CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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