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About Central Point herald. (Central Point, Or.) 1906-1917 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1908)
CENTRAL POINT HERALD, THURSDAY. APRIL 30. 1303: ELECTRIC EXTENSIONS EVERYWHERE. Essay on Editors. $5000. Elgin business men subscribed $S' j O to advertise their city; The Dalles will continue their publicity work on an even more liberal scale than heretofore; Baker City is alive to the value of similar work. 7';, Headquarters of the Rose Festival Association look like an immense valen tine shop now-a-days. Thousands of beautifully engraved invitations are being sent out in rose-garlanded en velopes—prose poems in accord with the occasion. “ The queen of flowers will have a perfumed whisper of wel come for you, and her sweet hospitali ties humored for your tarrying’’ closes the message. W all Pape s r A little boy in town woe given the* V.unt by hi3 father to write an essay an editors, and here is the result: The Message of the Rose. “ I don’t know how nowspapers coma to be in the world. I don't think God (Special Correspondence.) does, for He air.lt got nothing to say Portland, Ore., April 27, 1908. about them and. editors in the Bible. I No announcement made in years has think the editor is one of the missing links you read of, and stayed in the been more interesting to the state at bushes after the hood, and then came > large than the publication of the plans out and wrote the things up, and has of the Oregon Electric Railway Com been here ever since. .1 don’t think h e ! pany, which means a system aggre ever dies. I never saw a dead one and j gating three hundred and eighty-one never heard of one getting licked. Our miles in length, an 1 reaching the prin- paper id a mighty good one; but th e ! ^ towns of the entire Willamette editor goes without underclothes all j ^ a^ey* with an extension to the coast winter and don’t wear socks and paw as well. McMinnville, Newberg, Dal- Shoplifter Caught. ain’t paid Ins subscription since the las, Eugene, Albany, Cascadia, Hills paper started. I ast paw if that was boro and Tillamook, with innumerable Cottage Grove, April 23. —A little other communities, are included. The why tha editor had to suck the juse out incident occurred in Cottage Grove of snowballs in winter, and go to bed line between Portland and Salem has that was amusing to some, but to received such excellent patronage that when he had a shirt washt in summer. others not so pleasant. The propri And then paw took mo out into the on several different occasions it has etor of the New Era drug store, Harry been necessary to revise the schedule woodshed and he lickt me awful hard. Brehaut, for some time past has been If the editor makes a mistake folks say to accommodate additional trains. In missing various articles from his store, he ought to be hung; but if a doctor the Eastern states the multiplication of including medicines, toilet goods, etc., makes any m i s t a k e s he buries trolley lines has decreased the passen- and the loss became alarming. Now them and people dassent say nothing g«->r traffic on the steam roads, but the Harry is an ingenious chap, and to find , , . . lo tfo i* Lnifn ftil t on m o rl- o/I or« in n s o a e o because he can read and write Lai in. latter have felt so marked an increase the thief he attached a thread to a When the editor makes a mistake there in freight traffic that the passenger number of piil boxes and placed them is lawsuits and swearing and a big fuss; loss has been more than compensated on the showcase so that if a man picked but if a doctor makes one there is a in earnings. up one and put it in his pocket ai d funeral, cut flowers and perftk silence. The greatest success has attended started to w'alk away it would pull all A doctor camuse a word a yard long the Oregon Development League meet the others off the case and to the floor. without him or any body knowing what ings throughout the eastern part of This happened yesterday, when a man it means; but if the editor uses one he tho state. La Grande raised $3300 in a j sprung the trap and was caught, has to spell it.. If the doctor goes to f,.w minutes, besides adding greatly to j The man of whom we spCak was see another man s wife he charges for the membership of its Commercial once before the I.ane county court for the visit; but if the edtior goes he gets Clu b -th ey will complete a fund of practicing medicine without a license. a charge of buckshot. When the doc-"______ _____ _________ tor gets drunk, its a case of being over- i __________ ¡Sí?’ come by the heat and if he dies, its from heart trouble; when the editor gets drunk, its a case of too much booze and if he dies its tho jim-jams. Any i old college can make a dootor; a editor • has to be born.