‘ ft * ¡N THE LAND TH E CEN TRAL POINT O F B U S Y JACKSON COUNTY ■WHERE THE. ROGUE HIVER FLOWS ■'“ I H & y f* o On Pa.cific H ig h w a y & S P T^a.ili'oad L U M B E R IN G -F R U IT - D A M A V I N G — M l N I N Q - F A R M I N G - S T O C K RAISING^FISHING-HUNTING VOLUME 2 CENTRAL P O IN T , JACK SO N, COUNTY, OREGON. JACKSON COUNTY Medford Musicians ARMENIA RAKED HEALTH IS FIRSTI Give Benefit Con- WITH QUAKES cert tor Local High P R I D E IS IN C L IM A T E , S C E N E R Y A N D F E R T I L E S O IL Three Times Rhode C e n i u t Give« Jackson C oun ty P opula tion o f Jackson at 25,405. A r e Healthy and Happy. 1 ■ ’f > V I Jackson county is as big physical ly as it is big in opportunities. Its land area is 1,788,100 acres. The county is three times as large as the state of Rhode Island. It is half the size o f Connecticut. Three Jackson counties would make a Massachusetts a Vermont or a New Hampshire. Our County lies in the extreme southern part o f Western Oregon, being separated from Northern Cali fornia by the famed Siskiyou moun tains. At the base o f the Siskiyous on the Oregon side the great Rogue river valley begins, and extends for miles to the north. Along its high ways the thriving cities, towns and villages. On the east the county is bordered by the rugged Cascade mountains, and on the west by the Coast Range. While surrounded practically by mountains, the elevation o f the Rogue river valley varies from 1,000 to 2.500 feet. Within these elevations is found the ideal altitude which the average person requires for good health. The surrounding mountain ranges are heavily wooded with pines, firs, cedars, oak and ash. This uncut tim ber, covering more than half the county is a most valuable asset. Jackson county has vast mineral deposits, largely undeveloped. We have gold, silver, quicksilver, copper, lead, coal, iron, asbestos marble lime stone, granite and clay. Great for tunes lie here in the virgin rocks, awaiting two things— capital and labor. Our chief pursuits are fruit-grow ing, agriculture, lumber production, stock raising, mining, market gard ening and various branches o f manu facture. The county is located about half way between San Francisco and Port land, Oregon. The paved Pacific highway, connects us with those im- pcrtant cities, as does the main line o f the Southern Pacific railroad. Trips by auto to San Francisco and Portland afford a constant delight Many people go through in one day. The last census gave Jackscn coun ty a population o f 20,405. Since that time the increase has been rapid. The total area devoted to farms is 312,936 acres, the value of which is given by the United States Census bureau as $23,925,385. Jackson county’s especial pride is its climate, its scenery, its fertile soil, its schools and its homes. Here we are healthy and happy. Here we have everything that contributes to the pnogress and uplift o f the human family. This county does not want more people so much as it wants better people. It wants men and women who are successful, industrious and appreciative o f the advantages we can o ff. r them. It particularly wanU people who will take an interest in maintaining the desirable class of citizenship already here, o f whom we are so proud. Our aim is to get suc cessful people to come among ua. We know that if they have aucceeded elsewhere they can succeed even bet ter here.— From County Booklet. ----------+ --------- C O P C O P R E F E R R E D ST O C K ADVANCES NOVEMBER 16 “ Subscriptions for Copco Pre ferred stock will be accepted at the present low price o f $95 a share un til midnight on Monday. November 16th,” announced I). Gr. »Tyree, secre tary o f The California Oregon Pow er company, today. “ Mail orde.“s postmarked not later than 12 p. m. November 15th will also come und er the $95 figure. All subscriptions taken after that time will be subject to then new price o f $96 per share. “ More than six thousand shares o f this new issue have been purchased by the investing public during the past few months through members o f our organization and banks within this territory. Investors from every walk o f life are rapidly taking ad vantage o f the present opportunity to secure this attractive security both for cash and upon the company’s convenient savings plan Our present total o f oVer 2100 home shareholders will be greatly increased by Novem ber ldth mhen the price advance goes into effect, judging from the scores o f subscriptions which are pouring in each day from all parts of the territory.’” --------- + --------- Lo«e* ana Find« Car. Mrs. Edith Duell o f Central Point suffered and enjoyed a double surprise last night when her Ford coupe was stolen from a street in the business section, to be recovered a short time later abandoned on West Second street, where it had prabably been left by joyriders. A bicycle was also stolen and recovered the same evening. The wheel, the property o f Gloria Gitchell, was found on Apple street.