The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-12-14

| OF seventeen, ana CallSta SimmS-
Jennie saw him do II, while listening 10
Wilbur Smythes account of the ex-
acting nature OF the big law practice
he was building up-and would have
been glad to exchange places with
Bettina.
The repast drew to close; and ovef
by the burr oak the crowd had grown
to circle surrounding Jim Irwin.
HE seems to be making an ad-
Dress" said Wilbur Smythe.
"Well. Wilbur replied the colonel.
you had the first shot at us. Suppose
we move over and see what's under
| discussion"
AS they approached the group, they
heard Jim Irwin answering something
which Ezra Bronson had said.
you think so, Ezra" said he. land
II seems reasonable that big cream
cries like those at Omaha, Sioux City,
Des Moines and the other centralzer
points can make butter cheaper than
we would do here-but we've the fig
ures that show that they aren't eco
nomical."
''They can't make good butter. for
one thing said Newton Bronson cock
lily.
'Why can't they?' asked Olaf Han
sen, the father of Bettina
"Well." said Newton, they have to
have so much cream that they've got
to ship ii so far that 1t gets rotten on
the way, and they have to renovate 1t
with lime and other ingredients be-
fore they can churn It,"
"Well," said Raymond Smms, 81
reckon they sell their butter TO all It's
wuth; an they CANT get within from
foah to seven cents a pound as much
TO- 1t as the farmers creameries In
Wisconsin and Minnesota get To-
| theirs"
THAT'S a fact. Olaf" said Jim.
How do yo1 kids know so darned
much about it?" queried Pete.
Huh !" shifted Bettina. We've
been reading about 1t, and writing let
tiers about 1t, and figuring percentages
on II In school all winter. We've done
arithmetic and geography and gram
| mar and / don't know what else on It."
"Well, I'm agin' any schoolin'," said
Pete, that makes kids smarter In
farmin' than their parents and their
parents hired men. CT me another
swig O. that lemonade, Jimp'
you see," said Jim to his audience,
meanwhile pouring the lemonade, "the
centralizer creamery Is uneconomic In
several ways. 1t has to pay excessive
transportation charges. 1t has to pay
excessive commissions to its cream
buyers. 1t has to accept cream with
out proper inspection, and mixes the
good with the bad. 1t makes such long
shipments that the cream spells In
transit and lowers the quality Of the !
butter. 1t can't make the best use Of
the buttermilk. All these losses and |
leaks the farmers have to stand.
can prove-and so can the six or |
eight pupils in the Woodruff school I
who have been working on the cream /
question this winter-that we could |
make at least six cents pound on
our butter If we had a cooperative
creamery and all sent oar cream to it."
"Well." said Ezra Bronson, Tets
start one"
'Ill go in" said Olaf Hansen.
me, too" said Con Bonner.
There was general chorus of as
sent. Jim had convinced his audience.
Hes got the jury" said Wilbur
Smythe to Colonel Woodruff.
Eyes" said the colonel, "and right
here is where he runs into danger.
Can he handle the crowd when it's
with him?'
"Well," said Jim, 81 think we ought
to organize one, but I've another
first. Let's get together
and pool our cream. BY that, mean
that Wen all sell to the same cream
cry, ard get the best we can out Of
the centraiizers by the cooperative
method. We can save two cents
pound In that way, and we'll learn to
When we have found
Just how well we can hang together,
we'll be able to take up the co-opera-
tive creamery, with less danger of
falling apart and falling"
who'll handle the pocl?" inquired
Mr.. Hansen.
Wen handle II in the school," an
swered Jim.
Bronson.
won the cream pool pretty near
pay the expenses of running the school
al summer" asked Bonner.
Eve ought to run the school plant
Ill the time" said Jim. TITS the only
way to get full value of the invest
nent. And we've corn-club work, pig
hub wo7k, poultry work and canning
hub work which make it very desira-
lie to keep in session with only a
weeks vacation. If you'll add the
,ream pool, 1t will make the school
he hardest working crowd In the dis
riot and doing actual farm work. too.
like Mr.. Bonner's suggestion"
SWELL" said Haakon Peterson, who
lad Joined the group, "Ay tank we
setter have a meeting of the board
nd discuss It."
well, darn It," said Columbus