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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-06

The H. ]. Heinz company, with salt
ing stations at Baraboo, Portage, and
elsewhere, has made a voluntary adj
vance in the price of pickles to all
the growers in Wisconsin. Higher
cost of labor caused by the war is Civ
en- as the reason of the advance This
is not the first time that this company
has voluntarily paid its growers more
than the contract price for pickles.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
BRIDGE AT ELLISFORDE.

Among the items in the estimate OF
county expenses for the ensuing wear
appears one for the sum of $1,000 to
be applied toward the construction OF
bridge across the Okanogan river
making connecting link for the peo-
pie on the west side of the river with
the Ellisforde station on the Oroville
-Wenatchee branch railroad. Not
withstanding the fact apparent to ev-
cry resident of the north part of the
county that bridge at that particular
spot on the river has become an alb
solute necessity, one member of the
board of county commissioners was
inclined to cavil and obstruct, al
though keen to obtain appropriations
for six or seven bridges in his own
particular part of the county, hardly
one of which will accommodate half
as many people as the one to be pro-
vided at Ellisforde. The residents of
that we'll settled, and highly culti-
waited part of the valley, living on the
west side of the river, the people of
Whitestone flat, and the country un-
der the Whitestone irrigation system,
labor under the great inconvenience
and disadvantage of reaching the rail-
road on the east side of the river.
Now it is necessary for them to travel
miles out of their way to reach the
railroad either through Oroville or
Tonasket With the completion of a
bridge at Ellisforde connection with
the railroad is direct and near at
hand. With the opening of the bridge
to travel Ellisforde will become con-
siderable of a shipping station, and
there will be few bridges in the county
that will accommodate more people
It may be added that property owners
in the immediate vicinity have donat-
ed a right-of-way for road to the
bridge, and besides have subscribed
upwards of $1,7OO to be used in the
construction of approaches.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
"A PLEASANT SURPRISE.

Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. McMab.r IN,
Mr. and Mrs. II. +. Warren were treat
ed 10 very pleasant surprise Satur-
day evening. Messrs. Warren and Mo-
Mahan are old, reliable and faithful
members OF the local Odd Fellows
iodge' in which they have held the
hishest offices that can be conferred
upon members. and both Mrs. Warren
anu MIS- McMahan are enthusiastic
ana active members of the Rebelxabs
AL the regular meeting of the Odd Eel.
lows lodge Saturday night. routine
business was rushed through and nm
ON adjournment. at . o'clock, the Re.
pekah lodge in full force appeared at
.he hail and farewell reception was
rendered to the McMahans and War;
rens. rms We're presented to each of
the ladies and gentlemen by the men,
Ders OF the lodge in token of the an
preciation and good will of the Odd
feiiows and Rebekhas. A sumptuous
supper was served and the festivities
were Kept up until two o'clock in the
morning, when good wishes and good
luck were unanimously expressed bv
those present for their departing fell
low lodge members, about to change
their homes to another part of the
county.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
OFF FOR THE SOUTH HALF.

Last spring H. F. Warren, one of our
carpenters and builders, accompanied
e. A. McMahan to the south half of the
Colville Indian reservation when that
territory was thrown open to home
stead entry, and the two men secured
adjoining homesteads in very desir
able locality, even though far from
either neighbors or settlements. The
places that Messrs McMahan and War
rem selected are some So miles from
Oroville, over 20 miles from Omak,
and some six miles from Aeneas, the
nearest postoffice. AS stated elsewhere
Mr.. McMahan and family leave this
week for their homestead, and Mr..
and Mrs. Warren are also to leave this
week to establish residence on the
land selected. The town loses excep-
tionally valuable citizens in the depar-
ture of these families. The change
from town to country life, and country
life remote from neighbors, will no
doubt be trying for time, but they go
with the determination of making the
best of the situation and determination
is a valuable asset in building up a
home in new country.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
LOCAL PROJECT ALL RIGHT.

