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Wr.L. Flower
Entered as second class ujatter.Dec. 12, 1912 at the' post oifice at
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Richland Oregon, under
Cards of Thanks jind Resolutions.05 per line.
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'EICHLAND,
ORB., THURSDAY.
THE RED SCHOOLHOUSE
"TjR. Ward, Pastor of the
IH Presbvterian Church at
Halfway in last weeks Pine
Valley Herald, Rives voice to an
almost universal feeling of unsat
ipfaction at the inability of the
comtry school to cope with pres
ent day economic conditions as
applied to. the every day task of
securing- the wherewithall for an
honest living.
; We perfectly .agree with Dr.
Ward in his idea of centralizing
schools, while both in Richland
and New Bridge, we of Eagle are
blessed with modern schools, we
feel, that much more could be
done if by co-operation, these
two schools could be-brought, to
cover the entireallex,.byiasys
' teErof "lientraiization, brought
f- afr-nit by transporting the child
i Vn to schools, thus assuring a
; ' 7 . and more efficient corps
. ..-tractors in both instances.
! Valley also has a good
Hi: School, though through lack
of proper co-operation it still re
ma'" t unhoused, occupying at
prts. nt, the upper story of the
Grammar school. High- School,
with its broadened scope of edur
cation, needs more facilities fo
the same. At the present .time
one may .study practically .all, the
requisite studies, for; lenterine
business, professional life, but for
the greatest businessi of all, that
of the farmer, there is not a sem
blance of a helpful t study. This
is1 not so for several -reasons.
First: There is not ther, proper
'facilities for teaching scientific
farming. Second: The average
hifeh school professor with his
high standard of academic train
ing is not a fitting instructor in
ffbns line of endeavor, he is not a
practical farmer; and you might
& well expect -one who is incapa-
f"le of reading orwriting, to teach
ae classics, as one who 13 not a
ractical farmer, to instruct farm
boys in a study in- which, by dinfc
of hard labor, they have acquired
a knowledge thafi would more fit
s vtbem to instruct the teacher,
tSajjlko be instructed by; him.
' 'W.hfin it becomes' possible, to
jWBploT practical farmer's as well
':'j?!cticl businof8 men Aijd
i7or
act ofMarch 3, lbjiw. .
. .75
FREE
SEPT. 24 1914. VOL, 2, NO. -15
professors Jof languages, as in
structors in ourlschools, then will
the problem of the farm boy as
the farmers successor, be solved
and not until then.- -.
fvcr: 3
I callates that if an swerage
feller would look c!os2 at him
self, he would see the same fault
. - ...
er croppm out, he war blamin
the other fel.er for.
I recon as how a bird you hev,
shot and got sizzlin in the pan -is
worth twenty or more that you
shot at and missed.
'A leetle child shall.lead them
sez the;gdod book, yet how of
ten tiz the ease that bhildish in
spiration; is cut short by an un
timely reminder that they must
not cress their elders.
Say, if everyone really knew
what they really think they d,
wouldn't the worlds brains make
a terrific weight.
notei nosers
First Street Near Washington
Baker, Oregon
ik first class Hotel at amoder
ate price. Special Rates to Ea
gle apd Jine Valley people.
J. B. ROGERS, Prop.
60 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
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When Your Children
ROMP and PLAY
HEALTHY children are hard on srjoes. But
karo cheaper than doctors' bills, and for unselfish
ons we sincere y hope your shoe
doctor's bills.
But we started to tell you about thea.; now "Toss and Ted''
School Shoes. These shoes for boys an cl girls are something
now in the history of shoemaking.
Heretofore children's shoes have been mostly heavy, clum
sy affairs. They were made to ,ro3i Jt wear.', Thd lighter
weight "dress" shoes woro out in ,a hu'rry-rcouUlnU st,'nd
the w.ear to which they would be subjected by a good healthy
young American. .
Folks, never thought of the ill-comfort sometimes suffer
ingthey caused th-i young folks by cramping their feet in
ill-fitting, clumsy shoes. And few of us knew until lately
that nearly all the foot troubles in later years wore due to
just such shoes worn in youth.
Put Their Feet in Comfortable
"Tessand led,r Shoes' ,
These new shoes are the result of years of experiments.
They are not Ciimsy they are light, pretty, oven dainty,
yet they vea- longer than the out-of-date clumsy things.
Thats first of al- because they are made of honest atorjals,
and because the men who make them know how to so equal
ly devide the strain that each pair will give the greatest pos
sible amount of service. ,
We tell you they are up-to-datei scientific school shoes.
There are cheaper shoes, we know, but jf you.'ll buy "Tess
and Ted" School Shoes for all your children - and do ,it
for a whole year we know you'll decrease. your, sjiop
bul. Let us prove it to you. Prices range according to
siz from
$2.00 to $3.50
"Tess and Ted" School Shoes are members of thi
"Star Brand" Family
4
Star Brand Shoes Are Better"
SAUNDERS
3 1
no
Local Paper a'
Most
Useful
Arfoncy on the Farni The Ptkts,
Pulpit and School a Trinity of
Influence That Must Be
Utilized In Building
Agriculture.
By Peter Radford.
