THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITYOREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1022.
Page Seven
TRAINING LITTLE CITIZENS
These Articles published weekly in these columns are
Issued by the National Kindergarten Associ
ation, New York City
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Parents as Educators Property
Rights of Our Children.
(By Edith Riland Cross.)
Are the property rights of our chil
dren respected in the home? Do we
recognize their right to their things
as we wish them to respect ours?
These are questions which) have
come to us in the training of our
two and four-year-old boys. -
Every one knows how strong is
the instinct of possession, and how
early it manifests itself in the ten
dencies of little children.
Our oldest son, Jerome, is of a
very cautious, deliberate nature, priz
ing very highly everything that is giv
en to him. So I decided, when he
was two years old, to allow him to
have one of the drawers in my own
personal desk. It delighted the child,
gave him a place to keep some of
his own particularly personal things,
and at the same time aided his mother
by keeping out of sight the hundred
and one little insignificant keep
sakes so dear to the heart of a child.
One look into this drawer would
assure you of the great necessity for
such a place, for there we find all of
his Sunday school papers strung with
yarn into a neat booklet. There.too,
his small paper-covered books, such
as the miniature set of the famous
Jessie Wilcox Smith's Mother Goose.
Two tiny silver fish received at Sun
day school for bringing in new schol
ars repose in the drawer, beside a
small piece of an old bed spring giv
en him by a 10-year-old boy, his idol
in the neighborhood. Toy paper mon
ey, Easter cards and Valentines, a
box of nuts, bolts and washers for fix
ing his coaster wagon, scissors, cray
on, bits of string, yarn, a blunt needle J
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Doughnuts.
The ladies of the Saturday club hit
a delightfully popular appeal when
they started in on home-made dough
nuts. Have they borrowed a page
from the triumphs of the Salvation ar
my lassies in France or do they mere
ly woo the heart of the public as ev
ery woman knows she can win the
heart of a man?
The doughboys and the doughnut
girls of France made a fighting com
bination that the Huns could not hin
der. Any doughnut of a man will
fight the world and bring in more
dough when the good wife backs him
up with doughnuts and plenty of home
cooking. It is not all in the flavor
though yum! yum! that's great
enough but there's something in the
knowing that somebody cares enough
to provide a morsel that, states good
and touches the spot when a guy is
tired, hungry and "all-in."
When the master bakers fry dough
nuts it's all in the day's work and
the earnings constitute the reward
thereof. But when the ladies, with
their own hands, design and produce
good grub in the home kitchen, and
leed it to hungry men, they do it be
cause their hearts are in the right
place and this old world is a mighty
tine sphere to live on, after all.
The Genuine Realities of Oregon in
Winter.
The snowy regions of Oregon could
gainrecognition as a winter play
ground, if there were not such a sense
less tendency to make out that sum
mer temperature perpetually abounds.
"The recent experiences of tourists
in the ice-bound Columbia gorge may
serve to set our publiicty enthusiast
on the right track.
There is a genuine inspiring atmos
phere of rigorous winter on the frosty
slopes of Mt. Hood at this time of
year. The Cautield brothers, Wal
lace and Raymond, enjoy an annual
excursion to Government Camp in
February. There they gain real re
freshment and exhiliration in skiing
over the sixteen-foot banks of snow
in the delightful environment of a
glittering mountain peak. This is
the genuine essence of winter. Folks
go into the rare, crisp atmosphere of
the high Cascades for their health
at all times of the year.
With the establishment of automo
bile highways more people will go in
to the mountains in summer and the
hardy ones will continue to enjoy the
unrivaled benefits of winter.
Some Features of Bridge Design.
As the huge sections of steel are
6teadily going into place in our new
bridge the design of the structure be
comes apparent. The innumerable
perforations in sight indicate that fi
ery rivets will sofcn be flying and
noisy trip-hammers welding' the mem
bers into one solid unit of symmetry.
Mr. C. B. McCullough, Oregon state
highway bridge engineer is the design
er of our bridge. Mr. McCullough
is a man who appreciates the decora
tive possibilities of such a project and
he has patterned with an eye to its
lasting beauty, as well as its perma
nent serviceability. The rugged and
precipitous environment of the struc
ture would naturally suggest a mas
sive treatment and this is the concep
tion that has been followed through
out. Th frail, thread-like appear
ance of the old suspension bridge has
never been in perfect accord with the
surroundings.
