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Smyrna times., 1922-09-13
RURAL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SHOWS SOME BIG INCREASE
SOME FACTS SET FORTH BY DR..
r. w. COOPER OF AUXILIARY
Total Gain of 50 Days For Each Pupil
r Or 100000 Days For $4,000 Chill
dren Throughout the Country

The attendance in rural schools
throughout the States has increased
wonderfully in the last few years, ac-
cording to statistics gathered by the
Service Citizens. DIR. r. w. Cooper,
Director of the Bureau of Education
Service Citizens of Delaware said re-
Gently the average attendance of each
pupil has increased from 80 days in
the year 1918-19, to 142 days in 1921
1922. The enrolment for the past
three years in rural districts has been
about $4,000 pupils each year. This
amounts to total gain of So days per
pupil or 100000 days for $4,000 pu-
pills.
DR.. Cooper attributes this fact to
the new school movement and the CO.
operation that it has evoked. He
spoke highly of the Parent Teachers
Association.
The Educational Departmnt of the
Service Citizens have made a thor
ough study of the reasons as to why
children in rural districts, so often
fail to attend school. 1t was found
that this is largely because the child
is an asset in agricultural districts
and his parents keep him home to
work on the farm. They find also
that there is a tendency among rural
people to consider that their child OF
six or seven is too young to go tc
school. Much time is lost by these
younger children on account of illness
This applies to children in cities as
we'll as in rural districts. Spring anc
autumn has, heretofore, been partic.
ularly difficult to get country children
in school. Since the new school move
ment representatives have been sem
to the parents and in many cases got
ten their cooperation in seeing tha
children of school age be sent tt
school.
Smyrna times., 1922-09-13

cause of being in an alleged intoxicat-
ed condition, were given a hearing be-
fore Magistrate Wood last week.
Quinton, in addition to being fined for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct,
and driving a car while under the in
fiuence of liquor, was also held in $500
bail for court, charged with trans
porting liquor, as part of a bottle of
liquor was found in his car. Purnell
Shockley, negro, of Harrington, was
held by Magistrate Wood, last week,
in $1,000 bail for an alleged assault
on Benjamin A. Emory town bailiff
of Harrington.
Smyrna times., 1922-09-13

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Smyrna times., 1922-09-13
SEASON CLOSING AT BOWERS
Nearly All Cottages and Boarding
Houses Vacant Following Labor Day

Nearly All Cottages and Boarding
Houses Vacant Following Labor Day
The big days at Bowers are a thing
of the past for this season at least.
The weekend including Labor Day
was one of the greatest in point of
numbers of any weekend that this
place has ever witnessed; in fact
second to Big Thursday only. The
hotels, boarding houses and rooming
houses were not equal to the demand
that was made upon them. The cot
tages We're all filled with sojourners
that had previously secured them and
many had to sleep in their cars on
Saturday and Sunday nights. But
Tuesday morning presented a different
appearance. Quietness prevailed and
those.who have remained for the week
or longer have quietness and plenty
of accommodations. The majority of
the cottages are vacant now as those
who have been occupying them had to
return to their homes and businesses
as their vacations expired at that
time. Those who came for the pur-
pose of fishing were well rewarded.
The 65 motor transportation boats be-
side some of the oyster boats were in
commission about all the time, some
of them making double time as they
would go out at an early hour in the
morning, return at noon, take another
party in the afternoon; hence double
Smyrna times., 1922-09-13
CARL POINTER MEETS DEATH
Dover Linotype Operator, at One Time
Employed At Smyrna In Auto Smash

Employed Al smyrna In Auto Smash
Carl Poynter, foreman to the Capt.
tai Printing Co., at Dover, which COM
pany publishes the State Sentinel and
Delawarean, died in the Lewes Hos
pital at an early hour Wednesday
morning, as the result of an accident
in which he figured Monday night,
September a, while on his way from
Dover to Georgetown in an automobile
Poynter and Roy Case, also an en-
ploye of the Capital Printing Co., were
taking motor for a press of the Sus-
sex Journal at Georgetown, in an
automobile and when nearing the town
of Redden, four miles from George
town, ran into a truck which was
stopped and said to have been without
lights. The automobile in which
Poynter and Case were riding was
turned over and the occupants thrown
out. Poynter sustained a broken col
lar bone and internal injuries. He
was taken to the Lewes Hospital
where he died Wednesday morning
He was about 35 year of age, anc
leaves a wife who was formerly Mis-.
Georgia Warren, of Georgetown. Case
sustained only minor injuries. Poyn.
ter is known to some in Smyrna hav.
ing at one time been employed on The
Smyrna Times.
Smyrna times., 1922-09-13

