Central Point Am erican
VOLUME 2
C E N T R A L POINT AMERICAN
THE BIGGEST THING IN THE ROGUE
RIVER VALLEY W ILL RESUME
WEEKLY MEETINGS.
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NUMBER
The September issue o f the VOLT,
published by The California Oregon
Power Company, which has just been
distributed, calls attention to the
Sunday, Oct. 3, 10 a. m., Cowley | as a whole.
manner in which volanic action and
Hall. Challenge o f big class in east­
It is a good thing to recall the erosion has contributed to the mak-
ern city to contest, accepted by Sec’y three ideals about which the class in g o f the rich goii 0 { the three great
The men o f this sectior. o f the was originally organized. They were: valleys west o f the Cascades,— the
Rogue River valley will be pleased Better Christian Fellowship, Better Rogue River valley, IJmpqua valley,
to know that our great Men’s Bible Social Fellowship, Better Commun­ and Shasta valley. It is not very
class is to take up its work Sunday, ity Advertisement. There isn’t a man often that we give much thought to
October 3.
in all Rogue River valley but will the great and effectie work of nat­
A pioneer o f its kind in the Bible have a real personal interest in the ure in producing for us the fertile
Class world, this community class did success of this class in at least one soil, which we take nowadays as a
more to tie together the men o f the o f these idealistic directions. While matters o f course. It is well for
whole community during the twenty- a well-balanced community life will us to sometimes stop and think of
nine weeks o f its life than any other render a hearJF assent to our need what great force nature has been in
institution among us.
of them all.
making our valleys what they are
The non-partisan presentation of
At the recent national gathering today, and this is what the VOLT
the Divine Test, the fine spirit o f of church leaders at Long Beach, causes us to do upon reading the
the men, phenominal attendance California, Mr. Shaw said our Com­ current issue. The pears and apples
upon the class sessions combined to munity Bible class was referred to o f the Rogue River valley; the
place our valley and city in a place in a special feature o f their crowded prunes, broccoli and strawberhy
o f confessed leadership before the program as the outstanding achieve­ crops o f the Umpqua; the grain and
world; and attracted the interested ment o f its kind. Some church alfalfa fields and cattle industry of
attention o f religious w o r k e r s leaders question the advisabliity of the Klamath basin and Shasta valley
throughout the United States. •
conducting such a class “ outside the are made possible by the fertility
Mr. Shaw, the teacher o f the class church,” but there is in Central c f the soil which nature has provided
is optimistic o f greater things this Point evidence o^ the finest kind therein.
year than last. In his mind the old that such a class cannot now be got­
The center page illustrations are
organization will, with a few alter­ ten together other than “ outside the interesting and instructive, and the
ations in the details of its work, church” so far as affiliation with
posterette, which shows an erupting
make the class this year more per­ any denomination is concerned.
volcano, beautifully portrayed, is one
fectly representative o f the valley
— Contributed o f the most artistic and effective of
many such posterettes that have ap­
SCHOOL EX H IBIT GOOD
B O Y S ’ A N D G I R L S ’ CL U B W O R K
peared in the VOLT.
On the back page is a picture of
The year 1925-26 o f Club work
The school exhibit o f the county Copco No. 2 generating station taken
is nearing its close, and the club at the fair was excellent in quality
at night. It is understood that this
members are beginning to reap the and there was also a great number
pictur?, which was most difficult to
fruit of their labors. At the Jack- of exhibits, all showing much thought
obtain, has been greatly in demand
son County Fair last week Central and work on the part o f pupils and
throughout the country and has
Point boys and girls got their full teachers.
caused a great deal o f favorable com­
share o f the honors.
A complete
The persons in charge justly feel ment as an example o f photography.
list is not available at this time, that they will not attempt to place
The sub-stoi* in this number ex­
but will be published as soon as it an exhibit next year, unless a build­
plains the policy o f the power com­
can be obtained.
