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THURSDAY. APRIL 29. 1926 CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN PAGE TWO CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN A n I n d f p f n d r n l W e e k l y P a p e r P u b l i s h e d «I C e n t r a l P o i n t , O r e f o n , a n d E n t e r e d T h u r s d a y of e a c h w e e k in t h e P o s t o f f i c e t h e r e o f a s S e c o n d C l a s s M a tte r JO H N B. S H E L E Y a n d N E T T IE B. S H E L E Y , E d ito rs C L A R E N C E S H E L E Y , B u sin ess M a n a g e r S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E S $ 1.00 $ 2.00 Six M onths O ne Y e ar A ll S u b s c rip tio n s M u st Be P a id in A d v a n ce A dvertising R a te s G iven on A p p lic a tio n THURSDAY. APRIL 29. 1926 Oregon News Items of Special Interest B rief R esum e of H ap p en g in s of the Readers L u m b er sh ip m e n ts by w a te r have in cre ased a t N ew port 400 p e r cent sin ce 1923. W eek C ollected for Our M asonic lodge, A. F and A. M„ had a m ortg ag e-b u rn in g c eleb ra tio n . A final d e b t of $6500 had been paid. Six re g is te re d H o lstetn s, valued at o v e r $1000, w ere sto len and b u tch e red a t Albany. W illiam W ortm an, aged re s id e n t of H am m ond, who w as se rio u sly burned som e tim e ago w hen his house was T he d istric t c o n fere n ce of th e A m er d e stro y ed by fire, died in an A storia ica« L egion a u x iliary w as held a t [ h o sp ital as a re su lt of his in ju rie s. Out of th e $4500 ta k e n in th e lust R oseburg. few days from th e bedrock if the bar T he 30th b irth d a y a n n iv e rsa ry of w hich th e B urnt R iv er Gold D rudging th e Salem lodge of E lk s w as cele com pany is w orking 30 m iles o u t of b rated F riday. R aker, $4000 in n u g g eta w as p icsed T he a n n u a l c o n fere n ce o f <th e sta te up by th e lab o rers. co u rt of th e C atholic D a u g h ters of A piece of fuse, a case of deto n at- A m erica w as held a t A storia. j ing ca|is and a box of d y n a m ite con In c re a se d p rem iu m s for d a iry c a ttle trib u te d to an a c c id e n ta l explosion at e x h ib ito rs h ave been decided on by th e cam p of th e C o ats D riving & Boom th e LiDn co u n ty fa ir m an ag em en t. com pany, s e .e n m iles south of T ills Mrs. G eorge B oedeghelm er died a t a mook, th a t se n t fo u r m en to th e hos Salem h o sp ital from b u m s su ffered pital w ith in ju rie s w hich w ere be w hen she w as cooking a t h e r hom e lieved likely to pro v e fa ta l to one n e a r Sublim ity. or m ore of th e victim s. T h e an n u al O regon c o n fere n ce of W a te r is now ru n n in g In all c an a ls of th e W arm S p rin g s Irrig atio n sys th e W om en's M issio n ary a sso ciatio n tem . W arm w e a th e r h a s m ade the of th e U nited B re th re n ch u rch was held a t Salem w ith d e le g a te s In a t w a te r needed. W illiam M acy. aged 20, w as killed ten d a n ce from m an y p a rts of th e sta te . w hen he fell u n d e r th e fro n t tru c k s of a c a r of a logging tra in ou which he w as riding. T h e first a n n u al convention of the so u th e rn division of th e so u th e rn d is tric t E p w o rth league fo r O regon held a three-day se ssio n a t M edford. T he L ane co u n ty fa ir board has au th o rize d th e d ra ftin g of p lan s fo r a