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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
An OLD ACQUAINTANCE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W. Hendricks
and young daughter, of Waterville,
stopped over in OrOville few hours
Monday, on motoring tour into Brit
ish Columbia. Mr.. Hendricks dislo-
Gated a spring of his car on his way in,
and had to lay up a short time for re-
pairs. Mr. Hendricks is looking re-
markably well, and was in cheerful
spirits. which is, or should be, natural
TO n man with a most amiable help
mate. charming daughter, and
comfortable bale of mans best friend
stored away in the bank. Meeting up
with Mr.. Hendricks carries the writer
hack a score of years. when he min
gled with a coterie of kindred spirits
in the good old town of Waterville. IL
was at a time when the country was
pinched by depression, there was 1T
tle to do. people were prone to ex-
tract plasure out of inexpensive pas
times. and hence men were thrown
more frequently together in social
woy than when business activities
make demands upon their time. Those
twenty years have made great chang
es in the lives of most of the old bunch
that did much trotting together, be-
sides the mere accumulation Of years.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
A DIVISIONIST.

E. B. Newland, the pioneer rancher
of the MolsOn neighborhood, was Wis
itOr In town Monday. Mr.. Newland a
short time ago, announced himself as
a candidate for commissioner from the
Third district. but upon the solicita-
ton of his friends he has withdrawn
as candidate for commissioner and
will stand before the primaries as a
candidate for representative. Mr.. New
land Is to be commended for having
the courage of his convictions. He
does not hesitate to state that he fav-
ors county division, and is ready to
make the race on that platform. This
Is going to be year when party lines
will be wholly obliterated on county
offices, and local issues will take pre-
cedure over all other questions. Mr.,
Newland runs in the primaries on the
democratic ticket. If he secures the
nomination, and is opposed by an
anti-divisionist, he will receive the
votes of those favoring division with
out regard to the political prefer
ences of the voters. 1t is question
for the people to decide. and for one
we are glad that the question of divi-
sion is to be presented directly to the
people
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
FIRE AT MOI.SON.

The business section of the new por-
ton of the town of Nelson had a
narrow escape from total destruction
sunday morning, and such disaster
was only prevented by the determined
and heroic work of citizens. The town
is without fire protection. and the only
means OF lighting fire is the bucket
In this instance efficient work was
performed by this crude means. At
about O'Clock Sunday morning fire
broke out in the old w. w. Parry
store building. large twO-story
frame structure. a store room on the
ground floor and a public hall in the
second story, with one story ware
house addition. The flames spread
with great rapidity. creating intense
heat. On one side of the store Is
Phillips meat market. and only just
across the street on the other side
DR.. Tyler's drug store, with frame
buildings adjoining those structures.
Time and again these buildings ig-
nited. but men would rush into the in
tense heat and manage to extinguish
the incipient blaze. Had these build
ings taken fire. the whole business
part of town would have been de-
stroyed. 1t was certainly a close call.
AS 1t was the fire was confined to the
Parry property, which was totally de-
strOyed with the greater part of the
contents. as the flames spread so
quickly little of the stock could be
saved. The building was owned by
the Spokane Merchants association.
and occupied by Sisk 4 Chamberlain,
who handled a general stock of mer-
chandise. The building was insured
for about $4,000, and Sisk & Chamber
lain. carried $4,000 insurance on their
stock. The origin of the fire seems to
be an unaccOuntable mystery
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
WHERE HE STANDS.

In response to a letter from the sec
retary of the Twisp Commercial Club,
j. ID. Logan. of Waterville, candidate
for joint senator from the senatorial
district composed of OkanOgan. Doug
las. Ferry and Grant counties, makes
the following reply:
Waterville. Wn.. July Is. 1912.
Mr.. f. C. Jennings,
Secretary Twisp Commercial Club,
Twisp, Washington.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of June 2Sth, 1912, pro-
pounding to me number of questions
to be answered, favorable answers to
which it seems to me would be neces-
sary for me to obtain your aid in the
coming election. was duly received and
contents carefully noted, and in reply
thereto, without answering your Ques-
tiOns, seriatin or fully, will state my
policy II elected, from which you may
draw your own conclusions as may
every other voter in OkanOgan county.
am now, and If elected to the high
Office of joint enatOr will be, in favor
of the most economical administration
for State. County and Municipal af-
fairs, that can be accomplished, con-
sistent of course with good and effic-
lent government. Therefore | will Op-
pose with all my might and influence
any division of territory in any county
of the state into two or more separate
governments, thereby ne
cessitating a substitution of two sets
of officers for one set, increasing the
burdens of the general taxpayer and
bringing about other complications
and embarrassments unless ] am first
convinced that it is for the betterment
of all the people and 1t IS petitioned
for by considerable majority OF them.
Yours truly,
J. d. LOGAN.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
COUNCU PROCEEDINGS.

