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CENTRAL POINT. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23. ¡909.
VOL. 4
Thinks Rogue River
Students Petition
Valley The Best *
Tor A Gymnasium
Thousands
Spent For Improvements
Central Point has made greater ma
A. P. Olston, of Baldwin, North Da- | During the past week the boys of the terial advancenv nt during the past
kota, is in the valley looking over the Central Point High School have been year than in any other year in the
circulating a petition among the tax town’s history. About 30 dwellings,
country with a view to locating. Mr.
payers of this district asking that the
Olston recently sold a big wheat farm old school building be transformed into nearly all of very substantial character
and eight business and industrial bui d-
in Dakota, and having acquired a com a gymnasium. Under the present con ings, three of which are substantial
petence in that country he is looking ditions the school has no place for ath bricks and one concrete block, and the
over the west carefully with a view to letics and as the old building is not be others substantial frame structures,
ing used it is thought, by the boys, that
making some good investments as we 1 it would make an excellent building for have been erected or are now in course
as to find an ideal climats and other that purpose. The ceilings are high of construction. Besides this nearly
a’half mi e of first class cement side
surroundings for a permanent home. and with a few alterations it would be walks have been laid at a cost of more
Before coming here he visited the Spo in good condition for them.
than $5,000, and a water system to cost
Of late years a 1 schools have been $25,000 when completed has been com
kane country, North Yakima and other
giving a portion of their time to ath menced and will be finished within a
famous sections of Washington and letic work, aud it has always been
northern Oregon but he is now conviced found to give good returns on the time few months. One cement block plant
and two planing mills have been estab
that the Rogue River valley can offer taken, and the people of the Central lished and one large general merchan
more real inducements to settlers and Point district should heed the prayer of dise store is being opened
homeseekers than any other spot h e , the boys and grant their petition'
Roa1 estate has advanced a most 100
has found-
percent during the year and there has
Since the above was written Mr. Ol
been more activity in realty transact
ston has secured options on several New Year’s Reception
ions than ever before.
pieces of desirable property in and near
Following is a c refully compilled list
town. He left for his home Monday By ladies' Club Members of improvements with their cost:
evening to close up his affairs there
Wate system (not yet completed) -
—
and expects to return at an early date.
$25,000
Members of the Ladies’ Improvement
Through C. S. Sanderson he took op- j
Cement sidewalks
-
- 5,000
club
will
receive
their
gentlemen1
tians on the J. D. Parker residence
Business Buildings
property on the west side of town and friends at the commercial club room* E. G. Whiteside, brick,
*
- 3,500
also on the H. C. Cook 10 acre tract New Years day from 3:00 to 6:00 P. C. B. Rostel, brick,
-
-
8,000
M.
This
new
organization
has
for
its
near the foothills.
-
- 2,500
object the social and civic betterment I. F. Williams, brick,
- 10,000
of the community, and the gentlemen W. J Freeman, concrete,
who appreciate their efforts will no Ferguson & Murray, livery bam,
Notice to Parents
2.500
doubt avail themselves of this opportu
There will be but one week of vaca nity of extending the compliments of A. W. Moon, sash and door factory,
tion during the Christmas holidays in the season and a hearty God speed in
2.500
the Central Point schools.
Welch Lumber Co., planing mill, 1,000
the work.
F. F. Cooper, Principal.
T. M. Jones, undertaking parlor, 400
P.
J.
Dr. Cook is Pro*
Wets and Crys Will
Work Together.
nouneed a Takir.
S. A. Pattison, Herald office,
- 800
Over at Walla Wa'la in a fiercely
W. E. Jones, cement block factory,
| The committee of scientists who have
1,300, been investigating the claims of Dr. contested city election the other day,
62,500 Cook as the discoverer of the Noith in which the prohibition question was
Total.
Pole reported to the University of the paramount issue, the wets earned
Dwellings
John Clark
Copenhagen Tuesday that the lecords the day by a big majority. The next
800
Robert Kyle
and observations su mitted are who ly evening the Business Men’s association,
2 500
, inadequate to establish (he claim th :t which conducted the fight against a dry
C. B. Rostel
1.500
T. W. Sage
I Cook reached the * ole.
1.000
J. O. Isaacson
Cook first anded at Copenhagen on town, announced that steps would he
2,000
Mrs. Downing
his
return from the North and was re- immediately taken to reform the town.
600
Mrs. Randall
i ceived with open arms by the Danish The number of saloons will be reduced
600
to one for each 1000 population and r
F. F. Clark
people.
