10 THE MORNING ' OREGON! AN, MONDAY, JANTTARY 1, 1917.
INDUSTRIAL CLUBS IN OREGON STIMULATE INTEREST ON FARMS
Boys and Girls in Rural Schools Vie for Prizes in Agricultural and Domestic Science Work Training Is Constructive and Helpful Interest in Community Wefare Throughout State Aroused.
by
By Edwin T. Reed, Oregon Agricultural
College.
REAL enthusiasm, a kefener appre
ciation of the problems ot home
tasks, and a juster estimate of
the value of systematic labor and of
the products that labor helps to pro- 1
duce are among the results that are
noticeable in the returns from indus
trial club work i A the public schools,
reports of which are beginning' to
reach the state club leader at the Agri
cultural College i Corvallis from the
County Superintendents throughout the
state. nother unmistakable result is
the oloser articulation between the
work of the school and that of the
home. While results are generally
more striking in the rural districts,
the cities also share in the rewards; the
movement is state-wide, reaching all
our boys and girls.
The reports thus far in the hands of
H. C. Seymour, State Leader of Indus
trial Clubs, furnish ample evidence of
the constructive way in which this
work is taking hold of young people in
the 6Chools. According to the confes
sions of the boys and girls as embod
ied in these notebooks? It .Is not only
the first-prize winners that are en-'
thusiastic over the work and the re- -wards
that it brings; the 6econds,
thirds, and the losers are -often quite
as optimistic, quite as determined to -strive
for first honors next time. Not
a, few who have won prizes in earlier
contests but have seen, others pass
them in the race this year, are still so
well satisfied with thtf experience and '
the incentive which the work brings
that they will persist in keeping it up.
Many a boy or girl, who has not
been in the habit of looking at life as
in any sense an obligation, finds a
call in this club work that enlists both
loyalty and co-operation. "I wanted
my school to win," is the declaration
of more than one young toiler of the
clubs, "and so I stuck to the work."
Parent Show Interest.
But the parents often become as
thoroughly infected with the exciting
rivalries of the contest as the pupils,
and being even more conscious of its
xu ui-x 11 v viiue, l 1 1 1- v Kive nits WUIK 1
- cordial and consistent co-operation.
Thus the influences of the work per
meate the entire school community
and give promise of permanent results
in the improvement of agricultural and
industrial effort.
The Boys' and Girls' Industrial Club
Work is now a recognized extension ac
tivity of the various agricultural cbl-"
leges and the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. In 33 states in
the northern and western part of the
: country it enrolls, in the activities
of 32 projects. 127,882 boys and girls.
The work is directed by 11,478 County
Superintendents, teachers, farmers,
bankers? housewives, county advisers,
institute workers and local leaders. In
Oregon, nearly 2000 boys and girls in
21 counties have actually entered upon
the' work of one or more of the 14
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-Groap of Indoxtrlfil Clnb Member. Chiefly County and State Prlxe 'Winner. In Attendance at Summer School. Oreeoa Acrlcoltural Colleare. 1918.
State Leaden at Kittaer End of Group. S Arthur Crone, of Umatilla County. With Ilia Pet l'K. He ' Flrnt Plaee In Ilia County and Second in
State. 3 Ceeii Thompnon. of Ontario. Maiheur County. State Champion in Oardeoingr Projeet. and a Part of HI Ciardea. He won Klntt 'at Both
County and State Kaira. 4 Earl Cooley. of Pollc County. Twice State Winner of the Dairy Herd Reeord-Keeplnax Champloaahlp. and Hin Ayrshire
Cow. B Jele Harrlngrton. oC Salem, In the Sewing Projeet. In Xhia Work-the Girl Complete Ten Lcbmm Prepared by Orearon A;rleultural College.
projects -offered here, and. nearly 1000
have completed the year's work.
Thework of these club members la
no toy performance. 'It is life-sized
work by junior workers in the great
productive industries. Figures recent
ly issued by the States Relation Serv
ice show that the club winners have
majde remarkably high records in many
states, with proportionately high
profits.
In the potato club work, for Instance,
11 state champions made an average
yield of 483.10 bushels an acre, at an
average cost of $82.35, and with an
average, profit of $242.84.
In the home garden and canning
club work 10 state champions grew an
average of 2031 pounds of vegetables
to each one-tenth of an acre, at an
average cost of $40.64, and with an av
erage profit of $85.12.
In' the home-canning work three
state champions' canning average was
215 quarts of food products, with a to
tal cost of $22.47 and an average profit
of $85.12. These products sold at high
prices, due. to their exceptional quality
as home-canned products.
