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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-29
NOTICE OF HEARING OF APPliCA
TON FOR FRANCHISE.

In the matter of the application of the
West Okanogan Valley Irrigation Dlstrlct
for franchise authorizing and permitting
it, the said applicant, to place, erect ana
maintain poles, wires and other necessary
appliances and conductors and to lay unr
derground wires for the transmission of
electricity for telephone purposes in, upon
and over the streets avenues, Alleys ana
public highways of the Town of Oroville,
Okanogan county, State of Washington,
and to exercise the privilege of operating
telephone instruments and doing telephone
business in said town of Oroville. oa
Pursuant to resolution d o duly p pa see
Town of OrOville on the 18th day OF De-
cember, 1916, under ordinance No. Is of
said Town, and ordinance No "a amen
datory thereof;
Notice is hereby given that the hearing
on the aforesaid application for fran
chise to use the streets. alleys and pubic
construct, use and maintain telephone line
in said town, has been set for $3.50 p. M
on the 4th day of January, 1917, at the
council chambers in the town hall OF Oro-
vile. at which time and place all persons
interested in the aforesaid application
may appear object to and snow cause II
any they have; why said application shall
The following is a true copy of the
| proposed franchise ordinance
Ordinance No. - ........
An ordinance granting to the West Okla
hogan Valley Irrigation District corpora
ton it's successors and assigns the right to
place, erect ana MAINTAIN pores, WlIes anu
other appliances and conductors. and to
| lay underground wires for the transmits
sion of electricity for telephone purposes.
| In and upon and under the streets, alleys
avenues and public highways in the town
| of Orovile State of Washington, and to
exercise the privilege of operating tele-
phone instruments in and doing tele-
phone business in said Town of Oroville,
State of Washington.
Be 1t ordered by the Town Council Of
L the Town of Oroville. as follows:
| Section There is hereby granted by
| the Tow nof Orovile to the West Okla
hogan Valley Irrigation District, CO
Iporation, its successors and assigns. the
right and privilege to do a telephone bus
mess within the Town IF Oroville, and to
place and erect. lay. maintain and Operate
in, upon and under the streets 1llevs, ave
nues thoroughfares and public highways
within the SAID town, poles. wires AL
other appliances and conductors for, the
ttiansmjss of electricity for telephone
purposes but wherever practicable such
poles and other fixtures above ground
shall be erected in the alleys of said town.
lSuch wires and appliances and conductors
may be strung upon poles or other fix
lures above ground, or at the option of the
Igrantee, its successors and assigns, may
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-29

town recently drumming up recruits
for that prominent and worthy bene-
violent organization, and a. q result. q
class Of about Z dozen will 20 from
here to Wenatchee within q few weeks
to be initiated into the mysteries of
the order.
Quite a number Of subscribers have
responded promptly to those little no.
tees OF Indebtedness sent out this
month. As paper is high and going
higher It is hoped that ALL will
speedily follow suit.
Quite o number of business houses
In town issued elegant calendars this
year. The only reason the names are
not given is that We fear that some
one would be missed. and there is no
desire to slight any one.
Col. and Mrs. A. M. Dewey and
daughter stopped over in Oroville last
Friday night on their way to the Dew
ey ranch in the Sinlahekin valley. near
the @. 8. mine. where they intend to
spend the holidays. Col. Dewey is now
making his home In Seattle.
The Christmas tree entertainment
given by Miss Louise Pannon and Miss
Exile Miller to their pupils. last Friday
afternoon, carried Joy to the hearts
OF the little ones. The young ladies
felt we'll repaid for the labor that
preparation for the event required.
At a recent meeting Of the Nelson
Odd Fellows lodge. according to the
Leader, q number Of candidates were
initiated, and among the visiting men,
bers Of the order present were H. }.
jackson, r. w. Bowerman, G. A. Pow
ell and DR.. T. F. Robinson, Of Oroville
Mrs. Morris CASTILLO returned home
from her trip to California Saturday
evening. having cut her visit shorter
than she expected when she left Orc
Vile for the south. The fairy, airy
Morris had a real happy Christmas
that several temporary bachelors about
town envied.
Quite a large party Of Loomisites
were expected here Monday as guests
Of DR.. and Mrs. J. L. Masters fol-
Christmas dinner. They started on the
trip but found the roads 80 badly drift.
ed that they had to turn around and
hike back to LOOMS after making two
or three miles.
The year 1917 should mark greater
advancement In the growth Of Orovillt
and the valley than any previous veal
in a decade. Let everybody work In
harmony from the very first day Of thu
new year to advance the material in
terests of one Of the best small towns
the northwest.
Last Friday morning Mrs. J. F
Samson left for Davenport, where sh'
will visit with her daughter. Mrs
Harry Reed, for a week. and then viii
20 to San Diego. CAL, for the winter
Miss Elizabeth Murray, who was
victim Of measles, is again able to b.
out and around.
Joe Barry returned home Thursda,
last after an absence OF four month
visiting his old home in Wisconsin
Two months Of this time was spent II
Chicago. which place is somewhat OF
contrast to the hub Of Okanogan coun
ty, although Joe considers Oroville
pretty good place after all.
w. H. Finsen. who conducts an auto
mobile hospital in town and is the 10
cal agent for the Overland car. re
turned home Thursday last from tri
| TO Toledo, Ohio, where he and abou
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-29

