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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-10


Mrs. J. v. Johnston returned home
last Thursday evening from Belling-
ham, where she spent fortnight Wis
itjng with her daughter, Miss Helen
Johnston, who is teaching school near
Bollingham.
The Knights of Pythias pulled off
most enjoyable social affair Tuesday
evening, the chief feature o. which
was an oyster supper which seemed
to touch everybody present in the
right place.
Next Thursday evening shere Will
be a great gathering of Odd Fellows
at Odd Fellows hall, in this place, IN
commemoration of the first annlver"
sary of the organization of the local
encampment. A generous invitation is
extended to all Odd Fellows IN this
community and neighboring towns,
and there should be one OF the largest
gatherings that has ever marked
meeting, social or otherwise, OF ira
ternal organization in this place.
Last week this paper announced
that John Finnie and Slim" FELTON,
were found not guilty OF the charge or
highway robbery at Penticton on the
strength of a report brought to this
office II is true that the accused were
discharged on account of conflicting
testimony but according to the Pentic-
ton Herald the judge read the prison
ers one of the most scathing lectures
that has ever been delivered from the
bench. He declared that the prisoners
"escaped the penitentiary by the mar
rowest margin of doubt ever given
prisoners appearing before me, ana
said that he would not believe you
the prisoners) if you swore on a STACK
of bibles ten feet high." This statement
| az To the result of the trial is made
for the benefit of the Penticton Herald
the nublisher of which has written this
office and posted against the item
on the subject published IN the dazet'e
last week.
! Word has been received that Miss
Izora Dokken. of Seattle, daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Dokken' of this
Mace underwent a very delicate opera
t;on at the Minor Private hospital OF
November 26 for cleft palate. Tht
vounp lady was born with the clei
naIate and was operated on at the age
Of eight months and again at 10 months
but neither proved successful. Th'
narents then were advised to wait un
III I'll she was a young lady. Mrs. Dokker
decided that while she was recently OF
her vacation the time was 1aVorapl'
for carrying out that advice: Neithe
time nor money were spared in pro
orrinp the best medical attention ant
hosnitaI care. DR.. Cagelson, consldere'
one of the best practitioners in Seattl
narformed the operation which proves
successful in every respect, Wniie tn
Minor hospital has the reputatloh y
being the leading instl'utioh Vi I'll
kind In that city.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-10

No letter should go through this
postoffice without having attached
thereto one of those Red Cross anti
tuberculosis seals thereon. For some
reason, up to the time of penning this
item the supply of seals fol Oroville
had not been received, but the admon-
ition herein contained to use the seals
generously is made in anticipation or
a supply arriving before this paper is
issued. The seals are an ornament TO
any letter or package, and their pres
ence upon any piece of mail that you
send out indicates that your heart is In
the right place when it comes to aid
ing suffering humanity.
J. C. Herbsman, who delivered the
lecture of the Chautauqua circuit In
the Liberty theater Saturday evening,
had to remain in Oroville over Sunday
and Sunday night, there being no tram
out of Oroville on that day, and any
how, Oroville having more attractive
accommodations than any other town
to which Mr.. Herbsman might nave
reached by auto. Now having an OIL
night Mr.. Herbsman accepted an IN
vitation to occupy the pulpit OF tne
methodist church. This was not gen
erally known or the church would
not have accommodated the crowd
that would have gone to near MIN
Those so fortunate as to be present
declare the sermon to have been one
| of the hest they have ever heard in the
| couptV
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-10
COMPLETION OF DAM.

