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About Central Point herald. (Central Point, Or.) 1906-1917 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1913)
THE HERALD works for your interests 52 weeks in the year DO Y O U S U PP O R T T IIE H E R A L D 7 I f not, why not! E s T j Oregon Historical Society CENTRAL POINT HERALD C e n t r a l P o in t , J a c k s o n RELIC O f CIVIL WAR. WILL HOLD C o u n t y , O regon , T hursday . F ebruary U N IR A I I it* Payment of raxes. LOIN I ADV AM AGES Ideal Climate Marvelous F inii Prrtlon Heautifully Situatesi M«x!«*rn Converti» nees N V E S T V o lu m e S even I G N A T E umber 47 lirst Essential to Prosperity. AS OTHERS SEE I S . ; Commences Saturday, March 1st. Elsewhere the bankers of Medford Confederate llay Captured in Bdttle 1913, the payment o f taxes at theSher- Central Point ♦•Written Ip ” by Ash- appeal to the farmer and fruit growers iff’s office and those who desire to get to &ign up for water so that an iiriga- is Properly of Cdpt. Rawlings. lander SpcnJ.'rg Sunddy Here. in early and avoid the rush may do so. tion system can be constructed. The total tax payable to the Sheriff The advice is excellent. The growth, A trophy o f some note is the proper At Central Point so named because Local Pastors Arrange for Three this year amounts to about $700,012.61. Shot While Being Liken Irom the development and prosperity o f the val ty of Captain W. Rawlings o f Sherri- it is situate.! exju'tly over the center Following are the rules relative to tax ley is dependent largely upon water. Jan, Wyoming, who is spending the Weeks of Special Services. Palace to Prison Under Guard o f the earth the officers o f the Klam- payments: The bankers set this forth and should Winter here with his daughter, Mrs. ath District Epworth League met Sun 1. I f you pay your taxes on or before .. .lead the way by signing up all their Beginning next Sunday evening !n G. E. Fox, in the form of a Confeder Mexico City.— Francisco I. Madero day afternoon to plan March 15 you will be allowed u rebate stockholders. the Presbyterian church in this city ate flag which was the regimental and Jose Pino Suarez were shot and t on which is to he le Id nt Ashland I I f we want to interest capital, wo o f 3 per cent. w.ll be heia a scries o f special revival colors of the Sixty-first Tennessee In a out May 2 .> just after school closes. I 2. I f you pay your taxes between killed In u nijdnight ride under guard must increase the productivity and out- meetings in which all the churches of fantry up to the time that regiment i March 15 and up to ar.d including the from the national palaco to the peni Jimmie Martin came tq> from Cranta | put of the land. We must utilize the the city are invited to participate and met Company F of the Iowa Infantry Fas:-. Johnnie K igg ran down from first Monday in April, there will not be tentiary. I idle tracts and double the production of captained by Mr. Rawlings at the hat- t a tend. Ashland, Mi-s Bernice Carder, Glenn any rebate allowed and neither will The circumstances surrounding the those now farmed ai d the only way to As the Methodist end the Presbyter tie o f Big Black River in Mississippi on there be any penalty or interest added. death of the deposed president and Comvi II, and a couple o f other Kp- d » it, is by irrigation. ian churches are the only ones in the May 17, 1863. Then it changed hands .vurthinn:! comprised the Medford con-| 3. I f your taxes are not paid on or Tice president of the republic are un- I f we want to make a surety o f the c'ty now supplied with pastors, Rev and has since been in the possession of before the first Monday in April, they known, except as given In official ac ti ,r '¡it, V hili- Gold Hill was represent-1 internrban trolley line, we must guar- J. P. Hearst and Rev. H. N. AldricL Captain Rawlings to whom fell the will become delinquent, when there counts, which do not conform in all e l by .