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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-03-28
TRAIN DELAYED, ALSO WEDDING

The derailment of a big gondola
car heavily loaded with ties for the
south branch construction in a cut
near Mt. Hull station a few miles east
Of Oroyille Saturday afternoon blocked
the track and held up the Spokane
passenger train that evening". After
q wait OF a couple of hours, the pas
5engers were transferred to a coach
sent up from here, but the train crew
were compelled to wait until seven
o'clock Sunday morning before the OBJ
struction was removed. The derail-
ment was caused by the breaking of
. wheel on the rear truck of the gon-
tola, while on the steep grade. and in
spite Of the automatic stop of the air
brakes the car ran several hundred
ieet before it was brought to a stop
'or that distance the ties were ground
10 pulp and gang of section men
worked most of the night rebuilding
that portion of the track.
The delayed passenger train was
crowded with passengers, who took
he annoyance OF the delay good ma
turedly. The most anxious of the lot
were couple of young people who
were to be married here Saturday
evening. All arrangements for the
ceremony had been made and friends
were awaiting them here. The young
man in his impatience started out to
find a farm house where he could hire
a team and drive with his bride-to-be
to town. Before he returned the re-
lief coach appeared and the young
lady came on down with the other
passengers. The couple did not find
each other until Sunday morning
when the wedding ceremony was per-
formed
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-03-28
ALTO STAGES AND RATE WAR

F. Williamson. of Penticton, has put
a a daily auto stage between that
Mace and Oroville to accommodate
BE largely increased travel between
be two points this spring. w. f..
Velby. OF Keremeos, has been running
ID auto stage between Keremcos and
Renticton, and the starting of the new
&age line was the signal for the insti-
Ehtion of rate war. The fare has
2een reduced from $3.50 trip to $500
md each line is competing keenly with
&s rival to secure the passenger traf-
3c. The travel between the two points
luesday broke all records when 2S
3ervians in four autos and a rig came
1own from Penticton, where they had
teen working on the Kettle Valley
Dad TO take train here for Spokane
81 As a special inducemcnt for travel
Crs to take his route, Mr. Welby offers
= fare from Penticton 10 Oroville via
Keremeos of $500 which includes rail
foad ticket from Keremeos to Oro-
Nile.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-03-28

The Alpha Club will meet Tuesday
afternoon, April 1st, at the home of
Mrs. G. L. Armstrong.
Miss Caroline Olive and John Hark-
ness, of Penticton. came down Satur-
day evening to attend the wedding of
Ernest Mosby and Victoria Neander
Sunday morning.
l.. Chrisman, of Loomis, has leased
the livery stable on the north side of
the track owned by James G. Irving
Mr.. rIving intends to remove to Grand
Forks, B. G.
The friends of Pat Mcdonald will
be glad to learn that he is again able
to be up and around IN doors and eX-
poets to be out on the street the first
seasonable day.
The construction OF the Oroville-
Wenatchee line has been pushed to a
point four miles south of Riverside,
and preparations are now being made
to start surfacing the track. A gang
of men has been employed and a
steam shovel. ordered to be used in
the gravel pit from which tho surfac-
ing material will be obtained. The
work will probably De started within
the next week or ten days.
The Oroville Development League
will hold its regular meeting next
Tuesday evening when arrangements
will be made to send a representative
to Conconully to meet with the county
commissioners on the Seventh of April
and discuss road plans for this dis.
trict. The proposition of holding E
fair here next fall will also be taken
up at the meeting.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-03-28

# Minutes of the meeting of the town
Council of Oroville, Monday evening
March II, 1913.
# Present-Mayor Grubb, Councilmen
Bragg, Murray, Pourtales and Wick
ersham.
# Minutes of the previous meeting
read and approved.
S# Policy for the renewal of the insur-
ance on the town hall was read and on
notion was accepted.
,s# c. f, Sigrist then appeared for the
sokanogan Valley Fruit and Orchards
company and asked that the town con-
older the proposition of selling water
md set price on the same to the said
f3kanogan Valley Fruit and Orchards
6pmpany The matter was referred to
Hfhe Water Committee.
Is# George Bartell then appeared before
he council and asked that the water
inain be laid to mis- residence on Main
otreet, This matter was referred to
fhe Water Committee.
# Motion was made and carried tha,
X Rthe town donate $4,000 to the build
mg of a sidewalk commencing at the
eorner of Central avenue and Chelar
etroet running north on the east side
of Chelan street to Okanogan Boule
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-03-28
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES

Sunday school coDvenes at 1880 ev-
cry Sunday morning The sermon
subject for the morning worship at
11:30 is, IAN Effective Prayer and
Praise Service" The topic for the
Epworth League meeting at $50 p.
m, is. How May l find Deliyerance
From the Sins ! Practiced.' Harold
McCammon, leader. "A Choice" is
the subject of the evening sermon at
1880. A cordial welcome is awaiting
you to any of these services.
r. T. Holland, Pastor.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-03-28
e. R. HOOSE, Clerk.

Minutes of the meeting of the town
council OF the town of Oroville, Wash
iugtOn. March "a, 1913.
Present-Mayor Grubb, Councilmen
Murray, Pourtales and Wickersham.
Minutes of the previous meeting
read and approved as read.
Petition of r. p. Hoskyn to write
insurance on the town pump house
ana contents was read and on motion
was granted the policy to be written
lor $4,000 on the building, $1,000 90
on the motor, pump and tools.
"A committee representing the Civic
league then appeared before the coun-
ell asking the permission to improve
the streets, plant trees and the free
use of water for the irrigation of the
trees, and the cooperation of the
council in the Improvement of the
town.
Motion was made and carried that
the permission TO improve the streets
plant trees and the free use of water
tor the irrigation of the trees be grant
ed and that the council cooperate
with the Civic League in these i'm
proVements, provided the work be
done under the supervision of the
council and the street commissioner.
On motfor tne cUUncrT auJuurueIi.
E. r. HOOSE, Clerk.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-03-28
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES

Sunday school at 10 a. m. Com
muniOn service, II a. M, followed by
the annual congregational meeting.
All members are urged to be present
at the morning service. G. e. service,
$50 p. M, topic, Missions at Home
and Abroad-Education leader, j. w.
Gilmour. Worship, 1880 p. m, SER
mon, "a Commandment for Today"
Fred NJ. McCreary, Minister.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-03-28

ward, east on the south side of Okanog-
an Boulevard to Second avenue, east
ON the south side of Second avenue to
the corner of Bridge street and north
on the west side of Bridge street to
the Okanogan river bridge, said side
walk to be continuous walk and to
be built feet wide, under the super
vision of the Street Commissioner.
Street and Ally Committee were in
structed to investigate the matter of
procuring q way of grading and re-
pairing certain streets and report at
The next meeting.
The mayor then designated the 3rd
day Of April as clean up day and ord
cred the Clerk to have notice of the
same published
On motion Council adjourned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
THAT HORSE SHOW WRITE-UP.

At nineteen he took to runnlnS The
Paducah Daily News" then he dllfted to
New York. and now dates his leap into
the more literary productions To The pub
LEGATION IN an evening. newspaper Of his
veterinary wrte-up Of women of society
as seen by him at the New York horse
show
\ certain discoverer OF latent talent IN
n nearby. quiet metropolis was so enam-
CURED Of the young Kentuckan's compari-
beauty of hoofs and names that he at
tached Cobb To his salary roll.
Under that management Cobb now dis
cusses everything. from medicine To
with patient, conscientious attention to
detail.
Cobb has the faculty of making i
knucke joint sound funny when he re-
fers Ia one III print. and the mere men
ton OF one by him accelerates the cir
culation OF the magazine. All Of which
makes the editors knuckle to Cobb.
Everybody laughs as soon as Cobb
looms up on the horizon. Even the ex-
preston OF his back is funny. especially
about the shoulders. when he is telling a
story.
His own opinion as to his personal APP
peaIance Is that he Is not especially
beautiful, with tgure that Is unde-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

