CENTRAL POINT HERALD. THURSDAY. JANUARY 7.
ment, without the option of any
fine. The object aimed at by
the suggested legislation is, not
S. A . P a t t i s o n , P u b l i s h e r .
merely to increase the number
and enlarge the powers of the
An independent local newspaper
forest wardens, but also to com
devoted to the interests o f Central
pel every camper to either ex
Point and the Rogue River Valley.
Published Every Thursday.
tinguish his fire or keep it under
Subscription price, $1.50 per year, in guard; to require every settler,
advance.
railway contractor, or railway,
Entered as Second-class Matter, May 4, in clearing lands, to maintain a
1906, at the Post Office at Central Point, guard by night as well as by day,
Oregon, under the A ct o f Congress o f
so long as the stumps are burn
March 3. 1879.
ing, and to prevent any stumps
or underbrush being fired within
ORCHARD LAND VALUES.
a reasonable distance of the
standing timber; and finally, to
Land values continue to ad
make the railways and factories
vance in this section and many
whose tracks or works are within
persons wonder where they will j
| the forest area responsible for
stop. Fifteen hundred dollars an
the protection ol the forest to a
acre, the price received by Mr.
! given distance on each side of
Norcross last week, is the top
! the railway track or factory.
price yet paid in Oregon for or
We commend this subject to
chard property, but there is no
the attention of the legislatures
doubt but that values will con
in those States most nearly af-
tinue to advance to a yet higher
I fected. It is certain that legisla-
point The reason is obvious.
! tion bringing the careless start
When an orchard will produce all
ing and neglect of fires within
the way from $1000 to $2500 per
| the range of the criminal law
acre for each crop it is easy to
would prove a most speedy and
see that such property is worth
effective cheek upon the present
more as an investment than any
annual destruction of life and
prices that have yet prevailed in
property.—Scientific American.
this valley. The Merritt orchard,
ess than a mile finm the Nor
About Eggs.
cross place, in 1907 produced an In a ben's egg only one-Qftb o f the
income to the owner at the rate substance is nutritious, one-ninth purt
of $2450 an acre f. o. b. Central I k refuse, and the remainder, tbo great
er portion, la witter.
Point, and it is but a few years
White shelled eggs are not quite as
since that property was acquired good as yellow ones, for they contain
by the present owner for almost | a trifle more wate- and a little less fat.
But your purveyor knows this and fre
a song. The Norcross place has J quently colors bis whito eggs with cof
always been noted as a heavy' fee.
producer every season and it is I Judged by the amount of nutriment.
,
,, . ,
,
i a goose's egg Is the most valuable,
known that for several years it yj e 1 1 In order are ducks’ . Balnea fow ls’,
has yielded a big interest on the bens’, turkeys’ and plovers’. Eggs con
price it sold for
! l*lu ® larSe quantity o f sulphur, which
la purifying to tbo blood and good for
There may still be a few people tbo complexion.
in the valley who will tell stran To get the best egg you must feed
gers that orchard lands are not your fowl ou grain, nud to cook It In
the inoet digestible way you must not
worth the price paid; but they boll the water. Heat the water to 190
said that when the same lands degrees and leave the egg In It for ten
were selling for $50 and $100 an minutes. You will then digest every
morsel. But If yon boll It for three
acre, and these assertions have minutes no less than one twelfth of
not prevented shrewd business It will fall to be digested. Thus If you
men of means from paying big eat tw o eggs boiled for three minutes
evfiry day you waste five dozen In a
ger prices each year and making year.—London Mall.
big money on their investments.
Tbs Leopard and the Pan.
The new orchards now being
One day a worthy Kulu housewife
planted with selected stock of came out from her cooking nud, stand
the varieties which experience ing on the ledge of rock r.t her door,
has shown to be the most profit emptied a pan of bulling water Into the
rank herbage growing tielow. It fell,
able, will be worth still better ■plash, on the buck o f a sleeping leop
prices when they come into bear ard. who Jumped perpendicularly Into
ing and it is altogether probable the air ns high as the roof o f the bnt.
