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About Central Point herald. (Central Point, Or.) 1906-1917 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1907)
CE N TR A L POINT HERALD. THURSDAY. A PR IL 25, 13ft. road agreed to receive the land o a these terms, and its accept- anve o f the acts o f Congress is L a *.*ÏTKV M PATTtSOM, PUB taSÎUtKS on record. The United States S. A. F ì t t i * » « . E dito *. made the railroad its agent for OF MEDFORD J . E. L anca * * « * , B usiness MANAGE« disposing o f the lands, according to the terms o f the Congressional A d iadepe»dent local newspaper The Youngest and the Stongest acts, and the agent was to use devoted to the interest* o f Central the money obtained from selling 18 Month* Growth Over $200,000.00 Point and the Rogue River Valley. the lands for redeeming its con Published Every Thursday. W E IN V IT E Y O U R ACCOUNT A N D PROMISE Y O U Subscription price, $1.59 per year, in struction bonds. This was con advance. sidered a more convenient meth fo r Pure, Fresh Drugs and Chemicals. FAIR DEALING - FIDELITY - SAFETY od o f aiding the railroads than Entered as Second-class Matter, May 4, for the United States to sell the A Member of American Bankers’ Association. All the Standard Proprietory Remedies. W e are Strongly Insured Against Burglary and^Hold-Ups ISO«, at the Post Office at Central Point, I lands and pass the money over •WE SOLICIT Y O U R B U S IN E SS Oregon, under the A ct o f Congress of Fine Line o f Watches and Jewelry. W m . S. Crowell, President directors : March 3. 1879. j to the railroad. It was not intended that title F. K.JDeuel, Vice-Preaident Druggists’ Sundries and Toilet Articles. W m . S. Crowell, F. K. Deuel,'Chas. Strang, E. V . Carter, Geo.JW. Dunn to the lands in the grant should M. L. Alford, Cashier - Prescriptions Carefully and Accurately WHAF IS AN “ACTUAL SETTLER?” | be vested in the railroad, to dis pose o f as it willed or as absolute Compounded. Your Patronage Solicited. “ What constitutes an actual j ownership would have permitted. settler?” asks a correspondent of The railroad received the lands The Oregonian writing from Dal- [ in trust, which bound it to dis las, desiring to know who is e n -' pose o f them to actual settlers, titled to buy land in the railroad [ just as the Interior Department land grants o f the Oregon & Cali was obliged to do under the same fornia and Southern Pacific, un acts as made the grants. A c der the proviso o f the Congres-! cording to the interpretation, any sional act o f April 10, 1869; “ p ro -' person, otherwise qualified, in vided further, that the lands! tending to establish a home, granted by the act aforesaid should be allowed by the railroad shall be sold to actual settlers j to pick land where he wishes to •!-l- 1-l,,l- l- I- H - l"l,'M "l- H - l"l‘ l,ll,,H "M - M- l- l- l- H - H - H - l"i"l- l,'M ,,M - H " H ' I l I 1- f only, in quantities not greater settle, and to receive the land at than one quarter section to one a price not to exceed $2.50 an purchaser, and for a price n o t, acre and in a tract o f not more exceeding $2.50 per acre” ; and] than 160 acres. - Oregonian. under section 4 o f the Congres DEALER IN n o n u B a iley A ld rich. sional act o f May 4, 1870: “ And j Friends o f Thomas Bailey Aldrich be it further enacted, that the I were not prepared for his rather sud Rough and Dressed Lumber, Shingles, said alternate sections o f land den death. Only a few months ago he Doors, Windows, Etc. granted by this act, excepting celebrated Ills seventieth birthday, anil Yard on track near depot. Estimates furnished. only such as are necessary for everybody who knew him said that he Let us figure on your lumber bill. the company to reserve as depots, ( looked boyishly young. Mr. Aldrich himself said that he felt almost as C E N T R A L POINT, OREGON stations, sidetracks, woodyards, young as ever. As one o f the New standing ground and other n eed-1 England poets, he seemed destined for ful uses in operating the road, I several more years. shall be sold by the company I All o f the other Now England poets only to actual settlers, in quan- j o f distinction lived longer than Mr. Aldrich. Longfellow, whose centenary I d d-l 'H - l- I- l- l- l- H - l' l -l-l-l- !-I-l--H - H --H - l- H - l-l- I- I--I- H "l- I"I"l- f •H - l- H - l- H - H - H - H -l- l- H -l-H -I-I-l- l- H -i- H ' H - l- M - H -l'-I-l-I'lA-l - l ' !