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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31
DIED.

Tuesday morning, March 2S, 1916
after very brief illness. Venerable
Mother Mary Scholastica, of the Order
of st. Benedict. superioress of st. Jo-
sephs hospital, Oroville. aged so
years, s months and days.
The deceased was born Ellen Phil
omene Murphy, at Covington, KY,
July 25, 1853. She gave up the pomps
and vanities OF this world and entered
upon her religious life twenty seven
years ago. Besides her conservation
to the order of which she was shin
ing light prior to taking her vows,
Mother Scholastica took thorough
course as trained nurse at the
Sacred Heart Hospital of Orange
N. j., thus perfecting herself in the
duties that would fall to her lot as a
Sister of st. Benedict. She has follow
ed the work to which her life was de-
voted in Europe, Canada and the Unit
ed States, carrying cheer and COM
fort to the unfortunate and all those
requiring her ministratiOns.
The death of Mother Superior Scho-
lastica was sudden and unexpected,
She was taken Sunday morning with
paralysis of the respiratory organs.
Everything known to medical science
was employed for her relief and she
was tenderly cared for by loving
hands. She rallied for time, but ow-
ing to her exhausted condition,
brought about by sleepless vigils and
constant attendance upon the sick for
long period. she did not have the
vitality necessary to regain strength,
passing away at an early hour Tues
day morning. No death has occurred
in OrOville that created such univer-
sal sorrow, and as the unexpected an
nOuncement was circulated among the
people on every hand was expressed
keen and genuine words of regret.
Mother Superior Scholastica took
charge of St. Joseph's hospital, in this
place on the first day of June, 1915,
and speedily won the owe and respect
of all classes and all denominations
by her Christian charity, her self
sacrificing devotion to the care of the
afflicted, by her kind, amiable, cheer
full and charming personality. She was
an angel of mercy in the sick room
her very smile was like ray of sun
shine, her benificent ministrations
were as soothing as benediction and
her pure, gentle, benign life worthy OF
emulation. The closing of this unset
fish life is serious loss to the Order
with which she was so long connected
and to those associated with her in
that sisterhood.
The remains were taken to Spokane
Friday morning in charge of Father
M. J. Kasper, o. M. j., and Miss Min
ME Schultz, head nurse at st. Joseph's
hospital The funeral will take place
from Sacred Heart hospital Saturday
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31
PERMANENT LOCATION.

The directors of the irrigation dis
trict have for some time been looking
for a site for the location of a per-
manent office. Lots in different sec
tions of the town have been-rmsider-
ed, but the offer made to the board
at its session Wednesday was accept
ed and the office of the board and the
official headquarters of the district
will be located on Spokane street, fac
ing east. Mr.. A. P. Murray on the part
of the. First National Bank and Mr..
J. A Riackler for the Oroville town
site Company donated lots Is and 10
OF block "a, fifty foot front, in a
very desirable location, and there an
office will be built for the district.
Not bit behind in generosity, and
in their characteristic liberal spirit
the business men of the town through
the Commercial club made a liberal
donation toward the erection of the
office building, and 5000 was appro-
priated for that purpose. The subject
of the erection of a suitable office
building for the headquarters of the
district has been before the board but
a short time, and the very liberal as
sistance given by the business men,
and the quick response and the liberal
cooperative spirit shown is exceed
ingly gratifying. The officers of the
district and the people of the entire
project certainly appreciate the gene
rous spirit of the business men of
OrOyille.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31

