Devoted to the Interests of Summer land, Peachland and N bramata Volume 17, Number 50. • SUMMERLAND, B. C, FRIDA^ JULY. 17, Ì925. 5.50, Payable in Advance Vassal Grady Jungle Wife anaiMóther ] LOCAL BASEBALL TEAM IS Pines for More Rerils in Savage LandFirst Shipment of SUMMERLAND OLD TIMERS Apples Is Made WINNER OF CHAMPIONSHIP RECALL FORME DAYS AT Well ahead of season shipments of the first apples-pausedi.out of IN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE the Summerland Co-toperatSve BIG PICNIC ON THURSDAY Growers' warehouse; this week. The ^first shipment lj of eleven Oroville Team After Having Been Given Repeated Chances, boxes was "made- on-July: 14th. It Presentations to Mr. and Mrs. James Gartrell as Oldest Old- Fails - to Turn Up and Title Goes to Locals by Default-— iil -very., unusual:. - occurrence; loca)ly * to have - Royal Anne cher• v Timers,Present, and to John Denike as -First Child Born : Four Telephone Messages Put in to Oroville to no Avail ries and :' Yellow Transparent Here—J. R. Brown Chairman—Races and Sports for Old —Exhibition Game Played With Penticton. apples in the warehouse at the same -:time, •: and constitutes ?, some• and Young—West Summerland Won Tug-of-War. By virtue of the failure of Oroville basball players to put in< an i thing of a record.^ appearance at the -final game scheduled for yesterday- afternoon at - The. cherry.'crop is. reported as To greet old friends is one of the greatest pleasures in life. practically over, but -all the cher• Crescent Beach Summerland boys are, now champions - of the Much more is it so when thetir past associations have been closely r ries on hand are finding "a- ready Okanagah : International Baseball League and entitled to the champ-:., market. The very .light crop of identified with the early days'" and development of a. community such ionship cup., , apricots in thistdistrict^Jias.been as Summerland. Every opportunity has been given Oroville to meet the locals in emphasized by the very small Such a -spirit featured ...the picnic of "Summerland Old-timers" shipments to date. held at the park Thursday afternoon, which proved to be one of the a decisive game, but they have failed to respond. The game had'been ^Despite the reports: of damage postponed .to suit their: convenience.- and upon their failure to turn to cherry trees^ and ;the -~ cherry most happy events 'in the: history of the town-—so much so, Indeed, up at the grounds .yesterday no less .than, four telephone-' calls were crop,-.the Ltot'aL shipments. of _cher• that it was-unanimously voted that it be made an annual affair by the, put through, to no avail. Upon each occasion ' members of. the , ries will Javerago iip« very - well : over one,hundred present. .: Oroville baseball executive were reported out. • ,-.•,.';••>: •—:>•:, with' the total shipments-of: last •year.":.The cherries this year are; v RACES AND SPORTS While' the .Summerland team would much-preferred- to have: ! especially, remarkable ^ for .-* their The picnickers assembled early in the afternoon at the park, it attained the''championship through a win; they feel that Oroville has - excellent quality.. -"•-' being felt that Crescent Beach was too warm a spot. The attendance : had ..every:, chance and that they have - nc reason , to complain-of a ? was all that could be desired and all entered into the spirit of the.-: poor- showing- upon: the part of the s locals. - The Summerland boys very' fine programme - which was presented. There were races and;," have .thoroughly - deserved the:.championship and may ~, wear ,\ their sports for young and old, while keen interest was apparent in the laurels with a free conscience,: confident'.that they", have displayed baseball game .between Ed. .Butler's "Tigers" and Joe Graham's true sportsmanship throughout the series. AUTO ACCIDENT "Bulldogs," which was hard fought and turned out a tie. That there was 1 no championship - game 'played .proved a keen - , Wyant Hubbard and his wife7 "college graduates, would rather ~ , OLD DAYS RECALLED disappointment to - the large gathering oftfans : assembled' to cheer _ live in the«. African jungle than any other place. "Civilization is OVER WEE END -J.'R. Brown was chairman and collaborated with R. H. English the locals on. However," this was mitigated to some extent by. a -thrill-.