\Dss Bessie Newton. Several | antee it tonnage by increased produe- h tve formulated the plan o f a special honor o f bringing hack the colors. will be added a penalty o f ten per cent cases. The only witnesses were those Central Pointers w ire in attendance, | iton, which comes only from irrigation. u 1 on revival service which will cover The flag is rent and torn where hul- including the pastor o f the Methodist and the tax will also draw interest at actually concerned in the killing. I f we want to double tlie population, a period o f three weeks. For the first I ts have cut their way through the church, itev. Allrich. When it comes the rate o f 12 per cent per annum in The provisional president, General . . . . i . ... - .. . , we must make it possible for people to week and a half the meetings will be loth while blood stains and battle to hard work and lots o f it this preach- . ' , . . f addition to the penalty. VTctorlano Huerta, says the killing of . , . . . . . . live on small tracts, which can only be h Id in the Presbyterian church ar.d marks tell the tale o f one o f the most er who is a frail, deli'ate-lookinglittle j » . . .. J the two men was incidental to a fight , , * | done by irrigation, 4. I f you pay one-half of your taxes then will change to the Methodist for a s were struggles o f that bloody war, man makes a cranberry merchant ap between their guard and a party at I f we want to raise values and main I ke period o f time. The congrcga- I i this battle 235 men o f the 23rd Iowa 0:1 or before the first Monday in April, pear as a man o f leisure in comparison. tain the present values o f our land, wo !n remaining half may, run up tempting to liberate them. t oils o f the other churches are cotdial- w re killed and wounded and was the Besides the regular Sunday sermonizing | Two of those said to have been In must justify this valuation by increas ene o f very severe fighting from and including the first Monday in ly invited to join in the meetings and and week-day pastorial work among | ed production, which can only he done October following, but if the last half the party that attacked the automo t:k e as active a part as though they start to finish. iiity families, this industrious dominie The flag is the regulation bars and °* ^ax d u e 's n° ( P8>d by the first Mon^ bile were killed in the exchange of ti .'Is time do teach a Sunday school | by irrigation. hud regular pastors. I f we want to insure our orchards and Some time ago the meetings had been stripes adopted by the Confederate day in October, it becomes delinquent, shots. class, d: ill the choir, help sing the The minister of foreign relations, farms against failure from drouth and talked o f and at that time it was plan states when they seceeded from the al,d ,here wil1 be added to such balance a ithenis, conduct the mid-week prayer ed to hold one we k in each of the Union and in the background which a Penalty o f ten per cent and in addi Francisco de la Barra, adds that the m ctings, attend all the convocations insure our crops, irrigation is essential. We have got to come to irrigation was originally blue but has since faded t.i°n, such balance will hear interest at prisoners attempted to escape. Neither i of the Ladies’ Aid Society and teach in churches then supplied with pastors the Christian, Methodist and Presby o white there are eleven stars to rep- 0*e rale o f 12 per cent annum from makes a definite statement as to the city schools two days o f the week. some day, every one admits it, and the which side fired the fatal shots. It is longer we delay it, the worse for us. terian. Since that time Rev. Raymond resent the eleven states which the the fir8t Monday in April until paid In addition to his regular ministerial O. Brunk has resigned from the Christ Confederacy claimed for their union. ! 5. On all personal property taxes, possible that neither knows. An of work Sunday, Rev. Aldrich preached a We only spite ourselves and depredate ian pastorate and the other churches In speaking o f the worth o f the flag if one-half is not paid on or before the ficial Investigation 1ms been ordered : funeral sermon, attended the league our property by delay. The Pajaro valley, California, with will take up the meetings as originallj Mr. Rawlings stated that he would not first Monday in April, the law compels and solemn promises have been made i conference and entertained one o f the one-sixth o f our area, offers an instance t Iktd o f with a week and a half for care to sell it at any price but that the sheriff to levy upon and collect the that the guilty will be punished. .1 legates until nearly midnight, at o f what water wall do. Last year, W at Not unnaturally a great part of the e clt. The services commence next there was one man to whom he would same after May 1st, hence to prevent j which time he seemed able and willing sonville shipped 6,000 ears o f apples 125 public regards the official versions Sunday evening at the Presbyterian gladly give it if he coup' find him. This a levy upon personal property after to perform a marriage ceremony or at church with Rev. II. N. Aldrich to de man, he said, was the one he took the May 1st it will be necessary, for otie- with doubt, having In mind the use tend to any other m l. I job that might carioads of dried apples, 20,000 barrels o f vinegar, 140,000 chests o f strawber for centuries of the notorious "Lev liver the first sermon. Rev. J. P. colors from on that day so long ago. half to be paid as above stated come along. During the two year.