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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-07
A TAME AFFAIR.

The municipal election Tuesday was
one of the most quiet and uninterest-
ing elections ever held in Oroville,
that is, for town officers. A caucus
was held in the town hall Saturday
evening at which F. V. Covert and c.
w. Smith were nominated as council
men for two years, Fred Hart for one
year, and A. p. Murray as treasurer.
1t was stated that J. p. Friis did not
desire nomination for reelection or
he would have been named at the eau
Gus, but somebody named Mr.. Friis
and c. o. Sterling for the long term
Monday, so there were two tickets in
the field. Less than 100 votes were
cast Tuesday OF that number Sterling
received 80 votes, Friis 43, F. V. Co.
vert 81, Smith So, Hart 81, A. p. Muir
ray 80.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-07
ALONG FELT WANT.

A meeting of the business men was
held at the Civic League library build
ing Tuesday evening FOR the purpose
of taking up, discussing and deterih-
ming upon means for the construction
of the Similkameen road. 1t was one
Of the most representative business
mems meetings that has been held IN
OrovilIe for some time, and all present
NOT onlv recognized the Importance OF
the proposed road but showed DIS
uosition TO aid to the extent OF their
mower to secure that long needed con-
Meeting link between the Okanogah
and Similkameen valleys. This pro-
posed road is one that shouia ,,nou nav
been constructed years ago. anu ~hen
made passable will prove to De one
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-07

In the pleasure and pain derived
from seeing THE Little American,"-
for there was pain attached thereto,
as the depletion of the heartlessness of
the Huns stirred up the keenest feel
ings of Recommendations who were
present did not fail TO appreciate the
music furnished by little Miss Pauline
Schassberger The musical scores
came with the films and this little lady
who is very clever performer for her
years, presented those selections
adapted to the sections of the films,
correctly and with much expression.
The music added materially to the en-
joyment of the presentation.
Adolph Roggow has accepted the
postmastership at Havillah, according
to the Nelson Leader, and hence that
office will not be classed as was an
nounced it would be, a few weeks ago.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-07
JOINED THE NAVY.

Oroville has contributed a number
of young men to the navy and that
number was increased three more
Wednesday morning when Willis Mar
tin, John Reeder and e. A. Gigat left
for Seattle to offer their services to
the government. John Reeder is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Reeder old time
settlers of the north part of the coun-
ty, and Willis Martin is a son of those
well known pioneers Mr.. and Mrs. J.
c. Martin. All three of the new re-
cruits are fine young lads and they
will be credit to the branch of the
service that they are to serve in
farewell dance was given to Messrs
Martin and Reeder in the Civic League
building Tuesday evening. May good
luck be and abide with the jolly tars
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-07
LIBRARY REPORT.

The following is the library report
for the months of October and Novem-
ber: Books taken out in October, so;
books returned Is; applications 4;
donations, book by DR.. Elmer, l by
Chas. Devon, "a by E. S. Clark. Fines
collected 60c.
November: Books taken out 20; re-
turned 27; applications 2; donations,
books by Guy Raybourn. Fines COL
lected, csc.
MRS. CATHERINE SCHULTZ
Librarian.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-07

The members of the Red Cross de-
sire to return thanks to the Woodbury.
Lumber company. J. M. T. Williams
and n. w. Bragg for liberal dona-
tion of wood Favors of that kind are
always appreciated by the organiza'
tion. showing, as it does, that the
hearts of those who give are in the
right place.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-07
REBEkAH CHILDREN'S PARTY.

The children of the Rebekahs are
invited to a party to be given in their
honor on December IL, at o'clock at
Odd Fellows Hall There will be a
program and games and a good time
generally, followed by refreshments
dear to the heart of young and old
alike. Come one, come all, both great
and small.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-07
DISTRICT ELECTION.

Tuesday, December 11th, is the date
set for the election of three directors
for the irrigation district Messers
Beale, Samson and Picken are the
present board. Up to the present very
little is heard concerning new candi-
dates
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-07
BIG FREIGHT OUTFIT.

j. E. Kennedy, who has a CONTRACT
for moving ore from the Manganese
mine in the Colville valley to the rail-
road at Valley. in which. operation ne
uses so four-horse teams and wagons
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-07

During the past week Geo. Bartell
has sold seven passenger touring
Studebaker car to Andy w. johnston
and a five passenger Maxwell touring
car to A. N. Doyle. Lateness of the
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-07
BAZAAR.

