The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-05-22
THAT WENATCHEE INVASION

business men OF Wendtcnee, members
of the Wenatchee Commercial Club,
(fOr you cannot be live business man
of Wenatchee without being counted in
on the membership of the Commercial
Club, who had been making tour Of
inspection through the Methow and
Okanogan valleys, broke into town by
the automobile route. The invasion
was not unexpected. Announcement
had been made through the press some
weeks before the arrival of the human
deluge that Wenatchee crowd was
coming, and rumors of the progress
OF the delegation, and the good time
they were having, in the south end
trickled up this way, so that everybody
was on keen edge of expectancy. A
flood was expected, but when the wave
finally broke on our shores it was
much larger than anticipated. There
were something like half hundred
in the bunch, and from the way the
streets were thronged and the chatter
ing going on it seemed as though there
was half thousand of them, for the
Wenatchee boys make their presence
felt when they turn loose. Autos were
scattered all over the landscape, and
one bumped against jolly looking, well
grOOmed gentlemen about every step
taken on Main street. They filled the
hotels and boiled out on the sidewalks,
and were very much in evidence. A
large banner stretched across Main
street from the Odd Fellows hall to the
Oroville Commercial company's store
cried Out to the Wenatcheeites that
they were welcome. and that welcome
was emphasized by the individual
greetings extended to the pilgrims by
the members of the Oroville CONNER
cial Club and the citizens in general
A we'll developed fraternal feeling was
at once manifested between the resi-
dents of the two ends of the Oroville-
Wenatchee branch, making the visit
Ors feel glad that they came and the
habitants Of this berg glad that they
finally got here. Our people put forth
every effort to make the stay of the
strangers pleasant, and we have the
word of many of the visitors that they
enjoyed to the limit every minute of
their stay.
In the evening smoker was held in
the lodge room of Odd Fellows hall,
and that large room was crowded to
the utmost limit of it's capacity. A. P.
Murray acted as chairman of the meet
ing. and w. e. Courtnay delivered the
address of welcome. The speech was
an oratorical masterpiece, pronounced
by the visitors to have been the best
hey had ever heard on a similar oc-
casion. Prof. Courtnay during his res
idence here has frequently surprised
his friends by his versatility. He
seems able to arise equal to any oc-
casion, and fits in anywhere where in
telligent effort is required. He GER
tainly did credit to himself and reflect
ed honor upon the town by his address
last Thursday evening. Mr.. Work and
others spoke briefly along lines that
indicated that Oroville was glad to see
the people from the town that has
made the red apple famous, and the
impression was conveyed to our guests
that the keys of the city had been
frto 1n1y nvHI
rendered the entire freedom of the
place. About all the Wenatchee rep
resentatives are takers, and the re-
sponses were in happy, entertaining
and amusing vein. Frank Reeves, who
has a gift for saying the right Thing
in the right place, Geo. Fisher, Ed.
Russell, N. N. Brown, Rufus Woods
and others made addresses. When the
feast of reason and flow of soul was
finally exhausted the crowd adjourned
to the dining room of the Hotel de
Grubb, where ample justice was done
to an elegant banquet.
Friday morning the party broke up
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ticton, where they were given a grand
reception. Others uotored over to
Conconully and few returned home
ward. The following is a list of those
who were among the excursionists
Ed. S. Russell, N d. Austin, T. c. God.
frey d. L. Oliver, A. Duigle, L. Cad.
valdez, c. H. Armstrong, Guy c
browns, Terry Ross w. G. Stacy, A
Frieland, W. Little, F. Thomas, Geo
Fisher, c. White, r. L. Pratt, ]. G
Carpenter, E. H. Phaff, H. L.. Phaff F
M. Scheble, Frank Peeves, B. T. Dun
can, R. S. Ludington, B. w. Ludington
c B. Knouf, D. D. Olds. J. s. Bennett
Ed. Mantell, Jake Miller, c. A. Battles
Chas. Mantell R. W. vermilya, r. H
Nolan, F. L. Jones, I. N. Neubauer, A
W. Hoppock, w. c. Theda, w. Schultz