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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-09-01

regiment, such as the Western Irish,"
Duke of Connaught's Own" and sew.
eral others.
There are between 5000 and 5000
recruits billeted at this concentration
camp, but at this season many have
been granted furloughs for the pur-
pose Of assisting in the harvest
fields. On that account, the uniformed
soldier was a common sight on the
trip, on the sidewalks about the towns.
trudging along the country road side,
or mingling among the home folks at
the country residences. Vernon fairly
swarms with them. A fine looking, we'll
set up body Of men they are, the far
greater portion being men of mature
years. For the youth and flower OF
the land, always the first to respond
to call to military duty, were among
| the first contingent of Canadians who
SO Loyalty flew to the aid Of the moth.
| er country in the time of stress. Many.
very many, OF those chivalrous and
debonair lads have laid down their
lives on the blood stained fields Of
France, and there Is keen and bitter
mourning in homes they left so buoy
ant and hopeful year ago. There Is
no sign of frivolity and gayety among
| the Canadian soldiers today. They
know what war means, what they
] have to confront. But they do not hang
back nor hesitate. The stern determi-
nation of men Of courage is depicted
| in their faces. They realize the sacri-
flee they are making. yet are ready
and willing TO face the chances. There
may be shade OF saffron in the uni
form, but the color goes no deeper
than the cloth. The Canadian soldier
has Unlisted TO do his duty, and he will
do it. no matter what the cost Five
hundred thousand Canadians have
joined the colors, made up Of English.
Irish. Scotch, Welsh and native born.
What manner OF men they are Is we'll
known to the world. They have writ a
record that is imperishable in the
trenches and on the battlefelds Of
Europe.
| The Canadian soldier is well cared
for and far better paid than any SOL
der in service. Not only is his pay
large, very large compared with that
OF the United States. England, France
or other continental countries. but
ample provision is made for the family
where the recruit has family 10 leave
behind. One OF the soldiers, and one
from Spokane, be II said, stated that
his wife would draw part OF his SAL
AIRY during his absence, and together
with the provision made for her sup
port by the authorities she would re-
ceive s55 per month. Canada is pay
ing her troops literally. and it is cost
ing the country million dollars day.
In and around Vernon, no matter
where one cast an eye, khaki clad
Tommy was mingling with the land
scape. They strolled about singly, In
pairs and in squads. Not smile, not
sound Of laughter, not sign OF sky
llarking, only low conversation and
little apparent interest In surround
Iings. Distinguishing marks between
officers and privates were 80 slight
that the uninitiated could not disting-
uish one from the other. All the sold
liers carry light canes while promen-
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-09-01
orchards yielded princely revenues.
and are still the source of large In.

orchards yielded princely revenues.
and are still the source Of large In.
comes.
To the visitors interest chiefly CEN
ters about the concentration camp.
where recruits for active service In
the English army are assembled and
trained for the stern business Of war.
On a wide barren. sloping plateau, at
the southern edge Of the little city, the
camp is pitched. II Ia made up of 1900
tents. In shape very similar to the
primitive circular Indian wigwam.
The tented city. thickly dotted with
khaki clad Tommies. Is a fascinating
sight, bringing within the visual focus
the panoply Of war. The red cross Of
ST. George. armed sentries. the march
ing here and there of relief squads,
the sunflash from bayonets. the short.
sharp commands. give the camp q
realistic military appearance. Trodden
for months by myrids OF feet, the
ground for a great distance around IL
beaten as hard az a pavement and
denuded OF every vestage Of grass or
vegetation. There is a broad expanse
of drill ground. and under the hill Ia
an array of targets where the raw re.
cruit is initiated in the use Of a gun.
Each regiment. or battalion has its
tents segregated. and marked Oft
with white washed boulders, set in the
ground. the name and number of the
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-09-01

