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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-12-27
Serial Nos O10S76-013733
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

department OF the Interior, u. s. Land
once at Waterville. Washington. Deem
Der II. 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Herbert III.
scott of Oroville, Washington. who. on
February Ith. 1912. made Homestead
entry. Serial No. 0lOS76. for SEh SEH
Sec. %. SWl SWh. Sec. 20. NWA NWL
Sec 26, NEh NEh. Sec. q. T. 40 N. r.
70, East Willamette Meridian. and on
January 25th, 1915. made additional home
stead entry. Serial No. O13733. SWl,
NWA, NWh SWA. Sec 20. and Nj
SEA. Section q. Township 40 North
Range 26 East Willamette Meridian. has
filed notice of intention to make s wear
PROOF, to establish claim to the land above
descrlbed before John X. Fraser, United
states Commissioner, at Oroville' Wash.
inston. on the 2Sth day OF January. 1919
Claimant names at witnesses: Charles
). Lewis. Victor DeGanck. ]. s. Hender-
son s9 and X. j. Gronlund all of Oroviile
Washington.
BEN SPEAR.
MI. Register.
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NOTICE OF IRRIGATION DISTRICT
ASSESSMENT.

Public notice Is hereby given that the
irrigation assessments OF the West Ok
anogan Valley Irrigation District are now
due and payable at the office OF the
County Treasurer and will become de-
llnquent at o'clock In the afternoon on
the 31st day of December 1918 unless
paid. and that. II thus allowed to become
delinquent penalty of per cent will be
added to the amount thereof and that If
the said 31st day of December. the re-
mainder thereof will not become delin-
quent until the 30th day OF April, 1919
Anyone not having received statement
should notify the County Treasurer i'm
mediately.
ROY w. SMITH.
Treasurer of Okanogan County, WASH
inpf0n
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w. G. Jones, the Nighthawk merch-
ant, was an arrival in town Saturday.

ant, was an arrival in town Saturday.
DR.. Lewis was called to Okanogan
last Friday night to consult with the
local physicians upon a serious case
of pneumonia. Unfortunately the pa
tent died before the doctor reached
the county seat He was accompan-
led on the trip by Fred Hart.
For several days happy faced people
have been seen haunting the stores
and trotting home with mysterious
packages, a sight common all over the
land every year at this season, which
is indicative of the holidays and pleas.
ant surprises for old and young.
The Gormley sisters have certainly
suffered affliction from the influenza
The youngest, Mrs. Lawrence A
Weile, lost her husband from the
malady, he dying at Camp Taylor, KY,
October IL, and now Mrs. Fred r. Neal
is mourning the loss of her husband
December 20.
Glenn Carol came in Saturday
night logged out in uniform. He had
entered the training school at the
University of Washington some weeks
ago and the closing of the war threw
him out of a job. He makes a fine ap.
pearance in uniform and the short
training has made fine outstanding
young man of him.
II. ID. James left Monday for Spo-
kane to spend the holidays with his
wife and friends in that city He
will be back after new years for he
is so keenly interested in the progress
at the Oroville Copper Co.'s mine
just now and the showing is so flatter.
ing that he will not leave this vicin-
ity for any length of time.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Superior Court of the State of
Washington, for the County of Okanogan
In the matter of the Estate OF John Bur-
gard, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that the under
signed is the duly appointed and qualified
administrator of the estate OF John Bur-
gard, deceased: that any and all persons
having claims against the estate OF John
Burgard. deceased. must present same,
duly verified to Grant and Williams. at
troneys of record for said estate at their
office at Oroville, Okanogan County
Wash, and file copy thereof with the
Clerk of said Court, together with proof
of such filing within six months from the
date of the first publication of this notice.
to-wit: December 10. 1918, or they will be
forever barred
Dated this the 18th day of October. 1918
G. NJ. VAN Alta,
Administrator of the estate OF John Bur-
gard. Deceased.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-12-27
STANDING BY THE RED CROSS

Up to Monday morning 430 persons in
this district had voluntarily enlisted IN
the great army of the Red Cross, which
is in excess of the number registered at
the time of the first drive for Red Cross
membership These subscriptions came
without a moments solicitation. They
represent volunteers, the conditions be-
ing such that house to house canvass
was prohibited at this time 1t is call
culated that the number will reach fully
500 by the time all the lists are in.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-12-27
M E. CHURCH

In spite of the flu the Sunday school
and church are enjoying a substantial in
crease in attendance You are invited
to enroll in one of our Sunday school
classes. Regular services next Sunday
evening The theme will be, "'rhe Christ
of the Past and the Christ of the Pres
ent"-R. r Martin. Pastor.
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Application for Grazing Permits.