Suffice to say, ing is provided fo r it.
pany in working to promote develop­
that every member who made an ex­
After the teachers had put in sev­ ment of the resources of the terri­
hibit gained one or more prizes.
eral hours placing the exhibits, a rain tory wheih it serves. The VOLT has
Donald Patterson was the high came which compelled the hurried
persistently disseminated informa­
scoring boy o f the county sod won removal o f the displays, some un­ tion concerning this region since the
it free trip to the State Fair at Salem avoidably being lost or misplaced. It
first number was issued over six
next week.
was also impossible to replace them years ago, and a good idea o f the
Ruth Turpin and Ardis Casad won in the way that they were first ex­ reason for the VOLT'S existence is
3rd and 4th prizes respectively in hibited.
obtained from reading all o f this sub­
County Supt., Mrs. Carter, and story, which is quoted below:
Div. II Sewing, and their work along
with that o f other prize winners has Miss Burr, Rural Supervisor of
“ It seems a safe assumption that
gone to be exhibited at the State Schools, gave all their time to over­ by now virtually all wide-awake res­
seeing the work, and they are justly idents o f the field o f Copco opera­
Fair at Salem.*
In the stock judging contest Cen­ entitled to better arrangements for tions recognize as fully as does the
tral Point Calf Club took first place, another year.
company management that their int­
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while the Pig Club placed third
erests and those o f the company, in
Mrs. J. L. Frink o f Sam’s valley, their larger aspects, are one and the
Harold Fish o f Phoenix was high
man, with James Lathrop of Central was a visitor in our city Wednes­ same.
day.
Point taking second position.
“ As the region prospers, so may
Following are the scores for the
the company, which clearly can make
Bill Morris from Hombrook, is little progress if the field o f its serv­
various teams competing:
here helping take care o f his mother, ice should come to a halt in its de-
Central Point C a lf Club
James Lathrop
415 i Mrs. M. C. Morris, who has been velopment. Reasoning from that
Harold Head ............................... 375 very low for some time.
logical and practical basis this com-
Howard Deitrich ...... ,...................380
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pany is unceasingly working to pro-
The George Holmes trucks o f mote development of the region’s
Total 1 1 7 0 .£ ag]e Point, are hauling the tiling varied resources.
V a lle y V iew C a lf Club
for the Medford water system from
..The region ig forging ahead— in
Harold Fish ...................................
the depot here. The shipment was what measure due to company pro-
John Billings
375 made t0 our city on account o f hav- motional effort need not in this in-
George McCracken .................... ^340 in g an ldea| p|ace ^ unload the gUnce concer„
na> The ¡mporUnt
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, . . . , I many ^ at cars-
Total 1145
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I fact is that increased population.
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new industries and the enlargement
C entral Point Pig Club
Lem McKenzie and wife, enroute ! o f o!d ones have resulted in con.Unt-
Delmar Smith .............................. 410 ),ome to Riverside, California, from ly-growing demand for light and
John Lathrop .............................. 400 j an aut0 trip through Canada and power in this field. To meet this
Donald Patterson ........................ 315 j Washington, stopped here last eve­ demand Copco must extend its facil-
ning fo r a visit at the Guy Tex ities.
Total 1126 home. Mrs. McKenzie and Mrs. Tex
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“ The State commissions under
R o gu e River C a lf Club
are sister*. They will leave today
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I whose jurisdiction we operate, have
370 I for their home
Burvell O’Kelley ...........- ........
approved the sale o f Preferred Cap­
355
Lester Pickett ........................
ital Stock, the money so raised to
Norman Brashen
350
Brownie Ross, Tom Ross, W alter,.
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Painter and J. H. Terret returned .
