The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-09-19

Inc directors OF School District No.
:. are advertising for bids for the con-
struction of new school house near
Tue McHinty ranch. This building is to
De zoxS6 and is supplied to accommo-
uate the rapidly increasing number OF
children in that part of the valley
VINO are now compelled to come to
town to secure schooling. and viii
prove to be very convenient as well as
relieVing the congestion in some OF
the grade rooms.
some comment has been accustomed
ny the publication of an advertisement
OF the United States Grain corporation
oitering straight" grade of flour at
>io a barrel. This announcement is
misleading in so much as It leaves the
impression that dealers have been
making an exorbitant profit on flour.
we understand that at any time and at
all times consumer can purchase the
straight grade flour from any mill
Tor $lO. The higher price flour is the
special brands that enter into the mar
ket, which housewives order according
to their preference.
Frank c. Ford arrived in town Sat.
urday logged out in naval uniform. In
measure, young Ford is an Oroville
boy, as he attended and graduated
from the local high school. He Is a
cousin of Miss Pauline Davis. teacher
OF domestic science in the local school,
Young Ford enlisted in the navy a
snort time after the declaration of war,
serving two years on cruisers and
transports, sailing between New York
and France. He has been out of the
service only about month, and is a
husky looking sailor man. His friends
mere were pleased to welcome him
back to civil life.
1t has been reported at this office
that hunters are shooting Hungarian
pheasants and Chinese pheasants,
which are still protected by law. We
realize the temptation to shoot those
birds when out with a gun, but the
act is unlawful. Our informant who
has an opportunity to see much Of this
unlawful shooting, states that while
he does not wish to cause any one any
trouble, that If the practice is not dis
continued he will certainly report the
guilty persons. This notice Is fair
warning, and those who persist in
shooting the Hungarian and Chinese
pheasants will do so at their peril, for
the punishment attached to shooting
those birds is heavy.
The Oroville Cooperative Produce
association shipped out still another
car of mixed fruit Saturday, but the
company has so gotten into the habit
of shipping in car load lots that it has
ceased to be novelty. But these ship
ments, together with the rush work at
the warehouse, that goes on at night
as well as during the day, demon
strates that the growers got off on
the right foot when they organized. In
another year the membership will be
greatly increased and production will
be enormously stimulated. Find the
market and this country can produce
to supply that market, and the chief
advantage of the system lies in the
fact of finding the market.
According to the game laws prairie
chickens were not ripe for the picking
until Tuesday September 16. The clos
ed season expires on the 18th. Why
this brief difference of time should be
fixed between the killing of chickens
and grouse in the law is hard to un-
derstand when 1t is taken into consid-
GRAFTON that the hunter, or the average
hunter who is without experience,
chases game on hair trigger expect
ancy, ready to let 60 at the first bird
that tips up under his feet, and does
not stop to figure out the species be-
fore firing. Even with the majesty of
the law as protection We fear that
the prairie chicken is not safe in
surance risk between the list and 18th
of September when the man and gun
is permitted to go forth after grouse.