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CENTRAL POINT STAR
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FRIDAY, MAY 3«, 19.30
VOLI)MK TWO
20 Students
Graduate From
Local School
( 'o m m r n r r m r n t E x e rrl" e a W ill lie
H eld F o r T w e n ty K tudenl«
Muy Twenty-Ninth
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SHASTA TRAINS SPEED
UP JUNE FIFTE EN TH
Faster schedules for rSoulhern
Pacific coast ami transcontinental
trains wid become effective June
15th, according Irt James A. Or-
mandy, passenger traffic manager,
who reports a general speeding up
of practically all Southern Pacific
(ruins on thut dale.
Four Shasta Houle trains between
Portland ami Sun Francisco and Los
Angeles will l»e affected in the re ­
vision of schedules.
Southbound time of the Shasta
will be reduced 50 m inutes; no rth ­
bound, 40 minutes, making the run
between Portland and San F ran ­
cisco in 25 hours and 40 minutes,
viu the Siskiyou line.
Under the new sch ed u le both
north and southbound Shasta time
arriving in Medford nt a more con-
veneient lime and reaching San Fran
cisco uml Portland curlier than at
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Crop
Conditions
Added For Our Readers
Favorable For
1930 Season
New Attractions W ill Be
More Local News — More Special Articles and Continued
Story Will be Among the New Attractions
Beginning with the first issue in June this paper will
come to its readers with additional attractions. Chiefly
among these will he a new continued story “Miss Nobody Records of business activity in the
From Nowhere” by Elizabeth Jordan, a pleasing story of Tw elfth Federal Reserve District
a beautiful young woman who finds herself a victim of showed little fundam ental change
during April. Industrial production
amnesia in a strange city.
in (he aggregate was practically
Beginning with this issue you will be able to read unchanged from March, some indus­
the new feature bv Frank Stockbridge. "Today and tries failing Io show the expansion
customary in April and others iml
Tomorrow.”
Our weekly cartoons will be a regular feature in the proving more than seasonally. Trade
indicators offered a rath er mixed
future as wpll as our new comic strip, Pinkey Dinkey by picture
during April but, on the
Terry Gilkison.
whole, showed some improvement
Besides these features will he many pictorial offerings from the low levels of other recent
of people and events of current interest. You will like all months. Markets for most farm
of these, we are sure. The scrap book feature and fashion products w ere dull and prices were
low levels. Beneficial rains were
hintr and other items of interest embodied in our Women’s at favorable
for growing conditions,
Page will appeal to a large number of readers.
however, and from a productions
We will be pleased to receive any comment upon these standpoint the agricultural outlook
features which our readers care to offer. It is our desire improved. Wholesale commodity
to make our paper one which will interest all classes o f prices averaged slightly lower than
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people. Any constructive criticism will he gladly received 1 March; ™ere
\\ e will appreciate any co-operation from our readers that Climatic conditions point tow ard
might tend to bring a bigger, better and newsier paper satisfactory yields of most crops in
to our subscribers.
1030, although light rainfall in re-
MERGERS
Consolidation of several »mall en­
terprise» to make a single large one
Gotniitenceineni exercises for the
is not confined to manufacturing in­
graduating rlass of the high school
dustries. Senator A rthur Capper, of
will be held nt the high school
Kansas, who knows what he it talk­
ing about most of the time, says that
auditorium Thursday evening, May
more than a million acres of Kansaa
20tti. A class of 2U student will
farm lands are now owned by cor­
receive their diplomas, one of the
porations, and that recently one cor­
leurgcst classes in the history of the
poration bought thirty farms in the
winter wheat region and merged
school.
them.
Dr. Jones II. Gilbert of the Uni­
Corporate farming it more of a
versity of Oregon will give the ad­ present.
business enterprise and less of a mode
dress, the subject being “World of
Hhsata Southbound
of living than farming by an indi­
O pportunity” l.oomis Davidson has
vidiini is. According to Senator Cap­
Leave P ortland 8:10 a. m.
per, utesc f a r * corporations hire men
been chosen valedictorian and Mar.
