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About Central Point star. (Gold Hill, Or.) 192?-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1929)
CENTRAL POINT STAR VOLUMI i FltfDAY, MAY 3, 192» C. P. WINS IN COUNTY TRACK MEET MEDFORD C entral Point won the county cham pionship at the to w n tra ck meet at M edford, Saturday in com p e titio n w ith the other tow n school» o f the county. T he meet wa» divided In to three class* *». There were Hie II amt C clu»***» mid the ru ra l school meet». C entral P oint took 181% point» ami 1’ ln r- n ix 152 w ith (io ld H ill 3rd w ith 10*1 point». G riffin ('reek won in the ru ra l »ehool. meet w ith I Hi point» and Evan» V alley took sec ond w ith 42,‘j point». The p a rti cipant» cum? from a ll part» o f the co un ty a rriv in g e a rly fo r the day’« perform ance. Many contest» were run off in very systematic style. Many o f III- valley student» were e nrolled in the several event». VON HER It ELLE N OPENS FOR AN E X T E N D E D RUN AT P IT The Von der lle lh n Gravel Com pany has opened up th e ir plant east of the city fo r a run of several months. The company has a con tract to fu rn ish the gravel w ith P. S. to shale the w hich H ill between Gold tracks where C entral Point and the eompany has recently been do ing much ra il laying. New steel hot. been layed along seven miles and now the w o rk o f shaling is in progress. Most o f the new steel w o rk was between T o lo and Cen tra l Point. Several o f thé b lin d turn» on Hie road along the riv e r w ere w i lened out and gives better v is ib ility to Hie train m e n. High Places in Nation's News Ten men were rescued from a sm all boat in the A tla n tic Ocean a fte r th e ir schooner had sunk off Bermuda about A p ril lfith . P ortland's ocean fre ig h t creased UK» |M-r cent d u rin g decade. Not o nly has the o f boats used doubled but nage o f the boats used have ed in size. has in the past num ber the to n increas P ortland police forced a stop to the skating m arathon w h ich was being held in Hie c ity fo r the past tw o m onths. The gnnrathon luut been going since March 4th. T lie Mexican In surrectio n is now supposed to lie over. General ( a l l ies, ex-president o f Mexico, led the Federal troops against the rebels in the finish fight. Floods in the Mi.ssissipoi valley re s till menacing the lives and ro p e rty o f the people w ho make ic ir homes in that part o f the Iniled States. S rle iii celebrated her annual blos som day, Sunday. A very rare d is play of blossoms were exhibited. B arely, if ev •. lias Ihe show ing been so eonij I le. The trauseonlinental tra in ser vice *s undergoing ro ir.id e ra b le re vising . Each company w ih e h serves •tlie coast is endeavoring to have the fastest service. T ile latest cut lias been promised by tlie U nion P: r ifle w h ich promises a (II hour se rvie" from P ortland to Chicago, (a im in g west tlie sam- eompany w ill place in vogue a 01 h ou r ser vice, It is reported th ill a to u r around ft > w o rld is being prospected by Am erican aviators. A sp ecially 1 * - t - h ip is already being made f i 'he tr 'n . R efueling in the a ir v ill he curried out at several points p n the voyrge. . > M EXICANS ARK D R IV IN G W H IT E ) LABOR OUT OF SO UTH W ESTERN STATES The (loo,| o f Mexicans now How ing across the southw estern border at tlie rate of more lim n lUU.lMMt a year constitutes Hie m od serious ¡im m ig ra tio n problem , both econ o m ica lly and socially, that the U nited Slates faces today, in Hie o pinio n of P rof. Samuel J. Holmes o f Ihe U nive rsity o f C a lifo rn ia . P ro f Holmes presents, in an a r ticle w rilte n fo r tlie N orth A m e ri can Review, a study o f tlie Mexican problem , p a rtic u la rly in the south west, asserting that tlie Mexicans ure ra p id ly displacing w h ite labor in the border