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About The American. (Central Point, Or.) 1928-1936 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1932)
e UMTclutnU attract bufili aw la the city by adterUtlm , whinii hi a basts fur price, quality au<| • square «leal for all. Last THE E l i g e e. 50 to a 1 made toration tr res ppreciai iversity, Id Ben ■ady u: d promi indinas •ation, Dt S held bj FFICERS The Interpreter By S. O. BURGDORF educaton litioned b- Hooter's “ 'ol' ol' Bwlmmin' swlmmln' hole, hole,“ in ¡Uect, tb lows has been vanquished by the ieeking t drouth. But Hoover has been swint- ogram « min, or trying to swim, in much w>th i deeper holes for several years now— d develop.^0|es that were far from being as lnt " f placid as the old Iowa hole,— holes with a surf and mountainous waves last . — holes running over with chilly wa- tommir terg- whlch were full of snags and membenBhaf ks and other dangerous denizens . „ , „ :t is seek.fori the unwary. But Hoover must what jjoften sigh for the peace and happi- ween tkt ness of those old days in the old ciation otiowu swimming hole, iterati!«. ' • • • enhance. n ^ J e r e - s a tip for farmers WhOM persons don’t pay. An Iowa man. on a strie» finding himself in that situation, dents bu tuni. d to and put up a factory right rs. on the farm and with the aid of his wife, father and son-in-law, is turn- id of lng out automobile accessories and obtai, making a big profit out of them. COUNTY COURT COMMENDED FOR ACTION ON TAX Death Halts Work On Own Tombstone Salem, Iowa, Jan. 1 1 — Death halted the work of Levi C. Frazier. S3, upon his own tombstone when he was stricken with heart disu se in his harness shop this morning. The stone, which was being made of cement, had not been tak en out of the form, and his son, Hubert, found his father's life less body lying at the base of the memorial with a trow'el in his hand. Hearing Date Is Set to Consider Reduced Taxes School Board Can’t Pay Athletic Teams Salem, Jan. 11.— School hoards have no authority by law to pay for athletic activities of school teams, or pay expenses for such Incurred by the student body. At torney General I. H. Winkle held in an opinion handed down today. The board can neither pay for trausportating such teams from one community to another, the opinion slated today. The Opinion was requested by Ross Furnam, district attorney of Deschutes county. ? G IN LOCAL MEN l»> L. M. SWKKT Reports that the L O. Hoffman Recently, I promised to discuss the Meeting a Constructive Step in Civic Effort to Re- company, general contractors for con County Budget, County Court, and establish Payroll. Opening of Mill structiou of the new Jackson county . 1 officials in your “ columns, , other but courthouse, was using outside labor Considered Imperative was delayed in doing so until offi-j in preference to local workers, were cial action had confirmed final pro branded by the county court this County Assessor J. B. Coleman tlon to resume operations, probably mised action on items being discuss morning as ‘.groundless." has designated Friday, January 22 on a small basis at fits! if taxes and ed and the conduct of all departments 1 I as the date for a hearing on the water and power rates could he County Judge Alex Sparrow raid affected. A day at the court house. | reduction of the valuation of the adjusted. The lumber market the this morning, 'There is a specific m, a better feeling of optimism I timber holdings of the Owen-Oregon past month has shown signs of re- and keener respm for all partlea clause iin the agreement with the con Lumber company In Jackson county vival, due to curtailed production concerned Thp different itemg were tractors that local lubor be given A member of the state tax cotnmis- and depletion of yard stocks. dUcU88ed and paring8 urgPd> even preference, and insofar as possible It I sion will be in attendance at the Foreclosure suit filed in (he fed- ,ho. tbpre nijght bi. gomp confUct ot ^ " aH l,one ‘ <> date, and will be [ meeting, which will be held in the eiul court at Portland Tuesday Uw only tQ discover that where_eT,.r l" 1’ "> f« u re Forced down by a heavy black fog, court house. The chamber of com- against the Owen-Oregon Lumber ,,.gi8lative actioll could bp appMed a8 - Mr Hoffman is a high-grade con- nierce committee, composed of W. company, of Medford by the ilrsi Bn alihl> the departmellt cla!med thp Lieutenant Emil Kennedy flying an Nevlta Chapter No. 93. O. K. 8.. ¡ " “ I'0''' ‘‘T * * ' 1 *" thp contracting tinny' trainer plane No. 28-14.2 H. Gore, Ben Harder, A. C. Hub j Iowa State Trust and Savings bank, “ Vicl Son‘ ' KentUcky farmer8 are 8in,ply full measure of toll, regardless of held their Installation ceremony on! " ' ' ' SS " ,^Par rou,ld’ Hai<! I*10 the cm letting their farms go hang. But they jU8(|ce falrne88 or offlc|a, ho„ or crashed In the yard of the Clarence bard, Earl Fehl, O. C. Boggs, L. K. of