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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
IMPROVES HIS PROPERTY.

J. G. Sexson has new fence
around his lots in the west part of
town. This may not be an exciting
item, but that fence Is a neatly con-
structed piece of workmanship and
sets off the property to the very best
advantage. That fence has attrac-
ted much attention from pedestrians
travelling along that part Of First
avenue, and If more Of the same kind
Of improvements were carried out In
town Oroville would be much
more attractive place.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
INSPECTING kAABA MINE.

Judge Curtis Il. Johnson, of Toledo,
Ohio, and II. II. Ross, Of Massillon,
Ohio, have been visitors In Oroville
for several days this week and while
here were given an opportunity to
look over considerable Of the immedi-
ate surrounding country. The chief
object Of the visit of these gentle
men was to examine the Kaaba
mine, and after their Inspection they
expressed their satisfaction with the
showing.
While here Judge johnson was a
guest Of his old friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Bender. Both gentlemen are
leading and substantial citizens of
the cities from which they hail.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
NOT MATHEWS FIRST oFFshsg
Served Sentence In Davenport Jail
Last Year.

j. @. (Three Fingered Jack) Math.
ews, who was arrested last week for
violating the liquor laws and was shot
|in the thigh by Deputy Sheriff Nc
Coy, served sentence in Lincoln
County last year for boOtlegging. Miss
Mary Holmes of Republic, known as
San Poll Mary, was with him at the
time Of his arrest. The Davenport
Times-Tribune says:
Matthews and Miss Holmes were
|arrested on Morgan street in Daven-
port in June, 1922, by Deputy Sher.
ifs Gerald Church and A. J. Field,
when they were found in car with
four cases Of liquor. Miss Holmes
was discharged, but Mathews pleaded
guilty to bOotlegging charges and
served 80 days in Jail here. While in
Jail he and another prisoner stole sew
eral bottles of whiskey from the cell
next to the one in which they were
confined"
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
TO THE PUBLIC.

1t was necessary for me to leave
Oroville before l was able to collect
all the accounts due the Gazette
Publishing company. am satisfied
that none of the creditors wish to
repudiate these bills, for most of
them are for small amounts, although
footing up to considerable sum in
the aggregate. After my departure
Mr.. Frank s. Emert, the new pro-
prietor, is authorized to receipt for
all money paid in on these old &C.
counts, and we trust they will be
promptly met.
FRANK M. DALLAM.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
cANNERY NEEDS PEEIERS.

The Oroville cannery Is now run
ming smoothly and has large crew
employed. The output ranges be-
tween 500 and 600 cases day. How
ever, Manager L. Z. Watson states
that the output could be increased to
about 1000 cases day If enough
peelers could be obtained.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
ANOTHER fire
Dept. ORGANIZED
GREAT NORTHERN HALLWAY
MEN HAVE ORGANIZED NEW
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

The men at the Great Northern
Railway company's local roundhouse
have organized railroad fire depart
ment for the protection Of the coms
pany's property.
Tom Collier was In charge Of the
organization work; Dave Loney was
chosen captain; Chas. Pierce, hydron
man; and Manuel Shordy, nozzle
man.
The members of the new fire de-
partment have been practicing and
are greatly increasing their speed. At
some future time they expect to
show up the city fire department
when it comes to fast work.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
PROMINENT DEMOCRATS
SPEAK IN .ORovlLLE.

United States Senator G. G. Dill
and Judge Sam B. HILL, democratic
nominee for congress spoke at the
Liberty theatre at 8 p. m. Thursday
evening.
The Gazette goes to press too early
to give full report Of the meeting.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
REVIEWS TO ARRIVE SUNDAYS.

Beginning next Sunday the Spokes-
man-Review Sunday edition will be
delivered at the Oasis in Oroville at
10:30 a. IN. every Sunday morning.
Delivery will be made by auto from
Wenatchee. This will be q great &C.
commodation to the local readers Of
the Spokesman-Review as heretofore
the Sunday edition has not been de-
livered at Oroville until Monday.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
MARSHALL KILLS MAD DOG.

