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About Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1925-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1926)
IN TH E LAND ‘WHERE TH£ ROGUE RIVER FLOWS / Ï CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN T H E C E N TR A L PO IN T OF B U S Y JACKSON COUNTY >î»i |l '¿ t f ^ I > J w — * Ort Pa.cific Higk-Nve^Y £* S P T3a.ilro«cL LUMBERING-FTCU1T- DAIRYING — M l NI N G ~FA R M IN G -ST O C K RAISING-FISHING-HUNTING VOLUME 2 CENTRAL POINT, JACKSON, COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1926 SMALL CHILD DROWNS IN CREEK FARM ERS HERE REJOICE Heavy Rain* in Valley Soak Ground to Comiderbale Depth. IRRIGATION IS FIRST GLASS NUMBER 33 TURKEY DAY IS STRAWBERRY TIME IN THIS VALLEY DOUGLAS GO. PAPER QUITS Fresh, home-grown strawberries were an added delicacy and dessert It doesn’t storm in the Rogue river in one Rogue river valley home for valley. W e don’t get much rain in Thanksgiving dinner. Those enjoy FOUR-YEAR OLD GIRL IS LOST southern Oregon or Jackson county, MANY FARMERS HAVE PRIVATE SUSPENDS ing the pleasure were Mr. and Mrs. GLENDALE N E W S hut, this week, it made up fo r lost L. H. Smith and the form er’s mother, W ATER RIGHTS FROM WAGON PUBLICATION time. It didn’t rain any “ mist” it Mrs. L. H. Smith. poured down real, wet water by The berries, red ripe and delicious inches a day. Certainly worth a mil were picked Thanksgiving morning lion and the yea f 1927 will be a rec on the Smith farm a short distance ord breaker. west o f Central Point. The Smith Many Creeks Used Two Children Saved The Central Point American build seive and water stood on our floor a ninch deep. For two days we were unable to work or turn on the juice. It made it bad for the paper. Wagon Used to Ford Creek Is Over ing leaked like a turned in Antelope Creek Flood farm is given over largely to grow Five System* of Irrigation in Coun ing strawberries and some o f the Paper Will Move To Crescent City, ty Supply Water to About 40,- 000 Acres of Land. --------- + --------- There are fiv e systems o f irriga COPCO PREFERRED STOCK Four-year-old Lena Kurtz, daugh tion in the county, supplying water IS GOING RAPIDLY ter o f Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Kurtz, o f Antelope, drowned i n Antelope Medford, Or., Dec. 1, 1926 creek Tuesday afternoon, when the “ Investors who wishto secure Cop entire in m i; were thrown in the co preferred stock before the supply waters by the overturning o f the is exhausted will have to act quick wagon in which they were fording ly,” stated D. G. Tyree, head o f the the stream. Copco investment department today. The mother, according to the “ With only a small portion o f the coroner’s o ffice was able to save two original million dollar issue le ft it o f the children when tossed into the begins to look as i f the entire allot raging torrent, leaving Lena, to be ment will be not only sold out but swept down the stream, which in its over subscribed before January 1. normal flow is not much larger than Subscriptions will be accepted in the a good sized brook. The fam ily had order o f their receipt by the Invest just returned from Medford by ment department and any amounts automobile and were forced to use paid in after the issue is sold out the horse and wagon to get from will be returned to subscribers.” the fam ily garage to the house, separated by the creek, which is was thought could be easily forded by the slower meanc o f travel. ADVERTISE FOR RAILROAD BIDS Mr. Kurtz, g rie f stricken, is re garded the hero o f the accident hav ing rescued his w ife, who held one child under each arm, from death. ADVERTISEMENT Lena was forgotten in the confusion. The creek was over five feet deep at the point it was to have been forded and today the buggy was nearly submerged. It was pulled out by means o f a rope. Pieces o f the harness were found a mile or more down stream and the single-tree was located lodged in some brush. The body o f the little girl was not found until Wednesday, although about two dozen neighbors worked untiringly in the search. --------» --------. Parent-Teacher* Meeting. Everybody is welcome to the Par ent Teachers association meeting to be held Friday, December 3, 1926 at 3:30 p. m. in the Central Point high school. Wouldn’t it be splendid if every member would some and bring a friend? Service and song fo r the child welfare. A short business meet ing will be o f interest to all. Mr. H. P. Jewett will give a short talk on Par lamentary law. The following program has been arranged by Mr. B. Sanderson: Chorus, pupils o f the fth grade; “ Family Unity” Rev. Lawrence o f Medford; vocal selection by Mrs. Howard Hill, fun and re freshments, mothers, 3rd grade. Miss Rose Neal has very efficient ly assisted at the Weaver store dur ing the absence o f Mr. and Mrs. Weaver. -------- + -------- Institute in Medford. Susanne Homes Carter, county school superintendent, has called