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CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN PAGE TWO CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN An I n d e p e n d e n t W eekly P a p e r P u b lish e d nt C e n tr a l P o i n t , O r e g o n , a n d E n t e r e d T h u r s d a y o f each w eek in th e P o s to f f i c o t h e r e o f aa S e c ond Cl«»* M atter JO H N B .^ H E L E Y and N E T T IE B. SH EL E Y , Editor* CLA REN CE SH ELEY , B usiness M anager SU BSC R IPTIO N RATES Si* M o n th s............ ............... ............... -........................— - ........................ - ......... $1.00 One Y ear ........................ .......................................................................—.......... — $2.00 All Subscriptions M ust Be Paid in A dvance A d v e r tis in g Rate« G iven on A p p lic a tio n THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926 O RE GO N NEWS ITEM S SP EC IA L IN T E R E S T OF B r ie f of R e su m e o f H a p p e n i n g s of t a e W e e k Collected fo r O u r Readers H erm an Pohle, who died at Salem recently, left an estate valued a t $82, 110 . Grant Balderee. 22, of Mill City, wat drowned In the Santlam riv er neat Ender when he slipped and fell from a log. A pproxim ately 200 acres of hops on the Thomas Llvesley ranch neat Salem w ent down as a resu lt of the recent rains. The crop of pears is so heavy in the H arrisburg vicinity th a t orchardists are asking people to come and carry them away a t th e ir own price. A gold brick, estim ated to be worth $15,000 has been on display at the Basche-Sage hardw are com pany's store In Baker. The brick is from the Buf falo mine. H arry C. P eterson of Brookings, con fessed to D istrict Attorney Buffing ton of Curry county at Gold Beach, th a t he had set fire to his wife’s house a t Brookings. W ith hundreds of exhibits in place Bend held its 13th annual flower show, th e leading prize, the Bend chamber of comm erce trophy, going to Mrs. Ralph Spencer. The S ternberg tan n ery at Albany th a t was recently destroyed by fire will be rebuilt, business men having raised $15,000 as a loan for six years w ithout Interest. A petition was filed w ith th e pub lic service comm ission by the city ol M arshfield asking for an order requir nig the Coos Bay W ater com pany to extend its service. A proposition to Issue bonds to the am ount of $1500, with which to install a w ater system , septic tan k s and electric lights in th e Boring school- house, was voted down. E sth er Motanlc, full-blood Cayuse Indian maiden of th e U m atilla Indian reservation, will be queen of th e Pen dleton roundup Septem ber 16 to 18, In elusive, it Is announced. The property of the E astern Oregon sta te hospital. In U m atilla county, has been se t aside as a wild game and bird refuge, according to a proclama tlon Issued by G overnor Pierce. In a rage because she refused him funds to attend the Trail-to-Rail cele bration In Eugene, Joseph Planz, 39, shot his wife tw ice in the back and killed him self a t K lam ath Falls. F ran k Hooson, 52. sign p ain ter ol Portland, died in Spokane, W ash., a few hours a fte r his autom obile had been struck by a N orthern Pacific p a s senger tra in n e a r G ranite, Idaho. If there are no rem onstrances w ith in the n ext few days, construction will begin on a $350,000 union high school building at K lam ath Falls. The new school will benefit four districts. P ractically th e en tire population ol Sw eet Home, Holly, Craw fordsvllle and F o ster is now engaged in picking evergreen blackberries. About two truckloads a day are being shipped. Extensions, im provem ents and addi tlons to the Ashland municipal w ater supply have been agreed upon by the city council. The total cost of the im provem ents was estim ated at $500, 000 . A live deer w as brought to Wald- port by Frank Johnson, who had pick ed it up on his farm. The anim al was in pitiful condition from a strange malady, believed possibly to he the Auction Sale Monday, August 30 at the Scott Ranch 10 miles north of Central Point on the Bybee Bridge-Trail Creek Road, 2 miles north of Modoc Orchard. E V E R Y T H I N G T O B E SO LD , I N C L U D I N G T H E F O L L O W I N G I T E M S 1 Horse, about 1500 lbs. 1 Genuine Leather Couch 2 Genuine Leather Chairs 1 Oak Morris Chair 1 Combination Sideboard and China Closet, oak 1 Oak Writing Desk and Book Case 1 Oak Commode 2 Iron Bedsteads 6 Dining Room Chairs 2 Kitchen Tables 1 Cook Stove 1 Box Stove 1 DeLaval Cream Separator 1 Phonograph 1 Mantle Clock Many other items Sale Starts 1:00 P. M. Term s-Cash hoof-and m outh disease. ‘ Five persons were killed and 