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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
ON
IcA ARE RUSHED
= CREW OF MEN NOW EN-
aAvIp ON LOCAL CON-
srRucTIoN WORK.

aruction work ON the West
IN Valley Irrigation ditch is
ing very favorably," said
Riste, secretary for the dist
q ra1~esday ave now rave 1877
npl0yed. .sith pay roll OF
~ far the last two weeks. We
iuurteen different crews at work
here and Tonasket. Two
r have been constructed on the
rmeen. Camp No. ! is situa-
~ the old Oswago mine and ar
1f ,mploys 33 men. Camp No. z
u.sted above Shanker's Bend and
= \ men now
jrhuction work alOng the entire
|1l1b i being rushed as fast as poe
~ 1Ie main ditch by the Zediker
~ been cemented from the
4 ne Slmilkameen syphon. The
IL hickey contract at Lauber's
1 ms completed this week,
1 long stretch of fiume was re-
~ y ditch.
"A tanel 400 feet in length will be
~ kls winter this side of the
~ glant. The 400 feet of exca'
" Vhich will be cemented soon
= ~ completed. The cuts and
Y 4 tie Blackler tracts have beer
and will be cemented in the
Sintendent c. r. Burky has
~ Il all construction work beln:
der the ditch. A. e. Wielant
NnnNisor of construction bein:
NJ the Similkameen. The dist
S pend in the neighborhood o
b construction before tn
: <1rned on In the spring. Fur
work will be taken NJ
Il ~ on an extended building
- which will put the Ioca
= q par with the best in tn
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
lk WAR VETERAN
ANSWERS LAST CALL

" q Curtis, age 70, veteran of the
Naf, died at his home at ST.
1Qeek Thursday afternoon from
trouble. Mr.. Curtis had been
(. ~ with heart trouble for sew
yeers but the end came as a
- as he had been well up to
tn Of his death.
+ bevis was called when the at
Hnfted but arrived few min
4ter the death of the aged vet
he was the father of Claude
~ VI Orovllle.
&. = Curtis was born at Fondulac,
onsIn, June 10. 1914. He served
fH q army during the Civil War on
y. ede of the Union. being with
mans. army in the famous march
n ne sea. Sixteen years ago he
" west and located on Siwasn
k eleven miles northeast of To
y where he has since engaged In
and cattle raising.
= Curtis was married to Fannie
Vnklin of New York. Februar!
1. 30 To this union were borr
0lldren. Mrs. NCurtis died Feb
Z! l0, 1893. He was married t'
a Wright of Owatama, Mime
August %, 1900, who survive
" hasband.
p also survived by G. Fl. Curtis
~eville, A. f. Curtis and II. NJ
- Of Ambrose, North Dakota, q
vfds of Fergus Falls. MINI.
Curtis, address unknown, an
0ughters Mrs. F. @. French o
tpl, Mimi, Mrs. Nellie NJ. For
Az Anneapolis, Mlnn., and severa
children. One daughter an
- are dead.
a. funeral took place at Tonaske
N and burial was made at tn
ket cemetery. The Rev. @. {
conducted the funeral services
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
DEATH CALLS
SAMUEL r. HOlCOMB.

Samuel II. HOlcomb, age 63, passeo
away at his home north of Oroville
Saturday from heart trouble. The
body was shipped to Wenatchee Mon
day where the funeral took place
Tuesday.
Samuel Holcomb was born at Ore
gon City, Oregon, in 1860. He resi-
ded a few years at Wenatchee, com
ing to Oroville about two years ago
He bought the Frank Winkler place
opposite the old Okanogan smith
ranch. where he lived up to the time
of his death
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
WILL HAVE STORY HOUR.

The Story Hour will be organized
at the Civic League Saturday, No
yember 10. at o'clock for all the
bows and girls who are Interested an
good stories. The club will be under
the auspices of the Civic League and
conducted by Mrs. Paul SCOT, local
organizer for the Literary Extension
Bureau.
All children from the fifth Sraoe
through the first year of high sehoo
are cordially invited to be presen'
Saturday.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
PALMER MOUNTAIN DANCE.

