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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-02
DIVERSE DECISION TO HONOLULU
. OILISHNDERED BY LAND BOARD

Last and it is expected that now the
company will carry tie matter through
I. 10 the supreme court.
4 quotation received from the main
Lana by a local broker this morning
tue decline in San Francisco was
sharp and 81 97t4.
Lards First Free Listed
Following precedents OF many years
standfng in similar Instances the de.
Taltmcnt Of interior originally clear
listed the properties Of the Honolulu
Consolidated Oil Company. Atty. Gen.
Gregory later asked that this clear
listing be withdrawn, Secretary OF
interior Lane declined bat later grant
ed the request Of the attorney general
upon the insistance of the latter. 1t
is claimed the correspondence between
the TWO departments does not disclose
the zeal reasons, the underlying causes
for the move by the attorney general.
Then came hearing to restore the
lands to the free list and it's failure.
application for a rehearing, the new
hearing with added evidence and now
the second adverse decision.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-02
WILSON SPEAKS
AT 8 TONIGHT
.ySsdciaipd isl.p<s al,y Federal wireless


WASHINGTON, :. c., April 2-Congress
met today with OF extraordinary tensity and
feeling so high thai fist fight between Senator
Lodge OF Massachusetts and pacifst spectator in
the corridor of the capitol only one of the many
sensational events.
Resolutions are already before the house which
place the country in the status of warning nation
Congressman Flood of Virginia, Democrat,
chairman Of the house committee on foreign affairs,
immediately after the lower house was organized
introduced a resolution declaring that "a state of
war exists" in the United States upon its foreign
relations. -..s.
Representative Gardner Of Massachusetts, Re-
publican, followed this almost at once with reso-
luton declaring that war has been declared by
Germany upon the United States, and authorizing
the president to use the whole land and navy
forces OF this country against the empire of Ger
many and its subject dependencies.
The Gardner resolution also declares that 1.-THE
grandeur and dignity of the United States are such
that they will not permit this countrys share in the
war to be borne by other nations
President Wilson has determined to address
Congress today and the hour has been tentatively
set for tonight
A fstic encounter between Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts and pachst, Alexander Bannwart, &.
of Dorchester, Mass, was feature of the exhibi-
tions of tensity Of feeling.
Aii1 6iCoItGE to0-A place III the COIflGOf or the
Capitol when Bannwart approached the veteran
statesman and urged that Congress should call for
a referendum vote OF the people on peace or war.
An exchange OF 'coward!" and "Iiar!" between
the two men led TO the fight. Lodge swung his arm
and clenched fist and knocked his opponent down.
This was only part Of the personal solicitation
or the members of Congress to vote for war
peace.
Paci1sts and on.i-2aoiista by hundreds filled
the capitol and nearby streets and button-holed the
Legislators. They ,ea:e3ed both houses of Con-
2ress in an effort 10 influence its action.
Thousands Of ta3cgrams to the .eap;'@ : -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-02
roe Local Stockholders Sur
mise 4 Affect Only
\ Doubtful Seldom

tAssoehtra Press by Fedtl WireIessl
f F1SAlIA, Cal, April The United
4tcs land office rendetd an lmpor-
lat decision YESTERDAY, pholdias the
aim. Ct the .federalE government
,ainst tho Honolulu Cohlidated Oil
nnpany,. who have bee claluiar,jS
Oh lands in Kern eoHrF valued ali
way from three and tlalt To ten
illfen dollars
81 I3I1der the decision the "a company
81 declared ous1d fro mtiH lands in
spute, which revert 10 7 gDrerh-
ent to be included in thenavala:e-
rye, P. -. j.
The land office upholds u govern.
ent in its contention that be Iaf4as
ere Illegally taken VI, aboriginal
Iilers upon the property leg dunn
mics.
1he original iocators had > claim
upon the property which reqted rec
1snition by the courts and We con
reauentiy unable to pass Oh O. valid
lite TO. others. These dun:myscdturs
sold their rights to the lando the
OF the acknowledgement
dated for 81 an acre. althoughSRe III
these who figured as sellers Id not
even seen the land they pTofeed to
BE the owners of and which TN sold.
Following the annomcementf the
decision il was announced at d land
office that an appeal from tn deci-s
lion had been tiled by the offEs of
he company. 8
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-02
AMERICA AUSTRIA
RELATIONS TENSE