The ladies of the Deborah society
will hold their annual bazaar at the
home of Mrs. r. Butler, Wednesday,
December 12. Tea will be served dur
ing the afternoon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
Tale of a Woman Hobo

When living is reduced to its essentials
II is astonishing to discover how few they
are There are numerous ways Of finding
out One is to go camping for relaxation
with the knowledge in the back of the mind
that II is easy to take up the complications
of civilization at will. Another is to be
forced to find food, shelter and clothing
after the supply of money is exhausted.
Chicago couple discovered themselves In
the latter predicament few years ago.
The wife was physician and the hus-
band was an electrical engineer They
had gone to Chicago to seek their fortune
after the San Francisco earthquake had
wrecked their home in California But
thew did not find II. The wife contracted
consumption and the husband lost his money
and was unable to get work. They were
reduced to living In single room In the
slums, when at last they found them
selves with a capital of only So The wife
decided that she must get back to California
II she would escape death. After much
difficulty she persuaded her husband TO at
tempt to make the trip by tandem bicycle.
She got the bicycle In exchange for an
opera cloak, the only fine garment left of
her wardrobe. They started early In May
and arrived late in August. The story of
the adventures on the route has been told
by Dr. Ethel Lynn. the wife. IL is most
entertaining narrative of life in the open.
they consorted with tramps and after their
bicycle had been ruined by hogs at farm
where they stopped they stole rides on
freight trains, now and then paying their
fare for short distances on passenger trains
after they had earned a little money. They
ran across all sorts of people besides tramps
Including an itinerant merchant. who fell
in love with Mrs. Lynn and wanted her TO
elope with him. They were surrounded by
a herd of cattle and narrowly escaped with
their life. They waded through mud ana
rode in the sunshine, and the woman actea
as an angel of mercy for several distressed
persons They slept in the open when
they had to and cooked their meals on
FIRE under the trees The effect or the expe-
rience on Mrs. Lynn was to increase ner
confidence in the goodness of human nature
in spite of some dsheartening experiences
and to make her believe that there Is some
good even In the worst of us and incidentally
to restore her health SThe optimism OF tho
record is its most delightful characteris.c.
1t might well be prescribed as cure ior
the blues.
THE ADVENTURES OF 4 WOMAN WOMAN HOBO; a
Nv Ethel Lynn, NJ d. New YORK; Seorse
vi Doran Company. S.5O.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
WHAT EUROPE
THINKS OF THE WAR
A Compendium of the State
ments of Representative Men
of the Warning Nations

lhere is nothing easier than to say that
Germany caused the war. And there is
nothing further from the truth. The war
is the result of long series of complex
causes which have been working in Europe
Tor a generation or more. This Is the con-
ciuslon which 7. Lothrop Stoddard has
reached In his Illuminating book, present
Day Europe" and It is shared by other COM
petent observers. Mr.. Stoddard says that
the war is normal phase of human evou.
ton and that Europes agony is the newt
able travail of the birth of n new age. 1t
is absurd. in his opinion. to say that the
conflict was brought about because Of secret
diplomacy or Prussian militarism or Brit
ish navalism or Pan-Slavism 1t was not
the work OF any man or set of men. "Its
incidents may have been within human con.
troll It's substance was the insxorable
legacy of the past"
These statements are made In the con-
Guiding chapter of a volume which is de-
voted to the national states of mind In 1914
and after. Mr.. Stoddard has collated a
series Of statements by representative Eng
ushmen, Frenchmen. Germans, Russians,
Austrians and Italians In order TO give the
reader an understanding of national senti-
ment. He finds that at the beginning Eng
land was not interested in the Serbian trou-
BILE which precipitated the conflict. As the
weeks passed. however, the British discov-
cred that they were engaged In a fight for
national safety and their representative men
said that the real struggle was not between
Germany and France or Germany and Rus
sia but between Germany and England. In
like manner the Germans were not slow In
realizing that their chief foe was England.
Mr.. Stoddard quotes the statement of Herr
Whiting. head of the Deutsch Bank. to an
American journalist in October, 1914, In the
course of which the German banker said /:
al<
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
100 CHEFS MOBILIZE
FOR ARMY AT ADMIRAL
Experts Will Teach Men to Cook
for Soldiers at Camp
Meade

