The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-03-14
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.

My drug store is closed down. No
more medicine am George Devon.
On the 25th Of February was ar
rested on account of selling liquor -
the siwash. This is not the truth. l
sold sweet cider. Had two barrels of
apple cider, being from my orce,.~d
down in Okanogan. Two weeks after
coming to Oroville l went into my
cellar, took four small barrels. l also
took this cider from the big barrel and
filled those small barrels. Didn't sell
anything that is against the law.
Again will say I sold sweet cider, and
all liquor what didn't sell to siwash.
On February 9th man came in
and talked to me, about 20 or rs min
utes. He asked me if l had anything
to drink. l said have about four or
five bottles of near beer, also a few
bottles Of cider" Give me some cider"
be said He bought bottle and we
drank together. Afterwards he bought
another bottle and went out. Then he
came again and bought another bottle.
Again we drank together. Late in the
afternoon three siwashes came, one
is called Narcesse Nickleson. This
man | had him arrested three times on
account of drunkenness and disorder in
the house. He came and asked me for
two pints of bottled cider. / woke up
and gave it to him.
The detective called for some, but
| didn't have any more. took a glass,
went to the five gallon key however,
there was one gallon left. l filled the
glass. He never touched it although
he left it on the bar. Then he asked me
if had lots of cider. l said this is all
what l have on the bar" He picked IN
the key and two quart bottles. He
asked If | had a cellar. Yes, said /,
this is the door. He went in it and
there was a five gallon keg of Granet-
no, being sweet drink. My son found
this .keg two weeks before under the
cellar. 1t was covered when the cellar
fell down. 1t was rusty. When my son
found it he felt happy. he thought It
was whiskey. l went down there. took
a hammer and nail, made hole in the
keg 1t was sweet stuff. We left u
there. Nobody drank it. Finally my son
cleaned the cellar. Officer went down
IN the cellar and found this keg. He
went in the private house opened the
trunk, found two bottles of Gordin gin
one bottle of three star brandy. two
bottles OF rock and rye, one bottle of
Farnet, the best medicine in the world
1t has been proven it is SO by two hun.
dred doctors. One bottl of Appensent
what had left for fifteen years. or
recent years the government STONED
having it sold, however, had This
bottle. Had it in my wife's trunk and
IL mas been there since this investiga-
tlon occurred. Another jug had be-
ing lnconstory, another of cherry
vine. don't remember If had one mr.
Two bottles Of whiskey sealed Several
bottles of beer.
A month before the permit was clos.
I'd l went to Okanogan and took a
permit FOR dozen bottles of beer For
my wire was sick and every once in a
~hile she required a little. When che
lieu mad 1t left over, put II IN Tho
runk' IT has been there ever since. II
I'm not drinking man, this stuff was
n the trunk perhaps for a hundred |
,ears. """u'eu
men ne went in the store he asked |
ne II 1 had wetting shoes. I never
iearo this word before. In reply / said
my shoes are awful dry"
These have been here for 10 or 7,