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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-14
ELOCUTIONARY ENTERTAINMENT

Miss Jennie Hazel Goude, who has
the reputation of being one of the
| most finished elocutionists and en-
tertainers before the public, will give
a public reading in the Orpheum on
| the evening of Friday, May 2S, under
the auspices of the Ladies Aid of the
NJ. E. church. This promises to be one
OF the most enjoyable offerings in the
| way of refined entertainment of the
| season. Wherever the talented young
lady has appeared she has won the
admiration of her audiences, and the
press is generous in endorsements of
her ability as an entertainer. The
following are a few of the many press
notices that recommend Miss Goude
to the public:
"One of the most interesting attrac-
tons of the season, as well as one of
the best entertainments ever held in
Odessa, was given on Wednesday
night at the English Congregational
church by Miss Jessie Hazel Goude,
| of Spokane. Miss Goude is
considered above the average as an
elocutionist and she has complete con-
| troll of her audience from start to fin
ish of the program-something un-
usual in a one-person show here.
Those who were fortunate enough to
hear her were not disappointed in the
entertainment she gave. Odessa Rec
ord.
According to the judgment of some
Of our best critics the entertainment
Eiven here last Friday night by Miss
Jennie Hazel Goude was the best that
our people have had the opportunity
to enjoy for a long time Her voice is
beautiful and well trained; her ability
to impersonate remarkable; and her
power to move and hold her audience
ar will most unusual. Wilson Creek
World.
Miss Jennie Hazel Goude, under
! the auspices of the w. G.. 7. U. proved
one of the most interesting attractions
| seen in Davenport this winter. Her
| ability to hold tho interest of her
audience was we'll demonstrated, when
in one of her readings she was describ-
ing an attempted holdup on Christ
mas Eve at a Mining Camp and at the
| word halt nearly every one in the
theater jumped, some even sticking
| their hands in the air. davenport
Tribune.
| Miss Goudc is an exceptional en-
tertainer and her pose and interpreta-
tions from the life of Christ were a
novel and soul satisfying treat. Her
work is of an exceptionally high order
and she is greatly admired by Sprague
audiences. She is popular and is al
ways welcome in Spraguc. ."-Sprague
Advocate.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-14
PRESENT AND PAST

During the past week we had an op-
portunity to visit Loomis for few
hours. 1t is not often that We are
able to steal the time from office work
tc go anywhere, for losing day
breaks into the routine and it means
extra eXertion to catch up and get
back into the rut. This difficulty of
getting away is exemplified in the fact
that this was the first time, with a
single exception, that we have been
able to visit Loomis in three or four
only half an hour in the camp under
circumstances that prevented meeting
old friends, or seeing anything of the
place. The desire to visit the camp
is always a live desire, for we spent
many of the best years of our life in
Loomis, and there is a warm corner
in our heart for those of the friends
and acquaintances of those days who
are still residents of the place
The Loomis of today and the Loomis
of few years ago are radically diff
ferent. Then a livelier town, in the
sense of activity of citizens, the vol
ume of business DONE the quantity of
money in circulation, the excitement
eGgendered by the presence of a mul.
tiplicity of thirst parlors, where it
hnr Of Job tA
the wine when it was red, the coming
and going of mining men, travelling
men and the flotsom that is attracted
| by swift living and a chance to pick
up sustinance at the expense of a
minimum of eXertion. could not have
been found in the state. Now the
peace and quiet of undisturbed ma
ture hangs over it like benediction
Then every house on Main street was
occupied by busy business men. Now
most of those buildings are tenantless
falling to decay, sad reminder Of
better days. We walked the paths
| that we had trod a thousand times
and it was no more than natural tC
compare the present with the past
dream dreams of what might have
been, and feel that those wasted years
SO far as material advantages derived
are concerned, were in the nature of &
tragedy The same earnest endeavor
the same steadfast application, the
same grueling labor had it been ap.
piled anywhere else that had a future
could not have failed to be rewarded
But that is OF the past 1t is human
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STATUS OF THE BIG DITCH
Secretary Board Of Directors
Makes Statement on the
Present Situation

