The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-02
Flour shipments headed the exports

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Coming from New Zealand to the
Wenatchee valley to study annie con.
'i'iohs In north central Washington
ana get new ideas to take back with
MIN, Hura Bensenmann Is working on
the A. Battle orchard at Wenatcbee
Application for appropriation of
water for s1,50O,OOO hydro-electric
power project, utilizing water of the
south fork of the Nooksack river. in
Skagit county was filed with Marvin
ohase, state hydraulic engineer, by e.
Clarence Miller of Seattle.
me total worm loss in the entire
north central Washington apple Sec
ZION this season will be not more than
b per cent, and probably nearer per
cent, in the opinion of District In
spectors F. G. Nielsen and j. w. Mar
shall OF the two horticultural districts
comprising this section.
A state organization composed of
representatives of various civic, social
and educational bodies have formed
an organization which will be known
as the Washington State Better Films
association. Paul w. Terry of the de-
partment of education, University of
Washington, was named president.
Action to petition the King county
commissioners to refuse licenses to
roadhouses within the bounds of any
school district when a majority of the
legal voters opposes such establish
ments was taken by the board of man
ayers of the Washington state branch
of the National Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teachers' association.
Manager Elmer ]. Nelson of the
Wenatchee Skookum Growers reports
that the first Jonathan pool. consist
ing of 22,S16 boxes. or about 80 cars,
was closed on October 90 with the
following prices, net to the individual
growers: Extra fancy, $1.37, SLIP and
n cents fancy, SIP. 81 cents and
81 cents. The entire pool averaged
$1.O1 box, all grades and sizes, net.
Officers elected by the good roads
convention at Olympia upon report Of
follows DR.. p. II. Carlyon, president
pro TEN of state senate, president T.
w. Schultz of Wenatchee. treasurer,
; and vice-presidents Il. l.. French OF
Clarke county Claude A. Ramsey of
Seattle, +. J. Wilmer of Rosalia, c. F..
Stinson of Pasco, and Leon f. Titus
, of Olympia.
A committee that for a month has
been trying to raise $775,000 for the
1924 Seattle community fund has de-
g cided to reject an offer of dancehall
4 earnings made through Mayor Brown
l The mayor had suggested that dance
t hall receipts for Monday night be con
tributed and that levy Of $500 be
q made on Sunday-night dances, which
;. have been conducted despite an ordi
e nance forbidding them.
a Every sack of potatoes shipped out
OF Clarke county by association mem
!. bers will bear the association brand
p and contain a card with the growers
}. number, according to a resolution
:. adopted by the potato growers branch
of the Washington Growers Packing
corporation. The growers believe tina
the only way to increase the profit!
in potato growing is to form Close
association and ship only tubers o
good quality.
d. E. Stewart of knappa, Or, wal
elected president of the Pacific log
cling congress at the closing session
- in Spokane of it's 14th annual meet
- ing. Huntington Taylor OF Coeu
d'Alene was chosen vice-president
Resolutions adopted by the congress
IS recommended: Larger appropriation
D. for forest protection by state, federal
re provincial and dominion governments
II utilization OF troops in fire fighting
IL "any practical plan for reforestation
and state legislation to make tn
'r teaching of forest fire prevention con
r pulsory in the public schools of tn
N northwest.
o. After being carefully concealed 10
ID more than two weeks, 1t was discover
Cd in a search of court files at Seattl
A that Mrs. Kate Forbes, wife OF Colon'
ID Charles r. Forbes, former director {
N the United States veterans bureau
10 and who has been mentioned promil
n. emily at a hearing being conducted b
the senate committee at Washington
In C.. investigating alleged graft
connection with the awarding OF col
tracts for government hospitals. ha
been granted an interlocutory deere
- Of divorce by Judge Mitchell Gillial
If the King county superior court @
October IL.
~ Three Washington state heroes, Oh
~ dead we're among thirty-six who's
re acts of heroism were recognized
Vi the Carnegie hero fund commission
~ its fall meeting in Pittsburg, all D
ing awarded bronze medals. One
de ,hase philip w. Simmons, seventee