states, and that in Hie cities they are becoming objects o f c h a rity , creating health problems by unsa nita ry stand ird» o f liv in g ami lidding d isp ro p o rtio n a te ly to the c rim in a l population. " I t is of course im possible Io es tim ate accurately the numh<*r of ille ga l Incomers from M exico," lie says, "b u t several officials w ho are fa m ilia r w ith b o rd e r re n d itio n s eon sider that it is a» great as the num ber o f legal im m igrant*.." In 1927, the li st fo r w h ir b figures are available, 0(5.70(1 Mexicans were ad m ille d legally upon paying an *IK fee and passing an elem entary l i t eruey test. A lthough there are uo fu rth e r re striction s on Mexican im m ig ra tio n , such a» a pp ly to Hie Kuropci n im m igran t, fu lly another 041,000 slipped across tlie b orde r to avoid the tax and test, lie believes. T lie n o rth w a rd How o f Mexican lab or had its first real impetus when im m igratio n fro m Europe was lim ite d a fte r the w a r an I a pre m ium tint on cheap labor. P ro f. H o l mes points out. A ltlo u c h th'* e were o nly 500,000 .Mexicans in the U nited States in 192(1. today's to ta l is inestim able, lie says, c itin g the invasion o f Los Angeles alone. Would Protect Increase Shown Timber Along In Consumption Oregon Roads Dairy Products NI MBER 39 FIRST AI'Pr-\RAN( K O F MAN DECLARED HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND YEARS AGO PUBLISHER IS PLEASED WITH FARM VIEWS T ill* al»ruptncs\ o f m a il’s firs t geo logically recorded appearance on. e urth was brought out at the meet ing o f the Am erican P h ilosophical society by H r. James If. Breasted, d ire c to r o f (he O rien tal In stitu te , U n iv e rs ity o f Chicago. Though the recorded tim e of man’s advent has been regarded The increase in consum ption o f Oregon’s tim be re d areas along generally as around 100,04X1 years President Hoover's view s on pro- d a iry products ir. the U nited States i m ain ¡ravelled highw ays received ago. H r. Brea ted s id th a t recent in recent years has given the Am er 'm a te ria l protection through an o r Egyptian records show that at least ,' os''d '»ensures of fa rm re lie f, as Con- ican d a iry in d u s try a p ra c tic a lly un der issued by C om m issioner Spry several hundred thousand year» ago ago i cxprei,#ed in his g rtM ’ are ‘ haracterixed as “ a d m ir in te rru p te d period o f fin an cia l w ell- o f Hie General I.am i Otliee, on A p ril o r much e a rli r if we fo llo w the the geologists w ho estimate the length able” by A rth u r H. Jenkins, e d ito r being d u rin g a tim e w hen o th e r ag 12th o f Hiis year. The o rd e r issued by tlie Land O f o f Hie pleistocene era at n ea rly of o f The Farm Journal. ric u ltu ra l industries have had p e r fice recognizes Hie value o f scenic q uite a m illio n years ago. iod ical up*, and downs. Although the P resident’s expres Statistics «how that people in the points along the road and specific- ' These p rr-h M o ric men, whose re sions had been g en erally forseen w ent U nited Slates are now d rin k in g a lly reserve-, the outstanding scenic cent records w ere found in Egypt, and predicted, Mr. H oover mure m ilk , eating more b utter, overlooks and tim bered areas fo r w ir e the same sort o f men as have fu rth e r than was anticipated by the r ile sc and ice cream, and using th e ir value to the reereationist ra been ide ntifie d elsewhere, especially closest students o f the farm prob- more condensed and evaporated th er than fro m the economic value in Europe, as first appearing as lem in the im portance he attaches! orguniaa- m ilk Hu n they were ten years ago. fo r Hie tim be r and a g ric u ltu ra l use. later dales. T ey had about the I to co-operative selling In a dd itio n Io th is per capita in Com m issioner Spry in his b u lle tin