Thanks to the Delaware School
Auxiliary a number of new schools
have been completed during the sum-
mer and were opened on Tuesday,
These schools have been presented to
the State by the Auxiliary. The
ground was purchased, buildings con-
structed and schools equipped. The
new schools are for the most part for
colored children. The locations fol-
low: Brownsville, Blaxton, Cheswold
Reeves Crossing, Viola, Clayton and
Smyrna times., 1922-09-13

williamsyille, Kent county fS,rs, S@,,
Slaughter Neck, COnGcla'I C..I. cysr
An addition of five rooms D''
built to FrankfOrd School,
Smyrna times., 1922-09-13
CAMDEN MAN IN LAWS CLUTCH
Louis Quinton Fined $500 for Driving

LOUIS Quihton riheu pOVU 1Or driving
a Car While in Intoxicated Condition
Louis Quinton, of Camden, Del, ,and
Daniel Nolan, of Media, Pa, the two
men who were in the auto truck which
collided with the car of Clerk of the
Peace Jacob Heyd at Dover, recently,
and who were ordered locked up be-
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-09
BORING FOR OIL.

Fred Ludorf, who thoroughly UNDER
in consequence is capable Of managing
an oil drill, left for Cat Creek this
week for the purpose of commencing
to sink a we'll on the Oroville-Oka-
hogan Oil company's properties. These
properties are located in a proven oil
zone, where oil production has re-
spOnded to research in many instances
and stockholders of the company liv-
ing in Oroville and vicinity are san
suine that results will follow drilling.
And such expectation has good
basis for foundation. In the early
stages of development, or close upon
the heels of the discovery Of oil in the
Cat Creek district, several residents OF
Oroville managed to secure what may
be considered as extensive holdings
close in to where producing wells had
been drilled and organized company
for the purpose of testing the ground
thoroughly by means of drills. Con-
siderable stock in small blocks was
disposed Of in this vicinity and work
started Like all small ventures of this
nature, not promoted and operated by
men OF capital, the local company
fell into hard lines for lack Of funds
Then winter came on, interfering with
active operations and for some months
nothing has been done along the lines
Of development. 1t Is now the intention
to start operations in earnest and
make thorough test of the ground
this summer
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-09
FORD MEARSOUTPUT
OF 5000 CARS A DAY
Dealers Call for 194,75O Cars, Trucks
and Tractors for June.

Ford dealers in the United States
nave asked for total of 1874. $50 Ford
cars, trucks and tractors to meet
their June requirements, says a state
ment issued by the Ford Motor COM
pany, Detroit Michigan.
AS result, the estimated outnut
FOR June has been boosted to 14O 600
which is an increase of 10000 over
the present month, and of coure wifi,
set up new high record. in spte of
the fact that the May output will show
a substantial increase over the pre-
vious highest month.
FORD sales have been constantly in
creasing since the first of the wear
'he demand growing during the past
TWO months faster than it has haen
possible to increase the production
Monday, May Is. brought forth =
new record of cars built for ono dow
the figures reaching 4S7S at the close
Oh the days work. This was an in
crease OF 10 over May 18th. when tho
previous high mark was established
on May 18th, the six milliontb FL
motor was assembled. Number five
hiiliion came off the line Nav % 100,
rord OFFICIALS state that every ~
tempt Is being made to build a sniff
s. number of cars and trucks r.
MI the retail requirements Of tbo;u
5000 dealers.-Ad 'i'
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-09
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Minutes Of the regular meeting OF
the town council, June 5, 1922.
Present, Mayor Frank, Councilmen
Friis, Teas, Riste, Meek and Gay. The
minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved as read. me
monthly report of town treasurer was
read and ordered placed on file.
The clerk reported on the matter
of lighting bridge and this matter was
postponed.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and ordered paid:
Current expense fund.-. r. Hoose,
salary $3.50; c. F. Webb, salary
1000; e. G. Weldon, salary. 1850;
J. M. Fraser, salary and postage $3.50;
l.. B. Vincent, legal services $500;
Cal. Taylor, labor on streets 800; E.
10. Perry, street work 1875; Alfred
Paul, on street and park, 42.40; r. ID
Harding, drayage, 200; F. w. Schultz
drayage, $3.50; Woodbury. Lumber
company, lumber $40; e. B. Gay
trees 1000; Pacific Telephone Co.
telephone $50 Okanogan Valley Power
company, lights $500; Reeds Garage
repairs to fire truck rs; e. r. HOOst
express on trees 1.89.
Water works fund.-. r. Hoose
salary 1900; Morris Walmer, labor
42.40 Standard Oil Co. oil and gas
26. co. Fairbanks. Morse & Co., puml
repairs 50.54; S. Fl. Sanderson, fit
tings, 1.35; Oroville Commercial Co
files .35; Hughes & Co. supplies 1886
Okanogan Valley Power Co. powe
1925.
II u JOOCE Clark
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-09
PALMER MOUNTAIN NOTES.

