The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-10-10
HE HAD HIS EYES OPENER

tEroa "ho IL associated with
eu rurey IN the real estate business
a. ionasket, and who spends 50 mnoh
II. ms time around Oroville tba, hn
lousht 10 be registered under caname me
enumeration as a resident of ,h,a
Piace, reports the sale of tho On 60
nrooks tract, in the East Orovi,,s
Orchard tracts to a Mr.. Torrence ot
cashmere. Mr.. Terrence has been NAV "
ins the apple game for several years =,
cashmere and boosting his banr 30
count through that means Oy CO..
Mr.. Torrence Is not a man n ~. =
pig IN poke when it comes to tradin .
III iruit land, so he came up here 70
look over the Brooks tract before IN
IVesting. There are 20 acres IN ,h,,
tract, live In apples and Is IN aIfoIsa
Mr. Torrence had his eyes very w;da,w
opened by what came under his obser.
Ivation while here. He had very oh
,scure and altogether erroneous idea n,
what the upper Okanogan valley look.
,ea IKE before the scales dropped from
mis- eyes. He told Mr.. Munson that he
supposed that this was a raw undo~
veieped section of the state, with peo-
pie living In shacks and existing from
hand TO mounth. He found magnificent
orchards and beautiful alfalfa fields
he saw charming mountain streams q
lovely lake. and scenic surroundings
that cannot be surpassed. He found
people living in comfortable homes.
and the people themselves Industrious
progressive and up and a coming. He
round as choice apples as are grown
on Gods footstool, and did not hesitate
TO say that 1t was the best ample
, country that he had ever seen. He
found Oroville bright, well built.
llveiy little city, with evidence of pres
ent growth and prospect of .uture i'm
portant advancement He learned that
there are improvements os greater
magnitude under way about Orovil,e.
calling for the expenditure of hun
|dreds of thousands of dollars, than in
any other part OF the state. He get next
to the fact that quarter Of a million
dollars are to be applied to the sub
stantial Improvement of the irrigation
system that has already made this part
of the Okanogan valley counter part
to the Garden of Eden: that at our
very back door the British Columbia
government is expending millions of
dollars upon one of the largest irriga-
ton systems in the northwest: that al
most within sight of the town a dam
Is being constructed on the Similka-
meen river that calls for the outlay OF
another quarter of a million dollars.
and when completed will be one of the
most perfect and largest producers of
water power in the state; that within
a few miles Of the town several large
mining enterprises are being conduc.-
ed that are certain to result in produc-
ing mines, a very important contribu-
tary resource toward building up
city at this point; that the town has
railroad lines east, west and south,
with the certain promise of an addi-
tiOnal line from the north by the latter
part of next year; he found out that
on the hill lands to the east and west
we're farms that produce AL wheat, and
during favorable seasons the yield is
prodigious; that in the very natural
order of things in time city Of con-
siderable magnitude was to grow up On
the natural townsite upon which Oro-
vile is located, and that with the
growth OF population every line of in
dustry would be represented and flour
ish here.
Yes; Mr.. Torrence's eyes were
opened. He came to the upper Okla
hogan valley to scoff: he invested his
n oney with haste that showed that
he feared the opportunity would es
cape and went home to praise. And
it is worth while to have the good
opinion OF such men as Mr.. Terrence,
for he is a gentleman Of influence, ana
moreover, he is going to come mere
with his family in the spring and add
his energy to the energy of others Ill
making Oroville and the immediate
the best place TO live IN
THAT can be found in the northwest.