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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1926)
'Salem K M AA. to be RMedicatedrm Most Modern Building- Resume of! Year's Work in Present Cramped Ciives Promise of Physical and Character T pares Favorably With Finest on Pacific Coast rai uarters Shows Possibilities of Field Opening With Occupancy of Structure Opposite Post Office Within Next Two Months Ideal Equipment mg on Scale Never Before Possible, While Dormitories and Lobbies Will Prove Center of Boys' and Young Men's Interest New Plant Com- taff Includes Men of Superior Training and Vision Formal Opening Will Inaugurate New Era of Service by local Y M. C. A. Organization ... By CHARLES J. LISLE IT has been & keen and costly disappointment that the Salem , Y.M.C.A. could not more Into ita splendid new building with the f Irst of 4he year. It has been like a penniless,' hungry man standing outsMn a banquet door, hearing theT "nnd of the feast and snif , fin ft, he odors of roast goose, mint J pi and at that being shut away by a scowling guard and an iron grating. But .soon the new "Y" will be opened; just as the job the hungry rn&o in just going to get will bring him the price for the finest dinner ever cooked;, .and then there will be given, the imitation of a man getting all the good that jone man can possibly stand and lire through it. The- year ha been a hard one for the Salem Y:' "thft new buiid- main kitchen. This kitchen is to hare gag an dielectric and steam heat, and the cook who couldn't create a prize banquet there should be ' shot 1 on sight for it has everything that a good kitch en should .have. : The dining room, however, is never to be opened as a commercial proposition; its function is solely that of fraternity and fellowship, and its meals are favors and not business. , At the back of the main floor. opens the gymnasium, the pride ot: Ihe whole institution. The floor is 50x80 feet, with 24-foot ceiling. It is to be niaple-floor'ed. and there is an. upper gallery on three sides, that will seat several hundred spectators. Dob Board man, physical director, has his office where he can look out over the floor at any moment and sup ervise all activities. The big room is wonderfully well lighted, from ON THE McKENZIE RIVER HIGHWAY 1 r I ft I ) lng ha overshadowed everything! three sides; and the electric light ewe. it nas iaen toe time or nR service will be excentionallv . the working force; it has taken good. The physical director has the even from the eager la oh and I a well equipped office for Dhysfcal men who have watched the laying I examinations, wfatre a - careful of , every brick with a Jealous, ap- study can be made of individual , praising eye, wondering now soon needs, especially for cases of ar It could be nmsbed-for use. now J rested development or Vhero cor- can a fellow play ball or swim or j rectlvo exercises must be pre. do anything, even study, when, he scribed. has visions of this wonderful newj There are 13 dormitory rooms palace s of ' delight, this 5 body-1 on the second floor, and 27 on building hospital, this soul-satls-1 tho top floor. Making a total of lying source : or higb , ambitions, 40 rooms.! These are light and this home of the gang where they alf with roomy clothes closets gang together in' the light for the ana there are showers and toilets better thing3 of life? Answer Is, on eacn floor. A home In one of be cant do anything at his best, 1 these rooms will have almost until the new home is finished: j everything but mother's cooking which It will be, within the next! and clothes-patching and loving two months.' scold' to make it seem like really .Then the new T program will home, go forward with a bang. I on the third floor Is the auxi- It's really a wonderful building. Hary gymnasium and two cloned, A T building is much like a home: four-wall handball courts.' The auxiliary gym contains two open I courts, or. can be used for any i other sort of game or apparatus must be hotel, gymnasium, club I use that may bo required such as house, home. It doesn't Just grow; boXhnr wrestling and basketball It haa to be planned like a chrono- Dra(.tif as eit to be a necessity. meter, to make It come out right, jn order to accommodate so many They've planned this Salem Y I special groups as the Salem Y according ta the very, last . word I serves. 