40 '-''
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-03-02
THE STORY OF ALLEN DECK
Seaten Into Helpless Idioey BY Coal Companys Thugs
By VIM. F. WEIGH
president Of the State Federation Of Labor)

Allen Deck annanab TIL averages
onandm friends mE 0
friends him
hint hu
thsuchca and
don eranan watched
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andh don us returned
out
out armed with pistols and clubs VINO
thin
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awakened roll
ffrom r
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10
In charleston Imth ptab This
and
ecurbW e
abott them
committee
prove IA
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Ande
brutality t
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the and call corporations
Labor uta 1mde in a
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-03-02
Tells Story OF
State Convention
n.leoate Leo J. LaFiam Makes Pc
tailed Report to Trades
Assembly.
WHEELING RECEIVES
NEXT YEAR CONVENTION.
Interesting Account g Pns
Proceedings Of Annual
Gathering.

The story of the state convention OF
the West Virginia Federation OF La
bor is well told in the report Of Dele
cate Leo ]. LaFlam to the Ohio Valley
Trades and Labor Assembly, as given
in full below:
Wheeling. W. Va, Feb. 26th. 1911.
To the oficers and Members Of the
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly:
Your delegate to the fourth annual
Convention of the State Federation of
Labor wishes to. make the following
report:
will not give in detail all the bust
ness of the convention, for know how
tiresome the reading of the proceed,
iugs get to the average delegate in the
Assembly, but will try and cover the
most important actions Of the conyen.
ton.
The convention was called to order
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-03-02
Carpenter Chips

Local Union No. held very in
teresting meeting Friday evening
March Sd. Considerable business be-
ing transacted, one initiated and two
candidates elected. and more to come.
President Simeral of No. 3 knows
something about the use of the mallet,
by the way he has been using It Of
late.
Local Union No. 1867 Of Martins
Ferry, met on Wednesday evening Of
this week. Committee having charge
of the tickets for the rattle on Bro. w.
H. Darrahs Qate deceased Of No. 1857
tool chest, they report of having sold
over one hundred tickets. Any one
wishing to purchase one. Of these
tickets can secure them from any mem
Der of 1867, or E. j. Weekley, special
agent, located at the Majority Office
Wheeling.
Local Union No. ITO held their semi
monthly meeting Wednesday evening.
March LIST, some important matters
were taken up.
Local Union No. 1877 also held
their semi-monthly meeting Wednes-
DAY evening. March 1st., at Elm Grove.
They are preparing for the seasons
work.
Local Union No. II Of Bellaire,
held their semi-monthly meeting Thurs
day evening. They too, are adjusting
themselves to meet the seasons re-
sponsi5ilties
All carpenters in particular, and
Union men in general, hereb5 are IN.
formed that an ex-member OF Loc3;
Union No. 3. by the name of Roiia =
Robson, has been offering his ser
vices as carpenter-foremanl at q rate
lower than the minimum scale and BY
so doing Is attempting to lower the
standard of wages in this district
Union men beware of him.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-03-02
.StOgie Makers
Have Banquet
Act as Hosts to Girls and Then Hold
Banquet of Their Own Follow
ing Night.

Feed fest" are the fule this week
in Stogiedom. At Odd Fellows nall
Wednesday evening Garfield Local No
acted as hosts for the girls employ
ed as strippers in the local factories
and comprising what is known as
Wheeling PIetectorate LEGAL No. l..
The banquet was given the girls in
appreciation of their grand display of
unionism some months ago, when
trouble began in local factory. Tie
girls stuck solidly for their rights and
maintained them. Garfield Loca las
represented at the banquet by Harry
r. Coreoran, Charles Steger and Chas.
Higgins, who acted as an advisory
committee during the trouble. Girls
Ito the number of $50 were present.
On Friday night, at Arion hall, the
members of Garfield local will par
take of a banquet that is expected to
tax the capacity of the caterer by rea.
son Of the wonderful menu, and tax the
capacity Of the hall by reason of the
large number. of men that will attend
The speaking program win include
president w. H. Riley, Harry P. Cor
|S7Z7rTN1Trsn IN pAGE 4
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-03-02
Shinn Speaks