every local agent in the country were
guests Of the Overland people, they
having been conveyed in special trains
from every point of the compass to
Toledo. Mr.. Finsen hsG the time of his
life, indeed an outing the like of which
may never be duplicated the balance
Of his days. In anohetr column is pub
Ilished an interesting descriptive letter
OF Mr.. Finsen's visit to the Overland
automobile factory, which was crowd
ed out of the last issue of this paper
r. L. Wright of Omak, Bob" Wright
Iex-county commissioner and an all
around good fellow, was registered in
Oroville Friday last. In the days
when Mr.. Wright was a county official
he managed to visit Oroville quite
often, but during the past several
years he has rarely found his way so
far north.
The railroad boys dreaded facing
the hardships promised by a bitter
north gale Christmas morning, with
the promise of snow bucking, when
the passenger trains pulled out, but
they are of a class that never shirks
their duty, and there was not a laggard
in the bunch when the conductor gave
the signal to "let 'er CO."
| An Indian came in from Keremeos
last Thursday evening loaded to the
guards. He fell into the hands of Mar
/ shall Wilson, and the next day he was
touched for five. A little thing like
that did not worry Mr.. Indian as he
Iskinned a fifty dollar bill off a roll
that would choke stove pipe, and
Figured that he got off cheap.
Walter Klinschey, of the oroville
CONSTRUCTION Company, completed a
job of building at Nelson that he has
been on for several months, last week,
and spent Christmas in Oroville. He
expects to leave Saturday for Omaha
and his old home in Nebraska going
east by the way of San Francisco. He
will be absent about two months.
Christmas in town was about all the
same as Sunday. The stores, banks and
Ipost office were closed, only few
people were drifting about the streets
and the peace of day Of rest was on
1.-THE community Meterologically it
was a typical northern Christmas.
|ground covered with snow, crisply
Icold with bright sunshine over head.
The company working in the salts
deposit is running a double shift get
Ting out the salts and shipping the
product to the eastern markets regu-
|larly. The company Is seeking no pub
'licity while commercializing one of
1.-THE important natural resources OF
the county. 1t gives employment to
la considerable force, attends strictly
Ito business and saws wood.
A German party was given to the
thigh school pupils and few teachers
and invited guests at the high school
building last Thursday evening by the
herman class. There was brief pro-
Igram after which the crowd repaired
Ito the gym and INDUCED in games. A
lunch was served by the high schoo
Igirls, and presents were distributed
Ifrom tree. Those who participated
! Ihad a delightful evening.
Last Thursday night two men made
Ia bungling attempt to enter the resi-
Idence of Mrs. w. l.. Davis, In Crane
. View addition Members of the family
: were awakened and young Frank Fort
: who sleeps in tent on the premises
, Iran out In the snow In his bare fee
land saw one man on the porch WHIT
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
YOU CAN NEVER TELL