The culinary brigade Is modifying and
,reparing to leave for Camp Meade, at Ad-
miral, Md.
= Members of the brigade are 100 strong.
They are recruited by J. Miller Frazier.
manager of the Bellevue-Stratford. and each
and every one is either an expert cook or
chef. The one object of the brigade is to
teach the rockies at camp how to cook.
The cooking teachers are of varied M L.
tionalities, even including German. They
are rated either as Glass A, of highly skilled
chefs who will be paid SIPS a month. or
Class B, or good cooks, who will get 500
n month. They VIII leave within the next
few days, it was said.
Members of the brigade are:
Class A-A.nSseY .sd Misler; 5000 Chestnut street.
b2e bns2s bfGTn Sss 1875 F
nue.; William Alexander. 110S Daiy street.; Dan.
s ss5 6hfs 8s'f s'si s3rse pn' AaGrsw AsFSs n
callowhl street: Samuel selmartz, 25s2 North TtS
Ease s2is
E.,dns Bfs Pa efnehm simoe cnomfsn PS Hy
sSsssssf Ss s. aa Armand Hsna
South Martin street; Thomas A. Hewson,o Wash.
'"SsGa ciass fB-Willis A.. Sanders. 1917 Park ave.
se spTns eff
Ps AYss ss yes tesr 1910 PePTOP
ssa North Thlrty:slxth street; H. AGshesd AGGsnasd
sO79 stenton avenue; John p. Slack. 1880 South
rsD SGss 'f hssS sSpa s,4ssi Mss
dsrssGs s9gsle lsl MoPtTSso
ESssS. FssFe LS iS soa;h AZ Sa ssis.nS
a. Rice. ,9Sio Branaywne street; William H.
Pssasanty Ssisa @ John hrffs s4 Nfasa Moorc
M Asn B. Rater Paul Noa
man street; Leroy HAWKINS Atlantic CITY; Al :
s ss' sCutS watts onss 1n smh pe2i
Sears street; G James a.ns B. Porter Riverside, Pa;
iscs Wsvsry street, bsrshino % Knt9nio TS,"s9G 4os
South Watts stFsst FaSsrt Luigi RSrane aSs
0sSr NJ saS SSrrSs! sSa s0Vn
ss Kaufman dsnst fhai 9ssGRsS gais
srns street street; rSLv William & H. KraSss 2s04 North
john 81 North Preston sfee street John
Campbell, 1929 Spruce stree!; Thomas ]. Myers
Street, :szS syend Moer 1874 Vine Street Pases
Te5rSn 5as MItihnson ,Est street L. Roehstte
Cherry siysst: Maefe III spriRE i%su'5 daEdaD dsH
Danz Mfm iss South camao e sfs. saTaG
kerns., a551 North Second street; John GrIndat
ouh cySEeS
North Judson street: John Cassidy, 6si8 Ridge
2 SSsi$y :5.s
SsS w5ss s;Eos5 Hss
sfIek Stevenson, ,7soI BS!st avenue; Fred nay;
5 sinsa ss Robert ii PrfS GS4G
CORPORAL 4; Agate Philadeiphia; Marshall
S4 SSnsSm street Michael 3Sqn
Y I cfsias,5' iisi S;IS.. MS%n. ysT.Sn ssT.s,
Thomas II. Lingo. o6O2 South sartain street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
Never Ouarreled With God

When Tboreau was dying his Calvinistio
aunt went into his, room ana saio IA,
Henry have you made your peace with
God?" .. ,r.rrs,ed
aunt - was the pleasant reply
Nowhere has the mental attitude OF tne
.anarkable Concord naturalist ana phloso-
nher been more clearly revealed than IN
,hass few words In commemoratlon OF tne
toOtb anniversary of Thoreaus pirth Dr
u,dward waldo Emerson, son OF the great
Eroerson. has elaborated lecture that ne
nrenared twenty-seven years ago 10 renove
some of the misapprehensions ABOUT INC
n,an and has published II In sfhah pooh.
Doctor Emerson when he was poy wae
os intimate as boy could Dc Win iho
reau who was a frequent VISITOR at rs
home and took the place OF the man III tne
house while the father was III Europe,
has recorded not only his own 'Ihpiessioas
but those of a large NUMBER Oh ~ ~oonoo'u
neople who saw Thoreau IN MS eveisa'
life He finds nothing 10 support ,ae ppps ~
ia = ,mnression that Thoreau was lazy her-
,. lai NM hut much to support his contention
ni'. mn. .ha man was industrious. sociable, SELF
lnas ,.',,,ort,ng and worthy Of all respect. He
s'pppsad from his neighbors in that he. did
i auSn thinking and faced the issues or
,,ss and death with a calm courage he
narsd @ nothing for money, 1t is true. but ne
d,d care for truth and beauty. he iound
~, about him and he set himself the
..sn ~ describing what he saw and the I'M
ss-s.siops made by his SURROUNDINGS upon
" -,Ird Doctor Ernsrson's BOOK y one
~S:cS evsty lover Of Tppseeu wy wsns y
Z. 81 ~ 3. i: {. s. (. 2. ~ W.. y: : - \ y.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
EX-SENATOR KERN DIES
IN ASHEVLLE, N. C.
bryan's Former Running Mate
euccumbs to Uremic Poisoning.
Burial in Virginia
ASHEVILLE. N. C.. Aug. Ia

