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Dear Mr. Editor
Sa, I hearn a bunch o them Blue»
a talkin tother day and they wuz »ay-
in that they aure had the Red
"nannie”
I aez, her I, whatya meen, get ther
Nannie? se/. I. Why »a »ez one on
cm the Red* i* laid down, theyv
throwd up the sponge, theyve slid
down the gang plank to the deck
uv lo»t posihilitiea; theyv took gas*,
theyr confined to the house, sick in
the heart. Ole slumpiskie ha* done
put a bug in ther cpffey an theyr
plum drowsey frum loss uv pep. If
enthusiasm wuz mu»ick the Reds
kudent make a note; theyv took the
tobogin to the *ea uv least resist
ance, theyv lost ther goat, theyv got
so reduced theyr a hoTdin’ the match
that lead* to victory, on the rim uv
the wheel uv a Jucky chance, a
trustin to the frixion uv the other
feller* noise to furnish a lite, Theyr
-------Ka sen I, hold on here what ya
think thi* is, a contest in Roman
Oratory? sez I. 2fa make me think
uv that feller over in Italy, what*
his name— , I giBt kant git it rite
now but it begins with “ muss” — an
he sure is playin up to that beginnin,
an promice* to make the last part
uv hi* name “ ruction!” The Reds
haint haff so bad a* ya think they
are sez 1. Dont ya know them Reds
is members uv the Biggest Thing in
the Rogue River Valley sez I? How
kud anybody be a member uv the
the Biggest Thing an be so low down
in his peptomanlackle weaknesses?
sez I.
I hearn a feller sa tether day that
when Napolium wuz kicked outa
France he made his kumback, and
he winked kinda knowin like an
walked away.
If the Reds kud win next Sunday
I heurn Joncsy »ay they’d be a fight
fer first place a week frum that day
that would make Water loo look wuss
than it did after looie got through
with it.
Sa didja hear that music up at
Cowley Hall la*t Monday night?
Yeah, »omeo the fellers wuz a gitten
ready to sing next Sunday mornin’.
I hearn sed theyr a goin to sing
»omeo them good ole songs what the
folks used to sing way back there
when religen wuzent so apoligetick
a* it is now. Yeah, ya know Kay
Hendersons back on the job agin an
things is a look in up.
I met a feller frum Medford toth-
erday an se hed sez he, Sa Booster
we done started a Men’s Bible class
in the met ro polis uv the south uv
Oregon sex he' Yeah: ssz I well
that* fine sez I. The m^re we have
uv sich classes the better the coun
try* a goin to be sez I.
Our class fell down a little the
last week sez 1. No, sez he, hows
that? Well ya know we had a aver
age uv 105.75 for the month uv
March, an the last four weeks we
had only 178 for an average. Only
178 sez he— why sa feller, sez he
Ida thot the 78 wuz good enough,
even for Medford, sez he. Yeah,
se* I, I know that but here in Cen
tral Point wer ust to the best ya
know an hant jist satisfied with the
ordinary standards uv any other
community. Were a goin to git that
average up to about 200 an exceptin
big days well git along without much
dissatisfaction sez I.
How do ya do it, Booster? sez he.
O the Reds an Blues take kere uv
it in their spare time sez I.
Why sa I hearn a feller sa the
Red* had resigned, sez he. No, o
nd *e* I, theyr a puttin on a gum
shoe campaign— theyr like the feller
what purposed to his best girl an
bout two minuets later, somebody
hollered an ast him what he wuz a
doin and he sed “ I ’m a holdin my
own," sex he.
Sa Mr. Editor: dident the little
ole home town look good last Sun
day? Ever seat full in the churches.
II l men at the Biggest Thing, an
ever body a sayin good things about
everybody else, an the Spirit uv Life
a showin ever where, hit surd made
ya feel glad ya kud live in sich a
country and be a citizen uv sich a
town.