before sufficient ripe to shatter their
seed. This assists materially in keeping
the land clean.
Winter wheat in Spokane county is
ready for silage late in June or early
in July, the season when the natural
pastures dry up. When put into the
silo, wheat furnishes succulent feed
during the dry summer months. Corn,
on the other hand, is not ready for sill
age until the middle Of September.
The filling of stave silos (the most
common of all silos in Spokane county,
with wheat silage at the beginning of
the summer drought prevents them
from drying out and falling to pieces.
When corn silage is used and the silos
stand empty all summer they are gen.
orally badly warped and in poor condi-
ton at SLIDING time in he fall.
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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Minutes of tn meeting of the town
council of the town of Oroville, March
9th, 1916.
Present, Mayor Samson, Councilmen
Beale, Friis, Peterson and Smith.
Minutes of the previous meeting
read and approved as read.
The light committee reported that a
light was needed in the center of the
block on Fourth street between Young
and Sutton streets and the clerk was
instructed to have the light installed
Ordinance No. 70 entitled "An ordin-
ance Amending Section of Ordinance
No. 20 of the town of Oroville" the
same being an ordinance amending
section 1, section 8, section and sec.
tion 10 Of ordinance No. 2 of the town
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

Last Wednesday Leonard Rubert,
the - year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. hubert, living in Aeneas valley,
met with shocking accident in which
he suffered the fracture of the vertebra
near the juncture of the last ribs. Just
how the accident occurred is not
knows, and as the victim was rendered
temporarily unconscious he is unable
to give a clear account of how it
happened. Mr.. Rupert senior owns a
smallbaw mill and Leonard was haul
ing logs on bob sled to skid way at
the mill. From the victims statement
1t appears that he had unloaded all the
logs except one. The end of the last
log had rolled from the rear bobs when
young Rupert was standing on the
running gear Of the sled. The weight
of the log tipped the bobs over, throw
ing the driver off toward the logs al
ready, unloaded, and the log on the
sled becoming loosened rolled down,
catching the unfortunate youth in
such q manner that he was doubled up
until his face and feet came together.
He was found jammed between the
logs by his father and younger brother
about fifteen minutes after the accident
occurred. DR.. Clough, of Tonasket, was
summoned. and the sufferer was
brought to st. Joseph's hospital as soon
as possible. Young Rupert is paralyzed
from his waist down and is in a very
precarious condition. He has been
placed in plaster cast and his physic-
ians expresses hope that If the spinal
chord is not too greatly injured that
the young man may regain his normal
health.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31
GETTING EXPERIENCE.

The domestic cience girls at the high
school are getting actual training in
their line. Every Friday one of them
fills the place of hostess and another
that OF host at a dinner party Of ten.
Recently Lorraine Bartell was hostess
and Bernice Harding host at lunch
con given for the basket ball boys. The
guests were: Prof. Nance, Aubrey Nc
Mahan, Charlie Cole, Frank Ford,
Winfred Bair, Harlan Fuller, Lawrence
Dallam, Theodore Johnson, Joe Ashby,
Warren Mallory and Steve Macy. The
menu was af follows: Celery soup;
steak and gravy; mashed potatoes,
creamed cauliflower, Parker house
rolls; tea; fruit salad; frozen sustard
and cake. The cost was slightly under
25 cents per plate.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31
HARD TIMES DANCE.

The band. will give hard times
dance in the Orpheum next Friday
evening, April 7, to which the public
is cordially invited. This is going to
be another of those joy producers that
can always be expected when the local
band has charge of social event of
this character, and crowded house
can be promised in advance. A hard
times dance is appropriate just at this
time, and there will be much emula-
ton among participants outlying
each other in rigging up raiment in
dicative of condition of dead broken
ness.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31

