THE CENTRAL POINT STAR
FRIDAY. JUNE •. Itt.AO
often ihe ease. He was impaled U|i
on a fishhook and earrled away Io
be immersed in a strange element.
And She's Out o f /{each
There his life ended, but not before
he had done the biggest job ever
achieved by any member of his fam.
ily, The fortune he landed devour
ed, but it was a big fortune.
To the other worms these stories
might be discouraging. "Fam e is
for the few", they would say. No
thing ever happens to us. We jus!
v/Eui, J e e - R o o - s k t K - -
stir around awhile and die.”
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C o m b om vk ? w » j - you d o h i
It would surprise them to know
< lin o * WHAT A SHOW .
that a book on worms was w ritten
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by the great s ¡enlist Darinin. Their
surprise would be intensified if they
eere Io learn that ths book makes
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no mention of the exceptional mem
bers of their tribe. The fern worms
that are e a rn e d in to the clouds,
or succeed in landing big fish, are
dismissed by him ns of small im
portanee.
Hut the great mass of unknown
worms, who spend th eir whole bves
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beneath the surface of olv«crvnthn,
he hails as Ihe most important
creatures in the w irld.
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If Cor one year they ..iiould ecu <•
their indu trouts digestion of the
leaf mold and th eir incessant stir
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ring of the ground, no crops wnuM
grow, and anim als and men would
die.
I think that D arw in’s boo'; rm
earthw orm s should he a part of
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all education along witti the Inspir
ing biographies of the great. U
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would tend Io teach us humility.
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We human Ixdngs who walk so
proudly as m onarchs of the world
w hat are we anyw ay? B enefit-ic
ies of thd worms, w ithout sv’ n ■*
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leave we could not live a ' ear.
As for fame. I! is stimulating,
and lifts the spirit of Ihe crowd.
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r over 7<HI stations in 52 countries
But shall we despair because to n a a a a -j - t
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in a ll five continents? His six ch ild
fost of us it is denied?
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IN THE
ru t are acquiring a foreign accent
Beneath the surface life is car
by mimicking announcers of far*
ried forw ard by the sustained loyal
¡iw.iv lauds.
ty of the mass. And who shall
doubt that there are Purposes as
Believe il or not, Jml Bob Itipley
far beyond our reckoning as our
receives over I.Uitii.OHO fan Irtlers a
lives— which they make possible—
year. Ami the bottom has dropped
are beyond the vision of the worm s?
out of tlie waste-paper m arket!
CENTRAL POINT STAR
Published by Mac’s Printing Co.? Gold Hill, Oregon
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C. J. SHORB. Editor
An Independent Newspaper published in the Interests of
Central Point Oregon and vicinity
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Subscription $2.00 year in advance. Ad rate on application
Office With Al Hermanson
AMONG OUR UNFORTUNATES
The writer took advantage of the opportunity, Tues
day to attend the graduation exercises of the State
School for the deaf at Salem and was very much impres
sed with the efforts put forth by the students of that in
stitution. as well as the directors and teachers.
This was our first experience to witness such an af
fair and we marvel at the way our state is looking a.ter
the affairs of these unfortunates. Tittle tots from the
age of six are sent there and are taught 10 talk, write, read,
sing, play the piano and a great number of things. Each
of the girls who graduated made their own graduation
dress.
At this institution we have a complete school plant of
fering a training equivalent to a grade and high school
education and including the teaching of several trades
which people afflicted as these are, will be able to follow.
Dormitories are provided, meals served, laundry washed,
even hospitalization is provided for the sick. Targe beau
tiful yards and grounds are provided including play sheds
for the younger children.
The deaf children and their parents, of this state are
indeed fortunate to have such a well directed and effi
cient plant in this state for their use.
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■RADIO
Chicago is staging another miniature war to make
the city safe for the gangster and the “ward healers.’ City Gas Convenience
We wonder how long it will be before an expeditionary-
Miles From City
force will be sent there to teach the rude Chicagoans how to
peacefully- conduct themselves.
This government has
City gas used everyw here from
sent such contingents to other quarters of the globe to cook stoves to furnaces by four
attend to sitch chores. Perhaps the old saying that “Char out of five families, is now tak
ing country homes by storm.
ity should begin at home” would not be amiss.
Standard Flamo. condensed na
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IN PRAISE OF EARTHWORMS
If the earthw orm s were to publish
a magazine, some dram atic success
stories w ould b e , recorded.
It would tell, for example, the
rem arkable career of John G. Worm.
Born of humble parents, in dark
surroundings, he managed by his
ow n effort to p ush him self up to
th e surface. T here he was spied
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AD D ®
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Entered as second-class matter. October 26, 1928 at the
post office at Gold Hill, Oregon under the act of March 3,
1879.
Secretary of State Hal E. Hoss just returned to the
state from a conference in \ \ ashington D. C. called by
the president to discuss safety. It seems to be the sense of
the persons called into the conference that an examina
tion is what the drivers of automobiles need. While it is
true inexperience is a very possiplc cause for many of the
accidents we believe that many more accidents art
caused from over-confidence than by inexperience. An
even greater source of trouble is carelessness and drunken
driving. How will an examination reach these classes?
Yet, they are the most deadly. Anyone may become reck-
less’at times and take chances which they should not with
the result that an accident might occur. And there are
many who “kid” themselves they can drive as well with
their head swimming from the effects of alcohol as they
can while sober. In the case of this class the examination
is usually given after the damage is done with the result
that no one is benefitted.