Minutes of the meeting OF the town
council OF Oroville, Washington, July
Is, 1912.
Present Mayor Reese, Councilmen
Bragg, Beale, Wickersham and NILS.
Minutes of the previous meeting
read and approved as read.
Bond of T.. L. Provo as marshal was
read and on motion the bond was ac-
cepted.
Motion was made and carried that
the town treasurer transfer $500 from
the Water Company Fund to the Bond
Fund and the clerk be ordered to
draw a warrant in favor OF himself for
$500 in payment of the interest on the
Municipal Water Works Bonds and
forward draft for the same to the State
Treasurer.
Motion was made and carried that
the town employ an expert account
ant to examine all of the town books
from the date OF Incorporation to July
l. 1912.
Mr.. Bragg was instructed to find out
the probable cost of the examination
of the books
On motion council adjourned.
II y HOOSp Clerk
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
OUT FOR JUDGE.

Judge f. X. Pendergast announces
his candidacy for the Office of superior
Judge for OkanOgan and Ferry cOun-
ties. The nomination for Judge Is
non-partizan, as It should be, and a
nomination at the primaries Is equiv
alent to an election. 1t Is doubtful II
Judge Pendergast will have any oppo-
sitlon for the Office, at least so far no
name has been mentioned as a rival
candidate. The judge has filled the
Office during his incumbency with
ability and dignity There has been
no fault found with his rulings. his
treatment of attorneys and litigants
before his court, which Is a pleasant
change after past experiences In this
county. At present Judge Pendergast
presides over two counties. and 1t Is
hoped that before the expiration OF
his second term his district will COM
prise four counties.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
A SWELL SCHOOL HOUSE.

The last issue of the Riverside Ar
gus contained a picture of the pro-
posed new concrete school house now
under construction at that place. The
cut represents a very neat, commod-
ious and substantial modern building,
which is designed for the comfort of
the children who will occupy it during
school hours. Riverside people are
to be congratulated upon the progress
sive spirit they have displayed in thus
providing for the district an up-to-date
school building. If there is any one
public building more than another in
which a community should take pride
1t is school house. and fortunate is
the community that has a modern
school structure to be proud of. Those
of this community who take any inter-
est at all in the progress of the town
do not exactly envy Riverside in the
possession of handsome and attrac-
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
$3.50 A YEAR

tive school building. but they do re-
gret exceedingly that OrOville has not
an edifice devoted to school purposes
of which they can boast. 1t hardly
reflects credit upon the people that
Oroville, the largest town in the cOun-
ty, probably has the most disreputable
school building in the county. 1t Is
picture OF dilapidated. out Of date ar
chitecture, If such word can be
coupled with such building. 1t Is
poorly lighted, unsanitary. decayed
and an eye sore. 1t is inadequate to
accommodate the pupils clamoring for
admttance to school privileges. and
so run down as to be really unfit for
the purpose for which 1t Is used. Some
day the people of Oroville will wake
up to the necessity of providing prop
er accommodations for the school
children, although 1t looks as though
some of us older inhabitants would
not live to see the consummation of
that happy event.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
AN UGLY CASH.

Last Saturday Guy Gordon met with
a peculiar accident, which might have
been much more serious than 1t was
for he came near having his head
sawed off. Mr.. Gordon Is employed
in A. Claughton's liquor house, and
Saturday afternoon he had occasion
to go to the cellar for supply OF
bottled goods. On his way up stairs
with his arms fun of bottles, his foot
slipped and he fell to the floor. In
the fall one of the bottles was broken
and the jagged glass cut long deep
cash in the side of Mr.. GOrdOn's neck
barely missing the jugular vein. He
was rushed over to DR.. Schwabland' !
Office, and the physician had to take
five stitches In the cut in order to
close the wound. Mr.. Gordon Is out
and around, and suffered no great IN
convenience from the injury.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
MORE HAT IN THE RING.