A. B. Shinn, State organizer, gave a
lecture on Socialism at 14th and Mar
ket streets Saturday night. In his r.
marks he said:
In cold storage in the u. s. today
there are over 67,0O0,0O0 beeves, 50
600. 900 hogs, 46.OOO.OOO sheep and
lambs and 54O.OOO,OOO eggs, more THAI
the people of the U. S. use in two
years, waiting for higher prices.
You have tried to get laws TO control
the storage houses. You have TITLED
and will fail as long as laws are made
by the few and for the few. Let the
direct vote Of the people decide how
the storage houses shall be operated
Then eggs win not be held in storage
five years for high prices. Now the
steel industry is worse than the stor-
age industry.
Watered stocks and bonds in q. S.
steel amount to over $1.460, 0O0. 00n,
bearing a guaranteed interest, an in.
terest Of over s56.OO0.OOO annually,
To help pay this interest the fac
tory pays the trust $1,000 more for !
machine. and we must pay more Col
1.-THE goods produced By the machine
There is not an article produced with
Tout the use Of steel Thus the price
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-03-02
Island Organizes

Another step toward the thorough or
ganization of the Socialists Of Ohio
County along the lines of the Milwau-
kee plan was taken on Tuesday night,
when the Seventh Ward branch was
launched with good membership and
large fund of enthusiasm. The or
ganization meeting was held ID
Grosch's barber shop, Zane street
and the new branch was given start
that indicates that in the Island ward
the party Of the working class will
make i fine showing in the coming
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-03-02
McMorrow Here
National Board Member 81 the Street
Railway Men in The

Edward McMorrow, general execu.
tive board member of the Amalgamat-
ed Street and Electric Railway En-
ployes. is in the city on business con-
nected with the local orS6nization. 10
talking to Majority man he paid 9
nice compliment to Wheeling organiza'
tons, but condemned il unmeasure,l
terms the action of the recent legisia
tive session.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-03-02
Bloch EMPLOYEE INJURED

While freeing the cogs in a packing
machine of accumulated tobacco. Miss
Annie Dorfe had her hand and arm
caught and painfully injured at Bloch's
tobacco works Thursday. The machir-
cry was started Inadvertently by
another.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-03-02
Labor Needs A
Political Cure
Says Former President II. P. corcoran
n Speech al Trades
sELTz vEToEs
TAlLoRs' Label.
-Four international Union offieiaIs
Address the Assembly's
big Session.

Address the Assemhly's
big Session.
The deeper go in Labor's battles. :.
said former President Harry r. Cor
coran, at the Trades Assembly Snnda.y
ore firmly am convinced tina.
we will he compelled to go into pvli-
Tics Economic Organization Is not
enough. It is not enough for the . a.
ployers, and 1t is not enough for IL
The employers go into politics TO pro-
tect their own interests, and the worl :
ers will be compelled 10 follow thes
example. not by being brushed ba X
end forth from one old capitalist party.
to another. but in working class poIl-
teal party Of their own. with only the
interests Of the working people to
look after Z
Telephone Case.
Progress was rep rtsd BY the spe
ciaf committee appointed to take III
the matter Of the lien upon the prop
erty Of former members Of the line
mems union, filed BY the telephone
company to secure the costs in the
injunction secured from Judge Dayts
against the men. The report was az
cepted and the committe continued.
Changing Ry-EatA'S,
Secretary Vessel reported that the
executive board. in following the In
structions of the Assembly, had gone
over the constitution and bylaws OF
the Assembly, with a view to having
them correct for new edition. He
urged all members no had suggestions
to make to the Board. to make them
within the next two weeks, SO that
complete report could be offered to tire
Assembly's next meeting.
HAS the legislative committee any
thing to report?" asked President
Weekley.
s'The legislative committee can re
port that lots Of bills were passed by
the last legislature. responded Acting
Chairman T. v. Salisbury. !
That summed it up. and brought
down the house.
Heitz vetoes Tailors, Label.
Chairman Vim. Dixon reported thai
the organization committee had visit
ed the tailoring establishment Of G. 4.
Beltz and endeavored to induce him 70
unionize his establishment, and that
he replied that he did not care for the
union label. This means that he does
not care for the patronage Of men who
want the label. Delegate Herbig Of
the Tailors' Union spoke. asking the
delegates to assist in the work. by de-
manding the label. The report of the
committee was accepted.
Hubbard Answers.
Congressman w. P. Hubbard had a
before the Assembly IN
answer to the Assembly's request that
he support the Mann bill relating TO
weights and measures, stating that ne
favored the law and would vote for i,
but that it would not be likely to br
IN for passage at this session.
Union Labeled Pianos.
Secretary Vessel read answers rom
two local music dealers to the Assem-
|bly's letter asking if they handled IN
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 2.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-03-02
ONLY LABOR PAPER

In the Ohio valley--The
workshop of the world
catering to 126, 600 Indus
trial Population.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-03-02

CoNTINUED ON PAGE s.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-03-02

of any Weekly or Monthly
Newspaper published in
Wheeling, the Ohio Valley
or West Virginia.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-17
REVIEWS ANTIQUE WAsHsTAND
Long islander Sells Piece of Furniture
for Fifty Cents and Buys It
Back for $50.