Leave Medford 7 p. tn.
who leave their families behind, to
ion Caster as snlutnloriun.
The
Arrive Sun Francisco 0:50 n in.
go out in the Fall and put in the crop.
members of the class are: Glen Wil­
Khaet Northbound
In Summer they hire other men to
son. Fred Virtue, H arry Snyder,
come in and harvest the crop. The
Leave San Fransiseo 7:40 p in.
rest of the year nobody lives on the
Howard Snyder, Louis Straub, Hub­
Arrive Medford 10:40 a. in.
big farms.
ert l.eesch. Marion Caster and Helen
Arrive Portland 0:20 p. in.
That seems menacing to the Sena­
Hush, Gloria Hollo, l.ooiuis Duvil-
tor from Kansas. He thinks it will
s o ii , Mae Eicher, Delpha Milton, Ro­ NEW
DAIRY DEVELOPMENT
result in depletion of the soil, through
berta Kearnes, Elizabeth Scott, Etna
lack of crop rotation, maintenance of
IN JACJÍSON COUNTY
fertility and diversification. It is hard
Thomason, Ellen Virtue, Hull) Web­
to believe that any group of capital
ster, Edna Wolff, Amy Johnosn,
rcnl years has resulted in a notice­ engaging in business on a large scale
The Southern Oregon Co-opera- 1
and tilad ss Hobison.
would be so short-sighted as not to
able lack of sub-soil moisture in
live Dairy Association with 150
fake those things into consideration
some
of
this
D
istrict’s
im
portant
members bus shirted a cheese fac­
Grade Students Graduate
agricultural areas. Condition re ­ anJ apply the most modem principles
tory ut Central Point near Medford. 1
of agriculture to their enterprise.
At Ashland Exercises This plant will draw for 20 miles |
ports indicates that deciduous fruit
crops will he larger this year than
TRADEMARKS
All the eighth grade students of around and hug over 800 cows sign- i
in 1029 hut sm aller than in 1928.
It would be interesting to make a
ed
up.
The
idea
is
to
have
sinuller
I
Jackson county who w ere eligible
This years moderate-sized crop of list of words which were invented
curing
plnsts
scattered
at
other
to graduate went to Ashland last
A special committee of Hie United I require a year or more to assemble. citrus fruits is being m arketed satis­ to serve as trademarks for a particular
product, but which have come into
F riday her© they uttended the (Miisl when- th e r e a re p r o d ile t io s
Senate has been appointed to in­ classify and digest the facts. After factorily. Declining prices for lambs
general use to describe anything re­
the county graduation exercises. centers.
sembling the orginal article “Cel­
The newly eleeled officers of this vestigate all m atters pertaining Io all recommendations from govern­ and wool have had an adverse ef­
Many eighth grade pupils were p re­
mental,
individual
and
private
j
luloid’’ is one of those w ords; it
fect on the position of the sheep
sent at these exercises which s ta rt­ association are: W. J. W arner of Ihe rupluceinenl and conservation sources have been assembled and raising industry, while prices for
strictly means only the product of the
Medford,
president;
Ed
Robinson
of
of wild life (including aquatic and studied, it is the intention of the
ed at 0:30 in the m orning and
Celluloid Company. “Kodak” is an­
cattle, although somewlial low er
ended with a huge p irn ic luncheon Talent, vice-president; E. H. Curler bird life) witli a view to determ in­ commission to recommend to the than a year ago, have been m ain­ other; the same belongs to George
Eastman’s cameras but we use it to
in llie afternoon at the beautiful of Hogue Hiver, secretary. These ing the most appropriate methods United States Senate any changes tained at relatively high levels and
mean any small ■ imera. When you
with
John
Andi
rson
and
Hidnh
W
il­
for carrying out such purposes, to or additions that they consider ne­
LitJiia park. If. C. Seymore of the
say “Colt" every-ody familiar with
cattle m arkets continue relatively
Oregon Slate College was the s|>eak- son of C entral Point comprise the getlier witli its redom m endations cessary in or to existing laws p er­
firearms knows you mean a large-
stronger than o ther livestock m ar­
hoard
of
directors.
caliber pistol. Probably nine men out
for the necessary Icgistlation.
er of the day anil delivered a very
taining to eonseration.
kets.
