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CENTRAL POINT STAR
NUMBER I
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1*3«
VOLUME TURRE
NEW SI KIKE MADE AT
REV EN U E MINE LAST WEEK
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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.
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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.
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lias
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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
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tried Io keep a green lawn green one flower was two hundred. The
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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.
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methods
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He
was
tin-
son
of
Mr.
and
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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.
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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
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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 $6,500,000 to
dandelion. At one time the root delions to get a start and usually
add to previous appropriations fo r the
delions
are the use of ammonium
gives
the
lawn
the
desired
appear
was employed as a remedy for
enlargement of the Smithsonian Insti
sulphates
acids and kerosene or
ance.
many internal ailments, but now is
tution and its National Museum.
oils. When 'he dandelion is cut,
Weeds
in
general,
particularly
the
officially
used
ns
a
mild
laxative.
Smithson’s bequest and the purpose
In India, where plant is native, dandelion are sunloving. Ils young a drop of the above suggested solu
to which it has been put have been
w orth uncountable millions to Amer
it has never been used by the nat seedlings cannot tolerate the shade tions is placed on the cut surfac^
ica
Research in pure science con
ives for medicinal purposes. The and the dense mat of a compact of the root. This is rather a tedious
ducted by the men in charge of the
Un
Swiss require it to be gathered in lawn. By persistent mowing of the method, hut it is efficient.
Institution has done more toward the
doubtedly, the heavy seeding me
town,
old
weeds
are
cut
down
and
Spring.
It
is
collected
ehifel.v
in
development of our national resour
ces than atty other one cause, so those
Europe and thousands of pounds cannot survive as quickly as the thod is the best, for it assures a
fa m ilia r w ith the matter say. It is
are exported to all parts of the blue grass. They are thus crowded good lawn, discourages the en
the center to which everybody who
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world.
Teas and wines are made out. If they are not destroyed, the trance of weeds, and entails but lit
wants to know anything about Amer
tle effort. Tlie presence of dande
“Boss man 'low da» bttrkln dawgs
FOUND OUT TCT 1$ 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
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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.