The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-15
RON THE COUNTY SEAT

Conconully. Nov. 12-With two pre-.
cncts to be heard from, it now ap.
pears that W. +. Gamble. county SUI.
rerintendent of schools, has been re-
elected over his opponent C. NJ. Burn
ham, At this time Mr.. Gamble leads
| by s. votes. The two remaining pre-
cincts, Lower Pine Creek and Park
vill not. it is believed. materially
change the results. Friends of Mr.
Gamble look FOR him to poll good
vote in both precipcts, enough added
continue him in Office for another two
years.
II will not be possible to secure the
unofficial figures OF these missing pre-
cncts as the election officials failed
to make a separate list of the count
md nothing will be known of the vote
b them until the official count is
made some time this week. The county
OmmissiOners are now in session and
when all returns are in Chairman
Wright with the Prosecuting Attorney
md Auditor will go over the figures
md make the results known. 1t is
not believed the official figures will
naterially change the result in any of
he Offices.
E. C. Quackenbush, now of River
ode. appears to have won the election
3 county treasurer over B. l.. Smith.
| d 0kanogan, his democratic opponent.
" small majority.
With the results received the latter
part of last week, j. f. Mccarthy, for
assessor, has made decided gain over
kC Egbert the incumbent. and his
na1Ority Is one of the largest given
AZ candidate. The majorities in ali
he other contests remain on about
tle same basis as announced last
veek.
Two residents of this county have
leen declared insane the past week by
ue county board of examiners, DR.. H.
= Fryer and Dr. A. M. Polk, and COM
nlefed to the state hospital for the in
nne at Medical Lake. The first to be
1mined was Mrs. A. l.. Holley, of the
1eth0w, and she was taken to the hos
nal last Friday by Mrs. Ora Barker
~ travelling guard. Chas. H. Car
sater, who for number of years has
Ieotded here and who was engaged in
oe shoe makers trade, was examined
heer and was removed to Medical
LAKE, by travelling guard the first of
ue week. The unfortunate man was
W taken i'll at OrOville while plying
y trade. He is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Vnauncey Carpenter, of this city, and
brother of w. c. Carpenter, the To-
cal merchant.
The scheduled jury term of superior
court for this county which was to
nave been held this month. beginning
% the 18th, will not be held until De-
eemDer owing to two reasons. Prac
ucally all of the civil cases which were
% come for jury trial have been dis
posed OF in other ways and the jury
vas Illegally drawn. by an oversight,
ae drawing having taken place on
Voiumbus day, legal holiday A new
Jury was drawn last Saturday. and the
panel OF 54 will report here for duty
~ december II, at which time Judge
T. n. Sullivan, of Spokane county su-
perior court, will be here for the trial
= 1t Is expected that the venerable
Nrlst will arrive here on Tuesday, De-
smDer 10, and will remain until all
me cases on the docket have been dis
posed of.
n. A. Wilder, who has served as
cnairman OF the democratic county
Tntral committee since it was organ
ned IN this county, has been appointed
court commissioner of the superior
court Tor this county. He entered up
70 MS new duties yesterday. The ap-
polntment was made by Judge E. X.
Pendergast.
Al the last convention of the demo-
efstic party held here, Mr.. Wilder pre-
Aoed. At the meeting of the executive
eommittee which was held shortly af-
er, Judge c. II. Neal was elected
cnairman of the democratic county
central committee and attorney p. ID.
0mith was appointed secretary and Z.
H. rlnkston, treasurer.
!. a petition for letters of administra-
uon mas been filed in the office of the
serk OF courts by Mrs. Dora A. Allen,
" Oroville, widow of Harry l.. Allen
sho died in Spokane on September 16
Mst Mr.. Allen left personal prop
wy valued at about 1856 besides some
.eai estate. The hearing on the petl-
uon Will be held here December 3.
another petition for letters of ad-
alnistration has been filed by Ella A.
smith, of Oroville, widow of Albert Z.
ssmith, who died in Oroville on October
y; 1912, leaving personal property
,siued at about $685.. This consists or
me = saloon business known as the
,.eerless saloon in Oroville, fixtures,
!" ,"urniture, etc, a small stock of vines
nnquors and cigars and cash in the
Oank of Oroville. The hearing on the
sutton will be held here December d
u oil t.,