The first dance of the season at
the Palmer Mountain schOol-house
will be given by the community on
/ riday, November 8.
The board of directors intend that
there sha'l continue the same good,
clean, old fashioned dances as were
had last Writer and which all Who a
tended enJoved.
The most noticeable change VIII be
in the music as the orchestra viii he
improved by the addition of some new
talent.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09

CLAW Fruit of TOnasket was elected
first vice-president at the Washington
State Association of Game Commits
sioners and Game Wardens at a meet
ing held at Ellensburg Saturday. The
other officers elected were: l.. f.
Overden of Chelan County, president
A. H. Moll, SnOhomish county, second
vice-president; G. A. Pender, CLARK
third vice president, and the follow
ing advisory board; State Senator G
H. Meyers, Lincoln; Clay Fruit, Okla
hogan; A. N. Woodard, Island, and B
+. Lawrence, Benton.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
SALES DRAW SHOPPERS
FROM DISTANT POINTS,

Local sales have stimulated Dusi-
ness in Oroville this week ana the
town presents very busy appear
once. People are coming to town from
LONG distances TO trade at the local.
stores.
II v Covert's sale began Saturday
and his store has been crowded WIN
shonpers. "Our sale has been very
successful so far" said MI. covert
Thursday morning, "in fact we nave
had nj, of the business that we could
handle"
With 25 clerks to take care OF the
crowd of buyers the sale at the oro-
Vile Commercial company begah
Wednesday morning and everyone
there has been rushed to the limit
with work. 1--WE are pleased wltn
the response of the people to our
sale" said Chas. Powell "Wednesday
evening. MANY people have come 10
our store today from Nelson, Loomls
and from across the boundary In al
dition to the local people fhat are
crowding into this store"
| V. C. Deal, who represents the Il.
h Kelly Sales System of Minneapolis
is directing the sale at the Orovlhe
Commercial company.
Other Oroville business houses are
also enjoying good share OF business
this week.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
CHOICE ENTERTAINMENT
COMING SOON.

One of the best plays that has been
given in Oroville for many months is
promised when the Rebekah Social
club presents "The Old Maids" at the
Liberty theatre, Wednesday, Novem-
ber p.
The story Of the comedy deals with
group of old maids who decided IN
a conv en,.on seven years ago to 60 to
Alaska and seek wealthy husbands.
They have now returned and will re-
late their experiences.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
Farming Of All Types Should
Try To Preserve Soil Fertility

land or do we want the home owning !,
business farmer? If the former, the
slogan mentioned would be the one 10
follow as it is possible for family to
exc out living by intensive cultlva
ton on five acres of good land. The
that for decades. Our ideal, however.
is not peasantry but prosperous con-
tented families upon the land, sue
cessful from a business standpoint.
Five Acres May Not be Profitable.
do NOT deny that sometimes when
land is used merely as basis of Op-
erations for highly specialized opera
tions such as poultry production or
intensive berry or vegetable growing
five acres may supply not only profit
able work for all the family but an
income far and above the expenses
OF the family. But this is not true OF
the average farm or the average far
mer. What is needed in every area Is
a unit of such size that it will use a
mans time economically, make pos
sible the employment of labor saving
machinery ard furnish a bulk of farm
business sufficiently large to bring an
income considerably above expenol-
lures, in other words, a profitable in
come. Such farm may vary from
five acres in areas adjacent to the
big city markets, intensively cropped
to vegetables, berries and small fruits
to 20 or 20 or 30 acres In an orchard
section, 40 to 100 acres or more in 9
dairy section. 40 to 60 or 80 acres il
Irrigated general farming sections
100 to 800 acres in the diversified
farming sections in nOn-irrigatet
areas or coo to 1000 or more in semi
a arid sections where alternate crop ant
I summer fallOw systems necessaril.
are followed. Under average condi
: tions, the family farm sometimes
known as the two-man farm or tn
: farm on which the owner and son o
the owner and his hired man can han
die the operations convenient,
d throughout the year is the unit to b.
|, sought. Such unit usually will resul
e |, in the lower production cost as tn
e farm may be kept fertile, time be wei
i utilized, labor saving machinery en-
o ployed, the business we'll manage
d and all work effectively done.
y Contrast with this the excessivel
= large farms where crews of men mus
IT be hired at high prices during harves
I, and other periods or with units S
g small that no one product can b
If grown in sufficient quantity or owe
sufficient areas to use the full enel
o. gies of the operator or to bring an
m considerable income and we will FIN
ID compelling arguments for the famil
ot farm. In the extremely difficult pc
To- iods which our agriculture is now g
I'd ing through, the family farm well d
10 versified and raising standard pr
ne ducts such as milk. eggs, meat al
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
MOLsoN OFFICERS
GET BOozEICARG0