- of Hearst will occupy the pulpit the next Which goes to show, in a measure.that 6. i f the taxes are not paid either Fuga," the unwritten law which is In the present pa torate the Central Point ries, six carloads o f canned strawber- evening and so on the ministers will much o f the feeling which has long ex- half or in full by August 1st, the prop- voked when the death of a prisoner is church lias greatly prospered, spirit j ries, and many carloads o f apricots, alternate through the series. led between the North and the South erty will be advertised, which cost will desired. After its application there ually and materially. The eongrega | sugar beets, potatoes, onions and other | products. !s written "Prisoner shot trying to es Some very interesting and profitable has been greatly lessened by the flight | be added to the tax. lion now numbers 75 to 100 at both cape.” There is nothing grown in the Pajaro meetings are promised and a hearty in o f time. morning and evening services. There I f the taxes are not paid by Oc- valley that cannot he grown better in It is the first time we have ever seen vitation is extended to each and every are a dozen or more singers in the tuber 1st, a delinquent certificate may i the Rogue River valley. There is no person o f the city and surrounding a flag representing the Southern Con- choir, a piano has been installed, a 95 S O L D IE R S E X E C U T E D j he issued for same which bears interest ! reason why the Rogue River valley country to attend as often as is possibh f« dei acy and probably a great many thousand dollars’ worth o f improve- at the rate o f 15 per cent per annum. Sp<cial music will he furnished and people o f today are in the same posi- Men who Revolted Are Shot One at m tits made on I lie parsonage, and the should not grow and ship much more 8. County warrants wil! be accepted than the Pajaro valley ships. Th ■ soil topics o f vital interest will bo discus turn. Time by Regulars p i-to rs salary rais.d from $6o0 to to the amount of $3.30 on the $1000.00 is just as fertile, the climate conditions sed so that every one may expect some El Paso, Texas.—Ninety-five federal ---------- L'i.OOO. 'the Kpworth League has a I . — valuation. Instead o f $1.90 on the us favorable. But two essentials real benefit from an evening spent in Art S'.uJio Notice volunteer soldiers were executed at membership o f 60, the attendance Sun- I JUSl $1000.00 valuation as heretofore collect- . ,, , . I are need J water and industry. the service. Suaz, below Juarez. They compose d , .y evening , being more than half that ™. Owing to the failure o f the man who ed. Each tax payer is requested to I .... , .... the Rogue River valley Mil lim im i part of the garrison which revolted, an ..... number. I he mistress of the manse is SlanJirq of Shu! He Board Teams had agreed to buy my photo outfit and have a correct description of his prop- gered ut the killing of ex President ..bout i busy as her husband, but they far more populous, far more productive fur more famous than the Pujare val Following is the per centage of the business to make good his agreement erty when he comes to pay his taxes. Madero, their former leader. belli k. ep sweet and cheerful as they ley, because its natural soil and climate different teams playing in the shuffle I have decided to remain in the busi- j 9. 1912 tax statements sent out will One at a time, the Boldiers were f illow in the steps o f the Master. advantages are far greater, its natural board tournament at the Y. M. C. A. ness myself. A new stock o f mounts become official receipts when returned stood against an adobe wall. Ninety- The writer was cordially entertained resources o f greater variety and extent has been ordered and other improve- and signed by the collector. Therefore on Thursday, February 27: five times the firing squad aimed and by two former Ashland Kpworthiuns, and its area o f cultivable land far Teams Won Lost P r Ct ments in the business will be made giv- do not fail to return statements with fired. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ashcraft. They greater hut thei nitial step fur this Bacon Minuth............ 