Image provided by: Rogue River Valley Irrigation District; Medford, OR
About Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1925-1927 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1926)
THURSDAY, SEPTEM BER ». 1*2« CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN PAGE FOUR FOR SALE— CITY LOTS TO TRADE— Good town COOLING WATER. RAINS START the biggest run he has seen in the end, there will be good fishing, on WANTED property for small. improved 2 \ lots, good location, best soil twenty years he has been on the almost any of the good riffles, up tract BIG STEELHEAD RUN of land near Central Point. in town, fenced for garden, priced Rogue. They are fresh run from the | or down the river. If you do not Joe Wharton in Grants Pass Courier The autumn season is upon us. In the Rojfue Valley this is the most beautiful season of the year and the season that appeals most to the real out-door man. Cool night and won derful days and a colorful landscape that gladdens the eye. These days are the days of good hunting and fishing and with the opening of the deer season on the tenth of this month there will be the annual exo dus to the wild and lonely places to stalk the frisky buck in his native habitat Men revert to the primi tive days when hunting was neces sary to provide the larder with fresh meat but today we hunt more for sport than we do for meat. There will be hundreds of hunters in the mountains after the tetlth of this month where there was one twenty- five years ago and each hunter should remember this and exercise the greatest care to know what he is shooting at before he fires his high powered rifle into the brush. The law says “Male deer with horns” so be careful to see the horns before you fire. A hasty careless zhot in a moment of intense excitement may bring grief and sorrow to many lives. The little rain we have had and the cool nights have lowered the temperature of the water in the river and started the most wonderful run of steelheads that has been known for many years. Andy Huggins, who has lived on the Rogue River almost half way between here and the coast for nearly twenty years, made a trip from Almeda to Gold Beach. He reported that on every riffle there were hundreds of steelheads fighting their way upstream. He says it is A FEW REAL BUYS IN REAL ESTATE 120 ACRES— Plenty of water, under good fence, 70 acres under culti vation, will produce grain, alfalfa, fruit or vegetables, close in. $8000 terms, or will exchange for city property. 160 ACRES— Good buildings, all fenced and under cultivation, close in, a real buy. 710 ACRES— On Pacific highway, worlds of water, joins Government range, an ideal sheep ranch, 100 acres of good alfalfa land, 120 acres can be used for grain or alfalfa, a small cash payment with long term on balance. 12 ACRES— 1 V4 miles from city, good modern house and out-build- mgs; small family orchard, 6 acres in alfalfa; will sell or trade. 6-ACRE tract, all under good wire fence, seeded to alfalfa, no build ings except garage, one mile from town, $1500. A modern 6-roon dwelling, garage and wash-house, three lots, $2000. A number of acre tracts, unimproved from $100 up. W. G. TRILL PERL FUNERAL HOME Corner Sixth and Oakdale Phone 47 Medford, Oregon HOWARD GOVE. D. D. S. — D entist— X-Ray 409 Medford Bldg. Diagnosis Medford, Ore. “ GEORGE E FOX REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE iea and eager to take the fly. When find them on your favorite riffle, hooked they put up a magnificent move on to the next one. If you fight, quite different from the slow persevere, you will soon locate the run. The fall fish do not stay long and lazy fish of the warm water. With the great improvement in in one place, but keep moving up fishing conditions, angles from all the river. parts of the country are beginning to arrive. In a week or two the Oregon mineral production drop road along the river from Hell Gate ped from $3,678,072 in 1924 to to Almeda will look like the street $2,430,753 in 1925, according to of a village, the camps will be so figures compiled at Washington by thick. There will be good fishing the bureau of mines. Josephine coun all along the river but the Galice ty is credited with the production of and Almeda water is noted for its $60,038 in gold. Jackson county was one of the leading producers of lead, big ones. Anglers should keep in mind the that county and Baker county hav Fishing Contest of the Field and ing produced 5,612 pounds, as com Stream magazine. The rules and pared with 513 pounds in 1924, regulations of the contest will be Baker county lead in gold production found in the June number of the with $210,615. magazine. There are prizes worth trying for as well as the honor and Brick Ice