T H E C E N T R A L P O IN T STAR
CENTRAL POINT STAR
F R ID A Y . MAY 2. 193«
THE PRIMARY ELECTION
DRAWS NEAR
Published by Mac’s Printing Co.» Gold Hill, Oreg» n
C. J. SHORE. Editor
Only a few short weeks are left for the voter to 11 ake
up his mind as to how he is going to vote upon the c.i'idi
An Independent Newspaper published in the Intelests of dates who aspire to the several offices in the countv and
state. There are several good men on both tickets a 'king
Central Point Oregon and vicinity
for the nominations and i‘ will require some thought to
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
judge wisely between them, loo many voters are inclined
Entered as second-class matter, October _’O, 19-S at th to pass lightly upon the men who are to pertorm the
post office at Gold Hill. Oregon under the act of March 3, duties incumbent upon the public servants but yet there
are tew who have not many harsh words for the way the
1879.
public’s work is conducted.’ It behooves every public spir
ited citizen to look over their voters pamphlets and judge
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his party in the Fall election
Office W ith A l Hermanson
The right to vote is a privilege for which many have
died to obtain. Yet there are many others who are willing
to pass up that privilege altogether or. at best, to give it
COOPERATION OF EFFORT
little thought or attention.
GREAT NEED OF SMALL TOWN
The small town has many problems—and unlike the
How to Raise P o u ltry
greater cities, it has few people who are willing to ex
B ^ D t .L -D . LaG ta r, V.S ., St. Loult. Mo.
D r . L e G e a r 1*
raduate o f th e O n ta rio
U a g
graduate
pend their time and energy to back up the enterprises that
V e t e r i n a r y C o lle g e , 1 8 9 2 . T h l r t y - a l x
might tend to build a greater community. This being the
y e a r* o f v e te rin a ry p ra c tic e o n diaeaaea
o f liv e stock a n d p o u ltry . E m in e n t a u
case it is doubly difficult to induce industries to center their
th o rity o n p o u ltry a n d stock ra ilin g .
activities in small fields. It is likewise more difficult lot
N a t i o n a l l y k n o w n p o u lt r y b r e e d e r .
the small town to get its share of the public improve
ments for the stronger neighbors have better political ma
chinery. They have more influential men. They have
more civic or public spirited people and organizations.
of range necessary, tin- rais
For this reason it behooves the persons interested in L e t’s T a lk T iirk e y tions
ing of turkeys was automatically
the welfare of the smaller communities to cooperate—to
curtailed or abandoned. Not until
labor more strenuously for their cities betterment and
I very recently did it ever occur to
the betterment of the communities contiguous thereto, for Popular Opinion Vastly O veresti nikvoiu- to question the old theory
mates the Difficulties of Turkey that turkeys needed all ou,doors for
after all, a town is just as big as its surrounding territory
feeding
and
exercising
Raising.
A G reat O pportunity their
will permit it to be. All taxpayers, all wage earners are
fo r Profits Being Overlooked by grounds. Now we know that the
or at least should be, equally interested in civic attairs and Farm ers and P oultry Raisers
old policy of unrestricted range has
civic improvement as are the business people although it Nobody knows who started that been one of the most serious fac
is a fact the business and professional people are looked up
tors in the high death rale among
on as the leaders in their community.
figure of speech, “talking turkey," turkeys.
This method caused chickens and
indicate getting down to essen
Here is how it works—The business man wants to in-* to
turkeys
to be brought together on
tials, or “down to brass tacks" as ;
crease his possible list of patrons. In doing this he natur many people say. Whoever started the same grounds. In this way the
ally makes jobs for more wage earners, more home build it, it is certainly an appropriate deadly blackhead disease was trans
mitted to the young poults through
ers, more people in the city. \ \ hen more people come into phrase to use in discussing the ex the
cecum worm (pin worm) of
ceptionally
profitable
but
relatively
the community it means better schools, better churches,
chickens,
now recognised as a host
neglected industry of turkey rais
more amusements, more possibilities for the young people. ing.
for
blackhead
germs. Blackhead is
Here is a business in which
Therefore everyone, teachers, preachers, working men and the demand
has always exceeded truly the turkey raisers most dread
farmers should all be interested in the endeavors to bring the supply and yet, ever since 1890 ed, enemy, for unless precautions
into the town or city new industries, better roads and oth the supply has been steadily dwind are taken to keep the disease from
started amoung the growing
er civic ventures. Our great need is more cooperation of ling. Prices have not dwindled getting
poults.
a heavy loss is sure to be
however. On the contrary, they
effort for the betterment of all.
had.
It
is easy to see, therefore,
have consistently increased from
year to year.
j why the plan recently adopted by
What a wonderful opening fo r , raising turkeys in confinement has
Just to show what people will do for a small amount wide awake farmers to step in and proved so highly successful. It is
definitely established now
of money it was interesting to read that in New York when make some real mone-yl Yet, with quite
that
turkeys
can be raised in much
the executioner at the state penitentiary was reported to but few exceptions, they turn deaf the same manner as chickens and
ears to the loud knocks of oppor
be contemplating his resignation, 200 persons filled appli tunity. Why?
with far belter results than were
cations for the position. The salary of the executioner is Unquestionably the one great obtuined by the old-fashioned meth
drawback has been the old belief ods once held all but sacred.
