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
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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
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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
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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
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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.