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Barry were
very pleasantly surprised when Dill
brother Frank accompanied ny MS
wife, dropped in last Friday. lney
live in Chicago and after short WISH
here will go on to California where
Mrs. Berry's people live, before re-
turning to their home. They were en-
tertained by the steer riding ana DUCK
ing contests which are features OF the
entertainment peculiar to the north
western part of the country just now.
Mrs. f. r. Howe and children OF
Oroville spent several days last week
visiting at the home Of Joe McMiiian.
Marketing of the wheat threshed IN
this vicinity during the early part
of April has almost reached compile
ton. Most of this grain was in splen-
did condition considering that 1t was
not stacked to withstand such win
ter as we have just passed through.
But we hope that next season fire and
other accidents will not prevent our
threshing at the ordinary time.
| MI. anu MIS-. JUN w hiuuCh cPSA'
Sunday visiting at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. H. Fl. Catlin in Tonasket.
w. H. Fulton, living near Aeneas
lake made a trip to Palmer mountain
for seed wheat one day last week. Mr.
! Fulton was so unfortunate as to lose
three years grain crops in the stack
on his ranch together with his barn
granaries and farm machinery by fire
last fall. He states that the OUTLOOK
for a crop this season is fair in his
neighborhood at this time, but rair
would be welcomed.
Carl Trueb and George Wood each
had vicious bucker at the roundup
last Friday, one Of which succeeded il
unseating his rider.
Crops here are in good condition
the hot weather of the last few day
having promoted rapid growth. White
wheat is looking especially well.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-09
NOTICE OF HEARING.
mo, l0S0,)

In the Superior Court of the State OF
Washington, in and for Okanogan county
In probate.
In the matter of the estate of Eva Ger-
trude Williams. deceased.
Notice of hearing of final report and
petition for distribution. J.,
Notice is hereby given: That L. Bernice
Grinnell, the administrators of the estate
of Eva Gertrude Williams, deceased, has
rendered and presented for settlement and
filed with the clerk of the Superior court
of Okanogan county, Washington her
final account and report and petition for
distribution, whereby the court is asked
to settle such report. distribute the prop
erty of said estate to the heirs or persons
administering; that Saturday, the Gath
day OF June. 1922, at ten o'clock a. M. at
the courtroom of the said Superior Court
at Okanogan, in said county, has been
appointed for the hearing of said final
account, report and petition, at which
time and place any person interested In
objections to said final report and petit
ton.
T.. BERNICE GRINNELL
Administrative
deceased 5-26-3t
NOTICE 70 CREDITORS.
In the Superior Court Of the State OF
Washington in and for Okanogan county
1n probate)
In the matter of the estate Of Antoine
Notice to creditors to file claims
Notice Is hereby given: That the First
National Bank of Oroville, a corporation,
has been appointed and has qualified as
executor and letters testamentary have
been issued it it in the estate of Antoine
Marshall, deceased, by the above entitled
court. :,
All persons having claims against the
deceased, or against said estate are re.
quired to serve the same, duly verified
as 6y law required, on the said executor
Gresham, it's attorney at Okanogan,
Washington, and file the same with the
Clerk of the above entitled court together
with proof of such service, within six
months after the date of the first publ
cation OF this notice. or they shall be
forever barred.
Dated at Okanogan, Washington, this
18th day of May, 1922
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF OROVILLE, a corporation.
Executor.
r,us. ,,,,,. Its Attorney.
5.1g-4 At
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-09
GETTING IN THE LIME LIGHT.

