CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN
owed Our Country by
Europe
or twice what it costs to run the gov
A . Independent Weekly Paper Publi.ked at Central Point, Oregon, and ernment. In any one year we spend
Entered Friday of each week in the P o .to ffic e thereof a* Second Cla*e ten times as much for crime as we
have spent on highways. Reducing
Matter
crime one-half w’ould in five years
PAUL ROBINSON, Editor and Publisher
wipe out the national debt, costing
each inhabitant *83 a year.
The
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
* 2.00
Chicago crime commission says that
One Year
All Subscriptions Must Be Paid in Advance
city has 30,000 crooks and criminals
Advertising Rates Given on Application
costing the city $20,000 a year
apiece.
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN
E D IT O R IA L
Jackson County’s Weekly Paper.
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Wonder what Fred Boalt thinks of
the opinions of the weekly papers
now.
People are buying for Christmas
when they ran take the time from
their gardening.
Crescent City is getting the rail
road fever again. This time they are
more than ever enthused as actual
options and right of ways are being
secured in the city. We like to hear
it. All Jackson county likes to hear
it as it means a new railroad through
here from Klamath Falls to the coast.
Let the work begin as soon as pos
sible.
IT IS AR M ISTIC E D A Y
Medford High School has the best
high school football team in Oregon.
We can prove it by any member of
Yesterday war Armistice Day. The
the school. Or you might ask Cor
American feels proud of its lack of
vallis.
news or its few hours delay when the
cause is the advent of Armistice Day.
The full force of the American all
Lots of people are worrying over joined in the celebration by for
the appointments Governor Patterson getting business cares and work for
will make. We are free from any loss the time. The American Legion over
of sleep over the question as we are the nation reminded all citizens of
not seeking any job. But Jackson their duty yesterday. In Medford the
county will get an appointee all right. celebration was one o f the largest
and best ever held in Jackson countys
metropolis. The parade was great,
The Royal train carrying Queen participated in by business men and
Marie through the United States citizens with floats and hundreds of
turned out to be quite a joke. Too cars in the big parade. The stores
bad that “ Grown Ups” can act so were beautifully decorated and the
childish.
town took on a Fourth of July appear
ance. In Central Point we did not
forget or neglect the day and many
County Assessors from all the of the business houses were approp
counties in Oregon held an annual riately decorated for the occasion.
Convention in Medford thi- week. The eleventh of November and the
They were all well fed by the Fruit Fourth of July will long live.
Growers and they listened to some
splendid speeches. Now will the good
cheer, good eats and good time in
IN DU STRIAL EDUCATION
Jackson county give them a heart
when they start asking us how much
we are worth.
The Minneapolis Tribune editor
ially declars that crime is Our Coun
try’s most expensive luxury. . It
It isn’t nice to speak in discour quotes statistics charging that crime
aging terms of the weather “ back costs the United States about $10,-
east,” but there is a "Floral Exhibit” 000,000,000 a year. Loss in loot
in Jackson county this week, weather alone is about *3,500,000. Loss in
fine and we have had a couple of diverted man-power is $6,500,000,-
days rain in a couple of months, nine 000 more.
months o f sunshine and still shining
Each year crime costs America a
with fishing good.
< sum equal to the entire war debt
DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK
By E. R. Waite, Secretary
Shawnee, Okla., Board o f Commerce
NO. 3
H AR RY B. HAINES EDITOR AND
PUBLISHER OF THE PATERSON, NEW
JERSEY NEWS, SA Y S :
TH A T every city progresses and grows
under modern day conditions only in the
degree that its prominent citizens interest
themselves in the affairs o f the community
o f which they are an integral Part.
TH A T the time has gone by when busi
ness men and property owners in any
municipality are justified in taking the at
titude o f “ letting George do it.”
TH A T every man owes it as a duty to the
city o f which he is a resident to cooperate
in every movement having for its purpose
civic advancement and civic betterment.
That the Chambers o f Commerce o f
every city are entitled to the cooperation
and support o f not only every business man
and manufacturer, but o f other citizens o f
their community in every walk o f life, be
cause everyhing which is done to aid the
growth o f the community reflects itself in
improved conditions for e v e ry resident o f
that community.
