Portland Ore
O re. H isto rical So.'
CENTRAL POINT HERALD
“Cover« Central Point and Vicinity Like a Blanket"
Vol. XI
CENTRAL POINT PAPERS
WILL CONSOLIDATE
Southern Oregon News and T he Central
Point Herald Unite in Order T o m
Give District Bigger and Bet
ter Newspaper.
Central Point, Jackson County, Oregon. Thursday. March 1 5 , 1 9 1 7
H E R A L D P U B L I S H I N G CO. F O R M E D te n u re of th e le tte rs indicating th a t
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Lee B. F ra n k lin of P o rtlan d , and B.
H. Dyer, who h as had ch arg e of T he
H erald the p a st m onth, have form ed
a p a rtn e rsh ip , and th e la tte r p a rt of
last week closed th e deal for th e pur
chase of th e bu sin ess of th e H erald
P ub lish in g Co., an d th e C en tral P oint
H erald to g e th e r w ith equipm ent, lot
and building, from th e C en tral P o in t
S ta te Bank.
Mr F ra n k lin who is an experienced ,
Mr.
F ra er n k m
lin an,
, w will
no is a c t as business
n ew
sp ap
m an ag e r and ed ito r, w hile Mr. D yer
will have ch arg e of th e m echanical end
ot ‘“ e business, job prin tin g , etc. The
H erald p lan t h as been undergoing con
sid erab le changes and w ith th e new
equipm ent and m aterial, w hich is being
added, will ra n k am ong th e
b est
equipped p lan ts in S ou th ern O regon
No. 4>
NEW RAILWAY MAY
TAP THIS DISTRICT
a sh o rtag e of flour ex ists and th a t the
w holesalers a re obliged to look to this
d is tric t for supplies, w hich has not
been th e case heretofore.
T he local mill is th e hom e of th e Mt.
Hill Lines T o Build From Bend—Will
P itt flour, w hich during th e p ast two
T ap Blue Ledge Any Route
years, has enjoyed an ever-increasing
Chosen—Seek to Avoid
dem and until th e business of the mill
th is y e a r exceeds th e business of last
Siskiyou Grade.
y e a r four fold. In addition to th e high
class “ Mt. P itt" brand, th e m ill is now
A ssociated P ress d ispatches recently
.
fir,,,-
g of a proposed plan for th . e Hill
also
p u ttin g . out ____. a second
g ia d tellin
e flour,
knQW„ a8 ..Rog)le R lver F avorite," In terests to e n te r San F rancisco b>
A move th a t w ill undoubtedly m eet
w ith th e ap p ro v al of every citizen of
o ur com m unity w as decided on this
w hich will be sold from the mill d irect way of K" re k a - h a ™ at»<'«pd much
week, as a re su lt of w hich th e pub
only at $1.90 per sack.
lntereHt in thU 8ec,lon The
lish ers of th e C en tral P oint new spapers
A big facto r in the m ill's success is l’*811 l»ovides for the con stru ctio n of
will unite to b e tte r achieve th e ob ject
the fact th a t w hile o th e r flours have a
by th e Hill in te re sts from Bend,
for w hich th e p ap ers have been e sta b
advanced in price the local product On- “ > T rinidad, a few m iles noril. of
lished,
F or a n u m b er of y ears T h e H erald
has rem ained a t its sam e price, $2.15 E ureka, w here a junction will be m ade
D<?r sack
,
w ith
th e
N orth w estern
P acific's
had ignom inously failed to uphold its
A larg e sh ip m e n t of flour w as m ade ‘“ rough line to Sausalito. T he South
good nam e a s a live, w ide-aw ake
to C alifornia th is week from th e local e rn Pacific will build a connection be
new spaper, and F. H. Hull acceded
tw een T rin id ad an d M arshfield and u
w ith th e d em and o f a n u m b er of local D E M A N D FOR F L O U R
IS I N C R E A S I N G
____________ d e to u r and tunnel will be co n stru cted
business m en, e stab lish ed th e "S o u th
F ra n k T hom pson, w ho h as been h e re to avoid the p resen t steep grade over
ern O regon N ew s,” and proceeded to
T he C en tral P o in t Mills a re recelv th e p a st week, ow ing
, , to _ the illness ot th e " illits “ "*•
give C en tral P o in t one of th e new siest
Louis
of orked
th e Hill
and c la ssie st little periodicals pub ing Inquiries from v arious p o in ts o v er nis
lines.
