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About Central Point star. (Gold Hill, Or.) 192?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1930)
« CENTRAL POINT STAR NUMBER I FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1*3« VOLUME TURRE NEW SI KIKE MADE AT REV EN U E MINE LAST WEEK I TODAY T O StOMOR ¿ A .. - .SV V.’Uiy < FRANK PARKER I 5T O < K g ftL P * £ TEMPERATURE A n Italian inventor lia» developed a heat-cooling furnace fo r domestic lo r. The same apparatui which keep« the home warm in W inter w ill draw the heat frutn the air in Summer and keep it cool. Scientists have known for eighty yean that thia could lie done, hut the cost has made it impraetdile. Now Professor E. Guarini, o f Milan, claims to have found a practical method of nukiiiK »mb a refrigerator heater. Fhe use of such a means o f a rtifi cial cooling requires all windows to lv tightly closed. Outside of the United States, however, few |ieople ever open their windows; and it should not lie difficult to provide fo r artificial ventilation to take the place o f direct fresh air from outside. The good news of u new strike til the Revenue mine was reported hist week end. File new discovery shows ii vein about three feel wide witti ore estimated id about 8200 per ton. The revenue was formerly known as the old Itholen pocket. Seattle interests have been develop hig the mine and they liuve now elosed down the property, tempor arily to effeet a reorganzulion of the company with u view io adding new equipment to the property and planning more extensive develop ment. • • a The country is full of mining men. looking for properties Io buy. Ihe report gained headway In Grants Pass, lust week thill the Matthews mine on Foots ('.reek had heel! sold for 875,000 but we found lhal Ihe deal hail not yet been made although there was a ileal trending. A mining engineer by the name Air Mail Plane ready Io tuke off for Initial flight from New Medford Airport w here dedication ceremony will be held next Monday night. Dandelion Has Many Economic Purposes THE FEDERATED CHURCHES J. M. Johnson, Paston Dedication of Medford Port By Air Tourists The fine old story of Naomi and Ruth is assigned us for study this week, and we are going to have a MOUNTAINS delightful time in the classes next The I gliett peak east of the Miss- Sunday. Bring some friend, and issippi .»n’t as high as had l>een lei them enjoy Ihe study and fellow tlKiiight The United States Geologi- ship with us. ey lias m '« a new survey of cal Sur' By Caleb Johnson Information, inspiration, and Mount M itrhell, in North Carolina, and fini 's that it is n.OU feet above spiritual stimulus will be found in Nobody knows how Ihe dande-iour lawns and gardens. Complete sea les I, or 2 t feet lower than New strikes were reported nt two eradication is impossible because it f< Rowing the studies on the Taber former figures. different properties in the Gold Hill ion got from Europe to America. has gained worldwide distribution. nacle which are being given by- MEDFORD LEGION POST WILL O ld s i few mountains in tlie East Anyone who has seen the dande It is thus found in waste places, Mrs. H. W. Davisson, in the y ing SPONSOR AIR CIRCUS AND approx iste a mile in height Cling- Dislriel this week but we were not people's gathering. All are wel i able to verify the reports but will lion »ceils floating away on their giving seeds to furnish a good sup- j CELEBRATION AT TH E man's I tie, Tennessee, is ',.<>44 leet. ' endeavor Io do so by next week. feathery wings—as who has not? ply for all lawns and parks. The come. oi.ly 40 eel low er than Mount M it- MEDFORD PORT The pastor announces that the lount Washington, in New There tire also more mining deals —might imagine that they floated windblown seeds are produced all shell. 1 lamps! e, is 6.2XH; Mount Rogers, ' pending in the district which may across the Atlantic in the »ame way summer; hence the seeds are found tnornng services will present some Virginia 5,719 feel; Mount Katahdin. The Citizens of Medford, Oregon, of the out-standing passages of the ! mnteriiilize soon. At tiny rale this were it not for the fact that the ( any and everywhere. M ame, JOB feet, or 12 feel less than will celebrate the arrival of the Pa old testament. Beginning with the wind is always blowing the other Southern Oregon eountry is surely a mile, I he highest American in-»un- To give an idea of the seed pro fact of the presence of God, and cific Northwest Air Tour in the 1 being given u "look” by Ihe mining w a y . lain it Mount McKinley, Alaska, duction, a controlled