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CENTRAL POINT STAR Von liE TWO F R ID A Y , J U L Y MINERAL CONFERENCE GAINING IN INTEREST DAY , S \ N o rth e rn ('iilifo rn ia -S ° u th e rn Ore- HpoiiKnrx ol M ineral Conference in Grant» I’u » July 15 ANO jÎOMO^CW < IIEIGHT In Hying In a lici.’ht o f 4J,lfiA fret, more d u n • g ill n u ll-» up in tin- air, I.ieut. A|*»lli> h-.ucrk of the U. S. Navi h.r. M t a record which will take tc’liic heating. Only hy the u*e o f coinprc»«ed oxygen in a tank, inhaled th o u g h a tube, and an oxygen »uj« r-< lia ig t r to in«ure enmhiHtK'ii in the engine, wa* I.ieut. Sota rl» able to do tin- >*unt at all t .ipl I lawtliorne Gr iy o f the Vi. S. Arm y. who m ." to 42, 470 feet in a haih .»1 three y- >rx ay i, died from la, k o f o '- grit in if. rarefied atnvniph'-re I hi . lit. A ll of thi talk about v> i ’in i’ to the ii on, win 'Io r by airid n.e, t< Vet or o tl.i r d< i ', i ’ mi ii 'r h io ••»»hine, in view (>f the uiv aty ot fairy« iug enough o».t. " t along, to »ay nothing oi ih ’ nitride cold o f inter* atrllar »i i 1, ■ iiiwhcre around 4<x) degree» Inlow zero I • • • LAND A young woman of my acqu.ntsnce w.i, m i i | i i d re rntly on gelling home front her lady work a» a » eao- graphrr to find a young man va itu ig to a»k her who I k r g tandialhrr wa». ’When die,told him be informed her te n te d Wa» |'i* , a i> ' to ¡‘..v r i> I hei a'.d « and iii'ib ■ h lo > .u a Quit i o it]. of land one m il cla in died • Wide and . ’.'em feet lie ,’. | ..at Bin', a i. • fc value." b u tt! re a > .e r a lt" i >» "i 'L i hat- tan real i tate which have m > i 1 i -r is nr h i a , ■ r • office hud li ». I t no r- i. oi for m et pay« to I'Uild'nn I i 30 it "or» h u h in old New Y ork And the n i • n (or the high C iilifo rn iii me show ing pronoune- ed interest in D ie Mid P a cific Em p ire Econom ic Conference lo he held id ( ,ranis Puss on J u ly 15th. , tud cotisidi ruble p u b lic ity lues been M iieii th is im p o rta n t event. Seven liu n d n ^l m id fifty invita tions have been n i'iile d up m ill dow n the Pacific Const hy the Nor th ern C iilifo rn iii Southern Oregon •)i velopinenl Association, sponsors if the in c it in g mill present iin lic a - i< ns ure that those lit I ending Die i i lin g w ill not he confined lo he • b i/e iis o f N o rth e rn C a lifo rn ia and < u the rn Oregon. Clinch's !'• W illis , e d ito r m id p u b lish e r of Die M in in g J o urna l, I ’ lie- • n ix , A rizo n a , in n le tte r n d iln ssed lo Die A sso eialio n rece ntly request ed c o p ie s of p a p e rs lo lie (¡res, tiled I Hie Conference fo r re p ro du ction in his magazine. I lls te lle r in p a il si. les, "T h e re ure several o f these papers, ju d g in g from yo u r program , w h ich w o u ld make' excellent mag azine articles, and Die p u b lica tio n o f these w ill undoubtedly do your eiiu e a great deal o f good m id we lio | e that we may gel the.” Pre Conference p u b lic ity w ill no d o tlh l lie Die in ms o f increasing Die a lleiilanee b lit the p u b lic ity xzhie.i Id lo v . s . Die m eeting w ill it is hop 'd hy tli'* Development As- i <oi i ilio n o ffic ia ls , b rin g about u , m o re ¡Ippl'cel hie interest in lilt P 'is s ih ilil'e s o f m in in g in th is sec- loll. laud >ah . it ib. o. wth >f . a ( I .to n- 1 rty ii a; , »•> .