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Boy prewned il Irrigation Ditch

Grand Junction Playing in the bot
tom OF large irrigation ditch on Or
chard mesa, no water having been
turned into the ditch this spring,
nineteen-months.old Cecil Calkins
was drowned when ranchers half a
mile away turned In the first water
10 season the ditch for the summers
irrigation.
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Pours Molten Earth Down Mountain.

Redding. CaL--Lassen peak burst
into an eruption late Saturday that Is
reported to have surpassed all the
eruptions, several score in number.
that have leaped out Of Its crater
since a renewal of its eruptive activ-
tiles one year ago. A tremendous fun.
mel of smoke shot from the mouth Of
the peak and rolled skyward at an
altitude of several thousand feet. An
other flood of mud, triple the size Of
Fridays, swept down the mountain
side with four steaming streams Of
lava in its wake. s
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Colorado Day Dedicated to Peace.

Denver.-Because it is ordinarily
one of the largest celebrations of the
year, with an average attendance
since 1t was inaugurated of from As,
600 to $4,000 people, Colorado Day thi.
year will be made at its celebration
Aug. /, big success dedicated to the
peace movement.
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REMARKABLE
CASE Of Mrs. Ham
Declares Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Saved Her Life
and Sanity.
Shamrock, Mo- feel It my duty
10 tell the public the condition of my

health before using
your medicine. ! had
falling, infamma-
ton and congestion,
fem ale weakness,
pains in both sides,
backaches and bear
ing down pains, was
short Of memory,
nervous, impatient,
passed sle pl ess
nigh ts, an d h a d
neither strength nor
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c,rm.nv DELAY. Note to U. 8.

Berlin.-The Italian crisis absorbs
the attention Of both public and Of
ficial circles here. Little is heard OF
the Lusitanta case.
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would Separate After Thirty Years.

Boulder-After thirty years of mar
ried life, Mrs. Nettie NJ. Sparks OF
Longmont has filed suit in the County
Court for divorce from Dudley T.
Sparks, whom she accuses Of desertior
and cruelty. f,
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$4,000 senoo, for Estes Park.

Estes Park.-The property owners
OF this section voted to issue $4,000
bonds to erect a new school building
In the town OF Estes Park.
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Commissioners Named.

Denver. Governor Carlson ap
pointed Richard l. Hughes of Russell
Gulch. Gilpin county, county com
missioner to succeed John Stevens
who died recently. The governor
also named r. s. Rhea water commits
sioner for district seven.
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Attempt to Burn Pueblo Church

Pueblo.-An attempt to burn the
First Presbyterian church at Tenth
and Court streets was made by un
identified persons Sunday evening
while 1900 people were at worship in
its auditorium.
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Honorable Woodrow Wilson, Presf.
dent of the United States. Washing
ton, d. c.: The Jane jefferson Demo.
cratic Club expresses its profound
pride In a President who exalts right
eousness above wrath, peace above
hate. 1t pledges answering loyalty
to the supreme Democrat OF the world
MARY C. C. BRADFORD,
President.
MAuDE CROSBY,
Secretary.
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Don't be msled. Ask for Red Cro.,
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes
At all good grocers. Adv.
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Rome. May 25.-The italian minis
ters OF war and marine have declared
state of war i'll the provinces of
Sandriow, Brescia. Verona, Vicenza.
Belluno. Undine, venezia, Treviso,
Padua. Mantua and Ferrara, and the
islands and communes on the Adri-
attic coast, as well as all fortresses
which may be declared in a state of
resistance.
The order followed invasions of
northern Italian provinces by Austrian
troops. Italian Alpine troops are pur-
suing thousands Of Austrians who
crossed the border of Trentino into
Italy. according to dispatches from the
front The first blood was shed Sat
urday before the formal declaration Of
hostilities in Rome to protect north
ern Italian provinces from invasion
by troops of the dual monarchy.
The Italian consul at Munich has
been ordered to return to Rome, and
throughout the three countries the re-
spective nationals are packing up their
belongings in anticipation Of final
and official rupture. 1t is not expect
GU tudt ltdiy chtiy ihto TIC "oA WIZ
have any immediate effect on the bat
ties now In progress but 1t would be
likely to influence the action of the
Balkan states which have been await
ing Italy's decision.
Rumania, It Is reported, has re-
ceived assurances from Bulgaria that
II Rumania decides to Join the allies
and go to the assistance of Russia by
an invasion Of Transylvania. Bulgaria
will not attack her. and that, in fact.
Bulgaria herself is considering the
possibility Of taking similar action al
though her attack would be directed
against Turkey.
Greece also is interested in the de-
velopment and her efforts If she
should decide to join the allies would
be directed to the Dardanelles and
Asia Minor.
London. May 24.-Kaiser Wilhelm
has called for 100000 volunteer
troops as a result of Italys declara-
tion of war against Austria, according
to Berlin dispatches. 1t is declared
by German military experts that 50O,-
900 men will be sufficient to hold the
Italian border against any invasion of
Austria.
London. = Dispatches from Rome
state that kink Victor Emmanuel
signed a decree ordering general
mobilization Of the country's forces on
land and sea.
The Austrian barracks at Rovereto.
a town in Tyrol with about 10000 ltal-
ian inhabitants, was blown up.
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satan and the ceruIean Deep.

