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About Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1925-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1926)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1926 CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN PAGE THREE MEDFORD NEWS 000 as compared with the freight cal feed dealer or from Sw ift and done. It is doubtfill if real govern dead timbed, would pursue the rates in 1924, while the difference Company in N orth Portland at about m ent reorganization will be accom .-ourse advocated by Mr. Davey— it By Bliss Heine plished by congressional action. The would be up to’ the president of the M“dford has again secured the in rates between those of 1925 and $3.75 per 100 pounds. Oregon National Guard encam pm ent 1921 saved the shippers seven hun Dairymen feeding a non-legume question is, will congress do it, if company to correct his organization. for this year which means that again dred forty-three million dollars in hay such as chat or oat hay ned a public opinion demands it in a way Then why is it not good business to ' over 3,000 soldiers and officers will 1925. grain ration for their cows, which that is vocal and persistent." have the president of the United camp and be entertained a t Med The raverage railroad revenue per contains a protein supplement, finds A private corporation which had 'Hates, the greatest corporation in ford the early part of the summer. The San Carclo Grand Opera com ton mile in 1921 was 1.274 cents; the Oregon Experim ent station. grown tbpheavy with overhead and the world, follow the same course? pany of 100 artists will be heard in 1.176 cents in 1922; 1.116 cents in W ith the present m arket prices, the M edford March 1st. This promises 1923 and 1924 and approxim ately purchaser pays $7.50 for one hun W . W A W . V . V . S W . W V A V . V V . W W W U V A W i V W A W to be a rare treat for the people of 1.094 dred pounds of digestible crude pro cents in 1925. the Rogue River valley. “ Toggery Bill’ Isaacs was elected There has been no general reduc tein in soybean meal, $8.80 for cot Mail your shoes to me for prompt and serviceable vice-president of the Oregon Cloth tion in passenger rates but the aver tonseed meal, $10.45 for linseed iers last week at Portland. passenger rate has declined ow oli meal, $'2.50 for coconut meal and Several local radio cans succeeded age ing to the making of special excur -’3.56 for mill run. A t these prices last week in connection with a sta sion With Be*t Quality Material rates. The average per mile in the experim ent station recommends tion in Milan, Italy. I pay postage one way—cash must accompany order Building perm its for January have 1921 was 3.088 cents; in 1922, 3.028 the purchase of either cottonseed totaled nearly |60,000 which sets a cents; in 1923, 3.019 cents; in. 1924, meal or soybean meal as the source Men’s half-soles ............. $1.50 Heels, extra ........................... 50c new record January buildiqg in Med 2.978 cents; and in 1925 about 2.9 of protein. Ladies’ half-soles $1.00 Heels’ extra 25c ford. Men’s Panco soles $1.25 Boys’, $1.00; L adirs’ .......... 75c 20 cents. A prelim inary germ ination test of On W ednesday evening of last week the third annual Firem en’s Ball While railroad rates declined, the seed corn for spring planting in Ore j a m e s M c D o w e l l was given in the beautiful O riental railroad tax ’ bill increased, heing gon should be made w-ithin the next C entral Point - . . . Oregon Gardens, the receipts of which are about $16,000,000 more in 1925 than month, advises the experim ent sta placed in a reserve fund for the fire in 1924. ■ A S S V b S S W -W M W iW A ^ tion. The m ethod is to select 200 to men. The features of the evening 500 kernels a t random from all parts were the dancing of the Charleston by the Misses Kathryn Fabric and FARM POINTERS of the sack and germ inate these on M adelyne Morgan and fancy clogg blotters or cloth between a dancing by Ed Eldred and G. Nei- Land plaster spread in March on moist moyer. Both responded to hearty February sown clover in Oregon is pair of dinner plates. Some farm ers encores and were greatly enjoyed usually beneficial in helping develop send the selected kernels to the seed by the huge crowd present. Excel testing lalm ratory a t the experim ent lent music was furnished by A lfred’s a vigorous stand. The February clo station, Corvallis, for germ ination Im perial O rchestra of seven pieces ver seed should be sown on fall grain tests. If ninety per cent, or better, which generously responded to the before the spring grow th of the grain of the seed grows, it is not necessary many encores. The beautiful ferns SULPHUR — LAND PLASTER — SULPHATE decorating the stage where the en makes much of a start, advises the to test each ear separately. If less OF AMMONIA — SUPER PHOSPHATE tertainers perform ed were donated experim ent station. than ninety per cent grows, it is ess by the Rogue Valley Floral company. Farm census figures for 1924 show ential that each ear be tested and the (Mixed Fertilizers for All Special Crops) This ball turned out to be the best that there were 1700 acres of alfalfa MI1.KMAKE — ECONOMY EGG MASH — HOGEATS dead seed discarded. For making ever held by the local firem en and in the W illam ette valley out of a this germ ination a t home, full direc (All Pure— No Fillers Used— Best for Less) it was one o’clock when the party possible 100,000 acres. Multnomah tions may be obtained on inquiry to finally broke up. PEERLESS—That exceptional baby chick Mash— Dr. Charles Reginald Ray, well is first with four hundred thirty five known pioneer of M edford and the acres, Marion second with two hun the college. Baby chick Scratch—Purest for less—Every feed Rogue River valley, very suddenly for the Poultryman. passed away at Los Angeles on the dred thirty-five acres, and Linn third BUILDING ROADS TO L A S f night of January 26th while enroute with two hundred ten acres. E xper home from New York city. His son iment station results indicate that In the city of Visalia, California, (We do Grinding, Steam Rolling, Cleaning) Frank, and Mrs. Frank Ray were Grimm is the best variety to sow. It with him at the time. They had is used quite generally in western there is an asphaltic concrete type of ASK US ABOUT YOUR FEEDING PROBLEMS been east attending to the estate pavem ent, laid in 1894, which has ! of his brother Colonel Frank II. Rav, Oregon. cost for m ainlainence and is I who died last April in Los Angeles. Oregon grow ers planning to sow now nothing in excellent condition. Millions Enroute home the doctor con vetch this spring should do so during tracted a cold which developed into February, advises the experim ent of yards of this type have been laid pneumonia as they neared Los on the Pacific Coast and while it has Angeles where he was rushed to a station. It has been found th at not been as extensively used in the hospital in Hollywood where he died plantings made after March first are east, rem arkable results have been Medford . . . . Oregon that night. little value. Vetch gives the best obtained where it has been laid. In Dr. Ray caine to Jackson county, of Ore., in 1897 for the purpose of. results when sown in the fall, but Erie,Pennsylvania, a section which engaging in mining. He was accom when wanted for hay a February had been down over thirty years, and panied by his family and located at planting of eighty pounds of common which was in good condition, was re Gold Hill where he opened and con per acre gives good results. cently taken up on account of ducted a mining and assay office for vetch the handling entirely of his own min The rate of sowing Grimm alfalfa changes in underground service. ing business and employed com petent in Oregon depends in part ond the Roads th at last are a necessity for mining engineers in his research condition of the seed bed. If it is the taxpayers. work. moist, fine and firm and free from -------- -c------------ Approxim ately $365,000 w a s weeds it will not require so much taken from the property commonly seed per acre as if conditions were W HERE CALIFORNIA SCORES known as the old Gold Hill property in the early mining days. This prop not so good. E xperim ents carried erty is on the mountain overlooking on at the college station showed that C alifornia has this in favor of her the present site of the Gold Ray- by sowing a t eight to tw enty pounds real estate, over Florida: It may power plant. Dr. Ray expended in shimmy around quite a bit but it does telligently a large am ount of money an acre in 1925, with exceptionally not splash. in the development of several quartz good conditions, a good stand was ob properties in the Cold Hill section. tained. The thin sown plots made WHY NOT? He also developed the Braden Mine good stands, but they were more in the Kane’s creek section. He was greatly impressed with the weedy, and not so thick as the heav M artin L. Davey, member of con Rogue River from a power stand ier sowings. Twelve to fifteen gress from the 14th district, Ohio, point and used electric power from pounds an acre gave the best results JtWr j - - 9 « < r s f- Gold Ray to run his mines on that in tests. A lfalfa seed is a little has introducer a bill In congress to m ountain with. He acquired the cheaper now }han last year. give the president blanket power for rights at Gold Ray, and, with the years to