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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-15
FAR FROM "COMPLETED."

State Highway Engineer w. H.
Boetzkes makes the statement to the
Okanogan Independent that all the
state road work in Okanogan county
for this year has been completed. 1t
is only charitable tC suppose that Mr..
Boetzkes is ignorant of the facts as to
the nature of some or the state road
work in the county, or he never would
have used the word completed, al
though it is his duty to know what has
been done if his position is of super
visory character. He certainly cannot
consider the miserable, unsurfaced and
impossible stretch of state road south
from Oroville a finished" piece of
work. If the balance of the state roads
in the county under his supervision
have been constructed along the same
plans, and in the same Indifferent
manner, then the public moneys spent
in Okanogan county building state
roads have been practically thrown
away, and the people of the county are
worse off than they were before the
work was commenced.
The three miles of state road No. 10
south from Oroville alleged to have
been constructed, is a monument to in
efficiency, and Mr.. Boetzkes must
know it if he has inspected the work.
The road is just as the dirt was thrown
up without surfacing, and wholly i'm
pacsible for travel. No one pretends to
use it, because it cannot be used. IL it
is claimed that all the appropriation
for this end of the road has been spent
then the state has been robbed. The
job is little less than a crime. If road
money is so wasted elsewhere in the
state. appropriations are practically
thrown away
The people of Oroville and the valley
are disgusted and indignant over the
manner in which the road work has
been done. Complaints without number
have reached this office, and redress
is demanded, if there is any source
from which redress can be obtained II
was only after a vast amount of effort
that this part of the county succeeded
in securing recognition in the distri-
button of state road money, and to see
it indifferently applied is enough to
arouse bitter protest.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-15
HALLOWEEN DANCE.

The ladies of the Altar society of the
catholic church announces a Hallow-
cen dance in the Orpheum for Friday
night, October 20. A side feature of this
social event that will especially appeal
TO those participating in the festivi-
ties, will be chicken supper. Between
the athletic exercise of dancing and
the promise of gastronomic treat, in
which chicken is to figure as the chief
dellcacy, the attraction should be
SO great as to draw the largest crowd
mat has been seen at any public ball
throughout the year That the dance
Will be delightful affair, with pleas
ure in abundance fpr everybody, is
ioreordained, where the ladies of the
Altar society are yhe entertainers.
Inls organization gives one dance ev-
cry season, and as rule that function
Is the dance of the season. The success
lnat accompanies the efforts of the Ia
dles is due to the fact that they spare
no pains to make it pleasant for all
VINO patronize an entertainment of any
KIND given under the auspices of the
society. The dance Friday night, Oct.
a. Will be similar to those that have
oeen given by the Altar society in the
past, and those who wish to enjoy a
pleasant evening should arrange to
oe one of the multitude that will be
present on this occasion.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-15
WHAT THE TOWN is UP AGAINST.

In another column is published the
estimated expenses of the town of
Oroville for the year 1916, and also
the estimated amount of income. 1t
is bit of literature that should make
the tax payer sit up and take notice.
According to the estimate, the expen-
ses of the town for she year are fixed
at $9,S77. AS an offset the receipts are
fixed at $3,703.05. Let's knock off the
five cents and talk In round figures.
According to this estimate there are
$6,175 to raise by direct taxation. The
elimination of some $4,000 of saloon Ii
censes requires this heavy mulcting
through the means Of direct taxation.
The assessed valuation of property in
town is said to be something like
1921 900. Slapping on levy to the
limit of the law would leave a defic-
iency in the receipts even in case ev-
cry dollar of taxes were paid, of some
$1,000. Evidently the town authorities
are confronted with problem that is
a hard nut to crack. In going over the
items of expenditures there may be
some that can be pI uned, but among
incidentals there is chance always,
that the real expense will exceed the
estimate. In the matter of street
sprinkling that item might be elimin-
ated by paying for the job by public
subscription. Other cuts night be sug-
gested. The council will take up this
matter of estimates at the regular
meeting, Monday evening, October 25,
and it would be good scheme If those
who have advice to offer on this sub
ject could be present.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-15
VERY MUCH OF A FARCE.

