ERICAN
BE ST N A T U R A L LOCATION
l o r a Large M a - iu f a c tu n a g cit y ia
Jackson County, with Rich
Mine»
and Fine Tim ber.
VOL I
IT
IS
TH E C EN TR AL POINT AM ERICAN TH U R SD A Y , JA N U A R Y 14, 1926
“THE.
BIGGEST
TH E
TH IN G
ROGUE
IN
RIVER
VALLEY’
Population Considered, Central Point Is Said to Have
Had the L ä g est Bible Class Attendance in America
Last Sunday. People Attracted From Other Towns
It is a time-honored American tradition that a man must never
speak anything but good of h»s native town. He muat blind his
eyes to its faults; or, at least, he must never **.y anything about
them. This is the tradition that has given rise to Boosters' clubs,
to slogans of “ Boost— don’t knock” and similar ones. Not a bad
idea, this praising your home town. Civic patriotism is a fine thing.
But many tine* the highest form o f civic patriotism lies in crit
icising your town for ail you are worth. Faults don’t drop out o f
existence if they are ignored. The only way to make a town all
it ought to be is by calling attention to its. defects until people are
ready to abolish them. Boosters are good. But sometime« a good
knocker is worth a lot more.
OCKERMAN RETURNS
CALIFORNIA
NUMBER 39
DIRECTORS AND AR CH ITECTS MEET TO
CONSIDER PLANS FOR N E W BUILDING
HOM E T O W N FAULTS
One hundred seven attended the Men’s Bible Class at
the Cowley Hall last Sunday morning. This is the larg
est attendance since it was organized a few weeks ago.
Next Sunday it is expected that two jiundi^d men will
be present.
The contest for membership between the Reds and BLACKMAIL PLOT NIPPED BY
Blues is putting a lot oi “ pep” and fun into the friendly, i
WOMAN
tjiougl1 hotly contested drive. The Lieutenants are using
Jan. 9.— Ordered.
all
tact
known
to military
rules
to bring
their
colors
out 1 t«V*»Ienaa
Grantr’ a n n U P . a .
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o f torture and death,
victorious. Every member of the class is giving n i~ [ to place three hundred dollars in a
leader all possible assistance, and as a consequence i t j i ^ a u h e “ * * ]* ’ entr«^ce“to the
has actually grown to be “ The Biggest Thing in the ment of the Riverside school, Miss
Rogue River Valley.”
Elia Curtis d»*. south sixth stre«*.
G R E A T E S T A G R IC U L T U R A L
cen ter in the great
R ogu e
R ire»
V alley and nurrouaded by the beet
O rchard* ia O r ego a.
FROM
The Members of Our Local Educational Board met W e d
nesday Evening With Architects TourteUotte &.
Hummel to Consider Plans for the New High School
Building. Nothing definite was decided on and the
Board Is Meeting this Afternoon for Further
Deliberation.
Cential Point and vicinity are coming to the place,
as far as educational facilities are concerned, where they
must either take a progressive step forward, or in time,
lose good citizens who will be forced to educate their
children elsewhere.
W hy not keep up with the .progress that other cities
in this section are making toward educational advance
ment, in view of the proven fact that money spent upon
such public improvements, increases the valuation of the
property taxed more in proportion, than the cost of the
improvement.
O. Ockerman returned the first
of the week from a throe week's
trip intc southern California and
Mexico, where he spent Christmas
with friends.
Mr. Ockerman says the sun was
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1 refused - to
and -r~
hjis »hining brightly during the time he
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he public has played a arge part m j turned o w to the police . blafk.1 was thnre, only
showrt. of
dersittod the purpose of the organ
Newcomers do not usk so much
illation. It is an organization inde ths change of attitude toward child maiI letter received by her
! occurring. On inquiry as to his im- as to what amount the district or city testing laboratory at O. A. C. now
natur*. This has been supplemented
Not
only
was
Miss
Curtis
threat
pendent ef any-church. Its purpose:
will have both purity nnd germin
pressions of industrial conditions he I ¡_ , __ ,_,
What they will insist
by studious persons who were inter I ened by the blackmailers, but her
A place where- men can gather on
ation tests mailed out in about one
tells us that there seems to be a
upon
is
that
their
prospective
home
ested.
launt, Mrs. M. E. Curtia, now in the steady and what will no doubt be
Sunday morning to study- tfle Bible;
week from date o f receipt, says
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“ The doctr,ne " f
«oodhess gtate ho, pital at Salem, wa3 als0 ^ a permanent growth in the cities and is on a par with the educational and G. R. Hysiop, professor of farm crops
to
create good fellowship;
to get ac
civic
facilities
o
f
other
communities.