-Rapid River Hustler Eagle Point came down Sunday to try a whirl with the Pointers but their, efforts didn’t amount to much. It was just like shooting fish or falling off a; log the way the Pointers piled up tallies for a while, till they got ashamed j of tfiemselves and quit trying to score, j The Eagles sweat and struggled their j best ljeks, but they couldn't take a ; trick nor get within three bases of a score until the seventh inning, when the Pointers got sort of trilling and, by making two or three bad errors, let the Eagles score two times. That was all there was to it, however, and the game quietly passed away at the ap pointed time, with a score of 11 to 2. Joe Boswell refereed the trouble and gave satisfaction. The lineup follows: C e n t r a l P o in t T os . E a < i l e P o i n t Pankey Sanderson Nash Ross B. Peart Messner C. Clark A. Clark II Peart P c 1st 2nd 3rd Hall—Stanley E Hall Stanley—Hall Jonas R. Stanley Smith Carle ton Lewis Brown. S3 rf r.f If comfortable I t would also be money in your pocket book, and is now on. iooo Bolts of Paper from ioc tip. Must sell to make room for New Stock Also a complete line of RUGS, LINOLEUMS AN D MATTINGS. Largos} Stock of Furniture Ever in Centra! Point. Patronize Home People and Build up Your own Town. CENTRAL POINT FURNITURE STORE, T. M. JO,NES. Propr. The F in e P ercheron Stallion “MORNING STAR” W ill m ake Beason o f 1908 a t my ran ch on Rogue R iver. 5 miles n o rth of C en tral P o in t (old Bowers place). D escription and P ed ig ree—Color black w ith w h ite star. R egistered in A m erican B reeders & Im p o rters R egistry No. 50303. Foaled May 23. 1904. S ire "B arbancon” No. 16073. Dam " P a n s y ” No. 50748. Pedigree on D am ’s side carries back six g enerations. T erm s-$15 fo r th e season w ith r e tu rn p rivi lege} $20 to in su re w ith foal. and » T. W . STANLEY, V H K C entral Point. Oregon. ! \ ih y - Just Arrived ! ! ! V i ’-¿“K K v -X/I .•Jr y . V ' M s S 5 ¡ i by*- ï • J •- M one hundred per cent, to Men’s Bells and Gloves. I the appearance of your feet, to wear Ladies’ Trimmed and Street Hats, “ Honest John K elley’s ” Ladies’ Nobby and Stylish. Oxford’s. r* !« They give- that refined and dressy | Hill JOnCS, appearance Ross Building, First and Pine Sts. CENTRAL POINT, OREGON. FO R ers can. $ 3 .5 0 to $ 4 .0 0 IC l HTRAL POINT REAL ESTATECO. D ealers in SMITH & MOLONY, Medford’s Big Shoe Store. D O N ’T think th a t because you h a p p e n to possess an unusual figure th a t you can ’t be accurately fitted in handsom e, stylish “R eady Clothes.” YVe can fit anybody. 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Recep tion by Governor and Mayor at Fairmont after parade Governor’» banquet at Fairmont in the evening. First of the informal receptions in the afternoon at the Fairmont and St. Francis hotels, continuing each, day. First of the band concerts iir- the afternoon at Union Square; in the evening at various unassigned squares and parks. Friday, May 8th— Review of the fleet by Secretary Metcalf. Games in Stadium. Boat races at Almeda. Banquet to com manding officers at St. Francis. Saturday, May 9th-Oakland Day. Sunday, May 10th— Yacht Club cruise. Religious serv ices at the Eighth and Market street pavilion. Monday, May 11th— Breakfast to the correspondents with the fleet. Auto ride for 40C officers. Observation car ride for 1000 enlisted men. Reception and ball at the Fairmont. Boat races of the city front for the Battenberg cup—big navy event, Tuesday, May 12th—Children’s day — Special arrangements to take 35000 school children to see battleships. G. A. R. reception at Dreamland Rink in the evening. Wednesday, May 13th— Day of athletics at Stadium—base ball, tug-of-war and field events. First Tamalpais trip. Thursday, May 14th—Berkeley D a y - Dinner in the evening by the gradu ates’ association of the U. S. naval academy. Friday, May 15—Santa Rosa Day— Unassigned events Receptions by Native Sons and Native Daughters; Eastern Star and Knights Templar. CHAS. S. FEE, P. T. M., S. P. Co. WM. McMURRAY, __________G. P. A., O R & N. Co. CLASSIFIED AD V ER TIS EM EN TS to your feet as none oth the best and cheapest lands In Oregon, enquire of Harness & Thornton, Real Estate dealers, Yonealla, Oregon. 