Associated Press by Federal Wirrr">~)
WASHINGTON, H. G.. April =
The state Departments last uight reius,
"a to throw any light ul:cn the report
" hirh has been made public here that
American Ambassador Penfield has
left Vienna Officials would not admit
that he is nov on his wuy home, nor
would they discuss the !umor thar he
Eas been recalled for a conference
With Secretary Lansing. REGARDING the
state oI affairs in Austria
Count vrn. TarnowsKi the Austrian
am1assador here. has not been reCeiv-
FL formally by this -ovelumru.. al
Though he has A2an here more than
two months.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-02
May Be Section s

May Be Section s
Two of the large stockholders the
company in Honolulu this mining
said that the meaning. of the dtsion
was matter of surmise on thebart
hut that they thought it probat re.
ferred to- one portion only Of theold
ings OF the company, what is knn as
section G. On this section therl}ad
never been an adjudication of,thend
board while on other lands theTead
been adjudicatiCns by THAT body.
There has been considered thc
scme question in regard to seeing
titles on such land because Of till.
ings,eit being said that dummies 2re
used as the Associated Press repooS
the decision says. In regard tit
Captain Matson is reported to he
said that II there was any LOuIen
any OF the lands of the C0mpanit
was on section 6. but thai on Or
lands he felt no doubt OF uHImay
securing patents.
The large stockholders seen is
morning are thoroughly familiar VI
the status Of affairs and while t.
could not definitely say that it 5
'InB section . that rs @tfcrled Il
was their hope and helief
Possibly Affects Other Lads
The decision referred TO I'm the Fl
;co.ng report maybe one rcnGere ~
on the rehearing Of the application :
natents on the claims for which I
COMPANY has no patents. Il area
has patents on some OF its r:ai?,S a.
the 6ther claims were desired to C
meet up the patented lands n1 70 c1l
rany. Over such claims war"r d
cil'pipes have been run ana %
have been built, On the first ararjl
ilie land board decided ~aC2""~"lv II
~rehearine was sought ard c31aire
leer. il the counsel of H." colnnal
pressed confidence in eCnring
karables opinion. Such i,"lcs n;
ave been umfoUnded. AcOUrt conte
is ieen tallEd of for several weel
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-02

SerT- by
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2-Congress
went into extraordinary session today with mo-
nnentous questions making every member unusual
Iy grave a3 Re took his seat in house or senate.
Democrats Won IN unexpectedly easy victory
in the election Of Champ Clark to head the house
again a speaker. The vote was 2l7 20 205, The
Republicans lost or q strict party vote, with aorae
of the indeper1cn siding with the Bo1rbons.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-26

Is hardly any one else to be trusted
with such attractive coins around. On
|the reverse side Is small fowl with
Exaggerated wings, no doubt the dove
|of peace. Very properly the bird is in
flight, as just now there Is no roosting
|place for its feet. The old wording
UNITED States of America" Quarter
Dollar" and "E Pluribus Unum" are
there. On the half dollar is a lady,
very tall, very slim and yet apparently
|of much activity and strength. her
dress not conforming to modern fem
mime ideas. She Is hiking along with
IAN arm full Of hay, the other arm out
stretched as though inviting any one
Ito come along and seize the coin. A
sun that looks like well spiked cactus
is disappearing, or just coming to the
surface, down near the lady's feet. In
God We Trust" Liberty" and 1917"
fills in the places that otherwise would
be blank. On the other side Is firece
old bird resembling a buzzard, with an
exposure of wings. He is
roosting on what Is supposed to be a
branch Of pine tree. having that ad-
vantage over the flying dove. The same
wording as on the old half dollar Is
there. When all is said the new coin is
q very pretty metallic disk representing
value. and We would not object to g
barrel of them.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-26
WHY NOT?