-- awfully flat and stale," says Mrs. Hubbard, who is already pining and-W. C. Kelley in a programme of speeches which naturally turned ing exhibition game with Penticton, resulting-in a win for that "town to go back. Ob* baby born when 42 degrees' below zero; in Labrador, - on the pleasure of old residents at being reunited at a community by a score, of ten to six.;. Summerland "blew up"; in the seventh and other when 134 degrees above inV^frici: C'-See interview with Much . Similar Circumstances picnic. Both by the speakers and individuals old times were discussed innings, prior to that being the. favorites for a win. -The- score-v stood " -, Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard on page three of this issue of The Review. as of Accident Last Week and old-' incidents -recalled when -Summerland was in its formative then at three to two in favor of the locals. It was declared to have . —Car Goes Over Bank stage before the. advent of the railway and the fruit-industry. been a dandy game,-marked by good playing on both sides. \ TWO PRESENTATIONS Kelowna baseball team, is to. try. its luck with the champions on •.( Another serious automobile accid• A pleasing feature of the occasion was the presentation of a BIG GRIZZLY BEAR IS SEEN ent occurred on Saturday- morning Thursday afternoon at Crescent Beach in -an"exhibition game'.. -Sum• on the Peachland road about ten piece of Summerland pottery, the product of the Summerland branch; merland residents should attend in a body to cheer the local boys on miles from '.Summerland near the of the B.C. Art League,: to Mr. and Mrs. James Gartrell, the oldest- and thus show their appreciation of the successful effort of ' the C site of the accident a weekr ago Sat• old-timers present. A similar presentation was made to Mr. John . Summerland boys to. bring^the coveted baseball honor to Summer- IN SUMMERLAND VICINITMY urday when an- American. touristrpar- Denike, ihe first child born in the town. " - ty narrowly, escaped serious 'injuries. ; land. They will also see the Summerland champions in action, and : ; :A tug-of-war,~"of course was one of the most Interesting events when they are in form, they are as "nifty" a team as one would wish A: large -high powered* touring car on the programme. Summerland and West Summerland teams were LOCAL MOTORISTS ON SUNDAY with a load • of f American, t ourist's to see. was proceeding along A the road; in the participants, "the. pullers from i the upper town proving the The line-up for the game with Penticton was as follows: the direction of Summerland follow• stronger. Summerland Champions:.. Lehman, c; Ritchie, p and cf; L. , Near Garnet Valley Dam, .What Is Believed to Have Been ing close behind a Ford--car. The Without doubt the most interesting feature' of the picnic was the Gould, lb; L. Campbell, 2b; McMann, 3b; Winter, ss; Buch, If; H.' ; Half-Starved Grizzly-Bear, Seen- Eating Raspberries at car to - the rear by dint of" a noisy address by Mr. Logie. Mr. Logic gave a resume of the history blo\ving of the horn intimated that "of the valley, telling-of its. discovery on July 6, 1811, by . David . Campbell, rf; Vanderburg, cf and p. - '* Side of Road—Shambled Slowly Off When ..Car Nearly passage was desired'despite*the fact Thompson,. and the coming in September of that year' of the first . Penticton: Beat tie, c;4^pckwood: p ;»Rd"cf; Brown, lb; Craw- Runs Oyer Him—Scaled.Mountain Side. that' the road • at this section was ford, 2b;-^Gramer, ss; Phinney, 3b; McKenfie, cf' and p; Peorcei rf. i very narrow. The Ford car turned . whtie man to set foot in the district "where now stands Summerland, to'ithe.right and; clung as close as .David .Stewart. -Another early explorer-was Alexander Ross, who was • The • terrifying experience Jot meet-i Tr ; to see'tiie'bear scale^the mountain• possible" to"-the^ banki The - other, in charge of Fort-Okanagan for a considerable-time, afterwards going ing what is believed to have been a side. ...... cat' endeavored 'to pass ^with disas• to Winnipeg and becoming the firsf sheriff of- Mx^^bar—^-Mtb.'Logie grizzly bear' in the close "vicinity of :The animal- is described" by wit• trous consequences. Boy Scout Minstrels in Summerland was experienced. by a spoke of-the value of keeping a record of the early history of the' d»-r nesses as being much darker in color Just as the cars were about level, party comprising, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. than-a, brown bear. - It'was very thin; - trict. He spoke of the early fruit, traders who used to ply their goods McKay, Mr. and' Mrs. ;F. Dickinson, the tourist car toppled over' the bank probably - weighing four;;or Ave hun• throughout the district long ago.'"' ; ••' •• Splendid Show Tuesday and, families. Tlitf party was motor• dred pounds, despite its very.large rolling over: oin its sido and sliding ing home from the Garnett Valley dam size1.; ;»,Miv; McKay expresses the be• down. The fact that the car was a The picnickers thoroughly enjoyed a basket lunch at about five on Sunday-, «\ ::r-ru-v'-^tv--.,.-,-;':.;:lief that it was certainly was a grizzly. sedan possibly saved the lives of the o'clock. After the conclusion of the speeches, the "end of a perfect The bear was seen-about half, a It is an extraordinary happening inmates as the top prevented it from day" had arrived and the old-timers dispersed thoroughly pleated Attained Fine Success mile from:Mr.