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About Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1925-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1926)
C E N T R A L P O IN T A M E R IC A N CENTRAL POINT AM ERICAN A n In depen den t W eek ly P ep er Published at C entral P oint, O regon , and E n tered Friday o f each w eek in tb e P o s to ffic e th ereof as Secon d Class M atter PAUL ROBINSON, Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year — .................................................................................................. $2.00 All Subscriptions Must Be Paid in Advance A dvertisin g Rates G iven on A pp lica tion F R ID A Y , OCTOBER 15, 1926 E D IT O R IA L The splendid rain last week-end put the ground ¡n excellent shape and helped the green lawns im- raensely. True as the old saying, it rains on the just and unjust alike. For success, the business man, above all things, cuts out jealiously. Co-operation, a good word for competitor and our encouraging welcome for newcomers will always win sin! make one feel better. We have remarked that one can do as well, if not better, trading in Central Point as he can in any other city, large or small. This fact seems to be generally recognized, as we know o f one Central Point business man who has regular customers from as far north as the county line and south to a few miles beyond the California line. NATURE IN A L L H E R G L O R Y Many o f the town folks out riding for the week-end in these beautiful autumn days have been indelibly im pressed with the inspiring and almost incomparable beauty o f the varied colored foliage that line the highways following the light frosts that have gently kissed the mellowing mantle that adds so much to the splendor and beauty o f all the Oregon country. Nature has rarely, if ever, been bet ter exemplified than in these parts, and when we pause for a moment and harken to the reports o f our dis tressed members in the East and Middle West with their endless storms, floods and hurricanes, we can but faintly realize how truly fortunate we are to be so well blessed as we are here, nestled in this garden spot with unlimited re sources and abundance o f everything. While death and desolation reigns supreme elsewhere and while the temptest and fury is being spent in other sections, we are enjoying na ture in one o f her gentliest and kindliest moods.— St. Helens Sentin el. combined. Neither measure would increase taxable assets because publicly ■ owned property is not taxable. But each measure would add enormously to the liability o f taxpayers, farm owners, home owners and all taxable property which would be responsible for payment of interest and principal on the bonds issued. Aside from all other reasons which could be advanced against this political ownership and operation of industry, the foregoing is in itself sufficient to cause any Ihoughful person to refrain from further in creasing the bonded debt burden of his state, and especially for an under taking which is in the field o f private enterprise end entirely outside the function of the government. The logger out in the woods, the fisherman on the river, the brakeman on the train, the agent writing insur ance and the clerk selling a necktie may think that schemes for state ownership o f industry have no effect on their jobs or their cost o f living. They are sadly mistaken. Any meas ure which doubles the bonded debt burden, increases direct taxes and discourages the investment o f private capital and labor, affects every man, woman and child, from day laborer to railroad president. Queen Marie of Rumania is on her way to the United States. Queen Marie is considered the most beauti ful o f all living queens and one of the best enlightened on world affairs o f modern women. On the arrival of the queen “ society” will rush to the front— the females o f the 400 scrambeling to bow before the queen. In some respects we will not mourn if American girls hasten to patern after this beloved queen. She abso lutely refuses to wear short dresses. She is coming fully dressed even if her hair is bobbed. We don’t believe any true American man is going to be disappointed in being denied the priviledge o f gazing on the dimpled knees o f her majesty. The knees he sees every day should be sufficient. Both Oregon and California will vote at the November election on measures which provide money for state development o f hydroelectric power. Oregon is asked for $50,000,- 000, California for $500,000,000. In Oregon, the amount demanded would nearly double the bonded in debtedness o f the state, while in California, the amount sought would ness of the state, cities and counties As November approaches politics are getting brisk in Oregon. The jobs o f governor o f our great state and U. S. Senator from Oregon are probably causing more attention and argument than all the other offices, because they are the most important. Walter Pierce and Ike Patterson are in the race for the governor’s