The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-02-03

ing to gain by this change OF attitude.
1t has grown out of conscientious
conviction that the destiny of the peO-
pie of this country will be better pro-
teoted through the republican party
than any other political organization
in existence. We are abusing no con-
fidence in mentioning this new and
most valuable recruit to the ranks OF
the republican party, a party OF which
he was at one time a distinguished
member. and we rejoice with others
over this change of heart.
If the issuance of building permits,
and. the announcements through the
press of prospective improvements,
are to stand as "A barometer indicating
the trend toward revival of indus
trial conditions public and nri-
vate improvements. as they are active
or passive, are indicative of the gen.
eral trend of business and industrial
conditions-then the new year holds
out bright promise for change for
the better in Spokane. During the
first ten days of the new year more
building permits have been issued
than during the entire month of Jan
uary year ago, and in addition to
this concrete evidence of revival in
The building line the daily papers an
nounce the prospect of large eXpendi-
lures in Guasi-public and business
structures during the summer All Of
which is pleasant to contemplate, and
if carried on to consumption will not
only give employment to large num-
Der of people previously in need of
employment, but will create an at
mosphere of progress that has been
lacking here for some years.
The revival of building activity
should be sign of the dawn of the
better times that the public has been
waiting so patiently for and which has
been so long in breaking above a
gloomy horizon.
Spokane has not stood entirely still
in the way of growth in the business
sections during the past several years
out the improvements that have been
made are comparatively few and spo-
radio. AT present, there are no large
buildings under way. and when in a
large city, there is halt in that char
acter of structures it leaves an i'm
preston with a stranger that the
place has reached the limit of its
growth, and must await the develop
ment of tributary resources, or some
unexpected contingency, such as the
establishment of large Industrial
plants-and this is the logical point
n the northwest for all manner of in
dustrial and manufacturing establish
ments--to stimulate renewed eXpan-
sion.
And all these contributOry influ-
ences are a certainty of the future,
for Spokane is situated in the very
heart of an immense empire Of diver
sified resources. many of them in the
infancy of their development, capable
of supporting vast population, all
Of which through common interest
must have an influence upon the
growth and prosperity of the city, Not
only is it's natural location an advant-
age to Spokane, but the still greater
advantage rests in the fact that SpO-
kane has no dangerous rival or COM
peting point for hundreds of miles
east or west, north or south. Nowhere
on the map can be found a city as ad-
vanced in population as Spokane that
is not called upon to compete in
commercial supremacy with some ri
val city almost next door. The fortui-
tous and fortunate circumstance of To-
cation insures future for Spokane
that cannot be wrested from her.
But the fact that improvements on
a larger scale have not been frequent
or especially noteworthy in Spokane
during the past several years does
not mean that the city has stood still.
Far from it, and the fact of steady
residents of the city who return after
a long absence and make extensive in.
vestigations over ground with which
they were once familiar. than to those
who have made the place their contin-
uous home. Notwithstanding many
apartments have sprung into exist
ence in these later years Spokane is a
city of homes. and il is in the resi-
dent districts that the signs of pro-
gress are the most conspicuously evil
dent. There is hardly an outlying sec
ton of the city that has not exper-
fenced decided improvement in the
last decade. and there is apparently
no halt in this epidemic of home build
ing. Almost in any direction that one
may drive residences in various stages
OF construction can be seen. while
there are scores of others from which
the newness has not had time to wear
off. This would indicate that people
are here to stay and become perman-
ent residents of the community. "a
most of the houses are built by the |
owners of the ground or constructed |
under contract to sell. The class of |
show the good taste of the |
owners and hence add tractiveness |
to city rich in attractions that wins
The appreciation of the stranger and |
invites the homeseeker to set his
stakes and abide permanently.
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centennial Encampment will initiate
at Tonasket, Saturday. Feb