PA SI » K H r
VHW n m l> H U I
s m
, JA C K S O N county , puroon t iu rsiiay , octorrr 11, .» M
HIGH SCHOOL
and mud roads Io the period of the ( ern building acquired. and s till re- ' A printed greeting docs not cost
We have some select «ample« of
H"Hlern paved highways and auto- tain the historical im|«.rtanee of the
a
great
deal
and
yet
it
expresses
a
Uhristiuas
(lards now on hands and
mobiles.
present building and Jacksonville sentiment nothing else w ill.
| are ready Io lake your orders.
All these things give me a personal
llespeetfully Submitted.
pride in my old home town, which
K. II. MOOHE
they propose to abandon as the
county seat, and vacate the present
historical court house, which was
the pride of the whole of southern
A n tiq u e D ru g M ortar»
Oregon in the early Sil's when com
Many years ago n Iona collection
pleted. W ith all these years of ex- of antique mortars was shown at tha
Educational films on Lumbering Geography and Arithmetic, the latter
|x-rienee in the midst and the feeling New York ('olleg * of Pharmacy which
and the Postal Service were shown a speed test.
FOR STATE SENATOR
of pride. I am compelled Io present was Insured for ttSS.lMSk T lie most eg-
to the High school, Wednesday. Oct.
th e young A m ericans clu b, w h ic h J the taxpayers of Jackson County a| pensive m ortar o f the lot was one lent
6th Senatorial District
IS. This was the Assemby given by is eoni|x>sed of the 7th Slh grades few facts to show thut the count) by Enrico Caruso, the tenor, who
Jackson County
the Science Department. Friday, held a meeting Friday. Oct. lath and j seat should not be taken from Jack- bought It from J. Plcrpout Morgan foe
*3.000,
October 15, some slides were shown, elected new officers. I.ueille Hittle sonville and removed to Medford,
Stands fur (¡4>od Clean Government under all cir
At a recent sale In London a col
but due to the fact that the High was elected President. Jeane C.bis- from a personal, political and finan-
lection of no bronae and bell metal
cumstances
school lantern was broken, the holm, vice President, Amelia lepov- eial ixjint of view.
mortars was sold at prices ranging
slides were shown at the Beaver ae. Secretary, lloyee Kellogg, treas
Opposed to Pre-Primary Convention; opposed to
Tin* building of the paved high from f t to £27 each. The highest
Theatre.
urer, and l.insley Dorman, marshall.
way. means hut a few minutes of price was brought by an eleven Inch
Old style convention; uncompromisingly for dir
School was dismissed Monday and
m
ortar
with
two
handles
hearing
the
Dues w ill be one dollar and w ill
pleasant driving from Medford to Inscription, "Thomas Castle, Edward
ect
primary system and people’s rule in their own
Tuesday because of County Insti lx* uses! for athletics only.
the count) seat, practically in the Neale made uie, lOftT.” — Western
government.
tute.
Mrs. ltobiuson is the advisor.
suburbs of Medford. Those that Druggist.
The seniors took charge of the as Their next meeting w ill be Friday.
come Ilie Medford way to Jackson
Opposed to Dennis Resolution. In favor of
sembly, Wednesday, October 20. and October 29th.
ville, cannot complain of the addi
Orange Income Tax measure.
K e e p in g Sea F ull o f Fi»h
showed a film entitled "Hats Off.”
B. M. and E. S.
tional drive to the maple-groved
The Port Erin biological station at
M erritt Hittle.
streets of the present site of the Port Erin, Isle o f Man. makes It a
The deciding baseball game be county seat, and away from business to see to It that England does
Wednesday morning. October 13, tween the Junior-Freshmen and the c o n g e s te d and narrow not suffer a fish or sen food famine.
the student body had films showing Senior Sophomore teams was played streets of Medford.
What has During spawning season millions of
the lumbering industry and the dis Wednesday, October 20. ’t here have Medford got to offer for a site of eggs are floating In the ocean, and
tribution of the U. S. Mail.
been two previous games between the proposed courthouse. Ihat can in special hosts are sent out to rescue
Miss Helen Stevens entered the these teams, the first being won by i anywise compare w ith the shady them. Tow nets of silk or muslin
gather the eggs, and as quickly ns poa
Gold H ill High school last Tuesday the Junior-Freshmen team by a j and paved way of the present site,
slide they arc taken Iq the hatchery
October 12, from Victorville. C alif score of five to three ami the second
Why shorn; the w hole of Jackson and put In hatching hoges set In hlg
ornia.
by the Senior Sophomore team by a ' county give up this present site, and tanka. There they are safe, and na
There was a student body meet-
The coach of the Cold H ill school, pay tribute in taxes for the payment ture. with the uhl of a continuous sup
ply o f real sea w ater pumped from
ing Friday October 15. The purpose
(;b lr t )rr< ,,.K stated that after of the ground and new building to
of this meeting was to put the m at-'
,,eci(ling bascba|, gaim, is p,.,ye,, satisfy the ambition of Medford.
oce“ " '
th* r**t'
™
By BRUCE DENNIS
ter of a high school paper before the bs,sketball practice w ill commence.! "'h ile Jacksonville is already in the
Author of the Dennis Kraolulion
student body and to lengthen the ■j-be f j rs| g.,nlc between the inter- shadow of the fast grow ing outskirts
In tro d u cin g
time of the Yell contest from F ri class teams is scheduled for next of Medford.
