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About Central Point herald. (Central Point, Or.) 1906-1917 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1913)
CENTRAL POINT HERALD, THURSDAY. AUGUST 14, 1913 neglected, probably, and such characters had common sense, blocks, separated by an old burn. neglect is responsible for a great energy, enterprise, good humor, the result of fire which consum- FRESH A N D CURED deal of the political dissatisfac- They never turned up their ed the timber on the intervening & B . H v G l . l •: The first block is within tion of the present day. If the trousers because it rained in land. A n I kndknt lor’al newspaper devoted to citizens of a state or county all London. Nor did they go to the watershed of Little River, tlx* inter, t of Central Tomt ami the Hogue Hiver Valley. give the attention they should to dances at 10 p. m. because that and is estimated to contain 16,- I’ ^ K T . OF A L L KINDS Subscription price. 11.G U per year, in advance. public affairs and utilize their may be a fashionable hour in OCu.OOO board feet of Douglas fir, 1.780,000 feet of red cedar, 2.- Entered as Sec« md-ela: s matter. May 4 1906, right to vote at every election New York. at t h e Pu ' ■ >ili'-. ;«t Central Point, Oregon, under afFairs would be in much better Mark Twain won a great audi- 160,000 feet of western hemlock, . o f M a r c h 3 . 1 8 7 9 . t lie act « i f < 'ongri . cnee by those boisterous quali- and 100,000 linear feet of cedar shape throughout this country. 1 k ept on file at the D ark A d * 10 pounds fur $1.50. 5 pounds for 75c IIIIS I’ A P I R uim iMi A gency . I nc . 427 By all means let every legal ties of exaggerated humor which poles. The minimgm rates which 1 .<'!• AngeleH, and 779 Market Rendered in our own shop and absolutely fresh and pure. St ....... t, San FraneiH ci 1 , where contracts for adver- voter cast a ballot on the bond are typically American. His re- will be accepted for this timber 1 1 r ing can lx- mad«- for it. Hams, lb 22c. Breakfast Bacon, lb 23c and 25c. issue. Since the ladies of Oregon mark in speaking of the peace are $1.65 a thousand for Douglas Cured by ourselves and guranteed first class. given by religious faith, that he fir, $2 a thousand for red cedar, have the right to vote the duty IMf’OKIAM HIM VilliK KIOISTIK is as much theirs as it is the had been often impressed by the a id 50 cents for western hem- Rogue River Salmon. It is necessary that all legal men’s. Study the (piestion and confaience the Christian felt ljck. The cedar poles will be voters a ’ho wish to vote on the weigh the advantage of a per- when he held four acres, was an s >ld for not less than J cents a p rop ose d bond issue in which the manent first class highway the aphorism that could never be linear feet for poles under 45 feet ICE AND S T O R A G E county court submitts to the ap entire length o f the county spoken by an Englishman, a Ger- in length, w ith not greater than proval of the citizens o f the coun man or a Frenchman. You find a 10-inch top diameter; ll cents ty a proposition to issue bonds aKa' nst assuming that much in debtedness at this time; compare its parallel, in an imitative de- a linear foot for red cedar poles to the amount of $500,000 to be 4 » feet and over in length, w ith the proposition o f a highway gree, in every newspaper. P h o n e , M a in 01 used in the construction o f a W . D. Lewis & Sons Rea. P h o ne 3 0X 3 Twenty years ago Mark Twain n it greater than a 10-inch top with little upkeep expense against permanent highway through the j the system of doing over and was regarded by the literary dameter. county 'ball register before Aug- On the second block, which is . over year after year a certain critics as one w ho appealed mere- u ;t 25. The election is called amount o f work which must al- ly to the desire for temporary in the watershed of Farris and for September !l and according ways be repeateted. Itisaques- ¡amusement. His books were Lake creeks, there are estimated lo law the register books close ♦ tion to he considered seriously j about like the comic paper that t> he 31,400,000 board feet of ♦ fifteen days before an election. Big Reduction in Prices ♦ and carefully by every voter and you buy to read on the train, but D mglas fir, 5,430,000 feet of red ♦ It is imperative that all voteis worked out to w bat each thinks n 'ver take home. The pilgrim- cedar, 13,400,000 of hemlock, register in order to cast a ballot. is the best system. Some of us j age of literary notables that will 2!0,000 of amabilis fir, and 186,- Previous registrations will n.,t may not he fully satisfied as to be heading for Hannibal will 010 linear feet of red cedar poles, avail. No “ swearing in” on what is the best but a little studi how how the final estimate of The prices here are a little high- j election day will be accepted. e - than on the other block, and! ^ July 1st we reduced the price on our ^ ought to give an opinion one way Mr. Clemens has changed. Absolutely the only way to vote ' t ie minimum rates at which the: ▲ or the other and it is absolute Mazda lamps as follows: ^ is t > register in the prescribed IÀRI-JR ILll CONSUMIK ! t'mber will be advertised art: injustice to our duty and our time limit. ♦ 25 Watt Mazda, reduced to ........................................... 