chair. Both strictly Oregon men— one from eastern Oregon and one from west ern Oregon. Both farmers and both successful. Senator Patterson is a republican and Governor Pierce is a democrat. Oregon h&s long been rated as a republican state, we await the result o f the governor election, knowing the race will be very close and the fight a hard one. For senator it is a three-cornered race, Steiwer, Stanfield and Haney. Two republicans and a democrat. Stanfield is running as an Independ ent as he lost out in the primaries. Steiwer and Stanfield are both east Oregon men. Haney is a democrat. Stanfield with his R. R. tax refufcd bill has done more for southern Ore gon than any o f them. There are three o f them running— take your choice. -------------o------------- The importance o f metals.— Two important beach-sand mining opera tions are under way along the Pacific coast. One on Monterey Bay, Calif ornia, recovering iron with a number of important alloys— for a superfine process steel. The other is near Bandon, Oregon, where gold, plat inum, iridium and other o f the re lated precious metals are especially sought. Until now, these sand-mountains have tempted and defied man ever since their discovery. But cumulative scientific knowledge is finding ways to utilize them, and they are added nearly double the bonded indebted- to the national assets. More and more, the use of metals becomes an imperative demand. The miner and metallurgist was never as important as he is today. Mining o f every sort becomes a more vital part o f life. Copper, steel, lead, zinc, aluminum are essential parts of every telephone, every automobile, every radio, every phonograph. Gold and silver still have their universal hold on business life. Tin is the very life o f the fruit-canning industry that makes the world’s dining table worth while. Chromium and nickle promise to check the present loss o f millions a year through rusting of steel. The boy \fho is interested in chem istry has a dazzling future before him in mining and the extracting and utilization o f metals. Jackson coun ty has all this mineral. C entral Point is I be ou tfittin g ga tew a y In B ea n tifn l C ratar L eb e as tba N ational Park. TH E COUNTRY W EE KLY W ednesday County Judge W. J. Hartzell to day issued the following signed statement: It has become very evident that my attitude concerning the payment to Mr. W. H. Gore for the services o f the O. & C. land grant matter is not in accord with the desire o f the majority o f the citizens of Jackson county. As I make it my first duty to serve them, I have decided to notify the other members o f the County Couyt that I recall my vote on that question and will enter the recall on the record awaiting further develop ment of the desire of the citizens. (Signed) W. J. HARTZELL, County Judge YEARS AG O — AND PERL FUN ERAL H O M E Not long ago, the Argus-Leader Corner Sixth and Oakdale quoted editcrialjy from a story by O. Phone 47 Medford, Oregon 0 . Mclntypre, about a well-known New York clubman who had traveled GEORGE E. FO X around the world, knew all the latest plays, had read all the "high brow” R E A L E S T A T E and IN S U R A N C E books, was familiar with all the se Good Bargains in Land lect eating places— in brief, was a genuine man of the world. He was and City Property asked what gave him the greatest Central Point Oregon pleasure in his round of diversified JA C K SO N COUNTY ABSTRACT activity. “ The most fun I get,” he answer COMPANY ed, “ is reading the weekly newspa A b stra cts o f T itle and T itle In per from my home town.” surance. The on ly com pleta T itle How many other men and women, System in Jackson C ou n ty. - O regon holding responsible and lucrative po M ed ford sitions in the larger cities, look for E D N A M E R R IT T — P IA N IS T E ward eagerly each week to reading the home town weekly! The* little Graduate O. A. C. Conservatory of “ personals” are read line by line by Music these people who can’t quite forget— and don’t want to forget— where . Instruction $1.00— 45-minute lesson their pleasantest memories lie. The j modest weekly may not have a staff W . G. T R IL L of high-priced special writers in all A tto rn e y -a t-L a w - -N ota ry P u blic parts of the world, but it has an edi tor who keeps in touch with what is C entral P oin t • - O regon being done by Harry and Grace and F. B U R K — FO R A U T O TOPS the rest of the folks we call by their Opposite S. P. Depot first names. Next to a letter from the family or one o f the old “ bunch” M E D F O R D T E N T A N D A W N IN G W ORKS it’s about the most welcome thing that comes in a bedlam of running Medford, Ore. Phone 145-J for elevated trains and dodging taxi drivers. Nor is its appeal solely to the per son away from home. The daily pa per now goes into virtually every town, no*matter how small, and onto around the nation and- around the world. It has its comics, its health answers, its serial stories, its cross word puzzles, bedtime stories, and u host of other interesting material. Most people have found a daily pa per indispensible. But, necessary and desirable though it is, it can never fill the place of the home-town pa per. Each has its sphere and neither can supplant the other. The Argus-Leader proposes a toast to the weekly paper: May its sub scribers read it and appreciate it; and may its advertisers give it the support it deserves.