THK CENTRAL POINT STAR
CENTRAL POINT STAR
Published by Mac's Printing Co.» Gold Hill, Oregon
C. J. SHORE. Editor
An Independent Newspaper published in the Interests cf
Central Point Oregon and vicinity__________
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Entered as second-class matter. October 26, 1928 at the
post office at Gold Hill, Oregx n under the act of March }
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER
News Gleaned
From all Over
The Nation
29. 1929
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KNOWS HF.U CATALOG
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| order house," remarked the lady
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"E verything, alack! hut a male,"
Georges Clein-ni-eau, fie ry oratoi sighed the ol«l muid,
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1879-________________________________ ____________ ' :;n«l war-tim e premier 'of Fruirne
diet! Sunday at the age of 88. U l-u •
HER ANCESTRY
Subscription $2.oo year in advance. Ad rate on application euceaus eareer was a storm ) hut H iidu— Where were y« u horn?
splendi«) one mid his last wishe
Olga
was horn in Minneapolis
were fo r a simple burial in his ohi >f Swedish parents.
home in Vendee.
H ilda—-Then you're an American
too.
Olga Will ay ga-s ay bane of Am­
The firs t football drfe t snfi'eroo
Rack in the New England state we find, according to ! by the U niversity of Detroit sine«- erican destruction but Swedish de­
dispatches, throngs- of people treking to the grave of an ' early in It!27 \vas administered t< sign.
Episcopal Bishop and there at his shrine seek to rid their ■ t eni by the O rg a n Aggies in Pe­
PICKING HIS SAVIOR
bodies of their ills and deformities. Many of these pil­ trs t !’:itur<!:i). The score was 11-7 A man tiadheen hauled out of the
grims remain all night so that t'u y .oight he there to get I
.ea seeiningl) ilend.
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' The rs -ii-' . ill dead as .- resul' •
their turn.
Spectator -"We m ud Irv irH'l«-lnl
the tiiia l v vv w hich struck t! • ■ respiration -there are six different
About every so often such, a thing happens as this. coast of bu rin Peoinsuia after ’ h ■ m eth-ds."
People become all excited abi ut the performances and earthquake hist Monday were ¡0 t • "Dead man” / If brandy is on«
sacrifice everything to make the journey in quest of health. more. The tidal wave traveled s<> of ilu'.n, leave tin- other five."
fast that a w arning sen! fra in Liinn.-
Such performances merely demonstrate the truth of the line
reached burin almost sim ultan­
HIS ONE ERROR
mind’s control over the matter of the bodily system. The eously w ith the wave. The w
“ If I’d hud any brains when I wxi«
mind is relieved of its ills and the b< dy responds to the re­ carried away houses and destroy« 1 •i young fellow I'd he traveling a-
action. The same results could he obtained at home should bridges am’ all ttie damage is not round the w orld now ."
yet known.
"W o rld von- ned what woi.-'d your
the person influenced bring themselves to believe it.
w ife he doing?"
It is difficult to believe that there is anything divine Senator Francis E. W arren of W y­ “ I w ouldn't have u wife.
exuding from the ancient grave to heal the sick. The oming, a pioneer o f the west, died in
SHE WAS SCOTCH
craze will soon be over and the memory of the shrine will Washington. Senator Warren had
been
a
member
of
the
Senate
con­
only be the lore of the little New England village.
The old lady kept a little grocery
tinuously fo r 35 years. Besides his
If the sufferings of humanity are in anywise alleviated w ife and son, his son-in-law, Gen. store and fo r several months she
the atnjosphere which surrounds the tomb, be it spiritual John J. Pershing was at his bedside had been foolish enough to allow a
when he died. He was 85 years of certain man credit. But as he had
or imaginary has done a real duty.
shown no sign of settling his uc-
age.
ount, she had been persuaded to
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W ith the forest fires becoming take the case to court.
"W hat can you pay?" askil th ju d ­
hazardous
the coast of South­
Again the “Oregon Farmers’’ have taken their city ern Oregon along
and along the Oregon- ge, turning to the défendent when
cousins to “the cleaners.” The Oregon State College after C alifornia line rangers A large fo r­ he had heard the evidence. The
having only mediocre luck in the Pacifiic Coast conference ces of fighters are being rushed io défendent elected not to answer.
trained their guns on the Detroit University and defeated the scenes in an attempt to curb \ \ hereupon the judge gave his at­
them. Last year the same school defeated the powerful them. Seven yew fires were re­ tention to the p la in tiff.
“ What w ill you take?” he in q u ir­
during the fore part of this
New York University. Detroit has not been defeated for ported
ed.
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week.
two years and the victory of the Oregon boys came as
The old laily iiroduce«! an eur
quite an upset.
The Holy Cross cemetery of Mal­ trumpet and leu n t <1 over in his d i­
den, Mass, has been closed to all rection.
