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VOLUME 2
CEN TRA L POINT, JACKSON, COUNTY, OREGON.
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MAKES HO M ESTEA D PROOF
Is Now Resident o f Central Point
District
Fred Taylor, an old-time re sid e rt
of this district, was in Gold Hill on
Monday, en-route to G rants Pass to
make final proof on his homestead,
which he located several years ago
down on the Illinois river in Jose
phine county.
He has recently
purchased a home property in Cen
tral Point adn his family is now
domiciled in th at town.
He reports
that his father, Jam es Taylor is a
resident of Douglas county.
The
senior Taylor operated the Hughes
limestone quarry and kiln out on
Kanes creek about 20 years ago.
He also reports th at his grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. William Russell, both
passed away early in the present
year a t Roseburg.
Mr. Russell
operated the' Gold Hill brick yards
below the Braden mine about 25
years ago, and was a Indian w ar vet
eran of the Rogue River wars.— Gold
Hill News.
The follow ing letter sent by Louis
Salade J r, of C entral Point to his
frien d , Col. Ralph S. Croskey, 526
Stephen G irard Bldg., Philadelphia,
f a ., tell of a little incident that
happened to him and several local
boys on a recen t trip down the Rogue
riv e r in search of a valuable Russian
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W olfhound, lost by Mr. Salade.
The story is interesting and the
CHRISTM AS W E D D IN G IS
A m erican is indebted to Mr. Salade
HOLIDAY E V E N T H E R E
1 to publish his letter.
FRIDAY, D E C E M B E R 31. 1926
ASLAND PARK
WILLED MONEY
IN V A L U A B L E
C H R IST M A S
G IFT
IS R E C E IV E D
Make Improvements
Ashland
Bank
President«
Named
T rustées to C are for
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the E state.
Ashland, Dec. 24.— The city of
Ashland has received an invaluable
Christmas gift from the estate of C.
W. Root and his wife, Mrs. Virginia
Root. Mr. and Mrs. Root wore for
many years citizens of Ashland in
terested in every good thing fo r the
city and its people. In his will Mr.
Root le ft his property in a legacy
to the city of Ashland and a t Mrs.
Root’s death, her properties were
also bequeathed to the city, with the
provision th a t it all be used to
beautify and benefit the city.
The
m anagem ent of the estate was left
in the hands of tru stees consisting
of the presidents of the three banks
of the city. The tru stees have decided
upo nthe purchase of fo u r p ro p er
ties, the Bungalo w property belong
ing to Mrs. B ert R. Greer, the JC. F*
Smith property on W inburn Way, u
strip 72x200 feet belonging to E. D.
Briggs and a piece of ground belong
ing to Mrs. Emma Oeder.
Options
have been secured on the properties
and the deal will soon be completed.
The new additions to the park are
near the entrance and will m aterially
increase the facilities there besides
adding to the beauty of the approach.
Some buildings will be removed and
im provem ents made.
The decision
of the Root estate tru stees is consid
ered o ff a r reaching influence in
the developm ent of the splendid park
which form s one of Ashland’s g re a t
est assets.
Many of the projects
which were proposed to th e tru stees
could not be considered since the will
states th a t the estate m ust go to
the city of Ashland and fo r the
beautifying and b enefit of the city
In its choice the board feels th a t it
has complied in the very le tte r and
spirit of the bequest and th a t there
is no other way in which they could
have established a m onum ent to
Mr. and Mrs. Root which more nearly
m eet the ideas they had in mind for
the city they loved so well.
It is
planned to erect some suitable monu
m ent to the honor of the city’s bene
factors and to expend the residue
eith er in the purchase of more land
fo r the park or in the im provem ent
of w hat has already been purchased.
The business of the estate has been
handled by E. V. C arter, president
of the F irst National bank; J. P.
Dodge, president of the Citizens
bank, and W. J. Moore, president of
the S tate Bank of Ashland.
A p retty rom ance which began
December 17, 1926
during their school days clum inated
D ear R alph:
Y esterday we had quite an adven on Saturday, Christmas day, in the
tu re and experience none of the wedding of Miss Edith Copenger of
th ree of us will forget for a long time this city to Mr. Orville Shores of the
I t came about like this. Last S atur Shores service station of Medford.
day my R nssifn Wolfhound went off
The simple cerem ony was read a t
w ith the police pup and never retu rn the home of Rev. J. M. Johnson, the
ed, even though the pup came back officiating m inister, only the immed
th e following day. So although we iate members of the fam ily and w it
have searched most everywhere about nesses being present.
th is section without a clue to his
Both Mr. and Mrs. Shores are
w hereabouts. I assume he was cought popular members of the class of ’26,
in a trap , probably along Bear creek. of the C entral P oint high school and
W e w ent along both banks of this oth were star players on the boys’
creek, where boys are known to have and girls’ basketball teams.
