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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23
LOOMS ITEMS.

The Odd Fellows announce Dig
dance on Thanksgiving night, Thurs
day. November Doth. The OrOville or
chestra has been engaged for this Oc-
casion. A yankee" lunch will be serv-
ed at midnight. Tickets for the dance
will be sold at the usual charge OF
S1.OO couple, while the Yankee lunch
charge will be 70 cents a couple.
Chas. A. Graham is having an ad-
dition built to his already spacious
garage and repair shop. Merrill 4
Johnson are the contractors.
II. Il. Sullivan and family arrived
recently from Chewelah and are oc-
cupying the Tillman cottage on Main
street
Bill Barry made a business trip to
Spokane the latter part of last week.
A directors meeting was held at the
local bank last week. Directors J. e.
Forde and Arthur Lund were present.
The family of S. A. Gillette has
gone to Missoula, Montana, where
they will make their future home. Mr..
Gillette preceded the family several
months ago.
The Community Christmas commit
tee held meeting last Saturday at
the Library building and appointed
various subcommittee. The entire
committee will meet again on Satur-
day afternoon, December list, at 2
O'Clock, to see that every detail of
the exercises will be made complete.
Mrs. Grace Eastman was chosen Sec
rotary other committee chairmen and
assistants will be announced later. II
is planned to hold the exercises In the
big new hall and every one Is determ
ined to make this the very besI
Christmas ever.
Walter j. Moorehouse had the mis-
fortune to get one of his feet entang
led with those of a sharp shOd hOrs'
with the result that w. J.. had to hav'
his injury cared for while he himsel
was put out of commission for severa
days.
J. f. and Claude Masters. fathe
and brother respectively of Elmer +
Masters, are recent arrivals here an
will spend several weeks visiting.
A host of Loomisites attended tn
funeral services at Enterprise TIL
Monday, conducted over the remain
of Elder M. F. Woods, who was acc
dentally killed few days previOusl.
Members of the Brethren" churc
church were present from many part
of the state and the service was Q
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23

A holly contested game went to the
Hornets on Monday when the Tomas
ket Tigers fell before the stings or the
plucky Oroville eleven. Outweighed In
both the line and back field, the Horn
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23

impressive and sad one. The bereaved
family have the heartfelt sympathy of
of the LOOMS community. Increment
was made in the Mountain View Gem
etery.
The directors Of the WhitestOne
irrigation district held their monthly
meeting in the district office here on
the 18th.
Clyne Dexter, brother of Mrs. Fred
and Floyd Hill, arrived from British
Columbia recently and will visit with
relatives for several weeks.
F. S. Emert, publisher Of the Orc
willie Gazette. accompanied by Sidney
Jackson visited in LOomis last week.
The visitors inspected the new Odd
Fellows hall and expressed great de.
light and satisfaction over local con
dltiOns and prospects generally.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23
Hi6h School News

cts aggregation dug down In the crit
ical moments of the game and held the
Tiger eleven scOreless until the end
fof the first half. With blood in their
eye the OrOville team started the Sec
ond half with rush that carried To
|nasket off their feet, and at the be-
ginning of the fourth quarter scored
the only six points Of the game
through a 3O-yard diagonal forward
pass to Erwin Curtis with the
end zone. Several protests were made
during the game, but on the whole.
the relative standing of both teams
was shown by the score of to for
OrOville.
The Hornets are hard at practice to
win their remaining game of the seas
on, that at TOnasket on Thanksgiving.
Heavy practice Is the order of the day
and the fire in the eyes of every man
of the team reflects the determination
lof "They shall not pass" Darrell IT.
Twin, out of the game Monday on ac-
lcOunt of illness, is back in tackle po-
Fsition. His size and weight will help
much against the Tigers on the fes-
five day.
We sympathize much with Marian
in not being able to find suitable
rhyme for Hornets" in her songs. We
know how 1t feels as we had very
lizard time to fit Tiger" in with the
scheme of things. If she had let u
know earlier we could have supplied
la very suitable rhyme, namely:
"Our Hornets sting"
Mr.. Glover, after geOmetery ex
aminatiOn said: That's fine paper
joe" r-,,
Joe Taylor: "The paper is all RICH
hut what's on 1t isn't"
Last week the seniors were treaties
ITO an exam in physics, English and U
Is. histOry-all the same day. It's
great life, If you don't. weaken.
Monday noon, before the big game
several business men, representa-
1.-THE Commercial club, spoke to tn
lf0Otball team and said that they wer
behind the boys, whether they won
lost. The club will give the team
/, banquet, after the season Is over.
surely encourages the boys to kn"'
the town Is backing them up.
ri A large parade was held before tn
' lgame. The OrOville band was out flu
!. lforce, and led the parade. Immediate
@ lily behind them came the TOnaskt
football team, Tonasket rOOters. Or
willie team, and OrOville rOoters.
e The real test will be Thanksgivin
!. lday, when the two teams meet at II
e Inasket. Everybody who can possib
n go, should be present at this very ir
l., (nOrtant contest
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23