Sunday large collie dog was seen
to be running up and down Railroad
avenue from Main street as far west
as the cannery, and while he did not
snap ut any one en- route he was
fOaming at the mouth, eventually
running number Of people out Of
the Civic League park, and altogether
acting up as though suffering from
rabies.
Marshall Weldon was called and BY
the time the officer appeared upon
the scene the dog had taken refuge
in Jack COulters barn. Jack v0lun-
teered to run him out, as the marsh
all did not wish to slay the animal In
the building. Mr.. Coulter boldly ad-
vanced toward the savage looking
canine and tried to shoe him into
the street by waving a handkerchief.
The dog eyed Jack with suspicion
for time, and then made dash for
that Individual.
1t would have been impossible to
time Mr.. Coulter's movements with
split second watch, and he beat the
world record for so yards dash as
he cleared the door an eyelash ahead
of the infuriated animal.
Marshall Weldon took no chances
but cut loose and Mr.. Dog passed on
to his eternal rest. As a warning to
evil doers it may be added that the
marshars bullet caught the animal
slap in the eye, and it is a significant
fact that Mr.. Weldon rarely misses
the mark when he pulls trigger.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
|D|CTS FAIR
| APPLE PRICES
.nAo PREPARED TO PRO-
- eETTER TRANSPoR.
| 1ATloN THIS YEAR.

prices lor app'es anu oe'ler
4 transportation FOR this seas
!, predicted by P. willis Holden
member of the firm of Smith X
i New York distributors of APP
"a dinner which he gave at the
b Grub Thursday evening to
X business men and growers.
= h the third esasOn that Mr..
has visited this part Of the
n ascertain the quantity and
nuty Of the fruit and)look after
haduess of the firm. In past
ne Smith & Holden people
hudIed a large part of the OrO-
wtput.
\ handle fruits and vegetables
very part Of the United States
Are Is no fruit district in this
y that Mr.. Holden has not
personally and met the grow
ia shippers.
! thursday evening Mr.. Holden
IVA the growers and few local
~ men delightful chicken
ii Hotel DeGrub. Two long
y we're beautifully decorated
: hwers and fruit. The flowers
! II occasion were provided by
. gonaker Of Hotel DeGrub and
LISTING fruit was donated by ].
neer. At each plate was a
ene souvenir--a key ring knife
d BY the firm of Smith 4
|nho auooeetions to Growers.
1 1 CRUDE introduced the host,
= ~ told In detail of the mar
y Il last years crop, spoke of
ltion Of this seasons crop
til1e 1 number of suggestions to
! oosers.
)n1ing the forecast for this
~ yield Mr.. Holden asserted
] II crop would be IS per cent
- b the United States and
- hken as a whole than last
However, he believed that an
|qite number of cars would be
lhhIe and the crop would be mar
y b a more orderly manner.
, not wishing to make any
Ne statement regarding apple
y he believed that they would
III.
k Holden informed his guests
hIs firm was not sure as to the
hinges Of oiled wrappers and
} ecommending their use, they
b 10 experiment. further before
\ that thy be used for all var
cSnty Has Exclusive Brand.
mods Of advertising were discus
ihd be urged the use of printed
lpefa. His firm has reserved
! ked Head brand exclusively for
'sun county.
'aawlng Mr.. Holden, NJ. L. Reed,
agent Of the Great Northern
NJ company, discussed the
situation. Pointing TO
uumDer Of cars his company nau
Ny moved to the northwest. ana
number of new cars and better
y that are now ready for ser
u. Reed also predicted that
ufeat Northern railway company
: provide satisfactory transpor-
Tor this seasons crop.
addition to those from Oroville
we're present Messrs. Hovey'
and Seelye of TOnasket, and A.
'ofiey and w. f. Ramsey OF
ierde.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
TRAVEL INCREASES
Nearly 1000 Cars Check !" a"' W.
During Month.

Customs officer W. A. CRUDE saed s'a.e1
that a total of e4e cars I pa,s.u es"m
.no,an " Oroville going to and IRON,
british Columbia during the 'nonn ,.a.ao Sc Sc
'ra, a.'n,,st This is a slight increase Sc
auar the number of cars checking IL
and out during July. a,.
The stream of tourists coming .1, ,m.s as
10 increasing each year because
th,s @ ,s one Of the best scenic 'ou'
in the entire northwest
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
covkRlNc FROM OPERATION

y August % Mrs. G. G. Pursley
'tahed to the Deaconess hospital
Henatchee suffering from an
y attack of appendicitis, where
w operated upon the same day.
Y reports Mrs. Pursley was well
~Vard recovery. 1t may be ad-
mat the Illness Of Mrs. Pursley
~ demonstrates that troubles
~ come singly, for the three
@as old baby of the Pursleys Is
suffering from whooping cough.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-07
ses VICTORIA
LODGING HOUSE.

