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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1914)
í H OME AND FARM MAGAZI XE S ECT I OX 3 Home and Earm Magazine Section Editorial Paste estio n s Frcm PrPTtl Our One Associate io s ív ia f í. Editors, Allowing A l,___•__ I for _____ . > 8' ^gestions an » Interchange of - __ Views, W ritten by Men ____________________ Which They Are Fully A cq u ain ted -H in ts Along Lines of Progressive Farm of Experience on Topic» With Thought. V/E NEED EXPERTS. questionable whether the young Portland. Seattle, Tacoma and Spo and in Maine 30 cents or I cent less. LOWLY, perhaps, we are com- man who is trained as a city man kane for the annual city festivals. In New York and Pennsylvania and ager will have many cities clamor iug to the realization that wo They are omnivorous readers. adjoining states the average price ing for his services. need experts to manage our They go to school at our agricul was 28 t 32 cents or from 7 to 4 •ities. But, in another sense, men tural colleges. cents less. On the coast from Mary, trained to be city managers will There seems no argument. Why should men of that type land to South Carolina the prices be our most valuable citizens. It' it pays the big and little cor lead an “ exclusively bucolic exist were either the same or 1 cent high They will be the men to check up porations, why not the big and ence ' ’I er, ranging from ?5 to 38 cents, i on dishonest or ignorant munici little cities, which are nothing but They don’t. Georgia farmers receiving 26 cents pal governments. corporations—only on a larger 3o we can’t ulmit Mr. Mac- fT mv ,t0 i“ave gi‘ined 1 cen‘> while sealer For it is well to say that in these L evy’s exception. the Honda farmers received 2 cents days of much cries of “ graft,” In a recent booklet by the Uni Not only is it easier to be good n pound less or 33 cents. In the versity i f Oregon called “ Choos- “ g r a ft” is merely often iguorance. in the country but men and women balance of the states, with a few ex- And the man trained as a city ing a Calling,1' the management of are better in the country. ceptions where the price was stable, executive has the training to teach cities is outlined as a new profes- And why shouldn't they bot farmers apparently were receiving our cities a better way. siou and one that awaits the col Their interests are wider. They from 1 eent to 5 cents less a pound, » ------ . lege educated student along sjiecial have most of the advantages of the except that in Montana the price lines. TIME BLOCKS TOR HORSES. city and mighty few of its dis was 1 eent more, in Arizona 6 eents Many of our cities have come to T IS interesting to compare the advantages. 1<?ss and in Oregon 7 cents less. the commission plan, but it seems treatment of city horses with I t ’s a realization of that which T he farm prices for eggs on May likely that the commission will be those in the country. started the “ back to the farm ” 1 were 16.8 eents a dozen, or about come eventually a governing body The country horse is treated just movement. .7 of a eent higher on an average an:1 that a trained expert of execu as any other worker, with care and But we thank Mr. MacLevy for , a i ? ha countrT *ban on May 1, tive powers will be engaged to do consideration. his remarks, anyway. 1913, or an increase of about 4.3 per the actual management and super The city horse is a piece of ------- cent. In most of the states the price vision. abused machinery. A STRONG CONTRAST. was tho same, or varied only by In the smaller cities this plan The country horse, tho farm ifteen thousand b e r r y 1 cent one way or the other. Ia ' seems ideal. Tbo only question is horse, is rarely, if ever, over pickers are required this year Moniana, however, eggs on Mav I, whether in the larger cities such an worked. to harvest the million-dollar 1914, were 18 cents or 4 eents exectltive would have the power to The city horse is ever over crop of the Puyallup and Sumner e e“Per than the preceding year, “ hire aud fire’’ that the cor worked. Fruit Growers ’ Asoseiations. while in Now Mexico they were 23 poration executive possesses. Of In spite of the passing of mini That is the organization Senator eents or 4 cent, higher on an aver course, until we decide to banish mum wago laws and maximum Paulhamus built. age. politics from our city administra hour laws, the city horse at times And built well. The price paid to farmers for tions that would be impossible. still has its 36 hour shift. Last year the Puyallup Valley chickens on May 1 was 12.5 eents