The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-12
RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
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esnec.ai!y on pleasant days 'hH'
80, elbow a passage way through
,ho mass Or in the wholesale district
nth ;ts diversity of attractions Vi
elsewhere and about everywhere PFC
senting different aspects to the loune
ar who can derive more or less eh.ei
tainment from what may come "i'"'"
the scope of his vision.
One feature from which we nave DE-
rived no little pleasure from irequen'
visits. which, owing to the limited pa
ronage that small towns are aple "
nroyide are not existant in commuhl-
,;es of meagre population, is the pun
lie markets. Here is provide eVerythius
that appeals to the palate and the do-
sires of man are as diversiiieu do
their physiognomy. The human ah
imal Is carnivorous, piscivorous anu
barbiyorious and here spread out III
endless and most seductive array Is
fish. flesh and fowl and every imagin-
able fruit and vegetable OF the TEN
perate zone in season. Early vegetaDles
are early on the market, the supp!
being drawn from the far south iahu-
Everything offered. for sale Is pre-
sented in its most attractive form.
and so far as can be observed the
market is scrupulously clean. In the
arcades and on tables along the slde-
walk under cover. the searcher after
proyender will find everything per
tanning to the culinary department ann
in stupendous quantities, giving some
idea of the tremendous draft upon TIL
butary productive resources required
daily to supply the consumption Oh
city of this size. Meats and vegetables
by the tons pass from the dealer 10
| the consumer every day except sun
day. Saturdays are especially th4
time when the rush is on in earnest,
and the jam at booth and counter
and stall is such that it is marvel
how the, wants of all are provided.
| But they are by an army OF truck
vendors, butchers, bakers and grocers
| who are after the nimble dollar and
all the fractions thereof. There are no
free deliveries in public market trans
| actions. and the purchaser totes what
ever his inclination induces him 10
| buy, and hence each buyer becomes a
| pack horse, and the number of pack
ages he or she is loaded with is meas
| ured by the household demands or the
size of the purse.
| There are two streams constantly
flowing through these markets. one
draped with packages and the other
pushing forward to be draped. 1t is
! amusing to watch the mental attitude
of purchasers as reflected in the
method and manner of making selec
lions. There are people who go II
market knowing in advance just what
they want and with the means to suli
ply those wants. They go directly 20
the stalls or tables containing what
they are looking for, make their selec-
ton, pay their money without bubble
and depart. There are others with no
definite idea as to just what they
want who fit from stall to booth,
from table to counter, pricing and
critically examining numerous articles
and generally winding up by invest
ing ten cents for head of lettuce
Others will travel blocks pricing ar
ticles on display and haggling over
prices in an endeavor to save a cent
or two. If one entertains a doubt that
it takes all kinds of people to make
up the world that doubt would be dis
sipated after spending a few hours
ri - ~.
such as this.
In the semi-arid country in which
many of us have lived for years we
have heard often of the Oregon mist"
and envied much, protesting in our
souls over the inscrutable order of
things by which one portion of this
| great coast country of which we are so
proud is blessed by abundant moist
ure, while another portion, which
| with the same generous quantity of
life-giving fluid would be the most
productive on earth, is denied the
rain fall necessary to coax the earth
into yielding Of it's latent wealth. Yet
after experiencing several weeks OF
the dampness that is an inseparable
feature of western Oregon climate we
DO not feel that a superabundance of
water is an unmixed blessing. Para
! doxical as it may seem there can be
too much OF good thing, and the man
from the sage brush scenery occasion
ally yearns for few days of sunshine.
for there are long periods over here
when the sun is on a strike and one at
times commences doubling If the lum-
mary Is ever again to get back on the
job. We are told. that there are a few
months In the year when it does not
ram in Portland, but at no time during
the numerous occasions we have WIS.,
tied the city has Jupiter Pluvius been
on vacation.
Of course occasionally there is
cessation of rain, but the dry periods
are indeterminate and with unexpect-
ed suddenness the sky will become
overcast and generous dash of water
follows. You can never figure on a
dry DAY at this season of the year. no
matter how bright the morning NAV
De, and umbrellas, raincoats and rub
pers are as necessary daily habili-
ments OF the habitant as the clothes
which are donned. Still a little or
much, moisture now and then has no
depressing affects upon the popula-
tion On the contrary, if anything. il
acts as a stimulent. A shower does not
uamper the ardor of the Portlander.
he does not become pulpy or sodden
uhder soaking. He is up and COM
ing Just the same whether the sun
shines brightly or the rain descends