The public schools were closed dur
ing the past week so that the teachers
could attend the teachers institute
held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day. AS three days we're to be lost in
the middle of the week, there was no
use in holding school the other three
with split in the middle, so the va
cation went for full week This is
i'll accordance with the provisions of
the school laws, no doubt, but if there
is law on the statute books that
should be repealed, or at least amend
ed, as to the time of holding the insti-
tute, it is this very same provision
providing for such a session at such an
|inopportune time If the institute is of
any benefit to teachers in proportion
to what it costs the county, and grant
ing that it is, the effect upon school
discipline and upon school work coun-
terbalances all the good effects that
can possibly accrue therefrom. The
institute is always held just after the
opening of school for the fall term.
Teachers are hardly able to get ac-
quainted with their duties and their
pupils, and scholars hardly secure a
fair grasp of their studies when the
hiatus comes, disarranging all plans
anu SellluS DdCk une SCQOOl IOr weeks
ii the i'll effects are not felt perman-
emily. This may be denied by advocates
of the institute, but in the very nature
OF things pertaining to the schools it
cannot well be otherwise. There is no
wish to curtail any of the pleasures or
|recreations of teachers, who earn any
breathing spell they may get, yet at
the time the institute is held teachers
are not weary with tleir work. If they
are, so soon after beginning, then they
are not fitted to fill their positions
throughout the school year. With the
vacation of a week it will require a
fortnight to get back to smooth sailing
and it is very doubtful if the sailing is
ever again as smooth after breaking
away from the discirli line of the school
room for a weeks idleness. If insti-
tutes are absolutely necessary for the
efficiency of the public schools the
date for holding the same should be
fixed at some period when the time
lost would not so seriously interfere
with the course of study and recita-
tiOnS
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-15
GOOD ADVICE.

| Sunday this office had a call from a
| printer who went fluey running a pa
per in the peach belt of Fresno county
California, and he was out on the road
| looking for employment. Employment
was something he fo und very difficult
to obtain in these prosperous demo-
cratic days, and he reported that every
| where the printing business, like al
| most every other line of business, is
! shot all to pieces. However, that is
neither here nor there, as the condi-
ton is too familiar for further cumu-
lative evidence. What he did say of
| particular interest-and that is some
thing that every laud owner in the
valley should take heed of, ponder on
and trim his sails accOrdingly-was
that the people of this country should
not make the fatal mistake of raising
fruit exclusively. He quoted from eX-
perience, and being both an observer
and a man of intelligence, his advice
should carry weight. He lived in sec
tfotEssof Colorado where the Lord was
kind to man in supplying ideal climate
and soil People went daffy on fruit.
All the land was planted to apples and
as the prices shrank, most of the grow
ers went broke. He sought other fields.
| In the southern part of Fresno county
every acre, nearly, is set out to
peaches. He thought he had struck a
paradise, and invested all his means
to the extent of several thousand dol
lars in newspaper plant. This year
there was no market for peaches and
the crop rotted on the ground. Prices
would not pay for the picking. He went
broke, as the sides and bottom fell out
Of everything.
This stranger travelled the full length
of the Okanogan valley, hunting work
at his trade and finding it not. He fell
| in love with the valley, and declared it
to be one of the most promising sec
tions of the west that has come under
| his observation, and he has visited ev-
| cry locality west of the Rocky noun
tains, from the Mexican line to the
! British Columbia boundary. He said
| that if he only had a few hundred dol
| lars he would locate somewhere in the
valley, willing to take his chances on
| the future, satisfied that a great and
wonderful change would take place in
a few years. His opinion is worth
while, because it is based upon per-
sonal experience. Let the public bear
| in mind what this stranger advises.
Shun single crops, and stick to diver
sity Let not the mistake that has
brought disappointment and ruin to
other sections be repeated here in Okla
hogan county. If there is to be a pros
porous future for the valley that pros
perity must rest upon intelligent farm
/ ing and all the evidence at hand points
to variety of products as the wisest
and most intelligent means OF insuring
prosperity.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-15
BOOSTING FOR THE OkANOGAN.

Like a pleasant breeze f. w .Gra-
ham, of Seattle, immigration agent
for the Great Northern road, blew in
to town Monday, on one of his occas-
ional visits, as bright, cheerful, opti
mistic and debonair as ever. 1t set the
pulse beating more rapidly, it burnish
ed hope, it was like dash of pep to
have him with us even for a day, with
his CHEEKY nature and that indomi-
table spirit to do things in the face
of every obstacle. II there ever was
a right place for the right man that
place is in the immigration depart
ment of a great Il anscontinental rail-
road system, and F. w Graham is the
man for the place. His work is stren-
uous, but he he's the stamina and the
shove to do that work and get results.
He is earnest and enthusiastic, but the
enthusiasm and earnestness grows out
of a knowledge that he has something
to offer those seeking homes well
worth their while. He has every con-
fidence in the early settlement of the
West Okanogan Valley Irrigation dis
trict. Time must be consumed educat
ing the public as to what is here, but
that education is progressing salts
factorily and important results are
sure to follow. He is bending every
resource to bring the Okanogan valley
under the project before the people Of
the whole country, his representations
are clear, straight and honest and that
work is sure to draw attention to this
section
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-15
DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT.

