The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-10-22
SEATTLE VISITORS.


special train made up of five Pull.
man cars, the "Minila," "Whatcom
osakis,' "Nikko" and Vancouver ,
an observation car and one or two
uassage cars arrived In Oroyille a,
i've CLOCK Tuesday evening, almos,
ON schedule time, containing an ex.
curslon party of Seattle business men
uuihDering some 120. That is to say
the train was supposed to contain thai
nahy pilgrims upon its arrival, but a.
iohasket automobiles had been nro.
Viaed to take the excursionists over
the Whitestone project and owing 70
mat SIDE trip the great bulk of the
seattle visitors did not reach Orovills
unlii weil after dark, too late for them
W see the town, and giving the visi-
LOTS llttle time to meet the business
men or this place upon their native
neath' l. e., in their regular places of
business. Also it was impossible to
snow the Puget Sound visitors over
the line orchards directly adjacent to
oroville, with the country tributary
TO the town. This was a disappoin1-
ment to the visitors as well as to the
oroville people. However, what was
lacking in sight seeing was subse.
quently made up in entertainment.
10 indicate to the visitors the appre
ciation OF their coming delegation OF
members OF the Oroville Commercial
Club, headed by Chairman w. A. CRUDE
drove down to Tonasket in the after
noon for the purpose of meeting the
excursion train and rendering to the
visitors the freedom of the town.
AS mentioned above it was after
dark and just time to set down to
supper when those who had been TAX
EN- over the Whitestone Flat country
arrived. The large front room of the
Oroville Motor company's new garage
had been selected as the place for serv
ing the dinner, which was prepared by
w. A. Terry, of the Crescent Cafe, and
he deserves special credit for the quail
ity OF the viands and the excellency
OF the service. The dinner was one o.
the best and most elaborate on large
scale that has ever been served in Oro-
Vile, and that its preparation and SER
vice required much executive ability
trouble and labor can be understood
when it is stated that places had been
prepared for 1870 guests, and every seat
was occupied. Many of our town peo-
pie stepped aside SO that every visitor
could be served. At the close OF the
meal, when the program commenced,
there was hardly standing room for
the crowd that wished to hear ths:
proceedings. '7''''''' :. p -
At the close of the dinner w. A.
CRUDE, on behalf of the Commercial
Club, and citizens generally, in we'll
chosen words made the address of
welcome. Mr.. CRUDE has very happy
faculty of expressing himself, and as
an after dinner speaker he has few
superiOrs. The epoint he made in trac-
ing down the human family from the
days of the bartering of skins for COM
modities to the invention of money as
a medium of exchange was that in this
day and age the ramifications OF bus
mess made communities interdepend-
ent, and that one part of the state
could not get along without the other
part of the state, and hence in meas.
ure Seattle was directly interested in
the prosperity of Oroville and the Okla
hogan valley, and the Okanogan valley
and Oroville were dependent upon the
prosperity of Seattle. Mr.. Grube's ad-
dress of welcome was responded to by
r. s. Boyns, vice-president of the Sc
attic Chamber of Commerce, who COM
plimented Oroville upon the reception
extended, pledged the support of Seattle
in aiding the various irrigation dis
that the party had been most favor
ably impressed with what had already
been accomplished by irrigation, and
closed with an appeal to Amer'canis:n
that aroused the most enthusiastic ap-
plause. Other speakers were Judge
Austin Griffiths, and A. r. Currie, Of
the Royal Fruit Company, Seattle,
Fred w. Graham, the popular attachee
Of the Great Northern railroad who
is we'll known wherever the lines OF
the Great Northern and its branches
touches, DR.. d. H. Lewis of OrOville,
who is. always prepared to say the
right thing in the right place, and J. A..
Merva, of Tonasket. The several ad-
dresses were attentively listened to
and were frequently punctuated by ap-
plause.
One of the enjoyable features of the
evening was the instrumental and vO-
cal music, furnished by Mrs. c. c.
Hedger, Mrs. McCool, Mrs. Nagel, Miss
June Hume and Frank Bartell. A du-
ett by the Hume sisters, Mrs. Nagel
and Miss June Hume, was delightfully."-
rendered. 1t is the first time that these
young ladies have sung in public in
this place, and the performance was a
most happy surprise. The diners arose
to their feet and with deafening ap-
plause insisted on an encore which,
was granted.
At the close of the brief program the
crowd assembled at the Civic League
building where dancing was INDUCED
in until time for the train to pull ou,
at II o'clock. The visitors departed
warm in their expressions of appre
citation of the reception rendered them
and regretting that their visit could
not be protracted.
The following is a list Of those max.
ing up the party:
Admiral Line, F. j. Stapleton.
Albers Bros, j. F. Hubbell.
American Paper Co., w. A. Dupern
Ames Shipbuilding Co., Geo. A. Al
bin.
Ar,odo pu;ldinp e, Realty Co F. e.