n may be announced that the con-
struction OF the dam at the falls of the
Similkameen river is practically COM
OIeted, For months, under the imme-
aste supervision of Engineer d. C..
frederick, work has been in progress
upcn this important improvement of
me Okanogan Valley Power company's
electric power. Owing to the difficulty
Al recurring necessary material Mr..
Broderick has been handicapped in his
work, and construction has stretched
out much longer than was contem-
Mated when the project was started.
However, all things mundane must
have an end and at last this extensive
md expensive Improvement Is nearing
perfect finish. The dam is most
creditable piece of engineering. Much
difficulty was experienced in finding
suitable foundation, owing to the
Seoken bed rock at the bottom of the
rivor, but all these drawbacks were
d1ally overcome and massive wall
Of c0ncrete now bars the river a short
distance above the natural falls. of a
height and water flow sufficient to de-
velop all the horse power that may be
required in the production of that
practically unknown element. electric
ity, for which there may be demand
for some years to come.
The last opening in the dam was
closed Sunday. With the closing of
that aperture the water backed up be-
hind the dam for some two miles. 1T
required several hours for the river to
reach the top of the dam, and in the
Meantime the water below the dam
almost entirely drained off, leaving
less water in the Similkameen below
the falls than was ever known. For
4 time no water ran over the falls ana
there were places near the falls where
one could walk across dry shOd. The
stream did not run dry nearer town,
but II was reduced to very slender
volume. Many people were s.rung
along the river while the water flow
was cut off. some of them searching
crevices, exposed for the first time.
hunting for gold. 1t Is said that some
small nuggets were found. but not in
sufficient quantities to create any sen-
E ticn.
The final completion Of the dam does
mt mean that all the work in connec
tier with this undertaking is finished.
Dam building was the most important
ana delicate pa"' of this extensive en-
terpr;se. II requires much .ngineering
skill and experience along that line of
ccrs'rtttion tnat rah,ires the throw
;Eg ri q solid permnr"nI barrier
! ,~rs so large aud swift a stream as
ths S'nilkameen river. Mr. Broderick
taa lad the expert ancc. and he has
ayan demonstrated his eminent ability
- an engineer in this piece of work.
But there is considerable vet to de- be.
~ s~stsctrieity will he flowing from
he new plant. The power house is
finished but the machinery |
b not as yet installed. 1t will be some
lme before Mr.. BrOderiok will be able
y turn over the entire plant as fin
shed whole But when that time comes
)roville will have at its very door one |
Il the best water power electric plants |
n the state, not so large, of course, as
ome in operation, but for its size 1t
I'LL stand the equal in every respect
any in the northwest
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-10
EPISCOPAL GUILD BAZAAR.

The ladies Of the Episcopal Guild
will hold their annual bazaar in the
Civic League building tomorrow
Saturday afternoon, to which the
ladies of Oroville and surrounding
country are cordially invited to at
tend. There will be a profuse assort-
ment of dainty, useful and ornamen-
tai articles on sale that are very ap-
for Christmas presents. In
there will be music and re-
will be served.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-10

In point of attendance, anyhow, no
fault can be found with the recent sell
les of Chautauqua entertainments. The
Liberty theater was fairly well crowd
ed every night of the five numbers.
The Commercial Club, that signed up
the contract and guaranteed certain
amount, came out whole on the ven-
ture. which is not always the case in
deals of this kind. The hackers of the
aeXt Chautauqua festival. ii hackers
can be found, will demand 4 higher
class of entertainment than this last
contract supplied.
The Pacific Telephone and Teie-
graph company is using the advertis-
ing columns of the Gazette to tell
subscribers, patrons and the public in
general the situation confronting the
organization in it's endeavor to meet
every demand for service, demands
that the company have been unable to
always promptly meet owing to cir
cumstances over which II has no con-
troll. The public is wise in taking the
public into it's confidence, as the pub
lie. wncn ignorant of what tn, COM
pany is up against is prone to find
fault. especially when fault can be
found with corporation.
Some two weeks or more ago F. v.
Covert while looking over the work in
progress on his new brick block had
the hard luck to step through the
floor timbers, skinning and bruising
his right leg He suffered a painful
hurt, but at the time it was expected
that he would soon get over what
seemed to be a superficial injury. He
did get out on the street within few
days but the exertion caused SCI
back that has confined him to his
room ever since. A large blood clo
| formed under the skin and DR.. Bevi!
had to operate on the injured limb ant
| put in a drain. Mr.. Covert is mendint
gradually yet 1t will be some day.
| before he can attend to his business
affairs.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-10
ANNIVERSARY CELEBkAIlVN'

Centennial Encampment, No 81, L.
n n r will celebrate their first an
u o;versarv ~ on the evening of THURSDAY
december 16, by entertaining az ho ~ or
Fellows. their wives. wives 10 NC ,ud I'd
those undecided. Card PLAYING ,,ant a
dancing will be the entersaiHk n,n,ock
with a delightful supper at .os ~ o 9'ooh to
A special invitation is uasSat exaenaea and ID
1,,ombers - of Nelson, Tonasket anu
7 oomis / O. o. F., subordinate ioages'
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-10
CARD OF THANKS.