quainted with their neighbors, and 1 “ r lpnate badness of human nature j be failed uniess the money was left rural sections o f southern Cali
in charge. Longer time will be re-
Whatever arrangements are made,
has been discarded for the doctrine 1 as directed. Efforts by the police
help each other over the stony places
fornia. However., the population is in regards to the new building plans, puired in late January and February
o f Moral Evolution.”
during two days have failed to bring largely growing outward from the
as there is always a rush on then.
in the pathway of life.
the people can be assured that our
There is no one cause o f juvenile an arrest in the plot.
Why has this class succeeded?
cities and many homes are being present board o f directors are well Orchard grass and uluegrass take
delinquency.
Investigation shows
Officers are still working on the built a number of miles from the
about four weeks as germination is
Because Central Point and its com
qualified to conduct the business
that delinquency . . arises from many case in an endeavor to follow cloee-
munity is composed o f citizens that
city centers, the reason being that along conservative lines, and that slow.
^
are progressive and want- tur see and variea conditions. In determin- j>Iy the few cluea they have
Use o f sodium nitrate or ammon
the expense of keeping up the home they represent the voice of the ma
their community - pointed! out as one mg the cause o f delinquency in one i services of a handwriting expert in the smaller towns is not as great
ium sulfate tends to offset the de
jority o f people.
tfiat any person would want to live case it is found that the same cause | have been obtained to gtudy the ,et. as in the city, although the same
pressing effect o f grain straw or o f
often d o j» net exist at all in another | ter> whicU wng turned over by Mfas
ilg. and m is» his children.
advantages are enjoyed. In some or private capital will have to put shade crops, the experiment station
Men are now attending- this class
-ru ; Ca* ' .
..
Curtisi to the outhoritie*. This let- cases the school children living sev- in like plants. One drawback is the says. Ammonium sulfate tends to
The instincts o f curiosity, play, ex- 'ter wag f ound h Mlsg Curtig ifl h erj era| miieg
t
t
d f
their slow process of retting and drying improve the structure of heavy soils,
from all the surrounding country
and are even- coming from other elem ent, adventure, etc. , may. if . mai, box Thursday morning. She I homes morning and evening, the and the big investment of money but increases the acidity on acid
not properly directed and allowed
nearby towns.
Mi-. Business Man,
was told to deposit the money that ! round trip costing only a nickel, and tied up in large stocks during the soils of a humid region.
legitimate ways, Ifead
.
Oregon farmers at this season im
o f Central Point, are- you attending? n out*et *n legitimate wuys, lead j njgbt, but instead she appealed to j there are a number o f different slow process."
These qualities. | the officers, who prepared a lw 1
If you are not, find a Red or Blue- to delinquency.
One o f the stockholders o f the prove the time to make improve-
| means o f conveyance fbr the persons
being innate desires, will seek satis- ' for the congpiratorgi
card and begin next Sunday-. You
should they j working in the larger places.
Miles Linen Mill at Salem, just ments and repairs, Many are haul
faction if not by fair, by fbul means. ¡attempt to carry their plot to a con
will find that it has been an- hour
It will be interesting to Central completed, stated surveys show that ing drain tile needed for early spring
Environment no dbubt, is o f vast elusion.
The experiment station ad
well spent. It doesn’t make any
Point people to know that Mr. Ock 200,000 acres were grown in 1925, use.
importance in determining the out
Chief o f Police C. E. Mc-Lan«. erman visited at the home of M. O. and the* the state contracted for vises that some sizes of tile are like
difference where or whether you go
come. One author attributes all to Sheriff William Hayes and Police
to church, attend this class.
Broadbent, who now has charge of about 2,500 acres. Asked what be ly to be out o f stock in the local
surroundings, saying that the reform Officer
Bert
Kenyon
cuncealed a lumber yard in Long Beach. He thought o f farmers going in for in tile yards before spring and should
A musical' nuarbor Has been ar
school boy is a representative of the themselves early at the appointed
Me ordered now.
ranged for each Sunday, combined
also visited J. E. Mason, o f Long creased production, he replied;
average natural boy, and that the place. One o f their men was dressed
Oregon farmers having wet lands
with other singing and a short talk
‘‘I have not gone into the matter
Beach. Mr. Mason is conducing a
majority o f menshould admit that as a woman to take the place o f Miss
on the Bible lesson by the teacher.