(V . w eomir to t ie it) add» • . m in t t of I COMM Io t l • » -In c an uf ' 4- 4- 4- <• S' + ♦ •> + + ♦ THINK? ♦ ♦ ------ ♦ + By Edson R. W aite Sliuw iice, Oklahoma 4, + + 4, + + ♦ ,,'i 'h 'i ■■ trst he, 11 woven in J..p.iii .md »)•< '■ ,r. t to Scot land to in' w.ii, roofed. Wearing th.,1, »he drovi I a oo how« on b the ref ts served includ' I tea from India and biscuit» from Ei el md. For e ery if dl.il « worth of good» tile I n il' d Si ilc* ■ ’b ,i ro 1 w. must event’ ; illy tin, a doll * « worth from ihe country w lir It we buy from That is the long and short o f all ihe talk atxiut ta riff* and import» and the ex port trade. -P ► D i!) YOH EVER STOP TO • • a I went i: i i grocery »t in In a little M , .... h’lst!.» town die oilier day to buy ■ inatil'.e» The vaie»- m. n handed in« -i i i k.ige which was in. ib. I "Made in K u w u " In ’ be name .hup window I »aw tome vanned corned licet, v. ■ I e I and parked in I no i'v In a .* i< m New York recently my h .i,b i i »»'light a ram- 1., i . 4- CE Vo.it ma '. o f ‘ V « 0 0 SHIPS The Germans now hold die record t trans Ml ' I . but both the I'm ' d S'.ill and F.'.gland are preparing to take it away front •■.»n, T l,e (jin ard 1 me. wh; li is ihe for speed oldest of all The Old Spanish Trail From St. Augustine To San Newspapers and itiugi,zines, even in il- iih * of llie »tulc» of Oregon m ill STOCKBRiPiE of that Greatest Transcontinental Road Important Industrial Project Seen in Smelter Near Here Diego, Is Nearly Finished FRANK PARKER, I NUMBER 49 4, »930 b p 1 . 1 . ... flounces that II w ill ill I a il l l . i D feet long, carrying 4,1* > | is. w hich w ill maki a vp'cd of . n t« an hour and w ill n t b ,i .. .. n 2H n l 25 m illion dollar« A I n I. ' ihe , is a nautical mile, which is W " I et longer than the l;>r. I m ile, so . ip o .1 of JO knot» mean» J l z mile« an h ur. The U. S Shipping iloard in i u- jtin itio n w ith the I ’"- O flii, L o t- nient is arranging v th \in e ri, an «li mt- ship coiiipanie» io build two th i| eien bigger and faster than the new Cun- arder. It w ill take three or four i , . » to build diem. T hey w i'l h, go i| ad vertising for the I nil, ! '. I h it prol,ably w ill n t ■ un ii io I •’ deficit w ill be i i , .el up in w b.t the (¿jvernm ent pays the company on, ,t- them fo r cart.yin, the mail- i e mail subsidy of the H 'itish govern ment to Samuel Cuiiai I is what put the British th g ahead o f our» on the A tlantic, 75 years ago. « • « HOMES Savings hank heads say that right now is a more fac,liable lime to binld a home than we ha,e had since th" war. Building m •' rials arc do" ti, labor i« plentiful, m oitgiig, i.i..: is cheap. Thus - who are secun m their employment ran prohabb build h, me» now on more favorable terms I tan they w ill he able to a year from n w. The same authorities say that the measure o i Imw much a mail can afford to invest in a home is his average income. He is justified in tyin g up tlie rijiiivtile n t of two years salary if dial is under $10,(MX) a year, o r o f th i' ' ec u 's income if he earn’ more than JIMXX) a v ir. rim s, i man who earn« '¡all a week can afford a $5,0(X) home. And iron ten to twelve years is a proper length o f time over which to spread the mortgage pay ments. + + It. .1. Hall, e d ito r o f Die Loveland (< >lo.) Itc o rlc r-H e ra ld s a y .:— I H A T Die gre ¡lest, 0 st d. n iin iir force in any c o im tu .a ily is In. n r ih i'ii, aggressive uitd p ro g r, s', ive ncw spajier. It i s the m ir r o r through w h ich com m u n i t y a c tiv itie s , c o m m u n ity progress ¡uni developm ent, cont- m u n ily im t istrics, business ond social life arc reflected to the outside w o rld . It g ive , lo Die c o m m u n ity un un selfish service, a service the value o f w h ic h cannot he mea .ured in d o lla rs m id cents, a service o f hem id lo ev n the most hum ble citizen , th rough constant and p ersisle til e ffo rt to advance those