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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-02-23
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Minutes of the meeting of the town
council of OrOville, Washington, Feb.
ruary 10, 1912.
Present Mayor Reese, Councilmen
Beale, Crandall, Wickersham and
Bragg.
Minutes of the previous meeting
read and approved.
Letter from the State Board of FL
nance in regard to the proposed bond
issue was then read and ordered placed
on file.
On motion the following bills were
ordered paid out of the Water company
fund.
Warrant No. So, Claim No. So Orc
Vile Commercial Co., machine oil,
$3.50
Warrant No. Sc, Claim No. Sc, f. r.
Hocse. salary, $50.
Warrant No. 81, Claim No. 81, Indus
trial Insurance Commission, insur-
ance, So.
Warrant No. 50, Claim No. So, Pioneer
Binding & Printing Co., books, $15.25
Warrant No. SO, Claim No 80, Mrs. e.
M. Bragg, coal, $10.10.
Warrant No. 60. Claim No, 60. Oro-
vile Week. Gazette. printing, $11.5O.
Warrant No 81, Claim No Gil r..
Griger coal, $500.
On motion the following bills were
ordered paid out of the Current Ex-
pense Fund:
Warrant No. 500. Claim No 654, E.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-02-23
TO LEAVE THE COUNTY.

Word comes from LOOmis that J. p
Forde has sold his home, the old Boyd
place, and one of the best built resi-
dences in the northern part of the
county, to J. w. Douglass. who is con-
nected with the proposed WhitestOne
flat irrigation project. 1t is further
stated by our informant that Mr.
Forde is to sell his interest in the
store with which he is connected and
seek other pastures. Loomis will not
seem like LOomis with Jack FOrde
eliminated from the community. He
has been resident of that camp for
upward of q score of years During
the existence of the old LOOmistOn
Trading company. subsequently the
Washingto n Commercial company,
Mr.. Forde was both valued attachee
and stakeholder in the concern. AT
ter the dissolution of the Washington
Commercial company, i'm conjunction
with VIM. j. Ford, Mr.. FOrde pur-
chased the stock of the old company
and the store has been conducted I'M
der the firm name of Forde 4 Ford
for the past three years. A kindly,
warm-hearted, genial and generous
gentleman is Mr. FOrde, and he has
made multitude of close friends
during his long residence in the old
camp. one and all of whom will sin
cerely regret his departure. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Forde will be sadly
missed, as their hospitable home has
been the scene of many, very many,
happy gatherings. and their going
away will leave vacancy in social
circles that can never be filled. Where
Mr.. and Mrs. Forde may finally locate
is not known, but wherever they make
their home may content and prosper
ity be and always remain with them.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-02-23
BREAKING THE WORLDS FLOWING
RECORD.

That full acre of ground can be
turned in less than five minutes with
one outfit seems an impOsSibility. but
to those who have seen II done it ap-
pears easy 1t is fact that not long
ago the worlds record for blowing an
acre was broken on the great farm of
Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind,
when an acre was turned evenly and
perfectly in the astonishing time of
only minutes and Is seconds. This
was done by so Base Oliver Engine
Gang Pillow made by the celebrated
pillow concern of that name in South
Bend, Indiana's great and growing
manufacturing city. Three 80 horse
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-02-23

power tractors supplied the motive
power.
The Oliver Engine Gang Plow is
something new, although it's quick
popularity is attested by the fact that
hundreds of them are already in use
in Canada, the Dakotas and other wes-
tern states The test of the so furrOw
pillow on the Purdue farm demonstrate
ed the practicability of this wonderful
modern invention and this was also
further proven in more recent eXhi-
bieion in South Bend, whee So bottom
gang pillow, pulled by three great AZ
horse power gasoline tractors, was
shown to an admiring crowd of men
and women assembled on one of the
Oliver farms. Moving pictures of the
pillow in operation were made for eX-
hibtion purposes.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-02-23
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.