E. C. Martin wishes to take this
means of expressing his thanks to the
citizens of Oroville for the generous
support extended to him for mayor at
the recent town election. 1t was an
office that he did not seek and is no
wise disappointed by the result.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-10
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Next church services will be held on
Sunday, December 18th.
Sunday school each Sunday at IL.
The church school stands for the de-
velopment of Christian character.
Trinity guild will meet at the home
of Mrs. B. B. Powell on next Wednes-
day, December 18th.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-10
NOTICE OF SALE OF STATE LANDS.

Notice is hereby given, that on Tuesday
the ith day of January. 1921, between the
hours of ten o'clock In the forenoon ana
four o'clock in the afternoon. commencing
at ten o'clock in the forenoon OF sald uay,
IN front of the main entrance door to the
County Court house in the city OF oka.
Washington, either by the County
Auditor of said county or by a
member of the Board of State Land Com
missioners of the State of Washington
the following described state lands. TO,
sether with the improvements situated
thereon. will be sold at public auction to
the highest bidder therefor. towit:
Application No. Hiss.
Timber Ola SWA VI NEA and Ne OF pc
Y o. section 10, Township 4O horth.
k2nge ~ T.. w M, containing lzo acres
mole or less. ACCORDING TO the government
survey Thereon, appraised at s.ss,VU. s ,s
Timber on lots ana Oh SectUh w.
Townsnip 40 north, Range 20 T.. w. NJ.
eontaining s3.10 acres, more or less. ac
eordng to the government survey thereof
appiaised at $4,000. -, ~
(The above described lands hela ,tnc tn,
Ger lease No. 14253 heretofore granted
BY the State of Washington, ana
ssid timber will be sold subject TO
all the rights of the holder OF salo
hold growing out of the removal OF such
timber)
Said lands will be sold for not less than
NE appraised value above stared anu upoi
Terms and Conditions Of Sale:-Not les,
than onetenth of the purchase price mus.
oe paid at the time of sale to the oLlice'
making the sale. The purchaser, II ne p'
not the owner of the improvements; mus sa1,
orthwith pay to the officer making tne sal'
the full amount of the appraised value o
the improvements, as above stated One
tenth of the purchase price must pe pal,
annually thereafter with interest on al
deferred payments at the rate or SIN re
centum per annum. together with accrue'
interest on any balance at the same ra,e
sr0videdi That any purchaser may ri'ah
IuIl payment of principal, interest," ,n' an
s.atutory fees at any time and oDta,f uee' 'an'
containing timber or other valuaple ma ma
terials is prohibited by law from cuttin'
T Tremoving any such timber or materiaii .i
Cithout first obtaining consent OF IN
board. until the full amount OF the pur
cnafe price has been paid and deed issueo
All sales of State Lands are made SUP SUP
!ect to the reservation of oils. gases, Goa
vy.es yes minerals and fossils of every nans
hihd and descrintion. and to the additloha
srms "sms and conditions prescribed In the az, ac
~ me legislature approved March 20 40,
OF 1907
Hsid land will be sold subject to tn
.serfns. conditions and reservations
cnapfer 100 of the Session Laws or lsl
re'sting to easements for riehts-of wa
80 the carving Of timber stone. miner
Az and other products over the same.
The above described lands are offere
NJ sale In pursuance Of an order or "
noard of State Land Commissioners. an
~ -. nrder of sale duly issued and cert'ne
~ me Commissioner of Pnhf, Lan1s
ss"e State of Washinpton now on file
county
CLARK v. SAvIDGF.
Commissioner OF Public Land
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-10
NOTICE FoR PUBLICATION.

Notice Is hereby given that the annual
assessment of the West Okanogan valley
Irrigation District Is now due and payapie
the Town of Okanogan. County. "f t'ka-
hogan, State of Washington. and Will Pc
come delinquent at o'clock .: m. on the
sist day Of December, 1920. unless % per.
cent thereof shall have been paid. and that
II thus allowed to become delinquent. a
penalty of per cent will be added to the
amount thereof. and II 90 Der cent thereot
Ne paid on or before the said Thirty-first
dav Of December the remainder Thereon
viii not become delinduent unrl the thir-
tjcth day Of April next following.
ROY w SMITH.
Counfv Treasurer
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-07-23
JAMAICA REAL
BAT PARADISE

