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In answer to your request as to
the negro question, I want to let you
know juul how I feel about It. I am
frim Texas and have one little girl
• years ;old going to school here,
•nd I am not going to have her go
to school with negroes at all, that
la how we southern folks feel about
that and 1 think the beet thing to do
Is td make ttienl leave here. We folks
from the south won’t send our chil-
ren to school with negroes at all, «o
any move you folks make, we are
with you.
Yours truly.
This is the type if service that is
Recent rains put more water in
placing American industries in the the streams that wore getting ex-
front rank today. A manufacturer or treamely low and salmon are plen
a country that will stand behind its tiful in both Rock Creek and in the
goods or its principles in this man Nehalem river. When the fish be
ner has an unlimited future before gin to run the boys are in great de
light. It is against the law to shoot
it.
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School meeting, road meetings, jection to catching them with hook
commercial clubs, etc., seldom getj anj line if you have a fishing li
the attention they deserve.
The cense.
Most of the large salmon
union high school meeting lact Sat that come up the creek this far at
urday, which was a very import this time of the year are unfit to eat
ant meeting, only drew the atten-j and there is very little excuse for
tion of three people and none ot getting them.
the three had any children in the
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high school, There was a budget to
Rainier Boy Loses Log.
adopt and other urgent business tOj
While attempting to “hook” a ride
come up. Judge Harris, R. Sessman on the rear of a wagon, driven by
and Wm. Pringle attended.
The A. Hoskins, farmer, Douglas Parsons
three men asked of the school clerk
and superintendent a few direct
questions that were not exactly clear
to them, and after the explanation
voted
adopt the budget as adver
tized.
Everybody must agree as
everybody will have no say.
The
gentlemen attending acted in good
faith and their judgement was en
tirely correct.
But, it seems that
more parents and citizens would be
interested.
Mac
Says
READER.
Dated November 16. 1925
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THE SPREAD IN EDUCATION
The urge for education in this
country has grown to such propor
tions that educational institutions
are being taxed to their utmost to
house the millions clamoring for ad-
mission.
This year, New York City has en-
rolled for the first time in its hix-
tory, more than a million children
in ita public school classes. Chicago I
has to ita credit more than half a
million. So it goes throughout the
country.
This is the contribution
which our public schools are making
to' the nation. It is the country’« in
vestment in ita future.
The broad diffusoin of education
brings into conspicuous view the
force of the dominating idea of the
nation —- equality of opportunity.
Education is not confined to “shite
collars.”
Scholastic training pene
trates farm, factory and work shop.
Hundreds of thousands are subjected
to ita influence in night classes, ex
tension classes, part-time classes,
correspondence courses and at horn r
by radio. It makes education—as is
proper in a nation founded on dem
ocracy—democratic.
Thia spread of learning calls for
an equalization in our social status,
and education must establish it. Ex
isting social classifications can hard
ly survive, the present leveling influ-1
ence of literacy. In this country,,
where a laborer today becomes a
bank president tomorrow; where a
shop mechanic lifts himself to motor
magnate; where the self rise sudden
ly from obscurity to eminence, there
is needed a new social recognitio 1
for all honorable occupations. Edu
cational tendencies must not be con
trolled by, but must control that s >-
rial stadning.
Education is the great leveler. It
is breaking down the barriers be
tween those who toil by hand and
those who labor by brain; it is tear
ing down the wall that separates the
social elect from those of humble
origin. Step by step thia country is
moving in evolution of n row mea
ttire for auc.ul ,_luv worth rather
than wealth—where, if there be any
aristocracy at all,it will be an nritt-
tocraey of brains. It is tending more
and more to become the world’s
true index of value. For in every oc-
cupation men and women are mea
sured by their works, and the quali
ty of their work is in the main af
fected by the knowledge and train-1
ing education bestows.
"The Colonel’s I-ady and Judy O'
Grady” may be "sisters under the
skin” but education brings the equaii
ty to a visible surface.