cided. but that might be called bunchy in
places"
Asked about Flagg. Cobb said he was
the official beauty OF the club.
Ills bench name" he continued. lis
James Montgomery His kennel name
is Monte He is writing play.
That is the only thing he hasn't done.
Very versatile fellow is Monte Re
gardcd by all writer's as a good artist and
by all artists as a good writer"
\ large picture OF George Barr Nc
Cutcheon being thrown on the screen at
this juncture. Cobb said:
The author OF "A million deathless
works that you can't remember"
George Barr McCutcheon is the brother
II John T.. the oartoonist. He was real
actor once. To prove II, he ran away
from the farm In rippecanoe County,
Ind, when a boy.
Now lie is the School Girl Master of
Fiction. His imagination performs many
athletic acts. His readers must do the
same if they would keep pace with his
output In The Bniionaire Baby" he
was perfectly corking bartender.
Rupert Hughes was now attracting at
tention as the villain of the piece. Flag
explained TO the writer that Hughes was
the author OF the expression, II cannot
always fan"
II was just after his play entitled "EX-
cuse Me-" had made its great hit on
broadway. Flagg was congratulating MIN
when Hughes made that now historic re-
mark.
This season another of Rupert Hughess
plays was produced. 1t was entitled
What Ais YOU" The critics asked
Hughes that question next morning.
Some years ago he was connected with
the Encyclopedia Britannica. Asked by
the writer what he was doing with the
Encyclopedia Britannica. Mr. Hughes
said:
Il wrote II and advertised It,"
He plays the piano az beautifully as
he writes. and If you have any work In
sculpture that YOU want done well, Rupert
is fine at that Withal. he is as shy as
Pierre Lott, though as well dressed as
Fouquieres.
Tom" Mason, editor Of Life" played
the part of the messenger boy. One of
the members said that Mason was the
worst actor he ever saw.
Under Mr.. Mason Life" has taken an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
BREATH OF THEIR NOSTRIlS.

The craving for publicity is not discred-
liable. On the contrary. II is perfectly
human impulse. And authors and artists,
being intensely human. have an abnormal
hankering for II.
So. some of these intensely human be-
ings got together few years ago in the
d. T. Club under ARENAS Wards in
spring motto;
You scratch my back and I'll scratch
yourn."
II mus. be admitted that in the art Of
gratulatory mutual massage brethren Of
the d It's are masters summa cum
laude.
The middle name of the club is Press
Agent.
The boosting art was practised by them
when Broadway was bowling waste and
when authors were glad to get a cent a
word.
In that early time the methods were
crude and raw compared to the Italian
refinement of to-day, when a corps Of
one hundred litterateurs and oilmen get
together weekly to polish off and passe-
partout one another's fame.
They get together weekly because fame
is transitory and furnishes. oh. too soon!
But O little regular polishing will keep
anybodys 'scutcheon secured.
In the beginning the bright work was
done casually In Railways. In cafes when
times were good and In editorial sane
tums.
But now there 10 scientific organiza-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
If You Are Willing to axe from the Writer, the Annual
TANNER of the Retiring and Blushing Authors and
Artists of the Organization Mentioned Resulted
in Some Large and Entertaining Doings.

ton, a semi-regular headquarters. a sec
rotary who is paid for what lie spends on
postage stamps ana perfumed stationery,
a weekly meeting where little food is
absorbed, but where the chief nourish-
mcnt consists of mutual compliments.
Like Hawkeye Holmes. the organization
never sleeps in its quest for praise and
publicity. In dark and desolate hours.
when there is a shortage of nosegays and
the members are exhausted from coming
each other. they commander Fritz, the
waiter at Keen's Chop House, and make
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

him serve them scuttle full of Dutch
incense.
Authors great and well known have not
sneezed at the privilege in times Of de
lection of having Fritz for claque con-
ductor.
The festivities at Delmonicos began
when President Flagg announced that the
ID. It's had consumed all the wine In
the wine cellar.
Mr. Flag is only thirty-five years old.
and has been before the public for the
last twenty-three years. He began at
twelve years as illustrator for st Mich
olas Magazine" and at fourteen was
drawing for Judge
Reckoning by the amount and variety
Of work he has put across Flag should
be nnety-three to-day.
Judging by the income he is reputcj
to receive the income tax collector will
soon leave Flag at halfmast.
1t is not the policy Of the d. It's for
a member to boost himself But each
member boosts some other member and
so the same result is attained.
1t Is true some of the material they
give out about each other doesn't seem
to be very creditable. but 1t is said with
smile and makes all the better story
because of its dssimilanty to the usual
opinion expressed for publication
AS II case in point, Flagg wouldn't talk
about himself. He was passionately ad-
dicted to the club and to all Of the club
members. 1t was easy to see that. But
he evadcd conversation having himself or
his work for its keynote.
So the writer sought out Irwin Shrews-
bury Cobb, pulchritudinous pillar OF
the organization. the greatest humorist
according to Roy McCardell, VINO ever
lived In Yonkers.
Cobb was born I'm Paducah, Ky. He
is Democrat. but not q colonel-yet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
HERE THEY ARE.