things Dial mean most fo r com m u n ity g ro w th uud d w e ll pn nt .m il Ihe happiness and co m fo rt o f its citizens. T ie independent press, no! th r o t tled by p o litic a l hi *s, »«'fis h greed nor personal aggrandize ment, f.g a tin g alw ays f*»' w hat is rig h t and just and fa ir, w it. ever frie n d ly consideration fot the view s and o pinio ns o f a ll clus.es " f citizens, is Ihe real pow er m id guiding force Dud o tidils cilie s, hakes fo r happy lioines mid a contented, w id e awake citizenship. Hie Home T ow n Paper is a local in s titu tio n in w h ich every loyal , ili/.e ii should he a stockholder in I through fin a n c ia l in ve st m ent hut Ih ro iig h Die inveslm enl o f good w ill mid a s p irit o f help fulness to Die end ils services nun he enlarged and ils usefulness gain added impetus. A co n tin u n ity is la rg e ly judged hy the uppearanee, character and Iy;ie oi its newspaper, and should influence ils business interest to do th e ir fu ll p ari in g iv in g to ilie ir paper the volume o f bus iness essential to ils success and Die encouragement so necessary ’ o keep nhreiist in im provem ents and development. F or best q u a lity hti.v, a lfa lfa us u a lly needs lo he eid p rio r to e ithe r lo v e r o r vetch -n o rm a lly between one le n lh and o n e -fo u rth bloom , By Caleb By the end of 1931 it w ill he pos sible fo r ti m o to rist lo start fro m Mtiine and d riv e to San A n to nio , Texas w ith o u t ever getting o ff a lia rd road. W ith in another tw o o r three years Ihe m oto rist can con tinue Ills jo u rn e y to C a lifo rn ia , over hard roads a ll the w ay. W ilh a ll o f o u r progress in road b u ild in g , there is today not a single rout,- in ross Die C ontinent w h ic h does not invo lve d riv in g over h u n dreds of m iles of roads w h ic h n o body could classify as goixl and w h ic h most m otorists, accustomed lo Du- paved highyays o f both coasts and the Grcut i.akeg region, w ould classify as p ostitve ly had. But w ith Die i iitn p lc lio n of the Old Spanish l i a il we shall have a h ig hw a y co n necting Ihe A tla n tic and Ihe P a cific Oceans, a highw ay paved o r hard .ui ftiyed th ro u g h o u t its e n tire length and u trass-co ntin en ta l h ig h w a y, m oreover, w h ich w ill he passable at till season» o f Die year, since it is located th ro u g h o u t its length fa r lo Ih.' south o f the snow lndl, w h ic h makes the more n o rth e rly passages impassible in w in te r. It is no w o n d e r hat the U nite d .slate G overnm ent is a id in g lib e r- a ll) in llie c o n s tru ctio n o f ttiis road w n ic ii w ill give Die speediest pos- sihi • route lo r llie movement o f m otorized m ilita ry forces from one coast to Die o ilie r. From .Maine to F lo rid a ihe A lla n - C o a s L d liig liw a ) i» now suhstan- ,,..o ) (W q d e te d , c ith e r concrete, lur-iuae.ii,. in o r lia rd sand-clay s u r face u ll Du- w ay. lid when it gets to h is to ric o ld SI. Augusine, F lo rid a , it strikes the beginning of Die old .Spanish T r.o i, eouneetng >1. Augustine on Die l.ust W ith San i- ..;;fi on the west. I lie idea o i a cross-continent id- w ay w h ic h w o u ld fo llo w the trade ■md iiiilila r y tra ils blazed by the ... iy Spanish settlers on the G u lf m l in Inc Southwest was fir s t g iv en lig ld at a g a iiie rin g at M i,bile, Ala., ill 1915. Nobody know » w ho selected Die picturesque and d e e s ri'r liv e name, n o r just how the m ove ment started. The firs t idea was to connect New O rleans w ith M i ami. But the West heard about it and eagerly join ed in Die movement, «et up a p i'oinotiou