H-H- CENTRAL POINT HERALD ^ have been t ^ n every time she has been slaughtered since the days when Mount Pitt was a I. AN. ASTKK & PATTISON, PUBLISHERS hole in the ground, reappeared S. A. P a t t i s o n , E d i t o r . last week at Lents, a suburb of J. E. L a n c a s t e r , B u s in e s s M a n a g e r Portland, and after being duly executed her crop yielded the An Independent local newspaper usual amount o f nuggets. The devoted to the interests o f Central story is all right but that method Point and the Rogue River Valley. Subscription price, $1.50 per year, in o f mining is out o f date. Here in advance. Jackson county we do our mining with electric power and keep the THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1908. hens working full time in the egg industry. But the Willamette valley always was slow. F orew ord . GEO. BROWN & SONS W h o s e B usmess Is 1 ■! M i l H- It? The Young Man Loves the Young Lady- That’s His Business The Young Lady Loves the Young Man— That’s Her Business Soon They Will Marry— With an abiding faith in the T h e S an F r a n c isc o H o r r o r future development o f Central That’s Their Business Point and the Rogue river valley The earthquake and conflagra the H e r a l d comes into existence tion that visited San Francisco The Minister Will Marry Them— on this bright April day hoping last week will go down in history to be able, in a modest way, to as one o f the horrors o f the pres That’s His Business assist in advancing the general ent century. No such calami: y Welfare o f the town and commu has ever before visited an Amer When married they will need- nity. The paper is not being es ican community when measured tablished as a reform sheet nor by the standard o f property loss Shoes, Hats, Dry Goods, Clothing, Dishes, Groceries, as a political organ, neither as an or physical suffering. Hundreds engine destined to revolutionize of thousands o f citizens were ren Notions and an innumerable assortment of other sundries found the world—not even that small dered homeless and penniless and in Our mammoth line of general merchandise. portion o f it which lies imme- hundreds o f men who had amass- diately adjacent to the central ed fortunes will again begin at point o f the famed valley o f the the bottom o f the ladder. T H A T ’S O U R BUSINESS Rogue. As a purveyor o f the it is such a misfortune as this, general news of the world it does however, that brings out the lat- not expect to enter into competi- ent good in the great heart o f the PRICES REASONABLE tion with the metropolitan dailies American people; when rich and and it hastens to assure its big poor alike open their storehouses brothers o f Portland and other and purse strings, to the extent OREGON cities that, for the present 0f their ability, to aid the unfor- EAGLE POINT -I-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:- n i v » r at least, it will not attempt to tunates. In such cases it is more encroach on their preserves. As blessed to give than to receive a strictly local newspaper, with for jt is well, once in awhile, that neither political nor sectarian the innate principal o f Universal bias, devoted to the best inter- Brotherhood, which too often ests of Central Point and all of slumbers in the human breast, is the Rogue river valley the H e r - thus aroused and cultivated. Home Made Candies ald enters the field and with ----------------------- Soft Drinks of all Kinds ^ P. Gillett & Son malice toward none and with This first issue o f the H e r a l d charity for all it expects to pursue ¡s a week later than the publish- Fountain Soda and Bottled Goods. the work which may lie before it. ers expected, the delay being due A good assortment o f Cigars. Every thing found in a tirst-class Confectionery. This valley is one o f nature’s to a number o f causes over which t Canned lunch goods. A fresh supply of beauty spots, enriched by many they had no control. There is a ± bakery goods always on hand. Lunches served at all hours. natural advantages. Rich in its larRe amount o f work incident to alluvial s o il ; productive almost getting a first issue to press and TH E SEASON’S N E W E ST IN as the valley o f the Nile ; lamed any shortcomings o f this, our in- fa r and wide for the unsurpassed itial number, will, we hope, be excellence o f its fruits; sur- remedied in the future. VVe ap- r rounded by majestic mountain predate the liberal patronage J ranges, filled with mineral wealth accorded the H erald and feel that has hardly yet^been