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About Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1925-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1926)
i VOLUME 2 SAMS VALLEY GRANGE HOLDS BIG ALL-DAY PICNIC IN GROVE Last Saturday, as advertised, the Sam’s Valley Grange held an all day picnic in a grove near their school house, and they concluded the day’s events by giving a social dance in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Sheley and son Clarence, took the afternoon o ff and drove over to meet with these good people and become acquainted. We were too late fo r the bounteous spread o f good things to eat, though one lady had fried an extra chicken fo r us. W e will not be guilty of that kind o f mistake a second time. We gained several news ideas and were much impressed by the inter est taken by the people o f the com munity in this organization. The afternoon’s program consist ed o t several speeches and musical numbers. In these talks one main idea predominated, and that was the vital and urgent need, so important to the farmer o f today, o f co-opera tive buying and marketing. As this is important to the farmer it is equally important to the business men, since we all depend on the ag riculturist fo r our livelihood. I f he fails, we fail. W hy not, then, show ourselves more concerned at the welfare o f the farmer and join with him in his enterprises, rather than selfishly giving our time and atten tion to business interests in the towns, as we seem to him in many instances to do? The men had built a platform with a suitable coveting for the piano and other furnishings. This was prettily decorated, we daresay, by the ladies. The program opened with the sing ing o f "Am erica,” the program being read by Mrs. Dick Strauss, o f Gold Hill. % aganda put out by selfish interests infers. Gerald Ward, a young man o f Eagle Point, sang two popular songs which were well sung and appreci ated. Mr. Bowen was introduced next and he gave a brief but interesting talk. Mr. Bowen, we learn, is can didate fo r representative from Jack- son county for the state legislature. We learn also, that he is a Demo crat, which coincides with our belief politically. He is from the Enter prise Grange and his home is on Evans creek. Among other points he said: “ Capital and labor go to Congress organized, to get what they want. So should the farmers.” He brought out the idea that is being so much agitated at present in re gard to the unnecessary number of officers, commissions, boards, law enforcement agencies, etc. These have increased from the time o f Andrew Jackson until now, so that if something is not done to curb the increase there soon will be an official for every three or four persons, thus increasing taxes more than we are able to bear. Mr. Bowen’s talk was followed by C. H. Bailey o f Roseburg, editor o f the Oregon Grange Bulletin. An important point in Mr. Bailey’s talk was that o f the need of defeat ing the Dennis Resolution, which will be before the voters this fall. I f carried, this will prohibit the passing o f an income tax law fo r many years and will eliminate the inheritance tax law, and will be collected by an increase o f tax on our own farms. He said, "V o te 343 Yes.” He spoke o f the Sam’s Val ley Grangt being only young and C. E. Spence gave the first talk. urged them not to be discouraged He is State Market Agent and he for they are'on e o f the foundation drove down from Portland to be stones o f the State Grange which present at this meeting. Mr. Spence aided greatly in securing woman suf brought out several s p le n d i d frage, the initiative and referendum, thoughts, interspersed with humor. (iiiect election o f U. S. senators, pro He spoke o f the two main purposes hibition, and others improvements. as mentioned in the preamble to our The State Grange has a Legislative Constitution, “ to establish justice Committee who stay at Salem during and promote the general welfare.” the 40 days session o f the Legisla He said it is the duty o f the gov ture, to watch the interest o f the ernment to give all a square deal farmers. Mr. Bailey closed by tell and if the farmers were united and ing the people that if they wish in organized and could go to congress formation as to how their legislators unitedly, as other organizations do vote to write him and he will be they would not be refused their re able to» supply it. Wesley McDonough gave an inter quests. Mr. Spence spoke o f the great esting reading entitled, “ Down on change in recent years o f the atti the Farm.” It pictured the boy on tude toward and the requirements the farm, emphasizing the amount o f o f a farmer. Today a farmer must work which is usually on hand for be a horticulturist a veterinarian, a him to do. A Mrs. Haak o f Eagle Point, gave judge o f soils so that he car. tell Mrs. Haak is a what crops land will produce to the a splendid talk. best advantage, and must be a master Granger th ro-fh and through and of * o f many other problems, which do she rightly occupies the office not end when he has produced or County Deputy, because o f the in ' when he has hauled to market. terest she holds in the subject. Mrs. Haak told o f the conditions Economical produc|ion always will be a problem, but the producer which brought about the first organ should always get a little more than ization o f farmers. It was after the Civil W ar in 1866 where- in the cost. Mr. Spence doubted the independ South all industrial conditions were ence which tradition has given the , shattered and the farmers were farmer. He said that the key-word “ down and out” and so discouraged to the situation is “ co-operation.” that they had lost all interest in W e must live it, think it, talk it, making an e ffo rt fo r advancement. until we will practice it. He com A man by the name o f 0. H. Kelley pared this though to the story o f a I was sent by the government to study minister who, time after time preach conditions in the South. When there ed on the "Golden Rule.'’ Though was seemingly no future outlook Mr. it was an interesting sermon some of Kelley succeeded in getting six men to organize the Grange. It soon be the members had grown tired o f hearing it, so one o f them ventured ^ gan to build up and grow because together. Some of to inquire o f this minister as to 4hy they worked he did not change the subject. His these became too much interested in reply was, “ I shall continue to talk 1 politics and for a time merged into nevertheless, o f this until you people practice it.” , political parties but Mr. Spence spoke further o f the . they laid the foundation for the great today. many modern improvements in \ body o f Grangers existing schools, roads, etc., and said that we She said, “ The Grange should keep must have these things now in order out o f politics.” show that the farmers ate practically serfs. They work long hours and there is a bare living fo r old and young. Mrs. Haak spoke o f th • fact that farmers in general do not know a great deal o f the Grange and that those who do know must go out and carry the message to them, so that they will start thinking o f the values to be derived. The program was finished by a few remarks by Mr. Sparks o f the Wimer Grange. The lateness o f the hour caused these remarks to be brief, but in general he corroborated the ideas emphasized by the others. The holding o f a meeting of this kind at a time o f the year when everyone is so busy, speaks for the ambition o f the community. May the Sam’s Valley Grange live long and prosper. POWER C O M P A N Y STOCK A G A IN A D V AN C E S IN PRICE San Francisco, August 9.— Great Western Power company o f Cali fornia Six Per Cent Preferred Stock advanced another point Saturday, now selling at $97 per share. T h e California Oregon Power Company’s Six Per Cent Preferred Stock is selling rapidly in Southern Oregon and Northern California, at the price announced during the lat ter part o f May. More than fifteen hundred shares o f Copco’s invest ment offerin g have been purchased by investors in the Copco field o f operations during the past few weeks. Convenient terms o f payment for the Copco security are still open, and purchases are being made both for cash and upon installments. All members o f the Copco organization and banks throughout Southern Ore gon and Northern California are handling subscriptions o f local in vestors. Investors everywhere are taking early advantage o f the oppor tunity to participate in the California Oregon Power Company’s attractive security offerin g while it can still be purchased fo r the price announced when first offered. — — — o ---------------- GOLD BRICK WORTH <1229.02 REFINED FROM 30 TONS A gold brick was in circulation Wednesday and the owner o f the brick was not the least bit anxious to part with his property. In this case the brick was real and it represented over twelve hundred dollars in gold, though in size it was no larger than an ordinary cake o f laundry soap. The gold brick, which weighed ap proximately 65 ounces is the result o f a five day test run o f ore from the Wade and Johnson mine that is locat ed near Fruitdale on the outskirts o f Grants Pass. About thirty tons o f ore was transported from the prop erty to the stamp mill at Rogue River and it was from this tonnage the gold brick was plated and refined. The mine now being operated by Johnson and C. E. Wade has only ! recently been undergoing develop ment, though the original ledge was discovered several years ago. The ore body which is included in several large veins .has been blocked out un til approximately forty thousand tons are available. The test run just com pleted was fo r the purpose o f testing the milling qualities o f the ore and the advisability o f installing machin ery fo r recovery purposes. As a result o f the test which has proven so successful, Mr. Johnson states that his company will install a thirty ton ball mill, and oil flotation system and other modem mining ma chinery on the property at once. An engineer is at work at present sur veying the ground fo r the installa tion o f the machinery.— Southern Oregon Spokesman. to be comfrrtable, but these are ' Mrs. Haak also mentioned the bringing in creased taxation. Our . thought brought out by Mr. Spence A number o f young people drove problem is to look fo r a system o f m regard to the great success o f the to Grants Pass last Friday night, taxation by which we may pay as we Danes as fanners, as they are so where the traveling representatives are able. The present system o f well organized that they are practi o f the L. A. Bible Institute gave a property tr.x does not meet condi cally the dictators. Their prosper musical and religious program at the tions and M often unfair. He thinks ity reflects on the business men and Baptist churclg Those composing . that the income tax is the fairest industries. Commission men do not the crowd were Florence and U r s a system at preseat that is able to fit exist, hot their own men go and find Hamrick, Edson Randall, Mildred and modern conditions, and that K will markets. Observation o f farming Bernice Burger, Coy and Buster not greatly affect industry as prop-1 in Germany. Belgium and France j Brown and Maynard Putney. « NUMBER 18 CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1926 BUSINESS BLOCK, CENTRAL POINT THREATENED BY FIRE A block in the business district in Central Point, was threatened by fire Sunday evening about 8 o’clock when a car caught fire in the Central Gar age. The car, a Star, was owned by Martin Naught, and was afire when the blaze was discovered by Donald Faber, who was passing in front of the garage. The flames leaped to the roof o f the building, burning a RE W A R D IS OFFERED MARKED SALMON FOR small portion