35c ^ Tbe Pittsburg district o f Penn-1D »uglas fir, $1.80 a thousand^ 1 fellowcitizens to shirk the re- The proposition of road build ♦ 40 ................................................................................... 35c ♦ sylvania is the largest consumer r d cedar, $2.50 a thousand; | ; sponsibility of the ballot box. ing is an important one and even ♦ 60 ................................................................................... 45c ♦ of fuel in the world, and in mag- hemlock and amabilis fir, 50 if it were not it would still be j ♦ 100 ................................................................................... 80c ♦ UNI AIR 10 DUC K SHOO 11R S nitude of coal traffic ii is also c nts a thousand. The rates for! important that all should cast a 1 ^ Always in the lead for low prices. ^ The report that congress I as preeminent. In population Pitts- e dar poles are similar to those I b illot and show their opinion in prescribed for the first block. burg ranks fifth among the cities the matter. The majority should passed a law which prohibits the A period of five years will b e ! rule in this case as in any other duck shooting in all states of the of the United States, having as a lowed for the cutting and re* “ Greater Pittsburg” only about where public money is to be ex- Union and at all times o f the one-sixth that of Greater New | moval of the timber, subject to p tided for improvements and year will work a hardship on a W. A. 11 I f* HENRY ♦ York, hut in the consumption of j a readjustment in stumpage ? the only way to bring about this great many sportsmen if it he coal alone Pittsburg nearly equals prices at the discretion of the i ; for every legal voter to exer true in the fullest sense o f the ♦ COWLEY l i d i i l W d r C ( j O . RILEY ♦ that of the largest city in the forester in 1016. cise that light. It is not alto report. Some claim there must ♦ ♦ gether the amount of good or lie some mistake in the reading country. It is estimated (no ac I’ cginning tomorrow, Friday, August curate data being available) that i t lie now parcels post regulation baim it may do to each one in of the law and that it is only Greater New York consumes be K 1 • into effect which w ill allow twenty dividually that should receive meant that there shall he a cer tween IS,000,000 and 20,000,0(0 p amds instead of eleven as a limit for con: ¡deration. It is what will be tain season closed everywhere. short tons of coal annually. The pircels sent through the post in the W HY NOT SPEND the ultimate outcome and the It hardly seems as though even lit -T and second zones. The first zone good or harm it may work to the a hardened congressman could | Pittsburg district in 1012, accord applies to offices within a radius of fifty people as a whole that should be find it in his heart to banish for ing to Edward W. Parker, of the miles distance. The second zone in ever from our tables that delicious United States Geological Survey, cludes offices within a 1 .Ml mile circle. I bought of. The rate is five cents for the first j consumed 17.721,783 tons of coal pound and one cent for each additional It is a duty which every good dish “ roast wild duck.” It doesn’ t make so much dif-|“nd abol't ............. . tons of coke, p >und. citizen owes the community in which he resides that he give a ference to we people of the Rogue or a total of about 22,700,0(0 Of interest to every community in Get away from the heat and the dust of the short tons, over 10 percent more t ie Columbia River Basin is the an certain amount of attention to River valley where duck shoot valley. Newport is now at its best, and the than all the boroughs of Great< r il mneement made within the past few public alVairs. It is a duty often ing is classed as rather inferior beach season is in full swing. Recreation and New York. Moreover, Pittsburg j <1 iys hv Major Mclndoe, U.S.Corpp. sport compared with the advan sport for all. Deep-sea fishing, surf bathing, also consumes millions of cubic ! Engineers, that work on the north jetty tages offered in other lines. Yet at the mouth of the Columbia mill be drives to Otter Rock, the Punchbowl, Lighthouse feet of natural gas. The total even here those who do much c nmerced in October,The original esti- M A 1 T H E W S F EE D BARN etc., with boating and fishing on Yaquina Bay. sent to New K (,• jn- ! quantity of coal m ite of $l,(HMl,(XNI as the cost of ttiis im shooting would regret so Is Open and Ready to gent an order as has been re York Harbor port ; for local con- prjvement has been increase! to $(>,(Hin, Low Season, W eek-End and Sunday Accommodate ported. Then in some sections sumption, for bunker trade, andloxt, and it is expected that 6,000,000 tons of rock will be required in the duck shooting is about the only fur transshipment to coastwise work. The Government official.