The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21

a limited market exists for those lines. 1t
requires from four to six years for an
orchard to come into bearing, so no one
should plant his entire tract to trees un-
less he has ample funds to finance him
self until the orchard is producing
1t is absolutely necessary that the sue
thing that he can convert into money, and
do not think we have to go very tar to
find few things that always bring the
cash. | have not the exact figures, but
there are several million dollars worth of
butter cheese and eggs shipped each
year into the state OF Washington from
the east; Why not get "a part of one of
Regarding the last stage | have spoken
of l believe that as soon as the valley
is settled up, and the occupants OF the
land get down to intensified farming, that
the farm units here (the average amount
of acreage owned by one family under the
projecD, will be between 20 and 40 acres.
That will be amply sufficient to insure
not only IA good living, but a profitable
cash balance in the shape OF IL dividend at
the end of each year. Moreover, the man
with the smaller acreage, by u little more
persistency and care. can also make IL
profit. In some foreign countries FAMILIES
are making their living off from as small
tracts as two acres OF ground. why then
should he not do it here on ten or twenty
acres?
There is one other point that I wish to
touch ON, which | also consider in the
nature of Il dividend To the land holder.
Where YOU have Il family ON every 20
acres you have almost all of the attract
ions of town life without any OF its dis
advantages. First of all. and most i'm
portant to the woman in the home. is the
companonship of pleasant and agreeable
neighbors. and in community OF small
holdings YOU have close neighbors ana
form strong and lasting friendships. Sec
ond and perhaps not less important, you
have all the conveniences of the town;
come Immediately the valley is settled,
and with the lights come all the advan-
tages of electric power and the devices
that make farm life more easy for the
wife as we'll as the farmer himself. Next
you have the churches and the schools.
which are absolutely essential to the
building up of the community. Again, the
telephone, that saves many an hour of
time when needed during the busy season.
Last but not least, the roads will be inn,
proved so that heavy loads can be moved
at the least expense and trouble.
Regarding our advantages In transpor-
tatiOn to markets much could be written,
but the essential is this, you have three
large cities within few hours run of
this valley, Spokane. Seattle and Van
couver, all destined to be great markets
in the future.
men. and they have been present in ev-
cry improvement district i'm the past who
will not think these things possible, be
cause they have never etr seen e the me- aeve1OP no
from my past experience. When the High
Line canal was being built at Wenatchee
several men tOld me tndt water Wouiu
never be put on the ground; that the
ditch would break; that the thing would
be failure. In fact one of the good men
of the valley, and he was sincere in his
belief, said the town, then place of 400
would never be any larger,
and advised us not to invest dollar
From that small beginning the place grew
to some 5000 people. and while it has had
it's ups and downs is today a hustling.
little city One settler whom
knew came there without money enough
to make a payment on land. He rented
place for two years, then purchased
tract of land, and today he is Independent.
There are many such cases that could be
cited.
Success under the West Okanogan Val
ley Irrigation system is assured II we all
do our part.
Yours truly,
GEO EI L Is