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] improvement o f our power-plant fac-
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The winning team had the choice days deer hunt on the west fork
“ The company now has available
o f a trip to Salem State Fair or o f Evans creek. Each one o f the
a new issue o f its Preferred Capital
the Pacific International Exposition ) boy* came home with a buck,
at Portland. They chose to go to j Brownie report* the wolves killing Stock. Any o f the members of the
organization wiil be pleased to fur­
Salem, so next week we hope to re- many deer in that section.
nish details and take care o f sub­
port that they have acquitted them-
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scriptions. The Investment Depart­
selves well there.
Mr. and Mr*. J. M. Johnson had
ment o f the Cdmpsny at Medford.
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a* guest* last Sunday, P. L. Johnson,
Oregon, is also prepared to handle
Miss Mary Mee was in Medford | wife and son o f Klamath Falls, also
inquiries and subscriptions to this
yesterday spending the day with Mr*. Manrir. Johnson and family of Mil- ;
Ann^unc'e-
J W. Howard, an old friend. They ton. Oregon. P^ I* » « brother o f
h„ b„ „ mgd. of an advan„
were echool chum, together on the Mr Johnson and M .m n is the eon jfl
#f thu ^
effeetjr, 0 e t.
Applegate. Mrs. Howard is now ris- who was here last winter.
ob„ th, f| m r
iting a sister in Medford and her j
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home is in San Francisco.
Friend* o f Mrs. Orlie Wilson, who
Mr*. M. T. Daily o f Medford who
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! lived here a few year* »go, will re- underwent an operation on Tuesday
We notice Otto Bohnert driving gret to learn that she was killed in j o f this week, is reported as getting
through town these day* with truck an auto accident near Bend a few along nicely. Mrs. Daily is a daugh-
loads o f watermelons and squashes days ago. She had gone there to ter o f Mr. and Mr*. Weiae, well-
visit relatives.
1 known residents of this vicinity.
for Medford.
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GRANTS P A S S HIGHWAY CRASH
KILLS JOE MCKINNON; HOW ARD
KELL BADLY INJURED.
Severely injured Saturday night in
the auto accident which resulted fat­
ally for Joe McKinnon, 25, of Gold
Hill, Howard Kell, 23, also of that
place, is reported this afternoon to
b>* recovering from his injuries. The
accident occurred shortly after mid­
night, the youths being brought to
the local hospital. It happened about
five miles south o f this city on the
Pacific highway, on the first sha.-p
curve north of Weasku Inn.
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Brought to the local hospital im­
mediately after the accident, it was
found that McKinnon had a fractur­
ed skull. He passed away at 6:45
Sunday morning, after a hard fight
to save his life.
Kell is reported
to be recovering, having regained
consciousness Sunday morning. His
head is badly crushed.
The two had been attending the
dance at Community Club about 12
miles south of the city. They left
for Grants Pass to get something to
eat. A car with two young men from
Montague, California, Fred Zimmer­
man and William Deardor, was ahead
but the other car passed the.n near
the bridge at Riveria park. The car
N E W O F F I C E R S FO R
THE
ORE. D E N T A L SOCIETY
SO.
Dentists from Roseburg, Grants
Pass, Medford and Ashland held a
very successful meeting at the new
Redwoods hotel at Grants Pass Sat­
urday, September 18.
A fter a splendid banquet, speeches
and discussions were enjoyed, after
which the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Dr.
B. R. Elliott, president; Dr. R. L.
Bnrdic, vice-president; Dr. Richard
Mulholand, secretary; Dr. Goldsberry
treasurer. The next meeting will be
held in Medford November 13.
was evidently speeding for it left the
California boys far behind.
As they approached the curve
north o f Weasku Inn, the boys saw
the two others lying in the road and
their car by the side o f the highway.
As they drove up, another car left
the scene of the accident without
giving first-aid to the injured. They
were unable to get its number in
their hurry to aid the Gold Hill
youths.
Officers, investigating as soon as
news reached the city, found that the
car had skidded for at least 65 yards,
as shown by the tire rubber on the
pavement. The car then left its
wheels, turning complete over and
landing on the wheels. The two oc­
cupants were spilled out as it went
over. After it had righted it went
about 16 feet further.
