The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-05-14
|RICATI0N IS SURE KING
That Water Has Done For
Land in the Vicinity Of
Wenatchee.
{ SAME CAN Be DONE HERE
claim the Nearby Land and the
Valley Will Blossom
As the Rose.

"a friend of that pioneer of the Simil-
meen valley, Mr.. w. V..Champneys,
ling at Wenatchee, writes to him as
lows:
II am going to take up your offer
punt the apple land. All | want is
Eget a few dollars ahead. Here, in
enatchee, can buy oranges cheaper
bn good apples. Winter Bananas,
of the choice apples, sell three for
cents. Best oranges 40 cents per
zen. Men are here now contracting
next years crop, and | know of one
5n who has sold four car loads, or
% boxes, of Black Twigs at 81. 25 per
!. He has 119 Black Twig trees,
b expects to get $54OO off the rs
es. You have no idea of the de-
md for good apples, AND OKANOGAN
ATS WENATCHEE AT THE GAME"
Vow here is food for thought, and
build be strong hint for people
>und here to get in and do something.
the context of that letter is not an
entive to get water on the lands in
about Oroville, and the land set
in fruit trees as soon as possible,
tely there is nothing that will arouse
bdowners to realization of the OPP
ttunities they are letting slip by.
De party who wrote the letter from
hich the above is an extract, was
bident of northern Okanogan county
many years. He knows the nature
This country, the character of the
its capacity for production, and
mparing all this with what he has
n at Wenatvhee he is every respect
hpetent to draw comparisons, and
pounces this the superior of the
for successful fruit raising. There
others in this county who have
= the two localities under exactly
same conditions, namely raw and
He'd, and have also had opportunity
kompare the products of the two Sec
IS, and they can bear out the above
ertion that "Okanogan can beat
onatchee at the game" The only
antage that the latter place has
II the former is it's location on
line of railroad. 1t is
alone that it has the
ge. In quality and general appear
1oe of the fruit, under like conditions
b production, Okanogan can surpass
Eenatchee. This is no reflection on
{enatchee. nor would we write one
g with the object of doing that place
oarticle of injury. The simple fact
Is country has shade the best of it
1cause nature has been generous in
Wing this country the soil, the eli
Ste and prodigality of water. 1t
mains for man to take advantage of
y combination, and place the lands
der that high state of productive
Gss they are capable of attaining. 1t
nquires two things to make the prop
Ittion a winner, capital and energy.
lthe same spirit of push, backed by a
etle ready money, existed here as it
lists, and has existed for years, at
yenatchee, Okanogan would be fa-
|Dus the world over for it's fruits, and
ould set pace in that line that
build tax the producers of Wenatchee,
! any other fruit producing district to
oep pace with. Do not think for a
Ioment that this is intended as any
otraction to Wenatchee. That place
IS fairly won, and has firmly establish
!, an imperishable reputation as an
pal fruit producing district, and has
obly made good in comparative eX-
bits against all competitors. We
|Duld not rob a leaf from her crown
klaurrel. The country was once, and
lat only a short time ago, a desert.
|nder an uninviting and repellant eX-
lrior existed capability for the pro-
nc production of the choicest fruits of
le earth if the alchymist could find
he fertilizer to create results. That
Drtilizer was simply water, the one
nd only healthy, revivifying, strength
hing drink that God has given to man
nd all things of life. 1t was applied,
nd today that desert blossoms, and
rings forth fruits in their season, and
bose fruits bring comfort, and happi-
ess, and peaceful content to the hold
rs of the land. The land up here is
Dt near SO desolate as was the Wen
tchee valley fifteen years ago, yet it
eeds the stimulus of water to force it
the highest state of productiveness.