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About Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1925-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1926)
C EN TR A L PO IN T AM ERICAN GRATER LAKE ENCHANTMENT JU S T IC E BY INK AND The face value today o f th e th irty covered a »period of five m onths yearly, from Novem ber to April. pieces o f silver m entioned in the Bible is ab o u t $22.50. Go Slow W ith Mint Raising. / 9 * UNT ELIZA had lived aloue for * M. D. A rm strong, sta te specialist many y e a rs; her finances had o f the h o rticu ltu re division o f P ull dwindled, and her health as m an college of W ashington state, well. It was Christmas Eve and as Aunt w arns farm ers not to go to fa s t with Eliza returned from town with a few the m int acreage of the Pacific coast. The Tow n’s Christmas little things that her scant purse could He says there are now m ore th an 40,- Enjoyable A ffair buy, h e r heart wus a little heavy, for 000 acres of m int acreage in th e U. T jf T W A S the town’s Idea. Of course the winter wus before her und her S. and very many m ore thousands of j J yon may say how absurd th at strength wus fulling fust. statem ent Is, th at a town cannot acres on which it can be successfully “I’m glad I got that knlfa for crip have an idea because a town is not pled Jim ; he so enjoys catting out grow n, and advises grow ers “ n o t to a person. • those animals. Life Is w orth while so become too enthusiastic ab o u t this But when many people In a town long as we can give ethers pleasure, crop, as it is a very speculative busi all have the same public-spirited feel and there Is always some oue that we ness.” The m ark et fo r m int oil is can help. I’ll read to blind Jane to lim ited, it being used chiefly for ings and interest in others, you can morrow and th at will help her and me flavoring confections and in a few almost say th a t the town Itself Is different from other towns—more gen puss away the day. Tonight I must drugs, with no large com m ercial use. erous. more thoughtful—Just as you try to think of some way th at 1 can will speak of a person. ---------- * ---------- earn money. Sister would help me If So the town lined its streets with she knew, so would the church ladles, Christm as trees and lighted them with C hristm as C om es but I simply can’t tell anyone. Well, the only way to be happy Is to make Heads of families think It la remark twinkling lights. And the town invited all the parents some one else happy, so I'll take Jim able what a short time there Is be and all the children from the s u r my’s knife to him. God has never tween Christmases. rounding countryside to come to the forsaken me.” All this was going town any night during the week from through Aunt Eliza’s mind. T h e C hristm as T ree Christm as to New Year’s when a con As she opened the door she stood It requires the sweet adaptability of face to face with her only sister. She the child mind to enable Its recent ad cert of Christinas music was given by the village baud, and when hot was overcome with Joy. mirers to revel In a bonfire made of the soup and biscuits were served to every “Oh, Eliza, all the children want for Christmas tree. listener. Christmas is you, and they sent me And the town never enjoyed Itself for you. We have a nice home next Eat I t b y th e Ton as much before.—Mary Graham Bon to ours, for you. We will sta rt to Twelve hundred tons of plum pud ner. night so we can get there for dinner ((& 1921. W M ttrn Newspaper Union.) tomorrow. You shall never feel lone ding are consumed In London at Christmas. ly again." Eliza continues to believe that mak S ta rt D a y E a rly ing others happy brings happiness.— Emily Burks Adams. In Finland It Is a custom to attend ( & t i l l . W « u te r i! N . w . p . p . r U n i o n . ) church services at five o’clock on Christmas morning. ~ ...— • j: sj. ................. . M aking Other» H appy W ill Bring Happine»» PAPER H A S N E V E R B E E N DONE Within Short Range Lake 1« in C r a te r N ational F o r e s t— W a te r I t Bluer T han Any O th e r Blue E ver Seen. Nobody ever did justice to C rater Lake with ink and paper, and no body ever will. Like the Grand Can- yonyon, it ¡8 bigger than the E n glish language. The eye only can grasp its colossal splendor, its vivid colors and its wondorous beauty. Somehow or other, N ature appears to have taken a dorm ant volcano in the Cascade m ountains, hollowed it out to a prodigious depth and filled it with 2000 fe et of w ater. This lake is surrounded by a precipitous wall from 1000 to 2000. fe et high. The wall is so steep th a t the only way to descend to the lake