The urge to do this thing has
of ten in the region where “five-gal­
Impressive message Io the youthful
The committee lias been instructed
The committee is strictly non­
lon” hats are worn refer to their head-
Industrial output during April re ­
graduates. A parade of the gradu­ been grow ing for some lime. The to report its finding to the Senate
gear as “Stetsons.” "W inchester” is
mained
at
the
low
level
of
March
difference
Iwlwcen
Ihe
price
paid
partisan.
In
the
appointm
ent
of
it.
ates from the Chaulaqua building
as soon as possible and not later
almost a synonym for “rifle.” And
Io the Ju n io r high building was a for hulterfnt in whole milk and than Ihe beginning of the first re­ Vice President Curtis chose not only and was well below the rate of
everybody refers to the abbreviated
that
paid
for
il
in
chedRe
and
butler
activity
in
April.
1928
o
r
1929.
Lum­
those
Senators
whom
he
consider­
masculine underwear which is now in
feature of the morning.
gular session of Ihe next Congress.
such general use by the trade-mark
Following were the loeal pupils was 17c til one lime this spring nnd It has been given full pow er to call ed Lest qualified, hut he also e n ­ ber production increased seasonally
of the first of its kind, “B.V.D.’s”
has
custom
arily
been
one
of
the
deavored
to
distribute
his
selection
and
the
output
of
copper
rose
slight­
who received their diplomas ut this
witnesses and take testim ony under
The adoption of such words in
greatest differences Io lie noticed in
geographically. The Pacific states, ly from tlie extrem ely low rate of
tim e:
,
general usage is one of the ways in
oatli and also to cal! for the pro­
Evelyn B. Jones. Fern L. Thom ­ any dairy district on the coast. duction o f. all data in connection tile Atlantic states, and those adja­ production in March, Production of which language grows. A hundred
j .ars from now probably, nobody will
son. Lotus I. Ilesselgrave, Dorothy There are two private cream eries with the'subject. T ais action by the cent to the Canadian order are all |M-trolrum in California declined by
say “dirigible” but everybody will
represented.
a small amou.it for the whole of
K tlherine Limbeck, Huth Mairie in Medford nnd one in Ashland.
Senate is the broadest and most com­
know what you mean by a “zep.”
April
hut
showed
a
tendency
to
There
are
now
8,000
dairy
cows
in
Senator
Frederic
C.
Walcott
is
Haley, Geneva Fern Brown, Joe
prehensive yet taken to conserve
LONGEVITY
Johnson. Marvin Mayfield, Melvin Jackson county, which is double the the birds, fish and wild animals of chairm an. He was for seven years increase tow ard the end of the
president of the Connecticut State month. The building and construc­
Human life is not getting any
Miiffirld, K alherin E. Lathrop, Hel­ number found here in 1025. This our nation.
longer, according to the men who
Hoard of Fish and Game and was tion industry was slightly less ac­
en Elieene Nelson, Mildred Maxine increase has been partly due Io Ihe
The
activities
of
the
committee
make a business of studying vital sta­
Croft. Rena Janice Hesselgrave, j increasing influence of Sail F ran ­ will necessarily cover a vast range chairman of the State W ater Com­ tive than :n March w hereas it us­
tistics. The average life is longer be­
cisco
as
a
hiitterfat
m
arket
in
south­
ually
expands
during
April.
mission. He has been a leader for
Mary Jane Bowman. Geraldine M.
cause a larger proportion of babies
of
subjects,
including
Federal
game
Largely in response to this years
live to grow up. Fewer people die in
Tex, Frances Elisabeth Faber. W ini­ ern Oregon. The average size t f the reservations, bird sanctuaries, wild many years in investigations having
fred Naomi Johnson, Harry E. dairy herds, predom inantly grade life in our national parks and forests to do with the conservation and Easter retail trade showed an in ­ childhood and early life than formerly,
b jt the man who reaches fifty-four,
Young. Jr., Edna M. Shaver, Ray­ Jerseys, is 10 head. The average ihe problem of m igratory birds, of preservation of gum© in various crease over April. 1929. Sates of
v hich is the average expectation of
production
per
head
is
about
2C0
reporting
stores
during
March
and
parts
of
the
country.
mond Hennrd, Ermel Joseph Shaver,
life of every new-born baby in Amer­
upland birds, of predatory animals.