Everybody just now is deeply inter
ested in the status of the irrigation
project, and information coming di-
rcctly from headquarters will be read
with much satisfactiont The matter
at present is in allegiance, awaiting
word from the railroad; officials. Mr.
f. Riste, secretary of the board of di-
rectors, kindly hands I'M the following
notes bearing upon this Important sub
ject, that will show what has been
done, what is doing and what it is
hoped to accomplish:
On April 30th the hoard received
word from the Great Northern that
prospects were good for furnishing
reliable contractors to construct the
irrigation system for full bond issue
and asking if the district was willing
to enter into such an agreement.
The reply of the board was that the
district was willing to give the full
bond issue if necessary and strongly
development of power if possible.
Nothing further has been received
from the railroad as yet.
On Friday Judge Brown, attorney
for the railroad in this state, came to
Okanogan and Oroville, examined the
legal status of the district, and con-
terred with the directors on the work
that has been done. He finds all the
legal conditions properly fulfilled and
gave the district a week to complete
some right of way matters.
On Friday last engineer Laurga-
ard accompanied by officers of the
Kennedy Construction Company visit
ed the district. Mr.. Laurgaard sub
mitted his report and the conclusions
reached therein are having the con-
sideration of the board and also of the
railroad company.
1t seems possible to get the metal
tlume construction either in whole or
in part, and if there = any way of
securing power advantages for the
district, it seems to be the sentiment
Of the directors and also of the peo-
pie of the district, that the power ad-
vantages should be incorporated into
the plans for the irrigation system.
company was favorably impressed
with the district and if some minor
arrangements can be perfected he will
probably make definite proposition
to the district.
One of the conditions which the dist
rict has to meet is that of securing
without cost to the district the neces-
sary rights of way for the canals
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rich millionaire who desires to shake
loose from all former connections and
enter society. Between the blunders
CT Erastus, who takes himself so SER
iously as to be a joke, the desperate
efforts of his scape grace son to es-
cape retribution, the girls lover, and
the light of ASIA" every scene is a
comedy. And Tilley, the German
serving girl, with her flirtations and
her ridiculous interpretations OF
everybody, adds the finishing touch
to a play that promises to be about
the most humorous thing Oroville has
seen for long time.
Members of the cast are the Misses
Elizabeth Murray, Gertrude Granger
Alice Shaw, Dora Cole, Lorraine Bar
tell, and the Messrs. Harlan Fuller
William Cole, Aubrey McMahan, Gar
land Ethel, Charles Cole, Theodore
Johnson and Winnifred Bair.
Do not forget the date, Friday 14th.
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weakness to make mistakes, so let us
bury that mistake In rorgetfuluess.
While memory OF failure may not
have been source from which to OK
tract great deal OF joy, yet the visit
on the whole was conducive OF much
pleasure, and especially SO when
meeting the Old residents, quite a
number OF whom are clinging Loyalty
to the camp. For let it be said that
Ior warm heartedness, genuine kind
ness, royal hospitality one would have
to travel far to meet up with people
who can compare with the residents
OF Loomis. When you know them
once, associate with them and know
them well, our words OF commenda-
ton will be considered tame and in
adequate. II they are not the best
people on earth they will size up very
favorably with the best people on
earth. May good fortune yet come
to them, and come in ineXhaustible
quantities.
Yet ii Loomis is not what it once
was in some respects it has improved
and improved for the better. Water
and cultivation has worked the trans
formation, and that transformation
will be more conspicuous when the
Whitestone irrigation project is COM
pleted, making it possible to put more
land under cultivation. The town site
il naturally attractive. The settings
in which the camp is located could
hardly be more charming from a seen
ic point of view, and that feature has
always struck the stranger most fav-
orably. 1t oyerlooks the Sinlahekin
valley, one of the most lovely wales
in any land under the sun, with q
background of high rugged mountains
to the west, and the rough sides OF
Palmer and Aeneas mountains shoot
irg up TO the north and south directly
on the edge of town. The Sinlahekin
creek, cold, limpid mountain stream
cuts its sinuous way through the val
ley, and directly to the west the brawl-
ing Toats coula creek tumbles out of
the high lands, one OF the finest trout
streams in the state. Nature could
hardly have fashioned a more attact-
i've site for town. In the old days
people were too busy and too intent
upon having fun, the fun common to
mining camps, to pay much attention
to improving their surroundings, and
hence the general aspect of the town
itself was raw and seedy. 1t is dif-
Gerent now. Lots are fenced, premises
are cleaned up, lawns are in evidence,
rich alfalfa plots cover the former
dumping grounds and ugly waste
places. Flowers beautify yards and
vines creep over porches and drape
windows, giving residences a homelike
appearance that wss not to be seen
in bygone days. The application of
water and labor as worked this
change, change very much for the
better, and when there is more water,
and more improvement, this notch in
the hills will become a veritable Eden.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-14
COMMITTEES NAMED

