Central Point star., June 27, 1930, Image 1

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ENTRAL POINT STAR
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Hold Mineral
Conference at
Grants Pass
I,ITTI.E CHANGE SEEN
IN IN DI STRIAI. CONDITION
O F 12 RESERVE DISIRICTH
F or the past tw o m on th* bus­
iness a c tiv ity in Hie T w e lfth Fed­
eral Deserve D is lrie l has shown
considerable s h ib ilily , but ul levels
w e ll below those p re v a ilin g d u rin g
the eorres|H»inling n io tn h * o f 1920.
No im p o rta n t change In the situ a ­
tion was evident d u rin g May, mod-
erule Im provem ent* over A p ril in
certain «•oinponeiils o f Hie business
Bxtrn>«lv<* Program Prepared For stru ctu re being neutralized by com ­
Joa.-phine C ity ; Opapa
pensating declines in other phases
o f a c tiv ity .
July 13
W eather c o n d itio n * d u rin g May
and the firs t h a lf of June were fa v ­
'I hc p riig ra m fo r the M id P u clilc orable Io cro p development ami Ihe
livestock
E m pire M ineral Econom ic C o n fe r­ g ro w th o f forage on
ence Io be held ul the C ounty C ourt ranges in most parts o f the D is­
House, tir a n t* Pass, on Tuesday, Ju ­ tr ic t, although frost cuused some
ly la th , is now com plete according damage Io deciduous fru its in W ash­
to Mr. Albei t llu r c li general c h a ir­ ington. Continued «leelines ill the
prices o f a g ric u ltu ra l conanodilk-s
man.
'I lie purpose o f the conference Is have been Ihe most adverse fa c to r
to di term ine w here the m ln e ru l de­ in the fu rm situation.
L illie change in aggregate indus­
posits of N o rth e rn C a lifo rn ia und
southern Oregon are w'hat is th e ir tria l output of the D is tric t was ev-
extent and the probuble cost of iilen d u rin g May, b ill increase or
m in in g same, also w h a t industries decreases in a c tiv ity o f several in ­
There
cun he a ttracte d to th is section by dustries were liii|M irta n t.
w
ere
increases
in
the
value
in
the
v irtu e o f the m inearsl w h ich exist
b
u
ild
in
g
perm
its
issued,
co
nstruc­
here. T h is in fo rm a tio n w ill be used
as a fo un da tio n upon w h ich it is tio n contracts aw arded ami cement
hoped to b u ild an in d u s tria l p ro ­ output. The fuel that p roduction
gram fo r the M id P a cific Empire fe ll o ff in Hie D is lrie t most im p o r­
tant industries, lum be r und p e tro l­
ulong m in in g lines.
eum,
should not be in te rp re te d as
M r. Burch and his com m ittee have
been w o rk in g on the program fo r being unfavorable since produp-
the past few weeks and have o b ­ lio n in both industries has been in
tained the services o f the best m in ­ excess o f c u rre n t demand fo r sev­
U nem ploym ent was
ing n u th o ritle * available to present eral m onth*.
reported
as
being
more serious Ilian
papers at the meeting. The complete
in
A
p
ril
and
considerably
greater
program in flo w s :
Welcome Io G rants Puss, M ayor than a year ngo.
'I'he volum e of trade declined d u r ­
George F ox; Greetings from N o rth ­
ern C al-Southern Oregon Dev. Assn. in g May und was below the level
Pres. C. I-' Gates; I'urose o f Con­ o f Hie corresponding m onth o f 192!
ference, Gen C ha irm an ,
A llic rt by a greater amount than in mix
B u rch ; Gold. I*. It. Backus, Maripo­ o ilie r m onth thus fa r tills year. De­
the
preceding
sa O rcha rd. M edford. O re.; C opper,! clines fro m both
m
onth
ami
lust
year
w
ere
recorded
W . It. Itohinson local representative i
Am erican S m elling atui
R e fin in g in re ta il ami woblesale trade, iii
Co.; M ineral Besourees o f N o rth e rn ( o f new autom obiles, ra ilro n d fre ig h t
C a lifo rn ia and Southern Oregon, J. i enrloeding', ami intereoa-.l <1 (rude.