as fairly average, 1915 being an unusual
year. Theaverage yield per acre of the
IL plots Is 11.77 tons, while for the hill
and upland plots. Of which there were
six. the average yield per acre is 9.65
tons. The lowest yield OF "hill top
land was "a tons.
1t Is my impression that any of our
upland ranches will average IL tons
of green wheat silage" per acre. Now
presuming that the average COW would
need to be fed 40 pounds of silage per
day for eight months, or 240 days, six
and one half acres would provide the
roughage for ten cows, which would
require silo 10 feet in diamater and
30 feet high.
Here is a basis for the study of the
forage question, which can profitablv
be extended to the "legumes," includ-
ing vetch and Bangalia peas. There is
no need to say that we cant produce
forage-we can produce 1t, and when
We get headed towards dairying, we
will produce it. l ask the people to con-
slider what the cream check every 30
u2yS Will mean to them.
THOMAS NELL O'NEILL, A. E.
Cheat silage is prime essential for
profitable feeding Of dairy cows, beef
cattle or sheep. This Is especially true
during the winter months. When the
pasture dries up, as 1t does in Spokane
county. silage is even more essentia,
for summer feeding. To obtain this
kind Of feed the middle west farmers
have learned to rely upon corn Natur-
ally .lost of the dairymen and stock
men Of Spokane county have also con-
sidered corn as the best and cheapest
silage crop in this section. An investi-
cation made by the author during the
winter of 1913 showed that the yield
of corn silage on Spokane county
farms, not having irrigation, was very
Incidentally visit to the Glen Tana
dairy farm revealed the fact that very
satisfactory yields of excellent silage
were being secured from wheat and
vetch. These crops are seeded together
in the fall and harvested for silage
while green the following year. The
foreman of this farm claimed a yield
of - tons on measured acre of
ground and an average yield of 13
tons to the acre for q 12-acre field.
Furthermore It Is claimed that this
silage gives better results than corn
silage when fed to dairy cows and that
its keeping quality is very satisfactory.
INV of
investigation was undertaken in var
ious parts of Spokane county to ascer-
tain what yields could be expected
from winter wheat when cut for silage
purposes. Small areas of wheat are ac-
curately measured, harvested and
weighed. The following figures show
the results of this investigation which
began June 23rd and continued until
July 10th:
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31

'"These fields were used to grow corr
From these figures it will be seen
that there is considerable variation in
fhe yields secured in various parts of
Ifhe county. The yields secured depends
fh great deal upon the character of the
ssoil and the ripeness of the wheat.
when wheat has reached the hard
|dough stage much moisture is lost.
|This accounts for the low yield in
such cases as shown above.
Jones Fife wheat has been used most
for silage purposes, because it is one
of the finest stemmed and sweetest
wheats grown in the country. In the
low places this wheat often attains a
height of six feet, and If cut at the
proper time, averages 20 tons to the
acre. If allowed to mature on such
ground it usually lodges before the
grain is ripe. For this reason the cut
ting of these rank grown patches of
wheat prior to the harvesting of the
remainder of the field would be econ
omical farm practice. Furthermore,
where the wheat grows so rank CON-
paratively low yields of grain are usu-
ally found.
In a great many instances farmers
on whose places the above mentioned
estimates of yields of wheat Silage
were secured, were asked to estimate
the yield of hay. Quite uniformly their
estimates of hay were one-fourth the
yield of green forage. To further test
out this factor a bundle of green wheat
and vetch was taken from the Glen
Tana farm and cured. When green II
weighed 20 pounds and when cured
as hay it weighed five pounds. In Other
words winter wheat will make foul
times as much silage as hay.
According to our present knowledge
wheat should be cut for silage while
the entire plant is green and the ker
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31
INDIAN LANDS TO PAY,

Through the Okanogan valley. with
In the boundaries of the West Okla
hogan Valley Irrigation district, are
In number of Indian allotments, en-
bracing quite large acreage and in
Guiding some of the best tracts that
come under the irrigation system.
When the district was organized and
bonded these lands had to be elimin-
|ated in the calculation of the acreage
to be assessed to meet the payment
for construction, as no provisions In
the Indian department existed for In
dian lands paying their pro rata to
meet the expense of such public I'm
provement. This was unfair and un-
just, because the installation of an
irrigation system adds value to the
Indian lands in the same proportion
that 1t does to adjacent lands, and
that enhanced value was coming with
out the land contributing its proper
tional share toward the heavy expense
of securing water. An appeal was
made to the Washington congression-
al delegation for aid in securing gov
ernment assistance to such extent as
would result in the Indian lands pay
ing an equal amount to that assessed
against adjoining property.
Senator Poindexter introduced a bill
in the senate appropriating $95. 900 for
this purpose. The bill was reported
upon favorably by the committee to
which it was assigned and Wednesday
it passed the senate. This large sum
is very material and timely aid to
the district, as it will help to meet the
cost of construction, besides relieving
private ownership from considerable
burden. The news of the passage of
the bill was received here by wire and
was a cause of happy congratulations
among the citizens
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31
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MINERAL FLOTATION PRICES.

