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About The American. (Central Point, Or.) 1928-1936 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1931)
mm Live iuc*elianti attract business to the city by advertising, wblcti is a basts for price, quality and a square deal for all. Oregon debt to Ion and VOLUME 4 1HE AMERICAN CENTRAL POINT. OREGON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER Centra! T =t ! t picking; up here ami there. We llave reason to feel pioud of our |a-ople and city. llo<>st for it. m i Number 13 s lucky. >uch or >iuk tu I accom- iy pro- r of the nderful jus re- It TAX 1116 LllerPreltr I IM ITTERS By S. O. BURQDORF A young woman interviewed fc.mil Ludwig, the distiuguisueu sutuor uuu among lue gems urougui uui »as lue sluicmeui lust women uuiu iue idie oi tue worm m men ry p for »ays iiuit- lianus Tney can do more to end wur tiiun ail me pai-itisls and writers «RE DISCUSSED IN NOT SHOTS M. SWEET Hy put togeiuer. ' m a t s real nice oi Recently, discussed resolutions nuui out iei us aag why me women in these columns and warned the oiuu l prevent lue recent well kuowu public1 to beware of gossip, preju- LAGE IN COUNTY CUT — - 1 Shade of Paul Bunyan! What Next to Come? Durango, Colo. — San Jaun national forest officials have dis covered a new enemy of tree— porcupines The animals rub trees with their sharp quilts, stripping a ring around them and causing them to ‘spike top," or die at the top first. Forest Supervisor Andrew Hut ton estimated porcupines have caused as much damage to the timber during the last few years as that caused by fires. A cam paign against them, he said, would be made this winter. There is no way of checking up the number of coyotes Ted Morava has killed the past year, an<| some have doubled his state ments. averlng he never killed one of theae animals. Wednes day morning he brought In a lurge mother coyote and showed her to his "Doubting Thomas'* friends Te,| slated that there was no doubt that she had killed many sheep in his vicinity. FOR SHERIFF Charles J. Haas of 606 We*t Tenth street, Medford, is the latest candi date to enter the race for the Re publican nomination fur sheriff of Reduction in Millage Under hut most deplorable World Mar.' dIce and '"'»K in»“ »», and again. I Jackson county. Ha* formerly own wish to point to the fact that the Last Year' ed the property where Captain Black •luey had an me chance in the world resolution (,allillK for commis, ion. now has his summer home on the out mey uiuh t stop the tiring ot one ers to inspect and over-Hee road re- The state and county tax mlllage 28.7 Per O u t Cm Rogue and still owns several hun for Jackson county for ihe coming guu. v>e uou i otauie them lor u. P“ *«- “ • <1 construction work, only The mlllage represents a 28.7 per dred acres in that locality. .. , called for four supervisoral districts year will be 13.8 mills for districts Haas, in declaring himself a can Tuey simply couldn t do auyming cent reduction outside high school I and two commissioner districts In outside of high school districts, and didate for the nominatiou, says that districts is 3.5 tn'lls and 6 9 mlllage about it. Nor will they ever stop a tj,e county. Also, to the fact that 8.7 mills for inside high school dis If elected, he will serve the people reduction inside high school districts. tricts. war in tne future. Wars are not supervisors were to furnish their of Jackson county in a diligent way, The tax mlllage in the city of Ash The levy will produce this year $385,- stopped by sentiment of appeals or own cars for transportation to and and believes that all arrests he might from their work same as the com- land will be 7 9 mills, as that city is 532.14. approximately $36,000 less make. If any are necessary, will be tears, lhey will be stopped only by mon iahoreii no 0ne being furnished exempt from the school and school thim last year. The school levy, ele- done without a gun. the leaders ot the nations. But cars except¡ng tHe two commission- library levy, and the general road meutury ami high school, shows an J. II. Dennison, in response to a Emil knowus all that. He was just er8i who receive four (4) dollars per load levy, by reason of special city increase. story appearing Tuesday, emphati Petit Ions signed by residents of levies for such purposes. spoofing his inteviewers. day, the supervisors five (5) dollars The above table does not Include cally said yesterday that he had no the rural sections——some recently, intentions of running for sheriff, Last year Ihe milluge for districts eity, road, school or special levi i. * * * and the common laborer three- A great majority of the