An announcement appears in anotn-
err column of the candidacy of }. ID.
Logan, of Waterville, for the office OF
Joint senator for the counties OF Ferry,
Okanogan, Douglas and Grant. Per.
sonally Mr.. Logan is man who could
and would represent this district most
creditably. His position on county
division is not popular up this way,
but from his letter, as published else
where, it will be seen that he is open
to conviction, and if the proper rep.
resentation is made to him, In case or
his nomination and election, Mr.. l.o-
gan would favorably consider prop,
Osition to divide Okanogan county, ana
work faithfully to that end. He Is q q
man who can be depended on. ana II
he pledges his word to do thing ne
will do it.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
rDGRESSIVE WILSON CLUB.

:. soodly number of the democrats
=. vt0ville, gathered at the Town hall
~ ~ tuesday evening and organized the
o,ouile Progressive Wilson Club
~ aaopted the following resolution
club: VI - P''''P'
ma. oeueving that the element OF hu-
.a 49,. sreed evidenced by the demoral-
~ a'as and ever incroaching influence
~ pEedatory wealth. and the avarice
Me Deneficiaries of special privi-
mses es' are destructive of good govern
mes s' and of the rights of the COM
~ ivy people; and that the best and on
s.. safeguard against these common
IL in'es OF our constitutional rights
m.. the intelligence and united
na nastn OF the people themselves, in
nc exercise of an intelligent ballot:
n..s Ana further believing, That the
''o'ism, precepts and teachings or
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
MAKING BRICK.

Williams & Finnie have opened tne,a ',
hr;okvord in the east part OF town
nna are moulding clay into building
,nater;ol @ at the rate of 5000 per day
as starter. A fore OF men Is en-
ao aa cod in leyeling off ground, digging
IN fhe pits, and depositing damp Jumps
nt noud in their proper places, while
~ two mixers are set up, operated py
s"uso ."W nower The proprietors are ol
,ha ,iua oninion that the material they are
Linz .mi viii make a superior quality OF
hrick % It now looks as though a'' tne
br;ck will be ready for the masons
ahout as soon as Mr.. Grubb gets III '"e
hotel foundation.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
4 SKILLED WORKMAN.

Mr. II. Smith, the LoOmis, tinsmitn'
was in town Tuesday arranging with
l.. Stofferan to manufacture the p,,a MIA
nornices for the new StOfferan build
ing. Mr.. Smith is skiliiul worAea
in sheet metal, and in the snail camp
of Loomis has special machinery re- re-
up for doing cornlce WORK. .a ne q
learned his trade and ran shop Ior
number of years in chicago anu d
man to do mechanical work III una.
city has to know how. 1t rs eXpehs,He
to have cornice work done as NJ
Stofferan is now securing 1t. as tIir
raw material must be sent TO LOOMS
to he worked up and the manuiact"re"
article shipped back. to Oroviiie'
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
PROMOTING MINES.

Henry Bahrs left Monday morning
for West Virginia. where he expects
to close up a mining deal that he has
had pending for some time. II he is
successful 1t means the inauguration
of extensive work on a property not
far distant from Oroville where the
showings justify the expectations o;
some returns on the investment. Mr..
Bahrs has been interested in mining
in this county for a number OF years,
sticking to 1t because he has conf
dence that mines will be ultimately
made He certainly is hustler, and
such a word as quit isanot in his lex
icon.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19

Some time ago the Post TOastie
company offered cash prizes for rhym-
ing jingles, in which Post Toasties
were to be the key note, to be used
for advertising purposes. Mrs. r, A.
De Vos wrote out several, mailing
them to the house. and gave the mat
ter no further thought. Much to the
pleasant surprise of Mrs. De Vos a
letter was received Monday evening
from the Post Toastie people contain
ing a check for 500, and the announce
ment that she had won the second
prize in the contest.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19

The new stofferan building is SLOW, ,~n
J., he hut surely reaching completion
and g wi will be a creditable addition oH 10
the am town when ready for oGeIrancydi ,iahtsd
There 1"r will be a large wen sngn llen'ea a
s1ore s%otorraph % gallery and two or three anNr
pse 1arse store tore room has not as yet been
leased
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-19
ELLENEHAM ITEMS.