The concert given by the California
coiored jubilee quartet, at the Orph-
eum, last Friday evening, was by all
odds the best that has ever been given
IN oroville. There was a fair attend
ahce, not so large, however, as it
should have been considering that the
entertainment was for the benefit of
une MI gh school athletic association, an
organization that every resident of the
oWn should aid whenever the oppor-
tuhlty presents, but in this case those
VINO tailed to attend were alone the
users, as they missed q musical treat
VI unusual merit. The troupe of col
vIed .d Vocalists are certainly artists, and
.ne program as rendered delighted
nose nose who can appreciate good music.
very number was warmly applauded
anu the performers were generous in
responses. The list Of selections en-
oraced plantation melodies, jubilee
songs, popular airs and selections
IRON well known operas. Singly and
I,soliectlyely ~ the performers are stars
II II the company should ever again visit
,oroVllle it is certain to draw a much
larger crowd than the one that greet
VI lts appearance last Friday evening
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-15
SCRAPPING ON THE GRIDIRON.

This paper goes TO press Thursday
afternoon and so no report can be
made of the Okanogan-Orov high
school football game that is being
fought to finish at Okanogan this af-
ternoon The local lads left this morn
ing for Okanogan, hopeful of giving a
good account of themselves. If they
fail to win it will not be because they
failed to try. The local team this year
is in the main new material, and the
boys are light on their feet so the
public should not expect too much
from them. They have the pluck and
are willing to do their best and may
surprise the teams they go up against.
Here's wishing them luck, and may
they come back crowned with the lau-
rel of victory. The following is the
lineup of the team Tor the Okanogan
game: Left end, Glen Carrel; left
tackle Fuller; left guard, Vincent;
center, Bodie; right guard, Bowie;
right tackle, Bair; right end Mallory;
quarterback and captain, McMahan
left half, Dallam; right half, Pratt;
fullback, Cole; substitutes, Ethel, A.
Carrel, Johnson and Ford.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-15

We are informed that Frank Bartell &
Co, the old time south side merchants,
are about to close out their large stock
and retire from the mercantile business.
This announcement will be no surprise
To the public, as it has been generally
understood for some time that the firm
mas been contemplating taking this step.
The 3artells, father and sons, have been
engaged in merchandising in Oroville for
a number of years, indeed being one of
the pioneer business houses of the place,
and by square dealing have enjoyed Il
fair share of public patronage. They have
always carried a choice line of goods.
neatly displayed. and have endeavored to
treat the public right The determination
to retire from business has not grown out
Of any falling off in their regular trade.
ii is merely a desire to give up this par
ticular line of business and apply them
selves to other vocations. We are
pleased to state in this connection that
closing out the present business does not
mean that the Bartells will leave Oroville.
They have large interests here, are CON
fident of the future of the place, and vii
continue to be numbered among our cit
liens.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-15
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
(Rev. G. H. Severance, NJ. A. Vicar0

Morning prayer and sermon at II a.
m sunday school at 12 A religious
education is essentia, for the best and
complete development of the child. We
aim to give the child thorough tram
ing in religious education.
Services are held every first, thlrd
and fourth Sundays in the month All
are cordially invited
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-15

Last spring. j. A. Spencer. of the Co
Corner ranch where things grow spon-
taneously out of the ground, was given a
potato by an acquaintance living in the
hill country to the east of town who
claimed that the valley had nothing over
the hill lands in the growing of spuds. 1t
without a distinguishing name Mr.. Spen-
Ger duly planted that potato. Distributing
it in several hills This week the mature
linen Welded 10 pounds of elegant tubers.
Mr.. Spencer thinks any country would
have to so some to surpass that yield.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-15

