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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
PLANT IN OPERATION

The Bender Metals and Milling COM
pany is now running the flotation
plant, at Nighthawk, on ore taken
from the Caaba mine, and the results
are coming up to the expectations of
the operators. The company has met
with many annoying delays since or
ganization, and the beginning of work
equipping the mill, in getting in by
rail the necessary machinery and ma
terial to put the plant in running or
der, but at last the machinery is all
in place, an experienced superintend-
ent secured and the company is now
hopeful Of being able to keep the
wheels turning without further re-
tardation.
The chief supply of ore for the mill
at the present will come from the
Caaba, located a short distance west
of the mill, which ]. w. Douglas is
working There is a very large ledge
on the Caaba, with big supply of
ore already in the bins and on the
dumps. This ledge is heavily miner
allied, and heretofore the values,
while not high. have been quite uni
form, and under the flotation system
of treatment can be made to pay we'll.
The supply of ore in the workings ap-
pears to be inexhaustible. Mr.. Doug
las has force sinking shaft directly
in the ledge as we'll as drifting at
different levels, extracting sufficient
ore to keep the mill in steady opera
tion. Within the past few days ore
has been encountered in the shaft that
carries better values than any here
tofore taken from the Caaba.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
AN OLD TIMER

L. l.. Palmatier, OF Riverside, was a
visitor in town Saturday. Now when
it comes to sizing up old timers Mr..
Palmatier comes in for place close
up at the head. Thirty-seven years
ago he was contractor on the con.
struction of a line of railroad from
Vancouver to Seattle, and followed
that business for some years. Geo.
]. Hurley. whom Mr.. Palmatier had
known, came up into this country and
located at Ruby. Ruby speedily bios
somed out into an ambitious town,
and was incorporated as the first in
corporated town in north central
Washington. Mr.. Hurley was chosen
as mayor with a full council and regu-
lation officers. One of the first acts
of the municipal government was to
order the grading of Main street.
Mayor Hurley offered the contract to
Mr.. Palmatier, and that gentleman
came up north with all his grading
outfit. That was twenty-six years
ago. Before long the bottom fell out
of Ruby, the contractors bill went
unpaid and Mr.. Palmatier found him.
self high and dry financially. AS the
hard times of the early 9Os had
| swamped about everybody Mr.. Pal
matter concluded to stay with Okla
hogan county, and here has remained
He took up land, tried the cattle game
and take it all around has probably
succeeded much better than he would
have done had he gone somewhere
else just at that time when nowhere
else held out any better inducements
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
A RARE LUXURY

The other day we found good sized
package on the front porch OF our
home, and upon opening it were some
what at a loss to name the contents.
Calling in neighbors consultation
was held, and at last the conclusion
was reached that the strange looking
slab was bacon, although none pres
ent had seen bacon for so long time
it was difficult to recognize the one
time favorite breakfast delicacy, and
no one was bold enough to express a
positive opinion. OF course the proof
of the pudding is in the eating. A
small quantity of the strange sub
stance was put through the customary
culinary formula applicable to the
proper preparation of that brand OF
provender, and, 10 and behold, the
conference had guessed right. 1t was
bacon, elegant home made bacon, too
and it seemed to taste more delicious
than any bacon ever masticated, prob
ably because the taste had been a
stranger to that manner Of meat for
so long a time Then it dawned upon
us that Mrs. George I. Cole had prom
ised a sample of their home made
cured pork, and between the sense OF
taste and the revival of treacherous
All of which is a testimonial to the
fact that Mr.. Cole has the art of cur
ing bacon down to perfection.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL ON LAWN

Next Sunday, at 10 a. m., the Metho-
dist Sunday school, after the opening
exercises, will march out of the
church to the music of the piano and
each class will assemble on the lawn
for the study of the lesson. Let every
boy and girl who belongs TO the Sun
day school be on time. Parents are
urged to get the little ones ready and
see that the older children get ready.
Better still, come with your children
and join the newly organized bible
class. Preaching next Sunday at II
a m. and 8 p. m.
From noon on the Bible class will
conduct a morning service every two
weeks so that there will be services
twice each Sunday The Bible class
holding a service the Sunday morning
the pastor is at Tonasket. We are
fortunate in having a number of pub
lie speakers in our Sunday school
Come and hear them. Miss Whitney,
of Spokane, will address the women
of Oroville Friday afternoon, 2:30, of
this week at Mrs Keelers, and at 8
p. m. The public is invited to hear
her at the church. Rev. Robert
Brambley will attend to business mat
ters of church Monday, s p. m. u. G.
SmoOthers, Pastor.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
OFF COLOR

