Central Point star., June 13, 1930, Image 2

CENTRAL POINT STAR
Pablidhed by Mac’s Printing Co.»' Gold Hill, Oregon
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C. J. SHORB. Editor
An Independent Newspaper published in the Interests of
Central Point Oregon and vicinity__________
^PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Entered as second-class matter, October 26, 1928 at the
post office at Gold Hill. Oregon under the act of March 3,
1879.
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Subscription $2.00 year in advance. Ad rate on application
Office With Al Hermanson
AT L \ST
SWEET SUNSHINE
After a much delayed spring Oregon has once more
the pleasure of welcoming the pleasant sunshine which
usuallv manages to blend its radiance with the othei glories
A itln ir .S.nlvtl »» « ill'. 18 hut >,
of its wave-lapped shores and evergreen strewn mountains
lends iron 1> is sroui’tl tv« ami in 0>.
for a long time during the summer season.
Loa Angeles V M >' A. gymiut»iu >
i'g l' •> two-
It was but a few short days ago that many people were and can drive a »pike
inch plank with his hare hand.
cursing the “bloomin’ ” weather because the skies insisted
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upon making up for lost times of a former season and send­
ing down its blessed rains to cool the earth and make George, v.hoe only means of sup­
port was his rich fattier, was bciiu
more verdant its hills and valleys.
1 vvrything wenl well un­
But now, as it has ever been, people have trngotten married.
til the bridegroom had to rcent the
that just a week ago it rained. There is something myster­ words: “With all my worldw goods
ious about the Oregon summer. It comes so suddenly, so 1 Ihec endow.’’
splendidly that with its first days of warm summer breezes The congregation was then sturt-1
and pleasant sunshine one is ready to forget the many led to 1 car a moan from his father.
There goes his hi-'
weeks or months of cold and rain which might have passed “Gracious!
cycle.”
during the preceding months.
It is well that it is thus or else from those, who. by
all means, should relish these blessed summer days most,
'day egg p*o lucent are in much the
s u in e p o . i t jo lt as were the workers
our climate might receive many cruel remarks. After a |
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few seasons spent in western Oregon, even one who hails [
eut oeg.uiiziitinn of any ' iml. they
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graduate
of
the
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from a much colder climate is likely to lament against the j
are at the mercy of those to whom
V e t e r i n a r y C o lle g e , 1 8 9 2 . T h i r t y - s i x
weather even tho it is a very rare thing to see a snowman
y practice o n dts - t»cs ,,
l( ;. must ell. John Jones wi.h
p o u ltry . Canine n t m e
ten or twelve t'o/eit eggs to sell
in our valleys.
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a n d mock la is m g .
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teh wee!, mu: I lake them to the
With the coming of the sun, the closing of the
p o u lt r y b r e e d e r ,
a n d I c tu rc r.
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ncirt si nv r .el :unl accept ttie price
schools, the vanguard of the tourists past and the real
;Tfcred or tote them home ag dn.
crop moving in, Oregon will again enjoy a season of de­
A vvel: org mixed association ship­
velopment and industry. This summer many thousands
ping c , r |o r . ils of eggs each week
among poultry raisers. To be sure, suffer, no sum disadvantages.
of people are going to come to our state with the intent
there are some co-operative organi­
of making their home here. They are coming from the How About
With sufficiently large quantities
zations now working successfully in to really mean something, the asso­
mountains, plateaus, prairies and plains to Oregon to seek
several sections of the country, not­ ciation is in a position to seek out
a new home and new field of endeavor. 1 hey are coming
Unions For
ably in California and some of the
to a land where they can evade the drouths, the floods,
the most favorable markets, and
western states. The “(x>-
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shipments
into
the cyclones, the unbearable heat. They are coming to a
Egg Producers central
ops of Canada too. offer a notable
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markets
in
such
a
way
that
a higher
place where they can enjoy the comforts of mountain air,
example of wtiat cun be accom-
level of prices ran he main­
cool springs, refreshing salt sea breezes and beautifu Co-operative Marketing Which Has lished. Taking the whole situation average
tained than would otherwise he pos-
by
and
large,
however,
it
is
almost
wooded hills within a few hours drive of their home. All Proven Very Successful in Many
literally true that much has been I xihle. Collective bargaining, the fnc-
these things and more await the newcomer. Let us ac­ Other Businessej Has Many Ad­ said
about co-operative marketing, j lor that that has made possible the
present high wage levels for work­
claim him when he arrives. Oregon needs the new res­ vantages to Offer Poultry men.
but little done about it.
ers,
is also brought to the poultry-
ident. They need new factories and new money. We
To be sure, it is no simple prob­ man through co-ocrativc marketing.
Mark Twain once said of the
also offer many things to the homeseeker. We also offer weather, that everybody talks about lem to get a tiling of this kind start­ Other advantages no less impor­
much to the vacationist and the traveler. Let us become it but nobody does anything about ed. That very fact, however, is a tant, though not so often considered
Oregon-minded and learn to guard the interest of our it. Much the same things might be most excellent reason why some­ are the possibilities of standardising
state with its bountiful beauty spots and pleasant resorts. said about co-operative marketing thing should be started at once. To- and improving production methods,
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What a wonderful change a little paint will make.