At the mining convention recently
held at Spokane test of this process
was made on the ores of the Gold King
Mining company which is located
about six miles west of Oroville. While
the ore was undoubtedly not the aver
age of the 10 foot vein, the results
were very encouraging and show that
the flotation method of recovery of
values of this sort of ore is the cor
rect one. The following values are
shown by an assay certificate from
Richard Marsh, on the concenti ates re-
covered from the ore. Gold, $1.65, sill
YER, $7.O3, copper, $11.SS, lead, $5212,
total $S2.6S. Tailings, $8.O7.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31
WHEAT SILAGE.

(By ]. R. Shinn, Agriculturalist.
ISpokane county,
Oroville. Wash. March 81, 1916.
Editor, Oroville Gazette
Dear Sir:-Your editorial, "A Sug-
gestion," in last weeks issue of the Ga
zette will no doubt awaken our mer-
Ichants and farmers to the fact that an
organized endeavor must be made to
|develop the dairy industry in this part
of the county in systematic manner.
mo one can doubt the wisdom of maxi
ling study of the possibilities, and
tproceeding to active work at once.
IHowever, the minds of the people must
Icome together on this matter, and
while the process of concentrating
public opinion goes on, there are few
Ithings we may do to increase our store
oi knowledge in regard to the COM
plexities of dairying.
do not intend to write long article
Xbut wish to point out that the prime
Irequisites to successful dairying here
Iare better cows, better stables and bet
Iter feed All these are matters of study
land require concentration of effort. No
lone can keep cows and have success
with the average equipment that pre-
yails here There must be general
Improvement all along the line.
There is no need to keep cows IL
|they cannot be comfortably stabbed
and properly fed, for milk and butter
Hat. Conversely it is useless to put a
scrub COW, or one that is built express
BY for beef, and hope to get full flow
of rich milk. The first class dairy ami
|mal demands first class care and they
Twill yield return in proportion.
The question of feed is always rails
led when the dairy question is brOach-
led and this is especially interesting
Ito the man on the highlands who may
mot be able to grow hay or other sue
Iculent forage, and feels that dairying
lis entirely out of his reach. He knows
THAT all good dairymen have silos and
THAT they grow corn to fill them; and
las corn is beyond him, he SHES at the
proposition.
But there is no need to be discourage
led, for silage can be grown by the hill
billies" as well as by the valley folks
Nvheat4 silage presents a solution Of
the problem and | am sending you
herewith a copy of Popular Bulletin
No. SO isued by the Washington Agri-
cultural experiment station at Pull
man, Washington. Mr.. Shinn, the
author is county agriculturalist Of
Spokane county and has done an i'm
mense amount for the development of
clarifying in that county. He is thor
ough and patient investigator and his
Conclusions are we'll worthy of our
careful study.
You will notice that this bulletin
covers Investigations for the year of
]914, so that results may be regarded
YIELD OF WINTER WHE
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31
NJ. +. CHURCH SERVICES.

Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching
service at II a. m. Subject of sermon,
The Great Commission" Epworth
League at p. m. Miss May Potter,
leader. Preaching service at s p. m.
Subject of sermon, Courageous Opti-
mism." Everybody welcome; every
body come. The homelike church and
the strangers friend.
w. w. strife, Pastor.
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nal is in the milk.
When winter wheat is grown alone
for silage, 1t may be cut and bound
the same as when grown for grain. If
wheat is grown with vetch a mower
must be employed since the vetch
tangles the crop. In this latter CON-
bination, extra men also are necessary
to open the mower swath to allow of
the free passage of the team and mo-
wer. Wheat should be cut in IL inch
lengths or less before being placed in
the silo. 1t should be pressed evenly
in the silo and tramped thoroughly.
AS an extra precaution to exclude the
air, parties using wheat silage have
resorted to the wetting down of the
ensilage with water during the time OF
filling or soon afterwards.
The distinct advantages of wheat
silage over corn silage in Spokane
county are:
Wheat in Spokane county has given
much larger silage yields on non-irri-
gated lands than corn.
Dalrymen VINO nave trled Wneat 81
lage claim better results in keeping
up the milk flow and producing flesh
than were secured with corn silage.
Every wheat farmer is provided with
his own machine for harvesting wheat
silage-the grain binder.
The harvest season for wheat silagt
comes at a time when labor is easily
obtained and at about half the wage
asked during the corn silage harvest
The services of engines used fol
threshing, can readily be secured
for the cutting Of wheat silage, whil'
at the time for corn silage cutting
the engines are busy threshing grain
If wheat is cut for silage when tn
kernels are in the milk, the wild oat
] in the crop are removed from the fell
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31

Harry R. Shafer, who proved up ON
his homestead before U. s. Commits
sioner Fred Neal, Monday, is much in
terested in the progress of the expedi-
ton that has broken into Mexico on
the trail of Villa. Mr.. Shafer spent
twelve years on the Mexican border,
about the country that is the center of
trouble, and he says the American
people have no idea Of the antagonism
felt by Mexicans toward the United
States, and in what contempt they
look upon the people of the states. He
feels that it will be little short of
miracle if war between the United
States and Mexico does not grow out
of the present situation.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31

The library was crowded last Thurs
day afternoon on the occasion of the
musical recital given by Mrs. G. c.
Hedger's young pupils, and the audi
ence was delighted with the excellent
performance of the young people. All
OF those taking part did remarkably
well, considering their age and the
time they have been taking lessons,
showing the effect Of thorough instruc-
lion and careful training, but Miss
Pauline Schassberser- exeelled at the
instrument. This little miss is really
remarkable performer for one of her
age, and if she continues to improve
she will make her marx as q pianist,
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,

Good music and gospel preaching
both morning and evening. Morning
service at II o'clock, subject of COM
munion service, Remembering Christ.
Evening service at o'clock, The
Death of Abel, or the First Religious
Quarrel
Sunday school at 10. Our Sunday
school continues to grow in numbers
in spirit and in efficiency. We invite
you to come and join in all our SER
vices. A. w. BOND, Pastor
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Rubert have been
in OrOville since their son, Leonard,
was brought to the hospital so SER
iously injured. The sympathy of
friends and neighbors go out to the
stricken parents. Young Rupert is the
eldest of large family, a steady, in
dustrious young man, an aid and COM
fort to his parents and favorite with
his associates. His terrible condition
as a result of the accident is deeply
deplored by all who know the family
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31
ATTENTION DEMOCRATS.

This paper has been requested tc
announce that there will be a meet.
ing of the democrats at Ed. Davis
office next Tuesday evening for the
purpose of organizing a democratic
club. All members of the party in the
precinct are requested to be present
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-03-31

Harry Russell, of Iowa, who has had
much and successful experience in the
colonization game, and who is work.
ing to bring settlers to northern Okla
hogan county, was in town Tuesday
making arrangements for the first
contingent of home seekers that is
expected here in April. After his visit
to Oroville last fall Mr.. Russell was
elected to serve a term in the hospital
and his illness greatly disarranged his
plans. However he is himself again
and very optimistic rs to the future
OF this country. He feels satisfied that
a large number of people will come
into the valley to locate this summer.
Personally, he is very favorably i'm
pressed with the lands under the
West Okanogan Valley Irrigation pro-
ject, and considers that the climatic
conditions are great asset in con-
junction with the Incompatible lands.
Mr.. Russell is hustler with a big H,
and he is enlisted for the war in the
campaign inaugurated to people the
lands under the ditch.