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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
.EDGEWOODLAKET ID
 BE READY AUG. b
Dam Will Be Completed and Water Impounded by That
 Time, Says Contractor

It was stated yesterday that by August
 15 the officials of the Edgewood Motor
 and Country club at Edgewood expect to fill up the lake which has been under , construction near the clubhouse for some
 time. The contractor who Is building the
 dam is making good progress. and has assured the club officials that he be-
 lieves the dam will be complete and ready
 for service by that time.
 When the dam is closed 1t will impound the water of Shades creek, it is said form ing a lake about mile wide and two or
 three miles long. About this lake 1t is the plan of the club officials to construct modern boulevard and automobile drive way. The lake itself they plan to stock
 with fish, and upon it the sport of row. ing and swimming will be indulged. Some of the best-known business men of the city are the leaders in the devel-
 opment of the Edgewood club plans,
 among them being J. F. Shelby, George
 Blinn. Charles Rice, B. B. Burton, J. W. Donnelly and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
DATA ON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR JUNE

M ss Fannie Dunn, secretary of the Chil- dren's Hospital association makes the fol lowing report on the work of the institu- tion during June:
 During the month of June 26 patients were admitted to the hospital. Of this number three were suffering from ty- phoid fever and were in the hospital all month. Several babies had colitis There were two operations, one being serious case of appendicitis. There were 34 dress ngs and treatments given during the month.
 We are very grateful for the donation of many useful articles of food and cloth ing and money sent during June.
 FANNIE DUNN, Secretary Children's Hospital Associa-
 tion.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
.SLOSS FARNACE 0N
 FIRST AVENUE MAY . BE BLOWN IN AGAIN
Will Be Done August 1 Un- less City Commissioners Object to Smoke, Which
 Is Not Expected

Providing the city commissioners dc not object to the smoke, the city fur- naces and coke ovens of the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron companv at First avenue and Twenty eighth street will be placed in operation August |
 In company with other pig iron in- terests, the Sloss company In the past few months has steadily sold iron out of it's stocks until they have reached minimum and the blowing in of the furnace will be the result Owing 10 uncertainty as to what will he inc position of James Weatherly. the smoke abatement commissioner" and other members of the city govern ment, Sloss officials decline at pres ent to make an official announcement of their plans
 1t will be recalled that in times pa st there have been more or less stren- uous negotiations between the city government and the Sloss company aoout the coke ovens and furnaces at this place because of the smoke Tn the wave of reform that at one time swept the city against all kinds of smoke, these coke ovens came in for special attention.
 It is generally understood now. how eNer that under present business con ditions the public will be so glad to see the "smoke of industry" that the commissioners would run grave chance, Of offending public opinion should they object to the operation
 The Sloss company is now operating three furnaces. the city furnace here making the fourth when 1t Is placed Tn blast tt Is understood that one of the North Birmingham furnaces of the Sloss company is to be blown in About October providing the iror business continues to improve
 Three furnaces recently have been placed In operation by the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company. one by the Woodward Iron company and the Republic Iron and Steel company is refining a furnace at Thomas to go into blast about October l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

In reference to the proposed appropria- tion of s200,000 from the county funds for the benefit of the city of Birmingham, the statement is made by Dr. R. F. LoVelady, president Of the board of revenue, that the citizens of Birmingham receive a bene- fit of so to S5 per cent of the county insti- tutions. and are benefciaries In almost every expenditure made by the county. He points out the fact that S5 per cent of the litigation in the county courts originates in the city, that s5 per cent of the in- mates of the Iiillman hospital, 80 per cent of the inmates of the almshouse and 70 per cent of the inmates of the pest house are from the city.
 He states that the county supports and maintains the court of common pleas. juvenile court and inferior courts exclu- sively for the benefit of the citizens of Birmingham and makes large appropria- tions for the charities of the city.
 Among the expenditures for 1914 by the county of which the city is largely the beneficiary. he gives the following:
 Expenditures for City
 Charity appropriations, including the following:
 Children's hospital, $50 per month.
 Anti-Tuberculosis association, $4Oo per month.
 Salvation army. sS5 per month.
 Birmingham Settlement association, $75 per month.
 Alabama Industrial school s1oO per month.
 Elizabeth Duncan Memorial hospital. s100 per month.
 Pisgah Home. $35 per month.
 Octavia White Home. $100 per month.
 Mercy Home. s250 per month.
 Orphans Home, $1S0 per month.
 Alabama Home of Refuge, $S per month.
 Old Confederate veterans, $50 per month.
 Total, $21, 500 per year.
 Almshouse expense, $22 905.5s per year.
 Health department expense, $6S44 06 per year.
 Smallpox and epidemics. s54O7. 7.s4 per year.
 Sanitary sewer expense, s3lSO2 S5 per year.
 556. 26 per year.
 Repairs and upkeep Hillman hospital, $47, 400 per year.
 Chancery court expense. s229s. l5 per year
 Circuit court expense. s27o2lO5 per year
 City court of Birmingham expense, s4S,- 745 S4 per year.
 City court of Bessemer expense, sl5, ,9sS .S4 per year.
 Criminal court expense $56,936. .39 per year. Probate court expense, s92S9. .S2 per year.
 Courts of common pleas expense, s9633 .29 per year. Fnsley inferior court expense. S3060 per year.
 Woodlawn inferior court expense, s3257, 47 per year. Juvenile court and Chidren's Aid so- ciety, s90. .s14 per year Dr. LOvelady Explains Regarding the proposed approprla- tion for the city pr. Lovelady said:
 We feel 1t is but fair to give to the citizens of the county and city the facts in reference to the finances of the eoun-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
THREE-STORY BUILDING FOR
 OLD BONITA THEATRE SITE

