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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
END OF ROCKY ROAD.

Charles Hermann, the old Concon-
ullyite of pleasant memory, was in
town the latter part of last week, hav
ing driven over a flock of cattle with
three of his neighbors for the purpose
of wintering the animals in the val
ley. Mr.. Hermann located at Con-
conully some time prior to the flood,
We mean the Conconully flood, which
was an epoch making incident in the
history of Okanogan county, and was
engaged there for a number of years
in the mercantile business. Charlie
Hermann was popular young man
in the business circles of the town
when Conconcully was the county seat
and in the full flower of its early
prosperity, and, although rather care
less in business ways with too much
confidence in the integrety of others,
a weakness that indicated a soft heart
which was often responsible for con-
siderable losses, yet he managed to
forge ahead and secure some choice
land. The loss of the county seat gave
Conconully black eye and took the
wind out of its sails, and Mr.. Herr
mann gave up the store business and
turned his attention to his ranch, de-
veloping a penchant for cattle. Then
came lean years, the melting away of
capital and Charles found it hard
work keeping the wolf from the door.
Then he had long siege of tenacious
illness, treatment of which cost him a
barrel of money and no end of misery.
Last spring when things were looking
so blue that he could distinguish no
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
NEW TOWNSHIP.

1t was generally understood, and
the natural sequence of the enterprise
that new towns would be laid out on
the big irrigation system under con-
struction across the line in British
Columbia which is to reclaim 22.000
acres of choice Okanogan valley land
That Osoyoos, the customs office sta
ton, at the junction of the two lakes
known under the same name, would
be designated as one of the towns was
accepted as an established fact, but
where the other two would be laid
out was a matter of uncertainty. 1t is
now announced that the other town
will be situated on the flat below the
old mining camp Of Fairview, and
will be known as Oliver. When once
settled up, producing, and the railroad
which is now under construction fin
ished both of these towns are going
to be flourishing communities. The
Penticton Herald contains the follow
ing item regarding the new towns:
According to information from the
coast the new townsite just below
Fairview on the soldier lands is to be
called OLIVER" after Premier Oliver.
This town is % miles below Penticton
and is near the northen end OF the
land tract. Eventually another town.
site at the Osoyoos end will also be
laid off Hon Mr.. Pattullo is authority
for the statement that the government
will put some of the settlement lands
on the market early in the spring.
This confirms statements made in the
Herald at various times during the
past few months"
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31

! merry that more than balances the dis
appointment felt over the short sea-
son and curtailed production. We are
informed that Powell-Sanders. who
took over the output, and who are
authority upon the quality of canned
goods, stated that the Oroville toma-
toes were the best pack that the firm
mad ever handled. That certainly is
fiattering recommendation for the
quality OF the vegetable grown in this
valley and the care and skill exercis-
ed In the process of canning. The rep
utation that the pack has made is
largely due to the ability and exper-
lence OF the manager of the plan,.
Frank w. Fraser, and we feel salts
fled If he has the support of the town
and is given chance he will even
tually make of the Oroville cannery
reputation for first class products
that will create such a demand for
the pack that even larger plant will
not meet the demand. The capital OBJ
tainable in this town is limited. it re-
quires time to win a place in the mar
kets of the country for a new product
but we sincerely believe that it is
only a question of time until the Oro-
vile cannery will have a place at the
head of the list with the canneries of
the country as turning out a superior
quality of goods and that what is at
present a modest venture will grow in
Importance until it ranks with the
leading enterprises of the kind.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
"W0ODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE"

