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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1915.
WHAT OTHERS DO
Cow Testing in Canada Shows Herds
All Make Good Averages
Increasing local interest in the
work of the Clackamas county cow
testing association has made a num
ber of people wonder what such asso-
ciations are doing in other sections,
and what results are being obtained.
Partly to answer these inquiries, and
for general information, the Courier
prints the following official report of
work done by such associations in
Canada.
For the purpose of encouraging
and assisting farmers to keep records
of the quantity of milk produced by
each cow, so that the profitable ones
may be distinguished from the un.
profitable, dairy-record centers have
been established in Canada under the
jurisdiction of the Dairy and Cold
Storage Commissioner.
According to the erport just issu
ed by the Canadian Minister of Agri
culture fo rthe year ended March 31,
1915, 35 of these dairy-record centers
were in operation in 1914.
The results are, according to the
report, that "the average production
of milk in Canada has been increas
ed by 1,000 pounds per cow since this
work was started. With over two and
a half million cows in Canada, the
value of the total annual production
is thus increased by at least $25,000,
000, and the work is only just begun.''
One of these dairy-record centers
has been operating in the Cornwall
district, and the report of the record
er concerning the results in 1914 has
just been made to the Cornwall Cheese
Board. The recorder states that the
work has been most successful, and
that increasing interest is being taken
by the dairy farmers in the better
ment of their herds and in the im
provement of their milk supply.
In this district results were as fol
lows: The average production of the 2.
year-olds was 4,430 pounds milk and
170.3 pounds fat.
The average production of the Q-year-olds
was 4,718 pounds milk and
181.5 pounds fat.
The average production of the 4-year-olds
was 5,058 pounds milk and
195 pounds fat.
All cows 5 years and over are in
one class, known as "full age," and
their average production was 5,039
pounds milk and 212.1 pounds fat.
The average production' of all cow's
of all ages was 5,330.8 pounds milk
and 202 pounds fat.
500 CHILDREN TO
WAIT ON YOU
Much That You Wear and Eat
Passes Through Their Hands.
EXHIBIT VISITOR IS AMAZED.
"Why should I be interested In the
working child?" asked n self com
placent lndy who culled nt the child
labor exhibit In San FraiK'Isro the
other day.
"Because It touches you ut so many
points," replied the National Child
Labor Coinu.it tee's exhibit director.
Lewis W. Hlne. "To begin wll!i, the
flowers on your hat were undoubtedly
made In u New York tenement, no
matter what you paid for tbein. 1
have found four-year-old c hildren wort
Ing on such flowers.
"The 'rent' Imported Irish point lace
you have on your collar was probably
made by Italians on the east side of
AMPLE AID OFFERED
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Flioto by National Child Labor Committee.
RATE ADVANCE EXPLAINED
Southern Pacific Obeys Interstate
Commerce Commission, It Says
Considerable attention has been at-
tacted to a new revised commodity
rate section of Southern Pacific com
pany's California-Oregon Freight Tar
iff No. 729.B, effective October 15
on account of numerous advances be
ing shown in the rates between inter
ior points in California and itenor
points n Oregon.
As it is pretty generally known
that most of the freight traffic be
tween California and the North
handled by the boats, an increase in
the rail rates under the circumstances
seem to be an unusual proceeding in
view of the great effort carriers i
general are making to compete with
water lines.
Upon inquiry at the General Offic
es of the Southern Pacific it is ex
plained that the changes in rates
were made necessary to comply with
ordors 4050-51 and 4783, issued by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
under the Fourth section of the Act to
regulate commerce, commonly known
as the "Long and Short Haul Clause,1
under which the Southern Pacific is
denied the right to continue carrying
between inland points, for instance
Stockton or Sacramento on the one
hand, and Portland or Oregon City on
the other hand, the same rates as they
carry between San Francisco and
Portland.
Shippers will recognize that the
principle is practically the same ns
was laid down by the Commission un
der their decision in 1912, relating to
the class rates between California and
Oregon, which caused a general in
crease in interior rates at that time.
The condition, generally, is exactly
similar to that surrounding rates of
the rail carriers on transcontinental
traffic moving through the Panama
Canal, and other changes will follow
between Northwestern points.
