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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-03-19
CIVIC LEAGUE ENTERTAINMENTS

The ladies of the Civic League will
give another of their delightful whist
parties in Odd Fellows hall Tuesday
evening, March %. The mere mention
that the League contemplates another
card party is sufficient to awaken an
interest among the residents of the
community who have taken part in
other whist parties giveL under the
auspices of the organization, and one
of the largest crowds may be looked
for that has turned out to any social
affair of the kind during the past
winter.
On Saturday, March 27, the League
will serve a merchants lunch in Get
sey's confectionery parlor, and the
ladies will provide cuch tempting
collection of good eats that the lunch
can not be resisted.
The receipts Of these entertainments
will be applied to the building fund,
which is to be expended in the con-
struction of a club house and library
in the park. For this reason, even
aside from the pleasure in store for
patrons of the two functions mention
ed, there should be generous turn
out to both the whist party and the
luncheon
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-03-19
SLOW WITH INFORMATION
Farmers Backward in Responding to
the Request for Estimates on
Farm Products

1t seems difficult to arouse interest
among the people in any proposition
suggested for their benefit. Some two
weeks ago a gentleman, who had been
in correspondence with a large can
ming company that is desirous of in
vading this field, requested this paper
to invite land owners in this immed-
late locality to hand in estimates of
the amount of fruit and vegetables
that they could deliver to a cannery.
There was only a single response to
that request j. A. McGinty, a live
ard progressive orchardist and veg
etable grower, who has made a repu-
tation for producing on his valley
ranch south of town the choicest fruits
vegetables and melons coming into
this market, and who is wide awake to
every enterprise that promises to
create a new market. was the gentle
man who put in an estimate, and it
was good one. There is no doubt
of the capacity of the rich valley and
bench lands to raise all the stuff that
a cannery of large out put could
but those who are willing to
chance the large sum that such an in
vestment requires want something
more definite than the fact of soil fer
tility. The question is how much can
a cannery depend upon to be deliver
ed? The soil is only part Of the
question. Are those owning the soil
willing to put forth effort providing
what a cannery wants, and produce
enough of it. to make the installation
of such a plant worth while.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-03-19
CIVIC LEAGUE BUILDING
Ground Broken for the New Club
House that the Ladies are to
Erect in the Park

Ground was broken Saturday for
the construction of the club house and
library, in the park near the depot, and
work on the building will commence at
an early day. The location is an ad-
mirable one, as it is almost in the ex-
act center of the town, and of easy
access from either the north or south
side. The erection, furnishing and oc-
cupancy of this public building has
been a pet project of the ladies of the
Civic League. They have been work.
ing earnestly and consistently to ac-
cumulate funds for the purpose, and
are now in a position where they feel
that they see their way clear for the
consummation of this important pub
lie Improvement The building will
be arranged as home for the library,
which is already well supplied with
books and periodicals, and enjoys a
large and growing patronage. 1t will
be used as a general meeting or as
sembling place for the league, where
socials and receptions may be held.
1t will provide cozy and comfortable
rest room for the wives and children
of farmers visiting Oroville on shop
ping or pleasure trips. Furthermore
it can be used as a meeting place for
the Commercial Club, or public gather
ings. Such building will fill long
felt want in Oroville, and prove very
valuable adjunct to the town.
The business men of Oroville have
already contributed literally toward
the construction of this club house,
and the ladies of the Civic League are
giving entertainments now and then
for the purpose of swelling the build
ing fund. AS the movement is one that
should appeal to the civic spirit OF
every resident of the place the eff
forts of the League should be support
ed and encouraged whenever the op-
portunity is presented to help the
cause by small contributions. The
ladies are deserving of great credit
for the earnest zeal they have display
ed in their efforts to supply Oroville
with a public building of this kind.
They have devoted their time and
much labor to this one object, and
there is good deal yet for them to
do before the building is completed
and ready for occupancy. We are
mistaken in the loyalty of the people
Of Oroville if they do not rally to the
support of the Civic League in its
commendable efforts to supply the
town with building such as that So
ciety has in contemplation.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-03-19
INVESTED NEAR OROVILLE

