The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
NON.PARTIZAN CLUB.

A number of residents of Nelson
and vicinity, who are alive to the i'm
portance of selecting capable officers
for the county. and who believe the
time has arrived when the matter of
dividing the county should be seriously
considered from a purely business
point of view. held a meeting at Mol
son Saturday and much interest was
manifested In the proceedings. The
people on the hill are in earnest in
their desire to see only the best men
selected to office, and are firm in their
conviction that 1t is for the best in
terest Of every property owner that
the county. should be divided The fol-
lowing minutes of the meeting have
been kindly supplied this paper by e.
A. Williams. of MolsOn.
THE voters of the north half of the
COlyille reservation have organized
club for the purpose of studying the
qualifications of the various Office
seekers at the coming primaries in
September. 1t Is non-partizan club,
with the object of finding the man
who Is specially fitted for the Office
he seeks, and to help the best qualified
men OF all parties to receive the nomi-
nation, so that the county may have
the best set Of officers in it's history
A study Is to be made of the qualifi-
cations of each candidate, irrespective
of party, so that when the voter goes
to the primary he will have the man
who stands for the right foremost in
his mind This club aims to back any
improvement, or means, that will
better the interests Of the north half,
the Third commissioner district, the
county of Okanogan, or the state of
OkanOgan. or the state of Washing
ton.
AT the meeting held at Blatt hall.
In Nelson. Saturday, July 13, the vOt-
ers there assembled requested e. B.
Newland to withdraw as a candidate
for the nomination as commissioner
of the Third district, and to announce
himself as candidate for the nomi-
nation as representative from Okan-
Ogan county to the state legislature
on a county division platform, be-
lievlng Mr. Newland to be especially
qualified to fill that Office. The change
met with the entire approval of the
club. there being about one hundred
present.
"Mr. Newland, after having an
nounced himself as candidate for
commissioner from the Third district
at the request Of number of voters.
again bowed to the will of the people.
and at their request has consented to
be candidate for the nomination as
representative.
"The club stands for county divi-
sion first. last and all the time.
"The question of township Organi-
zation in and for Okanogan county
was then taken up and discussed at
length, and the members. one and all,
expressed themselves in favor of start
Ing movement to submit the uues-
ton Of township organization to the
voters at the general election this fall.
and motion to that effect was adopt
ed without dissenting vote The mo-
tiOn instructed the chairman to ap-
point committee to draw up and have
circulated petition to the county
commissioners requesting that the
voters of the county be given an op-
pOrtunlty to vote upon the question of
township organization. 1t may be
added that the said petition has been
drawn up and at this writing contains
nearly enough signatures as to make
1t of sufficient Importance for the COM
miSsiOnerS to act upOn."