1,000
W. E. Alexander
While Cook cleaned up some $25,000 program for general rn nicipal reform
1.600
W. E. Jones
from two New York newspapers for and the i nforcement of law and order
300
his “ 3tory,” the report from the Dan wi 1 be carried out.
E. E. Sanborn
600
On the following evening the prohibi
ish committee leaves him stranded
Mrs. Childs
500
high and dry as a most coilossai fakir. tionists met and took steps to co-
John Albert (2)
1,000
I He disappeared some time ago and his operate with the Business Me ’s as-
H. J. Gardner
1,100
1 present whereabouts is unknown, but j fiociation in the reform campaign, and
Mayfie d (addition)
400
it is reported that he is in seclusion at steps were taken to meet together and
Curtis Prock
500
some Mediterranean port.
arrange detailed plans of action. This
I. C. Robnett
3.000
Cook is not the first man to fake a shows good sense and judgement on
Mrs. Hensley
1.000
discovery of the Pole. Away back in both sides. Good government is what
Mrs. Penlnger
800
the '50s a Captain Webb made the same every good citizen is after, no matter
Mrs. Obenchain
1,200
claim, and for a time he was the hero what his individual opinion may be on
H. Warner
1,000
Chalmers Gilmore
of the hour. He was wined and dined the best way of securing it.
1.500
in great fashion and then went on the
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Geo. Fox (addition)
400
lecture platform, making much money. ' . , .
, „
F. O. Cochran
eoo
Mr*. John Wright
2,000
Finally a sailor whom Webb had been A S h ld U d B d S n G t 163ITI
introducing as his companion at the
A. E. LaPonte (addition) 500
Total
of a \hesvam
v d,denT
00d !
Too Heavy 1 fo r Locals.
j Webb before
big New York
audience
Barns
and
We
b
quickly
dropped
from
sight.
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J. W. Myers
600
A kid team game of basketball be
C. E. Lange
400
tween Ashland and Central Point was
E i Sage
300
FOR SALE.
pulled off Tuesday evening before a fair
Geo. Ross
400
Home-grown nursery stock—apples sized audience in Basketball Hall. The
Total
1,700 and pears—all standard varieties.
Ashland team had the best of the match
M. M arshall & S on ,
Grand Total
$92,200
in weight and age, but the homo boys
' 36-39
Central Point, Ore. put up a rattling good scrap all the way
through. The lineup and score follows:
football Game On
W. E. Whiteside left yesterday morn- A shland
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ing for Portland, where he will spend, knders
Nichols
in risim as l/Oy the holidays. He may extend his stay Mowatt
W. Grim
____
to three weeks, for Ward says he al- Moody
L. Grim
j- ways enjoys his visits to Portland.
j ^Pencer
Holmes
A rattling'good game of football is
i J. Mowatt
Ross
Score, Ashland 21; Central Point 9
promised for Saturday afternoon when
w„e„ j W(J have ,ea8ed the price black8mjth
the Grants Pass Hi3h School bunch will ¡¡hop, next door to post office. Our
Santa Claus will arrive at the M. E.
be here to tangle with the local squad, horseshoeing, blacksmithing and p'ow
Grants Pass were rather too heavy for wor^ *8 strictly first-class. We have a church Friday evening at 8:00 o’clock,
the Pointers in the last game but the ,
sJoc'< of material. Your trade and after a fine literary and musical
solicited and our work guaranteed. — program he will distribute gifts from
local boys Cairn they have a system R()(J £M,ey> Jim Mesapner.
two well-laden trees,
34tf
now that will make the result vastly ________________
different. Everybody should turn out
and see this game. It will be worth
while.
28,000
The man who wrestles with the cow
and learns the calves to suck, who Important Meeting
S. H. Glass, an aged and well known casts the co n before the swine, is now
resident of the Antioch section, in Sams in greatest luck; for butter’s on the
Of Fruitgrowers
valley, dropped dead in his dooryard upper grade, veal’s higher than a kite,
Tuesday morning, death being caused pork is climbing up the scale and beef
A meeting will be held at Medford at
by heart trouble. He was 75 years old. is out of sight; eggs he gathers every
Deceased has been a resident of this day from his old chicken coop are al 1:30 P. M., Thursday, December 30th,
county for 22 years and was one of the most worth their weight in gold and at which the presence Jof every fruit
best known farmers of this section. we are in the soup. His apples bring
grower in the Rogue River valley is de
He is survived by a widow and six him a fancy price, they’re rising every
children, three sons and three daughters, day, and he rakes in all kinds of money sired. The purpose of the meeting is
all of whom are married. The chi dren for a half load of hay. The farmer’s to consider the matter of organizing
are: Theodore, Jesse and Albert Glass in the saddle and when he comes to one union for the entire valley through
and Mrs. DeArmond, of Antioch; Mrs. town the rest of us by right should go i whioh all supplies will be purchased and
Ralph Dean and Mrs. Askew, of Wil away back aud sit down.