-) have TARMERS AND COUNTRY PEOPLE local sport to he had. We who and foreign ports, is between ainonced that the south jetty, which Good Service and have lived in the middle states 35,000,(166 and 40,000, (MIO shott was commenced in ISS-Vis now eom- AND Reasonable Prices can well understand where il tons. In 1012 the total coal busi p'ete and that the task of transferring ness of the Pittsburg district, in the equipment to the north side o f the will spoil many an outing for J. C M ATTHEW S, PROPRIETOR. cluding local consumption and river will be taken up at once. It is ex- sportsmen there. FOURTH ST RUT SOUTH. shipments east and west, pjeted that confining the current to the It may be that the ducks and C i NI IT Al rOINT. UBIOUH 11 irrow channel beteen the two jetties geese needed better protection amounted to 50,150,179 short will result in a permanent depth of nut Leave Albany 7:30 a. m. and 1:00 p. m., con than was given them heretofore, tons. The coke used and han less than 40 feet on the bar. dled was approximately 11,000,- nections with north and south bound S. P. trains The Oregon State Immigration Corn and this is not ounce« ded b\ «H T O tons, making a total o f about ili ssion has sent to this office a number many, but to prohibit the shoot B Y R O N H. Y O U N G of the tags which will carry free to ing altogeter seems a little more ('3,000.000 tons, or nearly twice Call on our agent for copy of “ New t ie Portland office o f the commission than is just to till sections. To as much as the coal going to 1 any material for tlie Oregon State ex M O R T I C I A N AND F U N E R A L i.9 & U N § S E £ T » \ ! port” booklet, or “ Vacation Days,” shorten the season or reduce the New York Harbor. hibit al the Eastern Land shows. Any- ' V # I S D IR EC TO R . they are free for the asking. The quantity of coal shipped ! o ie who has anything they wish to (O GO tNèSHASTAl number to be taken would be ROUTES Latest Mod* •rn M e t li o d s endorsed by fair minded sports by rail UUil water to Pittsburg h nil in will be welcome to use the tags “ ’ ll the commission at Portland will Known to t lie Profession JOH N M. S C O TT, men everywhere, but absolutel\ and through Pittsburg to points s_>c about the shipping of the exhibits west iu 1912 wtts 13,801,13-1 short Employed. n > duck shooting at all just about General Passenger A g e n t. from that city to the east in time for tons, an increase of 4,160,226 “ gets our goat.” the display. Inasmuch as the railroads I \IO ASSISTANT. tons over 1911. All of this in h ive been generous enough to offer O F F I C E P H O N E 1 X 1 R E S I D E N C E 55 n o .iso was in rail shipments, as iheir services free and h little time and IM HONOR 01 M\RK IVWIN trouble in getting the exhibit ready is C EN TR A L POINT, OREGON. those by water fell otf slightly, a'l there is to sending in a sample of Plans have been made for the about 100,000 tons. The ship what grows in tin- valley of the Rogue dedication in August of a monu it seems there should he a very fine ments to Pittsburg were by rail, showing made. It is likely Oregon ment to Mark Twain at Hanni will have a very nice show and this 7.778. 150 tons, and by water, 9,- bal, Mo., though there has been ... i , , section should bo represented in the 913.333 tons I he shipments to ,lispi„y. some suggestion of a postpone points west of Pittsburg were. ______________________________ ment on account o f a technicalitv by rail, 21.086,001 tons, and by ♦♦♦♦♦♦< cmnected with the state appro* water. 1.993,350 tons. The ship priation. But whenever it takes ments from the Pittsburg dis- ’ I). C. GRIM. PROP. place, it will bean event com triet to eastern points, all rail. ' ing home more closely to Ann r A ll kinds of Hauling. AGENCY FOR which do not go through the; ¡trans than most literarj animer Freight handled, baggage Bain and Milburn Wagons. Racine and Thompson Buggies and Hacks, Gasoline Engines, Hodge J city, amounted in 1912to 15,349,- saries. trail; • ferrei!, moving, etc. Headers, Milwaukee and Osbourne Mowers and binders, Oliver, Canton and Moline goods, j 045 tons, against 18,169,866 tons Other authors sought their Hav «lakes, Harrows and Small Tools in lu ll. The shipments of coke' All order ■ I c m e prompt heroes and heroines in thegilded and pel's mal attention. in 1912 were, to Pittsburg 4,- palaces of a foreign shore, amid I m I> 4 A lls P h o n « C o n tra i Po»nt !K't2.207 tons, to | H » i n t s west 5,- the shadowy romance of history, I lim itar C o m p a n y . 684.526 tons, and from the Pitts or in the glitter of the «risto, ra burg district to eastern points cy. Ordinary life seemed to tin m 3,291.656 tons. too mill and commonplace to fin G EO I . NEALE nish material for a good stor>. (- 0MRNMIM ID M i l L I M B I K Mark Twain had that supreme Auctioneer and Valuator \M» I’OIIS IN W NMIlNbION : instinct that can see picturesque S A L E S material and dramatic elements A sale of government timber arranged and in the every-day life lying at Ins involving 70.450.0X1 board feet I C O N D U C T E D dix>r. While others travi d the and 286.000 linear feet of cedar I Have had 25 s ears experience world in search of a literary F poles on the Olympic nntionalfor- and can guarantee satisfaction Dorado, he found the hidden est. Washington, is atout to be : Vehicle», Farm Implement» and Amercan Fence, Harness. Saddlery Gcods, W ind- ♦ gold at liis ow n feet. advertised. A share of your patron mills. Oils and Fxtras. Prices Always Lowest, Quality Considered ♦ He always celebrated the typi- Though all the timber will be ♦ V I N I K A I l*O lN r . age is solicited. OREGON". His so d to one bidder it lies in two t ILN TK A L POINT, OREGON cal American qualities. .............. .. 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