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About Central Point herald. (Central Point, Or.) 1906-1917 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1909)
a CENTRA 1 POINT HERALD, l i e sh ru g g ed b is sh o u ld e rs. "1 guess y o u 'd huve a h ard »line b rc s k ln g In am ong Che 'b o m o u n ces.' P u t w h a t's th e tu e o f th in k in g a b o u t It? T h is is 8. A. P attison , P ublisher . y o u r c o u n try , a n d th ese a r e y o u r peo ple." A n in d ep en d en t local n e w s p a p e r A m orbid d e sire w as upon h e r to tra c k dow n th is in ta n g ib le ra c ia l dls- d ev o ted to th e in te r e s ts o f C e n tra l tlnction, b u t sh e sa w H uunlou, w hom P o in t an d th e R o g u e R iv e r V alley. sb e could n o t b ear, co in in g to w a rd P u b lish ed E v e ry T h u rsd ay . them , so th a n k e d S ta rk h u rrie d ly an d S u b scrip tio n price, $1.50 p e r y e a r, in w en t ou h er w ay. advance. "B een m ak in g frie n d s w ith th a t sq u a w , eh ?” rem u rk e d U unniou c a s E n te re d a s S econd-class M a tte r, M ay 4, ually. 1906, a t th e P o st Office a t C e n tra l P oint. “ Ye«." replied S ta rk . " S h e 's a nice O reg o n , u n d er th e A c t o f C o n g ress o f little gtrl, and I like her. I told h e r I M arch 3. 1879. d id n 't huve an y p a r t In th a t m in e rs’ m eetin g affa ir.” “ H u h ! W h a t's th e m a tte r w ith you? ft It w h s all y o u r d oing " “ I know- It w as, h ut I d id n 't aim It a t her. 1 w an ted t h a t g ro u n d n e x t to Leo’s, a n d T w a n te d to th ro w a jo lt GOVERNMENT COMPETITION. Into Old Matt G ale. I c o u ld n 't let th e girl s ta n d In m y w ay. b u t now th a t It's o v er I ’m w illin g to be frie n d s w ith Many merchants com p l a i n h e r " about mail order house compet’-1 "M e too. Rv h e a re n . sh e 's a s g race tion, but the operation of these ; ful a s a faw n . S h e's w h ite too. No- houses dwindle in comparison to ; tody w onld ev e r k n o w s h e w a s a Iree d .” what a printing office is up j “ S h e 's a good g irl,” s a id S tn rk mu« against. The post office depart-1 Itigly in u g e n tle to n e t h a t Runnlo'.' ment has not only distributed had n e r e r h e a rd before. ‘‘G e ttin g kind of m u sh y , a i n 't you circulars and cards in every p ost! I th o u g h t you h a d p a s se d th u t sta g e office, not only advising every old m a n .” “ No; I d o n 't lik e h e r In th a t w a y .” one to buy stamped envetepes, " I 'll lay you a little e ig h t to five th a t but agreeing to print a return B u rrell h as th ro w n h e r d o w n ,”' ch u c card upon lots of 500 or more. kled Itunnlon. Not satisfied with this they are “ I n e v e r th o u g h t o f th a t. You m ay be rig h t.” now sending out circulars in gov “ I f It's tr u e I'll shuffle u p a h a n d fo r ernment envelopes, on which is th a t so ld ier.” printed, in place of the usual M e an w h ile X oela h a d p a s se d on oul o f th e tow n an d th ro u g h th e In d ia n stamp, “Penalty for private use vlllnge a t th e m onth o f th e rre e k u n til to avoid payment of postage, high up on th e slopes sh e sa w A lluna n d th e little ones. She clim b ed np to $300.” Now, mind you, here is a them an d