s e t out trap s fo r miles in both direc
Following the cerem ony the happy
tion but in several places were not couple left fo r th eir new home in
able to even see the creek due to the
Medford.
dense underbrush. Therefore, having
Their many friends wish them
no results, I thought the best and many years of wedded happiness.
only way was to go down the creek
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by boat. Due to the heavy rains this T H E T IM E WORN P H R A S E
creek had swollen greatly and some
tim e ago was a raging to rre n t with Health, W ealth and H appiness Is
logs and all sorts of derbis rushing
the Wish for All.
down to the Rogue river, some few
miles below here. B ut now it had
Living conditions, national and fo r
gone down to a more normal size, eign affairs, state and county pros
and with care we thought it could perity appear prom ising as the New
be successfully done. So with Leon Year, 1927, is ushered in. In Oregon
Boomer, Ed. Boardman, Trum an the mild and moist w inter indicate
B ren n er all of C entral Point and bountiful crops for the coming year.
who w anted some excitem ent, we Building activities all over the North
w ere fo rtu n a te in getting a strong west are excelling all records and ex
m etal covered flat bottomed boat, pectations.
The lum ber m arket is
owned by B ert Peck also of C entral indeed bright ;nefc railroad construc
point, and with the three of us tion is praeitcally assured; large cor
aboard we started down Bear creek. porations have planned extensive op
The cu rren t was much sw ifter erations, including a $3,000,000
than was a t all suspected, and al power plant in our own county—
though one of us was a t the bow and the big C alifom ia-O regon Power cite
an o th er a t the stern with sort of
at Prospect.
poles and the third at the oars amid-
W iththese favorable conditions
ahip and pulling upstream , the boat pictured before us, we can earnestly
w ent along entirely too fa st fo r com express to our readers and to our
fo rt. At a short distance on and personal friends the tim e worn
where the stream made a split, we phrase, “ Happy New Y ear.”
The
took the wrong channel and ran America wishes all, the best of the
aground in a small rapids, but final ladn during the coming twelve
ly m anaged to get clear with some months.
We have no new leaves to
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pulling and pushing.
turn over; no wild predictions, know
To o u r surprise, a fte r going on ing th at work, honestly aqd plenty
Consolidation Is Report.
some little distance fu rth e r and too of advertising will reap a rich re
sw iftly a t th at, due to the strong
There irs being planned a scheme
ward.
cu rren t, we saw just above the su r
Happy New Year to you and your to consolidate the high schools of
face w hat had bee ntfc: top wire of family. May you live long and pros Sams Valley and Gold Hill. A union
a barb-wire fence We had ju st come
h'gh school at Gold Hill would result
per.
around a bend in the stream and did
in bigger and b e tte r facilities and
Don’t forget to w rite it 1927.
n o t have a chance to get to the side
advantages to students o f these dis
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in tim e to reach the bank before hit
tricts.
To H s t s Installation.
tin g the fence. Evidentally the risen
The Womans Relief Corps will
creek had been so much higher than have th eir installation Saturday.
th is fence, th at the logs, etc., had January 8. A chicken dinner will be
Mrs. Mauris« Richardson is visit
gone righ< over this and not torn served a t noan fo r the members and ing h er parents at Elgin, in eastern
it away as we expected and had been their families.
Oregon. Mr. Richardson accompanied
th e case in places where the stream
her as fa r as P ortland and spent
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was not so hemmed-in by the high I Jack Lynch, form erly of C entral Christm as with his parents in St.
banks.
Point but now of Weed, CaL, spent Helens, retu rn in g to C entral Point
So before we knew H, .the boat Christmas with relatives hers.
Monday.
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DEPARTMENT
NUMBER 37
RESTORES
LAND
T hree Small T ra c ts of Land to Be
Homestpaded N ear Here.
Notice is hereby given th at the
General Land office, by Commis
sioner’s letter of December 21, 1926,
has restored to entry under the
homestead or desert land laws the
E f t of SWVi of Sec. 8, and SW Vi
NWV4 of Sec. 18, Tp 35 S. R. 1 E.
W. M„ and the NE Vi NEVi of Sec.
22, Tp. 35 S. R 1 W. W. M., con
taining 161.55 acres.
The resto rtatio n will take effect
Jan u a ry 18,1927, a t 9 o’clock a. m.
and ex-service men of the late war
with Germany will have preference
right of entry fo r 91 days from and
including th at date, or until April
18, 1927. Applications of ex-service
men of the late w ar for homestead
entry may be executed and filed in
this office within 20 days prior to
the date of resto rtatio n , and all ap
plications for said land filed in this
office from December 29, 1926, to
and including 9 o’clock a. m. on J a n
uary 18, 1927, shall be considered as
filed sim utaneously and the right
to en ter will be determ ined by draw
ing if more than one application be
filed for the same tract. The land will
be open to general disposition on
April 19, 1927.
