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CENTRAL' PÒÌNT AMERICAN
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN
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JACKSON
COUNTY'S
WEEKLY
PAPER
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1920
E D IT O R IA L
The Central Point American has
now launched a campaign to reorgan
ize a Chamber of Commerce in that
city.—Good work Paul.—Gold Hill
News.
ing when the merchant cuts out his
ad; it keeps smiling on when the job
work is sent to some other town, tho
it may maintain a modern printing
plant and turn out work second to
none. It is generally supposed that
the newspapers can run on “hot air,”
but such is not the case. It is one of
the most important enterprises of the
town and its prosperity and progress
is one of the greatest assets of the
community. Eliminate a paper from
a town, and it soon becomes a whist
ling station.
few hundred political office as
pirants are going to be disappointed
in not receiving jobs under the Pat
terson administration. Governor Pat
terson it. true to his word. He says
his will be a business administration
more than a political one. He wil stay
on the job himself and attempt no
“ House Cleaning” tactics for polit
W E A T H E R A ID TO B U ILD IN G
ical impressions. Governor Paterson
only has three changes in mind at
present; those of corporation com
mission, insurance commision and
A feature that is very desirable
State market agent.
to those who reside here, and one
that is noticeable to those coming ni-
to this valley from more rigorous
climates is that construction on new
M ED FO R D BRA O D C A STIN G
buildings never halts because of
weather conditions. The absence of
snow
and extreme weather permit
Of some importance from a pub
construction
work at all times of the
licity standpoint and an act of much
year,
which
is
highly valuable in pre
enterprise, is the fact that the val
venting
the
slump
that comes natur
ley will soon have a radio broad
ally
to
those
cities
and districts less
casting station. The Mail-Tribune
favorably
located.
of Medford and Vergin, the radio
Extensive building operations have
man, are back of the proposition and
they are expecting to be broadcast been under way in this city for near
ing to the world every night, begin ly three years. Winter or summer,
ning December 15. We suggest, if the song of the hammer and saw has
we are permitted to do so, that the been heard unniterruptedly. Con
fans now organize a night club to crete work, which cannot be carried
hold forth one night a week. Call on in freezing weather, has never
them “The Pear Pickers From the ceased. Today several extensive con
Land Where the Rogue River Flows” struction projects are under way and
as a result artisans in all the building
Eh?
trades will be kept busy throughout
the winter.—News
K E E P SM ILIN G
T H E HOM E DOLLAR
for something which could be sup
plied at home, or ordered by a local
business house. Our prosperity de
pends largely upon building a fence
around the home dollar, for simol-
eons spent abroad returnelh not. One
may think that the expenditure of a
few dollars now and then by a few
individuals amount to little in a year
but the aggregate is surprisingly
large. If this money was kept in Cen
tral Point it would change hands
many times before it finally left the
city and in that way a large number
of people would be benefitted by
the small profit they would receive
for their wares. Perhaps you think
your particular business would make
you independent to do what you
please, but everyone in this world is
dependent upon someone else, and
every dollar that changes hands in
Central Point is a benefit to every
citizen, directly or indirectly. You
may think you are getting better
goods for the same money, but when
youtake into consideration the ser
vice rendered or the credit given
and the wilingnes on the part of your
local man to “make good” anything
that may not prove satisfactory, you
will fnid you would be much better
off to patronize home people.
It is our opinion that any citizen
who pays his money direct to outside
parties for something he is obliged
to have, and does not permit it to
circulate through the local channels
of trade and the banks, whether it
is for dry goods, insurance, laundry
work, groceries, automobiles or any
thing which could be purchased or or
dered through our local people, pays
dearly in the long run, and is a hin-
derance to the progres of the city.
Let us boost the booster, knock
the knocker, patronize home industry
and watch the city grow.
THAT the importance of the industries
of a city should never be forgotten.
No
opportunity should be lost to encourage and
assist in their growth and development.
THAT in the success of home industries
rests the development of a community and
the prosperity of all who live there.
THAT every citizen should believe in the
greatness of his or her home city, its in
dustries and the future that is ahead of it,
and should give to it their w’hole-hearted
support and never waver in this duty.
Some foods are long on taste but short
on nourishment.
S
Some clothes are long on looks but short
on quality.
Some people are long on promises but
short on performance.
Some cities are long on good intentions
but short on actions.
Some organizations are long on plans
but short on results.
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Many cities are long on good starters
but short on good finishers.
