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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-10-31
SCHOOL NOTES

Is, Inc enthusiasm caused hy .ho ,r,..,..
.''p uriVe was greatly Increased ~
nh. announcement was made M, Ntonao
na. MT ). b. Starrett would give 10 tho
I"ihs team one War Saving ,ta,s,.
wnich should count 20 per cent for ~, :,
The ,,nper contest, The final readings for
Wraa,h nsoi,,h OF October will be taken an
to ha ..,,"s morning at a. m. The party
lin. stSa oh friday evening by the los
sue Is TO be a masquerade and Is to
oe heid In the High School Gym 80 w
me domestic science denortr,o. l.,
Ip'nilIihs TO serve hot lunch immedia talv
l"i,s 'he thanksgiving vacation. nro-
.he weather remains mild until tbat
''nhe' Due to the advance cost of foo5
n"'etiais, soups and chocolate will have
seh at an advanced price. SCUM win
tor ten cents per plate and Chocolate
I.b cents less Miss Davis regrets
,he advanced cost this year. but If the
.o' iuhch department is kept in existence
IL must be self supporting as the school
ooal" mas made no provisions for II.
Inc intermediate grades attended tho
nooseVeu program given by the high
sohooi MONDAY afternoon. Other visitors
We're: Mrs. Tompkins. Sr. Mrs. Tomp-
kihs' Jr' and Mrs Carrel. The parents
ana friends are always welcome to attend
any aiiair given by the school and we
"1uiu De glad to welcome more of them.
Kenneth Reed. sophomore, enrolled in
school on Monday. Kenneth will add
strehsth to our foot ball team and on
monday of next week we are expecting
some more reinforcements There is a
game scheduled for November Ia, with
okanogan to be played at Okanogan The
round trip can be made in one day and
the price of a ticket isn't so much but
what many people can see the game. So
save your pennies and show the boys YOU
appreciate their efforts and help them
to win by going. Many a foot ball game
has been partially won by some real live
roofing. Get behind the boys and help
make the game Oroviles
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SAW SERVICE IN FRANCE.

Monday we met Carl A. Grunlund
for the first time since his return from
France, although he has been back
flor number of weeks. He is an up
lstanding young man and looking phys
ically fit. A year ago he was in the
lArgonne helping to chase bOuches, and
having pretty lively time with his
! hide in constant danger of being perfo-
rated. Mr.. Grunland after being in
!ducted into the service was assigned
to Co. B, 103d Engineers and attached
to the 2Sth Division. His regiment was
lin France about year, and most of
| the time close up at the front taking
Its medicine with the same pluck that
marked the record of other units of
THE army, no matter what nation rep
resented The 103d Engineers first
landed in England and for time
trained in the rear of the British army
on the Belgium front. The division
afterwards was attached to the French
|army. The regiment was at Chateau
Thierry, going in to head off the Huns
from Paris and held a position on the
l5HI VI thC MAJ llSo III thaC III
battle Carl says that after the scrap
lit made them weary trying to keep up
with the retreating Huns. The young
man was fortunate in escaping with
|out a wound especially as about so
per cent of the regiment were killed
|or wounded. The division sailed for
home from Saint Nazaire. He had
,,a1, o,,,A hut sc ,nft 70 hn
back home following the less exciting
occupation of farming, even if there
ARE less thrills in it.
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SUDDEN DEATH.

Coroner Grove was called down TO
the south half of the reservation Sat
urday by the report of the finding OF
a dead man in a cabin on homestead
some five miles east of Okanogan. Mr..
Grove returned to his home at Molson
Monday, passing through Oroville. He
stated that the dead man was Jas. NJ.
Tigard a pioneer of this upper coun-
try. He once owned ranch near Che
Ian, but at the time of his death vas
living on rented piece of land. The
body was discovered by neighbor.
Upon investigation Mr.. Grove decided
that death resulted from natural
causes and probably took place Thurs
day. The deceased was 73 years OF
age. and leaves a son-in-law, Moses
Couger. living at Omak. Mr.. Tigard
served in Co. B. 1st Regiment OF Ore
gon Infantry during the civil war. Mr..
Grove did not consider it necessary
to hold an inquest.
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WAR STAMP ENTERTAINMENT

