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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-17

Possible there have been other wet.
ter nights than last Friday night, but
II there ever were 1t was during that
period of time when the clerk of the
weather was staging the flood.
An item in the Wenatchee World
states that Jalmer M. Elphberg. of
Tacoma, and Miss Mona Gillespie, of
Chesaw, were granted marriage Ii
cense by the county auditor Monday,
and it Is learned that the nuptual knot
was tied after the securing of the le-
gal document. This marriage is of
local interest as the last post office
address of the principals in the mat,
rimonial alliance was Oroville, both
Mr.. Elphberg and Miss Gillespie hav-
Ing been employed in the Crescent
cafe for some time before leaving on
the trip that eliminated in the we'd
ding. The young people thought they
were mystifying their acquaintance
In this place by going off quietly IL
cense hunting, but the event was re-
ported at this office by an interested
friend Tuesday. The newlyweds will
make their home in Tacoma.
This paper never takes the stand of
palliating wrong doing, but it was a
source of much satisfaction to learn
that those two old citizens and like
wise old friends, Albert Groulx and
Tom Collier, who had serious mis-
understanding, had come together ana
settled their difficulties. However, the
case was before the court and in the
proceedings Of the session as reported
by the Okanogan Independent the fol-
lowing reference to the case is made
"Talbert Collier, OF Oroville, entered a
plea of guilty Of assault aud battery
and was given fine of $3.50 and costs
The complaining witness asked thai
the prosecution be dropped, but the
authorities were unwilling to drop the
charge without punishment"
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-17

rvrea or four new residences are
~ construction in the east part of
Nm.
i 4 reported that there are Is in
~ a snow in the Kipling district
NJ othsr portions of the higher lands
4 IL east Of town.
az Rayburn left Monday for Seat
n vhers he may remain for an in
kinhs period.
WA eggs at 80 cents dozen, and
wofce 1t that. puts the chicken In the
irv(Itoesing class.
d. Beyis was called t, Republic on
uregsional business several days
iurhg the past week.
Monday, Mrs. A. A. Bumgartner pick
~ buttercup on the hill side in the
~ part OF town. Some climate up
ID way. what?
N. aud Mrs. W. E. Grant and Mr..
u Nh. Chas. Powell drove over to
lAomis Sunday to attend the funeral
alhs late W. NJ. Harkins.
Arthur Ricketts, has so far recov-
~ from his recent severe illness
tasi he was able to resur'e his run
n TIC railroad this week.
nias Bernice Howard. who has been
hiding with her sister. Mrs. r. d.
Heding for some months, left Mon
~ fofh her home at Yakima.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-17

protracted siege was back beyond the
memory of the oldest inhabitant, a. It
occurred about forty years ago. The
evidence of this drouth was exposed
when Winfred Cox, who is renting and
living on Dell Harris ranch, just west
of Wanicut lake, cut down large fir
tree short time ago. The rings Of an.
nual growth of the tree were very dis
tinctly marked. During the past four
years those rings were so slight that
it was difficult to trace them out, but
from that point back for 40 cycles the
rings were quite pronounced, then
came four or five years when the
growth of the tree was so slight as to
be hardly noticeable. If the next long
drouth holds off for another forty
years it is not going to trouble many
of us around here at the present time.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-17

There Is to be another change in
the running schedule Of the Oroville-
Princeton train commencing Monday.
A short time ago orders were issued
that the regular tri-weekly train
should leave Oroville every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday morning for
Princeton at a. M, returning Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday, arriving
here at 2 p. m. In conformity with
the new orders trains will continue
running tri-weekly, but will leave at
Z a. m, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, returning the same days,
reaching Oroville, if on time, at p.
m. AS stated, the new order of things
goes into effect Monday.
The past four years of drOuth has
not been the only experience of that
kind in this locality, although the last
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-17

tuberculosis kills producers
chiefly men and women between the
ages Of 10 and As.
1t claims workers-active men and
women In homes. the office and the
shop.
1t causes 10000 deaths in the Unit
ed States every year.
1t costs the United States in dollars
and cents about $500 100000 annually.
More than 100000 persons in this
country are suffering from active tu-
berculosis right now.
Most Of this waste could be pre-
vented.
tuberculosis menaces every COM
munty, every home and every indi-
vidual.
And yet it is durable and prevent
able.
1t spread largely by ignorance,
carelessness and neglect.
The National tuberculosis associa-
ton and its 1900 affiliated state and
local organizations wage a continuous
winning war ON tuberculosis. >.
The work of these organizations are
financed chiefly by the sale of Tuber-
culosis Christmas seals. Buy and use
tuberculosis Xmas seals.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-17