1880 a. m, Sunday school. Attend
ance last Sunday III. 11.3O a. m.,
preaching service. Rev. C. A. Hodshire.
6.45 p. M. EpwOrth League; 7.3O D.
m, preaching services. Rev. C. A. Hold
shire. The revival is an intense man
hesitation, The Rev. G. A. Hodshire
breaches every night.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-17

hearing, left here tonight for
Austin, by the way of Fort
Worth, with his condensed
statement of facts, which will be
filed with the court of criminal
appeals Monday, If he reaches
there in time. II the case is
filed Monday, it is supposed that
the argument will be heard Wed
nesday, and that the opinion
will probably be handed down
the following Wednesday. II is
expected that two speeches will
be made by the state and posi-
bly, three for the defense. The
state will be represented by
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-17
". C. BOWMAN
LUMBER COMPANY
The Texas Penltentiary System
Continued from page 81

prisoners. as required by law,
Che negro and white women in
separate buildings. These places
are in charge of a matron who
takes kindly interest IN their
welfare. Here, as at the other
places, there is every indication
that the comfort of the prisoners,
their health, and their moral and
religious welfare are as carefully
guarded as could be expected of
the state. do not intend to
convey the impression that con
ditions are everywhere ideal, but
they are as good as they could
reasonably be expected TO be
brought about in the short time
less than two years that the
new law, with its system, has
been in operation.
Many liberties and privileges
are allowed the prisoners that
two years ago were regarded as
absolutely destructive of all prison
discipline. On the Harlem farm,
where negro labor is employed
in the cultivation of the crops,
there Is perhaps the only prison
baseball league in the world, with
six teams. These play ball every
Sunday afternoon in the season,
and all prisoners VINO have clear
records for good behavior and
good work attend these games.
They have their own guards, or
policemen. appointed from their
number. The games are played
out in the open, within no enclos-
ure, and the men make no effort
to get away.
On this same farm the men
were told recently that If they
picked a certain amount of cotton
by Friday night they might have
a holiday on Saturday. the
amount really being a fair weeks
work. They worked out their
task" promptly on time. A
neighboring farmer wanted his
cotton picked and offered a fair
price for il. On Friday night
the manager went to the farm
prison and told the men that they
had earned their holiday. and
that he would give them their
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-17

choice of resting or picking the
neighbours cotton, the money to
be given to them. In one voice
they asked to be allowed to pick
the cotton and make the money.
Two years ago this same mana
ger believed strongly in the old
method of controlling negro pris-
oners solely by force and fear.
At one camp about 120 young
negroes, under twentv-one years
of age, are kept. saw squad
of about fifteen of these coming
in from the field, about dusk, fol-
lowed by a mounted guard,
whose only weapon was an UNI
brella. There is not a gun in use
on this place, the guards being
allowed to carry only pistols, and
there is practically no trouble at
this camp, even among bad
negro boys.
While the law still allows the
use of the strap, it has been
abolished at Gov. Colquitt's re-
quest, and 1t will probably never
again be used in Texas, because
experience is proving that it is
not needed. In only one place
did we see any punishment being
inflicted and that was on a
fighting niger, a camp bully,
who was kept standing for an
hour and a half with his wrists
in leather cuffs, his hands ex-
tended as far above his head as
he could hold them and stand flat
footed. 1t was stated that this
usually subdued the worst of the
men in a short time, and even
the dark cells are not often in
use. Merely removing a white
mans clothes and putting him in
stripes frequently results in all
the good that could come from a
more severe punishment.
III Tic piiooi ~ oNtih VI tNH"S
at least, the hope of reward APP
pears to have greater effect
than the fear of punishment, a
question that many of us debated
in our school days.
There is an occasional insubor-
dlnation and munity, it is true,
but when it is considered that in
the prisons are found men who
are ignorant. men who are vic
ious, men who are INSCRIPTIONS,
men who feel aggrieved, men
who can never be reformed, and
when these men are often OF
strong enough characters to be
leaders of men. occasional dis
orders may be expected. but
they will grow less under present
methods.
The next article in this series
will treat of the States proper
ties at Rusk.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-17
SkEED CASE RECORDED
Now Before Court Of Criminal Ap-
peaIs. Arguments This
Week-0pinion Soon.