The enh drew up In front o f the Im
Medford apparently
During Ilie heal and excitement of polilieul campaign«
day morning to Friday evening at Wednesday.
cannot wait until her borders w ill posing marble mansion, and lie Jaun
and the confusing statements that attend them we are apl
4.00 o’clock. The meeting wns then
tily
alighted.
I'pon
Ida
swarthy
over take Jacksonville. Of course, |
nt lim es Io forget hard eeonoinie fads, and Ilie b ille r fruits of
turned over to the Yeti King, Merritt CENTRAL POINT CITIZEN
w ill be very convenient for the | bronzed eountenanee there glowed the
some |H't "Ism " tha! look goixl in theory hut
sparkle
of
health,
ami
there
was
the
Hittle.
AGAINST SEAT REMOVAL business men of Medford to step vigor of youth In his stride. Leisurely
do heavy damage in practice.
The entire school was dismissed
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j across the street in their home town climbing the steps, he rang the hell.
at 2:00 o’clock Friday to go to the
Central Point. Oregon.
*be court house, hut what about The door Hung open u few seconds
For this reason it i slime Io begin telling
Beaver theatre, where there were
O clo lxr 19. 1926 ,he taxpayers of Ashland. Talent. Inter.
a few plain truths uboul laud taxation, (he in
slides shown.
“T a x i for lllotzw lster," he said.
Phoenix, Central Point, Eagle Point.
Mr. Emil B ritt, Mayor of
comes of our people, ror|>orntions nml Indus
Vera Dunken,
.Butte Falls, Gold H ifl. Bogue Hiver
Jacksonville, Oregon.
tries, and again bring to mind the fact that cun
and the outlaying country districts
Dear B ritt.—
ital docs not need Oregon—but Oregon doe»
M a tte r o f C hoice
The grade children are enjoying
I came to Jacksonville December
us all drive to Jacksonville,
need eapilal.
Pat was telling M ike with great
the giant swing very much. The 18. 1875. when a boy w ith my par- nnd ev’?n Medford and save our (ltd
pride thut he was horn In the city of
And the reason why we should continue
firs t and second grades swing under ents and grew Io manhood in the ,;trs fo r some other use. This money Dublin
ue to remind ourselves and our friends is be
the supervision of their teacher, so early day metropolis of southern
would be well applied to the
“ W ell." said Mike. " I was horn with-
cause another effort is being made Io force
their parents need not worry about Oregon. I have lived in Jackson Payments of bonds incurred Io mak , In two miles of the city of Dublin met
been b,,r"
horn In ,h*
the "_
heart
of
a stale Income lax upon our people despile the
I’-'rls of the Isolated part of the
w
them getting hurt. This year all the county the past fifty-one years, as a
fact that practically the same lax cost many
grades seem interested in taking l i rancher, sheepman, merchant, and county tributary to Medford,
j " 1 •'
to a
m illions in capital and improvements to Oregon und the people
brary books home to read, even the j ant the only surviving male ex-
" *H> a small fraction of the mon-
of Oregon before it was repealed in 1924. We cannot expect
firs t and 2nd grades. All of them treasurer of Jackson County. In e.v required to acquire new grounds |
WOULD HAMPER GAME DEPT
a proved breeder of hard times Io bring good limes, tx-euuse It
receive credit for outside reading, these many years I have seen the and building nt Medford, the present p \SS.\GE OF TITHING BUI.
can I he done. And here are a few of the reasons why.
Last week the 7th and 8th grades j great change take place in this re- building can be raised an other story I
had many tests, 2 of which were in gion in the passing of the ox teams w ith an additional wing and a mod
In all of Oregon's 96,000 square miles there is an estimated
Do the people of Oregon want live
population of only 825,000 people—less than 0 Io the square
or six of the stale trout hatcheries
J
mile. We have 55,157 farms—an average of one Io every 15
abandoned, the work of their game
people. We have only 2500 industries that employ’ five men or
farms curtailed and the game patrol
more—an average of one industry Io every 330 people.
work restricted? This is what w ill
happen if the Tithing B ill, passed
d ill of Oregon s 82a,(KIO people, 782,250 didn't have net in
by the last legislature to he voted
comes big enough Io file income lux returns. Of die 42,545
upon under the referendum in Nov
who did, one-hulf of them showed earnings under *3000 and
ember, is permitted to become a law.
