The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-01
NOT AS BAD AS painted,

IN newspaper experience of sew
eral years the editor of the Gazette
has occasionally had to defend his
home town against aspersions cast
upon 1t by newspapers, or individuals
4 distance, but he has never before
felt he had duty to perform in de-
fending his home against the attacks
Of the citizens thereof. He attended
I meeting of business men Monday
night where he heard the town as
miled In manner that had it emf
nated from any other source than
trends and neighbOrs he would have
replied in public print in language
hardly fit for the eyes of the readers.
L must have been interesting to the
nrangers in the building who over
leard the addresses, and no doubt
ny carried away rather unfavor-
Ne impression of Oroville and it's
people.
While feeling that in, some respects
.mQay not be as good q citizen as the
4eokers, and therefore hardly as cap
Ne OF judging the merits of the town
nlled to find Oroville a sink hole of
niquity, and all the people candidates
mr perditiOn. Let us state our i'm
pfessions of Oroville and the residents
nereof after a residence of nearly
muf years. No offense is intended if
does not coincide with the views of
ahers. We may be mistaken in the
news we take, but we are honest in
nololng them, and feel that they can
% 70 the outside public as a fair state
ment OF the situation, biased only by
ne natural loyalty felt toward the
own, and respect and esteem we hold
oward the people.
Take the town itself as a text of de-
lense, for the man who runs down the
feeldents cannot have a very good
oplnl0n OF the town. Oroville is so
!ortunately situated in it's relation to
nree surrounding tributary country
@at It's future is assured, no matter
wat ls said of the place, favorable or
anfavorable. There will be a city here
0me day. Nothing can prevent that
summation. 1t may be delayed, but
ae nnality cannot be headed off. We
uy not live to see it, but that result
VIII come about as sure as the flight of
!ears. Here Is the very key to this
upper country. The land upon which
ue emDroyOtic city is now in the pro-
~ss OF formation is a natural city site.
~ ~ place could be more favorably
Muated. With gallant and charming
%leams incompassing the level val
" selected for the town site, with
nke Of marvellous beauty almost upon
~ corporate borders, for attractive
1 l. IN
%sraphy of the country is such that
woVllle commands the inlet and out
OF the upper valley. 1t is destined
De railroad center. The grand
esourceful country of the north,
"uth, east and west will attract COM
lung lines in future years, and it is
sIost an engineering impossibility
pulld railroad anywhere through
~ s1tnern Okanogan without touching
~ point. The petty differences oil
Suivlduals may retard the develop
~ent OF the town in it's infancy, but
Will grow beyond the point where
ucn differences will have any inf1u-
s.ce. With these facts of common
saowledge it is difficult to understand
hNn. ~
inc chief factor in insuring that fu-
SIe here predicted rests in the IN
nparable fertility of the soil. Any
ssuection upon the town is a retiec-
- upon the resources that are TO
~s!aln that town. 1t cannot be gam
~ That for capacity of production
Sefe Is no part of the state that can
Suai the Okanogan valley where wat
introduced. The evidence OF TINS
um Is present this season, and every
son. 1t has been slow coming un-
high state of cultivation, but I'M
Sssosements are going on steadily ana
.aerever man has applied energy ana
slilgent management the reward
been far beyond the expectations
me most sanguine investor. In a
~ years every acre of the land IN
mmedite vicinity will be under
v!ough cultivation, and continuous
snard will encompass the place win