ward en trai P 0 Qk th a t carri at th e F night By E L I Z A B E T H F L E I S C H E R The g i r l s ’ b a s k e t b a l l te a m w o n i sw eeping v ic t o r y o v e r t h e T a l e n t g irls O ccasionally we r u n acro ss a m an w as p r e s e n te d W e d n e s d a y ev en in g w ho says t h a t he does not believe in th e a u d i t o r i u m to t h o s e w ho w ere in a d v e r t is i n g an d its p ow er to sell goods. L ik e most m en who m ake i n t e r e s t e d in th e school a n d w ere at te n d i n g t h e Open H o u se t h e s a m e such s t a te m e n ts , he does so w ithout ev en ing . Most of t h e n u m b e r s were a k n o w led g e of th e facts. T he chances given by th e g ra d e school bu t th e a r e he has n ev er given th e sub ject G irl s ’ Glee club s a n g tw o C h r is tm a s an y stu d y beyond his own sup erficial opinion. |t Is difficult these days to songs. T h e e x h ib its w ere a r r a n g e d in th e ro o m s a n d received m u c h fa­ u n d e r s ta n d hew a m an could e n t e r ­ tain th es e view» w ho gets up in th e v o ra b le co m m en t. m o r n in g at th e a la r m of a C on n ecti­ Mrs. F le i s c h e r w as a b s e n t from cut clock, b u tt o n s on a p a ir of Ohio h e r school d u ti e s M onday on acco u n t s u s p e n d e rs to Iowa b u tt o n s sew ed to of sickness. C hicago tr o u s e rs , p u ts on a p a ir of J o h n S m ith an d A lford T ay lo r shoes m a d e in Boston, w ash es In a w ere in M edford T u e s d a y m o r n in g P it t s b u r g h basin, u sin g C incinnati co llectin g for a d s fo r t h e C e n tra l soap, a c o m m o n tow el m ade In New P o in te r. H a m p sh ire , sits dow n a t a G rand T h e s e n io r-a lu m n i b a n q u e t is b e ­ R ap id s table, e a ts p a n c a k e s m a d e of ing h eld D ecem b er 29, a t t h e Blue M inneapolis flou r, K a n sa s City bacon F lo w e r Lodge. T h e b a n q u e t Is held 'r i e d on a St. L ouis stov e; buys each y e a r a t th is tim e. T ic k e ts may­ fr u it pu t up in C alifo rnia, seasoned be o b ta in e d from D onald S nyder. w ith R ho de Islan d spices, puts on a C h a rle s T a y lo r a n d O liver Ol^en- hat m a d e in P h ila d e lp h ia , gets into ch aln , a l u m n i ’31. visited school v>n a D etro it t r a c t o r filled w ith Texas Monday, a n d G ene R eam es, a lu m n i gasoline, ho ok s It to a n In d ia n a ’3o v isited T uesday . Plow, w o rk s all day on t h e farm , T h e f r e s h m a n b o n fire is slowly craw ls at n ig h t u n d e r a V erm on t g ro w in g an d by January- 6 pro m ises b la n k e t to be kept a w a k e by a dog, to be q u it e a pile. th e only h o m e pro duct ou th e place, As v a c a tio n tim e is h e re once a n d th e n tr i e s to tell th e world th a t a g a in te a c h e rs of th e school a r e a d v e r t is i n g d o e sn 't sell m erch an dise. fo u n d to he s c a t te r in g all o v e r th e] — H atch (N .M ex.) R e p o r te r w e ste rn coast. S om e a r e going to visit frien d s, o t h e r s to t h e i r hom es, som e to a t t e n d th e O. S. T. A. an d still o th e r s will sp en d v a c a tio n in C e n tr a l P o in t. Mr J e w e t t , Mr. Zobel a n d Miss H ay will he In P o r t la n d a tt e n d in g ! th e O reg o n S t a t e T e a c h e r s ’ associa-1 T h e most fa v o ra b le season fo r con­ tlon. tro l of peach leaf cu rl is now a t Miss Blood a n d Miss S h irley will h an d , a c c o rd in g to w a rn in g issued spen d t h e i r v a c a tio n s a t th e i r hom e by C. T. M c W h o rte r, ex tensio n spec­ In E u g e n e a n d C orv allis, resp ect; •* ialist In h o r t ic u l tu r e at th e s ta te ly. Miss