]. p. Douglass, who has done much
of the work on the river road between
Oroville and Nighthawk, is again en-
gagged in construction on that high
way, and when he finishes this time
the road will no doubt be open for
auto travel 1t will then be ore eff the
most attractive scenic drives In ~ae
county Mrs. Douglass was in Oroville
Monday and she reports that some un-
known ~and very thoughtless person
or persons, from town, is destroying
some of the scenic features of this
highway by cutting down trees that
here and there have been left along
the road by Mr.. Douglass to add charm
to the drive. There are few trees i'm
mediately along the line of this road,
but where there are trees Mr.. Doug
lass has gone to considerable trouble
to so construct the road that it would
not be necessary to remove the trees.
Now, here comes the town vandal and
just because these trees are handy to
the road he proceeds to fell them and
cut them up into fire wood Such peo-
pie have no appreciation for scenery
They are out for fuel and the land
scape does not appeal to them. There
should be some way to protect trees
along this highway, although it would
hardly seem necessary to resort to
any other method than to appeal to
the public to spare these trees for the
pleasure the sight of them will give
travellers in the future. This cutting
down of roadside trees may have been
done through sheer thoughtlessness,
and we trust that no more complaint
will arise on that score in the future.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
ENCOURAGING GROWTH.

Oroville has experienced no remark
able growth during the past year, and
permanent improvements have been
few, yet the tendency has been in the
forward direction. In the matter of
improvements We have considerable to
boast of, but the high cost of building
material has mitigated against extern
sive building The town has not stood
still by any means. During the past
twelve months a cannery has been fl
nanced locally, constructed and oper-
ated. The Haskell Fruit company has
put up large modern brick ware
house. F. V. Covert hay put up a neat
brick block on Main. street. The First
National Bank has added greatly to
the appearance of Main street with
one of the neatest banking houses in
the state among the smaller towns. T.
s. Adam has built a. brick machine
shop, which is later TO be enlarged
The Oroville Motor company has con-
structed an up-to-date brick garage,
the largest and best equipped in the
county. There have also gone up quite
number of residences although most
of them are modelled upon rather
small plans. The list Is not a long one,
but it is very satisfactory, and 1t is
going to be surpassed during the COM
ing year. 20
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
$500 PER YEAR
LOOMS ITEMS.

| And a white Christmas ':was, with
| coastin' an ever't thing
The Community Christmas program
proved to b. success III every sense
of the word. Fully $50 people were
presents to welcome Santa Claus.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Fl. Wander Nicer. OF
Cheney, spent the holidays at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. W. S.Douglass.
Mrs. Wander Nicer was formerly Miss
Douglass.
Joseph NJ. Mills has gone to spend
the holidays with friends at Winthrop.
j. F. Cronin has returned from the
coast whittier he iourneyed several
weeks ago for an operation. Mr.. Gro
min is much improved.
Merle Holbert arrived from the
Sound this week to spend the holidays
with his parents.
Mis- Helen Peck is visiting relatives
and friends at Spokane.
Ben Anderson has moved down from
Chopaka and will occupy the bunga-
low on the ranch owned by Long &
Kinchelo, near Palmer Lake.
T. Cronin, brother of J. F. Cronin,
who has been here during the past
few months, has returned to the coast.
A goodlX number Of Loomisites at
tended the Christmas program at the
Enterprise school house on Christmas
evening
A masquerade ball is advertised at
the Eagle hall In Loomis for New
Years eve, December 31st. Tonasket
orchestra will furnish the music and
Mrs. Gadberry will serve midnight
supper
The Loomis postmaster was the
busiest man in town during the past
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pursley of Republic
were visiting at the home of Mrs.
Pursley's mother, Mrs Percy East
man.
The school kids are enjoying
weeks vacation.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
DOWN FROM THE HILLS.

Frank E. Mitchell and his son Glenn,
were in town from the family home
stead on the high lands between Oro-
Vile and Nelson. Monday. Mr.. Mitch
ell, pater, states that the Gazette has
been misinformed as to the depth Of
the snow on the hills. At his place
the snow Is only some six inches deep
but there has been fine sleighing for
the past six weeks. Glenn Mitchell, the
son is connected with the forest
ranger department Of the government
and during the summer months he is
stationed at Chelan and during the
winter months makes his home at
Okanogan. He is here now, spending
the holidays with his parents. Mark
has found the Chelan station rather
exciting and strenuous one. for the
mountain country around the big lake
is heavily timbered and is an ideal
locality for forest fires. Last summer
numerous fires required the attention
of the rangers, and most of those fires
occurred in the most inaccessible
places requiring desperate hard work
on the part of the fire fighters and
costing the government large sun,
of money. At one time in August sew
eral fires were under way at the same
time, burning over large areas, des-
troying much valuable timber. The
rangers accept these trying ur-
deals as part of the game, thankful
that at least during about half the
year they are not liable to be jumped
up at any old time to head off a tim
Der fire.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
GROUND HOG CAMPAIGN
BEING ORGANIZED.

