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VOLUME 2
CENTRAL
P O IN T ,
JACK SO N, COUNTY, OREGON.
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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.
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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.’”
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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T o A tten d C onvention
OF
JACKSON
F IG H T E R S
Jealousy
WHEN
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COUNTY
MAD.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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