Riding Academy and is enjoying a very much beyond the needs of our are securing plans and estimated
the reason they did not graduate Curtis and he fent to the school
At the close o f the services you are
own plant. Our mill manufactures costs for complete drainage, install
nice business in that line.
from the same sort o f institution building with a package supposed to
invited to attend either church in
With other friends Mr. Ockerman finest twine and linen fabrics, and ing the most necessary drains first
was because -of the difference in contain
the
money
demanded. went from San Diego, Cal., to Tia we get our material from the prison and the other drainage needede when
Central Point.
their environment.
This was deposited as required by Juana, Mexico. This was an inter plant after they work it up for us, time and funds permit, reports thu
In February a big banquet will be
Feeble mindedness often leads to the letter but, although the polios
given by the losing side (Bed or
esting crip, we feel sure, and no ready for use. Whether the prison e x p e r im e n t , s t a t i o n .
delinquency because o f the inability waited for several hour*, no oao
Parking and “ plow side” ia Or»»
doubt ha will tall yon more about plant will be enlarged to meet in
ffloe) to all the members and their
o f those afTlicted to Use prudence appeared to take the money. They
creased production, o r whether gon are encouraged by pasturing
it, should you care to ask him.
wives which wiir also bo the "B ig
in the management of themselves or gave out the first public announce
gest Thing in the Rogue- River.” '
On -his return he stopped a short others will put in like plants, I do when land is wet or soft or by con-
their affairs. Even in the highest ment today and stated that they
Come out next Sunday and help
time at Dunsmuir and Weed, Cat., not know, but certainly this part of itnued plowing to a uniform depth,
class o f feeble-mindedness the power have several suspected under sur
boost the class and' lifcntral Point,
visiting Henry Riley and family at the industry must be taken care of says the experimet station. Var
o f resistance i» weak. They aremore veillance.
and really make it an class that is
the former place and at the latter if we ure to make flax a leading in iation in the depth o f plowing and
often influenced by someone else to
The letter follows:
he was with the Grover East and dustry of the valley, for mills must the use o f legume crops like clover
known all over the country as well
do an immoral act than* because of
"Miss Ella Curtis: As you are re Mrs. Elsie Diiling families. Mrs. have the raw material worked into are overcoming this condition.
as a community known to abide ini
their o w n
initiative.
Probably ceiving some money you have no
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Dtlling was known here as Miss Elsie shape for them. I have been told
good community fellowship,
neglect by others gives them no high right to get, we have something to
that the prison plant has about GOOD COWS MAKE PROFIT
Duron.
er motive than baseness and natur say to you. If you will put $300
BAD ONES GET "THE AX’*
reached its capacity.’’
P. T. A. MEETING
ally they fall into line.
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round dollars in the box, which is atjC L A X INDUSTRY O F
A big slaughter of “ hum rows'*
IN
PERIOD
OF
Offenses against law and moral the girls’ entrance o f the basement,
WILLAMETTE VALLEY RAILROADS
By Nettie B. Shaley
was made by the seven cow-testing
EXPANSION
ity
vary
with
age
and
sex,
probably
°n
»the
rear
o
f
the
Riverside
school
tin last Friday afternoon a goodly
associations reporting for November
Many requests for information
number o f parents and teachers met necause tha same offense- would not at the left of the rear door, facing
University of Oregon, Jan. 7.— to N. C. Jamison, testing specialist
at the gymnasiunn in a Parent- tempt persons o f different age, nor the building from the rear, by Jan. and advice regarding the new flax
often the desire to perform an o ff 7, 1926. Put it there between 7 and industry of the Willamette Valley Railroads are in a period of expan o f the state college extension ser
Teachers’ Meeting.
ense
o f the same type would not ex 8 o ’clock on January 7, 1926. In come to the State Market Agent De sion now after six years o f depres vice, seventy-six having been sent to
As it is discussed in another col-
sion, according to Dr. Peter C. the butcher.
ivnn o f this paper we will here men ist in persons o f opposite sex. "Age the box there at the described place. partment, and C. E. Spence says he
Crockatt, professor of transportation
The number o f cows tested in tho
affects
the
nature
o
f
offenses
be-
j
Leave
right
after
going
there.