Last Friday Marvin Chase, promo
ter of the extensive Whitestone flat
irrigation system, one Of the best con-
structed systems Of the kind in the
west, so far as it goes, went over the
West Okanogan Valley Irrigation Sys-
tenn fumes and bitches, at the invita-
tion of the board of directors Of that
organization, on a tour of inspection.
for the purpose Of passing judgment
upon the condition of the distribution
system, and offer any advice as to the
betterment Of the same. 1t is neither
flattery nCr a pervcrsion of fact to
say that Mr.. Chase is one of the best
posted and most competent engineers
in the state upon the special subject
of irrigation. His knowledge has been
accumulated from long years of ex-
perience in the construction and
supervision Of various irrigation sys-
tens, and his ability is so we'll known
that he was but recently appointed
state hydraulic engineer. An opinion
expressed by Mr.. Chase upon an irri-
cation system, after a personal exam
ination, can be depended upon as fair
and impartial. After inspecting the
local project he stated that the work
had been we'll done and in the main
the flume and bitches were in excell-
ent condition. He made suggestions
for several improvements and changes
which he believes will tend to conserve
the water supply. reduce the danger
of such breakage as occurred this
summer to minimum and obviate the
drying out of long sections of bitches,
which happened at the time when
breaks occurred during hot weather.
The board will follow the advice Of
Mr.. Chase and make number Of
changes and repairs this fan in both
bitches and flume, with the result
that the system will supply more wa
ter and prove more dependable next
year.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
REAL ESTATE MOVING.

There seems to be a growing de-
mand for real estate located in this
immediate vicinity, and number of
transfers have recently been made and
others are pending. Dell Hart, through
whom several sales have been nego-
tiated, reports that inquiries for de-
sirable places, and that is the kind
that about every tract of property is,
are more frequent than at any time
for several years. There is every reas-
on to expect that demands for land
under the irrigation system will in
crease until every available acre is
under cultivation. There is not more
attractive part of the state for making
a home, nor locality where returns
from the soil are more generous or
certain About every condition that ap-
peals to the homeseeker exists here,
and as that fact becomes better known
the greater will be the influx of those
looking for a permanent location.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
DISAPPEARING GAME.

Since the beginning of the season
local sportsmen have swarmed over
the hills and through the valleys,
where shooting is not prohibited, in
search of game, but with Indifferent
success. Game bircs appear to be un-
usually scarce this season, which
could only be expected considering
the number of gunners that are con-
stantly thinning out the bird family,
and in few years grouse, pheas-
ant, prairie chicken or duck will be
rare object. The disappearance OF
game reminds us of how plentiful
game birds were in eastern Washing
ton 25 years ago, and in some local
tiles even at much later date. Fiji
teen years ago the surrounding hills
swarmed with grouse and prairie
chickens, and pheasants were COM
mon in the brush along water courses
! In the fall of the year, ducks were
numerous on all lakes End ponds in
the eastern part of the state. 1t was
nothing to put in two or three days
on Moses lake and bag all the ducks
that a sportsman would care to kill
The settlement Of the country and
natural increase Of hunters has re-
suited in thinning out Of game, and
what birds are left seek the higher
preserves. 1t is only by this protec.
tion on territory set aside as game
preserves. 1t is onl yby this protec.
tion that the birds can be saved from
| complete extinction.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
OPEN HOURS FOR WATER FOWL

Under the state game, law it is un-
lawful to shoot water fowl before sun
rise or after sunset. Unfortunately
few hunters respect the law and they
are constantly liable to arrest and
fine. The open season for water fowl
commenced last Sunday according to
the Wenatchee World, and the game
warden of Chelan county received the
following instructions as to just what
part of the "a hours it is lawful to
shoot that class of game birds, which
it would be we'll for sportsmen to
make a note of:
"The official time Of sunrise on
September 18th in this section is CIV
en- as 5:28 o'clock; that of sunset as
Sol o'clock. BY adding two minutes
Of each successive day to the time OF
sunrise on September 18th, the exact
minute of sunrise on each successive
day can be determined. BY deducting
two minutes each day from the date
of sunset for each succeeding day can
be determined"
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
SHERIEF'S SALE.