Nineteenth and Twentieth streets on
 the old Bonita theatre site.
 The building will cost about S20.000
 and work has already been started. It Is expected to be ready for ocou- panoy this fall.
 The building wilh be constructed on
 modern plans and will be fireproof It will be 140 feet deep by 25 feet wide and will be constructed especially for
 mercantile purposes. being In tho heart of the business section. Mcconnell Anglin-White Real Estate company are agents. and 1t is stated no lease has yet been closed for the place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
To Discard Freckles,
 Tan, Pimples, Wrinkles

The use of creams containing animal substance sometimes causes hair to grow. You run no risk of acquiriny superfluous hair when you use ordina rv mercoliZed wax There Is nothing bet ter for a discolored skin, as the wax actually absorbs the offensive cuticle. The latter is naturally replaced bv n clear smooth, healthy complexio full of life and expression It's the sensible way to discard a frecl<led. tanned over red, blotchy or pimpled skin. Get an ounce of mercolized wax at any drug gists and apply nightly like cold cream. erasing in the morning with soap and water. 1t takes a week or so to com plete the transforma ton.
 The ideal wrinkle remover is made by dissolving an ounce of powdered saxo- lite in a half pint witch hazel. Bathing the face in the solution brings almost instantaneous results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
ON WARDS PROPOSAL
 THAT COUNTY HELP BIRMINGHAM
Says City Is Getting Fair Return On Money Per Cent of Litigation In Courts Arises In Bir- mingham- Majority of Inmates In Hillman Hospital, Almshouse and Pesthouse From Bir- mingham- Maintaining Sanitary Sewer

ty. First, we have tax valuation In the county of approximately $l42,OOO,- 900 and tax levy for 1915 is as follows under the constitutional provisions; The general fund, 30 centsi the bridge and public bridges. 10 cents the road, 10 cents; sanitation. cents. school fund under Henry law, 5 cents, school under vote of the people. 10 cents. The school fund the county does not disburse but it Is turned over to the county school board. All of the levy of the sanitary fund goes to pay for the maintenance of the sanitary sewers and is used by the city of Birmingham and Bessemer exclusively. The sanitary sewer was built by the county at cost of s500,000, and a septic tank at Ensley used in connection with the same. was built at a cost of about $70,. GOO.
 County Courts
 "The expenses of the courts of the county. not including tho courts of common pleas and inferior court, cost about $155,195.09. The information we get from the clerks and other court officials is that so to 90 per cent of the litigation originates in the city of Bir- mingham. Easing the figures at S5 per l cent 1t makes a cost paid solely for the benefit of the citizens of Birmingham of
 
 tax district the city would have to as sume this obligation. The courts of common pleas and juvenile courts and | inferior court of Birmingham. which are used exclusively for the city of Bir mingham, amount to S33,S1i.65.
 Hillman Hospital
 "The county has recently made an expenditure on the extension of the | Hillman hospital in building and equip ment S101, 900, and s50,00 for the land 1 The closest estimate we have been able to get of the inmates is S5 per cent are from the city of Birmingham. The maintenance of the Hillman hospital at present Is $47, 400 annually and Is grow ing at a very rapid rate
 AlmshOuse and Charities
 "The cost of maintenance of this in stitution is $22,905.5S, conservative estimate of it's inmates is that from so to S5 per cent come from the city of Birmingham. We appropriate for tho charities in the city of Birmingham about $20, 000 All of this is paid out of the general fund with the exception of the sanitation.
 PesthOuse "rhe last report showed 70 per cent of the inmates were from the city of Birmingham. It Is fair to state here that the city of Birmingham con tribute to the salary of the pesthouse physician the sum of $50
 Road Fund ! Of the levy for the road fund the city of Birmingham gets half of the total l amount, which Is approximately $d5,- 000
 These figures do not include the bridge and public fund or the amount expended on public buildings of which | the citizens of Birmingham get large benefits, or the many other appropria- tions made for the benefit of the ci y In our opinion the county Is giving the city a fair return on the taxes paid into l it's treasury by the citizens of Bir- mingham."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
WORK ALREADY BEGUN-THE STRUCTURE WILL COST ABOUT S2O.OOO-TO BE READY FOR OC- CUPANCY THIS FALL