70 ei'"er iaKe or valley across the
boundary is spelled and pronounced
okahasan,l is miniature inland sen
from ~ to 100 miles in length. from
TWO TO hve miles wide. upon which
lHrse steamers ply. On neither sbora
from Penticton to Kelowna is th.ra
i''ius room Tor good sized garden
except Just before reaching summer
lahd. where the deposits of alhvi,,,
LOT centuries from stream breaking
OUT from the western mountains has
pushed a spit of land far out into tba
lake. Elsewhere the waters of the 1oi,e
rave , 'he loot of the mountain ranges
mat arise abruptly in a series of ma
row plateaus. Summerland and paacn
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-09-01

which several other valleys radiate to
different points Of the compass be-
tween ranges of hills. Some of these
hills reach to considerable elevation.
and the skyline to the northeast Is
serrated with the rugged. snow capped
peaks of the Selkirks, and to the west
the horizon joins with the higher pro-
jections Of the coast range. Natural
forests surround the town, and the
early settlers, with an eye to the fu-
ture we're wise in planting trees pro-
|fusely along the business and residence
streets with the result that the town
nestles in and is embowered with UNI
brageous foliage. The houses in the
business section are substantial in the
main, but confined to one and two story
buildings. The various stores carry
stocks of goods that would be credit
to a much larger city. are immacu-
lately clean and refreshingly orderly.
Vernon has population of some $500
or 5000. 1t has water system, cleo
trio lights, we'll equipped fire depart
ment, well kept streets and like all
Canadian towns and cities is admi-
rably policed. Money has not been
spared in civic Improvements, neither
has it been wasted, judging from re-
suits. Its churches, schools, hospital
and public buildings are neat, sub
stantial and attractive.
Vernon is connected by branch Of
the Canadian Pacific railroad with
ISicamoose, on the main line. This
branch extends through Vernon TO
IOkanogan Landing, on Okanogan lake.
From Okanogan Landing immense
barges, that have trackage laid upon
heir decks that will accommodate
several freight cars, are conveyed by
ugs up and down Okanogan lake.
THESE cars can be run off on spurs at
Ioeachland. Summerland, Kelowna,
'enticton and al other points on the
axe shore where there are products
. be loaded and sent TO their desti-
lation via the water way and the
anadian railway.
| The principal tributary resources
Itbout Vernon are farming and fruit
I.rowing, chiefly the latter, and the
I!alleys are almost continuous orch
.rd. The climate is very much similar
O that OF the Okanogan valley about
lOroyille, mild winters and dry sum-
liners, and growers depend upon irri-
Isation. Feeding the Coldstream valley
Is an enormous canal carrying water
many miles from the source OF supply
land originally costing vaSt sum
of money. One can drive for miles in
almost any direction through these
orchards, and the country reminded
Ius very much of the Wenatchee val
LEY. Most of this improvement has
been done by Englishmen OF means,
Representing individual effort and the
Investment of syndicates. In the early
stages of the apple game, for apples
are the chief product, English capital
secured and set out vast tracts TO
orchard, putting the land Oh he mar
lket in small acreages. One orchard
Twas pointed out that covered an area
1.-TWO miles long and one mile wide
lSome of the residents on these orch
ard tracts are pslatisl homes with
Elegant surroundings. When the apple
business was In Its full flower these
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-09-01
AFLYING TRIP TO VERNON
Few Notes Jotted Down While On Pilsrims0s - a.,
Gem City of Central British Columbia, Where the
Scenic A'traetio" Can Hardly Be Equal.
ed Anywhere in the Northwest

through the Kindness Of Rufus
cooas manager of the Wenatchee
no,v World. we recently had the OPP
.n,n,,v of enjoying one Of the most
,oosant and interesting automobile
,sins that has ever fallen to our lot.
rha time occupied Ola The excursion
NOS comparatively briel. hut thanks To
NJ Woods skill as a driver. and dis
nn.,,i,r on his part To hit en- on the
taote where there are no restrictions
~ tho speed limit We covered consid-
.ra,,a extent OF territory in a short
limo The route travelled was to Yer
aon n c. and return. The distance be-
,uaan Oroyille and Vernon cannot be
automatically given. owing TO conflict
ina information secure from inhabi-
,,nts along the way ami variations Of
sgures on the sign boards. Taking the
,ar;ous figures gathered and striking
a general average. the distance may be
%, down at l25 or $50 miles. Mr..
Woods did not linger when enroute.
and consumed only about eight hours
r,saue time in going and returning
The ride from OroviIie to Penuet0n
bss become a popular jaunt, On ac-
r.nl Of the excellent roads and the
general attracliveneSS of The Scener.'.
and excursion parties. IN single ears
)r in groups. are frequently making
he lr.p People Who have gone over
,hst road are profuSe in their praise OF
the rugged scenery along the route and
The captivating appearance OF Peniic-
ion and It's ENVIRONMENTS but as alla--
ing as is that stretch of country ;ne
ride from Penticion 10 Vernon. espec-
Tally the latter leg OF the journey. pre-
sents even greater charms.
From Penticton to Westbank. oppo-
site Kelowana. a distance OF 40 miles,
the road skirts the west shore of he
0kanogan lake. the greater part OF me
distance at water level A ferry carries
tie traveller across the lake from West
bank 10 Kelowna, the lake being about
Two and one-half miles wide at tina,
place. From Kelowna the road leaves
the lake, following a valley extending
north and south few miles east and
Nralleling Okanogan lake The lower
part Of this valley is in the nature OF
vast flat extending back from the
lake number OF miles, with a stream
running through it from the eastern
range Of mountains TO the lake. This
valley narrows as one proceeds north
ward, the range of hills on both sides
gradually contracting until for the last
twelve or fifteen miles before reaching
Vernon an elongated lake with preclp-
tops banks. locally known as Long
lake, occupies the narrow basin. Two
other lakes of considerable extent are
passed before reaching Long lax. In
deed, Long lake is only a continuation
OF Woods lake, the latter lake icing
Qlite large and very pretty sheet OF
water.
What strikes the traveller as some;h-
Log cut of the ordinary is the absence
OF level stretches of land along the
lake shores. Okanogan lake land by the
way, the name Okanogan, as applied
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-09-01

