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About Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1925-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1926)
S U P P L E M E N T T O C E N T R A L P O IN T A M E R IC A N , Old Abraham Stuck to Middle of Road A man and Ida wife took In an aged and eui>po»<‘dljt wealthy ret at ve to live with them, thinking they would profit when the old fellow paased away. Later they learned that he badn t much money, and they were anxious to get rid o f him They agreed between themselves that they would start an argument at dinner. The husband would claim that the soup was too s a lty ; the wife would declare that It was not salty “ ough. They would leave the matt jr ......... 14 _____ ____________s ea. to ewl.l old Abraham I f I he . . agreed wdth the wife, the husband would throw him out. I f he agreed with the hue- band. the wife would throw him out Consequently, at dinner, the husband s a id : "Rachel, this soup Is too salty.* Rachel tasted the soup, and said, “ No, my dear, the soup la not salty enough.” "Then," said the husband, “ we will leave It to Abraham, and see what hs says about It. Abraham, what do you think: Is the soup too salty or la II not salty enough?” Old Abraham, who was enjoying hit soup, didn’t hesitate, hot said, between sips, “ Veil, It suits Hb.”— l.oa Angelel Times. Household Pet Knew Purposes of Knocked This story Is vouched for by one who h“ d been for many years cap tain of a sailing ship. Several times during the past few weeks he had been called to the door by a “ rat-tat” on the knocker Just as he was com fortably settled down with his pipe, and on each occasion at Arst there was apparently no reason to answer the door. One night, however, th. vestibule door caught for a moment as he opened It, and left only a small gup o f about six or eight luches. Through this gap squeezed the house hold cat, a fine block one, anfl ha guessed the anlmul had on other oc casions slipped past unnoticed. Fetch ing an electric torch he examined the door, and found marks showing the cat had climbed up, held Itself In position by a grip on the door mold ing while It raised the knocker, a theory which wan later proved cor rect. A fter hearing the usual knock, the captain crept quietly round the side entrance, and waited until the cat repeated the operation, then dropped quietly on the mat and looked expectantly at the d oor— London Mall. W ood fo r New spaper Since the customary units of wood measurement— cord, log measure or lumber scale— do not represent an ex act quantity, the cubic foot solid wood Is used. Even this unit Is variable as to pulp yield according to the char acter of the wood a.s to speeles and rate of growth. However, taking the dry weight o f spruce as 24 pounds per cubic foot, the commercial yield o f 100 cubic feet would be about 2 ..VX) pounds' 1 o f mechsnlcal pulp., and of sulphite pulp 1,030 pounds. Commercially. news print Is made from a mixture o f 75 per <*.„1 mechanical and 25 per cent sulphite. Consequently, a ton of news print would contain 1.500 pounds mechanical and 500 pounds sulphite. Then 1,500 pounds mechanical would require 66.2 cubic feet w ood; 500 pounds sulphite would require 48.5 cubic feet wood ; 1 ton o f news print ______ u .. .........1 _ _ 4 w _L, s . n would require 113.7 cubic feet or 2,- 728.8 pounds oven dry spruce wood. Was Good to Anim als Mrs. Sarah Martha Grove-Crady of Tunbridge Wells, England, who died recently, leaving an estate o f $3,000,- 000, left something over $300,000 to her family, and over $2,000,000 for the work of different societies In aid of animals A great part o f the money la to be used for the establishing of a refuge or refuges for the preserve- tlon o f all animals, birds or other creatures not human,” on some Island or on the mainland, where land may be purchased for the purpose, the ob- Ject being to make the animals safe from molestation or destructiou by man. She left almost as much per sonal property as In her estate and large sums were given to hospitals and other charitable purposes. i t me ana c la r.g e London