headquarters in Stm Antonio, and projected Die o r ig in a l plan (w o thousands m iles fu rth e r than its o rig in a l e n th is i- asts h- d dreamed o f going. Am. now it is nearing com pletion. S ia i'iin g from St Augustine w here t. e Lpai.i.u(Is have le fl th e ir in d e stru ctib le record in Die n a rro w s..'e. ,s and picturesque old fo rt and o her b u ild in g o f th is oldest of Am. ri. .m ii.ju ic ip a litie s , the Old Spanish T ra il rim s D irougli Jack- ,i n v ille , Tallahassee, Pensacola, ■i.ibile, Ihi) Saint l.ouis. New O r leans, Lake C harles, Beaumont, Houston, San A n to nio , F o rt S ioeu- i ii, FI Paso, Las (truces, Douglas i uesoii and so lo C a lifo rn ia and ..n Diego. It crosses eight slides, three great bays and the greatest >f North A m erican riv e rs . It crosses the Great D ivide ¡it ils lo w est point, at Bisbee, A rizona, at m a ltitu d e o f 6,030 feet above sea .evel and descends in to the Im perial V alley th ro ug h E l C entro, a ilifo rn iii, .’,1 feel below sea-level. Yel there ¡ire no grades w h ic h can not he d riv e n in high gear. T w o th ird s o f the drainage w a t er o f Die U nited Stales crosses Die • Id Spanish '1 ra il, yet o n ly tw o ■ e rries ¡ire necessary; one across lie M ississippi D iver ¡it New O r leans, Die o ilie r over B e rw ick Bay ;il Morgan C ity Louisiana. A ll o f lie o ilie r w atercourses w h ic h Die T ra il crosses have been bridged. The Old Spanisli T ra il fo llo w s Die line o f Die chain o f m issions ¡:n«l presidios w h ic h Ihe K ing o f pain ordered in 1772 to lie con structed fro m the G u lf o f Mexico lo Die G u lf o f C a lifo rn ia . San A n to n io was Ihe m eeting place o f a ll Die tra ils eonneelir® the Spanish say s Ihe Oregon experiment station. settlements w ih each ober. And Johnson 110,000-pound Electric Smelter Arrived Tuesday and Unloaded North of City; Expected To Be in Operation in Month in San A n to nio , a fe w week» ago. Die K in g o f Spain, through the Spanish Am bassador to the U nited Slate, presented a ro y a l decoration A manaufacturing and industrial project of consider to lla r r e l Ayers, the m anaging d i able importance and interest to this section is the new re cto r o f the Old Spanish T ra il electric smelter being erected north of this city. Association, in re co g n itio n o f his The 110,000-pound smelter arrived in the Medford services in preserving and perpet railroad yards Tuesday morning uating the old Spanish tra d itio n . and were taken to the site and un Miss Lathrop W ins Of the fir s t 579 m iles o f the T ra il, fro m St. Augustine to Bay County Essay Contest loaded from the main line. Other shipments are scheduled for this St. l.o uis, a ll but a fe w m iles has K a th erine L a th ro p o f C entral week and next and it is expected leen paved, and that p a ri, in M is sissippi, is hard sand and gravel. P oint is the proud owzner o f a that the smelter will he in opera Thence across Louisiana to the i sh in y new ten d o lla r gold piece, tion within a month or six weeks. Texas line, 362 m iles, concrete presented to her as the w in n e r of Dee Williams, locai mining en firs t p riz e in the grade school di- pavement is being la id the e n tire distance. The unpaved sections are : vision o f the Jackson C ounty essay gineer, acting for the concern j contest on the “ H ealth Value o f would make no statement of the good gravel roads. I'lo iii Ihe Texas aouisiana line lo D airy P ro d u cts.” plans and purposes of the com The contest was conducted by San A n to nio , 329 m iles, the T ra il pany except to state that it was an Mrs. Mabel Mack, home