The 14 different projects carried
on by Oregon boys and girls during the
past year includes: Corn growing, pota
to growing, gardening, poultry raising,
pork production, dairy herd record
keeping, seed-grain selection, fruit
raising, handicraft, baking, sewing,
canning, rural home beautif ication and
agricultural club (advanced). .
The work is handled through the
schools, where clubs are organized by
representatives of the State Depart
ment of Education. After the clubs
are organized and enrollment cards are
sent to the college, instructions on the
work, prepared by specialists, are sent
direct to the club members for the par
ticular project Jn which they may be
enrolled. " .
Complete Record Kept.
Each member, working under an
adult club leader, is required to keep
a complete record of all work done, the
f2 ; it. I
M fin V rrkx' I U
Wh" , , ,
training and experience acquired
doing the work under direction.
different enterprising business men
of Portland have offered as first prize
in the state, to be awarded at the State
Fair, to the winner of each of the above
projects, a scholarship to the Summer
School for Boys and Girls, which is
held each year at the college. In addi
tion to this scholarship prize, the State
Fair board has set aside a sum of
money for cash prizes for all exhibits
by club members at the State Fair. The
board is also conducting a school camp
for the club members in each county
two boys and two girls who make the
best score on club work. This school
camp is under the auspices of the
State Department of Education. More
than 90 boys and girls attended last
September.
Tralninar I Valuable.
Many of the projects are non-profit
producing, as far as dollars and cents
are concerned: such, for instance, as
the baking, sewing, handicraft, rural
home beautif ication, and herd record
keeping. But the training and experi
ence the boys and girls receive by,
doing the work of any of these proj
ects means much tor their life work.
Other projects, such as the corn grow
ing, gardening, canning, etc.. can eas
ily be made to produce profit to the
club worker.
Out of 819 reports so far received by
II. C. Seymour, state leader, the club
members report a valuation on all proj
ects, including those not directly pro
ductive of profit, of $11,446. All re
ports have not yet been received.
The history of some of the prize
winners, especially those of Jackson
County, is interesting reading. Their
struggles and reverses, their splendid
bursts of effort in a crisisC and their
wholesome pride in their achievements,
are all characteristic of the spirit of
the pioneer. Such instances of toil
against discouragements, such careful
and suctaind keeping of records, and
such cheerful emulation in an honest
race for distinction as are exhibited by
many of these young contestants, is
evidence of the stuff that community,
builders are made of.
While the happy winner of a con
test rejoices in the noveltylof the trio
to the mystical Crater Lake or trio
magic city at the State Capital, the
others, who strove worthily in the
race, are not cast down nor without
reward: for their gardens and their
cornfields, their feathered friends, their
cows, and their sleek and rounded
porkers, their handiwork at the bench,
the canning counter, or in the sewing
room, these are solid possessions, cre
ated out of work, built on honor, addi
tions to the sums of hunian good.
Some day. when the fruition of this
industrial work with children in the
j.uhlio schols has grown into a man's
work and a woman s work, when The
time devoted to the work, the cost of
labor, material, etc.. and the final re
sults as to the total valuation, profit,
or loss." This report i.x filed with the
state leader at the Oregon Agricultural
College, who reads and grades it.
Cl6b members are required to make home and the school lean trieir heads
an exhibit at local, county, and state together in a common and loving pur
fairs, where prizes are offered, al- pose, then will the earth sive its
though it is impressed on all club treasures and the home be a place of
members that the greatest prize is tit" thrift and truth and joy.
DEVELOPMENT OF OREGON AIM OF BUREAU
Definite Policy Decided Upon to Aid All Sections and to Attract and Assist Settlers Co-operation of Various
Interests to Be Urged Railroads to Help Movement.
ment to see if mint would grow in this
state, has compiled statistics showing '
that 145 acres in Linn County were
used in mint culture last year. This
acreage is distributed into several dif
ferent tracts. Most of it. however, is
on Santiam River bottom land, east of
Albany ami north of Lebanon.
According to data compiled by Mr.
Wallace other counties have mint
acreage as follows: Marion. 11S acres,
consisting of a 50-acre tract near Tal
bot, on the Oregon Electric, Just across
the Santiam River; 40 acres near Ger
vais and 23 acres near Woodburn; Co
lumbia. 30 acres. near Clatskanie;
Lane, 20 acres, near Eugene: Polk, J
acres, nenr Dallas: Benton, five acres.
near Corvallis. The growing of mint
was started in Lane County about the
same time it was in Linn. In the other
counties it was taken up later.
The growth of the industry in Linn
County is typical of the progress of
mint growing in Oregn in the paft
and probably in the coming years. In
1!12 some mint root. were planted as
an experiment to see if a satisfactory
yield could be obtained in this climate.
