Central Point herald., January 02, 1908, Image 4

CENTRAL POINT HERALD, THURSDAY. .JANUARY
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:i Cole’s
Moore’s ;;
j; Airtight
:i
Heaters.
Ranges.
When you buy either o f them you know you
have the very best on the market.
Sells them.
M aking W r i t e r s o f L i t e r a t u r e .
A
G la n c e a t 10 0 7 .
Mr. Walter II. Page, the editor of
In thin country tlie season of 1907
proved one of geuenil pnxluctiveness. the World's Work, 1ms lately declared
Cotton, when; 4^ nl corn perhaps foH that even the best of the American
magazines, including his owu, are
short of the enormous yields of 1
but still readied a high average. What ‘’woefully lacking In skill, In style, iu
may be lacking in quantity will lie force and in Interest” and suggests
more than counterbalanced in the high postgraduate schools iu connection
prices prevailing Secretary Wilson with our universities to train young
| estimates the farmers’ compensation men In the art o f writing, flays Mr.
for their year of labor at H^iUO.OOo.Oun Page:
| (about), which exceeds the crop value
Suppose e v e r y stu den t w e re re q u ired to
of 1906 by nearly $000,000,000. The w rite a thou sand w o rd s a d a y —fo r a tim e
n a rra tive, such as a b io g ra p h y o r a b it o f
exportations of agricultural products j h is to ry ; then description , th en urgum ent.
a pla
p la y.
y, then fo r a
for the year are expected to exceed in i then a n ovel, then a
tim e, in stea d o f ta sks in prose, a sonnet
value those of 1900, possibly showing a d a y o r p ra c tic e in o th er fo rm s o f verse.
an increase o f $100,000,000. In the In­ A stu den t w ho should w r ite a thousand
Now is the time to relegate Oxfords
w ords a d a y w ou ld in a yeu r o f 3o0 w o r k ­
dustrial world nearly every branch of in
g d a y s guln such p ra c tic e a s the w ritin g to the closet or wardrobe, and wear the
manufacturing finds a brisk demand <j( th ree books o f the usual size o f a
n ovel w ou ld g iv e . In th ree y e a rs he w ou ld high-reaching Shoes which alone are
for the product offered.
h ave w ritte n us m uch as n ine such books fit for stormy weather.
They are the
Certain crops In certain European contain. O f cou rse his w r it in g w ou ld
countries have fallen short at the har e v e r y d a y h a v e to u n d ergo the critic ism only protection for dainty feminine feet,
| o f his tea ch er and o f ills fe llo w s .
N o coming well up on the calf, and keep­
vest Continuous rains interfered with tea ch er could p r o p e rly h ave m o re than
ing the whole foot dry, even in a snow
the gathering of the grain crops in h a lf a dozen students, and th e tea ch er
Don’ t depend upon
h im s e lf o u g h t to w r ite ns m uch as a n y o f or rain storm.
Scotland.
In Norway unprecedented his
students. T h e y o ught, a t tim es a t least, Rubbers absolutely. You may not. have
rain and cold weather reduced the to w rite to g e th e r and about the sam e sub­
them handy when the storm comes on.
yield of grain, fruits and vegetables jects. D ou b tless it w ou ld be h elp fu l, as
R o b ert L o u is S teven son fo u n d It h elpfu l,
below the average. In Belgium the som etim es to w r it e in consciou s im ita tio n Get a pair o f these High Shoes and you
potato crop was only fairly good, but I o f g r e a t w rite r s , one a ft e r a n o th er. Of are proof against storms.