The following committees and Of
ficers have been selected to take
charge of arrangements for the pro-
posed 4th of July celebration. Every
individual named has expressed
readiness to lend every aid in his pow
CT to make the celebration = success,
ana it will be no fault of theirs if the
lth Of July celebration this Yea" does
not surpass in crowd and character
anything ever attempted in that line
in this place:
Finance committee X. J. Frank, A.
J. Wickersham, H. J. Desmond, w. o.
Hamisch, C. c. Hedger
Base ball-Chas. Powell, jr., Frank
Bartell, jr., Frank Wilson.
Horse racing-Jas. H. Holmes, Chas.
f. Johnston, s. T. Stanton.
Aquatic sports and fireworks-E. E.
Phillips p. z. Davis, Walter Kleines-
ebay.
Field sports-Prof. w. Leonard
Davis, S, B. Starrett, r. l.. Prentice.
Speaking and music-Chas. +. Sig
rist, L. l.. Work, L. VI. Prentice.
General manager. II. Prentice.
Treasurer-A. P. Murray.
Marshal-E. r. Hoose.
Get busy gentlemen, for time flies
and there is much to be done to get
everything in shipshape for the grand
event
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and that uninimity of sentiment in
sures the carrying out OF the plans to
a happy issue. 1t is going to be a
celebration with a hurrah in it, a cele
bration that everybody, far and near
will be anxious to participate in.
At the Club meeting committee of
three, composed of Lew Prentice. DR..
w. c. Ketchum and L. n. Grubb, was
appointed to formulate program and
take charge of all arrangements. Sub
committees will be named later and
all who are selected to lend assistance
will undoubtedly exert every effort
to make the celebration of 1915 more
attractive, interesting and enjoyable
than those that have gone before.
This is a bold promise considering the
entertainment provided at previous
celebrations pulled off in Oroville
but this paper feels safe in making it
at this time. OF course the movement
is too fresh to take definite shape, and
the committee too new in the making
for the formulation of any plans, but
the members are not asleep on the job
and they will soon have reports to
make.
1t is only fit and proper that Oro-
vile pre-empt the 4th of July. 1t
has been customary for number of
years for this place to hold celebra-
tions on that date until the residents
OF this part of the county always ex-
pect the announcements at this time
OF year. 1t will not take them by
surprise, and commencing the move
ment early prepares the public for
what is coming. This town is not in
the habit of monopolizing holidays and
getting up frequent attractions to
draw people this way. 1t has been
tacitly accepted in the past as fore
gone conclusion that Oroville would
appropriately observe the 4th, land
conceeding the ability and willingness
Of the people to put up a celebration
worthy of the occasion other towns in
the immediate neighborhood have
generously refrained from organizing
opposition attractions on that date.
Take it year in and year out and Oro-
Vile people are liberal patrons of
holiday celebrations, or attractions of
any kind, in other places, and it is
only a case of reciprocity when these
visits are returned one day in the year
and that on a day when everybody
feels it a duty to take lay Off
In the past those who have visited
Oroville on the 4th of July have not
been disappointed, and the promise
can be safely given tnat upon this oc-
cGsion the visitor viii find ample op-
portunity to spend day pleasantly,
with attractions to keep up interest.
The events will be diversified in order
to meet the demands of the hobby of
the individual Those who do not en-
JOY ball game-and strange to say
there are such-will have a chance to
see good horse racing, or athletic
stunts, or aquatic contests. The man,
or woman, who comes to Oroville on
the 4th and fails to see something to
amuse, or interest, or entertain will
be either blind, or so mighty hard to
please that he, or she, could not en-
JOY himself, or herself anywhere on
the face of the earth, above the earth,
or under the earth. Just come and be
convinced that this is correct.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-14

