The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-07-07
MANY HUNDREDS
HERE ON FOURTH
crowds Attend Oroville's Celebration
oi Independence Day-Stampede
Is Feature Event,

Inc crashing explosions and tho
ruihpllng reverberations of dynamite
set Off on the high cliff west of town
az dawn July ushered in the celebra-
'ioh. me shots, fired by Jim Ellis
a"oKe the town and surrounding
country and brought crowds early to
JON in the festivities here and wit
ness the events scheduled for the day
| Hours before the time set for start
ing the program the streets were lin
ed with automobiles filled with fam
liies coming in to enjoy the fun.
A cool breeze tempered the heat of
1he sun and gave relief from the in
tehseiy warm wave that had enyelop-
ed this country for several days prior
to the 4th, eliminating on the 3rd in
the hottest day of the year.
me failure of the Penticton Elks
Dahd to arrive on time made it neces-
sary to cancel the parade and the first
event was the bali game between the
Wehatchee legion team and local
nine. The game went slowly until the
rlhal inning when the Oroville lads
opened up with two home runs in
succession and threatened for a time
TO upset the score which had been
running heavily against them This
last inning rally gave the crowd a
thrill and stirred them for fuller en-
Joyment of the balance Of the pro-
gram.
The big event of the day was the
stampere, put on by the LOomis Stam-
pede organiza ation, composed of Ferris
Ford, Paul Loudon and Otis Teel
This started at 2 p. m, and continued
until 4:3O. The stampede was held
at the ball park and the grand stand
was filled with spectators, while the
grounds were well surrounded by
automobiles filled with onlookers
The show was replete with exciting
exebitiOns of riding and attempts to
ride bad horses and wild steers and
slippery little mule.
Following the stampede were box
ing bouts including blindfolded bat
tie royal with four young boys in the
ring that afforded great amusement.
The sporting events were conclud-
ed with a water fight in front of the
Civic League park that was arranged
between two volunteer teams and
proved to be the best single event of
the day.
The banquet in the evening was
delightful affair, though the attend
ance was small. The program was
brief, but high class, the musical
numbers being particularly excellent
and sparkling of high order
The day was concluded with a big
dance at the Liberty theater The
dances on the evenings of July 3 and
4, as always here, drew large crowds,
and the pleasure seemed not whit
diminished by the heat. A Penticton
orchestra furnished music for the
dances and during the banquet
The Penticton Elks band arrived
about noon of the 4th and played
throughout the balance Of the day.
The visiting legion men and a num-
ber of local members of the legion
drove to Penticton Wednesday, where
they were entertained by the Pentic-
ton branch of the G. w. V. A., return
ing after dance at that place.
Comparatively few Of those who
came Tuesday for the celebration re-
mained over for the second day, but
considerable number of Nelson res
idents drove down to witness the
game between the Nelson ball team
and the Oroville regulars, played
Wednesday afternoon. Again Oroville
took defeat.
The celebration terminated We'd
nesday evening with foot races and
horse races arranged without pre-
yious preparation near the civic