What might have happened next?
hat such property will yet bring Who can say? Bat tbe astonished wo
as much as $3000 an acre.
man dropped the pna with n clung np-
C entral P oint H erald
IfGISLATION TO PREVENT fOREST
TIRES.
I I I I I I 1 I I I 1 I I I I I I 1 l-H -H -v-H -H -i ! I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I H *
The Open A ir Cure.
The protest of a Doted scientist
against crowding tbe victims of tuber
culosis In bonpltals and camps may
seem radical I d view o f t b s recent tend
encies. It is said that the boms la
tbs best placs to provide for tbs pa
tient at any stage o f tbe complaint
One might gp a step further and say
that tbe place to prevent the trouble la
In the boom. It seems to be almost
wholly a question of fresh air, and
that can be controlled at home as well
as elsewhere, sometimes even better.
Ifresh air la tbe core which science
now depends upon to root out the
genua o f tuberculosis. If It Is good for
that It la good to prevent the germs
from to«a-i».g the first Inroads ou the
human system. Air la free, and as
man average they get plenty o f W. The
harm comes from abutting tbe air out
of working, living and sleeping rooms
hours at a time. Sanitarium patients
far gone In consumption are required
to tnuffie up met brave the coldest
blasts of winter. It would be better
for people to wear heavy clothing In
doors and let tbo fresh cold air circu
late than to keep warm by »butting off
all ventilation. Tbe ravages of tbe
great white plague may be stayed In
the hospital, but the place to banleh
tbe scourge from tbe world la In tbe
borne.
The Irritating Miasiasippi.
The Mississippi Is the greatest llvt-
tant 1» the United States. Its fickle
ness. conscious power and taunting
«idles bring ostbs to tbe Ups of the
most respectable and law abldlta; resi
dents along Its lower courts.
Tbs
greatest admirers of tbe river, the peo
ple who atng lta praises with the most
emphasis, are the ones vtho go off on
a tangent o f temper quickest when
they find a new caving of river bank
heeded toward the newest and mast
expensive levee, built to protect great
plantations, while Just across tha
stream rise worthless bluffs and useless
sand bars. Talk to a Mississippi river
man—shanty boater, pilot, raftsman,
plantation owner or city merchant—and
he will brag about the river wonders.
Its bigness charms him and makes him
feel large and elated.
Bring him
around to his own experiences with
It, and suddenly a shade o f resentment
crosses his face as be recalls a abanty
host wrecked by a cyclone, a ateom-
host snogged, a raft torn up in some
bead, a plantation undercut and wash
ed away or a season’s trade spoiled by
an overflow and crevasse.
"W e love the river, damn ltP Is a
literal expression.—It. S. Spears In At
lantic.
Holiday Goods
The best time to select your Holi
day Goods is right now before the
lines have been broken.
We have
just opened an elegant line of these
goods for y o u r inspection, including
Albums, Dressing Cases,
Books, Pictures, Toys, Dolls
Prescriptions a Specialty.
Central Point Pharmacy,
M aryiA. Mee. Proprietor. Central Point. Ore.
4»i i ; 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i H i t i m i »
LE W IS &
S O N S , P ro p ».
Fresh and Salt Meats
Beef, Pork, Mutton and Veal.
Highest Market Price Paid for Beef, Pork and Mutton.
Awakened from a Trance
D.
Uncle Sam Murray has just discovered that he has been in a trance
for the past 50 or 75 years and during all that time he never discov
ered what he was good for. The other day he dropped a soda crack
er on his foot, smashed his toe, awoke with a start and—made the
greatest discovery o f the age, to-w it: He had discovered that he
was intended for a grocer and he has struck his calling and is
DEALERS IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT
C.
C e n tra l
G R IM
P o in t ,
All kinds of hauling promptly done.
POINT LODGE NO.
C EN TRAL
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Meets every Saturday evening at
7:30 p. m. in A. O. U. W . Hall,
corner Second and Pins Sts. Visit
ing brothers are specially invitd to
meet with us when in town.
E rnest H athaw ay , J. W. J acobs ,
Secretary. Noble Grand.