II. Fl. Granger, who owns and
makes his home in the old Wellington
place, few miles south of town, has
a strange ornithological story to tell,
and is prepared to substantiate the
story under oath if there are any
doubling Thomases around. He states
that there Is Chinese pheasant on
his place that is pure white. Consid-
ering the varigated coloring of the
pheasant this is certainly freak
bird. But why not? Many of us
have seen white black birds, hence a
white pheasant is not an impossible
ity. And. anyhow, Jaky Granger in
sists that the bird is to be seen on
his ranch, that he saw it a number OF
times, but hesitated to mention the
peculiar circumstances until others
saw it and could substantiate his
statement. Then Mr.. Granger Is a
man of veracity, and if he said he saw
a pink monkey that would go with us,
as we have known him for so many
years that we cannot spare time to
figure out the number. The white
pheasant was hatched on the Granger
ranch last year and has grown up to
be a large handsome bird, the very
popularity of color adding to its
beauty.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
DOING HIS BIT

Harry ]. Kerr, head and front of
the First National Bank OF Okanogan,
stopped off for an hour or two in
Oroville Saturday on his way home
from a trip to Nelson, where he at
tended a patriotic rally Friday even
ing in company with Judge W. C..
Brown. Harry ]. Kerr is over the age
to be pitching bombs or going over
the top, but there are few men among
those forced to stay at home who are
doing more to aid the government in
carrying on the war than he is doing.
His bank is merely a side line, his
chief business is boosting for the war
loans, organizing tho county along
every line that will contribute toward
strengthening the hands of the govern
ment, attending and speaking at pub
! lie meetings, and there are few out
side of the professional takers that
put up stronger and more telling
appeals than he can. Mr.. Kerr is
doing his part, more than his part,
in keeping the people aroused to the
, seriousness of this war an6 the part
they must take bringing it to a vic
| torious close.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
COMMUNICATED

Iu Ancient Greek Mythology, we arc
told of a monster tnat lived in the
Island OF Crete, and fed upon young
girls and boys brought from Athens
1t was the most horrible and demon
like being of which the Greek mind
was able to conceive.
Today there exists in central Europe
ia monster one hundred fold more for-
rible than the neurological being
Does he devour the young sons and
daughters of Europe? Yes, with .alon-
like hands, he reaches out into peacc-
loving Belgium. and Northern France,
into the fair lands of Northern Italy,
into little Serbia and Roumania, into
the exhausted provinces Of what waa
the Russian Empire. into helpless
Armenia, and with beast like savag-
cry, spares neither age nor sex; even
the innocent babe in the cradle or at
its mothers breast is sacrificed to
appease his Unsuitable appetite for
human blood.
As the heroes OF old went forth to
destroy the monster. so tho heroes of
the present, both Of Europe and Am
erica, are going forth to give battle
to this modern monster, in order that
the world may be a fit place to live
in. But those brave fellows at the
front. can not alone free the world
from this enemy Of humanity. We
at home must not only do our bit, but
our utmost. Most of Of us have passed
the day when we could be of any use
in an army, but we can do work
Just as essential to success as that
of the men on the battle front.
Our government is asking for
third Liberty Loan. 1t is not asking
anybody to donate one cent; on the
other hand, it is offering an oppor-
tunity for most excellent investment
We must provide this money or we
might have to furnish more for Ger
many, with nothing but insults in re-
turn. The last Bond issue was over
subscribed so per cent; a 100 per
cent over-subscription in this one
would be equal to great victory on
the battle front. Those brave boys
over there are giving their lives that
we may be free; We must not stint
them in anything that is necessary to
victory.
We have already felt the monsters
hand, we do not wish to feel his foot
As they over there are giving "tht
last full measure of devotion" let us
give in full measure our whole duty
that government Of the people. by
the people, and for the people. shall
not perish from the earth" but thai
the world" may "be made safe fol
Demracacy."
A. B. D., Chopaka.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26

