Central Point Americani
VOLUME 2
FACTS AND
COMMENTS ON
AGRICULTURE
(C. E. Spence, State Market Agent)
Why the Agricultural Unrest
L. M. Rhodes, Commissioner o f
the Florida State Marketing Bureau,
published the following significant
facts and comments in the State Bul-
• letin under date o f July 15:
Every time the sun sets the farm
ers o f the United States have added
$30,000.000 to the wealth o f the na
tion, yet every day since 1910 the
agricultural indebtedness has in
creased on an average o f $1,450,-
.
000
While only 4 per cent o f the farm
ers and laborers on farms aré in the
United States, they produce 70 per
cent o f the corn, 60 per cent o f the
cotton, 50 per cent o f the tobacco,
50 per cent o f the citrus fruits, 25
per cent o f the wheat, 20 per cent
o f the oats, 13 per cent o f the flax
and 7 per cent o f the potatoes of
the world. This is undeniable evi
dence o f efficien t and abundant pro
duction, but the cash earnings o f the
farmers are smaller than all Other
workers. The average o f all workers
is $1415 per capita.
From 1914 to 1925 the deposits
in all banks in the United States in
creased from $21,359,842,316 to
$51,892,932,000.
In spite o f these
facts there were 915 bank failures
in 1924. which was 272 more than
failed in the panic o f 1893, most o f
them in agricultural sections. Farm
ers are wondering if our present
banking laws were intended to pro
tect banks in farming sections, ard
if our financial system applies to
agricultural. I f not, why not?
Many farmers in the United States
wonder if it were fair or wise to
make it easy fo r them to get into
debt through farm loan legislation
and deflate both the currency and
the prices o f farm products, as was
done in 1920, so they could not pay
their debts and must lose billions in
depreciation in land values.
Farmers do not understand why
our government will lend billions to
foreign countries, and give them five
or six decades in which to pay it
back at from one-fourth to one-half
the interest rate that is charged the
farmer. In other words they want
to know why foreign countries can
be rehabilitated with United States
government money at less than half
the interest rate, and have twice as
long to pay back as our own farmers.
Being neither fools nor medicants,
they wonder why congress would
pass the Adamson law which short
ened the hours o f railroad laborers
from 10 to 12 to 8 hours and added
$237,000,000 annually to their
wages; and the Esch-Cummings act,
creating a labor board and increas
ing wages on our railroads $487,-
000,000 per year, necessarily in
creasing freight rates on farm pro
ducts. Also why after passing the
immigration law, protecting labor,
congress should quibble over farm
relief measures, declaring them class
legislation.
They also wonder, when they read
in the reports o f the Federal Trade
Commission that one per cent o f the
population o f the United States owns
59 per cent o f the wealth, and 13
per cent o f the population owns 90
per cent o f the wealth, while 87 per
cent o f the population owns only 10
per cent o f the wealth— they wonder
if everybody who creates wealth is
receiving a square deal.
Observe the Peíate Law
I.ast year many arrests were made
fo r violation o f the law requiring
potatoes to be graded and sacks sten
ciled. Convictions were secured in
every case and the violators had to
NUMBER 16
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN THURSDAY, AUGUST 5. 1926
NO RECORD OF C O U N TY
A T JA C K S O N V ILLE
SE AT
Jacksonville has been the county
seat o f Jackson county fo r 76 years,
and according to the Mail Tribune o f
Saturday, no record can be found o f
the county’s seat o f government ever
having been established there. This
was discovered by Chief Justice Mc
Bride o f the supreme court in pre
paring to write the opinion author
izing the Jackson county clerk to
certify fo r the ballot a proposal to
move the county seat to Medford.
A search o f the records was thor
oughly made and found that neither
the territorial legislature proceedings
nor the Jackson county court fur
nish any record o f how Jacksonville
became the county seat.
It is presumed that Jacksonville
was made the county seat because
there were no other towns at that
time.
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CO AST A IR M A IL D E L IV E R Y TO
S T A R T SOON
The Pacific A ir Transport com
pany o f Portland will start within
the next few days to carry out its
contract with the government to
carry air mail between Seattle and
Los Angeles, according to Vern C.
