The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-03


THOMAS N. O'NEILL.
Chairman Welfare Committee. Oro-
vile Farmers Union No. $50.
Riley G. Hurlbert, of Tonasket, one
Of the oldest and best known ranchers
and cattle men in the north part Of the
county, is laid up at st. Joseph's hos
pital. Last Thursday he was operated
upon by DR.. d. Fl. Lewis for appendi-
citis. That common ailment Ia no re-
specter Of person and 1t puts a crimp
in the strong as we'll as the weak. Mr..
Hurlbert Is powerful, rugged COW
man, but when old appendicitis gripp-
ed him he was as child and suffered
intensely. The operation was so sue
cessful, and Mr.. Hurlbert's general
condition SO excellent, that he rallied
at once and has no appearance of q
sick man. The carving did not prune
his good nature, he Is in fine spirits
and will be up and around in q few
days.
e. McCammon was exhibiting twig
of fruit tree in this office Monday,
portions of which were covered with
what he declared to be the red spider
and San Jose scale. The scale did not
appear to be exactly like what we have
seen in California, but that was IS
years ago, and the beast may have
changed his raiment to some extent.
although as vOraciOus and destruct-
i've as at any time in his existence.
The inhnitesimal insects, be they what
they may, are a menace to the fruit
trees of the valley. and every owner Of
trees should spray thoroughly this
spring. 1t will be criminal for any
tree grower to neglect this duty. for
the trees that are not sprayed will be
breeding places for the pests and
make the work of those who do spray
useless.
The uninitiated would be surprised
to know the number OF articles, letters.
pamphlets, circulars boosting this. that
and the other thing or individual, that
find their way to the country print
shop. Each and every one OF these COM
whether printed or writ
ten, is sent to the country press in
hopes that it may find space in the COL
umDs of the paper to which it Is ad-
dressed. Public men, promoters, COM
munities, public and private institu-
tions have press agents who earn their
salaries by flooding the mails with
these communications. All are seeking
publicity without cost. These people
either consider the country newspaper
man incapable of filling his own COL
umns, or that he is a philanthopist
ready and willing to give away his
space for the benefit of others. This
paper could readily be filled every
week with these solicitations for pub
licity, and then room could not be
found for all of them. Still there Is
some compensation in this flood of lite
nature for the general public, as the
postage aids in reducing the annual
deficit in the postoffice department.
The chief annoyance about the receipt
of these documents is that they keep
the waste paper basket constantly
overflowing.
Some time ago the immigration de-
partment of the Great Northern sent
out blanks to numbtr of people In
this county requesting report upon
the yield of grain in this county last
fall. Chas. Powell of the Oroville Com
mercial company took the little trou-
BILE necessary for the purpose to collect
some of the data required. He has just
ho,
western immigration agent, who stated
that Mr.. Powell was the only man to
whom the blanks had been sent that
had taken the trouble to answer, and
thanking him warmly for his zeal in
helping to advertise the country. 1t Is
to be regretted that more information
has not been sent into the Great Nor
thern immigration office. Never has
there been a better opportunity to ad-
vertise the fertility of the lands of
Okanogan county. Take it all around,
more wheat was produced to the acre
in this county last year than In any
other portion of the state. 1t was some-
thing to be proud of. Any year 40 or
more bushels of wheat to the acre is q
common yield in that favored territory
around Nelson, Chesaw and Havillah,
and last fall so bushels to the acre was
so common as to cease to attract atten-
ton, and some ranches yielded as high
as 20 bushels. Why not let the outside
world know that Okanogan is one of
the best wheat producing counties in
the west. The publicity would do the
county q vast amount of good.