diet menus, including receipts, patterns
for necessary clothing, varieties OF
play and exercise; methods of discip-
line and education; and health train
ing. This booklet has been compiled
by the children's bureau of the U. ..
department of labor. They are distrio-
uted by the state department OF
health without charge to all mothers
in the state on request, as are also
the pamphlet on Infant Care, ana
"Prenatal Care, compiled by the
same government bureal.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23

"Breathes there girl with pride So
dead,
Whose cheeks were never touched
with red
Whose nose has lost its virgin SHINE
Whose lips were never touched by
thine?
Oh, lip stick! y
We are patiently waiting until next
week, when we will be free. School
will close on Friday until December
B. Teachers institute will be held on
Monday, Tuesday aud Wednesday of
next week. On Tuesday, the Girls
Glee Club will go to Okanogan to sing
ut the institute.
Last Saturday night, Mr.. Bullock
entertained the shorthand classes at
his home. Fifteen were there, and all
reported a fine time. Each was dress
ed to represent some character. Velma
Mckinney impersOnated Dorothy
Mulch, Kathleen Grant was dressed
as Velma, Kate Noyes as John Emert
Maybelle Johnston was indeed a com.
ical character, representing Hank
Safety-Pin." His wife was Arnelda
Clark. The two children were Dorothy
Mulch and Maud Noyes. Ross Griffith
was dressed as Maybelle Johnston
Mrs. Bullock as Reginald and Idells
Scott as Reg, Lily Hicks as Virgil
Piper, Mathilda Devon as dirt!
bachelor, Virgil Piper as Mr.. Bullock
Reg. Stuart as Mrs. Bullock and Mr.
Bullock as Mrs. SCOT
The Football Game.s
The Oroville Hornets took the sec
ond game from Omak on Friday las
and placed thmselves several points
nearer the county championship
Omak was hindered by the loss of sew
eral of their players but they put vi
an interesting fight for all of that
They are game little bunch and w
wish them well against OkanOgan TO
the last game of the season. The tw'
teams fought hard, with OrOvill
the best, possibly on the aggres
sive by reason of her aeria
attack. Erwin Curtis carried the bal
over for two of Oroville's three touch
downs. Omak made here traditiOna
stone wall defense against the HOrr
cts when they threatened the Oma
goal and finally punted out of DANCE
when Tom lost the ball on tumble
The game ended to the satisfaction G
both teams by score of 10 to 9. b
accident or coincidence this is the SCI
ond time Oroville has beaten tn
down-river team by that score.
The Tonasket Game.
A holly contested game went to TT
Hornets on Monday when the iona
ket Tigers fell before the stings of II
plucky Oroville eleven. Outweighed
both the line and back field, the HOr
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23