34 ii 755 ing my patrons ever advantage of a your remittance. hve in u beautiful bungalow on Main development is irrigation, and until the 600 first class art studio and the best o f: Beebe-Shields............ 18 12 — Aug. D. Singler, street and are as happy as a couple entire valley is under water and the 571 work. 1 will appreciate a continuance Sturtevant T u ttle .... 20 15 Sheriff and Tax Collector o f clams in their new home. Norman 450 > o f your patronage and promise you the water in use, the valley will remain A Gleason H am ilton .... 18 22 teaches several branches in the high 1! C o f its development. 440 best o f service. C ow ley-Peart............ 11 14 School children o f the state are sign- school and Mrs. Ashcraft, who until 43: ì —The Lesmeister Studio. Isaacson Hatfield . . . . 13 17 With irrigation will come thesuhdii - j ing petitions sent out by the State Sup- re. ently was Mi ■ Ethel Bruner, is a 8 490 I T< i Scott................. 12 sion o f farms, with water will como j erintendent o f Public Instruction ask splendid co >k and housekeeper and Washington.— A serious flesh may O 400 j England Lindsay....... 2 u Notice. ing that the famous battleship Oregon result between Federal troops and tlie thinks nothing o f walking to Medford intensified farming and diversified pro Grim Adam s............. 360 j 9 16 duction. W illi witter will cume popula The annual meeting o f the Young be P,aced at the head o f the opening Texas National Guard ut Brownsville, with her husband. Adams-Nichalous . V 18 2S0 ! 7 tion and prosperity. naval parade through the Panama Texas, should the latter attempt to Men’s Christian Association will be (.entrai Point lias three excellent I Quite a number o f games were play Canal. A fte r being signed by all the cross the Rio Grande to the relief of things nut po . i sell by many cities ^ Very pleasant social event was ed this week and at this rate the tourn held Friday, February 28, at 8 p. m. in the Association building for the election seh00l children of the state, the peti Americans alleged to be imperiled in that are several linn as large a paved l,iat at th<? Y laat Friday evening when ament will soon he finished. Bacon and of three directors, and any other busi- *'on w' b be rel urn<?d to Salem and for- Mutamoras, Mexico. street, Y. M. ( ’. A . building arid a lhe ""Phomore class entertained the Minuth completed their set Friday- ness that may legally come before the warded to President and Congress early When the W ar Department learned wireless station. The latter consists | freshmen class. We Imd expected to evening and still hold first place by tbe Spring. that Governor Colquitt laid issued or • if two Elio foot sti e f towers connected have a write up o f tli ■ affair and wi ro winning 34 games out o f the 45 played. meeting. All members are entitled to ders for four companh s of Texas mil by numberless wires, which catch the I loW lhat ,h<’ rl',SH would hand some Other teams are very near through the vote at this meetinK a" d are urgently Mrs. F. A. Hawk’s mllinery goods itiamcn to proceed to Brownsville, sound waves that start from Portland ! ,hinK ,n r8Karding it. However, up to series ami a few more evenings like the ^quested to be present. — W. A. Cowley, president. have arrived and will soon he on dis orders were telegraphed Brigadier and Panama fair towers and send them ,ho timu of K,,ing •<> press nothing I as past week will mark the close. play. 46tf. General F. Z. Steever, In charge of on their way rejoicing. This relay been received and we ari* oblige I to the Federal troops on the border, to station wii placed at Eentral Point be- lose our forms with only this brief send to Brownsville immediately such e.iu: t-#»f the pcculuirly favoruhle loca notice o f the affair. a force us lie “ deemed necessary" and tion meiilpineil at thè heginning o f this ♦ ‘‘under no circumstances to permit Un c immunication. Idler on Irrigdlion. ♦ crossing of the river except upon tin The paveil S tre e t is wide and large, Centfal Point, Feh. 21. ♦ specific orders of the Secretary of fi irikeil by hrond eemcmt sidewalks. E litor ( ’entrai Point Herall: War ” Tue Y. M. A. is a $5,000 instituliun A fte r attending the Rugue River REVIVAL MEETINGS SUAREZ KILLED TEXAS TRGOFS SENT TO BORDER 00000000000 0O 000000000000000000000++++** 0 0 0 ♦ 0 ♦ 0 S /ie - 0 0 Cci?v d o " ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 0 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ❖ ♦ ♦ ♦ 0 0 ❖ ♦ ♦ 0 0 l/T t Ct '^ ^ • ^ fk a r n e r ’s /■¿ust P ro o f m irs i » »• , v «i 1" Beet Sugar: We do not handle it, but we still have com p 1 e t e lines in Groceries, Dry Goods, E tc ., Etc. T H E O L D It E 1. I A i! J, E” : CrarJII & Robnett. ♦ ♦ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ♦ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 and i - wui Ih -evi rai times that amount Brownsville.