The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-12-26
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;, - portaucc of Il new
q ~ town, a town just
starting out to make an
impression ON the map, de
pends very largely upon its ad-
yantageOus location. There
are several comtributary feat
ures to be taken into consider
alton that may be classified
under the head Of advantages
that have an important influ-
ence in the upbuiIding Of com
munities. The forcelul and re
sourceful character Of the in
habitants may be responsible
for the growth Of Il town in a
locality that has few natural
resources to depend upon, but
such eases are rare and at the
best there is a limit to such en-
forced growth, and the limit is
early reached. There must be
some firmer foundation to con
struct upon than boast and
bravado, hustle and hurrah, the
push and energy Of a commun-
ity to build up large city, al
though those factors are mar
velously useful in securing ma
terial results pushing an am
bilious town to the front in the
early stages of It's development.
What is absolutely necessary
in the matter Of location, haw-
ever, to insure Il great future is
combination Of fortuitous ad-
vantages that can be found in
juxtaposition only occasionally
where towns are laid out, and
wherever existing, and made
the best Of, there cities have
sprung into being and flour
isbed.- A town with any pros
poets Of growing beyond the
limits of a bucolic village, or Il
place Of a few thousand inhabi-
tants, must be surrounded bV
natural resources, meritOrious,
stable and unfailing. 1t must
be in, or near, the center Of a
large territory without danger
GUS rivals or competitors too
near at hand. 1t must be on
water courses, naVigable or
Otherwise, to provide DISPOSE
ton Of drainage. 1t must be so
situated that transportation
lines whenever constructed
cannot avoid it. 1t must be a
distributing and shipping point
and a natural industrial center.
These are factors indispensable
as a lasting foundation upon
which cities are built, and when
a new town is 50 fortunately
located it will eventually bios
som into a metropolis even II
the inhabitants thereof fail to
realize their magnificent OPP
portunity and refuse to lend
united aid to hasten the period
Of full development. With the
leverage of such a situation a
city is to be whether the peo-
Pile are alive and active, or are
passiveIy Indifferent. Enter
prise and energy would eXpe-
dite the forward movement !;
lack of these agencies would
delay but could not prevent the
inevitable.
In thus considering the fac
tors that enter 50 largely into
the upbuiIding Of communities
those familiar with the sltua-
ton of OroviIle can hardly fail
to recognize how perfectly its
location corresponds to those
requirements enumerated as
determining influences making
possible and lending support
to large cities, and can hardly
fail to realize that with all this
Undivided and indivisible back
ing any claim set up at this
time as to the possibilities OF
the years to come is based upol
reason and not imagination
AT the head Of this article is
printed a small map that con
veys some idea TO the reader OF
the advantageous position oc
cupled by Oroville, not only as
10 Its immediate surroundings
out In its relation to other i'm
portant places in Washington
and British Columbia. A NOR,
admirable location for a cit.
ol magnitude could not b.
found anywhere, and withou
a shadow Of a doubt here TIN
experience Of the past in tn
matter Of the marvelou