Just bear in mind the w. S. s., bas-
ket supper and thrift stamp dance that
lis to be given at the Liberty theater
next Friday evening, November All
the money you spend will be returned
ito you in War Saving Stamps and
Thrift stamps. The object is to stimu-
late the sale of these handy little
money savers. Investing in these
stamps is like throwing bread upon
the water that returns to you in many
days, only more so, for the money
SO invested is returned to you in five
years with quite handsome accumu-
lated interest. There has been no
method involved to encourage saving
like these War Saving Stamps In
vestment in them is within the reach
|of all. You do not have to be bloated
bond holder or enjoy princely IN
come in order to get in on this system
of saving. You can commence with TWO
bits and by repeating the operation
soon can accumulate quite a respect
able sum. We expect that the enter.
tainment and dance next week VIII
awaken renewed interest in the
stamps and for the remainder oil the
year investments in saving stamps
will be more lively than they nave
been during the past ten months.
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HOME FROM. CALIFORNIA.

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Fruit returned to
Oroville last Friday evening aftsc
having spent a year in California. Guy
could not explain why he should revel
| in the glorious climate of California
during the summer months, when the
northland has a pretty nifty climate
Itself at that season of the year, and
hike north just in time to catch the
first cold wave when the denizens of
the south land are enjoying mild
weather Probably it was the lure Of
the old home, where he has spent SO
many years of his life, that pulled him
back to the OkanOgan country. MIR.
Fruit travelled over great deal OF
California during his absence. He re-
ports that almost everywhere that
men are boring for oil in California
price of land in those localities where
wells are flowing is out of reach Of
men of moderate means. He says that
Japanese, Chinese and Portuguese
have secured such foothold in GEN.
tral California that few Americans are
to be met ,and considers the rapidly
increasing Oriental population a men,
ace to that fair land. Mr.. Fruit consid-
ers Hiram Johnson one of the strong
est men now in public life, thorough
American with the backing of vast
majority of the people Of California.
He states that far more people turned
out to hear Senator Johnson than
were present when President Wilson
spoke in San Francisco. Although a
life long democrat Mr.. Fruit strongly
ifavors Senator Johnson for president
next year.
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MARVELLOUS INCREASE IN VALUE.

| Say; when you consider what the
West Okanogan Valley Irrigation sys-
tenn has done for this part of the
country in the matter Of adding value
to property there Is room for q great
deal of surprise. In fact few people
stop to realize the advantage that
project has been to a valley where
ia short time ago land was not constd-
cred worth paying taxes on. A little
incident came to light this week that
Will startle the reader In its bearing
upon increased values under the sys-
TEN, and bears out the claim that the
bonded Indebtedness of the district.
even with the additional $450,000 Just
voted, is a small item as compared
with the real value OF the property
that stands good for the debt. A num-
Der of years ago an irrigation project
Twas conceived and partially carried
,out by which water was to be convey
led by ditch and flume from Whitestone
lake to Britain Flat to reclaim several
hundred acres. The bitches were con-
lstructed. small quantity of water
delivered and upon, the strength Of
the showing considerable land was
sold in small tracts, mostly to non
residents. But the project, for some
reason went fluy, the few trees set out
were left to die Britain Flats was
|rather a desolate looking stretch of
Territory about the time the West Okla
hogan Valley project was financed
and installed. Owners of tracts On the
flat, or at least some of them, got colo
feet and refused to pay the taxes.
Eventually and inevitably under the
law those tracts were sold for delin-
quent taxes. Among the del.nquents
were two ten acre tracts assessed to
Mason S. Stone and Mrs. n. b. Shaw.
A few days ago those two tracts we're
sold for $4,000! Now what do you think
of that? But what you .bink about 1t
doubtless is a very small matter as
compared with what the CORNER own
ers who permitted the tax to 90 by
default must think about it. They let
the matter of few dollars stand in
the way of making SO 900 each. Or had
they paid the taxes and added a few
hundred dollars improving the land.
today that land would probably have
commanded from $500 to $1,000 per
acre. The transaction should be q slim
ulus for everybody to improve their
land under the system and under no
circumstances permit assessments to
go by default.
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BACK FROM EUROPE