While the Great Northern people are
making up schedule Of prospective
Improvements for the year 1917 we
trust that the powers that does the
scheduling will not overlook Oroville.
This place is entitled to a new depot.
1t is just possible that the company
may not take the same view of the
situation, yet it is hoped that those
presiding over the destinies of the
great transcontinental transportation
system and its complex ramification
|of feeders may have a heart and fall
for this appeal. The present depot has
the decrepitude of age written all over
lit by the elemental bombardmnet of a
dozen years, and anyhow, aside from
its unsightliness, 1t Is neither ade-
quate for the accommodation OF the
bnsinea done here. nor it it supplied
with the necessary conveniences that
the law requires. A new, modernly
constructed and modernly equipped
depot is needed at Oroville, and If the
site could be so adjusted as to per-
init of the opening and use of cross
ling at Main street the change would
|be of inestimable advantage to the
town and convenience to the resi-
dents thereof.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-26

part of the trip into this terra incog-
nita. The only white man in this
whole vast country that the party ne,
was Okanogan Smith, then living OH
what is still known as the Okanogan
Smith ranch on Osoyoos lake, and Mr..
Ross, who acted as the British Colum-
bia customs officer living at the Smith
ranch. The stay with Smith was brief
ard enjoyable. The cattle were driven
on ever the border to their destination
without accident, and in the course of
time Mr.. Splawn sifted back 20 his
home at Yakima. having had good
deal of experience and what be con-
sidered "rattling good time"
But it is that lone pine tree that We
started to tell about.
Well, from johnson creek thc drive
reached the flat upon which Oroville
now stands. The weather was extrem-
ELY hot and that pine tree offered the
|only shade in sight. The outfit camped
under that old pine tree upon which
fishhawk had nest, and which was a
kind of landmark In the valley. The
tree Is still there, very near the home
|oi DR.. c. P. House. So is the nest still
in the tree, and every spring a hawk
sails into the valley from the far un-
known, occupies the nest and raises
brood Of young. DR.. House keeps watch
and ward over that hawk, and II you
ARE seeking trouble try and interfere
with the freedom of that hawk. To the
'credit of the people Of the town and
valley be it said that no one has ever
tried to molest or disturb the bird Is
this annual visitor the same hawk that
nested in the same tree go years ago.
or is it one of the many families, of
hawks that have been hatched in that
nest during the past many years?
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-26
COMMUNICATED.

Mr.. Editor:-During the past week
Mr.. w. E. Terry, representing Rasher,
|Kingham & Herrin company, OF Spo-
kane, has been in Oroville looking up
the potatoe situation in this district.
Mr.. Terry is an expert potatoe man,
and he suggested that the farmers of
this district get together and decide on
|certain kinds Of potatoes to grow.
Now, for instance, one man living
southwest of town planted three kinds
|of potatoes. His Melted Gems hardly
yielded enough to pay for the seed.
His early Ohios yielded about six tons
Ito the acre. His Gold Coin about the
|same. Now it would be unwise in the
future for this man to plant Melted
Gems. As Mr.. Terry stated the buyers
will pay just as much for any good,
white potatoes as they will for Melted
Gems, but at present it is impossible
Ito get a car load of any kind of pota-
toes, therefore we have to be satis-
fed with a smaller price. Mr.. Terry
states that either Burbanks, Gold Coin.
|Carman's No. or Carman's No. 2,
command as high price as Gems, and
lit has been demonstrated here that
from % to 100 per cent more Carmans
lean be raised per acre than can those
|of Melted Gems.
Yakima potatoes command the high
lest price on the market. The reason
Ifor this is that Yakima farmers have
concentrated their efforts on one kind
|of potatoe, Melted Gems, for which
their soil is especially adapted, and
buyers from all over the country go
there knowing they can get any
lamount of uniform quality of one kind
of potatoes. AS soon as the growers of
this district get together and raise one
or not more than two kinds of potatoes
then, and not until then, will buyers
be justified in coming here.
Now am selling car Of white po-
tatoes to Mr.. Terry and in that car are
Melted Gems, Carmen. Gold Coin, Bur-
banks and Mortgage Lifters.
Mr.. Terry said it would be good
thing for the Commercial Club to take
Iup this matter with the farmers, as it
will mean many thousands of dollars
ANNUALLY coming into the banks of this
town for the farmers.
| r. McC
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-26
ACTIVITY ON THE COAST.