~ q NJ. Olson has leased the
VIVA rooming house to Mrs. John
- Tor six months and has left
'"ae on a trip to the Coast Tor
! hath,
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-31
USED FLOUR TO RAISE DOUGH-
Unique Money.Raising Plan Successful
ly Carried Out by Waukegan
QII.) Legion Auxiliary.

BY use Of unique funding plan, the
American Legion Auxiliary at Wauke-
gan, Ill.,, has succeeded In providing
club-room furniture for the Legion post
Of that city. Little expense was In
Cured In the campaign and the ladies'
were able to deliver sufficient fund to
the members Of the Legion to complete
ly equip the clubrooms.
A house-to-house canvass was made
by the auxiliary omen In the Interest
of certain brand Of -four When a
Waukegan woman was impressed by
the "canvass"-and they usually were
they placed an order for bag Of
-four. to be delivered at future date.
On every barrel Of -four sold the
workers received 81, the goal being set
at $1,000, which 1t Is said was realized
within a short time. Incidentally, Wau-
kegan grocers were forced to lay In
large stock OF the -four to care for the
demands from the result Of the solici.
tation of the workers.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-31
. lHE o
AMERICAN
LEGl0(N
Copy for This Department Supplied by
the American Legion News 6ervice.)
ILLINOIS MEN WIN BONUS
Supreme Court UphoIds Act Providing
for the Allowance Of Fifty
Cents Per Day.

The close relation existing between
the services of the individual soldier
Of the World war and the general vel
fare Of the state gives rise to claim
appealing to universal sense Of fair
ness and justice, declared the opinion
Of the Supreme court Of Illinois In up
holding the bonus act Of that state.
The court was unanimous on the con.
stitutionallty of the act and by this
decision payes the way for 100000 ex-
service men and women to obtain
state bonus. r.
The Illinois act provides for the
payment Of so cents per day for each
day Of service In the army, navy or
marine corps. The maximum payment
which any veteran may draw Is $500.
To pay the veterans bond issue Of
$55.0O0.000 has been made and will be
sold Immediately. Palmer d. Ed
munds, chief clerk of the board which
passes on the bonus applications, has
estimated that payment will begin
about July l, and that the former SOL
diers will be paid ut the rate Of ap.
proximately 24.0OO a month. Applica-
tions to the number Of 100000 are al.
ready on file with the board.
The case In Supreme court, q
friendly suit" brought by the father
Of Legion man of Springfield. Ill.,.
attracted much attention. 1t was the
contention of the attorneys for the ap-
pellants that the law violated the con-
stitution by granting extra compensa-
tion after public service had been
rendered.
The opinion Of the court, written by
Chief Justice Thompson, and without
a dissenting vote, held that the recipi-
ents Of compensation in the case did
not come within this specification of
the constitution. They, the opinion
said, do not stand In the relation of a
public officer, agent, servant or con-
tractor of, or with the state. and shat
the section mas no appllcatlOn mere.
The activity Of the American Legion
In assisting the securing Of the passage
Of the Illinois act Is well known. The
organization was called on to write
the act and was at all times active In
moving toward Its passage. On the
eve of the election by which the voters
of the state approved the bond issue
to pay compensation, the organization
staged a demonstration throughout the
state that won thousands Of votes.
Under advice of the Legion, the ruling
was made by the bonus board that all
service should be compensated at the
specified rate until 1920. The previous
acceptance had been for service &C.
tually rendered before the armlstice.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-31
TO THOSE IN OCEAN GRAVES
Special Memorial Services Conducted
by Legion In Honor Of Victims
OF Sea Warfare.

Those Americans who perished at
sea during the World war were paid
fitting tribute on Memorial day by the
American Legion. Hundreds Of Amerl-
cans went down as sea victims Of the
submarine and their unmarked graves
were remembered.
On the Ticonderoga alone 213 brave
Americans went down, and scores Of
others perished In a similar manner.
Recognition Of the sailors part In the
war was paid by numerous posts Of the
Legion when the members set adrlft
barks Of flowers In memory Of those
who perlshed at sea, now resting In
wave-swept graves.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-31

dlans came from Asia, the South Sea
Islands. or merely moved from Mexico
or some other part Of this continent.
The remains Of the dog will be careful
ly studied to discover Its canine affili-
ations. One belief is that the PuebloA
the Mayas. Aztecs and other Indians
who practiced architecture and showed
much development In civilization are
sprung from emigrants from Asia, who
sailed across the Pacific, In compare
lively recent times. Some anthropolo-
gists believe that the statues found
among the Maya relics are Buddhas,
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-31