Results were satisfactory. In 1913 four
acres of mint were planted. The next
year the amount grew to 12 acres. In
1915 the total acreage in Linn County
was 41 H acres, and this last year more
than 10O acres additional were devoted
to mint culture.
(Plan of Oregon Development Bureau, of
which H. LI Corbett is Chairman.)
DEVELOPMENT of the rural terri
tory tributary to Portland at all
times has been held the largest
opportunity for increase of the popu
lation that may be seized upon for
either city or state. Immediately be
hind Portland are all of Qregon, South
western and Southern' Washington and
Southern Idaho, all to be reached on
lower rates between producing point
and tidewater than may be had to or
from any other tidewater point.
This is an area that approximates
155,000 square miles. It has producing
possibilities that would support many
millions of agricultural population.
The same area has the greatest stand
of commercial timber to be found in
any like section of the whole world;
the greatest undeveloped water power
that is to be found in a like area any
where, and has combinations of climate
nd soil that favor production in a
measure that, is at least rarely equaled
in any part of the world.
Larger Population Sought.
Naturally population of this area
must be regarded as a possible wealth
creating power of the first magnitude.
In past years efforts have been made
to accomplish the desired end by ex
tensive advertising. Growth has not
.been at all what was . expected. In
view of the many advantages here for
a. large population to live and prosper,
and in view of 'the relative position
we occupy, it has been a profound
etudy with Portland and Oregon as to
what should be done to develop the
. country.
The theory being followed by the
Oregon Development Bureau in its
present work is somewhat of a depart-
; ure from past lines of effort. ' It be
lieves that mere advertising will not
accomplish the results sought. It does
believe, however, that if the powers
the state, the city and the railway
( companies may marshal can be con-
centrated upon specific problems
throughout the state that in due course
of time it will be possible to settle
this enormous region with a population
; not even now deemed possible.
In approaching the work the Bureau
is guided by what, in its Judgment,
was the chief difficulty preventing a
more rapid settlement in the past. The
producer seems to hafe been strug
gling with an inadequate market. He
also has been laboring with conditions
confronting people placed in a new
environment without proper guidance
as to how he could acquire his land,
cultivate it and get into the existing
market system. In ether words, the
effort of the past has been to get the
man here on the assumption that, once
here, he would make good, and that
.no effort in his behalf would ever be
needed after he was brought to the
region.
Xeweoiners to lie Aided.
This, in the judgment of the Bureau,
was clearly a mistake. There must be
a much more thorough and comprehen-
sive system evolved; people must not
. only be attracted to the opportunities
this region presents, but they must be
aided and guided in many stages of
their work thereafter. There also must
be evident a vastly stronger com
munity sentiment for getting markets
and organizing a system to attract
from the sparsely settled sections of
the state products which, so far, have
barely known the channels of com
merce, and, above all this, there must
be a united community in the matter
of extending the market for every
thing that the region produces; of co
operating for the most favorable com
bination of conditions that will permit
producers to reach these markets.
It is felt that the state, rural as well
as city, must be taught the elementary
importance of a more extended trade;
of the necessity of getting into ejrery
market that can be reached, and of
doing all that is possible to get to the
most distant consumers that transpor
tation charges will permit our people
to supply.
The procedure adopted by the Oregon
Development Bureau of the Chamber
of Commerce under the new order'will
be known as a specific project line of
work. Instead of advertising general
ities. It intends to take up specific
opportunities wherevea favorable ones
may be developed. The staff of this
Bureau will be required to investigate
these with the utmost care in con
ference with all of the local people
who are best informed on the subject.
Then there will be brought into the
study the transportation interests, the
merchants and the financial interests
of the city.
Community Co-operation Urged.
When, out of this conference, develops
what is declared a feasible plan of
procedure, something approved by the
best business judgment that can be
reached, the. Bureau then will under
take to fight for the issue by appeal
ing to all elements of the region that
should be interested, as well as all
interests outside that will benefit by
the work. It will be the policy to
stick to that work until it is finished,
no matter what the time required. A
group of public-spirited men, repre
senting both the country and the city,
will' be asked to take charge and not
to relax in the effort until they feel
that the main points are carried. The
scope of this work as planned will
cover anything that will develop the
region tributary to this port. Whether
it is a logged-off Jand problem, drain
age, arid-lahd irrigation, the dairy in
dustry, fruit packing, producing live
stock flax, corn, or anything else that
gives stability and strength to the
country, it will be the purpose to try
to find some way of helping the cause
by direct help to the people who are
on the land, or who are invited to go
there.
In determining the elements of
strength that .shall be enlisted to solve
these problems, the Oregon Develop
ment Bureau recognizes a three-cornered
partnership. The producer on
the land, of course, must be consid
ered first because his interest is pri
mary and of the greatest proportion.
