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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-03-06

kane in Superintendent Doyle'S pri-
vate car, and was taken on to River
side Saturday. Mrs. Blackwell has
been critically i'll for several months,
and was at Spokane under medical
treatment for several weeks. She is
somewhat improved, but is YET far
from having regained her normal
health.
Hon. w. A. Halteman, United States
marshal for eastern Washington, spent
Tuesday in Oroville on his way to
Conconully on official business. Mr..
Halteman has caught it in the neck
by the decapitating democratic ak, the
appointment of his successor having
been confirmed by the senate Tuesday.
He takes his removal philosophicaily
as he recognizes that democrats should
be on guard during a democratic ad-
ministration. 1t can be said of Mr..
Halteman that he is not a democrat
ally, i. e., socalled progressive, but
| true to the party that he has tra.aed
with for so many years, and under the
administration of which this country
| has reached such an exalted position
among the nations Of the earth.
M. G. Jackman, local weather ex-
pert, hands in the following report OF
weather conditions for February, with
a comparison with the February of
| 1913, which shows that there was not
a very great difference in the temper
ature between the two years. The
lowest temperature during February,
1918, was 3 degrees below zero. The
| lowest temperature for last month
was l degree above zero. The highest
temperature during February, 1913.
was so degrees above zero. The high
est last month was As above. Mean
temperature for 1914, 277; for 1918,
%. Maximum temperature for 1914.
As; for 1913, so. Total precipitation
for 1914, 6 inches; for 1913, 0. Total
snow fall for 1914, As, for 1913. o.
Some more of such February weather
and Oroville will be known as winter
resort
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4NO. 5Va'
NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF WAL
DEMAR c. WEHE FOR A UNITED
STATES PATENT.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-03-06
Description Of the Sunrise Lode.

Commencing at corner No. 1 indentical
with location corner. Set a granite stone
with a cross 'X' at the exact cor. point
and 1892. A mound of stone NV. Of Cor.
whence the one-quarter section cor. be-
EWM bears N 20 deg. rs min. W. 2S5.7 It.
dist. Thence s. 90 deg. min. e. Var.
"a deg. 80 min. e. Ascending along the
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-03-06

MN. w. l0J feet distant. 524.0V it 10 COZ
.>o. anu place Vi beginning. Containing
4U.4Uo ACRES. Amended nouce OF LOCATION
recorded III book ~. OF Quartz records,
~ page 2oU.
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luxury sitting trunks and glad have the privilege