Smalle. cities have come to the The tired cab horse doses sleep sold $1,000,000 worth of berries. or about .7 of a cent a pound higb- front already with evidence of the ily on its stand. This year the crop will be $1,- er m 1914 than in 1913, or an in value of a city manager. The delivery horse drops from 125,000 in all probability. crease of about 5.9 per cent. Tho At the last Convention of North the heat and exhaustion. Last year the hop fields of Cali- variation in the price of chickens west Municipalities experts spoke So the Anti-Cruelty Society of fornia were tied up with riots. The was commonly less than 1 cent per glowingly of the work of the man Chicago is taking action. pickers rioted because of grossly pound The principal variations ager o f the little country town of Of course, it won't actually in unsanitary conditions, inadequate from this were Delaware, where Milton, Oregon. This man appears stall time clocks for horses. water supply and bad living ar there was a decrease of 11 cents a to l»e a | radical engineer. Un Yet, metaphorically, that is what pound to 14.5 eents, West V lrg S i! rangements. doubtedly such training is valuable. is being done. Why, the son of one of the hop wnere there was an increase of 1 2 La Grande, Oregon, is another A campaign is on to give the cents a pound to J34 growers bad the water privilege town that seems to be finding sue horse a square deal, a fair share of and water wa3 sold at five cents Carolina an increase of 1.5 cents to cess with the City Manager sleep, a fair Bhare of rest. a glass. 12.5 cents and South Carolina lo Up in Alberta there is the town Those who overwork their horses Do you blame those pickers for increase of 2.3 cents to 15 cents. of Red Deer. The City Manager will be prosecuted for cruelty to rioting f — <S>----------- animals. there is called the Commissioner. It s a different storv at Puval- COUNTRY BOYS' CREED He is appointed by tho Mayor and Hero s to that Anti Cruelty So lup. Council. ciety. May it win out I I N KBY Mhoolhouso in Prince Arriving in Sumner or Puyallup, Here we have another type. Com I Edward County, Va„ a placard the pickers find wagons waiting to missioner Stevenson of Red Deer is containing a creed for (()< TOWN, COUNTRY AND haul them and their camping out American country boy .-„„1 dedi- a trained executive. He is more or HEALTH. fit—bedding and cooking utensils less ignorant of practical work. But eated to the Boys’ Corn Club of Vir ecently Collier *• Weekly —to the fields. he has employed those who know. ginia has been posted. It reads; asked this question: Arrived at the fields, the pickers Subject only to the Council, he has I believe that the country which “ Is it much easier to be good find cabins fitted with cooking full charge of affairs. rod made is more beautiful than in tho country than in the c ity ! ” stoves and bunks. Water is conven The result in remarkable. While tie city which man made; that life In a later issue a letter was pub ient at hand and plentiful. other towns in Western Canada aro out of doors and in touch with tho lished from Mr. MacLevy, a teach Representatives of tho grocers suffering from extortionate taxes earth is the natural life of man I er of physicai culture, who thus and meat dealers of the nearest believe that work wit» nature’ is and general mal administration, answers in a decided affirmative: town call for their orders and make Red Deer's levy is but 15 mills. It more inspiring than work with the ‘For years I have conducted a deliveries the same day. has parked streets, city parks, good inost intricate machinery. 1 believe gymnasium in the heart of New For their work of picking, 10 sewerage and water systems. that tbe dignity of labor depend, York and a health-bnilding physi cents a crate is paid. ' All over Canada the work of not on what yon do, |)Ut how you cal culture plant in a Long Island This season will see hnndreds of Commissioner Stevenson has been do it; that opportunity corses to « rural community, and I have had the same pickers alighting from lauded. Now his daily duties aro boy on the farm as often as to a boy ■abundant opportunity to compare trains in Puyallup and Sumner that *» the city; that life is | nrgor impeded regularly by delegations the effects of city and country life alighted last year and the year be from other cities who “ want sheo freer and happier on the farm than on the health and morals of men. fore. They expect to spend a profit wheels qo wound’’; who wish to in the town; that my success de Health and morals— they come to able season; to