Bills grave not as It is but as It will
be when his equestrian statue is set up.
The Pony Express riders did some
wonderful riding. but, as matter Of
fact the record performance In that
age and country Of hard-riding horse
men-it Is probably the record Of all
history-was the ride Of f. x. Aubrey
In 1851 from the plaza Of Santa Fe. N.
H., to the public square Of lndepend-
ence. Mo-, a distance Of about 800 miles
across sandy desert infested by hos
tile Indians In five days and 10 hours.
Aubrey rode alone, killed several Of his
best horses. was never of a fast gallop
during the whole ride, fell fainting
from his saddle, lay in stupor for 4S
hours, and walked up none the worse,
with wager Of $1,000 won.
Some Record Rides.
Buffalo Bill was the "Boy Wonder"
Of the Pony Express. He began in
April, 1850, at the age Of fourteen. He
first rode 45 miles out of Julesburg,
with the stations Is miles apart and
three changes Of horses. After two
months he was assigned to 78-mile run
between Red Buttes on the North Platte
to the Three Crossings Of the Sweet
water-a bad Indian country. One day
he galloped into Three Crossings, his
home station, and found that his relief
had been killed. So he rode on to
Rocky Ridge, IS miles away, and made
the round trip of 800 miles without a
mishap and on time-a record perform
ance. Shortly afterward the Indians
killed so many riders and drove of so
many ponies that the Pony Express
had to be discontinued while "Wild
Bill" Hlckok (who once single-handed
killed ten desperadoes). young Cody
and forty men chased the Indians four
days ride into the hills and returned
with their own horses and 100 Indian
ponies-and several scalps.
Robert PONY Bob) Haslam at the
time of the Plute war in Nevada mo
vember of 1S60) made an emergency
ride Of $50 miles Of desert route, with
one rest Of nine hours. within four
hours Of schedule time. Then after a
rest Of 90 minutes. he went on to cover
his own route. ....
James Moore had a run of 140 miles
across western Nebraska. On one run
he made the distance In II hours, and
without rest went back In the same
time-2SO miles In % hours.
The Pony Express deserves immor-
tality as an object lesson Of American
daring. pluck, endurance and efficiency.
The advertisement Of Russell, Majors
and Waddell, the famous stage and
freighting firm. carried the heading:
ITO San Francisco in Eight Days by
the Central Overland California and
Pixies Peak Express" This was ex.
planned to mean that kilograms. carried
by Pony Express between St. Joseph
and Placerville, would reach the coast
In eight days and that letters would be
carried In ten days between St. Joseph
and San Francisco. The Missouri city
was the rall-end farthest west. There
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-31
Mkeorskos/AsS

was boat service between Sacramento
and San Francisco. Salt Lake was the
only city between the Slerras and the
Missouri.
American Urge for Speed.
The Pony Express route was 1905
miles. The first express out Of st.
Joseph made the trip In ten days
Later the time was reduced to an av.
erage Of nine days. The news Of Fort
Sumter was carried In eight days and
IA hours. Buchanan's last message
was rushed across In seven days and
10 hours. Lincoln's inaugural address
placed the record at seven days and
II hours.
The riders were young, light and
picked men Of character under solemn
pledge of good behavior. Each carried
revolver and bowie knife. The letters
were on tissue paper. the two mail
pouches never weighed over 20 pounds,
and the postage was IS a letter In ad-
vance. The riders were paid about
SIPS month. The horses were usual
ly half-breed California mustangs
many Of them unbroken.
The Pony Express riders rode ESQ.,
600 miles and lost one mail. The serv-
ice terminated with the completion Of
the transcontinental telegraph line Oc-
tober "a, 1851.
The Pony Express lasted eighteen
months, took In S5O0,0O0 and paid out
$7OO,OOO. What Is more, 1t was never
expected to pay. What. then. was Its
why and wherefore7 There is no room
here to explain in detail.
One factor, Of course, was the we'll
known American urge for speed. The
discovery Of gold In 1S4S peopled Call
fornIa almost over night. BY 1860
there were two great bodies Of Ameri-
cans separated by 1900 miles. Most Of
the mail went by way Of Panama,
twenty-five days from New York to
San Francisco. A railroad was 'the
hunger, the prayer, the hope" Of every
settler west Of the Missouri.
Breaking Trail for Rail.
The prewar struggle between the
North and South was the big factor.
The South. being the stronger In con-
gress, pigeon-holed In 1855 bill for
government subsidized Pony Express
over the Central route"-St. Joseph,
Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie. South
Pass, Salt Lake City and Sacramento.
In 1858 congress let mail contract by
stage over the Southern Route"-Fort
Smith, FL Paso. Tucson-2,7G0 miles
on q 25-day schedule. Northerners,
with an eye to the coming transcon-
tinental railroad. countered by estab-
fishing the Pony Express to demon
strate that the "Central Route" was
open the year round. Then came the
Civil war. with the North In control Of
congress. The mail service was trans
ferred to the Central Route" Then
came the railroad.
So the why and wherefore Of the
Pony Express Of 1sGO-61 was largely to
break the trail over the "Central
Route" for the railroad Of 1870.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-31
Tale Of a Dead Dog