Is Hill,
said president
to have w
o u t lines
th e
th e m iddle w est and so u th e rn s ta te s tu rn ed to h is hom e a t XV Inters. Calif..
a
^
^
the
lished in th e sta te .
reg
a
rd
in
g
flour
and
feed
products,
th
e
T
uesday
m
orning.
W hen T he H erald recently changed
pro|>osed route.
hands, we rea d ily agreed w ith th e pro
An artic le in th e San F rancisco
gressiv e Mr. Hull th a t th e field was
C hronicle sta te s:
too sm all for tw o papers, and nego
“E v er since th e through rail line w as
tiatio n s w ere e n tered in to Im m ediately
opened to E ureka, it has been u n d er
In a recen t issu e of T he H erald ap- acreag e for b eets in th is locality,
to u n ite th e effo rts of th e publishers
in th e publishing o f o n e live paper. peared a lengthy artic le on the sub-
\ V'e have se t fo rth in a previous ar- stood the plan of th e S o uthern Pacific
C
om m encing
ith th
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— e n ex t issue The je c t of su g a r b eet culture. It is a d ele th e various ad v an ta g es of grow- w as ev entually to com plete the lines
C en tral P o in t H erald and S outhern foregone conclusion th a t every farm er | n g beets, and so fa r have discovered tt ° nK ,a e c<,ast North and th u s cut out
O regon News will be consolidated and in th is sectio n h as com e in co n tac t no reasonable a rg u m en t ag ain st beet t,le “ Pavy
h a " ' over t,le S isklyous on
published by T he H erald P ublishing w ith th is su b ject of late and is giving grow ing in th is section. T here is suf- the S h asta route. T hat th is will be
Co„ who will en d eav o r to give th e th o u g h t to th e proposition of grow ing n cie n t acreag e in th is valley to fur- done In connection w ith th e lllll jo in t
lieople of th is section a new spaper th a t b eets on his lands,
nish enough b eets to keep a factory tra c k a g e ag reem en t is the inform ation
they m ay well be proud of. "Rome" ’ u |B a well known fact th a t the busy. An o u t put h ere of 80,000 tons th a t com es from Southern Pacific
w as not built in a day," n e ith e r do we su g a r b eet in d u stry is one th a t will would m ean the d istrib u tio n of som e so u rces.”
It is Indicated th a t th e long sought
ex p ect to accom plish ev e ry th in g a t a play a big p a rt in th e a g ric u ltu ra l de th in g like $560,000 a y ear am ong our
jum p, but w ith th e h e a rty co-opera velopm ent of th is section from now farm ers— is it w orth considering? T his tap p in g of th e Blue Ledge m ine d is
tion o f th e citizen s o f C e n tral P o in t on, and it is th e belief of every pro am ount would not include the pay roll tr ic t is near, w h eth er th e proposed
ro u te utilizes the Pacific nnd E astern
and vicinity, we will succeed.
g ressiv e bu sin ess m
an of C entral — of the factory, n o r the pay of the He < |(ne a8 g u , , ^ o r f(>|]OWH a survey dow n
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P oint and farm e r o f th is vicinity th a t force. At least ten sta tio n s em p oy (ke R iamaRl river. T he section tr a
F. H. H U L L , R E T IR IN G E D IT O R a united e ffo rt should be m ade to give ing two to four men will be required,
versed is undeveloped, but rich In
it proper co n sid eratio n . To secu re m a
O F SOU TH ERN O REG O N
Aside from th e foregoing, beet pulp m ineral, tim b er and ag ricu ltu ral pos
te ria l benefits from th is new in d u stry
ts a big factor. B eet pulp gives the sibilities. T he tapping of th e Blue
NEW S.
in th e valley at once, it is n ecessary
farm e r an o p p o rtu nity to dispose of I.edge d istric t would solve th e problem
for all to unite in th e e ffo rt of ac
Mr. H ull, th e re tirin g ed ito r of the
th e ir stock a t an advantage. P ulp fed of tran s|s» rtatio n . and mean an e ra of
com plishing this. Individual effo rt
S outhern O regon News, has proven
c a ttle and sheep com m and the very developm ent for th a t long-ignored sec-
som etim es achieves th e desired end, hig h est m a rk e t prices of any c a ttle o r tlon.
