The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-06-25
NO DISCOUNT THIS TIME
The Oroville--Wenathee Road
Is a Certainty of the
Near Future.
D|CKER|NG FOR R|CHT.OF,WAY
The Only Danger of a Further
Postponement is From the
ObStructionist.
D|CKER|NG FOR RIGHT,OF.

Maj. A. NJ Anderson, right-of-way
i agent for the Great Northern railroad,
spent several days in Oroville during
4 the past week. Maj. Anderson was
& not here on pleasure outing. His
" mission was one in which the people
" of this place and the Okanogan valley
Il are vitality interested. He was, so to
~ speak, the avaunt courier of the pro-
n prosed branch road, or rather link be-
Il tween the two coast lines of the Great
e Northern, between Oroville and Wen
y atchee, road that has long been
Il looked for, long been hoped for, and II
sslong time materalizing. Maj. Ander-
fSeOn'S duties are to come to such an un-
Understanding with the property owners
along route the great railroad sys-
fftem decides to build over that there
& may be no impediment or hitch in
3 @prOgresS when actual construction once
commences. He was here for the pur-
pose OF interviewing land owners along
the east side of the Okanogan river.
which stream the very much desired
2'etretch of road is to build, and secure
gS4rom them upon an equitable basis the
right-of-way. In matters of this kind
the railroad is, as a rule. willing to do
what is fair. Indeed, they even go
further and submit to eXtortiOnS that
hn individual would not for moment
btand for.
The presence of Maj. Anderson at
This time carries to the people of this
Bounty in general, and those to be i'm
|Emediately benefit ed by the building OF
this branch in particular, the assur-
&sance that after many days, after many
&false reports, after many disappoint-
Il ments that the actual beginning of work
n is near at hand. More encouraging news,
!Xor news that promises greater results
ITO larger degree, could not come to
K the people at this time. 1t is no long
Ter the mere shadow of intangible ru-
NOR, it is an actuality 1t is no a vague
lsreport based upon word dropped by
81 some one without authority, but comes
f3frOm the fountain head. 1t means the
Nearly realization of cherished hope,
81 and an assurance that the realization
VI is not to be long delayed, providing
s that hold up policy does not prevail
n along the chosen route.
NJ Where everybody understands the
# advantages and benefits that will be
H derived from such line as the Great
# Northern proposes to construct, it
y seems like work of supererogation to
dwell at length upon the Importance
of that projected enterprise. But it is
fan artery of modern traffic that will
eextend through the very center of the
county from north to south, providing
Transportation facilities for the richest
and most populous part of the county
that has so long depended solely upon
the primitive wagon haul, and insure S
q the rapid filling up and development OF
(. the dormant resources to highest point
<of productiveness, hence the prospect
&Of speedy consummation of the long
&postponed project justities excessive
4 E&jubiation, and the devotion of some
n space to the subject.
HI Starting from Oroville this branch
81 road follows along the sinuOsities OF
n the Okanogan river, on the east bank,
81 until near the juncture of the stream
"a with the Columbia, and continues
" along the west bank of that river to
N Wenatchee, having an almost contin-
n uous water grade. This becomes Il
81 connecting link between the main line
vat Wenatchee and the long tentaCle
81 that reaches out from Spokane north
81 ward and westwardly to the coast. The
Mvalley of the Okanogan. which it drains.
ii Is one of the largest and most fertile.
ii under irrigation, stretches of unbruNuu
n territory in the state. The valley Is
M irregular in width, but taken from the
Al northern to the southern extremity
81 there are thousands of tillable acres
"A that can be readily put under water
ii and every acre will produce prodiS-
81 iously of the fruits of the earth. Al
n ready the fertility and producing ca
81 ed where private individuals have ap-
III piled water, and under the wise pro-
u visions Of the government one body OF
d this land, embracing upward OF 10000