new Oakland car loaded Win -
cases of liquor was seized anu 'hs
driver. who gave his name as fteu
Nyalker of Walla Walla was arres'e"
q, three o'clock. Monday mornins'
uear Hayillah, by Customs ollicef
n,oud Ioomis and Deputy Sheriff w.
Mccoy and G. Warren VINO "as ''p'
tied by +. LoOmis-
The case was turned over 10 Wv
county and state authorities ana war
,. ,,,os taken to Okanogan for
hearing.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09

The general policy of maintaining
soil fertility or of building up fertility
where it is low is one on which all can
agree. 1t is impossible for the thinking
man anywhere who is concerned with
the soil not to give thought to soil fer
tIity. Nor can one speak of any type
Of arming without thinking of what
effect that type will have upon soil
fertility When we think of clearing
logged off lands, we Immediately won
der whether the areas proposed for
farming are fertile. and while we
know that some are, others are not,
and must go through a process OF fer
tilization and cropping to green ma
nures if they are to be of value. When
we think of lands subject to irriga-
tion. we know that while in a general
way they may be considered fertile,
they will produce abundantiy only IL
they have been cropped to iegumes
especially alfalfa so that there VIII De
sufficient humus in the soil to irrjgate
well and sufficient nitrogen to insure
good Yields. When we consider the
wheat lands of Eastern Washington
and tho result of the 80 to 40 years
of cropping, we remember mat the
exnerjment station of the state college
has shown that approximately one
third of the humus and q fourh %
the nitrogen present in virgin sol
have been consumed, that the SOIL Il
os result. now more and more sub
iect TO washing. that it takes NOR
care to produce good crop than 1or
merly. and that steps must be takel
to build up the humus and lncreas
the nitrogen content.
In other words farming, or wha'
ever type should be done in such
xvov that the fertility where aDundail
NAV be conserved, where depiete
NAV he improved and where Wantin
NAV he built up. In no other way ca
we have an agriculture that Is pei
manent and profitable.
Costs Of Production Must be Low
Whatever the type OF farming an
however well fertility is maintained
every care must be taken that Tn
cost of production is low. In farmin
os IN manufacturing, or In other bus
ness, only the Efficient only he wn
. can produce at low cost VIII succee
q in the long run. Efficiency and 10
cost Of production involve many Ia
TORS The farm may be too small
g roo large for effective management
II may have too poor SOIL the "roi
r. tvpe of livestock or poor quailty
stock.
s. There is much MISUNDERSTANDING I
4 dav of the proper size OF the far
unit give acres and 80 living" us'
to he the slogan for many VINO una
r" understand. Here we must decl'
al what our general policy with rega
A. to the farm population shall be.
we want a rural peasantry upon Il
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
THIRIY-FOUR HEAD
OF CATTLE seized

Thirty-four head of cattle belong
ing to Kirt Hoover were seized Dy
Customs Officer w. A. CRUDE ana
Deputy Sheriff E. G. Weldon when
they were iriven across the boundary
Inv Cbas. Johnson and started up the
ioIson road Tuesday without having
made proper entry.
The cattle are being held here by
The lo, al customs office awaiting FUR
ther instructions from Collector OF
Customs Millard II. Harrison.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
BENDER WINS JUDGMENT.

