The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-10-26


million pounds of the total.
Charles White and B. d. Wander
veer returned to Sedro-W oolley from
Alaska with several thousand dollars
in gold from their mine on Fourth o
July creek. The men have been Their,
for the past six months and are vel
pleased with the success Of their worl
this year.
The Consolidated Paper company o.
Anacortes and Tacoma exercised its
option on the Russia Cement plant in
Anacortes, taken some weeks ago, anC
the company now owns the property
The company promises to have one
unit OF the factory in operation with
In sixty days.
Isaac Hamburger, aged so, secretary
to e. e. Cushman of Tacoma, federal
/ Judge, was shot in the abdomen and
Mrs. Violet Davis of Seattle was shot
in the back when Patrolman Short
/ pulled out his revolver and attempted
to halt an alleged shoplifter on West.
lake avenue between Pine and Olive
streets, Seattle.
petition is being circulated in
Chehalis by George A. Robinson, pro-
posing Dr. j. T. Coleman for mayor of
Chehalis. DR.. Coleman is a Chehalis
pioneer, and. after the adoption of the
city commission form of government.
was the first mayor. T. j. Long, pres
ent mayor: John West, former COM
missioner, and John Denhof, present
commissioner, are also candidates for
mayor.
Six additional highway contracts are
to be awarded in November, all of
them for grading and surfacing. They
are Anatone to Asotin. four miles:
Anacortes east, three miles; Jared to
Blue Slide in Pend Oreille county. SIS
miles; Odessa to Grant county line,
1872 miles; Wallula to Burbank, Walla
Walla county, Ill miles; and a tim.
Der bridge over the Chinook river on
the Ocean Beach highway.
Arthur w. Calder, district repre-
sentative of the state industrial III
surance department, will seek the re.
publican nomination for congress from
the third congressional district, &C
cording to his announcement in Van.
l..
on the proviso that congress redis-
tr1cts the state on the 1920 census.
This would put Congressman Albert
johnson of Hoquiam in another dis.
trict, it is believed
Assessed valuations of lands includ-
ed in the proposed high line projects.
one of which a special commission of
United States reclamation engineers
will recommend for immediate con-
struction, are the basis on which the
commission will determine whether or !
not owners of the lands to be irrigated |
are trying to profiteer through the |
improvement. at is absolutely essen. |
tial that speculation be eliminated |
and we will assure ourselves that that |
has been done before any unit is rec
commended" Commissioner D. C. Hen.
ny of the commission said while in
Yakima.
Goose lake, noted for the abundance
OF large trout it contains and the beau
tiful scenery surrounding It in the
Columbia national forest reserve,
Skamania county almost became q
dry lava bed recently by. disappear.
ance of the water through cracks and
holes in the bottom that have an.
peared lately. When the lake became
pond and thousands of fish were
about to perish, an investigation show.
I'd the water rushing through holes in
he bottom. Game wardens and forest
'angers packed sacks Of dirt and stop.
BED the leaks.
Figures compiled from the official
all statements of the 266 state banks
md six trust companies for Septem.
Ter Ia disclose an increase in total
deposits of $12,671,547 over deposits
II year ago, according to J. C. Min.
hull, assistant state supervisor of
Total deposits on this call
we're $142,3S5,209.. The bulk of the
Increase in deposits can be accounted
or, Minshull said, by the increase of
10,596,000 in savings accounts. This
tatement does not include and is en-.
rely in addition to the. business of
ational banks.
An appeal to farmers of eastern
Washington to hold their wheat for
igher price was made in a statement
'sued by E. l.. French, state director
agriculture. In the opinion of the
irector, wheat should be quoted ISL
ents higher on the bushel than the
resent market. I'VE have consistent.
maintained that there is no over
reduction of wheat in this country
nd that the present low price is due
insistent bear propaganda about
YER production" he said The director
eclared that the average domestic
of wheat Is 600 O0O OO0