I'm in a quandary."
What about?" Et
Il have two invitations to dinner,
and l can't decide"
Which one to accept?"
mo. which one to refuse. One is
to home where young lady has
Just come home from a piano con
servatory, and the other is where
five-year-old boy knows a lot OF reci
tations. Farm Life.
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Mexican Killed BY Santa rs Train.
Holly.-Epifano Forrez. a Mexican
thirty-three, was killed By Santa Fe
train.
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ITALY DECLARES
WAR ON AUSTRIA
RuMANIA, BULGARIA AND GREECE
PREPARE TO FOLLOW PENlN-
suLA INTO CONFLICT.
ENJOYS QUIT CAPITALS
DUAL MONARCHY OPENS HOS.
TlLlTiEs BY INVADING THE
PIEDMONT FRONTIER.
What Italy Demands from Austria

western New.pnper onion New. Service.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-08-27

survey the Mountain Sheen groun ot
claims near Chopake, for patent
Geo. A. Blackwell was a visitor IN
town for several days during the mast
Week. from his home at Riverside
MRS. {. J. Casad, of Twisp. nee Misc
f1orrigan. arrived Monday to visit win
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M Horrigan
MI. and Mrs. Clao. Powell. Jr 20
turned home Saturday from snokano
where they had been visiting for few,
days.
II reports are trre that raaaa his
oiI'ce there IS considerable bootleg:
sclng on not thousand niles from
Oroville. Gu. i. out.
The passenger train due Saturday
evening from Spokane was four hours
late, owing to washout caused bv
cloud burst near Marcus.
one day during the latter part of
last week a heavy shower visited the
mountain country to the west II was
OF short duration, but long enough to
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-08-27

states the nights are cool enough To-
hres. Rather an aggregation to thos,
who have sweltered in the valley Mr.
Neal is dab5ling extensively in tn.
ming game, and made this trip in or
der to familiarise himself with certain
mining claims that tradition claim
have merit.
Mrs. Herbert Gregg returned to heI
home in Oroville the latter part OF
last week from Portland, where she
spent the summer, taking a complete
course in stenOgraphy, and has mast
cred the art of jotting down pot hooks
and untangling them into Ineligible
Itypewriting after being jotted down
from dictation.
DR.. H. l.. King. the old time Spokane
optician. spent Sunday and Monday in
Oroville, supplying glasses for those
who ind their eyesight requiring ad-
Justment A pleasant gentleman is DR..
King, who has visited this county for
years and who has many friends and
acquaintances among the old residents
who are always glad to greet him.
Pat Kearney, who formerly, before
the construction of the south branch,
carried the mail between Oroville and
Riverside by stage and now residing
on an orchard tract ne;r Tonasket,
was in town Monday. AS it was his
first visit to Oroville in a long time
Mr.. Kearney was much surprised to
note the improvements in the place.
DR.. H. M. Jaeger, the skillful and
we'll known veterinarian, has pur-
chased the residence of Charlie John
ston, in the south part of town, and
will move to Oroville from Nelson for
the purpose of making this his future
home. He has many calls from Oro-
vile for his services and with head
quarters in the valley he can readily
reach the hill country.
Tomorrow is the date or the ice
cream social to be given by the ladies
of the Catholic church in the Civic
League library building. The comfort
ing and desirable eats will be served
both in the afternoon and evening.
This is and has been for some time ice
cream weather, and the ladies should
be able to dispose of a vast quantity
of that delectable palate cooler.
Mrs. E. G. Williams has made ar
rangemants with carpenters and paint
ers for the pain ing and improving of
her residence in the east part of town,
the original Sogle home, when this
flat was one large grain field She will
also build bungalow ct the rear of
the lots to be occupied by herself and
daughter. When these improvements
are completed they will add very ma
terially to very attractive resident
part of the town.
The eyes of lovers If pist atorial
sports were made to bulge out last
Thursday aftsroon at the sight OF six
pound black bass on exhibition in the
Stew window of the Oroville CONNER
cal Co.'S, store. It was caught by Char
lie Richter from the bridge across the
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-08-27
I[Rf ANO THERE ON THE CURB