— Reports that Major in pruviding a place for wholeaome Esteban Kamos, In command of the iiiiiu cment, entertainment and recre- Matamoras garrison, had demanded atiun for thè young men an i boys o f inont-y from residents of Matnmor.-is Central Point and vicinity. on pain of imprisonment, among which O. II. B A R N H IL L are included a large number of Ami r leans, caused Governor Colquitt, who Basket Bd!l at Medford win Informed of the situation by tel egraph, to order four companies of The hitfh Hcho »1 basket ball team ami Texas troops to the border. the Meteors journeyed to Medford I tiesday evening and played with the Bulgar Aeroplane Hit by Turks’ Shell high school team and the freshman Constantinople. While iu-i -iplaulng team respectively. over the fortress of Adrtanople u Bill Tin local high school team was at a garian military aeroplane, piloted by disadvantage on account o f having to Lieutenant Nikolas, a Km-sinn officer, substitute a player in place o f one o f was struck by a Turkish shell and fell the regular men and they were defeat Inside the lines. The officer was made 'd by the one sided score of 36 to 7. a prisoner, hut the dispatch did not I he most of Medford's scores were state whether h e suffered injury. made, h .we . r, ly a star player, and At a recent Commercial club meet not a high school student. ing at West Station It was dee I -led to go in for making that town a logan berry center. The plan la to sell the berries dried, as there Is a rapidly growing demand for the same, and the states where this t.crry r an he raised are very limited With Irrigation available In dry aeasons the aucer-sa of the loganberry busbies» Is ll'•^tlrcd Tho chief of engineers at Washing ton. D. C., has approved the report of Major Mclndo« to the effect that the revetment on the Willamette river near Independence has more than ful filled expectations, but he holds that dam-.ge to the river hanks farther down, where the river tas cut Into val- uabie hop lands, should be repaired by local Interests and Dot by the govern ment Valley meeting at Medford Fcbruiiry I am rnui.-h interested in thè pian of your promotors to put in nn irrigai ion | System here. The cosi is vcry differ «•ut from that where I live in the Sun Wakcen Valley, California. V\ < can get all the water in that country we want for 7.r> cents per acre where we raise raisins and all kinds o f fruit and vegetables. There is no other expense for ditch maintenance so the price he re of per acre for water right and $2.60 an acre for maintenance stems very expensive to me. We have many thousands of acres of good farm land to be bad in our va'h y for homes and as tie *• holdings have been In the bands of large* companh s who are now cutting them up into small tracts there are a great many settlers coming into that country now. A great d al of Oregon lumber is be ing used in the building of hornt - and many car loads of lumber is shipped in from this state to go Into improve ment* w.ii re the cost of water is ho small. L. N. Gregory, Dinuba, Cal. When at I ome. Tlie Meteors played nga nst rdda in the matter o f weight as they were out weigh* d about twenty pound* to the man. They got away with their game at that, although by a very narrow m argili. A t the end o f the• first half the fr< -hm«•ri ha«! a h light arIvan tag«.* in the hcv ing. The Me teors ticd it up in Ç the la- t araiinhus it Ht O'.’«!I w hen time WHS CHIk’d. To (day .«ff thie tie it was agreed to p!lay until one * i d e oii th«* r other tii houlei make a field bask eit. It took ii ve mi mites to g et the bu.sket blit the Mr•teorni got to it first HI id won by the Her>rr oí 14 to 12. l rtr. • rtr. -~ *r- • -~ *r- FO R sA LE! SO W h it . W ya n d o tte L a t ins Han*. B ig C roppar Sead P o t a t o « « A white («itatia- early »- “ Early Sunrise” and a much heavier yielilier. Fancy Apple# The M ed f« ni high î « h«o 1 coach paid a nice comi i l i m e n t (o the speedy little playeri 4 VA h< n h** nain he w Juki wager Phone 13 x1. H. W DAVISSON they ct i ti M 1 s*«it any b'■am in t h e stale of their wei ght. a «. • (M > • A «. A C • .-»a 1