Word was received here Wednesda'
evening that Sam. S Rider had died t.
day at the home of his father-in
near Iuntley, after a Tong illness with
typhoid fever No particulars have been
arrangements. Sam Rider is well known
in Oroville and the north part of the
county. where he lived for a number OF
years before going to ranching near Hunt
read with sincere sorrow by a very large
number of fraiends in this and neighbor-
ing communities The deceased was an
honorable, upright citizen and a most
genial and lkeable friend and neighbor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-08

sQs Ideas por tenor a las represalias del
Goblerno democratico y republicano
que no permite piense en- contra de sns
dogmas.
Moreno agil, pequeno, de constitu,
cion f1sica, admirable, es I'm general in
fat1gable, admirable: los soldados le
adoran y siguen en- pos de el con una
te clega y un entusiasmo loco.
Hoy manda un Ejercito y al frente
de el Sc ha distinguido mas que ning1n
otro general frances.
Seg1n los crfticos militares Maud
huy es uno de los pocos hombres que
han surgido en- la presente campana.
Claro es que sus jefes 10 conocerfan &
fondo pero como para ellos los meritos
mllltares no eran NADIA las pasiones
polltlcas 10 eran todo, de ahf que 10 re-
tuvleran cazando liebres en- la frontera
de los Vosgos.
Cuando pienso en- la injusticia la
mlqudad con que Sc procede con los
hombres de waller en- 6pocas de vida
muelle paclfica, en- per1odos de corrup-
tela pol1tica y de degradation nacional,
me suelo a veces preguntar: mo era
necesarlo y conveniente que la Provi-
dencla descargara sobre la terra una
gran playa, como la actual guerra, para
que volViese a brillar la rectitud la
justicia sobre los pueblos depravados
que olvidaron virtudes morales y civi-
cas-?
Ramon de LEIRE.
Londres, 14-1-15.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-08
L tTIuOfo de los Postergad0s
Tres estrellas militares que aparecen despues
de I'm largo eclipse

Si Alemania nos ofrece ell caso mas
notable de un postergado, elevandose
a la mas atlas cumbres de la fama Y de
la gloria, Won Hindenburg, Francia nos
presenta varios muy salientes, en- los
que Sc ha realizado ell mismo fen6me-
no.
5Donde estan ahora los "fgurones
que tanto bull1an en- los ministerios an
ticat6licos y revolucionarios presididos
por Valdez Rousseau, Combes Clemen-
ceau, Caillaux. 80?
jQue papel representa- en- este mo-
mento, de tremenda crisis para Fran
cia, los Pelletan, los Picquar, etc., los
militares cler0fobos que dirig1an los
destinos de la Armada ell Ej6rcito
franceses, durante los 1ltimos amos de
persecution religiosa, con los escanda
los dreyfusards las "fchas,'' etc.,
etc.?
Vlctimas propiciatorias de la perse-
cuci0n combista fueron los militares
mas brillantes del Ej6rcito frances:
muchos de ellos, por ell Nero hecho de
ser cat6licos, a veces tan solo por des-
Gender de familias cat6licas por estar
casados con damas de piedad reconoci-
da, 9 por enviar sus hijos a colegios ca
t6licos, fueron perseguidos odiosa y CO.
bardemente.
Los perseguidores han desaparecido;
los verdugos Sc han eclipsado en- la nora
suprema, y los perseguidos v1ctimas
han pasado a ocupar los puestos que
aqu6llos detestaron para desdoro d.
Francia y desgracia de su Ej6rcito.
Vino Millerand, ell ex-socialista, y
anunci6, con gran asombro de clos pa
triotas (?) republicanos que nombra-
ria para los diferentes puestos del Ejer-
cito aquellas personas que probaran
ser dignas de ocuparlos, hacienda case
omiso de sus ideas religiosas pol1ti-
cas- iQu6 escandalo produjo la acti-
tud patri6tica de Millerand, entire los
monopol:zadores del patriotismoi Mi
llerand fue acusado de traidor tuvo
que retirarse. Estaba visto que la
honradez po1tica y ell patriotismo YER
dadero eran incompatibles con la Fran
cia republicana.
Pero al sonar la hora terrible, al acer-
carse ell momento cr1tico en- que sc de-
bian contrastar las aptitudes, los talen-
tos y ell patriotismo de cada cual en- ell
yunque de la pavorosa realidad, enton.
ces la conciencia nacional pidio una re-
vision de valores, total y absolute, y al
realizarse, la escoria que fotaba y bri-
llaba en- Ia superfcie Sc fue al fondo del
olvido del desprecio, y ell orc puro
que yac1a en- ell fondo, subi6 a la super
fcie.
De Castelnau es un "royaliste",
por ell crimen de serlo (todo 10 que sea
ser republican, combista es crimen pa
ra los republicanos puros de Francia),
no fgur6 antes de la guerra apenas, 81
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-08

