The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-02-20
AN ITEM OF LOCAL INTEREST.

The article below is "cribbed" from
the Penticton Herald and will be read
with a great deal of interest by the
residents of Oroville. Our British Co.
lumbia neighbors at Penticton realize
that when the big irrigation project
just across the line and almost in sight
of Oroville is settled up 1t is going to
be a large contributory factor towards
the prosperity of Oroville. From the
natural location of the project in its
relations to Oroville that is the logical
inference to be drawn. They are wide
awake people up there at Penticton
and they do not prospose to let all the
trade Of this new district escape II
hustling and the spending Of money
in such superior roads as British Co.
lumbia road makers are in the habit of
building will divert the trade north
ward. 1t is only to be expected that
Penticton Is to derive much material
benefit from the settlement of this
irrigation district, but the fact cannot
be denied that the easiest outlet of the
district Is through Oroville and 1t
would be contrary to human nature II
this place did not exercise every effort
to secure as much of the trade of the
district as possible. The item contains
a very flattering suggestion when it
states that "if something is not done in
the way of transportation Ito divert
trade to Penticton-Ed) history will
repeat itself and another Spokane will
be built up at the expense of British
Columbia" 1t is hardly to be hoped
that another Spokane, or city Of the
size of the metropolis of eastern Wash
ington, will eventually grow at this
point, and yet, that would not be an
impossibility considering the tributary
resources that surround OrOville.
When we first located in Spokane 1t
would not compare with the OrOville
of today as to improvements and pros
poets, and it may be that history is to
repeat itself right here. Anyhow, II
Oroville does not reach the magnitude
Of Spokane it is destined to make a
rattling little city, and should the
mines turn out as they now promise,
not so darned little at that
I'm recent issue the Vancouver
Sun gave the following interesting in
terview with Penticton men about the
proposed road on the east side of Dog
Lake:
efforts are being made by the Pen
ticton delegates to the boards of trade
conference to secure support of the
n1on fn 1nto ho diroct w tor
level road between Penticton and the
district in the southern Okanogan in
which is located a large soldier set
tlement.
The delegates, H. B. Morley, J. F.
Park, N. F. Turnbridge, Dean Sucking
and A. Smith, state that estimates
have been made that 1t will cost $780,
600 to link up the present roads SO
that direct trip may be made from
Penticton south into the lower Okla
hogan. A road now runs south from
Penticton to Dog Lake, distance of
six miles. There is a gap from there
to Okanogan Falls, distance of four
miles, which should be closed up. The
present road'is by roundabout way
doubling hauling costs.
III this direct road is not completed
it will work to the detriment of manu-
facturers and traders in Vancouver
and Victoria, the delegates pointed out
as well as the community of Pentic-
ton. 1t will mean that storekeepers in
the state of Washington will to a large
extent draw the trade of the big SOL
dier settlement area about 25 miles
south of Penticton, which will be peo-
pied by large agricultural commun-
ity Already the town Of Oroville in
the state Of Washington is actively
advertising the attractions of this par
ticular locality, and featuring as a
leader the money which is being spent
there by residents of the province of
British Columbia, which they figure
4 will be Of particular benefit to them
AS they are situated nearer to this
district than Penticton, if something
is not done in the way of transporta-
ton. history will repeat itself and an
other Spokane will be built up at the
expense of British Columbia. 1t is d
well known fact'that the Kootena dis.
trict of Canada largely contributed tr
the making of Spokane what it is to.
day, to the detriment of British Co.
lumbia."