The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-07-07

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''" Total. II . '''... sc IsS ls 3
Orovlle .... o 0 o Ia
Chesaw ......O 0 0 0 0 90
summary-Earned runs. none: two
base hits. Mcdaniel base on balls. of Me
Intyre. l. OF Hedger. l: struck out. by
Mcintyre, s. by Hedger. s; left on bases.
Oroville. 4. Chesaw. 4. Umpire. Myers.
living to a failure to do any J racticing
the hose race dill not take place accord
ing to program.
In the so yard race for girls under l6
years of age Maude Keeier won. Fernie
Watkins coming out close second.
of age there were three entries. r. C.
Church. of Tonasket. Beverly Powell and
Fremont Mcdaniel. and the race was
finished in the order named.
In the race for boys IL years old and
g9df cs s,svs herbert
Harry Beeman were on the line at the
start. 1t was close and exciting finish
With Harry Mnnce in the Lead aI and
well together at the finish.
The shoe scramble was an exciting
contest. The entrymen removed their
shoes. which were all mixed together.
Then the contestants ran to the pile.
them up and returned to the starting
point Thele were six or seven entries,
and lively mixup when, the tangled
Fairylew won the race, Beverly Powell
second. AS Mclean had a pair of tan
shoes he had the best of 1t by long odds,
of leather in order to find his property.
There We're seven entries in the i,s,, half
Ed Burden, "GypSie," Jas Lynch. BAL
" scott" B. Hincck. "Rones." 9 shut
;leworth, .Rosey Jim Narcisse Baptiste
rum The time of start was fixed for
1870, but the horses were slow coming on
the ground. and much difficulty was ex-
perienced in getting them of. Jockey
ing, the bane of horse racing. consumed
much time. ana two false starts Were
made before Jack Long got the bunch
through pretty we'll punched in the first
heat. bones leading under the wire
with David Harrum' hanging to hla
rum1. The second heat was like unto
cerned, Bones knocking the persim-
mon. and David Harrum' taking sec
ond money
The dance pavilion was private
enterprise. and every night the floor
was crowded. Those who dance Ger
tainly got enough exercise to last the
balance of the year.
Wednesday evening balloon was
sent up from Main street and ii gained
an altitude of fully 1000 feet, sailing
OFF in a northwestern direction and
disappearing from view
A large number of Indians were
present during the celebration, and
they took great interest in the horse
"a n n N rag 1.
ton to the multitude. given as they
are to bright colors and elaborate
trimmings.
Considering the number of people in
town. and the chances for people get
ting hurt 1t is wonder that no acct
dent occurred. but with the exception
if here and there minor burn of a
finger from the careless use of a fire
cracker, no injuries are reported.
Much powder was burned during the
two days in the way of explosives, but
the chief racket took place Wednes-
day evening, when the residue of the
fire-cracker stock on hand was let off
on Main street. For a couple of hours
the cracking of the cracker was al
most continuous.
The fireworks display Tuesday ey-
ening. while not of an extraordinary
character. was quite an interesting
exhibit. The pieces were sufficient in
number TO keep the western sky crisis
crossed with rockets and spangled
with Roman candles for an hour. The
display was let of from the bench in
the western point of town. and from
that height they were exhibited to the
best advantage. One of the rockets
started a grass fire on the hill side,
and while that feature was not adver-
tised in the program 1t contributed to
the grand attraction of the display.
The greatest satisfaction to the peo-
pie OF OrOville pertaining to the cele-
bration is the universal expression of
praise heard from the visitors as to
the manner in which the affair was
and from the treatment re-
of the town. In past years much fault
has been found with celebrations held
in Oroville. and perhaps the kicking
was justifiable. On this occasion not
a complaint has been registered of
graft or hold-up. At the very start it
was insisted by those incharge of the
celebration that no unfair advantage
should be taken of strangers and so
that rule. To those who have the best
interests of the town at heart the sat
isfaction of the visitors is the happiest
feature of the great blowout.
The motor boat Wednesday evening
aroused much interest. The river was
lined 1t ever point from which a view
of the start could b.. witnessed. The
start was made from the barh house
and the course OF thu race was to the
East Oroville Orchard pumping sta
ton, On OsOyoos lake. and return. il
distance for the round trip of some
three mites. Six launches were en-
tered by II. A. bow erman. Dan Eng
land, ) f. McDoEald +. A. DE- Vos, AL
Fox. operated by F. W. Henderson,
and A. p. Murray. The start was not
Il good one, as the boats got Oft II i
string, but the advantage was too
slight to count In So Ions run. 1t
was a beautiful sight to see the crafts