Democratic twenty (3.30 dollars per day. I still A statement prepared yesterd; Wy and some three months ago- -asking und hadn't had any at uny time. He The Golden Link Bible class of Inside high school districts was 13 6 newspaper editors have come out maintain that the latter does not the Christian church met Friday mills and outside high school dis the county clerk shows that all the for road development and road lm- did admit, though, that his friends, funds of Ihe county are at a low ebb pi oveniciits, are scheduled to recelv ■ many of them, hud urged him to auuyomously in favor of Newton D. receive a fair comparative wage with afternoon in the recreation room a*, tricts it was 17.6 mills. The state tax levy this year is 1.7 and some overdrawn. The general the attention of the county court at make the race, but that it dl-iu't Baker for the Democratic nomination the supervisor— Am I wrong about the church. Mrs. Lampman, the class mills, and last year it was 5.3 mills. ' v.d. which is now overdrawn, will appeal to him. for president. At the same time this Bro. Taxpayer President, presided and she also read The 1.7 mills will be devoted to the l>t replenished by receipt of a govern-1 mi early date. The road fund is A poll of all supervisors. I am ad- the scriture lesson. RACE STEEDS 11» Mrs. Powell they express the opinion that Gov. elementary school fund of the county, Went check for the O.-C. tax refund practically exhausted, and there is j The race for sheriff and Justice ... , . . , vised, shows they unanimously favoi offered prayer. Roosevelt will be nominated. None ’ , , will he kept here and will raise be ouly a slight levy provided for Ihe Of the peace seems to be attracting . inspection hv the commissioners In- A delightful program was put on $9000 In Emergency Kuml of them favored a dry man for the . ... . , ... stead of the engineer, unless It be by Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. Conger. tween $62.000 and $64.000, according There is nearly $9uno In the emer general road fund, in the 1932 hud-, ‘ he most candidates this year, with f place yet about two-thirds of the fJn%| ,nBpectJo|1 on heavy construe to estimates by the state tax board. the county commissioner running a Mrs. Weaver read a beautiful story gency fund which is being used for get 'editors are always upholding prohi- t)on work Milla ge hy I u nils Taking into considera- of the “ Naturity of Christ” which Ihe care of the poor and emergency <>ne of the petitions, signed by 26 close second, or third, as the case The mlllage by fuuc* for the com bltlon. Perhap if these editors u on tkat between seven and eight was inlerspered with Hongs “ The may be. road work. residents of I lie district west of Cen would voice their real vetws In their thousand dollars is annually paid llahe of Hethelem” — "While She ing year, according to the county Others who are entering the race Tile money collet led Hie past year tral Point, usks for the graveling for sherMf are Ralph Jennings, In editorial columns and their real supervisors for mileage, one can pards watched their Flocks by eight” clerk, will be as follows; and oiling of the West SideCentral Fund— ThisYear Last Year will not be available for the various views as to candidates, they might easily figure that two pickups at and "Star of the East" Sung Mr.-. Point Market road. The plan Is en cumbent, and George L. Scheriner- funds until after January 1. General .... . ......... have a little more Influence than they 1650, each deducted from above Harry Young and Miss Doris Richard dorsed hy (he city council of Central horn, democrats, and W. T Berry, The public hearing on the county do now would leave over $6,000, and allow- son,closing with “ My Faith Look up School and School Point. It is set forth tiiut the road und John Grieve, republicans, all Library .............. 3. 2.S has been set ahead until December oi Medford. Some tulk lias been go • • • ing $1,000 for upkeep, gas, nil, etc.. to Thee" H u n g by all, 31 owing to the re-publication of I* widely use(| ur,i| is sn important ing on about Polk Nininger of Ash High Schools 3.7 6 . 1 A year ago when the ladles met When we reach that point in our «Meet a saving of over $5.000 side road .2 the budget made necessary by pro County Library land running on Hie Republican more or less tempestuous career and ,he <ars wou,d be,° “ K “ » at the home of Mrs. Bursell, it was County Fair .......... . 