— Sioux Falls (S. D .) Daily Argus-Ia'ader. We do not wonder that many are mystified over the item in the press a week agj that the county court of Jackson county had sanctioned the paying of one percent of the amount received by all the counties over the tax refund bill introduced by Senator Stanfield and recently passed by Congress and signed by the President. We are inclined to be lieve that more opposition and dis satisfaction will arise as time goes by. People at large are apt to think that much o f Banker Gore’s work was done on account of his loyalty and love for his county. Especially after he has already received some $15,000.00, according to press re ports. The question will oft be asked as to why the court favors allowing him an additional $150,000.00, or whatever the amount will add up. Of course $150,000 wouldn’t be much if it were devided among several, but we wouldn’t even hint that such a thing could be possible. We elect senators to work for us and they receive a certain salary, which is large enough to make side money unnecessary. True, Mr. Gore went to Washington, D. C., to lobby for the passage o f this bill, but his expense to the tune of about ten to fifteen thousand dollars were paid. Suppose he remained there three months, $150,000 would be mighty good pay. If this big tax refund money we hear so much about is going to do Jackson and the others of the 18 counties much real good we must watch out for committees, appoin tees, boards and all other ways and means that might be hatched to reap the benefit. It was supposed that the counties and tax payers were to be benefitted. That is supposed to be what all the W E B U Y — SELL AN D big men were working for. Then, again, suppose Jackson county gives EXC H AN G E Mr. Gore $150,000, it is the tax FOR payers who will have to dig up the big amount. Then wonder if every W H A T YOU H AVE body won’t tare out their shoes run ning to the poles to vote for a new Before Selling or Buying See Us court house costing another $150,. 000. Suppose the people at large would vote on giving some o f this PRICE 2ND H AN D STORE commission money out, the result 31 South Front St., Medford might not be pleasing to some. But, if he has it coming, pay him. FORTY -v JO rtf... “ Today in the same state, as else A spare time job soliciting for the where, a good ordinary cook alone American? Call for particulars. costs such a family ten dollars a week. The laundry work is also Office Phone 965 Res. Phone 965-J2 extra, and will cost on the average DR. H. P. C O L E M A N five dollars a week— or $15 for what C h iropra ctic, Diet and in 1886 cost $2. This is an increase E lectroth era py o f 750 per cent— seven and a half MEDFORD times the cost of household service Fourth Floor Medford Building Oregon in forty years.” NOW There is no teacher like a clear- minded editor who drives home fundamental facts in simple-worded editorials. Such an editor seems to he at the helm of "Thu Insurance Field,” published at Louisville, Ken tucky. He sees the point of public interest in a "want ad” published forty years ago. and comments follows: • "Times have changed. In a ’ Forty Year* Ago’ column in a Kentucky neswpaper. we find this ’ad lifted from its old files for the instruction of readers today. “ Wanted— A woman to cook, wash Bnd irr.* for a family of f o u ^ $ 2 per week.’ TW P FERTILIZER Now is the time to put on SHEEP GUANO the best natural man ure for your garden and lawn AT Hermanson’s Feed Store We Deliver DI D YO U EVER STOP TO TH IN K By E. R. Waite, Secretary Shawnee, Okla., Board of Commerce No. 1 T H A T you should never let your advertis ing take a rest. Advertising should never rest. It is tireless and willing to work all the while bringing in new business. T H A T when you let your advertising take a vacation you lose sales, prestige and money. T H A T continuous advertising indicates that the concerns advertising give better quality and better service. T H A T you cannot expect customers to con tinue to arrive if you discontinue inviting them. T H A T advertising is a service due the public. People have an honest prejudice against business concerns who do not give them this service. T H A T the more you advertise the more you sell. Advertising is the magnet that attracts customers. T H A T merchandise, well advertised, makes selling easier and helps the public to buy more intelligently. EVE R Y B O D Y K N O W S A N YTH IN G W O R T H H A V IN G IS W O R T H A D V E R TISING. AVDERTISING T A K E S TH E GUESS OU T OF W H A T AND W H E R E TO BUY. ADVERTISING M AKES A C ER TAIN TY O U T OF AN U N CERTAIN TY. Copyright 1925 .