a local institute fo r grade teachers, to be held next Saturday, December 4, opening at 9:30 in the morning in the Junior high school in Medford. There will be discussion o f objective testa, presentation o f work in spell ing and reading, and reports on some matters just now o f especial import ance to teachers. Among those on the program will be Superintendent E. H. Hedrick o f the Medford schools; Superintendent Briscoe, Mr. Sey more, state club leader. Miss Trotter and other* from the Southern Ore gon Normal school faculty. Prints L astjIssu e to about 40,000 acres o f land. In vested in these systems are several millions o f dollars. Back East the farmer hopes and perhaps prays for rain, while out here we have moisture on tap whenever needed. W have many creeks and rivers from which to draw our supplies o f water, and these resources or supply are considered the best in the state. Besides these public irrigation sys tems, many farmers have private water rights o f their own, getting their supply from creeks near at hand Four vital factors are involved in growing crops. They are soil, warmth, moisture and muscle. Jackson county supplies the first three. I f you will come here with a reasonable degree o f muscle and a willingness to hitch it up with out soil, warmth and water, things will surely come your way. hardier vines o f the Everbearing variety have been producing quite prolifically ever since early fall. The Central Point American has previously stated that a new east and west railroad to Crescent City, going through the Rogue river val ley, would, in all probability, hit Central Point. We reason it that way on account o f the directness o f the route, the good grade, plenty o f yard room here and the important fact that this point is practically a suburb o f Medford. The following c l i p p e d item strengthens our forcast: "Interest in the railroad situation o f southern Oregon has begn in creased by the appearance o f an ad vertisement in the November 20 is sue o f the Pacific Builder ond En gineer o f Seattle, calling fo r bids for the construction o f 125 mils o f standard guage railroad from Cres cent Ctiy to Klamath Falls. “ Construction, the advertisement states, will begin in six months and the proposed road will cost in the neighborhood o f $10,000,000. "The road, if ever constructed, would be routed from Crescent City — a seaport— to Grants Pass, south from Grants Pass By common use over the Southern Pacific to a point near Medford and then east through a Cascade mountain pass to Klamath Falls, the report states. The Owen- Oregon railroad gives this outlet. “ The advertisement states that S. Steward Clarke has made applica tion fo r a city franchise with the Crescent City council and that i f the franchise is granted work will begin late next spring. It states that all preliminary surveys have been com pleted and approved. “ Purpose o f the road is not only to tap timber on the Coast range and Cascade range, but also to provide shipping points between Crescent City and Klamath Falls with a sea port. Publish. Various other residents o f the valley report strawberries blooming and ripening, but so far as reported Glendale News at journey’s end; L.e Smith fam ily at Central Point inability o f this community to sup are the only ones securing a quanti port newspaper makes it unprofitable ty at one picking sufficient for to stay. This is our last issue. Thanksgiving dinner. The above head tells the story Strawberries ripening at a season o f the suspension o f the Glendale when Christmas toys and merchan News. Sad indeed, is the predica dise are being displayed in stores and ment o f a town without a newspaper. shops is a favorable climatic condi The neighboring towns will hereafter tion not prevailing in many districts. get the business, publicity and good — News. name. Poor Glendule. The News for lack o f support was compelled to Gentleness and cheerfulness, these quit, to stop— in other words failed. come before all morality; they are It isn’t the editor who failed, but the the prfet dutis. I f your morals say town. And still the Glendule News “ give them up,” fo r they may be all was carrying more advertisments you have; but conceal them like a than the Central Point American vice, yest they should spoil the lives does. Here is what that paper says: o f better and simpler peolpe.— “ With this issue o f the Glendale Robert Louis Stevenson. News ih t paper will cease publica “I* tion a fter a continuous existence o f AGRICULTURE IS MAIN TOPIC HERE Why be satisfied in a location where the uncertainty o f rain is a IN SEATTLE constant menace? Why not come REAL PAPER GIVES STORY. where you make your own rain when ever the soil calls fo r it?