If
has
had
to
go
to
the
growers
them
tion only certain phases.
at the University, who has just pub seven sssociations was 4502; average
The Rev. Johnson read a beauti- cause in earlier years the strength j not done, you and your aunt will be selves for much of the information
lished the third o f a group o f papers pounds of milk, 558.5; average
a great desire for the love o f the and mental capacity necessary for tortoured to death inside o f a month. they ask his department for.
dealing
with railrouds. The Associ pounds of fut, 23.9; 40-pound cows,
The information most of the grow
Remember the glasses your aunt paid
Flag” , in which a mother expressed j
■ « '»eking,
ated Editors, Inc., syndicated the 362.
a grear desire for the love oCiiie-l
ImPul*e,! » " d
instincts difTer $425 for. If you want to live and ers ask for is will they be warranted
articles.
The highest herd in fat yield wan
flag to be inculcated ¡0 her boy’s
wlth a*e. Inborn traits and youg aunt at Salem to live, do thia. in going into flax growing as a maj
From 1916 to 1922 more mileage J. O. Convill's o f the Columbia assoc
heart and life.
desires are prominent in determin Don’t say a word to anyone or some- or crop; what the price outlook is,
in this country was abandoned than iation. averaging 48.7 pounds. The
ing the nature o f an offense.
| thing will happen. Remember $300 and if the two new flax mills will
Scout Commissioner Cook, o f Med-
There is much discussion as to a round silver dollars. Your sincerely, j b« able to take the production if added to railway holdings, Crockatt | highest in milk p. oduction wu herd
fbrd, spoke at some length on the
stated. This was probably due, he I 42 of Lincoln, averaging 774 p- ;nds.
Boy Scout Movement which Is- now means o f cure for these conditions | the New York and Los Angeles j farmers generally go into flax believes, to the great amount of
The honor purebrej cow was also
but the one o f moral evolution is gang.’
raising?
As partially answering
so popular and is gaining in pop
important. Without having access
these inquiries, Mr. Spence quotes railroad properties that went into Mr. Convill's, Livia a registered Jer
ular approval every year. Mr. Cook
to a book giving a definition'of mor-
F. E. Stephenson, who recently a farmer of Polk county, who has the hands o f receivers because of sey giving 118r pounds of milk with
do Id o f the many lesson« that the boy
I» ' evolution we believe it to be a moved here with his family fr o m ; for ten years experimented with previous reckless expansion. Statis 80.5 pounds o f fat. Herd H of Red
scouts are taught and' o f the High
_
. .
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_.
. __ I means whereby we may re-direct a California, presented the Men’s Bible flax growing, and who is well in- tics for the past five years show that mond had the honor high grade cow,
motives set before them. The boy
tura, butiatt
so that it becomes Class last Sunday with a fine desk j formed on all phases f the industry :4 the transportation companies are Peg, producing 1140 pounds o f milk
scouts are taught to do practical
with 74.1 pounds of fat.
| helpful rather than harmful.
In- to be used by the officers^ F. E.
’’ I believe that eventually flax pro again building.
work; they are taught how to admin-
Busses have made such serious in to J. H. Busch o f Columbia assoc-
....
, „
.
,'atincta must be guided, gu: •
is one of the best boosters we have duction and manufacture will be
ister “ first aid;" they are t»u gh r;and control|ed
The h>nor high grade herd belongs
for Central Point and we are glad lending industries for the Willamette roads into passenger trade of Amer
•bedience, respect fbr others, to be-
The organisation o f the Scout* *° have him a citizen of our town. Valley, but just now a prediction ican companies that western carriers istion, whose eight grade Jerseys
unselfish, to do at least one kind a c t , •
. .,
.
...
as to how soon this will come would are only covering from 12 to 17 per j averaged 901.6 pounds of milk with
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.v
_ _
, 1 '• on* o f the way' in which this may
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each day for tome other perwn ar.d ,be done but m { a |
^ M
The Mizns Geraldine and Vivian
cent o f their gross operating ex- | 46.2 pounds o f fat.
be little more than guesswork.
many other splemHd trarts o f char- methods an(J mejmji f
ti
1 Jones are among those absent from
“ There seems to be considerable penses front passengers, Crockatt | Rapid improvement in milk and
actor. Mr. Cook spoke o f the « o u t l motivej #nd Qf properly dirpc, in' j school because o f rofcU.
| cream production is resulting from
misunderstanding about the matter stated.
organization as satisfying the social ;ngtinctJ| ig nece#9ary
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The most unusual characteristic | the testing work that picks out tho
in some ways, and many farmers
instinct or as it is now sometimes, j p Jewett
ofT ^
but in groups; not blind obedience,
are under the impression that the of early American railroad construe-1 good producers for profitable pro-
thought o f as the “ gang" instinct, es- , o f th<
He sold that there but obedience nee canary to social two new flax millls will buy flax tion was the bridge line connecting duction and sends the low producers
penally strong in boys. He spoke
j are several views as to what is the living.
