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About Central Point herald and Southern Oregon news. (Central Point, Or.) 1917-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1917)
(Erutral {Inint Üijrralö P ub lish e d E v e r y T hursday By THE HERALD PUBLISHING CO. i a B FRANKLIN M ar m i M mm B mt . A n I n d e pe n d e n t local newspaper devoted to the intarwta <>f Central Point and the Roffua River Valley. F^nD-reil as second class matter at the post o f fice at Central Point, Oregon, May 4, 1906, accurd- I i:r to an A ct o f Congress, March »1, 1879. This paper is kept on file at the D a k k A d ver A g e n c y , Inc.. 427 South Main Street, Los Angeles and 779 Market Street, San Francisco, where contracts for advertising can be made. tisin g Subscription Price $1.00 per Year I rue Democracy the Coming Order O P P O S I T I O N T O ROAD BONDS IS R E M O V E D Slag Party ! Last Monday evening Mr. 0. "When It is explained that the ex Ockerman entertained a few o f pense of providing the crushed rock his friends at Mountain View base on the roads to be hard-surfaced » i l l be borne by the state and not re ^eigh ts at a stag party. The quired of the counties, opposition to men, half o f whom were old bach the road bond bill is largely removed," elors (the other half being mar says Winnie Braden, of Dallas, Secre tary-Treasurer of Polk County Better ried men),had a fine time playing Itoads Association. " I t has been my “ 500” and other suitable games experience that It Is only necessary for young men. During the even- to acquaint the Individual opponent of the road bond measure with the pro ling the genial host served light (!) visions of the bill to make him a con !(it was tinged with strawberry vert to the good roads movement. The juice) refreshments which all people of Polk County uniformly with partook o f with many puns poked other progressive people of the state want good roads. All that Is demand at each other and some who were ed by them is the assurance that the not present or on hands. At a funds to be raised by the proposed; bond Issue will be applied economical-! late hour the merry old fellows ly in the construction of the greatest j departed, the thotful host show possible mile age of serviceable roads ing the visitors the way out and of a pe rmanent and enduring charac jholding the lamp to make it safer ter. "W ith this assurance and the fur for the departing guests to get ther guarantee that ample funds are properly started on their home provided in the increased automobile[ On the way home license, which will have to be paid ward way. anyway, to meet both interest and the guests were invited in at the principal of the bonds, the voters of home o f one o f the party for a — my section of the state are more few minutes. Here they partook atrongly favoring the road bill." o f other light refreshments. Up Among Hit false statements circu on leaving one o f theparty, whose lât -d by op o tents of the $6,000,000 name is witheld, came near hav road bond bill is one to the effect that the burden of paying for the bunds in g a slight misfortune. He mis will be saddled upon the taxpayers of calculated the steps on the way the state. The fact Is that under the out— (cut off here by the War quarter-mill state road tax, which Is in effect and has been for the last ¡Censor.) The man o f vision—and it does not require a great mind to see the trend o f civilization—looks into the future and beholds the culmination o f man’ s age-lot g dream in the fulfillment o f uni versal peace. He sees in the new age the brotherhood o f man fulfilled in a new order o f gov ernment which we are begin ning to realize is near even to day. Alexander the Great and Napoleon the First were great men, Out they had the wrong conception o f the purpose o f life. “ He who would he first shall be last, and he that is servant to all shall he exalted” expresses the four years, the taxpuyer assessed for will pay 25 cents a year. In the underlying p-inciple that means $1000 25 years (he bonds are to tun the total the success or failure o f our amount th* taxpayer will routrlbute under '.Ills tax » i l l b*‘ $6.25 and its lives. payment will he distributed over a Now, while the world is upset p< r d of 25 years. Besides, this tax by the subnormal condition o f a Is already provided by stutute and state o f war, while the minds of must be paid regardless of whether the road bonds are vot d at the special men are affected by the cor stant election June 4th. The revenue from trend o f war news, and now by the increased automobile licenses will preparation for war and the be more than sufficient to pay both Interest and principal on the road sight o f troops and death-dealing bonds. The direct taxes of the Indi machinery here in our own peace vidual taxpayer, therefore, will not be ful America as well, lest we for Increased If the road bonds are voted. get, we should not lose sight of No additional burdens will be lm the goal, hut should think on the posed on any taxpayer by reason of things the near future has in the passage of the good roads bond issue. And If good roads, quicker com store for mankind, keep up our munication, aaf," transportation, bet faith in the final success o f Right ter traveling facilities, and reduction over Might and believe that, In cost of moving the products of fsrm. field, and orchard mean any after this terrible storm is past, thing to the progress and prosperity a new and brighter day will o f the state, the passage of the good r c ija bond Issue will be to the ad dawn. vantage of every man. woman and True democracy is the only child In-Oregon.— TUe Spectator (P o r t hope o f universal peace, and true land.) democracy is a co-operative gov It is time Oregon was getting out of ernment. We can hasten its the mud, comments the Ttllamook 1 Herald. California and Washington coming, i f we would, by putting have both made large appropriations the principle o f co-operation into for good roads during the past few practical use right here at home. years, while Oregon has stood ¿till. The bonding bill which will come up Is it worth while to begin on so for eoiislderatlon in June la an eco small a scale ? If the principle nomic busluess proposition. * * -* is right there is but one answer The annual llcens on all automo — Yes. biles has been doubled. The fees from Next week I shall endeavor to this source will be ad -quale to pay the point out one or two important Interest and the principal of the $6,- 000.000 road bonds. Automobile own things that could be done which ers are wlMJng_to pay the Increased li would go far toward-crvsialiaing cense but ask that the money raised shall be spent In road con a better and more popular “ com therefrom struction. Why not? They are going munity spirit.” to pay the bill. And It will not be necessary to raise general taxes, either. Vote for the bonds. Were 1 so tall to reach the pole • * a Or mete the heaven* with a spun From a series of Investigations, the V. S Department of Agriculture has I must be measured by my soul; It is the mind that makes the man. found that, fo lio » Ing the Improvement (This fine verse was handed us by of the main market roads, the Increase H. H. Croft. He could not recall the In the selling price of tillable farm lands s e r v e d by the roads has amount author's name.) ed to from one to three times the total cost of the Improvements. Those present at the first men tioned place were: Henry Riley Guy Tex and Lee B. Franklin, besides the host. The hotel Central Mrs. G. Betts, Mgr. Central Point, Oregon J. E Boswell BARBER Men’ s Haircut • 25c Schoolboys’ Haircut 20c Laundrv, Clothes Cleaning and Pressing Agency. Central Point, Ore. T h e Q uality in th e B a g Making Pie Crust With Mt. P ittas the principal ingredient is far less a task and is far more likely to "turn out well” than if ordin ary flour is used. The same thing can be said of Mt. Pitt flour in all other bakings. A sack of it ordered today will prove long before it is empty that our flour is the best all- around flour made. The wise housekeeper is buying a few sacks now to tide the family over until new wheat is fit to grind. Mt. Pitt flour now $3.10 the sack. Favorite flour now »2. 85 a sack. The Central Point Mills CENTRAL POINT - OREGON The Hard Glossy Surface made with Chi-namel Screen Enamel makes it impos sible for dust to adhere. Dries quickly. Prevents Rust. Adds artistic appearance. W. C. LEEVER The Hardware Man Central Point, - Oregon