high school has participated in sew
enteen different athletical and orator
ical contests and has won all but four.
The first three football games and the
Conconully debate ended disastrously
for the gold and purple. We have won
two football games, eight basketball
games, one debate, the county track
meet, and finally the county deolam-
atory contest. Besides this Conconul-
ly forfeited one football game and
Okanogan a basketball game, making
in all fifteen victories out of nineteen
contests. Can any other school in the
county show better record.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-14
BACCALAUREATE SERMON

The baccalaureate sermon for the
graduating class of the Oroville high
school will be given next Sunday
morning at the Presbyterian church
by the pastor, Rev. D. H. Chandler,
The service is at II a. m. This is an
occasion of special interest to the
friends of the graduates and all who
are interested in the high school. A
cordial invitation is extended to them
and to all the public.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-14
"MY FRIEND FROM INDIA"

q Those who gave so kind and SYM
pathetic an audience to the high
% hool. "A Box of Monkeys" will hear
with interest that the high school will
Stage another play week before
School closes.
My Friend from India" is a farce
n three acts, requiring more charac-
fer. with more difficult parts to sus-
Gain, than anything heretofore at
tempted. The plot is not deep, but
me action is so quick as to make it
Neem complex.
n The plot centers around a newly
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-14
WILL CELEBRATE

Oroville will celebrate the 4th of
July.
The 4th comes on Sunday this year.
and the committee is yet to elect as
whether the celebration is to take
place Saturday preceding or Monday
following.
At the rousing meeting of the Com
mercial Club last Thursday evening
this decision was reached. There was
not a protesting voice when the prop
osition was sprung on the meeting,
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NJ. L. SERVICES

Sunday school at 10 and preaching
by the pastor at II. Mothers day will
be observed. Come and wear the
white flower Junior League at 8
p M; Epworth League at Z, and the
pastor will speak at s. Prayer meet
ing on Thursday evening at s. The
Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs. Hen
dirk on Wednesday afternoon. A very
cordial welcome will be given at these
meetings.
Miss Jennie Goude, of Spokane, will
give an elocutionary entertainment in
the Orpheum on May 2S, under the
auspices of the Ladies Aid. Please
read what others say about her.
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PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES

Church service next Sunday at II
a M, when the baccalaureate sermon
for the class of 1915, Oroville high
school, will be given by the pastor.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. All well
come Evening service omitted.
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tending their sheep when the vision
came-they were at their posts OF
duty. They would have missed it all
had they been elsewhere. The
place Of duty is still the place OF
vision.
It is . great JOY to know the Saw
Tor and q great JOY to tell these
things, for true joy doubles itself in
being shared. The angels minis
ter because they are happy, but
no less are happy because they min
lister. Let joyousness into our re-
ligion, cultivate joy; pray for joy.
We work best, live best, pray best
when we are happy. We are bear
ers Of good tidings of great JOY
which shall be to all people,
Christmas is q day Of joy, but JOY
not be allowed to die out OF
our lives next morning. It should
stay with Us ever after. We should
sing the Christmas songs all the
year. We should carry the peace
Of God in our hearts continually.
We should learn from this glad
time to find the beauty and the
good in all things, and to show the
world that we believe what we say
we believe-that since God loves us
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-17
DO YOU KNOW