se a te d h e rse lf w h ere sh e the great government of thé could look f a r o u t o v er tlie w e s tw a rd United States trying to monopo valley, w ith th e g re a t s tr e a m flowing lize the envelope business of the I h a lf a m ile b e n e a th her. She sta y e d th e re all th e m o rning, an d , a lth o u g h country. The name of every pa th e d a y w as b rig h t a n d th e b u sh es tron of the post office is furnish b en d in g w ith th e ir b u rd e n o f blue, site ed free, the letters are mailed picked no b e rrie s , b u t fo n g h t re so lu te ly th ro u g h n dozen v a ry in g m oods th a t free, the stamp and envelopes m irrored th em se lv e s In h e r d e lic a te cost nothing, and the people pay face. I t w as h e r flrst so u l stru g g le, for the making of the envelopes, b u t la tim e th e b u o y an cy s f y o u th and Hie a lm ig h ty o p tim ism of e a rly love printing of circulars, etc. The p revailed. A nd so sh e w a s la a h a p only reason we can see for this pier fra m e o f m ind w h en th e little extra effort to dispose of enve com pany inode th e ir d e s c e n t a t mid day. lopes is that a company in Day- As th ey a p p ro a c h e d tlic to w n they ton, Ohio, has secured the gov heat'll th e fa m ilia r c ry o f " S te a m - an d by th e tim e th e y h ad ernment contract, and are push Isi-o-o*t!” reached h o m e th e little cniup w a s noisy ing the business at the expense w ilh th e p la in t of w o lf dogs. T h e re of the people of the United w ere few m en t o Join In th e w elcom e d ay , ev ery ablebodleil In h a b ita n t States of America; and manifest to h av in g d isa p p e a re d Into th e hills, but ly to the injury of the printing th e a n im a ls c a m e tro o p in g lazily to tlic trades. The people should know ,a n k am i s a t d ow n on t h e i r h aunches, w atc h in g th e a p p ro a c h in g ste a m e r. In this and every senator and rep th e ir s o ft eyes th e s a d n e ss o f a c a n in e resentative in congress should ra c e o f slaves. take action in the m atter.-E x. T h e d e s e rte d asp e c t e f th e tow n p u z zled th e c a p ta in uf th e s te a m e r, nmi upon la u d in g he m ade b is w ay a t once to J o h n G a le 's sto re, w h ere he le a rn e d from th e tr a d e r o f th e s tr ik e a u d of the sta m p e d e t h a t h ad re su lte d . B e fore th e re c ita l w as finished a m an ap- m iach ed a n d spoke e x c ite d ly : “ C a p ta in , m y tic k e t re a d s to D a w son, h u t I'm g e ttin g off h ere. W on’t y o u h a v e m y o u tfit p u t a s h o re ? " H e w as follow ed by n g ro u p o f fellow- B y R e x B ea ch p assen g ers, w h o m ad e a alm tla r re q uest. "T ills place Is good e n o u g h f o r m e," Copyright, ISOS, h f Hni-f,»- A rvpthava one o f th em said. MS “ Me, too," a n o th e r v o lu n te e re d . "T h is T h is sto ry b eg an in th e H erald on s tr ik e Is new , a n d w e’ve h it h e r Ju s t M arch 11, 1909, am i will be co n tin u ed to lu tim e." O u tsid e a dozen m en h a d cro w d ed th e end. Hack n u m b e rs of th e H erald "N o C reek " I.ce a g a in s t th e w all of the fu rn is h e d fre e to new s u b s irib e rs . sto re a u d w ere c la m o rin g to b e a r a b o u t h is And. S ta rk