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About Central Point herald. (Central Point, Or.) 1906-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1917)
Central Point Poultry & Egg - __ COMPANY _ BUYERS 5 SHIPPERS Live and Dressed Poultry Fresh Ranch Eggs CENTRAL POINT W going to Montague ” Margaret Howard left this week for Ut. IV 1 I V I , Cal. Rogue River, Wilbur has entered the third Melissa Will grade. \ JACKSON^ MODEL COUNTY. j f/J/ (Continued from first page.) remittances having been received in January and February, 1917. The County Clerk is peculiarly well adapted to the handling of that office, in several matters he has Installed Mrs. G. Betts, Mgr. methods of handling the business which have not only made the record more accessible, and convenient, but which ceived from all sources, have saved the county considerable the sum of ..................... 748.719.31 sums of money like, for instance, in the matter of envelopes for election Making a total of............. $917.606.80 supplies. The law says how those sup He paid out during 1916 the sum of plies shall go out, and the supply houses furnishing envelopes, printed, $738,131.29, leaving a balance of $179, charge largely in excess of the amount. 475.51 in the treasury January 1, 1917. All of his receipts corresjwnd with It costs the county under Mr. Gardner, who. by a simple device, answering the the amounts deposited by the several requirements of the law, quite as well, officers, under audit, and as to those has made a substantial saving, run deposits which were made from out ning into several hundred dollars each side sources, like remittances front the election in that matter. This is one state officials, etc., they correspond of the large clerks offices, and will with the receipts Issued by the treas soon become larger when the records ury. All of his vouchers for payment are placed In the clerks hands, and it are in order, duly proven, and filed in Is well to realize that the clerk is the clerks office. All of the officers enumerated above fully qualified and industrious and dili gent enough to keep the office up to are entitled to have their official bonds exonerated, so far as the handling of a high degree of efficiency. county funds is concerned. It is sel The S h eriff. The sheriff has collected and de dom I can find a county where every posited In the treasury milage to the cent has been properly accounted for, amount o f $180.05. Hut he deposited and Jackson county can now claim to also $10 in addition thereto in the be in every respect a model county. month of July, 1916, which amount This is especially gratifying to me for he Is entitled to have returned to him. I have seen the evolution, in Jackson County, from the old time methods of As Tax Collector He has collected the following hit and miss, to this perfection, and I more than suspect that this gratifying amounts: On 1912 and prior years $ 8,181.37 result is, at least in part, due to the 1913 ................................ _ 3.323.55 fact that |>eriodical audits are in vogue. The Hotel Central Central Point, OREGON Oregon plained the work which was gone through to preserve the interests of the county in the J6.000.000 road (Continued from first page) Southern Oregon needs a representa bond bill In the recent legislature. "Jackson county,” he stated, “ can tive at Washington fam iliar with the two great questions which here con not be neglected in the apportion front us, namely that o f Crater Lake, ment o f money under this bill unless and the rate question. W e all know the road commission deliberately that we need a freight rate which elects to ignore her. The highways, will enable our business houses to Pacific and Crater Lake, are specific- successfully compete with those of ically named in the measure for hard surfacing at the earliest possible northern Oregon and California. "T h e condition upon which I will date.” W ill G. Steele stated that there Is enter the race is tills: Southern Ore gon must absolutely unite upon one In the treasury o f Jackson county construction man, whether it be myself or some $30,000 available for one else. I believe the time is ripe work on the Crater Lake Highway. for such a race and that a candidate If the county will add $30,000 to this if given undivided support has an ex amount, the state will add a sum equal to both amounts and this the cellent chance of winning. "T o win tills fight each and every United States government will match man of you must get in the fight and making a total of $200,000 available stay in it to the finish. It is to your for highway work this next summer. J. W. Morris spoke upon the Ore Interest to do so. If you will do so gon State Motor association and as it means nothing but success. Under tills condition I w ill be glad to put sured support to Jackson county pre myself forward as a candidate at the dicting that within five years motor I Oil ................................... 