Introduced her to a group uf Amer
lean women who hold together here very
decentralization my own mother. their
dozen. to a lively young Russian girl
temporarily adopted 10y Mrs. Il.
Mrs. IL. SAYS that before quitting
her Norgrs villa she wanted to give the
considerable stock of live chickens and
pigeons and a great garden full NJ
vegetables to the working natives. NO
need To- trouble yourself" said the
Mayor. I'VE are on the point Of requi-
sitioning all those things of yours for
the common good"
Mrs. Ii. VINO arrived WIN one
SihhI, trunk ana manu- '"'o','' 90
W"hu'ri"' l'"',S "n "'"u9 u ,no -. 80
hdd heoh allowed To uraM "n,S WV I'm
"'' "'ll'' account J." ''' "o'
1t Is -" hntrdlhs PERIOD anu hopo"y
knows what - To come. Ihey TAX Oh
l0.OOh,0OO COmlStants being thrown on
the field OF war--and lo,oOo'ooo more
reserves armed, from boy SCOUTS 10
Terrltorials of go
They talk Of $50 600 900 per day being
si'ent in transports. equipments, ARM
amcnts powders, soldiers food, Red
Cross work, and the destruction u
towns. farms, fields and growing crops.
They talk Of all factories being
closed. the countryside deserted and
commerce paralyzed in the great Euro
pean countries Banks will break, rail-
road trains will stop running, ports WIN
bc closed. great cities will suffer famine
and governments will 20 bankrupt!
40 wonder Switzerland is nervous.
Both France and Germany have
again sulcmnly guaranteed her neu-
tral.,y. They swear they will respect
(which they had no need to swear
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young daughtcrs. Mr.. G. comes
here for good part Of each year. lie
came with fat letter Of credit. We'll"
said Mrs. G.. II told Henry to run
over to AiN-lcs- Bains to meet his sis
ter. lie heard somcthing OF this money
shnrtncss on the train and went i'm
mcdiately to the AK bank printed as
CORES pundrnt on his letter of credit
They would not give him cent. And
AK Is in France, Here in Lausanne
ii is the same. We cannot get anything
NJ pasche Is trusting us for board and
advancing us money We have lived at
Tia" Beau-Scjour So long. OF course we
have cablcd for funds 10y way Of Italy.
bat now they say that the Simpon Is
u hc closed"
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And food boarding Is beginning
In a neutral land mind you. two days
after the run on the banks, there were
runs on the Frocrrs. The people of
Lausanne plunge particularly on entire
hams, hacons, salt beef tins Of crack
ers and biscuits. and all kinds Of timed
meats vegetables and fruits, dried peas,
beans. lentils. meal and breakfast fouds
But they are not particular. If they
cannot hoard them they Will hoard mus
tard. saw one good dame buy SIX
quarts of orangeadc cssencci
The Swiss Government forhids the
sale of certain products useful tn the
army, @. T., candles. petroleum. oil and
essence. and COLA oil, hurn>l in small
hand lamps. We'll, having To buy a
half pint of olive oil for ~ American
lady's night lamp, was refused by four
grocers although olive oil is not on the
taboo list.
Yet the ordinary run Of Swiss seem
almost better off than in nor
NAL times mean those on the
edge of small means. An Alpyrican
lady of perhaps -, in black for the
loss of her son in an Alpine tragedy.
sat lonely after dinner on tn, lounge Of
the Beau SeJour. She looked so sweet
and sad spoke to her. She was Mrs.
b of Cleveland, living in h,r villa
at Morgcs with her daughter. who r.
married to a wealthy young Swiss. an
officer in the landwchr Just rs the
daughter went to a Lausanne clinic to
bear her first baby the husband was or
dered to the Swiss mobilization. And
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der points and several formidable gum
boats on the Seine. The improvident
T.npire left Paris almost totally I'M
provided with guns and ammunition,
and but for the heavy ordnance brought
up from the seaports we should he In
hopeless condition as far as siege
pieces are concerned"
But this was not the whole story
of military unprcperedness on Septem.
Der Is, 1870.
The army of Paris was composed
Of organizations numbering 1000 men
and 800 guns. The most conspicuous
of these troops were the National Guard
and the Gardes Mobiles, So far as
numbers were concerned, the National
Guard was a formidable body, but most
Of them were scarcely more trained than
mere recruits, and many OF the bat
talions openly voiced opinions that were
sure to breed trouble sooner or later
Capt, Bingham, retired British army
officer then in Paris. has provided the
following particulars anent the soldiers
available for the defence OF the French
capital:
Like the Mobiles they National