That one person dies every three
minutes from tuberculosis?
That one half Of those who die
between the ages of twenty and
thirty-fve die from tuberculosis ?
: That tuberculosis costs the United
States 1886, OOO, 900.
That one out Of every fifteen
deaths in South Dakota is from tu-
berculosis?
That South Dakota needs to wake
up and help stamp it out?
That the disease is preventable II
taken in time?
That by buying the Red Gross
Christmas Seals you are he lping car
~ on q good work That the Red
Cross Seal Commission with head
quarters at Armour, s. D., needs
your help and assistance?
Will you help the good work on
by buying q few Red Cross Seals?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-17
CHRISTMAS SERMON
By Rev. F. A. Morrison

"And the angel said unto them,
fear not; for behold | bring you
good tidings Of great joy, which
shall be to all people,"
Though Christ q thousand times
In Bethlehem be born,
If he Is not born in thee,
Thy heart is still forlorn.'
-Schaffer.
There is q solemn hush over the
world today As the birth day Of our
Lord draws near. There is doubt
and questioning in the hearts Of
men. Sorrow. gloom and great
fear has settled upon the heart Of
many persons, yes even nations.
And the angel said unto them,
Fear not" We are called today to
! fearless JOY.
The world ID being chastened to-
day. But what son is he whom
the father chasteneth not. We can
not doubt toda that the Fathers
love is ours. since he proves it by
the sending Of His ION.
The shepherds were on the hills
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dollars and mansions were inherited
from both her husband and her father.
was the greatest .'catch" Of her day.
and young Washington was greatly en-
We'd when he persuaded her to say
Yes" This marriage enabled him to
hold his own among the plutocrats Of
the time and to be free from any 6nan-
cial worries.
Mrs. Washington, whose wealth could
have added most to the splendors Of
the White House, never occupied the
mansion. az It was finished only four
months before the expiration Of John
Adams term. and Mrs. Adams was its
6rst chatelaine. It was then referred
to a. 1.-THE palace" and each president
was expected to provide for it, mainte-
nance and pay for its hospitalities out
~ hls salary Of $4,000 q year.
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EYES OF THE DEER.
N Incident That Spoiled Q nuNtors
Pleasure IN tho Chaoo.

IN Incident That Spoiled . hsntevs
Plsssvrs In ths Chess.
A Canadian hunter tells this incident
Of how he once came face to face with
his quarry and hadn't the heart to nre:
TT wasn't q . OF buck fever such
- . novice might experience, for I had
been Z hunter for many years and had
killed . good many deer.
This was . particularly llne buck
that | had followed for three dayS. a
strong man ran run any deer to earth In
time. and at last ! had my prey tired
ont. From the top Of . hill | sighted
him . few miles away. He had given
MP tho light and had stretched himself
out on the snow. A. I stalked him he
changed his position and took shelter
behind Z bowlder. and, using the sams
bowldef for . shelter. ! came suddenly
fhco 20 faco with him. He didn't at-
tempt to run away, but stood there
looking at M with the most piteous
pair Of eyes I ever NV.
A9hoot1 I could have no more shot
him that I could have shot . child.
Had the chance come from Z distance
q . hundred yards ! would have shot
him down and carried hi antlers home
= triumph, but ones having looked into
thosi syes Il would have been nothing
- than murder. / have hunted deer
since then. but ! nnd the sport affords
NJ LITTLE pleasure. Whenever ! draws
bad the picture Of those mute, appeal
ing eyes comes before me. and though
Il has not prevented me from pulling
the trigger. I have always felt glad
somehow when my bullet failed to 1nd
IT. mark"
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and Jesus is u friend, "All's
we'll with the world. This is q
good time to get DR.. Babcocks lines
into our hearts.
1.-The inner side of every cloud
Is bright and shining;
/, therefore, turn my clouds about
And always wear them inside out
To show the lining.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-12-17
Marty p. Martens Seriously Ill.

The Martens Bros. received q
telegram last week stating that
their brother, Marty P. Martens
whose home is in North Dakota, was
seriously i'll and might possibly have
to undergo an operation for relief.
Mr.. Frank Martens departed i'm
mediately to his brothers bedside,
and writes that Marty is in q serious
condition, and the physicians have
diagnosed his case as an internal
cancer. The many friends Of Marty
at his old home here will grieve to
learn of this affection that has come
upon him.