ing Long Lake, and over such roads
as only are to be encountered in Can
ada, the car swung around the north
end of the ridge We had been follow
Ing and as We glided down gentle
slope toward the leaf empowered little
city of Vernon, there burst into view
one OF the most charming landscapes
to be seen anywhere in the northwest,
the natural beauty of the picture
greatly enhanced by an immense
white tented city in the foreground.
Nature and the handiwork of men
have united in framing and filing In
a picture that is good TO look upon.
The eyes of the pilgrims were never
weary Of searching out multitudious
pleasing features, and every few yards
some scene in the varigated panorama
called forth expressions Of surprise
and admiration In the way OF archi-
tectural display there is nothing par
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-02-03
DENIES VIRTUE OF MAIDSTONE
California Newspaper Thinks Superstl'
ton Has Much to Do With Belief
In Its Effectiveness.

Belief in the virtue of the mad
stone" for curing the bites of insects
and reptiles and preventing hydropho-
bia is a Renaissance Of ancient SUPER
stition. 1t is simply a hangover"
from the days when the causes Of dis
eases were unknown-when most dis
eases were supposed to be caused by
evil spirits or other equally intangible
things. We know now that the poi
soning from insect and snake bites is
due to a toxin injected into the blood,
and that hydrophobia is the result Of
a germ.
There is Just n way in which the
application of q maidstone might be
beneficial. If it were boiled in milk
and applied to the wound made by q
mad dog, piping hot, it might eau
terize the tissues and thus destroy the
germs. Otherwise it could have no
possible effect, except in the mind OF
the victim. But there are several
other methods Of cauterizing and dis
injecting a wound that are simpler.
better and less painful. The tincture
Of iodine, or pure alcohol, or dilute
carbolic acid are the modern substi-
tutes that are much more effective
than even a thoroughly boiled mad
stone.-Los Angeles Times.
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then, we can transform the coryza
germ into the pneumonia germ, which
everybody carries in his throat with
out injury to himself until the lower
ing of the vitality enables it to pro-
liferate and fasten upon the lungs.
From the pneumonia germ, by the
same process, we get the typhoid.
From the typhoid the bacillus Of an
thrax. Then come two diplomococci
which are %innocuous to man but very
deadly in the sheep. From the sec
ond we get the germ of yeast,
which, in turn, under suitable
conditions. becomes cholera. Then
follow scarlet fever, blue mold,
the Tactic organism that curdles milk,
the vinegar germ, an unknown which
| call X, and-pneumonic plague. And
these are the successive transforma-
tions of the original, benign coryza."
He began to pace the room enthusi-
astically, swinging his long arms like
fails. There seemed a supernatural
power in him, as the bald head con-
tanned a superhuman ingenuity.
Herr Won Elsmer," he said, COM
ing close to me again, you and are
educated men. We know that matter
is all that exists. Some might think
it wrong to destroy the inhabitants
of peaceful Socotra in order to pro-
vide an experiment for a greater holo-
caust. But we are not burdened with
souls and consciences and all the rest
of the ghostly paraphernalia invented.
as Nietzsche says, for the ~enslave-
ment of the strong by the weak. In
three weeks, Herr Won Elsmer, my
germ will have been created and So
cotra becomes a desert. Woe TO Eng
land then! The song Of hatred shall
sound louder than the shell. Our army
of pneumococci shall sing more fierce
ly than a thousand bullets!"
/ realized that his hatred of Eng
land had become an obsession with
him. The seriousness of the situa-
ton came home to me now. My only
means of coping with him was by
murder; to that l could not stoop, and
my hope was to keep him under OBJ
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whined, and at that moment he seemed
to shed al, his bombast and self-as-
sertion. The man at my side was
nothing more than an Egyptian fellah
"a slave now, not a sl~ave-driver. The
fear of death was heavy upon him.
1T Is the bubonic plague, the milder
form, and Il ~inoculated myself
against the other" he moaned. Set
me free, Won Elsmer. We shall die
here together"
His mumbling voice penetrated my
consciousness ell through the night.
Sometimes he ~grovelled before the
image of God in his heart-what God
I never knew. Somewhere supersti-
ton, not faith, had set up her throne
in him. About midnight he lapsed
into delirium. At dawn he died.
The Arabs shook me out OF my
lethargy. They gave me water and
unfastened the ropes that bound me
to the dead man. They seemed
afraid, and their curious mumbling
speech at last reached my apprehen-
sion. / opened my eyes and saw that
their faces were swollen as mine was.
They, too, were in fear of death.
: / staggered to my feet, looked
down toward the sea, and saw the
'Nymph" just entering the harbor.
And so great was the revulsion OF
my feeling hat l forgot the deadly
disease which had laid hold of me.
l forgot the danger of infection and
made my way down the hill, half de-
lirious still, all my purposes set upon
reaching the wharf at which the yes
sci lay. reached it at last and
crawled toward the ships doctor, who
was standing among a crowd Of ma
tives, vaccinating them. He looked
up and stared at me. l saw recog-
milton come into his face.
Keep your distance!" he shouted.
IT'S pretty infectious, you know"
What, the plague?" 1 muttered.
Plague? What the dickens are you
talking about? You've got a classical
case of mumps. l didn't know they
had it in Socotra."
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Writing at Hiuh Speed.