1. Twenty-four residents of the Dead ticket, but Ashland politicians de viding a levy for the use of Indiana 2 when our fellow citizen* think It ,he «»»**• s " ' d>' thi* out friends, deeded to draw names and have a Generai Roads ... . .6 .3 limestone and Ashland granite in Indian district, near the Applegau- clare he will run for commissioner, “ l’ al” for the year. None were to would be best for us and for them , and ,el1 tlle ah° “ ‘ “ • lunch, ask for rouil Improvement, if anything. court house construction Emergency .......... .4 .4 also to segregate us and put us Another resolution, demanded that known who their "Pal” was untlll and agree to donate work hy the State ...................... 17 6 3 The above levy this ypar makes ;io Justice of the peace has its ap where street dogs can't bite us. we ‘ he county engineers and water the Christmas Party— then a gift day, tf the county will provide the • provisions for a levy for market peal this year, in contrast with other hope they will send us to that New '«aster s departments he consolidat- from each one was to reveal who gravel and the machinery. Total 13.8 17.8 roads as In past years. years when Judge Glenn O Taylor York prison best known among td an<> e*‘ ra he>P he hired during their "P al" was L. M. Sweet of Sams Valley, re was elected year after year without Mrs. Conger had charge of pre Its alumni as ‘ 'old Auburn” . The ‘ b<* irrigation season only. Lin coun quests the court to fence the Sums competition. Besides Judge Taylor, is now a brand new *>' ls doi"S this now and pronounce senting the gifts and as each member Turkeys Are Enos Rhoten Valley Market road at this time, and Everet t Bray ton. Carl N'arregaii and prison building But you ain't heard no- 11 a Peasant experiment. This would reeeivrd hers from under the Tree, make other improvements, as a Fred Colvlg, all republicans, and W. Coming Through Passes Away tiling yet The cells are spacious *ave one engineer's salary and ex she opened it before the crowd and means to furnish employment at Canon, democrat, are said to have In Quantity At His Home this lime when farm work Is at a II and airy with washbowls, toilets PeM«e at least, making a saving of told who her 'T a l” was intentions. None of these men have A most delightful time was had and running water. -Still there's «-®®®. ,nat‘ « r was the en- low ebb. filed for the candidacy so far, but J. D. Watkins, representing the Enos M Rhoten, 79, known here more to follow", as the old gospel klneer. That the making of a bud Refreshments of plum pudding and Resident* of the Siskiyou*, near reports are that they will soon. Half Moon Fruit a - Produce company as the father of pocket hunting and get to suit everybody is simply im- coffee were served by Mrs. Lampman. >ng goes. There's a radio set in MANY COMPETE Of San Francisco, shipped out about I who is credited with taking more Steinman, request that a leading cells. Whether there, P o ssib le, goes without saying. If Bursell and Hoover. __ cells. each of the road of that section, used hy achool The Job as commissioner on the 9500 pounds of live paultry Wednea- j gold out of the hills of Jackson coun Mrs. Lampman invited the class ls a cafeteria or meals are served ; >°u don't believe me j u s t hang He expects another ty than any other individual. dle(| In children und Ihe public in reaching county court has a bevy of aspir in the cells, we do not known, around the courthouse a while and to meet with her In January. There day evening. truck load of live poultry to go out poverty at his home on Kanes creek the Pacific highway, be smoothed ants, most of whom are waiting for were fifty three ladies and children lisien to the general conversation. But "Old Auburn” for ours when- tlielr friends to urge them. Victor I Sunday. The large trade Mr WaH northwest of t'ent!-*' Point, Sutur and gravelled. ever you are ready and the way Some of these arguments would be present. Some of Ihe country ro ll* are IlnrSell of Central Point, whose term j kins has built up for this firm the day Death was due to apoplexy. things look nowadays, the sooner anything but Inspiring pictures If pa:it six year* has lieen accomplished Rhoten originated the art of hunt getting rough and ragged and their expires this year, has said that he the better w ell like It. printed upon the front page of a Stolen Safe by Mr Watkins' accommodating and ing gold pockets ill tile days of the maintenance is retarded, as iiiulet does not intend to run again, but • • • Sunday school leaflet. To reduce nun! retrenchment policy five political observers over the county | It begins to look as If the 'axes and Inflate a b .Jget at ihc Safely Hidden liberal dealings, coupled with firm s gold rush here, uiul his process was the men with a -caririer and other road are of the opinion that he will be policy of paying the very highest followed by