THURSDAY. JANUARY 28, 1926 THE CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN .fr PAGE THREF trolling standard of com|iarative price levels. Our zeal to proceed up On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. , on the theory that this readjustment ! Tom Pankey entertained by giving! will be permanent is t empered by one of the many chain parties that memories of previous experience, by are being held for the benefit of the | study o f precedents, and by obser- P. T. A. \ation o f present trends such as have The afternoon was spent in games caused agricultural distress in the and stunts given hy the ladies. Then I past. While reaffirming our confi all repaired to the dining room whore dence in the ultimate stability o f this delicious jefreshments were served' basic industry, we consider it prbper by the hostess, to which the guests and timely to call attention to some did ample justice. Everyone seemed i o f these trends.” — Opening State to have a good time and will long j ment o f Declarations by American remember the pleasant afternoon. Farm Congress Round Table Confer The following guests were pres- ! ence. ent; Mrs. Victor Burseli, Mrs. E. j ENTFRTAINED SMOKING ON THE JOB MINING NEWS Edited by Southwestern Oregon Mining Bureau I ITS YOUR BUREAU The Southwestern Oregon Mining Bureau, now going on three years o f service, was organized solely for the purpose o f aiding the raining industry of this section o f the state, including Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine and Lane coun ties, an area o f 17247 square miles. Ninety per cent o f this area is moun tainous, and the major portion o f the mountains are heavily mineral ized. Much o f the land is in the Forest Reserve and the only way that the community can benefit from it is through the opening up o f the vast mineral resources, making new sources of taxable wealth, and caus ing such lands to add to the pros perity of the state; otherwise these lands lie idle and furnish nothing o f value to the community. To aid in securing the develop ment o f the vast mineral resources o f Southwestern Oregon, the Bureau has carried on a systematic publicity campaign duringt he past two years in the local papers o f the Rogue River valley, in Mining Truth, pub lished twice a month at Spokane, in Mining Review, published tv.'ice a jnonth at Salt Lake, in Mining Top ics, published monthly at San Fran cisco, and _in the Daily Journal of Commerce," the Portland's business man’s paper. This publicity has been reliable and free from promotion schemes of all kinds, and the mining public have learned to rely on the information thus disseminated. The results o f this work are now being realized. Many engineers have been in the field during the past year, many properties have changed hands, and already fihancia! people are making a survey o f the district with view to the location of a custom smelter. Many deals are now pend ing and the Bureau is advised that many other financial interests have signified their intention o f investi gating our resources. In the sale of any kind o f a com modity advertising is necessary to bring the buyer in touch with the commodity, and this especially holds true with mining in districts, such as ours, where the experienced min ing capital lives at a distance. Fund amentally the Bureau is doing the one thing necessary to bring about the full development o f our mines through the medium of printers ink. This work is made possible through the organization o f the miners them selves under the name o f the South western Oregon Mining Bureau. No one individual ts in position to do it without the expenditure o f a large sum o f money, and even then the results would be questionable. It is, therefore, your work and on you rests the burden o f whether it shall continue to be productive o f results or not. The Bureau depends wholly on its membership dues o f *2.00 a year to carry on its w ork; its officers serve without compensation; it has not rent, light or heat bills to pay; but it must pay its postage and printing bills. The small dues will enable it to do that provided its members keep their dues paid up. At this time the Bureau has some *700 un paid dues, past due and payable, and it is to these members that the Bur eau must look to meet its obligations until the end o f the current fiscal year, June 1st. Will you permit the Bureau to carry on by promptly pay ing up. Its your work and its your Bureau, and on you rests the suc cess or failure o f bringing about the results desired. Pay up your back dues and watch the results the Bur eau will obtain. TO BUSINESS MEN OF SOUTH ERN OREGON With going on three years work to its credit, the Southwestern Ore gon Mining Bureau has demonstrat ed its worth to the business interests o f this portion o f the state. The results enure to the businessman, the professional man, and the laboring man directly, as it is those interests that receive the large sums o f money that must be expended in the devel opment of any mining district before those who make the expenditures can receive any profit? The work of the Bureau is. there fore, directly in your interest, Mr. Businessman, and the Bureau there fore feels free to ask you to join in carrying on the work. The an nual membership dues are but $2.00 a year and the results being obtained are worth a great many times that emount to every man, woman and child in the whole o f Southwestern Oregon. May we therefore ask that you assist in this work by sending in your $2.00. either as membership dues or a direct contribution to the work? , LOCAL MINING NEWS questionnaire on the smelter propo sition do so promptly and send same to the Secretary at Grants Pass so that the data may be compiled and forwarded to Mr. Meeker not later than Saturday, M. D. Jackson and James Hayes, mining men o f Gold Hill, visited Grants Pass Tuesday in connection with mining matters relating to the proposed smelter. Work continues at the Wedge un der the direction of Charles De- v.