reorganize the business assistance of his brother, Frank H. Farm ers who are feeding their two Thousands of people will keep cool in the structure of the governm ent— also Ray, harnessed the power at Gold cow-s kale or turnips regularly, or Ray, built the Gold Ray dam, built any other feed that is likely to fla statem ent giving the reasons for it. valleys next August with the help of today’s its power plant, and began the con vor the milk, are advised by the O re “ For seven years,” Mr. Davey snowfall in the mountains. struction of its power lines through the valley. Realizing the future gon experim ent station to feed after says, “ I have observed the D epart Electricity will bring them fresh breezes m ents and Bureaus of the govern possibilities for power, he .pioneered milking instead of before. in the power development of the m ent a t W ashington a t close range, born of melted snow in the mountain streams. Many Oregon dairym en are pre Rogue River. had official business with A tiny motor will pour coolness and comfort The public responded very rapidly. paring for next sum m er’s crops, re having A fter the installation of the Gold m em bering th at a legume hay such nearly all of them . I am simplyap- out of an electric fan. Ray plant and the power lines had as clover or alfalfa is necessary to palled at the loafing, indifference, been extended into Mqdford, Jack make dairying pay. Oats and bar and inefficiency. There are thou And how much w ill this modern miracle cost? sonville and Ashland, and these ley supply the necessary concen sands upon thousands of unnecessary cities, with C entral Point, Gold Hill The work of giant power-houses—the use and G rants Pass had been lighted, trates to be fed with such a hay, says employes and endless duplication of alleged effo rt. There is an inexcus of hundreds of miles of copper wires—service and m any mines had been supplied the experim ent station. with power, he organized the Pros Cows th at are receiving a ration able waste of much more thaan a day or night at the touch of a button — all pect C onstruction company which acquired the power rights of the of cheat or oat hay with grain are half-billion dollars a year. this costs less than half a cent an hour as the upper river a t Prospect.” It installed probably low in calcium and phos- “ The tendency is to increase, price of current for your electric fan. andd eveloped the Prospect power phorous, advise« the experim ent rath er than to diminish, the person plant. nel and expenses o f governm ent. station. The addition of steam In the meantime, the electric lamp which Certain people in Indianapolis then became interested in the exten bonedd flour to such a ration will “ The thing proposed in my bill makes it possible for you to read the evening sion of the power and organized the supply these elem ents. This flour ought to be donq. In all probability paper as comfortably as by daylight will burn Rogue River Electric company to can either be obtained from the lo- it is the only way th a t it ever will be take ovr these power holdings. an hour longer for another half a penny. Ij>ter. through the efforts of Dr. Ray, this company was am algam ated with the Siskiyou Light and Power company, a California concern oper Electricity ating out of Yreka and invading the Ashland territory. Eventually the is the cheapest service California Oregon Power company was organized and took over all you can buy. these holdings and- extended and de veloped the power operations to their present m agnitude, which is today one of the largest power operations of any power concern on the coast. T H E C A L IFO R N IA O REG O N Dr. Ray was a member of the local Masonic orders including the Blue ! PO W ER CO M PAN Y Lodge: Royal Arch C hapter No. 4 ] at Jacksonville; Knights of Pythias: Woodmen of the W orld: Medford Lodge No. 1168, B. P. O. E. LEVEL OF FREIGHT RATES ON Office*: THE DECLINE Medford, Oregon — Strength is Our Middle Name Row burg, Oregon Owing to constant readjustm ents, | some made voluntarily by the rail- j G rand Pa»», Oregon roads and some under orders of the j Klamath Fall», Oregon Interstate Commerce Commission the Yreka, California general level of railway rates is slow ly but steadily declining, according i Dunsmuir, California 1 U JR P A A IN IM to statistics received by the Southern C en tral P oint Oregon 1M f K U O M iSS Pacific Company from the Railway FEDERALIZED Age. Reductions in rates in 1925 ! saved the shipping public $90,066, Shoe Repairing FERTILIZERS Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange T o d a y s snowstorm w ill keep you cool next summer Federalized— Complys with both State and Federal requirements. Central Point State Bank I