II al the telephone wires in the
United States, 36,843,000 miles of
them, could be strung between the
moon and the earth, they would span
the distance 164 times. The vastness
Of the distance between the earth and
the moon is so great as to be prac.
ltically incomprehensible to the aver
age mind; our illustration conveys
only a faint idea of its extent. Yet
this huge interplanetary void would
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23

pOrtant contest.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23

1900 b 1922. Judged By any
binary comparison the mileage|
telephone wire was already iargl
1900, when 1t would have real
perhaps a dozen times from the 4,
to the earth; but its rapid and
tinuous growth until. in 1927
equalled l54 times the distancej
tween earth and moon, is one OF
rom ances of modern elect
achievements.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23

be crossed l54 times by the telephone
wires in the United States alone, II
they could be SO placed. No one can
ponder this statement without some
realization of the stupendous extent
of the telephone network which
spreads and ramifies into every town
and hamlet of this great country.
The above chart graphically illus
trates the growth of this huge
spider's-web of telephone lines from
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23

A policeman shot a burglar In New
York. Perhaps he will claim he didn't
know it was loaded.-Ellensburgl
Evening Record.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23
NOW WE KNOW WHERE We ARE

Traveller: This train Is late isn't 1t?
Conductor: Yes sir; the train before
is a bit behind, but 1t was often be-
hind before besides-Boys' Life.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
NARBERTH TEAM
LOSES TO P. H. S.
Local Cage Men Lost First Half,
But Staged Comeback in
Latter Part of Contest.
FINAL SCORE 1872.

The playing of Forward Painter
gave Pl%easantville the game in the
Narberth-P. H. S. basketball contest
here on Friday night. The Pennsyl-
vania players counted on a victory in
the first half, when they were walking
away with the local quintet.
Painter scored II out of the Pleas
antville teams quota. 1t was a rally
in the second half that gained the vic
tory for the Mainlanders. for when
the first half ended the Narberth team
led, score IS. 1t was nothing but a
repetition of the style the Pleasant
vile boys have been playing all sea
son-slow in the first half. and then a
big comeback with plenty of steam
in the last period.
The summary
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
Perkins Confirmed
For Postmaster Job
Senate Acted on Appointments
Last Saturday - Expects to
Take Office in Few Days.

A. J. Perkins, former Sheriff, is ncH
the duly appointed postmaster for At
lantic City. His nomination. made
some time ago by President Harding.
was confirmed by the United States
Senate last Saturday.
The opposition that developed 10
Perkins appointment, confined chiefly
to a few persons who We're disappoin-
ted because Frank Moore, the former
Assistant Postmaster and now acting
Postmaster. did not get the place. djd
not get very far. II fell fiat after
Senator Walter Edge, Immediately up
on his return from Europe, declared
that instead of adding fuel TO the fire
on Perkins, he would stand by any
recommendation Congressman Baeha-
rach made. and was personally in "a
vor of Perkins appointment anyway.
When Congressman Bacharach rsc
commended Frank Moore for Acting
Postmaster to succeed Postmaster
Loudenslager last October, many pee
pie got the impression that that pleos-
ed him TO support Moore over all TIC
other candidates. But Congressman
Baeharach TOOK a different view. and
when the name of Alfred y. Perkins
was certified by the Civil Service
Commission as eligible for the place
Baeharaeh recommended his appoint
ment.
As soon as Mr.. Perkins arranges bis
bond and files it with the P~ostoihce
Department, his commission viii be
signed by President Harding and sent
to him. 1t is doubtful if all the nee
essary details can be arranged 10 Per
nit him to take over the Office before
March 10.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
.GILLEN TRIES
TO END LIFE
MillvilIe Resident Shoots Himself
While Walking Along New
Road = Still Lives.
Disappointed In Love