1 ' of utility, i National officers say po- au time the whole asso- that there Is not anywhere in the elation has .necessarily spent on United States its equal, size andtho new building: the year's work community considered ..along with J ad been full of good things for Its careful utilization of its space, the present. A wonderful program That's covering a lot of territory: of helnful activities has been car- Indeed. that is the most active ried on for every ciass Df y pat and. important part of the Y. M. ron9: men. women, children. The C. "A. world. I curtailment in the partial rebuild- The boys and men'a depart-1 inK of tne 0a Quarters has era mo ments are practically twins in Uii ven more than usual the ;Y Size and Importance and appoint- facilities that for years have been ments,' ' Both wi have yawning j taxed beyond their capacity, and fireplaces where log fires will I ,-. ti,. iro rui nn with "" it crackle' aIdW In"coor"or cold grin aeatner; tnough tne buildings isi . hoxine class has been tin A ' X - f: ' :vL 'V l must have a soul of understand I V -"f Inff- It must meet the needs o T(Sm wide diversity of Interests; ..... c . ... . t. of it jr. . u.ifm-- ' .innm-rir" la i' "' 11 11 1 tSSS&iMttmm..rmti I 1 BAGYGHlCK SEASON PH0MSM6 ill Fires in Mammoth incuba tors Will Be Lighted To morrow at Hatchery m n 11 f n M ti aV fimst ctsilsl . aaim I mercial use, and embody many exclusive features not found In any other incubator made. Tho Smith las the first incu bator to use th principle of "room incubation" with tho forced air draught. By this method an entire room 10 feet by 13 feft is heated and epg trays placed in tiers along the walls. The Lloyd A. Lee Hatchery and Poultry Farm, under which name Mr. Lee operates his business, is founded upon knowledge gained through several years practical ex perience upon the largest poultry tarms in centers of production in California. Oregon and Washing' ton. . Beginning his hatching opera tions In the spring of 1!23 with a capacity of about 6,000 eggs every three weeks, Mr. Leo has developed his business by leaps nnd bounds. In 1924 he install.-d a Wishbone incuhator, then con sidered the height of perfection, thus increasing the plant capacity , CTIVITY for the baby chick season of 1926 is beginning at the big hatchery located two miles east of the folate hospital on the Fru-itland road and owned by Lloyd A. Lee. Fires will be started in the boiler January 2, 1926. and the two mammoth 47, 000 egg Incubators will begin their season's work of producing 200.000 baby chicks for the trade Mr. Lee has so successfully estab lished. Production of baby chicks on a large scale is a scientific prob-! to about 13.000 eggs lem. Old time hit and miss i bation with Its varying results high and low percentages ofiiority. in 1925 hatches and good, bad, and indif ferent chicks cannot be tolerated at a plant using over two tons of eggs per week. ' The best equipment money can buy Is to be found here. Two Mammoth Smith 4 7,000 egg capacity Incubators are used in the production of baby chicks. They are the largest incubators ?.lammoth Incubator was added tot horns. Bhode Island Iteds ' and the equipment, bringing the total ; capacity to tiVO00 eggs. The increase in business which enticed these corresponding in-i'r.-ases in capacity has continued. The older types of incubators have been removed. Last week the installation of the second Smith incubator was completed, thus bringing the total regg capac ity to 94.000 cegs every three weeks. More than 13,000 eggs will he used at a setting and there will be two settings per week during the season. This Is now the largest hatching plant, in the state excepting one and may truly be termed "Oregon's ''Most Modern Hatchery." Mr. Lee specializes in the sale of day-old baby chicks and will this season be able to supply to his trade 16 varieties, such as Black Minorca. White Minorca. Jersey Black CJ iants. Light Bralw Barred Rocks. Last year Mr. Iee sold several thousand White : Leghorn pullets and he is now receiving inquir'e for 192S pullets, some coining from as far as Honolulu. Hawaii.. Through' custom hatching Mr. Lee has always madn available to the public the advantages of bis modern eititnmrnt. Many farm ers and small poultrymen have realized the economy of. custom hatching and discarded Jhelr own small incubator. They find that by.'