STUDENTS FLOCK IN
Attendance at Agricultural College
Establishes New Record
Registration at the Oregon Agricul
tural College at the end of the first
week had reached 1255, which is a
record attendance for any correspond
ing date in the history of the school
The total increase is very nearly 12
per cent over that of last year while
the gain in attendance of the College
degree courses is 1G per cent. The
heaviest increase is in pharmacy, 30
per cent. The increase is 32 per cent
in mining, 30 per cent in commerce
18 per cent in agriculture, 13 per
cent in engineering and industrial
nrts.
Student officers for the year 1915
16 at the Oregon Agricultural College
are as follows: President of the Stu-
, dent Assembly, G .R. Iloerner, Seat
tle; first vice-president, M. F. Hatha,
way, Corvallis; second vice-president,
C. A. Fertig, Hood River; third vice
president, J. D. McKay, Portland;
secretary, Geraldine Newins, Patcli
oque, N. Y.; editor of the Barometer,
Oregon City; auditor of Athletics, L.
F. L. Ballard, Meredith, N. II.; man
ager of the Barometer, D. E. Brown,
L. Laythe, Harrimnn; senior mem
ber Board of Control, Dave Wilson,
Linnton; President of Oratory and
Debate, V. J. Garvin, Denver, Colo.;
secretary, Eric Englund, Portland;
treasurer, R. J. Case, Portland; mana
ger student entertainment, A. J. Funk,
Corvallis.
A SEVEN-YEAIt-OLD OYSTRn SIItJOKEB WHO
CAN NiilTHEli ltliAD tlOIt WHITE.
Now York. Your gloves and the but
tons on your dress probably passed
through the hands of children. The
scalloped edge around your underwear
was made by children In New Eng
lund village homos, and your stock
tugs represent the labor of children
from eight years of age up.
"The cotton that goes Into the cloth
you use may have been picked by chil
dren of live or six and was handled by
Innumerable children in the course of
manufacture. A spool of cotton thread
represents the work of from Ave to
twenty-flvc children.
"As you pass on to the market to
buy your fond a small boy waits on
you. He represents not only your local
child labor problem, but Indirectly the
problem of the little girl who picked
your cranberries nnd your straw
berries. Even the baskets that the
berries come In represent the work of
children. The oysters that you have
sent homo from the shop were very
likely dredged by boys from eight to
ten up to young manhood. Some were
shucked by little ones of seven or
eight. The sardines you eat may have
been Imported or they may have como
from the coast of Maine, where chit
dron do much of the cutting and can
nlng. Canned peas represent child la
bor In sorting, picking and canning.
"Tho coal you burn at home and the
glassware you use probably passed
through tho hands of children. The
drugs delivered to you are often
brought by n boy who may have come
to your house direct from tho red light
district. Tho little newsboy, the
'shines' boys, tho hoy who sets up pins
In the bowling alley nnd the young
usher at tho movie all need your pro
tection."
The lady gasped and begged Mr.
Hlne to stop. "Well," he said, "if I
went Into It EXHAUSTIVELY I think
could tlnd that about 500 children
had contributed to your comfort In one
wuy or another."
A CHILD'S CREED
I BELIEVE IN BEING HAPPY
I BELIEVE IN BEING BUSY
I BELIEVE IN BEING A BOY '
BYE'N-BYE - I'LL BE A MAN
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- GIVE US A CHANCE!
WE ARE CITIZENS TO MORROW
Boys and Girls Who Raise Pigs Can
Get Plenty of Expert Advice
Oregon boys and girls engaged in
pig raising are to be given the assist
ance of a specialist in pork produc
tion, who will devote his entire time
to the industrial club pig project.
An arrangement has been entered in
to by the Agricultural Colleg Ex.tn
sion division and the United States
Department of Agriculture for co
operation in carrying on this branch
of the work. Theiew appointee will
be a member of the college extension
staff and work under the direction of
R. D. Hetzel, Extension Director, in
connection with the State Depart
ment of Education.
In making the announcement of the
new policy Professor Hetzel said that
J. L. Allen, a master of agriculture
from the State Agricultural College.
will be recommended to the Board of
Regents and the Department of Agri
culture for this position. He has had
extended experience in livestock pro
duction at Cove, Oregon, and has re
ceived both the bachelor and mster
degrees from the Animal Husbandry
department of the College. Under
his direction it is expected that great
progress will be made in this impor
tant club work. Last year 282
members were enrolled for pig rais.
ing and this, number will doubtless be
doubled several times within the
coming year. Farmers, stock grow
ers and business men approve the pork
productron project and the state bank
ers association offers to lend financial
assistance in purchasing blooded
stock for club members.
