The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-10-20

nave come true, but most of them WARE
wv iahcitul for realization. Hero ,s
.e ''iat never materialized, vet i,
.eads good at even this remote ror
iod' and shows the present dav w.,
uen!s what the early settlers were m
asa'nst' In our present isolated s,o.s
."e "e'eiopment of the resources a,
'h's section must be retarded. Remoto
as THIS section is from means NJ oho.S
ana rapid transportation the comn.r,'
80 handicapped that progress mn :.
We SLOW and enterprises languish W.
see no immediate prospect of RELIEF nm
less our representatives In convrasa
can secure an appropriation from No.,
sress to open the Okanogan river r.
Navigation. This chance depends to a
.".ee extent upon the report of tho
surveying party that recently examin
Gu the river and made estimates 30 A. ;.
PROBABLE cost of such improvements
Inc steamboat company or its manager
states that that corporation is nranor
ed to give bonds to contract for ~.
opening OF this water way from tho
Columbia river to Osoyoos ,oLa 60
$1S'ooo. This sum is mere baeatslls
considering the benefits that would re.
SUIT 10 the vast northern country and
the people thereof. now wholly demand !.
ant upon the freight wagon as a means
ior the conveyance of freight, and the
| stage line for method of travelling
Inc river route would be open eight
OF nine months in the year, and relieve
10 a large extent the difficulties the
people at present are laboring under
however. steamboat on this river ia
only makeshift to temporarily rem.
edy an existing Inconvenience
What is wanted to remove impediments
10 progress Is railroad. The CON-
struction OF one of these iron arteries
OF civilization would infuse new life
IN the vast country embraced in north
ern Okanogan county. Not only would
mining. that will be the chief industry
OF this section. receive a new impetus.
but encouragement would be given to.
pay more attention to the other re-
sources of the country"
Mention is made of Jack Splawn pur
chasing between 900 and 1000 head of
beef cattle from stOckmen in the neigh.
borhood of LOOMS. THAT was in the
days of the big heards, when every
hill was dotted with cattle. Mr.. Splawn
is still living at North Yakima.)
The Prospector had Okanogan we'll
sized up even in the days before in
|telligent effort and water worked a
in the valleys. The
paper was somewhat off as to grain
growing, for time has demonstrated
that as good wheat can be raised here
las anywhere in the United States, and
that the yield is marvellous. The Pros
pector says: "Okanogan county will
produce valuable minerals when the
mines therein situated have been fully
developed, and in quantity to equal
any country where mining is carried
on. Its beef cattle are priced beyond
those from any other part of the state.
The fruit grown within its borders can
hardly be equaled and cannot be sur
passed. Its soil produces vegetables
that for size and excellency are be-
yOnd comparison. 1t would make a
record for grains if it were not that so
much of the territory is on edge and
end that little of it can be utilized for
farming"
Jesse Hurley astonished the scribe
by bringing in potatoes that weighed
three to three and half pounds each.
AL Thorp, not to be outdone, exhibited
potatoes that in size resembled pump
kins. Both Thorp and Humley long
ago crossed the divide)
The bridge across the Similkameen
river was in the building, but 1t did
not cost the county thousands of dol
lars as bridges cost today. The people
|of OrOville built the bridge, and the
commissioners generously donated the
irons for the purpose of aiding In the
CONSTRUCTION of the bridge" And from
that time to this Oroville has been pas
sed up with contempt when 1t comes
to any county aid for improvements.
A very optimistic article expresses
confidence chat by this time next
year some fortunate individual or
syndicate will get hold of or open up
such magnificent mining properties as
the Bunker Hill, Black Bear, war
Eagle. Leadville, Bull Frog, Spokane,
Ivanhoe, the Gold Hill group, tne
Gladstone, the Detroit-Windsor, the
Whisky Hill claims and score OF 9TH
| ers that present such showings as
would cause them to be eagerly snap
ned IN II located anywhere else on