plant was ob 20.300 f . t high, w ith Mount W h it men of the eountry and there is lit Anyway, Ihe dandelion has been served for a whole season at the dealing from Sum ay to Sunday "Pear City” August 4th, be an elab ney, Cal forma, next, at 14,501 tcei. tle doubt bul what there will be with us for two hundred years or j New York Botanical gardens. The with great scriptural truths. Next orate dedication of their new $120,- A ll th- highest mountains are tin k The celebration minty new developments soon. more, and everybody who has ever average number of seeds given by i Sunday evening the subject will be: 000,00 Airport. le a m illion years even the •ng. will be sponsored by Medford Post The Nature of Sin.” Good song ■ 1 » » ------- - tried Io keep a green lawn green one flower was two hundred. The _____ -i nay I * merely bitls, and tire No. 15 of the American Legion and I messages w ill assist our worship. I YOUTH DIEP— VICTIM Appalad .an range a fiat plain. is painfully conscious of its pre plant produced twenty seven flow will feature th greatest “air circus" OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS sence. ers during the season; thus from SHER OCK ever witnessed in Southern Oregon. The <1 ath of S ir A rth u r Conan Not that tthe dandelion is not one plant 5.400 seeds were develop Party in Park The Misses Avis Ayers and Gen Famous Pilots with speedy aircraft This community was saddened beautiful. Unlike most weeds, it ed. From one field of dandelions, Iioylc at 71 removes from the earth Thursday Io learn of Hie death of bus an attractive flower, it is al enough seeds are produced to sup eva Brown entertained last Monday of every kind and description are ly scene he creator of one of the en- d u iiiig characters m fiction ami the Donald Nichols who passed away most as attractive when it goes to ply many lawns miles away. The evening by giving a party ia the expected to take part in the “stunt father of a new school of story w rit at bis home about 9:30 V edensday , seed, its leaves are good to eat, a..d seeds develop parthenogciitically City park. About twenty five boys show” Monday afternoon as well ing. as the evening program and the present The evening, a victim of infantile paral- j its roots have medicinal value. : X u “^ Z U^ T ' i ^ = : | a n , i ,,r t. Educated as a physician. C onsn night parade to follow. M„„“ methods nee «nene....... foe t»« — ’ >*"> <«•»>•“ « " " " vsis. He was tin- son of Mr. and j Doyle early turned to literature, and Really. after all the only thing the Among the noted pilots on the while he wrote several historical which a bountiful supper was serv Mrs. Roy Nichols and was well mutter with the dandelion is that it the eradication of the weed. The novels i f great merit, his immense day’s program will be Miss Dorothy known and loved hv evervon -. destroys the smooth, green velvet commonest method used is in dig ed. success was with his stories of the Hester. 19-year-old aviatrix, who effeet that particular people strive ging them out with a spud or knife, super de ective, Sherlock Holmes. was the first woman in history to Garage Burna Literally m illi ns of copies ot hrs for in their lawns. And that, after cutting them out so that usually vents the entrance and the estab do the dangerous outside loop and A fire Monday night nt 9:30 P. books aliout Sherlock Holmes have is merely a matter of fashion, been sold, and the name is fam iliar M. completely destroyed a repair all. some fashionable leader should parts of the roots are unavoidably- lishment of the new seedlings of upside down outside spin; Tex Han- If left in the ground. If this method j weeds in general. wherever English is spoken. kin, famous cross-country flier; garage in Ihe northern part of the slart the fashion of a dandcion is persisteil in, eventually the plants No real drtretive ever did things Sucess sometimes is also had with Nick Nainer, Gordon Mounce, Edith city belonging Io C. D. Garman. All die way Sherlock Holmes did, but lawn, everybody would be trying are destroyed, providing that in the tlie use of white colver over infest- Foltz and many others. A total of eforts of the volunteer fire depart that nt.ikes no difference. What to grow them! cutting all ---------- leaves are cut away. ...... .. — ed dandelion areas. The clover, un- over fifty planes from all parts of readers of detective stories want is ment Io check Ihe flames were fu As a matter of fact, the dandelion The roots ar perennia land have ,i r ordinary conditions, if drainage the Northwest is expected to par not fact but