HEATING STOVES
P R O F E S S IO N A L
JEROME L. RAWHOUSER
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
that heat.
Office second floor John Ross building,
over Herald office. Pine street.
Cole’s Airtight and the Great Western
Call residence from office phone when
necessary, day or night.
are our leaders in Heating Stoves for this
CENTRAL POINT, ORE.
City Draying and Transfer
Now Selling Groceries
Murray & Kelsoe’s,
H -H 1
Central Point Market
We invite your patronage.
He is kept so busy making his customers happy, practicing theGol-
den Rule, and restoring the lost art o f telling the truth that he has
no time to grow old or to part his hair in the middle. Call and see
this wonderful man. Admission is free at
Etc.
Something appropriate for every
member of the family and some
thing to please everyone from Gran
dad to Snookums.
Flattered Him.
"I reel sure Mias Smith la to love
with you," sit'd a lady to her brother.
"D o y o u ! It sounds too good to be
true."
“ W ell; I heard her say yesterday that
A Mean Man.
plainness In a man la not really a
Medical Man—Jobson baa done tbs fault, but a sign o f character."
meanest thing I ever beard of. He
came to my house tbe other night, ate
Seedless Fruits.
a big dinner, got ludlgestloo and then
Science so far has failed to furnish
went to another doctor to be cured.
any explanation of the mystery of
seedless fruits. They are not tho out
The most wasted o f all days la thsl come of the work o f man. Man per
day on which one has not langbod.- petuates them. He does no more. The
seedless orange was found In a state
Charafort
of seedlessnoas.—Vegetarian.
ou the rock, and the leopard took one
leap downhill. The pan followed, and
the leopard's downwnrd leaps beenrae
longer nud swifter as the pan bounded
after It from rock to rock.
When last seen the leopard bad Jnst
achieved a leap o f about 350 feet to
the very bottom o f the ravine, thou
sands of feet below, and the pan hud
whirled about 500 feet over It on the
opposite side. The leopard would have
eaten the old woman with pleasure,
but a pan which first scalded half the
hide off him and then bounded clanging
In his wake from the top o f the Hima
layas to the plains below was some
thing which ho could not face.—Lon
don Chronicle.
The frequency and seriousness
of forest fires during the past
autumn prove that the present
laws for the protection of the
forests are inadequate. We are
o f the opinion that negligence
or inexcusable carelessness is
responsible for the majority of
the fires, not merely in the
Adirondack regions, but also in
A Mexioan Tradition.
the fire-swept districts o f Minne "Boys, what's the matter? Fever?
then: die. then." That's tho song
sota, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Die.
the doves slug down In old Mexico
If this carelessness be measured when a native haa pennmonla, and
by the magnitude of the disasters almost Invariably he lies down, refuses
to swallow the medicine prescribed by
.of which it is the original cause, the physician, resigns himself to his
it takes on surely a strong flavor fate and lu a few weeks he dies. The
of criminality. For it is no ex dove, however, slugs the song lu Span
ish. It Is a tradtlion among the Mex
cuse to say that the hunter who icans that once the fever accompany
fails to extinguish his campfire, ing an attack o f pneumonia seizes
or the settler who leaves the them It Is necessarily fatal, and be
cause of this all medicine and all phy
edges o f his clearing burning sicians are refused nnd the Mexican
through the night in proximity usually dies. The dove brings tbe
to inflammable forest timber, story of death In Its weird cooing, ac
cording to the belief o f tbe nntlves.
