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
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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
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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
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hei a'.d
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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.
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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.
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By Edson R. W aite
Sliuw iice, Oklahoma
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,,'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.
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► D i!) YOH EVER STOP TO
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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-
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Vo.it ma '. o f ‘ V
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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,
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NUMBER 49
4, »930
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.”
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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.
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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
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S tudios
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Editor Enjoys Vacation
In Idaho Country
lo w voice has done fo r good ole
Maine.
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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.
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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.
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Evuh time he ol* woman grab up a
frying' skillet, he shoot outen de back
doeb an’ cut fo* de tall p lneysl”