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About Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1925-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1926)
'C E N T R A L P O IN T A M E R IC A N foreigners on the street, then bow, smilingly, and remark, “ I beg your pardon. Hope is the mainspring o f courage A girl baby was born last Friday to Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Walsemire. *• The deepest recorded spot in the ocean was recently found by the Japanese navy o f f the Izu Pennin- sula. Mrs. W. H. Ferguson • spent Mon day afternoon in Medford on busines Mrs. Mathes o f Medford, spent the week-end at the G. E. Fox home. Telepathy is the science that tells you what the driver ahead is going to do when he holds out his hand. C. S. Lammey o f Route Tw o was a pleasant caller while in town Satur day. C. C. Hall o f Albany, son o f J. K. Hall, w as. a Christmas visitor with home folks here. H. Fields o f Gold Hill and a form er resident o f Central Point, was in this city Monday on business. Mrs. Erest Scott, Elizabeth, Ethel- yn and Lester Scott spent Tuesday visiting at the home o f Mr. and Mrs. W ill Hanson in Medford. Mr. and Mrs. W ill Hansen o f M edford Mrs. Wilbur Cameron Bpent Christmas eve Scott home. Hansen, J. P. and Mr. and o f Jacksonville at the E. E. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Thompson Mrs Elizabeth Scott, Mrs. Dell Day, Mrs. Jane Duncan and Mrs. Carrie Ham rick were M edford visitors Wednes day morning. The new automobiles are coming in a variety o f coirs, but the ped estrians will still have to be content with black and blue.— Mutual Mut- terings. Mrs. Owens ha das her guests on Tuesday to dinner, Mrs. Elizabeth Gregory, Henry and W ill Gregory o f Central Point, Mrs. W eider and son o f Applegate adn Mrs. T erril and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Anders o f Klamath Falls and Mr. and Mrs. A. Throskmorton o f Ruch spent Christ mas with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Scott and family. J. B. Lanphear o f Bellingham, Wn., spent Christmas visiting his grandson and granddaughter, Glenn LeBarre and Mrs. James Koss, o f this place. Mr. Lanphear is well pleased with this part o f the country and will extend his visit to include the New Year. --------- + --------- I AT THE CHURCHES New* of Doing* in Central Point House* of Worship U NION CHURCH T itle o f Sunday school lesson: “ The Christian, a Follower o f Jesus’ References in Mark 1:16-20; Mark 2:13-17, and 1st John 2:1-6. Outline: Follow ing Jesus involves, “ Self-de nial,” “ Accepting the Cross o f Christ’ “ Seeking to know His w ill,” “ W alk ing in the light.’ Rev. E. Iverson o f Medford, will preach in the morning service. Mr. Iverson will come to us as Gods anointed servant and bring us a mes sage from the living world. L et us bring our friends to the church. New members will be received at this ser vice. In the evening service the pastor will preach on the subject: “ Facing the New Y ear With Holy Ambitions” This sermon will deal with the pur pose and possibilities o f the church fo r the coming year. The Young People's service will begin at 6:30 p. m. May we not have a great rallying o f our young people fo r the first services o f the year. J. M. Johnson, Pastor. Oxen are used extensively for pack ing In Venezuela mid Colombia. They are slow but sure and puck more than a heavy mule. An ox will navigate with a burden something near 400 pounds, as against 250 for a pack mule. They are also ridden In both countries. In Ecuador they raft live oxen, the process being as follows: They take a long dugout and lash poles across it and tie the horns o# four oxen to the end of each pole until about 32 oxen are In place; then they catch the tide going down the river and get an early start. Men stand In the canoe and prod the oxen and with the current they do about 12 miles per hour, usually arriving at the slaughter-house at Guayaquil In the early afternoon, having done 80 to 100 miles. They also bring them to the slaugh ter-house by small steumers from the coast ports. The way they are loaded Is by slipping a noose around the horns and pulling Mr. Ox up by the neck and the way they are unloaded Is by making them jump from the deck Into the water and swim ashore. This Is done at all the small ports of South America and In the river at Guayaquil.