Nobody knows from where the Pueb.
10 Indians came and among those who
have been giving the matter Of this
ancient tribe some considerable study
is DR.. Cla..k Wissler. Of the American
Museum Of Natural Sciences. While
At work at Aztec, Arizona, he turned
M the dried body Of a dog which may
reveal the origin of the Pueblos. II
the species and origin Of the dog can
b found Il may show whether the In
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-31
ALueaEANT-hoT ALAxArNG
Slightly Mlsquoted.

"Mother!" Bessie rushed breathless-
ly into the parlor, where mother was
entertaining. Mother! I learned such
q pretty poem in school today
"What Is 1t, dear?" asked her moth
er, In spite of her embarrassment.
swell, It goes like this: The Lord
Is my shepherd. ! shall not want; He
maketh me to lie down in green
plaster"
The rest was lost in the burst Of
laughter that followed.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-31
Heavy Load for leulon,

Kenesaw Mountain Lands. supreme
arbitrator Of organized baseball re.
Gently predicted that within five years
many supposedly able-bodied veterans
will begin to falter because Of shock
and exposure suffered In the trenches"
And he added: "The American Legion
Is the only body which is taking an
active stand for Justice to disabled
men, and on the Legion will fall the
responsibility Of seeing that congress
does its duty"
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-31
DENVER LIVE STOCK MARKET
Cntfle

A large packer took eighteen head
Of veal calves averaging 1877 pounds. at
sl4, and twenty-five head running l5i
pounds at 1870. Singles and small lots
sold at $3.50 down to IS. going almost
exclusively to the large packers.
The top price for cows was S7.25.
which took a carload Of thirty-nine
head, weighing l,009 pounds, bought by
a large packer. Small lots sold at
$3.50 down to 1915. going to small kill
ers and city butchers.
Two carloads OF heifers, averaging
749 and $40 pounds. and totaling fifty
seven head went to small packers at
sS.35. Singles and small lots were TAX
en- by killers at IS and s7.35. Mixed
cattle sold at top price Of 1915
for thirty head, averaging iS0 pounds.
and were taken by large packer. 9th
er sales were at IS for stock running
sixty pounds heavier.
The top price was s7.25 paid for sew
cnty-eight head Of fancy stock tipping
the scales Just below 200 pounds. The
bulk of sales was in half-dime steps
from the top down to 81, with the large
end at 1920, nearly half q dozen car
loads selling at that figure. A. few
small lots of fair killing material were
picked up at prices ranging down to
Sc. Packer sows sold at $3.50.
A new top price In killing PIGS was
made when an out-of-town packer took
three head averaging 1913 pounds at 81.
others sold at $3.50 and S5.75. Stock
pigs Weighing 60 to 100 pounds were
put into new hands in considerable col
ume at $3.50 and s5.25. few selling as
low as 81.
Sheep.
Quotations on good quality spring
lambs range from SIS to Sl5.25 and 1t
was the opinion Of statesmen that some
thing strictly choice would possibly
bring $3.50. Fair lambs are selling
from si4,75 to SIS. Clipped lambs OF
good quality are listed at 1880 to
s13.75. with fair grade from $1s to
1880.
Ewes were scarce and the market
was quiet. Demand Is good at prices
ranging from $3.50 to $3.50 for the fair
to choice clipped ewes.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-31
She Had No Children.

Mamma" asked Edith on her re.
turn home from Sunday school, "haye
I any children?"
"Of course not" replied her moth
er. "What put that Idea into your
headT'
Because our lesson was about peo-
pie and their children's children" ex-
planned the little student
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-31

HE Pony Express Is to be
restaged this fall, 8S years
after Alex Carlyle on a
mice brown mare raced
out Of St. Joseph, Mo-,
headed west. and Harry
Hoff on a spirited half
: breed broncho" sprinted
out Of Sacramento. CAL,
headed east, the entire
population Of both cities
-t- &Ho utNnaf