Amarillo, Tex, Oct. IL. The
work of copying the transcript
of the evidence in the j. Beal
Sneed hebeas corpus proceedings
has been completed, and Attor-
ney Will Mclean, Jr., of Fort
Worth, who has been at work
on the case here every since the
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-17
Abilene Gin Burned

Abilene Tex. Oct. IL. The
cotton gin of II. b. Smith was
partially destroyed by fire this
afternoon, covered by insurance.
The cause Of the fire is not
known. The blaze started in
the condenser.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-17
Santa Fe inspection Completed

Santa Fe inspection Completed
Austin. Tex, Oct. II. R. d.
Parker, engineer of the Railroad
Commission, returned today
from a trip of inspection over
the Pecos and Northern Texas
Railroad from Plainview to Cole
man and over the Lamesa and
Floydada branches. covering a
distance of approximately 3l9
miles. This road, which is a
part of the Santa Fe system. has
filed application for permission
to issue $l2, 600. 900 bonds.
c. w. Post, founder of Post
City, w. o. Stevens. president
of the Post City bank and at
torney Wilson of Battle Creek,
Michigan, were here few hours
Tuesday on their way TO Mr..
Posts land in Hockey county.
MIR. Post expressed himself as
being well pleased with the late
improvements in our city. He
notices quite a difference in the
appearance of things now and at
the time Of his last visit here
few years back.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-17

w. A. Wheelock. of the Vince
lock Dress Shop, made a bust
ness trip TO Plainview Monday.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-17

Y. o. McAdams came in from
Dallas Tuesday after an absence|
of several weeks.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-17

w. A. Allen, a prominent cat
tleman of Colorado. was here
Tuesday.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-17

w. d. Benson and e. l.. Klett
made a professional visit to ANA
riIlo Friday, having some bust
ness in the Court of Civil APP
peals.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-17

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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-17

Senator d. W. Odell of Gle
burne and Assistant Attorney
General S. G. E, Lane. 1t is ex-
pected that Judge Ramsey, can
didate for governor at the re-
cent primary. and one or more
members of the firm of Mclean.
Scott & Mclean of Fort Worth,
will make arguments before the
court for the defense.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-15
WOMAN HELD As
PO|SONER Of 8
Chicago Prisoner Is Said to
Have Collected $500 in
Life Insurance.

CHICAGO June 15.-The police de-
clared today that poison plot rival
ing in sensational features. the case of
Mrs. Louise Vermilya will be unrav-
eled as a result of the arrest of Mrs.
Louisa G. Lindloff, former spirtuahst
and medium.
Mrs. Lindloff is suspected of having
poisoned her two husbands and three
grown children. all of whom carried in
surance amounting IN the aggregate to
s1O.275. OF this she collected $4,000.
Taken into custody On mere suspicion.
the case against the woman srew
stronger with each new feature UNI
earthed today by the coroner and the
police.
One of the most important witnesses
against the woman probably will be DIR.
A S. Warner. who attended three of
the supposed victims of the woman. and
who declared that all showed unmis
taxable symptoms of poisoning
Poison Bottles Found.
A search of the house disclosed d
number of bottles of pills and medicines
labeled Poison These were given To
chemists for an analysis. The members
of the family who have died in the
past seven years are:
julius Gaunke, the prisoners first
husband, who died August ] 1905.
Fieda Gaunke (also known as F'reda
1indloff). daughter by her first hus-
band. died June II, 1908.
William Lindloff, to whom the for
mer Mrs. Gaunke was married on No
vember 7, 1905, and who died August
3 1910.
Alma Gaunke Glnown after her moth
er's remarriage as Lindloff), daughter
by her first husband. bonn December
49, 1894; died August A, 1911
Arthur Alfred Gaunke (knoWn as
I.indloff) born May 8. 1897 died in
the University hospital June 10, 1912.
Henry Kuba, a boarder at Mrs. Lind
lofts home. and who is said to have
been infatuated with her also is being
held in the belief that he possesses
knowledge of the circumstances sur
rounding the deaths.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-15
UNIVERSALIST LAYMEN TO
MEET AT CHURCH SUPPER