no es en- la llsta de los delatados. How
su nombre ocupa un lugar muy distin.
guido, uno de los primeros lugares. e1
el EJercito frances. Su patriotismo '
Ell de su familia han legado a constit,1i
algo proverbial, en- breve transcurso d.
tempo: dos hijos muertos y uno era
vemente herido son algo que abruma a
padre de alma bien templada. Dc
Castelnau tuvo una Erase hermosa v 81
gulo luchando valeroso, fr1o, nnpertur
bable.
Foch y de Maud 'huy constituyen, sir
embargo, los dos ejemplos mas brillan-
tes de triunfo tras largos anos de os-
tracismo y olvido criminales.
El general Foch naci6 en- Metz, pol
esta raz0n sc lie cree alsaciano, pero Sis
padres proced1an del pals vasco, de csc
bello pals vasco, que es ell orgullo del
Norte de Espana y del Sur de Francia
11ene la misma edad que Joffre. ell
generallslmO, Q sea sesenta y tres amos
Sus padres eran cat6licos ardientes. v
uno de sus hermanos, miembros distin-
guido de la ilustrada y excelsa Or
den de los Jesu1tas, muri6 hace POGO
F'ue professor de la Escuela de Guerra Y
escribi6 obras notabilisimas de estrate
gia, entire las cuales fguran en- primera
hnea 'Pr1ncipes de la guerra, y "Do
la conduite de la guerre'', las que dan
idea de los talentos, conocimientos y ca
racter del autor. Antes de que estalla
ra la confagraci6n, y al principle de
esta, era jefe de uno de tantos Cuerpos
de Ejercito, un general como otro cual-
qulera, acaso menos honrado y apre
ciado que cualquiera de los repubhca
nos. En- la batalla del Marne, 6l fu6
quien decide la retirada tudesca con
SUI tactica y estrategia brillantes, y gra
cias ambas, Paris pudo, por ell momen-
to al menos verse libre de los invasores,
cue Sc acercaron hasta sus murallas,
despues del avance mas rapido mas
asombroso que Ell mundo jamas presen-
clio.
Hoy Foch no es un obscure general.
arrinconado, sino que es ell ''alter ego
de Joffre, y comparte con este las fun
clones de general1simo de los Ej6rcitos
franceses; hoy es ell 1dolo de Francia.
mas mucho mas que Joffre, y ell hon.
bre del d1a en- la vecina Rep1blica
La rapida y triunfante elevation de
Mand 'huy, apenas tiene parallel en- la
historic de Francia, 81 no recordando (
Napoleon I.
Simple brigadier, que mandaba una
brigada de GAIA adores, y ALA en- las
monta1as de Los Vosgos, antes de la
guerra, Maud 'huy fu6 como Foch, pro
fesor de F'la Escuela de GUERRA, por
alg1n tempo.
Es de origen breton. En- sus prime
los amos fgur6 como ac6rrimo "roya-
liste" y suponemos que seguira siendo-
10 hoy, aunque no pueda exteriorizar
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-08
eRECIOS MINI DE LOS ARTICULOS
QUE Sc DETALLAN EN-
AI.MACEN.

Ajo (ristra) 9Oa1.25
Almid6n del pals (qq.) 2.8Oa 800
Almld6n americana CO 2.75
Arroz japon6s Ia, ('') $50 a 600
Arroz japon6s "a, (") 4.5O a 500
Arroz camilla ('O 4.4O a 500
Avena (saco) 3.75
Azucar centrifugada, 100lbs. 4.5Oa5.OO
Az1car granulada "Aguila" (") 600
Ma1z Argentine (1O0 lbs.) 2 ia
Ma1z del pa1z (")
Limpiador Octag6n (caia) ECO
Jab6n Octag6n ('O $50
Jab6n Brown (caja) 200
Jamones (quintaN 14.OO
oapas americana Cbl. 165
lbs.) 1.6O 200
1slenas $50
Quesos de bola lcaja de 12) 500 a900
Salchich6n GOO lbs.) 2200
Quesos Patagras seg1n
clase (quintaD 22.0O 24.O0
Az1car granulada "Federal" (") 900
Bacalao, (ters6n) $500
Cafe corriente limpio (qq.) 900 a 1000
Cafe Pil6n ('O 1000
Cafe Yauco, selecto ('') 1880
Cebcllas ameri"anas (qq.) no hay
Cebollas Coruna ('') 900
Ch1charos verdes (qq.) $50
F6sforos, diversas marcas c . 700 7.5O
Garbanzos Mexicanos az. 1880 a 11.00
Habichuelas mejicanas Baya, " no hay
Habichuelas coloradas CO 7.25
Habichuelas bcas. chicas 90. 700
Harina de trigo Ia, (saco) $50 900
Harina de trigo 2a., ('') no hay
Manteea pura de cerdo az. 1900 1900