The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-11-23
FRANK M. DALLAM TELLS
OF kELSo-LONGViEW BOOM.

OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT BUM.
Friend Emert:
| said l would drop you line oc-
casionally and will do so If l have
time. Today l received the Gazette
and read every line of news in ii, ana
every line appealed to me. 1t was like
a descriptive letter from home telling
what the neighbors was doing. The
spell was on me and l sat down at the
typewriter and knocked off the en-
closed. Look it over and If you think
it worthy of space use it. / will take
no offense if it is consigned to the
waste basket, for / know how the
country publisher is swamped with
communications, publicity stuff and
propaganda that makes good kindling
to light the fires.
Yours very sincerely,
DALLAM.
1t is some weeks since we bade good
byel to old friends, to whom we feel
bound with hoops of steel, shook the
dust of Okanogan from our feet and
headed out to cast our lot in new fields
with new surroundings and among
strangers, which is quite an adventure
for an ancient citizen who had spent
lbig chunk of his life in one place. 1t
seemed that the very birds whispered
Goodbye, old man; take keer OF
yourself" and believe us, after visit
Il ing several cities, and living in one
wherein the boom is in full bloom we
have developed good deal of agility
lodging traffic, reaching the conclu-
sion that the bird was wise in its
advice. Taking care of ones self is
about the businest exercise that the
pedestrian develops.
| Passing up the cities in which we
found temporary shelter while on the
way perhaps the Gazette readers
would be somewhat interested in the
particular part of the state in which
we have cast anchor. At last we are
sat home" in Kelso, and the latch
lstring hangs out to any of the old
lacuuaintances that might drift down
this way. Kelso is situated on the
lCOwlitz river near its junction with
the Columbia. 1t is one of the oldest
Towns in western Washington, and the
moss of ages rest upon some OF the
. Towns. for the first settlement of the
country that subsequently became TN
TERRITORY and then the state of Wash
lington took place at along the western
water course near the sea. And thu
separation of Washington from Ore
: gon was not so awfully long ago. TO
one day we happened to meet mai
aged II years who was born few
miles from Kelso and he could be Sc
down as native of Oregon, as thi
> state was included within the boun
daries of Oregon at the time of hi
birth. But this is a DEPRESSION. kels
has undergone rejuvination and tina
neither from the grating of monke
glands or sheep glands but becaus
the town Is in close touch with one o
the most ambitious city construction
: undertakings that has ever been un
undertaken in the northwest. Kels'
proper covers territory on both side
of the Cowlitz river Joined like tn
Siamese twins by a concrete bridg
and the two parts are known as Eas
and West Kelso. Adjoining West Kel
so the Long-Bell Lumber company /
building Longview, a model city tina
4. promises to reach population o
!, $4,000 within the next five years. Thi
company is no piker. 1t is spending
i, money by the millions. and it is est
mated that when the town is full
:. blown the company will have investet
upwards of s30000,000, possibly nue.
more. Naturally, Kelso is feeling tn
Influence of that expenditure an
q growth. for hundreds of people ar
4 employed in LOngview carrying on
the improvements under way. an
lmany of these men live in Kelso, eas
or west. But Longview is worthy o
lseparate notice and covering Kelso
. big contract.
II Keso is a hummer. Building is ur