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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-11-07
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Minutes of the regular meeting of the
town council, November s, 1919
Present Mayor Beale, Councimen Hart,
Schultz and Smith.
Minutes of previous meeting read ana
lapproved as read.
Letter from West Coast Flume and
!, Culvert company was read and ordered
| filed
| Letter from Geo Devon in regard to
drainage of water was read and the clerk
| was instructed to see Mr. Devon in this
matter. Letter from j. H. Pos in regard
to engineering work was read and clerk
| was instructed to answer the same.
The monthly report of the town treas
urer was read and ordered filed
The matter of hearing on assessment
Iroll for local Improvement District No. 2
coming on for rehearing having been post
poned from October 27, to this date on
account of there being no council meeting
on october q. and there being no persons
present in opposition to any part of the
and carried that the assessment roll as
file. with the town clerk be adopted and
that the town attorney be instructed to
draw an ordinance creating the said i'm
|provement district and proceed with this
matter as provided by law.
On motion the following bills were al
Ilowed and ordered paid.
Current Expense Fund-W. B. Mishler,
salary $155S; Il. r. Hoose. salary 63.00;
lC. NJ. Zedlker. engineer 1000; Chas. Holl-
ants. assistant engineer It's; C. Schalm
$50; w. Allen $50; James Rickett 500;
Arthur Wadham. engineer 60.40; Arthur
Wadham engineer. 1865; John Collins,
labor, 500; W. Allen, teaming, $500; Oro-
Iville Gazette printing, 25. .25 Pioneer
binding & Printing company, election
supplies, sos; Okanogan Valley Power &
Light company, lights, 69.00
Water Works Fund-E. r. Hoose, SAL
larry 1900; John Collins, labor, 500; F. w.
lSchultz, drayage and freight 7.03; A. s.
lGroulx, backsmithing 500; Woodbury.
Lumber company, coal and cement 1920;
l.. e. Hendrix, repairing booths, $50;
lOrovile Commercial Co. files roc Stand
lard Oil company, 999. Okanogan Valley
Power company, power and lights $500;
Sexson Bros. supplies, $40; Crane COM
lpany. pipe and fittings 54.57.
E. r. HOOSE Clerk.
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GIVE 1T A LIFT.

There is a Red Cross drive on for men,
lbershp this week, the campaign ending
next Tuesday. The purpose is to secue a
renewal of the membership that contrib
uted the dollar dues during the war and to
| add as many new names to the list as
possible. There is no stated amount to be
raised by this drive in the United States,
but ii is the purpose to collect as much
as possible to help on one of the most
worthy organizations that has ever come
into existence. The work and usefulness
Iof the Red Cross neither began nor en-
ded with the war. The war only intensi-
fled the activities of the organization. It's
work of mercy goes on at all times.
Wherever and whenever the human fam
lily needs aid and assistance there can be
found representatives of the Red Cross
|plying their labor of love AS an organiza-
tion it engages in the alleviation of suf-
fering, stretches out a helping hand to
those in distress, carrying It's work of
mercy to all those in need of help And
this goes on in peace as well as during
war, requiring large financial backing to
make it's efforts successful. Money could
not be contributed to better cause and
las the individual amounts asked for
which represents membership in the order
is very small, everybody can help the
cause. Knowing what the Red Cross has
done in the past and what 1t will continue
to do in the future no one should hesitate
to respond promptly when solicited to
lenroll a member.
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w. II. Hancock left Saturday for Yaki-
ma valley where he will probably locate
permanently, and send for his family Mr..
Hancock is one of the old time residents
|of Orovile and a carpenter by trade -.l-
though a socialist during the war Mr..
Hancock was as loyal as any American
citizen. For his outspoken stand during
those trying days he won the esteem of
the publisher of this paper, and we trust
that he will meet with all kinds of good
fortune wherever he may decide upon to
make his home.
AS was to be expected the hoolgans
were out last Friday night and it was an
lawfully mussed up town that met the
gaze of the population Saturday morning.
| 1t was the toughest stuff ever pulled off
| in Oroville. and while in the main it was
| to laugh there were instances where the
lcelebrators went a lite too far in their
disregard for property rights. High jinks
was to he expected. as Halloween is made
an excuse for display of ebullience OF
spirits every year. and if any one had an
iaea that old custom had become stale
land obsolete this year they were un-
pleasantly disappointed.
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SCHOOL NOTES.

