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About Central Point herald. (Central Point, Or.) 1906-1917 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1911)
9 C E N TR A L PO IN T HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1911 3 SCENIC DRIVE ROUNDCR. LAKE Proposed Boulivord Will M„*ke Access ible World's Wonder THE COST OF POOR ROADS. The lutorstate commerce commis sion ha« lately compiled Rome statis tics relative to public highways In the t'nlted States that should he o f Inler- est not only to road builders hut to all producers of transportable commodi- | ties. The investigators have found that there nre 2.150,000 miles o f public | highway, of which tint 8 per cent, or j 170.000 miles, could be classed as Im i proved—tliat Is, treated in some way I with stone or gravel—and that if all I highways were made as good as this ! 8 per cent it would cos; $3,000,000.000. The commission finds that 205.000.000 tons o f agricultural, forest and miscel laneous products nre hauled to depots by wagon in the course of a year at an average cost of 23 cents tier ton per mile, or $132,400,000. I f ttie cost of hauling could lie reduced to one half the present average, or 11 Vi cents p^r ton—the cost o f hauling on the Improved roads o f France—the saving effected would be more than $200.000.- 000. This economy would seem well worth while. That CHRISTMAS DINNER IS N O T COMPLETE W IT H O U T A C UP OF HILLS BROS. COFFEE Buy your CHRISTM AS CANDIES, NUTS and FRUITS at The Quality Store faber & M c D o n a ld ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ > ♦ -♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ USING THE ROAD DRAG. In several states laws have b«en passed within the past few years rank ing the use o f the King road drag a ♦ ♦ | compulsory feature of road work The requirement is a most excellent one, but the good got from the use ot the drag will depend In great measure upon using it at the right time follow ing a rain. While there is naturally some variation ns between different ! soils. It may be said in a general way that the right time to use the drag Is ♦ when the earth 1» in a rather mellow condition, as It then will not stiek to the teraper. Sometimes, If the ruts to tie filled are quite deep, It Is well to give the road n treatment within a shots time after a rain, following this with a second dragging after it has arrive! 2 at the mealy stage. j DONT WORRY i ABOUT T H A T CHRI8TMA8 PRES ENT ♦ t It will please her (or him) and won’t cost much if you buy it a t Van De Car’s l Our Engraver is acknowledged to be the finest workman in his line in the state ♦ ♦ Ask us about free engraving on all Holiday Goods bought at our store. I J : t HOME CANNING OF PEACHES. A lady living in Georgia, who signs put her poaches up in a sirup testing herself Rose Lombard, eontriln fed a 32 degrees on a Untune sugar gauge or scale, made by dissolving two cups of two page article to the I ’rult Grower, published at St. Joseph, Mo., on pre tugar In one cup of hot water. serving peaches which is of a most definite and practical nature. Several The difference In feeding value be points in It r general directions we tween corn and wheat is not so great condense and give for the benefit of ns one would naturally suppose. readers who may not he acquainted Chemical analysis shows that In 100 with them. After n grent deal o f study pounds o f the former grain there arc and experimenting she recommends 7.8 pounds o f muscle forming elements dipping peaches in n lye solution us and 770.4 pounds of heat and fat form ' the beat method o f removing the skins. ■rs. In the latter there are 8.8 pounds This solution is made by dissolving o f muscle formers and 70.0 pounds o f one pound of 00 per cent lye In tbreo fat formers. These figures show that gallons o f water, which should bo corn lias slightly the better o f it ns a brought to n boil and kept there while ration to fit stock for market, with the fruit Is heiug dipped. It Is best to 1 wheat preferable as a ration for grow put the peaches In a wire basket, and ing tilings. they should he kept In the solution Just half a minute, the basket being moved That rnee horses, like professional gently up ot«l down to secure even no ! athletes, live the pace that kills was tion on nil tiie fruit. The kettle in | shown n fe w days ago at Grand Rap- which the lye solution is boiled should ; Ids, Mich., when the promising little be of ample size, ns the solution Is j mare I ’enisn Maid, a daughter of Pen- likely to boll over while the fruit it | mint and Seneca Maid, tiled after an being dipped. A t the close o f the half I Illness o f but a few hours. Penisa minute the peaches should be dipped i Maid had made an official record of quickly Into clean cool water enough '2:04%, and It was expected she would i times to thoroughly cleanse from the reach the two minute mark before the lye solution. I f the fruit is perfect end o f the season. The little mare very little paring will l<e necessary. If