demonstra is 90 percent paved. Thence, 583 w ho industrial and manufacturing pro nib s to F.l Paso, the gravel road is tio n agent o f the C ounty, iresented K atherine y ith her prize. position and that a detailed state good in il dusty and paving is being K atherine has been a club mem ment would be made soon. ca rried on ra p id ly , e ven tua lly to Mr. cover the e n tire stretch. From El ber fo r about fiv e years and a very Williams said that the plant would Paso w estw a rd across New Mexico good one at that according to the employ at least sixty workmen. >tate C lub leader’s o ffice . She has ¡mil Arizona to the C a lifo rn ia line It is understood that the con 712 m iles, o f w h ic h about h a lf is carried p rojects in cooking, sewing cern will smelt a large body of iron paved. Die rest gravel roadw ays m il o the r household arts, and each and other metal from this district over^ Die desert and th rough th i year has had a pen o f fo u r pigs on a large commercial basis. Ar Boeky M ountain«. By the end o f w’ in n in g m oney fo r her at the Pa rangements have been made with thi« year it is aapected that the c ific in te rn a tio n a l Livestock Ex the California Oregon Power Co. o f those Iasi stretch o f the 178 m iles across p osition. She’s another for electric power and the Sohthern C a lifo rn ia lo the P a cific w ill have 4H clubbers w ho has got the habit Pacific will build a spur to the o f being a prize w in n e r. been paved. plant. , , I 'I'his great h ig h w a y , 2.741 m iles Through Williams offices for the Jong, i« Die largesl single piece o f company have been rented on the road b u ild in g w h ic h has ever been fourth floor of the Liberty build undertaken since the days w hen the ing in Medford. It is planned to Caesars connected a ll o f Ihe o u t open the office the first of next ly in g provinces o f Europe w ith Im - week. The office will be in charge p e rio l Home by roads , some o f of A1 Smith an executive. Articles w h ic h have lasted to th is day and of incorporation will be filed the commerce. When it is fin is h e d it first of the week. w ill have cost u p w a rd o f 8110,000,- Eva Le G alliene, w h o broadcasts ()(g) p rovided hy the states, counties Evidently the chap who named her plays over the VVABC chain, •mil m u n ic ip a litie s and hy the U n the Guy Lombarodo fans. Pansies speaks, reads and w rite s French, ited States G overnm ent. did not know that Lombardos ad German, Russian and Danish beside^ As every o th e r great road does, possessing a passing know ledge o f mirers are recruited from the un the Old Spanish T ra il is opening , Spanish Ita lia n and Greek. She derworld of Chicago and New Yo. k If you think Ray O’Haras lan- up new areas to settlem ents, to j plays Ihe piano g u ita r, h arp and in d u s try and to developm ent. U n , piccolo. H er fencing is so excel guorons tunes are the height of til it was cut th ro u g h fro m Jack- lent that her in s tru c to r eon tinu al- something, then you are a Sham .o n v ille west, five years ago. fe w 1 Iy urges her to give up the stage rock. Folks who tune in on Neil to u rists to F lo rid a ever saw the and ra d io so that he m ay make her Golden more often than others are lovely ro llin g c o u n try o f West F lo the w o rld s cham pion w ith Ihe fo ils. termed Golden rods. And a cauli rid a. the h ills and riv e rs and coast In c id e n ta lly , her com pany calls her flower is just another name for the cohorts of the inimitable Bernie line vistas that lie between T a lla “Saini Eva.” • • • Cummins. hassee and the b e a u tifu l c ity o f Pensacola. The opening o f Ihe