Cardinal Newman once said, accord
ing to Lord Acton's report, that moth
ing is fit to be printed that has not
been written twice over"
Nothing? Not even the Waverley
novels?
The more rapid method Is not al
ways and altogether fatal to distin-
guished writing. AS there are orators
who capture their most telling phrases
when face % face with an audience, so
here are Writer'S to whom the happy
thought ana the exact word come most
readily when the printer is clamoring
for copyslips.
At any rate. the demand for high
speed in composition saves man from
the over-elaSoration, the finicky search
for the unconventional, which makes
some ingennusly fashioned pages al.
most unreadable.
And, II 1t comes to that, were not
Hamlet" ami King Lear" potboilers?
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After breakfast, when he had
thawed out a little, he took me into
his laboratory, which was better
equipped than | had expected. There
was a large table, on which he had
laid out his specimens, his micro
scopes, test tubes and slides. Upon
the floor a connection OF broth was
boiling over an alcohol lamp. There
was cold jellied bouillon in a large
Jar, which, he informed me, he him.
self had prepared.
"Ayesha can't jelly bouillon," he ex-
planned. Curse the little devil! Some
day l shall take a whip to her. But
1t will be a fine feast, Herr Won Els
mer-a devils feast, and, IL 1t proves
successful, as / have no doubt, we
shall hold a banquet in London"
He handed me a cigar and began
fussing with the slides. Presently
he turned to me abruptly.
you are acquainted with my plans,
Herr Won Elsmer?" he inquired.
NO." / replied. That is the eason
why | have come here"
He grunted and began pacing the
floor, swinging his long, ~gorillalike
arms. The mans resemblance to one
OF the anthropoids was a startling
one: he was an anthropoid with the
brain Of a man and the soul of a fiend.
1t was fascinating, an appalling com.
bination.
Presently he came close to me. 1--WE
are fighting England" he said, "and we
shall show no more scruple than she
has shown. Picture that accused Is
land, Herr Won Elsmer, with its huge,
sprawling, ramshackle, indefensible
empire. standing in the way of all hu.
man aspirations. She has robbed all
nations of their birthright. And 1t is
fitting that we shah rob her of her
own. We Moslems have too long
been cooped up in the arid, sitting
plains of Asia Minor and in the sands
of Egypt. But suppose England, with
her fertile fields, were ours-empty?
THAT is the dificSY;y. Even when
we have conquered England we shall
still find 1t overrun with her british
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servation and, IL possible, to delay his
work until the "Nymph" returned.
So the days passed. Fehmet had,
as I have said, made friends with the
natives. 1t was his policy, he told
me, to bring them together, to inspire
confidence in them, and then, at some
assembly. to break the tubes con-
tanning the pneumococci upon the
ground, that they might inhale them.
But as the days went by he grew more
and more worried.
you remember, Herr Won Elsmer,"
he said, Il told you that between the
vinegar germ and the ~pneumococcus
there is an unknown organism which
I have called x The last stage baf-
ies me. The spirococcus will not be-
come a coccus. ! have tried agar and
milk, but the lack of some suitable
element of nutrition prevents the
Transformation. Yesterday I had al
most succeeded, but the violet light
killed the cultures"
Night after night he pored over his
alides, his Crookes refractor bathing
him in the sickly violet hue from the
short end of the spectroscope as he
sat at his table.