Geo. II. Ellis came in from Spokane
Saturday evening and remained for
two or three days. He has just return
led from business trip to the coast
and reports that there is an evidence
|of the appearance of more activity in
about every line of business in Seattle.
IA number of ship yards have been
started on the Sound and many or
|ders for merchant vessels have been
placed, especially by the Scandina-
Wan nations. in anticipation of a
great revival of ocean carrying trade
and also to repair the great losses
that have been sustained by every
neutral nation by the indiscriminate
war of destruction that has been car
ried on by the submarines. One big
ship yard alone at Seattle, has already
booked orders for vessels amounting
to 100000. Ship building, Mr.. Ellis
feels satisfied is going to be one Of the
largest industries Of the coast for the
next few years, and that will tend to
bring prosperity to the larger cities,
for these yards employ large forces of
skilled workmen.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-26

phones, an officer can be more readi-
ly reached and can more promptly re-
|spond to calls for his presence than
lat any other point in the northern part
|of the county In the second place o
better selection for a position of the
kind could not have been made. Mr.
Wilson as marshal of Oroville, has
demonstrated his exceptional fitness
for the office of deputy sheriff. He
performs his duties without bluster,
without fuss, and without undue Sc
verety. He never hesitates when
occasion arises for him to exercise his
authority. He is veritable sphinx
when his services are called upon,
and the public is not taken into his
confidence when an arrest is to be
made, and remains in ignorance until
the stunt has been pulled off. Mr.. Will
son has proved to be capable mar
shall and his record as deputy sheriff
will be equally as much to his credit.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-26

Eastern, q transportation venture that
Spokane people contributed large
sums to foster, but which built only as
far west as Davenport and was sub
sequently abandoned, and all the
money invested was irretrievably
lost, The people in this county were
greatly In hopes that the sale of the
Central Washington would be immedi-
ately followed by the extension of the
road into the Okanogan country. but
that proved a hope never realized.
An announcement is made by the
Prospector that DR.. Langhammer was
expected in from the coast to resume
work on the Allison group Of claims
near Oroville. (That group of claims
were afterwards known as the Okla
hogan Free Gold Mine, and In more
recent years as the Owasco. Develop
ment proceeded so far that a stamp
mill was erected. and still stands on
the bank of the Similkameen river. an
other monument to failure. Good ore
was taken from that claim twenty
years ago, and on visit to the mine
within the past few years We saw (
posed some strong ledges said to car
Try paying values. To those who are
familiar with the property there see
no reason why the Owasco could not
be made a producing and paying mine
II worked on lines followed in thos
districts where mining is made to
pay.)
From items that appear in the Pro
pector of that date the winter of nine
teen years ago must have been very
much similar to that of the preser
winter. Quite heavy snow was re-
ported on the 26th and the 25th was
recorded as the coolest day OF the
winter.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-26
THE NEW COINS.