An elderly Long Islander once at
tended an auction of old furniture.
Among the articles for which bids
were asked was a heavy marble
topped washstand The Long Island
er bid ten cents for 1t, and as he was
the only one who spoke the wash
stand was knocked down to him
rather to his dismay, as he had to
have it conveyed to his distant home.
For several years this ten-cent antique
was an occupant Of the barn, Its mar
BILE top being removed and the interior
of the stand serving as a receptacle
for cans Of paint.
One day a clerk from furniture
store in the neighborhood called at
the Long islanders and accidentally
caught sight of the unapprec1ated
washstand. He made some inquiries
concerning it, and eventually pur-
chased it for SO cents. The clerk took
his purchase to the store, gave 1t a
thorough renovating and 1t became a
handsome piece of hardwood furnl
ture, the marble top adding the I'M,
ishing touch. Not long after this
transformation the elderly Long
The Ely miner., 1911-03-17

the Pennsylvania coal and oil magnate, and
Mrs NJ A. Hanna, widow of the late United
States senator from Ohio.
Mrs Hanna's life since the death of her
husband we may here digress to explain, has
illustrated how great is the latitude Of life
open to the modern wealthy widow in con-
trast to the circumscribed existence of the av
erage widow of a prominent official of CEN
tury ago, who, upon the death of her husband
was wont to retire to his plantation or country
seat and live in the utmost quietude if not in
actual seclusion. After the death of her hus-
band Mrs. Hanna lived for time in fash
ionable hotel in Washington. Then she built
a large house and occupied it for time, later
disposng of it to prominent army officer.
Next she had special apartment arranged to
her order in one of the largest Of the new ho-
tells in New York, even providing a special
kitchen for Maggie" her Jewel" Of a cook.
Then desiring change, she hit upon the idea
of her present program of life which calls for
an extended sojourn in Europe each spring
and summer and winter residence in Wash
ingtcn, where she has two apartments of IA
rooms each in fashionable apartment house.
Mrs. Hanna's 2S-room apartment might
seem pretty pretentious residential establish
ment for lone woman to maintain, but it is
scarcely circumstance to the enormous four
story mansion erected at the national capital
The Ely miner., 1911-03-17
CURRENT WRECKS A BRIDGE
Twenty-Seven Big Timbers Are Cut
Through in One Day by Aid OF
Electricity.

One of the most ingenious uses to
which electricity was ever put was in
the wrecking of bridge over the Wa
bash in Indiana.
This bridge had been purchased by
the county authorities, who intended
to replace 1t by steel structure erect
ed on the old piers and abutments.
The owner agreed to remove the
bridge in 80 days.
The chief difficulty lay in the short
time agreed upon for the removal of
the bridge. Several wreckers to whom
the matter was submitted declared
that 1t would be impossible within 80
days to pull down the old bridge with
out injury to the piers.
The structure might be blown up
with dynamite, but the explosion
would also destroy the piers. Were 1t
fired, the heat would crack and injure
The masonry of the bridge. The sc
days expired, and an extension of one
week was granted.
The owner was at his wits end
when he chanced upon an electrician
who proposed, not to blow up the
The Ely miner., 1911-03-17
Exhortinu the Ducks,

There are two tiny boys in this town
whose mother sings often to them al
their request, and as she is an ardent
church woman, the children hear as
many hymns as anything else. The 9th
er day they were playing with their
wooden ducks in the bathtub, and
strangely enough the ducks were more
inclined to float sideways than in the
approved manner. After several at
temps to keep the misguided ducks
straight, the older boy shouted:
Stand up, duck, stand up!" Then
two-year-old, noting the familiar
phrase, leaned over the tub and eX
horted: "'Tand up, duck! 'Tand UP
for Jesusi"
The Ely miner., 1911-03-17
To Incline Toward Mercy.

