The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-04-16
IT TOOK THE FIRST PRIZE
Offered by the Gazette for the
Best Article on the City
Of Oroville
RND the 0KANoGAN VALLEY
The Honor Falls to r. W. John
son, and the Article is
Given Below.

4 When a man is looking for a new
home his first desire is to get the best
hhat can be bad for the money; it is
bis desire to locate in q place that will
grow and thrive, thus making his hold
Lngs more valuable and his home more
pleasant; his desire is also to locate
khere the climate is conducive to
health, as we'll as to the different pur-
>uits which it may affect.
4 Where can he find a better combina-
Non Of all these requisites than at
proville, Okanogan county, Washing
zbn? Why can he get the best that
IN be had for the money at Oroville?
because Oroville has the best to give.
business openings of all kinds, work
pr men of all trades and work for men
ithout trades, for all of which the
est OF wages are paid. Furthermore,
here are hundreds of acres of farm
Ind to be homesteaded, of open range
r stock, and II act after tract of land
long the river courses only waiting to
reclaimed by which has
BEN proven is THE money making
roject of today, and which is at pres
u being quite extensively developed
ere.
Why will Oroville grow and thrive?
etter ask how could it do otherwise,
nated as it Is In the heart of such
Fge farming, stockraising and min
b district. at the junction of the
hilkameen and Okanogsn rivers, on
b southern border of beautiful Lake
)oyoos, and on what will soon be the
bin line of the Great Northern be-
leen Spokane and the coast. The
ct that the Washington Water Pow
company, of Spokane, is contemplate
1 g putting In an electric plant at Oro-
Sllle-making the second for the town
speaks for itself. Oroville has every
hance to become a great and thriving
lty. It simply cannot stand still. I'm
Ger the existing conditions it must
trow. 1t is the shipping point for all
his surrounding country, the produce
which ranges over as many different
agricultural products as any locality
d the United States. It has every
Nance Of becoming a manufacturing
3enter, possessing as it does an almost
Unlimited water power, and the ship
Sing facilities being of the best. Oro-
lille is bound to be q railroad center,
Mere being branch lines now in con-
4truction along the Columbia and Okla
logan rivers which will join the main
}ine at Oroville. Another important
Industry that is fast gaining foothold
dairying, pursuit for which the
1Duntry is particularly adapted, there
icing plenty of range for the cattle
Turing most Of the year. Several large
lSiry companies, among which are the
Hazlewood and Pine Creek dairies of
Spokane, have already established
Sream routes through the country thus
developing the new industry in this
BART of the county.
And what of the climate of Oroville?
y is delightful, the winters being mild
md the summers not too warm. The
climate is particularly adapted to fruit
1aising, truck gardening and poultry
taising. Some OF our best Okanogan
lruit-and Okanogan fruit needs no
10 boosting, for it stands first in the
competitive markets-is raised in the
Vicinity Of Oroville, which is already
supplying the surrounding country and
ohe industry Is but started. There is
'fOOm for any number of fruit growers;
plenty of good land available and good
markets within easy reach. So also is
'there room for truck gardeners and
Poultry raisers, which last occupation
Is fast becoming an important and
profitable industry in this and many
pther states. Alfalfa grows here lux
and those who are raising IL
nre highly pleased with the yield,
three and four crops year.
This is another avenue of industry,
md combined with hog raising, makes
pne of the most profitable occupations
In which one can engage. In fact
there is hardly limit to the agricul-
rural possibilities of this valley and
when irrigation is thoroughly estab-
.lished here, which will doubtless be
Soon, it will be one of the richest and