The Little-Wetzel Co., of the Me-
thow valley, one of the largest firms
of cattle raisers in the county, has
gained a foothold in this vicinity, and
the presence of such strong COM
bination will contribute toward the
prosperity of this part of the valley,
because the company has the means
and does not hesitate to use the same
in extending their business where 1t
IS seen that extension is justif1able.
The company has purchased A. o.
Spencer's bunch of cattle, and taken
a long lease on MIR. Spenccr's valley
ranch, located few miles south of
Oroville. The company expects to
breed cattle on the Spencer place, and
will retain it's large interests In the
vicinity of Winthrop.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-03-19
DEATH OF j. j. NYMAN

j. ]. Nyman, an old and well known
resident of this part of the country,
died Monday at his home on Elleme-
ham mountain, and was buried Thurs
day at the Oroville cemetery. The de-
ceased has been great sufferer for
a long time. Recently it was decided
that an operation was the only means
OF saving his life, and arrangements
were made to take him to the hospital
this week, but the unfortunate man,
who was we'll advanced in years, sue
cumbed to his sufferings before the
plans could be carried out. The de-
ceased leaves four children, two sons,
Oscar and William Nyman, and two
daughters, Mrs. r. N. Finnila and Mrs.
Hendrickson, and a number of grand
children. The two sons and Mrs. Fin
Mia reside here, and Mrs. Hendrick-
son lives in Roslyn. All of the chill
dren were at the bedside of the father
when he passed away.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-03-19
LOOKING AFTER ROADS
County Commissioners Make IN In.
spectiOn OF the Highways In
This Locality

County Commissioners Hugh Miller
and J. II. Green did not confine their
observations to the county Immediate
L. around Oroville during their visit
to this part of the county the latter
part of last week. They made a trip
to Nelson, spending a day in that
neighborhood, and Mr.. Miller put In a
Gay at Loomis and Nighthawk. Their
mission up here was for the purpose
Of familiarzing themselves with the
county and getting in closer touch
with the people. However, the in
spcction of roads was the chief object
o. the trip, as the road question is a
constantly burning issue for adjudi-
cation. There are many wants in
that line, many people of many minds,
and the commissioners find it a hard
nut to crack when it comes to satisfy
ing every application for road work.
The human animal is rather inclined
to be selfish, and is slow to make con-
public highways intended for public
convenience. 1t is all right to cross
the other fellows land, but oh, so diff
ferent when it comes to crossing my
land. Men have to be placated where
possible, and where there is no yield
ing to persuasion it is necessary to
put on the screws. The pathway of a
commissioner is not always strewn
with flowers, and life in that Office is
not one of perpetual joy.
While here Messrs. Miller and Green
met many of our citizens, were treated
right, and went home with a better
opinion of the town and the inhabit-
ants thereof They found that there
was no disposition to hog everything
in sight, and very temperate senti-
ment prevailing considering how
studiously this section has been ignor-
ed in the distribution of road money
in the past. The commissioners, al
SO, made very favorable impression
here, as the feeling prevails that they
desire to be fair and just and fully
appreciate the fact that this particu-
lar part of the county has been too
long neglected. A fair show is all the
people of Oroville asks. The town has
never annoyed the commissioners by
unreasonable appeals, and now that
all hands are better acquainted it is
felt that the north districts will get all
that is coming to them without any
unseemly clamor or demands for rec
ognition.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-03-19

r. J. Wilkinson, state examiner of
weights and measures, turned down
several scales in town recently. In
some instances the scales were under
weighing, SO it is stated, but that is a
habit that scales rarely form. Some
CT these scales now in use are pretty
to look upon, but they are of very COM
plicated construction, and when once
out of order few storekeepers know
how to regulate them. The old style
straight beam scale was about as good
a scale as any of the new tangled me-
chanical inventions for weighing.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-03-19
THAT BOXING MATCH

The Okanogan Independent, in re-
pert of the athletic meet held at the
county seat Saturday evening, has the
following account Of the boxing match
in which an Oroville lad took part. 1t
may be added here that young Devon
was none the worse for his experience,
as he returned home Monday and en-
tered school the next day, showing no
marks of the encounter:
THE match between Walt Pein and
Chas. Devon, the Spaghetti Wonder,
wore more the ear marks of a real
prize fight than the previous event.
The Italian went after Pein right
from the start in a very aggressive
manner, which made the local man
realize that he had fight on his
hands. Devon's attacks were vicious
al he came at his opponent with his
head down, the pink skinned Teuton
and the dusty Latin forming marked
contrast as they clinched. Before the
final round, however, it was evident
that the Italian was outclassed, and by
the time the last round ended, he was
considerably hors de combat as re-
CARDS his breathing apparatus, though
his dusky skin bore but very few
bruises, while Pein was just getting
warmed up to the contest. The Ital-
ian, though but Is years old, has pugi-
listic tendencies, and those familiar
with the manly art assert that, unless
he developes too fast, he will be heard
from by the time he reaches his ma.
jority."
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-03-19
IN A NEW ROLE