Under and by virtue of a writ of an
Order Of Sale, issued out of the Superior
Court Of the State Of Washington. holding
terms at Okanogan, Washington. in and
for Okanogan County, on the eth day of
August. lSl7. and to me directed and de-
livered. for a judgment rendered in said
Court, on the 18th day Of August, A ID.
wi, In favor Of James Laughran and
against Samuel T. Minnick ct ux. ct al.
for the sum of $2966.S6, together with
costs OF suit and interest. l have levied on
el night, title, claim and interest of said
oelendant OF. In and to the following prop
sty, to-wit:
Lots 4S and ~. East Oroville Orchards.
Okanogan County, Wash.
K NQl1cs y hereby given, that on the 29th
~ Of september. A. d. 1917, at 10 O'Clock
m OF said day, will sell all the right,
utle and interestof said Samuel 4. Min
NICK et ux ct al. or either of them, in and
tne ABOVE described property or SO
mucn tnere0f as may be necessary to sat
MY piaintin's claim, besides all costs. in
!srest and accruing costs.
Ine saie Will lake place at the front door
o. tne Court House, at Okanogan, in Ok
anogan County, Washington, at public
and best bidder.
Dated at Okanogan, Okanogan County.
~, ,ws,a,snington, this 2Sth day of August A. ID.
Sheriff Of Okanogan County, Wash.
Y HARRY e. STARK, Deputy
Oate OF First Publication Aug. 81, 1917.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN.

James Hunter of Spokane, spent last
Friday night in Oroville while on a
trip through this part of the state in
company with Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
PERI, of Chicago, Mr.. PERI be:ag the
immigration agent of the Milwaukee
system of railroads. Mr.. Hunter can
be classed as among the pioneer res
idents of the northwest, and, more
over is one of the successful and pros
porous merchants of eastern Washing
ton and British Columbia.
Many years ago Jim Hunter came
west from North Dakota, young man
full of hope and energy, but painfully
short of cash. He came out to Wash
ington bent upon starting in business,
and did not let little matter of fl
nancial shyness dampen his ardor
With business acumen and zeal
gained through some years of exper-
ience in the mercantile line he was
well equipped to make his way against
all obstacles in a new country. He
first located at Coulee City, when
Douglas county was in the raw, and
vast empire of virgin soil was wait
ing the coming of the homeseeker
From the very start Mr.. Hunter met
with success, and he soon built up a
flourishing business, that is, flour.
ishing considering the size of the
place in which he made his initia
start. But Mr.. Hunter was ambitious
to invade a larger field. When tht
great British Columbia mining cami
of Rossland, first attracted attention
Mr.. Hunter recognized his oppor
tunity He visited the camp and al
| once decided to locate This was {
| most fortunate venture. ROsslan(
doomed, mining was at the zenith o.
its activity, fortunes were put into
and taken out of the ground. 1t was
not long before Mr.. Hunter was at thu
mead of one of the largest mencantilt
] houses on the border, and soon had ;
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21

chain of branch stores that included
Grand Forks, Greenwood, and other
flourishing mining towns. Eventually
Mr.. Hunter retired from active busi-
ness, invested largely in Spokane
property, and now makes his home in
that city. Time is treating Mr.. Hunter
kindly and he is enjoying excellent
health and we'll earned competency.
Success has not changed the dispo-
sition of the man, for today he is the
same approachable and likeable gen.
tleman that he was when he first en-
barked in business in a modest way
at the old town Of Coulee City, which
is little more of town now than 1t
was when he first hung out his sign
in the old place.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

State of Washington County oil oka-
hogan, s s.. q ro,;,s.
10 w. T.. Mann and c. S. Jennings:
You are hereby notified that we nave
axnended the sum of 10000 upon the
River View and Mountain View lodes for forr
the year 1916, under the PROVISION OF
section 2324, revised statutes OF tle unit, ,. T.
cd States. being the amount necessary W
exnend during the year ending December
81 Iaie in order to hold the claims under
the mining laws. Now, If within ~ GAYS days
On davs after the this notice by publica-
tT lion "y You fail or refuse to contribute your
nrnnoytion of such expenditure as CO.
owner TO- wit: $4,000 and the expenses soid id
cinims will be forfeited and become the
proper property Of the undersigned under said
sec''o'' HARRY WILLIAMS
j. NJ. WENTWORTH,
First publication Sept u. 1917.
LAST publication Dec. 21 1917
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
SRERiFF'S SALE,