Guard have elected their own officers,
and there IL a charming disregard for
discipline, which will not improve the
value of the force Each battalion has
! its comma ndant. who Is a sort of politi-
cal Colonel and who commands his
, battalion inside the walls but sub
sides into an adJutant beyond the en-
ccnte Hardly single commandant
knows how to handle a regiment. Most
of them have been elected on political
grounds; one man commands a battalion
because he Is an ardent Socialist; an
other because he was transported under
the Empire; and a third because he
shot an officer Of police"
Fortunately for the honor Of Paris
and the credit of tho French. tho sea .
men of the fleet were rcquisitioned for
service about the capital The sailors
manned the forts, most of which were
commanded by an Admiral and the
gallant jackies put up splendid fight
upon many memorable occasions. They
were quite undismayed by the iron hail
and the awful carnage produced by the
German guns, Indeed. upon one oc-
casiOn, during which these tars took
part in a sortie against the enemy, 30
of them out If 600 failed to answer roll
call at the end of the days grim work
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the very footprints of Napoleon Bona
parte and Haunting his newly won dig
nifty in the faces of the eXaspcrated
French.
Paris was not in n state of siege long
ere It broke out with the spy mania.
Upon the least provocatiun people were
suspected. accused and made To suffer
unless ;hty were fortunate enough To
be able to establish their innocence.
The longer the investment endured the
worse this atmosphere Of distrust grew,
and we are seeing to-day a repetition
of just this condition in all of the Eu-
ropean cities where the mailed hand
of war has laid i's weight Among
a people already distressed 10y the men
ace of famine and the cold of bitter
winter this fear Of spies added meas
urahly to the auXietics of the moment.
As the prussians narrowed their
circ.e about the city the problem of
the defenders increased in gravity. The
inventors then came forward with all
sorts Of hair raising propositions WHICH
to them promised effective and easy
ways of disposnG OF the enemy whole
sale. q. list of these suggestions shows
an amazing amount of fertility of i'm
"E'I''''""' ""' AIS" '"' '"' '''' "c'"H
81 i"''S '"'S' SaNt'h means CAM ~"
l""' ~ So"f'e VI ''''',''H,H ''''"'eu wa
S''E nav" ''u'''"Nr ''" III, ,"A' IrNIPr
lo' "'aN'"E 'ie'N "''' anu th'S ""'r'u
| ,ne n'u'''''p"l Hutno," inns way OF
w. "'''7 "P "'''' ''''"'''"' Va III
lFuSS'ahS'
But probably the one eNpedient adj
vis'd did have some practical value
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They handled the naval guns with skill
and endured far better than the soldiers
the bitter cold and rigors Of that dis
tresslng winter.
The fall of Sedan drove back upon
Paris the remnants of MacMahon's
army and most of these were scarcely
better than disreputable lot of
plundering rascals. The low wine shops
of the capital offered them the seduc-
lions for which they hungered, and this
leaven added powerfully to the in
subordination and the uncertain mood
of the bulk of the other soldiery. In
deed drunkenness was all too frequently
In evidence among the defending troops.
and Capt, Bingham gives us this sug-
gestive detail under date Of December
20, 1870;
THE men in the trenches are occa-
s!Onally drunk-whole hattalions Of
thcm-and the 2Olst reached the out
posts OF Issy yesterday morning in a
state Of complete lntoXication. Several
Of the men broke intosthe church. pro-
famed the altar and the sacred vessels,
clothed themselves in the sacerdotal
robes and simulated the religious cere-
monies. The consecratcd bread and
wine were handed round with revolving
jokes"
In order to hamper the movement OF
the Prusslans the French blew up no
fewer than sixty bridges in the neigh
borhood Of Paris and besides this they
| levcllcd hundreds of houses within the
military zone about the clty's walls and
around the detached forts As an eye
| witness put 1t; 1T Is lamcntable to wit
I ness the amount OF destruction. All the
| charming villas and trees which stood
within five hundred yards OF the
enccinte, or in the vicinity Of the de-
iached forts, have been ruthlessly, and
at times wantonly, destroyed; and all
the country houses spared by the Ell
gineers have been pillaged by mnrauders
and the men OF the Mobile Guard"
by September 20 the Germans were
reported at Versailles, and there it was
that the King OF Prussia took up his
quarters. actually sleeping, 50 :: vas
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ARTS bcleaguercd again,

