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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-03-24
STATE TRUNK LINE BILLzarl
No Opposition Expected Against Bill
Providing for State Trunk Line
Highway System.

The Good Roads Association of
Wisconsin has issued from its
headquarters in Madison the fol-
lowing summary of the State
Trunk Line Highway Bill which
was introduced in the Senate last
week.
The joint committee on highways
of the Senate and the Assembly,
after weeks of preliminary debate
and study and the most careful
drafting, has just reported out the
bill providing for what will be
known as the State Trunk Line
Highway System. The report OF
the committee is unanimous, signed
by the thirteen members, and it is
expected that there will be little
opposition to it i'll either house.
Iii drafting the measure it was ne
Cessary to comply with the require
ments of the federal aid act, under
which Wisconsin will receive 81,
CPS 4l6 for the building of high
ways from the federal government
in the next five years. The re-
quirements of this act are rigid and
in order to get this money it was
necessary to comply with them.
The bill in brief provides for the
laying out of a State Trunk High
way System, not to exceed 5000
miles, to inter-conneCt every Coun-
ty seat in the state. This system
will be laid out by the State High
way Commission after hearings III
different localities. Appeal fr M
the decision of the commission may
be made to legislative committee,
made up of three assenblymen and
two senator's, and their decision
shall be final.
In the next five years the state
will receive from the federal gov
eminent, tor the building of this
trunk line system 81 ,925, 40. I'm
der the federal act the state is re-
quired to appropriate an equal
amount. II is proposed to raise
this amount and to provide the
funds necessary for the mainten-
ance of the system by increasing
the automobile license fees to $40
for each car.
Under the terms of the bill the
counties of the state in the aggre-
gate are required to provide an
amount equal to that provided by
the state. This means that two.
thirds of the cost of this system
will come FROM the federal govern
ment and the state. and one third
from the counties. InasmuCh as
the expenditure will be spread
over three year period and must
come from seventy-one counties,
the amount annually required from
each county is ANAL The main
tenance of the system will be done
under state direction by the pres.
ent comfy organizations and will
be paid for ont of the increased au-
tomobile license fees. The federal
government requires proper mair-
tenance or the federal aid will be
withdrawn.
The state and federal fund for
building this system will be divid-
ed among the counties on the ba-
sis of road mileage, area and Sc
sc, sed value. Under the present
state aid Law the money is divided
on the basis of assessed value
which gives the richer counties,
like Milwaukee, a much larger pro
portion than under the new trunk
/ line bill. Under this latter bill the
agricultural counties iu the state
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-03-24
VOigt & Christensen
49, %*%**4 ~ *+++

saving on tires and gasoline-that
this will far exceed the increase in
their license fee. As matter of
fact with the increase, the fees
will be still less than in most of
the states.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-03-24

We carry a full line Of the latest
magazines and periodicals Deliver
les made to your home. Whitman's
Pharmacy.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-03-24

One million acres of Wisconsin
land is to be leased by the state for
Su,u+uar homes
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

Mrs Elton c. Rice met with a main.
iul accident Sunday while ON motor.
ing trip into British Columbia. SIM.
lay morning Mr.. and Mrs. Rice. Mary
II. foung, sister of Mrs. Rice, who is
visiting with the family, ]. II Buckles
MOTIFS ramsey and little Miss Geor-
siah Craig started out for Dog lake
IN Mr.. Rice's auto. At point
a little distance this side of
falrview is small bridge with
considerable of hump in the center
When the car, going a a pretty fair
speed, struck this hump the occupants
or the rear seat were thrown upward
out or their seats. Mrs. Rice struck
her chin against the edge of the front
seat, breaking the alveoler process.
winch interpreted means that part of
the Jaw bone just below the roots of
the teeth Mrs. Rice was brought back
to Oroville and after the injury was
examined by DR.. Masters she was
taken to the Oroville general hospi-
tai where DR.. Lewis had to remove
over an inch of the bone, including
seven teeth. Both DR.. Lewis and DR..
Masters state that they do not think
there Will be any reformation as "a re-
suit of the accident.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
HOME DESTROYED.

Shortly after o'clock Sunday ar.
lternoon the shrek of the fire siren
startled the community and cent mos
|of the population scurrying down to
the extreme south part of town where
billows of dark smoke and flame in.
|dicated the location of the Tire. Autos
were called into requisition and the
fire department was speedily on he
scene, Notwithstanding the long run
and two streams soon had the flames
extinguished, but not until the build
ing was practically total wreck
The property was owned by Dave
Ionic, and the fire burned so rapidly
that little of the contents of the build
ing could be removed. The loss is
fully 81 900, with no insurance. Mr..
Ionic also lost $50 in cash, which was
in a dresser. There had been no fire
in the house since morning, and Mrs.
Ionic first discovered the fire in a
closet. She attempted to entinguish
the blaze with a garden hose, but
everything being so dry the the flames
secured such a start that her efforts
were in vain. The chimney is built
up through the closet and it is sup
posed that sparks or burning SCOT fell
and thus starte dthe blaze. The loss
falls very heavily on Mr.. Ionic as he
has lost all his possessions. The COM
munity has kindly come to his as
sistance with material aid more effec-
tive than SVmpathy
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
CONSIDERABLY WORKED UP.