43tf L May 6th to May 15th. w % m \ OXFORDS. Whan you are in Medford drop in at “ Weary’s ” for good liquors, cool beer and a good lunch. 21tf C heap L Hi Stop that sweating and burning by wearing cool, AT SAN SANCISCO ! ! r save Your Feet base Bail. b. S. FLEET CELEBRATION The Store th a t Saves T he D ead B a r d ’s R e v ie w e rs. The death of the poet Stedm an a t th e beginning of th e year and a few m onths a fte r the passing of Aldrich, w ho w as generally considered his su perior In verse, n a turally brought to the fore the question, H ow much, If any, of Steilm an’s work will live? In his threefold capacity as “poet, critic and m an of affairs,” says a w riter in the New York Sun, “E dm und Clarence Stedm an w as a good specim en of the manhood of America, ef th a t paradox- leal race w hich le a t once th e most ideal loving and the h a rd est w orking of the nntione.” Colonel T hom as W ent w orth Higgtnson thinks th a t Sted- m an's “K earny a t Seven T ines” will be one of the few poems of the civil w a r th a t will l a s t Scarcely any of the longer poems from his pen will live in the opinion of th is review er. W illiam Stanley B ralthw atte, w rit ing in the Boston T ranscript, tre a ts of Stedman, Stoddard and Ahlrich as th ree Am erican poets w ho held the younger generation to the age of Em erson. Till« review er thin k s th a t if, as has boon declared, Stoddard w as a lesser B ry an t and Aldrich a lessor Longfellow, Stedm an w as a leseer W hittier and also a g re ater W hittier. T his la st argum ent Is sustained by the opinion that, w hereas W hittier only chanced at intervals to be a perfect a r ti s t Stedm an w as alw ays a perfect a rtist. Of the three poets Stedman left tho "m ore definite im pression upon th e popular m ind in several lyrics which are alm ost as fam iliar as some i of the b e tte r know n of our older ’ poets." SI HO FOR ’FRISCO! a well-filled decanter has first choice among "choice spirits.” Thai “ lktka drop of something” that sounds so vague and mysterious, has really a definite meaning when it is bought of Reduced Rates Via the Southern Pacific us. It then means "something good . ” Everybody likes to blow their own horn, May 2nd and 4 th. With Return Limit but our customers are the ones that o f Twenty-Nine Days. give us the most praise. They swear by the high quality Wines ami Liquors that we handle. You’ll do the same Reduced rate tickets will be sold by ifter trying them. tho Southern Pacific Co. from all sta tions in Oregon on May 2nd and 4th Port and Sherry fo r fam ily Use. account the big Fleet Celebration at Mail orders given prompt attention: San Francisco, as follows: From Portland, $25; from all other main line stations, one and one-third H. Q. WILKINSON, Prop. first-class limited fare for the round - - OREGON. trip, not to exceed the rate from Port MEDFORD land, with a final return limit of 29 days. —Phone 214— Fare from Central Point and return, $17. Stopovers will not be allowed on these tickets but a continuous passage will be required in each direction. Children over five and under twelve years of age, one-half fare. Sufficient will be added to each ticket, where necessary, to make rate end in naught or five. Children under the age of five years will be carried free when accompanied by parents or guardian. This will be the greatest naval event in the history of the Pacific coast, and Central Point should send a big delega tion to the Golden Gate on this occasion. For further information, apply to FRED PARKER, Local Agent. Central Point, Or. Elect Celebration at the Bay City. “ WEARY’S” Why worry over your wash at h o m e , now that the hot weather will soon be . 0 4 * X ' d ? r - '^ Ò ,? f T t k 'N b 0 R E ' j here. Let us worry and VOU s m il e . I — Foil's Elite Laundry. Medford, Or. ENGRAVING' CO. You Money. Subscribe for the H b r a i . u