It is still contended that long trips weaken the athlet­ except funerals by order of the Cath­ "E h ? ” she said.,
es but not so the Schissler teams. He contends that it im­ olic Archbishop of Boston. The cem­ “ What w ill you take?” the judge
proves his teams for he is able to keep them under his etery has been visited by thousands repeated.
eye at all times and in this way he is able to watch their of people during the last three weeks A sudden look of happiness came
seeking miraculous cures at the over her face. "Oh I wasn’t expect­
diet and training.
in ’ to be asked!” she chirped, "But
grave of Bev. Patrick J. Power.
since your so kind, sir, I ’ll take a
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STATE TAX VALUATION
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ANNOUNCED BY COMMISSION
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RANCHERS FLEE BEFORE FLAME
Oregon’s total .assessed valuation
' wri w a a rw i
FOREST FIRE AT GOLD BEACH
fo r 1929 on w hich w ill he based the
tax levy fo r 1930, ¡»81.124,988.691,82.
Fear was felt last week end fo r the COUGAR AND CROWS
trapping season will
This was announced by the state tax
safety
of ranch families along the
VICTIMS OF OREGON GUNS
commission.
OPEN D E C E M B E R Ii
Knowing the owner’s business we are not surprised The total figure is a combination Hogue River between Tindall H ill
and
Gold
Beach
where
a
forest
fire
at the policy shown by this paper for the interests of the of $944,789,311.47 in local assess­
Fred Gardner of C urry county
w ith a . 10 m ile front was reported
A sped of extremely cohl weathe
agged five cougar during October
owner of the Medford News would not be served by a co­ ments reported by the county asses­ sweeping
down the narrow valley
is
welcomed by trappers. The sen
and tlius drew bouillies of $125 from
sors and «180,1999,380.35 assessed
operative organization.
toward Gold Beach according to
valuation of public u tility property
the state game commission. W. W. fo r trapping opens December 1st,
dispatches.
Ostrander of the same county killed month Inter than last year, by res
We do believe that this newspaper is creating a false as fixed by the state tax commission. press
Telephone communication was se­ three of the big cats. During the son of a change in the law made It
impression by its activities and is undoing the good that is The total is $2,656,511.39 more vered when the fire crossed the high­
month 21 of the "b ig cats" fell be­ the state legislature. Cold weathe
than the 1928 total of $1,122,332,180.-
being undertaken by the agriculturists of the nation.
way, burning down more than a mile
w ill improve the fu r « f animats an
fore th«- guns of Oregon hunters.
43. Local assessments this year are
of telephone poles. Ranchers were
thus
render lo trappers an increas
Individually cooperatives may be total flops—There $1.843,704.52 less than the 1928 fig­ preparing to evacuate their homes ac Crow hunters were not inactive in prices.
The season w ill clo»
during
the
past
year,
according
to
ure
of
$946,633,016,
and
the
u
tility
are failures in any line of achievement but we cannot say
cording to last reports. Fire fighters
February
28.
A lriu d y several hun
Hie records of the slate game com­
assessments are $4,500,215.93 in ex­
were being mobilized and sent into
that an entire theory is wrong because it has failed in sev­ cess
<lied
men
have
received licenses
of the 1928 total of $175,699,164.-
mission. A total of 50(1 crows and
the stricken area, w hich is eighty
eral instances. We believe that the cooperative theory is 43.
magpies were killed. There is a from the slate game commission.
miles west of Grants Pass.
a very good one and, perhaps the only salvation for the
bounty o f two rents on eaeli of these
The commission accounts fo r the
inform ation reaching the
birds killed, so the commission put
FARM POINTERS
farm er’s ills. It may have failed in this valley many times increase in public u tility assessed U. Belayed
S. Forestry office in (¡rants Pass
yet that is no argument against the cooperative. It is valuations by new development and said men in Gold Beach were organiz out ten dollars w hich hardly pay
fo r ammunition.
of u tility companies.
Both erale fattening and pen fat
¡ng in an e ffort to keep the flames
merely a sign of poor management or suspicion on the part expansion
o- ■ ■
Changes in local assessment fig ­
tening arc used in preparing roast
from the city streets. The report in ­
of those who enter the organization.
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
ures are spotted. Multnomah coun­
ing chickens for market, (irate fat
dicates the situation more serious
W O U L D BUY B A T T L E ROCK
ty
’s
assessment
this
year
is
$331,-
It would be very difficult to conceive the other al­ 380,310 against $326,330,083 last year than at any other lim o during the
tening, says the Oregon Experiment
station, produces a better quality
ternative of the farmer—the consignment plan—being any a gain of $5,050,227. The total of summer forest fire period.