Cream at Damon Cafe. glory of taking a record fish. Steel- heads and Rainbows now come un WE BUY—SELL AND der the same classification. In the EXCHANGE past most of the prizes have been awarded to Rogue River steelheads FOR but last season the prize fish was taken in the McKenzie. The season W HAT YOU HAVE before, H. Van Hoevenberg, of the Before Selling or Buying See Us • Siskiyou Orchards in Sams Valley took the prize with a twelve and a 2ND HAND STORE half pound steelhead, taken from PRICE 31 South Front St., Medford the water near the Chair Riffle— the “Rocky Riffle of Rogue River,” of Zane Grey’s store. This fish was taken late in October, with a No. 6 Silver Doctor, with Jungle Cock wing. In 1922 Harry Van Leuven captured the first prize with a beau PLUMBING tiful specimen of steelhead that weighed fifteen pounds and five Phone 1261 ounces. This came from the Innis Riffle just above Galice. The total length, from the point Medford - Oregon of the lower jaw to the end of the tail, the girth around the largest part, and the exact weight of the fish should be recorded. It is neces sary to measure and weigh the fish in the presence of two witnesses and an affidavit made that the fish was caught on a fly or fly rod lure, with regular fly fishing tackle. Fish caught with any kind of spoon or spinner are barred from entry. There are four prizes offered in this con test, the first prize a lot of guns and tackle valued at $193.30. The value of the fourth prize is $13.00. So if you catch a large steelhead, be sure to enter it in the Field & Stream contest. E. Leslie When you go after steelheads from now on, be sure that your tackle is in the best of condition. A prize fish may be lost on inferior tackle, the best tackle that money can buy is none too good. You should have a good road, with plenty of backbone fot casting a long line, a large single action reel that will hold at least a hundred nnd fifty feet of line and the best quality of lead ers and flies. It is useless to tackle these hard fighting, fresh run steel- heads with an inferior outfit. You might get away with it, but the chances would be strong against you. I,ast week end one fisherman hooked seven steelheads and landed two. Another, (and I was with him and saw it done) hooked seven and landed three. And many others re ported similar luck. Most of these fishermen had good tackle and ex perience in handling big fish. With the best of tackle, you have only a fifty-fifty break with the steelhead Good Bargains in Ijsnd Most of the old standard steel- and City Property I head been taking fish dur- Central Point - Oregon 1 ing the flies last have week or ten days. The JACKSON COUNTY ABSTRACT Royal Coachman, Professor, March Brown and Grey Hackle are old COMPANY tried and true patterns. Perhaps A bstracts of Title and T itle In the best catches and the most strikes surance. The only complete Title have bee" had with the McGinty and System in Jackson County. Professor with Jungle Cock wing. M edford • - • Oregon The Oak Fly has also proven a killer. As we advised some weeks ago. use EDNA M ERRITT— PIAN ISTE the fly in which you have the most Graduate O. A. C. Conservatory of confidence because with confidence in your selection you wlil fish harder Music and more persistently and in this Instruction $1.00— 45-minute lesson lies the true secret of success, es pecially fishing for steelheads. W. G. TRILL With the cooling of the water, the A ttoraey-at-Law — Notary Public trout hare begun rising more freely to the artificial fly and good catches C entral P rin t - - - Oregon are being made. For trout, number ten flies in any of the standard pat P. r . BURK— FOR AUTO TOPS terns will do the work and number Opposite S. P. Depot six or four for the steelheads. If MEDFORD TEN T AND AW NING yo" cannot take them on the fly WORKS small spinner* will attract both trout Phone 145-J and steelhead»- For the next week Medford. Or*. Inouire at this office. 4|> right. Inquire at this office. Central JESSE Point Feed Store L. RICHARDSON HAY — GRAI N — SEED — WOOD Phone 54 Residence —Local and Long Distance Hauling— Phone 41 Store WE BUY POULTRY Central Point MOVING Oregon “YOUR FACE IS GOOD, BUT IT W ON’T GO IN THE CASH REGISTER Sweet, Tasty Meats THE CHOICE OF THE LAND— ALWAYS FRE9H AND TENDER “Quality and Service”—Our Motto Central Point Meat Market I. D. LEWIS, Prop. You Know I’ts The Biggest Event of the Year FAIR Jackson County and Oregon Pear Show SEPTEMBER 15 TO 18 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 Band Music—Dancing BIG EXHIBITS OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS, STOCK. POULTRY, BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CLUB WORK. MERCHANTS’ AND MANUFAC TURING DISPLAYS. tf