" J. DeMerchant is operating a saw
nil, near Wanicut lake.
Geo. J. Hurley was over from LOOMS
Monday on business visit.
Douglas Hills, OF Nelson. was in
,own off the hills Friday last
Geo. H. Keith, of Okanogan, was
among the arrivals in town Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. j. F. Dunlop of Nelson
wore among the visitors in town Mon
day.
Dr. and Mrs. Mckinley, of Brewster
we're registered in Oroville, Friday
last
Frank Grogan was in town Friday
last from his Similkameen valley
ranch.
III. Richardson, the Republic min
ing and civil engineer, was an arrival
in town Monday. In connection with
Geo. Major, Mr.. Richardson is soon to
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-08-27

connecting link between the north and
south Osoyoos lakes and the bait used
was grasshopper Mr.. Richter had a
lively fight extending over Is minutes
landing the finny beauty Of the whale
variety. 1t was the largest black bass
that has so far been caught of which
the public has had any visible evil
dence, although some fishermen claim
to have hooked and lost specimens
that would run into the neighborhood
of IA ton.
To show how little interest tax-pay-
ers take in matters that are really of
vital moment to them, wherein they
are expected to meet expenses accrued
through the medium of taxation, only
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-08-27

eAtinguisE the fire that had broken ou
Oh the Bernard Willis ranch. which
was burning over considerable terri.
tory.
postmaster Tom Jones, of Riverside
ihotored up from his home Tuesda,
aLu spent a few hours in Oroville Ak.
changing hand clasps with old friends
VIC Hagermar, Lem Emile ana E.
'rahalA nave been camping on Wan.
cut lake this week trying the virtues
ol the medicinal waters for that tired
feeling.
Mrs. Eugene f. Wehe who has been
'lSltlng her husband at Wanicut lake
iett Tor her home at Cashmere Tuesday
morning. She was accompanied by ner
II rhew, Geo. Chapman.
K. l.. Blackstone, of Ckanogan. was
III town Friday last on a tour of the
northern part of the county making
trouble Tor those who have been trying
TO dodge personal tax payments.
The concrete foundation OF the Ham
lsch building, on Main street. is in
Face, and sold piece Of work it is.
Nothing is being shirked to make this
one of the best n7ick blocks in town.
Another week of freedom and the
younger generation will get back to
the school room and their books. The
laIl term opens Monday, September 6,
or probably Tuesday, as the 9th is La
Dor Day.
Leslie Purdy, of Brainard, Mimi, is
visiting with his aunt, Mrs. Chas. Pow
ell, Sr. The young gentleman is stop
ping over for few days while on his
way to San Francisco to take in the
exposition.
A touring party in an automobile
consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Paulin
and Miss Ollie Paulin, of Los Angeles,
and Mr. and Mrs. II. d. Hanlin and
Geo. Paulin, of Imperial, Cal, stopped
over in OrOville on a tour of this up
per country, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. j. Armstrong, living
just across the line from Chopaka in
British Columbia, were in town Satur-
day. They were accompanied by Miss
Ramsey, a young lady from Chicago,
who has been visiting the Armstrong;
fer a numbar of 7noptbc
Miss Lucille Gardiner arrived Satur-
day and has taken over the photograph
gallery owned by l.. w. Barnes. AS
stated before Miss Gardiner comes to
Oroville with the reputation of doing
the very best class of work in the way
of taking portrait photographs.
John Melcher, Jr., of LOOMS was a
visitor in Oroville for few hours last
Thursday afternoon. The young man
made an excellent record in Pullman
college last year, and will leave in a
short time to again renew his studies
in that excellent educational institu-
ton.
Attorney IRE Neal made a business
trip to Republic and from there to the
old Bodie district, Saturday and Sun
day In the Bodic country Mr.. Neal
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-08-27