The result of the Thrift Stamp cam
paign was found to be as follows last
"Wednesday when the count was taken
|Millionaires' Club, SAT points. A. l. Q c.
Club i62 points. Mace Reed had the high
lest number of points, having 167. Mr.
IOlds came second, having 106
A masquerade party was given by the
Ia. |. 9. c. club on Friday night in the
high school gym. A prize was offered to
|the couple having the best costumes and
was won by Thelma Piper and Sidney
Jackson.
John Kilian, George Gormley, Blanche
Weller and Ralph Beck enrolled in high
|school on Monday.
n meeting of the high school boys was
held on Wednesday evening % elect Off
|cers for the football team. Bob Kilian
was elected captain and Victor Finnila
manager.
The boys leave for Omak Saturday
morning where they will play their first
game The lineup will be as follows:
Lloyd Grant. r f.; Murray Mallory, r.
r.; Kenneth Reed, r. G.. Sidney Jackson,
Center; Francis Hart l.. G.; John Killian,
l.. T.; Erwin Curtis, L. e; Roy Ashby,
O.; Mace Reed. l.. H.: Gordon Jackson,
Full Bob Killan, r. F.; Sub-Bernard
Curtis, Elvin Curtis
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rHeNziED FINANciERiNc

an illustration of how interest er.....-
ana what muddle the finanoo srows
Ieouhty were in nearly a ouarta, 'his
s oSo we quote n case that c,nro -,
our observation this week Sor,at,,t ui,uer
20 years ago Judge A. X. Greg ns sn.,s IKE
,ierpert X. Gregg, of Oroville was ~ 80 VI
e'. ,n vi Cohconully and while eneagas H.,
,,,,o.,. Oh law he was in the hahit -
investing in county warrants %' oi
warrants in those DAYS were Iit,, Couay ,
| thah scraps of paper as to thei,. e,.er '1,'.
ohu nehce all work done for the or,,.s..'
cost TWO or three times as mnch ~, ~,
"oih Wouiu nave cost an individ,,I o.,
] ihis excessive charge was mad.
necessary because warrants we've ,,oa.''
oou, 20 cents on the dollar. and mos.
a., shied at putting good none ,
III oiu paper even at that attractive dis.
count However. Judge Gregg ar'ar
others TOOK long chances and bought vor
r'hts mere and there as they were issuoi
iwenty years ago Judge Gregg sent bis
Ison Herbert a bunch of these war.,nt. r9
CHRISTMAS present. accompanied hv an
humorous letter at which the Judge WA
an aoept IN writing. He calculated tbot
the warrants would be called In about
Ten years, and If Herbert could hold ont
that long the interest would exnned tha
principal and hence the pre- ,cnt would
possess considerable value. Mr. ,rragg
has religiously clung to those warrarts
to this day, and the first call for anv of
them was issued by the county treasure,
last week. This call embraced forr of
MI Gregs's sheaf of county warrants
one for Sl2 was made out to II. II. len
kins. under date of November 25 1900
Another for $3.50 was made out to y =
bBroughton. under date of December 10
I 1895. Another was made out in favor of
IL. .. Calhoun. for 5000 under data ~
April s, 1897. Still another was made
out for So 90 in favor of S. J. Dill,bougn
under date of January 80. 1897. The sum
total was $3.50 and when Mr. Gragg re-
ceiVed his returns the sum awarded him
FOR the cancellation of those warrants
was some $500. That is pretty fair re-
turns up on the original investment but
Mr. Gregg was lucky to live LONG enough
to cash in the warrants. That old warrant
Indebtedness has been terrible burden
Tor the tax payers of the county. In Cor
mer years many abortive efforts were
made to arouse enough interest 20 bond
the county for a sufficient amount al n
lower rate of interest to cancel this old
Indebtedness For reasons never satisfac-
torily explained every move to bond was
|checkmated and the warrants have run
terest now amounts almost to three times
the principal. There are several thousand
dollars worth of these old warrants still
out. but the county Is slowly wiping the
slate clean.
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VISIT FROM AN OLD FRIEND.