Well, good by,
B. A. BOOSTER.
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MEDFORD NEWS
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1926
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN
PAGE FOUR
Two inches o f snow fell at Crater
Because t h e Pacific Highway
right-of-way was not the legal pres Lake Saturday evening, according to
cribed sixtjs weet width this side of Roger Welles, Crater Lake National
Central Point, several land owners Park ranger, who returned yesterday
were compelled to set fences back from a periodical park inspection
several feet in order to comply trip upon which he left over a week
J. G. Love, well-known valley orch- ago. He states that cars can ap
ardist, and owne
of the Snowy proach the south entrance from the
Butte orchard, set approximately a Klamath Falls side with ease, and
mile o f fencing three feet or more that teams have progressed as far
Cat the Bc*t Corn Seed
from
its former line. The same pro as two miles above. Daniel Haas,
It will soon be time to plant corn,
the young caretaker at the lodge, is
and every farmer should get seed cedure is also to be done in the Wil
that is adapted to Oregon climate low Springs district, it is understood. content at his lonesome post with a
radio set, with which he has listened
and that will mature. Cheap seed is
Mr. Clyde Hansen of Butte Falls, to music radiocast from various
the most costly seed that any farmer
formerly o f this city, was in Central points in the nation, said Mr. Welles.
can buy. Much eastern seed is in
Point Saturday night enroute to his
the market* that is absolutely worth
Will Mason moved from the J.B.
home in Butte Falls, where he is em
less except for green fodder.* Plant
ployed by the Owen-Oregon Timber Hoagland ranch on Scenic Avenue,
seed that will mature.
and located on Ross lane.
Company.
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A change in the time of passen
ger trains took effect Sunday, C. A.
Boles, local Southern Pacific agent, |
announced today. The Shasta south- j
bound train No. 11 will leave here j
at 7:26 p. m. instead of at 7:31 p. m., I
and north bound passenger train No.
16 will leave at 7:35 p. m. instead o f j
at 7:51 as heretofore. The Shasta |
doesn’t make a stop here for pas- j
sengers; however, it leaves and takes
THE ADVICE FROM AN OFFICER OF
the mail.
Farm News o f Washington, D. C.,
says:
“ Either the farmer must make a
profit on-, o f his toil or he must stop
f»rm--ig, and when the day arrives
for secession, that hour will mark the
destruction of all other activities
and the downfall o f stable govern-,
ment.”
the post office, known as the P. 0.
Super-Service opened for business
Saturday morning under the man
agement o f Jack A. Heaston. This
beautiful place occupies a lot 110 by
125 feet on the comer of Holly and
Sixth street* and is operated on the
plan of the big California stations,
having a complete repair and tire
shop, greasing »nd oiling pits, wasb-
hip and polishing. Ray Offenbacher
is the op-rating manager. Thi* su
per-Service
station handles
forr
ler-Service Station
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brands of g‘
gas and eighteen different
kinds of oil.
National Commander John R. Mc-
Quigg of the American Legion was
met at the depot last Sunday after
noon by officers andV members of
the local post and taken to Ashland
by auto together with members of
his party. At Ashland the Medford
Legion turned them over to the Ash
land Post who took them up the Sis
kiyou* where they were taken at the
depot and on the trip.
George Culy has resigned his pos
ition as manager of the Poultry
Co-operative Association to take the
local district agency for the Oregon
Life Insurance Company.
W. T.
»Daugherty, head o f the Farm Bur
eau, is now auso taking Mr. Culy’s
place in the poultry association.
The Fair Grounds Pavilion opened
for the season last Saturday night
with dancers present from all parts
of the valley. The Nite Hawks Or
chestra, which proved so popular
last season, has again been engaged
for this season and was on the job
the opening night. The large hall
has been redecorated by Tom Swem
and his efficient staff and gives the
appearance o f a beautiful garden in
a wonderful out-door setting.
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Federalized Service
The first automomile will g e t
through to Diamond Lake by May 1,
is the prediction o f John Erickson,
head o f the Diamond Lake fish
hatchery, who is here from the most
STATE MARKET NEWS
famous trout egg taking station in
C. E. Spence, State Market Agent
the world. A fifteen-mile section
over the summit is covered with
Smallest Wh eat Supply
snow from four to five feet in depth,
Dispatches from Chicago state the
but it is soft anad is melting fast, it
visible wheat supply in the U. S. sug
was said. There is little know at the
gests the smallest stocks per capita
lake.— Klamath News.
o f which there is record. March 1
the supply comprised 208,000,000
KLAMATH FALLS, OR., April 5.—
bushels at the same time last year.