Nose Neiswander. of Columbus,
Ohio. is visiting his brother, Vic Neis-
wander on the hill.
Mrs. Isaac Nordland started for her
home in Sweden last Tuesday. Mrs.
Nordland has been failing In health
since she came to this country, three
or four years ago. Her husband and
son remain on their. ranch.
An eight pound girl arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will johnson
last week. c. B. Noyes will hardly
invite YOU into his house these days,
a new boy having arrived on the
premises is the cause. A ten pound
base ball pitcher came to the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Hix last week.
J. S. Henderson and family drove
up around the zenith OF Ellemeham
Sunday calling on neighbors.
Otis Teel with crew Of men has
been putting up hay for Stanley Evans
near LOomis.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-04
ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE
OF "A CALDER RIFLE
RESULTS IN TRAGEDY

Endec, n. NJ, Sept. 3. - While
liouts, a siNteen-year-old hoy OF kan
sas city. who has been visiting his
aunt, Mrs LcarN who lives south ct
Endeo, met with terrible accident
On sunday afternoon al i.3O. resulting
In his death az 3.3O Tuesday morn
ing
The family had been spending the
day at the G.. r. Taylor ranch and
on starting tor home, and while only
q short distance from the Taylor farm
the lad was trying 20 get a .ff-call-
Der rifle out of the buggy 10 shoot
"a rabbit The rifle was accidentally
discharged. the contents of q shell
loaded with No = shot lodging In his
abdomen
The boy was Immediately taken O.
the Taylor home, ana Dr. Hilton was
called az once. but medical skin was
OF no avail In this ease.
whites mother, Mrs W. u. Majors.
ana his sister from Kansas city arr
rived "Wednesday few hours too late
10 attend the funeral, which took
place early the. same day. the rc-
mains being laid to rest IN the Allon
cemetery.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-04
REFEREE ~GLOUIS
FIGHT MANAGER
At TRINIDAD
Third Man in Ring at Attell'
Chavez Battle slaps Dave
Gorback's Face; Grand Free
for All Narrowly Averted.

The Mitchell Carson battle In Al
buquerQue was not the only Labor
day bout that had a thrilling culmi-
nation. The Atteil.Chavez fight at
Trinidad, which ended precipitately
In the twelfth. when the Hebrew
fouled the Mexican, had lts full share
OF startling and unexpected climaNes.
In Albuquerque Mitchell struck Dave
ROll0. the referee. because ne gave
the decision 20 Carson on a foul In
Trinidad. Referee Waller slapped In
the face Dave Gorbaok. AttelFs
manager, because Gorback protested
against the referees decision. TO add
90 the excitement at Trinidad the
fight platform gave way. fighters,
fans and ring officials narrowly es-
Gaping injury. A grand free for all
wes ayerted because the platform col
lapsed az a critical moment
A Trinidad paper gives the follow
Ing account OF the Attell Chavez bat
tie, which Is reproduced In this paper
in order that friends OF Chavez m
Albuquerque may get a good idea OF
the main events OF the battle together
with a brief description OF the
rounds:
Benny chavez. the pride Of Trinl-
dad" was awarded the decision on
foul over Monte Attell. the Pitts.
burg bantam, In the twelfth round
Of a corklng good fight al Central
park Labor day afternoon,
The blow was delivered during d
fierce mix az short range, and wal
seen only ~ those close 10 the ring
Before Referee Waller could inter
ccpt. Chavez rolled 10 the floor will
an agonized expression on his face
while the crowd yelled It's protest
David Gurback Attclrs manager
Jumped through the ropes TO argue
the decision with the referee, an,
the latter. Ia AM excited moment
slapped his face. The spectators i'm
medately surged over seats ana Int,
the ring. pandemonium broke loose
aud Tor a sccond Il looked IKE !
grand tIec- foT-all 10 add 10 the tx
element the raised platform, upOI
which the bout had been staged
crashed 60 the ground. undornoatl
its heavy overload Finy or slNti
men went down. while scores of PEG
| plo standing around the platform
! scrambled out Of the way Fortu
| nately no one was seriously hurt
! although several were slightly bruis
ed. AZ first II waa thought som'
one had been plnionod beneath thu
heavy umbers. but y quick eXamlna
ton diHpruvod the fear,
The match itself was one OF tn
best ever seen la the ROCKY noun
tain region. worth going miles 20 see
/ until the tenth Benny carried th'
battle, aud many times Attoll seemo'
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-04
.FLUAE At ELEPHANT
BUTTE TO Be DONE
BY OCTOBER |
Means Completion of Five Per
Cent of Work at Great Rio
Grande Project; Work OH
Dam Proper Starts Soon.
Especial osrrssBoaSsass 60 zee Herald,