N. u, aug. 1s.
ex-senator John w. Kern. of Indiana,
ana Democratic nominee for Vice President
IN 1908, died her, last night. He was sixty
eight years old.
Mr' Kern, who came here a week ago 70
recuperate, died from uremic poisoning.
win him at the time Of his death were
MIS- Kern and Mrs George b. Lawson,
daughter of Roanoke, Va.
FUNERAL arrangements have not been
MADE but the body will be taken today
to Hollins, Va. the summer homo of the
late Senator.
Up 10 the time of his retirement from
.he senate last March, Mr.. Kern was ma
Jori'y noor leader and chairman Of the
democratic Conference Committee. He was
native Of Indiana, having been born in
Aito' Howard County, December 20, 1s49.
In 1882 he was elected reporter Of the
supreme Court OF Indiana and served four
years lie was city attorney of Indiana
polls during the administration of Thomas .
Iaggart as mayor.
re ran for the office of Governor of
INDIANA on the Democratic ticket in 1900
ana 1914, being defeated each time. He
was running mate of William Jennln.
Bryan for Vice President of the United
states In 1908 and was defeated, Oppos-
ing the late Senator Benjamin f. Shiyely.
ne was candidate for United States Sena.
TOR before the Legislature of Indiana in
1909 In 1910 the Democratic State conven-
ton indicated against his wishes that he
was It's choice for United States Senator
and the Legislature of 1911 which was
Democratic, elected him to that position.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18

before the Iowa Bankers Association last
June. His statement OF the issues was so
clear and convincing that many Of the bank
ers asked for a copy OF II for reference
Professor johnson begins by reviewing
briefly the history Of the expansion of Prus-
sia under the Hohenzollerns and an expla-
nation OF their policy Of aggression. The
Hohenzollern theory Is that the people exist
for the State and that all private and In.
dtvidual rights must be surrendered when
the interests Of the State demand Il. The
state is the supreme good. The purpose Of
the present war Is to extend the area OF the
German state and to enslave new peoples
to the dominant master. Thus far Germany
has extended her military power from the
Baltic to the Dardanelles and beyond into
mat part OF Turkey not controlled by the
russian and English forces Peace made
on the war map would allow these German.
controlled territories to remain under Ger
man control and would entrench Germany
IN the heart Of Europe for further expan.
SION. johnson has said nothing new but
ne mas made compact summary OF the
lac's In the case, so compact that Il will
not take more than half an hour to read his
argument. Those In doubt OF the right
eousness OF the war ought TO read what
he has to say.
inW PERIl, OF PRUSSIANIsM by Douglas
sohh Johnson, associate professor of physi-
ppgr1phy IN Columbia University. New York;
w. l.. futnam's Sons. rs cents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18

the struggle. She held only forty-hve kilo-
meters of tho l.ne in the first year. She
held 1856 kiometers last spring and was
continually taking over more klometers to
relieve the hard-pressed French. She had
only 10000 men In the navy in 1914. She
now has 400, 600. She has doubled and
trebled and quadrupled her output of mu-
nltions until now her supply is greater than
that of the Germans. The empire had an
army of only about 100000 men when the
war began. IL had raised an army OF
5000, 900 men as long ago as May of last
year. And 1t was done by the voluntary
system. Conscription was resorted 10 when
volunteering failed to supply the men
needed. The officers In France reported
that the conscripts made better soldiers
than the volunteers and they explained It
on the theory that men with dependents
and business engagements who had re-
Trained from volunteering, not because they
were uninterested In tine war and not be-
cause they were unwilling to fight, but be-
cause they wanted to wait until there was
absolute need for them, are made of bet
ter stuff than the average volunteer with
no obligations to keep him at home.
The book which Mrs. Ward has written
is full of interesting information of the kind
summarized In the preceding paragraph
None of 1t is particularly new, but she has
massed It and arranged It In such form
as to show that our great sister nation
has risen to the occasion and is doing all
that can be expected of her In the fight for
civilization. II is an excellent book for
Americans to read at the present time for
the obligaeon is now upon us TO go to the
help of the British as the British went TO
the help of the French in order that the
Germans may be driven back into their
own territory and freedom may be restored
to the Begians and democracy may be
made safe.
TOWARDS THE GOAL By Mrs Humphry
Ward author of "Englands Effort WITH
a preface by Theodore Roosevelt. New YORK;
Charles Scribner's Sons. sl,25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
len WEEKS IN THE LIFE OF AN
ENGLISH GIRL IN GERMANY
her Letters Reveal the German Mind in 1914 as
the War Has Disclosed 1t to the World-A Love
Story More Interesting Than Fiction