The Liberal Laymen league of the
Universalist church viii have a supper
and social evening "a the church next
Tuesday evening, to- when all the men
Of the congre cation and their friends
have been invited. supper win be
served at O'Clock, after which an in
terestins program viii be given. Prin-
cipal features in the program win he
south Africa the Boer War and Kim
oelly Diamond Mines, as seen by
Thomas ". Harland" and program
of instrumental music by the Lake
wood entertainers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-15
TAX RAISE THREAT RESULT
OF LAND PRICED TO CITY

Because of the high prices of tracts Of
land offered the city for cemetery, Coun-
Gilman Orville Hall declared today that
he would urge the tax officials to increase
the assessments on this property in pro-
portion to the prices asked for it.
Tracts all around Atlanta have been Of
tered to the city for a cemetery Al
the proposals we're turned down because
of the high prices. Councilman Han said
the owners were not paying taxes on such
values and that he intended TO. take the
matter up with council and have the tax
assessments raised.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-15


others
Mr. Taft does not seem to know
exactly where he is going, but he
no doubt is firmly persuaded that ne
is on his way, all right!
Rufe Hutchens shot athwart the At
anta horizon today, and desperate efforts
were made to halt him long enough to
get him to say something of a political
sort-but there was nothing doing
How about Watson Fielder Baltimore
Chicago Bankhead Underwood Brown
Hoke-any old thing. colonel?" inquired
one anxious busybody whose lot in Me
it is to get things out of notables and
people of Importance.
Too busy practicing law" returned
Hutchens. But l am going to Baltimore
and we are going to put our man over,
too he said
And then he said Good bye!" and
jumped in hack. on his way to the
Terminal Romeward bound.
AS an evidence that there Is grand,
gloomy and peculiar politics elsewhere
than in Georgia, it may be mentioned
that lot of lepers in China have gone
on strike for higher pensions. They
are sore on the government.
Dr. P Y Duckett, Of Cornelia, thinks
mighty well of the suggestion that this
Talulah Falls conservationists bring out
70 candidate for governor, in order to get
the matter of conservation of that beau.
ty spot squarely up to the people,
He writes suggesting the name of Col.
onel George n. Napier, of Monroe, as a
I'll and proper man for that nomination
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-15
MISSIONARY CONVENTION.

COLUMBUS. GA. June 15-The
woman's Missionary society of the Co.
lumbus district is holding it's annual
session at Shiloh Among those att
tending are Mrs 6 W Matthews state
president of the Womans Missionary
society, and Miss Lucy Henderson, a
missionary TO Brazil
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-15

Mr. Taft does not seem to know
exactly where he is going, but he
no doubt is firmly persuaded that ne
is on his way. all right!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-15

may be buried, 1t seems a conclusion not
a all violent that there must be many
others
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-15

AS an evidence that there Is grand,
gloomy and peculiar politics elsewhere
than in Georgia, it may be mentioned
that lot of Iepers in China have gone
on strike for higher pensions. They
are sore ON the government.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-15

There are three eolored delegates
already on hand in Chicago who re
fuse to say how they stand Isn't
one side or the other overlooking a
bet right there-a strictly on the q, t.
wager, as il were?
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-08-30

The "See America First" spirit IS
taking a new grip on the western
states, according to information re-
ceived from that section. They say
out there that ''if you must see Eu~
rope, why, see it; but see America
first"
In the Rocky mountain region Just
now the advocates Of this patriotic
principle are talking great deal
about the south and are urging peo-
pie who live in the west to visit the
southland and get in closer touch with
It's people. In Colorado, especially, is
this true
Colorado has had many southern
people within her borders within the
last year and special effort Is being
put forward to induce more to visit
that state in the summer months.
From Texas and Oklahoma last sum
mer, 1t is said large number of
people journeyed to Colorado in their
automobiles. They entered the state
by way of the great Arkansas valley
which Is said to be one of the largest
irrigated areas in the world, embrac'
ing more than 100000 acres.
A new automobile highway has been
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-08-30