Lecturer National Farmcra' Union,
(A broad campaign of publicity on
tlip subject of rural life 1b needed in
tbls state today to bring the probksmB
of the farmers to the forefront. Tbo
city problems are blazonod upon tie
front pages of the metropolitan dall
lea and echoed in tho country prowl,
but the troubles of the farmers ars
seldom told, exoept by thou? 'vrho
.eek vj profit by the story, and tbo
glitter of the packago ofttimes ob
scures tho. substance. A searching In
vestigation into the needs of the
fanners will reveal many Inherent de
eots in our economic system that can
pe easily remedied when properly un
derstood and illuminated by the pow
er of the press. ,
The rural press, the pulpit an..ttie
school aro a trinity of powerful in
fuencas that 'Ilia farmer -murt utlllfca,
t-Jlilr fuJIeWt cajaelty tufor h K j
THE RURALPRESS
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I .... es . k i 1
shoes
reaa-
b!il3 are greater
than your
BROTHERS
occupy a Qommandliig posltlo'n in p'ublic
affairs. These gigantic agencies are
organized In every rural community
and only await tho patronago and co
operation of tho farmers to fully do
volon their energy and usefulness.
They aro local forces working for
the bent interests of their respective
communities. Their work is to build
and their object is to serve. Thoy
prosper only through the development
and prosperity of the community.
Every farmer in this state should
subscribe for tho local paper, as well
as form periodicals and such other
publications as ho may find profitable,
but he should, by all means, subscribe
for his local paper, and no home
should be without it. Tho local paper
in part of tho community llfo and the
odltor understands the farmer's prob
lems. It is tho local press that will
study the local problems and through
Us columns deal with subjects of most
vital Importance to local life of tho
community.
A Noble Task.
In 'fo'A'iiinj instances tho country
papers mimic ''t'fio ,pfty pross by giv
ing promlneuce'to tumndals, accidents
and political Dfrftution. Tho new ru
ral civilization han placed upon tho
rural proSs renewed responsibilities,
and enlarged possibilities for useful
ness. It cannot perform its mission
to agriculture by recording the frail
ties, the mishaps and Inordinate am
bitions of humanity, or by tiling its
columns with the echoes of the strug
-arttffev
'9 "WM
gles or busy streets, or by cncim'nUSK
ntorloB of city llfo which lure our
chlldron from tho farm.
U linn n higher nnd nobler task'
roo often tho pngon of tho city dallloo.
LrlRtlo Willi tho ntniRglo of nibltlouH
men In their wild lust for powor, nnd
many times tho flames of personal
conflict scar tho tender buds of now
civilisation nnd lllumlimto tho path
v ny to destruction. Tho rural proHs
Is the govt'rnlng powor of public nontl-.
mont mid must.. hold steadfast to
irincipio una uocp tho ship of ntato
In tho rondi.lcud or progress. Tho
rural pronn cut; host servo tho Inter
i .-Us or tho farmorH by applying Its
cnorglou to tho solution of problems
r .'footing tho local community, it
nusl stem tho mighty life ourront
that is moving rrom tho farm to tho
tltloH, swooping bororo it a thousand
toys and girls per day. It hun to deal
v Ith tho fundamental trobloms of
civilization nt their fount n bond. Its
mission Is to direct growth, loach nf
f cloncy nnd mold the Intellectual liro
c tho country, placing bororo tho pub
Uo.tho dully problems or tho formers
cifrt glylng first attention to tho log
l latlvo, cooporntlvo, educational nnd
innlal needs or tho agricultural classes
llhln Its respective community.
Tho Power of Advertising.
Tho influonco or advertising Is clear-.
1 visible In tho homos and habits or
I'.io rarmorn, rind tho advertising col
. nnn or. tho press are making their
I sprint upon tho lives i of our panplo.
T';o rarmar posaosfce. tho things that
f..o bent advertised.
The rnrmor Is. entitled to nil tho
r '.vantages nnd denorves nil the lux
. les or lire. Wo need rnoro art, scl-a-co
nnd useful facilities on tho
fi ruin, and mnuy homos nnd farms
(. '0 well Imlnucod In this respect, but
f-.a advertiser enn rendor a service
I..' teaching tho ndvantngon of modern
c ulpmont throughout tho columnn of
t' s rurul press.
Tho fnrmerB aro In need or porson
a! loadoruhln. Thnv bnvo iMilltlcal laud
cm, but thoy need local Industrial
CwTiimuuuy ami cuucnuonai leauors.
Tho rarmora problumn ore proaeln,.
f ,r solution nnd tho awakening la at
I. id.
ttln hppnrunt that the old credit
: lim must give way to business
i ...hods In flnnnclug tho crop.
'."ho Phi'Aidftlphia Socloty for Ihb'
I'i motion of Agrlculturo le tho oldest
wr:. jclatlon of Its kind In Anerlca.
T '.t wns organized by Ocorge Wash-
4r an and nMiau:In Fia;iKtl:i In 1765
finning is a business proposition
S! tlichr.'.ier Is the bluest buslneca
t.. In buolnueu. ,
Pon't forgot the faithful old friend
'.'.jo horso romuinber ho la prono to
umo tired ttu well as youruelf.
Hcrno or tho world's first gentlomon
ai- scholars and patriots were farm
c: and today somu ot the world'a beat
tl. ..ght is given to farming.
It la an admitted economic fact that
th. -o can bo no oermanoat prosperity
wl.hout a permanent agriculture.
An up-to-dato farmer must have aft.
ac ura to knowlodgo of today and
clear vision of tomorrow.
In this ago of advancement in agri
cultural sclenco thero is no excuso for
soil depletion to further monnco tlie
sation's prosperity,
Soil is not a dond, inert subiitnnco,
as many suppose. It is an aetlvo, vlrllo
forco, full of energy and powor and
tho farmer should know his soil if ho
would maintain its productiveness.
Agriculture Is recognized an tho
greatest of all Industries and u pros
perous, progresHivo and enlightened
agricultural population Is tho surest
safeguard pf civilization.
Charles Howell was a Baker
visitor Saturday.
J. W. Farley was in Baker lasb
week. 4,
W
Q B. Saunders attended the
County Fair.
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