I>etter than In 10011. Italy report* .11 I e"
,hl!r“ ,nust
go aU"
lic ur“
e definite,
w ell plan
ned ‘* co wlth
u rses thi*
o f r,nic‘
poet
crop« satisfactory, while Portugal la­ pra,Tuple stu dy in la n g u a g e and In litc ra
ture.
ments the partial destruction of her
This suggestion is not new, and the j
corn crop. The close of the year finds
SHO E DEALERS,
the continental countries suffering objections to it tuuy be anticipated.
from money stringency and a marked Writing is held to be a natural g ift |
decline in manufacturing. The money and cannot be taught, says Harper s j
stringency there Is laid to various Weekly, and Lite Now York Tribune
causes, among them the drain of gold thinks that the old plan of leaving It
If You Are Wailing,
to the Individual Is best. Granting,
for shipment to America.
however, that training schools for
On the death roll of 1907 many nota
ble names nre inscribed, some of th e ’ writers would be an advantage to lit-|
world’s workers cut down in the midst 1 era ture, experience seems to show th a t.
of their activities and others who long the training should not be restricted !
since passed the heyday of life. Among to college men. The ranks of the so
the well known authors who died dur­ called “ trained writers” include a !
ing the year were T. II. Aldrich, the | large percentage of those who have |
poet and Btory writer; Mary J. Holmes, 1 never graduated from college and not
Inn Maclaren (Rev. John Watson), j a few who never entered college.
Steel Ü
- ARE THE BEST ON E A R T H .-
I Leever,
2, 1908.
The Hardwareman,
He also handles all kinds o f Hardware.
Better buy your Stoves early and be ready for
the damp, chilly season.
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SM IT H * COLONY.
F. A . H A W K
General Biacksmuhlng
Central Point, Oregon
Repair work o f all kinds. Wood Turning and Scroll
Work. Horseshoing and Wagonwork. Cast Iron Braizing.
Medford,
Ore.
CLASSIHLD ADVERTISEMENT
FO B
SALE.
FOR S A L K A T A B A R G A IN —Four good hors«*«
with guud harness and wagon. A pply ut this
office.
34 t f
FO R S A L E —A , rood fruit ranch a . there is in
Oreuon. two grad -sprintra. 28 aerea; price $10,000.
L. E. Van Vliet, 2 miles east o f Central Point.
3M36
FO R S A L E —Three good tniJch cewa and two
heifer calves. F. O. Cochran. Central Point.
32d36
W ATCH ES A N D J E W E L R Y -F in a a t line aver
opened in Central Point. A t Contra! Point
Pharmacy.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
A S H L A N D IC E - Made from purest mountair
water, for sale at Moore’s confectionery.
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REAL ESTATE.
T H E .C E N T R A L P O IN T R E A L ESTAJ.E CO.
is interested in Ithe future Tfirow thiof ^Central
Point. W e want tolsee^the.old. town grow/as
well as the entire KoffueTRiver valley. Come.in
and list your propertylwith us. We will explain
why it is to your advantage to do so, when you
come to uur office. ,'If^you have'property topsoil,
we have parties.whoilwant$to buy. I f you waul
to buy, we have parties who^want to 'sell. ’ Do
you see the point?—Central Point Ren! Est.irte
Company. C.
.'•antlerson. Manager.
otiu’
S O U T H and E A S T
—by the—
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.
Julia Magrudor, David Christie Mur­
The First Battlefield Angel.
M un a t I lls B e s t.
ray, English playwright nnd novelist, 1
Recently King Edward conferred
Andrew Carnegie passed his seven­
and Hector Melot, a French writer of
upon Florence Nightingale the English
tieth birthday recently with a clioeri- j
note.
| Order of Merit, a rare honor, since this
The ranks of distinguished veterans ! ness that seemed to give the lie to the
James Mankin, a well known farmer
Is the first time it lias been bestowed
of the army lost Generul R. A. Alger, n threescore and ten years that are back ;
living three miles from Jacksonville,
upon a woman. Almost sixty years
volunteer lender of the civil war, and of him. When asked whether a mail I to sample the very best brands of Whis­
on the Sterling road, was shot and
T R A IN S FOR PO R T LA N D .
