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About The American. (Central Point, Or.) 1928-1936 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1931)
» PAGE TWO FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30. I(t:t, lr « » * Mmmiirrwiiw « The AMERICAN, CENTRAL POINT. OREGON mnn ,, EVERY SEVEN YEARS WHERE PROFIT GOES The Province of Britlah Columbia Just to cheer you up, Dr- Sol - makes report of a profit of $2,003,- ---------- jmon Huebner. head of the depart- 000 on its liquor business during the You arc Invited to look over our Select Liar o f Christmas Cards, Thanksglving day will find many ment of insurance, Inlversity ot :: Re-established, September 13. 1 **8-;gix months ending last March. A c-'| SPLENDID BOXED ASSORTMENT teachers of Central Point scattered1 Pennsylvania, says that these.de- _ * . « a tL - k latéoeAiite n f . . . . i * Devoted to the best interests of cording to the figure given out by j ! widely over the state. pressions come every seven >ea1^ Central Point and vicinity. the officials themselves, the total Mr. H. P. Jewett and family will an(j that we ll no more get out u? AM matter for publication muot profits for the last year were $4,- | p-:’ Individual Cards in Profusion from have Thanksgiving dinner at the lhjg one before we ll be headed f ir reach this office not later than Wed 021,000. And these figures Include . le up. SEE THE LINK Sunnyside Hotel in Eagle Point. Mr ! another. And we w ont get over nesday for insertion the same week. only hard liquor, ana not beer. Jewett stated that he would probably «his one until we have paid all our BUY YOUR RADIATOR ALCOHOL HERE Published every Friday. One may imagine A1 Capone and f By Al Piche spend the next few days recovering, debts. •I. well, If that’s the way Entered as second class matter at other booze baudfts cynically sneer- ^ Miss Blood will leave Wedensday it ¡8 g{,ing to he. wc might Just as the post office. Central Point, Ore lng over what they have the right « Central Point, Oregon evening for her home in Eugene well keep the depression we have gon, under the Act of March 3, 187 9. to call a "chicken-feed" business. Now comes reports that the State where she will spend her Thanks- w e ’re getting used to it atad what s t ||[||r - 1 >r )>ttiTrTr >»«»«»«*s««*s*s*sts«stsmmMMt«iiinM«mnmtstssi It is they who make the profit here, Game commission have planted 200,- SUBSCRIPTION RATES giving vacation. She will be accom -.^ .,, u8e 0f changing? not the government; and it is they 000 trout in Crater Lake of which One year ....................... - ........... I I . #0 panied with friends on the way. | _ _ _____________ _____________________ 8 lx Months .....- .......................... fl.0 0 who probably make as much in one 40,000 were gteelhead3. Just stop Miss Shirley will leave Wednesday month as the Province of Columbia to think what 1000 thousand of Payable In advance. evening for her homa in Corvallis, makes In six months. these steelheads. If planted In the where she will spei.u her Thanks-1 Advertising rates on application. But British Columbia and all the Rogue River would bring in revenue Office— Second Street, off Main. giving vacation. other provinces of Canada receive to the state of Oregon, in llncense Miss Franklin is planning to go to BUKGDORF and POWELL the profit form a legitimate liquor fees, and the sport to the fishermen Portland for a convention and to S. O. BURGDORF---------- ------Editor hiMlness. The United States, with who fished for them. visit with relatives. A. E. POWELI.......... Buparintendent Its tremendous volume of illicit li I do not see nor can figure why Mrs. Murphy will visit her mother | quor business, with a huge deficit the Game Commission will plant that in Ashland and Mr. Amick, his moth staring it in the face, gets no profit quantity of fLh in a lake controlled er in Grants Pass. and refuses to make legitimate the by the Government, which only Mr. and Mrs. Lowe will be w ith. manufacture and sale of harmless charges one entry fee to the park, relatives in Ashland. wines and beers that would put mil which Is one dollar, and that en Mr. Zobel stated that during his a n o t h e r ir o n y lions of men and women to work— titles the owner of the car as well vacation he would probably stay In There is no end to the Ironies of and at once! as all others whom 'he may take Central Point for basketball prac prohibition. Latest of the series is in his car to the limit of fish each. tice, and then he plans to find the the Kansas City court decision The state charges three dollars best served meal in Medford. A SUGGESTION which overthrows the legal basis of for a license. So those who fish at The Chairman of the Democratic Large Size. 2 for ...........................................................—....... —............. Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Fleischer, Mrs. | the California grape Juice business. Crater Lake save two dollars with Richardson, Miss Hay, Mrs. Hansen By this Federal decision, accepted National Committee proposes a teni- and easier culchc: and Miss Seabrooke will be at their by larger grape Juice firms, it be atlve platform for the 1932 prsut- greater sport, than can he had out of the Rogue home8 , n o r n e a ,. Central Toint. (lent la I campaign. Included in this comes a violation of the Volstead River. Here the state loses three act to sell prepared grape Juices In pronouncement. Issued by the Dem dollars unless there is some arrange kegs ready for fermentation Into ocratic National Committee river Well Streaked, per lb........................... the signature of the Chairman ment where as they do get compen wine. Jouett Shouse, are definite and sation from the Government, of which In perspective, the Ironical facts distinctive suggestions conccrfiing no one has ever been informed of. Fresh Box, 2 lbs. for ........................... are these: Through conettttlonal Many of us are Interested in know prohibition: "Congressional amend, The coaches and superintendents! amendment the people of the United ment of the Volstead Act to permit ing just how this is figured out, or of second class schools met at Cen- j States outlaw the aale and manufac the sale of light wlr.e and b e e rs .’ the arrangement that is between the Quart Jar— Sweet, Sour and Mixed.. tral Point high on November 7 and ture of alcoholic liquors. Through and this: "Eventual referendum "to State Game commission and the gov discussed various things pertaining, the Federal Farm Board the still the nation of the Eighteenth ernment In stocking Crater Lake so to carrying on the basketball games thirsty people of America enter the Amendment, the referendum to heavily In comparison with the other Real Value ........................................... in this league. liquor business on a grand scale, gniard against return of the old lakes In this locality, where a great The division of teams was left loaning $4,000,000 to Fruit Indus fashioned saloon and to provide fin revenue is derived on the sale of as it was last year, with Central tries, Ltd. Then by court decision 4 11». for state control of the liquor traffic. licenses. Point, Rogue River, Gold Hill. Phoe the wlne-maklng business, subsidized Being addressed particularly to No wonder the funds are $60,000 nix and Talent in the tiame division. so generously by taxation, ts dec Ur the W/omen’s National Democratic short this year, and I believe It will In order to get the games over in j I t o liilie 'g .............. ................. ............................... ed Illegal. club, this teutatlve screed would be much shorter the coming years championship Thus do the conflicting policies of seem to suggest a desire on the if this propagation of fish Is to be time for a county Congress, Executive, Farm Board part of the democratic chairman to continued, as the tourists and resi game to be played before the tour- ¡1 Cans ..................................................... and Courts pass the buck for en turn back from the following after dents will fish Crater Lake and save nament, it Is necessary to start th e 1 conference games on December 11. j forcing prohibition. Men and women false gods, to give in this respect the two dollars. Ceutral Point has an open date vote one way and drink another as in others, gome attention to the at that time and a game has bee« , Congressmen pass laws and Include true Interests of the social fahri.- It is estimated that after an arranged with Jacksonville. loopholes. Prosecutors make deals and the country. other fifty years of prohibition SO It was decided that not over with big violators and Put the army Chairman Shouse affirms that per cent of the adult population will twenty-five cent* would be charged on lesser offenders. Judges reverse this Is merely his personal "sug he In Jail. Enforcement will become at any of the games, except cham- j themselves and each other, until no gestion. '• Politicians are noted for successful when 100 per cent Is in pionship games In which there is man knows what he Is drinking, the making of suggestion, hut It is clink. more expense, due to engaging high and, If ao, whether It Is legal. matter of historical interest that er priced officials Denied the convenience of grape they never make them until they RA8KETBALL si'llEDULE Juice— pressed, sweetened and sold feel that the tides of popular opin Dec. 11 -Jacksonville —* there Statue of Liberty has a new il In kegs ready to ferment— the thir Ion are running In some particular Dec. 18— Tulent— there. luminating system, but the denizens sty voters tor prohibition are obliged channel. Dec. 19— Open— here. of the land of liberty still retain the | either to purchase wine svrup and This proposnl to amend the no Jan. 8— Gold Hill— here. same old method of getting ilium resurrect the bouquet of Llebfraum- torious liquor law and subsequently Jan. 22— Phoenix— here. Inated. llch, Saint Emelin or Burgundy as to give to the people the right to Jan. 29— Open, best they can. or else to buy the vote on this troublesome question Feb. 5.— Talent— here. virgin grape and learn by patient coming from the Democratic Chair Feb 1 2 — Gold Hill— there. trial and error tke subtle art of man. would seem to indicate that Feb. 19— Rogue River— here. bringing it to a happy end. the party Is awakening to the fact Feb. 20— Phoenix— there. that the people are beginning to Jan 15— Rogue River— there. look upon Ihe tendency of the Fed ARE \VK GOING MAD? eral Government to dlxtroy the com Has civilization in this country gone mad? Dr. Chas. H Mayo, cel petence. the Independence and the ebrated surgeon, seemed to indicate self-respect of the states, taking ov that tl\1s might be true In an ad er their responsibilities, their pow dress before the recent Annual Clin er, and their obligation. The American They' Tell ¡ Me j Teachers Make Varied Plans for Vacation Christmas Cards Ranging in Price from 25c, 50c to $1.00 | STONE’S DRUG STORE Frida y-Sa tur day Specials, Nov. 20 and 21 ROYAL CLUB COFFEE jtl Q Q ............. !..25c PINK SALMON ARM & HAMMER SODA BACON Coaches Arrange Game Schedule CRANBERRIES PICKLES PEP BROOMS SOAP POWDER TAMALES SWEET PEAS 0 *ÍC .................21c ................ 