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A national guard company in a
western state had been using a loud i
speaker on ita phonograph at com-1
pany
headquarters.
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Who drops in once in a while to Vernonia with a
smile. “Builder of Vernonia’s big mill, now
building incomes for thoughtful people.
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ment and one of the boys took it in
to n local radio dealer for repair.
Upon investigation it was found
that the instrument had been mad.i
by the Magnavox Company of Oak
land, California. The company was
written about new parts and replied:
“If Magnavox is stamped on the
instrument, we will furnish new
parts free of charge, or if it is «ent
to us and freight charges paid, we
will furnish the parts and repair it
free of charge.From your description
we judge the instrument has been in
use about 11 yeqrs.”
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fice to see samples,
and let us print your
name on them as they
should be.
Samples now’ in stock.
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your gift counselors
Gifts for important occa
siona such as weddings,
graduations, or anniver
saries are not to be chosen
lightly. There must be no
doubt whatever either as
to their quality or their
fitness for the occasion.
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monds, watches, jewelry
and silverware is based on
our professional experience. Thus you can trust
absolutely the quality of the articles we show.
Through this same experience, we can tell you
not only what is most appropriate for the person
you have in mind, hut also what is and what is
not correct in style. Make uj yoai gift counselors
—today.
A small deposit will reserve any article in our
stock for Xmas.
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From the beginning of this ex
planation of the essentially co-op
erative plan of operation that has
made the phenomenul growth of
Skaggs stores possible it must be
clearly understood that this con-
sern does not and never has posed
as a philanthropic institution. Per
haps, because of early influences,
the executive heads have been pos
sessed of a more than ordinarly
deep sense of justice .«nd fair play
toward their associates and the
public, and these, in turn, may have
inspired many of the seemingly
revolutionary policies that have
been put into practice. But these
policies have only been made op
erative after it
had
been de
termined that they would prove
sound.
It may seem a cynical thing to
say, but it is a scientific fact that
practically everything anyone does
is based on his conception of self-
interest or self-gratification,
And
this applies to our noblest as well
as to our meanest actions. We do
the things which we consciously or
subconsciously—believe will satisfy
our spiritual or material desires,
This is as it should be and—upon
a little thought — will be seen to
harmonize perfectly with the lofti
est teachings and the most altru
istic ambitions. Even unselfishness
is selfish.
Therefore, when our men work
overtime they do so because it is
distinctly to their own personal ad
vantage as well as from a sense of
loyalty to the organization and the
enjoyment they get out of their
work.
And the organization in
turn, has made it possible for the
individual to profit from extra ef
fort, not only from a sense of jus
tice and fairness, but also as* a
means of insuring its own success
ful operation.
Oftentimes the things which we
do as a means of satisfying our
own sense of fairness will react,
unexpectedly, to our own material
advantages and it will be found that
we have accidentally uncovered a
principle which, if intelligently ap
plied, will solve many of our most
serious problems.
Such a thing
happened with the opening of the
second Skaggs store.
was
When the second store
opened it became necessary to em-
ploy someone to operate it and the
owner of both stores — believing
earnestly in the principle that
every man is entitled to share in
the profits he helps to create and
desiring, sincerely, to provide the
new man with every opportunity
and incentive—hit upon the plan of
paying the manager of the new
store a nominal salary plus 30 per
cent of the net profits of his store,
such share of the net profits to be
paid every three months.
It should be made clear that the
plan of compensation decided upon
for the first Skaggs manager re
sulted, primarily, from the owner's
desire to be absolutely fair with nis
associate.
However, It was also
obvious that such an arrangement
would make the manager's per
sonal earnings dependent,
to a
large extent, upon his own effort,
intelligence and efficiency and tend
to insure his enthusiastic co-opera
tion in the methols which the suc
cess of the first Skaggs store had
demonstrated to be fundamentally
correct.
That thia plan of sharing
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profits with the men who helped to
earn them was the result if a mere
or less idealistic impulse did not,
in the least, detract from its prac
tical value, both to employer and
employed, and its continuation and
elaboration to the present time
constitutes one of the most import
ant foundation stones upon which
thia vast organization roots.