T. Pardee, U S Geogologieul Survey, I W holesale com m odity prices tnov
W ashington D. C.; Coal and Silica, eil irre g u la rly d o w n w a rd d u rin g
J. M. L iv e ly , president L ive ly Lim e j most o f May and w idespread de­
Products. Gold H ill, Oregon; C h ro ­ cline in quotations w ere reeordeil
m ite, A llic rt Burch, M vdford, Orc- , «luring Ihe firs t h a lf of June. There
gun; F ina ncin g, It. E. H arder, pres­ was som r evidence th a t re ta il prices
ident F irst N ational Bank, M edford also tended d ow nw a rd .
O regon; Lim estone, W. II. M uirhead I F o r several m onths ere«lil con
manager Beaver P o rtlan d C ein ciiit ( d ilio n s in the D is lrie t have re m a in ­
Co.. Gold H ill, Oregon; C arbonic J ed s u b s ta n tia lly unchanged. T h ru -
A rid , (ieorge Schum uker,
Ph. 1». out Hiis perio d b o rro w in g s fro m the
been
M edford, Oregon; Clay anil Clay Federal Reserve Hank have
small,
com
m
ercial
lonns
o
f
re
p
o rt­
Products. D r. Charles T. Sweeney,
ing member hanks have been m od­
M edford, .Oregon.
The procedure Io he adopted at erate in volume, s e c u rity loans have
(C ontinued on Inst page)
the conference is fo r those on the
program Io read papers w h ich they
have prepared on the specific m in ­
erals assigned them. T his w ill he
fo llo w e d by a discussion fo rm Ihc
flo o r and anyone Interested is w e l­
come Io jo in in Ihe discourse. A ll
o ra l statements w ill he taken by a
court re p o rte r ami fo llo w in g Ihe
conference the in fo rm a tio n g ath er­
ed w ill he th o ro u g h ly analyzed by
a special com m ittee In o rd e r Io
determ ine w hat can he done Io en­
courage m in in g developm ent.
T ra n sp o rta tio n w ill also play an
Im p o rta n t p a ri at Ihe m eeting and
w h e th e r o r nol o f same in Ib is
section is re ta rd in g m in era l deve­
lopm ent w ill in a ll p ro b a b ility ! he
b ro ug ht out by some of Ihe speak­
er*.
The conference Is being sponsor­
ed by th e N o rlh e rn C a lifo rn ia -so u th
ern Oregon Development associa­
tio n and w ill he fo llo w e d la te r on
by a s im ila r conference mi a g ric u l­
tu re and one on tim be r.
Complete copies o f the proceed­
ings o f Ihe m in e ra l conference w ill
he sent Io Senator Charles L. Mc­
N a ry and the o ilie r members of the
Congressional delegations o f Oregon
m id C a lifo rn ia in o rd e r Io reassure
them o f Ihe absolute necessity fo r
the com pletion of the Crescent C ity
H a rb o r project Io tirin g about ex­
tensive m in in g developm ent in this
section. Il is kn ow n that a w ater
o u tle t w ill g re a tly enhance the pos­
s ib ility o f im m ediate m in in g de­
velopm ent here on account o f tin-
lo w fre ig h t rates, w h ich w o u ld he
a vailable and such a u th o ritie s as
I.. A. Levensaler o f Ihe Am erican
S m eller ami R e fin in g Co. have re-
jM-aledl; slated that no great de­
velopm ent can he e xo cclrd u n til the
Crescent C ity H a rb o r is b u ilt and
a road is const m eted from the in ­
te rio r country to that port.
It ia expected, uceording to Mr.
NUMBER 4f.
FRIDAY. J U N E 27. 193»
VOLUME TWO
A lb e rt Burch that those p re pa rin g
papers on Hie various m in era ls w ill
answ er the fo llo w in g questions:
1. The q u a n tity o f the m in era l
deposits o f th is section and the
locations o f same.
2. W hat developm ent is tn l.in g
place nt present?
3. W hat fu tu re developm ent enn
he exerted?
4. W hat part tra n s p o rta tio n plays
in th is developm ent.