thmo^uds of miners charging cavalry horse Is doomed, ^ame time ls somewhat difficult, If smoothing machinery, have 1200 cause lie said three years ngo he He took $150.000 out of one pocket The gentry who made away with prices and making prompt remit- All previous report* to that effect you don't believe It just step into a but changed his miles of road to cover, and they ran would not run, have been scoffed at by men in local store, buy everything you need the cafe from the Central Point Ser r.nces. See announcement elsewher- on the head of Kanes creek which inind at the last minute. Others who only hit ihe worst places. is considered the largest individual army ranks who were supposed to and then proceed to pay the hill from vice station, selected a safe spot to in this issue. will seek the office, rumor says, are pocket ever uncovered here. known what they were talking _ _ _ ,C o“ 11 ” * “ > * « * « > ______ dump It, as efforts so far to locate W. E. Morris of Table Rock. L. M. Rhoten always spent his money- It have resulted In failure. It prob about. But Thief of Staff M m Orchard* Use Sweet of Sams Valley. Harry Han Holiday Trade in true miner fashion. He uncover ably reposes In the brush on some Arthur is credited with planning B u r E j l a i 'y C h & r fJ G son of Medrord, and H. T. Pankey ed a pocket valued at $50,000 one Swings Into Sprinkling Plan side road not far from the city, as mechanization of ¡ of Central Point. the immediate *“ time, according to the old timers about the first th'ng the robber» For Alleged Hen Last Week one cavalry regiment by replacing | For Irrigation County clerk and county treasur here, and with the money he bough! would think of was to get shed of it all the horses with motorized vehi er aren't creating so mueh disturb Thief New Looms two saloons, one at Grants Pass and Mr. Pendleton estimates his loss Central Point merchants are well cles and combat cars similar to the | WENATCHEE. Wash.. Dec 17— ance so far, with no one having fil Always too gen between $400 and $500. It seems supplied for the holiday season one at Gold Hill combined wheel-nnd—track-laying; The rill «>ctem o ' orchard irrigation, ed to run for either and few wait The district attorney's office said that he was working on some valu Splendid stocks of merchandies that erous for hi* own well being, he fighting machine Of course, there It Is believed, v . hlrh reclaimed Hi.non acre* of ing to he urged opened house with his saloons and able papers which he had removed appeal to the Christmas shoppers. Will be an appeal to the Concresi f , r td a y that it would pr though, that there will be competi It pays to trade at home. The gave whiskey and beer away to all KuiebrUMh land In Ihe Wenatchee and tion for these two Jobs, as there will funds for the purpose, for all these burglary charges against William Bo from his safety deposit box In the Oklahoma district of north central. who cared to drink. Hi* $50,000 new fangled things cost money "*“ . local resident, held in the roun- hank. Ho placed these In the safe home-town merchant is the backbone lasted about three weeks, and when Washington and developed them into for office of county superintendent Well, It is going take all the glon- ty jail charged wlih entering a nnm- for overnight keeping and they were of the community. The burden of ot schools. taxes always reel* with the business the money was ail gone he returned gome of the richest fruit tracts in out of cavalry. Yon ran t dash a **r of henhou e, in the vall-y and carted away with the safe to the mountains there to mine more the world is being challenged by a man. round in splendor with only a flivver therefrom fa. hens and roost- new reclamation method. 4 Bob Cat* gold. Make it a point to trade in Con- These motor cars don't cavort and a"<l •*»"•* *ani<‘ t0 Prod’*r“ W alter Building This challenger is sprinkling. At Known by every old timer and tral Point. Keep the town alive by Are Killed arch their necks and prance. There bouses Bor n. the authorities say, end of the second season of a Nearing Completion giving it a boost whenever possible. every miner in southern Oregon. the won't be any flashing sabre. How has admitted robbing a doien roo-Us By Conley Rhoten’s passing will be regretted considerable number of thorough can yon flash a sabre and handle the but that sales records show he has trial liistallationa, it Is meeting with by many. By his death southern A W. Walker, who recently pur gears at the same time It simply f‘° ' d close to , a chickens In the Leave* for It. M Conley returned to his TshU Oregon loses one of Its most pic more and more favor among orchard- chased