The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-03-19

THE Wenatehee World, in local
item, casually states that 10 acre
tract OF unimproyed land southwest of
that city recently sold for $4,000.
Mark YOU. the paper did not make the
statement with 4 flourish of trumpets,
ur any lengthy dissertation upon the
remarkable fact that unimproved land
i'm such large tracts brought $1,000 per
acre. Thousand dollar an acre land in
that locality i such a common price
that il attracts no attention on the
Rialtc. Z, deal of this magnitude is
looked upon a. common occurrence.
Had the consideration been $1,000. or
5000. "a acre the World might have
thrown g -pssn. hut even those figures
hay. been 80 often reached in that land
Of fruit that the papers OF the city
have about run out of spasms. Read
inc the notice, however, causes some
----y--Iv-t,. NV urttvt r->Tu-uI5 or east
srn Washington can readily remem-
her when land in the Wenatchee val
ley could not be sold for any price
For year, it was looked upon as almost
valuel@sS The early settlers of the
Big Bend turned away from the sage
brush desert with contempt. and sought
homesteaj- on the high platesus But
that avant coureur of great changes.
the railroad poked it, nose into the
valley and infused new life into the
country bv bringing men of action.
men Of new ideas. men of push, men
who perform miracles when they set
about it. one Of the greatest trans
formations that men have ever brought
about n the state i the reclamation
pt the Wenatchee valley. Push and
land, a value of hundreds of dollars
per acre. What was done there i only
q repetition of what has been done in
other parts OF the state. and process
Of evolution that will he repeated in
the future The Wenatchee valley.
giving II All the credit due for what il
has. and can, produce in the way of
fruit i not the favored spot in the
,rate of Washington, The Oksnogan
valley. under the same high state OF
cultivation and with Intelligent man
azement to supercede the slipshod
methods that have prevailed since the
paleolotic age. will WELD fruit in size.
,yeWmetry. color, boquet, flavor and
quantity equal to anything that has
--er been marketed from the territory
embraced within the confines of the
valley OF Wenatchee. Around Orc
Willie j. land containing all the germi-
Mating elements and chemical consti-
tucnt, requisite for producing as choice
q fruit - the earth can give forth
This Is not hsphazsrd. exaggerated.
,uperhested air declaration. but is
borne out by results where even the
most careless efforts at horticulture
have heeu made, Where lands can be
refreshed and stimulated ny life Civ
ing water. there fruits in the beauty of
perfection can be grown, and there are
thousands of acres in this valley that
can bee put under water and made to
contribute prodigiously to the fruit
output Of the state. The most attrac-
tive feature Of thi, locality just now is
that land values are not out of reach
ot the man of moderate means. In
other fruit growing districts a man
must be independently wealthy in or
der 10 secure foothold. Here. where
be ,oil j, capable OF growing the best
marketable fruits. the price of land
i mere song i compared with the
prices asked. and cheerfully paid in
other portions OF the state. The home
seeker should investigate this condi-
ton before making a hnal choice. he