The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-01-17
POSSIBILITIES OF
HUMBOLDT VALLEY

(By w. f. Butler, of the Greater
Humboldt Corporation.)
The people of this valley must know
that busines is not contest but a CO.
operation. They must know that the
antagonistic spirit which has permeat-
ed in the past has no place in modern
achievements. They must learn that
fighting is ehild's play, but co-opera-
tion is work for grown men. And they
must know that business is not merely
a method of making living, but is
the science of human service.
1t has been many years since the
first settlers entered Humboldt val
ley, yet only one hundred and seventy
five thousand acres of the eight hun
dred thousand acres of fertile lands
lying between Elko and Lovelock
have been cultivated, and for years
the valley has been practically at a
standstill.
/ cannot believe the enterprising
people of this valley are satisfied
with present conditions, and that they
do not have a desire to see improve
ment and advancement This advance
ment and Improvement. can only be ac-
complished by co-operation-a united
and concentrated enort for the com
mon good; effort, if you please,
that will greatly benefit all-farmer,
merchant and workman-all will
prosper.
The bringing about of this change
is simple. By cooperation, a proposed
irrigation system can be constructed,
and by the magic of irrigation this
stretch of barren desert can be turn
ed into a garden of agriculture,
creating annually millions of dollars
of new wealth, populating the valley
with thousands of desirable people,
vastly increase the wealth of the pres
ent land owners, broaden the field of
commercialism and be in reality a
science of human service.
The Greater Humboldt Corporation
is an idea of cooperation, one of the
foundation stones of business. In
fact, business is possible only because
of cooperation.
A Lesson of History.
As we review the developments of
ords We find the unit to be, not the in
woman cooperating in founding and
protecting, the household, and procur-
ing and conserving food, shelter and
clothing. As individuals united into
families. so families Joined into
tribes. Then tribes warred against
tribes, each seeking first, to protect
its own, and then usually to increase
its possessions. Later, following the
principle which led families to unite
into tribes, we find tribes Joining to
form nations, waving what were in
some cases tribal advantages in or
der that the safety and welfare of ad-
Joining tribes could better be served
Then, for a long period, we find ma
tions warning against nations with
great expenditure of human life. and
and aftermath of sorrow and misery
But the idea of cooperation was
quietly working. Perhaps indeed the
waste and horror of many wars were
needed to emphasize its value and ap-
plication to the affairs of nations
There may still be wars, but the
probability of their occurrence is les
sened when strong nations join to pro-
teet the terriory of the weaker; when
courts of arbitration are established
fr the settlement of international
disputes, and when in temple erect
ed to peace representatives of all
lands assemble in friendly conference
in an effort to remove causes of fric-
tion. and to insure world wide tran
guilty, agreeing upon a principle
which shall govern international re-
lations, which must hereafter tend,
not to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of indi-
vidual governments, but to the CO.
operation of all nations in efforts to
conserve the opportunities, the COM
fort and the happiness Of mankind. :.
Cooperative Work
The development of this ideal of
cooperation, which has dominated and
rendered possible the advancement of
the human race from its crude begin
ming to the highly organized civiliza-
tion which gives us today both our
opportunity and our duty, must be
worked out in the Humboldt valley, if
progress and prosperity are to prevail