The Rodent and Pest committee of
the Okanogan County Farm Bureau,
which is trying to organize the farm
ers of Okanogan county to fight the
ground hog, announce the following
appointments as community leaders
who are to be in charge of the work
in their respective sections.
Joseph McAlaskey Of Nelson, chair
man, County Rodent and Pest commit
tee, and county leader of the ground
hog campaign.
Jas. A. Stack, Oroville, leader for
Ellemeham mountain
Frank BeeIhan--Tonasket leader for
Pine Creek.
Geo. A. Pratt-okanogan, leader for
Okanogan.
Fred Deffland-Brewstar, leader for
Park county.
John countryman- Methow, leader
for Methow.
Joe Leibel-Carlton, leader tor Car
lton.
These leaders have been Instructed
to send an estimate Of the amount Of
Strychnines needed to r. w. Dorsey,
county agent, Okanogan, or Joseph Nc
Claskey, of Nelson, county leader All
farmers in sections where ground
hogs are bothering, are urged 70 sec
their respective leaders at once. and
give them an estimate of the amount
of poison needed.
Additional leaders will be appointed
in other sections as the farmers in
these sections iaci 10 tc cooperate in
this work. A leader in any section
will be appointed upon the signed pc
tition of six farmers, forwarded to
either Joseph McClaskey of Nelson, or
R. w. Dorsey, county agent Mt Okla
hogan. If this campaign is to be a
success, it will mean that the farmers
of Okanogan county must cooperate
with the leaders in charge. in putting
this across.
w. S. Gainor, of the Methow Valley
Livestock association, of Winthrop
Washington. has been reelected vice
president of the Western Hereford
Breeders association.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
MEETING OF REGISTERED
BREEDERS CALLED,

A meeting of all registered breeders
in Okanogan county has been called
by F. r. Hershberger, temporary pres
ident of the Okanogan County Regis
tered Breeders Association at the
court room in Okanogan at 10 a. M,
on Thursday, January 9th.
The purpose of this meeting is to
perfect permanent organization or
the registered live stock breeders In
Okanogan county, and to work out
means for advancing the pure-bred in
dustry and securing better breeding
stock in Okanogan county.
The committee on the registered
bull sale" to be held in conjunction
with the annual meeting of the o. G..
L., association, will report at this
time and if agreeable to the breeders,
representatives will make final ar
rangements for putting on sale at
this time.
The committee on cooperating With
the Okanogan County Livestock ASS n.
is putting on a live stock show next
fall and will also report and make
arrangements for furthering a show
of this nature, provided that it is
agreeable to the breeders present. All
breeders of registered stock are urged
to be present and help organize a
good live, organization to further
their interests.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31

other color, and he hardly knew
where to turn for another nickel, the
Lord smiled upon Charlie and his luck
changed then and there. An unexpect-
ed friend came to his aid with a sub
stantial loan, and lifted him above his
immediate financial difficulties, and
then a bunch of orchard owners near
Omak paid him the handsome sum of
100000 merely for the water that he
happened to have in considerable
quantities on his ranch. That lucky
deal did not make him rich, but it pro-
vided Mr.. Hermann with ticket to
Easy street and we are pleased to be
able to state that he has every pros
pect of reaching that destination in
the future. Moreover, and which IS
the greatest blessing of the two.
riches and health, Mr.. Hermann is
physically better than he has been
for years. The merry gentleman who
in his darkest hour never lost his
genial spirits, fingered only briefly IN
town when down here last week, but
from the fact that he has cattle near
Oroville it may be expected that he
will occasionally find an opportunity
to drop in among his old acqdaint-
ances and say howdy
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
IDEAL CHRISTMAS WEATHER,