T ra il If you are that way over the snap Rudy Vallee ha sheen aw arded an lias brought new life to Pensacola, a th le tic le tte r by the U n iv e rs ity o f py strains of Ozzie Nelsons band w h ich w ith ils m ag nifice nt h a rb o r Maine fo r his p op u la riza tio n o f the then you are nothing but a Ger ind new r a il connections n o rth “ M aine Stein Song.” At the te s ti anium. Those that adore the white w ard is ra p id ly re c a p tu rin g its an m onial d in n e r preceding the bestow hot Bert I-own orchestra belong cient im p o rta n ce as a seaport. And in g o f Ihe “ M” on the s lig h t should to the Hollyhock family. so. a ll ¡dong its route, the g ro w in g And I know you—You’re Petunia er» o f the crooner, it was said that tide o f m o to r to u ris ts fo llo w in g the p u h lie ity it has received d u rin g about Don Bigelow. Dont blame Die Old Spanish T r a il is discov Ihe broadcasting o f the song makes me, I didn’t name them. I am just e rin g and spreading the news to them expect a record e nrollm e nt. telling you. • • • Die rest o f the w o rld that in th is Some say th a t the school w ill have south and southw est there are op fo u r tim es as m any students in 1930 DID YOU KNOW p o rtu n itie s and beauties w h ic h few as it had in the previous year. My, That Harry Swan, WABC char had ever realized existed. oh m y. loo k w ha t a stein and a acter actor, once broadcast a drama îîrTRÊ^ f S tudios ÍBERTW Z1¿SM!TM Editor Enjoys Vacation In Idaho Country lo w voice has done fo r good ole Maine. • • • The newest th in g lo take the Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Shorb, and c o u n try by storm is the Radio G ar c h ild re n Eileen and Sammy left den o f Fans. F o llo w e rs o f Rudy T hursday Die 26th hy m o to r fo r Vallee are being called D affed ils by C ald w e ll. Idaho lo v is it M r. S horb’s ra d io colum nists. Those w ho place m other over Ihe F o u rth . W ill Osborn on the throne are te rm The local p la nt is in charge o f ed W eeping W illo w s . Fans w ho D orlan d K ir k d u rin g the edito rs adore Sm ith B allew are given the ¡disc nee. title o f Buttercups. Lovers o f Jan Garbers m usic arc called by the nom de plume o f Gardenias. Pioneer Celebration at in which he took all eleven parts. • • • That Merle Johnstone, the Colum bia system saxophone expert, main tains the female of the species learns lo play the “blue horn” twice as fast as the male? SAMBO’S PHILOSOPHY Canyonville The Fourth C u n y o n v ille is p u ttin g on a big pioneer celebration the F o u rth . One of Die idd stage coaches used m any years ago w ill he fo un d in the parade and o ilie r features illu s tr a t ing e o n d iitio n s as they existed in e arly days w ill he show n. Local III club g irls w ill put on a flo a t in Die parade illu s tra tin g th e ir w o rk . One o f Die big features o f the day w ill lx- Ihe ball game between Glendale and C an yo n ville . It is understood that Ihe best local ta l- t nt o f C an yo n ville , M y rtle Creek and B id dle as w e ll as outside ta l ent w ill he used to oppose Ihe fast Glendale team. M any o f the res idents o f 'Glendale and s u rro u n d in g te rr ito ry are p la n n in g to attend the celebration. JOE 6ISH /Y FREE A IR « M B '' most of the fo lk * W H O 6 A V T H E Y 'R E A 6 A I N 5 T P R O H IB IT IO N B E C A U S E ‘ T D O E S N 'T P r o h ib it ‘ w o u l d A 6 A IN * T M N E IF IT IT JU 5T be th e P IP * ' •*Blg mou’f Tom don ’low dat he a 'shoatln', cuttin’ nlggnh.’ An' he am. Evuh time he ol* woman grab up a frying' skillet, he shoot outen de back doeb an’ cut fo* de tall p lneysl”