Burlington, Iowa, was tr.o-e or Tuesday evening, January 12, 1932., ' *' " r*! und lu‘ ,las experts Sheley farm, two miles from Tal- Wakefield and Earl C. Gaddis, will less an anticipated legal action, ac- ng ho, are not turning out anything like th|> bping e8pecially notlceab!e lu and technical men who are on his Mrs. Margaret Barnes, Grand Lee- puyroll by the month und ypar s(x ent on the Wagner Creek road, at also attend the meeting. cord in g to Jumes H. Owen, general nmend ««Ho accessories. They raise a lot the M.hooj 8upertendenCs office, tu.er, of Grants Bass, was the Grand ,,r ieven of them hav„ bppn here qd Complete data on the holdings manager of the plant and n of^corn. which grows of its own ac Conld the people en ma8ae reallle 10 o’clock yesterday morning. Ken- 'The filing of the suit is simply u Installing officer .assisted by M r.; mattera connected with the court- r on , co „i. and they turn the corn into a the extenl o{ polltical JuggIery that nedy escaptd uninjured) but 'the of the timber company in this | county will be submitted at the legal procedure necessary in the re- J. H. Hardy, Worthy Grand Patron, j hoU8e Ilp has an exi.avaMon forp_ uild ,1 f rsveiass accessory for which they occupies the tIme of each of plane was a total wreck. Lieutenant Kennedy and A. T. ‘»ession, which will take the major organization and readjustment of the of Ashland. man. a cenipnt foreman, a geheral th* 11 Gin im.uT 8 9 LOUi8V“ ,C U" d »nr legislature. Art Perry would part of two days. affairs of the company." Gil.eral Mrs. McNair, Grand a.ia.rs -r a . Lorena o v r » „ . «M-isa.r, ura.u. Mar- .war- j superintendent, and other trained ' '* « « • have more backers in desiring abol Thomas left the Medford airport a * constructive mrp Manager Owen said Wednesday. "I. sh .l of Ashland. was shal Ashland, was instslling installing ; men who know his methods, and ishment of the same. During the few minute, before the crash to take “ rP.e8tablisS will enable the company to abide by Or.nd Marshal; Mrs. Nellie McOow- move to o her contracts underway n P o m i Live and learn. We have always last session of our legislative body. two planes to Sacramento. Thomas 5 wen-Ore*on m 1U p^yroU thus »he terms of the moratorium recent- an of Medford. Grand Chaplain and by Contractor Hoffman, tn var on. I not sthonght housemaid s knee ’ was a your scribe worked tirelessly night brought his Plane down In a field fnrnl8hlllg employni(.nt to 25« men, ly endorsed and approved by the Mrs. Lola M. Norcross, Grand Organ P ^ o f the jU t e . J^-.^con dltlons 32. D sounds like it, doesn't it? after night into the wee, wee hours home-owners. The timber bondholders. The suit will have no 1st. ha„ b).en a88lgm,d . , w k tures Bt»' It 1» a very real thing, we have disecting proposed laws and insisting beside the Ever Shady auto park ^ at the south entrance ft'Ating of Phoenix cla|mg „ bas been ovpr_ elfect on the reorganization plans The new officers were Installed * > a sn d to county work rs the _ ary fi.!“ »' learned from one of these “ Home that the chaff be sifted out and our without so much into their respective stations as fol- *n H10 preliminary construction.' depar Doctor columns. It is about the representatives eliminate the barbs, wheels muddy. Both men are army ai' se88ed in the past, It is thought now under way." that a satisfactory adjustment basis Xante Is ('luingisl depa rt® * thing we ever did learn from Them barb« arc jnat bow la t i n t ol reserve pilots. lows; Union Explodes Clainw, can be agreed upifn between the General Manager Owen said that, HITS POLE. Worthy Matron, Mrs. Gladys Bee- Th'' c'ounty cour< said that Frank 09, ani them. Here is what this “ Joke" is: distress, sufferings and inescapable timber company, the state and tne starting Monday, the name of the or oth«-^n Inflammation of a bursa which is poverty to many, (God pity them). he; Worthy Patron, B. L. Sanderson; Applegate, head of the local Carpen- Kennedy said he was trying to county. Any valuation reduction Owen-Oregon Lumber company was (Continued on page four) rai c a,ocated 0,1 the kneecap. It is caus Assoctate Matron, Mrs. Sadie B. Koh- ,ers' " ,,lon' ha'' hmmt reports of the get to a field south of the Sheley , . . . .. , , , must be approved by the state lax changed to the Owen-Oregon Lumber ed by trauma. Now if you know l.r; Associate Patron, H. P. Jewett; discrimination, and found farmhouse where he could land, and „ . , . . , . „ , commission, and would not be ef- Sales company, und was operating ______ .Whi, a bursa and trauma are, you Secretary, Mrs. Hattie B. Hatfield; ,hem unfounded. Applegate told the did not see the power pole into fective until next year. j now under that business name. He know all about "housemaid's knee.'' Pioneer Eagle Point Treasurer, Mrs. Elisabeth Faber; •«"•nty court that he had been In- which he crashed. The plane hit It is also probable that some re-jssld