The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-31
THE NEW DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
WILL BANQUET BUSINESS
MEN OF TONASKET.
R. R. BUILDING OCCASION.
Meeting Saturday Night ArOuses Much
Enthusiasm-New Organization
Starts with Right Spirit.

The Oroville Development League is
the name adopted at a meeting of cit
liens held Saturday night in the town
hall to receive the report of the COM
mittee on organization named at the
meeting held the previous Saturday
for the purpose of formulating COM
mercial organization for this place.
The committee, composed Of w. G.
Riste, A. P. Murray, ]. F. Samson, r.
P. Hoskyn, F. A. De Vos and Ernest
Riste, presented the draft of a cOnsti-
tuition, which was taken up section by
section and adopted with but few al
taken in the organization of booster
association for Oroville and the trib-
utary country.
rhe7I.sesting was marked by enthus-
iasm and a determination to work
unitedly and continuously for the
larger interest of the town and sur
rounding territory. The member
ship dues were fixed in the constitu-
tion at one dollar per annum, and
motion prevailed that all present
should act as a committee of the whole
to solicit membership in the league.
1t is the especial desire of the organ
izers that every citizen both within and
without the corporate limits of OrO-
vile, who is interested in the prog
ress and development of this part of
Okanogan county shall become men,
ber of the league. Every effort will
be made to promote the development
of the natural resources of this terri
tory and to secure the establishment
of industries that will be beneficial to
the farmers and fruit growers of both
valley and uplands.
Frank NJ Dallam, editor of the Ga
the business men of Tonasket to par
ticipate in a big celebration of the con-
struction of the Oroville-W -Wenatchee
branch of the Great Northern railway
when the track laying machine reach
es the town of Tonasket. He proposed
that arrangements be made to have
the Tonasket citizens come to Oroville
on the first construction train that is
run between the two towns and that
Oroville act os host on that occasion.
This suggestion was received with ia
vOr and committee, composed of
Chas. A. Powell, E. A. McMahan and
c. G. Tilly, was appointed to arrange
for the celebration. Mr.. Dallam de-
clined place on the committee be-
cause of contemplated absence from
town during the period of preparation
for the event. 1t was the sense of the
meeting that the celebration should
take the form of banquet to be tend
cred to the business men of Tonasket
and the personnel of this COM
mittee on arrangements insures that
no pains will be spared to provide a
| cordial welcome and hospitable recep-
tion for the visitors. Advantage will
be taken of the occasion to promote
| friendly relations between the two
towns to the end that both may work
in harmony for the advancement of
the interests of the northern part of
the Okanogan valley.
The temporary organization ef-
fected at the previous meeting was
continued and will act until the cleo
tion of officers at the first meeting in
March, as fixed by the constitution.
Chas. F. Sigrist, temporary chairman,
appointed d. E. Riste, H. Porter and
Dooley p. Wheeler committee on Sc
lecting subject for discussion at the
meeting next Saturday night. The
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