 In the 1910s , Omak was chosen as the location for a sawmill to expand economic growth . Omak Fruit Growers controlled the mill and a nearby orchard processing factory . The Biles @-@ Coleman Lumber Company bought out the organization and built a sawmill outside municipal boundaries on the nearby Omak Mountain in 1924 . A secondary sawmill was constructed in the Omak area . The company and their mills were purchased in 1975 by Crown <unk> and thus an associated organization — <unk> Forest Industries — acquired the mills . The company ultimately went bankrupt , and in response , employees purchased the mill for 45 million dollars and renamed it Omak Wood Products in an attempt to save their jobs . Omak Woods Products ' payroll decreased to 480 in the early 1990s and later went bankrupt themselves , along with Quality <unk> , who later owned the property for 19 million dollars until 2000 . The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation later purchased the mill for 6 @.@ 6 million dollars , having closed in 2009 because of low demand , ending over 130 jobs . As of 2013 , there are proposals to reopen the mills during the summer season . 