| a 1 crops sold. The plan is, as outlined
low Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hoagland have in the Hera d a few weeks ago, to or
The funeral was held from the fami leased their cattle ranch, near Browns- ganize the growers of the entire valley,
ly home yesterday afternoon, interment
boro, for three years and left yester and establish big warehouses and pacx-
being in the Antioch cemetery.
day for Bakersfield, California, where inghouses at each shipping point where
j the crop of that locality may be prop-
Santa Claus At Home
they expect to spend the winter,
The Correct Time
E. E. Emerson left yesterday for ! eriy graded and packed. The meeting
Old Santa Claus has built his winter
to stop a cough or cold is just as soon California to spend the holidays with I is an important one and all fruitmen
cabin and established his winter head
as it starts—then there will be no dan his family, who went south a few are urged to attend.
quarters at the Christion church this
ger of pneumonia or consumption. Just weeks ago.
year and if you don’t believe it just
a few doses of Ballard’s Horehound
Booth Lee returned from a trip to
drop in tomorrow evening and see for
Syrup taken at the start will stop the Los Angeles Sunday night after having Oregon fru it farm
yourselves. The cabin is a substantial
cough. If it has been running on for
spent several weeljs in that city.
looking log affair and the chimney is
some time the treatment will be longer,
Better Than City. big
euough for any practical use the
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kincaid were
but the cure is sure. Sold by Mary A.
—
i owner may choose to put it to It is
in town on business yesterday.
Me*.
Chicago, Dec. 22.—That the gentle rumored that the cabin will 1 e filled
art of coaxing dollars out of the soil is with seasonable presents and a lot of
a happier, easier and altogether more mighty smiley kids are expected to te
pleasurable pursuit than tying to around there.
squeeze them out of Metropolitan Stock
Exchange is one of the facts brought
to light by the return to this city of
Practical Jeweler. Fine watch repairing a
Conro Fiero, who for nearly a year has
specialty. Jewelry, watches and spectacles
been living the gay and carefree life of
for sale
Over Hatfield’s store
the farmer in Southern Oregon.
Not long ago Mr. Fiero, who is a
member of the University and Saddie
and Cycle Club and was formerly on
the Chicago Stock Exchange, grew
tired of city living. He had money to
plant, and he had planted it in some re
markably f ?rtile apple and pear land in
Rogue River valley.
[Mr. Fiero last summer bought the
Myers orchard and a portion of the
Bybee farm, just east of this city,
where he has one of the finest and most
profita’ le orchards in the country. He
expects to build a modem home on the
property next summer.]
S. H. Glass Dead.
NO « ti
Burglary Insurance
Your money is absolutely safe if deposited with
CENTRAL POINT STATE BANK
We are fully protected with Burglary Insurance,
which not only covers loss by robbery at night,
but also loss from daylight hold up
J. W. MERRITT, President
W. J. FREEMAN
J. 0 . ISAACSON, Cashier
W. C. LEEVER,
I. C. ROBNETT
H IC K E N
Central Point
BRUTK/l
M e rto n El wood
Our store will be closed all
day, Saturday, Dec. 25th.
W atchmaker- Jew eler- Optician
Those making preparations
for Christmas please call be
fore Saturday
Diamonds, watches, clocks, jewelry, optical
goods, musical instruments, sewing machines
and supplies, notions and stationery
Look a t our Christmas line
of China, Cut Glass and
Silverware
We have on display a line of these articles that
have never been duplicated in Central Point.
Musical instruments, statuary, etc.
Drugs and Medicine
Pine Street
Opposite Post Office
Faber|& McDonald, the new firm of
general merchants, are busy putting
their goods on the shelves this week,
and expect to open for business about
January 1st. Watch the Herald for
their big opening announcement next
1 week
Rev. R. E. Dunlap, district superin
tendent, will preach at the M. E. church
in this city Sunday evening at 7 JO.
Wishing you a Merry Xmas
and Hctppy New Year
For that DuH feeling After Fating
I have used Chamberlain* Stomach
and Liver Tablets and can testify that
they have done me more good than anv
tablets I have ever used. My trouble
was a heavy dull feeling after eating.—
David Freeman, Kempt, Nova Scotia.
These tablets strengthen the stomach
and improves digestion. Thev a!»o reg
ulate the liver and bowels. They are
far superior to pills and cost no more.
Get a free sample at Mary A. Mee’a
drug store and see what a splendid
. medicine it is.
& Robnett