The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-10-24
Prof. Holden and His Able
Corps of Assistants Deliver
a Number of Lectures
TOUCHING THE POPULAR CHORD
A Campaign of Education That
Will Prove Invaluable to the
Farmers of the County

A special train bearing Prof. Perry
G. Holden and his corps of assistants,
with their inspirational message to
the farmers and stockraisers, arrived
in Oroville at nine o'clock Friday
morning, several hours behind sched-
Ule. Three of the lecturers stopped
off here, while the train of three Pull
mans, a dining car and a baggage car
proceeded down to Okanogan with
Prof. Holden and the balance OF his
party. At that point the train was
net by Messrs. D. Willard and c. II
Allen, who previously had left the
train at Wenatchee to cover the Okla
hogan valley points, when it was an
nounced that the original schedule for
the valley had been changed A big
meeting was held at Okanogan, where
the grange fair was in progress and
other well attended meetings were
held at Omak, Riverside and Tonasket
during the afternoon, on the return Of
the train to this place for the evening
meeting. The entire party left here
Saturday morning, about nine o'clock
lor Nelson and other points east. The
members of the lecture party were
Prof. Perry G. Holden, w. K. Bough-
man, C. w. Farr, c. M. Carroll, j. E.
Waggoner, A. e. Chamberlain, d. e.
willard, c. H. Allen, ]. G. Haney and
r. w. Lamson. They were accompan-
led by c. b. Kegley, master of the
state grange, l.. G. Crow, president of
the Farmers Union, W. M Weeks, rep
resenting the Spokane headquarters of
the international Harvester Company,
under whose auspices the campaign
was arranged and by whom it was
financed, T. w. Potter, deputy super
intendent of public iRstruction of Ida
ho, c. M. McCallister, of the Union
Stock Yards of Portland Oregon, VIII
". Simson. editor of the Inland En-
lire News, of Hillyard, Washington,
and F. p. McKeehan, chief of the Unit
ed States immigration service in this
district with headquarters at Marcus,
f. w. Graham, western industrial and
Immigration agent of the Great North
crn Railway, J. M. Doyle, superintend-
ent of this division of the G. n, with
headquarters at Marcus, j. J. Scberr,
travelling passenger agent of the G.
~, II. G. Best, stenographer and as
sistant to Mr.. Graham, A. B. Millsap,
Pullman car conductor, who has had
charge Of the Pullmans in the train
since the party started on it's cam
raign in Washington, E. R. Kechall,
dining car conductor, Geo. r. Hill and
David Monroe, assistants to the Hold
en- party, and r. l.. Harmon, special
representative of the Spokesman-Re-
view.
AS the train pulled into Oroville it
was met by a large delegation from
the Commercial Club, and other citi-
zens, the size of the crowd indicating
the keen interest taken by town peo-
pie as well as farmers in the mission
Of the distinguished visitors. The
train was behind schedule time, and
remained only long enough to permit
those billed to speak at points in the
adjoining country to unload such ar
ticles as were carried for the purpose
OF illustrating their lectures and dem
onstrating such points as the speak
ers desired to emphasize and impress
upon their hearers. All arrangements
had been made by the Commercial
Club in advance for the distribution of
the speakers, and timely notices had
been sent out into the farming dist
ficts that were to be invaded. Three
automobiles were at the station. those
Of z. Butler, Dell Hart and Homer w.
Noyes. These gentlemen had voun-
teered to convey the speakers to the
several places where meetings had
Deen announced.
w. r. Boughman was taken by Mr.
Noycs to the McGinty orchard, a few
miles south of Oroville For some rea-
son that has not been explained only
| \ very few residents of the neighbor-
| hood were present. However, Mr.
| 3ouGhman, who is a practical and eX-
| perienced farmer, yet at the same
tine one of the most earnest and in
| teresting takers on the subjects that
| he Is familiar with that has ever been
! heard in this county, addressed the
! {eW with the same earnestness as he
would have done had there been many
! present. Mr.. Boughman returned tC
| Oroville after the session at the Nc
| Ginty place and lectured here in the
afternoon.
In Mr.. Buffers car was A. E. Cham
| berlain, who was first taken to Brit
! tain Fiat where a small gathering
| greeted the speaker. From there the
! party went to the Schwartz schoo
! house, but no one being present they
con tinued on to the school house al
! the Carter ranch, in Horse Spring
coulee, where Mr.. Chamberlain ad-
dressed small yet appreciative au-
dence.
Mr.. Hart took c. w. Farr to the Ell
lcmeham and Weheville school houses
end at those places the mountaineers
displayed their interest by turning out
| in large numbers. Mr.. Farr was Civ,
Ell close attention, and so well pleased
we're those present that number
Grove down to Oroville and attended
the lectures in the evening.
The meeting advertised for LOOMS
was cancelled owing to the prevalence
of small poX.
All of the lecturers accompanying
Prof. Holden are practically farmer;
Of many years experience, who have
farmed with their hands as we'll a!