F r a n k l i n will spend hei college. G ro w e r s who m a k e use of v acatio n a t h e r ho m e In C ornin g. D ecem ber o r J a n u a r y fo r th is task C alifo rn ia. an d who s p r a y w ith good q u ality Mrs, Ross a n d Mrs. F le is c h e r w ill, b o rd e a u x m ix tu r e a n d cover every spend t h e i r C h r is tm a s vacatio n in tw ig h av e been g e tt in g sa tisfa c to ry C e n tr a l P o lln t. Mrs. M urp hy an d control, P each leaf cu rl is cau sed by a Mrs. H a n s e n will h a v e C h r is tm a s fu n g u s th a t w in te r s ov er on th e tw igs d i n n e r in A sh lan d . Miss S e a b ro o k p lan s to sp en d | w aitin g for th e first sligh t sw elling C h r is tm a s w ith h e r s i s te r In P o r t la n d of th e bu ds to in v a d e th e new grow th. a n d Mrs. R ic h a r d s o n will have h e r F o r th is re a s o n it Is fa ta l to put off s p r a y in g till la te in t h e w in te r, C h r is tm a s d i n n e r w ith relativ es. Mr. Lowe will sp en d th e vacatio n for even In F e b r u a r y , in w estern In C e n tr a l P o in t, Medford an d A s h ­ O regon a t least, th e b u d s a r e so lan d a n d Mr. A m ick is m o to rin g to f a r a d v a n c e d t h a t in fection has taken F re s n o , C a lifo rn ia , to spend th e v a ­ place on u n s p r a y e d trees. B ord eau x 4-4-50 is th e s t a n d a r d catio n w ith his d a u g h te r s . A m o n g th e a lu m n i a n d o t h e r v is­ s p r a y for th i s disease. One a p ­ ito rs p re s e n t at th e high school on plication Is sufficient prov id in g good W ed n e sd a y w ere: D oroth y S m ith. m a t e r i a l is used an d If t h e tr e e is D o ro th y H o lm es. H a r r y Klden, M ar­ t h o r o u g h ly covered, th is sp r a y may ian C a r t e r E liz a b e th Scott, lola be o b ta in e d co m m ercially or a good C a rr, Merle H e d g e p e th , H o w a rd S n y ­ q u a li ty can be m a d e on th e farm d e r, D elp ha Cox, R u t h C lark , Amy from d ir e c tio n s o b ta in a b le from any J o h n s o n , R u th C ash, Mr. P a n k e y a n d c o u n ty a g e n t Friday n i g h t o n t h e T a l e n t flo o r. From th e v e r y f i r s t w h is tle t h e sco re began to p ile u p in fa v o r o f th e pointers a n d a t t h e q u a r t e r it sto o d (j-0. D u r in g t h e la s t q u a r t e r t h e Talent g ir ls ra l li e d a n d g a in e d a few points, m a k i n g t h e fin a l sco re 41 to daughtei ». 12 T h e P o i n t e r g i r l s sh o w e d good T e Sundi form a n d t h e se c o n d s t r i n g g ir ls were ■ D. Vesta . given a c h a n c e to sho w t h e i r “ s t u f f . ” This w a s t h e f i r s t c o n fe r e n c e g a m e son retui^ »- of the se a s o n a n d t h e g ir ls w ere very a trip | o pleased b e c a u s e o f w in n in g . The b o ys' b u s k e t b a l l t e a m p lay ed one of t h e f a s te s t g a m e s of t h e s e a ­ son F r i d a y n i g h t a g a i n s t t h e T a le n t '(led the I I boys. T h e t e a m s w e r e a b o u t ev en ly d. Sunda I matched a s to w eig h t a n d size a n d it ichards I was n o b o d y ’s g a m e up to t h e v ery Mr | | Mrs R«i I last se c o n d w h e n T a l e n t m a d e a I basket t h a t m a d e t h e sco re 16-18 5n ‘ h u m „J their fa v o r. A y ers, P a t t e r s o n a n d Taylor s h o u l d be g iv en c re d it for many o f t h e b e st p lay s in t h e g a m e . from tl| The boys felt b ad ly a t losin g th e f May ■ tam e it- It w a s t h e f i r s t g a m e of tor. I the c o n f e r e n c e , b u t re a liz e d th a t Ithey p la y e d a t e a m o f e q u a l p lay in g lability, W e d n e s d a y e v e n in g , D e c e m b e r 16, I the b o y