Mrs. Laura Day, wife of P. M. Day,
died very suddenly at her home near
Anglin Monday. Mrs. Day gave birth
to a child some days before her death,
but she was up and around. In the
morning she suddenly collapsed. She
was lifted to bed and passed away
in a few minutes. The deceased was
80 years of age and leaves husband
who is almost distracted over the loss
of his wife.
The state supreme court has order
ed new trial for Frank Musselman,
the human fiend who so brutally mur-
dered Opal Harmeson near Oroville
last year. The new trial was granted
because the lower court refused a
continuance at the first trial to per-
nit the defense to bring witnesses to
prove that he was insane. Sane or in
sane Musselman got of easy when he
received a Jail sentence for life. There
was no abuse of justice in his SEN
tence and nothing is to be gained by
trying him over for crime wherein
there was no question as to his guilt.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
READY TO SHIP ORE

c. Dorr, Jr, who has general SUPER
vision of the work in progress at the
Hudson Consolidated mine, better
known locally as the old Owasco, Is
saying very little as what is being ac-
complished at the mine, but the fact
that he is not seeking publicity Is no
sign that work is at a standstill or
that nothing is being done toward
making the property producer, or
at least ascertaining by thorough tests
if the quality of the ore in the mine
is such as will justify more extensive
development and continuous extrac-
ton. Much ore was exposed in the
process of former workings, and since
the newly organized company assum-
ed charge further ore lenses have been
uncovered with ore of superior
quality to that formerly discovered.
There is large quantity of ore in
sight and much on the dump that is
to be shipped to the smelter, and the
chief work that has been done since
the new company took over the prop
erty has been confined to preparations
for large shipments. A cotton ore
bin has been erected, and a tram just
completed for conveying ore from the
lower workings to the bin. From the
bin the ore is hauled with trucks to
the railroad spur at the salts works,
only a short distance from the mine,
there to be loaded on cars for ship
MI To al
Mr.. Dorr will start the initial ship
ment as soon as cars are available
which may be this week. and will
keep up shipments indefinitely. The
ore carries values that leaves a good
margin over the expense of extraction,
handling and freight charges, and
there is every reason to expect that
the Hudson Consolidated will eventu-
ally be in a position to pay some re-
turns to those who have furnished the
capital to carry on the work.
Disappointment has so often follow
ed what has seemed like bright pros
poets in the mining industry in this
country that one does not feel safe in
venturing predictions of success in
any mining venture, but the prospects
in this instance are so flattering that
the hope may be expressed that the
Hudson Consolidated may solve the
problem of producing mine. One
thing is certain, if success is depend
ent upon careful and business-like
and methods the old
szl~
faith in past years. is going to come
up to the expectations of those i'm
in charge
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
NITRATE ORDERS CANCELLED
April %, 1915


The failure to contract enough
Nitrate Fertilizer to justify the bring
ing of a ship load from South America
to the Pacific Coast has resulted in
the cancelling of all orders for Nitrate
as far as the government agreement is
conserned
The County Agents office circular
lied the contracting parties to obtain
their views upon the shipment of a
car load of Nitrate from the Atlantic
Coast to Okanogan County. Practi-
cally all of those returning their an
swers expressed the opinion that they
did not care to accept the Nitrate un-
der the new terms which would
SIS for the Nitrate plus $39 freight
from the Atlantic Coast.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
GUN CLUB NEWS

