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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22
s. HAS PURCHASED AN
EMBASSY IN SANTIAGO, CHILE

Santiago, Chile, March 21.-(By The
A. P:)-The American government has
purchased the palatiai residence of form
er Senator Augusta Bruna, fronting For
estal Park, which will be used as the
American embassy building here The
price paid was $146,000.
This is the first embassy in South
America to be oYned by the American
government
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22
SUGAR RATES IN FoRnNEY
TARIFF BILL APPROVES

Washington, March 2i-suEzr rztes
inthe Fordney tariff bill on the basis -
$3.50 hundred pounds for Cuban raw.
were approved today by the republican
members of the senate finance coumif-
tee after q prolonged fight. The vote was
reported as five 20 four.
The Fordney rates were accepted "a
q compromise
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22
CABLED PARAGRAPHS
Lenine Suffering From Cancerq

IltHIhe suHefIng FFOIm NaNceF9
Copenhagen, March 21.-A dispatch to
the Berlingske Tidaade from Helsiingfors
today asserts that Premier Lenise is suf-
fering from cancer. (This report is not
confirmed from any other scurce.)
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

Parole. probation and prohibition have
lessened by one-haIf the populations of
the Concord 'Reformatory for men and
the Sherborn Reformatory for Women,
in Massachusetts.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22
CHANGE Of TACTICS BY THE
SENATE "|RRECONC|LABLES"

Have Abandoned Their Charge of Secret BritshAmercar
Cooperative Understanding" g"-Borah and Johnson Be-
rate Paul D. Cravath-Are to Resort to Motion to Re
commit the Pacific TreatyAdministraon Leaders are
Confident of Defeating the Motion Overwhelmingly.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22
BRIEF TELEGRAMS

f. e. scobey, of San Antonio, Tex.
was sworn in as director of the mint for
a term of five years.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22
ANTHRACITE CONFERENCE
FAILS OF AGREEMENT

New York, March 21.-Fai ling to
reach an agreement which would avert
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

The British battle cruiser Renown
with the Prince of Wales aboard, ar
rived at Colombo, Ceylon.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

C. NJ. Clayton, vice president of the
Miami National bank. was arrested on a
warrant charging violation of the fed
eral prohibition laws.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

Workers at the plant of the American
Hide & Leather Company, Lowell, Mass,
went on strike in protest against a 10
per cent. wage cut recently announced
by the company.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

Captain James Walker and his crew
of the fishing schooner Agawam of Mia
mi, Fla, who were rescued off Cape
Hatteras by the oil steamer Currier, are
on their way TO New York.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

Twenty-Five cities and towns in the
Connecticut valley will benefit by the
distribution of a surplus fund OF $4,000
from the estate of Whiting street
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

Cation production for 1921 was H.
676,665 running bales or 7942,J30 eQuiva-
lent 5O0-pound bales, the census bureau
announced.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

Government approval of the proposed
merger of the Merchants bank and the
Bank of Montreal was announced by w. s.
Fielding, minister of finance in the Ca
madam cabinet.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

For the avowed purpose of making
Mcpherson, Kansas, fiyless' city. the
city commission has enacted an ordi-
nance laying down strict sanitary rules.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

Fare reductions and zone extensions
In the Lynn, Salem, Lawrence and
Brockton districts which, the public trlls-
tees state, will result in a saving of
more than 100000 year to car riders
were announced by the Eastern Massa-
chusetts Railway today, effective April
O.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

The expedition which is to search for
the plesiosaurian monster reno:ted 10
have been seen in an Andean lake is e
start for Patagonia Thursday.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

The New York state rent law of 1920
was held valid by the supreme court.
The Franklin Automobile company
announced that it would establish a plant
for manufacture of new style car az
Syracuse, N. Y, and employ a'oout
5000.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-22

Marked stimulation In home cOnstruc-
tion is shown in contracts awarded dur
ing the last three months as reported tr
the division of building and housing OF
the denartment of commerce.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-19
LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL.