Some tpo or three weeks ago haiPh
the Young son of Mr.. and Mrs. n. H.
Beck disappeared from home. Tnere
was nothing particularly mysterious
about his disappearance. he just DRIFT
ed away. looking for adventure. Inc
family did not know his Whereabouts
nor in what direction he headed when
leaving here. All apprehensions as 10
what might have befallen young haiph
were removed during the pas week
when Mr.. Beck received a Boise, Ida,
no, daily paper with Ralph's name an
smeared over the front page as the
coming Walter Johnson OF the west, a.
he had pitched game of ball at ina
Mace in which the team with whici
he was playing had wiped the earti
with their opponents. Young Beer
wrote home that he had been engaged
to pitch for the Nampa, Idaho, team
for the summer. The young man prac
ticed with the Oroville boys during
the past several seasons, but the local!
evidently did not realize that tn
youngster was a mound phenomenon
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-09
CO.OWNER NOTICE.
To Jake Kast:-

To Jake kast:-
You are hereby notified that We mH
expended the sum of 100000 (Slx Hm'
dred Dollars) in labor and improvemem
upon the following named mining Gay.
to-wit: The Mountain Dew, Repu.3t
Blue Grouse and Tungsten, sltuatM !
the Gold Hill mining district. Okanqn
county, Washington. Said labor and g.
provements appear by certificates q Y
IN the office of the county auditor v
the year 1920-21. That said labor and n,
provements were made for the pupm
or holding said claims under the pfME
ions of section 1924 of the revised shta.
of the United States, and being =
amount required to hold the same n
the year ending December 81 1871; AZ
II within ninety days from the servit 9
TINS notice of publication upon you y
tail or refuse to contribute your psul!c
ton of said expenditure, namely,
8Thirty Dollars) as co-owner, In % ~
ing or refusing to contribute, a. aieH'
said. your interest in said claims viii
come the property of the subscripes
hereto under said section 1924.
MRS. H. o McDANlEs
PAUL LOUDON
GEO. LOUDON
HERBERT CURTIS; !.
FIRST isto publication April 2s, last July =
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-09
DANGER OF HIGH WATER OVER.

The peak of the threatened high wa
ter was reached Monday and with
decided change in the temperature the
rivers have since been gradually re-
ceeding. AS the Similkameen, that
supplies the bulk of the water that
drains off through the medium Of the
Okanogan river, was falling at Prince
ton at last reports, and an enormous
quantity of water has been slipping
through to the Columbia, there is
hardly any probability OF a greater
raise than that already experienced
no matter how warm the weather may
turn out to be after the present relief
from a midsummer scorching. With
the excessive supply of snow in the
mountains and continual chilly
weather we'll up to June, the fear was
naturally entertained that there would
be repetition Of the great floods of
1894 as soon as the snow commenced
melting. That apprehension was in
creased when it turned off hot in May
and the rivers commenced swelling
rapidly. but the power that regulates
mundane affairs switched off the heat
and week of cool weather checked
the first rise in its incipiency. Then
came week or ten days of 80 in the
shade and the rivers came up with a
rush,-the rise to be cut off again the
first OF the week as hereinbefore mem
toned. 1t would seem from the vast
spread OF water over the lower reaches
throughout the valley, making the
Okanogan river bottoms look like a
vast lake, that the rivers are much
higher this year than last. vet those
who keep records of the stages of wa
ter from year to year state that the
height reached this season Just about
corresponds with that of last spring
we are informed that last year the
Similkameen flowed 21,7OO second feet
at the dam at the falls, and that the
HOW this year is only 1880 feet. so
that the difference is almost inappre-
cable.
one OF the strange features of the
spring rise has been apparent in Osov-
COS lake. Here is body of water from
few hundred yards to mile or moro
wide and some ten miles in length
and 1t has been known to raise six in
ches IN single night during the past
week. This may be accounted for NV
the TACT that water is running into tho
lake from both ends. which is another
peculiar feature Of the annual sprinp
mgh water. After reaching a certain
nelght the Similkameen which Joins
the okanogan a short distance south
OF oroville, backs up the Okanogan
ana into the lake, furnishing the mn
snal sight of river flowing up stream
Granting that the records are all cor
rect and the water is little if anv
higher now than it was last lime
sun, the valley appears to be much
NOR generally inundated than it was
iast year. Howevr, no damage of anv
graf extent has bn done.
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L. L. Robins and Val Middleton 80
Omak, We're yisitors in +ou,x
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-09
ELLEMEHAM ITEMS.