Tuesday we had pleasant surprise by
a visit from an old and esteemed friend,
Joe Bouska, of Bridgeport, who had come
all the way to Oroville to interview DR..
Masters and have some dental work done.
Mr.. BOuska is a friend of the old, old
days of Lincoln and Douglas county resi-
dence. Mr.. Bouska has been a resident Of
Bridgeport for 25 years When he first
located in bridgeport there was not much
lat that place, or in the surrounding coun-
try. for that matter, that held promise of
making a man rich, and for some years
lit was not all beer and skittes for our
friend Joseph. But he had the staying
Qualities, he was and is man whom ev
erybody liked and being plodding
worker Mr.. Bouska gradually accumulat-
ed property until today he is taking it
comfortable, as he richly deserves, on
Easy street He is engaged in the hard
ware business in partnership with his
son, but that business is looked after by
the junior member of the firm and Mr..
Bouska spends much of his time superin-
tending his other property interests that
are large. He has just purchased couple
of sections of wheat land in Montana,
which is evidence that Joseph does not
Overlook a good thing, and possesses the
|wherewithal to catch on when the oppor
tunity presents. Time is treating the old
boy kindly. There may be a shortage of
thatch on the roof. and there may be
more gray mixed with his hair than when
we last saw him many years ago, but
Mr. Bouska is in prime health and he has
never discarded that CHEEKY smile that
he habitually carried around when he
and the writer were much younger.
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BE SURE AND REGISTER.

Attention of the residents of Oroville is
Icaled to the fact that in order to vote at
the municipal election to be held on the
first Tuesday in December the voter must
| be registered. Registration is not neces-
| sary for those who voted at the last gen.
leral election, but there are a number of
citizens who failed to vote at that cleo
tion, or who have become legal voters
through residence, whose names are not
lenroled upon the registration books. ne
I'notice of registration" is late this year
flor the first announcement is made in
| this issue, and the books have to close
according to law next Wednesday, Nov
Iember II, twenty days before election. The
/ boons are in the hands of the town clerk
and application for registration must be
made with that official. Those who desire
! to vote at the forthcoming municipal cleo
F; ton should not postpone registration an
| other day. The duty neglected today will
probably be forgotten tomorrow and thus
| the right to vote lost
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COMMUNICATED.

Oroville GaZette:- There are sew
eral things that Orovlle needs the
coming year. Principally a cannery
and preserving plant, and that by all
means by early spring, to handle pro-
ducts grown here, such as tomatoes,
legg plant, string beans, pumpkins,
peaches, apricots, pears and berries of
Then there are jams and jellies, pre-
serves, marmalades, buffers, and syr-
ups, and above all apple butter, like
they made in old Michigan, Ohio and
Indiana years ago. All this can be
made out Of the products of the fruit
grown here. Also cider and vinegar.
Why ship such goods in here and pay
freight on goods that can be put up
at home.
] Merchants say, what chance have
1you with a dollar sent to mail order
house. What chance have you with the
dollar paid to the railroad for freight
for products that you can produce
here at home. Try buying produce
lfrom your farmer customers rather
than buying Seattle and San Francisco
| products, canned goods put up in
San Francisco by Chinese and Italian
canning plants. | know what L am
talking about If you work for such
plant every man of you, especially the
orchard men, would give work Tor
large crews of men, women. boys ana
girls in fruit time. A pay roll nalps
any town, ard you n I'D it here, as
hese products all gc'w in great pro-
fusion in this valley, or cou De
grown If a cannery preserving ?'ah'
could be installed that '"ould rtr cach
season to use up all thJ surplus f"uits
and berries and a wonderful traoe
could be built up here.
| If not why not? =,
] A pull together for the good OF aii
Twill bring it.
Another little incident came before
|me last week. | noticed where l nap
|pened to be picking apples the pas,
1.-TWO weeks apples boxed and lapeieu
l"Arcadia Brand" Packed for the Dene-
Tit of the Arcadia Orchards company
lof Deer Park, Washington. Ihey "eir
special pack of choice apples anu
iDeer Park, Wash, gets the credit ior
lapples grown at Oroville, III the oha-
hogan valley, Okanogan county
fWasbington. That's the limit. III So
lwhy? | don't consider it square oe''
Ieven for the producer. ,,o
Regarding those sanitary III ihhin
fountains in town. Don't DelleVe my
lara either safe or sanitary. pokeo Il
Hot of green scum sediment out oil one
land the water merely flows just over
1.-The edge of the bowl. NO douot tuoI,
Iculosis and typhoid germs iurh oi vn1
ledge of the bowl. The water shou.u
have more pressure with higher s"'e
lflow. oost that
Another thing. | would suggest ina
rronertv owners cut the weeds out "
1.-The sidewalks on which their plopoi =,
fronts. This looks bad TO s'ranea ne
lone has TO walk in the ROAD Oh SUI
~ tbo streets. One Oroviile nous.
Ibo,der has a lovely lot OF them III n.r n'r
lfront ward You can hardly see lh'
door A little elbow grease ana " w, No.
Tor shovel will turn the tii0N ot tbe
Isbould have a clean up uay. ie ohart
ICivic League start it. I'll DO MY '"''
flor a clean up. g uou what
You don't realize, lot OF you' "H"
lyou have here. oreatel
Yours for a better and eahnnli
IoroviIIe Help make it what IL sno0'N
De- DAN ]. RICE.
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EXTENSIVE BRIDGE REPAIRS.