The coming week, starting in Sun
day and ending Friday evening is to
be a crowded five or six days for both
faculty and pupils of our public
schools. Sunday morning the bacca-
laureate sermon will be delivered by
Rev. D. Vincent Gray at the Liberty
theater. Commencing on Monday is
Visit the school week., and no doubt
patrons Of the schools will be in evil
dence in the various departments in
large numbers. II they are not, they
should be, as it is the duty of parents
to visit the schools and by their pres
ence show that they are interested In
the local educational institutions.
thus encouraging both the teachers
and the children Tuesday, May %
is Glass Day. with all the features
customary upon such an occasion.
Wednesday, May "a closes the term
with Commencement, at which time
one of the largest classes ever grad
uated from the Oroville high school
will receive diplomas and pass out in
to life from the preparatory school
after their several years of strenuous
work. The commencement program
will be highly interesting and it is
doubtful If the auditorium will accom-
modate all who apply for admittance.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-19
MARVELLOUS MODERN SURGERY,

Erwin Smith, son of Mr.. and Mrs. M
H. Smith, in former days residents Of
Loomis, but who have made thei:
home at Ketchikan, Alaska, for num-
Der of years, was meeting old friends
and acquaintances in Oroville the lat
ter part of last week. Mr.. Smith has
held a position in Ketchikan for the
past year, a position still open to him
and to which he may return If he does
not find something to do with pros
pect Of profit in. Washington. Mr.
Smith stated to representative Of the
Gazette that his mother had recently
undergone a most remarkable opera
tion at Rock Island, Illinois Mrs
Smith had gone totally blind from
cataract and she was taken east by
her husband for treatment. Upon
examination the surgeon who treated
the case discovered that the cataract
had formed back of the eye instead Of
on the front Of the eye where the
growth generally forms. Only one eye
was ready for treatment. The eye was
taken from the socket, the cataract
removed, the eye returned in place and
almost increditable as it may seem
Mrs. Smiths sight was restored The
science of surgery has reached such
a point that an up-to-date member of
the profession can take a human be-
ing apart and put the parts together
again, making the patient as good as
new, II not better than new.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-19
ONE OF THE BIG BUYERS.

]. s. Crutchfield, of Pittsburg, Penn,
accompanied by one Of his lieutenants
in the apple buying campaign, ]. F..
Sergrue, of Seattle, was in town for
several hours. Sunday, while here
they were taken over the valley In and
around Oroville, and also were given a
comprehensive view Of the general run
of the valley between Oroville and To-
nasket. Mr.. Crutchfield is one Of those
expansive gentlemen, both physically
and mentally, who take prominent
place and part in business activities,
no matter what line of endeavor they
may elect to follow Moreover, he is
one of those genial and approachabls
gentlemen who win the confidence Of
all those with whom they come in con-
tact, which is the secret Of business
success, anyhow. Mr.. Crutchfield
handles apples on large scale, and he
was up here in the Okanogan country
to familiarize himself with the possi-
bilities of this district as future pro-
ducer. While here, Mr.. Crutchfield was
taken out to the Okanogan Smith
orchard, one of the oldest in the state.
and there he had an opportunity to see
what the soil of the valley will accom-
plish both in the way Of productivity
and insuring long life to trees. Year
after year, without record Of failure,
those old trees continue to produce
fruit, and fruit Of excellent quality
They never fail Some seasons the crop
may be heavier than at other seasons
but the apples are there as certain as
| the seasons roll around Now, the trees
are burdened with wealth of bios
SONS. indicative Of another banner
crop. Mr.. Crutchfield was most agree
ably surprised at what he saw, and
what he could not understand is why
more acres were not set out to fruit
when the irrigation system was frs,
installed. He so expressed himself tc
those whom he met while here. and
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-19
WILL MOVE TO WAPATO.

