The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-19
ENTITLED TO A MEDAL

i tuey udVe ulIIeTcuC ways OF uOlnS
things. In most of the states of the
Union the man who puts the kibosh
on German sympathizer receives a
vote Of thanks from the community
In which he lives. 1t seems that up
in Alaska physical protests to an ex-
preston Of love for Germany is pun
ishable by fine and Imprisonment.
For a number of years a gentleman
lived In Okanogan county, who will
be nameless in connection with this
item. That gentleman is upward of
80 years Of age, but hard as nails,
loyal from the crown of his head to
the soles of his feet, and is as quick
to resent any outcropping of pro-
Germanism as would be a man of a
third his years. Not long ago he ran
foul Of German in a warm discus
sion. mixed. was arrested and JUS
tice Of the peace with German name
socked 1t to him. The old man
should have been awarded a cross of
honor.
He writes from the Territorial
Bastile, Krick, Alaska" and his tale
of woe Is so amusing that we are 60
ing to give the readers of the Gazette
the benefit of his description as. to
how 1t happened:
you will no doubt be surprised at
the heading Of this communication,
and will try and explain just how it
happened. Did you ever hear of a
game played with cards called pan?
Well it takes eight, or nine, or ten
decks Of cards. with the eights, mines
and tens removed. That still leaves
enough cards to make lot of trouble
Well. got mixed up in a game of
that kind with five other fellows.
Among the five was a man by the
name of Otto Won Hoovenslaughter
Now that name. under present condi-
tions, don't look good and sounds
worse. He and got into discus
sion as to the origin of the game Of
pan. I contended that the game was
started by squaws on the Yukon while
watching the rabbit snares for their
breakfast. He contended 1t was n
a heated session I admitted it was
crooked enough to be made in Ger
many. At that ne grabbed up that
eight, or nine, or ten decks Of cards
and threw them in my face. Now for
the past good many years I have been
thinking was getting old. ring honed,
spawned and rheumatic. but there is
nethtng gs8A-tA.-i-9 SvsaSts ases- s-$hat-table
like hair seal sliding down wet
rock. When the marshal pried us
apart with a fence rail Otto looked
like he had been mixed up with FAM
lily Of bob cats. One side of his mug
had the lock jaw. his nose was on the
bias and his eyes looked as though
they were two holes burned in a blue
blanket. And did not look so all
fired slick myself. There were cards
sticking all over me until I loOke1
like 50 page porcupine. was hailed
up before the Judge, whose name. by
the-way. is Snyder Dotzsfinger, tand
that don't look good either). This
hyphenated German dispenser of AM
erican justice dished out to an Ameri-
can, or a Missourian (which is almost
the same thing), 30 days. or $50.
That explains why I am playing
checkers with my nose in Uncle Sam's
bull pen. for. naturally. lid not
have the $50.
Nov the cause Of this disturbance
was the bone dry law. Since the law
went into effect everybody in this
part Of Alaska has gone to making
hootch. Now the brand Of hootch
made here is the eighth wonder OF the
world. One drink, about three fingers,
and any average man will go around
with a chip on his shoulder spelling
for a fight. Two drinks will make a
Y. M. c. A. organizer bet his last dol
lar on bobtail flush. had one drink
Just before the late unpleasantness
Now the moral is don't play pan or
drink hootch.
"The past winter has been very cold
with plenty OF snow. Nothing doing
on the railroad or in the mines. The
grass has been mighty short with
everybody in this neck o the woods.
Today, March Is, there are three feet
of snow with zero weather. 1t keeps
a fellow jumping sideways to keep
the wolf out this winter"