Notice is hereby given that all appllca-
lions for permits to Craze cattle, horses.
TIONAL FOREST during the season OF
1919, must be filed in my office at Okan-
ogan, Washington, on or before January
II. 1919.
p. T. HARRIS. Supervisor
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WANTED

WANTED-Farmers who are going into
dairying. please order hand separators
early, SO as to have them when needed
Terms given-OROVIL4LE CREAMERY
WHY don't you send your cream to the
Oroville Creamery. We pay the highest
market price for butter Eat which now IL
So cents.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-A SECOND HAND No. >
pony saw mill in good condition. COM
pete with two 81 inch saws and one
cutoff saw. Apply to Potter Mercantile
Co., Nelson, Wash. ll-l33-3t
FOR SALE-FIFTY TONS ALFALFA
hay; also ten acres of bright corn fod-
der will trade latter for good horses or
milch cows. e. b. and r. Il. Gay.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-12-27

ESTRAYED-ONE FOUR YEAR OLD
dark iron gray mare, branded /. on
left flank. Last seen on Whisky ILL.,
Reward for information leading to her
recovery. S. A. DeMerchant.
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MISCEIlAN EoUS
KEEP YOUR EYE ON ED DAVIS ADDS.

FOR SALE OR TRADE-FOR STOCK
or hay, Ford car, well equipped and In
perfect condition. G. NJ. Van Alta, LOOM
is, Wash.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-12-27
Bargain Column

Advertisements In this column 5 cents
per line an insertion. No advertise
msnt taken for less than ~ cents
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-12-27

TO RENT-A TWO ROOM FURNISH
ed suite. Apply at the Radbourne
Hotel 12-13-tf
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-12-27

steer. Owner can have same by prov
ing property and paying charges. Apply
to Jno. IL. Feterson's ranch. 12-13-tf
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-12-27

ESTRAYS-A SORREL MARE, TEN
years old, and should have a young
colt; yearing sorrel filly; one two year
old sorrel gelding. Hardly white hair
on any of them. Fiiley and gelding
branded f connected on left shoulder.
These are the Geo. PuIs horses. Reward
for information leading to their recovery.
Frank h Mitchell. 11-15u
BUY A DE LAVAL SEPARATOR. IT is
the king Of all You don't make mis-
take If you start in the dairy business
with good cows and a De Laval Separator.
Terms given OroVille Creamery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-13
THE INEVITABLE CIRCLE

TN RUSSIA, now that the confusion is at
its climax the rich, the educated and
the well-to-do are blaming the ignorance
of the masses for the sorrow and shame
and bitterness that are over the whole
country The intelligent Russians have
no words adequate to express their bitter
ness in the face of unmerited suffering
and injustice which Bolshevik rule in
flcted upon every one who owned any
thing of value.
Most Of what the better-informed Rus.
slams are saying and writing is true. Their
reseptment is justified.
But they seem to forget that the ignor-
ance which brought misfortune and pow
erty and death to them is the same ignor.
ance which they always either tolerated or
encouraged in eight-tenths Of the unhappy
population.
The law of compensation operates un.
faiingly for nations as well as for men.
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WARBURC'S RETIREMENT

sTlTIE refusal of Paul NJ. Warburg to ac-
- cept reappointment to the Federal Re.
serve Board does him credit Mr.. War
burg is a German by birth, but an Ameri-
can by choice. He was born in 1868 and
hiss lived here since 1902. But his kinsmen
are powerful German bankers in Ham
burg. He felt that if he were renominated
there might be criticism Of him which
would cause needless irritation at time
vhen all cause for friction should be
avoided.
Although Mr.. Warburg's loyalty to the
cause of America in the war has not been
: ooriously questioned, he is probably wise to
Withdraw in order that those petty and sus-
picious souls who see evil in everything
may not have the opportunity for which
they have been waiting.
n In happier times the Government may
again be able to avail itself of the services
OF this financial expert. They already have
been of great value In guiding the Federal
Reserve Bank through the trying period
4 of Its organization.
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WHILE THE KING COOLS HIS HEELS
AT THE DOOR