MONEY TO LOAN-AT 8, and 10 pes
cent on real estate, mortgage contracts
bought and sold. Geo. H. Ellis. 81 Ex.
change Block. Spokane.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30

A ton of SCOT results from the burn
ing of 100 tons Of coal.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
Girl Has Task Of Guarding
Forests From Fire.
Former Newspaper Woman Has Spent
Two Summers In Quiet Lookout
on Top Of Mountains.

Denyer.-Foilowing two successful
seasons, during which pretty Miss
Helen Dove of this city. In her ca
pacity Of forest fire lookout, has dis
covered more than a score Of incipient
blazes, officials Of the National Forest
service are convinced that women are
equally qualified rs men In the art
Of chasing down the tiny wisps of
smoke that sometimes lead to serious
CONGREGATIONS in the thickly wooded
districts Of the Rocky mountains.
From June until late October Miss
Dove lives on the summit Of Devils
Head peak, $500 feet high above sea
level and 65 miles southwest Of Dem
yer.
From sunrise TO sunset Miss Dove
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
Fourteen States Have No Militia,
Reports General Carter.
Strength Of $500 Is Shown, az
Against 100000 Men Authorized
by the Government.

Washington. Fourteen states had
no National Guard troops recognized
by the federal government on June 80,
according to the annual report
of Maj. Gen. Jesse Carter. chief Of
the militia bureau, just made pub
lie. They were Arkansas, Delaware,
Illinois. Indiana. Louisiana. Massachu-
sets, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Mexico, North
Dakota. South Dakota and West vir-
ginia.
The recognized units of the guard
had total strength of $1,000 officers
and men at the end of the fiscal year,
the report said. against an authorized
strength of 10000. great difficulty
having been encountered in obtaining
recruits during the year. General Car
ter noted general public antipathy to-
ward military affairs as among infiu-
ences against which the reorganiza-
ton OF the guard was proceeding. Dis
content with the National Guard serv-
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
Important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands Of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove 10 be
nothing else but kidney trouble. or the
result Of kidney or bladder disease
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dftion. they may cause the other organs
TO become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous. irrita-
BE and may be respondent; it makes any
one 30.
But hundreds of women claim that Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp-R Root, BY restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle to zee
what Swamp Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, viii do for
them. BY enclosing ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. T., you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores--Adv.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
SWIFT PLANES
FLY TO. sCUBA

Manteo, on the Island Of Roanoke,
where Virginia Dare, the first white
child born In America, first saw the
sun, was the next stop, but 1t was not
wholly because Virginia was born here
that the big ships glided down to the
water. 1t was near Manteo, on Kill
Devil dunes, that the Wright brothers
made the frSD flight In a motor-pro-
PEELED airplane. That was in 1903 and
the flight lasted but SO seconds and
Was only for a few hundred feet. Stops
were also madron the southwark tour
at Southport.{c. c.; Georgetown, s.
O.; Charleston, s. G.; st. Augustine.
Fla; Fort Pierce, Fla, and Miami.
Fla. ~
The aeromarines completed their
first mail-carrying tour to Havana on
November l, alighting in Havana har-
Dor amid the 1Ieers Of crowd which
seemed to be the entire population of
the city. Five hundred pounds of mail
was deliveredsSn the initicl trip. This
amount Is 21.0Qo letters. Each letter
bore q atans ~ d4IGating that it tray-
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
KEEPS LONELY VIGIL

