The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-11-18


Fw week or more there has been
ambition at the GAZETTE Office a
1ution Of apples that has excited
,dmiration and wonder of all visit
i md pronounced by the humorous
saber Of the firm as "The National
Il pe Show Annex" More tempting
\ perfect apples have rarely been
"a il Oroville, and for the matter of
few places where fruit is raised
nA offer an exhibit of equal merit
rib such glorious specimens of this
uple fruit before us it is but natural
VI I feeling of pride should exist for
5 muntry that can produce such superb
Feable delicacieS, and the wonder
naturally aroused that more atten-
+ h Is not devoted to orchard culture
ibis Immediate neighborhood. True
lumber of enterprising individuals
h retaining land and setting out
EHG but the amount of ground de-
NED to that purpose Is small taking
No consideration the hundreds Of
1icely located acres that could read
BE placed under water, and under
ster the most fertile land in the state.
ne apples calling forth this mention
We from the orchards of Mr.. James
Herin and Mr.. William II. Mcdaniel,
mated in the valley of the Sinlahe-
y Last week the contribution of
eiormer gentleman was mentioned,
before the paper went to press a
supgly-ef-magnifiee apples
m received from the last named gen.
|am' Both orchards are near together
|M both owners apply systematic and
|aor0ugh methods in care and culture.
ne evidence of the success following
eelr efforts is sufficiently convincing
aat they understand the business As
encourage others to follow along
aeir footsteps. Mr.. McDaniel's ranch
|only short distance north of Loom
where he has lived great many
sars and where thrift, and industry,
d foresight have combined to make
Ideal home and one of the most val
'ole farms in the county. His land
u yield in abundance of whatever
ID is placed in the ground, and the
putation of the fruit of the Mcdaniel
hard reaches far beyond the limits
the county This ranch, or any OF
neighboring ranches, is not on the
rket, so the praise of the products
mot be set down as means of at
citing purchasers.
the gift of the fruit
giving it as much publicity as pos
e both by newspaper reference and
libition is for the purpose OF calling
ention to the opportunities fruit cul-
e presents to any one DESTROYS OF
ing up that line of business, which
grown so popular, and made for
les for 90 many people in different
It's of the state, conspicuously in the
,natchee and Yakima valleys. To
Ike fruit growing successful in any
t of eastern Washington where the
| is adapted for the purpose 1t Is
,essary to irrigate, and an abund-
&c of water is the chief requirement
zen locality is sought for that pur-
se. There is no discount on the soil
Okanogan county, and especially in
Q neighborhood of Oroville. The
If is in it that makes for fruits OF
. very best. Coupled with the prop
soil is an inexhaustible supply OF
tier. Get the land and turn on the
tier, and fruit that cannot he sur
ssed in quantity and quality is IL
red. The facinating industry is not
ing neglected in this vicinity by any
cans, but fruit growing under irriga-
,n is not being carried on upon the
'tensive scale that it is elsewhere
here the climate and conditions are
u near as favorable, or the promise
reward is not near rs certain, as In
'e Oroyille country. The opportunl-
exists here for high line ditch
lat would put hundreds Of acres I'M
y water. An enterprise of such a
laracter would require large capital,
d considerin. the profit that has been
srived from similar projects else
here it is ineXplicable that this field
Is been so long neglected. lndividu-
= are retaining land to the extent
their means by pumps, and great