same c u ltu re , i;--ed Ihe same kinds lion s and th e ir fu n ctio n in the gen- crease in consum ption there are to addressed to the chiefs o f tlie field o f stone tools, and a r* slesignated ¡end operation o f the projected Fe«l- day n -a lly 15,009,000 more mouths d ivision o f the General Land Otliee liy tlie same names, C licllcan and , eral Farm Board, says the magazine Acheulean. | ¡n its c u rre n t issue. to feed in Hie U nited States than stated: " i t is Hie purpose o f th is d ep art In Egypt, as in o the r places w here there were a decode ago. Each "T w o v ita l point» stand out in person is now consum ing a p p ro x i m ent to make e very e ffo rt to con I these earliest records have been un- j the message,’ said M r. Jenkins, m ately 13 gallons m ore m ilk per serve the tim b e r on the pub lic lands I covered, there is an alxrupt flrM 'The firs t is his insi.fen ce that year than in 1919; 3 pounds more 'adjacent to o r b o rd e rin g on p rin c i appearance. The several geologic«! w henever legislation is produced b u tte r; I pound more cheese; 2 pal, o r tru n k lin e highw ays and strata o f earth know n to p re cee d 1, by Congress it mutt be so fram ed im m ediately th a t in w h ic h men’s pounds more condensed and evap o the r main travelled roads. , that the result w ill not be disastr- oots were found reveal no traces I When exam ining tract» applied orated m ilk , ami h a lf a gallon m ore , ous increase in fa rm p ro d u ctio n . fo r unde rthe T im b e r and Stone or ¡ o f man at a FT. The human evidence j ' ice cream. I rppears a il a! once, and th ire a fte r “ There may he some increase o f The p rin c ip a l reason fo r th is in Isolated T ra ct acts, the appraisee give» evidence o f continuous exis- production w ith o u t danger to the should give p a rtic u la r a ttention io crease in the consum ption o f d a iry econom ic balance, at least to the tenee. pro fuels, is an increasing appre the scenic a ttractio ns as affects D r. Breasted described a new w ay extent that the new farm ta r iff j highw ays, and i f co nditions w a r ciatio n of the v.ilu? o f d a iry p ro d schedules reduce im p o rts o f com ucts in Hie hum; n diet and. a steady rant, the chief value is considered o f dating the^e e a rly relics. This products. Rut the i to lie in tlie above, o r fo r any o the r is to concent rale on search fo r re p ilin g fa rm im provem ent in the q u a lity of President p ro p e rly holds that any m ains embedded in layers o f earth, j la w fu l reason it is believed the these products. R ela tively high the geological ages o f w h ic h are ' large increase o f p roduction above w r.tes h ive made it possible fo r prac | laud should not pass in to p rivate know n. It is assumed that the hu th is p o in t w ill in e v ita b ly defeat tie u lly all classes o f people to use j o w n ersh ip , p ro pe r rep ort should man evidence must have been de the purpose o f the proposed legis d a iry products. No sm all n art o f he p ro m p tly subm itted w ith definite posited when the now buried s tra t la tio n .” recommendations. the increase is due Io the purchase um was fo rm in g on the e a rth L P rio r to the issuance o f fu rth e r The second p oint, the President’s o f cream and lee cream by persons surface. io s 'ru e tio n s you are advised that recom m endation th a t the Federal w lio fo rm e rly regarded these p ro d Where the ' , *.x4«u»n population lias In Egynt, the Chicago geolagists- F a rm Board shall fu n c tio n When such bodies o f road side tim o n ly jum ped from 21.053 to more than ucts as-luxu rie s. ber are found by any o f yo ur ex a n th ro p o lo p s ts foun t- the "d ated ” th ro u g h fa rm e r-c o n tro lle d co-opera Im provem ent in s rn ita ry c o n d i 200,000 in less than ten years. aminers, o r when attention h is s’ r.