w a s te d no tim e. W ith m oney COontinued.) In his han d s, he se cu re d a dozen m en B e Hit id th a t he had, th a t fo r tw e n ty w ho w ere w illing to w ork fo r litre, for y e a r s he h a d been on th e f ro n tie r an d th e re ure a lw a y s those w ho p re fe r th e k n ew It from w est T itxas lo th e circle. s u re ty o f te n coined d o lla rs to th e hope • 'I'v e n e v e r know n a n y th in g ex cep t o f a h u n d red . H e sw ooped d o w n w ith th is " S he sw ep t th e points o f th e th e s e h elp ers on his pile o f m erch an co m p ass w ith h e r arm . "A nd th e re Is d ise th a t h a d lain b e n e n th ta rp a u lin s •o m u ch beyond th a t l w a n t to know on th e r t r e r b a n k sin c e th e dny be an d ab o u t. Oil, 1 feel so Ignorant! T h e re U Itu n n lo n lauded, a n d by m ld a fte rn o o u so m eth in ); now th a t p erlisp e you could a g re a t te n t h a d been stre tc h e d o v er to ll m e, you h ave tra v e le d so m uch." a fra m e w o rk o f peeled |>oles b u ilt on “L e t's h a v e It,” sa id he. sm ilin g a t th e lot w h e re ne a n d N ecla h a d stood h e r serio u sn ess e a rlie r In th e day. B efo re (lark his S he h esita te d , a t a loss fo r w ords, saloon w a s ru n n in g . Tw be su re , th e re flnntly b lu rtin g o u t w h a t w a s In h er w h s n o floor, an d his p olished fixtures m in d : looked s tra n g e ly new a n d In co n g ru "M y f a th e r Is a sq u a w loan. Mr. ous, b u t th e to w n a t la rg e h a d as- S to rk , am i I'v e been ra ise d to th in k su m rd a s im ila r a ir o f Incom pleteness an d c ru d e im m a tu rity , a n d little w o n th u t m ull th in g s a r e cuato m u ry ." "T h ey a r e In a ll n ew euHUtrles," he der. fo r It hnd g ro w n th re e fo ld in h a lf a d ay . S ta rk sw iftly unp ack ed hi» aaau rcd her. “ l i n t how a re th ey rv g u rd ed wrhcu g am b lin g Im plem ents, keen to sc en t every a d v a n ta g e , an il o u t o f th e h a n d ctvtllrsuU m come« a lo n g !” “ W ell, th ey a r e n t reg ard ed , aa a ful o f p ale faced ja c k a ls w h o follow ru le . S q u aw uieu a re p re tty sh iftless, a t th e heels o f a h e a lth y h erd he hired a n d people d o n 't pay m uch a tte n tio n m en to ru n th em nm i to d eal. By n ig h t K lautheau w a s a m ining to th em . 1 guess If they w e re n 't they cam p. w o u ld n 't he sqim w a tell." "M y f a th e r ls u 't sh iftier» ,' site t-hal C H A P T E R X. lengod, a t w bleh he rem ain ed silent, r e fu s in g to go ou record. " I s n 't a u x a p z a r a a c i . t . F l i p s a p a t h i s t h * M D X U O IT . h a lf breed Ju st aa good aa a » h it» ? ” O C R E E K ” L E E hnd com e “ Look h e re ." Bald be. “ W h a t a r e In to h is ow n a t la s t a n d w as y o u d riv in g a t ! " a hero, fo r th e sto ry of his “ I 'm A 'blood,' ” sh e d eclared reek- long HI luck w as com m on lustily, "a u d 1 w a n t to knew w h a t pee p ie th in k o f nte. T h e tu rn a ro u n d h ere goasfp How, an d m en p ra ise d him for h a r e n e v e r m ade m e feel consctoua of hla courage. I to had n e v e r been p ra is ed fo r a n y th in g befo re an d w as u n It. h u t" — ’’Y ou're a f ra id o f these new people c e rta in Ju s t how to ta k a It. "S