Applications m ust be accompanied
by affidavit to the effect th a t appli-.
cant served in the United States
Army, Navy or Marine corps on or
a fte r April 6, 1917, ,and prior to
March 8, 1921. the period of such
service and the un it in which he
served and the date of honorable dis
charge or separation from service,
and also a copy of his discharge.
Citizens of the U nited S tates who
served in the allied arm ies in the war
with Germany will also have p refer
ence right to e n ter this land. Hamill
A. Canaday, register, Roseburg, Or.
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SCOTCHMAN CO V ERS T H R E E
Y E A P " IN HIS XMAS G R E E T IN G
H ere’s a case of Scotch for a bit
o’ C hristm as cheer.
John M. Scott, assistant passenger
traffic m anager of the Southern P a
cific Railway company, has a good
friend of kindred nativity in the per
son of J. A. McLean, pro p rieto r of
the Osburn hotel, Eugene, and Scott
is chuckling over a naive “ Scotch
G reeting C ard” r ocivcd through the
mail from McLean.
The card is plain to the point of
severity and said: "W ishing you a
M erry C hristm as for 1926, 1927,
1928.’— Oregon Journal.
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Children E njoy Vacation.
The school children arc fully en
joying th eir m id-w inter vacation.
The Christmas program s a t the
schools were above p ar and greatly
enjoyed by p arent, teacher and stu
dent.
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Now to Broadcast.
Jackson county now has a real
radio broadcasting station. Medford
Is th e home of KMED, made possible
by the enterprise of the M ail-Tribune
and Mr. Virgin, radio dealer. KMED
is on the a ir every night and o ffers
very good progrnirs. You will find
them by turn in g the wave length to
250.
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Fred Inlaw and Ivor French, who
have spent several weeks in Cali-
fcjynia, returned home fo r the C hrist
mas season. They state th at while
picking oragnes near Wood lake, in
T ulare county, they saw the cyclone
which swept through th at p a rt of the
country, and la te r saw some of the
havoc wrought am ong packing houses
and sheds. They also state th a t there
is snow on the ridge ro u te which is
quite unusual.
EXPERT WILL
HEAR ON SPRAY
IN V E ST IG A T IO N O F SPRAY R E S I
DUE IS PROM ISED
Arrive Next Month
Possible
Definite
Policy
Will
Be
Taken to Inform Growers
W ha t to Do.
To investigate the spray residue in
southern Oregon, Assistant Secretary
of A griculture Campbell is scheduled
to leave W ashington early in Junuary
fo r Medford, Oregon, where ho will
investigate tho situation thoroughly
confer with fru it growers and prob
ably conduct several hearings to es
tablish a definite policy and inform
growers ju st what steps they must
take to meet* the departm ent of
chemistry tolerance in removing
arsenate of lead spray from fruits.
Catnpell’s trip it is hoped will r e
sult in the departm ent of agriculture
discovering what the grow ers desire
in the way of governm ental co-op
eration, and will do away with the
confused situation which resulted
last year. Growers, they claim, are
unable to m eet a tolerance which is
secret.
Campbell is expected to tell
them ju st what the spray tolerance
will be, and to inform them us to
what they m ust do to m eet it. He will
also hear com plaints of fru it men
who believe the tolerance to be so
strict tb<*t-it is impossible to m eet it.
Campbell’s proposed trip is sched
uled at the request of Senator Chas.
L. McNnry of Oregon, who has urged
Secretary of A griculture Jard in e to
take steps to aid the grow ers of
southern Oregon.
Campbell rates
next to Jardine in the departm ent
o fagriculturo, and it is believed in
W ashington th at his visit will be the
g reatest constructive step taken since
the spray residue ruling threw grow
ers and shippers into a state of
chaos, with the resu lt th at W estern
fru it growers lost p illions o f dollars
last year.
Bert Anderson and other Medford
fru it men have been active in re
questing Jard in e to aid the fru it
growers of his section.— News.
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Is H onor S tu d e n ts a t U. of O.
The scholastic honor roll of the
University of Oregon, as released by
faculty officials lists the names of
76 stddents who averaged a grade
of b etter than 2 in all sucji cts. The
long list of nnmes included the name
of Eva V. Nealon, C entral Point.
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Have Jo in t Installation.
The Masons and E astern S tar
held a jo in t installation cerem ony
last Monday night, and a fte r the
lodge business the member* and th eir
families enjoyed the evening with a
splendid program and big banquet.
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J. M. H urley recently retu rn ed
fr< m a two m onth’s virit in Portland.
Mr. Hurley is a good Jackson county
booster and says Medford and C en
tral Point will soon be one large
city. Mr. H urley raises a few little
squash on his lots in C entral Point
one weighed 116 pounds and tho
other 75 pounds. Some squash.
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The many friends of Ray H ender
son, of the M edford schools, and a
form er resident of C entral Point, are
grieved to learn of the death re
cently of his m other at the family
home in Roseburg, Oregon.