The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-08-13

Oroville has one good citizen a
least, who believes In law and orde
and the enforcemeht OF law. 1t wa
through the personal efforts of thi
said good citizen that the booze jug
glers were brought to book last Fri
day. and something like clean Gu
thousand dollars added to the credi
side of the ledger for Okanogan coun
ty. 1t all happened in this manner
Said good citizen could not sleep IL
his usual quarters on account of thu
severe heat and was compelled t.
seek other temporary quarters In
@hicn to lind OBLIVION. So seeking ou,
4 crtain unoccupiu shack in the soutl
part vi lown he snukgiy settled down
ior nights quiet snoOze. Early IL
tne uim dawn OIL morning he was rude.
~ awakeneu Wy the ARRIVAL OF an auto
at nis temporary d0nliciie and the
disc0rdant rasp oftrepressed numal
voices. toking his optic close to (,
crack he was somewhat surprised t.
see couple OF persons unloading
what looked like afcargo OF BOOZE
Many bottles were sol down alongside
the building and Others in case lot>
were poked or shove4 inside the build
ing within a few feet of the hidden
self invited guest. finally the longing
for a smoke prompted one of the men
70 strike a match and light a cigarette
and the light OF the hatch clearly 70
vealed the features of we'll known
citizen OF Oroville. About this time an
other car drove up With two men in it
and the bottles and cases were hastily
loaded into the second car. While tho
transfer was being made the party
occupying the first car turned his car
around and switched on the lights,
causing one of the men to call out:
For Gods sake - turn off those
lights" which request was instantly
complied with but not before all par
ties were recognized by the gentle
man hiding in the building. AS soon as
the cars left. one going south and the
other returning to the center of town
the aforesaid good citizen hurried to
the town officers and told them what
he had witnessed. Marshal Hoose was
quick to act, got Sheriff Stark on the
wire and started him out to head Oft
the load of booze which was done.
Sheriff Stark and his deputy had
driven out of Okanogan but short
distance when they saw a car coming
and proceeded to hold it up in real
old time fashion. Two young men were
in the car who gave their names as
Payne and Dawson, and they had in
their possession an even hundred
quarts of Canadian bootleg which they
were taking down the valley in a car
branded on the side "Armour's" and
it is supposed to belong to that meat
packing firm. The hold up was execut-
ed on the highway just north of the
Okanogan city limits and south Of the
Marc Thomas place about 4 a. m.
The men were driving a Ford runa-
bout and it is supposed to belong to
the Armour Packing company, ana
that at least one Of the men has been
or is an employe of that firm, al
though neither will admit it. One
claims to live in Seated and the other.
insists that Wenatchee is his home.
The authorities believe the men have
given ficticious names and that time
and further investigation will revea,
their true idetnity.
The men at first were not inclined
to give the sheriff any information re-
themselves when first arrest
ed, but later on when put through the
third degree and confronted with the
fact that they were both seen and
heard they are said to have given away
the whole story, They were given a
hearing before the justice of the peace
and fined $250.00 each, and for lack rf
ready cash were remanded to Jail ami
the cargo of booze was confiscated by
tho authorities.
However, the arrest of Payne and
Dawson did not end the matter by any
means. When these two young men
were confronted with the information
THAT they were seen when the transfer
was made, they are said to have told
everything they knew, the result of
which was the arrest the next day OF
Chas. Powell Jr., and DR.. ID. H. Lewis
of this place. These gentlemen were
taken to Okanogan and after confer
ence is said to have confessed to hav-
ing liquor in their pOssessoni and paid
a fine of $250.00 each. And the end is
not yet. Customs officer CRUDE in the
fulfilment of his duties Immediately
detained the two cars and are holding
them for further investigation.
The Gazette publishes this article
with sincere sorrow and regret, but as
the policy of this paper has always
been and always will be to "hew to the
line let the chips fall where they
may" We feel that our duty to the
public and our readers has a demand