THURSDAY, MARCH 1«. 1926
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN
M A G N IT U D E O F B U T T E M IN IN G distress and th at they would have to
H E O U G H T TO KNOW
In round figures, the maximum forgo their evening’s entertainm ent.
Guy Huston, who is one of the
annual production of the Butte, “ The world is growing sm aller— country’s
largest dirt farm ers as well
Mont., district is 300,000,000 pounds and safer.”
as being chairman of both Kansas
of copper, 175.000,000 pounds cf
zinc, 12,000,000 pounds of lead, 12,-
City and Southern Minnesota banks,
TH E PETROLEUM AGE
000,000 ounces of silver and 60,000
and
of both the New York
ounces of gold. An idea of the mag­ The outlook for the future of the and president
Chicago
joint
stock land banks,
nitude of the operations is conveyed
by the fact that while B utte has on oil industry is always obscure. No­ declares th at “ the bad spots in our
the surface 238 miles of streets, her body cun anticipate a t what rate new agricultural situation that have held
underground workings aggregate production will be brought in. How­ the farm er down since 1921, have
2700 miles.
The annual output of the Butte ever, production tendency is down­ been definitely corrected by improve­
district in m etallic copper, zinc, lead, ward, and as far as can be seen, m ent of farm prices and restoration
silver and gold would fill 4569 th ir­ the industry’s prospects are good, be­ of agricultural purchasing pow er.”
ty-three foot railroad cars, making lieves the National City Bank of He believes th at by next summer
a train 28 miles long. Yet this
York.
the farm ers will have reached a posi­
is only three percent of the total New
am ount of ore which has to be mined The heavy stocks accum ulated dur­ tion of financial security and a
and treated to produce the above ing the years of overproduction still movement will start to increase their
am ount of metal. The value of the constitute a problem. But with con­ holdings.
output varies from $65,000,000 to stantly increasing consumption, these
$100,000,000, depending upon m ar­ stocks, unless m aterially increased
ket prices of the metals.
Residents of this city attending
More than $2,000,000 a month is in the future, will more and more the dance at eagle Point Saturday
paid to B utte’s 20,000 wage earners, take on their proper function as re­ night include: Mr. and Mrs. Jim
about the larges* payroll in the coun­ serves against shortage.
Ross, Ernest Rostel, Mr. and Mrs.
try for a city of its size.
Productiorr-to date from the Butte The United States in 1925 pro­ ^ s t e r Cash, Edith Copmger, Mrs.
duced 760,000,000 barrels of oil, an Irsel Lewis, Pearl Pankey, Miss
district includes:
1. More copper and more silver increase of 6.5 per cent over 1924. Ajnick,
Frank Peck, Leon Boomer,
than any other district in the world. Consumption of crude oil by refiners
2. One-third of all the copper again broke all records with 741,- Nola Casebeer, Russel Ross, Sherman
mined in the United States.
Musty, Esther Cash, and Kenneth
3. One-sixth of all the copper 000,000 barrels, an increase of 16.7 Damon.
mined in the world.
per cent over 1924.
In all, more than two billion dol­ The increasing demand of 1925
lars m ineral wealth, of which one was m et through discovery of new
and a half billion has been left here
in the form of wages, freight and fields, developm ent of deeper sands
supplies. More than 100 shafts as result of improved methods “of
pierce the hill, from which 15,000 drilling, and improved methods of
m iners wrest 20,000 tons of ore a
day. Some of these shafts are more production.
than 3600 feet deep.— Mining Truth. “ Science and invention are con­
W hat m ining has done for Spo­ stantly making new drafts upon the
kane, B utte, and many other of the barrel of petroleum to m eet new
prosperous cities of the west, it will requirem ents,” says the bulletin of
do for the cities of Southwestern
Oregon, which are situated in the the N ational City Bank. “The use
heart of a vast m ineral belt. Real of oil as fuel in industrial plants,
prosperity in Southwestern Oregon locomotives, ships, and domestic
can be hastened by a united effort
to develop this vast m ineral resource. heating has enorm ously increased.