Prof. D. F. Olds, who has been at
the head Of the Oroville public schools
for the past two years, rendered his
resignation to the school board last
week which was accepted with ex-
pressions of regret on the part of the
members of the board, regret that
will be sincerely felt by all the resi-
dents of the district.
Prof Olds has accepted the position
Of superintendent Of the schools at
Wapato, Yakima county. During their
attendance at the Blossom Festival at
Wenatchee, Prof. and Mrs. Olds motor
ed over to Wapato in order to get a
personal angle upon the town that had
solicited Prof. Olds' services, and
they were so well pleased with the
prospect that Prof. Olds expressed his
willingness to accept the call. Wapato
is place of some 1,500 people and the
school employs some 35 teachers.
Voicing the sentiments so frequently
heard expressed the Gazette wishes to
pay tribute to Prof. Olds as teacher
and citizen. The gentleman is an In
structor of tact, firmness and excep-
tional ability. Under his ministration
the Oroville schools have been kept up
to high standard among the educa-
tional institutions Of the smaller towns
of the state, and from the fact that he
holds the respect, confidence and af-
fection of the pupils and teachers Is
ample evidence that while a strict
disciplinarian he is always fair, just
and impartial in his treatment Of
scholars and the faculty. A christian
gentleman, an able executive and an
efficient instructor he is a brand of cit.
izen that any community could i'll ar.
ford to lose. Prof. Olds and his charm.
ing family will be missed in Oroville
but the hope is held out that they may
return to this place at some future
date as the professor has property In.
terests Of considerable value in towr
and In the immediate vicinity.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-19
GRADUATING CLASS 1922.

The class that completes the high
school course this year is the largest
that has graduated at any year since
the high school was first established
in Oroville. Seventeen young ladies
and gentlemen finish their high school
activities next Wednesday evening the
date of commencement. We have not
been informed as to how many Of the
graduates will go.in for higher educa-
tion, but whatever path they may
decide to follow they will take with
them the very best wishes of the
Gazette. The following is a list of the
graduates:
Richard ]. Loudon, Thelma E. Pi-
per, Robert H. Killian, Lois M. Olson
Frances A. Barney, Elvin H. Curtis
Ralph 8. Noble, Carol P. Taylo.
Chester M. Gjerde, Thelma shafer
Edna P. Schultz, Jessie A. Mitchell
Sidney A. Jackson, Oscar ]. Coy
sWiltrude e. Carrel, Lloyd 8. Grant.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-19

| Such praise from men familiar with
bridge work, and by their very profess
sion are competant to pass judgment,
must be source of great satisfaction
to the contractor as it is to the resi-
dents of the city that the bridge
accommodates. If Mr.. Chaplin should
never build another bridge the Oroville
structure will stand as an enduring
monument to his proficiency as a mas
ter craftsman in this line of concrete
construction.
This new bridge will be one of the
perpetual show features of Oroville
and the valley. The residents of the
town will point to it with pride and 1t
will elicit the praise of every stranger
passing over it, and being on one Of
the most travelled scenic highways
leading into British Columbia in the
state the strangers to see and praise it
will be counted by the hundreds every
year. That bridge is to be an attractive
feature OF the landscape both by day
and by night. for it is the purpose Of
the town authorities to cluster light
that structure so that view of it can
never be missed even by belated trav-
elers
And it may be added at the close
that one Of the most remarkable con-
trasts in the matter of bridges that
could be found anywhere is that be-
tween the new concrete bridge and the
old wooden one, only few hundred
! feet down the stream. II people want
to learn what an excuse for bridge
they have been putting up with for
years let them 60 down to the new
bridge, lean upon the parapet and take
in every detail of that old bridge, a
decrepit, tottering, ugly structure, and
they will wonder how the structure
has held together for so long a time,
and thank goodness that a beneficient
providence that guarded the lives Of
those who have been compelled to use
that means Of crossing the river.
Patched and propped 1t looks as
though it was ready to collapse at any
moment. 1t should be closed to public
use as safeguard against accident,
for 1t has outlived its usefulness and
stands blot on the scenery. No doubt
the county officials will order It dis
mantled in the near future.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-19
WELCOME TO THE BANKERS.