ay. a r e th e s e people k ld d ln ’ m e?” w h o see com ing, e h ’ Well, d o n 't w o r ry aU m t th a t, m iss. I t w o u ld n 't m ak e he In q a lre d co n fid en tially o f Foleon. " W y ? W i t you m ean ?” an y (In ference to m e o r to an y o f y o u r "W ell, th e r e ’s a fe lle r m a k ln ’ a frie n d s w h e th e r y o u w ere red , tyhfte. spee. h a b o u t m e d ow n by th a la n d b lack o f yellow .” "Itu f It w onld m a k e h dX fetvnc« w ith in’.” "W a t he s a y ! '' aora« p eo p le," in sis te d th e girl. " f t a in 't n o th in ' to fig h t o eer. H e "fib . I reck o n * w o u ld w ith • u s ts r n people. T h ey took a t th in g s k in d of sa y » P m a n o th e r P n n 'l Boom, lead in ' th e m a rc h o f e m p ire w e s tw a rd . C e r fttdny B ut w e re n ot In th e ease." " T h a t's w h a t I w a n te d to know . ta in ly ao u n d s good, h o t la It on th e level?* N ice p eo p le b ack th e re w o n ld n 't tol "W a a l. I gue»a an,” a d m itte d Toleon • r a t e a g irl like m e fo r a m o m en t, T h e p ro sp ecto r « » '¡ le d w ith Uuligna- U f t i lJ they 1" C e n t r a l P oint H er a ld “ 5,000 IN 1912 THE BARRIER N THURSDAY, MAY 12, 100f>. -K- ! H 1 1 1 I 1 t I I I I I I I .................. I 1 I I I ! W A N T E D ! ! B. J. A Y D L O T T Cement Woker BY THE X S id ew alk s, F oun d atio n s, R a sem en ts an d B u ildings con s tr u c te d in first class m an n er. C e m e n t will o u tla s t any o th e r B uilding M a terial. T h e Lam ent A g e ¡a on D on’t be behind th e tim e*. R e m e m b e r I am h e re ta S ta y , an d 1 G u a ra n te e e v e ry p a r t o f m y w o rk ; : - i 1. LUMBER BUTTE FAILS CO. I ± Cement For Sale ! Buyers for N O T IN T H E COMBINE Lumber, Shingles Box Shooks At their yards at th? following places at prices stated beiow: Butte Falls Rough Lumber Eacle Point $10 00 $16 00 1 Sized 1 side Sized 4 sides 12 50 15 00 18 50 20 00 i No. 1 Finish No. 2 Finish 22 00 18 00 27 No. 3 Finish 15 00 20 Flooring, vertical grain N o.l Flooring vertical grain No. 2 25 00 20 00 Flooring flat gr. No. 1 20 00 Flooring flat gr. No. 2 20 00 Flooring flat gr. No. 3 15 00 House lumber 4x5 etc 13 00 Sfriplap, No. 1 25.00 Shiplap.’No. 2, 20 00 Sugar pine shingles N ol2.5o Sugar pine shingles No2 1.75 Apple Boxes 7c Central Point Medford. or $18 00 20 00 Hot Peanuts, Fresh 6c Sweet Cigars, Tobaccos, Confectioneries 22 00 GO 20 00 23 00 25 00 00 22 00 30 00 32 00 25 OO 27 00 25 00 25 00 27 00 Fine line of 27 00 20 00 22 00 20 00 Hosiery, Shirts and Trousers for Men and Boys 18 00 30 00 32 00 25 00 3.5o 27 00 4.00 2.75 3.00 G . S. M o ro e , JUST RECEIVED $ One door west of postoffice, ELI JONES - Central Point •!• a -I- Sb!-H-Ri>!-H-+@ © W - f - > ® •!■ tt+ »-¡-H-KW -H-h® 8e 7 l-2c Central Point Market Mills at Butte Falls and Derby Butte falls, Derby and LEWIS & SONS, Props. Fresh and Salt Meats EaqlelPoint. Complete List of Dry Stock Always on hands Beef, Pork, Mutton and Veal. Let Us Figure On Your House or Barn Bill Highest Market Price Paid for Beef, Pork and Mutton. wr»e w phone flutte fa||s [um|,er Company, your order to Medford Eagle Point At the Ord Stand, Second and Pine Sts. Central Point; Ore. ¡•►H-H-i'-K-H-tî -h B -!