-ta in a place named the fayuni, Labor Commission *r McKemy of tions in d a iry p roduction anil dis- been called to such, investigation about GO miles south o f Cairo, once tiv e organizations, is characterized as “ equ ally im p o rta n t.” im p o rta n t Texas States that "M exican labor rib tllh m has been an i should at once be made, fo llo w ed by the bed o f a great lake. In the o ld has supplante i Anierie n ' hor > fat to r c o n trib u tin g to increase con j prom pt report and recom m endation. est o f the strata there they found M r. H oover, in his message, as by the such an extent that today fu lly 75 sum ption, as exem plified I P a rtic u la rly does th is re fe r to the n o th in g in d ic a tin g the presence o f serted that such a board wots neces per cent o f I' e u nskille d la b o r in passing of the till p a il in re ta il b u y | redwoods w he re ve r found, the con human being**», but in the fifth from sary to “ tra n s fe r the a g ric u ltu ra l my stale is p erform I by Mexicans. ing in favor o f tlie sealed ro m a in e r. servation o f w h ich is o f the greatest the bottom they discovered the tools question fro m the field o f p o litic s The Mexican standard of liv in g is I*'; m ill . o f all classes now have im portance. in to the realm o f economics” and o f p re h is to ric man. .o low that Ihe Am erican eannol th e ir m ilk anti cream d elivered reg Dr. Breast-id- said that in an e a rly o utline d its fu nctio ns as fo llo w s : m aintain his fa m ily in co m fo rt and u la rly at th e 'r doors each m ornin g, PRIZES OFFERED FOR p re h is to ric era tiie Sahara was a "T h e pledged purpose o f ’such a decency nt the same w agi »." These a d is trib u tio n system w h ic h has un- BEST COUGAR H U N TE R vast w e ll watered and vegetation i Federal Farm Board is the reorgan- wages, he reports, are fre q u e n tly douhtedh inereas d consum ption as A contest among the qmateur covered plateau. He spoke at a izatio n o f the m arketin g system on contrasted w ith the need o f m aking as low as 91.25 a day. eougar hunters o f Oregon fo r the sym posium on the question w he th er , sounder and m ore stable end more special trip s to the local groeeC --------- 0— ----- To do th is the state cham pion-,hip and a cash prize Egypt o r B aby'nnia had the e a rlie r ' economic lines. fo r m ilk supplies. C A LIF O R N IA PEOPLE TO He favored Egypt's hoard w ill req u ire funds to assist o f 9175 w ill be started by the O re c iv iliz a tio n . VISIT SOI TIIERN OREG4IN in c rea ting and sustaining fa rm e r- gon State Game Commission on p rio rity . ‘JP LE N H ID BOXING MATCH ------- -o -.....— A nother caravan w ill v is it Oregon. owned and fa rm e r c o n tro lle d agen June 1 and the com petition w ill ex AT M EDFORD ARMORY T his w ill not he a covered wagon cies fo r a v a rie ty o f purposes, such tend u n til June 1, 1930. The com SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE e aravrn, hut the pioneers w ho are j ATTEND GLENDALE FETE as the a cqu isitio n o f adequate w are mission has set aside 950(1 to be com ing w ill represent a field fo r A splendid boxing card was sieg awarded to cougar hunters in ad houses and o th e r fa c ilitie s fo r m ar development as fe rtile ami profty- ' ed at Hie M edford A rm o ry , Monday d itio n to th e ir regular bounties. W ednesday m orning, b righ t and ke tin g ; a d .iiu a te w o rk in g capital aide as those o f '49 - fo r in th is ear- ; evening w ith Jack Woods p ro m o t The h un ter w ho k ills the second e a rly , the people fro m a ll over to be advanced against com m odities avail w ill lie representatives o f the ing. The main event between Gene largest num ber o f cougars d u rin g southern Oregon began pou rin g in lodged fo r s to rin g ; necessary and Sacramento Region C itizens Coun- ) O’Grady and N