222 persons w ere injured in 1719 traffic accidents in th e sta te of Oregon d s r lng th e m onth of A ugust, according to th e rep o rt of T. A. Raffety, chlei inspector for the sta te m otor divi sion. According to Emil B ritt, w eather ob serv er a t Jacksonville, the recent rain broke th e longest dry spell in Jackson ville in m ore th an 40 years. T here was a period of drouth of 102 days, only .05 of an inch falling in that time. George R. Reeves, P ortland con tracto r, was low with a bid of $97,- 800 for construction of th e first unit of th e Colum bia hospital to be ere c t ed a t A storia by th e Columbia con ference of th e A ugustina L utheran synod. The D rager F ruit com pany of Sa lem has m ade application for perm is sion to operate a licensed warehouse under th e federal w arehouse law. This would be th e first federal licensed w arehouse to be operated in the Salem district. T he Mabel Mill com pany is reported to have purchased the 80,000-acre Drew tim b er tra c t above Rolley and will tap the new holdings with a log glng railroad for which a survey al ready has been made. As surveyed, th e line would run from Fox creek, eight miles ea st of Rolley, to Mabel in Lane county, w here the company has its mill. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926 Columbia river, and a pum ping plant, the estim ated cost of the e n tire Im provem ent being $29£400. One of the Southern Pacific passen ger train s was delayed no rth of the Umpqua river while one of the bull moose which range th at te rrito ry ran ahead of the locom otive for th ree or four miles. T his Interference of train schedule by the moose Is not an In frequent occurrence ana the anim als a re seen often by the train crew s c ad passengers. C loser co-operation betw een th e 11 w estern state« to com bat strong-arm salesm en and prom oter* of undesirable stocks and securities was forecast by W. E. Crews, s ta te corporation com- m iasloner, as the resu lt of action taken a t a m eeting of securities commlealon- ers from the various w estern state* at San Francisco. Mr. Crew s attended the conference. The contagion nam ed hem orrhagic septicem ia, which caused the death of more th an 250 head of cattle in the d istric ts of Boring, D amascus, G resham and several o th er localities in the past th ree weeks, is now un der control, according to Dr. H. C. Johnson, veterinarian. Dr. Johnson has vaccinated 1500 head of cattle since the epidem ic started . A com plaint has been filed w ith the public service comm ission at Salem by the city of Vernonia against the V ernonia Light A Pow er company, a private corporation, form erly owned by the N orthw est T ru st company, P o rt land, and now in th e hands of the re ceiver, for alleged violations of the laws regarding public utilities and ask lng th at the comm ission fix reasonable rates and charges. A FEW REAL BUYS IN REAL ESTATE 120 A CRES— P len ty o f w ater, u n d er good fence, 70 acres u n d e r cu lti vation, will produce g ra in , alfa lfa , fr u it o r vegetables, close in. $8000 term s, or will exchange fo r city p ro p erty . 160 A CRES— Good buildings, all fenced and u n d er cu ltiv atio n , close in, a real buy. 710 A CR ES— On P acific highw ay, w orlds of w ater, jo in s G overnm ent ran g e, an ideal sheep ran ch , 100 acres of good a lfa lfa land, 120 acres can be used fo r g rain or a lfa lfa , a sm all cash p a y m en t w ith long term on balance. 12 A CR ES— 1 V4 m iles from city, good m odern house an d out-build- ings; sm all fam ily o rchard, 6 acres in a lf a lf a ; will sell o r tra d e . 6-A CRE tr a c t, all u n d er good w ire fence, seeded to a lfa lfa , no build ings ex cep t g arag e, one m ile from tow n, $1500. A m odern 5-room dw elling, garag e and w ash-house, th re e lots, $2000. A n u m b er o f acre tra c ts, unim proved from $100 up. W . G. T R I L L J u s t W est o f C en tral B ank P o in t S ta te W A N TED TO T R A D E — Good tow n p ro p e rty f o r sm all. im proved tr a c t o f land n e a r C e n tra l P oint. In q u ire a t th is office. 