Durward Smith, son Of Mr
Mrs' Y. w. Smith, returned how ,. INV
Thursday evening, having hesn e he. 'as'
cehuy discharged from the armu =.
san francisco. Young Smith is aho". ..
tne last OF the boys from This nan, 'us ~
."e county who served in the A II u ~
IN france to return home and u,a >
among the first to volunteer whon ,.a mao
was declared. Furthermore he was in
tne tirst American unit to reach
france after the declaration Of wor
ms was made possible becausa =:
oeionged to regular division Dnr
ward, after enlisting. was assiyrod -
the 9th United States ARTILLERY -. ~
,'me concentrated in Texas. The Fifth
Aruliery was assigned to the First
DIVISION, and the First Division wos
.he iirst American unit across the wa
ter and at the battle front That a.
vision saw more active service ona
,suIiered heavier losses than any or
ganization in the American army, The
!oth Artillery got under fle shortly
'after reaching France and for veor
and half was constantly peppering
the Germans or was being peppered
by the Germans. 1t measures nm to
ABOUT the same either way, for it was
eighteen months of hell and horror
After the armistice was signed and
hostilities ceased the 1st Division was
selected to march into Germany to
keep an eye on the Huns. After months
OF duty in that line the LIST Division
was ordered home. Just as the Divis
ion was to break camp for the home
ward trip Durward had the misfor-
tune to take on bad case of jaundice
and was consigned to a hospital, and
so suffered the chagrin of seeing his
comrades with whom he had served
so long strike out for the states leav-
ing him behind. After recovering Mr..
Smith was sent home as a casual. and
continued on to California to be dis
charged. Few of the boys from this
part of the state has seen so much of
real. active service as he has, and If
so inclined he could tell many an in
teresting story of his experience. He
did not escape without tokens of re-
gard from the Huns, the marks of
which he will carry to his grave. Mr..
Smith was nicked twice, fortunately
not seriously, and at one time took an
overdose of gas. But he comes home
in fine fettle. He looks every inch a
soldier. From all Outward and visi-
Bile appearances he is the very pink
OF health, and If he did get punctured
the Huns failed to knock off that
pleasant smile that is always a part
Of Durward's facial makeup. We
know how jolly good it feels to well
come back ones boys from foreign
service, and congratulate Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith that their son is restored
to them in good health with all his
limbs and faculties intact
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-10-31

Last week two men drifted into the
country around Beaver Lake, near
|Chesaw, on horseback, and camped
for few days. Then they vamoosed,
leaving their horses and appropriating
fresh animals belonging to a farmer
in the neighborhood. Deputy Sheriff
Burden was notified and he started on
the trail. He managed to capture one
|of the men who gave his name as
Lewis Barckley, claiming to have come
from lone, Pend d'Orielle county. He
'claimed he and his partner were
ont on trapping expedition, although
they did not carry trappers outfit.
Barckley was brought down and lodg-
ed in the Oroville Jail last Thursday
night. Friday night Sheriff Stark and
Prosecuting Attorney Gresham came
up to Oroville from Okanogan and
Saturday morning left for the county
seat with the prisoner. Deputy Sheriff
Burden chased over a good deal of
country in an effort to locate the other
man but the fellow made a clean get
away.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-10-31

According to the cour. house record
at Okanogan, the East Orovil'9 Orch
ards company has sold 10 Ernest Riste
lot Al. East Oroville Orchards, cons.d-
Grafton $1,000, and Jas. Laughran to
some part of tract No. 21, East Oro-
Vile orchard tracts, 2.54 acres. for
$3,SOO.
Commissioner Frank E. Mitchell
was in town Saturday from his home
in the hill country east of Oroville.
Mr.. Mitchell is kept pretty busy at this
season of the year crying public sales,
and there is not a more experienced
and persuasive barker for that busi-
ness in the country
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HOSPITAL NOTES.