The through-arch type of construc
tion is not so frequently used in en
gineering as the overhead arch
where the driveway rests entirely
above the span. In many respects
there will be no other brideg in ex-
and a dozen smooth pebbles are but
part of the miscellany in that drawer.
Occasionally, we clean out the draw
er, rearranging things and discarding
those that have little value. This
gives the child an idea of the present
value of things, and he is the judge,
with only suggestions as to what
things shall be thrown out.
One day, when other children were
playing in the house with our boys,
I noticed that Jerome became very
nervous because the children were
rummaging through his drawer. At
first I thought that it was very sel
fish of him. But I soon realized that
that was his own personal property,
and other children, or even other mem
bers of the family, had no right there.
Since then, playmates may always
play with the many toys in the play
comer near this desk, but they are
not allowed to go through Jerome's
drawer without his permission.
When brother John became two, I
gave him the lower drawer in the
desk, and his rights as owner are re
spected in the same way.
'Some of you may say that this
would tend to make selfish children,
but in our case it has been just the
contrary, for these boys are happy
in that they know where their things
are. And instead of having to hunt
to the bottom of a basket of toys for
some trivial thing, they go at once
to the desk drawer, and find it easily-
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Let us give our children a definite
place for their things, respect that
place for their own personal use, and
see what a pride they take in having
their own recognized rights in the
home.
f. istence exactly like this one.
Fireworks.
The well-known, war-like attitude of
the city council and others during
tneir official deliberations sort of puts
4t in the place of the man whose wife
jad such an even disposition she was
miad all the time.
Of course we will all admit that
when a man disagrees with us the
only way to do is to knock him down
and drag him out annihilate him en
tirely makes no difference whether
he is. a doctor, lawyer, merchant,
preacher or merely a mayor. There
is no use trilling with opposition
simply kill it off.
The voters of each precinct will
take added precaution to elect al
dermen of vigorous personalities and
m. ' Jic pink of physical condition to
represent them. Congregations will
jast .naturally have to look out for
their own preachers because the vot
ers are not going to be held respon
sible. All persons having a bone to
pick with them will then be invited
to mix in.
In the meantime it should be noted
that we, the general public of Oregon
City, do not want anything that we
don't want even if we say we do
want it. In other words, pay no at
tention to us.
A Postmaster Who Works.
When a man has worked faithfully
for a great many years and has fin
ally been able to secure an important
executive position, we might easily
xcuse him if he decided to let some
one else do the hard work from that
very moment. But that is not the
kind of man our postmaster is. J. J.
Cooke has always been a hard work
er and now he in directing one of the
busiest post offices in Oregon.
The work and responsibility of the
Oregon City office is greater than it
ever has been before. The exten
sion of the parcel post, inauguration
of the postal savings system and war
savings stamps, the increase in com
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tural community growth, have made
the postmaster's job an ever-increasing
task. While Mr. Cooke has many
faithful assistants, he manages a
great deal of detail work himself and
is never too busy to supply his ser
vices wherever there may be a va
cancy. Our postmaster is t-fficient, accom
modating and courteous. He is one of
the working people; his position has
never swelled him up bigger than
his job. He does his duty without
making any noise about it and seems
to enjoy the friendship of his fellow
workers.
THE PEOPLE'S SAY
NOT CONTENT WITH TALK
There is one thing quite noticeable
about the Farm Bureau district which
has its membership located around
Meadow Brook and Colton with an ov
efilow into Dickey Prairie, Fernwood
and Union Mills. The members are
not content with talk. If they want a
thing done they do it.
Last Tuesday, February 7, a special
meeting was held at Meadow Brook.
A strong majority voted to hold all
future farm bureau meetings at Mead
ow Brook because of its central loca
tion, these meetings occurring on the
last Tuesday of each month with the
exception of July and August, when
no meeting at all will be hed.
Herman Chindgren was continued in
office as president of the district by
the unanimous vote of the six pro
ject leaders. Mr. Thompsen, Ben
ton county, who is soliciting member
ships for the farm bureau, was intro
duced and after a little address, took
advantage of a recess to sign up the
majority of those present for the com
ing year on the new triplicate form
of contract.
The entertainment, which was put
on in the Colton high school on Feb
ruary 10, to raise money for the inci
dental expenses of the farm bureau
and the Colton Community club, was
a smashing success in spite of the bad
weather which threatened to cut down
the attendance. Within four dollars
and twenty-five cents of the total re
quired for the treasury for the entire
year was taken in at this one affair,
making it possible for a similar blow
out next fall to put a tidy surplus to
the credit of the membership.