HAlilS bcleaguercd again.
- Instead Of the city Of seven
L seges, Paris is now in fair
way 10 suffer an eighth invest
ment. VIII she be put TO the same ter
rible stress that was her lot forty odd
years ago? or is she in position to-
day to endure another such trial
hest if We compare the circumstances
OF to-day with those that prevailed
during that fateful winter of 1901.
Fortunately there are a number OF
admirable diaries giving in some detail
the conditions as they developed during
the months Of September October. No
"ember, December and January of that
bitter period. The best We can do now
is to touch upon the characteristic
phases of that siege of a hundred and
thirty-five days, and these possess suf'i-
cient color to give W. an active picture
of the odds faced by the people Of Paris
when the prussans frightened their iron
ring around that ancient fortress city.
The fail of Sedan on September /,
1870, was the blow that destroyed popu-
lar faith in Napoleon III. and procipi-
tated, when the news reached Paris
three days later, the declaration of the
republic and virtually wiped out the
imperial Government. with the advent
of the Commune came confusion in the
French capital Just when united
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mo good" said the girl. "1 cannot
change them
But I must have my cup Of tea"
faltered the more elderly American.
Tears ran down her discouraged cheeks,
because she had been through a lot
quitting Germany in panic without her
trunks because all the baggage cars had
been requisitioned for the mobilization.
She had also quit her automobile, which
the German army had seized: but that
Is another story. We sat up all night
in the Lausanne railroad station. There
was not hotel automobile the Swiss
Government has seized the gasolene).
My two nieces rode two hours in n
rickety cab and could not find lodging
for us. 1t took our last small silver"
jumped up. Madame" said, II
am rich. Listen. And jingled a
pocketfu Of nickel Chicken feed"
TO offer you three cups OF tea and buns"
1t cost me 40 cents; but what did I
care?
told the ladies' they had only to
walt five days. when the Swiss Govern
ment would certainly have issued 81
and 81 bills. These. It was calculated,
would bring out the small silver and
nickel again--the delightful. precious
nickels: but alas, it has not done so.
you are lucky to have Swiss bank
notes" I concluded. But they had only
$40 worth-and a letter OF credit.
got them into the Beau Sejour. not
by Offering high prices. not by flourish
but just by working on the sympathies
of Monsieur Pasche. the proprietor. Il
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drift over the IrussIdn camps, WheTe
their dire charges could be dropped
wholesale. Happily, wiser counsels pre-
vailed. for IN just this way Paris could
have been wounded desperately, while
the harm to the foe would have been
relatively trifilng.
At the outset of the siege efforts were
made To garner provisions from tho
outlying country, but the Prussians cut
this method of replenshment short
when they narrowed the iron ring they
were slowly but surely forging about
the French capital At first the cOun-
try people We're admitted To Paris With
out restriction, but then came a day
when only those could gain entrance
who brought with them either valuable
property or the cattle and products ~
their farms. In the early stages great
hay ricks adorned the public squares
of the city, but surely week by week
this forage disappeared to satisfy the
horses. cattle, asses and sheep that had
been driven within the shelter Of the
barriers. As this food failed the live
stock had to be killed and eaten then,
for the meat could not be preserved or
the animals left to starve, as many nf
them did when their gaunt bodies
offered hut little in the way of nourish-
mcnt for the huugcrlng populace.
By October ~ each person was re-
Cciving a daily allowance of 100 grams
Of meat but the system Of distribution
was So clumsy and the huugering num-
bcrs so great that 1t took person on
an average of two hours to reach his
turn at the door of the designated
butcher shop. At that time the popula-
ton of the city was a little less than
. 90 900. and thus wit, "A daily con-
sumption of something like 100000
pounds it meant a matter only OF about
three weeks before the supply of fresh
meat would be completely exhausted.
And fresh meat. mind you. did not mean
beef. mutton ana lamp.
by November Q meat was given out
but once every three days, and at that
rate there was available flesh only 'or
five more distributions. We'll nigh all
| the animals in the Jardin Il ACclmain-
| tiou were eaten including the clcpAantS'
| the kangdrous and Ike unusual sources
! of food. Indeed, kangaroo meat brought
quite - francs a puunu, ana STEAK
I from an elephants trunk was udhIt
a calling for an outlay of - francs, can
/ ore wonder that dogs and eats wcr" nj
"A premium? lIorseiicsh and the meat
/ of asses were Injuries That adorned
the bills of fare Of the best restaurants.
At that time lamb was freely o'tcr"d Tor
sale. hat singular coincidence was
the growing scarcity of live dogs IN
December - cats were bringing s
francs.
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trunks and Glai to do it--because hum
dreds cannot get their trunks through
wait for their husbands to run from
bank to bank and hotel to hotel The
hotels are full and banks refuse to
honor good American letters of credit.
Such are the sights Of the panic AMI
boarding period that ushers in the great
European war-even in the peaceful
city of Lausanne. whore this is being
written, and throughout neutral Switz-
erland.
II they do this in the green twtg,
what shall it be in the dry?
The money disappeared as II by magic.
One day We were arrogantly demanding
gold in change for our English. French
and American bank notes; and the OBJ
sequious shopkecpers took back their
Swiss 81 and $40 bills and gave us the
yellow metal, all We wanted. The next
day il was our paper money that they
laughed at. and no shop in Lausanne
would change even "A German 100 mark
bill. \ day later the banks themselves
refused TO change them-and we mad
the astonishing spectacle Of Americans
with good money and unable to buy a
shoestrng.
Gold simply got out Of sight We
had dcspiscd silver dollars GIVE franc
or lire pieces, current all OVER when the
banks began to give them out in bags
to replace gold Now any one who has
against last bitter need; and We hug
silver dollars and 10 cent pieces as our
best friends. We don't spend them
lightly,
Into the greatest Of Lausanne tea
rooms three gentle American tourist
women entered Their hair was mussy,
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the clinic. crowded with IKE emergency
cases had no room for the young wie's
mother. NJ. PasChe admitted her 10
the beau Sciour though | cannot mag
inc where he found bedroom. And
she. prospective grandmother So young
and sympathetiC, an American lady
very much abroad and very lonely. sat
hopping her eyes on the hotel lounge.
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\ partial excuse for dishonuring
American letters of credit came out.
European Governments and banks,
when they felt these troubles coming
on, bought and borrowed vast Quanti-
ties Of gold in America. America sup
posed it would come back in the natural
ncod and cbh, but Il will not. boarding
boarding panic boarding
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mobilization took so many. replied
snappily, Have you pieces" Cmeaning
silver or nickel money!. Now. as you
cannot have even nickel money with
out getting it in change for silver, or
silver without getting it in change for
gold or notes, the American ladies' plight
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With Pockets Full of Paper Money Some
Were Neither Sure Of a Bed to Sleep
In nor Able to Buy Food in the Panic
That Ushered in the War