The
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«pint which it exemplifies
tracted to us the highest type of
men and women to be found in any
similar business in the world, but
for whooe loyalty, interest and in
telligence it would be impossible
for us to successfully operile enr
more than 300 w| lely scattered
stores.
Business . policies are the chains
by means of which successful tfn-
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The Origin and Operation of Skaggs Stores
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BUY THE BEANS?
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saving JQEHZ3ÏKÎ2S2HS3 a rtorer
the last one in
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son of Rainier, was eaught in a amputated Just above the knee.
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wheel and one leg twisted nearly off
Monday. The lad was taken to the WORLD’S FAIR—PORTLAND l»3d
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dertakings are steered through the
seas
of commerce — road maps,
pointing the way to the desired
destination. If they are right they
lead to success through service. If
they are wrong—well, the coast of
commerce are strewn with the
wrecks of businesses that tried to
operate under mistaken or delib
erately deceptive policies. We who
eome into daily contact with es
tablished policies of large institu
tions are prone to take them as
matters of course, and either ap
prove or disapprove of them ac
cording t o our various lights.
Rarely does it occur to us to con
sider the manner of their making
or the amount of time and thought
—sometimes days and weeks of
concentrated study—that has led to
their formulation and promulgation.
The first Skaggs store differed
from other stores chiefly in the im
portant particular of its almost un
believably low Operating costa. De
spite the fact that it was founded
with the avowed determination of
eliminating waste from the distri
bution costs of foodstuffs, it was
difficult to realize at first - how
much had really been accomplished
and the extent to which the meth
ods employed were destined to in
fluence retail practices.
Neither
could it reasonably be expected that
the founder could forsee and lay
down rules and policies to govern
the thousands of contingencies and
problems that arose as the business
grew and spread. These had to be
met and solved as they presented
themselves and out of their solu
tion and the soundness of the judg
ment with which the solution was
applied as grown this vast organi
zation and the policies and person
nel that ha”c made ita outstanding
success pees L’e.
For inst. i et, 't was discovered
that the savings in operating costs
—as compared to the operating
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costa of the average retail grocery
—in themselves constituted a lib
eral profit. The Federal Government
in ita investigations of profiteering,
had determined that from 16 to 18
per cent was a fair operating cost
for the average grocery—to which
must be added a fair net profit.
Operating costa in the Skaggs store
were less than half the amount al
lowed by the Government—a condi
tion due entirely to the spirit in
which it was founded and the oper
ating economies effected and one
which permitted the new store to
do business and make a liberal profit
on a margin less than the actual
costa of the average store.
Th»
fact, plus the disposition to share
the savings affected with the con
sumer, enabled the first Skaggs
store to do a constantly increasing
volume of business and eventually
to warrant the opening of a second
store.
The second Skagg? store was
opened in October, 1918, and sub
sequent like ventures followed in
due course and order, bat it is
worthy of note that in the work
ing out of a plan of operation for
the second store, good business
practice» and the principle of the
Golden Rule were observed.
This plan was baaed upon a
profit sharing ideal of equity to the
customer, the manager and the or
iginator.
Ito fruition is evidenced
by a practical tangible FUNCTION
ING realiy and ita application has
served to weave a closely knit of-
: a ,i >...tion- alike in ambition, de
sires and practices.
I* h&3 given a present and future
to clear headed young men, who in
their ambition to achieve are thrice
willing to serve. It has pat respon
sibility in the hands of those mas*
affected and has never overridden
their rights nor ignored their idnon
privileges and suggestions.
It has
attracted loyal hearted men—men
not susceptible to petty bribery nor
»d premises.
promise«. It has given
shortsighted
us more than three hundred busy
stores and upwards of fifteen hun
dred enargetic young people with
trained minds, open hegite and eager
hands, thousands updn thousands
of patrons, and It haa elevated the
standards of
food
distribution
throughout the entire Wart.
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