built along what was known as the
old Santa Fe trail, but now called the
New Santa Fe trail, which has been
designated as part of the trans-con-
tinental highway For miles and miles
this highway is said to be as smooth
as city street. The route leads to
Pueblo, designated as the Pittsburg OF
the west, owing to the vast steel
works in operation there; thence to
Colorado Springs and on to Denver.
Colorado people are pushing the
construction of automobile highways
in the state and are looking to the
southern states to do the same, so
that during the winter automobile
owners from that state can motor
through the south.
Colorado has $4,000 miles of roads,
of which 10000 are passable by auto
mobile and $500 miles are improved
roads. Good hotels and garages can
be found in every town in the state
where the population exceeds l,ooo,
according to information sent out
from the state highway commission.
From this same source 1t Is learned
that Colorado expended $1,75o,0OQ on
it's roads in 1911, and will expend
$2,400,0 900 in 1912
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-08-30

rison, Golden, Boulder, Longmont'
Loveland, and Fort Collins, the tour
list can quickly penetrate with an auto
mobile the mountain Businesses and
view grand and picturesque scenery
which is not surpassed in the world.
In the Pike Peaks region In the
vicinity of Colorado Springs and Mani
tou, and in Estes Park IN the Long s
Peak region, are some of the finest
automobile roads in the world. The
scenery in these sections inspires the
traveller with the "See America First"
spirit, and If he be one who has Wis
tied the mountain resorts of the OLD
World, he Is sure to declare that he
has seen nothing to equal the
grandeur of the Rocky mountains OF
his own native America.
The trip from Denver to Estes Park
and return can be made easily In 9
day in an auto, but to exhaust the
scenic possibilities of the roads
through the park and its environs re
ouires weeks of time.
But this is only a beginning. From
Colorado Springs one can travel west
ward into the very heart Of the
Rockies by way of Ute Pass to Gas
cade. Green Mountain Falls,f Hartzel
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-08-30
BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY
YIELDS RICH RETURNS
Annual OUTPUT in Colorado Alone Ia
$4,000, oo0-Farners Receive
$5,ooo,ooo.

From carefully compiled facts and
figures the total investment In the
seventeen beet sugar factories in Col
orado is found to be SIS, 250,0O0. From
the same source of information 1t is
learned that the annual output OF
these factories Is approximately S14,-
600 900. and the sum paid by the fac
tories to the farmers is more than
s5,0O0,000 each year.
These factories are operated by
companies, but plans are under way
for the building Of several factories
on a cooperative basis.
To the farmers the sugar factories
offer a dependable market. The price
of beets is arranged before the crop
Is planted and is based upon amount
of sugar they contain. Contracts with
farmers are signed in advance of plant
ing. This year the price is IS per ton
for beets which contain less than IA
per cent. sugar, and a corresponding
Increase is allowed for a higher sugar
content 49, E.4-A
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-08-30

1--sky Line Drive, Canon City, Colo,
Showing Upper Part of the Arkansas
Valley, and a Portion of the Rocky
Mountain Range. This Drive Is
Built Along "Hog-Back," or High
Ridge, of the Foothills.
2-Crystal Park Auto Road, Overlook
ing Colorado Springs in the Pixies
Peak Region.
demonstrating the Mountain Fastness-
es From Boulder, Colorado.
Following the skyline in an auto
mobile in the Rocky mountains OF
Colorado is a thrilling pa slime. On
some of these highways the traveller
can CRUISE" among the rim-rocks at
attitudes which present ever chang
ing vistas of snow-capped SUBMITS,
dizzy abysses and endless plains.
There are many such drives in Colo
RADIO, but the Skyline drive, complete
ed recently at Canon City. is one Of
the finest in the state.
The number of such mountain boule-
wards is increasing. Both state and
county authorities are active in the
building of good roads, and each
year new areas of mountain wilder
ness are being added to the territory
which is accessible to the automobile
tourist
From almost any point along the
eastern foothills, from Colorado
Springs, Palmer Lake, Denver, Nor