eleven people attended the meeting at
the high school Saturday, when and
where the object of the meeting was
ITO vote for or against an increase of
the school tax levy from 10 to Is mills
OF course, as the public was duly mott
fed, absence can only be construed in
to giving consent to any action that
might be taken with any kind of old
chance that it might be favorable or
unfavorable to the proposition. AS it
turned out 4 majority of the eleven
voters expressing themselves were in
favor of the increase Of so per cent,
and If anybody, or number of any
bCdys, feel aggrieved they have only
themselves to blame.
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il usually the most puzzling 10 solve.
II succeed II viii add another step
toward my twenty cases
suit yourself" carelessly. But &c
member. n II turns out To be an ordl
nary case Il will not count"
II accept THAI risk"
Zudora. In accordance with her agree
ment with her lover. John Storm
wrote him explaining about the case
and asked him 20 meet her az the Me
Winter house. the following afternoon
When the two arrived In the village
they found the suburbs IN turmoil
There mad been. they found. a puni'
tive expedition against the jail that
held Smith but II had been frustrated
This Is going TO be intere~t'ns'
John" said Zudora
I've an idea ia like 20 plead for the
poor devil | never realized how many
kinks there were IN NE until you en-
tered this detective business"
THE unexpected Is always happen
ing on the face OF II. this man smith
looks guilty. The very fact that the
woman In eager 70 save him has sus'
picions angle. Hut. for all this, we
may fnd him innocent as child.
Meantime Nissan All mad not oeen
idle He was going TO lose no chance
10 further his schemes TO be sure ne
had sigpified his utter lack Of interest
IN the case, hut that had been 10 hoon
wink his niece
So quietly aud unobseryed DC hihur
A secret Investigation OF the shack ~
did not take his remarkably keen eyes
long 10 discover what had taken place
Clever. abominably clever
Here was a criminal who had fantas
nc IDEAS II this internal contrivanee
had served one mans purpose u mlgh'
readily serve anothers.
So be cOntrived 10 separate Ihuora
and storm and bring the latter to inc
shack. He wrote frankly, signing us
own name and declaring that u would
moi he safe for Zudora "a go deeply
into this case. as there was more TO u
than could he seen on the surface
So storm concluded 20 meet HASA n
An NJ the shack and nnd ont what ns
had 10 say. lie promised himself tha'
he wouk be cautious and watch every
move Of his enemy.
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Everythina was reauy Tsr nr.. puz
again Haeuam Az we overanxious
He set one % the bottles be had found
IN . cabinet on the little platform near
the ceiling.
welcome. Mr. Storm. welcomed ne
laughed and his laughter might wen
have been an echo to tnss mace py the
man who had built this windowless
shack.
ny and by be heard hurryins foot
steps. slyly he hooked ont and ohserv-
ID the unsuspectinR attorney. Good
But something slipped TIE spring
moved too soon or Hassam Al had not
pulled " bach far enough The door
slammed violently.
There came a tinkie OF treakine
glass. aud Hassam an struggled des.
perately to pull the door open he vas
already too weak.
Storm heard the door. He concluded
his Journey az q run. ~ toot all his
strength 20 force the door. which I'm.
n,ediately closed again when he was
inside tie saw dimly his enemy sink
ing helplessly 60 the door. and almost
instantly n seemed that the walls Of
the shack had begun 10 revolve.
Fumcsl He stumbled desperately 60.
ward the door. but could not reach u
Doubtless the only thing that saved
Hassam All or storm for that matter
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Ruees thatn o. you. r,---
ihat'n show ron whose hons, yeu're
boarding IN yOu snaker
hcWinter Iooaened the spring 20 AZ
10 open the doof and passed out.
the following morning the cierk IN
the labFatcry whose business q was
10 account sor al the desdlier couco,~
uons In MAKING nm dnfy inventory
found bottle missing. and this bottle
contained one Of the deadIieat fumes
IN existence. He was greatly per.
turbed.
He asked Smith. but Smith denied
that he had touched the bottle. Tha,
seemed 10 be the end Of the srair.
On Sunday Mrs hcwInters face
was brighter than II had been In
weeks Her husband seemed 30 be an
entirely different man.
He had softened % FAR az 20 tell a
comic story. and you may be sure that
Smith and Mn Mcwinter laughed
heartily over n.
The two men shouldered their guns.
whistied for the dog aud set on ON
their hunting trip. And only one Of
them returned alive.
Smith came back alone and was
rather surprised to and neither Me.
Winter nsr the dog. They had sep.
arated In the woods near the shack,
Of which Smith apparently knew moth
ing.