proposed building p ro g ram on th e county fa ir g ro u n d s a t E ugene. T h e R aldw ln m ill a t A nlauf in county, w hich h a s been closed for n e a rly tw o y e ars, will re su m e a tio n s a s soon a s re p a irs a re pleted. L ane down o p e r com A h a lf m illion b u sh e ls of w h eat for m o n th s by th e s ta te ho ard of h o rtl c u ltu re a n d th e board h a s decided to Ju ly and A ugust d e liv e ry h a v e been a sk for re lie f from th e s ta te 's en ter c o n tra c te d for so fa r in U m a tilla roun ty. a cc o rd in g to a n n o u n c e m e n t of gency fund. T e n ta tiv e o rg a n iz atio n of th e L ane H eflry C ollins, of th e C ollins flour co u n ty cow te s tin g a sso c ia tio n was m ills. T he w heat w as c o n tra c te d for e ffe c te d a t a m ee tin g of a n um ber on a b a sis of $1.16 a bushel. R. W P rice, m an a g in g d ire c to r ol C ra te r I-ake lodge, re p o rts se v e n feet of snow a t th e lodge, five fe et a t G o v ern m en t C am p a n d th re e fe et at A nna S prings. A tte m p t to collect 35 c e n ts from Ja m e s Ja c k so n , a fa rm e r, for a tu b e r c u la r te s t of his cow, re su lte d in a law su it for W ashington county. Ja c k so n and his w ife filed su it to e n jo in th e co u n ty from enforcing a lien a g a in st his p ro p e rty fo r th e a m o u n t involved. T h ey c h a rg e th a t th e law e n a c te d by th e la s t le g isla tu re p u rp o rtin g to a u th o riz e co u n ties to levy th is c h arg e, is u n c o n stitu tio n a l. Out of a to ta l of m ore th a n $400,- 000 le n t to fa rm e rs of e a s te rn and c e n tra l O regon u n d e r th e so-called w h e at seed rilie f m e a su re e n a c te d a t th e 1925 leg islatu re, th e re h a s been re tu rn e d to th e s ta te all of th e p rin cipal and in te re s t, w i!h th e ex cep tio n of $16,646.71. Of th is am o u n t, $14.- 663.65 is due from fa rm e rs in Morrow- county, w hile $1983.06 Is due from b o rro w e rs in G illiam county. O regon pen sio n s h a v e been g ra n te d a s follow s: Concllff B. R ow land. P ort land. $18; M alcom b U. Van Osdol. P o rtlan d . $15; W illiam M * C oplan. P o rtlan d , $15; P a u l W. K re y er, P o r t land, $15; Jo h n H H all, P o rtla n d , $12; E dw ard C. W illiam son, P o rtla n d , $24; H a rv ey H olston, P o rtla n d , $18; S en eca F o u ts, P o rtlan d , $18; Jo h n H. P ehlan, P o rtlan d , $24; J o h n Merx, P o rtlan d , $12; A lfred P. W atso n , P o rt land, $15; Jo sep h Q. G le sse n er, P o rt land. $12; A ugust S tra u b , P o rtla n d , $12; Jo h n I, May, i'n rtla m l. $15; WO- Ham R. B riese, P o rtla n d , $12; John F ra n b q a , P o rtlan d , $15; E lm e r Ja c k M edford post of th e A m erican Le son, P o rtla n d . $15; C h a rle s L. M ason, gion has ju s t concluded a successful M arshfield, $12; R ichard D. M axon, m em b e rsh ip driv e d u rin g w hich 117 T h e D alles, $15; Jo s e p h Illiff, Che- new L eg io n n aire s w ere added to th e m aw a. $15; Sam uel W are, E ugene, roll, brin g in g th e to ta l m em b e rsh ip to $18; P e te r A. B lauser, W auna. $18; T h o m a s C. H aw ley, M ultnom ah, $12; 353. R alph J. W ilson, R iverside, $18; M ark T h e public se rv ic e com m ission h a s N. T isd ale, S u th e rlin , $24. issued an o rd e r a u th o riz in g th e b u ild ing of an o v e rh ea d c ro