April,
1930,
were
one
per
cent
less
lbs.
of
ful.
The
advent
of
Ladino
ica, has no better chance of living to
(iladys L. I’rcikshat, Avis Isabel
Senator H arry B. Hawes, vice
The study will also deal with the
1929.
seventy than his grandfather did;
Ayers. Edw ard Tucker, W aller Mor. elover has been another reason for seal Industry, the fish industry, the chairm an has been a widely known than in March and April,
not so good, according to some.
expansion
of
dairying.
There
are
Wholesale
trade
im
proved
some­
ris, Donald Bernhardt.
authority on fish and game for
Certainly the average life of a
now 2,(MI0 acres of this pusiurc* feed fir industry and all others connec­ twenty-five years. He is the author w hat as compared w ith recent
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President of the United States is
ted
with
wild
anim
al,
aquatic
and
in Jackson county. Il carries double
months
hut
stil
was
still
well
below
of the Upper Mississippi Wild Life,
June First End of
shorter than it used to be. CoL
the num ber of head of cattle on bird life. The plan of the commit­ Fish and Game Refuge Bill, which the levels of last year. Most other
Le< nard P. Ayres of Cleveland, one
tee
is
to
make
an
exhaustive
study
Cougar Killing Contest pasture as could he carried w ith
tines
of
trade
w
ere
less
active
than
of the world’s famous statisticians,
was the first constructive measure
of
all
these
problem
s
and
of
the
an equal num ber of acres of 5 (on
in the corresponding m onth of last
points out that Mr. T aft lived longer
June 1 m arks the close of the cou­ per acre alfalfa. And when Ihe laws connected with them . To do involving the direct expenditure of year.
—to 72—than any other President
gar killing contest which was in­ cows do th eir own mowing, hauling this they will call upon the Biolo­ government money for reclamation
since Millard Fillmore, who died 56
Reversing
the
tem
porary
upw
ard
augurated a year ago by the state and feeding in Ihe field it cuts the gical Survey and the commissioners and conservation of w aters of the movement of late March and early
years ago. Out of the first tight
Presidents Washington, who died at
game commission. At that lime the cost so that il is harder for an of bird sanctuaries and game res­ Upper Mississippi River. He is also April and for the month as a whole
67, had the shortest life; John Adams,
office of Harold Clifford, slate game alfalfa dairym an to compete.—Pa­ ervations of the Department of Ag­ tlie author of various o ther hills re­ averagcl slightly below the level
living to 90, the longest; the other*
w arden will make a cheek of the cific Hural Press.
riculture; the Bureau of Fisheries lating to the preservation of fish of March.
were 85, S3, 80, 78, 73, and 68 at
bounties paid during th e twelve
of the Department of Commerce; and game and is a mem ber repre­
their respective deaths. The average
There
w
ere
no
basic
changes
in
life of the eight was 80 years and a
month period and nward cash prizes contest oeeording to Mr. Clifford, the national parks and
nntional senting the Senate on the Migratory the credit situation between mid-
half. The four latest presidents who
am ounting to 5110 to the rival leaders lias undoubtedly accounted for Ihe monuments of the Department of Bird Commission. As a member of April and miilMay. Borrowing of
died averaged only 66)4 years of life
among the cougar hunters.
