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About Central Point herald. (Central Point, Or.) 1906-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1917)
City Election Next Monday The annual election for the city of Central Point will be held Monday, March 12th. The election will be for a recorder for a two year te rm and a councilman for a three y ear term. The only candidates to file were J . W. J a cobs for recorder and B. F. P eart for councilman, and all indications are th a t they will have no opposition. L. Hatfield, W. W arner and C. S Sanderson have been appointed judges of electioc and the la tte r two will also act as clerks of election. The polls will be a t the city hall and will be open from 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. All persons who are qualified elec tors under the sta te law, and have resided here at least thirty days prior to the election, will be entitled to vote a t this election. Do you need any Garden Tools? W e Have Them Will you plant a garden? We have the finest and largest assortment of Garden Seeds in town. Don't Forget Orange Day—Saturday, March 10th T H E GOOD S A M A R I T A N We have a fine lot of this most delicious fruit to help you observe the day. FARMERS!—We want your eggs and butter, and are paying top prices. Come in and see. CowleysEmporium Telephone 17 CENTRAL POINT, ORE. «.t..t.+.|..|.*++++++.t.+++++*++*«*++++*ÿ+*++++++*+++++.t.++++*«+ ! (C oral an il p e r s o n a l S tr u ts American Wonder seed potatoes for sale a t the Central Point Mills. 47tf > ' Saturday, March 10th, is Orange Day. Local Merchants have prepared with a good supply of this del cious fruit. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hildreth have r e turned to Butte Falls a f t e r spending several months in California. Omar Milligan is recovering as fast as could be expected. He s a t up for the first time the first of this week. Wm. H a m m e tt o f G ran ts Pass is down for a short time. He ia superin tending some work a t the Modoc. Anthony of the Albany Tannery Co., arrived in town Tuesday and reports about Hi feet of snow on the Siskiyous. A petition is being circulated among the property owners in th e Trail Creek and Debenger Gap district for the e s tablishment of an irrigation district. Mrs. J. W. P ru itt was som ewhat im proved this morning. The W oman’s Relief Corps presented Mrs. P ru itt a beautiful pot of flowers. Her many friends will be pleased to learn of her improved condition. Joe P. Hoagland has purchased a new Ford machine from C. E- Gates, the Ford deale r a t Medford. Mr.Gates reports having Bold severe other c a r ' to Central Point people for delivery at an early date. There will be special services at the Methodist church next Sunday evening a t 7:30 o’clock. Rev. Reed will discnss the subject: ‘‘W hat Is the M atter With the World,” and all are invite I to hear the discussion of this far reaching and world wide topic. Mrs. Neilie WaHenburg, president of the Rebekah s tate assembly visited the Mt P itt Rebekah lodge Wednes day afternoon. Mrs. W attenburg, whose home is in Klamath Falls, was accompanied by Mrs. Leach of G rants Pass. Together they have been m ak ing th e 'r official visits to all the lodges in their jurisdiction. John W. Cox, o f Oakland, Cal., is spending a few days in the county look ing a ft e r business matters. He is an old-timer in Southern Oregon and is al ways pleased to g e t back to this section if only for a few days. In addition to his property a t Medford he also has large holdings near Klamath Falls, in cluding a 1400 acre stock ranch. The committee appointed a t the ap preciation banquet to urge the appro b atio n of the necessary $20,000 forcon- strution work on the C rater Lake high way, called upon the county court yes- f terday morning, and it is said th a t the county court will boost the proposition. Will G. Steele, superintendent of the C ra te r Lake National Park, has been appointed as delegate to the good roads m eeting to be held a t Portland. I. L. Thompson Passes Away Isaac L. Thompson,, aged 78 years, passed away at his home here Wednes day morning. He had been ailing for the past 18 y ears with B rig h t’s disease which ultim ately resulted in his death. Mr. Thompson had not lived here long. He came to Central Point from Rogue River where he had engaged in farm ing a number of years. Before th a t time he had lived in southern Cal ifornia. The deceased is survived by his wid ow, five sons and two daug hters, all of whom are here to attend the funeral. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 10:00 o'clock. Rev. Reed, casto r of the Methodist church, of which Mr. Thompson was a member, will officiate. Central Point an Ex cellent Business Town M. D. Good, the hustling salesman for the Wheeler-Motter Mercantile Co., of S t Joseph, Mo.,is in town this week doing business with the local merchants. The company he represents is the larg est mercantile establishment west of the Mississippi river. He makes this te rrito ry about every two or three months and on each trip does a $2,000 to $3,500 business a t Central Point, and s ta te s th a t all indications point to a splendid business in store for this sec tion this year. Mr. Good has traveled out of St. Joe for th e same institution the past 27 years, and has made a rem arkable rec ord as a salesman, a t various times en terin g a new field and doubling the business of th e firm the first year. Last y ear he purchased a 200 acre stock ranch n ear Toledo, Oregon, and upon retiring from active work on the road expects to settle down in Oregon and devote his time to dairying and stock raising. Basket Ball Game Monday T here will be a double header basket ball game in the local Y.M.C.A. next Monday evening, March 12th, between the Medford high school and th e Cen tral Point high, both the boys and girls plsying. This coming game decides the championship between the girls. Admission IE and 25c. Leslie Ossman, a popular young man of Medford, decided th a t the beautiful evening of Monday would be just right for a spin in th e machine, so drove up to Central Point to call for his best girl. Upon arriv ing a t his destination he a ttem p ted to turn his machine around on the road, made a miscal culation and the m achine landed in the deep mud beside the road. After about an hour and a half of patient but un availing effort on the part of the un fo rtunate Leslie, one of our local mer ch an ts happened along in an auto and succeeded in extracting the mired car from the ditch. Leslie enjoyed his auto ride a fter all, and requests th at we kindly th ank the "good Samaritan" for his timely aid. Consistentency in quality and price is the most im portant factor in business -our store is no excep tion to the rule. Jewelry Repairing Diamond Setting Watch Repairing . 1C. SUtnyan atrtjmahrr Sc 3(rinrlrr (fruirai Suint. (Orr. Dr. Samuel A. Mulkey D EN TIS T T H E P R O FE SSIO N PRACTICED IN ITS VARIO US B RA N CH ES H o u rs: 8:30 A . M. to 12:00 1:00 to 4:30 P . M. Professor L. M. Sweet of Beagle was O th e r , by a p p o in tn e n t. P h o n e 3 4 a Central Point caller Tuesday. Office in Rostel Bldg. Central Point,Ore Mr. Alex Niblev of the Idaho-Utah A carload of feed arrived Tuesday for Ralph Waldo Elden, the local feed S u g ar Co., has been quite ill for sev eral pays a t the Hotei Medford. man. When a new law goes into effect in P a t Swain and E. E. Allen, well- May, it will be a misdemeanor in O r e known cattlem en of Applegate, were in gon for a person wite insufficient funds in the bank to cash a check, providing Central Point the first of the week in he does it with intend to defraud. Here quest of hay and o th er supplies. tofore it only has been possible to prosecute for passing worthless checks by charging th a t money was obhuined Modern Printing at the H erald by false pretenses. A W ord With You As to the superior quality of our products »11 are now fa miliar either by experience or hearsay, but as to our prices, allow us to say, th a t while all o th er brands of flour have re cently advanced in price, our Mt. P itt brand still remains the same, vis.- $2 05 per sack in small lots. « However, if the price of Mt. P itt is too rich for your blood tr y f *• f i which sells at $1.90 per sack a t the miilonly. Its a winner. The Central Point Mills CENTRAL POINT OREGON HAINES-WILBUR STOCK CO. Presenting a repertoir of up-to-date plays |“ The Power of Money” and other equally thrilling plays At the Central Point Opera House Thursday. Friday & Sa'urday, March 8. 9 d 10 Change of Program Every Evening Admission 10c and 25c