THE SPIRIT OP LOYALITY
(Thi^;i' the filth articlowritten
by a member of the Co-op board
of directors, .upon request. )
Ey I.M.Sandvik
In this day and age, as iq agos
past, old mother earth produces
in ab\;ndancc, more than enough
for all. As in ages past man
forgets to give honor to Al
mighty God, the giver of all
good things,
V/c g t all things necessary
for our well being without co
operating with our Creator^ so
why bother? Cooperating with
our follow man to better the
living arrangement wo need to
work together and for one an
other. If we could clenjinatc
greed from private gain we would
go a long waytoward a working co
operative set-up.
To mo the cooperative movement
is just a better method of
living and working together to
produce and distribute for use
and not for private profit in
dollars and cents.
Cur Co-op at Palmer is a hard
thing for mo to understand, as it
were. It was built for us
(perhaps) by a well meaning
government and vve have to tear
it down to make it fit our needs.
All the Co-ops I know of and
have been connected with, have
worked from the bottom up and
built as they progressed, j-t
took loyalty to keep going.
V/ith loyality and an eye "'pr
giving bettor service i hope we
can attain a successful Co-op
in this valley even in reverse
stylo.
All should taike an interest in
the working arrangement of our
Co-op and when the time comes
that we have some of the paying
units of the Civic Center to
operate wo should be able to go
along smoothly and cons tacitly
improve, enlarge and give more
more- and better service
Criticism fits in for our better
ment of a Co-op also, but it
must be constructive and not
destructive criticism.
VALLEY CENSUS I3EGINS
John Q.Adams has received appoint
ment to take the 1940 population
arid agriculture census in this
district, including. Willow Creek
and the coal mines. This work
requires a great amount of in
formation and everyone in the
valley can help very much if
they will have available in
formation ready when he uttives
at your place. The following
information is some of the things
he will need to know for the
agricultural report; number of
acres and kind of crop planted'
and harvested during past year,
income from other farm produce
such as cream and eggs for year
previous to Oct.l. 'For those who
do not keep records, this willbe
a guess, but with this notice
you will have tijne to prepare
your statement for a more accurate
record.
MEAT CURING DEMONSTRA*
TI0N3 GIVEN
The Extension Service informs us
that they plan to make arrange
ments for a meat cutting and
curing demonstration in the var
ious districts of the valley dua>
ing the first week in Dec. Any
one who is particularly interest
ed in this should contact Horward
Estelle or Miss Zimmerman who
will be glad to make the necess
ary arrangements for you.
District 6 will have this demon
stration on Dec.7, place to be
announced later.
District 3 will have this demon
stration at the home of Ivan
Wilson, track 86, date to announc
ed later.