was “ discovered" at Sheldon. la.. In half peaches are desired they should 1908. sold at that time for $1.500, ami be cut and the pit removed at tills about a year ago was liought by a point I f desired whole they nre all Canadian horseman for $25.000. ready for the next step. Tills is the rooking, and. In the opinion o f this con Many o f the atlmonts from which tributor, this is one o f the real secrets poultry, calve* and swine suffer might of successful canning. She found that be largely averted were greater pains cooking in a thin sirup in half gallon taken to keep their quarters sweet arid Jars placed in a wash boiler for an 1 clean. Filth of one kind and another hour and n half at list degrees gave a Is the stuff In which germs breed, and peach that was tender, yet firm. An without exception the serious diseases other most important step she found from which nnltn ils suffer are of germ to he (lie complete cooling of the fruit before repacking In the Jars In wbleh origin. Fumigation, disinfection and whitewashing are all valuable aids in It wa» to tie kept. She found that securing the desired results. ‘ Another when cooked In this manner and thor oughly cooled site could pack ten whole condition tending to help greatly in peaches In a quart Jar without crush preserving the health of both fsiultry ing those at the bottom. The final und animals 1« keeping them dry. step after repacking Is covering tli. This should always be kept In mind. twarhe* with the sirup, putting on cover*, placing in cold water in boiler, Davis, the Dentist. bringing quickly to a boll and remov- I lug | moment afterward^ J fh lj Igily his work is right. Why? “ The most beautiful a^d most i wonderful scenic drive in the world’ ’ is what army engineers call the proposed boulevard around the rim o f Crater lake, traversing the summit o f the Cascades in the Crater Lake Na- I tional park in southern Oregon. 1 Globe trotters and others who have visited this region, rich in i natural wonders, fully coincide with the opinions of the engin eers, who have j'ust completed the survey for a road circling the mystic lake and its surround ing mountains, traversing what scientists pronounce the most re markable geological formation in America. The proposed system o f high ways, for the survey of which congress appropriated *410,000 is estimated to cost in the vicinity o f from $750,000 to $1,000,000 when completed. .It consists of four main highways through the park, one from Medford, and Central Point,^one from Fort Klamath, one up Sand creek from the southeast, and one up Bear creek from Crater, the proposed railroad town on the new Harriman and Hill lines. Connecting these four laterals is the road around the rim, over thirty-five miles in length, run ning in many places along sheer precipices 2,000 feet above the lake’s level, elsewhere climbing adjacent mountains, such as Glacier peak, Scott peak, Round Top, Garfield peak, etc., with an altitude o f from 6,500 to 8,500 feet. This boulevard will be unlike • any other in the world. Not only does it look down npon America, s deepest lake, lying like a blue amethyst in mystic beauty, and admitedly unrivaled among the world’s natural won ders, but it affords a marvelous panorama o f mountain scenery, of- bleak hills and verdure-dad slopes, of snowy peaks a be wildering multitude o f mountain ranges stretching toward hori zons in every direction as far as the eye can see. Mount Jeffer son is plainly visible in the north, Mount Shasta in the south. To the east lies the lakes and green fields o f the Klamaths stretching like a fairyland into the sage brush hills of the distance. To the west are the many ribbed slopes o f the wooded Umpquas and Siskiyous. The survey was completed un der the direction o f Major Jay J. Morrow corps o f engineers, U. S. A., by H. L. Gilbert, junior engineer. It affoads a basis for estimates and appropriations, and it is hoped to secure at least $500,000 from this session o f con gress fey immediate construction. To have a representative upon the spot, the Medford Commer cial club, the city of Medford and the county o f Jackson have uni ted and sent Will G. Steel, the father o f the Crater Lake Na tional park, to Washington to work in behalf o f the appropria tion, which has the endorsement o f Secretary Fisher of the inter ior department and Secretary Wilson o f the department of ag riculture. The accompanying map is pub lished by courtesy o f the Medford Mail Tribune. Get your Christmas candles at the Quality store. 33tf Swelling of the flesh caused hv inflammation, cold, fracture* of the bone, toothache, neuralgia or rheu matism can he relieved by B A L LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT. It should he well rubbed in over the part affected. Its grout healing and pent trating power eases the pain, redue« - «welling and restores natural rendi tions, Price 2.7c, .70c und $1.00 p* r bottle. Solid by Mi«« Mary A. Me Christmas novelties at the Pasadena Because Shop. 35136 34 t f