Recognizing the historical volue of
salvation. Every middleman must be paid and his pay is the other 35 counties is less than Lying in the path of the flames are Battle Bock, as w ell as its value as flesh, bill also requires more work.
a number of ranch homes and at
subtracted from the grower’s check.
last year by $6,893,931.53 in round
one o f the great natural attractions
least
one Union school building. A
Honeybees, like humans do not
numbers.
of Oregon, the Oregon slate highway
Cooperation has brought the laboring classes out of T w enty-tw o of the 36 counties single tra il connects the residents commission has agreed to contribute like w ii.L -r moving, says the Oregon
w ith an outlet, either in the direction
the rut and placed them where they too can enjoy some of show decreases in local assessments. of
$2,000 toward the purchase of these Experiment station. Unless they
Grants Pass or toward the ocean
lands provided the balance of the are moved in the early fall, it is
the joys of modern civilization. The large banking insti­ They are Baker, Clackamas, Colum­ The
same fire yesterday cut o ff an­
best to delay the work u n til .March
tutions, the large mercantile stores—In fact all lines of bia, Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Oil- other avenue of escape when it burn­ purchase price is raised by popular or
later.
ham, Harney, Hood River, Josephine
subscription.
business are organizing along cooperative lines—Why? Klamath, Lake Lincoln, Linn, Mar­ ed the bridge over the Chetco river. The cost of the various Iraets em­
Because it is the way that they must organize to bring ion, M orrow, Polk, Sherman, T illa ­ Reports reaching the forestry office braced in the area to be purchased Keeping hens comfortable isn't
themselves the most for their labors. Just as soon as the mook, Union, \yallow a and Yam­ said fires were burning along the is $6,500.00.
merely a m ailer of kindness lo dumb
Oregon-California border and that
T itle to the land w ill he taken in creatures. Practical experience and
farmer gets away from the idea that he cannot trust a h ill.
the Siskyou forest had been entered
the name of the Oregon Slate High­ expcriuicnls both show that com­
neighbor with a portion of his business he will be able to
at one point.
way Commission, and the lands w ill fortable liens produce more eggs,
form a successful cooperative and if that time ever comes
B ronco K n ow » It» W o rk
The Smith rive r fire which has
he made a public park for the bene­ says the Oregon Experiment station.
"Yes,” said the mottoa picture been burning tw o days was being
the farmers of the country will have the rest of the nation
fit and enjoyment of the publie.
•
etor.
time 1 appear In a cow fought by ranchers and property ow ­
eating out of their hand. The effort of the News articles boy film “every
The Port O rford Chamber of Com­
Mori1 Ilian 300!) Ions of lim erocl
1 realize how well off I am "
merce is endorsing the move to save have been applied to Polk count)
sounds very rryjch like the propaganda \vhich was used I suppose you get big pay for actins ners.
the famous rock and are asking that farms during the Iasi four months
a few years ago by the employers in labor circles against
rOl’’"’H rem«r**d his friend.
tfo M /
everyone
contribute what they w ill,
It
Isn
t
that,”
replied
the
actor.
“I
the union.
ft Is snlfl that an American has four sending their subscriptions to J. C.
always get assigned to a bucking
It is usually considered good prac
bronco— and then I know that I am chances In 100,000 of living „ century. Ainsw orth in care of the United tiee to feed cows fa irly well up un­
Don’t spoil your own prospect of being
better off."
Slates National Bank of Portland, til about 48 hours before calving
Adding the sugar to fru it w hile it f fine, as it is the rather coarse pieces
one of the four by rudng your car
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is cooking toughens the fib e r of the ' of fat w hich melt and give the fla ki-
against the locomotive at the grade Ore. which has been designated by and then cut dowh on the g a in ra­
T M atta Raiaing F ta fita k la
the highway Commission as the de­ tion, advises the Oregon experiment
crossing.
fr u it and helps to retain its shape. ' ness. 1» is necessary o n ly to have
The taasal, a eactus-UMa thlatte, pro-
) the fat particles fine enough fo r
pository of all funds contributed, station. Ib is is then gradually In
I f the object is to soften the fru it
rides tha only entirety satisfactory
and these w ill he available only Io creased after freshening.
fiber, it is best to add the sugar 1 fa irly even distribution.
means of carding wool, removing thn
Fam oua Chaira
the highway commission for the pur­
burr and bringing up the nap. Con»«;
just before taking the fru it from the
One of the most beautiful chairs In pose fo r w hich they are raised.
A six months old pup needs about
fire.
Use of a tray often saves many quently In some pprte eg toe world, the world Is the cbulr of Dagobert,
The
Spanish
W
ar
veterans
plan
to
one-fourlh
m ilk in his diet, it ha<
especially
in
England,
la
nertherr.
king of the Franks, who died In the
steps when setting the table, ca rry­
erect a monument to Theodore Roo­ been found. O llier good feeds arr
New York and In Oregon, raising year 688.
It
Is
made
of
cast
and
ing vegetables from the basement,
cereals, stale bread dipped in m ilk
A more flaky pie crust can be ob­ or doing numerous other tasks that thistles for the wool manufacturing chiseled bronze of very One workman sevelt upon the famous rock.
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broth or gravy, vegetables and meat,
tained i f in cutting the fatinto the require the carrying o f several a r­ Industry Is a regular business Teasel« ship. But St. Peter's chulr at Rome
were Introduced Into America by WII
Is said to be the most ancient and In
Bead the Ads and profit. A good (.heap mutton and beef are good, hut
/lo u r the particles are not made too ticles at once.
Ham 8uooks, an Englishman, In 1820
terestlng piece of furniture to sx ) advertiser is usually a good m er-i pork and pork products are not re-
latauta,
chant.
t coimu ended,