— Mail Tri bune. --------- * --------- . F or B etter or W o r t e An unusual wedding took place last Saturday night at midnight at Walker’s dance in the Medford buil ding when Mr. Frank Putnam and Miss Erma Bowling were united in marriage by the Rev. Wm. B. Hamil ton in the presence o f 700 people. Among the beautiful presents re ceived were useful gifts from the following Medford business men: Revall Drug Store. Hubb Shoe Store, Peeoples Electric Co., Shields', Scott W olf Furniture Co., Jarmin and Woods Drug Store, A1 Pche Hard ware Co.. Golden Rule Store, and Weeks and Orr. Mr. and Mrs. Putnam are well known through ut the valley and will reside in Medford. This is the first public wedding to take place in Medford for several years. Butte Fall Beauty Spot Of Jackson HAS EXPERIENCE WITH MAD DEER County in Sights A Miss Margaret Huntoon, mezzo so prano, Mr. Carlton Janes, violinist, and Mrs. Janes, accompanist, gave a concert at the auditorium o f the new high school at Central Point Friday night, that was a success from every standpoint. A large audience was present, the concert -one o f highest duality and received with much appreciation. Among the numbers evoking the most enthusiasm were Schubert’s “ Ave Marie,” soprana solo, with violin obligato, and the violin num ber, “ Night Winds,” by Drdla. Miss Huntoon was in excellent voice while Mr. and Mrs. Janes played their usual understanding of true musicianship and artistic values The affair was given as a benefit for the Central Point high school stu dent body. N U M B E R 30 F R I D A Y . N O V E M B E R 12’ 1926 S E E M IN G L Y FORGOTTEN COUNTRY Food a n d |Shelter Trouble, Starvation, and Quake« Are Continually. Paper is supplied in rolls for a new desk memorandum pad so that only as much as is actually needed is used at a time, preventing waste. There is no element of surprise in the news that American nurses in the Near East earthquake zone have acted with such calmness and courage as tosave the lives o f the nine thou sand childen under their care. We expect just that sort of thing fom American men and women. Not many soldiers under fire have had to endure a more erve racking experience. Dispatches this morning state that never in history o f earth quakes have we any record o f so many and such long continued shocks, seventy-five in fifteen days. Upon these nurses and the few men in charge of the relief work in the earthquake area comes the bur den of keeping up their own morale, calming the fears o f nine thousand children and ministering to popu lation who have been discouraged by years o f war hardships. Radio and cable advices give vivid pictures o f the earthquake and the effect upon the chidren. Frightened out o f their wits by the first shocks, calmed by the American nurses who moved them to places o f safety out doors, accepting the first night out o f doors as a picnic to be enjoyed as any other outing, the second morning awakening in the midst of a blizzard with blankets soaked in rain and snow, accepting their mis fortune heroically and learning that other children had been orphaned by the earthquake and many others made homeless, they cheerfully shared their blankets mhile they helped dig dugouts for themselves and others. Last Saturday morning, following an exceptionally severe quake the children were gain forced out of doors but this time their morale was about gone and for an hour the American nurses were busy in calm ing them and persuading them to re turn. At this time, Mondad morning, Nov. 8th, reports state they are con centrating the children on the lower floors o f the buildings with all win dows open, to permit immediate flight in case o f another quake. The blizzard still rages. Earthquake experts from England and America are study mg the sit uation and trying to decide whether it wil be necessary to move the child ren from this district. I f so it will not be the first time we have had to move our children, in some cases thou sands o f miles to places o f safety. We are asking the friends o f child ren and those who admire the hero ism o f these children and their American helpers, and o f the refugees who must go to mork again to rebuild their shattered homes to make as large and as generous gifts 1 as they would have others give were ; they in this most unfortunate sit- I nation. J. J. Handsaker. Near East Relief, 613 Stock Ex change Bldg., Portland, Oregon -----------+ ---------- Are you getting your Christmas cards at home o f abroad. The Ameri can prints them. Call, see samples. DEER Going up to Butte Falls is one of the most delightful drives to be made on a sunny afternoon, that the county affords. It is up hill all the way for some thirty miles, but the graded climb is not troublesome, or noticed from any machine trouble in making it. Splendid farms, large fruit orchards, alfalfa fields, im mense stock ranches are passed by, demonstrating in part where the wealth of Jackson county comes from The scenery and nature’s handywork is unexcelled for beauty this time of year. Then the timber you encounter as you near Butte Falls finishes the story of natural resources viewed in the short time going. The little, busy city of Butte Falls, at the end o f the drive, and also