Are resent
Ira n so rta tio n fa cilite s adequate or
inadequate?
5. W ould a w ater o utle t at Cre->
eent C ity b rin g about more devel-
oini-nt o f our m in era l resources?
What industries can he attracted
Io th is section by v irtu e o f the
m inerals e xistin g here?
SAMBO’S PHILOSOPHY
"M o*’ o’ U p folkses dat »pen* (ley
good times dreamln’ o' alh castles
couldn't pay do fu*’ months rent on
one ef dey got er clinnst ter move Iti I”
How Census Facts are Counted
Each Individual Is Represented By a Card Punched
Full of Holes Classified
By Machines
nol, w ith the chance in fa vor o f
inaccurate,
th e ir being decidedly
You are a ear«! O’)» inches long
F or the e a rly Census enum erators,
and 3 Mi Inches w ide, w ith 31 holes w ho were o nly paid «1 per each
punched in it.
fifty names, had to cover a lot of
T ha i is Ihe w ay you appear on te rrito ry , in most cases, and d ou bt­
Uncle Sains records in W ashington, less overlooked m any in h a b ita n t*,
provided Hie census enum erator The Census o f 179», the firs t under
found you and tu rn ed in tiis re p o rt our present form o f governm ent,
according Io schedule. And, so fa r was not com pleted u n til 1792, when
a* Ihe Governm ent at W ashington President George W ashington re ­
is concerned w ith yo u r ease .that ported to the Congrcs* that there
is a ll they kn ow o r w ant lo kn ow were 3,929,214 jiersons in ihe young
about you.
republic. In a ll p ro b a b ility there
Your name does nol appear on i were more than 4,0»0,000 or eight
Ihe card, it is on the enu m e ra to r* j times as m any as there had been
stieet, o f course, but those are a ll in 170«. n in e ty year» e a rlie r. In
haled up ami stored away in a vault tliu t year, 17»», the the population
where there isn't one chance in a o f .New Y ork, Boston, and P hila­
m illio n o f yo ur in d iv id u a l names delphia com bined was o n ly la.»»»,
being dug out fo r any im aginable and the to ta l population o f the Colo-
purpose. In Ihe course o f lim e ies less than h a lf a m illio n .
these old reports w ill go lo Hie pap­
One reason w h y accurate co un t­
er m ill, and then the o n ly id e n tity ing o f the population was«not pos­
you w ill have left is Ihe punched sible in C olonial limes, and to some
card, loo king somewhat like a rec­ extent since, was the b elief that to
ta ng ula r square o f Swiss cheese.
enumerate Ihe people w ould b rin g
As fast as Ihe enum erators re­ a curse upon them. I’he people, es­
tu rn s come to W ashington they are pecially in Ihe N ew England c o l­
turned over to the several hundred onies w here they trie d to run the
young women w ho s il a ll day in governm ent s tr ic tly in accordance
fro n t o f e le c tric a lly operated p u n ch ­ w ith the teachings o f the Bible,
ing machines and tra n s fe r the en­ w hich they interpret«! lite ra lly , fe a r­
um erators in fo rm a tio n
lo these ed the w ra th of God if the people
cards. A punch in a certain pos­ were counted. E or p ro o f that D i­
itio n on the card means that you vine vengeance w ou ld fo llo w the
liv e in a certa in stale o r te rr ito ry . taking o f Hie Census they pointed
V x .lh e r punch indicates you county to the 24th chapter o f the Second
a th ird y o u r to w n , u fo u rth y o u r Book o f Sami el, w h ic h te lls how
Census enum eration d is tric t. The K in g D avid sent Joab to num ber
.titles are Ihe same size the o n ly d if ­ the people fro m Dan to Beersheba.
ference fo r each fact recorded being Joab, tli« fir s t eensus-iaker on re ­
the p osition of the hole in Ihe card. cord. made a count w h ic h showed
But this *ui-
There are as many keys on the M»»,»UU inhabitants.
punching m achine as there are pos­ pious act was fo llo w e d by a pesi •
sible d iffe re n t facts about any in ­ Hence w h ic h k ille d o f 71*» WOO o f
d iv id u a l, and the o perator m e re ly them.
