The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-08-17


Inc town also has the ADVANTAGE Of y
state highway over which tbera 10 .
vast amount Of travel. That road is
one Oh the most convenient and popu-
iar arteries of travel into and ont of
British Columbia, over which a vast
NUMBER Of tourist cars pass every
summer, and this travel Is bound to
increase from year to year.
But no town can be built up on fav-
oraoie situation alone, there must he
concrete and certain resources to e;vo
STABILITY to a community and con-
tribute to the upbuilding Of the place
III which the community Is concentrat-
eo, ana Oroville Is not without those
resources, substantial and everlasting
In almost the center of the West Okla
hosan Valley Irrigation system. COW
erlng 10000 acres of as choice land
as lays outdoors, most of which is
uhder high state Of cultivation, this
resource alone is sufficient backing TO
insure future growth. and that back
ing Is something that increases in its
influence from year to year as the
young orchards come into bearing.
With the combination of soil climate
and water. the latter taken from an
ineXhaustible source. the apples of
northren OkanOgan county are ack-
nowledged to be the best that reaches
the market, and the demand for tlem
Is going to grow from harvest to har-
vest. Only few Of these many orch
ards are as yet In full bearing. Many,
very many, new orchards are in var
ious stages Of growth. and in time
where 100 cars of apples are now
shipped there will be a yield to re-
quire a thousand or more cars to
move the output. And it is not alone
apples that the grower is depending
upon as source Of revenue. All kinds
of fruit yield prodigiously of the best
vegetables Of all kinds are native of
the soil and the alfalfa fields are
burdened with heavy tonnage. With
all the land under cultivation, which
it will be one of these days, Oroville
will become a very important ship
ping point.
Yet the orchard is not the only re-
source of this fortunately located
town. On the higher benches grains of
all kinds are produced in abundance
during favorable years, and this is one
of the years the farmer is blessed
with abundance. The experience of
the past 26 years convinces us that
the recent drouths were only cli-
matte freak that may not be repeated
again in a generation and good crops
can be expected for an indefinite num-
ber of years. Much Of this grain has
found its way to market through OrO-
Vile and more of it will follow the
same route in future years.
Almost within the town is one OF
the most potential sources OF water
power in the state from the flow of
the Similkameen. Already a plant Is
installed at very large expenditure
of money where power is developed to
supply the valley towns, and that
power is being largely augmented this
year by the installation of second
unit of 5000 horse power. This big
enterprise Is in the hands OF the
Washington Water Power company,
one of the most substantial producers
of electricity on the Pacific coast. This
company has not corralled all the
power that can be obtained from the
Similkameen, for the fall Of the river
makes it possible to duplicate ana
triplicate the plant that is now in
operation. This power, already devel-
oped. and which is susceptible 20
much greater development, Is very
important resource at our very doors'
Then there are the mineral depos-
its within a few miles or OroVllle'
We have treated this subject too often
IN repeat at this time, yet we are sui
confident that in years to come MIN
ing will be one of the most important
features in the upbuilding OF Oroville
that could be named. Let one produc-
ino mine within the zone so near at
hand where mineral has been uncoV-
cred be opened up and the peoplo
bere will witness a sudden translor-
nation in conditions that Will surprise
them for there is no industry tha'
makes for rapid town building IKE a
nav;np mine. It would be the irony OF
fate if a paying mine should be maze
~ the Kaaba. and we believe that re-
snIt will follow development alter
we have departed and after so often
having hope deferred when we lel'
t3e country was on the eve OF Witness
ing the making of mine.
we have inadequately set down e .ae
roosons why we believe Orovllle mas
= snture There is no exaggeration III
~ statements made. indeed the lacts
have been set down mildly Mahy a
a;,v has been built on much less pach-
TO-. M irrespective city could ask TOT
n,ore Cod in his goodness has maue
country that appeals to the nuil,al Il Il
IN nstincts for beauty and proViueu d
soiI rich in possibilities. 1t is up u
n,ar m make the best of the oppor
tnnities here presented and II our
neople pull together and work W.
pornast for the good OF all oroViiie i
',',,i coma into its own and a city
snrine ND in which the inhaoitan's
thereof can take an everlasting pr''o'
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