Just as soon as Grants Pass repainted her ‘It’s the Climate
sign the weather changed. Perhaps Sec. Harvey of the
C. of C. of that city would explain it by saying that they
merely placed a new color on, the climate.
With the 1930 elections not uet past we begin to hear
rumblings of political disturbances in the distance. The
Democratic party or at least a portion of it is already
beginning to groom Senator Reed for the presidency. I hat
is at least a start but we fear that it is far too early
to place any candidate in the running for it gives the op­
position too much time to gnaw away at their political
underpinning/
*BRUC
When I was a small boy in the
country we had a good old neighbor
named Daniel Roe, wno owned a
cranberry meadow. He brought the
water for flooding his meadow thru
a deep ditch from a lake about a
quarter a mile away.
Half of every summer of his life
he spent digging out the dirt and
stone which had fallen into the
P1NKEY DINKEY
to future generations. All three
ditch.
We kids used to go over and watch have been torn down to make way
him dig. There was a big stone by for apartment buildings.
I talked with a clergyman who
the side of the ditch which was
shaped roughly like an arm chair had recently visited a city parish
There he would eat his lunch at where he had labored successfully
noon, and smoke his pipe. W’e called thirty years ago. That portion of
the city has now become a slum.
the stone Mr. Roe’s chair.
The old families have scattered to
In fullness of time he died. His the suburbs. The church is closed.
son sold the meadow and it was
“What is left,” he exclaims sadly,
abandoned. My father bought the "to show for all my labor ’
ditch, most of which ran through
I told him that people are left—
our woods, and every summer we the sons and daughters of the men
fill a little piece of it up with junk and women to whom his sermons
and garbage and cover it with dirt. were preached.
“Your hearers trained their child­
Last summer I walked through
the woods and stopped at Mr. Roe’s ren in righteousness,’’ I said, “anti
chair. Already the ditch is half des­ they will train their children.” ‘
W’e can’t fight change and it is
troyed. In five years more it will
well that we can’t. How dull life
be gone.
All his sweat and strain and back­ would be if everything were per­
ache for nothing. No truce of lus manent. How wonderful that each
new generation has the fun of tak­
life work left;
ing the world apart and putting it
In a New York club I talked with together agaip.
an eminent architect, who said that | The church may he
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the glorious days had vanished house torn down, the ditch filled
from his profession. The architects, j up. But Mr. Boe amt the a rc h ite c t
of Greece and Rome left monuments J and the preacher each built a monu­
that are eternal. The motfern ar­ ment in the lives of the people whom
chitect has no such hope. He him­ he served.
self had designed three houses in
We can do as much; and it is all
New York so magnificent that he that we can do.
expected them to carry his name
I’INKY LEARNS SOME ’RITHME TIC
twelve cents a dozen more for their
eggs than ttiey had ever been able
to get before.
Here are just a few examples of
what co-o|>eratlve marketing bus
done mid is doing for those engaged
in it. The poultrymen of this coun­
try must come to it utso, sooner or
later, If they ure ever to realise the
full profit that is right fully theirs.
This is un age of big business done
in a big way and we who live in this
age must full in line or wutch the
procession go marching on to a suc­
cess in which we cannot share. If
you are not big enough to get into
the procession single-handed, you
can combine your resources with
ollters like yourself anil ull march
together for the conunon good.
I do not mean Io imply that co­
operative marketing is a King-Cure
All for every ill the poultry business
is afflicted with; neither tlo I wish
to give ttie impression that a simple
club of poultrymen is enough. A
co-operative association must be a
well managed, commercial institu­
tion. It must he idg enough to be
standardising and imroving the truly rcresentutivc of the territory
gr ide of the product and stabilizing in which it operates. It must be
production. It is a well established operated on the princiles laid down
fact Hint in some sections of the by ttie Three Musketeers of Dumas’
country only white eggs find a ready famous story, "All for one and one
sale at lop prices, while in other for alt.’’ The poultrymen must un­
sections brown eggs are the favor­ derstand the managements prob­
ites. Let us suppose that a number lems and ttie management must un­
of poultrymen whose natural mar­ derstand those of the poultryman.
ket is a brown egg territory are pro. I here must he harmony and con­
during only white eggs. They know certed action in every part or the
they are not getting ns good prices whole thing wid collapse of its
as they should, but they do not j own weight
know why and have no way of find,
The tlijng to do is to study such
ing out as they operate independent­
ly. As members of an effective as­ organizations as already succesful-
sociation, they would be given the ly operating and adopt to your own
necessary information or, jf their local needs the principles and
total volume was large enough, their practices they have found successful.
separate lots could he pooled into Shape a course that you know you
larger units and shipped economical­ can depend on to get you some
ly into some territory where they place and then stick to it. but make
your plans flexible enough to ullow
would find ready sale.
for really necessary changes in the
I cannot too strongly emphasize, future.
however, the neetl for organization
in the poultry business. Labor Is
organized and look where wages are
today. The fruit growers of Cali­
fornia organized and boosted their
profits millions of dollars annually.
The walnut growers got together Relieve« a Headache or Neuralgia In
and sell carloads where they once 30 minute«, ch«,ck« a Cold the first
sold bushels and at higher profit, day, and cheek« Malaria in three
too. The poultrymen of Canada for­ days.
med an association and realized
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