A CHARTER FOR CHILDHOOD.
UNCLE SAM TO HELP
Post Office Department Will "Demon
strate" Parcel Post at Show
The Postoff ice Department has
authorized the Portland office to in.
stall an educational parcel post ex
hibit at the Manufacturers' & Land
Products Show which will be held at
the Armory October 25th to Novem
ber 43th. A similar exhibit was made
last year which attracted a great deal
of attention, there being something
over ten thousand questions asked by
interested visitors, showing that the
public is desirous of learning of the
many advantages of the parcel post.
This branch of the postal service is
practically in its infancy, but there
is no doubt that in the near future
parcel post will be the means of fur
nishing a market for the products of
the farmers, as well as supplying the
farmer with facilities for the pur
chase of goods from a distance and
having them delivered by rural free
delivery direct to his home. In this
connection, it may be stated that the
Portland Post Office is now compil
ing a list of producers and the com
modities they have to sell, which will
be printed and distributed to the
Portland consumers without cost to
the producer.
The intent of the display at the
Manufacturers' & Land Products
Show will be to illustrate the method
of preparing for shipment, and a dem
onstration of a line of containers and
pnekers which are now manufactured
expressly for the use of making parcel
post shipments. A government clerk
will be detailed to make explanations
and give all information concerning
rates and regulations governing the
parcel post.
FOREST FIRES COSTLY
Government Spends Much to Preserve
Big Stands of Timber
Fire fighting in Oregon, Washing
ton and Alaska, since July 1, has cost
the government $50,000. Most of the
fires were prevented from doing any
material damage to merchantable tim
ber. The majority of them were con
fined to old burns.
The Forest Service has in Oregon
and Washington a total of 4062
miles of telephone and 4028 miles of
trail. These are primarily for use
n fire suppression.
The Forest Service has, in Oregon
and Washington, over 100 high look
out points constantly manned during
tho fire season. The best known of
these lookouts is Mt. Hood.
An officer of the Forest Service
has designed a portable telephone for
rangers, which weighs only two and
a half pounds. Connection may be
made anywhere along the line with
this instrument. Over one hundred
of them will be used in Oregon and
Washington next year.
Ohio Codifies Child Welfare Laws, but
No Other State Does.
If any one asks what the laws af
fecting children are In New York state
no person In any position can without
considerable research answer the cjues
tion, according to a statement made by
Homer Folks at the Eleventh Annual
Conference on Child Labor. The only
state in the Union where It could be
readily answered is Ohio, sluce Ohio is
the only state that has codified its
child welfare laws.
A committee nppolnted last May at
the National Conference of Charities
and Corrections, with C. C. Cnrstens
of Boston at Its head and Edward N.
Clopper of the National Child Labor
Committee as one of its most active
members. Is now at work drafting a
children's charter that would show
how ,all laws relating to children
should be co-ordinated nnd that could
be adopted as a whole or in part ac
cording to the needs of the individual
state.
The benefits of tho children's charter
will not be conlined to a clearing up of
the principles on which the various or
ganizations and committees wliich are
Interested In the needs and rights of
childhood should base their work. In
fact, the friends of the charter ure In
clined to believe that its greatest value
may lie In the simple fact that It will
encourage' co-operation. The drafting
of tho charter, which will be In itself
a co-operative effort, will teach work
ers in the various fields to think of
their work as a part of a larger whole.
The relation, for Instance, between
the school attendance officer, the fac
tory Inspector, the juvenile court work
er and the administrator of mothers'
pensions, will become a practical help
to each of them. For the child such
co-operation all along tho line should
mean that the cure that Is now availa
ble for the child who happens to come
under the eye of the official or social
worker who Is Otted to meet his case
will be extended to a larger proportion
of those who need It.
Correct Acidity in Your Soil
9
by the use of
Ground Lime Rock
properly used, results will last
4 to 6 yards
BOYS -ON THE NIGHT SHIFT.
Pennsylvania Now Prohibits It, but
Maryland and West Virginia Do Not.
After Jan. 1, 1910, no more young
boys will be working on the night shift
In the glass factories of the largest
glass manufacturing state In the coun
try Pennsylvania.