is by a tra il laid out by the governm ent. The lake itself is six miles in diam eter. A round the rim of the g re at bowl there is a fine road, over which m any autom obiles ride to get the m any sta rtlin g views of this re m arkable lake. Perhaps the m ost striking fe atu re of C rater Lake is its colorings. The w ater is bluer than any o ther blue you ever saw, and reflects the reds and yellows of the rim in fascinating com binations of purple, orange and green. You will never know w hat fa n tasies N atu re can create with her paint brush until you see C rater Lake While C rater Lake is not in Jack- son county, still it is inseparably connected with it. The C rater N a tional F orest, in which the lake is lo cated, extends over into Jackson county, and m ost of the tourists who visit this w onder of the world fit out in the cities of Jackson county fo r the trip , these cities being the natu ral gatew ays to the lake. A fine highway runs from C entral Point and o th er valley points to it. Almost everybody in Jackson coun ty goes to C rater Lake a t least once a year. This is a ra re privilege th a t belongs to all who live in the county and is one of the reasons why a good many people settle down here to make th e ir perm anent homes. Only a few hours drive, 80 miles from C entral Point. ---------- + ---------- Four-wheel brakes on a car are not going to help the driver who has a brake on the wheels in his head. “ Don’t get m arried on less than $4000 a y ear salary ,” cautions an eastern college professor. The w arn ing certainly came too late in our case. F or th e T ree C hildren a n d C hristm as Has any oue ever tried cutting Utile stars, circles, fir trees, etc., from pumpkin rind for the Chrlstmus tree! Peel pumpkin with as wide a peeling as possible. Then cut out your circles, etc., with scissors or knife and fasten to a piece of card. It Is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when Its mighty Founder was a child Himself.—Dickens. —...... - V .V .-.v^ ï^ Y :v.- • • •»••« ••• •• • C hristm as D a y B rides According to an old belief Christ mas Day brides are Inclined to be frivolous and fond of pleasure. H elping Santa Clout — Assistant» Needed ER children had had such a Jolly I B Christmas. Their Joy and de- * light had been a Joy and delight to see. But th at Christmas afternoon she heard of a story that saddened her. A little girl and a little boy had gathered a tree from the woods and had left It for Santa Claus to trim. Eagerly Christmas morning they had gone down stairs to see the tree, but it was Just as they had left It. Santa Claus had not come, and they had followed all the rules they had been told about calllug up the chimney to him. Their family were both poor and lacking In Imagination. Struggle and ill health had driven any lurking Imagination from them. So she went that evening, her arms laden with tree decorations and odds and ends of candles and toys and asked If she might trim the tree. The next morulug the children were told that Santa Claus had not furgotten them—he had had to dash over to the next town to do so much that he hud been delayed. Santa Claus needs his assistants and no job In the world Is much more fun than that of be ing an assistant to Santa Claus.— Mary Graham Bonner. ( t t . I I I I . W m i r n N e w s p a p e r U n io n .) C hristm as G reens The custom of hanging evergreens In the house during the yuletide origi nally had a purpose beyond that of decorutlon. In olden days each kind of evergreen wus believed to confer special bless!ugs on those who passed beneath Its boughs. To pass under holly Insured good fortune throughout the year, bay meant victory, while lau rel was supposed to Impart a spirit of beauty and jtoetry. Are the *• tire dollars getting ' away from you? B u t O nce a Y ear At C h r le t m a e p la y a n d m a k e go od ch eer, F o r C h r le t m a e c o r n u b u t on ce a y e a r. — T u a e e r. ---------- * ---------- > Light« Increase Egg Production. will pay you to equip with Dunlops—because the Dunlop process removes the inter* nal friction^ ! That means rear _ en d lets TIRES C A M P W IT H U S w There has been considerable a rg u m ent fo r and against artificial light ing of poultry houses, some claim ing th at while lighting may increase the egg production, the vitality of the birds are decreased thereby. The ag ricultural experim ent station of New Jersey, which has m ade many ex perim ents both with and w ithout a r tificial lighting, states th a t it has been conclusively proven th a t in creased egg production and b e tte r health are the results of artificial lighting or laying houses. A three- year