Gorst, president o f the company. The
schedule calls fo r daily service six
days a week.
The entire trip from Seattle to
Los Angeles will be made in about
13% hours.
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T A K E T R IP TO CRESCENT C IT Y
The latter part o f last week the
Rev. Tully and family, o f the Pres
byterian church at Salem, the Rev.
Iverson and family o f Medford, with
the Rev. and Mrs. Johnson and fam
ily, also Miss Florence Hamrick, o f
Central Point and a Miss Kemple,
o f Salem, took an overland journey
via the Oregon Caves to Crescent
City to spend a short time on the
sea coast.
They report favorable weather
conditions, and came home
much
enthused over the wonderful display
made by Nature not only in the caves
and at the beach, but in the great
ness o f the redwood trees, said to
be the oldest living things in the
world.
For lack o f ability to express our
feeling on hearing o f these wonders
we recall the words o f Joyce Kilmer:
“ I wonder, could there ever be
A poem lovely as a tree;
Poems are made by fools like me
But only God can make a tree.”
The Endeavorers o f the Christian
church gave a box social at the city
park on Tuesday evening. Mr. Ray
Henderson came in from Crater lake
park to auction o f f the boxes. The
young people will apply the funds
raised toward- paint fo r the church
building. Several games were play
ed by the young people and a jolly
time was reported.
I. G. Shaw and family returned
from Wildwood Springs Saturday.
Mr. Shaw reports heavier weight than
in years, and is again on the job.
He says "T h e Biggest Thing in the
Rogue River Valley,” is to start out
again, the first Sunday in Septem
ber “ with a bang,” and he is glad to
be in charge o f things again.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fox and Ger
aldine, in company with
Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Paxaon. drove to Pros
pect and Union Creek last Sunday
where they picnicked and enjoyed
the beauties o f Nature throughout
the day.
Ray Henderson and w ife
were
over from Crater Lake fo r the week
end. They made a trip to Roseburg
to be in attendance at the wedding
pay fines and court costs.
State
o f a niece o f Mr. Henderson, and
Market Agent Spence urges farm returned Wednesday morning to the
ers. dealers and retailers to observe lake.
the law and avoid the expensive
O. R. Pankey enjoyed an over Sun
prosecutions. It simply requires an
day visit from his two daughters.
honest pack and will work fo r the
Mrs. Simington, o f Dunsmuir, and
interests o f honest dealers. Grades, Mrs. Stewart o f Portland. They were
rules and regulations will be sent accompanied by their husbands, the
anyone on request, 81$ Court House. entire party leaving fo r their respect
ive home on Monday morning.
Portland.
PREFERRED
STOCK; COPCO
SELLING FAST
D. G. Tyree, o f Medford, Secretary
o f The California
Oregon
Power
Company, spent part o f the week
in Douglas county, at Roseburg and
vicinity, assisting local members o f
the Copco organization in caring for
orders fo r Copco’s latest investment
offering.
Mr. Tyree states "C areful invest
ors everywhere throughout the field
recognize the value o f Copco Pre
ferred Stock as a permanent invest
ment. More than a thousand shares
o f this security have been purchased
by the investing public during the
past few weeks through members of
our organization and banks in the
field served by Copco. Investors o f
both large and small means are rap
idly taking advaptage o f the present
opportunity to ’ purchase this attrac
tive security both fo r cash and upon
the company’s savings plan.
“ With Great Western Power Com
pany’s Six Per Cent Preferred Stock
now selling at $96 per share, and
our new preferred stock selling fo r
the price and yield announced in
May, careful and well-informed in
vestors in Southern Oregon and
Northern California are rapidly se
curing shares in Copco’s latest o ffe r
ing while the chance still exists to
obtain it at its present selling price.”
o
JIM !
JIM !