— County Booklet. Say* Project Will Cost Ten Million; Construction of 125 Miles Stand ard Guage Raid Is Aim. California Will it Will BARGAINS COUNTY OFFERED LAND ---- *---- more than twenty-four years. This newspaper, though almost a quarter o f a century old, paid better divi dends to its owners twenty years ago than it does today; and though it has not been paying its present own IN er wages from the time he purchased it, in June, 1925, he has managed to keep it going and to hope for the best. The Average Production of Wheat Bought and Sold from time to time Per Acre Is Higher Than Else the Glendale News has been kept on Several stitches were necessary to where in Oregon. its feet and serving the community . Tire Iron Causes Injury. close a laceration Merle Kindle, well known Central Point service station proprietor received Tuesday fo re noon when a tire iron struck him above the right eye, a fter having flown out o f his hand while putting a tire an a rim. He was rendered un conscious fo r a few moments as a result o f the blow, but is reported to be recovered from the effect. --------- * --------- Leon (D ock) Boomer returned to Central Point on Wednesday o f last week, a fter having been away fo r some four or five months. He was first called to Canada to the bedside o f hL step-father, Mr. Linbeck, last July, and after this gentleman’s re covery, Dock took a spin about the country with a party o f friend, reach ing as far south as El Paso, Texas, and Los Angeles. Docq says things look pretty fine in many parts o f the country he visited, but “ Oregon is good enough for me.” --------- + --------- Leon Boomer and Earl Weaver were business visitors in Medford on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kohler re turned Wednesday from Portland where they had spent the past week. Mr*. W ill Hansen o f Medford visited Mrs. E. E. Icott o f this city Tuesday. Mias Christina Richardson is home from Portland fo r a few weeks visit with her , arerts. Mr. and Mrs. Buchler o f Tolo were Sunday guests at the Joe Stevens home. Mrs. Warren Smith o f Myrtle Point, has been visiting her mother, Mrs. A. W. Walker o f this city. in everything that was best. But A ll cereals do well in Jackson today we find that it is no longer county, excepting outs, which do profitable to continue the publica fairly well. The average production tion. and so we are moving to what o f wheat per acre is higher than else we think a much better field and where in Oregon. While the warm better propects. So with this issue period in this section is rather short o f the paper the curtain will be rung and the nights cool, corn is extensive dowr.— the show is over and the ly raised in the Rogue river valley. Glendale News will pass into history. Varieties that mature quickly pro On Friday o f this week the news duce very satisfactory results. paper plant will be loaded onto large A lfa lfa thrives especially well, and trucks and together with the editor many acres are devoted toits culture. his w ife and small son, will start fo r Potatoes are a profitable crop to Crescent City, California, where a raise, and yet we do not produce new newspaper will be established more than a third o f our local re and called the "Crescent City Am quirements. erican.” For our grain we get Portland --------+ -------- prices, plus freight charges. T. M. Jones, form er minister and Floor land close in to the cities Central Point resident, now o f Corn and towns is worth from $250 to ing, Cal., occupied the pulpit at the $350 an acre, while good land lying Christian church both morning and a little further away can be bought evening last Sunday. While not ac fo r $50 an acre up. This land is part tively engaged in the ministry fo r the timber and pasture. past fifteen years, Mr. Jones’ mes Right now there are real bargains sages were very heartily enjoyed by in Jackson county farm land. In his form er friends and asquaintances some cases the improvements alone as well as by those who have become are worth the price asked. residents here since his departure. The tendency here is more and more in the direction o f small farms o f 15 to 3 Oacres, intensively cuti- Roy A. Weaver o f Hilt, California vaf od and devoted to small fruits and spent Thanksgiving at home with his vegetables. On these smaller farms parents, who had returned home the cows, hogs and chickens can be previous evening. profitably raised, and thus supply the owner something to do and some R. H. Paxon, local druggist, wl thing to sell every month o f the took sick some time ago is much ii year. proved. He is out and will soon I Red raspberries are one o f the able to be around the store. most profitable things to grow on ■ these small farms, with straw ^rries Do your Xmas shopping and every a close second choice. Jackson coun week’s shopping, with firms asking ty strawberries are noted fo r their for your business. Read their ads. fo r exceptional keeping qualities. Any man who will specialize In prices and bargains. I f there are no some small fruit or vegetable can ads. in the Central Point American make a fine liivng. The soil and I then read the ads in some other (Continued on page 4 ) paper.