learns that her mother has left England
and Is In Switzerland the little mid.week
note ends with the sentence: This isn't
Ietter' it's a cry of JOY. Her pleasure In
the society Of the young officer increases
with the weeks and she tells her mother
she is sure that she would like him very
much When the engagement comes she
writes Of her happiness with n frankness
and confidence that must have pleased
the mother"
L wish l had such daughter" said
Doctor McFabre wistfuly.
You might well wish it, even though
she came to an untimely end. We know
the story of only about ten weeks of her
hfe' but those Of us who read her letters
VIII prize her as one Of our choicest
friends and will count her taking off as
one of the crimes for which Germany
must be held responsible"
GEORGE w. DOUGLAS.
'HhlSTlNE By Alice Cholrnondeley Nav
iotk' The Macmillan Company, sloA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
The Airman Triumphant

war has probably done more to deyelop
the airship than would have been ac.
complished In a generation OF peace. In
august islf' the total number OF airships
IN all the world could be numbered by the
hundreds There are now said to be
$4,000 airshlps In use by the warning ma
uons' Flights of hundreds of miles are
'he rule The alrmen remain I'm the mir
ior hours at n time. They all have ac-
CURED skill which the most expert aviator
diu not possess three years ago. Tho air
SNIP 100 has been so perfected that It's
control is almost as easy as the control Of
motorcar. 1t Is virtually self-balancing.
Looping the loop and cutting spirals are
common aud necessary in the military con-
hicts' Airmen flying above the clouds out
OF sight OF the earth have said that at
times 1t Is impossible to decide whether
'neir heads are up or down. It used to take
weeks or months to make an aviator. Now
one is turned out In four hundred minutes,
that is' In twenty lessons OF twenty minutes
eHch. When war ends what the war has
.ausnt US about navigating the air is bound
10 be applied to the demands of peace
Alrships Will be used for passenger and
IL 'No anu TOT 1relght transporta-
.'on' Already Mexican mining company
rs using airships In transporting ore from
niountain mines to the smelters In the
Valleys and experimental use Of the air
snip has been made in the postal service.
An this and more is told by Francis A.
.olllns In his book about the airmen. He
mas chapters on the airshlp in hunting and
on exploration. on the chlvalry of the fight
ing airmen and on the use Of the airship
py tne american armies on the border and
III Mexico. He has made an Interesting
summary OF what has been done \and a
plausible forecast of what will be done.
the AlRMAN; His Conquests In Peace and
with photographs New York: The CsnanrY
Company. Lao. '''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
Military Training for Boys

A book written primarily for boys and
young men. and containing much valuable
information for those of ripper years as
well, is the contribution TO timely literature
offered by Captain +, 3. Carey, u. S. NJ,
and Captain O. O. Ellis, L. S A, authors
of the "Plattsburg Manual" which has
proved valuable handbook for Uncle
Sans newly commissioned officers. The pres
ent volume Is called the Junior Plattsburg
Manual" and is admirably adapted to be-
ginners In the study of the military art
1t is not especially designed, say the au-
>thors, to make young soldiers, but rather
to make, through military training specific
ally outlined. straight bodies. straight minds
and straight morals" in other words, to
help develop American boys into physically
sound. aggressive. characterful men. In ad-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
ENGLAND'S PROGRESS
TOWARD THE GOAL
Mrs. Humphry Ward Describes
the Second Stage in the British
Efforts to Win the War

Mrs. Humphry Ward. who wrote one
pook III answer TO current American crit
icism OF Engand's conduct of the war IN
's early days. has now written another
ono TO show how the British nation has
made good 1t is in the form of letters to
Theodore Roosevelt, who has written an
introduction.
Mrs. Ward reminds the Americans.
through Colonel Roosevelt, that England
was unprepared when the war began and
that Germany was prepared as a result OF
forty years of concentration on single
purpose. But England girded herself for