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About Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1925-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1926)
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN a Douglas fir, 50 miles west of Olym The day is celebrated this yt a r in The town council should legislate TOLO ITEMS pia, W ashington. D ll feet high and fifty different nations. Th* first against skunks running at large in from which were taken 9 other logs dinner of the year was held in con the town of Myrtle Creek, particu Last Friday evening nearly a thou each 22 feet long. This giant fir nection with the League of N ations Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Buckles were larly at about the hour that the surprised Saturday night by m ayor of the village goes home sand men enjoyed the hospitality of started to grow in the year 1492. It in Geneva, and in the cities of the greatly having a ber of friends to come the Medford Camp, W. O. W. when took three men five weeks to cut this United States dinners are being held in and help num celebrate their tw entieth his evening m eal.-M yrtle Creek Mail. they were entertained in their new coxy home and leave a thin layer of where a menu sim ilar to an orphan wedding anniversary. The evening was spent in games and general con hall by Captain T. Jones, magician of wood and the bark intact. It contains age meal is served, while those who versation at 11 o’clock thhe ladies Denver, Colorado. This was the fin a combination bedroom and living partake of the meal try to figure out served a delightful lunch which was est magic exhibition ever seen in j ro rnand a combination kitchen and what they would like to have others enjoyed by all present. Medford and was so well received dinini? room with all modern built do if their children were am ong the Mr and Mrs. Buckles received that a return engagement has been j features. It weighs two and one-half 35,000 homeless orphans in the Near many useful pieces of china. A fter lunch all departed for home wishing booked for next month to which the j tons and created considerable atten- East. N Mr. and Mrs. Buchles many more ladies will also be invited. tion while here. “The Golden Rule children of the happy anniversaries. Those present W ill deliver milk at your door An unusual sight was seen by many j The governm ent has decided to j ren in the world,” w rites Judge were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mortonson, and Mrs. John Higginsbotham, people on Main street last Friday ; establish acrological service in Med Near East are among the finest child- Mr. Mr. and Willis Rowland, Mr. and afternoon when a sea gull alighted 1 forj to start next month. This is the Oliver P. Coshow, Golden Rule Chair» Mrs. John Mrs. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. H. on the roof of the Hall & Hall gro result of Medford being one of the man of Oregon. “ They have splendid F. W hetstone and son Alton,, Mr. cery on east Main and strutted back stations on the air mail route. physiques, otherwise they would have Hagen, Mr. and Mrs. Buckles and son and forth surveying the crowd. It is Last Friday at Eugene the Med died from the hardships they have Ralph. Jim Robins spent W ednesday general opinion th at the gull got lost ford high football team defeated Eu endured,' in some cases literally from in Mrs. Medford shopping. in a fog, flew inland and could not gene 19 to 0 on a muddy field. Senn, birth. They are m entally alert, or Mr. was in Medford W ed find its way out again througt the the Medford fullback, made an en they would never have survived. In nesday LaBarge to have an eye specialist re move a small piece of em ery from heavy rain. tire score. Now Medford has a claim many cases they are children from one of his «yes, which had caused a homes of education and refinm ent. Plans are now being made for an to the state championship. great deal of*pain. aerial circus to be held at the local The sixth street railroad crossing Never before in history did a nation Died— Clifford Ray W inkleman, in landing field in the near future, the is again being discussed by the city have its chance to stam p its very fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Winkleman of the section house, Tolo, passed date of which will depend upon wea council. W ith this street opened up highest ideals upon a people as has away Nov. 22, and will be America, which in the last ten years laid to Monday, ther conditions. tarffic will be greatly aided through has rest in the cem etery marked its impress upon 132,532 Wednesday. The Glendale family have the One of the most gruesome finds in the business district. the history of the county was dis Work will start on the construction orphan children. When the earth sympathy of the community. covered last Saturday night when of the tem porary court house the quake came we were busy training Turkey Money. Chief of Police Adams found the first of the year under the plans 35,000 children to assume self-sup People who th at the Um body of John Collins, local junk made by Frank Clark, local architect port by the time they were sixteen. pqua valley has believe a monopoly on the That program could not be cast aside dealer, in his shack on Alice street. Last Saturday the Gates & Lydiard turkey growing business have learn but provision had to be made for the It is thought the man had been dead grocerteria celebrated their sixth an ed something this week, with the an nine thousand children for whom new for three days. His dog was in the niversary. This firm has grown to be nouncem ent th at the turkey industry house with him and because of hun th elargest of its kind on the coast. shelter had to be provided at once. in Josephine county will put approxi ger had eaten his m aster’s face, The interior of the chamber of In this crisis they showed the results m ately $50,000 into the hands of the stripping it clean of flesh. At the in commerce building is being cleaned, of their training by cheerfully get growers this season. Turkey growing FOR SALE— A S tar light delivery quest of theh neighbors the dog was painted and decorated in new colors ting to work and improvising shelters is becoming recognized as one of the truck; 1924 model in good con killed. The body was taken in charge Bob Boyle, popular secretary of for themselves and others, and al main item s on the sm aller farm s. dition. Terms. See Geo. Thompson by Coroner Conger. the local cham ber of commerce, has though they were sleeping in the Profits are declared by the poultry at Central Point of phone 57. 