There were, for example, James Mont
gomery Flag, president Of the club,
Charles Dana Gibson, Will Irwin, Rupert
Hughes George Barr McCutcheon. Tom
Mason. Ellis O. Jones. Orson Lowell and
at least ninety-two others whose names
have kick
Now, 10 explain the causes which led
TO this uprising at Delmonico's, one must
go back. These artists and writers-not
TO mention editors-have felt for a long
time the peculiar injustice Of their posi-
lion. That is to say, the light Of pub
been mid under a bushel.
Statesmen and fnanciers get their
names in the papers almost every day
Writers and artists struggle along with
a meagre recognition wrung from con-
temporary opinion whenever they get the
chance 10 sign their work in the weeklies
and monthlies. or when they erupt at in
frequent art exhibitions.
1t is pitiful that our most prolific au-
thors may not sec their names in type
more than ten times month, while the
commonest witness in the New York po-
lice graft infamy is played up big.
OF course there are authors who see
their names on theatrical billboards, on
book covers, on the jackets of upliftful
magazines all at the same time. But
the number of these polyfamous littera-
teurs is few.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

Kentucky has had a habit Of going Re-
publican IN recent years and some per-
sons accuse Cobb OF not standing by his
state But Cobb says his state has no.
stood by him.
He was going to Ice scenery. or back
ground. or something In the play, but
they found they did not need the kind
OF scenery that cobb could DO best. 50
he was an innocent bystander I'm this as
he says. he also is in the matter of re-
ligion.
Cobb drove an foe wagon one particu-
larry sultry summer I'm Paducah. when he
was only sixteen years Old. II rs dues-
ton whether chat experience has had
any influence upon his career as a hli-
morst. although il may have been the
starting point Anyway. nothing looked
funny to Cobb until after he quit that
job on the ice wagon.
Since then he has scarcely ever been on
any kind of water wagon. although he
sure has been cutting some tee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

almost radical position on problems OF
Married Men" as the cartoons OF Art
Young have demonstrated. Also. the pa
per is ivisection-seriously so.
Some six-cents-a-word humorsts az din
ner asserted that Mr.. Mason had or
gained to keep anything funny out o.
Life" They said that he, being self
made man. couldn't spell "pterodacNl
and didn't know what ''praema'ism'
meant. So they argued he didn't know
whether jokes on these items were funny
or not.
on his own initiative Mr.. Mason Is now
considering the proposition of issuing
humorous number" This is not an an
nouncement. II Mr.. Mason decides 20
publish such number he will probably
let il be known.
AS one Of three gunner, Charles Dana
Gibson, the husband of one Of the Lang
horne girls. of Virginia. gathered large
amount of We'll deserved applause. His
son. Langhorne, also acted well
The elder Gibson was so fayorably inn
pressed by the moving pictures in which
he appeared that he was overheard 10 say:
81 would like to see myself for eight
hours"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

1T was the annual TANNER OF the
Brilliant but Unblushing Boys Oh
l. The Dutch Treat Club, Limited-the
George Cohans of the sketchinS pencils
and the rloketty-pachetty keyboards'
The boys drank a ffteen-course dinner at
Delmonicos last Wednesday night.
Afterward they gave two performances.
One of the weirdest seen on any stage
The other was. well-a musical satire en-
titled "Everymagazine: An immortality
Play" Then came the moving picture
burlesque. Saved by Parcel POST or, The
Billionaire Baby"
Jack Reed. Of Harvard Hasty Pudding
fame. was responsible for the lyrics of
the satire Bill DAILY. Old Dams nephew.
was the musical genius who perpetrated
the scales; in fact. he was the whole or
chestra.
The satire of the performance consisted
in good-natured professional knocks at
various magazines. the editors of which,
Judging by the dialogue have been guilty
of failure to purchase columns Of DEATH
less odes and yards Of immortal art
thereby entering into a conspiracy against
the public to keep hidden genius from
electrfying 1t.
Among those present werc-but the
reader may be assured that this was
q bona-fide foregathering of bright lights
with names as familiar In WhoOpopolis
as Blink's Borax and Marion Harlan's
Helpful Hints to Housewives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
LEADER OF BoN-BoN SCHOOL,

