CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN PAGE FOUR MINING NEWS The latent addition to the family o f producer» o f Southern Oregon is the Golden Mary from which P. X. Johnson is exhibiting a brick weigh ing a little over $1200.00 being a partial cleanup o f the 30 tons o f ore recently run through Sparks mill at Rogue River. This mine, lying with in a stones throw o f Grants Pass has lain idle fo r thirty years, awaiting the enterprise and foresight o f some one to take it up and put it in pro duction. P. X. Johnson is just as proud o f his recovery and o f this concrete proof o f his ability to find a mine and get action on it. As soon as it is possible to enuip a mill this brick will be but one o f a large and numerous family. The Golden Mary was form erly known as the Wade mine and its former owner acting as superintendent o f production, can well feel that the claims that have been made for the mine have been justified. W. B. Burner o f Holland has fin ally triumphed over the discourage ments and difficulties o f five years and reached the pay streak in Demo crat gulch. Twenty-five feet of drifting on the channel faleid to reach the border and produced about $120.00 in the prettiest channel gold and course platinum that has been brought into the Bureau fo r many a day. Wiloughby and Hutton are setting up machinery on the Leonard property which adjoins Burner and is virgin channel and probably also a drifting proposition W. R. Kilduf has le ft fo r San Francisco on business connected with the Siskron mine. The Red Boy o f Gold Hill has in corporated and expects soon to begin extensive development. Compressor and air drills are being installed at the None Such mine on the Apple- gate. This will make a total o f twelve air drills to come into this district within the last twelve months ^nd is one o f the surest signs of progress. B. F. Gallager who mined on Jose phine creek 18 years ago is here looking over his old territory. Metz and Tate o f the Silver creek placer have a crew o f eighteen men on their property preparing fo r the next winters run and are keeping a good sized pack train busy hauling supplies in from Galice as the trail is apt to be closed during the winter months. Cha« Tucker o f Agnes reports that he expects soon to begin devel opment on his mine and J. C. Ed wards has returned from an extended trip east, plans the erection o f a mill on his property in the near future. A. A. Turner and Tom Galvin are mining the Klamath river. M. Hollman o f Spokane was a re cent caller at the bureau, leaving specimens o f ore containing gold, silver and lead from Jubilee moun tain, B. C. Dean Newton o f Corvallis, who has been expected weekly fo r some time has been detained at home by ill ness o f his family. He hopes to be down fo r a week or so shortly.- The Placer mine on Louse creek, near Granite Hill has been at work getting ready for next winter’s run with from three to five men, all sum mer. The resultof their test holes has been so satisfactory that they anticipate running two giants next winter. H. L. Bovingdon, o f the Blue Jay will make his home in Grants Pass fo r the next year. The Blue Jay has a tunnel crew at work, and expects to continue development the entire season. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good, and the recent forest fires in the upper Evans creek district and elsewhere will greatly facilitate pros pecting during the coming winter. About a dozen have already started out to get located when the rains start. But be careful o f fires, they are a waste o f natural resources of the country. A t the last meeting o f the bureau much enthusiasm was shown in re gard to the Fair exhibit to be made in September. Since the Bureau is to have charge o f the exhibit every member should do his utmost to see that it is creditable to the industry. S. B. Salverson, who had charge o f the small dredge near the upper ferry two years ago was a very wel come visitor at the Bureau during the past week. Mr. Salverson is now interested in a silver, lead mine in Nevada but is still much interested in the mining possibilities in south western Oregon. fiber to $40 fo r the long straw. Since the state furnishes the pulling ma chines the dread and big expense of hand pulling is obviated. F U a growers are ¡earning by ex perience and the extremely dry sum mers o f the last two years have taught them the importance o f early sowing, that the crop may be well along before the rainless months set in. The high priced long fiber needs moisture and it is well worth the e f fort to get the crop in early, as the price is double that o f the short straw. » Letters come to the State Market Agent stating that in some o f the middle west flax growing localities diseases are appearing, particularly rust, and asking what may be done to prevent this here. Governor Pierce who has made an investigation o f this matter, says the best preventative THURSDAY, AUGUST I t Medford, Oregon SATURDAY A U G U S t 28 SELLS- FLOTQC AND Buffalo Bills W ildest o f rust is crop rotation, that rust seldom attacks under this system. Mint a Lasting Crop Mint growing in favored localities is fast developing as a new Oregon crop and many inquiries come to the market agent. Some