scans the horizon, sweeping the thou
sands of acres Of forest land beneath
her powerful glass, constantly alert
for the least sign OF smoke. which
often means birth OF the terror of the
timber countryside forest fire.
There are no Sundays or holidays
for Miss Dove. Occasionally. after a
heavy downpour Of rain or when
clouds obscure the earth below, she
gets brief respite. Going to the
fire lookout station early in summer,
she must cook her own meals and per-
form oil the work necessary to keep
her cabin and lookout station In re-
pair. She must chop her own flrewood
and carry her own water. Previous
to assuming her duties as forest FIRE
lookout. Miss Dove was a Denver
newspaper woman.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
GUARD SERVICE is HIT

ice, he added, had been f0stered by
tales Of unfair treatment during the
war spread by men with grievances.
many of which found their way into
the public press"
Such complaints, General Carter
said, could not be substantiated upon
investigation.
There Is conclusive proof" he con-
tinued, "that National Guard officers
were not. as class, Disseminated
against by Regular officers. Individual
cases of injustice have been cited by
members of congress and of the Mn
tional Guard to make 1t appear that
unjust discrimination existed gem
orally. AS general rule National
Guard officers were treated with more
consideration than were regular off,
GERS under the same conditions.
Causes which retarded recruiting
have been gradually overcome with
the result that in June more than
500 new men were obtained, the re-
port said.
Jealousies between National Guard
units returning from overseas and
those organized as home forces DUR
ing the war have arisen, the report
said, the latter wishing to continue
as guard troops and retain possession
Of the armorfes Steps to remedy this
situation are being taken, General
Carter said.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30

eled by the first airplane mail service
between the United States and for
eign country.
Description Of the Planes.
The planes used in the fight have q
wing spread of 104 feet, are 30 feet
long and are powered by two 4OO-h0rse
power Liberty motors. They differ
from navy planes Of the Fol type IN
that they are equipped with two cab
ms, each of which Is furnished In ma
hogany, with silver fittings and finish
ings which compare with those Of a
millionaire's yacht.
The main cabin Is forward OF the
wings, and contains six luxurious re-
clining chairs, upholstered In brown
leather, each beside large portfolio,
shaded by old blue and gold silk tapes
try curtains. The operating c0mpart.
ment Is next, and behind 1t is the after
cabin, furnished as club c0mpart-
ment for cards, writing, smoking etc.
The passengers who made the flight
southwark included officials of the
company and their wives, two women
writer's, nine-year-old boy, and 9TH
0rs. After the first flight the passen-
gers came to regard their tour In much
the same light as cruise In big
yacht, save that the swiftly-changing
scenery from two to three thousand
feet up is far more Interesting and fas.
cinating.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
First Air Mail Service Between
United States and Foreign
Country.
ALSO CARRIES PASSENGERS
Runs Between Key West and Havana,
Crossing In m Hour the Gap
Which Takes Steamers m
Entire Night to Bridge.

New York--Regular air mail service
BETWEEN the Emitted States and for
eign country Is now being carried on
8s surely as regular transatlantic
ship mail service.
Every day since November huge
aeromarine-navy cruisers, freightesl
with several hundred pounds OF mail
and ten or twelve passengers have
been running ON schedule between Key
West, Florida, and Havana, Caba,
crossing in an hour the gap. which
takes q steamer an entire night to
bridge.
The big flying boats travel through
the air with the sureness Of loco-
motive along its rails or q steamer
across smooth sea, for they were
specially built to fly over oceans for
long distances and have been sub
jected to very rigorous test by the
United States navy before being placed
In the service.
Testing the Air Yachts.
SAS d HlcduS VI tcStiHS lnCA otuuiAu
and reliability the two aeromarine
cruisers were flown down the Atlantic
coast from New York to Havana, a
distance of 1000 miles, just before the
Key West-Havana mail service was
inauguarated. The 1000 miles were
licked off behind them as regularly as
watch marks off the seconds, al
though no effort was made to try for
speed record. The big cruisers can
do 100 miles an hour. but this Is not
indispensable speed for plane by
any means. The aeromarines, with
their luxurious cabins and other fine
passenger facilities are not racing
planes but air yachts designed to car
ry passengers swiftly, yet In comfort.
According to reports reaching New
York, the big air cruisers. named the
Pinta and Santa Maria In honor of two
of the caravels of Columbus, "hopped''
to Norfolk. Va. ON the first day Of the
Journey and there permitted the score
of passengers and the members Of the
crews to see something Of the town.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
Obvious Proceeding,

How rapturously he is gazing al
the beauty of her liquid eyes,"
"Shl He is drinking 1t In"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
Hard on Him.