loaay and tomorrow FRIDAY and
saturday. the members of Group / of
the Washington State Bankers Asso-
citation, which embraces Grant, Doug
lass, Chelan and Okanogan counties.
VIII meet in OrOville, and the citizens
OF the town should join with the Off
GERS OF the two local financial insti-
tutions In extending the visitors a
hearty welcome. These meetings are
III the nature Of business and social
functions. They are held not only in
order that those engaged in banking
business over a territory in which In
terests are mutual may discuss and
exchange views upon matters pertain
ing to the line in which they are en-
gagged, but in order that individual
members of the various institutions
may become better acquainted, and
through that acquaintance to better
work for the interests of themselves
and the communities in which they
may be located. 1t is expected that
about every bank within the counties
mentioned will be represented at the
forthcoming meeting. Besides these 10.
cal bankers there will be prominent
bankers representing solid and sub
stantial institutions OF Seattle and
spokane. men whose names and influ.
ence carry weight in the business cir
cles OF the state. The visitors will be
taken over the valley in order to see
the country in its holiday attire, for
this is the season when the general
appearance Of the country is at its
best, which will give them an idea of
what water is accomplishing and an
insight in the extensive developments
under way that will eventually make
the entire district an almost solid or
chard. The visitors will be dined, if
not wined and SO entertained that they
will return to their various homes
carrying away a pleasant memory of
OrOville and feeling that their brief
vacation had been well spent.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-19

Last Friday morning, without fuss
or feathers, the new reinforced con-
crete bridge across the Similkameen
river, in the south part of town, a
connecting link on State Road No. 10,
was formerly inspected by state ami
federal engineers accepted as a per-
fectly constructed structure and auth
oritatively thrown open to travel.
There was no elaborate dedicatory
ceremony in connection with the pro-
ceedings, and it could be more prop
erly mentioned as an informal accept
ance, than a formal, there being only
the visiting engineers, the contractor
and few citizens present when tho
engineers passed judgment upon thu
let 'er go.
Those of officialdom who inspected
the bridge were Guy G. Harvey, Jf
Spokane, district engineer; Jas. A.
Davis, chief engineer, department Of
highways, Olympia; C. e. Andrews,
bridge engineer, Olympia; R. B.
Wright, bridge engineer for the fed
eral government, and F. w. Panhurst,
resident state engineer, who has spent
some months in Oroville in a supervi;-
ory capacity while the bridge was un-
der construction.
This bridge was designed by Jas. 4.
Davis, of the department Of highways
and built by Contractor o. M. Chaplin,
of Spokane. The contract was let May
II, 1921, and work started July +.
1921. Under the original contract ths
work was to be completed by the 1st
of December, but owing to the diff
Guilty experienced in securing the
proper material promptly, the con-
sumption of time in unwinding rel
tape that can always be counted upon
to clog rapid procedure on a govern
ment contract of any kind, and the
early beginning of winter, with the
most protracted cold season ever ex..
perienced in the northwest, seriously
interfering with construction, the
bridge was not entirely completed un.
til early in the present year, and again
there was a postponement Of the date
of acceptance owing to delay In the
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-19

In conformity with orders issued
Dy the town council the debris of the
reerless hotel fire, at the corner Of
central avenue and Main street is be-
ing removed. Harry Schafer has the
work in hand The hole left by the
elimination Of the old buildings looks
IKE tooth knocked out of the face
Oh Main street, but the buildings were
ugly fangs and If anything the street
mas been improved by the work of the
fire.
Judson Murray, in collaboration
win II. W. Bragg, who owns the lots,
breaking ground for new modern
oricK veneer residence near the cor
her OF Central avenue and Chelan
street. Messrs Judson and Bragg may
put up a second building on an ada
cent lot as soon as the one under con-
struction is completed.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-19