only 311 had earnings in excess of *10,01X1. Only one-fifth ol
The state game administration is
Oregon's 5000 corporations made enough to file returns und of
not only self supporting but it main
made in excvssof 20, (XXI.
i
tains the w ild life resources which
' are w orth m illions of dollars to the
the 1073 reiNirling, 478 made less Ilian *5.0<X), mid only 183
stale of Oregon, m illions of dollars
' Our farms and our industries are our l»'u main sources for
J to thousands of peoole who neither
new wealth. 1 hey Im lli face liaisl problems on account of
fish nor hunt, ns all of the inhabit*
scant and scattered population, lung hauls, competition, insuffi
| nots o f tins state p r o fit e ith e r d ire c t
cient capital, and heavy and ever-mounting taxes. If our farm»
ly or indirectly when '4 a m illion
are to prosper they have to secure outside money for loans und
people come in to the stbte to en jo y
money Io finance crops. If our industries are Io develop they
our recreational resources.
have Io finance their purchase« uud puy rolls. Both have to
I.
No appropriations whatever are
have markets and tliat means new people and more industries.
received from the legislature for
That is what the Dennis resolution is designed to do. It is
carrying on the work of game pro
an invitation for capital to coiue n and help us all out. We
pagation and game conservation In
desperately need new money to open up the state. We have
Oregon. Not one cent comes from
to tiave money for farm loans and no mutter how pretty this
the general tax fund of the slate.
talk sounds about a state income tax we cannot escape the
The ordinary taxpayer doe» not con
tribute one dollar to this game fund
economic and unalterable fact Ihat new capital which we
unless lie buys a hunting or fishing
require does not have Io uud w ill not come to Oregon unless
we make it advantageous for it to do so.
licences or violates some one of Ihe
state game laws anil contributes *4
We must remember that there are 120,000,000 people in
of his fine money to the game fund.
the United States. Of them one hundred unit nineteen m illion
In addition to the facts stated
plus, live outside of Oregon. They have plenty of need for
above, the counties of Ore. receive
the
same money in case we of Oregon don't show tliut we
nearly 910,000 annually as their half
really want it. We tried it once—und before the people re
of the fines received for game law
pealed the state income tax it cost us m illions; drove industries,
violations. 90% of these fines eoiiu
payrolls, and taxalde weaitli out of Oregon und tuxes s till went
from pleas of guilty so that the court
up! Every farmer who had to borrow money knows whut it
costs in connection w ith the trial
did to him, too.
of game law violations are neg
ligible. In adifilion Io this fact tin
No forward thinking uud constructive citizen wants that
slate of Oregon has used of the funds
disaster to happen again.
/
■ V
of the game department and re
ceives fo r the use of this money 2%
Instead of making things hard for everybody—farmer,
on the daily balance carried in the
merchant, industrial w orker und citizens in general we want to
banks.
have a purely economic problem taken out of polities. The
The stale game department, 'lu re-
way to do it is to vote no against both the Grange Income Tax
fore, no^only pays its way and sup
B ill and Offset Tax B ill and vote yes fo r the Dennis resolution.
ports the most valuable asset the
By this means we guarantee to every citizen, industry, and to
state of Oregon lias, hilt it also eon
capital that there w ill be no income tax before 1940. It further
tributes more than enough to take
guarantees to every family thut they w ill not have to pay taxes
care of costs >f handling the fluids
on their savings when their bread winner dies. It is a prosper
and trying the < ..ses which come
ity-making measure—it is sound business policy and deserves
ln;o court« as a iexult of g-m.e law
every progressive citizen's support.
violations.
The T ithing B ill was passed'“
Vote 306 X YES—Dennis Resolution.
an emergency 'measure. It was aip-
posed Io lake care o f an expected
Vote 329 X NO—Offset Income Tax Bill.
deficiency tlgil was to deve'op in
Ihc stale funds by reason of the re
Vote 335 X NO. Grange Income Tax Bill.
A vailable at all C om pany
peal of the income lax. The mea
Paid Advertisement
service stations and at tha
sure has been belli up for two years
best in dep end ent dealers
Grculer Oregon Assn.
under Ilie referendum. N'o deficien
J. (). Kldrod, Chairman
H. J. Frank
cy has developed in any department. M. S. Hirsch
Ira F , Powers
.1. B. Yeon
Therefore,
there
is
no
longer
any
A S S O C I A T E D O IL C O M P A N Y
R. !.. Mhcleay
G. G. Guild
excuse for diverting 10% of the J. II. Burgnrd
W. S. Babson
Game Commission fund into the
Executive Committee.
gc iir a l fund of Hie stale.
419 Oregon Bldg., Portland, Ore.
Vote 327 NO and defeat the Tilh
31 I X J. O. RIGG
iSane T a x T h in k in g '
a n O reg'on N e e d
ASSOCIATED
W INTER
GASOLINE
Sustained Quality
is refined to give satis
fa c to ry service in th e
c o ld e s t te m p e ra tu re s
I
ing Bill.
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