The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-08-17
A1OWN WITH
ALBRIGHT FUTURE
nus 10 the Admirable Location and
Resources OrOyille Destined to
Become Important City.

while we may soon cease to be a
rssIdent of Oroville it must not be
.,nnosed for a single moment that the
nublisher of the Gazette has lost faith
IN the future of Oroville and the Okla
hogan valley. He is just as confident
,oday as he was fifteen years ago that
the town has bright future and those
vho stick to the place will see that
prediction consumated and be re-
varded handsomely for their con-
consistency. If we were ten years
Younger It would have to be an in
ducement much greater than anything
within the bounds of possibility to
csuse US to give up our residence in
this community.
Our confidence in Oroville Is not
Msed upon emotional loyalty to a
town in which We have spent so many
years Of our life, nor are We alone
In feeling that the days to come have
muca in store for the place. M&v
among the inhabitants entertain the
same feeling and We have heard
strangers, many of them. time and
again express the opinion that moth
ing could prevent Oroville eventually
becoming a city of Importance. Its
yery surroundings and location in
sures a vigorous and steady growth
as the country, which Is yet very
much in the making, reaches the peak
Of productiveness. The town itself may
have been slow in responding to our
hopes but that Is certainly to its ad-
vantage inasmuch as it has not out
grown the contributory resources that
are such important factors In support
ing a concentrated community. and
when the change for the better once
begins, as it will from now henceforth,
q we have passed the callow days OF
town building, the growth will be so
npid and substantial as to surprise
hose who have waited so long to see
he change take place.
The man who has never seen the
eAarming setting in which Orovilie
b 80 pleasingly and pleasantly en-
rmced does not understand upon
what solid foundation our conf
dence Is established. Take the town
hte itself and from a typographical
point of view there Is not a more at
tractive location in the state, barring
none. AT this point the valley OF the
0kanogan widens out into great
bowl hedged in on the east and west
by a chain of Mills that reach almost
to the dignity of mountains, indeed
would be designated as mountains IN
any other part of the country than
this, where the nigh hills are but fore
runners Of majectic mountains, the
higher peaks butting the clouds ana
almost within the zone OF perpetual
snow In fact, some of the peaks with
IN only few hours ride of the town
bear snowy burdens on the protected
ildes throughout the summer. That
bowl over which the town is slowly
spreading, is almost as level as
floor, presenting no obstacles that
must be extensively overcome in the
process Of town building. The ground
. silt, the precipitation and WASH
Of ages, free of the rock and bounl-
ders that mark the deposit In the val
ley where most of the towns have
taken root. On the east side of town
With dignified tranquility the Oka-
hogan river works it's sinuous way
toward the Columbia, while breaking
through the mountain barriers to the
vest flows the brawling Similkameeh'
to join its waters with the Okanogan
at the south edge of town. TO the
north, almost at the town limits Is
0soyoos lake, as pretty sheet OF wa
tef as lies out doors in a country DOT
TED with many and beautiful lakes
That is the rarely surpassed scenic
surroundings in which Oroville nes-
ties and 1t is an asset that Is better
appreciated by strangers than those
Who have had it spread before their
eyes for years.
There is little improvement that
could be desired in the matter OF Gil
nate There is just enough chill III
me winter to make the climate ihVls-
wating and sufficient heat in the sum
mer to insure the most perfect lrui'
mat enters the channels of commerce.
me winter temperature is slnguiali'
Iree from the intense cold that makes
tne same parallel of latitude further
east and the light snow fall is remarh-
20 by all who spend winter III thl'
pace. Many tnories have Deeh au
Vanced to account for the freedom Vi
cold and snow at this particular poin'
10 the valley, which requires stretci,
ol the Imagination to understand II
understOod at all, but whatever Tue
cause the fact remains and cannot pe
controverted. Frequently during 'he
winter when our streets are Darreii VI
snow few miles down the 'aiie'
trains will be stalled by drifts.
No town in north central Washihe
ION is more fortunate as resaiu'
transportation, and there is oesih,
ning toward making this a raiiroau
center. There is rail outlet to the
east, west, and south and it is ohiy a
Question of a short time before 'iiei
wall be a railroad to the nortn' aS
There is a missing link of only a lew
niles between the Great Northern anu anu
the Canadian Pacific, and this Is SUR
% be bridged within the next year
This puts Oroville in direct connec'