TT IS not quite so easy as Germany
L thought it was going to be to put
king on a Finnish throne. The Finnish
Diet has rejected the resolution providing
that it proceed to the election of king.
1t was asserted that a republic was pro.
claimed in September of last year ard
that there was no room for a king in
republic.
Now the pro-Germans are trying to find
some other way to foist king upon the
country and the candidate of the Kaiser Is
cooling his heels on the doorstep. If
drive of the Entente Allies continues at its
present rate for many weeks longer he will
doubtless discover that the climate OF
Finland Is pretty cold in winter.
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Singing Water

T HEARD-'twas on a morning. but when
L 1t was and where,
Except that we'll heard it, neither know
nor care
I heard, and, oh, the sunlight was shining
in the blue,
A little water singing as little waters do.
days are long,
The tiny rils and ripples they tremble
into song;
And where the silver Windrush brings
down her liquid gems,
There's music in the wavelets she tosses
to the Thames.
The eddies have an air, too, and brave 1t
is and blithe:
I think I may have heard it that day at
Bablockhythe;
And where the .Eynsham weir-fall breaks
out in rainbow spray
The Evenlode comes singing to join the
pretty play.
But where I heard that music I cannot
rightly tell;
only know I heard it. and that I know
full well:
I heard little water. and. oh, the sky
was blue,
A little water singing as little waters do.
-R. c. Lehman in "The Vagabond and
Other POEMS"
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FUN AND THE ''LARCER
OUTLOOK"
German High Command in Mo

AN ACTOR named Harry Glfoil died in
\ New York the other day. and few
of his obituaries extended beyond seven
or eight lines. A generation ago there
would have been more generous largess
Of space, not so much because Of the
players merit-for he was in no sense
highly gifted-but because of his affiliation
with an extensive, droll, extravagant and
yet essentially truthful footight survey of
the land in which we then lived.
Gilfoil was a "Hoyt comedian" and
Charles H. Hoyt. who employed him and
wrote the farcical vehicles in which he
appeared, had keen perceptive sense Of
satirical color. Hastily, yet mirthfully, he
dramatized American provincialism, the
foibles of the small town with its amateur
military company, the western county seat
with its fiery newspaper editor, "rubes"
in the city maelstrom, and the then gen.
orally ridicued suffragist, with her verbiage
about "womans sphere"
We laughed at the expose, for despite
certain superfcality it was essentially
true. Moreover, we were deeply interested
in ourselves, generally speaking, provin-
cial and glad of it.
To comprehend the change in these
states, imagine what our soldiers returned
from Europe would think Of the works
of Mr.. Hoyt or the antics of his character
comedian, Mr. Gilfoil. 1t isn't only the
American army which is being formed
"over there" but legion of cosmopolites.
Europe will hereafter never figure in their
minds as mere conglomeration of ''lot
of foreigners" The "Yanks" will return
to the New World as citizens of still
newer and vaster one.
Stage cartoons of narrowly crcum-
scribed locaisms will be zestless and
without meaning to internationalized
Americans. Their vision will be clear and
all-embracing. That there will be as much
fun in their outlook some elder sentiment.
| talists, however may question. Provincial
| America untouched by outward influences
| was an amusing place, and very livable
withal
The scant attention given to quaint Mr.
| Gilfoils passing makes one realize how
far we have already left that easy-going
| self-sufficient nation behind.
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HoLD-UPs. HOME AND FOREIGN