ago Florence Nightingale lnaugurattMi
General O. B. Wilcox, General T. II. i could accomplish as much at seventy kies and Wines, your search will be
killed by C. H. Walsworth in a duel
Trains leave Central Point
the pioneer corps of battlefield nurses
satisfied
the
moment
you
taste
the
us
at
forty
he
answered
quickly
that
j
Ruger nud General M. II. Blunt, re­
between Walsworth and his son and
kinds we are now offering to our
and herself personally administered to
for Portland and way
tired regulars und distinguished sol­ a man is equipped with a greater expe-1 patrons. Both lines are exceptionally
Mankin and his brother last Saturday
the suffering In field and In hospital
stations daily at - - - 9:59 a m.
rieuce
at
seventy
and
If
he
has
con-
j
diers
of
the
Federal
army
In
tho
civil
j
pure and wholesome; in fact, the sort
afternoon.
5:49 p. m.
during the Crimean war. To her Is
w ar.
From public life were taken j served his physical and mental pow­ that the le s t physicians recommend to
Walsworth and his son were occupy­
T R A IN S FOR 8A N FRAN CISC O.
given the credit today for the organl
their
sickly
and
convalescent
patients
ers
ho
will
be
better
fitted
for
useful­
ing a house on the Mankin premises and nation of the corps of women nurses General John T. Morgan und Edmund -
as a tonic and builder-up o f the system. Leave Central Point - - - 10:20 a. m.
had been notified to vacate the place found upon every field of battle and II. Pettus, United States senators from ness then than at an earlier ago. Look­ Your house ought to have a supply, and
1:35 p. m.
ing
backward
from
his
seventieth
Alabama;
E.
II.
Conger,
who
was
you can easily alford it at our prices.
by Mankin. This they refused to do, upou every Beene of suffering and ills
Ashland accommodation
9:05 p.m.
and on Saturday Mankin secured the aster. The founders of the Red Cross United .States minister to China during birthday, lie expressed tlie conviction
Liquors for family Use.
Through Pullman,
Standard and
necessary legal papers to eject them und all similar societies frequently the Boxer war, and Gnlusha A. Grow, • that man’s usefulness increases with
Mail orders given prompt attention. tourist cars on both trains; chair cars
and went to the house to serve the consulted Miss Nightingale, who, al­ former noted congressman nnd content-1 age.
Sacramento to Portland and El Paso
Before
the
congratulations
which
porury
of
Lincoln,
who
was
credited
papers. A quarrel ending in a fight though bedridden, lias never ceased to
and tourist cars to Chicago, St. Louis,
withjclubs followed and finally the Interest herself In projects to relieve with being the father of the “ home­ poured in upon Mr. Carnegie were
N ew Orleans and Washington.
elder Walsworth ran into the house the sick and wounded of all nations stead law.” Mrs. William McKinley5, cold another septuagenarian attracted
H. O. W IL K IN S O N . Prop.
Connecting at San Francisco with
widow' of the martyred president, and wide interest by reaching Chicago
and securing a rifle began firing at under all circumstances.
several steamship lines for Honolulu,
after a walk of over 1,200 miles, in MEDFORD
-
-
OREGON.
Elizabeth
Cary
Agassiz,
widow
of
the
Mankin. Henry Mankin, hearing the
One of the most Inspiring and in­
Japan, China, Philippines, Central and
which he I »eat the record made over
shots, ran to the scene with a shotgun teresting of all the good causes of to­ great naturalist, died during the year
South America.
the same course while he was in his
and riffle and young Walsworth fired day is the Red Cross. It Is an organi­ and also Isabella Beecher Hooker, lust
60 YEARS'
For particulars, see
prime. It is l>elleved by some that
of
tho
children
of
the
Rev.