Dr. Lewis reports a daughter was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Prevo Wednesday, and a
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. II. j. Schwenne
Sunday.
Monday DR.. Lewis performed a major
Operation on Mrs. ii. r. Clark of Green
wood, for appendicitis and other com
|plications AT last reports the lady was
steadily improving.
Wednesday Dick Backass a 13-year- old
boy, was brought to the hospital from the
vicinity of the old government saw mill.
Ia few miles south east of town. suffering
from a gun shot wound in the knee. Ac
cording to the statement made the lad
was going into the hay NOV for the pur
pose of shooting a cat when the rifle he
was carrying was accidentally discharged.
the bullet striking him in the leg.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-10-31

This is All Halloween and no doubt
the youthful citizen, as has been a
custom from time immemorial, will be
out on predatory excursions tonight
If you have any respect for your gate
or any other movable property it
would be just as well to take it into
the house for the night if you wish To
continue in possession of the same.
We are informed that Miss Saran
Adams, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W
o. Adams took over her fathers alla'la
field of seven acres in the spring ana
did ali the irrigating herself so well
did she do the work that there Is not
a burnt spot on the tract. The flelo
Welded five tons to the acre. THIS goes
to show that even a child eleven years
oId can raise alfalfa in this valley.
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TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Church services will be held on neNl
Sunday morning, November 2, at ii a. IN
Special music. You are invited.
Sunday school meets each Sunday al
12. The present condition of the world
demands that your child receive proper
religious and moral education. Are you
performing your duty? We need the chile
each Sunday.
Busy Bees meet every first and third
Saturdays at the home of Mrs. M. L.
Reed. Trinity Guild meets every first and
third Wednesdays of the month.
G.. II. SEVERANCE. Dean
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Mrs. P NJ Snider left early this
week with the children for Okan0gan
where she visited with relatives until
the latter part of the week when she
was Joined by Mr.. Snider and continu-
ed on to Puyallup, where they are to
make their future home, Mr.. Snider
having accepted a position in a bank
in that city.
The other evening Mrs. Van Alta
met with very painful accident at
the Liberty theater. In that place Of
entertainment there are several cleo
trio fans operated to purify the air.
Mrs. Van Alta did not exactly put her
finger into the machine to feel what
made the wheels 60 around, but by
lsome means one of her fingers came
lin contact with the revolving wheel
land that member was very painfully
mashed. She was really fortunate that
the finger was not cut off.
A letter from that former old time
PRESIDENT of OrOville, r. Grieger, who
lis now conducting a grocery and deli
catessen store at San Francisco, says:
l"Merle Vincent, son of Roy Vincent.
formerly of Oroville and now a resi-
dent of Orient, is now at the Preside.
but will not get his discharge for some
thine yet. Business down here could be
considered good If it were not for the
Everlasting strikes. Today the Union
Iron Workers will parade, about 10000
strong On such days l keep off Mar
ket street for various reasons. Joe
Mcdonald. now at Los Angeles, told
me in letter recently, that he had
bought hotel with 120 rooms and 50
baths, and is doing WE'LL" Mr.. Grieger
further states that Otto Schwartz Is In
San Francisco and will spend the
winter there with his children, The
lGrieger family are all we'll.
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WELL ATTENDED.

The travelling clinic of the Washington
Association visited Oroville
Wednesday and held meetings in the Civ
ic League building and there were many
people In attendance both at the afternoon
and at the lecture In the
evening Some 207 attended the exainina-
tion meetings in the afternoon. The par
ty was made up of DR.. Cary. Miss Soli-
bakke, Miss Farrar, DR.. and Mrs. Paul
West and Miss Sumner. They expressed
as very well pleased with the
success of their meetings in Oroville.
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~ ~ PUBLICATION.

slor Court of the State OF
III ioe the County OF Okanogan,
n ~: Plaintiff -xsj John L.
AT. Summons BY pubiica-
d g Washington to John l..
j ~ NJ herein:
eoy summoned to appear
eau after the date Of the
So Of this summons, to-wit,
sgsys after the 18th day OF
and defend the above
r. 4 n the above entitled court,
& s complaint of the plaintiff
ey syey Of your answer upon the
*tofneys for the plaintiff. al
below stated; and in case
|l iSS..o = 70 do. judgment will he
4 9 You according to the de-
~ Slplaint, which has been
S'erk Of said court.
& tnis action is to secure
said defendant on the
I. {,ertion and non-support.
y = WILLIAMS, Attorneys
~ esst Office Address. Oroyilie
J E5SsSy. State of Washington.
---n Sept. 10. 1919.
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Engineer Zediker is busy at work
making permanent improvements in
the ditch system of the West Okla
hogan Valley Irrigation district He
has force of men employed a short
distance south of town at this time
concreting a section of the ditch
This work will be gradually extended
until the entire system is in perfect
condition,
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roa pusLlcArIoN.