pANCHo VILLA, holds up another train
:. near Chihuahua and makes a rich haul.
Mexico is an awful place. All of us
know that. 1t presents scenes of frequent
lawlessness Thieves break in. Helpless
victims are plundered. The police seem
wholly inadequate to cope with freebooters
and desperadoes. But what can you eX-
pect of Mexico?
Within seventy-f1ve yards of City Hall
ave safes are looted of sums aggregating
$25.00o. In spite of a police force, in
spite of the outward forms of official re-
straint enthusiastic cracksmen carry on"
fs 1t the last ragged remnants of civic
pride that forbid us from crying What
can you expect Of Philadelphia" Or, un-
Outstanding the futility of mere words
and realizing that the only remedy for
gross inefficiency in the administration
Of a great city lies ever at the election
polls, are we prepared to take it?
If not, we have no right to be virtu-
ously Mortified at the privileges which
villa enjoys.
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KEEP UP THE MOSQUITO WAR

eANcE whetted, the taste for victory is
hygienic offensive has routed all mos
duitoes in the neighborhood of Hog Island
will doubtless inspire not only rejoicing
but also envy, in the hearts of thousands
sof Philadelphians. 1t will be felt that
anofher righteous war should not be
slapped just because a notable initial VIC
e1ogy has been won.
Y Rssidents of the southern section of the
city are justly jubilant. Never before have
they been SO free from baleful buzzing.
Dnk the pocket of reclaimed terrain should
~ Enlarged Mosquitoes in a great modern
&51fy are an archaism and an intol,rable
: -1nd \ngerous nuisance.
4 Aog Island battle, won with fuel
~ nd over bitches and streams. is
6kid Nave cost about 100000 If it
1eouZ esD Ave times that sum TO make all
fhiIadelphia mosquitoless. the expenditure
M1ll be entirely warranted.
-: H1eeping under nets ought to be made
- much an anachronism as living in wig
1lnms. Havana has even discarded
reons. for they are no longer needed in
@ksf sanitary tropical town. which so ef-
ufively profited by the instructions OF
nrican army health experts. Rio and
- humid Guayaquil are exterminating
6r1nrsd pests Philadelphia should be
od 10 lag behind them. Wide extern
1 - happy Hog island front u IN
|&. . +" .| s.
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Where Literature Was Once Made
By WALTER PRICHARD EATON

Massachusetts, the other leading into New
,York-there are several fine old sugar ma
pies by the wayside, very evidently set out
in ordered row. Beneath them Is a mass OF
the tell-tale lilies. Nearby, too, are the rem
nants of an apple orchard, fast being abb
sorbed by the forest, which is closing down
upon the clearing. Just behind the naples
found the cellar hole of a house, with
the chimney stones in a heap at the bottom
and butternut tree growing out of the CEN
ter Virtually all trace of wood had disap-
peared into compost but close by stood the
canopy top of summer house or barn Gu
pola, no doubt preserved by its tin covering.
There were also the remnants of a we'll curb
and the dark CLEAN of water at the bottom
of the hole.
A ND in the house that once stood here,
n looking down the road through the gorge
of the brook to the far green plains of the
valley, and the yet farther and blue range or
hills the other side, American literature
was once made. At least our fathers and
mothers considered it literature, and pur-
chased the volumes in which 1t was pub
lished in great quantities 1t has been q long
time. since l read any of it myself, but my
recollection is that it lacked sharpness Of
outline and individuality, that it really
but poetic echo. l refer to the poems Of
the Goodale sisters, those two remarkable
children who lived here with their father and
mother on this upland farm like gentle.
twelve-year-old female Wordsworths and
produced the lyrics which at time were
so well known. This was the sky farm that
nurtured them-this abandoned clearing fast
being invaded by the forest, this mournful
cellar hole amid the weeds and raspberry
vines. Those lilies in the dooryard perhaps
they themselves had planted to outlive their
verses. Some day at the proper season for
transplanting l am going back there and get
a root of those lilies. in memory of the
Goodale sisters and their forgotten poems.
1t seems quaint to climb 1000 feet into the
wild hills to get a dooryard lily with literary
associations to bring back into the valley.
Those were the days of a harder stock than
ours. The hills had no terrors for them
whatever. They pushed up higher than we
have been willing to hold the line, and
abandoned clearings their only
monument.
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SOLDIERS ALL