illusion. tile. The garage was operated in connectio. willi the Gnrmnn Ser is cultivated by many people in a food storage system, which pre- ¡s good, withstands climate well ticipate in the night parade which WAS! IINGTON serves the plant over non-growing anj ¡s capable of crowding out grass will be the first event of its kind vice station. The damage was es different parts of the world. In 1932 the United States o f Am er In America as far as most of us seasons. If no leaves are permitted an{j seeds, but it sometimes dies ever featured in this section of the ica w ill celebrate the 200th birthday timated at several hundred dollars. o f George Washington. He was born Much of Ihe loss consisted of house go in economic use of the dande to grow the roots use up their Out due to various diseases which Coast. The brilliantly lighted fleet on February IL 1732, and the 11th hold effects which were stored in lion is to collect the leaves in the storage supply, with the result that attack it. leaving bare spots and will parade through the skies fol was the day which was celebrated as early spring and boil them for the plant starves out. But the re- places for the dandelion to return, lowing the night exhibition. A the garage building. his birthday for many years But the •greens.’’ In Eranee an especially quisite is: no leaves must be per- j The spray methods are often used triple parachute drop will be an change in the calendar in 1754, by Weeds in general other event which promises to thrill large-leafed variety of dandelion is milted to develop; otherwise, food wi, h SUCCess. which 11 days were dropped out o f Visiting Parents the month o f September in that year, Mr. and Mrs. Hull Norcross ami cultivated for food. The name dan is stored and the roots will develop are easily eradicated by iron-sut- the crowds. The rand finale of the made this anniversary, hv an exact | phate sprays if properly applied evening will be in the form of a son and Mr. Paul Norcross of l.o delion is in passing, is French. It a new plant. calculation, fa ll on the 22nd. is tt corruption of “dent de lion, Any part of the root after being and at the right time. If the spray big aviation ball given by the Am Angeles are here visiting their par The national celebration o f 1932, ents. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Norcross meaning ’lion's tooth, from a fan cut will send up a new shoot, , ¡s fine no injury is done io the erican Legion in the new hangar fo r which Congress has appropriated Roth boys were raised in Central cied resmblanre to the leaf to a hence, the starvation method will grass. If sprayed about once a building at which the visiting pi $4,500,000, w ill last from February 22 finally destroy the old plants. But month it kills dandelions and the lots will be guests of honor. “Miss Point and are always glad to meet tooth. to Thanksgiving. Ihe President is The French also use the dattde this method is bad, not only is the pesty plainlain. The general solu Medford,” winner of second place their many friends here. I hey en chairman of the Washington Bicen tennial Commission, and each Slate joyed a fishing Irip to Fish Lake lion leaves as a salad, the slightly lawn constantly disturbed and tion recipe is two pounds of sul in the recent state beauty contest is to appoint a similar commission. hitter taste being relished by many made unlsghtly by Ihe holes made phate to a gallon of water. Spray test will preside over the affair. last week. Local committees w ill Fe formed to Medford citizens are justly proud palates. The Germans, on the other n it. but it entails far too much about two to three days after cut sec to it that every child ¡.ml every of their new 8120,000.00 Airport, ting and do not cut for the same hand, boil the leaves and serve work for small results, as many of Grants Paw» Visitors Here citizen has an opportunity to take Mr. and Mrs. Hurry Dubbs mid them as a vegetable and in some us know and it does not prevent length of time after spraying. Care which is one of the finest on the part in some form of local celebra tion. family of Grants Pass spent Ihe localities harvest them for cattle the thousands of new seeds blown must be taken in the use of the sul Coast, and welcome the opportun I hope that the picture o f Wash in from fields and neighboring phate, because it discolors clothes ity to fittingly dedicate this splen week end here visiting friends and fodder. ington as something between a saint did new property. They have ar relatives. When treated ns chicory, the roots lawns to establish themselves