. thia 'method they can secure the deslrd number of chicks from their own hens a1 one time with out the worry attendant to in cubating in less rellah'omachlnes. Mr. Lee says the outlook for tiio coming season is brighter than' lever, and that from present Indi cations his plant will, be taxed to i its full capacitf'Co keep up with ihe growing business. ' mas. White Wyandotte. Ancona, Brown Leghorn. Black Leghorn. Buff Leghorn, White- Bocks and Mike Stelnbock wrecked lh flrt car torn down in Salem, sev- incu-j But advances in design having many othpr including all or the; en years ago. It was an old ts of! proved their success and super- more common varieties. Most of i White Steamer, belonging to the the first .Smith, the chicks sold are White Leg-'Albert family. ' ; 2-, : , r . . -- . . .r- Gr sible to run two series at any or (This same organization will con team heated .throughout. One especially well patronized this general office serves both depart- year. u s t,y pob Boardman jjneuti. . jle knowiKa whole newspaper-full , Downstairs is the heating plant.- of tbe great athletes of the world; the locker rooms,.store rooms, and boxers' like Georges Carpentier. boys' club room. This last has football player's like Jim Thorpe V fine cobblestone fireplace, and .rainst whom he used to play. 'l-Vl J' l:!urfet kKck1 where small Well tna Saiem candidates for I 7 12 Croups , can be served a wiener beUer; bodies and faster-working rV roasti a . chafing-dish party, a brains flock into Bob like iron H? niInce-ple-and-cofree banquet, or fllinr nArk to - macnet. Fred . .'... ji I any sman. group not. excwa.og nlelgen president of the Rotary DOUt 9 memoers.. u m is nui ciub; Qeheral White, head of the one of the most popular nooks In Oregon Guatl; and Judges and ,the .whole place, there's nothing preachers and merchants and in ntsns. Tins, nowever, is not otherg aiid reai boxers like Fire- exciusiveiy ooy piwpenjr, ii. mj (man Bill Hunt, Shadow Gretz, ana be - opened to a.ny. group., or ,;x ; friends, from a " convention of governors down to a gang of news' Jiboya.' , It promises to be a cross- section of the whole life ofjore gon. in its cosmopolitan hospital Jty. Phil' Bayes. It's a cosmopolitan group, with one object a good time, and better health. They get both, at their Tuesday and Thurs day noon classes.' The nubile sneakine class was carried onj again this winter, and Back of the main lobbies on the nowhere 48e ,n Oregon is there lower floor Is the great pool. The word "Great" Is advisedly used: for- it , Is one of the finest pools 'east or west. It will be Uled In corrugated, non-slip tiling, laid In attractive designs. A specta lorsV eallerv will surround It. so that swimmjng can be as much a sport for the dont-go-near-the water devotes as for the fish-like swimmer himself. The pool will be full standard size for racing, and records here will be authentic for national consideration. . ' Tho international -Y hoard re- .rmnmended .that the local poo should have one 48-Inch power filter: . tho homa . hoard looking V 'Itttolhe future, bought, and in IV stalled two 56-inch filters, with four -times the capacity required. .These filters will circulate 350.000 gallons of clean; pure water every dayr and a bath there is better than in one's own tub at home for the y Vknows" that It's ab solutely pure and the home does n't. . ' . ; ' ' , i Locker and "Kansas City Sys ; temr for clothing will be provided ;for 1600 persons; so that that 5 many can be accommodated .'f regular house patrons. Any larger ! number of course can be served byjbe pool, and there are ad- equate dressing rooms for a real :army- An exceptional lot of showers will "be provided." so lhaf ail can be served who Ah not wish to use the pool. The showers are " set. in fine tiled rooms, with sep arate departments for the Juniors and the grown-ups. , - t ture-diniag room"., .and the main kitchen. The lecture room Is