A more beautiful Christmas day
than Saturday has never been exper-
fenced in this locality, nor could 1t
have been improved upon anywhere.
In the early morning a fine snow was
falling but early in the day the sky
cleared off and the sun shone brightly
all day. There was just enough brac-
ing punch in the atmosphere to make
people realize that they were not liv-
ing under the equator, but that merely
adds zest to the pleasure of living.
The ground was shrouded in a light
mantle of snow, exactly as it should
be on Christmas in this latitude. In
addition to the charming meteorolog-
ical conditions spirit Of good fellow
ship appeared to prevail among old
and young, and taken altogether it
was one of the happiest Christmas
we have experienced In many years.
And so sayeth all whom we have
heard express an opinion on the sub
ioct
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
REAL ESTATE TRANSFER.

Del Hart reports the sale Of Henry
U. Osslers orchard tract, on the east
side of the Okanogan river. a short
distance south of town, to 8. P. Scott,
of Wenatchee. This is known as the
Orth place, and is one of the best
kept tracts in the valley. Mr Scott
takes possession of the place at once
and Mr.. Ossler will move to Seattle,
having taken piece Of desirable city
property in partial payment for the
orchard During their brief residence
in this locality the Ossler family have
made large circle of friends in Oro-
vile who will regret to learn of their
change of residence.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
FORTUNATE FOR STOCKMEN.

One thing sure, the long open fall
was fortunate for the stock men for
many of them have not been forced
to feed, up to date. c. B. Noyes, who
is located on Ellemeham mountain,
reports that his stock can still Craze
on the range. And, by the way, Mr..
Noyes is a gentleman who has the
optimistic spirit well developed. Hard
hit as were all farmers during the
long run of drouth he still believes
that a crouch does not contribute to-
ward making life any easier. His star
of hope shines bright, and he sees in
the wet fall followed by snow before
the ground froze the prospects of a
prosperous year ahead for the farmer
man. And God grant that he, and all
the boys who chase the plow, will re-
alize their expectations during the
year 1921.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
CURE FOR THE ITCH.

At the request of some of our subscri-
bers we publish the following alleged
cure for the itch. a skin disease that is
afflicting number of children in this
community, which is taken from the
Spokesman Review and furnished that
paper by DR.. w. A. Evans
The itch is contagious. A parasite
which burrows in the skin is the cause.
The name, seven year Itch was given
it because along about civil war times
not much was known about getting rid of
it and seven year siege was not un-
heard Of
Sulphur was then and still is the sta
pie remedy. Failure to cure when it is
employed is failure to get it into the
holes bored into the skin by the parasite
and failure to reckon with the clothing as
IA means of harborng and spreading the
disease.
The army found the following method
of cure 100 per cent successful i ne sub
iect is stripped of all clothing. He then
takes a scrubbing brush, soap and water.
and scrubs himself for half an hour. E,v
cry scab and crush must be scrubbed Off
The soap is washed off with hot water,
using "A scrubbing brush to do a good job
of washing off the soap. The skin is then
dried
Next the following is rubbed in:
Ichthyol 49,. - s-.8.. 2. :. ........e-.1o
Subimate sulphur .................... s.
Carbonate of Potash ..............:... 8
Triturated camphor ......,............
crease .oo
This must be rubbed in thoroughly,
especially over the itch areas and be-
tween the fingers and toes
The man then puts on a steralized
night shirt and goes to bed The next
morning he washes the ointment off with
sulphur water Every stick of his cloth
ing, underclothing and bedding must be
heated up to loo degrees over 1t is
not necessary to heat as high as the boil
ing temperature.
"Cranston says that If this method is
carried out with perfect attention to de-
tail "seven year itch can be cured in
one day. At least 80 per cent of the cases
,an,iire hut one aDplication of sulphur"
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
JOINT INSTALLATION.