Some artists who receive less pecuniary
emolument than the inventor Of the CID
son shrtwaist refer to him as the leader
Of the Bon Bon and Chocolate School. HIS
admirers even call him the American
Rodin in pen and ink work. McCardel
struck happy medium by saying
Hes the cove that put the girl on the
cover" Another gunman was VIII lrwih'
of whom Wallace is his brother. lie
didn't have to study the part very much.
because he is kind of socialist. anyway
An intellectual socialist, v understand;
he never froths at the mouth. Is well bal
anced and respectable-not at all danger
Gus. like Ellis Q. Jones. another member
OF the club. who writes the good stun IN
Life"
Everybody likes VIII Irwin lie is a
regular fellow.
Some time ago he wrote an autopsy on
newspapers In Golfers Weekly" IL was
one Of the finest post mortems of the kind
ever executed. When Irwin finished up
the job the remains rose from the iissect-
ing table and went about its usual bust
ness. But it was Il good autopsy.
HE SUGAR COATS THE PILL.
Speaking Of r. o. Jones-he is one OF
the most deadly dangerous socialists III
the country. Under the grise OF hun'O'
he delivers fierce knocks on our present
institutions. Notwithstanding this, he
lives in Montclair.
Mr.. Jones has an alchemical power OF
style that embodies flashing cynicism ana
a rapierlike wit. There are, IL Is salo'
three kinds of writer's: Those who write
from the head. those who write from the
heart and those who write from the
shoulder.
Each time Jones Smithpremiers he
writes from all three places. For reerea-
ton he carries cane. and travels arouhu
a good deal with Allan Benson, VINO
writes serially on socialism-very serious
George Grantham Balm, besides oeihs
''our secretary" is a living answer 10 the
query: Are Whiskers Beautiful?
Having settled this matter. Mr. BAN
now devotes all his time to distributing
second hand European junk among the
Western dailes. Whether it's worio
Contiuued nm sev enth uaRe
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25

Rocky Mount. March 22-Following
the tests Of the coming two weeks
the Atlantic Coast Line will in the fu-
ture handle it's freight trains in ac-
cor6ance with the amount OF tonnage
instead of car numbers as has been the
case heretofore.
There is now under way a series Of
tonnage tests all over the system. and
by this test it is purposed that the
transportation offices shall hav at frst
hand the exact tonnage capacity OF
every freight engine. and know exactly
at what rate Of speed it will be possible
to handle the train. In time past the
Atlantic Coast Line has known its en-
gines by car capacity. but this recent
change to tonnage is in accor with
the advanced idea in railroad opera
ton and the railway systems OF the
western states have found that the
tonnage rating allows for a material
increase in efficiency yer the old sys-
tenn Of rating.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
OFFICERS OF
N. Y. SOUTHERN SOCIETY

New York. March 2e.-The new at
torney general. James c. McReynolds,
was elected a member Of the executive
committee of the Southern Society OF
New York city. at the annual election
of officers at the Waldorf-Astoria
Thursday night. George Gordon Bat
tie, a former Tar Heel. was chosen
vice-president. The other officers
elected were: Thomas S. Fuller, also
an ex-North Carolinian, secretary:
William d. Buckner. treasurer. and
Rev. st. Clair Hester. chaplain. h
election was followed by a s,noke and
a musical entertainment. President
McCorkle is one Of the "discoverers'
of Woodrow Wilson, and the first
meeting held in New York to boom
Governor Wilson for the presidential
nomination took place in Mr.. McCor-
kle's office. Mr.. McCorkle was the
first ia subscribe funds for the Wilson
nomination bureaus expense. and later
accompanied h president-eiect to the
birthplace of the later-Staunton, Va.
It is not known for what office he is
slated.