The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-07-17
LOOKS LIKE A SURE GO
Prospects for the Construction of the
irrigation System Most Promising

The railroad officials engaged in list
ing lands under the proposed irriga-
tion project in this part OF the valley
and securing signatures to contracts
10 sell lands at reasonable prices have
wasted no time since arriving in Oro-
vile some two weeks, ago. They came
here to accomplish certain object,
and they have labored SO earnestly and
industriously that it can be said that
they have practically accomplished
that object. They have been out
among the land owners up and down
the valley every day since their ar
rival. Their mission was to ascertain
ii land owners who were to be directly
benefited by putting water on the
land were sufficiently interested in
the construction of an irrigation sys-
TEN to make concessions-co concessions
wherein there was no loss to them
selves-that would justify and insure
the issuance of the necessary bonds
to carry out the project to completion,
and they personally interviewed such
land holders and laid before them the
terms upon which they might expect
to see the system materialize. 1t was
neither an easy nor pleasant duty
to perform, but they were delegated to
do it. The success or failure of the
Of
their efforts, and the visitors neither
shirked nor sighted the responsibility
assigned to them. There were pref
udices to surmount, erroneous views
to be eradicated, cupidity to overcome,
and much explaining to be done, and
this all required time and patience
Mr.. Leedy and his associates have not
evaded the responsibility, and have
been more tactful and patient than
many others would have been under
the same circumstances. For d time
the representatives of the railroad
were discouraged and pessimistic as
20 the final outcome of their efforts,
and the fate of the project hung uncer
tain in the balance, with the chances
against the enterprise materialiZing.
This week, however, decidedly more
favorable change has taken place, and
the prospects of final and favorable
adjustment are so bright that it is
safe to say that nothing now stands
in the way of the floating of the bonds
and the final construction of the sys-
TEN. A sufficient number of sigma
lures to contracts have been secured,
and acreage sufficient has been listed,
to justify the issuance of the requisite
amount of bonds to complete the work
throughout. The construction OF the
big Okanogan valley irrigation system,
that means the salvation of the land
owners OF this vicinity, and the making
Of this section of the county the most
attractive and prosperous part of the
state, can now be proclaimed as a
settled fact. A few more days in the
field will complete the work of list
Ing and contract signing, and the rail-
road representatives will be prepared
to file their report at headquarters.
AS soon as the legal steps are taken
to complete the organization of con-
solidated district, and all the neces-
sary formalities are under way, the
bond issue will be available and active
work of construction follow. AS sta
ted before by the Gazette the begin
ming of construction can be looked
for on or before the first of September.