The annual meeting of the Oroville
Gun Club was held April 18 and J. G
Hare and c. c. Hedger were reelected
Pesident and Secretary-Treasurer re-
spectively. to serve for another year
c. B. Powell was elected Field Cap
tain.
The club decided to hold mer-
chandise shoot, and the first event
will take place next Sunday, April
2Sth. The shooting will begin prompt
ly at 800 a. M, and the first five
club members on the grounds will
compose the first squad. and the other
squads will be made up in like man.
ner. Full details Of the shoot will
appear in later issue Of this paper.
DR.. II. D. Lewis and C. A. Powell are
the soliciting committee for this Mer-
chandise shoot. They will call on the
various business houses Of the town
to get some sort of merchandise do
nation to be hung up as prizes. A
few points regarding the shoot have
been decided upon. There will be
nine prizes or nine groups Of prizes.
A first, second and third prize for each
of three classes, A, B and c. Any
contestant who Is Gun club member
and who takes part in at least three
fourths of the events will be eligible
to win a prize. New members will be
placed in class CO.. The three classes
consist of the following men
Glass "A"-Frank Taylor, r. Butler,
S. B. Gjorde, J. G. Hare, c. b. Powell,
J. l.. Masters, c. c. Hedger.
Glass "B"-W. B. Sexson, II. C. Cox,
Bev Powell, DR.. Lewis, Red Finsen,
Vern Sexson.
Glass "C"-M. l.. Reed, Sr., F. E.
Stannard, L. E. Phillips, w. B. Mish-
Ter, M. L. Reed, Jr., H. Mallory, Jene
Taylor. (all new members}.
A Resolution was adopted. thanking
the Bank of Oroville, the Oroville
ComI Co. and Sexson Bros. for prizes
given to club members during the In
land Empire Tournament.
The practice shoot last Sunday was
attended by ten shooters and due to a
strong north wind the scores as a
whole were far below average. Sew
eral requests have been made not to
publish the scores since the high
score was 10. made by w. B. Sexson,
and the five high men totaled only 80.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
LIBERTYDAY

In conformity with the request OF
the president that Liberty Day patri-
otic meetings be held in every city,
town and hamlet on Friday, April rs,
arrangements have been made to hold
a public meeting in the Orpheum this
Friday afternoon at o'clock. There
will be special music for the occasion
and the meeting will be addressed by
Hon. j. T. Mulligan, of Spokane, and
other speakers. Hand bills earlier In
the week have given general publicity
to the proposed meeting and this is
only a brief eleventh hour reminder
of the patriotic rally. Business houses
will be closed during the time Of the
meeting and it is desired and expect
ed that the entire population turn out
and make the big meeting unanimous.
1t is for the purpose of showing the
loyalty of the people to our common
country, and no one who is standing
by the government in this time Of war
should fail to attend.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
ORGANIZING A COMPANY

Captain Herbert Silvernail feels
very much encouraged over the sue
cess he has so far met with in organiz-
ing a local home guard military COM
pany Sunday was the first time the
members of the company turned out
to drill and some As assembled at the
ball grounds and were put through
the first steps of soldier. Mr.. Sill
vernail expects this number to be
largely increased. Those who have
already signed up are showing not
only great deal of aptitude in learn
ing the drill, but are anxious that the
drills be more frequent. The outlook
is very encouraging for a large and
well drilled company at this place.
All within service age who have not
already done so should join the COM
pany.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
HONOR ROLL

Brief mention was made in the issue
of the Gazette of last week of the
generous response Of the people of
Loomis and neighborhood to the call
for subscriptions to the Liberty Bond
loan. This district includes Loomis
and Nighthawk, and the drive was un-
der the direction of Hon. Geo. J. Hur-
ley. The total amount subscribed was
$4,000 at the date the list was sent
to this office, and there will be further
additions to the total before the time
of soliciting subscriptions closes. The
following are the names OF those who
aided in putting the Loomis-Night-
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26


A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Shirley, of Chesaw, at the
Oroville General hospital Saturday as
reported by DR.. Lewis.
DR.. Lewis reports the arrival of
new girl Wednesday night to the
household of Mr.. and Mrs. Jermyn, at
Osoyoos custom house.
The Rev. Oliver Montgomery from
South America, brother of Mrs. ]. A.
Spencer of this place, will come to
| Oroville next week to visit the
Spencers.
This week DR.. Lewis operated upon
] Ralph Owens, for appendicitis at the
Oroville General hospital. Mr.. Owens
| stood the operation well and is rapidly
| improving.
| DR.. d. H. Lewis announces the ar
rival of new girl to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Gene MacComber, living on
the East Oroville Orchard tracts,
Tuesday afternoon, at the Oroville
General hospital.
J. w. Graham, of Tonasket, was in
town Tuesday on a business visit. Mr..
Graham is one of the old residents of
the north end of the county, although
still comparatively young in years. He
first located at Riverside then lived
in Loomis for time and is now
practicing his profession as q lawyer
at Tonasket.
Mrs. s. M. Keeler has just received
from France an unique vase that she
sets great store on. This vase was
made from a German shell casing.
picked up on one of the battle fields
of France by Corp. Harry M. Rowley
of Co. E, End Battalion. goth Engi-
neers. formerly resident Of Oroville.
and sent to Mrs. Keeler as a souvenir.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
Monday morning Marshall Wilso