the Interior, u. s. Land
& vllIe, Washington, October
A given that Ernest II.
n!e, Washington, who on
n ele. made dessre lard
- for NWANEA, Section
= . = Section 10. Township
4 :! E. w. NJ, has filed
.luon to make final proof
Il ~ ~ to the land above des-
Sonn: R. Fraser, U. s. Com
1S 2oville, Washington, on the
mber, 1919.
/ Witnesses, Adolph Rehmke
1 ssiatt, both of Tonasket.
x9lpert E. Collier and John
N Qi Oroville, Washing ton.
1j1nfstx BEN SPEAR, Register.
. "a Oct. "a, 1919.
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w. O. Steele, Of OroVllle, Okla
business in Okanogan Mohua'
hogan Independent ,,oro
Don Wood and H. l.. Moonuy ,',,o Fri
.ronsactine business in Orovi''e r''
'day.-Molson Leader.
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iNo. 4219.)
N o T C e.

In the Superior Court of the state o'
washington for Okanogan County
In the matter of the petition OF the
Board of Directors of the west OkanoSal, San
Valley Irrigation Dlstrlct' M aI ,,,s 6f The
State Of Washington, for the eXahiha-
.tion. approval and confirmation 81 plo-
reedings had for the issuance ana s"''
of the bonds of sad aistiici, tho hoard
Notice is hereby given that lne vonau ponau
- directors of the West Okanogan IaHeS
Jrrigntfon District. an irrigation uistiie
orpanized and existing under tne laws ~ ~
the State of Washington; mas iiieo 90 a. in
tinn in the above entitled court anu III
.iU' ti,a ,iove entitled proceeding. praylne
hat ali of the proceedings hau ~,
and rela ting to the issuance ana saie ~ =;
the hreinafter described ponus " an.
Ii.,,.int AZ NAV be judcially examined, aP-
.roWed and confirmed. That the proceedi :
ipnce sought to be confirmed as aloresaaU aO
ore the proceedings had TOT tle s5 iSs'a liz
and sale of the serial bonds OF saio us u,o
t'ict under the forty-year plan as pI", p,
,,idea itH. bv law. and in the amount OF iou'
,,,ndred and fifty thousand dollars S%foo. ,'o
nnountiand nui"l The issuance of which bonds was
oowthoriZed by vote of the quali,ieud detior e.I
80 If said district at special eIec'.p, ~
n,d toIa and held for that purpose on une
tatieu ,Sth dav of october. 1919; and the Pui
60 60 ~ the issuance and SAFE oi su,o ~
pd poad is to raise money to be useu III a., az
reconstruction and better'nem.t .,e1 system ~,
,,ia canals tI,nt
u S.ica is hereby further given tIlt ~,
24h day Of November lsns at at 'nf the nO court
ten cioVH ne - sInerior Court of the STAT
of cH j" %%d OF ofanoRsn faS esa"Gsia
county, IN mntv omg Washington. have beer
0ksnog2n sg order TGf Of said court as the tim
d S5q Piece the s ssd s5 oaa %d
ana, .tnm u,'e Interested in the organlzlaa,o' aG a.
sd af aSs sae @ tef o s RfossfSsSSssnn
fHea sd dsf or the Hearing Of fdS said PetSdn and sSe
proceedings Sad fd in the above entitled matter
las provided py 10, Under the order of the
Done ana tit,ed "a court on this 2Sth day o
lOctober 1919. ,,,pcARET f. WARD,
c,..,, and Ex-Officio Clerk o.
CognIS Sgnper,or @ Court of okanogan County
washington. 49, ootoher 3lst, 1919.
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N'e EXAMINATION.

animation will be held at
- n - .utngton. on the 9Th, 7th
S9vember, 1919.
=. BRINK
County Superintendent