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About Central Point herald and Southern Oregon news. (Central Point, Or.) 1917-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1917)
Kundway Accident Results Seriously Last Saturday morning Mrs. J. H. Morden and little daughter Elsie, of Kanes Creek, drove to Central Point. While passing the Hotel Central a small boy a n d wheel-barrow combination appeared, and this so frightened the horse that he became unman ageable, and as he wheeled he turned the buggy over. In the Call Mrs. Morden fractured her right arm and Elsie suffered a severe cut over her right eye. They were at once taken into the hotel and Dr. Dow called. This is their second runaway ex perience with the same horse. 3 ,0 0 0 Gallons of Oil Burn Last Thursday, M. D. Chase of the Table Koek district lost 3000 gallons of crude oil by fire. The fire started from a sm udge pot and followed along the ground for 50 feet to the oil tank. Mr. Chase noticed a little fire following a- long the ground, but he did not think it would amount to anything, not realiz ing th a t the oil extended back to the tank. He w ent to the house and within tw enty minutes a mass of Slack smoke was rising from the tank, which was in flames. W eekly Review World News (C o n tin u ed fro m f r o n t p ag e ) the Chamber, chosing Monday, May 7th, as the date he pre ferred. The Governor is ex pected to talk at that time on the $6,000,000 road bond issue. April 6.—Wahington, D. C. Just as the grey of dawn crept in on the slumbering world about, on this Good Friday morn ing, the resolution declaring that a state of war existed be tween the U. S. and Germany passed the lower house by a vote of 373 for and 50 against. Miss Jeanette Rankin of Montana, the first woman ever to sit in con gress, voted against the reso lution. The president signed the bill at noon. Another war in which the United States was involved has been begun in April, as have all he' wars except one. April 6.— Washington, D. C. The arrest of 60 alleged ring leaders in German plots, con spiracies and machinations in the United Sates was ordered today by Attorney General Gregory immediately after President Wilson had signed the war re solution. April 7.— Washington, D. C. Senator Harry Lane of Oregon is seriously ill. Senator Lane has been under a big strain of late owing t«- the German situation. He man iged to keep up till the lower house had passed the war resolution, when the Senator was compelled to quit his official duties for a complete rest. April 7.— Amsterdam. Em peror William has ordered the Imperial Chancellor to submit to him certain proposals for the reform of the Prussian elector- ial laws, which the Emperor has promised the German people AFTER peace has been made. April 9.—Washington, D. C. The proposed bond issue will carry a $3,000,000 loan to the allies and $2,000,000 for use at home to prosecute the war with Germany. Rio Janeiro, April 10.— Brazil has recognized the new gov ernment of Russia. London, April 10.— Diplomatic relations between Brazil and Germany have been broken off, according to the Evening News. April 10.— Chester, Penn. Thousands of pounds of explo sives intended for the allies in Europe were today exploded in some unknown fashion and reap ed a horrible harvest of death among young girls and woman. More than 100 were killed, the great majority being young girls. April 11.— Chester Penn. A high official of the munition plant that blew up here yester day causing the loss of 116 lives, stated today that the investiga tion showed that the explosion was the result of a conceived plot. It is believed that a bomb made in the factory by one of the employees was used. April 11.— Medford, Oregon. Sheriff Jennings caught the swindlers, who cashed bogus checks on local merchants and purchased a car with the same kind of currency, as they were making a get a get-away over the Siskiyous. They gave their names as Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cravendore of Portland. I WILLOW SPRINGS m i m h i i i 1 1 e • 1 1 : i • • ' * f im The P aren t-T eachers’ Club m et at the home of Mrs. K. W. Elden last Saturday. Most of th e members w ere present and a good m eeting took place. N e x t m eeting will be held a t the home of Mrs. B e rt Nichols. Mrs. M. F. Young and little son Cleo spent the week end with friends in Ashland. Mr. Hurd and Mr. McAllister gave a very in terestin g lecture on Co-opera tion. I t would have been more en couraging to the speakers had more of th& people in the community been present. Mr. J . W. Elden is confined to his bed with erysipelas and is in the care of Dr. Dow and a trained nurse. Miss A ugusta Thomas, of Milwaukee, Wis., is with her niece, Mrs. J. W. Bishop. Miss Thomas spent the winter in Southern California, and will visit here for some weeks before continuing her journey homeward. The G range will hold its regular m eeting on April l t t h . T h e McClenden land is being leveled and plowed with a big tractor, and it is reported t h a t a part of the acreage will be planted te sug ar beels and the other p a rt to alfalfa. All will be irrigated. Mr. J . S. Miner will leave for New W estm inster, B. C., where he will o p erate a cannery. WAR |S HERE and prices on almost all food stuff, hardware and paints are going up daily. We be lieve th at the thrifty man will make money by Buying Today. All prices are high now, but Everything Will Be higher Tomorrow Come in today and buy all the groceries and hardware th at you can possibly pay for. Cowley’ s Emporium ■■■■ Plant your garden today. It will help out on the high cost of living. You will find in our store, the best assortment of seeds in our city. Phone: 1 7 Opposite Post Office Costs Little More To go East VIA CALIFORNIA Before selecting the route for your next trip East consider these three important things: S E R V IC E Steel cars, through standard or tourist sleeping cars, unexcelled dining cars. SAFETY Rock ballast, automatic block signals, heavy steel rails, consistant speed. SCENERY Known throughout the country as “The Road of a Thousand Wonders.” LIBERAL ST O P -O V E R S Our Agents are well informed. Ask them regarding train schedules, or write JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent, Portland SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES Portland Rose Festival, June 13, 14, 15