located at the end of the logging railroad that brings the big logs down to the mill at Medford, is on a high, level plateau,and one is immediately impressed with the pure, fresh, mountain air, the pure water, the happy moode everyone appears to be in. It is a busy town and a con tented town. They are erecting, there one of the largest and prettiest high school buildings o f southern Oregon. Getting timber tax, perhaps, whilj the timber is there. Butte Fulls will, no doubt, be a railroad town someday when the east and west r o a d is buil , with the shops locate 1 there or at least a sub-division point. A trip to Butte Falls, made in a hurry, only calls for'm ore visits to follow as one feel: like he must get better ac quainted and often enjoy the delight o f living and breathing that life giv ing mountain air. We like Butte Falls. --------- * --------- T o A tten d C onvention OF JACKSON F IG H T E R S Jealousy WHEN I COUNTY MAD. s Cause Buck Deer Charge* D oe W hen F ood I* O f f e r e d It; Interesting W illow Spring* Note«. B. M. Bush had the misfortune to lose n pair of mule deer last Friday. In the evening when he was feeding the stock, the doo, which was a great pet, and had only been in the yard with her mate for a few days, came to the fence, as she saw Mr. Bush passing with a dish in his hand, he held the dish up to the fence for her to lick some mash, and the big buck who had been standing some distance away charged with lowered head, the poor doe to the fence, while Mr. Bush made frantic efforts to drive him away. The young daugher Helen, who was standing by the window grabbed a rifle from the wall and ran to her father’s assistance, but it took two bullets to make the mad dened beast release his victim. The doe ran some distance across the enclosure and dropped dead, both carcasses were immediately bled in order to save the meat, and invest igation showed thnt one prong o f the bucks horns had gone clear through the doe’s body all but piercing the hide on the opposite side and going through the artery just nt the top of the heart. The meat was taken to Medford where it was placed in cold storage, the buck was sold at once, and the doe will he sold later. These deer were raised under a breeders permit and when properly tagged are sold the same as any other domestic stock, bringing forty cents per pound Last Sunday Miss Bernice Cam eron, manager o f the Postal Tele graph Company at Medford, left for Nem York to attend a conference banquet given by that company an- ually to employees throughout the country who have performed merit orious service. This is the third time M. P. Mclntire and family who Miss Camron has won the honor of have been staying with C. W. Anders making the trip. for the past few weeks left Nov.2nd ---------- -J----------- for Redding, California. Central Point Girl Married Miss Nola Casebeer o f CCentral Point and John Grim o f Medford were recently married at Yreka, California, the report having reached here. The bride is a popular high school girl o f this city while the groom is an employe of the Johnson Produce company o f Medford. Clifford Collir returned from Idaho, Sunday and is now staying at the Gene Blackford home. Visitors at the Fred Straube home Sunday, were Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, and Pearl . Mrs. Laura Law and Winifred, Mr. and Mrs. Young and children. , M O V IE S T A R V IS I T S Miss Faye Davis, winner o f the movie contest held in Portland a time ago by the Paramount Moving Pictures corporation,was in Medford for a short time Tuesday on her way to Hollywood, by stage, to be given screen tests and tryouts for a movie career. In the near future a similar contest will be held in Medford, tak ing all o f Southern Oregon. — -------+ ---------- G r i m m e r Children Get Slide A new slide for the grammar school children has been installed in the school yard. This is beneficial in filling the children’s happy hours with good clean fun, as well as ex ercise. --------- * --------- In te rc la «« B a s k e tb a ll G a m e The junior and senior classes of the Central Point high school will play o ff the inter-class basketball championship Friday night at the school gymnasium. The team* are evenly matched and a good game will probably be the result. Mrs. Laura Law returned from mta Cruz, Calif, last Monday. C. W. Anders and son Morley are building a garage for Cheater Anders in Medford. .. Gam * Farm. • B. M. Bush and wife and daughter, Helen, drove to Ashland Sunday afternoon they noticed that while the air had sharp edge to it, none o f the geraniums in Lithia Park had been frozen, the park is very pretty now with its carpet o f leaves, the swan too are lovely in their snow white plumage, and the big Elk has a fine set o f antlers this year. They also visited an interesting farm. High up on the Mils lives a fanner named PheLsa. who haa a herd o f nice Tog- gen berg milk goats, a lot o f rabbita, alxtut thirty pairs o f snow white pigeons and some Wyandotte and Barred Rock chickens. A tten d Recital. Quite a few o f our neighbors (Continued on page 7)