Lyman
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at him and missed and in return re­ zation wide as tho world, recognizing
FRED P A R K E R , Agent,
Weston accomplished his feat because
Beecher.
ceived a charge o f shot in the face. no distinction of race or casto, but de­
Central Point station,
From the world of art and science | he wus not trained “ stale,” as the
The elder Walsworth then shot and voted to doing good and to helpfulness,
—or address—
phrase Is. He did not train for the
killed James Mankin, and Henry Man­ to binding up of wounds, relieving dis­ v. ere removed Richard Mansfield, the j
W m . M c M U R R A Y ,
ordeal, because his life has been one
kin then shot Walsworth with a rifle, tress and succoring the sufferers In actor: Augustus Saint Onudens, the j
long training, u wholesome one In
Gen Pas. A gt., Portland, Ore.
sculptor;
Joachim,
Hungarian
violin-
|
the bullet tearing away the cheek bone time of disaster wherever the sun
every respect. Carnegie as a persistent
T rade M ar k s
and a portion o f the skull. The wound shines. It was formed originally for 1st; David Grieg, Norwegian composer;
D e s ig n s
seeker ufter longevity would probably
is an ugly one, but the man never lost military purposes to mitigate as far Alexander Ilerschel, English astrono- '
C o p y r ig h t s A c .
fall
In
his
ambition
and
also
wreck
his
Anyon« sending n «ketch und description may
Post Office Hours.
consciousness. It is believed both the as i>ossll)le the horrors of war and to mor of note, nnd Maurice Loewy, dl- '
gulckly ascertmn our opinion free whether an
career of usefulness. And If Weston
Invention is probably patentable. Commnnio»-
Walsworths will recover. They were carry prompt assistance to the wound­ rector of the Paris observatory and j
G E N E R A L D E L IV E R Y HOURS.
tionsutrlctlyoonUdentlal.
HANDBOOK
on
Patent*
had tested hls powers to the theoret­
sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents.
brought to Jacksonville and given ed. Its flag soon came to be recog- called the dean o f astronomers.
Open 7:30 t,. m. close t>:30 p. m.
Muiin & Co. receive
Putente taken through
_______ ___
The passing of John Alexander j ical limit, say for a year past, in order
tprcUU notice, without charco, In the
medical attention and are now in the uized nnd respected by all belligerents,
Sundays, open one hour after each
to
be
In
condition
for
the
effort
of
his
Dowie, the aged leader o f the Zionists, i
county jail.
train.
anil the wounded looked more eagerly
was not unexpected. At one time the I life he would have risked a breuk
A handsomely llluatruted weekly. Lare-est Cir­
M O N EY ORDERS
for it on the buttlellold than for their (
death of Emperor Frauds Joseph of down. One lesson from these two lives \ culation o f uny sdentino Journal. Torma. 13 a
own. Soon It began to extend Its min­
year : four months, *L Bold by all newsdealer*.
No
money
orders issued or cashed on
Is
that
a
man
should
not
Invest
his
Austria seemed imminent, but he Jived
An English miner has Invented a istrations till now wherever sudden
Sundays or holidays.
to take part In the celebration of the | whole energy In trying to be a phe
bruucb Office, nb K Ht. WaihtDgtoa, D. €.
safety grip which may be applied to disaster of any sort falls or famine or
M A IL CLOSES.
opening of the sixtieth year of his noinenon, and another fs that he
mining cages, elevators, etc., and will epidemic ravage« the Red Cross ap­
reign on Dec. 2. By the death of should not let hia birthday calendar
No. 14, north bound, 9:30 a. m. Due
prevent the possibility of accidents pears with its corps of trained work­
Muzaffar-ed-Din In January tin* throu# tell him when to quit
9:49 a. m.
The Red
due to the breakage of winding and ers to administer relief.
The rumors respecting the reduction
of Persia passed to his son, the Crown
No. 15, south bound, 9:30 a. m. Due
hauling roi>e8. It is said that It acts Cross is national and International,
of forces by railway companies are
Rudyurd
Kipling,
It
Is
said,
will
be
Prlucc Mlrza.
