The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-09-29
NS|TING 0MAk
AND OKANoGAN
where Praiseworthy Spirit Of Pro.
eress Is Building up Large and
Prosperous Communities.

4 larceny Of time but last Saturday We
stole day off from work and motoret
down to Okanogan. and on tle way
took in Omak for a few hours. making
he run through the kindness of G. l.
Armstrong, who is clever hand a.
Manipulating car with tendency
TO hit 'er on the back, tendency thai
results In pushing distance to the real
and enjoyable il one is thoughtful
enough to place tournquet over the
) nerve centers. Anyhow, If the world
record was not beaten for the distance
no time was lost picking flowers
[ along the way.
III However how we got there and back
Is neither here nor there nor else
where 1t was pleasant trip from
b0int of view OF fcompanionship, wealth.
er and all that came within reach OF
the travellers eyes and the eyes had
much In view 10 keep them busy.
1t was change that appealed to the
sense that conveys pleasure to get in
to communities where things are do.
ing. Just at the present time Omak and
the county seat are in the throes OF
a great revival The change for the
better has been slow coming, but II
a..fved with hop, skip and jump
I We dare not say tnat the change is
due to prosperity, for our democratic
bretheren Of the press would cruelty
inc OF hat he -h; r.,
s almost every front yard and a rush OF
building in every large town on the
coast, and many of tne smaller ones,
Is a sure sign of desperate financial
i and Industrial condition and we shall
not say them nay. Anyhow. Okanogan
4 and Omak are displaying evidence that
either some people have money, and
thus are prosperous, or that there are
& Z lot Of dem fools in those commune
Z ties building on jaw bone.
q We snail not attempt to give any
outline Of history in speaking of Okla
10san by going back to the first time
e we ever saw the town site when no
ne occupied the entire surrounding
country except Part Cummings on one
side Of the river and flock of Indians
s then on their native heath, on tle
other side Yet such was the case and
( for years subsequent there was no
Okanogan worth speaking about. From
the Almazotic age up to the present
time the transition has been slow. but
now It looks as though the place Is go
Ing to the front by leap sand Pounds
until It reaches a magnitude when it
Will be necessary to select some more
euphonious name than the one that 1t
now bears. for Okanogan rather savors
Of somnolency and a country or To-
cality very much in the raw.
II 1t Is possible to get off zig gag
course, and stay off, we want to con-
me our observations to conditions as
tney exist today, for they are condi-
IONS that reflect credit upon the like
able people of Okanogan and are indie
etive Of that ingredient in communi-
-and should be present in every
eommunity not gone to seed-that are
Usually alluded to as pep, push and
punch. The evidence of new improve
nenA are conspicuous We do not
tnow now they do it, but they are do
ms II. New residences, and some OF
aem would be credit to a city of
many thousand, are going up here,
uere and almost everywhere, showing
MAJ the people have located in Okla
Ivan 70 stay, and are cheerfully con-
u'Uuting toward making it an attract
town to stay with. Since our last
WI several business houses nave
s'sn erected and just now the Masons
putting up temple that is rare
.vsk OF art in the architectural line.
'@ municipal authorities have not
ssen IDLE while the private citizen has
s.en forging ahead and the streets are
st we'll graded and the cement
vak everywhere is a comfort to
~oais Of the pedestrian as well as
indication that the property owners
~ nave paid for the same are alive
nd Kicking.
ssAen all In all and Okanogan is to
eonsratulated upon the progress
.as during the year 1922, a progress
y continued few years will put
"wn In the Wenatchee class. The
sse We noted is indicative of the
ua q goaheaditiveness and was
sSu . see as pointing a route that
- l'e ougnt to, and will, follow as
"a, grounding country comes into a
- STATE Of productivity.
sn'y live miles up the river from
oean Is Omak, about the youngest
~ u happy prospects in the county
.l,. as'e tne improvements are notice
even greater degree than al
because there was a
Lnss' neuclus to build around when
N earnest fairly started. Here
~ s,operty owner has gone hog wild
~, matter of town building. II
A.. seem from general appearances
M. s'srypody mas taken a hand in
Is the town boost forward. The
en.- Is some pusher when A
49, swift growth. yet O)naf
~. 70 nave the age on that um.
NM nke fungus that comes up ant
J,., - maturity in a single night.
g q Vmak was somewhat dormant
t,. most loyal booster could little
wat 1922 would bring forth ii
,sS q extensive and substantial
Nen the beginning of tn,