M YSTE R Y SHOT WOUNDS MINER
ON G A LIC E T R A IL
Rendered unconscious when struck
by a bullet from an unknown source
yesterday afternoon on East creek in
the Galice district, Lew Larson to
day is recovering from the effects o f
the Wound. The bullet, apparently
o f a small caliber, inflicted a severe
scalp wound on the left side o f Lar
son’s head. He disclaims any know
ledge o f the source o f the bullet,
stating that he knows o f no enemies
who might seek his life. While it is
believed that the shooting may have
been accidental, the sheriff’s office
this morning asserted that a thor
ough investigation will be made.
Larson, who is engaged in mining
on East creek, was returning from
Carpenter’s store where he had gone
fo r his mail. He had stopped about
six and a half miles from the mouth
o f Galice creek fo r lunch at about
3:15 yesterday afternoon and was
just straightening up from fastening
on his pack when the bullet hit. He
says that he must have been uncon
scious for more than a half hour. He
says was alone at the time and after
regaining
consciousness
painfully
made his way to the wagon road at
Galice. Traveling was slow, due to
his weakened condition from loss of
blood, and he did not arrive in
Grants Pass until midnight last
night.
“ I don’t know of anyone who could
have wanted to kill me,” Larson de
clared this morning, "as I have been
working there for only a month and
know few people. The wound was
apparently made by a bullet from a
small rifle.”
Sheriff W. M. Hayes will institute
an investigation immediately. The
country in which the shooting occur
red is extremely mountainous and
chances for finding the person re
sponsible are none too good.— W ed
nesday Grants Pass Courier,
SAMS VALLEY
GRANGE TO
HAVE PICNIC
The first annual picnic o f Sam’s
Valley Grange No. 666, will be held
at the Club grounds near the school
house, Saturday, August 14.
The forenoon will be taken up with
all kinds of sports.
A t noon a big basket dinner will
be served.
In the afternoen the program will
consist o f music, readings, and speak
ing on farm problems.
Brother C.
E. Spence, State Market Agent, o f
Portland and Brother C. H. Bailey
of the Oregon Grange Bulletin, o f
Roseburg, will be the main speakers.
All farmers and Grangers o f the
county are invited to come with their
families and bring well filled baskets.
Sam's Valley Grange will furnish
coffee, sugar and cream.
The boys around town have a good
joke on Jim Ross, who left yester
day with the Medford Legion boys
for Marshfield, where the American
convention o f the Legion will be held
this week.
Jim, in haste, who is in the drum
corps, forgot his drum until he had
arrived at Grants Pass and had to
o
make the return trip for it. Jim’s
GREY COMES IN SEPTEM BER
friends want an explanation. I f the
drum had been forgotten on leaving
Zane Grey is coming to the Rogue
Marshfield no questions would have about September 6, he has written
been asked.
to Joe Wharton. Grey is now mak
ing his arrangements for the trip,
JACKSON C O U N TY GETS $12,535
and when he arrives here will spend
only as much time as necessary get
Jackson county will receive $12,-
ting his steelhead supplies.
He
535.29 as its portion o f the $385,-
will then pack in from Almeda to
636.50 representing accumulated int
Winkle Bar, where he now has a
erest fo r a year on the state school
crew o f men working. Grey recent
fund, which has been apportioned
ly made application for a water right
among the various counties. The
for use in mining and irrigation pur
school census shows the number o f
poses.— Grants Pass Courier.
persons in the state between 4 and
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20 years to be 252,000, making the
James McDowell is enjoying a
apportionment $1.53 per capita. Last visit from his brother G. W. Mc
year the total amount was $ 3 7 3 , - Dowell, o f Echo, Umatilla county,
273.50, or $1.50 per capita, with the Oregon. The brothers have not met
school census 248,249.
since G. W. was 15 years old and
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that was over 30 years ago. He is
Captain Gay o f the Salvation
in the garage business and says he
Army o f Medford, left Wednesday is pleased with the looks o f southern
by auto fo r Victoria, B. C., fo r a Oregon. He would consider moving
two weeks’ vacation. He was accom to this section if he could sever busi
panied by his mother and sister, Mrs. ness interests to advantage in Uma
Martin and children, who have been tilla county.
visiting at the Gay home the past
month.