10:11 a. m.
without causing a sudden stoppage und every man and woman In the
The financial flurry which agitated swarded tlie Nobel prize for producing rather confusing. They nre evidently
No. 13, south bound, 12 m.
Due
and the consequent danger to occu­ country and In the civilized world
Wall street circles in November and the best literature of un Idealistic na­ framed to convey the impression that 12:28 p. m.
ought to belong to It as a tribute to
pants of the cage from that source.
scarcity
of
money
and
hard
times
are
ture.
A
good
ninny
of
our
Idealists
by symimthy spread to other money
No. 16, north bound, 4:50 p. m. Due
the spirit which animated Florence
compelling n resort to economies which
centers has been generally ascribed to may be Justified after this In deciding
5:19 p. m.
A German has now Invented another Nightingale nud Inspires her noble suc­
purely local conditions and to an un­ that they hnve never succeeded In would otherwise not have been at­
G u y E. T e x , P. M.
device to obviate a skip’s rolling at cessors.
warranted decline In public confidence. grasping the real meaning of Idealism. tempted. There is no sound reason
sen, and It is soon to be tested on one
Florence Nightingale Is now eighty-
thnt
can
be
advanced
In
favor
of
a
Several large failures occurred durlug
of the North sea steamers. Is the sen seven years old, and for many years
The fact that Chile pays her soldiers policy of extravagance at any time,
the year, the liabilities reaching an ag
to be robi»ed of all its exciting stunts she lias lived so quietly that many of
In the ranks $300 a year while we and the management which by Impli­
gregate of hundreds of millions of dol­
and made ss safe and steady as the the present generation have scarcely
pay ours only $130 Is not a fair com­ cation admits that tt has been extrava­
lars. The concerns financially lnvolv
land?
heard her name, but wherever a Red
parison. I f a man hud $130 of onr gant because times were good is sure
A fter January 1, 1908,
ed Included manufacturers, brokers,
Cross flag files it constitutes a memo­
kind of money In Chile he could live to come In for harsh criticism.
and until further notice,
banks
and
trust
companies.
Uncle Joe Cannon brands as an Infa­ rial to this heroic wAmau.
,
i on It nud support a host of relations In
I will only be in my place
One strong reason for anticipating . . .
,
mous lie the story that he smokes only j
According to the New York papers,
, ___i »he bargain.
of business during the
an early recovery of confidence is
three cigars a day. Perhaps the per­
T h e N e w C o n gress.
another miser has died “ In squalor,”
afternoon o f each day,
found In the general condition of the
son who started the report meant to
In the Atlanta Constitution “ Lucie leaving behind him $1.017.
The Sixtieth congress has work of
During
other
matters, for a time
country.
Had
we
been
confronted
•ay that Uncle Joe smoked only three Importance before It. It is the desire
Remus” Is quoted as saying,
Mr times like these u man runs tho risk
claiming my attention in
with the spectacle of short crops or a Roosevelt la a remarkable man.
before breakfast.
of the people that that work shall I k ?
nnd of being classed ns a miser I f he
the forenoon. I will still,
probable decline on a large scale In our so ts hls w ife." Evidently the potable
done before the country take« up the
hoards more than 30 cents.
however, give careful at­
foreign trade It would have been In or­ at the White House dinner set before
"Money Is the salve of the wise
matter of choosing a successor to the
tention to repair work on
man and the master of the fool,” com­ president rather than that It shall be der to prepare for hard times. But the Georgia philosopher was not plain
The czar of Russia Is to he an auto­
watches and jewelry and
the crops nre all right, and the outlook buttermilk.
ments an exchange. How beneficent,
Blighted, deferred and finally over­
crat no longer If the deutna hna Its
all other branches o f my
then. Is that social institution which shadowed and thrust aside by the ab­ for foreign trade was never better.
way. But the czar ts enough of an au­
business. Respectfully,
•res to It that the fool and Ills money sorptions of a national election. Just The cause« of uneasiness are thus seen
Pedestrian Weston's advice to "walk
tocrat still to tie able to say whether
to be of a much narrower character to and from work” may tie regarded
•re soon parted.
now there is a keener, deeper and far
or not the duumn Is the best Judge tn
than those which must operate to pro­ as good nntll the men who attempt to
more general Interest In the tasks of
matters of this kind.
