CENTRAL POINT HERALD. THCRSDAY JUNE 30, 1910. "Where am I,” gasped the C intpal P oint H erald frighten' d maiden. "No need S. A. 1'ATTISON. PUBLISHER. to scream, my pretty Amazon,’’ replied the coarse villain, who bore her in his burly arms, "you are in a mossback store that never advertises and no one will hear you. You are in Ashland, 1 dearie.” A n iN oerfiN D EN T I <»1 pmu -r>aj>»-r devoted to t h e in tt' -si ' o f C entral P o in t and t h e Rojfue R iv e r V alley. P l ui . is h e d E v e r y T h u r s d a y . S u b s c rip tio n p rio c, ll.&O p e r y e a r, in a d v a n c e . | E n te re d a s S e c o n d -c la ss m a tte r . M ay 4 1W*'. a t th e pi/At » rtin e a t C e n tra l P o in t. O re g o n , u n d e r t h e e c t o f C o n g re s s o f M arch Ib T J. ia k e p t o n file a t th e D a k r A d ­ v e r t is in g A g e n c y , I n c ., 127 S >utii M ain S tre e t. L os A ng ele» , am i 77y M a rk e t S 'r o e t , S a n Francise»), w h e re c o n tr a c ts fo r a d v e r ­ ts ùnti c a n be mad«- f o r it. IMIS P4PFN The vinegar bottle of auction sale harness did not catch any great number of rural flies at Central Point last Saturday. Cod bless the citizen who has sense ! enough to pass up the punk ped­ SPURS 01 lilt M0S1LNT. dlers of eastern auction goods for the good reliable article Knocking will never unearth which can be purchased just a s : the pay-streak of prosperity. 'cheaply from home business I men. Do a little good every day and ______ you will wind up with a much If you are unable to have ev­ larger bank account of good erything just as you want it, just deeds in the exchequer of the consider that other people have Master, than you will by period­ ideas and rights as well as your­ ical spurts of piety. self. The man who will concede "Thou Shalt Not Kill,” but if nothing to his fellowmen is a you do, for the sake of progress bactilic, billiou3 and blue idiot, kill a mossback and throw your­ whose ideas are no higher than self on the mercy of the court. those of a brickbat. A man Your trouble will go no farther elected to office by the people, is a servant of the people and not a than the coroner’s inquest. dictator nor Czar upon whose Central Point bas quit baseball head the constituency must place and gone into the Fire Depart­ a coronet. Leaders of men are ment business. Home runs don’t necessary, but the power of the count any more, but the oppor­ slave-driver died at Appomattox. tunity for climbing the ladder of fame presents itself in a more subtle form. “ 5000, IN 1912” We believe there is a field in Medford and the Rogue river valley for High-Class Drapery Work and have shown our faith in the possibilités by employing a skilled expert in this line. Mr. W. F. Harrison, formerly in charge of W. & J. Sloan’s San Francisco drapery department and shops, is the man alluded to. We solicit your orders and we know that we can please you. We are also prepared to take any and all shade orders and guarantee satisfaction. Carpets With Borders Will be properly made and laid. No matter what the shape of your floor. We can fit it and fit it properly with a carpet and border. Local and Personal. The laws of the land have just C entral Point ia not “ boominpr,” but about put an end to gambling, it is m aking a substantial grow th which such as poker, faro, craps, rou­ will cause the o th er tow ns of this country to sit up and tak e notice. lette, monte, blackjack, dice The p laste rers have finished th eir and bucket shops, but the halle-1 work on the palatial home of A. W. lujah shell game is busy and Cowley on E ast Pine stre e t and the many are the lambs that are be­ workm en a re busy w ith inside finish and decorations. ing shorn. UGS Mr. R. B. Ilaw lev of Creswell, O re­ Harvey Scott of the Oregonian gon, who was hero last week visiting is unfriendly to the Crater Lake friends, is m ore th an pleased w ith Cen­ road. That’s nothing. Harvey tral Point and says w ere it not for the fa c t th a t he has invested heavily m is unfriendly to any earthly thing Creswell, he would not h e sita te to put that does not empty its treasure up a cem ent business block in this into the coffers of Portland. own. Harvey will kick on the fountain The Caldwell family, who le ft here of life in the New Jerusalem some tw o y ears ago for Yoncolla, when he finds out that it is not w here they invested in real e sta te , re ­ turned to C entral Point and will locate the source of the Willamette here perm anently. The investm ent river. j m ade by them a t Yoncolla w as a good I one as they sold th e ir Fresh Confections Cool weather is coming on, and with it our new assortment of the finest candies ever shown in Central Point. You Can’t Beat Them