Hard on Him.
whats your idea of eternal retri-
butiOnT "A profiteer worrying over
his income tax"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
Could Not Focl Blind Man.

Americas, Ga.-Henry Otin has
been carrying chain because he
could not make . blind man take
newspaper clipping Tor . 81 bill.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
Robbed SO Often That
He Sold Out His Business

After ten years as a general
merchant in Natrona, Pa. A.
Morris has announced that he
will sell out his business be-
cause Of burglary losses. These
losses. Morris asserts, eat up
all the profits.
In spite Of special police
guards. barbados against doors
and various devices intended to
serve as burglar alarms, Morris
store has been robbed several
times during the last few years,
and hundreds Of dollars worth
Of merchandise has been taken.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
THE BEST YET.

II you have never used Vacher-B Balm
you don't know how quickl, and pleas
antly cold In the head, or soreness
anywhere can be relieved by this harm.
less remedy.
Ask your druggist, or send for free
sample, to e. w. vacher, inc, New Or.
leans, La.
Avoid limitations. Nothing Is "jus'
as good. ADV,
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30

Otin's conviction was brought about
when Ed Jenkins, blind coroner Of
Sumter county, unerringly rejected
several slips Of paper handed him In
court and identified the one Otin had
passed him for the dollar note. Judge
Harper assessed Otin's punishment at
twelve months on the chain gang.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
Bad Stomach
Sends Her to Bed
for 10 Months
EafOnic Gets H0r OpJ

'Over year ago." says Mrs. Dors
Williams, II took to bed and for ~
months did not think would live
Eatonic helped me so much am nov
up and able to work. l recommend II
highly for stomach trouble"
Eatonic helps people to get well ny
taking up and carrying out the excess
acidity and gases that put the stomach
out Of order. If you have indigestion
sourness, heartburn, belching, food re-
peating, or other stomach distress, take
an Eatonic after each meal. Big DOH
costs only trifie with Your druggists
guarantee.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30

Every dog has his day, but he Is not
as certain of it as the old turkey COB
bier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
THREE STATES ID
 SENDCRED|T ME|
Meeting of Association Will Fl Held Here Thursday-TWo|
 Hundred Are Expected

tri-state conference of members ,
 tie National Association of Credit Me representing Alabama Mississippi ar Louisiana, will be held in Birmingha
 Thursday in the auditorium of q Chamber of Commerce building, and meeting of much importance to who!t sale merchants of this section is C,
 pected to take place.
 The conference is under the auspic, of the Birmingham Credit Mems a. sociation, an organization composed
 local wholesalers. More than 200 men
 bers of the national body are expecte to be in attendance.
 Thursday evening a banquet is to I
 held in the ballroom of the Souther
 club. A number of prominent men wi
 address the body during the da
 among them being W. P. Simpson
 New Orleans; Oscar Wells, Geore Grundman of New Orleans, Senate oscar w. Underwood of Birminghar Charles II. Hammer of New Orleans M. Hooper of Selma and James Bow ron of Birmingham.
 J. Harry Tregoe, national secretar! treasurer. will take an active part the meeting.
 The Birmingham Credit Mems a scciation will be well represented | the conference, as it is expected th virtually every jobber within the Bi mingham district will attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
RAINBOW VETERANS
Veterans to Show Respect to Com.
 rades Who Sleep In France

