The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-07-02

were 10 iIupTOse Tue Olu TOdu. lHls
apparently was a mistake. According te
the Penticton Herald a new road Is t.
be constructed. The Herald says tina,
the new road does not follow the old
highway in any particular, and the Ia
per cent grade is reduced to an aver
age grade of less than six per cent
with a maximum of slightly over sew
en-" This new road will be a great
improvement over the old one, which
was a tough proposition for a motor
car.
John Reed came over from LOOMS
by train Monday evening. via Night
hawk, and left for Okanogan Tuesday
morning. Mr.. Reed was forced to make
this roundabout trip to reach the
county seat because he could not pur-
chase more than a gallon OF gasoline
at one time at LOOMS and so could not
use his car. He considered that ~restric-
ton upon those who use cars for bus
mess a pretty tough hardship when
he found that people in Oroville could
buy three gallons at a time just to ride
around the streets. That is a point
we'll taken. While this gas shortage Is
on sales should be confined to those
who are compelled to use cars for
business purposes only.
Henry Brown, one of the pioneer
residents of the hill country west of
town. reports that the grou.ii hogs
have become so numerous in his To-
cality as to cause heavy loss among
the farmers. He say that he suffered
fully $ 1000 damages from these ro-
dents last year and they have been
very active i'm the alfalfa and grain
fields this year. Under instructions
from the county agriculturalist Mr..
Brown and %neighbors have inaugural
ed a poison campaign against the pests
which has resulted in the slaughter of
a multitude of the animals. Mr.. Brown
states that he alone has found 20S
dead ground hogs. and that many
crawled into their holes and died.
Saturday two grave and reverend
citizens living in the east part of town
rounded up eight head of COWS that
were browsing on the lawns and gar
dens in that part of town and drove
them to the pound. The town treasury
was enriched to the tune of $24 by the
contribution, unless the gentlemen
insist upon receiving the rake off of
80 cents a head that is coming to any
n turning loose stock into the town
compound. Which leads up to the hint
that there is easy money for the man
or boy. who will deliver stray stock to
the tender care of the town marshal.
At so cents per. an active youth, or
even not so active ancient, could
make very comfortable wages, and a
few run ms would teach cattle owners
such a lesson that loose stock would
cease to be the nuisance that it is now
in spite of the ordinance prohibiting
the freedom of the town to four footed
beasts.
The Omak Chronicle which never
ball team, a habit that has been kept
alive for several years, for what reas-
on we know not, in last weeks issue
headed an item "Oroville team Load
ing up for Game here Sunday" an in
timation that the Oroville boys we're
framing up some dark and mysterious
job on our neighbors. Aud that is the
reason so much Joy spread over the
county when it was learned that Oro-
Vile surprised the Omak hackers
smearing it over the crack team of
that enterprising town. Why make
base ball a personal matter, anyhow?
1t is a clean, healthy, enjoyable sport,
in which the element of chance often
plays a conspicuous part in deciding
a contest, even for the best teams. One
club cannot always win all the games,
then why not be a sport and take de-
feat with good grace and treat oppos-
ing teams with some courtesy.
Frank w. Taylor, manager of the
local Standard Oil station, came in
Saturday evening by auto. He took the
road up the COlvillo valley, came in
across from Laurier to Nelson, thence
home. He reports the roads in the
COlville valley in a most deplorablc
condition largely due to heavy truck
traffic. He could obtain no satisfaction
regarding the gasoline situation while
in Spokane. There is little prospect OF
an increase Of supply until more re-