Frank nj. Dallam, jr., who served as
chief clerk of the senate during the
session of the legislature, is to go into
the life insurance business on the
coast. He has been given supervision
of territory embracing some eleven
counties in southwestern Washington
by the Central Life Association So.
ciety of Des Moines, Iowa, and will
make his headquarters at Seattle. The
appointment was a surprise to the
young man, as such a position is rare
iy, il ever, offered man Of inexper-
ience in the insurance business. 1t is
only attained after years of hard work
as a solicitor, and after record is
made that justifies intrusting a rep
resentative with so much responsible
ity. As he has made good in every
position to which he has been called
there is no danger of Mr.. Dallam fall
ing down in this new field of endeav-
or. The only regret is that he deserts
the newspaper game, in which he has
already made a mark, but there is
great consultation in the fact that ma
terial advantage is all on the side OF
the new work that he has taken up.
in quantities sufficient to pay pros
pectors, while the precious metal has
been taken out in the bars and shores
of the river almost to the junction OF
the Similkameen with the Okanogau
Indeed, a portion of the town site oi
Oroville was originally taken up as
placer locations, and those locations
would not have been made had there
not been evidence of the presence o
gold to give the locations legality. A
successful season at placer mining
would bring many people here, ant
would be a strong contributary in
fuence in restoring prosperity.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-03-19

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-07
An Invitation to Be Accented

COOPERATION and mutual confidence ara
~ at the base OF the plan for a Chinese
American bank with headquarters in San
Francisco and Shanghai. The plan differs
from all other suggestions for increasing the
Intimacy between China and the United
States In that 1t is proposed by the Chinese
and Is first publicly mentioned at a dinner OF
Chinese merchants in honor Of the CONNER
eial Commission now visiting this country.
we have been struggling for years to en-
large our trade with China, and now a COM
mission. headed by the leading men Of busi-
ness in all China, comes here with a plan OF
It's own and is ready to meet us halfway
with bank the shares OF which shall be-
divided equally among Americans and Chi
nese and the business of which shall be man
aged by representatives OF the shareholders
IN proportion to their holdings
Cheng Hsun Chang. the distinguished man
OF AFFAIRS who has taken the public into bIs
confidence in regard to the proposed bank. is
evidently financial statesman of the first
order He has been studying the financial
condition OF Europe and the drain OF IT'S rs.
sources by the war. and he has concluded
that II China is TO be developed It must look
to the United States for the capital needed
for the next generation The invitation has
been extended. II the American business men
are wise, they win accept it,
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Sunday School Politics

We intend to have an organization in
this next campaign that viii do things
Politics will be played as politics rarely are
played by church peope.-Doctor Dewey
Secretary OF the Philadelphia County sun
day School Association.
TT is evident that we are TO be treated to a
1 new brand of Sunday school politics. The
congress of adult Bible classes Of the city, at
which Doctor Dewey made the statement
quoted above, is planning to organize the
believers in local option for the purpose of
defeating for reelection ali members of the
General Assembly who voted against it this
year and of electing men pledged to vote
for It in 1917
The purposes are good. The entrance of sun
day school organizations into the political field
can be defended so long as they fight for
Issues on which there is not a difference of
opinion among moralists But many level
headed men will look with regret upon this
move. The temptation to use group of
citizens organized to study the Bible for tho
purpose of conducting political propaganda
Is strong Why not mobilize and drill the
Bible class vote for reform? is a question
which has but one answer in a certain type
OF mind. But when the Bible classes start
on this course who can tell where they wilN
stop? II the local optionists take counsel of
discreet men they will keep their Sunday
school organization and their political organ
ization separate so that neither may suffer.
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The Cloud Irnnn Annnnnlis