ails Gorman result; d the year w ill receive 9125 and the to Glendale. Caravans from Rose prudent advances to co rp oratio ns e il w ho w ill enter Oregon at Ash- ( in a draw after ten rounds o f good men next in rank w ill receive 9100, burg. G rants Pass and M edford and created -and ow ned by fa rm e rs’ land on the evening o f May 10th. fig h tin g . The Ashland contender 975 and 925 respectively. F or some Eugene ca rrie d jieople inten t upon m arketin g organizations fo r the The next day th is enravi n w ill was easily Ihe fa v o rite and the m a j lim e the game comm ission has had helping (ilcndialc celebrate her purchase end o rd e rly m arketing o f lie escorted from Ashland to Med- i o rity of tlie fans w ere w ith him . under consideration a plan w hich Lum ber Jubilee. surpluses occasioned by c lim a tic fo rd fo r a t h ir ty m inute stop and : He took and gave puches w ith o u t w ould .stimulate greater a c tiv ity .Beginning w ith a parade at 11 v a ria tio n s o r by harvest conges then to Grants Pass w here Ihe j any appar nt em otion and was ever among cougar hunters and thus save o'clock over a m ile long, w h ic h le ft tio n ; to authorize the creation and grand reception w ill lie held in calm an I composed. O’G rady open the lives o f m any dear and it has the c ity and ended at the huge support o f clea rin g warehouses, the Chnnib r of Commerce b uilding . ed a gasli over the Hood R iver decided that cash prizes be a w a rd Glendale l.u m ln r Com pany’s m ill, especially fo r perishable products, T lie C ouncil is h o ld in g th is meet- | hoy’s eye e a rly in the bout and the ed to the five men w ho account fo r a ilay o f fe s tiv itie s opened. Just th ro ug h w h ic h , under producers* ing in the Stale of Oregon Io dem blood from th is w ound made tlie the most “ big eats.” This week behind \V. B. Lesh, m arshal o f the approval, co-operation can be es- onstrate its desire to eooperat? ' battle appear rat! r gory. T lie letters w ill go out to a il men w ho parade, came G overnor Patterson t iblishcd w ith d is trib u to rs and p ro w ith the people of th is state in lh? o nly sad part o f the e ntire match have been paid cougar bounties o f Oregon. The Roseburg fife and cessors fo r more o rd e rly m arketing. prom otion o f to urist trave l ’to the was the unsportsm anlike a ttitu d e of d u rin g the last year, explain in g the d ru m corps, the ----------o---------- Roseburg and west and p a rtic u la rly along the the crow d It w ould *eein that rules o f the contest. Grants P. ss ban !s, the Cavemen MAN WAS TRYING TO FLY coast. Here is a valuable o p p o rtu noth ing short o f a g u illo tin e w ould BEFORE BIRTH OF CHRIST of (inants Pass and the Umpqua n ity fo r Secretaries, hotel and re- ' produce enough bloodshed to sat DECLARE FRENCH FIRST spuaws and chiefs of Roseburg sort men and business people Io ! isfy the b lo o d th irs ty M edford fans. IN AM ERICA w ere a ll included in the parade. Although authenticated records get acquainted w ith folks in th e ir i E very tim e Ihe hoys slowed up a A searching study o f o'd m a ri A splendi.il h e a llh section by the show that man firs t rode the a ir own profession in n o rth e rn C a lifo r- ; h it tlie fans started to boo. tim e records in Europe has co n v in c school e h ih lr n, a fire p a tro l float, successfully o n ly 14G years ago, a vi ilia and to asisst in the w o rk o f j T lie real battle o f the n ig ht was ed Meade Minnegerode, biographer logging m ach in e ry and a splendid ation as an idea, is at least 2,300 developing to u ris t travel and gen Ihe six-round e m i-w in d u p fight and h is to ric a l w rite r , that French s h o w in , o f native logs. etc. were years old. eral business. between A ustin Rosand. r o f Ash- fishermen v isi ed th? shores o f very In te re sting parts o