Funeral services for McKinnon
were held Wednesday afternoon in
Gold Hill. He had been a resident
o f that place since February, when
he left the regular army. He has
been living with his sister, Mrs.
Chas. Kell. His age was given at 25
years and 28 days.— Grants Pass
Courier.
G E T S IT B Y A I R S E R V I C E
Ted Morava took advantage of the
air mail service last Friday when he
ordered a couple of connecting rods
and bearings for a car belonging to
C. N. Corwin, whose home address
is at San Francisco. They were
ordered by wire from the San Fran­
cisco supply house, checking out at
5:30 a. m. and arriving here at
9:20 a. m., at a cost o f $13.60, sav­
ing the man several days’ delay from
his work.
SPECIAL ASSE M BLY
A special assembly will be held at
Roy Jones and family and Horace three o’clock Friday afternoon at the
Terrill motored to Dead Indian Soda high school in honor of the new
springs Sunday.
building.
A program o f music and talks by
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Richardson, the students is being arranged. The
Mrs. Ed Gleason, Mrs. Rostell, Ed public is extended a cordial invita­
Vincent and wife, Mrs. Farra, Mrs. tion to attend and look over our
Allen Henderson and Mrs. Lauren new high school building.
Gregory attended the Rebekah Dis­
trict Convention in Ashland last
R E C E I V E S INJURIES
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fox and daugh­
ter Geraldine, accompanied by Miss
Blackburn and Mr. Carlson, teachers
of the Central Point high school,
spent Sunday at Union creek and
stopping at places of interest such
as the Natural Bridge and Mill Creek
Falls, and Elk creek hatchery. Mr.
Carlson reports the trip marvelous,
he seeing his first wild deer.
Chas. Wilson, while working in the
Upton orchard Tuesday, fell from a
ladder, suffering a broken arm and
receiving other injuries. He is
under the care of a physician.
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Mesdamee Arborgass, Joe Brown,
Waddell, Minnick, A. M. Henderson
and Mr. and Mrs. Harley Yo Koto
attended the fair at Medford Fri­
day.
Jimmie Ross, Dave Hicken, Bert
Mrs. Whiteley, o f Fossil, Oregon,
Pankey, Earl Leever and Walter
has arrived here and will help keep
Painter left Monday for Lakeview,
house for W. G. Trill and daughter
Oregon, to hunt deer. From there
during the school term.
I they expect to go to the Mt. Pitt
j section. They will return the latter
Herbert Harris, who has been
part o f the week.
looking after the farm during the
summer, left Monday for Corvallis,
J. M. Hurley is enjoying a visit
where he will continue his work at
with his sister this week from Port­
O. A. C.
land. She has been visiting in Cali­
fornia and stopped here for a short
Buster Brown, John Bohnert and
visit. J. M. reports his sister 78
year* old and enjoying the best of Carl Boswell left this week for Cor­
vallis, where they will attend the
health.
agricultural college.
John Bowman left Wednesday eve­
George Penland and family went
ning for Oakland, California. John
to Glendale, Oregon, Sunday Septem­
expects to work for the Standard Oil
ber 12, and stayed until the week
company o f California.
end.
Ernest McIntyre and wife spent
P. D. Lofland was another prize
Sunday on the Applegate. Mr. Mc­
winner at the fair, taking first on
Intyre reports fishing very poor.
his honey display.
Ernest, you need different bait
Carl J. Brummer, from the credit
Word from Miss Jessie Hutt, to rating bureau o f Medford, was look­
friends here, announces her safe ar­ ing after some business matters here
rival at her home in Calgary, Can- yesterday.
Frank Zuccala took first prise at
John Roes has been confined at the fair with his fine display o f Yel­
home the post few days on account low Pippins raised on the Kyle
o f rheumatism.
ranch.