Ily Albert T.
tural gas, is rapidly being in tro
duced in this district by the Stan
dard Oil Company of California.
Ami there are mighty few things
that can bring more com fort to
folks in the country than this city-
gas, the quickest and cheapest fuel
for everyday cooking and heating—
ready for instant use w ithout instal-
' lation of gas mains.
In ushering Standard Flamo into
suburban homes, the Standard Oil
Company, one of Ihe pioneers in
developing "home gas plants”, is
offering a product proven in scores
of C alifornia households during the
past year. This new fuel gas, con
densed to a liquid and stored in
steel cylinders, enclosed in an at
tractive inetal cabinet may be in
stalled outdoors and connected, by
ordinary piping, with modern gas
ranges, w ater heaters and other gas
appliances that mean so much less
housekeeping drudgery.
Time was when country women
just had to get used to carrying
wood and shoveling ashes, but these
days are about to go out of style.
W ith Standard Flamo being deli
vered everyw here and com parable
to city gas both in quality and cost
—th ere’s not much excuse for spend
ing long hours over a hot cook-
stove, for exhorbitant fuel bills or
late meals.
by F ortune in the form of a robin,
which snatched him high into the
clouds. His moment of elevation
was brief, but while it lasted the
vision was splendid.
It would tell o f Frederick L.
W orm, w ho was w orking along
quietly one day when an upheaval
tossed him to fame and glory. Suc
cess was attended by pain, as is
P1NKEY DINKEY
666
R elieves a Headache or Neuralgia in
30 minutes, checks a Cold the first
day, and checks Malaria in three
days.
666 also in Tablets
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with ALBERT Z l‘(¡SMITH. Jr.
a a a a a a a a a a a
DID YOU KNOW»—
That President Hoover has ad
dressed tile radio audience 22 limes
in tlie It months that he lias headed
the nation? Coolidge in his seven
years of offiie broadcasted but 37
times while the present Chief Exe
cutive lias sent his voice over the
ether waves 45 limes in Hie last
five years.
That the height of Henry Burbig's
(CBS comedian extraordinary) am
bition is to play Hamlet in Eskimo
dialect?
That Ozzie N elsons orchestra,
which has been on Ihe air only
three months, is lending Budy Val
lee, Will Osborn and others
of
broadcasting fame in a popularity
contest being run by a New York
new spaper, by several thousands
votes?
That those visiting a transm itting
station are advised to cheek their
watches at Ihe door so that their
lime-pieces don’t get magnetized by
the apparatus w ithin. A magnetized
watch is just ns liable to gain a
couple of hours a day as it is to lose
a few hours the next day.
T hat Arnos of Anlos ’n* Andy is
now the proud father of a five-
pound baby girl. Floyd Gibbons in
sists that it shouil be named "King-
fish.”
That Budy Vallee uses a glass
tnegnaphone when he broadcasts
from Ids night club, so that his fem
inine adm irers may set all of ids
facel
When Hie Prince of Wales decided
to learn how Io play the banjo, he
com andeered Ihe services of none
other Ilian H arry Ieser, who leads
the Clicquot Club Eskimos on Ihe
NBC network.
That farm er in Rhode Island with
no previous technical experience
built a twelve-tube receiver with
w hich lie lias heard broadcasts from
PINKY'S IDEA OF SAYING NOTHING
The ■ iiudli st broadcasting station
In the world, WPBC, bus been ear-
r. d io the left hand of Ed Cohan,
director of technical operations for
tlie Columbia system, from Times
Square to their studios on Madison
Avenue. Ils aerial is a hollow brass
pi|>e, one Inch in diam eter and three
feet long, which when curried in
its bag looks like a soldier’s pack
and rifle. Soon I guess, we'll be
opening our wallets and taking out
our personal broadcasting station
to radio tlie wife that w e’ll be late
for dinner tn-nighl.
Very Latests
By Mary Marshall
Some m others don’t cure w hether
their small daughters ^nppeur well
dri ssed or liol. Some m others would
rath er not have their young daugh
ters look well drrssed for fear th eir
lender young minds might become
preoccupied with thoughts of d o
llies.
But most sensible m others
take a real pleusure in having their
children well turned out and feel
ttiul they owe it Io them to provide
clothes in which they may appear
to tlie best advantage.
Tlie actual money spent on clothes
is of less signlfanee w ith children
than il is w ith grown women—so
much dc|>ends on color and contour
of Hie clothes selected and on their
side and span spotlessness and neat,
ness.
The ohler one grows the more one
stands in need of eoxlls fabrics and
fine w orkm anship Io achieve distinc
tion. The plainest of serge or flan
nel, or gingham or calico answ ers
the purpose for young girts, and
tlie rules ofr achieving distinction
ure roinuratively simple.
There should lie ii definite and
sinile color scheme. The lint uuil
other accessories should always he
related in color to the w rap
or
dress. Everything should he as near*
ly spotless as possible, and free from
wrinkles. Skirt hems should lie care
fully adjusted so that they are neith
er too long or too short.
The little girl's ensemble, shown
here, consists of a navy blue eoat
witli red and blue printed silk dress,
and a red straw hat witli blue and
red leather. W ith it are worn navy
blue oxfords.
Bishop Attacked
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Rev. James Cannon, Jr., Methodist
Bishop o f V irginia, whose activities as
a "d ry " lobbyist are tinder scrutiny by
•M .rrh ami Congressional authorities.
By Terry QHkison
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