f the display. In d ica tio n s are that men w ere Ian,) an .1 ickie McCoy o f Seattle, America a fu ll ce ntu ry before C ol G overnor Patterson an.ll D is tric t e xp e rim e n tin g w ith fantastic de OREGON O F F IC E OPENED IN w elte rw e igh ts Rosander did the umbus arrived . A ttorn ey Nee.ner and J. II. M ulehy vices fo r the conquest o f the a ir SOUTHERN C A LIF O R N IA leading and McCoy boxed rings Minnegerode w ho returned on the of the Southern Pacific w .r e among long before the b irth o f C hrist, ac around him. The decision was a lin e r Paris, said he discovered d oc the speakers o f the day. co rd in g to a c o m p ila tion o f ancient M¡r. Ide and Miss Shalte, repre draw . uments supporting his theory w h ile Sports, ty p ic a l o f logging, log chronicles. sen ing tlie Oregon Chamber of Red Sorenson of C entral P oint bro w sin g in the archives o f France bucking, ro llin g , etc. w ere indulged A lth ou g h the narrated flig h t o f Conuneree, a rrived in Los Angeles knocked out Eddie W elch o f M ed fo r m aterial to be used in a m arine as w e ll as band concerts, baseball A rehvtas o f T arentum -n 400 B. C., and are a rra n p n g fo r the opening fo rd in the second round o f a fo u r sto ry o f that c o u n try. game and a street ca rn iv a l added to recorded by G ellius, is regarded of t ! n e w Oregon In fo rm a tio n round p re lim in a ry . Indian C orbett, “ I found indubitabe evidence the day’s amusements clim axed w ith la rg e ly as a flig h t o f im agination. Burean located at 115 West 9th SI. using haym akers, got the decision that Fr?neh fishermen hunted a grand hall in the evening. It Is accepted as an in d ic a tio n that A num ber of tow ns and cities over Spike Gorman in the o th e r pre w hale and netted cod off the coast Seven thousand people are e s ti even then men w ere attem pting have nyide nt» attractive displays lim in a ry . Spike, nlthough soundly of N ew foundland as e arly as 1392. mated to have visited* the c ity on seriously to im ita te the b irds. w h ich w ill interest prospective boaten, got a big hand fo r his gnme- just a e e jitu ry before C hristopher the day o f the celebration, staged ‘Many men o f eminence among tourists and home seekers w ill ness. C olum bus’ (Eseovery o f A m erica” in eoiiunenioration o f the re b u ild in g the Greeks, and F nvorinus the P h il throng Ids office. They have some In Ihe c u rta in raiser tw o game the w rite r said. of the c ity fo llo w in g a fire w hich osopher," recorded by Gellius, have excellent pictures fro m the r a il cocks fought three one-m inute The w r ite r said that there was swept away the business section in a most positive manner assured roads— large view s o f the scenic rounds w itli sh H h?d spurs and reason Io believe that h:.<| the last Ju ly as w e ll as the erection o f us that the model o f a dove o r spots o f Oregon. They also have 'id no damage to each other. French a ctua lly discovered new file large new saw m ill o f the Glen pigeon, form ed in wood by A rcb y- some enlarged airplane views w h ich --------- 0---------- land, they m ight have kept the dale L um ber Company. las, was so c o n triv e d as by a cer w ill he m ig hty interesting fo r the N early a hundred people were cere, Io themselves because of the ta in m echanical a rt and p ow er to C a lifo rn ia anil eastern folks to see- ’ died by a tornado w h ic h swept r iv a lry in those days, especially be i *,n Mt n E nglish p ilo t, is fly, so n ice ly was it balanced by r.g in th e ir natural slate when they o . '. r Georgia last week end. It is tween the French and the B ritis h , to attem pt a flig h t fro m England to w eights and put in m otion by hid* make the tr ip up b .re th is summer. su re ly a p riv ile g e to live in Oregon. lor fishing grounds. New Zealand. den and enclosed air.