From all accounts, the democratic candidate for delegate to Congress, Senator Sulzer, will have a walk-Over at the coming election. Men whose in fluence was felt all over Alaska last election in favor of Wickersham, are now devoting every energy in his op- position. They seem to have tired of a fighting delegate. They want peace and results. They are tired of hear ing charges of grating, mud-sling- ing and abuses of this and that in- dividual, or this and that corpora tion without the proof of single charge. For a long time they admired the delegate for his defense against attacks, but as soon as it dawned up on them that the charges of graft and corruption were delusion and at- tacks only imaginary, used only to hold an office. they made up their minds to try some one else. At least that is the way it looks today.-Pro- gresive Miner.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
NOTWITHSTANDING our declar

NOTWITHSTANDING our declara- tion that the columns of the Prospec- tor are open to every man who has the price, and who is willing to back up his remarks over his signature, our Delegate, with an economy worthy of better cause, conducted his cam paign in the city of Valdez with a large cowbell, a small boy and ban ner. While the Prospector, owing to its limited financial backing and scar city of newspaper stock, can hardly afford to print the Delegates speech
 for nothing and frank it out to the voters as has been the case with a prodigal government in the purpogt- ed speeches our Delegate has made, we were at least willing to go six bits towards his expenses. But we were passed up cold. All our precon- ceived ideas of Alaskan prodigality were shattered, as we'll as the tympan- ums of our citizens, by the brassy clangor of a cowbell and the raucous shouts of a small boy with large voice, announcing the extension of Delegate Wickersham's remarks" The Delegate announced during the course of the extension that "He had paid
 tue Prospector nothing for advertis- ing him." He was right; he didn't.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
BOAT
 TOTAL WRECK
HITS REEF MIDDLETON ISLAND
Steamer Independent Goes Down and Crew of 3S Men Take Refuge on Island-Ibach and Wife Take Care of the Survivors.
of the Survivors.

The big halibut fishing steamer In- dependent, one of the largest vessels of the halibut fleet, was wrecked Oct. 6, off Middleton Island, the crew of 38 men landing on the island in their dories.
 The steamer was commanded by Capt. T. H. Miller and had been fish ing off the Yakutat banks. She was on her way to Portlock bay, Kodiak island, when she struck on a reef off Middleton island at 4:50 o'clock in the morning. She fioated off, but was thrown back on the reef a second and third time by the heavy seas running. The rudder was broken, making the vessel manageable. Captain Miller ordered the anchor put over. and the 12 dories' aboard were lowered and the men put for the shore, the last of the crew reaching the island at 3 o'clock that afternoon. The vessel finally filled and went down.
 The limited supply of provisions that the men were able to take off the steamer was badly damaged by salt water, and they were compelled to accept the hospitality of MT. and Mrs. Joe Ibach, who are conducting fox ranch on the island. Last Tuesday Capt. Miller and 1 of the crew of the Independent were taken to Cordova by MT. Ibach, and later sent to the States on the steamer Mariposa, with which steamer arrangements were also made to call at the island on her way south to pick up the remaining 27 survivors.
 The Independent was built in Ia coma in 1911. Her home port was Seattle, and she was owned by Weld ing Bros. and others of that place. She was 125 feet long, 25 feet beam and II feet depth of hold, and regis tered 263 gross tons with engines of 600 horsepower.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 191e
REFRESHING, ANYWAY.

Serious question of Sweden's neu- trality has been raised by England in a note to Stockholm and the Swed- ish king has sent tart reply, con- cluding: Ut will, however, observe that an allegation of this nature is fundamentally vicious, being founded only on isolated facts imperfectly dis cernable."
 Coming on top of recent mail seiz- ures of registered matter consigned to Sweden, the difference is threaten ing the friendly" relations between the two countries. The trouble arose over the action of Sweden in mining the channel leading into the Baltic, by which the allies carried on most of their trade with Russia by remain ing within the three-mile limit. When the allies objected to the mining, which Sweden said was to prevent submarines slipping by into Russian waters, the Swedish government closed the channel entirely except to Swedish shipping.
 England charges that the Swedes have left open another stretch of ter ritorial waters which is accessible only to Swedish and German ships. Sweden retorts that the English atti- tude toward neutral shipping has been illegal, unjustifiable, and contempti- ble almost beyond comparison in his tory and that any form of retalition is justifiable. That the waters within her territorial limits are her own, and she will do as she pleases with them.
 To Americans watching the deliber- ate actions of our own government on the subject, the spunky conduct of Sweden is as refreshing as lungful of deep woods.-Tacoma News.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
CHINESE FATHER BUYS
 HUSBAND FOR DAUGHTER