, r.-sse# the correct key and the
It is no w on d e r that a people
machine punches the hole in the w ho loo k every w o rd in the Bible
rig h t place.
as L .e ra l tru th feared the Census-
A punch in one position means ta k e r!
The influence o f th is b elief ex­
that you live on a fa rm ( in an­
o the r that you don’t. W hether you tended in to the o th e r colonies, so
are male o r female is ind icate d much so that in 1712 G overnor H u n ­
by another punch in a d ifte re n t te r o f New Y o rk, charged by the
place. C olo r o r race, age, w h e th e r hom er governm ent in I.ondon w ith
m arried, single o r w ido w e d, y o u r enum erating the people o f the c o l­
occupation and a ll o f the o th e r ony, apologized fo r the inaccuracy
bothersome question
w h ic h
you o f tile count, saying that the people
have lo answ er fo r the Census man w ere so superstitious that they th o t
a ll are reduced lo holes in a card. an epidem ic o f ilness had fo llo w e d
When a ll of Hie req uired holes Hie Iasi previous count.
Something o f the same reluctance
have been punched in a card it is
fed in 'o another h ig h ly ingenious to he counted b affle d the Census
m achine, w h ich at one operaton ta ker w h o trie d to enumerate the
adds the facts w h ic h the card con­ in h a b ita n ts o f the d iffe re n t C ol­
tains to a ll Ihc o th e r facts o f the onies e a rly in the R evo lutio na ry
sume character. T his second m ach­ W ar, in o rd e r to app ortion the cost
ine Iris hundreds o f little m etal o f w a r e q u ita b ly among them. It
rods o r plungers, one fo r every was realized then that o nly a strong
possible position o f a hole.
N o­ central a u th o rity could make any
th in g happens when one o f the soot o f an accurate Census, and a
plungers touches Hie surface o f Ihe p ro visio n fo r such decennial count
card at a o in t at w h ic h there is was th erefore p rovided in the Con­
no hole, hut w herever there is a s titu tio n when it was adopted in
hole in Ihe card, one o f the m etal 1787.
plungers goes rig h t through it. F or
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example, i f you are a Chinese, none
S tra w b e rrie s are usually a little
of the plungers in d ic a tin g Mexican sweeter and more flavorsom e just
In d ia n , Japanese, F ilip in o , H indu, at o r a little past the peak o f the
Korean o r H a w a iin blood w ou ld go season.
• • •
through the card, hut the one w h ich
indicate Chinese b irth . In doing this
The old hot pack method o f f i l l ­
it makes an e lectrical contact w h ic h ing the berries and syrup b o ilin g
registers another fig ure on c o u n t­ hot in to the ja r m aking it possible
ing m achine that records the ('.h i­ to get a little m ore in to the jars,
ñese population. And so w ith each but sacrifices q u a lity and appear­
of Ihe o th e r plungers w h ic h fin d s ance.
a hole lo go in lo . A ll th irty -o n e
o f them make th e ir records sim ­
ultaneously, and the punched cards
pass through each one o f dozens of
such machines at the rate o f 175,0»»
a day.
Any o th e r way o f classifyin g and
to ta llin g Census figures w o u ld be
so slow , w ith a p op ulation of
around 125,»»»,»»» lo be counted,
that it m ight be a year o r more be­
fore the complete to ta l was know n.
There w ere no co un ting machines
or e le ctrica l appliances when the
firs t Census of Ihe U nited States
was made, nor fo r nearly a h un ­
dred years a fte r that. E v e ry th in g
• THR M X N T H A T ’» e o j i i IN H IA
was done in those old days s lo w ly
OW N H O M E I P N ' T T H E O N *
by hand, and the records kept in
T H A T C O * » 'R O U n O
hooks, some o f w h ich are s lill p re ­
ABOUT « **
By Caleb Johnson
served. And nobody knows wheth­
er those record* were correct or
i
CAMP FIRE PERMITS
FOREST NECESSITY
Sm oking I* P rohibited A fte r July
1st A* a F u rth e r Measure To
C o n tr° l F ire Hazard
Camp fire perm its arc required
o il the C ra te r N ational Forest land
beginning Saturday, June 21. These
are free and may be obtained from
the Foresi Supervisors o ffice on
Hie th ird flo o r o f the Post O ffice
b uldin g in the c ity o f M edford, o r
from any forest o ffic e r. At the fo l­
lo w in g im proved camp grounds per­
m its are not req u ire d :
Bridge. B row ns Cabin, Browns
Cabin Bridge, B y b w Creek, Castle
Creek, Copeland C rater Creek, C r y ­
stal Srpings, Dead
In d ia n
Soda
Srpings, F a re w e ll Bend, Rogue R iv­
er, H aniaker Creek, H aniaker R. S.