ssin g of th e M IS S IN G SE C O N D S L A T E S T R. R. S o u th e rn P acific ra ilro a d tra c k s on PU Z Z L E th e ro u te of th e Q orvallfs-N ew port highw ay n e a r W ren. T h e m y ste ry o f fiv e se c o n d s lo st, s tra y e d o r sto le n fro m a lo co m o tiv e T he p ro p e rtie s of th e Coos gnd w h istle m ay be p o n d e re d b y c a re fu l C u rry T elephone com pany w ith h e a d a u to is ts w ho w a it a t c ro ssin g s f o r q u a rte rs a t M arshfield, h a v e been valued a t $844,597, a cc o rd in g to a re port filed in th e offices of th e public se rv ice com m ission. Jo e S y lv e ste r of M illigan w a s k ill ed In sta n tly a t V a u g h an 's cam p of the Coos Hay L ogging com pany! about F ig u re s com piled a t Salem by th e m idw ay b etw ee n N orth Bend a n d Co- co u n ty c le rk in d ic a te d th a t th e M a quille. rion co u n ty re g is tra tio n s for th e p ri A special c ity electio n la proposed m ary e lection n e x t May a re 3307 le ss In a p etitio n now being c irc u la te d In th an th o se p rio r to th e p rim a ry elec E u g en e a sk in g th a t six o u tly in g dis tion held tw o y e a rs ago. tr lc ts so u th w e st of th e c ity be an T h e p ro v e rb ia l “goose c h a se " h a s nexed. becom e a re a lity on Blalock w heat A m erg e r of th e M alheur county ra n c h e s n e a r A rlin g to n . T h e geese farm b u re a u a n d th e M alheur P r o a re wild and th e c h a s e rs a re th e farm d u c e re ’ a sso c ia tio n w as th e re s u lt ol era. T h u s fa r th e y have been u n ab le a m ee tin g of th e tw o bodies held re to keep th e big b ird s o ff th e ir field s cently. C o n stru c tio n w ork on a viaduct T h e s la te e n g in e e r h a s been re q u est highw ay c ro ssin g on th e Old O regon ed to In v e stig a te th e co ndition of the tra il a t M eacham will g e t u n d e r way W hited re s e rv o ir on B urnt riv e r In a t once, It is an n o u n ced by R oss N ew B ak er co u n ty to d e te rm in e w hether port, c o n tra c to r. T h e Old O regon tra il a t th is point w ill be ta k e n o v e r th e It la safe. S a la rie s h av e not been paid fo r twe U nion P acific line. of d a iry m en a t th e E ugene ch am b er of com m erce. plunged o v e r a 25-foot p e rp en d icu la r e m b an k m en t a t S ta rv a tio n creek, w est of Hood River. C o n stru c tio n of th e b a sk e tb a ll pavi lion a t th e U n iv e rsity of O regon a t E ugene, w hich will be th e la rg e st in th e w est, w ith an u ltim a te se a tin g c ap a city of 12.000 will get u n d e r w ay e arly n e x t m onth. It is a n n o u n ced . T he A. P a ju n e n C o n stru ctio n com pany of P o rtla n d w as a w ard e d th e c o n tra c t on a bid of $167,401.60. L ife in su ra n c e in fo rce in th e s ta te of O regon D ecem ber 31, 1925, exclu sive of in d u stria l and gro u p policies, a g g reg a te d $447.402,402.7!. a cc o rd in g | lo th e a n n u al re p o rt of th e s ta te in s u ra n re co m m issio n er. A to ta l o( 283.000 policies w ere lis te d in th e re port. P ric e s for lim e fe rtiliz e r w hich la O w ing to th e u n u su a l low w a te r a t bein g m an u fa ctu re d a t th e lim e plant a t th e O regon p e n ite n tia ry have been th is tim e of th e y e a r m ill A o f the fixed a t $4 75 a to n in bulk and $¡> 50 H aw ley Pulp A P a p e r