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 16.-With the intention of being married at En- senada, Miss Daisy Joe. 21 year old Chinese girl of San Francisco, and Wm. Wyatt, 23. an American chauf- feur of Tulare, Calif., sailed from here last night for the Mexican port It is reported that Wyatt will be paid s5,000 by Miss Joe's father, a wealthy San Francisco merchant, if the cere- mony is performed. The couple were accompanied by the father and George Greer, a Los Angeles attorney.
 According to federal officials here it Is doubtful if the couple will be allowed to land at Ensenada on ac- count of the Asiatic exclusion law in force there.
 Miss Joe says she was born in San Francisco and that as an American citizen she has a right to land at any port in Mexico and return to the Uni ted States. When the pair returns Friday Miss Joe will have to make good her claim to the immigration authorities or risk deportion to China
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
DELEGATE WICKERSHAM
 DRAWS LARGE AUDIENCE

Delegate James Wickersham ad- dressed large audience in Eagle Hall Saturday evening. Mayor Jas. Patterson opened the meeting with a short talk, in which he introduced the Delegate, and also paid the Alaskan Road Commission well-deserved compliment.
 MT. Patterson was followed by Col. Willard, who endorsed MT. Wicker sham, George Dooley and J. H. Mur- ray for their respective offices. MT. Willard was followed by Attorney O. P. Hubbard, who also spoke briefly in favor of the candidates.
 Delegate spoke for nearly two hours and was frequently applauded.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16

MAYOR PATTERSON delivered the best talk Saturday night we have heard yet. He said: Support the Road Commission" This is the vital issue of the campaign. Delegate Wickersham has spent six years at the capital trying to remove the Road Commission and its vast payroll from Valdez. This would take away thou sands of dollars from our citizens who secure employment each summer at good wages through the direct result of the Road Commissions activities ct Valdez. A vote for Wickersham Is vote toward tearing down Valdez principal payroll. Forget all about the merits of your respective candi- dates and boost for the city's payrolls.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
A Story of the Bastils.

In the year 17S5 a naughty noble of the ancient regime of France fell in love with a beautiful girl, the daugh. ter of a wealthy tradesman of Paris The latter. refusing to encourage the nobleman's passion, was soon after thrown into the Bastile. The sweet. heart of the girl. who was to have married her in a few days, dreading a like fate, made his escape to Constan- tnople to serve as a volunteer under the grand seigneur, leaving his intend ed bride secreted with a woman friend. On the outbreak of the revolution the young man returned to Paris and was the very grenadier who first mounted the breach made in the Bastile, from the dungeons of which he had the hap piness of rescuing the father of his future bride.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
MAYS DECREASING HEIGHT.
When Adam and Eve Walked Around
 They Were as Tall as Trsss.

When Adam and Eve Walked Around
 They Were as Tall as Trsss.
 It was a French savant named Henrion who 200 years ago gave to the world authoritative statements as to the height of Adam and Eve. He said that the father of the race was 123 feet 9 inches high and Eve 118 feet 0 inches. He noted that from the creation of these enlarged editions of humanity degeneration had been rap Id; that Noah was only twenty-seven, Abraham only twenty and Moses but thirteen feet in height.
 According to this French authority, if the Christian dispensation had not arrested this decrease man by this time-200 years ago-would have been a mere microscopic object. and we may conclude that by our time he would not have been at all. M. Henrion did not give any explanation as to how he arrived at his estimate of the height of these ancients.
 Perhaps the most gigantic story on record is that concerning an immense skeleton, said to have been .in Sicily. which measured 300 feet in length This story, however, carries its own refutation, as 1t is said that found be- side this giant was his walking stick. which was thirty feet long and thick as a telegraph pole. A clever calcu- lator made the estimate that a walk ing stick only thirty feet in length for a man who measured 300 feet would be as ridiculous as one of seven inches for a man of ordinary stature.-Indian- apolis News.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
ORIGIN OF "BUNc0MBE."
How . coIonsI's Name Came to B. .
 Term of Rsproaeh.