This means that West Virginia and
Maryland are now the only glass manu
facturing states of any importance
which permit children under sixteen to
work at night An attempt was made
In West Virginia last winter to pro
hibit night work to children under six
teen, but the bill did not pass. The
Natlonnl Child Labor Committee,
which took an active part In the cam
paign for the West Virginia law, be
lieves that the outcome will be quite
" 'h$mJ
We are now able to make the extreme
low price of
$6.25 Per Ton
F. O. B. Oregon City
See us at once
Oregon Commission
Company
llth and Main Sts.
Oregon City
Larrowes
Distributors of
Santa Anna
Beet Pulp
Molasses
EXPERT TO REMAIN
"Printing with a punch" at th?
Courier.
For John Stark
The following is from the current
ssue of Farm and Fireside:
"A young man who had studied in
an agricultural college und hnd work
ed on a farm during the summer was
asked by a professor on his return to
college for his experiences.
"I ho young man replied: "When I
seek work on a farm again I want
to claim the privilege of going to an
employment agency and looking for
a job as an ordinary hobo. I want to
start even, and not with a prejudice
against me because I am a student."
Agricultural College Man Scorns Fine
Opening in California
Although offered the position of
associate- professor of Pomology at
the University of California nt a sal
ary of $3,000 per year, E. J. Kraus
escarch expert in horticulture at the
Oregon Agricultural College, has de
nned the position and decided to re
main in Oregon. The salary offered
by California is $000 above that of
his position here as professor of research.
The reasons that prompted Pro
fessor Kraus to remain ut O. A. C
re flattering both to the College and
to the Mute. He considers the prob
lems of research in Oregon thorough
ly established and in some instances
well along toward solution, and that
these problems are important to
science and their solution valuable to
industry in the state. He thinks
problems mean more to him than an
advancement in salary.
n'L- ii . n a .
inis was me second oiler of a
$.'101)0 position that has been declined
by Professor Kraus this year, the
first having come from the Univer
sity of Missouri.
LATEST WOLF STORY
Like the First One, It Wasn't a Wolf
That Was Sotn At All
A call for hounds and hunters was
received in Estacada last week from
John Howland, whose place lies along
the Cluckamas above tho North Fork,
Photo by National Child Labor Committee.
B P. M., BEADY TO OO ON THE NIGHT SHIFT.
different the next time, because theglnss
manufacturers there will no longer fear
the competition of Pennsylvania.
"Wo may not ceu have to wait until
the legislatures moot In 1917 to bring
these states into line," said Owen It.
Lovejoy. general secretary of the Na
tional Child Labor Committee. "If the
federal child labor bill which will be
Introduced Into congress early In the
next session becomes a law It will auto
matically establish a sixteen year limit
for night work In the glass factories of
Maryland und West Virginia. The chil
dren now exposed to the serious
physical harm likely to come from go
ing out Into the nir from the overheat
ed glass factory and the cramped posi
tions lu which they work, combined
with the degrading and coarsening In
fluences which prevail ou the night
force In the factory, will be protected
by Uncle Sain.
"If you could see t lie boys, ns 1 have
seen them, working In a temperature
which frequently rises to mure than 100
degrees, their shoos cut with the broken
glass which covers the Hour, holdim;
Uie mold for the red hot i- .i-is or walk
ing endlessly back and forth carrying
bottles to the annealing uvea, you
would realize that the only thing that
mattered was to get them out the
Slickest and surest way by means of
I federal law."
CLACKAMAS PLANS DISPLAY
County Will Exhibit Its Resources at
Portland's Land Show
Clackamas County's exhibit at the
coming Manufacturers' & Land Pro
duets Show in Portland will be cen.
trally located in the great exhibit
building and the soil products will be
viewed by more than 100,000 people
during the eighteen days the exhibi
tion will be open. This is the esti
mate now made on attendance. It is
possible a greater number of visitors
will view the exhibits.
This year the land show in the
state's metropolis will open on Mon
day, October 25 and close at midnight
November 13. The show will not re
main open Sundays, and exhibitors
will have an opportunity to renew
perishable exhibits twice during its
progress.