• JJ-H--í-í-S>¡--H"Kí >-H --I- K*-H - I- HI + IH- n-H -T-K -M -H iS 71-2 7 Pear Boxes 61-2 Rough Lumber $11.00 per M at our Derby yards Yards at > Butte Falls a i n 't u r * “ I d o n ’t know . I a in ' n e v e r tr y It.” “W ell, it is, a n d now th a t I'v e a r riv ed I ’m g o to ' to ch an g e m y w a y s com plete. No m ore e x tra v a g a n c e 111 mine. I ’ll n e r e r lend a n o th e r c e n t.” “ W a t ’s d a t? ” e ja c u la te d D o ret In a m azem en t. “ No m o re hn rd luck sto rie s an d ‘h u r ry u p s’ f o r m lue. I'm th e sto n y h e a rt ed Jailer, I am , fro m now , h en cefo rth , w o rld 'th o u t end, am en ! No b u sted m in ers n eed ap p ly . I’ve been a good th in g , b u t to n ig h t I tu r n on th e tim e lock." “B a gosh! Y o u 're fo n n y feller,” la a g h e d 1‘oleon, w ho h a d le n t th e one ey ed m an m u ch m oney In th e p a s t an d , lik e o th e rs, re g a rd e d hint n o t m erely aa a b ad risk , b u t a s a to ta l loss. "M ebbe y o u f i n k y o u ’v e been a sp en '- t ’r i f ull d ese y e a r." D o re t to o k th e h ero o f th e d ay by th e a rm a n d led him to th e r e a r o f th e sto re, w h e re he bedded him on a pile o f flour eack s, b u t h e h ad h a rd ly re tu r n e d to th e b a r w h en L ee cam e v eer in g o u t o f th e d fm ness, m a k in g fo r th e lig h t lik e a sh ip ta ck in g to w a rd a bea Itself In th e ta n g le o f h is c a re le s s con. “ W h a t k in d o f flour Is th a t? ” he b eard . B y an d by he w a n d e re d th ro u g h tlie to w n , tra ile d by a tro o p s p lu tte re d . “ D a t’s J u s t p lain w ’e a t flour.” o f le n d e rfe e t, till th e w om en m ark ed “ N ot on y o u r life,” sa id th e m in er, him , w h ereu p o n he fled b ack to th e p o st an d h u g g ed th e b ar, fo r he w as w ith th e firm n ess o f a g r e a t con v ictio n . a b a s h fu l m an. W hen S ta r k 's flew “ I t ’s fu ll o f y e a s t p o w d ers. W hy, It's place opened It offered him a n o th e r F a r in ' a n d rlsln ’ like a b u c k in ’ boss. re tre a t, o f w h ic h he a v a ile d h im self I'm p lu m b se asick ." H e laid a zlgxag co u rse fo r th e door. fo r som e tim e. B u t la te In th e even- I “ W e r e you g o ln ’?” a sk e d Poleon. lug he re a p p e a re d a t Old M an G a le 's I “ I'm gofn’ to g e t s o m e th in ’ fo r th is sto re, w alk in g a bit u n ste a d ily , a n d ns sto m ac h tro u b le. I t 's fierce." H e d e he m o u n te d th e flight o f logs to th e scen d ed Into th e d a rk n e s s boldly an d d o o r he ste p p ed onco too o ften . ste p p ed off w ith co n fid en ce—th is tim e “ W h a t's becom e o f th a t fo u rth too soon, l ’oleou b e a rd him floundor- ste p ? " he d em an d ed s h a rp ly o f Poleon. ln g ab o u t, h is In d ig n a n t voice ra ise d Irascib ly , a lb e it w ith a n o te o f t r i “ D ere she is." said th e F re n c h m a n . “ I'm M antl'd tf It la. You m oved It j u m p h . "W tm 'd I te ll y o u ? You p u t th a t sin c e I w ns h ere.” “ TO h av e 'Ira p u t b ack ," lau g h e d th e j sto p b ack w h ile I w a s a sh le e p .” T hen, o th e r. * I w h istlin g b lith ely . If so m e w h a t o u t of "S ay , it's a g ra n d th in g t o be rich. tu n e , h e ste e re d fo r th e n ew saloon to g e t so m e th in g fo