The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-08-31
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 81. 1898.
HAIL AND FAREWELL.

II with this issue my connection with
the Oroville Gazette ceases and to-
morrow. September LIST, the paper pas
! SEES into other and younger hands. 1t
, is with the keenest regret that write
INNS TO my newspaper work in Okla
hogan county and | say farewell to
my readers and my neighbors with
Keeling of profound sadness 1t Is not
easy to break away from associations
OF quarter of century, during
which warm and lasting friendships
nave been made, and no matter where
my lines may be cast | shall always
cherish and carry the memory of
those friendships to the end of what
time is yet allotted to me on earth.
Twenty years ago, in the heyday
or middle life, | came into the Okla
hogan country buoyed up by the hope |
that the mineral wealth of the rock
ribbed hills would speedily build up
large communities. populate the ada
cent country and work a marvellous
transformation in industrial and
economic conditions. That dream was
| blighted, and it remained for the basic
source or the wealth of the country,
us soil, ricl in all the elements that
make for productivity, to work the
changes that have slowly yet steadily
taken place. In those early days Okla
hogan county was very sparsely set
tied, and embryonic hamlets existed
IN only few places widely separated
ana crudely raw in appearance. The p.
okanogan OF today is vastly different =.
Okanogan to what it was twenty-six l
years ago, and yet We feel confident
mat the improvements wrought dur
ing that period OF time are as nothing +
10 compare with the still greater i'm ,
provements that will take place with
in the next decade. The astounding ca
paclty for production of it's valleys
where water is available, tle adapta-
olilty OF the hill lands for growing
grain, cannot be surpassed anywhere, n
and the Drawn and intelligence of man
are going to make this one of the Il
most prosperous wealth-producingI A
sections OF the state. Our faith in theI
future OF Okanogan has never been
shaken.
During my long residence here
nave worked consistently and con- F.,
SANITY for the advancement Of tne l..
pest interests Of the county, and while Sc
NY efforts largely have been localized Fl
nave never lost sight Of the territory Fl
constituting this vast subdivision of ~
ne state outside OF my immediate =
United environments. This effort at 81
lpbuilding might have been better an
lone by better hands, yet put the Or
'est that is in me into the work and !
nat is all that man can do. en-
Being human l have made mistakes Wv
ut have tried to be fair and just in f'
~ dealings with my fellowmen. In no,
ne heat of politics I may have been orc
austlc, but no word of mine has ever
cen written in spirit of malice. Il
ave been pretty freely outspoken up
subjects of public policy at times.
lie expression of honest opinion, and n
have taken the wrong side on such
objects it has been through error of II
ldgment with no Interior motive. 1t u
rs Always been greater pleasure to Il
e to praise than to criticise, and il
lring my long service in the COM Al
unity | have been able to here and II
ere drop blossom along the path II
ay OF any OF the readers of the Ga II
tie | will feel that have paid them II
greater mark of respect and kind II
'ss than had I waited to place II
reath of full blown flowers upon Il
cir caskets. and l feel certain that II
blossom was better appreciated Il
the recipients than would be the II
t1cipatlon of wealth of roses scat II
red over the mound that might mark
cir last resting places. II
do not leave Oroville because I
We lost faith in the town and coun- II
2. firmly believe that better DAYS 4
In store for the valley and conse-
entity the town will feel the benifi-
II influence of that Improvement
d grow apace. Oroville has a future
d nothing can prevent a realization
that future. 1t is destined to become
important industrial and business
tier. The contamination Of that de-
able end can be fastened by loyalty
unity OF action among the people 3.
knockers and a dog in the
niger disposition will get a CON- G
nifty nowhere. Cities are not built
themselves, 1t is the spirit of push
accomplishes wonders in the way G
upDuiiding community. Oroyille
cltlzens who freely and cleerfully ~
OF their time and substance for -
best interests Of the town, only II
Is more boosters of the same kind ,
all the DeOD1e jOin fooathar -