construction of the approaches to the
bridge.
The bridge is of three spans. The
center span is 103 1-2 feet, and the
end spans 81 feet each, and the cente.
of the arches were 20 feet above the
stage of water at the time of accept
ance, above the highest water mark
known, but even should an unprece-
dented flood occur, and the water roll
over the top of the bridge, it is so SUBJ
stantilly built that it would stand as
the rock Of Gibraltar against the flood
The bridge is built with two foot six
inch crown in the center, the roadway
is 20 feet wide between curbs, and the
base of the piers measure 26x33 1-6
feet The floor slab is nine and one
half feet thick and the measured ca
pacity Of the structure is two 20-ton
trucks. Approximately 1880 cubic
yards were excavated for the piers,
while 1850 cubic yards Of cement and
$1,000 pounds Of one-fOhrtn to one
inch square bars of steel were used for
reinforcement. The approaches, which
are well constructed, have 26 fout
surface. The west approach consists
Of fill Of about nine feet, in which
$4,000 cubic yards of earth and gravel
were used. The cost of the bridge and
the west approach, which were con-
structed by the state and government.
combined, was 100000. The cost of the
east approach was borne by the town
Of Oroville and the county.
The picture at the head of this ar
ticle, two views of the bridge proper
and section of an arch of a pier look
ing upward, hardly gives an adequate
idea Of the solidity of the structure
and the graceful beauty of it's lines,
for there is a striking beauty Of the
lines Notwithstanding its solidity. Tie
bridge is credit to the designer, anil
still greater credit to the contractor
who so thoroughly carried out the
plans, not skimping a single detail
The engineers who inspected the work
did not hesitate to say that it is the
best constructed and most attractive
piece Of concrete bridge work in the
state, and when future contracts are
let for similar improvements the con-
tractor will be required to examine ths
Oroville bridge and take 1t as a model
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-19

1t has been long, long time since
any town in eastern Washington has
experienced what is known in the
Where some condition or influence
arises through which a town takes
on sudden and abnormal growth
when the price of inside real estate
takes an upward tendency with leaps
and bounds, where the demand for
accommodations arouse. the cupidity
of property owners until rents 60 up
out of all reason, when the town IN
the throes of such an experience at
tracts people like molasses attracts
flies, when people mill about the
streets with feverish activity, when
the hammer and the trowel wiring out
symphony more delectable to the
, ears than grand opera, there and then
that community is enjoying what is
commonly called boom" Such
scenes and such experiences were
common back in territorial days when
flood of immigration was laying the
foundation for a state, but in late
years the boom" has only lived in
| memory.
Just at the present time it would
appear to the observer that the
boom" days of the SOS were being
repeated in at least one city in Wash.
ington, and the city that is undergo
ing transformation due to the iu-
| fluence of. the boom" is our neigh
boring city of Wenatchee. A COM
bination of circumstances Is respons'
ible for this unusual and remarkable
evidence Of prosperity and rapid
growth.
True Wenatchee has built upon one
| and not always dependable resource
but its promise Of future greatness
rests more upon its exceptionally for
tunate location in relation to vas
surrounding territory (Which is
very important factor in city build
ing) than any one single resources
that might have an influence in build
ing up a community. Occupying
most favorable site on the west side
of the Columbia river, about eqaa
distance between Seattle and Spo
kane without competing point To-
many. many miles north or south, I
commands a vast territory, the busi
ness of which must naturally grav
| itate to Wenatchee.
Owing to its splendid position 81
the map, the time is coming whel
| Wenatchee will vie with Its large
neighbors to the east and west as
Wholesale center. The products O
the vet but partially developed
country to the north must find al
outlet through Wenatchee and 1t VIII
become the natural buying point fc
the people of this section, and tina
Is going to develop into an enormous
trade. Then as a prospective addi
tional resource to draw from is TN
reclamation of the thousands Of
present barren acres in Grant county
Thus. even though the present spur
may be temporary, the growth o
Wenatchee cannot be checked, an
in the course of years the city will
spread out until its limits includ
both sides of the Columbia, as Port
land has spanned the Willamette riv
Ter and Spokane the Spokane river.
But II is not location alone that ha
given the impetus to the present rapi
growth of Wenatchee. Location woul
not precipitate a "boom" at this stag
in the game. That is permanen