Camp, H u c k le b e rry , H u rry o n , Lake
o f Hie Woods 3 camps,
Malone
Springs, Mazain, M id d le fo rk Apple-
gate Bridge, M innehaha, N ational
Creek, N a tu ra l Bridge, Odessa, Re­
creation, S ilv e r Camp, I nion (.reek,
Wagon. W arpeg, W hiskey, W ildC at
W o o d ru ff Meadows, W o o d ru ff Mea­
dows Bridge.
E ffective Ju ly 1. sm oking is re­
stricted on N ational Forest land by
the fo llo w in g re g u la tio n :
Except on paved o r surfaced
highw ays, sm oking on lands o f
the U nited States w ith in the
N ational Forests o f Oregon and
W ashington is p ro h ib ite d w h ile
tra v e lin g in tim b e r, brush or
grass areas from J u ly 1 u n til
the close o f the fire season as
declared by the Regional F o r­
ester, but not la te r than Sept­
em ber 20.
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Hoss Urges Early
Purchase 1930 Licenses
The fact that Oregon m otorists
have been •perm itted to use the new
license plates on th e ir automobiles
tw o weeks in advance o f the firs t
day o f the new fiscal year, o r J u ly
1st, leads those in charge o f the
w o rk to the conclusion that p ra c t­
ic a lly a ll cars in the stale can be
registered by Ju ly 1st, according to
H a ll E. Hoss, secretary o f slate, in
the fo llo w in g announcement:
’’ I ureg every autom obile o w n er
to send in his applica tion fo r l i ­
cense now , as a ll the departm ents
are fu lly organizel to care fo r the
peak season rush, and every day that
Ihe people delay in filin g th e ir ap­
p lic a tio n s o n ly adds to expense o f
han dling the w o rk . 1 am ve ry an­
xious to have the w o rk completed as
ra p id ly
possible and have estab­
lished J u ly 1st as the date oil w h ich
a pp lications must be file d . The law
is that the old plate expire on June
3»th, and w ith the co-operation of
the pub lic I w ill have every car
in the state decorated w ith a set
o f brand new plates by that tim e.
“ I t costs a considerable sum to
operate the license bureau at m ax­
im um capacity und every day that
doesn't tu rn a fu ll quota o f business
is that much loss to the state h ig h ­
w ay and county road funds.
If
everyone w ill cooperate by sending
in h i* a pp lica tio n at once, we w ill
be able to make a record th is sea­
son. Several im provem ents in the
re-lice nsin g methods have been ad­
opted w h ic h have speeded up the
w o rk and enabled Hie departm ent
to handle several times the fo rm e r
d a ily volume.
“ F a c ilitie s fo r o b ta in in g plates in
a dd itio n to the regular n u iil o rd e r
d iv is io n , include the Salem license
bureau, tw o P ortland offices— Ihe
reg ula r branch at (59 F ifth street
and a new substation at East 6th
and A lder and the s h e riffs offices
th ro ug h ou t the state, w ith the ex­
ception o f M ultnom ah and M arion,
w here direct service is supplied by
tile slate departm ent.
L ittle tim e rem ains fo r license re­
newals i f Hie m otorist is to conform
to the requirem ents o f the Jaw and
have his autom obile equipped w ith
the new plates by Hie firs t o f Ju ly,
tile new plates by Hie firs t o f Ju ly.