in and stone walks. and a ilcnn god, su long perpetuated In, gravel paths and drives, a ranged an attractive program for the vacated places of the old plants. will produce a Winter salad very in the name of patriotism, w ill I k - re One of the easiest methods of get .lumber of good methods are sug the entertainment of outside visit placed in the public mind by the im much like ihe “barbe de cnpucin.” SAMBO’S PHILOSOPHY The roots are also employed, in ting rid of the dandelion ami other gested to prevent the recurrence of ors on August 4 and extend a cor pression o f him as a very human sort of person, but I am afraid not. stead of chicory for mixing in cof lawn, old weeds are cut down and weeds after hoeing. Salt can be dial invitation to every1 one to at 7 Z ¿ _ / fee. thereby becoming both a filler ing. This method checks the weeds sprayed to make a white covering tend. SMITHSONIAN At the start, lawns should be given of the ground. Washing soda is and substitute. More than KM) years ago James Smithson, a wealthy Englishman who Its most important use is medic an extra heavy seeding of blue grass used, five pounds to ten gallons. was the illegitimate son of a British inal. The roots are dug up in the using five to ten pounds of seed Other substances used are carbolic nobleman, e ft his entire fortune to Fall and dried and sold for medic upon a 100-150 lot once every three acid, 5 to 10 per cent, copper sul the United States of America to found inal purposes in drug stores under months, say April, July and Sep phate, ammonium sulphate 4.100 "an institution fo r the increase and anil hydrochloroic acid, 2 to 4 per diffusion o, knowledge among men.' Ihe name of Taraxacum, which is tember. This makes a fine mat of cent. lawn, prevents bare spots for dan Congress just before adjournment Ihe generic name of Ihe common Other methods to eradicate dan this year appropriated $6,500,000 to dandelion. At one time the root delions to get a start and usually add to previous appropriations fo r the delions are the use of ammonium gives the lawn the desired appear was employed as a remedy for enlargement of the Smithsonian Insti sulphates acids and kerosene or ance. many internal ailments, but now is tution and its National Museum. oils. When 'he dandelion is cut, Weeds in general, particularly the officially used ns a mild laxative. Smithson’s bequest and the purpose In India, where plant is native, dandelion are sunloving. Ils young a drop of the above suggested solu to which it has been put have been w orth uncountable millions to Amer it has never been used by the nat seedlings cannot tolerate the shade tions is placed on the cut surfac^ ica Research in pure science con ives for medicinal purposes. The and the dense mat of a compact of the root. This is rather a tedious ducted by the men in charge of the Un Swiss require it to be gathered in lawn. By persistent mowing of the method, hut it is efficient. Institution has done more toward the doubtedly, the heavy seeding me town, old weeds are cut down and Spring. It is collected ehifel.v in development of our national resour ces than atty other one cause, so those Europe and thousands of pounds cannot survive as quickly as the thod is the best, for it assures a fa m ilia r w ith the matter say. It is are exported to all parts of the blue grass. They are thus crowded good lawn, discourages the en the center to which everybody who 1 ON world. Teas and wines are made out. If they are not destroyed, the trance of weeds, and entails but lit wants to know anything about Amer tle effort. Tlie presence of dande “Boss man 'low da» bttrkln dawgs FOUND OUT TCT 1$ WHEN old plants should be cut out. Thus the flowers. from ican soils, rocks, fishes, plants, trees, don' iievnh bite—but Imw us gwtne Even though it has economic the heavy seeding method is per lions always indicates good soil, DO M O 5Û UlTO e$ insects or animals goes for precise in ter tell dot kin' o’ dawgs fra de --- yjlllt it. i IB formation. It is also the greatest value», what most of u» want to haps the best, for it not only de bul once this is known, they should source o f inform ation on applied set* in the form oi invention. of Price from Idaho slopped over for a short time today and made an inspection of some properties in the Eools Creek vicinity. No report eoulil Ire obtained at present althou be stated thul he expected Io be buck again in the near future to make further inquiries. UITIN' dawgs dat barks, TOOT’ Jtnow it bow to get rid of it from stroy» the old plants, but It pre- be destroyed unless desired.