touched that its work is starting under by modern mining methods ; cov very favorable circumstances. and Second-hand Furniture ered with virgin forests o f giant -----BOUGHT AND S O L D ------- sugar pines, for the contents of P arody on an old song : “ But which two continents are clamor the train the boosters waited for I also carry a fine lot o f Confectionery, Cigars and Tobacco ing ; with a water power un didn’ t stop. ” and the finest BREAD and PASTRY in the Valley. equaled on the continent, which is already being harnessed to d o j I Receive Fresh Bread Every Day. its part in the development o f a Main Street CENTRAL POINT mighty empire, it possesses a charm for the home seeker and MEDFORD, OREGON. investor that is offered by few | Slone und Brick Mason spots on this earth. W m . S. C rowell , President F. K. D euel , Vice-President Aside from its physical advan Slone Work of dll Kinds tages, this valley possesses other J. C. W ilson E. C hapman attractions which are worthy the BRICK PLUGS BUILT attention o f the home seeker. It SATISFACTION GUARANTEED is no longer a wild western com P aid U p C apital , $25,000 S tockholders ’ L iability , $50,000 CENTRAL POINT, OR. munity in which painted Indians, FAIR DEALING, SAFETY, SECURITY festive cowboys, gun plays and ____ We do a conservative banking business. Always safe-guarding our customers’ general bravado furnish amuse C o n tra c to rs a n d B u ild e rs interests equally with our own. W e S olicit Y our A ccount . ment for the natives or strike D irectors :- W . S. Crowell, F. K. Deuel, E. V. Carter, Chas. Strang, Geo. W. Carpentry and Joining in all its branches f-rm r to the .out of the eastern Q |(| ¡),|||„ > |' $ h « p Dunn- M. L. ALFORD, C ashier . visitor. The valley is one o f the GLENN OWEN, P rop . oldest settled communities on the Estimates Furnished. coast, and among all who are CENTRAL POINT, OR. conversant with the conditions Sleek Shaves and ‘ here it is known as a center of Hdndsome Hdircuts C e n t r a l P o in t P h a r m a c y culture and civilization which is 1* t second to none in the west. In •i ± (Old Boswell Stand) moral and mental qualities the M A R Y A . M E E P r o p r ie to r CENTRAL POINT. OREGON superiors of the pioneer families f o f the Rogue have not yet been discovered, while the later comers ‘ measure up to the same high standard. DF.ALKR IN E. A. FORD, P r o p . It is to assist, then, in advanc v ing the interests o f Central HARDW ARE. I ARM CIGARS. TOBACCOS Point and the valley o f the IMPLEMENTS. ETC. Druggists* Sundries, Toilet A rticles Stationery Rogtio that the H erald has & CONFECTIONERY fresh and Cured Meats come into being, and in this good ì I work it hopes to be able to co Books, Etc. operate directly with every resi Proprietary Medicines. :: :: i c e c r e a m a n d s o d a i Y o u r P a t r o n a l e I s S o l ic it e d dent of Central Point and in a lesser degree, iwhaps, with Pdints dnj Oils • ‘ !! LUNCH GOODS every resident of this valley. The interests o f every town in J When in the city give me a call. You will find my goods first- the valley are identical and we class and my prices reasonable. can best build up ourselves by :: IAC LE POINTi OREGON Edtjle Point. Oregon Jeweler forgetting to pull down our neighbors. Every town in the Permanently located in JONES’ CASH valley is a good town because, STORK, Central Point. forsooth, it is not so many miles CENTRAL POINT OREGON from Central Point, l b you see Written guarantee on all work for 12 months. High grade watch repairing the point, neighbor? Sure you a specialty. do. Now is the time to subscribe. Gold, silver, steel and soft soldering Handle Rogue River Valley prop W M . W . P. HOLT dene successfully. erty . embracing alfalfa and or- I)R. PLEASANTS F»hy*ilcinn and S u r d o n T h a t historic hen from whose Orders taken for everything known in chard lands, stock ranches, city property. etc.. on small commission. List your the jeweler's line. Old gold and silver Central F*oint, Oregon EAGLE POINT. OREGON auriferous gizzard big chunks of CENTRAL POINT. OREGON. property with us. taken in exchange. E. E. SCUDDER Hotel and Feed Stable i CRAN FILL & R O B N E T T J J Outing Suits Kandy Kitchen and Blue Serges J J MEN’S WEARING APPAREL F. H. W e b b New “ The Toggery” Medford’s Fashion Store A . M. Lammey i F ir s t N a t io n a l W n son & Cl lapman Bank M e d fo r d , O r e g o n J . H. C ARLTO N |1H. W a t k i n s Central Point Market | Pure Fresh Drugs and Medicines If P. J. Hicken Downing & Emry