Year by Year, petroleum products JEWELRY That Pleases--
increase in num ber and uses. The
S T A T E M A R K ET N E W S
world is living in its petroleum age, REPAIRING That
and the possibilities of the future
F arm C o-op eratio n G row s
There are today over 12,000 farm ­ are suggested by the fact th at the
ers’ co-operative business organiza­ people of the United States now use SATISFIES!
tions in the United States, more than six barrels of petroleum per capita
twice the num ber in existence in per annum , while the rest of the
If you don*t ic«* ju st w hat you
1915. Of these 3,325 are prim arily world uses only one-fifth of one bar­ w an t, aak fo r it an d I'll get it for
engaged in m arketing grain; 2,197 rel per capita.”
you.
handle dairy products; 1;770 ship
live stock and 1,150 handle fruit. | M EA N S B E T T E R M A R K ET FO R
LA BO R
Ninety-eight are large-scale organi-.
zations of a centralized type.
According to statem ents of leaders
P o ta to P rices Q u iet
W atchm aker & Jew eler
State M arket A gent Spence is of in the copper industry, the copper,
(A t Paxson’s)
brass
and
zinc
business
is
good
not
the opinion th at the price of pota­
toes is not liable to advance much only in this country, but in Europe.
during the rest of the season and Production has not only increased,
th at farm ers will not profit much by but consumption has overtaken and
slightly exceeded production.
holding their stocks longer.
Electrical developm ent is one of
O ne o f th e Big O nes
The M i n n e s o t a Co-operative the main reasons for this conditidn
cream eries did a business last year of affairs. All the large countries
of approxim ately $40,000,000. More of Europe are carrying big schemes
than 80,000,000 pounds of butter of electrification.
Peacetim e dem ands outstrip ab­
were handled by this organization
during the year. The association normal and destructive wartim e con­
has a m embership of 450 local units, sumption.
AI$o,*you have m ore m oney if
With a steady demand for lead, you* let it ta lk — by going to the
with 73,000 dairy farm ers. With
such organization strength it is a zinc and copper, these industries can place w here you can save m ore of
power for the benefit of the dairy­ arrange their production on a sound it on y ou r re p a ir bill.
basis and furnish regular employ­
men.
ment for labor.
Seed P o tato e s S carce
T ry the IN D E P E N D E N T G A R-
M arket Agent Spence says indica­ B etter repairing and recondition- ! A G E fo r G u a ra n tee d w ork and be
tions are that certified seed potatoes ing for less at the Independent G ar­ convinced.
are going to be scarce and high age.
adv |
priced this spring. County agents
in many of the potato grow ing sec­ W ANTED TO TRADE— Good town
C. T. G E N Z E L
property for small, improved
tions state th at their seed stock has tract
(The Man Who Knows)
near Central Point.
already been sold out. Many inquir­ Inquire of at land
this office.
4p
ies have come to the m arket agent’s
We do
office asking where certified seed
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may be obtained and tha m arket
Corner Sixth and Oakdale
agent is trying to get a list of those
B R A ZIN G
who have seed for sale.
Phone 47
Medford, Oregon
F. M. Jones, Prop.
Money Talks
in Every
Language
S-O-S
During the recent terrific storm s |
on the Atlantic four ships alm ost j
sim ultaneously reported themselves
in peril.
“ Fifty years ago,” says the Paris.
France, Times, “ not only would j
they have been unable to call for '
help, but they would have stood I
strong chances of going down with
all hands. Even in the steam er lines,
a sinking craft blown off her course
or ju st out of the range of visibility
of passing ships would have stood
small chance of rescue. However,
when the faint tllree dots, three
dashes and three dots of the distress
signal were picked up by some waten-
fu! wireless operator, the word was
passed and the air was cleared for
reception o r the unfortunate ship’s
position and the organization of re­
lief.
“ The signals of the pow erful navy
stations crashed through the atm os­
phere, dem anding right of way and
silencing broadcasting. The music
and entertainm ent going out from
scores of American stations was
stopped for the longest peried since
the popularisation of the radio. Mil- |
lions of listeners-in on two continents j
were inform ed that ships were in '
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