The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-07-25
CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT.

There is new face behind the desk,
| or more properly an old face in a new
position, at the Hotel Radbourn. The
new-old face is the physiognomy of
Joe Darnell, one of the pioneer hotel
men OF eastern Washington, known to
about every travelling man in the west,
and familiar to every tourist who has
during the past twenty years visited
that aquatic gem of the mountains,
Lake Chelan, spot of more natural
beauty than the famed lakes of
Switzerland or the celebrated lochs of
Scotland. Mr.. Darnell for ages con-
Quoted the Lakeside hotel a cozy and
home like inn, where the traveller and
sight seerer could enjoy the luxury of
comforting rest in we'll kept house,
and cuisine that is tantalizing to
remember after the lapse of many
years, for the writer tested both in
days long gone, when Joseph was more
active on his pins, and there was less
OF barren waste on the Uranium of
the writer. The whirligig of time has
cast Mr.. Darnell upon the upper coun-
try, where we were marOOned so far
back in the heretofore that it is
shame to mention it.
reminiscence, is of no particular in
terest to the reader, and really has no
bearing on the subject matter as it
was to be treated when the pen started
out to chronicle the coming of Mr..
Darnell and change in the manage
ment of the Hotel RadbOurn. Some
weeks ago l.. H. Prentice reopened the
hotel after it had been vacated for
N @
time with an extended notice of the
extensive improvements that had been
made in the furnishings and equip
ment OF the hOstlery. Mr.. Darnell has
succeeded Mr.. Prentice as manager,
while Mr.. Prentice is still connected
with the house as steward, where he
shines. AS stated in the few introduct-
ory lines Mr.. Darnell does not come to
Oroville as novice in the art of
catering to the public. His experience
in the business extends over a long
period of years, and wherever he has
managed houses of public accommoda-
tion he has enjoyed full measure of
success, and an enviable popularity
with the travelling public He brings
with him in the management of the
Hotel Radbourn ripe experience, and
his reputation as hotel man will not
suffer in his new position.
Through his suggestion there is soon
to be a marked change in the Rad
-honrn. Mr.. Darnell at once realized
the advantageous position of Oroville,
the bright prospects of it's future, and
the great possibilities OF the hotel bus
mess. and urged an enlargement of the
premises. Even at present the house
Is not large enough to accommodate
the demand for entertainment, and its
capacity is to be largely increased. A
new concrete addition is to be at once
built. 1t will be two story high, and
Is to conform with the present build
ing In general finish. Some 80 rooms
Will be added, including suites with
baths and furnishings corresponding
In taste with the present equipments.
On the ground floor it is contemplated
providing at least one large and neat
store room, it is alleged to be oc-
cupied by drug store. The enlarge
ed building is to b. heated by fur
mace, and the entire structure, inside
and out is to be up to date in every
particular. 1t Is stated that work on
the enlarged premises is to begin in a
few days. and when all is completed
it will be a model hotel in all it's ap-
pointments from cellar to garret.