Henry Bender won judgment o.,
SIG against Noah Garner in suit be-
fore Justice f. NJ. Headlee Saturday.
Mr.. Bender charged that Garner had
damaged his property to the extent of
SEQ breaking the windows and doing
other damage to his house on Spokane
street which Garner had occupied.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09

cereals. stands out in bold relief while
on the excessively large commercial
farms, the too highly specialized
farms or the very small farms, the
costs of production have often been
so high or receipts so small as to
bring the operator time and again to
the brink of ruin.
(Next week: Need for Farm Eff
ciency)
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09

Aaron Martin returned Thursday
from Colfax where he has been work
ing in the harvest He is again hold
ing down his old position in the Cres-
cent Cafe.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
nloMARv SOCIETY TO MEET

/. 81 Woman's Home Missionary
n will meet at the Methodist
] ~ on Wednesday, November H.
sd O'clock, Mrs. Paul SCOT, nos
(. 9ect for the day: "SaVihs
- Bodies.
the close of the literary pro-
there will be a "Mite-bOx open
N.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
METHODIST CHURCH

.u our usual services next sonaas'
come, com. Ou while. Absenteeism is se vote
worm .. the success of the chorcn
and her work. Vote right O' se
to Church. ,,,N Pastor.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09

Harry Farrell arrived here lnu's, :,
s,.o,o brewster and looked aroui'
with the idea of locating anu ,n'snn .n,,
WIN -" ~, bore later on. Mr.. Farrell
'ia '". resident of oroville severn
years ago, but left mere 40
louse country.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

Services at IL a. m. every ouhu"S
in the Civic League building.
Subject of lesson sermon next sun
dav. adam and Fallen Man
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
TRINITY CHURCH (eP'scoPAl''

Sunday:
Church School, 10 a. LII.
Morning Service, II a. m.
young peoples Club, 7;so p. . IN.
Members Of Young Peoples o'uo ao
.,1asa MsI note that meetings are to be
held Sunday evenings, ,orNr GRAY.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09

Herb G. Baker of Chesaw was reg
istered in town Tuesday.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09
REGISTRATION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the reg.
istration books for the Town Of Oro-
Vile will be closed on November 18th
1923
f. Il. HOOSE,
Town Clerk.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09

tR residence of Herman ana hu'
seSe east of town was Destroyer
n nre Thursday morning.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09

Wm. Brassfield Of Nelson was
business visitor in town Friday.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-09

Verne and Bill Sexson hit the high
ridges for deer last Friday on the
north slope Of Toroda creek in Ferry
county, returning Tuesday with two
3-po!nt bucks. Rin got his buck Sat
urday, while Verne brought his down
Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
Admission Plans League

ANNISTON, Ala, Dec. 22.-(Special Leased Wire.)-J. c. Broadneaux, chairman of the athletic committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, is completing arrangements for the organization of a basket ball league to be composed of teams from some of
 the leading industrial plants of Annis- ton, Sunday schools and other organ izations. Arrangements are being worked out whereby three fast games of basketball will be offered to the Anniston fans each week. The old army building on Wilmax avenue will be used for the sports. Team to rep resent the Junior Chamber of Com merce the Agogo class of the Parker Memorial Baptist church, the Federal Phosporus company and the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company have already been signed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
BIRMINGHAM ATHLETIC CLUB
B. 4. (. BLUES TO OPEN SEASON HERE NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT
WTIGUE BOUT IS CONSIDERED LOST

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Prospects of a match between Mike McTigue, worlds light heavyweight champion, and either Gene Tunney, the Ameri- can 175-pound title holder, or Georges Carpentier, were practically eliminated today when McTigue and his manager, Joe Jacobs, failed to patch up their differences at con- ference with Promoter Tex Rickard. McTigue declared after the con- conference that he would not go through with the contract { Jacobs signed for a fight with Tunney and also refused to accept his managers compromise terms for a bout at Madison Square Garden with Car pentier.
 McTigue added that he probably would leave soon for Europe in search of fights, not returning to the United States until August, when his contract with Jacobs expires. It was pointed out, however, that the light heavyweight champion. under the state athletic commissions rules would become automatically sus- pended if he fails to go through with the Tunney match by April, when the time limit for fulfilling that contract expires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
TEAM PLA XS MONTGOMERY c
EPINARD TO HAVE BUSY SEASON ON TRACK NEXT YEAR