Elephant Butte. y. NJ, Sept. b.
Five per cent of the work necessary
for the finishing Of the Elephant
Butte project Of the United States
Reclamation service VIII be com
plcted October 1, when the oig llume
is ready 10 receive the fun flow Of
the river. Thirty cubic yards OF rock
and earth are being removed daily
from the flume and Engineer w. NJ.
Reed of the service, h. confident the
flumc VIII bee all done In another
month. Machinery and equipment of
various kinds Is arriving an the time,
preparatory 10 the beginning of work
on the dam proper as soon as the
flumo Is ready 10 divert tho river.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-04
DAYS NEWS OF SPORT
HOT OFF THE WIRE.


Rocky Ford. Colo The Arkansas
Valley fair opened here yesterday
with the largest amount OF exhibits
In the history OF the fair. only two
events Featured In the race, Results
TWo.yoar.oid colts, trut or pace,
half mile, purse 800 Monkey Dillon,
first, King Toius. second; Your a
Dillon, third. and York, fourth.
Time. i.25h.
Pong race. boys under ~ years,
purse t50--Roburt Hall (Shcltonl
won easily from "A field Of SIX,
Huntington. n. Y.--Groat Britain
ovened az the series of races for the
Harmsworth trophy for motor boats
the ~ plo Leaf ~, owned by w
Mackay Edgar OF London and the
Mcnn. the Marquis OF Angelseys bont
finishing first ana second respective
~ in the second race for the trophy
America won the first race last sat
urday The honor goes 10 the c0un'
try winning the next race.
---
Rifle Range, Soagirt, y. 1.-The
massachusetts, state rifle team wOr
the Sndlcr trophy match, the feature
OF yesterdays competitions In th'
annual scaglrt shooting tournament
scoring l7Hl out of q possible 2,0u'
points against 1859 for the Iowa
team. which finished second
Tho United states marine corps WA
sixth, l5s3. and Texas seventh
1859.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-04

will be modern IN every respect. Two
sites are being considered now, both
In the downtown section. within u
block of Main street. Only the ring
viii have a roof. the entire arena
otherwise being uncovered. Work
on the arena will be started az once
provided the proposed John Willie
Cass Tarver boxing match, scheduled
for september 20. can be secured for
Roswell. II this fight Is staged else
where, the time for starting the ann
phitheater here is very indefinite.
Alfred Higgins, the local boxer
who fought Jimmy Mcdonald here a
few weeks ago, has been matched TO
box Bobbie Long of Dallas, champion
middleweight OF Texas. here on Oc-
tobar 3. Long is good man and a
hard. clean contest ~ expected,
Promoter MariChal II In Amarillo
closing up the final articles for the
Tarver- White match, and a handsome
bonua has been offered 10 stage the
fight here,
Cass Taryer. victor over Beverly, In
Clovis Thursday night, viii visit RIOS
well In week or ten days and local
promoters believe he viii favor RIOS
well over Clovis for the coming CON
test
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-04
OPEN AIR ARENA TO
BE ERECTED IN ROSWELL
FOR STAGING CONTESTS

Roswell ~ NJ, Sept Local
n0xlng promoters are planning "a
large open-air arena for Roswell, 90
DO built this month. The arena win
have seating capacity Of 1000 and