Wagners “ simple life”
teaching
duce a real panic. With the American follow It And that they have to get out
congress than in the tasks that will In»
would now appeal to the American
people producing wealth as rapidly as o f bed a few minutes earlier than
New Yorkers continue to warm up
before the conventions when they
pocket nud probably get a better hear­
ever and with the knowledge that with usual.
as to whether Sunday shows are
meet next summer. It Is to be hoped
ing than It did two years ago, when
extremely few exceptions the banks
good, had or Indifferent In their effect
thut the tmtloual legislative body wi l l
prosperity was at high tide.
The English are trying once more to
are as sound ns banks can tie, while
upon morals.
But anyway there Is
take note of the fact.
Since the ma:d
the government Is free from any possi­ abolish the barmaid
I the law which says, “ No Sunday
What Is chiefly expected of the now
A man s brain power is said to I k » 10
goes with the bar. It might lie well to
ble complication of a dangerous ns
shows.”
per cent greater than a woman's, but congress comes in the line of what ture, we have all the conditions re- abolish the bar as a compromise.
when It comes to holiday shopping her tus> l»e called unfinIshed business qolred to make the depression of en
India wants to Import nn army of
pntleuce has his brain i»ower looking Tin* closer students of politics w ill fob terprlsc in 1907 of short duration.
It will never lie charged that the American cats to abolish her plague of
low the session for signs of promise in
like a useless Impediment.
Jamestown exposition caused
the rats. About every household of the
the new men. No letter arena exists
A Brooklyn court recently decided financial stringency by rounding up land will be glad to contribute the ta's
than
that
of
congress,
and
particularly
It seems that then» Is no master
that a coRtractor ennuot collect pay for the country’s spare change.
hies of Its neighbor».
of Chinese nnd Japanese among those the lower branch, for the developnion: a house unices tt compiles with the
t ' n i i r r * a « e M i f l i S a l 'm i s J
and the display of the qualities that
,.rh I e k * I I pa *•-
’| h b k a t
•migrating Immigrants
Before
giving
some
one
a
piece
of
speoifl-atlons The wonder Is that so
i '-. *'
- v al »ineflMty.
Thnt "genius is hard work” Is as
go to th«* making and the e ie «v i«e $>•
y iv.sti s' Fa* V*»r'
M r-'sir* I- si,/
obvious a square deal should be dis your mind It Is nlways t>est to select a true as gosix-l. So Just watch tin-
I..»«S*re' y. •(.!•* # O* «
The money crisis loosened up In political leadership.
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piece that you will not he ashamed of gonitis of this country paK tors
puted In the court* at this day.
• v • I k l CI f e t i £ » t * • e !l< » 1. I .Ü
time to meet tin» snow shovel, skate
Urn
Irpu,
twcitV
later.
through her troubles.
A n - n u \ Y « n i r « i a H V ie -T w r w
—•
and sled crisis
In a recent French duel both of the
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T . *ern t • • • ' o j g * »»1
•I- • ' a S T ie -'
n '“ »*■ '
ue (efcow .g f yr> pi »n t
A true friend Is one who never leta
combatants were wounded
I f that
True,
I'ncte
Sam’a
soldiers
get
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Trespass Notices, printed on cloth,
Code Sam's irnnia talar 1» already
o* that he doesn't believe yon know
$13 a month, but they needn't worry
for sale at the H erald office. 50 cents haopeoa again the spert a liable to be­ what you are talking a best
•bar; rum* bla peuetl.
come unpopular
— — " -
when the cost o f living goes up.
a dozen.
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