The Bank of Oroville received anoth-
er consignment of the new issue of sill
yer coins this week, which were kindly
distributed by Cashier Snider to those
SO fortunate as to possess some Of the
old coins to exchange for new. There
were three denominations Of these new
coins, the dime, quarter, and half
dollar. All coin is pleasing to the eye
and pleasant to the touch. whether old
or new, but new, shiny coin Is always
pretty to look upon and has tendency
to arouse covetousness. The new issu,
is following the requirement Of the
aw which calls for change OF the de-
ign every twenty-five years. at least
o, says that bank person, A. P. Murray
WHO may have been hanging something
on u.s. Anyhow, these bright, attractive
;oins are considerably different in de.
ign from the old ones, although the
ettering has been retained. Mr.. Snide,
trusted some of them long enough In
our possession for us to make few
notes. Yes; he Is fairly we'll acquainted
with us, and, anyhow, we were not
out of his sight while handling the rhi-
no. On the front side of the dime is the
head of the goddess of liberty. rather
a lulu as to looks, with the word Lib
erty." the date 1915" and the slogan
"In God we Trust" crowded in az
though overlooked by the designer un-
It'll the last moment so that there was
little room left on the face OF the coin
for it's insertion. On the reverse side is
a design that presumably represents
when Rome ruled the world was "an
ak tied up with bundle Of rods. and
borne before the Roman magistrates as
a badge Of their authority" 1t looks
like golf bag entwined with healthy
spray of alfalfa. The words United
States of America" surround this de-
sign. lone dime" at the bottom and in
letters so small as to be hardly dis
"E Pluribus Unum." The
quarters carry tall. we'll formed
dame bearing a shield on her left arm
and an olive branch in her right hand.
indicating that she is ready for war or
peace, although she Is indiscreet In
her boldness considering the unpre-
paredness of the country backing the
design. The date Is 1877, showing
that the coin has hardly cooled since
leaving the mint. The word Liberty"
circles the coin. Also quite conspicu-
|ously the words "In God We Trust
POSSIBLY with an intimation that there
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-26
A FAT CHECK.

Saturday Ernest Riste, secretary of
the West Okanogan Valley Irrigation
district received check from the u. 8.
Treasury for the sum Of 5000 which
represented the money appropriated
by congress to meet what would be the
|proportionate cost of constructing the
irrigation system for the Indian allot-
ments in the valley lying under the
ditch. The check was deposited In the
First National bank, and it is the lar
gest check that has ever passed
through that institution. The money
will be diverted to the purpose intend
led, paying off bonds and meeting main
tenance costs.
Along the Okanogan river, within
the boundaries Of the irrigation system
are q number of Indian allotments.
representing q considerable acr cage.
That land IL just as greatly benefited
by the addition Of water as the adja-
cent lands owned by white men, yet
there were no provisions by which the
Indian department could meet a just
of the cost of building the
system. Engineer Haney, Judge Neal
and Earnest Riste went to Washington
in the interests Of the district and ap-
pealed directly to the Indian com "'s-
sioner to recommend to congress an
to meet this charge. and
they were aided in securing recogni-
ion by the eastern Washington con-
:ressional delegation. The Indian de-
partment recognized the justice of the
that the Indian lands
should pay an equitable share Of the
Expenses of building and maintenance
and willingly endorsed and recom-
mended an appropriation of $95.OoO.
Such a provision in the appropriation
bill passed congress without oppO-
sition. However, any bushes connected
with the government is SO bounl about
with red tape that securing an appro-
priation and getting the hard cash is
two different things. Time dragged
along almost a year since the money
was voted before the officers Of the
district was able to induce the Indian
department to cough up. At last tue
big bunch of real money has been paid
over and it will be applied to the pur-
poses for which 1t was appropriated.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-01-26
DESERVED HONOR.

One of the first official acts of Clair
Ward after assuming the office Of
sheriff was the appointment of E. j.
Wilson, marshal of Oroville, as deputy
sheriff. This appointment was wise
decision on the part fthe new sheriff
from two points of view. In the first
place Oroville is the logical place for
resident sheriff. On account of its
being the largest town in the county,
and because so situated at the juno
ton of railroads and connected up in
every direction by telegraphs and tele-