1t was at the end Of the month
that l heard him cry out n night,
SO loudly that I rushed into the labora-
tory, thinking he had met with an In
jury.
Il have it," he shouted ~exultantly,
as he saw me. Herr Won Elsmer,
come here!"
It ri late in the evening. The
violet rays made him look more like
q devil than ever. He was wearing
. bandage around his wrist-I no
ticed that, but It did not occur to me
to ask him whether he had hurt him
self. Personally I hoped he had got
blood-poisoning. II made me feel like
an accessory to Q murder. unwilling
accomplish though I was, to be . spec
tator Of that internal ~pot-boifing.
He showed the microscope toward
nae. Lookl" he shouted.
I looked through the glass and nav
that thu spiriIii Of the unknown germ
had clustered together; they were
changing form - I watchsd them.
the sight Of these little vegetative
organisms. zach charged with death
4 ~ meGk terrible form hat ooald
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swarms. But what did the Anglo
Saxons do? They exterminated the
Celts and occupied an empty land.
Very well. The modern world Is too
squeamish to tolerate wholesale
slaughter. But il we can In
troduce a germ which will wipe
out the inhabitants of the island with
out leaving one survivor? A germ
which will kill infallibly? A germ
which shall instill its virus into every
man, woman and child, without excep-
ton? Eth, Herr Won Eismer?"
The horror of the conception fas-
tened itself on me. l understood now
that this fiend was experimenting
with such a germ In Socotra, with q
view to devastating the island as an
experiment. If he succeeded he would
repeat the procedure In England.
But is there such q GERM l asked,
restraining my impulse to draw my re-
volver and destroy him. "And how
will you procure it,"
There is such q germ. Herr Won
Elsmer." he answered, and it can be
procured. 1t Is the pneumonia plague.
Not q bubonic. observe, from which
a full fifty per cent ecove under IA
vorable circumstances, but the pneu-
monte. which, during the late epidem-
ic in Mancharia, slew exactly one hum
dred per cent OF those whom 1t at
tackled. Nobody who was infected
with 1t survived. Unfortunately we
do not know where to find the germ,
for the disease disappears periodical
ly from the face of the earth. and this
Ia n Of its Q~uiescent periods"
Then how can you obtain 1t, Feb
met Efendi?"
Upon these goat-broth prepara-
tions." he answered. you will see .
certain germ. Observe!"
He poured . drop Of bouillon from
Q test tube on one OF the slides and
pushed It beneath the m~icrcscrrre.
Within the clear drop Of jelly I could
seq d multitude OF tiny organising.
That - the corysa germ. which
producss the common cola. said the
Bgyptian. no you know that within
the pant year the discovery has been
made that ~ germ HE - ! variation
q. \ single organism ana can b txknn-
xoSmo6f ~ y the greatest discovery
oineo IaatasE un6eE ~ violst ~.
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cottonse-d Flour Nutritious.

Flour made from cotton seed is a
valuable fool for general consump-
ton, and an inexpensive substitute
for meat. It is remarkably high in
protein, which is the fiesh-producing
substance OF meat. and is readily d.
gested by the gastric juices.
Cottonseed -four is made from the
kernel of the seed after the oil has
been pressed from it. It is a highly
concentrated food and is in no way in
tended to replace wheat -four or other
cereals. It could not safely be used
as such because an excess of protein
is probably as damaging to the hui
system az the lack of it. Il
should be mixed with three or four
parts of wheat -four in making into .