study of 280 flocks, with a population o f 804,139 birds was made and the tests showed th at an average of 07.1 eggs were obtained from pullets where no lights were used and 7J.8 with lights. The testa I j N e w . of D««aS. >B C e n tra l P è i n t H o a .e e of W or.hip » ----------------- ---------------------— T itle of Sunday school lesson: “ Jesu s A ppears to His Disciples.” John 21. Thi slesson completes the book of John, com pletes the year’s study, and is the last lesson we will have fo r some tim e on the whole Bible course. We w ant you in the classes on tim e fo r th e last session of th e school in the old year. Rev. E rn e st L. preach fo r us a t the vice. We shall have the worship of th e Thompson will 11 o”clock ser a good time in Lord. The young peoples service at 6:30 p. m. will in tere st they oung folks. We hope th ere will be more than ever of them a t these services. In the evening church service, the su b ject wil be “ Has th e Y ear Meant to Y ou?” Yo uare earn estly invited to worshi pw ith us, if you are not engaged some w here else. J. M. JO H N SO N , Pastor W e wish to send Greetings to all our friends a to Merry Christmas C hristm as E m b lem and As an emblem for Christmas, hang np, with the mistletoe and holly, Dad's crushed pocketbook. ---------- * ---------- Happy New Year . . i P ro tect H o m e In v e stm e n t It Is Indeed curious that, while we avoid, In so far as we can, any de preciation of our other luvestments, many of us do not adequately pro tect our home Investment. We are constantly puylng “neglect taxes” on our properties, which may be greater some yeurs than the government tuxes. Some Idea of the extent of our carelessness may be gained from the knowledge that repairs to property, due entirely to ueglect, cost Ameri can property owners about $1,800,000,- 000 a year. This truly appalling figure indicates a very deplorable condition. It Is a sum nearly four times as great as the annual fire loss. — Exchange. ---------- * ---------- E x p o r tin g M ore T h a n H alf. Dr. O. C. S tine of the U. S. bu reau of ag ric u ltu ral economics, in the re cen t address a t th e Chicago m eeting of m ark etin g officials, made some statem en ts re g ard in g produc tion, ex p o rtatio n and foreign com pe tition th a t are well w orth thinking about by A m erican farm ers. He said the com m odities of which we norm al ly export some p a rt, co n stitu te m ore than one h alf of o u r to tal produc tion and th a t ab o u t one third of our to tal production m eets the products of foreign com petition in o u r own m arkets. Foreign com petition is in creasing in m any lines, he states, while an increasing industrialization is tend in g to place th is country more and m ore upon an im port*basis. In the past fo u r years this country, has annually exported 53 p er cent of o u r cotton. 48 per cen t of rye, 33 per cent of tobacco, 14 per cent of rice, 21 per cen t o f w heat and 34 per cent of lard. “ As long as we export any p a rt of a p ro d u ct,” said Mr. Stine, " th a t p a rt determ ines the relation of our dom estic m arkets to the fo r eign m ark ets fo r all o f the products th at our producers have fo r sale at home as well as ab ro ad .” ---------+ -------- If the average man were paid the kind of wages his wife thinks he earns, the U nited S tates m int would have to run 24 hours a day to make money enough to do it with. Beacon lights to guide airplaens on mail ro u tes are proving a bon to stockm en who have been w orried by the deprediations of coyotes and wolves. The anim als keep a long dis tance off. The ancients used ostrich egg shells fo r drinking cups. Palms are regarded by th e people ! of E gypt as symbols of peace and ! re t sand are held sacred. The wish of B a tte r y & E le c tr ic S h o p L. C Grim es - C en tral P oint Why Advertise in t h e C e n t r a l P o i n t A m e r ic a n ? IT PAYS T he Ad Rates Based on Both Q uantity and Q uality Circulation It is a weekly paper—most homes prefer after reading the Oregonian and ‘Sundays’ It is read on the Routes, in the Farm Homes, Small Towns of Jackson County, by every m em ber of the family, who read every line and not m erely the head lines. It has more readers than any W eekly P aper in Jackson County, outside of Med* ford. IT IS « U N IO N C H U R C H To All A ll G lory B e to G od All g l o r y be to Qod on h ig h , A nd to th e e a r t h be p eace; G o o d -w ill h e n c e f o r t h fr o m h e a v e n men B e g in , a n d n e v e r ceaae. AT THE CHURCHES A W EEKLY PAPER CAUSES COMMENT. TH A T ITS ADVERTISERS GET RETURNS Mail, bring or send adv. copy co not later thi lan Wednesdays.