■does so without any though of end many who have been seized with
the loss of life or property which the fever who otherwise might have
may result from his carelessness; recovered have succumbed owing to
their belief In the tradition. That Is
for he is well aware of the fact tbe reason. It Is said, why penumonla
that such smoldering fires may, Is fatal to so many Mexicans.—New
and do, start great conflagra York Herald.
tions, and that in these conflagra
Tha Only explanation.
tions it frequently happens that Old Mrs. Smith was a chronic com-
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___ plainer and was constantly sending for
not one but many
human lives
aurh cartiess
p a r .lp s s ( * the
* mliy
him ap
al
are sacrificed. I ii f suen
Uit f of
hw Physician
faDeM and giving n»
BOSS in t h o
p r e s e n c e O f th is wity« llsterwxl quite patiently, but wa§
knowledge be not criminal, a! gvttlng a little tired o( hearing tbe
same things over and over.
new definition must be found for, One day when the old lady consid
this last-named word.
ered herself In an unusually bad way
Our attention has recently * ■he sent for the doctor a n i after go
ing over the usual Mat ended by say
been drawn to the fact that in Ing: "Really, doctor. I do not know
Canada there is a strong move what in the world la w ren» with me.
ment on foot, urging the govern I can neither lay nor set."
The doctor looked at her a m om ent
ment to follow a more definite then said In a solemn tone. "Madam,
course of action in the protection yon must lie a rooeter.“ —Kansas City
o f the forests, and to make the Indeoendeut
breach of the forest-protection
laws punishable by imprison- Subscribe fur th. H erald .
1909.
CENTRAL P O I N T .......................... OREGON
O regon
Retail Dealer|in Wood.
Timber Land, Act June 3, 1871b—
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
U nited S t a t u L and O ffice ,
Rose burg, Oregon. May 8 ,1900k
Notice is hereby given that in compfiance with
the provision* of the act of Congreaa of Ju n e!.
1878, entitled “ An act for the sale of timber leads
in the States of California. Oregon, Nevada, and
Washington Territory,” ae extended to all the
Public Land States by act of A u g u sts 1892, Wil
iam Fletcher Parker, of Portland, county of
Multnomah. State of Oregon, filed in this office on
April 28, 1W8. his sworn statement. No. 10027. for
; the purchase of the South-west one-quarter ( 8 V
i Vi) of Section No. 14, in Township No. 33 South«
Range No. 4 West. W. M.. and will offer proof to
show that the land sought is more valuable for
> its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes.
; and to establish his claim to said lead before tho
Register and Receiver of this office, at Roue burg,
Oregon, on
Thursday, the 7th day of January, 1909.
He names as witnesses: William McGuirk.
James Hart and Thomas ¡Leonard, of Portland»
Oregon, hnd George Pease, of Placer, Oregon.
Any and all persons claiming adversely tha
above-described lands are requested to file their
claims in this office on or before said 7th day of
January. 1909.
BENJAMIN L. EDDY»
Register
season bnt we also carry other favorite
makes, all good values for the money,
JJR. H. P. HARGRAVE
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
in many styles and at prices ranging from
Office over First National Bank
$2.60 to $14.00,
Medford
J. E. ?HYA*1,**REt.
Mechanics’
Tools, Sportsmen’s Goods Etc,,
is complete.
W. 0. LEEVER,
l
l
J,
Oregon
A. RERR* net.t>*rs
CA PITA L
$50,000.00
•SURPLUS
$ 10,000.00
Call and see us.
T H E HARD
WARE MAN
i
Medford National Bank
Our stock of Shelf Hardware
Builders’ Supplies,
t
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office, at Roaeburg, Oregon,
October 31. 1906.
Notice ia hereby given that Isaac J. Stacey, of
Medford. Oregon, who, on October 19, 19«, made
I Timber Application, No. 01893. lor EVfc N EH .
NWW NEV. and N E * N W H, Section It. Town-
j ship 34 South. Range 1 West, Willamett«Meridian,
• has filed notice of intention to make Fatal Proof,
j to establish claim to the land above described.
1 before W. H. Canon, U. S. Commissioner, at Med"
j ford. Oregon, on the 12th day of January. 1909.
! Claimant names as witnesses: George W. Sta
cey. of Beagle. Oregon; William Scott, of Centra!
Point, Oregon; William Huston, of Beagle. Ore-
: gon. and George Lindley, of Medford. Oregon.
BENJAMIN L. BODY.
Register.
Savings Department.
Safety Deposit Boxes.
NOTICE FOR P U B L IC A D O *.
We transact a General Banking
Business and respectfully solicit
your patronage.
Depsrtirwat of th . Interior.