:, under and by virtue of writ of Order
~ Saie issued out Of the Superior Court
=. tne state OF Washington, holding terms
E. seattle, washington, in and for King
So9nty, on the 28th day of August, 1917,
suu ~ 70 me directed and delivered, for
~. ss!.sogment rendered in said Court, on the
Sa sSen gay OF August A. D. 1917, in favor of
~ nsoei Mckay and against Charles Mckay
AZ r .a,e .ne sum Of $4,000. together with costs
y vs.se seit and interest, have levied on the
saS ute, claim and interest of said de
.stuant s.tss y. OF. In and to the following prop
Lots Lots 22. (22). twenty three (2s), and
sMenty.iour (24), Block ten UO), accord
os w 70 tne plat Of Oro on file in the office
" W.. Sne auditor Of Okanogan County, Wash
ar, Moece Is hereby given, That on the goth
A. q ~ y. ~ NOctoDer, A d. 1917. at 10 o'clock
4 t,la m' OF said day. will sell all the right,
~ H.e e,.h and interest Of said Charles Mckay
so-huer ~ Hstler OF them, in and to the above de-
ra, ao1u property, or SO much thereof as
nIe;y ,Isy oe necessary to satisfy plaintiff 8
caam, cs,., besides all costs, interest and ac-
III thing costs. The sale will take place at
Hr Mu 'front.' door of the Court house, at
in.ss,nogan, in Okanogan County, WASH
to tha Ua q, ~ public auction, for cash in hand
nat.n ae nnignest and best bidder.
wasnsed wdted at Okanogan, Okanogan County,
,cis ,rcirsshihgton, this S1st day of August, AID.
By crA1p wApD
LARRY STARK, Deputy
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
HERE IS A CHANCE,

! The United States civil service CON-
mission announces that the following
examinations will be held as follows !:
Stenographer and typewriter, male
and female, field service, Sept. goth,
1917.
| General helper, male, Puget Sound
Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington,
wages $3.50 per day, time and a half
| for overtime work. 100 vacancies to be
! filled at the present time. File appli-
| cation at once. Transportation will be
, advanced, where necessary, where
persons sign a contract to work six
months.
| Sub inspector of field artillery am
munition, male, $3.50 to $500 a day,
machinist experience required. En-
ployment, state of Washington.
Skilled labor, (munitions) male and
female, $500 to $3.50 per day for en-
ployment in the state of Washington.
Mechanical engineer, artillery am
munition, male, $4,000 to $500 per
year.
Mechanical engineer, experimental
work, $2,50O to $4,000 per year, male.
Mechanical craftsmen, male, $1,000
to 81 400 year.
Apprentice craftsmen, male, $480. 90.
Inspector of artillery ammunition,
male, 1880 to 81, 400 year.
Inspector of field artillery ammuni-
ton steel, male, $1,000 to $2,400 year.
Assistant inspector Of artillery am
munition steel, male, $3.50 to $500 a
day.
Inspector of ammunition packing
boxes, male, $3.50 a day to $1,000 year.
Inspector and assistant inspector of
powder and explosives, male, $1,4O0
to $2,4O0 year.
Inspector of ordinance equipment.
male, $500 to $2,500 year.
Assistant inspector of cloth equip
ment, male, $50 to $125 month.
Assistant inspector of leather, male,
500 to 1925 month.
Assistant inspector of textiles, male,
| $50 to 1925 a month.
Assistant inspector of leather equip
ment. male, $100 to $125 a month.
Clerk, qualified in business admin
istration, male, $1,000 to 81 500 year.
Index and catalogue clerk, male and
female, 81 900 to $1,000 year.
The government urgently needs men
for the work above indicated and quail
flied persons are urged as a patriotic
duty to apply for examination. Address
Herbert F. Ward, district secretary,
room 303 postoffice building, Seattle.
Wa achin ptOn
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21