claim that once planted the crop will continue to produce fo r years while others state that its life is fo r but about three years. J. G. Moison o f Gervais says SPECIAL SPECIAL THREE HERDS ^P O O D LES* HANNAFORD. the W ORLD S G R E A TE S T RIDING CLOWN AND HIS BIG CO M P AN Y ’CHARLESTOlf D AN C IN G ELEPHANTS he has known crops to produce fo r 14 years; that he hes <\ field produc ing well a fter six years. He says the life depends on the care; that unless plowed and cultivated well each year it will soon die out, as the ground soon becomes so matted with roots 4 0 0 ARENIC STARS ZOO-CIRCUS-HIPPODROME at the top that the plant cannot hold the moisture enought growing. to keep ----------- o----------- OREGON WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Falls City— State liberates Chinese pheasants here. 1001 T a r i t i W o nders it NO S T R E E T P A R A D ED 300 Mt. Angel— Producers Packing company will pack 40,000 cases fruits this season. BUY YOUR GRAIN SACKS FOR LESS Since 1917, Oregon Highway Com mission has spent $89,000 on high ways. Portland foreign cargo shipments fo r first quarter o f 1926 were 399,- 786 tons; tenth port in United States. Portland— Steamer Edgar Lucken- bach takes 1,500,000 feet lumber fo r Gulf ports. it— VALLEY HIDE & JUNK CO. Salem has paved 65 blocks, and FOR SALE— CITY LOTS 2 \ lots, good location, be.it soil in town, fenced for garden, priced right. Inquire at this office. tf Unfailing Care — to meet every requirement in dry-cleaning is our claim for your patronage. With fine workman ship such as to impress your favor . . . though our charges are only standard. CITY CLEANING AND DYEING CO. "WE ARE NOT SATISFIED UNLESS YOU ARE" Phone 47« On 624 N. Riverside A re Highway— Medford, Oregon FLAX GROWING IS INDUSTRY LASTING will pave 65 more if fall rains per C. E. Spence A recent inspection trip over the flax fields by the Chamber o f Com merce and O. A. C. showed that ninety per cent o f the growers have found flax raising one o f the best crops from the standpoint o f profit. From the farms the flax has gone to the state penitentiary where its manufacture gives employment to every able bodied man o f six hun dred inmates, and has made a bee hive o f industry out o f a former workless, lounging hunch o f men. From the penitentiary are manu factured flax goes out to the outside linen mills, which industries are di- | rect results o f prison manufacture. The penitentiary furnishes the mills with flax products in that state o f manufacture necessary fo r their re quirements, from where it goes into completed products. The Miles Lin en Mills, a factory 100x142 feet, re cently completed, announces it will enlarge to nearly double present capacity, and another factory, with | authorized capital o f $500,000, is under erection. The state prison has ¡nearly a half million dollars in ma- | terial and equipment and is steadily enlarging to meet demands, whilg about $100,000 was paid to farmers last year fo r their straw. A ll this has grown out o f the small beginning in the prison plant about three years ago.'and while the outside industries grow, a permanent industry to em ploy convicts in the prison is build ing up, which will greatly reduce the heavy maintenance expenses o f the prison. Many farmers interviewed say that flsx raising ia the best crop in sight fo r profits, as there is a waiting mar- ket and spot cask fo r the product. Prices per ton paid by the state range from $22 fo r the very short mit. * Salem— Huge annex to paper mill ready for machinery installation. 221 N. Fir St. Phone 1176 Medford— Reported strike o f rich tellurium ore occurs in Kubli mine, in Jackson county. Baker— Seventeen cars lambs, 6,- 000 head, go to Chicago. Hood River— City will pave Oak street with bitulithic, to cost $13,- 359. Silverton— Food Products plant canning more fruits and vegetables than ever before. Rails delivered fo r Herrick rail road, 50 miles, from Burns to Sen eca. % W e Are Manufacturers of DOORS, SCREENS, WINDOWS AND SASH, WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES MOULD- INGS, CABINETS OF A LL KINDS Our Constant Aim is to Keep Our Quality and Prices Absolutely Right. Do Not Order From Out-of-Town Concerns Before Letting Us Figure on Your Bill. TROWBRIDGE CABINET WORKS Medford • A M ODERN M ILL Oregon laikeview — Thirteen-mile section o f Beatty-Bly highway, will cost $60,000. Astoria— Prmity Lumber company loads 5.000.000 feet lumber in ten days. Mill rutting 200.000 feet a day. Heppner— Limbs worth $50,000, 23 carloads, shipped to Chicago. Sweet, Tasty Meats THE CHOICE OF THE LAND—ALWAYS FRESH AND TENDER Klamath Falls— New $41,000 city library to be completed by Novem ber 10. Bend— Contract let, fo r steel water reservoir, to cost $33,375. State buying Indian lands along Old Oregon Trail, in Umatilla reser vation, to preserve trees and other scenic features. Oregon bank deposits June 30, were $2,000,000 larger than ever be fore in State's history. Oregon exp.wts fo r first quarter o f 1926 were $13,781,451. $3,126.- 001 more than same period last year. Sutherlin— Good flow o f gas se cured at 1800 feet, in le e per Dome prospect well. “ Quality and Service” — Our Motto Central Point Meat Market L D. LEWIS, Prop. 6