U. 8. Land Office st Rosebur«, Ore«on.
October *J. MSS.
Notice i, hereby «-iron that Anna M. Smitk. a
Scdford, Oreeon. who. on October 10. ISO», maii
a x n i ,or S E ' ' N E H . SW V
:: APPLEGATE & APPLEGATE
Surveyors and Abstracters
1;
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PETER APPLEGATE,
JESSE APPLEGATE,
Surveyor
Abstracter
Twenty years experience in
Jackson County.
Satisfac-
tion assured. Estimates fur-
nishen on all kinds o f con-
struction work.
Five years experience on
Jackson Co. records. Maps
of Jackson County for sale.
JACKSONVILLE, ORE T
I I 1 H -H -H - H - M -I-H 'H I 1 I I I I 1 I I I 1 ■I-H - H --H - I- H-1- H - H - 1- H --H ' I I l
FERGUSON
&
M URRAY
NEV., NEV. NEVi and Lot 2. Section 2. Townahii
M South. Rai%c I West. Willamette Meridian, hw
hied notice of intention to make Fin»l Proof. •
ootehliah claim to the land above deocribed. befow
Department of the Interior.
W. H. Canon, U. S Commissioner, at M«dfor4
U. S. Land Office at Roeeburg, Oregon,
Oregon, on th« 26th day of January, 1909.
December 5. 1908.
Claimant naraea aa witneaaee: Thomaa C Nor
Notice is hereby given that Blanch L. Smith at ria. Joacph T. Gagnon. Francta A. Smith and R
Medford. Oregon, who, on October 22. 19«. mad« W . Gray, all of Medford, Oregon.
BENJAMIN La EDDY.
Timber Application. No. 01940. for SV* of NWVj
NW*A of fcw i. NWH of SWW. Section * . Tow £
■hip 33 South. Range 1 Eaat, Willamette Meridian
haa filed notice of intention to make Final Proof’
to establish claim to the land above described*
before W. H. Canon. U. S. Commissioner. at Med
SILMMONS.
ford. Oregon, on the 8th day of March. 1909
Claimant name« aa witnesses- Cart B. Webster
Thomas C. Noma. J weph T Gagnon and Francie
A. Smith, all of Medford. Oregon
In the Circuit Court of tha State of
BENJAMIN L. EDDY.
and lor tha County of Jack*on.
Zoa Bryant. Plaintiff, va. Charlaa
Register.
Bryant
Defendant.
To Char lea A. Bryant, Defendant.
In the name oC th« State of Oravaa. you ar
hereby raouired to appear and answer th« coir
eO YEARS*
ptaint
filed against you in tha above ewtslbd sui
EX P ER IEN CE
in the above entitled court on or befora th« 27t
day of February. 1909. which is tha tima pra
ecribed in the order for publication of thta eum
mons for answering herein, and you will tak
notice if you fail ao to appear and answer tha
for want thereof, the plaintiff will apply to th
coert for the relief demanded ia the complain
r , J k . „ ‘ " - » * ’**C"lcl statement of which w a
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
P atents
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D isions
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-W E PLAY NO FAVORITES.”
CENTRAL POINT : : OREGON.
Scientific Am erican.
- l a denwet, nisetrsted weetlr. Tersest etr-
calauon
any «étant
Urn of ear
relenunr l umai. Term,. U e
year : fnur
four months.
month«, $L
f L SeM kyalt newadaalera
vistele»
"P W a decree of the court forever diaaolvm,
r f t s M dlf^dZiT "°*
b*,w~
This aummona ia puhlialMd far MX weefca ia t>v
H" mld bT th' " " I " of the Hoe
H
<* '• » shore entitled eoort
^
Of Decern ker. 1908. and th
hrat data orfpubiieation thereof h the 7th der a
Janeary. 190». and the Met date at publication el
I V seme m tha 18th day at February. 190k
W illiam 1. V aw t sk .
M arlon PrxDtR,
A ttorney, for
plaintiff.
Job work o f oil kiads neatly doa* at
this office. Cal) and see «ample«.