—Edgar Young, in Adven ture Magazine. Too Little Attention Paid to Advertising The newspapers of the country have built up the motion-picture industry. The advertising account o f the rall- rouds should give consideration to the newspapers when copy Is placed be cause these railroads are dependent and hope to live off the prosperity created and developed by the news papers o f that section. Cities and communities all along the Pacific coast are showing an Increas ing Interest In the possibilities of com munity advertising through newspa pers. Representative newspaper men from all parts of the coast have dis cussed plans whereby this service might be extended. The consensus was that this type o f advertising had been universally successful. Figures show that definite results were ob tained. Many an advertised commodity out strips its nonadverttsed rivals not alone because It becomes known, but because the advertiser, once his product Is Identified In the public mind, has a strong motive for main taining Its quality, as well as look ---------------+ --------------- ing for possible Improvements that The average amount o f absolute will constitute additional sales argu rest during a night’s sleep is only ments. It has been demonstrated that eleven and one-half minutes, accord precisely the same effect has been ing to a professor o f the Mellon In observed In community Improvement stitute, there being muscular or men in connection with well-planned com tal action during the remainder o f munity advertising campaigns. the time. Library a Requisite • Old maids live longer than either married women or bachelors, accord A library, well equipped and prop ing to some medical authorities. erly maintained, providing opportu nity to develop that breadth o f horl- A washing machine has been de son and Interest *n life which come vised in England that can wash more from "good reading." should be classed as a community necessity. than 300 sheets at one time. ♦ CLASSI FI ED FOR S A L E — A good piano and prac tically new set o f Redpath’s “ His tories o f the W orld.” P ’hone 12x4. Mrs. Paul Matrin. 371 FOR S A L E — 280 acre ranch, Coos Co., Or., 4 miles from ocean; 2^4 miles from Roosevelt highway; 10 miles south east o f Bandon; 35 acres im proved; 100 acres pasture; good creek, orchard; fa ir buildings; price $8500. H. A. DeLong, Bandon, Or. 54 HOW= FO R S A L E — 1924 Chevrolet Coupe in good shape, only $300. Call at 722 No. Riverside A ve., Medford. LO ST— Russian Wolfhound, large white dog, north o f Central Point. Aw ay since Dec. 11. Reward fo r re turn or fo r inform ation pertaining to loss. L. A. Salade, Jr. Central P o in t 37-1 W ANTED ’ ~ W A N T E D — About 5 acre tract fo r chicken raising and gardening. A Burger, Phone 129. Central Point. 62 — R eiger’s bath salts, regular $1.50 size, only $1.00 fo r a fe w days. Mary A. Mee, druggist. 362 Notify the driver and Riverside Dairy Will delivermilkat your door * »■»» » R EA L E S T AT E and INSURANCE Good Bargains in Land and City Property Central Point JACKSON - - COUNTY Oregon ABSTRACT COMPANY Abstract* of Title and Title |n. surance. The only complete Title System in Jackson County. Medford . . . Oregon W. G. T R I LL Attorney-at-Law— Notary Public Central Point . . . 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A L W A Y S SP E LL OUT TH E NAME OF TH E S T ^ T E IN F U L L IN TH E ADDRESS. The Central Point American is a newly equipped and up-to-the-minute Job Printing Office. B U S IN E S S GOVERNMENT* This apt phrase was used in Ptesl- dent Harding’s first message to Con gress and applies particularly In postal management where postmasters are being Impressed with the fact that they are managers of local branches of the biggest business In the world. No better work and prices pleasing. Better try us on that next job o f Printing. W e cover Jackson County when it comes to printing. W rite us, phone us, call on us. HERE COMES A STRANGER! W e are here to serve and please Let us know and we can come after it. Let’» make oar poat office look neat, Mr. Postmaster. Straighten up tba rural letter