Jim had been far from good boy
during the day and toward nightfall
he realized the fact fully. Being well
acquainted with the workings of fam
lily discipline he essayed a little di.
plomacy.
Shall you tell father about me?"
he inquired of his mother
Certainly shall tell him." respond
ed his mother, with sorrowful firm
ness.
Shall you tell him before dinner or
after dinner?" asked the culprit.
After dinner" was the announce
ment.
Mother" and Jim gave a wiggle
of anticipation, couldn't you have a
blueberry pudding for his dessert?
Couldn't you do that much for me,
her?"-Youth's Companion.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-17
Went Swimming at 90.

"The Grand Old Man of Highgate
Ponds" William Mckenzie, long
known as grandfather" by his fellow
members Of the Highgate Lifebuoys
club, has passed away at his North
London home. He was in his ninety
third year.
Up to six weeks ago Mr.. Mckenzie
was bathing in Highgate Ponds, where
he had bathed for many years. His
unfailing regularity at the age Of so
probably constitutes a record in nata-
ton. Until three years ago he joined
in the winter lifebuoy bathing sports.
His practice was to walk over the
two miles from Highburg and back for
his swim.-London Chronicle.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-17

erybody invariably feels a thrill OF
reinsurance If told that the pilot is
a Montrealer. For the man from Mon
treal Is supposed to be an expert with
a toboggan, even as he is with canoe
1t is in Montreal that tobogganing
reaches its supremacy. The men and
women start out in parties and go up
to the starting place, where several
distinct burrows mark the course OF
the toboggans In these troughs the
toboggans follow each other in rapid
transit. The sun shines bright, the air
is sharp and exhilarating The snow
The Ely miner., 1911-03-17

built a splendid home since the death of her
husband and the wealthy Mrs. Wyeth Of Phila-
delphia had her nephew-architect carry out
her ideas of distinctive home.
In point Of achievement, however, unques-
tionabIy the greatest of all the house build
ers in the coterte of wealthy widows is Mrs.
Albert Clifford Barney, who inherited one
fortune from her father, a Cincinnati pio-
neer and married another. Mrs Barney is OF
a most artistic temperament and is indeed an
artist of no mean ability in both oils and
water coIors. She spends much time in Paris,
where she and two of her daughters, who de-
vote themselves respectively to painting and
sculpture are much in their element. When
she is in this country Mrs. Barney divides her
time and her boundless energy between the
staging of Greek plays and other amateur the
atricals of most ambitious character and the
designing and building of houses for love OF
it. These unique habitations that she creates
Mrs. Barney sells or rents, and be 1t said to
her credit that she is a clever enough business
woman to make her art profitable in dollars
and cents as well as in personal satisfaction
In the field of philanthropy American wild
ows have of late years accomplished so much
good as to make these bereaved ones as
class the most respected and most admired
contingent of American NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The generosity of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst in good
works has insured her place for all time In
our real hall of fame and Mrs Harriman's g1rt
of q splendid park to the state of New YORK
bids fair to be but the first of series OF no.
table benefactions. Mrs. Russell Sage Is an
other woman who in a comparatively brief
widowhood has helped the needy in many
ways. and the late Mrs Gardner Hubbard
widow of the man who reaped the greatest
financial rewards from the invention of the
telephone, was lavish during her lifetime IN
good works.
There is one group of widows In the Unit
ed States in the members of which-for all
that they are most of them living very qui-
etly-the public is bound to take keen inter-
est This group is made up Of the widows Of
The Ely miner., 1911-03-17

exactly the same with every span. Be
tween the turning on of the current
and the fall Of the span an hour ana
40 minutes elapsed. Then the mass
of timbers fell into the water well IN
side the piers, so that they were unln-
jured.
The cut made by the hot wire was
sharp and clean, and the wood was
not charred more than an inch from
the place of fracture.
The current was first turned on at
about five o'clock in the morning, and
at two in the afternoon the last span
crashed down to the river bed
Scientific American.
The Ely miner., 1911-03-17
Warned,

A serious-minded New Yorker, who,
because of his dignified outlook on
life, has sent his son, aged twelve, to
a particularly strict and proper board
ing school in New England, unexpect-
edly visited the school last week. AS
'certaining the location of his young
hopeful's room, he climbed the four
flights of stairs necessary to reach it
and entered. On a mammoth pla-
card suspended from a steel engrav-
ing of Washington and Generals"
presented to the youth as a Christ
mas gift by his admiring parent) was
the cheerful sentiment:
Don't spit on the ceiling. We have
lost our ladder"