Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1921-12-15
POMONA GRANGE

On last Saturday Payette County
Pomona Grange mel in the new
school house i'll District No. 6. Each
of the four Oranges in the County
was well represented. At the noon
hour the patrons anS their families
endeavored to eat all the food that
was brought, but made a miserable
failure of it. The officers for the
ensuing term were elected and duly
installed, as follows: A /. McClan-
ahan, Master; T. o. Ady, Overseer;
I. W. Kenward, Lecturer; Olive G.
Kenwdrd, Secretary; j. Nodle, Treas
urer; Cyrus Anderson, Steward; Mr..
Eldred, Assistant Steward; Miss
Hope Shearer, Lady Assistant Stew
ard; John Hill, Gate Keeper; Mrs.
Rhoads, Chaplain; Mrs. Ady, Mrs.
Henningsen, Mrs. Harper, three
GTaces.
In the afternoon several import
ant questions came up for discussion
one was the hauling of freight By
truck, which has been having con-
siderable advertising thru our
papers, especially the Boise papers,
and the discussion developed the
fact that the truck hauling was very
detrimental to the farmers interest.
The railroads being, public utili-
ties, are required to be supported, di-
rectly or indirectly by taxation in
the nature of an income, which is
regulated by the interstate COM
merce commission. II the income of
the railroads does not bring e net in:
come OF say six per cent, then the
freight and passenger rates are
raised. Ii the net income is too high
these rates are lowered which
method eompels the patrons of the
railroads, whether they use trucks
or not, TO still support and maintain
the railroads. n ether words we
are compelled to support and main
tain our railroad system whether we
use it or not. Now if our merchants
haul their goods from Boise to Pay
cite by truck, charging the cost of
hauling to the consumer, it results
in the people paying a double charge,
first to support the railroad and sec
ond TO pay for the truck hauling.
Another question discussed was
the overhead expense of Co-opera tive
institutions. ana now the lack of IN
terest and responsibility on the part
of the managers and directors OF
such companies has q tendency to
waste, lack of efficiency. of en-
ployes, and a piling up OF overhead
Another quettion discussed was
the proper relation OF the merchant
and town people to the farm, how
that these should be IN the nature
of q service institution to the farmer.
The move on the part of the eau-
Gators OF our state to do away with
our district school and consolidate
and unite us into large schools, send
ing. in most cases into the small
towns, seems to be meeting with
united opposition, or the farmers.
The farmer wishes 70 develop the
farm and farm community and not
the city. We think that if we pay
a. school teacher she should work for
us, and that our children should not
be taken to the towns for education
in town ways instead of farm meth
ods. In other words the small town
never has had & tendency to build
up the farm, but to break it down,
and by show and glitter take our
children from the farm. 20 exc out
4 miserable eStstepoe walking on &C.
ment sidewalks and taking their
meals out of paper sacks. We are
bearing the burden of taxation in
this state. why should not these in
stitutions such as the public schools
work for the uphuiiiing of the farm |
ana farm community? And not be
subjected to the purpose of furnish
ing u wage-earning class to live in
our small tcwns2 II we pay these !
taxes, why should we not use these
taxes for the uphill ding of our farms !
and farm communities?
An these questions and other I'M |
portant matters will be discussed at
our next Pomona Orange 60 be held |
st che home OF the Orchard Avenue
Grange, the Chapter House, north of !
-.'~ the second Wednesday in |
March next. rENWARD,
IRA w ELecturer.