Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1921-12-29
BE 1T RESOLVED.

were In convention assem- Dleu Ou III
Threshold OF the New Year some
one would undoubtedly move tina
they resolve something like this:
That during the year of our Lore
Nineteen Hundred and twenty-five
we will carefully consider the othel
fellows problems before formulat
ing judgment-and help him solv'
them.
That we will look on the Other
side of the track" in order to OBJ
serve the productive with the ster.
lie, the good with the bad, develop
ment with devilmeng, construction
with lethargy.
That we will not hesitate to stano
for what is right no matter whethe
the interests of the mightiest or OF
the weakest may be involved.
That we will aid in every Way il
the Advancement of our educational
religious, social and industrial life
That we will not welcome In
vestment for state development with
one hand and cherish a brick for il
with the other.
That we will not indulge in dam
agong gossip based on rumors about
our institutions or our neighbors.
That we will compensate for the
service of others, whether public or
private, as we expect to be compen-
stated for our own services.
That we will refuse to listen to
the mischief maker who would di-
vide wholesome sentiment and ar
ray class against class.
That we will aim at all times to
maintain a standard of practical
honor in our relations with individu-
ais, institutions and communities.
That we will aid in every way
within our power to build up COM
munity spirit and secure unity of
action on fundamentals.
That we will ditto as to our state
and lend our best energies to elimi-
nation of bitterness between COM
munities to the end that co-opera-
tive forces be continually at work
for the growth and prosperity of
Idaho.
Getting up near perfection? No,
not that. Perfection may not come
In this little old world until a few
before the bugle call for
the Millennium; maybe not then.
But common, ordinary honesty, de-
cency and fairness are always pos
sible.
Have we come up to the standards
that are within our reach?
Looking back over the past one
or two years I should say we have
not; but the same glance reveals q
tremendous lesson.
What might have been!'
How much bigger we might have
made ourselves, our communities and
our state If we had adopted other
courses instead of snarling and back
biting and harboring petty pealous-
ness and blaming 1t on George,
and jumping at conclusions and con-
demning without inquiry or reason.
Have we not learned the lesson at
great cost?
One of the great obstacles to pro-
gress here, as in many other states,
and particularly in the west, has
been and is the public itself. 1t has
raised its own barrier to capital by
dealing unjustly at times with what
It has; it has raised it's own barrier
TO home making by discouraging
hose who might come, and many
already here, by capricions knock
n.y." by reckless divisions, by cap
,ious criticism and eternal ault
without sincere efforts at
solutions.
Not everyone, of course; not even
majority-but enough, at that to
10 the damage.
But why repine? Why scold? Why
10 anything right now but deter
nine to bring about great change
n ourselves-for our troubles are
argely from within and not from
Idaho people are big enough to
10 it-for their state for them
elves.
BY Guy Flenner