It is hard to state which was the
feature of the program as every num
ber reecived an enthusiastic applause
which called the local artists back for
more, much more of the same. The
musical numbers were keenly enjoy
ed and the playlet, which was actually
a comedy and not the tragic affair so
often produced under that classifi
cation in amateur circles, made the
audience "holler 'n laff."
That the audience achieved a "hol
ler" state was well evidenced by the
way the delicious home-cooked "eats"
disappeared after the show. During
this period of good fellowship, Mr.
Thompson of Benton county, signed
up several more for the farm bureau.
Respectfully,
H. H. CHINDGREN. .
A Reply.
OREGON CITY, Feb. 15. To' the
Editor of the Banner-Courier.
Concerning the charge of misman
agement of county finances made at
the Live Wire luncheon last week by
one of the speakers, it might be noth
ing more than fair to state . a few
more of the facts in the case. The
speaker explained in the course of his
remarks that he had not had time
to go fully into all the details of his
subject, in fact he presented only such
features of his subject as seems to
prove his charge of minmanagement
of county business.
This is a quite common practice
among attorneys to state nothing but
the facts favorable to sustaining the
charges made, and let the opposing
counsel set up the rebuttal facts if
such there are.
The unfairness of this procedure in
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a case like this is that there is no
change given for argument and the
matter goes to the press of the coun
ty and of the state unchallenged to
the detriment of the good name of the
county and its officials, for if, as the
speaker said, "Any private business
would go broke in 60 days that was
run as our county is" then there can
be no other conclusion than that our
county business is in a woeful con
dition. The statement that the county has
been for 5 or 6 months paying ?71 per
day interest on outstanding warrants,
while there were funds on hand to
the amount of $380,000 is not disput
ed, but it is also a fact that the coun
ty has during this same period been
receiving about $20 a day interest on
deposits.
The speaker evidently did not have
time to ascertain the latter fact to
calculate that 20 per cent a day is
just about 2 per cent on $350,000. In
other words, about $350,000 has been
kept on interest at the rate establish
ed by law for funds in county deposi
tories. Now, if that is not as much in
terest as should be obtained, the fault
is with the law makers and not the
county officials. If there is any way
by which the county treasurer can
become his own banker and keep
funds on hand loaned at 6 per bent,
let us have the system for doing so
explained. The truth is that the
only way for the county, the state or
the private citizen fo avoid paying in
stallments is to stay out of debt.
The money, in the county belongs in
19 different funds, such as roads,
schools, special roads, special schools,
market roads, etc. In 1919 a law wa's
passed making the county treasurer
the custodian of all school district
funds, which necessitates keeping the
money on hand to meet the expenses
of 142 different school districts of
the county.
Some of the money in the county
treasury is not tax money at all. For
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lady that the press has said so much aDouTbecause of her pro
ficiency and prophecies which have come true. Private con
sultation at Electric Annex over Penny Store.
SOLID AS THE STATE
example the unclaimed estate fund
all of .which goes into the totals re
ported on hand at the first of each
month. The amount of cash on hand
is by no means a fixed sum, but var
ies greatly being much larger near
the close of a tax paying period than
others, then diminishing as f'inds are
paid out faster than they come in.
Wei doubt if there is one-third of
$380,000 on hand right now.
So far as we" know only two funds
of the county are in debt.
The road fund and the high school
tuition fund. . The debt on the road
fundi is due mainly to the extravagant
prices of material and labor during
and following the war and at the
same time the unparallelled traffic
over roads and bridges.
The debt on the high schol fund
is due to a very unjust law passed in
1919, which compelled property out
side of high school districts to pay
the tuition of 80 scholars per. year,
more than the same territory sent to
high school, the high school district
boards to figure the expense per schol
ar. The law has been repealed but
the effects of it will last for some
time yet.
The budget law of 1921 provides
that in certain cases, estimates or
funds may be transferred from one
estimate fund to another. The evi
dent purpose being""to make the sur
plus cash on hand in one fund pay
the debt on some other fund. We
are inclined to look askance at the
measure and regard it as one of those
ill digested chunks of legislation that
cause more pains in the body politic
than they cure.
H. S. ANDERSON.
The congestion in the license de
partment of Secretary of State Sam
Kozier has been relieved and licenses
are being issued on the day of appli
cation. There remains no excuse for
the green plate and authorities have
been instructed to enforce " the law.
Does this apply to you?
Cecelia Gustaf
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under control of spealcers from other worlds.
After lecture will bring and take messages
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