The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-06-27
OROv|LLE TO CELEBRATE
WITH ONE OF THE MOST SENSA.
TIONAL HURRAHS EVER HELD
IN THE COUNTY
COME AND see THE B|RDMAN
And Many Other Attractions in the
Way of Ball Games, Horse
Races and Athletics

| The Gazette has been backward in
| giving full publicity to the big cele-
| bration that is to take place in Oro-
| vile next Friday and Saturday, July
4th and 5th but this seeming indif-
ference was in conformity with the
wishes Of the executive committed
| having the celebration in charge, and
| furthermore grew out of a conscien-
| tions objection on the part of the pub
| fishers to promise the public anything
in the way of entertainment that could
| not be carried out to the very letter
of that promise. When the citizens
decided upon celebrating the 4th this
year it was then and there proposed
| that in order to make the event one
OF unusual Importance and attract
iveness arrangements should be made
for aeroplane flights, featuring the
| aeroplane as the chief drawing card.
The navigation of the upper air is
attracting the attention of scientists
and inventors the world over. 1t is
in large measure a modern innova-
ion, at least insofar as the aeroplane,
biplane, and kindred devices used in
bird like flights are concerned, and
the novel sight of these inventions
has heretofore been confined to large
cities. ...EeW residents of the. country
rave ever had the opportunity to see
what may be termed under a general
head as airships, and it was felt that
If an aviator and his craft could be
secured to give exhibitions in OrOville
it would not only be an unique draw
6 card. as the first exhibition of
the kind ever held in the county, but
would give the people of Oroville and
vicinity an opportunity to see an aero
plane in action that might not occur
to them again for years. 1t required
much corresponding and negotiation
to secure an experienced aviator and
high class machine. In this case
price was made no object, and at last
contract was entered into, and the
Gazette takes great pleasure in an
nOuncing that all VINO attend the eel
ebratiOn at this place next week will
witness real aerOplane flights, for the
contract calls for real flights or no
pay, and those who come so far to
earn large pot of money are not
goin" to let the cash escape 1t is no
cheap, unreliable untred air ship
that Is to fly over the valley and lake
on the 4th and 9Th, but a new regu-
lation Curtis aeroplane, operated by
man who has been in the air over
60 times The contract between the
aeroplanc company and the committee
was held in abeyance for two weeks,
pending thorough try out of the new
machine. The aeroplane people did
not care to sign contract that they
could not fulfill, and the committee
would not engage a machine thar
| could not be guaranteed to fly. The
final official flights were not made
| until last Saturday. The machine
worked perfectly, thus insuring flights
according to schedule. The contract
with the Oroville people was at once
signed up, and Oroville's 4th of July
| celebration is assured of being the
most catchy affair of the kind to be
| held in any of the smaller towns OF
eastern Washington.
| We felt that this explanation was
due the public for the semming yro-
crastination in making general an
| nouncement of the celebration and
the late hour of getting out the large
posters.
| But the aeroplane, while the star
| feature of the two days celebration
is by no means the only source OF
entertainment to be provided to en-.
tertan and amuse the big crowds that
will gather at Oroville on those Lays
Every hour will be crowded with con.
tests and attractions, which in them.
selves would be well worth traveline
a long distance to see, even were
there no birdman and his new tangled
vehicle on exhibition. Aside from
that chief attraction there will De
many features of unusual merit. The
town has raised something like 81 ,50(
to be given away in prizes and purses
The purses hung up for tho races are
large enough to be of sufficient temp
tation to attract fast horses to tax,
part in the various speed events
Special attention IS TO he given t.
horse racing, as it is Il sport whIcl
has rover lost it's popularity with tn,
pht,ic. The track to b, used is he
ing ! u in first-class condition, ant
wEll he speedy course B"sjGe.
tncSe races there will be several bal
games between crack AMI well mitch
ed teams. There viii o. boat races
70 # races. tug-of-wdr, and numeror
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