-achter who recently tbok the prop erty for himself and Seattle associ ates. J. O. Edwards o f the Ida mine was in town Tuesday. Development work under contract is being carried on at the Ida, which is located on Louse creek in Josephine county. At the Mount Reuben mine on Mount Reuben the work of driving the long tunnel ahead continue* with two shifts under the management o f Engineer Bailey. The tunnel is now in approximately 4500 feet, with a depth o f around 2000 feet, and from 8 to 9 feet per day is being made. An oxidized zone has been encountered with plenty of water and it is believed the big Utica vein is close by. Mr. Ted Wheeler, of Tacoma, owner o f the property is low at the mine inspecting the work. The next regular meeting of the Bureau comes on Saturday, Febru ary 8th at 2 p. m. at 511 H street, Grants Pass. In view o f the opti mistic outlook for mining this spring, it is suggested that every mine owner n Southwestern Oregon arrange to ittend. P. X. Johnson of the Apex mine in the Gold Hill district has pur chased the Chas. Wade mine on Baidy mountain near the Jewett mine in the Grants Pass district. Applegate Mining District Arrangements are being made fo r a general write-up o f the Applegate Mining district in the February 15th issue o f Mining Truth. Mine own ers are requested to see John R. Baiiey and furnish him details re garding their properties. C. M. Huddle, secretary o f the Almeda Mining company, Portland, has been visiting the Almeda mine at Galice in company with Harry Sordy on a tour o f inspection. SMELTER MEETING A SUCCESS Nearly 100 mining men attending the meeting o f the Southwestern Oregon Mining Bureau at Grants Pass last Friday fo r the purpose of discussing the question o f the pos sible location of a smelter in South western Oregon Mr. J. M. Meeker, representative o f the Mace Smelting company, was present and stated that he had been coming to South western Oregon during the past year on different occasions in connection with such a project; that the field looked promising to him; and that in the event he could be assured o f the required minimum tonnage the possibility o f securing a 100-ton smelter was good. He discussed with the mine owners the questions o f smelter charges, transportation costs, tonnage, and various matters that relate to the operation o f a smelter. A poll o f the owners pres ent resulted in the assurance o f over 100 tons per day. In order to can vass the whole field thoroughly it was decided that the Bureau send out a questionnaire to the various owners asking for detailed statement of their properties and what tonnage they would agree to furnish. In this way the data will be obtained and compiled in a systematic man ner for the use o f Mr. Meeker and his associates. A smelter will solve many o f the problems confronting the industry in Southwestern Oregon, as it will proride a cash market for ores, per mitting the small owner to continue work on his property with the as surance that he will eventually bring the prospect to the mine stage. At this meeting a resolution v/as adopted opposing the so-called Fed eral Blue Sky Bill presented to Con gress hy Representative Denison of New York; also resolution favoring the repeal o f the present stamp tax on stock certificates. Copies o f each resolution were forwarded to the Oregon delegation in Songress. ---------- o----------- W. G. Trill wishes his clients to know that his work at Jacksonville will not interfere with his law prac tice here in Central Point, a* was re- Derted. His residence here will be maintained and he may be seen at his usual place o f business in the o f fice with G. W. Fox. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor, o f Chico, California, were week-end visitor* here with old friend*. Mr and Mrs. Taylor formerly lived here when their son Raymond was a little hoy. Raymond wa* the victim o f meningitis last summer. J. M. Meeker, representative o f the Mace Smelter company, Denver, who has been in Southwestern Ore gon during the past two week*, mak ing a survey o f the mineral resource* o f the district with view to the loca tion o f a custom «melter, left Wed nesday ’■)-.-nine for San Franciaro. While h e r e Mr Me»ker visited jjo Mis* Mildred Burger, who wa* ill various districts anil before leaving 1 * 1*1 week and mimed a short time expressed surprise at the vast min eral wealth o f Southwestern Oregon. from her work in Medford, i* able If you have not filled out the to again be at her usual duties: By THOMAS ARKLF. CLARK Dean or Men, University of Illinois. T T t VTTNOTON wus president o f a large cer|M>rutlon which employed a consldenihle number of men. I waa visiting him In Birmingham when he said to me one evening : “ You'll have to excuse me tonight, for I'm Invited to a meeting of some of our employees, and I want to go.” Then he explained to me that a number o f the men In the various de partments of the business hud gotten together for mutual Improvement. Only those men were asked to join the group who had a real Interest In the development and the welfare of the business and who were putting their best licks Into the work. The thing that Interested me