Life held but little interest for A
fred Gillen, of Millville, when his
sweetheart refused TO marry him and
he tried to end his suffering on Men
day by firing a bullet into his body
while walking along New Road, near
Leeds Avenue. This attempt at SUI
eide was very dramatic. GilIen fred
several shots in the air to attract al
tention, then fired one into his own
body. He fell to the road, and a VIC
man, who had Witnessed the deed from
a window of her home, informed Chief
of Police Robert Marshall of the act.
When Marshall responded he found
Gillen lying as though dead. He, &c
gether with Vernon Doney. placed the
wounded man in an automobile and
hurried him to the Atlantic City Hos
pital. 1t was found that the wound
was a dangerous one and likely TO
prove fatal yet, because of the danger
of infection. Gillen resides at &c
Sharp Street, Millville, with his father
Daniel Gillen. He had gone to Allan
tic City late Sunday night and then
started to walk back home. He arriv-
ed in Pleasantville early Monday
morning and then made up his mind
to die.
A letter addressed to Rose Williams.
also of Millville, was found lying be
side Gillen. It reads as follows:
Dear Rose: just a line to say ]
can't forget 0 SO I will keep my
promise. Rose, I cannot tell you how
l feel. Just think. me trying TO get
you for two years and then you
wouldn't have me. Rose, | wish you
the best of luck. P. S. Tell my father
that I asked his forgiveness for doing
such a thing. With love TO you-A1."
The letter was sealed and on the back
of the envelope was s. W. A. X.
Gillen's father and step-motbeT
were notified. They arrived in Allan
tic City Monday night 1t is said that
Ginen and the girl E-ried 10 gel
married at EIkton FIVE weeks ago ana
were turned away because Of tbe
girls age. They worked in different
departments at the same nil Gillen
left the plant after losing his sob ser
eral weeks ago.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
LEEDS POINT
STORE ROBBED
Burglars Selected Best of Stock In
Anderson Place-Port Re-
public Also Visited.
Police Investigating

Two mainland store ~robberies have
occurred recently and the authorities
are wondering if the two jobs were
not the work of an organized gang of
thieves. The first robbery occurred
on Monday night of last week, at the
store of A. J.. Anderson, at Leeds
Point. Here the robbers broke a pane
of glass and affected an entrance by
the front door. A large quantity of
provisions were taken away, including
a lot of coffee and meats. The pecul-
lar fact was that the thieves selected
only the best grades of goods, seem
ingly knowing just the location of the
articles which appealed to them.
Burglars early Friday morning broke
into the combined store and residence
of Mrs. Eunice Bartlett, of Port Re
public, and stole several dollars in
cash, a roll of linoleum and four five
gallon cans of gasoline. The robbery
was discovered by Mrs. Bartlett when
she went to the store to open up. She
found the entire first floor of the bull
ding disarranged. The burglars came
in an automobile, as was evidenced by
the tracks in front of the house. The
authorities were notified Immediately
and they in turn informed the State
police.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
Former Local Girl
Has Lost Husband
Bigamist Jailed After Court An
nulled His Marriage to Kath-
ryn Zentmayer.

Kathryn Zentmayer, daughter of
Louis Zentmayer and a former resi-
dent of this city, has lost her husband
by a decree of the court in Philadel-
phia, in which her marriage to Ed
ward Williams was annulled and the
defendant was sentenced to a term of
one year in the County Prison.
Williams was married to Edythe
Glass Williams, twenty-one years old,
of HAS Aberdeen street, Philadelphia,
Feb. Is, 1921. in that city, by the Rev.
William B. Chalfonte, and then mar
ried Kathryn Zentmayer. sixteen. of
1901 Winchester avenue, Atlantic City.
Dec. %, 1922, in Philadelphia, before
the Rev. Samuel w. Purvis, without
first having obtained a divorce.
The first Mrs. Williams testified to
having married the defendant, but
never living with him and instituting
divorce proceedings in Common Pleas
Court January "a.
Inc SccoHu hiS. WiiiidAlS, dCCoAipd-
MED to court by her father, testified
to having married Williams and living
with. him. She also said he told the
marriage license clerk he had never
been married before, but after two
weeks of their marital career Will
Jams informed her he had been mar
ried before and a divorce suit was
soon to be heard.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
Government Desires
Canal To Lakes Bay
Proposed Canal Would Drain Lo-
cal Bay Waters Through Alb
secon Inlet Channel.

