The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-08-23

| 4, man poWer not Servina
IN the army or navy.
Fred j. Fine, founder of the Gaze,,e
ana Tor the past several years con.
nected with the state land denart.
ment, spent two or three DAYS in Orc.
viiie this week on land inspecting
business. Mr.. Fine is the same iollv
gentleman as of yore and ALWAYS
hgures on returning to Oroville to
renew his residence. He never fails
to vote and he will be here again
about the time of the primaries.
BY the school funds apportionment
the several school districts in this
neighborhood fall heir to the follow
ing sums: Loomis, $177.94; Palmer
Mountain, $26.49: Oroville, s52432:
Golden, $22,O5; Nighthawk, $29.s7;
Palmer Lake, $21.49; Nelson, 1898 SO;
Ellemham, $51.OS; Horse Spring
coulee. 1855; Nine Mile, $22.96;
Circle, $66.O6; Wehesville, $2672;
Chopaka, sS1O9; Tonasket, $475.O3.
H. R. Edgerton and Mr.. Ratledge,
old veterans of the civil war, left
Saturday morning for Portland,
where they will attend the national
encampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic. AS possibly this is the
last time for many years that the
annual encampment will be held in
city on the coast every veteran in
| the state who can make the trip will
be present at Portland on this oc-
casion.
The primary election takes place
two weeks from next Tuesday. AS
people are too absorbed in the war
they are taking no interest in politics
this year. AS all the candidates for
county offices are loyal Americans
there is no call to oppose any one Of
them on the ground of disloyalty, and
| as any candidate named is competent
for the Office to which he or she as
pires no harm will come whoever is
| nominated.
The thanks of We editor is due to
Mrs. M. M. Collins for a large and
beautiful boquet Of flowers. These
flowers were sent to the Office to
show that even at considerable al
titude flowers can be successfully
grown in this county, as the bouquet
was made up of the buds, blossoms
and blooms grown on Mr.. Collins
tain, but, of course, planted and cared
for by Mrs Collins.
The people around Nelson have
commenced a systematic campaign
against the grasshopper. The bust
ness men of Nelson have purchased
the poison ingredients and will dis
tribute the same to the farmers. The
hopper has done much damage this
year, and from the immense number
of eggs discovered the pest threatens
to swep the hill country if something
is not done to annihilate the young
ones when they make their appear
ance.
Property owners along the main
business thoroughfare on the south
side of the railroad tracks are grad
ing the sidewalks preparatory to put
ting down a cement walk in conform
ity with the order of the town coun-
Gil. The new walks will be great i'm
provement to that part of town and
comfort to pedestrians who have
risked their limbs and life on the
dilapidated boards that have passed
as an excuse for walks for so many
years.
Friday last David Thorndyke, of
Hillyard, who had been in Oroville
for several days carefully looking
over this part of the valley, purchased
from r. Butler 80 acres under the
West Okanogan Valley Irrigation sys-
tenn. The land is situated on the west
side of the Okanogan river, just north
of LAUDER gulch. 1t is an excellent
piece of land, we'll situated for cult
walton, and no doubt Mr.. Thorndyke
will place the new purchase under
high state of Improvement.
The rain Sunday was exceptionally
heavy in the country north of Oro-
Vile. Autoists making the trip into
! British Columbia report the usual dry
| beds of creeks running torrents, and
in many places the road had been
| washed out so that it was difficult to
get through. The road through Rich
ter pass was so deeply cut out that 1t
| was impossible for autos. The rain
was in the nature of cloud burst in
| places judging from the amount of
water flowing down into the valley
| Mrs. Kile states that this paper was
mistaken in stating that doctor was
not summoned at the time the late
| Lucy Ratledge was taken with her
fatal sickness. 1t is true that the
| girl did not consider her condition
serious and objected to summoning a
doctor, but nevertheless the doctor
| was called and treated the case, at
the time stating that it was not OF
serious nature. This correction Is
made that the public will not be led
into error that the unfortunate young
woman was neglected.
| By table of figures showing the
amount of War Saving Stamps al
| lotted to each county in the state we
note that Okanogan county is $1,000
short of the amount that 1t was ex-
pected to subscribe. That is not as
il should be. Okanogan county's al
lotment was 1917 ,420 and the amount
subscribed is 1867 APO. Pshaw; let
rs push it over. There are four more
months in which to top the $lO,oOo,
ard If everybody takes few more
stamps the county will go over the
amount expected of it.
One of the heaviest rain storms
that has been experienced IN TINS
locality for many day drenched the
earth Saturday evening, and much
more fell during Sunday. We are
moved IN repeat what, has been sc