4p JA C K SO N COUNTY ABSTRACT The city of Lakevlew has filed with the public service com m ission a com COMPANY plaint ag ain st th e service of th e Lake- A b s t r a c t s o f T it l a a n d T it l e I n view W ater company. It was charg s u r a n c e . T h e on ly c o m p l e te T it l e ed th a t the service was inadequate, S y s te m in J a c k s o n C o u n t y . due to a defective flume and other an M edford - - - O regon cient equipm ent. B reeders in th e Paisley and Bly dis GEORGE E. FOX tric ts have petitioned the public serv REAL E ST A T E and INSURAN CE ice commission for a reduction of live stock freight ra te s on the line of the Oregon, C alifornia A E astern railroad Good B argains in L and betw een Sprague riv er and K lam ath an d C ity P ro p e rty Falls, a distan ce of approxim ately 40 miles. C en tral P o in t - - O regon S eptem ber 10 will be th e opening date for the d eer hunting season in WE BUY—SELL AND 5 - a cre t r a c t f o r sala, g o o d soil, Oregon, unless drought conditions con EXCHANGE tinue. according to an announcem ent p l e n t y w a t e r in d r y y e a r s a t low r a te , FO R from the O regon fish and game com well d r a in e d , U - m i l e f r o m G r a n t s P a s s on s t a t e h ig h w a y . L a n d va lue s mission and E. F Averill, state game in c r e a s in g , good m a r k e t f o r s t r a w W H A T YOU H A V E warden. T he season will continue un b e r rie s, etc. $ 1 2 0 0 c ash if ta k e n B efore Selling o r B uying See Us soon. A d d r e ss P. O. Box 173, C e n til O ctober 20. PRICE 2ND HAND STORE t r a l P o in t. A m ass of huge boulders and up 31 South F ro n t St., M edford rooted tre e s was sw ept by swollen E X E C U T O R ’ S N O T I C E T O C R E D IT O R S w aters of th e W hite riv er against tht EDNA M ER R ITT— PIA N IST E N otice is h ereb y given, th a t the bridge th a t spans the stream on the Mount Hood loop highw ay and carried undersigned has been ap p o in ted ex G rad u ate O. A. C. C o n serv ato ry of e c u to r o f the L ast W ill and T e sta Music aw ay tw o sections of th e bridge. The m ent and o f the e sta te o f T hom as bridge is located about six miles above McDonough, deceased, and all p e r sons having claim s a g ain st said estate In stru c tio n $1.00— 45-m inute lesson G overnm ent Camp. are h ereby re q u ire d to p re s e n t the T. W. N orcross, chief engineer of sam e, w ith p ro p e r vouchers, to said W . G. T R I L L the n ational forest service in com executor, a t his o ffice in th e C en tral A t t o r n e y - a t - L a w — N o t a r y P u b lic pany w ith F. H. Brundage, in charge P o in t S ta te B ank, C en tral Point, of tra il and road work in national for O regon, w ithin six m onths from the C e n tra l P o in t - - - O regon ests of Oregon and W ashington, and d ate of th is notice. D ated Ju ly 22nd, 1926. Nelson F Macduff, supervisor of the J. O. ISA A C SO N , E x ecu to r PERL FUNERAL HOME C ascade forest Is inspecting construc J22-A 19 tion work in th a t forest. C o rn er S ixth an d O akdale N O TIC E TO C R E D IT O R S M ystery of th e rapid and unpre N otice is h ereby given, th a t the Phone 47 M edford, O regon cedented fall of Lake of the Woods, undersigned, has been ap p o in ted a d near K lam ath Falls, which has left m in istra to r of the e sta te o f N ancy H O W A R D C O V E , D. D. S. m otor boats and piers stranded high M. O henchain, deceased, and all p e r — D e n t is t — and dry on a barren expanse of mud sons having claim s a g a in st said estate a re hereby re q u ire d to p re s e n t the X-Ray D iagnosis flats, is believed solved in th e discov sam e, w ith p ro p er vouchers, to said ery of a large fissure in one end of the ad m in istrato r, a t his o ffice in the 409 M edford Bldg M edford, O re. lake into which w aters are pouring. C entral P o in t S ta te B ank, in C entral T here a re 159,521 acres of land open P o in t, O regon, w ithin six m onths F. F. B U R K — F O R A U T O T O P S O pposite S. P. D epot from th e d ate o f th is notice. to hom estead en try w ithin the P ort D ated th is 22nd day of Ju ly , 1926. M EDFORD T E N T AND A W N IN G land land district, com prising Yamhill. J. O. ISA ACSO N. WORKS W ashington, Polk. Tillam ook, Marlon. A d m in istrato r. W. G. T R IL L , A tto rn ey fo r E state. Lincoln. Linn. Clackam as. Columbia. M edford, O re. P hone 145-J C latsop and Benton counties, accord J22-A 19 lng to a recen t list of vacant lands compiled by th e Portland land office. The sta te irrig ation securities com mission has been petitioned by the Eagle P oint irrigation district in Jack- son county to extend the state guaran tee of in terest paym ents on a $400,000 bond 'esue for an o ther year. The state has previously guaranteed in terest paym ents on th is bond issue for four FACTORY BLOCKS years. Phone 631 Medford, Oregon P lans for th e im provem ent of the J ORDER NOW! Scappoose drainage d istrict have been , approved by S tate E ngineer Luper The Im provem ents will consist of ap proxim ately seven m iles of dikes to | hold back the overflow from the Tuesday and Friday Nights Dance 10c Admission 50c for Evening 3rd Floor Medford Building $6.00 DELIVERED CENTRAL POINT LARGE LOAD NEWCOMB FOR WOOD