The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-11-26
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j. Il .Maher, OF Noftn Aahilht, VIZ ~
|rotnpanied Father Sherman during MS re-
cent visit to OroVille i'll the capacity u
an advisory land expert, stated IN d speSsont
made at public meeting heiu mere .iiar
the very first man he met upon leatlnS
the M l.. church after ffoI. SHAW
preached, on the Sunday the part! Was
IN town, and an utter stranger, ~ tie
way accosted MIN without lntrouuctioh'
and without even any preliminary re
marks commenced welding the nanliiiei,
declaring that the lrrlgatloh ploJect Maa
going to be a failure and that the Nailey
lands were no good anyhow. MI. ManeI
did not know the name ol TINS lhuiNluu.ii
50 dlsloyal TO his home ana So eaSel "
place the country, and AN enleiplise
meaning 50 much to the country, III
most unfavorable light, more is the PITY,
Tor such u man deserves the execra'ioii Vi
his fellowmen. -
Ii is almost unbelievable that any man
| in this community would make dlsparas
| ing statements regarding the dltGH s!s
tenn, and even more reprenenslole, II there
can be any comparative degree in the rot
ten practice of knocking, To deny the Ter
tility of the valley lands, Or to question
lands in the west. The man who enter
tains any such opinion, much less preacies
| it, shows that he is fool by renlainins
in the country, for II the irrigation sys-
| TEN is a failure and the lands no GOOD, d
man writes himself down an ass TO
stay here any longer than he could eaten
the next train out. , 4;
| That human eXcrescent, the knocker, is
an undesirable citizen that every com
immunity is cursed with, some communities
unfortunately possessing larger share
than others They are chronic pessimlsts,
| continually taking the JOY out OF NE.
| Possibly they are not altogether TO blame
| for their warped disposition. Born that
way, making no effort to remedy the NOR
| al defect, they are clog to the wheels
of progress, decrying and discouraslng
| the efforts of others. To those who are
| straining every effort to build up town
and country it is no more than natural
to feel a trifle peeved when such instances
as were mentioned by Mr.. Maher are
brought to their attention.
| The plain fact of the matter is that the
man who unfavoraby criticises the irrl-
cation system under construction is total
| ~ ignorant of what he is talking about
The chances are that he never saw an en-
| tensive irrigation system in his life lie
knows absolutely nothing about enSln-
| eering, or the methods employed IN the
building of fumes and bitches that are
| to convey a large body of water long
| distance. In his ignorance, some feature
of the construction may look wrong to
him. but instead of Investigating making
inquiries where information may be OBJ
tanned, he jumps at "a conclusion That
| conclusion. of course, is wrong. However,
| that makes no difference to him. He be-
lieves that he has found defect or takes
| somebody elses word that defect eX-
lists and Immediately gets busy doing the
anvil chorus.
Now as to the irrigation system under
| would only go to the office of the direct :
ors and unload his tale of Woe he would
be able to ascertain where he is laborlng
under mistake. The district officials
are willing at any time and all the time.
to give out any information desired. II
fault finders would investigate they would
find that the contractors are putting in
more labor and material. doing a better
job even than the plans and specifications
call for, at least that is the information
| this office has from those in a position to
know. The district has the best civil en-
gineers in the west to see that the work
is properly done. The reputation of these
ptgt &c hA N
supervising other large irrigation projects
in the west: Their reputation is their
capital Without reputation ton for TOR ability
they are employed, employment would
| cease. Does any man of common sense
Imagine for moment that these engin-
GERS would permit a project of the magni-
tude of the West Okanogan Valley Irriga-
ton system to be indifferently and i'm
perfectly constructed under their eyes ?
| That they would consent to slight the job
in any particular? That they would be a
party to temporary makeshift? If the
Okanogan Valley system fails to, come up
| to the requirements of the plans and
| specifications the blame will rest upon
| those engineers who have been employed
to supervise its installation, and in that
gone. They have "a pride in their work, as
well as reputation to sustain, and under
| their eyes. even if the contractors wished
local irrigation system is going to be as
perfect in every detail as any of the
/ MANY Ill existence IN the west.
The knocker who approached Mr.. Maher
| knocked at the wrong door. Mr.. Maher
| came to see the valley and ascertain for
| himself the conditions and prospects.
| Having had long experience as a resi-
| dent of a locality where irrigation has
| made "a richly productive country out of
a strife desert he is capable of judging
the character of land. We must judge
| Mr.. Makers private views from those he
so earnestly and emphaticaly expressed
in public. He declared this to be as fair
| and promising a land as he had ever look
ed upon. He was too loyal to his home
and we admire him for ito exault the
| Okanogan above the Yakima, but he did
| not hesitate to say that the Okanogan
valley presented evidence of being just as
| fertile and responsive, just as pleasing
| and desirable for a home as the Yakima
valley. He predicted a bright future for
| this particular portion of the valley. He
| spoke in terms of praise of the irrigation
| sJ stem and the manner of construction
| and he knew what he was talking about
| He most flatteringly endorsed the engn-
| GERS in charge of the work, declaring them
| to be at the head of their profession in
| the matter of irrigation system construc-
| ton, and men who can be absolutely de-
| pended on.
No damage resulted in this instance of
| hammer activity, yet the seeds might
] have fallen upon other ground and done
infinite mischief
| Moral-If you are SO constituted that it
gives you a pain to boost, for Gods sake
assume the virtue of silence when stran-
gers come into Oroville to look over the
country with the object of settling.