57.260.55 traffic w ill be open even over the coming election.” P R O F E S 6ION A.L Sisklyous, there by the aid of snow 1915 ...................................... 629,718.54 The members of the Medford Com All of these collections he has de plows, 36!» days out of the year. Dr. j . J. EM MENS—Physician and mercial club, and Jackson County sut geon. Practice limited to eye. J. A. Westerlund, president of the posited In the treasury, and of which liusiness Men's association unanim ear nose and throat. Eyes scien Tri-State Good Roads association an for 1912, $13.11; 1913, $5.78; 1914, tifically tested and glasses supplied. ously endorsed the candidacy o f Mr. $7.05; 1915, $571.93. Total. $597.87, was nounced that a convention o f the as Oculist and Aurlst for S. P. R. R Thomas. . deposited January 3rd, 1917. I men sociation will be held In Medford in Co. Offices M. F. & H. Co. bldg., tion this to save confusion in future flood roads were discussed from May. opposite P. O. Phone 567. audits many angles, legislative, clubs, ap Other speakers on the program MC M. M. DOW M. 0 ., M . S. propriations and tourist traffic. W wore: Hen Sheldon, C. In addition to this the sheriff seems E. Gates, Physician and Surgeon II Gore, who worked earnestly for George Putnam, D. M. Lowe, H. L. to have had on hands a small balance the interests o f Jackson county, ex- W alther, Hert Greer, R. L. Ewing, between seven and eight dollars, which LYDIA S. DOW D. 0. he deposited during January, 1917. Osteopathic Physician F. J. Newman and J. W . Morris. This was entirely outside the record, Offices and Residence and sup|H>sed to be differences in mak ing change. T HE DOW HOSPI TAL The next and probably one o f the last T h e Treasurer. Cowley Block, Central Point. basket ball games of the season will be ,uayed Monday,March 11, when the The treasurer had on hand Calls answered promptly day or hP itorn girls and the Medford boys January 1, 1916 $168,887.49 m . J team play as a return game to During the year 1916 he re- night. Night telephone service: tin I'coitd girls game at Medford. Our Ring: Two short-one long. girls played two games at Medford, w inning one and losing the other, so this game decides. those on the honor list for the 4th ix weeks period are; Violet Mayfield, J u n e Dunlap, Lysle Gregory, Katnerine Nealon, Lela Peart, Harry Skyrman, lmogeue Wallace, Helen Warner, and Hypermetropra Mypopra and Astyma- William Welch. tism and other eye strainscan tie easily The schools o f the different towns of relieved and the vision saved attend the valley have organized a steriopti- ed to promptly. 1 have made arrange- can lecture circuit with pictures tur- • inenta to open i. is tied mainly by the University o f Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural college, about every three weeks. The first installment consisting of pictures on Fishing. Dairying and Lumbering m Oregon; the beautiful land of Japan, In the Cowrley Emporium whore I Helgium, France and Italy. Paul Re- will be equipped to make personal ex vere's Ride and Italy were shown in animation of your eyes the local schools during the past week. M o n d l y W e d n e s d a y and Friday. 1 he pictures were interesting and in structive, giving s much better idea Evenings, from 7:00 to ¡1:00 o'clock. along educational lines than can be 1 am a graduate o f the Spencer Opti learned from the school text books. cal Institute of New York City. The teaching in the 6th, 7th, and 8th 1 have had over 10 years experience grades of.our school is being done on in fitting glasses, and especially solicit the departmental plan this year, that difficult cases, and guarantee a perfect Offers Standard Courses by Individual Instruction and is, different teachers teach the differ tit _________ ent subjects. Mr. Davis teaches arith Class Methods in Bookkeeping. Penmanship. Short metic and agriculture; Miss Pierce. hand, Typewriting. Arithmatic. English, Rapid Calcu Special Examination by Appointment EnglislJand reading; Mr Smith, his lation, Spelling, etc. ex a m in a tio n « Fraa tory and geography; Miss Albin, pen manship and Mist Hard, music. Graduates Assisted to Positions. Make Early Application for Place. Allen Lommasoo of the first grade left this week for Montague. Cal. 311 N. Grape St., Medford, Ore. Write, call, or phone 151 When asked by Miss Albin if he was Telephone 17 Centre! Point, Ore going to leave ua, he replied, “ No.SI'm THOMAS FOR CONGRESS Don’t Neglect Vour F’ es SCHOOL NOTES. Central Point Auto Co. Repairing of all kinds neatly and quickly done Agent for W right Ford Auto Trucks Optical Parlors Clarence Lovern, Prop. Increase Your Pay Check Medford Commercial College I. R. Hamilton