The transportation company that en
ables the product to get to the market
must come next, and in appr6aching
all of this work it will be the policy
of the Bureau to takethe transporta
tion interests completely into the
partnership and invite their fullest
co-operation. The city, with its- mer
chandising and financing power, is the
third partner in the enterprise, and it
is felt that its duty in the premises is
absolute and imperative. The city is
trained in merchandising and financing
and can give a guidance and help in
this work which the country, with its
less experience in these particular
lines, can never accomplish.
Unity of Interest Aim.
The Bureau believes that, by uniting
these three elements in an harmonious
plan, in which all sides fully under
stand the interests and purposes of the
other, the best accomplishments that
niay ever be attained for the develop
ment of the rural region back of this
port may be realized. -
All the members of the Oregon De
velopment Bureau's managing commit
tee know that the work is a difficult
one. It is a procedure that will take
a long time to make effective in a
large measure. The matter of obtaining-
the co-operation of all interests
affected will be rather difficult, but
must be had. By maintaining theN
policy of absolute frankness and fair
ness, it is trusted that the time for
getting the work well launched will be
expedited and that the differences of
opinion that often bar progress will be
brushed aside in a common purpose to
get at great results.
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NEW CONCERNS ORGANIZED
In 1916 in Oregon 630 Companies Start Business Number of Corporations
of Record Now Is Nearly 10,000.
THE annual report of Corporation
Commissioner H. J. Schulderman
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1916. shows that there was a marked
reduction in the operating expenses of
the department the expenses being
$16,120.86, as against $19,961.77 for the
year preceding. This reduction has
been made without impairing the ef
ficiency of the office force or neglect
ing any service to the public at large.
The past year has also witnessed a de
cided Increase in the revenue of the
department.
The total receipts were:
From July 1. 1914. to June 30,
1IU5, the groBs receipts of the
department w?re $189,105.61
Gross rei-eipts for Juty 1,
to June ao, 1U16, both inclu
sive, were 109.356.70
Increase In receipts over 1915. .$ 10,251.09
Of the gross receipts for the past
year, $52,230.24 was paid by foreign
corporations as entrance and license
fees. In addition to this amount, for
eign corporations paid to this state
large sums for certified copies of pa
pers, records and other services.
The total disbursments were:
From July 1. 1914, to June 30. 1915.
the opei&ting expenses of the de
partment totaled $19,961.77
Disbursements for operating ex
penses , rom July 1. 1915, to June
30, 191tt. both Inclusive, were.. 16.120.86
Savins in operating expenses over
1915 3.840.91
During the past year the operating
expense of the department has been
8.1 per cent of its revenue received.
Net ain to State.
Amount turned into the general
fund of the state- from July 1,
1914. to June SO. I!tl5 $169,143.84
Amount paid to the State Treas- .
urer to be used by the state for
other purposes trom July 1.
During the same period of time 678
were dissolved, either by their own act
or by proclamation of the Governor.
At the close of business June 30, 1915,
there were of record 9326 domestic cor
porations, thus leaving a total of 9291
domestic corporations of record June
30, 1916.
The total corporations of record are:
Domestic corporations of record June
::. luio 92B1
Foreign corporations of record June
30. 1916 658
Total number of corporations of rec
ord, June 30, 1UIU 9949
From July 1, 1915, to June 30. 1916,
44 corporations having an aggregate
authorized capitalization of $72,785,000
reduced this capitalization to $48,622,550
a total reduction of $24,162,450.
During the year 74 corporations filed
resolutions increasing their authorized
capital from an aggregate of $4,563,373
to $9.289,274 a total Increase of
$4,725,901.
Portland
Store -
Mint Growing Makes
Marked Headway
Culture of Plant for Commercial
Purpoae I Proving; Profitable to
I.lnn County Farmert.
183.235.84
. 14.002.n
.$ 10.251.09
3.840.91
1915. to June 30. 1916. .
Net gain over 1915.
Increase In receipts . .
Saving in expenditures
Net gain to state over 1915...$ 14.09200
Six hundred and thirty corporations
filed articles of incorporation with the
department and It that had been dis
solved were reinstated during the year.
AS the result of experiments in
Commercial mint growing by
some farmers residing east of Al
bany, four years ago, 301 acres in six
different counties were devoted to this
industry in Oregon the past year.
Though the progress which has been
made in the development of this indus
try in Oregon in four years is remark
able, it will probably be equaled this
year. Linn County's mint acreage will
be increased from 14 5 acres to at feast
300 acres in 1917. This is assured from
plans now being developed. It is prob
able similar proportionate gains will
be made in other Oregon counties
where the Industry has made a start-
E. B. Wallace, who resides eight
miles east of Albany and who was one
of the first men who made the experl-
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