The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-06-15
AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE,

Now that the beans are spilled the
Oroville members of the committee OF
the Okanogan County horticultural
and Traffic Association, Messrs w. f.
CRUDE and f. e. Teas. cannot be
charged with abusing confidence II
the Gazette copies the following ar
ticle from the Omak Chronicle, the
gist of which had previously appeared
in the Wenatclee World.
Some explana ton may be necessary
in connection with this Introductory
paragraph. Recently committee from
this association, the constituent ele-
ments of which are named in the body
of the article copied, visited Penticton
for the purpose Of comforting with the
officials Of the Canadian Pacific rela-
tive to extending the branch now con-
structing from Penticton south to
Oroville. At tae close of that confer
ence 1t was the expressed visa Of the
official OF the Canadian Pacific inter-
viewed that no publicity could be CIV
en- to the meeting and Messrs. CRUDE
and Teas respected that request and
made no report OF the proceedings to
the local paper.
Further. the Gazette makes this ex-
PLANTATION in self-defense, for it will
appear strange to the average reader
that the Gazette had to depend upon
the seemingly enterprise of neiglbOr-
ing newspapers to secure news of
such vital Importance to this COM
munity. Reading a report of this mo-
mentous Importance coming from
sion would naturally prevail that
the Gazette was asleep at the switch.
On behalf of the Oroville representa-
tives to that meeting it can be said
they are public spirited citizens, wide
awake to the interests Of their town,
and are always ready and willing to
supply their local paper with any in
formation taat may come to their no.
tice bearing upon interests that would
affect the community and they would
have done so in this instance unless
they had felt that they were in honor
bound to keep inviolate their word
passed with the gentleman with whom
they had neld the conference.
If the object for which this meet
tension of this branch of the Canadian
Pacific to Oroville it can be readily
understood what an important adjunct
it will be for Oroville' giving the town
direct connection with a second trans
continental line. 1t would prove a
powerful factor in building up Oro-
vile and undoubtedly of inestimable
and valley:
There Is no more doubt about the
Canadian Pacific Railway being out
after some of the freight tonnage Of
this valley.
AT the special invitation of the Of
ficials of the Canadian Pacific railway
the Messrs. John S. Peterson and b. f.
teros; CRUDE and Teas. of Oroville;
and Seeley, Of Tonasket; who COM
pose the traffic committee OF the Okla
hogan County Horticultural and Traf-
fic Association. spent two days at
Penticton last week talking over the
possible ways for OkanOgan valley
orchardists to ship their apples over
the northern line or railroad.
"The first proposition is to open the
Princeton. B. c., gateway as 1t is the
present nearest connecting point on
the Great Northern.
"The second is the completion of
the Canadian Pacific line into Oroville
and make that city the gateway.
AT the present time. this northern
railway is completed within nine
miles of Oroville and permission must
be gained of the Interstate Commerce
Commission for the building OF the
four and one-half miles this side Of
the international line.
Careful investigation showed the
committee that could there have been
connections made last fall at Prince
ton. the Canadian road could have sent
this valley at least 500 cars right at
the time they were needed most. More
to the point than that, the c. P. R..
was sembling apple trains at juno
tion inst north of Penticton and shoot
Ing them into New York City in from
IL TO Is days. or less than half the
time our roads were performing the