There will be joint installation OF
newly elected officers of Oroville
Lodge No. 255, l. o. o. F., and Ell'voro
Rebekah Lodge, No. 254. next Satur-
day evening, January 8. All members
of both orders are urged TO be present
not only because the installation cere-
monies will be interesting and i'm.
pressive, but after the business Of the
evening is transacted a banquet will
be served and a banquet given under
the direction of the Rebekahs is a
feast that no one privileged to partake
would care to miss. The following are
the elective officers of Oroville Lodge
who will serve for the ensuing six
months:
H. f. Silvernail, N. G.; Dave Will
Jams. " G.. Harry Bowermar, r. S.;
e. R. Hoose, F s.; L. E. Hendrix,
trustee.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
STRUCK GOOD ORE.

Mention was made last week that in
doing assessment work on the Golden
King mining claim julius Brecklin
had cut a new ledge containing well
mineralized quartz. A sample assayed
by our local assayer, C. w. Smith,
gave values in gold and silver of over
$500 For ore so near the surface
that is an exceptional good showing
and should make the Golden King as
a prospective producing mine. This
property is so favorably located that
it can be easily worked, and has the
advantage of being within a few hun
dred yards of the railroad Mineral,
and plenty of it. exists in this imme-
diatel neighborhood, and all that is
needed to make mines is capital to be
expended by experienced mining men.
Heretofore there have been too many
inexperienced operators throwing
money away in impracticable methods
of mining, and until men who know
how how take hold of those claims
with acknowledged merit and work
them Systematically there can be
little hopes of making a real mine.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
BEST WHAT IS.

w. F, Ramsey, who has made such
marked success at truck gardening
at Ellisforde, has the thanks of this
office for a liberal supply of home
grown celery. and it is no exaggera-
ton to state that it was the most de-
licious celery that we have ever
sampled. Mr.. Ramsey has made a
specially of celery growing and if
what we tested was a fair sample of
what he grows his product should
crowd all other celery out of the mar
ket. Mr. Ramsey stated that he had
grown $1,000 worth of celery on an
acre, or that is the amount of celery
that can be grown on an acre under
the West Okanogan Valley Irrigation
system. OF course raising celery
means lot of gruelling hard work,
but industry is Ramsey's middle name
and if it requires hard licks to grow
anything in this country that man
Ramsey is the individual that can
make it grow to a profit.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
NOTICE OF HEARING,

In the Superior Court of the State Of
washington, for Okanogan county
In the matter of the estate of josephine
Fruit, deceased.
Notice of hearing Final Account and
Petition to Distribute and Close Estate
-, Notice Is hereby given that Guy Fruit
the administrator of the estate of jose
phine Fruit, deceased, has submitted and
filed with the clerk of the above entitled
court for settlement his final account
of his administration of said estate and
petition for distribution of the residue of
said estate and to close same and dis
charge the administrator: and that Friday
the 31st day of December, 1920. at the
hour of 10 o'clock a. M. of said day. in
the court room of the court house in Okla
hogan county. State of Washington, has
been duly set by the court for hearing
of said final account and petition to dis
tribute said estate to the lawful heirs and
close said estate and discharge the ad-
ministrator from his trust at which time
and place any person interested in said
estate may appear and present his OBJ
jections to said final account or petition.
GUY FRUIT.
Administrator Of the estate of Jose
phine Fruit, deceased
First publication Dec. 10, 1920.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
STILL ON THE LIMP.

F. V. Covert can hobble around in
his store and attend to some parts of
his business, but his physician in
forms him that he cannot hope to
have the free use of his leg until June
at the earliest date, which is not a
cheering outlook. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Covert slipped between
the joists of his new building while
inspecting the work under way and
peeled much of the cuticle from his
shin. 1t appears that the injury threw
some veins out of joint which caused
him much uneasiness for a time as to
the ultimate result. Those veins must
recuperate and commence performing
their natural functions before the
limb is in its normal condition.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-31
RIGHT CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

The crowds of young folks out early
Christmas morning letting their pres
ence be known by singing Christmas
carols was not a thoughtless party
bent upon pleasure entirely. We are
informed that the young people car
ried numerous presents that were dis
tributed among children whom the
givers feared might not be remember
ed on Christmas day. That was a
christian and thoughtfully generous
spirit worthy Of the warmest commen-
dation' and our hat is off to those
young merry makers. q