Term ct Heproaoh.
 Whenever 1 pick up copy of the Congressional Record and numerous other publications and read the irrele- want speeches therein reported I sigh for the memory of Colonel Edward Buncombe, "Girard" writes in the Phil adelphia Ledger.
 Through no fault of the gallant gen tleman himself, there clings to his name an unpleasant significance which many of our brave public men do naught to mitigate. Indeed, if there be such a thing as one shades taking vengeance upon another in the future world Colo. nel Buncombe will at least pull out Felix Walkers tongue.
 It was all Walkers fault that bun combe" became a term of reprOach, and the incident which made it 50 hap pened century ago.
 Walker represented in congress dis. trict of North Carolina of which Bun combe county was a part. The county had been named away back in 1791 in honor of Colonel Buncombe.
 Walker was one of those long dis. tance orators who without half trying could empty the halls of congress and put them in a condition beside which the dead streets of Pompeii appear great white ways. When upbraided one day for talking about everything ex' cept the question at issue Walker used this immortal phrase:
 "I am only talking for Buncombe." meaning his home county.
 And so "buncombe" became a new word in our language, which has been conveniently shortened into the collo- quial bunk"
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16

Last publication Oct. 13. 1916.
 Notice of Sale of Real Estate. In Commissioners Court for Valdez Precinct. Territory. of Alaska-In Probate.
 In the Matter of the Estate of H. B. Wiltse. 8 Minor.
 Notice Is hereby given that the un- dersigned will sell at the front door of the federal courthouse in Valdez, Alaska, on Tuesday. October 24. 1916. at 2 o'clock p. m., the following de- scribed real property to-wit: an un- divided one-half of three certain lode mining claims situated near Wells Bay, in the above-named precinct known as the Big Buffalo Nos. 1. 2, and 3; pursuant to an order and li- cense to sell made by the above-en- titled court on August 29, 1916.
 Dated September 25. 1916.
 B. c. WILTSE, Guardian of the estate of H. B. Wiltse @ minor.
 First publication Sept. 25, 1916. Last publication Oct. 16, 1916. Publish Sept. 25. Oct. ?. g. 16. At
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
Indictments Dismissed.

BOISE, Ida, Oct. 16.-The 27 in- dictments returned last week by a special grand jury against F. E. Won nacott, former Kootenai county as- sessor, and his two deputies. w. w. Leeper and Ray Thompson. charging embezzlement and mutilation of pub lie records, were dismissed in the United States district court here yes terday. The court decided that the statute of limitations had run against the alleged offenses.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16

THE PROSPECTOR challenges Judge Wickersham to designate any thing that has ever appeared in off, cial print showing he ever uttered a word in Congress or before Con- gressional committee in favor of the Valdez dike bill. The Prospector re- asserts here and asks the Delegate to prove that he ever spoke a word in favor of the bill on the floor of the House, unless the Congressional Re- cord left it out. He did not even ge, leave to "extend remarks" on that subject.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16

DELEGATE Wickersham in his speech in Valdez last Saturday night said he put through the bill in Con- gress dividing the old Third Judicial Division of Alaska, giving Valdez and Fairbanks a separate division. The records show that the bill passed on March 3, 1909. Mir. Wickersham' s first term began March 4, 1909, so you can see what a great retroactive influence the judge had to get enacted into law bill that was already on the statute books when he entered Congress.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
Soap and Hard Water.

The hardness of water Is measured by degrees. When a gallon contains one grain of lime it is said to have one degree of hardness. When soap Is used with hard water about two and one half ounces of it to each hundred gal. Ions of water must be used for each degree of hardness just to overcome hardness. It combines with the lime. forming a mineral product, and not until enough soap has been dissolved to overcome all the hardness does the soap do any good for cleansing pur. poses.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
WHEN all is said we'll have to ad-

WHEN all is said we'll have to ad- init it was a mighty good speech;
 but a darned poor argument on the issues of the day. The Prospector is not asking office at the hands of the people nor is MT. Donohoe, there fore why spend an hour trying to prove we are undesirable citizens? The voters wish the Delegate to tell them what HE has done, not what the Prospector or MT. Donohoe has done.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-16
Evans Sails West.

The steamer Admiral Evans arriv- ed from the South Saturday evening and after a short stay departed for Seward and Anchorage. She brought no passengers for this place, and the only passenger booked here for the westward was Robert Parry, for La touche.