The Neshoba Democrat., 1921-12-08
WHAT READING DOES FOR ONE
LAMAR RAY WRITES ABOUT LUMBER JACKS
AND The |. ". W.

kge left the old red hills of Neshoba
#but there IL always something In
Mach issue OF the Democrat that takes
Ms back mentally to the old home
lead but in spite of these weekly re-
&inders we have become acclimated,
Hebfooted and are genuine Orego-
&ians with almost as much love and
eide for this great scenic country
Is we have for the state of our ma.
\ Nivity.
81 The beautiful Indian summer sea
pn, the mountain sides golden with
8kle dying leaves OF a dense forest,
De golden sunsets behind the snow
4 fNpped mountains, the valleys dot
&ed with many fruit farms now lad
II 4 with the juicy Baldwin or board
4}Rg house prune makes u picture for
e Gods. Crops of all kinds are
ountlful, the prices are not nnsatis-
lctory, the export trade of this
g ty, mostly wheat and lumber has
oubled the past year This city
Voted yesterday a. bond issue OF
Nthree million dollars for holding an
Exposition here in 1925, the state will
vote on an equal amount shortly
fand. II 1t carries in the state we are
Asgoing to put on Worlds Fair here
II 1925 that will attract people from
lparts of the world, This state is
spending millions yearly on paved
highways. This state spends more
@Vn scenic highways alone than does
y mississippi on her market roads and
iasissippi has three times the pop
Mlation OF this state. There are two
Kreasons why 80 much money is spent
yfor roads in this state, they are edu.
!. eated to the value OF permanent
roads and the nature OF the country
II such that poorly built roads are
hw orse liltsnsnane.
We note that Neshoba is making
&some progress on the road question
and is making rapid strides along
Peduca tional lines. The latter will
.spatnrally bring about the former.
|. We cannot broaden our intellect hy
schools with good progressive teach
Fers without opening the channels
Rthat will let Improvement in all lines
Aseap in. The modern school OF the
ADresent day is not bound wholly by
AZ he text book. i wish to relate here
he most concrete example 1 ever
h new of what reading and good lit
CREATURE means to Il whole people. 1t
kwaE a new idea and revelation to
8me. You remember the |. w. w. was
Eonc9 strong in the North west. es-
kpecially in the lumber camps and
a mong the lumber jacks, as they call
Them here. Every thing was anti
merican, mob violence and mob
PHSule was resorted to in more than
yJne instance. These lumber Jacks
kIre mostly foreigners but many
ktmericans, and their lives, far out
Rat the forests, in many Instances far
I,ftom the touch OF real civilization is
|. very dull ut best and it is easy to see
how fertile soil such conditions az
Ikprd for the red political agitator,
no overcome this, To furnish pastime
Ntnd amusement for these people the
sidea WAS conceived by IL farseeing
~IDan OF this city to supply them with
,all the used magazines and books
that could be gathered up here
Boxes were placed ut many street
3corners throughout the resident sec
Won of the city to place your cid
lagazines when you had read them
look in one OF these boxes and you
Will find such magazines as Literary
Digest, Sat. Eve. Post, Golfers.
worlds work, Popular Mechanics
8snd hundreds OF others These are
gathered up and sent to the various
tlumber camps Of Oregon and Wash
No magazine il allowed to
No IN that is a propagandist of any
prt asked the manager one day
an interview which seemed tu be
Ne most popular OF the magazines
~ tht camp and he said Worlds
lsWoFk, saturday Evening Post ana
!. Popular Mechanics
Result--thase lumber jacks have
rad these high class Journals until
new kind Of life and perspective III
owly creeping into them unconsci-
isly. No labor troubles have OF
Ite occurredin tile camps and while
Sthey are thinking all this wns done
gor their amusement and idea was
being combatted by learning and
good Wholesome reading that was
erved them so freely. It Is Ill !. les
on In what education will 40 for
the masses. So long as we run the
zone track line, do not desire to
,roaden our perspective, how easy