before the fire was brought under control. A fte r quenching the fire with 100 gallons o f chemicals from the new fire truck, water was played on the roof o f the adjoining building to prevent any sparks from igniting a new blaze. The quick action o f the volunteer fire department and the use o f the chemicals saved the building and pos sibly several others. T W O MEN B L A S T IN G F IS H W A Y ON ROGUE Blasting o f a fishway over Ramey falls, at Whiskey creek, on the lower Rogue is now in progress and the work will be completed in 20 days. Fred Merrill, deputy game warden in this district, William Hadley, in charge o f fishways in the state, and W alter Browne, o f Medford, have re turned from the lower river where two men were put at work. Several more will be sent down immediataly. The falls were holding back the larger steelheads, Mr. Merrill re ports, the smaller ones being able to negotiate them. He believes that there will be an increase o f the larger steelheads in the upper river as soon as the work is completed. HOME G IRL MARRIED It is believed that the blasting will cost about <400, most o f which was Miss Gertrude Wiley, who the past year taught in one o f the San Jose, given by Medford sportsmen. California, schools, was married last Tuesday evening in Medford to Mr. N E W ROAD TO RIM OF L A K E PLANNED R. J. Jackson, o f Santa Clara. <1,000 in rewards is offered by the Oregon Fish commission fo r the reporting o f marked salmon caught by fishermen in the various streams o f Oregon. For each marked fish that is caught by fishermen, one dollar is paid. When reporting the capture, fish ermen are to report the kind o f fish, the date o f capture, the size and weight and the sex. This reward is offered by the Ore gon fish commission to check on the fish that are liberated each year. The salmon are marked by clipped fins.— American, Myrtle Point. Miss W iley grew to womanhood in Central Point, and has many friends who wish her and Mr. Jack- son many years o f contentment. Mr. Jackson is connected with the Guarantee Building and Loan asso ciation, o f San Jose in which city their home will be. • N E W HOME UNDER CONSTRUC T IO N Dick Hay and Fred Hesselgrave have the contract, and have started the construction o f a new bungalow, 52x30 % feet, to r Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Alexander, on their lots in the east part o f town. This house will contain 6 rooms, 2 porches, 2 bath-rooms, closets, a hall 12x14, built in furniture and will be strictly modern. The roomy garage has already been built and painted. The house now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander has been sold to the son-in-law, Fred Hesselgrave. -------o ------ H U N T IN G DATES GIVEN OPEN IN G SEASON FOR % Deer hunting season fo r western Oregon will be open this year on September 10 and run through till October 20. The bag limit Is two male deer fo r the season. The Chinese pheasant season ex tends from October 17 to 24, but the season will be closed in Lincoln county. Tillamook county, Clatsop and Curry counties. Like the passing o f the “ Old Guard” the old road from Govern ment Camp to the rim o f Crater Lake will pass out o f use next year, ac cording to prediction o f engineers. Boiling radiators have been the style fo r a long time on this bane of the timid motorist because o f the 10 per rent grades. The altitude also makes the boiling point o f water lower. A few cars have made the tough climb on high and the big pull has stood as a real test o f mettle in auto mobiles. The new road will have a maxi mum grade o f five per cent and its curves will be much wider than the old one. According to geometry the short est distance between two points is a straight line. The distance to the top will remain the same and the new road will be several miles long- erth an the old one. A crew o f work men are now at work on the new route and it will probably be in con dition for travel next season.— Jack- son County News. --------- o ---- -- LE A V E S FOR LONG BEACH Rev. I. G. Shaw left today with the minister o f the Christian church o f Roseburg, for Long Beach, Cali fornia, to be In attendance at the Local Church L ife Institute, in ses sion there from August 23 to 27. This meeting is similar to a con vention and is one o f the three o f its kind that will be held in the U. S. this year. Mr. Shaw expects to be back for regular church services on Sundsy, August 29. For native pheasants, blue or ruffed grouse the season is from October 15 to 31, except in the above named counties where the season is closed. The bag limit In these birds if four in one day or eight in seven consecutive days or two female Chin CLOSED OUT ese pheasants in seven days. There will be no open season on The Faber sale, which has been going on for some time past, closed quail. The open season for ducks and its doors last Tuesday night. This sale offered many exceptional geese runs from October I to Janu ary 16. bag limit 25 ducks in one buys and the people o f the valley day or eight geese in one day; not took advantage o f this fact, by giving over 30 birds in seven consecutive it their liberal patronage. Mrs. Faber and the two sons have days. conducted the business during the Open season on bear all the year except in Josephine and Jackson absence o f Mr. Faber. counties. Mrs. E. C- Faber and family en joyed a visit last week from Mrs. Lou Peters and daughter Allhyra, o f Sioux City, Iowa. They were on their way from Pomona, California, to Vancouver, Washington. The families were form erly acquainted in the state o f Ohio. The many friends o f Vernon Me- Cruder will be sorry to hear that he was badly iitjured in an automobile collision near San Joee, California, recently, sustaining bad bruises on the head, and one arm badly crushed. The doctors say he will not be fully recovered for several montha He is in a hospital in San Joee.