302 Work started Saturday for the tendered his resignation to accept a rain with insufficient covering, they men to be alm ost certain and it will F. F. BURK— FOR AUTO TOPS construction of a new $10,000 con position in Seattle, his resignation to gave up their blankets to village not be m any years until this section children less fortunate than them Opposite S. P. Depot crete structure at Fifth and Fir for take effect the first of the year. vies with the Umpqua region for the Sperry Flour company. As soon Jam es C antrall of Jacksonville re selves. They have frequently divided first honors in the turkey industry. MEDFORD TENT AND AW NING as completed the old building on cently trapped a huge bear in the their m eger food with children out — Oregon Observer. WORKS Main street will be torn down. The Star Gulch region of the Applegate. side the orphanages. Even the blind + ---------- Medford, Ore. Phone 145-J new building will be 50X100 feet, Ashland’s new junior high school children are learning to support Flowers ---------- are blooming in the Rogue themselves.” the old building being only 25X60 was opened to the public last F ri Straw berries and tom atoes feet. The Sperry Flour company will day evening and was inspected by “ On Golden Rule Sunday,or on any valley. are still being and the berries oti.er day, we ask the people of O re will grace many picked give a new service in the form of over a thousand people. a Thanksgiving gon to do -for these as they would this year. It’s a real joy to live table carrier pigeons. Four have been re ---------- + ---------- have others do were theirs among the country where spring w eather in can a A GOLDEN RULE SUNDAY ceived ot the Medford office and as homeless.” soon as they are trained to make be enjoyed even in the winter. their headquarters in Medford will In doing our part to help celebrate ------------------------------------ * ---------- * ---------- MINING NEWS be used for quick communication Golden Rule Sunday, December 5th, The Red Cross com m ittee in Cen between the cain office and branches. we are arranging for a special sup I tral Point did excellent work in the * Phone 1261 Organizations and schools uay also plem ent to use in an eraly issue. The | Edited by the Southw estern Ore- | drive ending this week. Nearly two gon Mining Bureau. use them for sending messages to supplement contains a message to hundred dollars were raised at this Medford - Oregon Portland, San Francisco and possibly the Nation from President Coolidge $ ------------------------e place. other points. and is full of pictures of the Golden W ith the advent of rain, several placers are being put in active opera An nteresting sight on the streets Rule children. of Medford one evening last week Special interest attaches to Golden tion. Among them are the Llano de was a house made out of a single Rule Sunday this year as nine thou Oro and the Osgood, at Takilma, the W e Are M anufacturers of log and carried on wheels by a Gra sand of the children on whose behalf Leonard, H utton and Fleming at Hol ham brothers truck with its owners, the day is celebrated are in the earth land, the Layton Oscar Creek and DOORS, SCREENS, WINDOWS AND SASH, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Wade. The log quake zone in the Near East and two Stirling on the Applegate. The W olf WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES, MOULD was 16 feet long and 8 feet in dia weeks ago were driven from their or and Bates on Foots creek, the Flan- m eter and, when cut, contained phanage buildings into the terrors of nigan, Swastika and Louse creek, INGS, CABINETS OF ALL KINDS Silver creek and Dean at Galice, as 6580 feet of lumber. It was cut from an Armenian blizzard. well as many others. W ith sufficient O ur Constant Aim is to Keep Our Quality and Prices Absolutely Right. Do Not O rder From Out-of-Town rain this will be the most productive Concerns Before L etting Us Figure on Your Bill. placer season in years. Frank Silver of Rogue has taken over a placer mine on W olf creek which he is giving moth of his time. Medford A MODERN MILL C. E. Wade has sold to Portland Oregon MEALS—CONFECTIONARY—FOUNTAIN parties, his interest in the Golden Mary mine. Work still continues at Ice Cream, or Hot Drinks high pressure on the mine. The Jew ett has been sold to Seat tle people, and it is reported th at d- Popular eating place of Central Point velopment work on a large scale will be started soon on this property. DAMON CAFE A very rich placer some eight hun dred acres in extent has recently come into the m arket, back of Waldo. This is virgin ground, and was not obtainable for many years, until John Baily made it possible to open it up. It will undoubtedly be a heavy pro ducer. It is again rum ored tha tthe Al- meda has been sold, together with certain adjoining properties. This is The Central Point American is a newly equipped good news, if correc. t The sale of the Sylvanite and Apex and up-to-the-minute Job Printing Office. at Gold Hill is rum ored, but we have No better work and prices pleasing. Better try us been unable to verify the sale as yet. Should the Millionaire Sylvanite and on that next job of Printing. We cover Jackson Apex all get going Gold Hill will be County when it comes to printing. Write us, busy place. phone us, call on us. J. H. Sandford has several men working on the mine at Graves creek. Let us know and we They have been working very quietly can come after it. for some weeks, and Mr. Sandfor FULL SIZE FOR says that some rem arkable news is We are here to serve and please about to break. Dr. H. C. Parker, BUlCK(3»*n<feni) form erly of Pleasant creek is asso ciated with Mr. Sandford. CHEVROLET H. C. Royce of the Blue Jay ; Van F O R S A L E B Y '— CLEVELAND • • de Bogart of the Blossom; Jackson. ESSEX MOON Hogan and Nicholas. Scrogin of California and Wickham of Galice FORD BATTERY A ELECTRIC were in during the past week. 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