Final preparations for the participa- ton of the members of the Rainbow veterans in the Armistice Day parade were made at the meeting held by the Mortimer H. Jordan chapter Sunday afternoon. The following notce has been issued:
 All exRainbow men in the Birming. ham district are requested to meet Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock or Sixth avenue, north, between Seven teenth and Eighteenth streets. The uni. form for this occasion will be the army regulation winter uniform with over sea caps. Bring your medals.
 "All business houses and manufac- turing concerns are urged to grant g half holiday to any Rainbow men in their employment in order that they may participate in this celebration for to the ex-service man who participated in the late war there is no day which means as much to him as November Il
 Tt is the duty of every man to take part in this celebration as token of respect to the fallen comrades who lie on the battlefields of France but will march with us in spiri9 on this glorious occasion.
 ''Only a few more reservations are left for the Rainbow banquet which is to be held the night of the 1lth, consequently the secretary, l.. Y. Byrd. asks that if anyone has not made their reservations that they do so at once as only limited number can be accom- modated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
CHILDREN PLACED IN
 PERMANENT HOMES
Report of Month Work of Chll- drens Aid Society Is
 Gratifying

total of 73 matters pertaining to children were handled by the Alabama Children's Aid society last month. Four teen of these children were, after care ful inquiry, placed out in family homes for permanent care under the society," $ guidance. This is one of the largest months work so far. Such was the re- port submitted to the executive com mittee of the Alabama Children's Aid society yesterday afternoon in the cafe of the Birmingham Civic association. Robert Jemison. Sr., first vice presi- dent, presided.
 Reports were made by the treasurer, J. R. Rice, and by Superintendent Bar row. MT. Rice stated that a very lib- eral response, was being met from the quiet appeal for funds that is being made and that he had no doubt as to the amount needed being subscribed 'Our society is making new friends every day" Mir. Rice said, "by the won- derful work that is being done. We are grateful for every single contribu- tion and they will all be publicly ac.
 
 Mrs. c. B. Spencer, Clement Gazzam and s. E.. Thompson, all members O, the society.
 The report of the months work showed that 1,09o children as grand total have been brought under the care of the society, and 320 of these children have to date beeIS placed in normal family homes. Twenty seven children were reported as in the re- ceiving homes of the society, their mat ters being worked out looking toward permanent care. The children received during the month, the report shows came from all corners of the state there being especially large number from southern and southeastern Ala bama, notably from Montgomery, Hous- ton, Pike, Mobile and Baldwin coun- ties.
 This simply shows" said MT. Jemi- son, how our work is reaching into every section and county in the state We are trying to take care of each child that is referred to us in a tender sympathetic way. We are very much pleased with the way the work is pro- gressing over the State.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
SUBDIVISION Of
 VOTING PRECINCTS Registrar Morris Offers Serv- ice Free In Redistricting
 Precincts of County

M. E. Morris, chairman of the board of registrars of Jef- ferson county, will begin re- districting the large voting pre- cincts of the county immediate ly. He was authorized to start on this work by the board of revenue of Jefferson county at its meeting yesterday.
 Subdividing the voting precincts be- came necessary by the enfranchisement of women as according to an act of the legislature in 1915 the limitation Of each box is 300 votes Where more than that number are cast the law requires the division of that precinct as not more than 300 ballots must be cast at one voting place.
 At some of the larger boxes in the general election last Tuesday more than 1000 votes were cast, and the average vote in the majority of the populous sec- lions between 800 and 6O0 In the rural districts the voting precincts were generally within the limitations, although there were few exceptions. There are 12G voting places in the county at the present. time, according to MT. Morris, but when the work of subdviding the
 
 in all probability, be at least 25 additional boxes.
 In letter to the board of revenue yes- terday Mir. Morris offered to do this work without compensation and was authorized to look after the redistricting of all voting precincts where more than 30e votes were cast in one box.
 This is a tremendous task" said MT. Morris, "and it will probably require sev eral months to complete it. The legsa- ture passed this act in order to relieve the congestion at the voting places and to lessen the labors of counting the large number of tickets. ''Heretofore it has been the custom to have the names of all voters in a precinct where there were two boxes on the siame list but expect to make a dividing line in these districts and have all peo- pie living within certain radius vote fin one box and those living in the oppo- site radius vote at the other box. This will make it impossible for one person to vote more than once"