This slaying of a large num ber of the the Interior; the state departnwnts Congress he was spokesman for the city member banks at the Federal
each; McKinley and Harding died at
Izaak
Walton
League.
big nils as hunters have been an ­ of game and fisheries and all nation­
53, Roosevelt at 61. Harrison and W il­
Hesrve Bank of Sail Fransiseo, al­
son each at 67, Hayes at 70, Cleveland
xious to he term ed Ihe “cougar al organizations in any way repre­
Senator Hawes and Walcott are ready small in volume, declined
at 71 and T aft at 72. »
SAMBO’S PHILOSOPHY cham pion" or Oregon ns well ns re ­ sented w ith the subject.
the authors of the present bill on
further down the first half of May,
The job of President of the United
ceive n sizable sum of money in ad­
The other
Tilts is a research work of very wild life resources.
States is getting harder, for one thing.
although discounts for country
dition to th eir regular $25 bounties. large proportions and will probably members of ttie committee are as
For another, nearly all men werk more
member banks continued about the
follows:
intensively and wear out their hearts
same
in
volume
as
during
recent
Road to Diamond
and nervous systems earlier than men
Senator Key Pittm an, who is now month. Reports of small declines
did a hundred years ago.
beginning his 18th year in the Un­ in average interest rates charged
Lake Is Now Open
GASOLINE
ited States Senate, lias been indenti- customers by hanks in this District
The road to Diamond Lake, is
fied with national legslation in re ­ continued the down trend of in ter­
Ttie average motorist uses 571 gal­
lons of gasoline a year. Every stats
open nnd free of snow, according
lation to fish and game conservation est rates acted since late in 1927.
now imposes a sate tax on gasoline,
to Malt Hyekmnn, superintendent
throughout his career. Part of his
ranging from two to six cents a gallon.
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early life was spent in Alaska wtiere
of hutcheries for Ihe stale game
The highest rates are in Florida,
he took prom inent part in the gold on the farm er’s needs in the m atter
commission who has returned from
Georgia, South Carolina and New Mex­
a tour w hich look him to all of the
rush as prosecuting attorney at of conservation.
ico. That is natural, since those states
have
the largest highway systems in
Nome. He is thoroughly fam iliar
hatcheries and egg taking stations
Senator Feier N’orbeek is likewise
proportion to population and taxable
with the national park, national for­ witli Senator Hawes on the Migra­
in that section of Ihe stale east
property values. In Massachusetts,
of Ihe Cascades. Diamond Lake,
est and game sanctuaries of Amer­ tory Bird Commission. He is au­
where the tax is only 2 cents and dis­
ica.
a favorite resort for hundreds of
tances are shorter, the average motor­
thor of the hilt creating this com­
ist uses only 400 gallons a year and
resident nnd non-resident anglers
Senator Charles L. McNary has mission. He was also the author
pays $8 toward highway maintenance
will he open for fishing June 1.
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uniformly supported wild life con­ of ttie American Eagle Bill and the
and improvement. Last year the total
While on this tour Mr. Hyekmnn
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servation. He is the author of the Predatory Animal Control Hill.
gasoline tax collected in this country
paid close attention to the work go­
was $449,731.000. •
Fish and Wild Life Refuge Hill and
The committee has chosen as its
T o K B B P A B o v A T VMORK
O N T h e F A R M W ILL B E TO1
The gasoline tax is one tax at which
ing on In the hatcheries nnd states
the amended Alaska game laws.
secretary Morris Legrende, a gradu­
“ De trouble erbeut m ein’ wld de
few persons grumble seriously. It is
that
the
crew
s
under
his
direction
Senator
McN'ary
is
chairm
an
of
the
)evll Is, w ’en yon skids In de ditch,
ate of Princeton and a Rhodes scho­ a tax the benefits of which are di­
are obtaining all the eggs the h at­ CALL HIM F IR 5T VIC E «
• go right on an' win de race, an'
Committee on Agriculture and has lar to Oxford. He has made ex-
rectly enjoyed by those who pay it»
on’ aan* no help back I'*
cheries are in a position to handle. PB6ÍID6NT IN í HAR ó E Of COV6
in this capacity become an authority
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Special Senate Committee Will
investigate Wild Life Resources
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