■ 1 I M - f tities not exceeding 160 acres, | wo have celebrated recently, was sev- o r a quarter section, to any one cuty flve when he died. Bryant was settler, and at prices not exceed approaching eighty-four. Whittier was nearly elghty-Dve. Emerson was sev ing $2.50 per acre.” I f the land-grant matter shall enty-seven. Lowell died iu Ills seven HOTEL $1 CONNECTION : PRINTING ty-third year. If we take an average PRINTING THAT be brought to issue in court, the w e find that Aldrich should have lived THAT PLEASES ¡ p l e a s e s ; meaning is likely to be a strenu several years longer. Shorty Williams, Prop. ous subject by the railroad at It U quite true that Aldrich Is not PEOPLE PARTICULAR classed with the fumoas New England torneys. For how can a person WHO PAY PEOPLE Fast Horses, First-class Rigs, areful. Experienced Drivers. be an actual settler on land that group. In the first place, he was a quarter of a century younger than DaHy Stage to Eagle Point. belongs to a railroad? Would he those poets. In the second place, he not rather be a trespasser? If was a dilettante rather than n serious Special attention to Commercial Men. the acts o f Congress meant actual worker In poesy. He wrote gracefully, settlers to mean those persons very gracefully, turning fine periods, then occupying the land granted polishing off pretty points, lining de llgbtful work, but never descending l-l-l-l-I-l-I-l-l-l-H-I-l-l- I-l-l-I-l-l-I-i- H-I T IM BE R L A N D , ACT JU N E 3, 1878. the railroad, have not such actual deeply Into the fundamental and ele ! NOTICE FOR P U BLICATION . settlers ceased to exist in the mental facts o f life. He was a singer, Removed to New thirty-seven years since the acts I but not a seer. He cbose to be dainty Building U n ited S tates L and O ffice , were passed? The railroad at-, rather than deep—or perhaps his limita (St Roscburg, Oregon, March 23, 1907. tions made him so. Aldrich never torneys will be fertile with sub-1 With my fine line o f Notice is hereby given that in com sang a song that moved men's souls, pliance with the provisions of the act terfuges, subtleties and techni never sounded a stirring w sr note nor J Fruits, Confectioneries of Congress of June 3, 1878, entitled calities. The meaning o f actual an nrln that aroused men to militant “ An act for the sale of timber lands in and Fresh Bread. the States of California, Oregon, Ne settler will be one o f the hard- action. He was a literary artist. Ills vada, and Washington Territory,” as work appealing to a select few. hut fought issues. extended to all the Public Land States not appealing to the mass. Dickens, I f I have added a first-class by act of August 4, 1892, Fred C. H. But sound sense, unimpaired T IS TO OUR INTEREST TO TURN OUT for Instance, was not a literary artist, Reinecke, of Medford, county o f Jack- by sophistry o f lawyers, puts on nor was Longfellow Nevertheless the son, State of Oregon, has this day filed Lunch Counter. Printing that will please our customers. We” are in this office his sworn statement, No. actual settler an easy meaning. work of these men became household 7915, for the purchase o f the N i S W i, The acts intended that any per-1 property. fully equipped to do all classes o f Commercial and SEJ S W *, N W i SEJ of Section No. 28, in Township No. 33 S ., Range No. 3 E, son otherwise qualified who d e -! Aldrich wrote sweetly and touching n -i-i- i- i-i-n -n - H -i-i-i-i- i-i-i- i-M-i-i- Job Printing and we respectfully solicit you iicrd ers and will offer proof to show that the sired to make a home on land ly. His dainty "Ballad o f liable Belt.” land sought is more valuable for-ite written fifty years ago. gave him Im timber or stone than for agricultural within the railroad grant should mediate distinction, yet today It Is ini purposes, and to establish his claim to be considered an actual settler. known only to the charmed circle. He said land before A . S. Bliton, U . S. LETTER HEADS Commissioner, at his office at Medford, Such persons were to obtain the was a poet of highly cultivated taste. Oregon, on To have your Watches, Clocks and - BI LL HEADS land from the railroad just as He never descended from the height Jewelry repaired. I will give a written Thursday, tne 13th day of June. 19 0 7 . to which his early aspirations carried STATEMENTS other land from the United guarantee on watches for 12 months, He names as Witnesses: William him. Therefore tbo common people States. Here is evidence o f the know him n o t and also on all clocks, except nickel Maultby. of Medford, Oregon; Christian ENVELOPES R. McClintuck, o f ’Medford, Oregon: clocks, for 12 months. fa ct that Congress placed the It was really as a man among bis John Dent, of Medford, Oregon, and DODGERS OLD GOLD A N D S IL V E R T A K E N Samuel Rawlings, of Medford, Oregon. granted lands in trust for the friends that Thomas Bailey Aldrich A T HIGHEST M A R K E T PRICE. Any and all persons claiming adverse POSTERS railroad, making the railroad j achieved ble chief distinction. Those ly the above-described lands are re friends were o f the elect. They belong I can take your orders for Watches, trustee. quested to file their claims in this office VISITING CARDS ed to the highest rank In literature and Clocks and Jewelry and save you on or before said 13th day of June. 1907. By the terms o f the trust the i art of the day. With one voice they money. Your patronage is solicited. BE N JA M IN L. E D D Y . Register. BUSINESS CARDS railroad was to sell the land, at i apeak of AMrleh ss tbo finest o f friends a price not to exceed $2.50 an| •ad the most delightful o f men. IJt- Or anything else that you may need. acre, to actual settlers. In order 1 erary fame la sweet, but perbaps that C E N T R A L POINT. T IM BE R L A N D , ACT JU N E 3, 1878 Call and let us figure with you. We are here to that the Government lands ad M t of fame la sweeter still. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION . BOBBBTUS LO V E stay] and ¡to help you make Central Point worth joining might not be sold for a ] LO D G E D IR E C T O R Y . less price and thus prevent the while. Help us with your printing orders. U nited S t ates L and O ffice , Roseburg Oregon, Feb. 15, 1907. sale o f the railroad lands, the act E N TR AL POINT LODGE NO. 193 Notice is hereby given that in com o f 1866 declared: “ And the I. O. O. F . pliance with the provisions of the act sections and parts o f sections o f of Coogresa of June 3, 1878, entitled Meets every Saturday evening at "A n act for the sale of timber lands m 7:30 p. m. in A . O. U. W . Hall, land which shall remain in the the States of California, Oregon, Ne comer Second and Pine Sts. Visit United States, within the limits vada, and Washington T erritory," as ing brothers are specially invited to extended to all the Public Land State« meet with us when in town. o f the aforesaid grant, shall not by »ct o f August 4, 1892, Daniel D. !. A . P attison , C. S. E m ry , be sold for less than double the Tompkins, of 479 Cottage St., Salem, Secretary Noble Grand. county of Marion, State of Oregon, has minimum price ($2.50) o f public : ; -H I I I 11 « m H I I i n I 1 I I I M- I » 1 I 4-I- I 1- H - H I I I this day filed in this office bis sworn lands when sold,” and the act of statement, No. 7842, for the purchase As things go, the murder of a French o f the S }_8 E i, NWJ SEJ, SWJ NEJ, or 1870 declared that such lands A D M IN IS T R A T O R ’S NOTICE. cttlsen In Morocco gives France a Valia Section No. 70, in Township N o. 33, "shall be disposed o f only to act Range No. 1 East, W . M ., and will Notice is hereby given that the under- j excuse for threatening trouble, at the offer proof to show that the land sought ual settlers, at double the mini signed, by an order of the County Court same time it le probable that the “In is more valuable for its timber end P R O F E S S IO N A L J % M OW âRO o f Jackson County, Oregon, duly made I cident’' found tba French government mum price for such lands.” stone than for agricultural purposes, H O N A C C F I l TON and entered o f record, has been a p -, on»«: croi**» and to establish his claim to said land prepared at all points W M •» C O L V I C The meaning o f actual settler, in ted administrator of the estate of , J. O O L W I L L before the Register and Receiver at sry Welch, deceased. therefore, should not be difficult Ail persons having claims against the ! If Mr. Roosevelt can arrange a con Roseburg, Oregon, on Q R . FR AN K J. PAR IZEK , to determine. It is a person w h o 1 PER WE • said estate are hereby notified to pre- j ference that win establish a permanent Wedtwtday. the 13th day of May. 1907, sent the same to the undersigned sd-1 He names as witnesses: John H. purimses to establish a home. CENT PAY 1 P h v s ic im i a n d S u rgroon - ministrator at Central Point, Oregon. | peace between the railroad» and the Slattery, of Oregon City, Oregon; Such person was to have the duly verified, or to Gu* Newbury, his pubUc he ought assuredly to have an Werner W heatley, of Spokane, W ash Day and night calls promptly attorney, at his office in Jacksonville, ether medal. Rune access to the lands granted ington; Arthur lie) ten, o f Trail, Ore Oregon.' within six months from the gon; Mm. Docia M. Holden, of Trail, to the railroad as retained by the date hereof. Spring has few terrore for the “lim Oregon. Office Pine street, over Hat M. S. W elch , United States. The United States and all persons claiming adverse pia Ufe“ villager who can hire tome ly Any field’s store. Administrator o f the estate of Mary the ahow-dvw'-n.e-i tend* are re- I GENHUl IINIIIIG lu s m is s was to charge him not less than oee to beat the carpet« end make the quest-d t.- file th- Welch, deceased. Residence, Hotel Pleasants. .nr. in this offie TRANSACTED First publication March 7, HW7. n rd «n . Lifcewtee ta puah the latra on or before said 15th day of May. 1907. $2.50 an acre and the railroad not 191 dow er . - - - — - - BEN JA M IN L. E D D Y . RegisUr OREGON more than that price. The rail WE SOLICIT TOUR PITR0NIGE C E N T R A I. POINT C entral P oint H erald st National Bank Cash Capital, $50,000 Headquarters Resources, $250,030 Special. Bargains Central Pt. Pharmacy. IN Carpets, Lace Curtains and Portieres. W EEKS & BAKER, J. H G A Y Central Point Livery Stables You Pay for Printing And We Print for Pay I F. H . W E B B Now is the Time P. J. HICKEN, Jeweler. 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