w. H. Hix, generally called Dad"
, Hix, was pleasant caller at the
Lewis ranch Sunday. Mr.. Hix had the
misfortune to fall headlOng into a
harrow short time ago and when
he extracted himself his face had the
appearance of man who had been
mixed up with grizzly bear. Outside
Of few marks he will carry the bal
ance of his days he is all o. K, again.
The farmer seems to have just one
| round of trouble after another all the
| time. The submarine" worm gets af-
ter the wheat below ground and the
"air ship" fly mows 1t on top. The
stock exchange is not in it with a
farmer as gambler, as the latter
never knows whether he has or has
had anything until it gets into the
the stock brokers' hands.
One thing seems to be noticeable
and that is on the ground that has
been well worked up until seeding
time, then stirred after it is drilled,
! the worms have not done much dam
age.
The hill was pretty we'll depopulated
Friday and Saturday as the residents
were over to LOOMS taking in the
roundup. Reports are that they had
hiu time. Some look tough enough,
anyhow.
A large crew is pushing work on
the new cutoff road to Oroville this
week.
Our school ended last Friday. A
few of the parents and children had
an enjoyable picnic Sunday. Miss
Tibbets, the teacher, starts for Bell
ingham this week.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-09
REV. LAURENCE A. NOLDIN.


For loyalty to the home ball team
Nelson is certainly entitled to the blue
ribbon. Rarely does community back
a local organization with such united
enthusiasm as Nelson is backing it's
ball players this year, and the team is
deserving of such undivided support.
Recently the Nelson boys drove over
to Republic for game, and fully 100
rOOters accompanied them on the trip.
Nelson won the game, and the con-
sistent playing of the team was largely
due to the rooters on the side lines.
Sunday, it seemed that about the en-
tire population of Nelson accompanied
the ball team to Oroville. and put the
Oroville town people to shame by out
numbering them two to one. OF course
Nelson won Any team that can play
ball at all is going to do its level best
when the community stands behind
it as one man.
Eugene Hockett. president of the
Bank Of Oroville, and Frank M. Dali
lam. ST., publisher of the Gazette, left
bv automobile Thursday for Chehalis
where they go as delegates from this
place to the republican state conven-
ton. Mrs. F. NJ Dallam, Jr., accom-
panied them as far as Pateros, where
she went to attend a meeting of he
county Anti-Tuberculosis League, re-
turning Thursday evening. George H.
Ellis Of Spokane also made one of the
party as far as Wenatchee, on his re-
turn to his home after spending a
week here.
There is talk of getting together a
team of old time ball players to sup
port the battery of the local ball club
in the next game played. The material
is to be picked from such former dia-
mond nuts as George Bartell. Frank
Bartell, Arthur Blackler, Tubby Hill.
G. l.. Armstrong, Doc Masters, Percy
Eastman. Frank M. Dallam, Jr.. all of
whom starred with ball and bat in the
days beyond recall. II those boys of
more mature age, and somewhat stiff
from long divorce from outdoor activ-
tiles, can be induced to 60 through
nine innings it would be well for the
druggists to send in hurry up call
for arnica, because there will be
numerous stiff Joints that will REQUIRE
medicinal easement.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-09
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ma 1IOr


In the Superior Court of the STATE
washington in and for Okanogan ccunV'
in probate.
In the matter of the estate Of John Co.
tisha. deceased.
Notice to creditors
Notice is hereby given by the unaa
signed. w. r. Dean, that he has been ~
pointed and has qualified as executor ~
the estate of John Gostisha, deceased ~
notice Is hereby given to the CREDITOR
and to all persons having claims ass,s 4.
said deceased to exhibit and serve "
same on the executor of said estate
upon Adams e. Vincent, his attorneys
record. and to file the same with ~ ~
or said superior court. together Win ~ ~
OF such service. within six months IN w
the date of the first publication Of IN
notice. to-wit: within six months ~,
the 26th day of Nav. 1922, or the ''
shall be forever barred
w. F. DEAN .,~
or the estate of John Gostisha, dece.
ADAMS e. VINCENT.
ATTORNEYS for Executor,
Postoffice and Office Address ,r.s,
Oroville, Okanogan county. M
JOsilee c. Iddings, of Monse, wa :
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