the building adjoining his can't be done If they do motorize Pa*‘ y*ar- ists, and especially In the modified Rock home Wednesday night from turesqne characters, and many a tale Southern California the cavalry, we're going to Join the The burglary charge would make dame hall, is remodeling same, mak form which has been introduced hy a hunt lag trip on Butte Creek and of early days will he with him Rho M F. Coleman left last Friday navy where everything Is a machine Boren liable to a state prison sen- ing a decided improvement In the a Walla Walla grower and tested htought with him four hob cats and outside appearance, while the Inter for Loa Angeles, f ’alif. On his way ten was in the Indian war* here . . . in local orchards one c >on pelt. A short time ago and received a pension from the he w:ll visit Oakland and his daugh ior is undergoing changea. making From Roosevelt Held in New York P«*“ y ••«•■F charged filed While the regular devices consist Roily killed two bear la one day He I' ter, Mrs. Louis Hughes at Marya- government for his services lo Chicago In four hours and fo u r1 Authorities claim that Boren's op it thoroughly modern and attractive of large sprinklers erected on stand in the same vicinity j . [>. Walkias. survived by his wife, Nancy Ellen ville. He Is driving Miss Mildred minutes! Not by train or auto», no eratlon extended over a year, and Mr. Theodore Gla s baa full charge Ringers' tar to Lo* Angeles for her Rhoten and one daughter, Ida l<* pipe» which top the frees, the new repr- entlng the Half Moon I’ rodqre By sir. Captain Hawks did It. Just "U“ «« ‘ hat his loot would approach and supervision of the work which as she ls returning here for the Clair of Gold Hill. He also leave- method consists of a circular pipe- aiwl I rult company, »hipped one of wait until they get these airplanes the 1SO0 mark. Boren claims th:t gives a-surance the thouonghnes* of three brothers, Abraham and Al laid around the base of the tree, lue Dears (o his company, who later rhristma* holidays. hopping over the country like that be never stole more ihan hal: a the workmanship. Mr Fred Hesx-I- While in th- south Mr Coleman bert Rhoten of Gold Hill and W ¡1- throwing water through perforations nulled Mr Conley a check for $24. You can live on the Eastern Sho' o f bens at a time from a hen- n ave is doing the plumbing, leaving Some credit for Roily'* success should a) o plans a visit to th* Boulder llam Rhoten of Yreka. and one sla along the upp r surface of the pipe Maryland and have your office in New houna, but the loser, claim that .h*ir no doubt of satisfaction and compet be given his dogs, the best In this uniformly in all directions. The ter. Mrs. A1 Boggi* of Gold Hill. He York and that would be an Ideal ¡flocks were depleted He Is bus ency In this Improvement To folly lam. overhead sprinkP-rs. on the other part of the state. wan horn in Appanoose county, Iowa. life, especially that Bring on the p*-cted of stealing a neighbor's rbick- appreciate this improvement you'll A nine-pound son was horn Iasi In 1*S2 and came (o Jackson county hand, drench the foliage as well as Eastern Sho'. All kinds of vegei-jens. hut Boren dentes such unneigh have to attend the dance this Satu- The Christian Endeavor boys of the ground. evening to Mr and Mr« George K fcO years ago d iy night able*, fresh out of the ground. All borllness. Kprlnkllng generally is pre'erable Central Point are planning to start Funeral services were Conducted Lowe of Central Point at the Com kinds of fTnit, light off the tree or I According to Boren's statements, week lor games with other Independ Mr. I»w e I* eon- by Reverend W. H Kalon at the to the pre-enl rill, or subsoil, sys Walt Pa'nt r. the local trapper munity hospital bush. All kinds of fish and oysters his operations eitended over the ent teams in the vallvy. Mr. Jewett tem in that It wets the entire feeder- Conger rhapel at i I t o'clock Tue» r.t ejed with the • entral Point schools and crabs and terrapin! And cheap*. | floor of the valley, aa a rule, bet ays tripping Isn't what It should ha« given them the local gym la and the son of D. K. Lowe, former daj • Interment was at the Gold Hill root area around the tree and pre- he. Prices are very low and the They almost give these things away sometimes he visited the hill sec practice in. , vents run-off on side-htli tract*. Remoter*. sheriff of Jack-on county. animals are scarce. on the Eastern Sho,. ¡Mona. Golden Link Has Pleasant Social Session Mill State Tax Levy Reduced Over Half for 1932 Sheep Killing Coyote Meets Timely End Levy Will Produce $385,532,14 Based on 28.7 Per Cent County Court To Hear Road Pleas y