most was the method of choosing the men. Only those men who never “smoked on the Job” were taken in. It was not that the members were opposed to smoking or that they did pot themselves smoke -most of them, If the truth were told, liked their pipe or a good cigar. They had come to realize that there Is a time and place for everything, and that the man who bad to stop in the midst of his work to till his pipe, or to light Ills cigar, or to roll a cigarette was hardly likely to be entering Into his work whole heartedly. His own personal comfort and pleasure were, for the time being, placed ahead of Ids work. They did not want 1dm in their energetic circle. I've noticed a good deal of smoking on the Job since Huntington told nte the story of his organization. Nancy and 1 were Invited out to din ner a few days ago—a dinner where all the people there excepting our selves were young people under twen- ty-foor. The rooms w ere full of smoke when we arrived. Almost every man there was giving quite as much atlen- tlon to his cigarette as he was to the young woman who was his guest, and though many of the young women were, perhaps, not especially annoyed hy the smoke-infested air, the general smoking In no wny contributed to their comfort, or pleasure, or entertainment. it seemed to me n ease of thought less discourteous smoking on the Job, for when a young fellow invites a girl to be Ills guest, he Is under more than ordinary obligations to devote Idmself to giving her the pleasantest evening possible. Ills Job Is to entertain her, to contribute to her pleasure, and to exhibit some finesse In doing so When he smokes, he Is for the time being diverted from Ills real Job, he is selfish ly giving attention to his own personal pleasure, and Is not considering her. They were Just n little crude. This Is not an argument against smoking. We might, In point of fnct, eliminate the smoking of tobacco from the discussion entirely and the text would still apply. When a man has a job, whether it Is making fence rails or entertaining a girl or preaching a sermon, he should devote himself to It. When he stops In the nihlst of his work for his own personal pleasure, Ue'g “smoking on the Job.” --------- o--------- C. Faber, Mrs. W. Warner. Mrs. E. j F Glrason, Mrs. F. W. Lawrence, | Mrs. H. P. Jewett is recovering Mrs. Robert Kyle, Mrs. R. M. Burn-! from a few days o f illness. ham, Mrs. Guy Tex, Mrs. Florence I Stephenson. To Defend Swimming Title — By a Guest. ----------- o----------- GET THE ‘ MINING” HABIT If American investors knew o f the actual opportunities for fortune in the mining districts of Western America, the old slogan, “ Back to the mines,” would he a reality and western mining regios would at once become beehives o f activity, says the Denver Mining and Financial Record. Metals are in greater demand than ever before, and the fortune-making possibilities o f the mining industry make the Florida land boom fade in to obscurity, states this journal. Metal and mineral mining has never been more prosperous than now and there has never bi-fore been ns fertile a field for the intelligent prospector and investor. It is high ly important to western states that this condition in the mining industry he not only maintained, but encour aged in every legitimate manner. THE AGRICULTURAL SITUATION “ Following a long period o f ex- treme depression, American agri culture again finds itself on a basis approaching economic equality with other industries, occupations an pro- fessiong, as measured by the all-con- Miss Martini Norellus, Olympic | title holder at 400 meters will de fend her laurels In the national cham ! pionship swimming and dvlng meet for women at St. Augustine, Fla. I Miss Norellus Is a native of Stock I holm, Sweden. | Bolsheviks Destroy a Cathedral ((£). 1821». W « 8 t e r s N e w .p « p « r U n io n .) -------------O------------- TYRANNY OF COMMUNISM “ Much has been heard in this The Orthodox cathedral In Warsaw, erected by the late czar of itussla, country o f the paradise for wage is now being demolished by the Soviets In order that the lust sign of imperial earners which communism has cre Russia may be eliminated. ated in Russia,” says the Mansfield, Ohio, Journal. “ Soviet missionaries to the United States have been sing ing the praises o f this government of. by, <«nd for the workers, with which the Russians are now blessed. “ But how do the Reds reconcile this description o f sovietism with the I verified report of a stiike o f dock! hands in Leningrad? A group o f Russian workers, while loading on a ship, went on strike for higher wages. The government rushed a detach ment o f Red soldiers to the w h arf! and drove the strikers hack to work. Instead o f getting their wage in- j crease the workmen were compelled! to labor for seventy-five hours with out pay. “ In 'capitalistic' America, labor i has established its inalienable right to ‘collective bargaining.’ The striking wae earner in this jeountry I is beyond the reach o f government I or law, as long as he resorts to no 1 violence. This is the sort o f protec tion labor enjoys under a govera- ment which soviet leaders call 'cap- itaiistic’. “ American labor has ita grip van - I -es, but. at it* worst, its lot was bet- • e f than that o f Russian labor under I ommtinisrn. Such tyrrany an that at I Leningrad wa m never known in the 1 Uaited State*. Than class govern- 1 ment or com muniem, there i* no tyrran Closing Out W INTER Sport Coats, Sweaters, Blazer Shirts, Overcoats, Mackinaws, W ater Repelants, Coats and Pants. 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