Announcement was made yesterday that J. D. Cook of Maben, Miss, as owner of the property. will construct at once three story brick mercan- tile building on Third avenue between
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
Incorporation

s2ooo-Magic Land and Development com pany: T. F. Wood president; O. A. Wood. secretary and treasurer; J. A. Wood, vice president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

MT and Mrs. E. J. Kirby are spending a few days with relatives in Chattanooga.
 The various chapters of the Order of Eastern Star are cordially invited to join Birmingham chapter No. 11S with bas- ket picnic at Avondale park, Thursday [. July 22, 1915.
 pr. James M Shelburne. president of Howard college, left yesterday for Hunts vile, where he will occupy the pulpit of the First Baptist church today He will return to Birmingham tomorrow or Tuesday
 R. E. L. Bunch of New York, traffic manager of the American Brake Shoe and Foundry company, is in the city on busi- ness. The Southern Wheel company of which the local Decatur Car Wheel com pany is branch, is . subsidiary of the concern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
PERSONAL

MT. and Mrs. E. J. Kirby are spending a few days with relatives in Chattanooga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-06-04
OROvILLE, WASH, JUNE 4, 1915


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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-06-04
DAILY PASSENGER TRAIN
Plans Formulating for Daily
Service on the Branch for
Summer Months

A petition was numerously signed
Ia town this week requesting that the
railroad company put on a daily pas
senger train service, except Sunday,
between Oroville and Wenatchee. The
petition grew out of a necessity for
such service recognized even by the
railroad company, realizing that dur
ing the summer, when delays of mixed
trains could be expected owing to
freight movements, more satisfac-
tory passenger service would be re
quired. The petition asked that pas
Senger service be inaugurated on the
branch June 20 and extended to Oc-
tober 81. If this schedule goes into
effect, and it no doubt will, the pas
senger train will leave Oroville at
a. m., arriving at Wenatchee at noon.
Leaving Wenatchee at 4:30 and ar
irving at Oroville $50. At Wenatchee
this train will connect with trains
Nos. 1 and 43 west bound and No. 4
east bound on the main line.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-06-04
GOOD RETURNS ON ORE

A short time ago J. F. Anderson,
who has been working the claim for
some months, shipped car load of
ore from the o. X. mine, on Kruger
mountain, to the Grand Forks smell
ter, which ran better than $50 per
ton. Mr.. Anderson made another car
shipment from the mine this week,
which should give even better returns,
as copper is three cents higher now
than when the first shipment was
made. Mr.. Fisher also shipped a car
load of ore this week from the Divid-
end. At the present price of copper,
19 cents, which is the highest the
metal has been for a number of years,
copper bearing claims in this upper
country should be at work. There
are a number of partially developed
copper bearing mines in this upper
country that could be made to pay
well with copper even lower than the
present quoted price. The market
should be an incentive for the renew
al of work on the Copper World, Cop
per World Extension, and every prop
erty on Kruger mountain should be
shipping ore to the smelter. 1t is
hardly possible, considering the vast
consumption of copper in Europe, that
the price of that metal will be less
than the present figures for a long
time to come, and the chances are that
it may even go higher. The many
prospects about Oroville could be
opened up from the income to be de-
rived from shipments, and leave a
comfortable surplus for the opera
tors. There should be a great revival
of mining in northern Okanogan coun-
ty during the present summer.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-06-04
ENJOYABLE ENTERTAINMENT

Considering the condition of things
underfoot, where the saturated and
adhesive real estate made it so dis
agreeable for the pedestrian that get
ting out and around worked a great
hardship, Miss Jennie H. Goude should
feel highly flattered, and the Ladies'
Aid very pleasantly satisfied with the
size of the audience that assembled at
the Orpheum last Friday evening up
on the occasion of the elocutionary en-
tertainment given by that young lady.
A single individual must have ability
and merit to entertain all by himself,
or herself, and in this instance Miss
Goude certainly proved herself cap
able of keeping an audience enter
tanned, judging from the continual
cachinations and liberality of applause
that awarded each number of the pro-
gram. Her humorous and dramatic
selections were very cleverly render
ed. She has a remarkable range of
voice, changing instantly from the
simpering intonations of the wee
young child to the gruff voice of the
grown up. The tableaux were very
clever features of the entertainment,
the statuesque attitudes and poise of
the young lady being exceptionally at
tractive and pleasing. Altogether
Miss GOude gave an entertainment of
a very high order.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-06-04
THE FEVER TICK