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Copyright 1925
days are plain to be seen. We don’t
carry garters, but we do have lini.
ment for stiff necks. McKee drug and
book
store. — Advertisement in
Monett (Mo.) Times.
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The old calender looks as bad as
that remains of a Thanksgiving tur
key. We are on the last leaf of 1926,
December is here, although it is
these hardly believable in southern Oregon
The most
ornate
garters
Central Point Feed Store
JESSE L. RICHARDSON
HAY — GRAIN
SEED — WOOD
P ho n e 41 S to re
P h o n e 54 R esidence
— Loca! and Long D istance H auling—
WE BUY POULTRY
MOVING
Central Point
Oregon
‘YOUR F A C E IS GOOD, B U T IT W O N ’T GO IN T H E CASH
R E G IS T E R
DAMON CAFE
MEALS— CONFECTIONARY— FOUNTAIN
Ice Cream, or H ot Drinks
r
Popular eating place of Central Point
DAMON
CAFE
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N E W S N O T E S FROM
STA TE M ARKET A G EN T
By C. E. Spence
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T he T w o-T hirds M iddie Toll.
Secretary of Interior Work urges
farmers to organize and stand to
gether to “combat the mechinations
of middlemen who take a toll of bil
lions of dollars annually” from them.
In a recent speech he stated that
mill interests collected $30,000,-
000,000 last year fro mproducts that
yielded the farmer but $10,000,-
000,000.
He urged organization of
farmers and extension of co-opera
tive marketing to remove the tolls
of the middlemen.
There is one business in town, says
a wise observer, that never cuts ex
penses. The newspapr must go on
A considerable number of Central
Certification Hat Come.
during dry times and all other kinds Point people patronize the county
of times. It must keep up the stand metropolis, or even send to far-away
Demand for certified hatcheries is
ard and keep smiling. It keeps smil Chicago when they are in the market spreading over all states and it has
come to Oregon.
There has been
great need for this system of pro
DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK
tection. Many o poultryman has been
forced to quit because inferior eggs
and sickly chicks have been sold to
By E. R. Waite, Secretary
him. Under the certification system
Shawnee, Okla., Board of Commerce
breeding stock are thoroughly in
spected before they will be certi
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fied to as reliable for buyers of
THAT the progress of many cities is held
hatching eggs, breeding stock and
day-old chicks.
The hatchery that
back by petty jealousies among its citizens.
cannot
meet
inspection
will soon be
They get a good start on the road to better
unable
to
find
markets
for its out
things and then tie up and fuss awhile.
put. Certification is but a guarantee
of quality; no poultryman will buy
THAT petty jealousy about trival things
inferior stock at any price if he
is all foolishness. It only brings about dis
knows it is poor.
cord and strife where harmony should pre
vail.
“ H oni S o il— 1’•
The United States public health
service has issued a warning against
circular garters that restrict circula
tion. “They hurt circulation,” ven
tures Girlykins, the Lady Reporter,
“but they help advertising."—F. P.
A. in “The Conning Tower,” New
York World.
Buy Good W ood
The Central Point Wood Yard is lo
cated next to the postofifice, is
equipped with all kinds of
good fuel. Give us a trial
\ W e W ill W elcom e You A s A Shareholder
Thing« to R em em ber.
It requires over 16 bushels of
corn to equal the value of 100 pounds
of live hosg at avearge farm prices.
This is the widest ratio for over 15
years.
The five largest butter markets
received 125,687,000 pounds of but
ter during the first quarter of 1926,
compared with 113,687,000 pounds
for the same period of a year ago.
Maine leads all states in the num
ber of bushels of certified seed po
tatoes. Minnesota ranks second,
Idaho third. ,New York fourth Mich
igan fifth and North Dakota sixth.
G ran g e B irthday, D ecem ber 4.
On D ecem ber 4, 1S67, the n atio n al
G ran g e waa o rg a n ise d by «even men
in W ath in g to n , D. C.
G range« all
over th e co n n try a re p lan n in g ob
servance of the day.
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There is no duty we so much un
derrate as the duty of being happy.
By being happy we sow anonymous
benefits upon the world, which re
main unknown even to ourselves or
when they are disclosed, surprise no
body so much as the benefactor.—
Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Central Point needs a fruit and
vegetable cannery.
Start With $5 a Month
You can become a preferred shareholder
in this company— $3 g mmrh ¡g all you ryrd
to start'
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