A party of Tonasket people com.
posed of Geo. Bailey, Mat Picken
Ralph Pheasant, Prof. Burris, J. D.
Weddle and son, were in town Fri.
Idsy last, and held a consultation with
the directors of the West Okanogan
Valley Irrigation district. The visitors
were very much wrought up over the
last break in the irrigation flume, fol-
lowing as it did several other breaks
that have occurred recently, and Just
when water was most previously
needed. A report gained circulation
down the valley-and the longer dis
|tance it travelled the moro alarming 1t
|grew-that the fiume had been dynam-
|ited. The Tonasket visitors were
firmly of the opinion that the break
was not accidental. and believing that
it was the criminal act Of represen-
tative of a lawless element were here
to urge that the governor place troops
in the valley to guard the system.
The directors are not convinced that
the damage was done by other agency
than leakage and did not feel justified
in taking the step requested. 1t was
decided that the Tonasket delegation
should confer with Clay Fruit, the
county member of the State Council of
Defense, and If he considered 1t advis-
able to take such steps in the premises
as might be considered best. In the
meantime the directors have put on a
night force to patrol the bitches and
fumes, a wise precaution that might
have resulted in saving many dol
lar had the step been taken early in
the season.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
RJSHING WORK.

Iow Prentice is hauling lumber WIN
his large motor truck from o. 5. RICE 5
saw mill near Circle, to the salts lahe
owned by the Stewart-Calvert COM
nanv ON the north side of the line
The lumber is being used for pulidihss
to accommodate workmen, watts anu
other purposes, an indication una. 'le ne
company is going to push the WORN VI VI
Extracting salts from that dePosit ~
Tho end of the season. Mr.. Prentiee
is running his truck on this Joo nisn'
and day. time being the essence OF the
oontract. the Stewart-Calvert peopie
heine anxious to get salts moving IRON
the lake to the works west of Oroviiie
The size of the break in the hume
IN the irrigation system did some
growing by the time the report reach,
Cd oomis. A gentleman from the oio
camp tells us that the report was ~ u
circulation in that place that l'ooo Zee.
of the fiume had been blown OUT ahl -
II would be impossible to repair II tn' W
balance of the season. some SUI
that.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
EXTENSIVE FIRES.

Recently there have been a num-
!ber of forest fires in the county
around Conconully, and the forest
rangers with the aid Of large force
OF men gathered from the surround
ing country. have had gruelling
time of it in an effort to head off the
flames. The country where the fires
lhave broken out is very rough, with
much underbrush and timber, The
Ilong dry, hot spell has left the grass
as dry as tinder, and when once a
istart is made the fire burns fiercely
and rapidly. Much valuable timber
has already been destroyed. In some
localities the fire has been eXtinguish
ed. yet it seem as though no sooner
lis the fire put out in one place than
If breaks out in another. This may
he incendiarism, and If so, any man
caught in the act of starting fires In
tho timber should be summarily dealt
with on the spot. However, the more
| likely cause is carlessness on the
part of campers or fishermen. This
lcarelessness is hardly less criminal
| than incendiarism, and if any one
guilty of such carelessness can be
Iapprehended he should be punished
Ito the utmost limit of the law.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
COURT NOTES.

The following cases recently nied
in the superior court, taken from the
Okanogan Independent, are of local
interest:
Harry Prince, the Oroville junk
dealer, has filed suit in the superior
court against Joe Stratiner and c. c.
Kohrdt, the Nelson merchant, through
his attorneys, Grant & Williams
Prince alleges in his complaint that
he told Stratiner to purchase about 20
tons of scrap iron from Kohrdt for 80
a ton under an assumed name. He
claims that he paid $125 down on it
and that since, he (Prince) has Of
fered to pay the balance to Kohrdt to
10 avail and that the price of scrap iron
has gone up, until now the iron in
question is worth $500.
Pansy Bush has filed suit in the su-
|perior court against her husband Wal
ter C. Bush alleging cruelty. The
couple were married at Chopaka, De-
cember 16, 1914. The complaint states
that Bush has property of conserv-
ative value of $4,000 and asks for
500 Immediately, 500 month while
the suit is pending; $500 attorneys
fees and $75 suit money. Grant &
Williams are representing Mrs. Bush
Jas. Laughran, through his attor-
|ney, w. c. Gresham, has filed suit in
the superior court against Samuel
Minnick and wife to recover $2,226 and
attorney's fees on a mortgage fore.
closure.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
RENIVING THE BOY SCOUTS,

