The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-08-17
ENCAMPMENT IS
GREAT SUCCESS
CHANGERS FOR RURAL PROGRESS
Men Of Prominence Deliver Address
Billy Sunday Closes Event With
Sermon Against Rum

Sermon Against hum
With total attendance of 500 at the
different meetings. the numbers for
pleasure and business of the program
of the first annual Hood River County
Pomona Grange encampment we're
brought to a successful close Saturday
night. Since last Tuesday evening the
members of the FIVE oranges Of the
county, most of them temporarily DOM
iciled in a city of tents in msgnifi-
cent fir grove about so yards from
Parkdale station and the large McIsaac
hall, where Upper Valley meetings are
held. have forgotten the routine chores
of farm life and participated in sports.
dances. and musical and dramatic en-
tertainments and have listened to
addresses touching on the betterment
of rural life from the lips of prominent
men of Oregon. As result of the
weeks session Hood River rural
schools, rural churches and farm life
generally will reflect trend of devel-
opment throughout the year to come.
at has been the best camp meeting
that ] have ever attended" says DR..
Hector Mcpherson, of the Oregon
| Agricultural College. who addressed
the grangers yesterday afternoon,
''and it has been to me concrete
evidence of the cooperation that
exists here among you people of the
Hood River valley. President W. j.
Kerr, of o. A. c., who motored up
from Portland with his family Friday
over the Columbia River Highway.
talked to the vacationists Saturday
afternoon. Others who have addressed
the grangers have been: Talk on
rural education. Miss Mary Frazier !:
Books and Reading for Children,
Miss Alice See, Hood River county
librarian; address, Prof. l.. B. Gibson,
county school superintendent; lecture,
C. E. Spence, master of Oregon State
Grange; "Betterment of Rural Schools
and Consolidation, J. A. Churchill,
state superintendent of education |;
"Wild Birds and Their Habitat"
W. L. Finley, state biologist; original
readings, Anthony Euwer, New York
author; talk of boys and girls indus
trial club work. G. j. Seymour, Of the
o. A. G. extension department; talk
on cooperative marketing, by &. j.
Hurd: and problems of the Parent"
Mrs. Geo. A. McMath, of Portland,
president of the Oregon Mothers
Congress.
Speakers and members of the oranges
at their encampment expressed strong
opposition to the proposed bill, provid-
ing for the limited manufacture of
beer in Oregon, but one Of the most
unexpected actions of the meeting was
resolution in disapproval of the pro-
posed measure advocated by c. G.
Chapman, of Portland. who proposes
that the license tax of Oregon motor
cars be increased to raise a fund for
road building. Most of the grange
members rode to the encampment in
their automobiles.
The grangers adopted a resolution
endorsing the action Of Representative
N. J. Sinnott in his efforts to secure
for Oregon reclamation work 40 per
cent of the Oregon land grant funds.
The address of Miss Frazier dealt
with conservation. The conservation
of our material resources, she declared,
are important enough, but of much
greater Importance is that of the
country's children. Miss Frazier told
her audience that the sum of S5, 900, 600
was spent annually in the conservation
of youth. "Over twice this amount,
she said, "is spent in reclaiming young
men and women who have gone wrong.
This is a mistake of our social system
that should be remedied, for we should
make our conservation work of such
nature that the boys and girls would
not 60 wrong
She recommended that children be
given something practical to hold their
interest. That they should be made to
feel both at home and in school that
they are responsible citizens.
Miss See gave an excellent talk on
books for younger children.
Prof. Gibson, whose subject was
"Politics and Pumpkins" said the
pumpkin was used as characterization
or rural spirit. He urged that country
people perfect their cooperative oper-
ations and make them more efficient.
He called attention to the trend Of
population to drift to the cities.
"Country people, he declared, Should
make it possible for their organizations
to pull together for rural interests. !"
According to Prof. Gibson. rural Amer
lea is not properly represented in
legislative bodies. He suggested that
farmers have a legislative committee
with which candidates. as in the case
of commercial and business organiza-
| tions, might consult and learn the
wishes Of country people.
F. M. Gill, of Dufur, candidate for
the joint senatorship from Hood River
and Wasco counties. told the grangers
of his plnas for road building.
State Master c. E. Spence urged the
members of oranges to become imbued
with a more fraternal spirit. He took
up the question of road building and
declared that road construction was so
much in the experimental stage that
extreme care should be practiced in
establishing definite plans.
The address of j. A. Churchill, state
superintendent of education, was in.
teresting throughout. Mr.. Churchill
called attention to the fact that Hood
River county pays its teachers the
/ highest average sarlaies and offers the
/ longest terms OF schools OF any county
in Oregon.
/ Prof. Seymour, of the extension
department of the Oregon Agricultural
College, discussed the industrial clubs
of boys and girls. Mr.. Seymour citec
instances of school fairs to show that
the extension department was incul
eating in the youths of the state 9
sense of practical business and thrift
He told Of fair last year, where swine
we're entered in a contest. Everybod,
thought boy who had exhibited al
extra fine big white hog would be priz'
winner. But when the premium wa.
awarded boy with not so beautiful I
specimen was the fortunate youth
While the boy with the white hot
showed that he was in debt SIG on th'
raising of bis big pig, the WHINE
showed q net profit Of 81.
l One of the most appealing of all tn
talks at the eneampment was that o