25c ............... 31c ................ 37c ................ 25c ................. 15c ............... 39c DON’T FORGET YOUR 5c BREAD at MARINE’S GROCERY Central Point, Oregon ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ FLOUR SPECIAL COLD NIGHTS ical Congress of the American Col TIIE "A L SMITH TYPE” lege of Surgery. Mayor Anton Ccrmak, of Chicago, Dr. Mayo said: "The world has moved ahead so fast as regards ma has thrown down the gauntlet to terial civilization that man bs al Kastcru Democrat leaders with the most, for the moment, got behind statement that their party must find In his power of adaptation. Every for 1932 a presidential candidate o f' other hospital bed In the United the "A1 Smith typo.” Cermak's die States Is for mentally afflicted, In - turn it interesting because he strikes sane, tdottc, feeble-minded or sen at a vitally important question in ile persons. That's worry. It 1» party poltttca, and a point often ue- I worry that breaks down the brain, glected— the personality of a can not work, as such. The rapid pace didate which will "take” with the' But Cermak's sug leads many t« desire to drown their voting public. Borrows In drink.•' gcatlon has a vagueness which makes, A benevolent government has as It next to useless. sisted us to this nepenthe. We are Just what la the "A1 Smith type " rearing a generation of hard drinfc- Smith often speaks the East Side wrs, or, rather, of drinkers of hard dialect of the Klng'a English, but liquor. This situation is accentuated aurely the qualities for Presidential by the hurried and complex activities timber do not depend on his diction of the national life. and grammar Smith is a dripping Men and women do worry over wet.” Thia, perhapa, helps clarify their affairs. They take artificial the problem, hut there are so many paths-hi their search for relief One "dripping weta” that w,> «re still! of these is drink, now available in In the dark Smith la an extraor-! a multitude of poisonous forms. dtnartly capable executive, but thatj Hut drink is not alone responsible quality scarcely Increases the vote for the prevalence of mental defi pulling power of a candidate. ciencies and disorders. The dread Smith la a colorful and vivid fig ful picture pnluted by Dr. Mayo ts ure. and hia thought 1« keyed to composed of many elements, shadings the pulse of America's millions of and colorings There Is a paralysing average cltisena. These, perhaps, absence of the spiritual essence In are the qualities that define the "A1 the hurried material Ufa of today Smith type.” In which case we atill And the profession of medicine, the are hard pressed to find another the profession of surgery, is not candidate who fit« the Cermak or j blameless. Many in these profes dered pattern. sions are as ruthless In their tuotlv.-e Roosevelt «peaks superior English of material Interest as the most Baker la a scholar. "Mam” Lewi« Is heartless operator on the etock ex an orator. Owen Young thinks for change. huf not with the masses. Mu!*t*o-Iea die be *m e they sre Robinson Isn't a “ dripping we?" not financially able In take advan Alfalfa Rill Murray has the color, tage of the science nmt skill that hut not the ability. might savs them. They worry, they In short there Is no one of the become insane they die— they pass ' Al Smith type.” Al Smith is unique their Infirmities along to helpless and if Mayor Cermak must hare del-useless, wretched progeny a man of his type, then ho will have What * to he done about It* Noth-1 to take Al Smith On the other U»g can bs done until civilisation ! hand, there remains the question has learned that all of life domi not whether the Democracy actually do«« eonsiet In th* parang of material need a candidat« of the "Al Smith Ihtngs, however destra 'ile. lype * Protect the Medford Fuel Co. A .00 PER LOAD lit Inch !i With Ever Ready MILL BLOCKS, load $5.511 Kilt SLABS, load *5.01» A * 0.00 i I Prestone BODY KIR. |>cr j| Absolute U N H U N G , lu.id $ j .vi tier « i AO COAL SPECIAL ROYAL CUAL, ton *1:1.50 NATIONAL COAL, ton 8I5.JMI ft ♦ J It will save you Dollars TEI., till I A Protection::: \\ and Cheaper in the Long Run Pyro Denatured ALCOHOL If you ask for it Medford Prices tinier now! Our new Fall Shipment of Flour and Cereals has just arrived from the mills. Come in and get your supply before the prices advance. You can purchase these at the old prices this week and next only. Radiator DRY PINE SLABS I S 8 I 3 T PATlItT FLOU R KERR’S BEST PATENT FLOUR, the best hard wheat flour obtainable on the market. 49 lb. Bag for RED ROSE FLOUR, a first class hard wheat flour, and only, per sack, $1.19 BLUE BELL FLOUR, an Oregon product Our Special, per sack 95c Central Point Service Verne H. Pendleton Removal Announcement Having n'liimwl from oar locution adjoining Walker’« Dunce Hull to i I k - building formerly occupied h, Mary %. Me«, two doors west Of l‘o«»ofrice, we extend a cordial invitation to the public to give u» » rail. «»»tiring you >*«ur patronage will he appreciated. W E NERVE HPEl I U $ 1.25 CRACKED WHEAT or WHEAT FLAKES in sealed packages, 3Gc; With Premium 35c. ROLLED OA * S in bulk, in 9 lb. sacks or in sealed tight packages and all priced for quick sale. 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