tree. Some Of the smaller fruit-eat-
ing bats are very highly developed
for the purpose of living Off fruits. and
some have very long tongues; one
such variety with body not larger
than two and half or three inches
has a tongue which may be protruded
an inch and a half beyond the nose. A
peculiar specimen is the so-called fish
eating bat, which has been observed
at dusk flying low over the water and
swooping from the surface minute
crustaceans and marine forms.
Enemies of bats are owls which
catch fruit-eating bats and the large
snake boa of the West Indies. Bats
are social In habit and not solitary,
and they have peculiar social char
acteristics. If four different varieties
of bats are found in a cave, each kind
fraternize with others. The same Is
true Of sex. Clusters of males are in
one group and clusters of females In
another. Bats are nervous creatures,
highly strung. and acute of hearing.
They are among the Oldest living nam
mails. Bats, those who have studied
them say. do not get tangled In ones
hair. and they will not attack one. yet
IL grabbed they will bite.
There are more than 1000 different
varieties of bats in the world. The
two major groups are divided into In
sectivores and the large fruit-eating
bats.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-07-23
THESE GIRLS TOO MODEST
Cincinnati University Goods Name
Qualities Requisite In the
Husband.

Cincinnati. O.--University Of Cincin,
natl goods have tlieir own ideas about
how husband should look and act.
Agreement of opinion picked the IDEAL
husband wanted by college girls as tall.
dark. athletic. broad shouldered.. whis-
kerless and good looking. One girl
says: ''He must sing, dance and play
the piano. He must be tall, thin, have
tiny nose no whiskers. be fond OF
purple and like pumpkin pie Anoth-
err girl says she doesn't want saint
Iy creature, just human, brave and
true, strong honest and ambitious,
broad shouldered. and he must be
young so can train him to suit my
self. He must have shiny auburn hair,
with persistent natural MARCEL and
gorgeous blue eyes,"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-07-23
Max Hoelz Establishes Com
munist Regime With Series
of Bold RaScaIitieS.
TOOK PART IN RED REVOLT
Brigand Boosted Of Touching OF
World Uprising From Seat OF
Government--seized Mansions
and Burned Them Be-
fore Quitting.

Berlin.-The arrest OF Max Hoelz
several days ago In Bohemia closes
one of the most romantic chapters In
the history of revolutionary Germany.
II Is also one of the most significant
chapters, for Il shows how communist
doctrines work out practically when
held by a criminal of exceedingly err
rattle mind; how far some of the Ger
man working classes will go In making
common cause with a common robber.
If he but throw the charmed halo OF
socialism about his head. and how
weak socialist government Is In deal
Ing with such situation.
Hoelz suddenly appeared upon the
German armament at the time Of the
Kapp adventure and he was soon
registered by newspapers as a star
of the first magnitude. But he had
a previous history. Last year he had
played prominent part In Spartaclst
turbulence In the Vogtland, as the
southern part of Saxony Is called.
When the military moved into the
region and the situation grew serious
Hoelz decamped In good time. leaving
his followers In the lurch These lat
ter were captured and were in prison
since then. awaiting trial toward the
end Of March. Hoelz was meanwhile
living in concealment somewhere in
northern Germany.
But his opportunity to rehabllitate
himself arrived when Kapp held sway
In Berlin. At Plauen, chief town of
the Northumberland for It's manufac-
lures of lace and embroideries-the
Reichswehr, or national troops,
showed signs Of wavering and going
over to Kapp. This caused trouble
with the working population and
clash seemed Inevitable. But the mill
tary was withdrawn. That was Hoelz's
opportunity. He was apparently hold
ing himself In readiness just behind
the scenes, for the next night he APP
peared In Plauen.
Frees Followers In Prison.
Gathering together handful of his
former fOllOwers-they still had faith
In him, for the man has dangerous
gift of voluble and fiery rhetoric-he
stormed the prison the next morning
at dawn and liberated his Is accom-
plices Of last year. Then they hetook
themselves to the prosecuting attor-
ney. hauled him out of bed and Cde--
.manded the documents in the cases
against these liberated prisoners. He
was not able at once to produce them,
and so they carried him off az hostage
10 Falkenstein, town about Is
miles to the east. Here HOelz seized
the old castle OF Baron Trutzler Won
Falkenstein, dismissed the baron, and
made It his seat fof government for
the following four weeks. BY the aft
ernoon the prosecuting attorney had
thought better Of the matter and had
the documents produced. Hoelz burned
them in his presence and then dis
charged his hostage.
Then Hoelz inaugurated his COM
munist regime with series of high
handed rascallties. He dismissed city
officials or drove them out of town.
He levied upon manufacturers and re-
Questioned their automobiles. Mount
ed In these he and his chosen
band made incursions upon neigh.
boring towns, making people think
that the far-off period Of robber bar
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-07-23
SAY GAR OILER
ON FREIGHTER