The Boy Scouts fell to pieces after
the Fourth of July celebration, and it
has required considerable solicitation
to arouse interest in the movement by
those desirous of seeing the organiza-
tion kept up. At last the lads have
again taken to soldering and the COM
pany, which was really a credit to the
town, will reorganize and meet regu-
larly for drill. Capt Waldron, who is
an expert drill master, will take the
Scouts in hand and put them through
the PAGES. The company meets Mon
day evenings at 1880, and all those
who are not already enrolled are in
vited to join the movement. The eX-
ercise will do the boys a world of good
and every youngster in the commun-
ity should be in the ranks. Turn out
next Monday evening and fall into
rank.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
A RARE TREAT.

Mr.. G. A. Weber. wide traveller and
lecturer, passes through Oroville, next
Thursday evening, August 9th, and has
been induced to deliver his famous
illustrated lecture on the Passion Play
Mr.. Weber has made nearly dozen
tours of Europe and in 1900 and again
in 1910 attended a Passion Play at
Oberammergau. Mr.. Weber TOOK
complete set of scenes, over two nun
dred in all, which he Will use III the
lecture. This is chance of lifetime,
as such lectures are usually connned
to tbe large cities. Mr.. Weber has
given this entertainment under the
auspices of one of the largest eastern
lecture bureaus and it is strictly hlgh
class. The prices will be low SO every
one can attend, adults 25c and children
15c. The event will be given IN the
local Methodist church.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
SOCK 1T TO THEM.

Ed. Svedgberg, of Twisp, evident.
ly from the name somewhat of for
eigner, and A. r. Wilder, son Of an
old and respected resident of Okan'
ogan county and old time democratic
war horse, were bound over to the
United States count at Okanogan las,
week on the charge of being slackers
and failing to register for the selec-
tive draft. That Is the way to treat
men who will not stand by thell
country in time of danger. The sher-
|iff of this county is making no dis,
tinctions, and when he has the evi'
dence that a man within the pre-
scribed age has failed to register as
the law requires that man Is going te
experience considerable misery, and
the more misery the better. The mar
who cannot be an American nova
adays should be shipped out OF the
country, and 1t is regrettable thai
congress has failed to pass a law max
ing deportation possible in every IN.
stance where a oitiaen- of the United
States refuses to do his duty, or en-
|tertains more sympathy for foreign
land than the country in which he
enioys life, liberty and protection.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
WHAT'S GOT INTO 1T?

What has gotten into the Genii of
Osoyoos lake? During the past week
singular phenomenon has been OBJ
served on Osoyoos lake., beautiful
sheet of water extending from almost
the edge of town up into British Co.
lumbia Suddenly, and without appar-
ent cause, waves have started rolling
to a height hardly ever attained in the
highest winds, with trend from south
to north, without the presence OF wind,
The agitation has been accompanied
by rumbling similar to that made by a
heavv freight train. If this singular
and unaccountable action of the lake
had been observed and reported by a
single individual one would suspicion
that the party might have experienced
an optical delusion growing out of a
perverted vision affected by a trip to
Fairview, but the phenomenon has been
witnessed by several people, at diff
ferent times, and people who have
never INDUCED in anything stronger
than water, or a watery mixture in
which tea or coffee have been mingled
with natures element. This kick up OF
old Osoyoos is rather uncanny, and il
continued the feature will be another
ATTRACTION to draw people to one OF the
lprettiest lakes in this upper country
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
A PROSPEROUS LOCALITY.

Reevie Frank returned from a trip
to Waterville Tuesday and the Big
Bend has surely got him going. 1t was
Mr.. Franks first visit to that superb
wheat growing section of the state, and
he was amazed to meet up with so
many prosperous farmers. He reports
that the crops of the Big Bend are in
splendid condition and the returns
therefrom will be far greater than last
year, and last year was looked upon as
la banner season. He says he never
saw so much money in his life. Every
body has money, and everybody has
much more in sight with $500 wheat
certain. Mr.. Frank was not idle while
away, and he pushed the Buick auto
business to the limit. He reports hav-
ing sold wholesale 7S cars to various
dealers, and disposed of several trucks
to individual buyers, which is Won
derful stroke o fbusiness in few days
to say the least. While in Waterville
in conjunction with his partner, Mr..
Pentecost, a house was leased for a
year in which general headquarters
for the Buick car for Douglas county
will be opened up Mr.. Frank looks
forward to doing tremendous bust
ness in the motor car line next year.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
STRAIGHT.RUN GASOLINE.

