THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1926
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN
PAGE FOUR
IS THE BOY TO BLAM E
mines at present. The Robertson is
reported to have resumed production,
and several trial runs on various ores
have been made at the Sparks mill
at Rogue River.
The Committee in charge o f the
exhibit at the fair is ready to re
ceive samples which may be left at
the Bureau headquarters, 511 H
street. Bring in a creditable she, wing
o f your awn ore, and spread the
word among your acquaintances so
that the exhibit may be creditable.
During the coming winter there
will be at least nine mines actively
at work on the Althouse. Five are
being equipped with pipe derricks,
and two small sawmills will be at
work sawing lumber for flumes. This
is evidence that the quiet work of
the Bureau is having its effect, even
though it has not brought a boom.
The next meeting o f the Bureau
will be held on Saturday the third
o f September. This meetin imme
diately precedes the Fair, so let us
have a good attendance.
Arrangements are being completed
for the installing o f a dredge on the
Ancient River mine at Rogue River,
and will be completed in all prob
ability so that the dredge will be in
operation before the first o f the
year. The result o f the drilling
which has been going on for the past
Work is being done on eleven gold six weeks was very satisfactory.
A second drifting proposition long
drawn out came to fruition this week
when B. W. Adams, on Canyon creek
after two years work, under eighty-
seven feet of overburden, struck the
channel so long hidden by a slide.
The gold was like that of the Burner
channel on the Althouse, very coarse
as to size but smooth. The largest
nugget of the year so far was among
the Adams gold, weighing fifty-two
dollars. These are the first success
ful drifting propositions for several
years.
Strikes o f new ore veins are re
ported by Klumpp of the Greenback,
who brought in some beautiful^ ore
from the nine hundred foot level.
By Otto, who has struck a new vein
on the headwaters o f Jump-Off Joe
creek; by Peake, who has opened the
old Hammersley, and by Barker, on
the Hall claims at Placer, who is re
ported to have sixteen inches o f very
high grade ore.
Many outside mining men have
been and are still in the district, but
most o f them prefer that their names
be kept out o f print. There is
much inquiry as to the quicksilver
deposits here, most o f the inquirers
being from California. All indica
tions point to some real activity in
that mineral this year.
Follow tho crowd to tho Old Tim*
Dane*, Central Point, Friday Nit*.
“ I Visit the “ Country Store.”
Said the son to the father,
would like a new aluminum finished
roadster. I need three new suits o f
clothes, a new set o f golf clubs, some
new sport shoes, a couple o f hats and
a new fishing outfit to go on my
vacation.”
“ Sure,;’ said the father, “ go down
town and buy these things and
charge them to me."
The following month the bills
came in together with a “ few ” others
which were necessary to round out
the boy’s equipment for his holiday.
The father raised the roof with his
complaints. Naturally he got no
sympathy as the wise ones said it
was his own fault for encouraging
his family in such extravagance.
Along comes an election and can
didates for o ffice or proponents of
special measures tell us, as taxpay
ers, that they would like a few thou
sand dollars for this office, a mil
lion or two for a new commission,
ten million or 100 million for some
state enterprise, a few more motor
cars for that bureau and dozens of
extra jobs to pay political debts, not
to mention several hundred new laws
to be passed by the state legislature.
We say, “ Sure, that’s alright,” and
vote for the program. A year later
the tax bill conies in and then we
raise the roof about the increasing
cost o f government.
But do we deserve any sympathy?
Are we any different from the in
dulgent father?
Don’t blame the boy, and don’t
blame the o ffice holder too much,
for the father is responsible for the
actions o f his children and his fam
and fiber stencils for marking sacks
may be purchased for a few cents. ily expense, while we, as taxpayers,
(C. E. Spence, State Market Agent, No dealer or grower can afford to are responsible for the men we elect
712 Court House, Portland)
take the chances o f evading the law. to office and our public expense.
STA TE M ARKET N EW S
A Story With a Moral
Form Prices Four Points Down
About fou$ years ago the Dark
Tobacco Growers’ Co-Operative asso
ciation was organized for Kentucky
and Tennessee, with a membership
covering about 60 per cent o f the
tobacco acreage in the territory.
During its three years’ operation the
association maintained an average
price o f from 13 to 14 cents per
pound.
But the members became dissatis
fied, not with the prices received or
the management o f the organization,
but because about 40 per cent of
the growers would ’ not come in,
would not contribute anything to the
expenses o f the association, yet re
ceived the same price for their to
bacco as the association members re
ceived. In fact, the outsiders were
getting higher prices, because there
was nothing deducted from their
selling price to maintain the organ
ization. So the members of the
association asked to be released from
their contracts so that they could sell
on the outside and get as much as
the non-members were getting.