him self to be a citizen m ade of th e
rig h t stu ff, one who is a b eliev er in “ ---------—
u‘ w“ y ta k .w
e -. ten y e a rs to accom plish »heep put . on th
‘ e m arket the world
T h e P acific and E astern line ru n s
co-o|>eration and m odern advancem ent. som eth in g th a t united action will over. B eet pulp n ev er lessens the from Medford to B utte Fulls, is 34
b ring in one, tw o o r th ree years.
price of alfalfa, for th e sim ple reason and a fractional mile long, and w as
W hen all a d v an ta g es of beet grow th a t it brings m ore c a ttle into the val
co n stru cted a t an estim ated cost of
ing a re considered, it Is safe to a s ley.
$2,000,000. E v er since Its com pletion,
sum e th a t every fa rm e r in th is sec
T his section en jo ys one of the b est it h as been connected w ith re p eated
tion will ag re e th a t th e in d u stry should
p lan tin g seaso n s of any section of th - sto ries th a t the Hill in te re sts would
be boosted. Still th e re is som ething
continent, w hich also ten d s to boost use it as a m eans of invading Southern
radically w rong som e w here. It is con-
Oregon.
th e beet in d u stry .
ceeded th a t the cou n try trib u ta ry to
T h e use of th is line in the new pro
S u g ar b eet grow ing in th is vallev
C en tral P o in t is exceptionally adapted
je c t would give this section tw o tra n s
alread
y
h
as
raised
ren
tal
values
of
all
to beet grow ing, th a t th is is th e only
co n tin en tal lines, and the re s u lta n a t
logical point In th e valley w here a lands. L and under irrig atio n th a t has
b en efits from com petitive freig h t ra te s
been
ren
tin
g
from
$8
to
$10
per
acre,
su g a r factory can be successfully
and
a w ater m a rk e t fo r produce.
o p erated and m ain tain ed . Yet it is a now brings from $20 to $22.
T he use of the K lam ath riv er route
fact th a t n eary n in ety days have been
T he bu sin ess men and farm ers of
would develop th e Blue Ledge d istrict
required for a su g a r com pany to se th is section can not afford to let sm all
alone.
cu re 1200 a c res fo r b eet grow ing, and d ifferences of opinion d w arf th e ad
only fifty p er c e n t of th is being vancem ent o f th e oom m unity. Co
M rs. F. A. H awk, th e local m illiner,
signed up by the farm ers, w here 2500 o p eratio n is esse n tial right now, we
will have her first show ing of spring
acres a re available. A locality In should g et to g e th er to achieve suc
and sum m er m illinery on Friday and
n o rth e rn W yom ing signed up 7000 cess. E very fa rm e r Is Invited to ex
S aturday, M arch 16th and 17th. She
a c re s In two m onths, and a facto ry will p ress his opinion on th is vital sub
recently retu rn ed front P ortland w here
He, to.», lias proven him self a p rin te r be built th e re next year. T he farm ers ject. Send your view s of the s itu a
she secu red som e of th e la te s t
ot th e class who know how to pro- of Fallen. N evada, signed up 4200 acres tion to T he C entral P oint H erald, we
models and the ladies may depend on
d in e th e kind of p rin tin g th a t pays. He for beets in less th an sixty days. We will be glad to publish them If sugar
Mrs. H aw k to give th e m satisfa c tio n
will devote his tim e to co nducting the a re positive th a t o u r farm ers hi-r<- b eets a re no t an ad vantage to the val
in quality and style.
a ffa irs of the H ull P rin tin g Co., and a re ju st as anxious to progress and ley, let th e public have th e facts. If
vi- j-.ln with his friends in w ishing prosper, but we would very much like su g a r beets a re a good thing, let's get
Mr. and Mrs M. O. B roadbent left
him good luck and pro sp erity In the to be en lig h ten ed as to why It should behind a concerted move and push a T uesday m orning for a visit a t M onta
be such a h ard Job to get th e required good th in g along Are you on?
gue, Calif.
future.
Shall W e Have
a
Sugar Factory?