The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-11-12
WILL MAKE 0KANOGAN FAMOUS
That is What Can Be Expected
From the Superior Apples That
This County Can Produce.

Ihe writer takes this method of en-
pressing his thanks to Mr.. James
y Herin, of Loomis for several boxes
OF apples. And such apples The
very perfection of this staple and stand
ard commercial product of the earth
Mammoth IN size, exquisitely formed
delectable to the palate, tinted by ma
ture as cannot be reproduced by the
most skillful artist the fruit exce]led
anything of the kind that has been
seen this season. If the fruit for which
Adam and Eve traded off so much hap
plness was as tempting as the apples
from the O'Herin ranch, they can
hardly be blamed for falling, and Eve
would certainly have been entitled to
considerable generosity had she let the
old man in even for the core.
These apples were grown on Mr..
O'Herin's charming situated place. in
the Sinlahekin valley, u short distance
north of Loomis, and is one of num-
Der OF valuable homesteads in the i'm
mediate locality. The land is similar
in character to that of all the valleys
of Okonogan county, not one whit bet
ter. 1t contains those chemical ele-
ments that develop the best fruit on
the market. If the O'Herin fruit pos
sesses any superiority over the pro-
ducts of other orchards, if it be triIle
larger, a shade better favored, little
more symetrical, tint more glorious
it is because Mr.. O'Herin applies all of
his energies, backed by superior intel
| ligence, in cultivating, caring for and
protecting his tt ees and harvesting the
crop. He does not delegate the i'm
portant work to others, he does it him
self. The elements that enter into
making choice fruit exists anywhere
and everywhere in this county, and
everywhere and anywhere like condi-
tions taken advantage of in the same
careful way will produce the same re-
suits. Every year the apples from the
| O'Herin orchard attract more than
passing attention from all who have
! the good fortune to see and sample
| them. There is none better grown
anywhere, and few localities produce
their equal. They are beautiful to the
sight and rs lucious as they are beauti-
ful. 1t is not known if any of these
apples will be on exhibition at the big
national apple show at Spokane, but
they certainly should be, and among
the vast collection of this monarch OF
fruit from every quarter of the west
they would assuredly call forth favor
able comment.
AS stated in the foregoing the OPP
portunity to grow apples of the same
kind and description is not confined to
the narrow limits of single orchard.
Any of the land around Oroville, or In
the Okanogan valley, or for that mat
ter in the neighborhood of Loomls, or
the lower and protected flats and val
levs of this county will under proper
cultivation, care and the application OF
water produce the same superior quail
ity of fruit, and of every variety. ltlS
in the soil and climate. Land that in
its ugly nakedness looks devoid OF fe-
cunditv and absolutely worthless under
the stimulation of the plow, and the
marvellous life-creating influence OF
water. can be made to produce any
thing that grows in the temperate
zone, and produce in wonderful abuno-
ance. and by that production the land
so producing becomes OF exceeding
value. Wherever these applications
have been made the most satisfactory
results have followed. The truth OF
this statement can be verified all over
this upper country. Flourlshlng orch-
ards can be found surrounded by land
in it's natural barren and unslghtly
state. Reclamation works the trans
formation. Tree planting in the past
has been confined to small aeras, as
there were no means or reachihg
market with surplus crop win the
building of railroads more an" H.
land is being put out to 1rult' Hun
dreds upon hundreds OF acres are re-
claimed. and in a few years the Oka-
nopan valley will be continuous val
lev will be continuous valley from
the tn, International line to the jnnctqre
Of Of the Okanogan with the Columbia
river, supporting hundreds of families am lies
The building of railroads and the con
Of
most profitable product has given that
land a value that seems to those VINO
have seen it in it's valueless state rldl-
culous enormous. Yet the land must
be considered worth the monry asheo'
~ there are eager buyers at present
a',nras and the tendency of prices Is
steadily upward. And all on account
of the fruit it will produce, a fruit that
can successfully compete with thau
urown anywhere on earth.