They expressed themselves
The Leever Hardware store has on
as delighted with our climate and hand the latest thing in the way o f
scenery and enjoyed their stay here a circulating heater which is made
very much.
fo r burning wood, pieces to be cut
from 16 to 18 inches in length. They
The highway commission has put a are an excellent stove for regulating
crew o f 80 men to work on the Pac heat and will keep the floor at prac
ific highway in the Siskiyou moun tically the same temperature in all
tains south o f Ashland, where they parts o f a house.
Mr.
Leever ia
will be employed until the rainy making a special price on theae in
season sets in.
The work consists order to introduce them in the Weat.
o f widening the highway in many
places and straightening the numer
George Wallace ia now enjoying
ous sharp curves.
hia 15-day vacation. With the fam
ily, the first three days o f this week
The heavy smoke pall hanging ovet was spent at Crater Lake, returning
the valley, caused from forest fires by way o f Fort Klamath. Saturday
in the surrounding foothills and the Wallace family will leave f nr a
mountains, is said to be a benefit few days outing at Crescent City.
to the valley fruit, as it had been Mrs. Guy Tex ia carrying the mail
reported as suffering from hot sun during his absence.
rays, which are now more or leas
Mrs. WGthington, Mr. and
Mrs.
subdued by the haze.
Alex Sparrow and daughter o f Tolo,
Mrs. Mattie Parker is home from accompanied by relatives from Cleve
Portland where she returned with her land, Ohio, spent Monday at Crater
little granddaughter who has been Lake. The Ohio visitors are de
visiting here for several weeks. Mrs. lighted with the Tofo community and
Parker visited in Eugene and Rose- scenery in southern Oregon.
burg on the return trip with friends.
Ira Love who le ft Monday fo r
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Isaacson were Roseburg and Eugene is expected to
return today.
visitors in Jacksonville Sunday,
G IR L F A IL S TO SW IM ENG LISH
CHANNEL
Clara Bell Barrett,
New
York
swimmer, after swimming forty miles
o f the English channel, gave up after
a brave but futile effort.
The fog was heavy and the sea
rough. She had been in the water
for 21 hours and 40 minutes. She
will probably try to swim the chan
nel again in the spring.
K E A T O N ’S A R M Y FIG H TS FIR E
Buster Keaton’s company, that
film ing "T h e General,” at Cottage
Grove, sustained a $50,000 loss and
nine men were injured in fighting
fire and being injured when a fright
ened team became unmanagable and
threw two National Guardsmen from
a cannon cart. Fire which started
from a wood burned over a large
area and destroyed a camera valued
at $3,500. A ll men are expected to
recover.— Glendale News.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Stoltx o f Sac
ramento were visiting relatives and
friends here this week. Mrs. Stoltx
was Miss Claudia White, who spent
a year here in high school.
Mrs. C. B. Rostel had friends in
for her birthday Tuesday. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
I jingo and their daughter Hildegard,
Miss Mary A. Mee, Miss Murray o f
Medford, and the Rostel family.
Mrs. Billy Thompson and M r^
John Sheley have completed the six
weeks' Normal
course at Ashland
and have returned to their homes.
Wilma Sheley will remain fo r the
next term.
"T h ey say” that two o f Central
Point’s fair daughters will
soon
leave the ranks o f their maiden sis
ters and assume the responsibility
o f ordering the groceries and other
incidentals. Ain’t love grand?
Donald Snyder, son o f J. H. Sny
der, form er insurance man here and
resident now o f Salt Lake City, was
a visitor in the city last night enroute
to Santa Cruz, California, from
Klamath Falla where he has been
employed in a lumber mill.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Myers were
among the Central Point people in
the Applegate district picking black
berries Sunday.
Mrs. Emma White, Mrs.
H. A>.
Bromley and Miss Mary Bebb o f
Medford, visited relatives here the
first o f the week.
W. E. Morris o f the Table Rock
district has been enjoying the viait
o f C. W. Rasey o f Santa Barbara,
California.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeeae Richardson
motored to Klsmeth Falls on busi
ness Monday and returned
early
Tuesday.
M. M Kindle left early this morn
ing fo r Marshfield where he will at
tend the American Legion conven
tion. He expects to return Saturday
night