GUY EMPEY, who proved to be by far
~ the most talkative hero the greatest
of wars. has lost a captains commission
in the United States army because he
demonstrated that his emotion was quicker
acting than the processes of his reason
Accounts from Washington seem to ex-
plain the sudden cancellation of the order
which would have made Empey captain.
The President didn't like the manner in
which Empey, in a public address, re-
served all his praise for volunteer soldiers
and. by inference. criticized those who
Joined the colors as selected men.
Such a view is essentially romantic and
not reasonable The Government did not
institute the selective service because it
doubted the willingness of the nation to
fight Men in the mass think slowly
There is no doubt whatever that the
United States, once it got into the war
could have raised under the volunteer sys.
tenn armies great as any even now
contemplated under the draft. This process
would have required time And it would
not have made for the efficient organiza-
ton that we have today. We would have
been compelled TO wait until the full mean
ing of the war reached the national con-
sciousness by slow degrees.
A soldier in the American army of today
is a soldier, nothing more nothing less.
The Government acted wisely in remov.
ing. with one blanket order. all distinctions
between regulars, guardsmen and National
Army men. There can be no separated
classes, no groups OF specially honored.
IN e-fokcs snchSas we have abroad The
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gentleman has written to us to know
If we will make a speech on the third
Friday night In October.
We always knew that some day we
would have to make speech, and now
it seems that we are up against it.
Some men are said to enjoy that sort
of thing.
Let us analyze this matter, and get down
to the bottom Of it, If we can evolve some
settled philosophy Of speech,making. per-
haps the third Friday night in October
will not be such a tragedy for all con-
cerned. If we were to practice a few
speeches in this column between now and
then we might put up better showing.
Whenever in the past We have been
called on for a speech we have made
elaborate attempts to think things out be-
forehand, we have jotted down little notes
and devised some very stirring phrases,
| but in the dreadful chill and pang Of
| the event we have forgotten everything,
| and had to rely on the desperation of the
| moment That must not happen again.
| Can it be that the only good speech
| makers are those who have firm convic-
| lions on serious matters? Is it necessary
kind, some burning zeal to impart in
| formation? Because If so we are done
for. We don't believe anything passion.
| ately enough to want to ram it down any
ones neck. We never listen to people who
argue. If they are right it doesn't mat
ter, and if they are not right still 1t doesn't
matter. Our only rule for quiet life Is
to pretend to listen, but really we are
thinking about something else.
The sad truth seems to be that there
| are no really worthy causes that we are
competent to discuss Our information is
so fragmentary. For instance, If some one
asked us right at this moment to get up
| and talk about the French Revolution
about all we could say would be that II
began on a tennis court, where most quar-
rels do begin. anyway.
Generally when we have had to make a
speech we have been far away from home
and it didn't much matter what We said
but this third Friday in October business
| is right here in town, and whatever the
| remarks we utter will be used against us
Probably the safest thing for us to dc
will be to talk about Lenine and Trotsky
because it looks as though they won't be
able TO answer back.
In the meantime, If any one has an,
suggestions for that speech send then
along.
What Kind of noise dnnoys an Otsep
Mrs. Lenine and Mrs. Trotsky will b,
glad to hear that we have some Bolshe
yixens of our own: The women who thinl
they can help the cause Of suffrage b,
going to Washington and getting arrested
The elevator men in Mr.. Hearsfs apart
ment IN Ne,o York nicknamed Bernstort
"the Duke de la Breso." Trust an eleuato
man to size up the boobs.
SOCRATES
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Member of the Associated Press
'Ro-CERMAN ANARCHY WON'T WORK

THE reported flight of Lenine and
= Trotsky from Moscow to Kronstadt
may be denied; but the worst that can
be said of it is that it is premature.
These men have demonstrated that they
stand for principles and practices which,
II applied, will destroy any orderly sys-
tenn of society.
The Russian people may be gullible, but
they cannot be fooled for long. They seem
to have found Lenine and Trotsky out
and have decided that they have had
enough of them.
It is simply a question of how best TO
set rid of them. If they have taken
themselves away they have done the most
worthy act of their lives.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE

CENATOR VARDAMAN is not compelled
~ to exclaim with Job, Behold my desire
is that mine adversary had writ
ten a book" for the adversary in 1908 wrote
a volume on the constitutional Govern
ment of the United States" The Senator
doubtless finds pleasure in putting side by
side the following extract from the book
and an extract of about the same length
from a letter to a Mississippi gentleman
bv the books author: