Stockton Evening and Sunday Record from Stockton, California • 32

3 16 STOCKTON DAILY EVENING RECORD STOCKTON SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY CALIFORNIA SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22 1919 CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING BY ROBERTS ISLAND RIFLE CLUB TO HOLD BIG TURKEY SHOOT AT ITS NEW CLUB HOUSE TOMORROW Value of the Movement Is Conclusively Demonstrated by Success of Exchange Continued from page 12 the consumer pays for transportation distribution and possibly some graft pr extortionate charges made somewhere along the line of travel He is frequently forced to pay 100 per cent or more over the price the producer receives Good returns that on capital Invested but a few hours It goes without saying that this is unjust both to producer and consumer Many of these charges for a passing service are too high some of them should be eliminated wholly The consumer justly complains He charges up all the high cost of living to the producer when as a matter of fact only iij one-half 17 Rail wad Roller Bear-lugs for Shaft Driving Governor iaa Foma and Magneto A 13 Svlphon Therm os fad controls circulation of cooling water 6 notch Pinion Steel Drop Forcing teeth cut and hardened I Badiator copper tubs and fin non-ciogging type) cast frame Cot Steel Spar Gear for first reduction shaft 80 Steel Front Axle auto-1 mobile type 21 Belt Policy mounted oo crank shaft the best place for it 23 Brake for Clutch Pulley convenient fog quick steps 23 Dnstproof Boosing fog first reduction gears 10 Steering Gear drop forged and machined worm and worm wheel enclosed 11 Fan Drive cot steel spiral gears enclosed If Hooslng for Master Gear retains lubricant keep dost cot 24 Adjustable Drawbar Ho oJiidge'Tractors Safely A 'f NVe urge dealers and farmers alike to study the construction of Case Kerosene Tractors And then make comparisons This is the only way to get the utmost for ones money formance! We will gladly send certified records This remarkable tractor has won rank as a leader Before we announced it publicly It was known to thousands who had seen it at demonstrations Hundreds of dealers have ordered demonstrators Any Case dealer or prospective dealer will be furnished with all information promptly upon request Above we picture and describe the chassis of the new Case 15-27 After studying the mechanical constructions then let this 15-27 demonstrate its per CONLEY CO Inc 417 WEBER AVE Phone 1531 STOCKTON CAL (863) The Club House and Range of the Roberts Island Gun Club Tbia pretty club house recently erected just off the Roberts Island Road below tire Nan Joaquin bridge Is one of the finest in the west The concrete target pits are placed against the bank of the river levee The marksmen shoot from stalls Inside the club house through the open windows as shown in tho lower picture The man at the table records the scores as indicated by the hoys in the pits In the upper picture (lute targets are shown lit position above the pits The boys are holding the markers with which they indicate tlie shots The target on the left Is a Standard type used by tlie Fulled States Army for 500 600 1000 and 1200 yatds slow fire and 200 yards rapid fire The diameter of the buliseyc is 20 Inches Tlie center target Is a Standard A 8 A target with an eight-inch bulls?) It Is used for 200 ami 300-jartl shooting slow fire The round target at the right Is a German ring target with a sixtecn-ineh bullseye It is designed for offhand shooting and Is quite popular for individual matches The growth of the club has been so rapid that the directors are considering making an extension on The Future Northwest Stockton is their building and placing courts between Photos by Holden Sanford Stockton Acres of this charge does the producer participate In anv way Naturally under this view of the matter the producer is termed a profiteer Consumption falls off and ill-feeling is engendered The producer should extend his field of operations so as to control or at least regulate deliveries This is possible under co-operative management We have retired the speculator Let us now turn the light of day on the petty grafter and make him a thing of the past insofar as the marketing of our produce is concerned With a firm hand on the marketing end of our several lines we can free ourselves from the suspicion that now exists that we are profiteers That this suspicion exists there is no doubt and our apathy in the matter adds converse to the belief The Majors Invited Chaos Within the last month a call was Issued to Jhe mayors of one hundred and forty-five cities of the Pacific Coast to convene in Bacramen-to with the avowed purpose of formulating a plan for boycotting certain foreign products These officials representatives earnestly discussed and favored the enactment of such laws as would put every cooperative selling oiganization In the state out of business They invited chaos They even went so far as to petition Governor Stephens to convene the legislature In special session for immediate act on the proposed measures Had this scheme worked to a successful finish what would it have meant to the producing classes It is easy to predict what it would have done to the city Had the proposed boycott extended to all farm produt is and had that boycott been religiously observed for a period of thirty days we know that we would have lost for ail time 145 customers for this self-imposed famine would in that time or less have scored a record of 100 per cent Here Is a pressing two-fold demand for Immediate co-operative action among produceis First its mission is humanitarian as it is called upon to aid in preventing starvation In the city the possible outcome of the citys own visionary theorists From a commercial standpoint it must preserve the city as a necessary outlet for our ever increasing farm products Market Director Weinstock Blocks Move At the Mayorahty gathering re-feired to only two produceis organizations were represented and that representation was accidental It was proposed to close the market for three-quai ters of a billion dollars worth of annual farm products In California Hack of these enormous accumulations representing as they did the Bold income and dependents of our entile farming population came a mere chance defense Luck rather than foresight saved the day It so happened that our very able and active Btate Mr-ket Director Col Harris Weinstock diopped in at the meeting In his Very forceful manner he did much to help defeat the pbrniclous meas-uie This attempt to make us responsible for the sins of otheis has been temporarily tabled hut at the next session of the legislature if we mistake not this measure will be revived with conditions more drastic if possible than those contained in the original Are we as repre-entatives of the producers going to be prepared at that time to make adequate defense? Can we afford to let so import mt a matter drift to be taken care of by chance defense Besides this dfnc and possibly more ther will be much construe t-ive work needed at each recurring Session of the leg -inure To -c ruefully meet tine we thnuld have Central repreru nUttVe body com posed of delegat from each organ button coin ei ted in srty way with toe production ban pin or niaiket log it (allfornl g-own od pro-tSifls the 0-1 of is body tuit te esc I an cur lot r-" fcrttierel tv tin of more pvt eons eke 1 It I i ch edui work I armor It to wj retigih I to tic it Ui fir I- a net io i aPiangiu of Stockton Acres tut There are a good many residents of the city of Stockton who do not even know that a lifle club exists within 'fifty or one hundred miles of the city let atone the fact that within a few miles is one of the finest organizations of its kind to be found the country with the latest equipment in lifles and tai -gets and up-to-date clubhou-e This clubhouse is located on Kobcyrts Island Following is a buef history of the organization and growth of the Roberts Island Rifle Club After considerable discussion a rifle club was started in 1511 having as Its nucleus six chaiter members Ronkendorf Lqhmunn Lehmann Then Witt VVoi-finger and II Woifinger These members met and shot everv Nun-day afternoon no pai titular kind of rifle being used They found that their shooting scenes wore considerably below the average of a good marksman In 1913 Hermann Ntreckc an tx- 0 SSCVSS4 0 operative methods are fast rtveal-ing tho sec cet It is now on the tongue of every progressive fanner The power lend possibilities rttcahd to date are greater then the must I enthusiastic hid ever anticipated I VV cannot justly take unto oui sc cs I however the credit for tving solved the problem Union Labor dd that ami applied tho newly gamed information for its own hem fit In so vigorous a manner tint in sc If-d fens we hive levn comm Jul to adopt fur uu ct 'on labor our Instinct Is burdme-d ty the po-schiht nr vt it ed It re-nd ju in huiIy no the Range to compete in an interclub shoot The local men took third place first place being taken by Oakland Rifle Club and second by San Francisco Railroad Commission Shortly after this a match between the Roberts Island Rifle Club and the Holt Rifle and Revolver Club was held on the local range Twenty-two caliber rifles were used and the $10 trophy was awarded to the Roberts Island Club A couple of the record scores made on the local range are given here: Ten 5s on the A government target with Springfield rifle shooting offhand at 3r)B yards Three 25s on the German ring target with Springfield rifle shooting offhand at 200 yards" These records have not been equaled many times on any range A score of 237 out of a possible 250 made with Scheutzen rifle on German ring target is not such a common occurrence The worlds record is 241 At present the club has a membership of nearly fifty excellent rifle men and is progressing rapidly under the able leadership of Asa Clark president: Lehmann vice-president Ronkendorf sec-letary Creed Hansford treasurer and Barthold executive officer The members of the club follow II Sanford A Toal IL A Paul Herbert Lehmann Taul Graf Greer II Ronkendorf Hale Asa Clark Henry Lehmann A A Rembold Barthold Dr Oliver Herman Strecker Ernest Christerson Edward Van A'ranken Alley Otto Sandman Arrhle Eli helherger Then Witt rank Woifinger Harry Wol-flnger Mr Brown Clinton Rozier Harry Fuller Rendon Max Paul Cieed itisford Parker Holt Tolland Johnson Adolph Salmon Dr Priestley Dan Muller Alexander Davis Joe Oottell! Mam Aarn Olaneili Chas A Arohamhiult Patterson William Collier George Patterson James Pineimot Harry Patterson Hemo It izietr and George ohm Tlie av hiked twn target has be Innsllsd on th Uu al tangs This svidsm brief has a pit butt Sink In whbh a man stands duitng1 pn to ehortln Them nr two targets one shove and one btiuathl ki unt sn 1 st lhat st whlih the riflemen thootlt bemmss ha I Iv inn i a rops or i la ngmg tlm me down an I si tins I1 i up to he uwt Tbftn sew i a- i I on at eft a line la lie ngi i A 1 1 mkftftiv ig ii i i I i na 1 ni a in a ni of tff li i a eh its are fi i on wimlig tti ir Tlie choice acreage Northwest was formerly known as Stockton now the City expansion has caused the develop-ment of the select City Park and Lakeside Terraces where many new and attractive homes have been huilt The immediate development of Stockton Acres is positive the only drawback being the limited amount of land It offers a rare chance for the speculator as well as the homeseeker Deep water is coming and Stockton Acres will derive the full benefit Graveled roads throughout the tract permit easy access in winter It will pay you to investigate at once For prices and terms see penemed rifleman and an excellent shot took out membership in the club and under his enthusiastic leadership more practicing was done averages grew higher competition became keener and soon prizes were awai ded to the best marksman As the members began to take more Inti rest the club devices for signalling the value of hits were installed and accurate records of each person's shooting were kept The first turkey shoot It eld by the club wat staged Thanksgiving Day 1913 Twelve tuiievs were awarded for the day's shoot The records and enthusiasm of the club members hid succeeded in securing an enrollment of twenty-one membeis by 1915 At this time the Hlevena Arms and Tool Company presented the club a gold medal and competition for thn honor brought out some excellent records In a series of ten shoots the medal was awuclid to Ronkendorf with Woltiriger not far behind Hv this time the club had become recognized by others and in 1916 the membe rs wc t)e Invited to pai tic I-pate in a tut key shoot at Marsh roc The lot il riflemen wets well pleased wt their record that dav every gobbler with tho evception of one returned with tha shooters' to btockon In 1 st 1 7 Improve merits wera consul red xml cme tho first things to I done was to a 50 foot flag polo ci ri the mg Here in fore leaving tie hor ter Pitt tv lie Id hint pr ic" It a with tho Colt An i' I i to a ul the ing is itlftt n-i 1 by the li Guards who lul ttu'r og th 4 i i Uibcr t-prlngfie1 1 -i At toe 1 ier cc mpil meeting hf ClW) It was th mm ton Cl no! the It i I Mi cine i tin lit It 1ft was done in kneeling or prone position A great deal of interest was taken in the sport and from that time on the membership list went forward by leaps and bounds Under regulation A rules and targets 12 men qualified in the following grades Expert Riflemen Ronken-dorf Holden Sanford Barthold Iltrry Fuller Clinton Rozier and Creed Hansford Sharpshooter Asa Clark Lehmann Archie Toal Hale Harry Woifinger and Joe Goteili Ith the money that had been made on previous turkey shoots the membeis bet about erecting a modern clubhouse fitted up with all conceivable conveniences for riflemen Patterson presented the club with a machino rest one of the most necessary equipments With its aid one may soon determine the accuracy of his rifle and ammunition the iriation being from 2 Inch to 2 foot groups The conceit can often be taken out of a perfectly new rifle by putting it to this test A rifle that will gtoup 10 shots in a 3 inch diameter circle at a distance of 200 uds is a very good one and there are ex optimal ones that will do even better then that During the spring of 1918 competitive shoots were held their purpose being to select the three best maiksmep These three were to be sc tit as rt present iitves to the state rv mis and liter If hi ky to compete in the i' mm! mat ties at Uvdwc 'I iv il it mge ow Jersey Tho three tnn 'ccfed fiom the Ntukiurt hi vim II 1 i Birth 1 uni at let (tt of til entries mn st th on vot the local men took ft iifli ml i pi i ie ic rs fc ju tt ci' i of ers if i I i I I li I ft vast fm I ai bs dupe -cl i a th Hammond Williams 26 San Joaquin St Tel 4028 i i i Ih rill til I is it trv rit Ul VI II i i i i i 4 a fc I tom I 1 i a in I Hit 1 1 4 i 4 ii 1 i I i ng 'i a it fM4 hM ft i an 1 i i 1 'I i 4 4 ii pro min)) I I i rWfWtfcFGAi JAv-qf Kft- ShSSFjH.