The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-03-10
LET'S GET TOGETHER.


The growers of the Oroville DIS
trict set an example last week that
should be followed by the people OF
this community. The organization
that they formed promises to be OF
great value to them individually ana
collectively BY reason OF the advant-
age IL will give them In marketing
their produce But the most sisniii-
cant thing about their action was the
fact that they could be brought TO-
gether to work comparatively.
That is the example to which we
refer. 1t would seem that united ac-
ton for the promotion of their com
mon welfare should be the natural
course for the growers to follow ana
that in adopting such course there
should be nothing unusual about IT
to call for comment. But, unfortu-
nately. the tendency among men as
general proposition is to work at var
lance rather than to work in harness
together. This tendency as rule Is
overcome only by the pressure OF
necessity. The growers have been
slow to organize comparatively here,
as elsewhere. because Of this strong
feeling of independent sufficency,
which often amounts to a distaste
for what many feel are the restric-
tons of cooperat tive effort. This OBJ
lection, however. has been overcome
most happily by the growers. and we
reiterate that their example should
be followed by the balance OF the
community.
1t is not necessary, in order to fol-
low such course, that the community
should create formal organization,
but every member of the community
should pledge himself and herself to
forget old and futile differences, drop
old divisions and determine to work
together for the common good of this
locality.
We are all in the same boat here,
and will float or sink together We
all prefer to float. There is Just one
way that we can avoid sinking and
that is by fostering the spirit and
adhering to the principle Of coopera-
ton. II one of US scuttles the boat
we all go down. When the seas are
rough, il one or more Of US refuses
to bail, or trim ship. or pull an oar,
or handle the rudder. we may all ex-
pect to founder.
In other words and palmer lang
uage, If we are to survive and make a
worth while community of Oroville,
We must all contribute as We can to
promoting community enterprises, We
must all boost for the things that
will bring development, and We must
spend our money at home by employ
ing local organizations for our enter
tainment, buying from local firms,
hiring local talent and labor to do the
things We want done. This cannot be
a one sided proposition, with one. or
two or half dozen carrying the bur-
den, footing the bills and devoting
the time to doing what all the COM
immunity recognizes must be done to
bring about progress.
We take it that every one here
wants to see Oroville go forward, but
it cannot 60 forward il it's people pull
| in different directions or fail to pull
at all. The possibilities for rapid and
substantial development are many but
they are of no force or effect in them
selves. II properly utilized a splendid
and prosperous community can be
built here. II they are not properly
utilized nothing can be hoped for in
the way Of progress. The time is here
when We must make up our minds
that we will 60 forward and that we
will do it in the only possible way,
by uniting our efforts and our re-
sources. II We do this we will all en-
Joy the benefits. If We fail to do this
we will all suffer the consequences.
and the consequences are inevitable
retrogression and community and in
dividual failure.