SENATOR AIDS WOMEN
RED SEALS AGAIN
Mr. Chamberlain Says His Sympathies Popular Campaign Against White
Are With Suffrage Seekers
Senator George E. Chamberlain re-
Plague to be Waged in Holidays
Two hundred million Red Cross
ceived a delegate from the Oregon Christmas Seals are now being print
branch of the Congressional Union for ed and distributed by the American
Woirian Suffrage in Portland last ' Red Cross and The National Asso-
week, and after listening to pleas
of a number of the leaders in regard
to the passage of the so-called An
thony amendment, assured the wo
men that they might count on his
sympathy, saying in part:
"I am very glad to meet all of you.
I have been a supporter of woman's
suffrage since 1880 and possibly long
er; probably before some of your
speakers were born, and I have not
changed my views on the subject
ciation for the Study and Prevention
of Tuberculosis, according to a state
ment issued by the latter organization
today. The proceeds from the sale
of these seals will go for the fight
against tuberculosis in the communi
ties where the seals are sold.
The organization of the Red Cross
Seal sale this year will take in every
state and territory of the United
States, including Hawaii, Porto Rico,
and the Canal Zone. By December.
wolf
to help trail a wounded black
which he had shot.
Bill Underwood's car, resembling a
dog catcher's outfit, started for the
scene loaded with tho Jones' hounds
and their master. The sportsmen
returned later, reporting the dogs as
having taken the trail and captured
the wolf within a short time after
obtaining the first scent.
Black wolves are more or less rare
and besides bringing a $25 bounty
are worth as much more for their
hides. To date no item of the bountv
has been noticed in the county clerk's
since. Mr. Chamberlain further 1st, over 50.000 workers, men. wi
gave the suffragists a little fatherly and children, will be engaged in the
advice about not holding all mem- campaign.
bers of a party responsible for the j The sale in 1914 broke all Drevinns
The counties and communities of party's action in Congress on the records, totalling over 55.000.000 seals
the state will make the greatest show- suffrage issue. . ' an increase of 22 per cent over 1913.
ing in their history, at this year s The party then withdrew. A pic- After deducting all expenses this left
exposition, since the Lewis & Clarke ture was then taken to be sent East nearly $500,000 for tuberculosis work
Fair of 1905. Space in the industrial to show the struggling women there, in this country. The money has been
section is now more than 80 percent , what active interest their enfranchis- and is being expended by over 2 000
ed sisters are taking in the freedom different agencies who benefitted
of women everywhere. , from the sale in amounts ranging
Did you ever give the Courier a ft"01" $100 or less to over $25,000. The
trial on your stationery? You will American Red Cross announces that it
find that they have the most up-to- W'H continue its previous successful
date faces of type and are right there policy of charging only 10 per cent
cash. The best displays from each witn tne puncn in getting up a suit- 01 L"e k1 uss proceeas to state anti
county will be awarded prizes rang- able design that will please you and tuberculosis associations, thereby en.
ing from $50.00 to $100.00. i please others. couraging local work.
Efforts will be directed towards '
cheating new markets for Oregon pro
ducts and consumer and producer will
be brought together at the exposition.
filled and practically everything is
taken in the land products division.
The best county exhibit will be
awarded a gold medal and $200 in
cash and the second best exhibit will
receive a silver medal and $100 in
NOTICE I am the appointed repre
sentative for the Ladies' Home
Journal, Saturday Evening Post
and the Country Gentleman. Money
for subscriptions can be left at the
iFirst National Bank. Jeniee O.
Dillman. j
The Courier has a full line of Legal
Blanks for sale. If you are in need
of Legal Blanks you will find that it
will pay you to come to the Courier.
records, but there has been an Injun
around looking for his black dog. ;
(Estacada Progress.)
Auction!
FINAL CLEAN-UP TO SATISFY THE CREDITORS
I will sell at PUBLIC AUCTION the entire stock of
FURNITURE of D. TOLPOLAR, consisting of Furni
ture, Stoves, Ranges, Dishes, Lamps, Carpets, Etc!
Commencing
Monday, Sept. 27, 10 a. m.
Coming Monday, September 27, at 10 A. M. There will be two
sales each week on Monday and Friday at 10 A. M. This is your
opportunity to profit by the loss of another's loss. Goods will be
positively sold to the highest bidder.
You cannot afford to miss this sale Monday, September 27
at 10 A. M. CHARLES W. ISCHER, Auctioneer.