The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-09-01
IN TINE IT WILL COME TO Us.


A number of Oroville people were at
Wenatchee recently and they returned
home with glowing reports Of the
great activity in all business lines
and in the building way SO conspicu-
ously evident in that city. Many of
our residents have been at Wenatchee
this summer and nave been struck by
the same evidence of growth and gen.
eral prosperity prevailing in that
place. Moreover, this feverish symp-
tom of development has attracted
quite number of former residents of
Oroville to that place, and one can
hardly walk the streets Of Wenatchee
without meeting some former resident
Of this place all of whom appear to
be well satisfied with their newly
adopted home. The present rapid ex-
pansion of Wenatcnee is very much
in the nature of boom, a word that
was coined to indicate rapid growth
in western cities. Too often boom is
followed by depression that leaves
many high and dry financially and
results in backset to the community
that has gone through the experience.
However, in the case of Wenatchee
this painful aftermath should not be
experienced, for in the past We
natchee has grown modestly and 1t
certainly has substantial resources
and large and we'll populated coun-
try behind it to justify the present in
! dicatiOn of progress.
The Oroville visitors not only en-
joyed the signs of activity present on
every hand. but the marvellous growth
of Wenatchee, based largely upon the
irrigation responsible for that growth.
made them feel that it was only a
question of time until Oroville would
experience the same healthy expan-
sion. Wenatchee's prosperity is based
largely upon the apple. The apple has
been long time coming into its own
down that way, for in the early days
| OF the development Of the land, before
the trees were fructifying, Wenatchee
passed through the same period Of
uncertain, If not hard, times that the
people of Oroville have been called
upon to face Down there they lived
through it and eventually reaped their
| reward Wenatchee is going to be
duplicated in few years right here
in Oroville. The soil of the valley un-
| der the West Okanogan Valley Irri-
cation system possesses the same vir-
| tues as that of the soil under the
ditch that has made Wenatchee ia
nous, and no one can question the
fact of the statement that just as
choice apples. If not even a superior
quality, can be raised around Oroville
as were ever marketed from the older
apple district. In few years the hun
dreds of acres in fruit around Oroville
will be in full bearing and then the
country and town will enjoy the pros
perity that have come to the older irri-
cation districts in the state.
And, furthermore, the prosperity Of
Oroville is not to rest upon a single
line of products. There will be hard
fruits and soft fruits galore, but our
resources are far more varied than
those that have been instrumental In
building up large city at the point
Of junction of the Wenatchee river
with the Columbia. 1t is destined to
supply the markets of the state with
the best of berries, melons and vege-
tables. and that market will extend
to other states where the conditions
for the growth Of those articles are
not favorable as they are here. 1t Is
the diversified farming Of the valley
that is going to be permanent source
of wealth. Then the hills in immediate
vicinity of Oroville are rich in mineral
deposits only awaiting the touch OF
a master hand to make them give up
their golden store, while the wheat
country adjacent. together with the
stock interests. will be an important
factors in the upbuilding Of city at
this point. We rejoice in the growth
of Wenatchee as it encourages us to
urge our people to look forward to
the Transformation for the better that
the future has in store for us.