sup- niied with three sets of folding doors, so that It can be made to an v size from an audience room seating several hundred, to little alcoves " for gronps of a dozen or a- core, and all can be reached r v.fe hall smi:3 from the the' general, speaking , ability in dinner clubs - and in private groups that has been, developed in Salem. These speaking classes hare taken a host of the bash fullest, stammering the wall flowers, ; and made them into strong, self-reliant speakers who are about to think on their feet and tell a consecutive story with out shaming, themselves or their friends. Salem As doing better business in a hundred lines of business, because of these 'classes. The business men's gym classes. on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri days, have been well attended; better, perhaps, than ever before. Many have waited for the new gym; but the old place has gone right on building up better men without waiting for the maybe-so future. No man who has taken part In the classes this year, would trade what, he has gained for any price. They've been belter fath ers, husbands, citizens, for alt they have done , in the Y. - The big boys camp at Neskowin was one of the outstanding juniors Jobs of the year, ,50 boys were In attendance. The summer Is the dangerous time for -boys, when there is' no organized, supervised work or play; the Y camp takes the lads at this critical time, and gives - them . an Ideal - work-and-play outing just wien theyneed It most This year's;, camp was especially well attended and prof itable. $ " " i -; ' ' t It has not been possible to caVry on the big com mercial basketball league 'urogram this, winter, be cause of the cramped quarters In the old building; and the, new one will not be ready In time." This league has been a great hit of other years, and It Is to be resum ed in the pew gym, with facilities to ereatly extend its setope. With the auxiliary eym. It will be pos all times, and make the building fit any kind of schedule. This winter, five of the Salem Y students have taken new jobs as Y j secretaries In other towns. They are Lloyd Waltz, high school boys secretary at Spokane, and Everett Hiday. boys assistant at the same place; Paul Sherwood, boys' iwork secretary at Los An geles ; Joe ": Nee, dormitory secre tary at Portland t Wilson Vincent, 'high school boys' secretary at Ber keley.! All are making good in a notable waj, showing the effect of the Salem Y course given through Willamette university: This year, 28 young men are taking this course, and., three groups of club leaders have been formed, to take up the work for men, for senior boys and for juniors. , A really wonderful corps of workers has been developed; to carry ion the traditions of the help ful past. They will be available for a! year or two in the Salem Y, and then will pass on to other larger fields, leaving the places to be filled by other consecrated young men who are willing to help boys and .men to a higher plane of citizenship through Y ideals The Salem HI-Y club this j-ear has been especially active and strong. This group of high school leaders: pledged to' the Y ideals In sport and in study and in so ciety.i has had a good effect' on all school work, here and wherever it is introduced. The Salem, group has been delightfully interesting and progressive. The Salem boys' --chorus has been essentially a Y group; and U classed as one of the major activities of the local association. Knou'gh men and young men have Joined in the movement, to encourage the smaller boys to keen rivalry for places in the chorus, and It has been a delight for parents and patrons all over the ciltyj The chorus' will 'give several concerts this winter) to show what they have been able to accomplish under Director Epleyj ! During the past summer, ! the Salerfi Y-federal employment bu ... . I I ' I.L.. ' Jwj'AO . 