direct from the inarms and work it distant points along the Atlantic and to the butcher. The improvement
o f how the "gang" may be developed
How shall we develop self-re into the various products in their over the iqountains. This method of j is moat noticeable generally in those
| purpose o f the public school. He
into a body o f persons whose tend
construction may again be brought t associations that have conducted
j spoke o f the value o f criticism of liance? By teaching the subjects factories.
encies are to do good rathgr than
into use because busses are taking 1 testing for the longest time,
| the schools, because it will keep the necessary to every-day living and
“
As
.
understand,
these
linen
mills
bad acts, in contradiction t*» the
Removal o f all remnants o f ann-
i leaders working to discover mean* self-support. These subjects are the will pot buy any flax from the far trade from the carriers. Bridge line
usual object o f the gang. This
Reading,
Writing, mer*. but will depend on the flax connections ayuld be mode in places I uaIs in flower beds— root, stem,
I ° f bettering them. Some people fundamentals,
thought led the writer e f this ar
• branch and leaf ia a note ry seni-
I say, though this is an extreme view, Arithmetic.
mill at the penitentiary for the!> impassable to trucks, busses, etc.
ticle to search out her notes on
Mr. Jewett stated that the schools material, after the prison factory , this manner the railroads would In- 'tction mensure in most Oregon
that children should be educated to
"Child Psychology," a Corre»pon-
, the experiment station
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that — they
make more money
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,
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, - - may
J
m unn-.arc trying to teach patriotism by ha. worked the raw flax into the ! ‘ ure pr" f,t o f lh*ir
<;rock:,tt
says. It i* generally true that fun
.*nc' fou^,*
,n lo p t ’
while others think education is for precept and by example, through the various forms wanted by the mills, j P°'nt*d out-
rt, the year o f 1924. We , p o t ^ . |ri|tuim| ^
on¡y
gus diseases and insect pclti are
Jewett attitude o f the teacher, by the sing- The linen mills will then go on with j
few o f these which may interest
FARM POINTERS
carried over from one season to tho
says that the school has many pur- 'nC o f patriotic songs, the presenta- its further manufacture into many I
some leader.
n eit In dead pfant remnant*.
poses but ene o f the main points, tioa Of patriotic melodies, the giving different products.
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o A- C.
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The fact that juvenile faults.im- ; now emphtaized in the public schodl o f the flag salute, etc.
“ So it appears to me that at the j
I I "tplq ground in Oregon or other , Mr. I’axson, proprietor of the
moralities, end crimes have been in- ‘ ystom is training for good citizen- i The right use o f leisure time is present time the success
of flax j |and that has been in cultivated crop. Paxaon Drug Store, was on the sick
creasing, has led thinking people t e , , hip. Good citÌMnghip iBeiudM u ^ lb e in g encourage i by the boy scout I growing depends very largely
f 1 ' '• provided with a cover crop to pro- I list a day or two last week, but ia
try to investigate the cause o f the* development o f many virtues among movement, also the Camp fire diri th- mill at the state prison and the
and change the manner e f dealing which are obedience, self-reliance, movement, by the giving and direct- succem and enlargeme.it of that vent winter leaching, says the cjtper- now at hin usual duties in the store,
iment station. When rains prevent 1
- ■
with such eases.
The publie ia
genres and amuse plant. There is no doubt but the
patriotism, good character, and the in* o t
machine
seeding
on
such
land
vetch
|
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•
^
nn*
Wright,
math- r
Mrs.
realising that the old method o f hand
ments, stimulating interest in good farmer* will grow, for the reason
Frank Cochran, ia somewhat im-
Png juvenile crime cases ia ¡re right use o f leisure time.
and
barley
are
groadcaat
and
lightly
reading etc.
¡that the prison plant has its limits,
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_____ at present.
_
7 proved
in health
He mention* obedience f'rst
efficient.
The study o f Child
*
1 baa hoen in failing health for
j There should not be a separation and when that is reached it willhave covered until well mis “ November.
y«voho!pTY and it* f resentetie n t «Kune we do not live to oursrlve* f moral and iatoUectnal traiaiag. • to culirjp? ¿ind '.ucrvai: itj output
seed er:t li,> in c ieei time previous to thia.
j