The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-10-25
FROM THE COUNTY SEAT

FROM THE COUNTY SEAT
Conconully, Oct. 21-Two aliens
have applied to the superior court the
past week for citizenship papers with
the result that their declarations have
won their first installment toward be-
coming wards of Uncle Sam. The two
are Patrick Finegan, of Omak, and the
second is Charles Gottfrid Mattson, OF
Oroville. The former is native of
Ireland and the latter has always been
q subject of the king of Sweden.
Four others have received good
start on their road to the desired goal,
having been granted their second pa
pers These are Andrew Speedie,
Thomas Haggith, John Alexander
Stewart, Martha Gugat. Haggith is
an Englishman and resides at Tomas
ket. His witnesses are William c..
Dobbins and George Stewart. Speedie
Is q ScOtchman, of Hassan, and his
witnesses George A. Weeks and VIM.
Baines. j. A. Stewart resides at Ma
zama and is also a Scotchman. j. W..
Faulkner and Arthur C. Egbert are his
witnesses. For Martha Gugat, who is
a German, N. w. Keith and Alice A.
Keith, both of WaucOnda, appear. The
applicant resides in WaucOnda.
Two decisions were filed in the clerk
Of the superior courts office the past
week. In the matter of the suit of the
Spokane Merchants association VS. w.
A. Griggs and wife, a default was en-
tered and judgemnt awarded for $S6
with interest at six percent from Oct.
16, 1912, until paid, $50 attorney fees
and costs of $1,000.
Judgment was also rendered in a
case entailing close to $4,000. The
plaintiff was Milton F. Clements who
brought suit against Robert A. Trip
pie and his wife Ellen c. Triple. The
case was heard on October 10. The
courts decision was that the plaintiff
recover from each of the defendants
the sum of $14,512.74. attorneys fees
of SIS and costs of $11.60. The court
also decreed that the above sum should
bear interest at the legal rate of six
per cent from and after the date the
decision was signed. 1t was further
ordered that the plaintiffs mortgage on
the defendants property be foreclosed
at once and the sheriff was directed to
sell the property and if the amount
realized is insufficient then an execu-
ton is to issue against any property
the defendants may own in this county.
The purchaser is to be given immedi-
ate possession and sheriff's deed Is
to issue.
This year the taxpayers of this
county are to be required to pay tax
of but 81 mills on their property as
against "a mills imposed upon them
last year. This was settled by the
board of county commissioners at their
session last week and is the county
and state tax. Everybody who owns
property will rejoice at the three mill
reduction.
The state tax is high this year but
not quite the equal of year ago when
it was a trifle over six. mills. The
assessment for 1913 is 5.S mills and
the balance is the county assessment
made necessary by the fact that it is
estimated that practically 1921 900
must be raised to meet running ex-
penses.
The school district assessment var
les widely no two districts being taxed
alike. This is readily explainable by
the fact that the valuations in each
district are different.
There is something of a wide var
lance in the road and bridge funds
which is in addition to the above fig
ures. In road district No. 1, Commits
sioner Wright states that he will be
obliged to make his levy close to 10
mills. He hopes to find way in
which to reduce this if possible but
the district has so overdrawn it's fund
that at present he can see no possible
way out of it.
Road district No. 2, in charge of
Commissioner Nixon will make a levy
Of four mills only and in the third dis
trict, in charge of Commissioner Pick
en- but three mills will be assessed.
While making a reduction in the
county and state levy this year, the
commissioners are all of the opinion
that another year will witness a still
greater reduction and they propose do
ing everything in their power in an
effort to bring about this very much
desired result.
Entering pleas of guilty of cattle
stealing, George Haynes and Dick Tt
mento, both half breed Indians, were
sentenced in superior court last week
to terms In the reformatory at Monroe.
This means that both will reside at
the state institution for a year before
they can hope to regain their freedom
on parole.
AS already noted, Haynes was
charged with assisting William Favel
now in the Monroe reformatory, in
stealing a yearling calf. He was ar
rested at Republic and brought back
by Deputy Mclean.
TimentO was charged with cattle
stealing and selling the stolen ami
mails. When arraigned both entered
pleas of guilty and had nothing to say
in their behalf.
Bill Tom, the Pateros Indian
charged with assault in the second de-
gree for wife beating, was arraigned
at the same time as Haynes and I'll
mento. A plea of not guilty was ord
cred entered for him and will go to
trial next month before jury.
If plans proposed by the United
2tafoa gOverumant carry a mart IF thiS