many of them it is a know if they can’t go and do like pends not upon my location, but holiday. pretty near being the same. The wise. upon myself; not upon my dreams invalid may be a near angel, and There will be the same story to but upon what I actually do; not The city manager idea originated the strong, virile specimen of hu tell in th e. Northwest next hop In tiermany. Thera it has been a upon luck, but upon pluck, | b„. manity a near fiend, but they are picking season. marked success. Germans judge by I'eve ,n working when you work and the exceptions that prove the rule. We are not fond of tbe California results and pay by results. Tho man m play,ng when you pl.y, and „ way. “ Most bad people are aiek peo who makes a succors in a small city giving and demanding a square deal ple, and most sick people are sick Incidentally, we wonder if the is certain to receive a call to a in every act of life .” because they have neglected and way of the Northwest doesn’t pay larger municipality. If he has the disregarded the laws of right liv better than the California plan. right qualities he will be pr- noted WHAT NEXT’ ing, such as exercise, fresh air, deep from city to city, .adding as he goee, ccording io breathing, plain and nutritious MORE FIGURES. Increased remuneration and In limes, an English chemist ha. nourishment, regular hours, aad HE CROP reports of the Bureau creased honor. discovered a process of manu more exercise. The city man can, of Statistics (Crop Estimates) Discussing the city manager, Pro factoring synthetically . pnrc and if he wills, observe all those laws, of the U. 8. Department of fessor Bowers, the University of wholesome milk of high nutritive and lire a long, happy, useful and agriculture show the average prices Oregon municipal experta, says: vslne from the soja or soy bean. moral life, bnt he is not as likely pail to the farmers m various states “ Ho cannot succeed if be ex It is reported that excellent to do so as the man who spends at for batter, eggs and chickens, on pects political heelers to do high- cheese and buetter have been msnn- least a part of the time in tho 1» 191$, and as compared with elaas work. A glance into the fu factored from this artificial milk. country. On the other hand, an ex the similar estimates oa May 1 ture reveals a calling here which These contentions may be true clusively bucolic existence occa 1913. Apparently farmers are ob ^tbe young man of the present day but it is questionable if the method sionally tends to ignorance, taining on an average less for their has »till a chance to enter on the the good Lord devised, a dairy eow, bigotry, and narrowness of vision, butter and slightly more for their ground floor and which will lead can t manufacture milk more eco. and so may lead to ill health and ftn nnairinv.. 1 . eggs and chickens. to positions of dignity and honor. viciousness. ” nomically, provided she is givco the The average price paid to the “ Conrsea of training suggested right kind of raw materials. Of course, Mr. MacLevy is quite farmer tor butter on May 1, 1914 for city managerships are eco right. — ♦------ . was 23.8 cents, or 3.2 cents less a nomics, political science, sociology, A CHINA PERIL. But we wonder where he got that history, commerce, English and pound than the average price paid ONDON game buyers have been idea about the “ exclusively bneolie Journalism.' ’ oa May 1, 1913. In the New Eng existence ” f I warned that many of the part land States farmers of New Harrfv But it is a matter for doubt If There “ a in ’t no sieh thing” ia ridges and pheasants shipped the young man who prepares him- shire seem to have received on an the Northwest. there from China are killed in wood •elf for the calling of city man average 33 ’ents or 1 eent more a and field by poisoned bait. Farmers out here, Mr MacLevy, ager will find hit reward for many pound, while ia Conneetieut they American egg buyers are hereby are never exclusively bneolie. yuan in A n . Sen. were paid 30 eente or 8 cents lees a Many of them have automobiles warned that thousands of Chinese True, the spirit of change teems pound; in Vermont 29 eents and They visit their friends. They see eggs are being shipped to this coun •e be in the air. Rhode Island 32 cent« or 6 cents try and these antique, germ laden, ' pI*Z* ln d motion pictures ia tbe T»t looked at commercially i t in leas a pound, and in Massachusetts yellow perils are likely to be sold as cuy. They are regular visitors te M ««ate or I cents less a pound, the real American artida S I F R ----- *-- T A L th. u . do.