Very extensive bridge work along the
Great Northern Railway between Oroville
and Nighthawk, or just beyond Night
hawk, is soon to be inaugurated. Grant
Smith company, Great Northern contract
|ors, are preparing permanent camp near
the salts plant. at the east end of the
bridge across the Similkameen river,
which is to be practically rebuilt. Three
Howe truss spans on this bridge are to be
replaced, other smaller bridges are to be
|rebuilt and extensive repairs are to be
made upon the second bridge across the
lSimlkameen river a short distance west
Iof Nighthawk. The firm will employ quite
a large force of skilled bridge builders and
carpenters, and it is calculated that there
i is work enough ahead to keep the con-
tractors employed for the next five months
lat least. The crew will be under charge
,of A. e. Dibbee, and for the present the
office work will be attended to by NJ. o
Sweet.
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]. A. Baker. one of the pioneer residents
lof the Conconully neghborhood was in
town Monday.
Sugar is still shy in the market and
families are reduced in purchases 20
small packages
About as heavy snow storm as has
ever been experienced in the valley at
this time of the year fell here for several
hours Monday until the ground was COW
cred to the depth of two or three inches.
The white mantle was slush and was
almost off the earth by tuesday evening.
| Old timers express confidence that the
winter is not here yet to stay, because
winter at this season would be an almost
unheard of climatic condition In twenty
iyears we have never seen winter set in
| this early. But you never can tell This
lmay be the hard winter that has been de-
!ayed reaching this region.
| Mr. and Mrs. J. j. Bennett left We'd
lnesday morning for Columbus, Ohio, near
which city they will spend the winter. Mr..
| Bennett became interested in mines in
/ this locality nearly a score of years ago.
| He came ont heer to look over the prop
( ierties. took a liking to the country and
| has since made his home on Ellemeham
mountain where he even took up ranch
and tried the simple life for a time. This
lis the first protracted visit Mr. and Mrs
Bennett have made to their old home for
"A number of years. They are so well
ipleased with the Okanogan country that
they will return again with the coming
of spring.
Al -Groux is back for the winter. Mr.
GroulX has not been so far away that ii
| required any rail transportation to get
| him back home. however. He accumulated
a tract of valley land some six miles
south of town. and deserting the anvil this
/ spring ne buckled into farming. He raised
a liberal crop of alfalfa. but it was In
corn taht he made a record. He planted
| two acres and from that small tract har-
vested 200 bushels of corn, and as fine
Equality of maze as can be grown any
where. Mr. GroulX' success goes to prove
that this valley is as well adapted tC
growing corn as is those states of tht
Mississippi valley that have gained rep
utation for growing that staple grain.
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,,o1,cE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the IqteEior tdn u 5 octobel tca@S
nth lSlS; IS hereby given that Etnest n nL
Notice ~ rs 0royile, Washington, VINO on
Fss%aS "a S5 ois fsr Rqs ssetlGS
isS & & sa&5n sad sTSsHA KSass sfSSH 4 SS ss
to ssSs q soToRs ]S5n r. EssSi on The
Ist day OF DeeeIiii as Witnesses, Adolph Rehmke
and de Banie Pa Malt both osr Sf aoda56ss aDd Josr
washington h I1,o ef Oroyille. Washington
lF. Samson Do'" Rem SPEAR. Register
,,.st publication oct. "a. 1919
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TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Church services are held every first ana
third sundays of each month at IL a. m.
sunday school every Sunday at II. now
is the opportune time to give relgious
training to your child.
The Guild meets every WEDNESDAY, a'
the church. , .h,ra
catnrdavs of the month at the home OF
Mrs. NJ l.. Reed. o,,, r,
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mo. 42ls.)
n TIC E.

