Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-22
KEEPS TIE BOYS AT HOME.
nOAs Has THIS Object for Its
Principal Aim.

The continual exodus Of boys from the
farms of southern Illinois to the cities
is being combated In this section OF
Egypt by a society bearing the name OF
Farmers Relief association. The asso-
citation is the outgrOwth Of an Idea
seven counties where the society is or
ganized its effects are plainly seen, says
! the Chicago Inter Ocean. The rush OF
young men to st. Louis, Chicago and Gin
cinnati has been almost completely
stayed. The farmers boys are them
selves members of the new organization,
which has in a manner furnished at
fractions to rural life which largely Off
sat the allurements Of the city.
The Farmers Relief association is
modelled somewhat upon the lines Of the
trades union, and ambodies some of the
best and most reasonable features of
former ill-bOrn farmers societies. The
central idea Of the association is TO make
country life attractive. The founder,
James H. England, contended that If in
each school district the families could
be brought into closer social relations
and the life given some little variety
problem would De solved
Fhe school district was made the unit
III the plan. The school teacher was
raised from mere pedagogue to social
arbiter. He is called the chairman of
the community committee, and he sees
that there is always some sort of do
ms as the people say The Wagner
school district, few miles south of Car
bondale is the best organized com
munlty. In the Wagner society every
person in the district, transient or resi-
dent, Is entitled to membership. To the
social events OF the district the rural
pedagogue invites every man, woman
and child. That means that there are
no feuds, no Quarrels. no wrangling, in
the community, for all the people meet
in social way
The society has gone further than
this, and has installed a school district
telephone system. An old lady who has
nothing to do but darn heavy home
knit socks or sew carpet rags ia the
hello girl" Each family in the District
pays five dollars annually for the use OF
telephone. and they use 1t. The young
men do their counting over the tsle-
phone when the weather 10 bad, and the
only complaint Of the telephone serv-
Ice to be made 70 far was that one rainy
night Cupid had connected 50 many
OF the subscribers that a very sick man
could not get messafc through to the
doctor in Carbondale. The man did not
die. however.
Al soon a. the telephone system was
tn working order the school teacher
organised string band This country
musical organization furnishes the
music 1T the dances and the church So
ciables. The band has a repertoire that
includes every ything from The Arkansas
Traveller to Comm Through the Rye. "
and there 10 hardly = night in a month
that It 10 not engaged.
The Home league, the twin sister to
the Farmers association. 10 the woman q
elub Of the country. II 10 conducted on
the same lines as the clubs In the cities.
It conducts a class in domestic science.
and does Its share Of entertaining. The
two organizations combined have hit the
credit. or ION tick" system a knockout
blow. II member has anything to cell
he must demand cash for It. II he buys
be must pay cash.
The youngest pedAgogue In Missouri
and perhaps In the United States. Ia
teaching q country school near Gaines
vile. In the Ozark mountains. He Il
Glenn Harrison. aged Is years, says the
Kansas City Journal. Glenn 10 the old
est son Of Guy T. Harrison. = lawyer.
He completed the course OF study OF
the Gainesville public schools In March.
1909. The same month he took the sx-
animation given candidates for third
grade teachers certificates In Ozark
county. making a good average and ss-
curing . certificate. He continued to
study. and just after he became 13 years
old he took the examination for sec
ond grade certificate This time his Az
erage grade was the highest made. being
96 per cent. Mr.. Harrison believed his
promising son was too young to teach.
and refused to let him accept several
offers. But one day when his father was
absent attending court, Glenn took the
job Of teacher OF rural district, the di-
rectors Of which came and offered him
the place. He began work before his
father returned, and the latter, finding
him so ambitious. decided not to inter-
fere.
Glenn now has 29 pupils The ma
jority are larger and older than he, but
he maintains degree of discipline which
many older and more experienced teach
ers may well envy. How are you get
ting along. Glenn ," aSked his mother