The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-04-18
4 WORD FOR BETTER COWS
IN Opportunity in 0kanogan County
That Promises General
Prosperity

Gazette TO get Okanogan people start
ed on the right foot by setting the
better COW" ideal high among their
household gods. II will sure II
long step on the road TO prosperit?
when she becomes established in the
valley
Il was an i'll wind that blew NE 10
Oganogan. but when | bought o.,
Sweeds homestead for my own ! was
consulting the comfort OF MY friend
and chosen companion. the better
COW" more than my own present COM
tort. for ! knew ii would suit her as
the best that could DO and was not
bothered about wanting TO sell out
for other pastures greer" or distant.
and ] am more pursuaded all the time
that she is no Pretender here. but
heir apparent to the return Of opror-
tunity in Okanogan. But she Is
proud dame and not TO be woed hall
heartedly. She must have the inteili-
gent care and affection of the whole
family TO succeed best. when her in
dnstry will loosen up the cinch OF
hard times and buy the comforts that
il takes money TO buy. The hearts
OF the young people OF the family need
10 b. interested in her welfare and
there often is the trouble
Some of our hest boys and girls go
10 high school and take ideas leading
away from physical effort Learn
contempt for labor; that refinement
means spo1less raiment and unsoiled
I hands Now. while refinement is q
most desirable assesst OF character
up to certain point. past that point
il is a nuisance. a clog to material
advancement The song Of the high
er education IS siren song The
foolish thing OF the age. Living is no
SUNDAY school picnic High schools
seem to teach the theory Of life like
a man learning to play poker with
! beans. When he comes TO play his
money the game is as different as
4 day from night The real players
| know there is as much gain in playing
A poor hand well as in holding the
I cards of a good one. When they are
~fnished"t?4 and come TO set in the
real game Of life, the home COWS look
too poor hand for them TO play.
The cow barn makes them lonesome
! They soon freeze out Quit
That was n fine. sturdy race G.
/ home builders who founded the nation
while raising their families in ono
end of the dwelling house and I'D
better cow in the other. and Ne
| have not mended much upon the viz
tues Of those people. Still TO be snre,
1 our women are helping the men vote
| and Is has seemed 10 me, with 1he
limited and timid gaze of an outside
| cowman al that great subject he IA
ton is graphing with, that il would
be in keeping with the movement, as
they step ont 10 undertake thai ardu-
ous work. 10 discard The restrictions
Of the hobble skirt and adopt the
pan1s-those painting for such siren
nous exertlon--as aHordjng Tor
range Of stride for their activities
We are now running q heavy beef
sire az We located for some range
/ privilege, but recognizing the insla-
bility OF human affairs. We lately pur-
4 chased full blood bull calf regisi-
/ erred, short horn 10 BE- coming along,
whose ancestors show high quality
Paid 500 il looks thai in time We
will all wind NJ at the creamery who
desire the very best COW Our OWL
experience with conditions as they *
listed was anything, but cheerful TIE
very mild policing ot The c,ountFs
/ Interests in cattle making il CONVEX
lent for parties SO minded to take
( meat Of others COWS al will and il
often put us in the hole 10 meet ex-
penses. but We never thought Of Quit
ing and now conditions are somewhat
better.
Yes, this is no fairy tale or ghost
story as to the advantage Of giving
/ the better COW" first place il Okan-
ogan county. The pure mountain
water and kind, sunshiny days for
her TO doze in filled with rich bunch
grass are enduring comforts for her
Esetullncss. The snug homes. free
from the menace Of waring clements.
where the everlasting hills stand
guard. where the onrush of ruinous
food water cannot devastate the val
ley tin fact more than a bit DRY At
times is no mean place for men to
live in But okanogan. as elsewhere.
needs money and the opportunity is
here for the better COW" TO make il
and no mistake. The COWS at home
are a good hand" TO come into the
game Of life with in Okanogan and
if played with faith to win. will win.
always remembering
The heights that men have won
and kept
Were not attained by sudden fight.
But they. while their companions
slept
Were toiling upw ard in the night q"
Yours truly.
CHARLEY PRICE.