You hear a good deal of talk lately
about the quality Of gasoline being"
said Reevie Frank, the local supply
man.
Unsatisfactory results with motor
fuel are due to the greet number of
mixtures" being offered the public in
the guise Of gasoline.
Mixtures cannot be as good motor
fuel as straight-run gasoline because
mixtures cannot have continuous
chain of boiling points. Easy starting,
quick and smooth accelefation, power
l and mileage all depend absolutely on
the boiling point" of gasoline. And
straight -distillation only can give
gasoline the correct, unbroken, gradu-
ally rising series OF boiling points"
incidentally, gravity is a worthless
test for gasoline. Gravity tells nothing
at all about boiling points"
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
POPULAR ROUTE.

The string of autos that continue to
pass through town northward bound,
or returning from tours OF the boun-
dairy. seem to be endless. Hardly day
passes that one or more of these tour
ing parties are not being checked In
or out by Customs Officer CRUDE.
Most of these autoists carry tents and
camp equippage, showing that the
travellers are out on long hikes. There
is not a more attractive trip In the
northwest than that from Oroville up
to Penticton and through the British
Columbia country. There is much to
see in the way of scenery through
Okanogan county, and there is not
mile of the trip that is not well worth
while Considering the steadily grow
ing travel greater effort should be
made to improve the roads on this side
of the line so that they would conform
to the excellent highways that the
tourist meets with as soon as he
] crosses the boundary.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
VISITS HIS OLD HOME.

Claude A. Andrus, the youngest son
|of c. A. Andrus, was visitor in town
Thursday last, making this office a
visit. Twelve years ago July 10Th,
young Andrus left Nighthawk for Sc
attic where he has since lived, and
returning for visit for the first
time since he left he arrived on the
|25th of July. He was mere strip
ling when he departed, and comes
back a man sized youth, weighing 2Oo
pounds. Mr. Andrus is holding a
splendid position in the city light and
power department of Seattle, and as
his time was limited he cut short his
vacation this week and returned to
his job. If he puts off visiting the
Okanogan another twelve years there
will be a number of us missing on MS
return, unless the grim reaper is aw-
fully kind to us.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
FOOD CANNING AND DRYING
SCHOOL.

The extension department of the
ranging to place a canning and dry
ing school in practically every county
OF the state. These schools are to
continue for an entire week under the
direction of trained women sent out
by the department, the methods
taught being those that can be used
by every housewife with ordinary
cooking equipment The cost to those
in attendance at the school will be
nothing above the necessary cost for
living while at the place at which the
school is being held.
The plan is to gather women from
as many places as possible about the
county and give them week Of
schooling as to the cheapest and best
methods for preserving the foods that
are certain to be costly during the
coming winter. After the week at
the central school, those having re-
ceived the special training will re-
turn to their home communities to
demonstrate the methods that have
been put III practice at the domenstra-
ton school.
Through the oranges, civic leagues,
and other organizations this work can
receive a great impetus and much
good come from it, and is hoped that
those bodies will place their influence
where it will accomplish the most
toward making this conservation
movement a success. These organi-
cations should arrange to send one
or more of their members to this
school so that they may have someone
to carry on the work in their particu-
lar districts as a part of their work
during these war times.
The town of Okanogan has been
chosen by the Extension department
as the most central location in which
to hold the school, and during the Sec
ond week in August this most practi-
|cl and useful work will be carried on
for all those who care to accept the
This work will do much
to popularize the wash boiler as
canning device and dry goods box
as an evaporating plant to save the
tons 1of food that will otherwise go to
waste in this most critical year for
the family of limited means.
More in this connection will appear
in the county papers next week, but
now is the time to arrange to send
someone from your community to
take advantage of the things that will
fill the week from August 9th to 11th
inclusive.
WALTER A. HOLT,
lCounty Agriculturist, Okanogan, Wash
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03
TO JOIN HIS REGIMENT.

Will Irby, who is member of the
1st regiment of Missouri National
Guards, and who has been visiting
here with his sister, Mrs. Ed King
man. for several weeks, left for Kan
sas City Thursday morning to join the
colors, although he has had no other
notification of mobilization except the
general orders that all state troops
would assemble on August 5th' Dr.
Irby-young man that he is-Wll-
liam is a full-fedged M. D., having
graduated and secured his sheepskin
this spring-is one of the popular
young men of Oroville. While still
in medical college at Kansas City he
enlisted last year and went to the
Mexican border, being stationed in
Texas. His regiment, with other units
of the national guard, may be sent to
France this fall. May good fortune
be and abide with the young man
wherever the contingencies of the SER
vice may call him.