11 tinue in the new building, with the addition of E. A. Beach as building superintendent. It's been a hard year; the fin ancial campaign, the tearing up of the old quarters for rebuilding even before the new quarters could be made ready; the anxiety and vast amount of supervisory work necessary to keep the new con struction going, and to keep up interest under tho diminishing facilities and space of the old location. But It's" almost over. The new V will soon be finished; and the whole community will be able to Pee and judge how good is its in vestment in really adequate facili ties for the bet friend a boy ever; had. Better boys, better men. ! happier women and childre'n in the I homes, less police need, safer property, cleaner morals they all follow in the wake of the better Y. Salem has been one of the social wonders of the west, in its freedom from the flood of crime that has deluged the country. The old Y. with its appeal to men and boys to make and keep their city clean, is one of the b'g reasons. There is no place here to harbor crime and make it respectable; the Y must be credited with a first place in establishing this atmo sphere. As such, ft is a million dollar investment and it hasn't cost a tithe that much! It's a tremendous bargain; like irtiylng gold dollars for nickles. Stradivarius violins for the price of horse fiddles of Michelaneelo painting for the price of barn-door daubs. BABY CHICKS That Live, Lay and Pay 16 VARIETIES White Leghorns, R. I. Reds, Barred Rocks,, White Rocks, Black Minorcas, White Minorcas, Tito of ThcsV 47.ooo-K.rg incubnto Ariconas, Brown Leghorns, Jersey Giants, and M f - V . iicip r others. i CUSTOM HATCHING OUR PRICES ARE LOW Has always been a specialty. With our enouglr to assure economy, yet economical service available you cannot high enough to include the de afford to operate a small incubator. sired quality. Lloyd A. Lee Hatchery and Poultry Farm Phone 32F21 Route 6, Box 115, Salem, Oregon : Visitors Welcome Any Day Except Sunday Jleniber reau l found jobs for, 6,498, appli cants men," women, children This iwork is done without a pen ny, being paid In fees, by Ither worker or employer.: just ! how much good it does any jobless man to find a friend who will stake him to a job and do it with smile and not charge him a heavy fee, only the jobless man can tell. Certainly these 6,498 workers havej cause to think of the Y as their! bet friend. And as a public utility., ft. Is above price; for',, It finds! workers to save crops that would otherwise be lost, with no suchjvlabor exchange ready to serve. The work is . to he.! con tinued though probably not In the new Y: building; .the shortage of funds, made, it Impossible to put Into even the big new building all the fine things that Y wanted. ;But the work will go onv serving more people every year. The working, corps for the Y consists of Claude A. Kells,; gen eral (secretary; R. R.' Boardman, physical director; JL B. Crary, boys' secretary; Mrs. Blanche Al len, cashier; and S. Phillips, em ployment director.- Several Wil lamette university young men hold responsible" department director ates, and are doing efficient' work. mi i m (-,' itt-wtiii-iiit m tis' v I"! i't'f ts " ; Nt.11! ill: (en ( I (1 Ti; lV N IM W-id,' ' JIM M. YADA, President ROY K. FUKUDA, Secretary RONALD JONES, Sales Manager TOJU NAKADA, Treasurer MI KBOWS J CLnJ 1 nJ LjiJ Ji Growers and Shippers of MEADOW BRAND BROOKS, OREGON CELERY There are now 32 members of the Union. Growers of all nationalities are solicited; and weir corned as members. Membership shares are divided in proportion to acreage cultivated Meadow Brand Celery is grown and packed under: strict rule& of treatment and inspection, and it is guaranteed to be the choicest of its various grades shipped to the markets of this country. It represents the skill and experience of. the largest association of celery growers in Oregon, with;-' a constantly increasing output produced and shipped by men who make he business a life work and study, j The total output was in 1 923 abou t 1 00 cars; in 1 924 it was over 225 cars; in 1 925 300 cars, arid a larger number the coming year. The excellence of the first grade of this brand of celery isj attested by the fact that it sells for $ 1 a crate, or S 160 to $180 a car, above the price of celery of the same grade grown in California. ; . -; . ' - ' ' . . I 4 ;vui 'til i..fcf5 m ,f w. h i u tt , K t M M ,M VHlft . 'Hthf t 0ii tN h.l W' ' A ,-ft , ufi ( I14 ,11 l W1'!"1!!'1! iW IW i t "91ft tfiH- ttJft4. I m ifr ,4-" 'at .'iiMitt-Wf.-i A' ftJ (ft. i