Co-Operatives
Babson Discusses
By Roger W. Babion
Gloucester Mass., Sept. 14
(Special Correspondence) I re
cently walked by Lord 4c Tay
lor's beautiful Fifth Avenue
show windows. Behold, I saw an
elaborate exhibit of Folly Cove
designs. When a boy here In
Gloucester I had a girl friend
at a place on Cape Ann known
as "Folly Cove." When I went
down there my father used to
call it "Roger's Folly"! As I had
never since heard of any other
Folly Cove, I stopped at Lord
& Taylor's and examined the
goods. Sure enough! they were
from my own Folly Cove of
Gloucester. Furthermore, I was
again proud of this Cove. The
goods were as pretty as the girl
! I used to go with.
Better Living For Lett
Money On Small Farm
So, at my first opportunity I
hiked back to my old home at
Gloucester where I am writing
this column for my 400 friendly
newspapers. Well, here Is the
remarkable story: A very intel
ligent girl named Virginia Lee
Burtun a graduate of the Bos
ton art museum, married a sue-
cessful sculptor named George
Demetrios. (By the way, if any
"Mass Tech." men read this
story please note she is the
daughter of our beloved Dean
Burton and the sister of Senator
Burton of Ohio.) Well, although
this csuple could afford to live
in anv apartment of any city,
they chose to live as God intend
ed they should live. Hence, they
bought a little farm here at Fol
ly Cove and are living better
for less money.
After the honeymoon was
over and George and Virginia
4 had started two fine boys on
their way, they decided to try
a truly co-operative experiment
in art They felt that many of
the so-called "co-operative" en
terprises are Just a form of big
business sailing under false col
ors. So this is what they did.
They called together all their
married neighbors, wives of
farmers, fishermen, stonecutters
and others. These were mothers
who were doing their own
housework and taking care of
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their own children. Hence, the
first requirement was that the
work must be done at home.
Joy of Creating Found
Interesting to Women
The second requirement was
that to hold these mothers' inter
est they must be encouraged to
use their heads as well as their
hands. Hence, Virginia had them
actually design and create some
thing themselves. Yet, all of the
townspeople except Dorothy
Norton and Louise Kenyon
thought this was impossible.
Only those two believed that un
trained people could design
original patterns (and they must
be absolutely original) for which
Fifth Avenue stores would
scramble.
Well, these women have no
company nor organization. They
call Mrs. Demetrios, "president";
while all the others are "vice
presidents". They also elect a
jury of five to settle any disputes
which may arise. Each woman
makes and owns her own de
signs', she carves the blocks (out
of battleship linoleum); mixes
the ink and rolls it on the blocks.
Then the blocks are put over the
cloth laid upon the floor and
STAMPED; yes, literally stamp
ed upon because a woman must
jump up and down on her block
to make a good print! They be
gan by making only table doilies,
scarfs, etc.; but now they make
yard-goods for dresses, curtains
and exquisite wallpaper.
Eliminating Overhead
Is Financial Lesson
But there is one more feature
which should be noted. It usu
ally costs more to sell goods than
to make them; but not so at Fol
ly Cove. The overhead advertis
ing and sales expenses of these
women amount to only 1VS.
Hence, each woman gets 98V4
cents of every dollar which the
retail stores pay for the goods.
These women certainly are
teaching manufacturers some
thing in connection with distri
bution. This lesson alone entitles
this story to be in this weekly
financial column. But most im
portant of all, this is proof that
nothing succeeds like true co
operation. Here all have the
same powers, vote opportunities
and yet the income of each is
based upon her own individual
efforts. Questions: Why cannot
this co-operative principle be ap
plied to many other products?
May there not be a suggestion
here for returning veterans who
want to be both independent and
useful?
OBITUARY
ORAL W. POLLARD
Services for Oral W. Pollard,
32, who passed away Wednesday,
were held in the Conger-Morris
chapel at 1:30 p. m. today with
the Rev. Louis C. Kirby officiat
ing. Interment was in Siskiyou
Memorial park. Born in Deca
tur, Ark., he had followed tne
jewelry business all of his adult
life. For the past four months
he had been employed by the
Forester Jewelers.
He leaves his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Pollard and a sister,
Mrs. Larry Manning, Fortland
and two children in Idaho. Ralph
and Bobby Pollard.
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Water
so good
Livestock
Portland. Ore., Sept. 17 (UP.)
Livestock: Cattle 2.150 calves 430.
uneven; steexs active, strong to 25c
higher- other classes mostly steady
but common cows slow. Medium-good
prass steers largely $14.50-16.00; few
$16 50; with 2 outstanding loads
$17.00; common grades down to
$11.00. cutters down to $S 00; common-medium
heifers $9.50-14 00: can-ner-cuter
cows largely $6 00-8.00;
shells down to 55 00; medium-good
heef cows S10 50-12 50: pood beef
bulls $11.50-12.00; good-choice calves
$13 50 14 50.
Hogs 150. Active, steady. Barrows
and tfilts $15.75; 260-693 lb. sows
S1500- choice 123 lb. feeder pigs
$20 50.
Sheep 2.000. Slow, weak. Good
choice woo led lambs $12 25.12.50. one
lot 103 lbs. $13.00; shorn lambs
$10.50-11.25; good-choice ewes held
Above 5.25.
South San Francisco, Sept. 17
lU.P.i (USDA)
Cattle 600. Early sales steers near
steady. Load 840 pound medium to
good stoors $15 75. Package medium
$15.00 Fed classes absent. Load good
930 heifers $15.00. Bulk run range
cows dull, salable $11.50-1250. Few
commons $9-10 Canners and cutters
tlow, weak. Largely $6.50-8.50. Com
mon to good sausage bulls at $12.