and Berlin have been danc ing to Jazi from Ptttahurgh and Sche nectady. The southwest coast of „ Greenland gets music from New \ork * n<* Davenport, Iowa Tall raa«ts of Nauen, Germany, and Loulsburg, Nova Scotia, to say nothing o f the Eiffel tawei and Arlington, keep the ethereal pot a-bolling. N ever was the heraldry o f the midnight revelry so far-flung, while In place o f the famous “ navies grappling In the central blue” that Tennyson foresaw we are now to have International action for the establish ment o f wave lengths and the allot ment o f the rights to certain regions In the air. says the New York Post. Madrid, Amsterdam and other conti nental centers are greeting the cos mopolitan audience, which no man can number, and the concert of nations be comes a harmonious reality Instead of the polite Action o f the diplomats. Money Talks in Every Language . A new way o f testing precious stones has been devised by the bureau o f standards at Washington An elec tric furnace has been developed that makes It possible to heat gems and counterfeits to very h'gh tempera tures, when their expansion Is meas ured with great delicacy. It Is thus possible to detect clever Imitations which otherwise W g h t deceive the most experienced eye. Instruments hs\e also been Invented that render pearls almost transparent and reveal the cleverest Imitations. M ail y otr shoes to me for prompt and serviceable S H O E R E P A I R I N G W ith Best Q uality M aterial I pay postage one way—cash must accompany order K m ’ s half-soles $150 H eels Ladies’ half-soles $1.00 H eels extra 25c M en’s Panco soles $1.25 Boys’ , *1 .0 0 ; Ladies’ 75c 50c M c D o w e l l j a m e s Central P oin t - h a y — Phone 41 Store extra Oregon - G R A I N — SEED — W O O D Phone 54 Residence — Local and Long Distance H au lin g— Among the ways suggested for keep- ^ rpa(llllg of new, pa. .. , , , , , ' p* r t’ 11 ,B * 800,1 ‘ 'lea 1 eo' ,le Bro" *“ <1 f“ 8ter wllen they get oat o f touch with our own throbbing jmesent. But H they know what is g-wng on, and get In every newspaper Issue a reflec- tlon o f their own community and the wide world, then they can talk with anyone. They convey the Impression o f brightness and wide-awake spirit, and people like to meet them. What makes people grow old Is the looking The erroneous, pernicious, but wide- b* ck ,0° rnuch »1 the past, says the spread conviction that “ time” makes Salem News. They dwell In old scenes us old, and that age Is automatically ! and lose Interest in the present and Axed by the numoer o f years behind people lose interest In them. When us. constitutes a deadly assault upon th. y r«.ad th„ newspaper, their minds the human family. Time does not are full o f interest In this rapidly mov make us old. Tim e has nothing to do ing age with age. Time Is an hour glass— a measuring device— not a force. Time can InAuence disease or health no more than a yardstick can InAuence the speed of a horse race. Age Is the result o f changes brought about In our own tissues through all our own habits o f life. Within the limits o f variation 1 we can hasten those changes or check them as we will.— From “ The Selene» ■ of Keeping Young," by Alfred W. Me Cann. New Tests fo r Gems M A Y 6, 1926 A ls o , yo u h av e m ore m o n ey i f yo u le t it ta lk — b y go in g to the place w h e re you can save more o f it on y o u r re p a ir bill. WE BUY PO ULTRY M O V IN G Central Point Feed Store Central Point “ YOUR FACE JE SS E L. R IC H A R D S O N IS GOOD, . . . B U T I T W O N ’T R E G IS T E R Oregon GO IN THE CASH 25c Per Dozen— SPECIAL O N ORANGES V alencia Oranges, large 25c (10 cases while they last) New Potatoes, just in ..........................................I 2 V 2 C Fine Local Head Lettuce ................................. 10c See the Best Local Strawberries, per cup ........... 15c T ry the IN D E P E N D E N T G A R A G E fo r Guaranteed work and be con vin ce d. F L O U R 5c S A C K L E S S T O D A Y / C. T . G E N Z E L (T h e Man W ho K now s) A C E T Y L E N E W E L D IN G A N D B. P. Thiess & Co. 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