s ’ b a s k e t b a l l t e a m played a ¡practice g a m e w ith th e boys o f th e ¡South M e t h o d is t c h u r c h a t th e gym. ¡The M e th o d is t boys w ere h earlet ¡than t h e P o i n t e r s a n d won a victo ry |of 26-22 o v e r t h e C e n t r a l P o in t te a m A C h ristm as a s s e m b ly program was g iv e n W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n by the All T a l k i e club. T h e p lay , “ G ifts ot M y r r h , " c o a c h e d by V ivian J o n e s . | was t h e m a i n f e a t u r e on th e p ro g r a m . of Those t h a t to o k p a r t In th e p lay a r e : Mrs. F a i r w e a t h e r , Mary J a n e B eebe; tr<‘ Mr. F a i r w e a t h e r , C h a r le s M u r p h y ; Malda F a i r w e a t h e r , M ona L e w is, Dolly F r a z e r , T o s h lk o T o k u o ; T o m ­ my, M u r a Mills; Dodo, B eren ice R e a m e s ; t h e B u r g la r . J a c k S a n d e r ­ son; Mary. R u t h R i m s t r o m ; J o s e p h , Kelly T a y l o r ; T h r e e W ise Men, Ro- Irnd C a s a d , C lyde F r y e a n d W il b u r F.icher. T h e s t o r y Is a b o u t th e C h r is tm a s of a rich g irl w h o h ad e v e r y t h i n g b u t the c o m p a n i o n s h i p o f h e r p a re n ts . She is left a l o n e C h r i s t m a s E v e an d a b u r g l a r p a y s a v is it to h e r ; an d also s h e sees t h e C h r is t C h ild In a d re a m . A l a r g e C h r i s t m a s t r e e tastefully- d e c o ra te d sto o d in o n e c o r n e r of th e a ss e m b ly ro o m . On it w e re g if ts of v a rio u s sizes a n d s h a p e s fo r t h e s t u ­ d e n ts o f t h e h ig h school A f te r th e gifts w e re p a ss e d o u t school w as d is ­ m issed fo r t h e C h r i s t m a s h olid ay s. Miss H elen P ow ell of M edford high A b e au tifu l C h ristm as p ro g r a m school. tw o wee « discharg id rd last Sj t- o his hor ie k \s ear ng "id W inter Is T im e for Peach L eaf Curl Control Brother T ells of Gold Hunting by O ld Tim e Prospector i - e K iioten boys now sta n d . G auls creek. S a rd i n e creek . F o o ts creek a n d K a n e creek all sections n eig h b o r in g Gold Hill and G r a n ts P ass, w ere mined! by th e R h o te n W h e re v e r he fo und color he followed b r o t h e r s an d t h e i r f a t h e r , w ho it, all t h r o u g h th e s o u th ern Oregon ! crossed t h e p lain s from Iow a by ox hills, w ith pick, shovel and pan He ! te a m In '59. T h e ric h e st pockets was alw ays lookin' for gold He fol­ have been found. B ut th e r e la still lowed u n til he found it. P oin tin g i “ gold in th e m m o u n t a in s ," A1 be­ w ith g ia n t h a n d to w ard t h e d a r k lieves. an d he is going to find it canyons of K an e (’reek, dren ch ed by ¡ " a f t e r w hile." a cold D ecem b er rain, At R hoten Enid R h o ten , h u n t e r an d fig h te r, paused in t h e p re p a r a tio n of his too. w as ku o w n not only fo r bigness T h u r s d a y n ig h t su p p er to explain of gold pockets a n d h e a rt, b u t also th e lu c k " of his b ro th e r. Enos M for th e t r a c k he left in th e loam R ho ten , w ho died last week, a poor W h e re v e r his fo o t p r in t w as seen, m a n , In a little fram e shack on the m in e rs t u r n e d aw ay , k n o w in g th e m o u n t a in side, from which he r e ­ gold was gone. H is sh oes w e re m a d e m oved d u r i n g his b e tt e r day s of to o rd e r , t h e i r m e a s u r e m e n ts n ever pocket h u n ti n g , gold a m o u n t in g to revealed. Hut t h e i r p ro p o r tio n s w ere m o r e th a n $200,000. as f a m ilia r to his fr ie n d s as th e " E n l c ," a s he was know n to all b ro ad b rim m e d h a t he w ore Vo tow n m