s; n. y 0kanogan COUNTY
n z oI the petition of the
y n I152s xs'Is OF the West Okanogan
sni4 1on District, an irrigation
~ under the laws of the
a n,s ington, for the examina-
- M and confirmation Of pro-
q kSS- tol tne issuance and sale
- 8 hsrshmd a ls,d district.
iReses - 'Suy given that the board
M nme " me West Okanogan Valley
ni - sesnct an irrigation district
thk n X yexisting under the laws of
sTssnington, has filed a petit
Z M s.s9ve vve entitled court and in
Il 4 a ausd proceeding, praying
nkft,s we proceedings had for
hiSs}s~ tne Issuance and sale OF
{ NJ ~ uescribed bonds of said
~ ~ ~ ~ Iudicially examined, ap-
HD1Is = irmed. That the proceed
fN ..@ pe confirmed as aforesaid
III n ~ ings had for the issuance
e ~ sS serial bonds of said dis
~ y - iorty-year plan, as pro-
N N eiSss IN the amount of -four
- ~ Ivy thousand dollars ($45O-
No. S~ eAnce of which bonds was
IA ~ ~ \. vote of the qualified cleo
~ ~ hs1.tict at a special election
y Tor that purpose on the
q I IL ystoDer. 1919; and the pur-
~ ; f :. issuance and sale of said
Il 3Rre1kes money to be used in the
4, I'll ~ '.u petterment of the dis
~ a M ~ irrigation system
*ey2 Ec, further given that the
<fdnuk I.svenDer, 1919. at the hour Ot
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-11-07

Following instructions from the govern
ment the woodbury. Lumber company
viii confine sales of coal to 500 pounds
to each individual buyer until such time
as the present miners strike is settled.
This I snot going to work any hardship
upon the public, but large consumers
viii find that they made an unfortunate
mistake when they did not lay In supply
when the getting was good.
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swing Stamp entertainment
4, ,s - place this evening. Make
y b present
. brother of w H. Pitt
49, hlsh school teaching staff,
POSITION with F. V. Covert
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Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. C. Mcclure, of Che
saw. were registered in town Tuesday.
Mrs Stanley Evans and Mrs. NJ. N.
Ross, of Loomis. were visitors In town
Sunday.
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FREEDOM MISSION,

Preaching Sunday at p. m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday at 1880 p. m. Every
body invited
j. A. SPENCER
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Mr.. and Mrs. chas. Powell SSacatlon Sp OF
Seattle Thursday last Oh
some days duration
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-02-08

of which he had charge, for a
prompt and definite victory and a
peace glorious for France.
1t seemed as If only this act was
awaited by our blessed Lord, for it
was precisely from this date, July
Is, that the tide turned. Three
days before all had seemed favora-
BILE for the rush of the enemy to
Paris, but on the dawn of July Is
Gen, Mangin broke through the en-
envy lines with bound, since when
there have been but the glorious
hating periods of a triumphal
march; and 1.-THE hand of God has
visibly appeared"
The heroic soldiers of France
were no less sure of their General
lssimo. At dawn ON July 23 the
French armored cars, tanks, sprang
forward to the assault, but were
stopped by heavy barrage fire. One
car alone resisted and, dashing
through the barrage, reached and
crushed the German gun posts and
opened thus passage for the in
fantry. On that car fluttered flag
Of the Sacred Heart, torn and
pierced, like the car itself; and the
gallant crew returning and finding
themselves surrounded by admiring
comrades, turning without word !,
pointed to the flag which had led
them to victory. "Vive! lie coeur
Sacre de Jesusi"