Monday morning Marshall Wilson,
who is also deputy sheriff, was call
ed to Nighthawk to arrest man
named Frank Borke, charged with
seditious utterances. Wilson got his
man and he had hearing before
Justice Of the Peace Frank Grogan
The Judge gave Borke 80 days in the
county Jail, and Marshal Wilson took
his prisoner to Okanogan Tuesday
morning to serve sentence. The pris-
oner will probably be taken in hand
by the federal authorities, and should
get 80 years at hard labor. This man
Borke claims to be Bohemian
Whatever he is in the way Of nativity
he is an enemy of this country and
should not be permitted to be at
large. He has been working with q
railroad section force.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

On next Sunday morning at IL a.
m. the Rt. Rev. Herman Page, Bishop
of Spokane, will visit this mission to
administer to the Apostolic and Scrip
tural Rite of Confirmation. Sunday
school at IL o'clock. G. H. Severance.
Dean.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
PROPOSED RE.DISTRICTING PLAN

At the annual meeting of the Okano-
gan county Better Roads Association
Thursday forenoon a resolution was
adopted to recommend to the board
of county commissioners that at their
January meeting they re-district Okla
inogan county into nine road districts.
THE approximate boundaries of these
various districts are as follows:
District No. Includes Loomis,
Nighthawk and Chopaka territory, ex-
tending southwark as far as the Sim
lahekin and extending from Loomis
eastward in long. rather narrow
strip to the Okanogan river at Ellis
forde.
District No. 2-Embraces all terri
tory normally tributary to Oroville, in
cluding Ellemeham and Palmer noun
tain's eastern slopes, the entire Okla
nogan valley as far south as LAUDER
Gulch and the Tonasket Creek terri
tory midway to Circle.
District No. 3-Embraces all the
high. northern part Of the North Half.
including Nelson, Chesaw, old Kipling
and Havillah and surrounding terri
tory.
District No. 4-Takes in all of Tor
oda Creek drainage, the headwaters of
the main Bonaparte and also Little
Bonaparte Creeks, extending down the
Bonaparte to about Leese postoffice
and centers around Wauconda post
office.
District No. 5-Includes all territory
NORMALLY tributary to Tonasket, in
cluding North Pine Creek. Horse
Springs Coulee and northward to Dis
trict No. on the west side of the Okla
nogan and on the east side of the river
all south of Districts 2, 3, and 4, in
including the Bonaparte valley up to
Leese, all of Aenas valley and Che
wiliken valley.
District No. 6-Centers around Riv-
erside, and takes in Tunk Creek east
of the Okanogan and on the west side
all of South Pine Creek, the Johnson
Creek valley. North Salmon Creek and
all Conconully territory.
| District No. Includes Omak, Okla
hogan and Malott and at this time and
with view of separation upon further
development, the Nespelem territory.
In this area is Pogue Flats, Brown and
Green Lake territories, South Salmon
Creek, Fairview Mountain (Windy
HID, Spring Coulee, Pleasant Valley.
Boston Heights, Loop Loop and Chilli
whist Creek territory, all of Omak
| Creek valley and the Reservation to an
east and west line running about the
southern end of Omak Lake. being
about four miles north of Duley Lake.
District No. S-Includes Brewster,
Monse, Wakefield. Knowlton, North
Star and the southern part of the Park
country and all of the southwestern
portion of the reservation south of
| District No. 7. The line between 8 and
9 is about Indian Dan Canyon.
District No. 9-Embraces the entire
Methow valley and all territory along
] the Columbia river from Indian Dan
Canyon south to the Chelan county
line.-Okanogan Independent
L
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
DEBORAH SOCIETY

The Deborah Society will meet at
the home of Mrs. Samuel Black'er,
May 1st, on account of annua, elec-
ton of officers. All members are
urged to be present Mrs. r. Butler
Secretary.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26

During the week Miss Erwin, Of
Tonasket, was operated on at the Oro-
Vile General hospital, by DR.. Lewis,
for abdominal tumor. The young lady
is slowly recovering from the ordeal.