The monthly price index o f the
Department o f Agriculture states
that the general level o f farm prices
dropped from 139 to 135 per cent
o f the pre-war level from June 15
to July 15. At 139 the general level
o f farm preies is 14 pounds below
July a year ago.
The board of directors released
them and the growers and business
men of the towns held parades and
celebrated the action as a commun
ity event.
The very next day after the
board's action the price o f tobacco
started down, and it kept going down
until it reached the average price of
7 cent* per pound, about half what
the association had been getting.
Good, sound tobacco was sold as low
as 2 cents per pound on the auction
floor at Springfield, Tenn., June 25,
1026.
Bread Year Potato Sacks
R EA L E S T A T E TRAN FERS
(Jackson Co. Abstract Co.)
Elizabeth Blanche Cook to Barney
W. Cody W. D. $400, Land on Ore
gon street, Jacksonville.
Joe E. Boswell et ux to J. H. Mc-
Jimsey et ux W. D. 10, Lots 12 and
13 Blk 9, Central Point.
Lee B. Blackburn et ux to Joseph
B. Stevens W. D. $1, Lots 22, 23,
24 Blk 30 Tolo, Oregon.
Oregon
Central Point
“ YO U R
FA C E
IS GOOD.
BUT IT W O N ’ T GO
REGISTER
IN T H L CASH
Sweet, Tasty Meats
TH E CH OICE O F TH E LA N D — A L W A Y S FRESH A N D TEN D ER
“ Quality and Service”— Our Motto
%
Central Point Meat Market
I. D. LEWIS, Prop.
*
and Oregon Pear Show
S. S. Montgomery et ux to H. D.
Powell, et ux W. D. $10. Lot 6 Blk
2 Shady Cove sub-division, unre
corded.
SEPTEMBER 15 TO 18
S. S. Montgomery et ux to Her
man D. Powell et ux W. D. $10, Lot |
12 Blk 7 Shady Cove sub-division,
unrecorded.
A GALA WEEK FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALI
FORNIA PEOPLE
BEST HARNESS AND RUNNING RACES ON THE COAST
BIG NIGHT ATTRACTIONS— THRILLING RACE EVENTS
Carnival Show—Big Midway
4TH
The county superintendent is ask-
ing grade and rural teachers o f the
county, especially all teachers not in
our school rooms last year, to meet j
with her at her office in Jackson- |
ville on Saturday morning, Septem
ber 4th at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Carter feels that this meeting j
together is mutually helpful and in- !
spiring. Then too. definite plan* for |
organised work throughout the eoun- ,
1 ty can be understood, so that school j
I operation toward the common aims.
JESSE L. RICHARDSON
FAIR
S. S. Montgomery et ux to Her
man D. Powell, et al W. D. $10,
Lot No. 8 Blk 1 Shady Cove sub-div
ision, unrecorded.
, w o r k con begin w i t h the i dea o f ,
Central Point Feed Store
Jackson County
S. S. Montgomery et ux to Her
man D. Powell et al W. D. $10, Lot
2 Blk 3 Shady Cove Subdivision, un
recorded.
FOR SEPT
Buy Ice from
You Know I’ts The
Biggest Event
of the Year
S. S. Montgomery et ux to Her
man I>. Powell et ux W. D. $10, Lot
8 Blk 7 Shady Cove sub-division, un
Today the tobacco growers are in recorded.
desperate condition and the business
S. S. Montgomery et ux to Her
men, bankers and professional men
man D. Powell et ux W. D. $10, lot
are working hard to line up the
10 Blk 7 Shady Cove unrecorded sub
growers and get the association back
division.
on the job. When the association
quit to get even with the outside
S. S. Montgomery et ux to Her
joy-riders it left all the growers at man D. Powell et ux W. D. 10, Lot
the mercy o f the tobacco buyers, 13 Blk 7 Shady Cove subdivision, un
when they sold their stuff individual recorded.
ly. There is a big object lesson
CO. TEACH ERS M EET CALLED
here.
There are stringent penalties im
posed by law on anyone selling a
sack o f more than 50 pounds o f po
tatoes unless the grower's name and
address and the grade o f the pota-
toos contained are stenciled on the
sack. This law is for the consumers'
protection; it is a guarantee o f the
quality o f the potatoes in the sack.
No housewife need be defrauded if
she will order by the sack and state
the quality wanted, whether No. 1 or
No. t, etc. Grading rales may be
had by writing to the S u te Market
Agent, 712 Court House, Portland,
For Rent— 3-room house with water
inside.
Inquire
of
Mrs. C. E.
Lamb, Central Point.
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Band Music—Dancing
BIG EXHIBITS OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS, STOCK, POULTRY,
BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CLUB WORK. MERCHANTS’
TURING DISPLAYS.
AND
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