$150 per month.
Another Aid-time theory that has
that turkeys could not be raised un
less given the run of unlimited lately been pretty thoroughly ex
Just Wait
traveler who was dining in an Ab range. They have always been con ploded Ls Ihe belief that only natur
sidered wild things that would not al hatching and brooding metlnaLs
Mandy, a colored woman, was erdeen hotel.
Hush, whispered his wife; that’s live in confinement. So, as chang were practicable in turkey raising.
mating her lunch, when a neighbor
ing conditions in various localities It has been dearly established that
iame in with bad news.
your soup,
made greater and greater restric poults hatched in incubators and
Mandy, the visitor warned her,
♦ ♦ ♦
prepare yo’sef fo’ some powerful
Dad news. Yo husban’ has been in
le worst accident.
Lan’ sakes! exclaimed Mandy, ef
Rastus am dead yo’ shore am gwine
to heah some awful wailin’ soon as
1 finish dis meal.
Not Much In It
For that better
r. an d In l.oodera are much less
li ely Io succumb Io the scourge of
I . • .head und other diseases which
prey on their kind, Ilian thqjp
fi ti lled and brooded under hens.
Ihe nnson for this is that naturally
b ib bed put’lls inquire Hie germs
of blackhead from older fowls Just
iis they do from chickens where
pet- • filed Io mu with them. Cou
th .• Ilviii .0 Ihey cannot gel out Io
run with chickens or with old tur
keys, or Io run on ground where
chickens have been for 11I least
one year.
Three other essential planks in
Ihe turkey raiser’s platform must
he: sound feed, clean wilier und
clean range. For those who still
adhere Io I lie old ideas about tur
keys. this must sound like rank
heresy. Yet the truth of such sim
ple doctrines i-, vouched for by the
foremost authorities on turkey rais
ing in the country.
If you can raise chickens success-
fully, you can raise turkeys with
equal success, only don't mix them.
Ihe methods of incubation, brood
ing and feeding w ill with hut slight
niliiptiition enable you to gain equal
ly as good results with turkeys, und
witli 11 greater reward for your ef
forts, The profits so fondly imag
ined by those who would like Io
try turkey raising are Ihcre for
you if you follow right methods.
National custom culls for three
great festivals every year when
nothing hut turkey will suffice as
the principal item on the menu und
it would not tie impossible to cdu-
cate Ihe public Into 11 still wider
use of this delicious meat If it were
always possible Io supply the pres
ent demand.
All readers of this article ure wel
come to any further help I can give
them. I shall I m - glad to hear from
those who are truly interesled and
who really want Io “Talk Turkey"
to a purpose. Address uny inquir
ies or comments to me in care of
the editor of this pn|>cr.
Printing—see us.
A Perfect Plate
Is A Boon
THE IOKERS CORNER
are never satisfied unless you are
Give us a chance to Figure
Gawrwir A. W . NORBLAD
Keep him
on the job!
NORBLAD
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fa r GOVERNOR COMMITTEE
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Known llis Chuck
A lady was entertaining the small
son of a married friend.
Are you quite sure ytou can cut
your incut, Willy?
she asked,
watching him a moment.
Oh yeasuni, lie replied without
looking up. We often have it as
tough as this at home.
W ith Kind W ords From the Kditor
Scribbler: Give to the world the
Iwst you have ami the best will
come hack to you.
Seralelier: Yes, that's the way it's
been with every | mx - iii I've written
so far.
The saddest story of the month
wu.s about the absent minded pro
fessor who juiiqx-d from an nero-
plane and didn’t open the parachute
because it wasn't raining.
IT e take a Personal Pride in our IPork and
that is appreciated by those
who have sufTered mentally
and physically from old
snags and disease-breeding in
fected teeth.
Plates never
ache. They are sanitary and
a lasting comfort when pro
duced by a skilled operator. I
take justifiable pride in the
success I have achieved along
this exacting line of dental
practice.
Making
Good...
H .K 'r r r —— los t I M ultnom ah H o w l
A T n w H H : r o a T L A N D .O a iG O N
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DR. I. H. GOVE
She Would Sny That
Sweet Thing: I didn’t accept Jack
the first time he proposed.
Catty' thing: No. dear; yon
weren’t there.
Mn
:
My plate is damp, complained the
Give Me My Due
The Judge: Mrs Maloney, »' e ev-
Idenee shows that you threw a
stone at Officer Waddell.
It shows more than that, yer hon
or, Interrupted Mrs. Maloney. II
shows Oi lilt him.
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Repairing
Dese right
we premised
MU gire a
gnaraatee e s
and whea
It
moseyhack
all werfc.
When yen think ef
D IA M O N D S
think ef
ELECTRICITY
the new hired help
Here’s help that cheerfully works the
clock around . , . for only a few cents an
hour. Milks the cows—saws the wood—
pumps the water—unloads the hay into the
loft—goes into the kitchen to do the wash
ing and ironing—sweeps and cleans—boils
and bakes—even takes the place of ice. Let
electricity work for you.
on your next job
Dr. I. H. Gove
Specialist on Plate* and
Bridges
Dentistry
Dons the Modern
Way
235 E Main
MEDFORD
Office phone 372j
Res. 768-J
Mac's Printing Company
Glendale,
Gold Hill,
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