Calves 100. Steady; load medium to
choice 382 pounds slaughter calves
15. Light sort.
Hogs 100. Includes 58 feeders.
Few packages food to choice 200.3U0
pounds barrows and gilts $15.75. Odd
good sows $13.
Sheep 1250. Around steady. Pack
age good tthorn lambs $12.30. Few
cull to medium ewes $2.30-4.50. Good
quoted $5.50.
Chicago Wheat
Wheat Open High Low Close
Sept. ....1.68 's 1 681. 1.67 "4 1.67a
Dec 1.67 1.673 1663 1.674
May 1.63 1.65a l.fi3t I.6V4
July ..1.58U l.M"a 1.573 1.58 !a
Portland Produce
Portland. Sept. 17 (U. P. ) Whole
sale market prices:
Carrots Oregon 75c dozen bunch
es delivered.
Beans shelled, lug $2.
Celery Hearts $3 dozen bunches.
Corn Oregon. S2.15 box.
Cucumbers field grown, pickling
sizes, $1.10 box.
Lettuce Vancouver $3.40 crate.
Peas No. 1 Coast 28-lb. hamper $3.
Peopers No. 1 90c-S1.25 box.
Potatoes Boardman Gems $2.80.
Squash Summer 75c; Hubbard 4c
lb. Local ru echini 63 e; Danish $150
orang box.
Cantaloupes Dillard standards
$3-60 crate.
Melons California watermelons
2'7c lb.
Peats Medford Bart., $2 25-4 85.
Peaches The Dalles, Hales, $3.50
40-lb. box.
Wall Street
New York, Sept. 17 (U.PJ
The stock market cracked 1 to
more than 3 points today in such
pivotal shares as Chrysler and
General Motors, largely in re
sponse to strike news, but the
list later recovered about half
the decline in most instances.
Although Wall Street almost
invariably never sells in any vol
ume on strike developments, the
possible effects of current labor
troubles on reconversion and ac
celerated production of needed
civilian goods has made investors
wary.
The preliminary closing Dow
Jones averages: Industrial, 174
174.75, off 0.90: rail, 55.82, off
0.20; utility, 33.45, off 0.05; and
65 stocks, 64.73, off 0.28.
Sales were 900,000 shares
against 1,020,000 last Friday.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American Tel. and Tel 18H4
Anaconda 34
Chrysler 122' 4
Curtiss Wright 6Vi
General Electric 47
General Motors Unquoted
Montgomery Ward 68
Penn. R. R 375s
Phillips Petroleum 47 'a
J. C. Penney 1284
Radio 15M
Southern Pacific 47:b
Standard Oil of Cal 41 '4
Texas Gulf Sulphur 4414
Transamerica 13
United Aircrafts 263s
U. S. Rubber 6594
U. S. Steel 71-ls
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Daily Weather Report
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Clear and
warmer tonight and Tuesday.
Oregon: Partly cloudy north and
central, portions, clearer south por
tions tonight and Tuesday. Scatter
ed lig-ht showers north portion this
evening. Moderate north westerly
wind oif coast.
LOCAL DATA
Temperature a year ago
today;
mjtnrsi oj; lowest 43.
Total monthly precipitation
.04
incni
Deficiency for the month .23 inches.
Total precipitation since September
1. 1043 .04 inches.
Deficiency for the season .23 Inches.
Relative humiditv at 5:30 p. m. yes
terday 26; 5:30 today 74.
Tomorrow
Sunrise 6:34 a.m.; sunset 7:15 p.m.
Observations taken at 5:30 a.m.. 120
Meridian Time:
High Low Prec.
Boise
Post on
ihicMpo .. ..
67
43
67
Do n v e r ...... 70
Kurekd 38
Havre ...... 83
Los Angeles - .......... 79
Medford 68
New Ytirk 68
Omaha . 80
Phoenix .. . 103
Portland
68
79
Reno
Roschurg ...
Salt Lake
San b'ranclsco ...
Seattle
Spokane
32
32
62
66
Washington,
Yakima
D. C. 71
36
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Court House News
Marriages
Donald McClellan Sheetz and '
Thclma L. Bickcll.
Francis E. Brown and Frances
Ellene Miller.
Warren James Helms and
Jeanne Alma Davis.
Lawrence Chalmers Jone and
Pauline Rita Clement.
Leo A. Zupan and Veda V.
Williams.
William A. Loew and Beatrice
Enialic Underwood. i
Walter William Severin and
Olfia Anna Johnson. i
Harry Dallas Ralph and Irma
June Smith.
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STANDARD OF CALIFORNIA
Herman L. Lofdahl and Agnes
Sinnott.
William M. Hughes and Caro
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Divorce Complaints
Jean Kyker vs. Wayne Kyker.
Lily Arlene Erickson vs. El
mer Theodore Erickson.
Gertrude M. Szewczak vs.
Fred C. Szewczak.
Divorce Decree
William B. Wilson, Jr., vs.
Alpha Nell Wilson.
News of 4-H
H CLUBS
Roxy Anno Club
The Roxy Anne 4-H club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Leh
man, Buckshot Hill Road, Sept.
20 at 8 p. m. according to Charles
Ashpole, reporter.
BIRTHS
SHERER To Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin, box 467, Jacksonville,
Sept. 16, a girl, seven pounds, at
Osteopathic Clinic.
Piano Instruction
Modern Improved Methods
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Fred Alton Haight
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