The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-10-28
LOOKING BRIGHTER

Guy Fruit was over from Loomis Fri.
day last, and reports that brighter
prospect of substantial advancement
prevails in the old camp than at anv
time for several years. 1t is the pros
pect OF utilizing the soil to the utmost
OF It's producing capacity, and the best
1t Is capable of producing, that is sur.
charging the outlook with a more
roseate hue. In years that have passed
the people of that place have pinned
their hopes entirely upon the chance
OF making producing mines in the i'm
mediate neighborhood Effort as ap.
pied to putting to use the abundant
water in the vicinity for the reclama.
ton OF the adjacent lands never entered
into the calculations of those interested
in the country. The prospector and
mine operator were the chief factors
in the population, and to the one peo-
pie depended upon for the discovery of
indications of mineral, and the other
was expected to take in hand those
discoveries and evolve mines. In the
eager search for mineral wealth the
wealth of the soil was overlooked. and
consequently a country which presents
the rarest opportunities for fruit pro-
duction was neglected. While many of
the older residents of Loomis may still
in ha ,r
deposits of great extent and value in
the surrounding hills, they have seen
so many mistakes made, and failure
follow imperfect and reckless methods
OF procedure in the effort to make
mines, that they are beginning to look
upon mining as a secondary consider
alton, something that may in time un-
der proper conditions and management
develop into paying and important
industry, and see in irrigation a power
and influence that will contribute gen.
erously to restoring the old days of life
and prosperity, a permanent restoration
that will make Loomis place of size
anu Importance.
1t is the new enterprise that is now
on foot proposing to put water on the
Whitestone fiat and Horse Spring
coulee lands, and the land between
LOOMS and those objective points that
has created more hopeful and cheer
full feeling at the old camp. AS un-
derstood from Mr.. Fruit it is the aim
of the company to take water from
Toats coula creek by fumes and bitches
during the spring high water, carry
said water to Spectacle lake, convert
ing the lake into reservoir to be
drawn upon during the season when
irrigation is necessary. OF course
Toats coula creek, during the summer
months, could not cover any more land
than is at present irrigated from that
source, and storage system had to be
resorted to. AS evidence of the hon
est intentions of the company Mr.. Fruit
states that preliminary work on the
bitches has already commenced, and
that start has given value to lands that
heretofore have been almost unsafe
able. Besides this project the extern
sive reclamation enterprise that is be-
ing carried out by Geo j. Hurley, in
the Sinlahekin valley,a few miles south
of Loomis, is attracting much atten-
tion. He has already set out consider
able land to fruit trees. Eventually
this land will be in the hands of small
holders, and the natural trading center
for all this country is Loomis. The
outlook at present is certainly much
brighter for that place. An industry
is about to be inaugurated into which
the element of chance does not enter.
The soil, with water, will produce lib
orally, and the product has CONNER
cial value. Returns can be depended
upon. When once trees are yielding
the progress of the country will not
depend upon the uncertainty of i'm
ported capital. 1t will be flowing in
in exchange for unfalling produce that
is always in demand, and the stability
of the country is established.