com pany a t O regon C ity, h a s been closed dow n a ton in sa c k s tem p o rarily , and w ill n o t re su m e T h e a n n u s i m ee tin g of th e U m pqua o p e ratio n u n til a fte r a ra in y e h is nut B a p tist a sso c ia tio n w aa held a t Knae- flcien t w a te r to tu rn th e w h e els of ourg w ith a p p ro x im a te ly 100 de le g ate s, th e plant. re p re se n tin g th e 14 c h u rc h e s of the P la n s and sp e c ific a tio n s to r th e a sso c iatio n , in a tte n d a n e # . O regon L inen m ills, to be c o n stru c te d T h irty Io n s of e a rw ig b a it wlU be a t S alem a t a cos! of $240.000. huve bought by th e c ity of P o rtla n d to use a rriv e d from B elfast. Irela n d , a n d have in th e sp rin g o ffen siv a agnine! th e been tu rn e d o v e r to a rc h ite c ts p re e a rw ig In th e c ity p arka and in the p a ra to ry to a d v e rtis in g for bids. Ma p a rk in g s t r i la in th e stre e ts . c h in e ry for th e m ills Is on its way An el etti u held In th e F e n d a le from Liverpool. school d s tric t In i m m illa co u n ty on On h is firs t tr ip to P o rtla n d a s a bond issue of $ 28.000 to re p la c e the d riv e r of a tru c k for th e R oyal B ak ery school butiding d e stro y e d by fire 1« com pany. G lenn K a u 'ta o n . 25, of F e b ru a ry waa d e fea te d . 77 to 33. W hite Salm on. W ash . w as killed w hen W ith m e m i - e r a from a ll p a rta of th e vehicle skidded on w et pav em en t th e valley a tte n d in g . Hood R iver of th e C olum bia riv e r hig h w ay and tr a in s to p ass, a c c o rd in g to R. J. C lan c y , a s s is ta n t to g e n e ra l m a n a g e r S o u th e rn P a c ific c o m p a n y . " I t ’s lik e th is ,” C la n c y e x p la in s. “ U n d e r c e rta in c o n d itio n s sou n d w aves tra v e l 1100 f e e t p e r second. I f y o u a re 5,5 0 0 f e e t fro m a s ta n d ing lo co m o tiv e w hen th e e n g in e e r blow s th e w h istle it w ill ta k e j u s t fiv e se c o n d s f o r th e so u n d to re a c h y o u r e a rs. “ B u t if th e lo co m o tiv e is m o v in g to w a rd y o u a t th e r a te o f 5 ,5 0 0 f e e t p e r m in u te a n d c o m m e n c e s to w h istle w hen 5,5 0 0 f e e t d is ta n t, c e a s in g a s t p a sse s th e p o in t w h e re y o u are - ta n d in r a f t e r h a v in g b e en blow e x a c tly s ix ty se c o n d s, y o u w ;li h e a r only 55 se c o n d s o f w h istle ! “ T h e p ro b le m is: w h at has b e com e o f th e m is sin g fiv e se c o n d s o f w h ist’e? “ O n th e o t h e r h a n d , if th e lo co m o tiv e is m o v in g a w a y fro m y o u a n d c o m m e n c e s to w h istle a s i t p a sse s y o u , y o u a re g o in g to h e a r 65 se c o n d s o f w h istle. “ W h e re do y o u th in k th e e x tr a fiv e se c o n d s o f w h istle co m e fro m ? MEDFORD Wednesday, May 12 ENORMOUS SU E -m O r SH O W T H IS Y E A R COMPELS US TO ANNOUNCE NO STREET PARADE F r e e exh ibitio n ON S H O W G R O U N D S IN THIS OR ANY OTHER C ITY DAILY at J & 7 P . M . PERFORMANCES RAIN «O R SHINE Adults 75c Children 50c You Can’t Go Wrong If You See “The W rong Mr. Wright” as presented in a three act Farcial Comedy by the JUNIOR CLASS of C.P.H.S. Friday Night MAY 7 CENTRAL POINT, OREGON 8 p. m. at the School Gymnasium Admission Adults 25c; Children 15c Reserve Your Seats at Paxson’s Drug Store— Only 15c Extra