FTNdE ability of nation to defend itself de-
i pends on the ability of the officers of its
army and navy to answer instantly the un-
expected questions which an enemy may put
TO them.
II is impossible to steal the questions in ad-
vance and beat an alert enemy at his own
game without preparation If there is any
widespread disposition in the Annapolis
Naval Academy to pass examinations with
the aid Of "crlbbing," the investigation cannot
be too thorough and the punishment of the
guilty cannot be too severe. The institution
is falling in the purpose for which It was
created IL II is training men to depend on
crutches instead OF upon their own strength,
for when the real test comes in action on the
seas commander must stand or fall on his
own ability. and his country must stand or
fall with him.
Therefore, every citizen with confidence in
the navy is hoping that the Annapolis cadets.
charged with stealing the examination papers
in advance Of the examination, may have an
adequate defense and may be able to vindi-
cate their own honor and the honor Of their
institution.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-07

smaller than the number Of Frenehmen VINO
came here in the decade preceding the civil
war. our own conflict apparently Kept the
Frenchmen at home.
The German figures are more interesting
IN the decade preceding our own great war
95O,OOO Germans came here. In the ten years
ending with the beginning Of the Franco
Prussan war the number Of German immi-
grants fell to $4,000, and in the next decade,
including the year OF the victory over the
French, 10000 fewer Germans landed than in
the previous ten years The war, instead OF
encoura ging immigration, discouraged it. The
German migration to America reached high
water mark between 1850 and 1890 when
1882 900 subjects Of the Kaiser came here. The
condition became so alarming that Germany
set about keeping her people at home, and
began to look over the world for places where
Germans could settle under the German flag.
From 1891 to 1900 only $4,000 Germans came
to the United States TO live, and in the ten
years ending in 1910 the number fell to 341,-
0OO or less than one-haf many as came
in the ten years following the Franco-Prus-
sian War
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A Fact or Two About Immiqratior

TMMIGRATIoN experts do not seem to
agree on what TO expect at the close Of the
war The Secretary of Labor is convinced
that the demand for workingmen In Europe
viii be so active that there win be no reason
for them 70 seek their fortunes away from
home, The Commissioners of Immigration IN
New York. Boston and Baltimore think that
the workinsmen viii come here In larger
numbers than ever to escape the burden OF
taxation which the war is piling up. and
Commissioner Greenwait, OF this eitv. com
fssass that he does not know. but thinks that
many persons who have seen the devastation
that war has wrought viii be glad to come
70 America.
fact or two regarding war ana immigra-
tioa may be worth considering. The Franco
FFassian War which is the last conflict that
Involved the great Powers on the Continent
Il Their own territory was followed By an in
crease of French immig grafton ana decrease
e lmmiTation from Germany In me decade
saalng June go 1870 about 5000 Frenehman
came herei but Ia the next decade the num-
- 1ose b 1zzos. This number. however. Is
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the Egyptians, who have nothing perfectly
great as ours, and who can, therefore easily
be conquered. If, on the other hand, the
japanese can succeed in eliminating us as
their brothers or substituting their qualities
for our own, surely there will soon be time
when the Mongolian race falls back forever
possibility perhaps the Japanese themselves
do not consider, but indeed, we must bear in
mind an extremely serious menace to civil
ization and humanity
To put our discussion in nutshell. the
attitude of Japan toward China has been. and
now the attempt is, likewise, purely selfish.
Because of selfishness she has committed an
act OF suicide. She has been short-sighted.
she has neglected the view that only through
mutual aid can society be preserved and
that self-interest alone can never subserve
BODY. She has forgotten how willingly and
now ably China has been co operating with
her. and since 1901 has been acknowledging
her friendship the value Of which became
doubted only when she had broken her own
word with Korea, She has now determined
10 destroy the integrity of China and hinder
the growth of the Chinese as a rising nation:
but her selfish work and this foxy atternpt
VIII never be, in any way, beneficial to her
own eXistence
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-07
Votes for Better Rnbi0a

WHILE wise mothers visit the Baby Saw
w ing Show in the City Hall Pavilion.
while thinking men shudder at Philadelphia's
infant death rate; and while the campaipn
for child hygiene division goes SLOWLY for
ward. let the men and women alike of Penn
sylvania read and reflect upon these words
Of Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale:
Wherever women are represented tbo,.
Things that women need the most are bsst
carec for. The most vital thing TO women
are children The infant mortality is lowest
In the world in three countries whsrs yvo,,Ner
vote. New Zealand, Norway and Australia
where they lose 56 67 and 6s babies ont n;
every 1000 respectively. In the German EN-
plre, where woman's place has been definsd
very strictly as with the church. kitchen and
1000 W. VI e'eIy