E a rly action is im perative to save
the autom obile o w n er from the ein-
barassment o f being stopped fo r
lack o f plates o r from Ihe inconven­
ience o f long w aits at license co un t­
ers o r fo r m ail service, should ap­
p lica tion s be held u n til a date too
late to get tffem under the wire
by the fir»t of July.”
ZEPPELINS
reople at the eastern part ot tne
United States have just had another
glimpse of that gigantic monster of
the air, the Graf Zepplin. In the teeth
of terrific storms the gitat German
airship crossed the South Atlantic
from Europe to Brazil, then flew
northward to New York and east
across the Atlantic to its borne port
on I-ake Constance.
This trip, added to its flight around
the world last year, has removed the
last doubt as to the practicability of
aerial navigation, and American capi­
tal is rushing in to invest in the man­
ufacture of Zeppelins in this country
and to establish regular passenger arid
express routes between the great cen­
ters of population.
For high speed and comparatively
light loads the airplane will remain
unchallenged, in all probability. But
the dirigible balloon has definitely ar­
rived as a means of everyday trans­
portation.
GAS
The one remaining domestic handi­
cap which makes women discontented
with life in the country towns is the
necessity of doing their cooking and
watcr-heating with wood or coal,
which makes too hot a fire in the
Summer, or with electricity, which is
decidedly expensive, or over oil-
stoves, which are slow. For cooking
purposes the gas which city people
use is concededly the most satisfac­
tory fuel.
0
A bank in Indiana, finding itself
with a bankrupt gas company on its
hands, investigated the possibility of
bringing in compressed natural gas
from Oklahoma. The experiment
worked, and the people of Linton are
gening the new gas at the old price, in
the old w-ay, while the expensive pro­
duction plant m the town has been
abandoned.
This ;eems to point a way whereby
every community, however small, can
have its gas mains and use this handy
fuel as well as in the cities.
NEWSPAPERS
According to The American Press,
there are 160 newspapers in the United
States which have been published con­
tinuously for 100 years or more. Of
these, 65 are dailies, 95 weeklies.
One of the weeklies, the Annapolis,
Maryland, Gazette, is more than 200
years old, having been established in
1727. Five papers still in existence
were published before the Revolution.
The oldest of all dailies is the Hart­
ford, Connecticut, Courant, founded
in 1764
>
We are accustomed to think of 100
years as a period of time before which
nothing of importance existed in
America. The evidence of these old
newspapers helps us to realize that
100 years is not such a very long time.
There were settlements West of the
Mississippi 100 years ago, on such
firm foundations that the eommunitie*
and the newspapers established then
have flourished ever since. Two news­
papers in Iowa, one in Arkansas, one
in Missouri, are in the list of these
centenarians of The American Press.
These and the rest have survived
because they filled a need of their
communities, the need of interchange
of ideas and of news. Nestb'ci radio
nor the out-of-town daily can ever
put such community papers out of
business.
CHURCHES
*
Long steps toward the union of the
ditferent Presbyterian churches of the
United States, together with the Re­
formed Church in America, into a
single denomination with more than
.5,000,000 members, were taken the
other day by the Presbyterian General
Assembly. Such a union recently took
place in Scotland, home of Presbyte­
rianism.
The next step, still some distance
ahead but being considered with great
seriousness by church leaders, is the
reunion of the Methodist Episcopal
church with the other otfshoot of the
Church of England, the Protestant
Episcopal Church in America. And
some religious leaders are looking
farther than that, toward the ultimate
merger of those and the Presbyterians
into one great Protestant body.
AIR
Air and water do not seem to most
of us like raw materials of industry.
Yet one of the largest industries in
America uses nothing else but the air
from above and around its factory
and the water from the river which'
flows past it.
This is the plant of the Dupont in­
terests in West Virginia which ex­
tracts nitrogen from the air by first
cor-’ -essing the air until it is a li­
quid, then mixing with it hydrogen gas
obtained from the water by electroly­
tic decomposition. The result is am­
monia, which is the handie»! form of
fixed nitrogen, whether you are going
to use it for fertilizer or for^the man­
ufacture of explosives.
A similar process is to produce ni­
trate fertilizer in huge quantities u
well u explotiv«» for the Govern-
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