The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-04-20
|RANDPATRIOTICRALLY
Immense and Enthusiastic Crowd Gathered at the Or.
|heum and Was Entertaied BY An Eloquent Address
By Father Sherman and Inspiring Musical Progrom

Iof the state of Washington pay men to
teach such absence of all principle,
they are paving the way for paganisln
as gross as that of the Prussian Jack
boot. To teach assassination is to
make assassins. His forceful points
were driven home in well chosen
words and his smoothly rounded SEN
tences were delight to the ear. That
he touched the prevailing sentiments
ci loyalty in his audience was apparent
from the frequent bursts of applause,
and at the close of the address he was
given an ovation.
e. e. Parsons, of the school board.
read the proclamation issued by Gov
ernor Lister. appealing to and urging
the people Of the state to cultivate and
Iplant every available acre possible this
year, in order that the military forces
and the civil population may not lack
for food next winter. A letter was also
read from the county school superln-
intendent urging the various school
districts of the county to cooperate in
the cultivation of land this season. MIR.
Parsons stated that an effort is being
made to ascertain the excess acreage
to be planted this year, requesting all
those who are to make an extra effort
to grow food stuffs to hand in a report
as to the amount of land that is to be
used.
Owing to the short notice, the high
school was not prepared to take part
but in lieu of that number on the pro
gram Miss Hermenia Grieger sang a
solo appropriate to the occasion in ex-
cellent voice and her usual charming
manner.
The following resolutions were reaG
by the chairman and adopted by a
|standing vote.
Whereas, After patiently submitting
to long list of such indignities as
were never before placed upon a neu-
trial and peaceloving power, and using
every means at his command to keep
his country out Of war, President Will
son at last appealed to the Congress of
the United States for drastic action;
land
Whereas, In response thereto the
Congress has accepted the gage Of bat
tie thrown down by an insolent and
| to be at a state of war with the I'M
|perial German government; therefore
be 1t
Resolved, That we, the people of
Oroville, in mass meeting assembled,
while realizing the seriousness OF war
dent Wilson and the congress. That We
hele and now pledge our moral ana
material support to the president in
this hour of stress, declare our un-
lswavering and unalterable loyalty to
our common country, and express our
ming an honorable and lasting peace"
, In response to an invitation by the
chairman Hon. John T. Mulligan, of
Spokane. who happened to be in the
laudience, made a brief but stirring
speech, alive with patriotic fervor,
which was received with loud and long
Applause. ]. M. Adams made very
thoughtful and timely appeal to the
lpublic on behalf of the German born
naturalized citizens Of the community
and country. He pointed out that while
their position was a very trying one
| in making the choice between the ma
tive and adopted land, yet with few
Exceptions these citizens, and good cit
liens at that, have elected to remain
loyal to the country Of their adoption
He counseled consideration to those
members of the community born in a
foreign land and deprecated hasty
Judgment as to their motives. He said
the German born Americans had prov
| ed their devotion to America in tn
past, and he was satisfied that they
would prove it again in the present
Icrisis. Il. A. Williams responded to his
name with few timely remarks to the
point, and r. P. HOskyn spoke for some
minutes in a patriotic vein. j. M. Nor
Iris, one of the veterans of the civil war
ANNOUNCED that there would be a meet
ling of the ladies of Oroville and vicin-
Iity Saturday afternoon in Odd Fellows
hall for the purpose of organizing I;
local Red Cross society. and inviting
Jail ladies to be present. He prefixed
Ihie announcement with an interesting
|anecdote of the civil war that happen
ed just So years ago on the 18th Of
April. The band played the Star Span
gled Banner" and the big audience dis
persed.