hcwinter was missing ell the next
day. Tuesday morning they found him
IN the shack strangely dead.
A very peculiar case confronted the
local authorities There was one thing
quite plain 90 them. however. and that
was Mcwinter had been murdered In
q most cunning and diabolical manner
Naturally the coroner's inquest drew
the net about smiths feet. lie had
gone out hunting with Mcwinter and
was the last man TO see him alive
Then came the clerk. who swore that
the bottle found 10 the shack was
Identical with that stolen from the lab
oratory where both men worked.
Smith. despite all protests. was held
for the grand jury on the charge OF
murder In the 6rsi degree
Other facts began 10 emulate scm'
one had heard Mcwinter accuse hi.
wife Of being too friendly with Smith
and out of this calumny raised IT, ugl'
head
Here aud there men began 20 mute
about Indge Lynch. aud Mrs. Mcwln
ter was Stunned by all those who ha,
posed rs her friends
A few days before the trial begai
Iassam All WIS porting over bis crys
tnl Near by sat Indora. reading an
refecting
The two had been talking about Mes
mer and Cagiiostro and ZudUra WI
gathering bri arguments from the bDo
abe held The hell was heard Go ring
A few moments later visitor wa
ushercd In by the Hindu servant 7
uassam Ans rold eye this client D.
not suggest any future profit. but MIR
Mcwlnter's tale caught the sympath
Of Zndorn
- will take this ease. uncle" sh
volunteered III Interests the. II
pnrrly cirrumstnntini evidence. and tbs
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was the second opening OF the door.
which let In a gust " pure air ana chr.
ried Out q certain volume Of the poi
son.
Fortunately for both OF them Judo
m aud Airs Mcwinter were both start
ing out for the shack ~ the very mo.
ment the door closed upon Hnssam
Ali
Mrs hcwinter dreaded 60 see the
fatal shack ngnln. but zudorn insisted
She must see the shack nnd everything
In II N she was 20 aid SMITH La the
slightest degree.
AFTER Mrs Mcwlnter had fully ex.
plained the conditions Zudora was
quite confident that the man Smith
was Innocent. no matter how deeply
circumstantial evidence had involved
him
She also felt instlnctiveiy that the
widow was holding something back.
THEW n h." announced Mrs. Me.
Winter. with a shndder.
why. there are no windows In itr'
II know u My husband built II
For What purpose cannot say. unless
II was 20 experiment In "
Mrs McWinter begun 20 cry.
There there" said zodora. From
what you have told me ! don't think
that husband Of yours was worth
tears"
"But have not told you all.
well. what more II there 10 tell"
The mnn accused OF my husbands
death was never my lover lie was
my brother
Good hearens. Why didn't you tell
that 60 the coroner
II dared not dared not tell even
my husband that
"WhyT"
"My brother II an escaped convict
Again II was circumstantial evidence
He suffered In another mans place
For two years no has lived quietly
here. and the police have lost all track
OF him He was sentenced FOR Ave
years and escaped during the FIRST yeai
| OF his term " ! had taken my nus
band into my confidence be would have
enjoyed nothing greater than exposing
/ George"
you eau trust me With your secret
He would be totally lost " the peopl,
knew this, Well. there's the shack
What thick door,
Reaching u. she tried 10 Open n Il
refused 10 bulge She called 10 Mr.
McWinter. aud the two ~ them sue
ceeded In pressing n back
Hold ar cried Zudora. reaching fo'
a log near nc hand With this she Wa
able 10 hold the door,
Then she saw Storm aud Hassam Al
lying senseless on the floor She shin
ed and for a moment felt dizzy
The fresh air however. came II
strongly. and after few moments th'
two men dazedly ope ed their eyes
Zudora helped them both outside
shaking them roughly. II took n quar-
ter OF an hour 60 bring them around &
anything like nOrmallty. Whateve
Storm thought Of the atfair he kept q
himself
Zudora. believing Il wise 10 close III
door again. was about 20 east aside th
log when her eye vas attracted by
tuft OF coarse hair caught IN splinter
"Dld your husband have q d0gr sh
asked the frightened woman NJ he
side
"Yes hut he ran away the day m,
husband died. aud no one has seen hin
since"
zudora again studied the log thought
fully. The earth about was soft. an
presently she discOverae the foatnript
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this fact lie Imagined all his trou'
blcs Smith had absolutely nothing TO
do with them Now hang him " you
cam
The mob quietly took itself on, vast
ly shamed ana chastened. aud Smith
sOothed his sobbing sister. his eyes
full Of gratitude
You're a wonderful little person. ~
dora whispered Storm
IAN ~ Take me back 10 town.
am tired And there's more 20 do
i've got 10 free smith again-fron
prison"
But the death Of the real culprit did
that aud Smith walked the earth again
a free citizen
lTO BE Continued