NEW YORK, Dec 22.-Epinard. French thoroughbred champion, will race the pick of next years Ameri- September and October, two on met ropolitan tracks and one in Ken lucky, M. Pierre Wertheimer, owner of Epinard. revealed today before sailing for France on the Berengaria.
 NJ. Wertheimer. who has practically completed all details of the inter- national series as g result of con ferences during the last two weeks with turfmen, said the first sweep stakes, at mile, will be run early in September at Belmont Park. The second race will be run at Aqueduct track between September Is and Is and the third at Latonia, Ky, the first week in October. The French man did not disclose the distances of the last two events, but they prob ably will be at a mile and a quarter and mile and half, respectively.
 Epinard, he said, will be shipped here in July with Everett Haynes, his jockey; Eugene Leigh, his Amer lean trainer; three stablemen and three horses as training companions. Epinard will train at Saratoga for the sweepstakes, In which he prob- ably will meet zev, Harry F. Sin clair's 1923 champion; In Memoriam. Kentucky crack, and Rear Admiral Carey T. Grayson's My Own, among others.
 Turning from the discussion of turf events, M. Wertheimer, who is manufacturer of perfumes and air planes, paid tribute to the supreme beauty" of American girls.
 There Is but one type of French beauty" he asserted but there are 6S types of American beauty Their final supremacy is in their variety. European women can go to school in the class room of the American bou- doir."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
Woman's s School Menu

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 22.-(By the Associated Press.)-Woman college of Montgomery in 1924 will tackle the hardest basketball season in it's history, according to announce ment here by Dean L. D. Williams.
 The schedule is as 1t now stands follows:
 January 12-Birn in gham- Southern co-eds, at Montgomery.
 February Peabody. at Montgom- cry.
 January 16-Alabama college, at Montevallo.
 February 9-Alabama college, at Montgomery.
 February 14.-University of Ala bama co-eds, at Tuscaloosa.
 February 22-UniversIty of Ala bama, at Montgomery.
 March 7-Peabody. at Nashville.
 The games with Peabody on Feb ruary 1 and with Birmingham South ern on January 12 are not definite, Dean Williams said, though those dates have been asked for by Eom- ans college, but not at present set ted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
Admission Team Rests

ANNISToN. Ala, Dec. 22.-(Special Leased Wire.)-Basket ball practice at the Anniston High school will be resumed after the winter session Is opened on January 2, the team hav- ing arranged game with the Tal- 1adega quintet to be played the fol- lowing Friday. The game played against Munford last week and which was won by the visitors by a score of 29 to 2S has been valuable to the Anniston players in that the weak places of the team have been made strong by shifts of the line and the locals are confident that they. will be able to tame the Talladega visitors when they come here for the first game of the New Year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
Track Meet Feb. 9

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-The Niagara Association of the Amateur Athletic union has selected February as the date for the 1924 National junior in- door A. A. U. track and field cham pionships at Buffalo.
 Louisville and New York are bid- ding for the senior champions, se- lection of the Kentucky city depend- ing upon whether it can offer an early March date for the meet.
 Among other championship awards by the A. A. U., the senior volley ball championship goes to Pittsburg, while the junior volley ball title event and weight lifting champion ship goes >2 Los Angeles. The tug of war championship is awarded to the Irish h-An-erican Athletic club of Detroit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
LOYOLA SCHEDULE FOR 1924 IS OUT

 NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 22.-George- town university of Washington, D. C., appears on the 1924 football schedule of Loyola university, made public tonight, and the list of op- ponents indicates that the Wolves, who have been playing football only three years, have undertaken a hard campaign for next fall. The schedule follows:
 September 27-Furman at New Orleans.
 October 4-Pending.
 October 12-Springhill at New Or leans.
 October 1s-University of Dallas at Dallas, Texas.
 October 24-Oglethorpe at New Orleans.
 November Mercer at New Or leans.
 November s-Tennessee Medical at New Orleans.
 November 15-Pending.
 November 22-Georgetown at New Orleans.
 November 26-Louisiana Poly technic at New Orleans.
 -.e.----- In an attempt to save the rapidly dwindling supply, experimenters have deVeloDnd artificial "wOodn