box, Mr. Farmer. Tidy op some, Mr. Rural Carrier. FI rat Impressions are lasting Maybe Mr Stranger, taking notice o f these Im provement». will coma back, bringing you benefit». Start theae with "POB- j T A L IM PROVEM ENT W EKK" May 1-C English is being taught over the radio in Japan. Recently the instruct j j There are 10,000 women employed or dwelt on expressions o f politene w The thinnest and toughest leather obtainable is made from the skins o f in connection with the mines in The beat way to learn them, he said frogs. Great Britain. was to bump into English speaking ’ V .. GEORGE E. FOX -T H E MERRIAM WEBSTER LO S T tJ/LLtU^nX. IN PERL FUNERAL HOME ---------------* --------------- Into the barber shop— Many have blundered. Women o f high degree, Women past fifty-th ree, Determined that they shall be One o f the numbered. Some are cut a la shiek, Others are coy and meek, Many are cut once a week, W hile poor hubbies thunder. Hairpins are never bought, Switches g et nary a thought, Into Fisher’s and Vaught’ W hile “ next” s’at and won dered. Some o f them look quite swell, Some o f them looked like— well, ’Tis many a fib we tell, T o the bobbed hundred.— Ex. WORK OF REJUVENATION OF S TATU A R Y PROCEEDS.— Do you know that statuary suf fers from old age and has to be rejuvenated by beauty doctors Just the same as human faces and figures? It does, and reports which have Just come to hand concerning the accomplishments of Thomas H. Bleakney, techni cian to the Pennsylvania muse um In Philadelphia, Indicate that he Is filling the role of beauty doctor to wood, marble and plas ter stutues %«th results that rival some of the marvels wrought by beauty parlors. Under his deft touches, aged carvings shake off their senility and bloom again In the pristine beauty of their bet ter days. Old .age works Its ravages on art objects through chemical changes and bacteria which mar the "complexion’’ and leave cracks and wounds to fill with dirt Under Bleakney's direc tion, these inanimate faces are treated for their looks by means of soap and water aseptic solu tions and healing salves. Often the statue doctor’s work resem bles that of a surgeon, for wounds are cut Into, cauteriza tions of diseased parts are made and even amputations are some times performed. Thymol, for malin, peroxide of hydrogen and ammonia are used sometimes. "M O R E at 36 So. Grape, Medford Corner Sixth and Oakdale A Pennsylvania farm er raised 688 bushels o f potatoes from an acre o f Phone 47 Medford, Oregon ground, according to reports from Pennsylvania state college. Eternity, time without beginning, time with out end And endless space are terms we do not comprehend. W e know not whence or whither Or fo r what purpose we are here. W e believe so much, but know so little O f earth and wave and atmosphere. W e see the sun, so warm and bright The moon to give us light at night, But little we know o f moon and sun When they were made or the world begun. Nine hundred miles per hour we circle around Still twenty times faster with the sun w e’re bound, On a journey we kno not where, through space W e seem not to mind this fearsome race. What keeps us on unerring course Unless it’s o f divinely source? It gives us the seasons o f the year The fruits o f labor to give us cheer. The power and wisdom we esteem Belongs to Natures God Supreme. Invisible is God, but we must obey His laws o f Nature and His way. Why look fo r Him up in the sky When h» is present in You and I. Your spirit being divine, why fear death It can not die with your last breath, It surely will come back again Creation is one long endless chain W e can not see the life in egg or seed To develop and grow according to breed, His presence, no matter how obscure Is essential fo r life to mature. Thousands o f atoms can sport and spin With lots o f room on the point o f a pin, Invissible are the scent atoms o f violet or rose That fleat in the air to please the nose. I f we take the pains we can trace Ever His presence, there is no empty space. Thus we find great things and small In the universe and on this terrestrial ball. — D. T. Gerdes. How South Americans Use Oxen in Packing A ll kinds of Furniture Repaired Old Furniture Bought Refinishing and Repairing Job Printing !