It is a selfish and short-sighted attitude
for those not actively engaged in business
to take the position that they will not give
of their time or their money to civic move
ments. The awakening of the proper spirit
of civic pride and cooperation among all
elements of every city in the country is one
of the most vital needs in America today.
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Copyright 1925
What is the remedy? Is it play
or work?
Does any nation spend
more money on college and high
school sports like baseball and foot
ball than ours? Do the children of
any country play more and work
less than our children?
A genius
proposes spending millions in every
state on more playgrounds for the
children.
What is more conducive to crime
among the growing generation of
boys and young men than idleness
and spending money they never
earned? Nebraska is considering a
department of higher education to
relate the student with and prepare
him for, an honest-to-God job for
life best fitted for him. San Mateo-
Burlingame union high school has
more than half the boys working
learning trades, as well as making
their grades.
Is it not time to ask our schools
whether industrial education of our
youth is not the solution of the prob
lem? Are not habits of industry and
earning money before you spend it,
a good way to reduce national crime?
J A C K SO N V IL L E CAN PR O SP E R —
A REMEDY
Now that the majority have voted
to move the county seat from Jack
sonville to Medford, there is no ex
cuse for the remark that Jackson
ville will die a natural death and
cease to exist in a short time.
Jacksonville can make the best of
the deal easily by awakening to the
task of beautifying her town. Make
it even more inviting than it is at
the present.
Those splendid big shade trees are
worth many dollars. No city is more
beautifully situated than is Jackson
ville, on a paved driveway from Med
ford and a place everyone will want
to see.
We would like to see the citizens of
Jacksonville expend as much energy
now in establishing a greater Jack
sonville as they really demonstarted
in their effort to keep the county
seat.
Make out o f Jacksonville the
Chautauqua center of southern Ore
gon. Make out of Jacksonville the big
gest picnic town, greatest resort city
and best spot in the state to camp
your week-ends.
Here at Jacksonville, right where
the court house stands, can be es
tablished the most renowned “ PION
EER’S MUSEUM” in the West. A
historic spot so emphatically marked
that tourists from all quarters will
seek a day under these big trees.
Fill the building with relics and o f
fices for information, prepare the
grounds for picnics and state and
county gatherings.
Do as California— reap from the
tourist harvest.
With a litle work, money and pub
licity, Jacksonville can gain in
popularity and realize more finan
cially as the seasons slip by. We are
anxious to see it thrive.
where he took a drink of water and
asked if it was the wettest we could
find. He would condescend to throw
in a hand full for a bite to eat,” and
generally kept his word. Today th*
tramp has disappeared and in hit.
place appears the modern bum who
forsakes the rods, brakebe* ms, and
empty cars for the highwures> ;re ho
stops automobiles and ini16 use if you
art going north or sou£eetin8 keeps
cleaner in appearance as 'lSe"' aviods
the freight train dirt. He takes it
easy, abides his time, works a day
only occasionally and at nights hits
the cities where he gets dimes from
pasersby with the excuse o f “ The
price o f a meal." He is really more to
be dreaded than the old time tramp
and he is more numerous. Every day
you encounter him.
Almost daily you will pick up a boy
walking on the highway, probably
not over thirteen to sixten years old
who is looking for a “ Lift” north or
south. At this age he is homeless and
shiftless. Going he knows not where.
Simply drifting along because the
rides are easy and the average man
liberal with his dimes and losoe
change.
Yes the day of the old-fashioned
“ Tramp” are gone. The track walkers
and blind baggage tourists have died
o ff or been reformed, but the la
ter day
and highway grafti-rs
are thicker and of worse characters.
Don’t give us back the tramps, but
give us a remedy to transform the
new, young, broke tourists into
steady, ambitious young men with
an aim in life who will in time be
worth while.
P A ID
IN
G A SO L IN E
REVENUE
American automobile owners paid
*84,939,373 in gasoline taxes during
the first six months of 192G.
A
total o f 3,560, 987,586 gallons was
consumed.
