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

nave tne foundation ready wn6n tn
steel begins to arrive from the east
late in November.
Pat E. Healy, for some years prom
inent leader in civic affairs of Belling
ham but now in California, was elect
ed executive secretary OF the Belling
n ham chamber of commerce at a specia
1 meeting of the board of trustees HI
will take UP his duties about Decem
a Der 1.
Y The Seattle central labor council
voted to accept the terms Of the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor ultimatum
and cease activities OF a radical ma
ture. The vote came after a bitter
wrangle between conservative dele
gates and leaders of the left wing OF
the council.
Mrs. William M. Vincent, Seattle,
was reelected president of the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance union OF
western Washington at its annual con-
vention in Bellingham. Mrs. Lillit
Nancy and Mrs. Ella Fl. Booker, both
OF Seattle, were reelected correspond
ing secretary and recording secretary,
respectively.
DR.. w. d. Valentine, aged 70, a pio.
neer physician of Spokane city, was
found guilty by a jury in federal court
on two counts of an indictment charg-
ing the sale of narcotics to an alleged
drug addict. Because of his age, the
jury recommended clemency. DR.. Val
entine testified that the narcotic was
| part Of a course Of treatm ent he had
prescribed.
John Riseland Of Bellingham was
reelected president of the Washing
ton Retail Grocers' and Merchants as
sOciation at business sessions of the
twentyfourth annual convention in
Spokane. r. l.. Cunningham of Aber-
deem, was reelected vice president.
w. l.. Ludington of Wenatchee and
Oscar Phil of Puyallup we're elected
to the board of trustees.
High acre yield for spring wheat,
oats and barley are indicated in the
October report for Washington, issued
by G. S. Ray, federal agricultural sta.
tistician. Apple production promises
to be slightly larger than was predict
ed on September /, the report shows.
and corn and potato crops show small
decreases as compared with the fore.
cast made month ago.
Robert J. Thodt, secretary of the
Fomeroy trainers union, has been
notified that meeting of the tri-coun-
ty union Of Garfield, Columbia and
Walla Walla counties will be held at
Dayton on October 20. This probably
will be the last tricounty meeting be-
fore the next meeting OF the state
union. Each local is entitled to one
delegate for every 10 members.
Seattle's tax levy for 1924 will show
net increase of 1851 mills over the
rate for this year, according to the
final summary of approved budgets
for city, county, port and school dis
tricts, added to the levy for state pur-
poses. The total levy for 1928 was
bS.1S mills, an increase of approx
mately mills over the preceding
year. The 1924 rate will be 71.Ss7
mills.
BY coincidence Of chance PERCY
Sinclair was one of the IL chosen
from the southern district of Pacific
county to begin service October Is as
petit juror. Sinclair's trial was set
'or the same date in the Pacific coun-
y superior court on charge of sub
hitting false statement to the state
bank examiner in connection with the
allure Of the Southwestern Washing
on bank of Ilwaco.
According to the budget for next
rear, passed by the Yakima city COM
mission, plans are made for spending =,
'420,757. All this is to be raised by
axation, except SIPS, 4Os which it is
estimated will come from licenses.
ines and bond forfeitures. Salaries t
II fire and police chiefs was raised
o 5000 month, while Street Foreman
Ernest Hamilton gets the same, Civ.
ng him raise of 1920 year. C
The synodical meeting of the wo- n
mans home and foreign missionary
ocieties of the Presbyterian church 9
4 the state of Washington held in o
Valla Walla, ended with the selection h
I Vancouver, Wash, as the next
1eeting place. Officers were elected
$ follows: Mrs. ]. G. Porter, Seattle. M
resident; Mrs. A. C. Baker, Spokane. n
rst vice-president; Mrs. Hugh Nc p
laster, Camas, second vice president.
A decision of Judge Dykeman of the If,
ling county superior court will, IL
pheld by the supreme court, mean an
lcrease of hundreds of thousands of y
ollars to the states income and in. A
eritance taxes, according to the tax
fficials of the state. 1t has been the
nstom in cases of some large estates
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