The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-12-06
TWO FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS

Working Independently and without
knowledge one of the other, two sep
arate and distinct farmers organiza-
tons have been organized here with
in the past week. The first in the
field was the Oroville Growers Associ-
alton which was originated among the
tract owners of the East Oroville Or
chard Tracts last week Friday even
ing with j. A. Spencer as the moving
spirit. At least to Mr.. Spencer belongs
the credit for crystalizing the idea and
showing the various tract owners that
now was the time to get together and
boost, plan, study, and prepare to ex-
ecute the knowledge thus gained by
cooperative action in the growing and
marketing of the coming seasons
crop. At the outset it was planned that
the society would be merely a neigh
bOrhood affair but in working out the
details it was found that the scope of
such an organization was so great that
in order to secure the best and great
est results to all concerned the So
ciety should be so modelled as to take
in every grower in the upper valley.
The following are the purposes of
the OrOville Growers Association as
set forth in their constitution as
adopted at their second meeting which
was held at the home of Ira. w. Follis
Monday evening":
l To promote sociability among its
members.
To provide literary entertainment.
To disseminate knowledge among
it's members of agriculture, horticul-
ture. bees, fowls, irrigation, collective
buying and selling.
To promote the general welfare
of it's members in every manner pos
sible.
To distribute as much reliable in
formation as possible concerning the
fertility of our soil, our advantageous
location and the delightfulness of our
climate and general surroundings.
| To locate new markets for the
products of it's members and secure
reliable purchasers for it's products.
To regulate and encourage the
growing of only the best and most
| adaptable produce and secure an hon.
est and so far as possible fancy pack.
To encourage the growers pride
in all of his products to the point
| where his own name will appear upon
each article grown or produced upon
| his tract.
To promote as much as possible
| a system of uniformly identifying the
different tracts.
The following are the officers elect
ed for the coming year: President, F.
A. De Vos, vice president, A. A. Spen-
GER; secretary Mrs. J. A. Gordon:
treasurer Mrs. Mary Mitchell; report
| err, Ira w. FOllis; executive committee,
Dell Hart, w. H. Philpot and Dooley
p. Wheeler. The following is the pro-
gram cOmmitte which is to hold ASice
for the first six months: Mrs. Ira w.
FOllis, Mrs. d. P. Wheeler and Mrs.
Mary Mitchell. The first regular meet
ing will be held at the home of J. A.
Gordon on the first Monday evening of
the new year.
The OrOville Growers Association
starts out with a charter membership
of twentythree persons with the
promise of nearly as many more be-
fore the list is closed.
The second farmers organization
was inaugurated at a meeting held in
the Lyric theatre last Saturday after
noon with John w. Lindsey, of Curlew,
as the organizer in charge and is a
branch of the national society known
as the Farmers Educational and Co.
Operative Union of America. This is
| a society that while it combines the
| social and lodge features its main pur-
pose is to band the growers and labor
ers of the country into units for the
handling of cooperative buying and
selling stores throughout the United
States and classes itself more as
strictly business proposition.
1t is the ultimate aim of this organ
izatiOn to incorporate into company
for the running of general merchan-
disc business in OrOville on the CO.
| operative plan, but for the present at
least, the members will confine them
| selves to the purchase of the more
staple commodities in large quantities
through their secretary, who will act
as the distributing agent.
The following set of officers were
elected: President, F.. l.. Stansbury;
vice president, J. w. Carrel; secre-
tary-treasurer, A. w. Johnston; chap
lin, W. r. Collie; warden, e. E. Ar
mold; doorkeeper, VIM. c. Hancock;
executive committee, Chas. M. Smith
ThOs. Dunn and Philip LEM.
This society will have two meetings
each month and are making arrange
ments for suitable location. The
charter roll contains the names of
nineteen men and three ladies'.
Organizer Lindsey gave very in
teresting talk on the success of this
organization in other places in the
country and at his home town of Cur
lew in particular