1 REGULAR
tipple, because there was no fluid
more expensive. Indeed, il we were
not delightfully."- strung, in it's brightes,
days Greenwood was some warm
camp.
But how different today. Now there
is only shadow of those better days
lingering over the almost deserted
streets. No longer are the sidewalks
pressed by the feet of busy and hust-
ling humanity. Block after block OF
substantial buildings stand where
erected, once the scene of thriving
business transactions, but many, very
many, are now vacant, looking as
though they had long been tenentless.
10 walk the streets arouses melan-
choly reflections. Picturing the town
as what 1t must have been and what
1t is arouses feelings of regret that
SO much effort and expenditure as
was necessary to construct so large
place must come to naught. 1t is a
painful illustration of the mutability
OF things mundane, and the contrast
is shockingly forceful. From the little
that could be learned during a very
brief visit it was ascertained that
only one furnace in one of the smell
ters is now active, while the silent
smelter looks as though the fires had
been drawn years ago, and the band
of decay is already laid upon the
premises.
We could obtain no satisfactory ex-
planation as to the cavse of the sweep
ing change of conditions, other
than that formerly the ores from the
Phoenix mines, few miles away,
were delivered at the Greenwood
smelters for treatment, and when the
smelter was installed at Grand Forks
all that business was diverted from
the local plants. There was no inti-
nation that the ore deposits of the
immediate adjacent country are ex-
hausted, nor the values run out. 1t
looks simply like case of quit dig
ging. If the ore Is there, Greenwood
may some day come back when cap
ital and enterprise again combine to
operate the various and many claims
in the neighborhood. To us, there is
something pathetic and appealing in
a mining camp once alive and active
but run to seed. We have seen a
number of them, and the spectre of
the past always arises to make more
dismal the forlornness of departed
greatness. Greenwood, however, is
far from being a wholly deserted
camp, although the hall marks of de-
cadence looms lare In its vicinity,
and the town presents but shadow
of it's former grandeur. Seeing it as
it is at present awakens sincere re-
gret that we failed to see it as it once
was.
Numerous old timers still cling to
the town hoping for its revivifation
and rehabilitation. Among them is
Col. Lowery, of the Ledge, one of the
brightest journalists in British Co.
lumbia, who was there during the
boom and still clings to the old love,
true to the camp in adversely as we'll
as prosperity. For the loyalty and
tenacity of those who still people the
old town they deserve to live to see
return of it's departed glory, and if
that glory ever drifts in on the wings
of time there will have to be vast
amount of repairs, revamping and
renovation, Judging from a fleeting
glance over the business and residen-
tial sections of the old town.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21

scripts that left this Friday morning for
Okanogan on their way to American Lake
xSert sss hoew Morrs j. RHmsey oreh
| Johnston and James H. Brooks. of Oro-
vile.
H. G. Garnett. of Okanogan, was in
town Sunday.
Fred Gadbury was in town from
Loomis Monday.
r. w. Scott of Nelson was a visitor
in town Saturday.
Percy Davidson of Chesaw, was a
visitor in town Saturday.
R. H. Lesh, of Tonasket, was a Wis
itor in town Friday last.
Walter Gasser, of Omak, was reg
istered in town Friday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Jones, of Night
hawk, was in town over Saturday
| night.
c. A. Schamberger purchased five
passenger Studebaker from the Geo.
Bartell agency Saturday.
Stanley Evans came over from his
home near Loomis last Friday evening
/ iCIul mug OdLuIuoy
Miss Dorothy Putnam, Miss Ethel
Gormerly and Allie Nixon motored to
Oroville Thursday evening.-Tonasket
Times.
=. Lortz Johnson, of Antwyne, one of
the pioneer residents of the north end
of the county, was doing business in
town Monday.
The construction of bridge at Ellis
forde will be Godsend to the ORCH
ardists on the west side of the river
down that way.
I There was quite large attendance
at the social dance given in the IL
brary building Saturday evening un-
der the auspices of the ladies of Trim
ity Guild.
Mrs. J. w. Baker of Oroville, who
has been staying with Mrs. Roy Com
stock, of Whitestone flats, for the past
three weeks, left for her home Mon
day.-Tonasket Times
Guy Fruit, whose name has been
identified with Loomis since that
camp was first settled, was in town
Monday guest Of his daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Grant.
Guy Mcintosh, of Spokane, a gen.
eral insurance adjuster, spent last
Friday night in Oroville on his way to
his home. Mr.. Mcintosh was out here
for the purpose of adjusting grain
loss that occurred early in the month
on a farm few miles southeast of
Oroville. He stated that every indica-
tion pointed to incendiarism, and Of
ficers will soon be looking into the
matter.
John Wentworth was over from
Loomis for several days during the
past week. Mr. Wentworth is interest
ed in a number of claims in this
neighborhood that are attracting the
attention Of mining men, and the
chances are that he will make a deal
or two in the near future. Those who
know how Mr.. Wentworth has hung on
with unshaken faith for years, doing
an enormous amount Of work on var
ious claims, will be pleased to see hin.
at last receive substantial reward for
his consistency.