Jack Winsor passed through town
this week on his way to his home at
Loomis from a trip through the lower
reaches of British Columbia investi-
eating the ravages of the fever tick,
parasite that attacks sheep, con-
tinuing an investigation that Dave
Ledgerwood started last fall Mr..
Winsor found that the tick has done
considerable damage along the bound
airy line on the Similkameen river. B.
F. Anderson, of Nighthawk, was the
first big loser from the fever tick
known in this county. Since then
there has been considerable trouble
with the tick in British Columbia
Mr.. Winsor has been experimenting
to find some way to kill this tick
He says that lime and sulphur will
not eradicate the pest, as Mr.. Ledger
wood supposed it would, but that ain
arsenic dip will do the work. 1t will
be we'll for the stockmen to watch his
flock and herds and when he dis
covers the first symptoms of the pres
ence of the tick round up the animals
and apply the arsenic dip.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-06-04

At last the Catholic sisters have
taken over and are in charge of the
Oroville hospital after many delays
for which they were in no measure re-
sponsible. The party arrived direct
from st. Paul Monday evening, and was
composed of Mother Superior Scholas-
tica, Sister Antonio and nurse, Miss
Schultz. The new arrivals naturally
felt strange in their new surroundings.
new atmosphere and a new COM
munity. 1t will require some time for
them to adjust themselves to their
present quarters, but the lives of these
sisters of mercy are self-sacrificing,
devoted to humanitarianism, and it will
not be long until the kindly, gentle,
industrious sisters will feel at home,
forgetting self in ministering to the
unfortunate. The matter of construc-
ton of the proposed new hospital will
be considered after they have obtain
ed their bearings and become familiar
with the conditions and prospects of
the country
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-06-04

that so far has escaped this little
hirkwell. Every other boat, five on
these lines, crossing from New York
with true courtesy have been invited
to kirkwell, but we crossed as far
north as between the Shetlands and
Faros islands and arrived safely in
Bergen, Norway. | had a splendid
trip across Norway on the scenic
mountain railroad to Christiania, Nor
way, and down through Sweden to
Copenhagen. Here I am now in the
next largest town in Denmak, Aarhu-
us, town of 10000 people. Copen-
hagen has about 100000. Aarhuus is
located on the large peninsula of Jut-
land, now bordering directly on Ger
many The Danish army is modified
Very few people travel nowadays on
the high seas. There were only 20
first cabin passengers on the boat,
OF these two ladies. Everybody feels
very nervous nowadays on the high
seas with its added perils. AS to the
terrible news about the war you know
as early and as much as we do. News
papers here can tell as many and as
big lies as they can at home, the
truthful Oroville Gazette, of course,
excepted. l expect to remain here
and look on until the latter part Of
June. | have, of course, travelled some
already since arriving March 10 in
Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and
shall travel some more. l shall, if the
terrible war will soon end go to Ger
many and also visit other belligerent
countries. But who knows when the
war will end. No end in sight yet
Periodically l get news from Okano-
gan and Kansas City, but mail is very
irregular and uncertain now. l am
we'll as usual, and expect to be back
again in the Okanogan this fall, 60
ing to California en- route Business
here as in our country is very much
Some make by export, but
more lose.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-06-04
ENLARGED HOMESTEADS

Some weeks ago mention was made
OF the rights of homesteaders under
the enlarged homestead act, which was
not wholly correct, as an amendment
to the act was passed by the last con-
gress and approved March 8, 1916.
This amendment amends sections
and of the enlarged homestead acts
OF February 19, 1909, so as to permit
an additional entry hereunder to be
made, though proof has already been
submitted on the original, provided the
applicant still owns and occupies the
tract first entered The act confers
the right of entry of additional land
only upon one who still owns and
occupies the land" first entered; it is
not required that the claimant be resi-
ding on said tract, and the occupancy
thereof may be by agent or through
tenant. The tracts must be contig-
uous. If the proof on the original
entry has been accepted as sufficient
under either the five-year or the. three
year act, no further residence is need
ed; but if proof was by way of COM
mutation, claimant must show such
further residence, before or after date
OF the additional entry, as will make
up the aggregate amount required by
the provisions of the act of June 6.
1912. The claimant is required to
show cultivation of the additional
tract itself, to the extent and for the
period required by the act of June G.
1912, that is, one-sixteenth of it's area
during the second year of the entry,
and one-eighth during the third and
until submission of proof, which must
occur within five years after the date
of the additional entry