r b is “sto m a c h tro n - tlon. "T h e n w n y In a —I d id n ’t you fe lle rs tell m e lo n g ag o ?” T h e s c a n ty ounce o r tw o o f gold fro m his claim lay In th e sc a le s a t th e post, w h e re e v e ry n ew co m er m ig h t e x a m in e It. an d , re a liz in g t h a t he w a s a n e v e r en d in g so u rce o f In fo rm atio n , th e y fu w n ed on him fo r h is tip s, b rib in g h im w ith n e w s p a p e rs w o rth $1 each o r w ith cig a rs, w h ich he w ra p p e d n p c a re fu lly a n d p la c id in his tn m k t- n n w til! ev ery p o ck et o f th e ru sty g a rm e n t bulged so th a t he cotild n o t s it w ith o u t losing them . T h e y d w e lt o p en h is lig h te s t w o rd an d stood him up b eside th e b ar, w h ere th e y filled him w ith p ro o fs o f frie n d lin e s s u n til he sh ed te a r s fro m b is.o n e good eye. C a u tio u sly a t first he le t o u t his w it, w h ich w as logy from long d isu s e an d a s h eav y on Its fe e t a s th e ju m p ing fro g o f C a la v e ra s, b u t w hen th ey lau g h ed a t its lab o red leap s a n d sail lea hla confidence grew . W ith th e re g u la rity o f a clock he p la n te d cig ar» an d o rd ere d “a little m o re h a rd sta ff." w hile his ro v in g ey e rejo iced In la c h ry m ose p ro fu sio n , tts o v e rb u rd e n losing F ads for Weak Women N ine-tenths of all the sickness of isom en is due to some derangem ent o r dis ease of the organs distinctly fem inine. Such sickness aan he c u re d —is cured •v ery day by Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription It M a k es W ea k W o m en Strong, S ick W o m en W ell. It art» directly on tha organ» aflreted and i> at the »»me tim e • gancral restore- five tomo for the whole system . It cures female com plaint right in the privacy of home. It m akes unnecessary the disagreeable questioning, exam inations and local treatm ent so universally insisted upon by doctors, and so abhorrent to •verv modest wom an. • NX c shall not particularise here as to the sym ptom s of those peculiar affections incident to wom en, but those wanting f ill inform ation as to their sym ptom s and means of positive cure are referred to the People’s C om mon Sense M edical A dviser— l 1X18 page*, nee. iy revised and up* to-date F dition. sent /ree on receipt of 21 one* ren t stam ps to cover cost of mailing m / t ; o r, in cloth binding for .M stam ps. Address Dr. R. V . Pierce. Buffalo, N . Y. We invite your patronage. — ... ■■ , ... ■ CENTRAL POINT, ORE. ■ ' ■■ ■ • W 1 -H -H -H -H -H -I T i l l 1"H"1 1' H -I- H CARPETS ! Just received, a fine assortment of all-wool Ingrain Carpets ; and Linoleum All-wool Carpet from 65c to 80c per yard Union Half-and-Half 30c to 50c per yard Best Grade Prints Linoleum 16-4 80c per yard «> Good Grade Linoleum 8-4 55c per yard Good Japanese Matting 25c per yard Why go away to buy your Furniture, when you can get it AT YOUR DOOR? Spot Cash—One Price CENTRAL POINT FURNITURE S TO R E T. M. JONES, Proprietor. ■u + Garden Tools Anything you may need for beautifying your yard, lawn or garden. House Cleaning Paints, Stains and Varnishes Make the old house look like a new one Sporting Goods Finest line of trout flies and all fishing tackle. W. C LEEVER, The Hardware Man