their clothes had the creased look OF
sitting up al! night. Tea aud toast"
they ordered. adding. can We have an
egg" The waiter girl, herself worn
gu, by the strain, personal troubles and
fatigue of doing mems work since the
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Prussan Attack After Defeat of Napoleon ILL., Sedar
Found French Army and People Without Leaders
Skilled Either in War or Government

slippers. because even before the siege
ended he WAS proclaimed Emperor of
Gcrmauy-On January threading in
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said in the very he'd Of the Grand
Monarque' Indeed, William l. was
then preparing his feet for imperial
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To serve them" he said MY porters.
room and hall Wallets, sub-chefs, cellar
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EFINED American women with
their pockets filled with money
and not sure of bed to sleep

IN
American women offering wads of
bank notes-and not able to buy n
penny bum
Wealthy American tourists who pro
rided amply for their trip--and find
themselves suddenly pcnnilcss'
Modest American tourists counting
every dollar. with their passage home
paid for "A Givon datc--and cannot reach
their boat!
Women of luxury sitting on their
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-01

through a shopkeeper's window. She
eyed Mr. Magee pityingly. and they
stood until MT. Max caught up with
them.
so that's the PERMITS shack. said
Max, indicating the little wooden hut
at which they. had arrived "A funny
place for a guy TO bury himself. 1
should think he'd get TO longing for
the white lights and the table d'hotes
with red wine"
a very unromantic speech" reprov-
ed the girl You should be deeply
thrilled at the thought OF penetrating
the secrets of the hermitage. 1 am.
Are you, Mr.. Magee?"
She smiled up at Magee, and he was
in that state where he thought that in
the blue depths OF her eyes he saw the
sunny slopes OF the islands OF the blest.
r. he caught himself in time. He
would not be idiot enough to babble 1t
again. He pulled himself together.
'Pm going to make you believe in me-"
be said. with touch of his old Jaunti-
ness.
Mr.. Max was knocking with charac-
teristic loudness at the hermit's door.
The door OF the hermit's abode open
ed before Mr.. Max's masterful knock.
and the bearded little man appeared on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-01
EAT LESS MEAT
IF BACK HURTS
Take a Glass of Salts to FLUSH
Kidneys if Bladder Bothers
You.

Eating meat regularly eventuai'
produces kidney trouble in some lo,D'
or other, says a well-know authot.r'
because the uric acid in meat eAe''ss
the kidneys, they become oVer"oiAe =,
get sluggish; clog up ana cause
sorts of distress, particularly oacAs.-
and misery in the kidney region; rnea
matte twinges, severe headaches az
stomach, constipation. torpid ~
sleeplessness, bladder ana ufiAA'
irritation. LA.
The moment your back hurts OF ~
news aren't acting righ., or II oiauUs y,
bothers you. get about four ounces
Jad Salts from any good phariia.,
take a teaspoonful in a glass Oh "@ "a
before breakfast for few days a.
your kidneys will then act nne' !,
famous salts is made from the aeiu
grapes and lemon juice. comoineu ~"
li.hia. and has been used for gehelr
lions TO flush clogged kidneys
stimulate them to normal act'sS,
also TO neutralize the ACIDS u
urine so il no longer irritates' sn''
ending bladder disorders
lad Salts cannot injure ahyou
makes a delightful effervescent ILL.,
water drink which millions OF men -
women take now and then 10 keep
kidneys and urinary organs clean ~
avoiding serioa- kidney oiSe
(Adv.(