If the desires of government engi-
neers are carried out. there will be a
canal cut through from Beach Thor
oughfare, opposite the Venice Park
club house, to Lakes Bay sometime
in the neal future. While this may
be a needed Improvement. Lakes Bay
oysher planters and men. who are en-
gagged in catching CLAIMS there are not
strongly in favor of the proposition.
Col. Earl Brown, an army engineer,
before the Atlantic City Chamber of
Commerce recently, repeated his e
plantations of former meetings concer-
ming the part the Government will
play in digging and financing the pro-
posed channel, using maps to show to
the audience to what he referred.
Colonel Brown said the Government
was interested in but two features
one to eliminate the series of existing
bridges, and the other to increase the
tidal discharge into the Inlet channel
in the hope of securing it out to a
certain extent. With a new type of
bridge, all railroads would cross that
one structure, and it could lift so cas-
lily that progress of water craft would
be unimpeded. The height of the
bridge would mean nothing.
Charles H. Harrison wished to
know if a new canal would not make
the water in all other water routes
move more sluggishly. Colonel Brown
said it might, but being salt water
there would be no danger of its be-
coming offensive.
President Leeds asked If it would
be necessary to have a legislative act
passed to make such a change, and
was told it would be; that the Gov
eminent would not undertake the
work unless it regarded it as a special
undertaking coming under special
heads.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
SUNDAY BLAZE AT
LOCAL GAS PLANT
Excitement Caused When Fire
Was Discovered on Second
Floor-Firemen Praised.
ARREST FOR FALSE ALARM.

City iremen and people living in
the vicinity of the local gas plant
were given quite a thrill on Sunday
afternoon, when fire was discovered
in the upper story of the plant. The
alarm was sounded and the firemen
quickly responded. Notwithstanding
the imminent danger from such a
blaze, the firemen went right to work
and within a short time the fire was
out. 1t was just one of those oeca-
sions when danger was great, and the
firemen went right in without consid-
ering their own danger in the dis
charge of their duty. They were Civ
en- great praise for their effective
work by a large number of citizens.
There was another fire alarm on
Saturday night, which oecasioned a
greet lot of excitement and ended in
the arrest of Frank Swain, who had
caused the alarm to be turned in,
There was no fire. Swain had some
disagreement with a Main street mer
chant and then sent in a fire call just
at the time when Main street was
congested with automobiles. The ap-
paratus missed several ears by a very
narrow margin, when making the turn
from Washington avenue into North
Main street. A collision would have
meant the injuring of several people
if not death for some.
Swain was placed in the city jail
and afterward fezsased fur a hearing
this week. incidentally the fremer
find that when responding to alarms
there are several local motorists who
persist in cutting in near the fire ap
paratus. This has become a danger
GUS proceeding. and firemen desire tt
take this means of requesting automo
bile drivers to exercise more case
when there is a fire, to avoid whai
may sometime result in a very seriou:
accident.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
Ocean City Kiwanis
Wins Bird Contest
Pleasantville Marksmen Defeated
Last Saturday in First Match
For Fine Trophy.

Members of the Kiwanis Clubs of
Pleasantville and Ocean City are n
gagged in a three match blue rock tour
nament for a handsome trophy, and
the first match was shot at Ocean City
last Saturday. 1t resulted in a victo-
ry for the Ocean City team, whose
score was 172. as against 1877 for
Pleasantville. Each contestant shot
at fifty birds. Even though Ocean
City won, Sanders, of Pleasantville.
was high gun with a score of As.
The second match will be shot on
the grounds of the Crescent Trop-
shooting Club, at Midway Park, back
of Clark's lumber mill, next Saturday
afternoon. The individual scores for
the first match were as follows:
Ocean City.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
Soldiers Win Again
From Frat. Quintet
Am. Legion Basketball Players
Establishing Great Record
For This Season.

When the basketball team repre-
senting the eek Fraternity of Allan.
tic City, went down to defeat before
Bill" Payne's soldiers on Monday
night IL gave the soldiers their eighth
consecutive victory for the season Oh
their home court The final score
was 44-31.
Captain Payne, playing a rowing
guard game, arched in no less than
eight double-deckers throughout the
forty minutes battle, and his defens-
i've playing also kept the Geks from
scoring several times when a field
goal meant the game.
The visitors played a stellar defen.
sive game in the first few minutes OF
the opening half. running up a 9 to
lead. However. they were 500 over
taken, and finished on the short end
of a II to II score at half time.
Although the Geks scored nine bas-
kets in the final twenty minutes oil
play. they didn't do enough. as the
Legionnaires rallied and tailed thir.
teen times from the court.
The