Gar, t a x
collections
totaled $7,400,000
in California,
which led all other states. Florida
was second with collections of $6,-
200,000, while Ohio was third with
receipts of $6,000,000, and Penn-
sylvanie fouth with $5,300,000. New
Yok has more automobiles than any
other state, with California second,
Ohio third, Pennsylvania fourth and
Illinois fifth.
A German scientist claims to
have invented a radio tube that once
is a detector, a stage of audio and
a stage of power amplification.
A spare time job soliciting for the
American? Call for particulars.
All kinds o f
Furniture Repaired
Old Furniture Bought
Refinishing and Repairing
at 36 So. Grape, Medford
Read the ads
F.
F.
B U R K— FOR A U T O TOPS
Opposite S. P. Depot
MEDFORD
TENT AND
WORKS
Medford, Ore.
A W NIN G
Phone 145-J
Pleature» of Small Town»
There Is more than one privilege
and pleasure about living In a small
town. One of them Is In going In
your shirt sleeves; another Is In sit
ting on the shady side of a business
house In the summer time and the
sunny side In the winter. If you want
to speak to a friend three blocks
Phone 1261
away, you can yell and squall at him
and you can carry on a loud, holler
ing conversation; you can always find
M edford
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Oregon
a place to park; you can turn around
In the middle of the block; you have
a lot of friends, and when you are
with one o f them you can talk about
all the balance; you can keep up with Office Phone 965 Res. Phone 965-J2
everybody else's business except your
DR. H. P. C O LE M AN
own, and many, many others, but they
Chiropractic, Diet and
are too uumerous to mention.—Gaff
Electrotherapy
ney (Mass.) Ledger.
E. Leslie
PLUMBI NG
Ore. License No. 264
Outline» W ork for Club»
Lady Ast
Fourth Floor
MEDFORD
Town and country relations should Medford Building
Oregon
be made a major project In the pro
gram of the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
PERL FUNERAL HOME
district of Klwanls clubs during the
coming year.
Corner Sixth and Oakdale
This department of work should be
Medford, Oregon
put Into “ a real place of prominence," Phone 47
Prof. J. H. Kolb, Madison, chairman
of the planning committee, reported.
GEORGE E. FOX
He also recommended that men be
appointed to both district and local R E A L E S T A T E and IN SURANCE
committees who would put real time
Good Bargains in Land
and effort Into the service, that proj
and City Property
ects of work be undertaken “ of such
a character as to challenge the atten Central Point
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tion, command the respect and secure
the support of the entire membership JACKSON C O U N TY
ABSTRACT
of the clubs,” and that sufficient funds
COMPANY
be Included In both district and local
Abstracts o f Title and Title In
budgets to make such a program a
surance. The only complete Title
reality.
Plan for City'» Future
The future of any city depends upon
the mobilization of a well-rounded set
of resources, according to Thomas
Randall, sales manager of a leading
Detroit company.
“A city is a great deal like an In
dividual," Mr. Randall said. “ A man
might be very rich and yet lack the
other qualities that give poise and,
for that reason, fall to be acconnted
a success. As with an Individual, so
with a city, each needs a combined set
TRAMPS
of abilities and resources to reach
success. It Is only when all o f the
various details have been carefully
Every day some one remarks about mobilized Into a completed whole that
a city can feel confidence In Its fu
how times and customes have
ture.”
changed in the past few yars.
Many changes have taken place in
modes o f living, even to the
“ Tramp.” When we were boys and
girls we had tramps; we ran away
from them.
Tramps, in those days,
were dirty from tne coal dust ac
cumulated from riding free under
trains, on the “ blind baggage,” or in
empty freight cars. They traveled
north in the summer and south in
the winter, always careful to miss
the busy season when harvest fields
might call. The tramp of yesterday
would make a house to house can-
Viss in search of food— not so to
day. He generally asked the lady of
the house if he could split some wood
for a bite to eat and after eating
forget the wood.
Editors o f today well remember j
the tramp planter who walked in the j
front door o f the printing office, !
straight to the back of tha shop j
MILLIONS
System in Jackson County.
Medford
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W . G. T R I L L '
Attorney-at-Law— Notary Public
Central Point
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Have inquiries for all kinds
JOHN B. SHELEY
Agent for Benefit Savings & Loan Assn.
Central Point, Oregon
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