reporters got on board some of tho
crew pointed out grimy figure who
looked like the late head OF the Ro-
manor family.
There is the car" said one Of the
crew with due impressiveness.
Are you member of the Roman
off family?" asked the reporter.
The distinguished oiler In solled dem
inns stroked his beard with work.
hardened hand. 81 really wish you
would not ask me that" he said in
quiet voice.
"Say, car" said the news reporter.
as he pointed toward an imposing
looking member OF the engine room,
force, us that prince"
The refined member Of the crew
stopped stroking his beard and looked
in the direction Indicated by an out.
stretched arm. Really" he said, ~
think he is"
Asked About Jewels.
did you bring over any family
jewelsT came the next question.
The round-eyed audience from the
stoke hold moved involuntarily for.
ward.
"A few" said the bearded oiler
'They are worth considerable nom
eyT suggested the Questioner.
II don't know"--at this point the
pier superintendent ordered the visit
ors off the ship. With wave of his
hand the distinguished oIler departed
to his Job below decks.
One Of the Russians, Wasibz Perez
pelkin, served as an officer on thel
journey from Denmark. The others
are listed on the ship register as John
Tilita.. boatswain; George Schachov1
koy, twenty-four years old; vladimir
Kvjatkowsky. twenty-five, years old
John Swaigenivor, twenty-five years
old; Paul Lialko. twenty-eight years
old Boris Labensky. twenty-five years
old; John Stuchbury. No. /, twenty4
one years old; John Stuchbury. sixty
five years old; Alex Strackoff, oiler,
twenty-one years old; Paul Tschizoff.
twenty-five years old; Nick wredeny
eighteen years old. mess boy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-07-23
Rock, Perfect Shape of
Mules Head, Is Found

White Plains, N. VA
rock which is perfect mules
head IN shape was found by
workmen In quarry on the
farm of John Emmke, near here,
the other day.
The rock was uncovered while
stone for the construction of
dam was being gotten out.
Emmke has refused many offers
for the curiosity.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-07-23
flpperary skull Found m Ohio.

jackson, ORA bullet fred by a mani
he was trying to arrest struck Sher-l
IN William T. Davis sQuarely IN thel
forehead, but turned on without pene-,
trating. The sheriff found -four Rich-l
mond (Tnd) men In a hotel at 2 4. M.
with quart Of booze. After fiooringi
TIA s4sfi9 WITH 4 shot they escaped:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-07-23
Customs Men Trail Crown Jewels
After Reporters Are Ex-
Guided.
RELIEVED DOCKING TED|UM
But Really There Were IS Supposedly
Noble Russians In the Crew Of
the Steamer. Gov. John Lind
From Copenhagen.

New York.-The ordinary humdrum
ending of the voyage from Copenha-
gen of the American freighter Gov.
John Lind was marked by two hap
penIngs not ordinarily recorded In the
log. The first was the discovery by
the ships officers that reporters with
out their knowledge had invaded the
stokehold intent on finding out wheth-
err a very distinguished group of Rus
sian oilers, stokers, a bos'n and
mess boy, a dozen In all. were really
the late car of Russia and a number
of the members of his former suite.
This excitement had just been quiz
eted and the reporters expelled when
there came the customs man, who had
heard the story Of the escaped Rus
sian ruler and were following a rumor
that Jewels worth anywhere from
5000, 900 to $1,0OO,OO0, or perhaps 1t
was not dollars but rubles, we're con-
cealed on board They were allowed
to investigate and they went away
without telling the result of the search.
Knew tne oea.
The Russians were the subject Of
conversation among the American
members Of the crew all the way across
the Atlantic. They were good natured
and answered amIably when the 9th
ers addressed them as Count"
"Duke," Prince or even "Your High
ness" One thing the American mem
bers Of the crew found out was that
the Russians knew the sea. They
said they intended to follow 1t perma-
nently. " ~
When the members of the crew asked
Sergius Tchisterkoff II he was prince
they reported that he answered with
due soIemnity that he was. Sure, the
mess boy also said he was a duke.
The Lind berthed alongside q pier
at the foot OF West 18lst street. Whep