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

The CheSaw News appears to have
taken exceptions to the GaZette'S re-
port of the Chesaw OrOville l2-inning
game of ball The editor has care
fully read over the report and is un-
able to find therein line that the
most carping critic could distOrt into
reflection upon the Chesaw boys.
This paper has nc desire to treat con-
tending clubs otherwise than with
the strictest fairness and find no rea-
son nor profit in squapbling over
sport wherein rartisans can never see
play exactly alike, and yet both
sides may be honest in their views as
the play is seen from different points
of vantage. The only possible objec
ton the News could have had to the
report was the question raised Wheth-
er the batted ball that decided the
game was fair or FOUL The crowd
was divided as tc the placing of the
ball the umpire first declaring it to
be foul and then reversing his de-
cisiOn No one protested strongly,
and this paper treated the matter
more in humorous way than as a
questi IN of any serious moment, for
in cases of this kind, whichever way
the decision is made, there are always
wrong The writer of the report
knows all the Chesaw players person
ally. feels only the kindest sentiments
toward them, and hence does not be-
lieve that the News expresses the
views of the club in this outburst of
fault finding.
A number of rattlesnakes have been
killed in the valley SO far this season.
Harry Cowling has slaughtered three
on his place down the river, and in
one instance the venomOus reptile
came near striking Mrs. Cowling,
while she was walking in the front
yard near the house with her two chill
dren. Rattlers have been more num-
erous this season than for number
of years, and it would be just as we'll
for people straying among the rocks
to keep their eyes open, as prod
from this species of crawling thing is
a pretty serious matter.
The Loomis NJ E. Sunday school
board, at it's regular monthly bust
ness meeting held June 81, endorsed
the action OF it's delegates to the Coun-
ty Sunday School convention in in
viting the Osoyoos district to held its
next convention in Loomis, the first
week in October. The local Sunday
school board VIII heartily cooperate
with the district officers in making
the October meet one of the very best
conventions ever held in the Inland
Empire by a rural district. General
Secretary +. C. Knapp will give an
address at each session.
Ed Cox has one of his current motor
pumps set up on Mrs. c. A. Potter's
desert claim on the Okanogan river,
a few miles south of town, and it
works like a charm, lifting "A tremen-
douS amount of water when in oper-
alton. 1t is a pleasure TO note that
the pump meets with full eXpecta-
tions, not only because it provides Il
cheap method of irrigating small
tracts, but by showing that his in
vention is a success Mr.. Cox has a
patent that is sure to make him con-
siderable money, and ne deserves a
competency for his ingenuity.
The game of ball Wednesday be-
tween the junior clubs of Nelson and
Oroville was amusing as a comedy of
errors. The lads had an off day, and
the playing was ragged. In the first
inning foul tip split the hand of the
catcher of the Nelson team, which re-
quired a number of changes in the line
up, and contributed to the defeat of
the visitors. When the dust of COM
bat cleared up the local nine was in
the lead by a score of 13 to 8.