A three-point buck deer was killed
Rust Atta ck s Valley Grain
early today one mile west o f Keno
State Market Agent Spence re
when struck by an automobile. Con
ports considerable rust apparent on
fused by the bright lights, the animal
the wheat and oat fields o f the Wrt-
remained in the highway and was
lamette alley ( and that many o f the
run down.
fields will be more or less damaged.
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Central Point State Bank
Big Fruit Cro p Indicated
The Oregon Caves are now open
and visitors are able to go through
the coverns. Manager George Sabin
and Head Guide R. W. Rowley have
inaugurated regulat guide service.
Parties will be taken through when
Flax Belter than Oat*
the number warrants. The dining
George R. Hyslop of the farm crop room service will begin within a few
department o f the O. A. C., says weeks.
that as there will doubtless be a large
carry-over o f corn in the east and
As the result o f injuries received
middle west, and as there is consirer- while repairing a binding machine
able carry-over of oats in Oregon, at his ranch in the Sams Valley dis
the chances are that the oat price trict, it was necessary for L. B. Fish
will be low this year, and with this er to have a finger amputated at the
and the guaranteed price of flax in Sacred Heart Hospital.
view, he believes that at least five
dollars an acre over similar plantings
Mervin Gleason, renowned tonsor-
of oats may be realized, except on ial artist in Bates Barber shop of I
exceedingly rich land. But even at Medford, was here Sunday spending j
that the oat yields will have to exceed the afternoon with his parents, Mr. I
sixty to sixty-five bushels ar acre. and Mrs. Ed. Gleason.
Mr. Hyslop says he feeUi safe in the
general recommendation that flax
J. J. Simmerville, manager of the
be planted in lieu of oats in many firm o f Faber and Simmerville, of
places in Washington, Clackamas, Butte Falls, was among the visitors
Yamhill, Marion, Linn, Benton, Lane from that city here Sunday.
and Douglas counties, in western
Oregon, and in Wallowa, Union, Ba
ker and Crook counties 'in eastern
Oregon.
W. H. Sampson o f the Department
o f Agriculture of Washington, D. C.,
specialist in fruit and vegetable stan
dardization, will be in Portland April
12 to 13, when he will meet with the
State Board o f Horticulture, at its j
annual meeting, on grade matters, j
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THE CHOICE OF TH E LA N D — A L W A Y S FRESH AN D TE N D E R
M ILKM AKE —
(Rliss Heine)
Richest o f All Nation*
Medford’s new Piggly Wiggly
The
Department o f Commerce es- j
store opened to the public last Thurs
day morning with a large number of tiinates that the wealth o f the United
T r y tha I N D E P E N D E N T G A R
people attending the opening celebra States at around 9350,000,000,000.
A G E f o r Guara nteed work and be
tion from all parts o f Southern Ore makes it the richest nation on earth.
convin ced.
gon. Bouquets were presented to If this country is to continue as the
the ladies and cigars to the me with
favors for the children. Eight hun world's leading nation, agriculture
dred seventy-six people purchased must be stabilized, says the State
C. T. G E N Z E L
merchandise on the opening day. As Market Agent. “ Industrialism is go-
(The Man Who Knows)
soon as installation o f the fixtures
for the Piggly Wiggly meat market ihg ahead at record-breaking pace,
are intsulled, this department will I while agriculture is slipping back,
We do
be opened in conjunction with the and it seems to me that the country
grocery- store by Walter Krskine. ; cannoot long have general prosper
A C E T YL E N E W ELDIN G AND
T. J. Hampson is manager o f the j
ity with two standard*
Comment
BRAZIN G
grocery store.
The new service station opposite ! ing on this situation the National
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Also, you have m ors money if
you let it talk— by |oin| to the
piece where you can save more o f
it on you r repair bill.
SM ILES
WE CONSIDER IT A PLEASURE TO
SERVE Y O U IN ANY CAPACITY
WHEREIN WE CAN BE OF ASSIST
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Reports from, many sections of the
Willamette Valley are that there will
be a general large fruit crop this
year, weather conditions having been
most favorable for all varieties.
Federal O fficia l C o m ing
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