in ers, fo und his first pocket ou when he b o u g h t t h e d r i n k s a t Touy Blackw ell Hill, a few m iles n o rt h of Olson's saloon. M edford, w hen he was seven. " H e As long below th e pockets as most w as going for th e cows," A1 recalled, men a r e from toe to cro w n ," they t u r n i n g back to t h e stove in th e co r­ often described him . He m e a s u re d n e r of the cab in to to w e r with his six six feet fo u r in his socks. feet of h eig h t o v e r th e pan bread bak His h e a r t w as a s big as his body lng on th e red hot lids. an d his gold w ent a s easily as It " H e followed th e color an d found came. T h e re was alw a y s open house $150 w o rth , I guess. T hat w as a long in t h e saloon w hen R hoten a p p e a re d ti m e ago. He w as past T9 w hen he at th e bar. If t h e o w n e r objected, died He lay sick th r e e years. He he bo u g h t th e place, sourdoughs n e v e r co m p lain ed , Enlc n ev er did " claim , tellin g th e sto ry of u n ig h t In T e a rs for a n In s ta n t clouded th e eyes G r a n ts Pass, when th e p r o p r ie to r of th e h u g e s a n d y - h a ire d g ian t, d e s­ chose to close th e doors. “ E$iic" cribed by th o se who knew t h e R h o ten b r o t h e r s best as th e “s p ltte n Im ag e" of his b ro th e r. " H e d id n 't feel so had befo re he died, j u s t co u ld n 't move. Old ag e I g u ess ” Enlc fo u n d his larg est pocket on Gold Hill. He p an n e d from it ( 1 7 ,0 0 0 B ut th e larg est of all. A1 a d m itte d .h e fo und w ith his help. It yleled m ore t h a n $ 1,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 a n d was found on K an e creek , w h e re th e cab ins of Seasons Greeting Mot ford Fuel Co. per i-oAr Hi inch V IL I, niA M 'KS, load F I R SLABS, load $ 3 .0 0 X KINDLING, loud HOOV l ’| B , p e r t i e r .......... J o s e p h Heyzer. He fo ught in th e FO R S A L E -A F la n io ra n g e , p ra c ­ Modoc w ar, und w hen he s u r r e n d e r - ; tically n ew ; a b o u t h a lf paid f o r ; ed to d e a th last week a b u llet r e ­ j u s t fin ish m a k i n g d e fe r re d p a y ­ m e n ts — a b o u t h a lf o rig in a l cost; a ceived in b a ttle was still lodged ill | b a rg a in . W. A. C ran e, A m e ric a n his chest. 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M | S w is h e r of Siletz by s e e d in g in d rill row s a n d c u l t i v a t ­ " W o n d e r w h a t m a k e s th is h a y .,o ing, w h e r e o t h e r f a r m e r s in th e c o u n ty h a v e g e n e ra l ly failed, a c c o r d ­ p la g u e d d u s t y t h i s y e a r ? ” ing to M. J . C o n k lin , c o u n ty a g e n t. H ow o ft e n h a s t h i s q u e s t io n , ex ­ Mr. S w is h e r c a re f u lly p r e p a r e d his p re s se d w ith g r e a t e r o r less v ig o r, tr ia l f i e l d - - o n e - q u a r t e r of a n a c r e been h e a r d a t ti m e of y e a r a s clo u d s — an d a d d e d 225 p o u n d s of s u p e r ­ of d u s t a r o s e as feed w a s d u g o u t of p h o s p h a t e a n d a h eav y a p p lic a tio n of barnyard m anure. H e d rille d his t h e m ow o r s t a r k for t h e sto ck. G. R H y slo p . h ead of th e fa r m seed in 10-inch row s w ith a g a r d e n T w o - th ir d s of t h e plot w as c ro p s d e p a r t m e n t at O reg o n S t a t e co l­ d rill. lege, h a s r e c e n t ly h a d t h i s q u e stio n seed ed to G rim m a n d t h e re s t to , B oth w ere i n o c u l a t ­ p u t to h im , t o g e t h e r w ith t h e q u e - 1 L a d a k a lf a lf a . ry a s to w h e t h e r s a l t i n g w o u ld p r e ­ ed. T h e I.a d a k was a failu re , w hile v e n t d u s t d e v e lo p in g P ro f e s s o r H y s­ th e G rim m m a d e a good sta n d . • v • lop sa y s he h a s n e v e r r u n a n y e x - . C O Q F I L L E — More . h a n 2065 a cres p e r i m e n t s on t h e m a t t e r , b u t he has h a n d l e d a lot of hay in his tim e , of s w a m p lan d in Coos an d C u r r y j b o th b e f o r e a n d a f t e r [¡tacking, and c o u n tie s w e re d r a i n e d d tirin g t h e I w ould sa y fr o m e x p e rie n c e t h a t no p ast y e a r on 19 f a r m s , r e p o r t s Geo one c a u s e ca n b e b la m e d f o r d u sty H. J e n k i n s , c o u n ty a g e n t, who gave ! p e rs o n a l a s s is t a n c e in lay in g o u t th e hay. O n e c o m m o n c a u s e Is o v e r s o w e d d r a i n a g e sy stem s. m e a d o w s t h a t leav e a d e p o sit of m ud t h a t t u r n s t o fin e d u s t o n th e hay. H AKDW t l l K a n d S P O R T IN G GOODS he say s. A n o t h e r is la te sown fields C e n t r a l P o in t , O re g o n P h o n e »7 of g r a i n h a y t h a t will h av e clods mixed w ith t h e h a y w h e n it Is m ow ed an r a k e d A n y a m o u n t of s a lt a d u e u to s u c h h a y Is n o t lik e ly to a fie c t Its d u s t in e s s , H y s lo p believes. B u t w h e r e h a y Is p u t In t h e s ta c k W e d e s i r e to t h a n k all or m ow a l i t t l e to m o is t, t h e r e m ay be d u s t d e v e lo p t h a t was n o t p re s ­ o n r f r ie n d s f o r t h e i r ent a t a ll w h e n t h e h a y w a s m a d e p ast p a tr o n a g e a n d w ish T h is is c a u s e d by d e v e lo p e m e n t of mold o n t h e h a y w h ic h l a t e r flies oft you a d a very- w h en t h e h a y is h a n d le d . In such cases a p p l i c a t i o n of s a l t at h a y in g ti m e m i g h t p r e v e n t d e v e lo p e m e n t of such m o ld s a n d h e n c e k e e p d o w n lh. d u s t , say« H y slo p I ’se o f s alt w ith h ay t h a t h a s to and be s t a c k e d while to o m o ist h as Sts li m i ta t io n s , h o w e v e r, H y slo p w arn s. M o istu re w i t h i n t h e hay m ay be over- om e in t h i s m a a n e r . p e r h a p s , b a t if t h t r e Is a a v A«-, or o t h e r fro­ w s i e r o n t b g o u ts id e o f t h e hay t h a r e is g r a v e d a n c e r t h a t It may- h e a t a n d can s# w h a t Is co m m o n ly k n o w n a s s p o n t a n e o u s c o m b u s tio n F o r t h i s s a m e r e a s o n a le a k y r o o f h as been k n o w n t o set a b a r n on fire C auses o f D usty H ay D iscussed To Our Friends Central Point Meat Market Central Point State Bank I. 1). I j NWIH, Prop. '/ . . r....... .a -• .».Hi W e wish you all a Merry Xmas and a Prosperous New Year TO O U R P A T R O N S .... T o close our books without thanking you for the business entrusted to us during the past year would leave a debt unpaid. W. C. Leever iitcrrtT Xmas A Merry Xmas and a We Wish You a Prosperous H appy N ew Y ear Merry Xmas Happy,prosperous and i New Year Happy And Prosperous C entral Point S ervice W e have re p o r t o f a t h a t se e m e d K a n s a s C ity c i g a r e t Into fi n a ll y com e aero»« th e f ire c a u s e d by a eigare- to be a c t u a l l y tr u e . A boy d ro p p e d a b u rn in g a p a n of g aso lin e. G a tew a y Service Stations L IV E LONG AND P R O S P E R ! MERRY XMAS W ith all kind $«.51» $ 0 .0 0 |tM SC .VI WANT ADS All Our Patrons A DRY PINE SLA BS 4 .00 it h o t e u w u u t i n r o u g h w ith his 18 o t th e s a m e y ear. T h e mem., d ri n k in g , n e i t h e r w e re hts frien d s h o w e v e r, sc. me 1 to live on. S ev eral T he p r o p r ie te r w as in s is te n t. “ E n lc " . ti m e s d u r i n g t h e las t w eek s h e lay bo u g h t th e place fo r $50,000. F r e e in h