the change in name was part Conductress. Mrs. Letu Kyle; Asso- form“ d b* al«'p* of Contractor Hoff- about 50 feel Man Dies at Home nose . . . . first, . . bounced . lief w,,l be furnished in the valu- of the general reorganization plans, date Conductress, Mrs. Ethel Free- ma" ,hat wh«n the forms for the S A girl was sent to jail because one ---------- and lit upside down not 30 feet from n*ion ... , „. . . . „ . , ation of the Medford Logging ra 1- At a meeting of the bondholders man concrete were erected, the services of o f the shoulder straps on her bathing George W. Daley, pioneer resident Sheley s house. Kennedy was strap- rnQH ... ,, , , . , , ^ . j road, formerly the Pacific and East- and officers of the OwenOregon com- 35 carpenters would he required, and sui' slipped down on her arm when of the Eagle Point district, passed ped into his plane which kept ...... ,,rll 1 ern. This has been assessed as a P*ny last November a moratorium Adah, Mrs. Gladys Jewett; llii h. , hut they ail would be Jackson county shi was bathing at Coney Island away at his home there at 8:30 a. from being killed or seriously in- 1 . lull-lledged public carrier, when its was granted to the timber company Mrs. Clara Vincent; Esther, Mrs. men i W» saw a picture of her with the in. Tuesday at the age of 73 years, jured. The Sheley. were not home bu8lne8a ha8 bep„ conf|ned tQ the ,, m he payment of these bonds. There Bertha L Bonney. Martha Mrs. Del- ^ at helght of slipped strap. Pretty nearly every- He crossed the plains at the age mpn 11 P ‘ ra81 occurre . hauling of logs from Butte Falls bas been no change in these plans .a Tex; Electa. Mrs. Beulah Faber. f||e W(,rk .................. ^ thing else had slipped too, but the of five years, and for more than 50 Mrs. Esther Sanderson; Officials from the airport rushed, to Medford. ¡The suit filed Tuesday Is for the ‘ bsplam. will be employed. The report haa illpping of the strap was the only years has resided at Eagle Point, to the scene of the crash, and pre- The Owen-Oregon Lumber com- collection of principal and interest Marshal, Miss Lolu Blackford; been circulated around the county thing that caused the trouble. Con- He was born in Illinois, in 1859. He- vented any souvenir seekers from I pany has recently been reorganized, on a »2,600,000 bond issue, less a gauist, Mrs. Ethel Jones; Warder, that 250 men would be steadily en ey island doesn't seem to care wbat sides his wife, Alice Daley, he leaves Mrs. Minnie M. Clark; Sentenel, Ev molesting the plane. The gas leaked The company has shown an incllna- »300,000 payment. for gaged. This is an exaggeration. slips so long as the shoulder straps one daughter, Margaret Peachey of out of the tanks in the wings, but ---------- ------ -— —-— ------------------------- ------------- erett Faber. ..........— . »ys stav in their proper places. Coney Ashland. Also one brother and one as the ignition was shut off the Excavation Underway. A large delegation was present it- Ittn nd always was particular that- sister, John Daley of Medford und plane did not fire. Kxcavatlon was underway today In Local Druggist from Grants Pass, Ashland, Medford MTav. Rose Potter of Ashland. the hard-pan section of the base Jacksonville. The planes were new. having! Appointed Registrar and Mrs. • • • Funreal services were held today come from Boeing field Sunday, and j Lulu Saulsbtiry gave two very ment, and was being done by hand labor. « T h e r e are reported to be 35,000*!at the church in Eagle Point with For This District interesting readings. <4 00" telephones in the world. Looks R*'». Smith officiating. Internment were being taken to Sacramento | It is expected tnnt the pouring of Mrs. Mosler of Grants Pass ron- where they were to be used for t like We ought to be able to get one was in the Antelope cemetary, with training purposes. The pilots had i E P Stone local druggist has dered two beautiful whistling selec-|,k,‘ con<,rete f,,r the foundation and I basement will »tart the latter part om- in a while that wasn't busy. ¡Conger Funeral Parlors in charge. hoped to follow the Pacific highway, just been appointed Registrar of lions. Mrs. Esther Sanderson sang “ 1 °* week. over the Siskiyous, but the dense I Voters for Mound, Willow Springs , j Removal of the dirt * parked around “ If the Southern states continue the Resolution Will Forty-two yeurg ago this mouth and North and South Central Point Love You Truly," dedicated to the black fog caused Kennedy to lose ............... . . . Mrs. . . Glad the trees on the . . site way they have started, they are going Incoming Worthy Matron, . . wus . . requested the road. After following the Wag- (he Rogue River vnlley experienced voting precincts i . i.or to check materially the Influx of Stop Fussing She also sang In her today, to prevent injuring the growth ner creek road for two miles he a gnow gtorm alld {lood tha, make8 Voters, not now registered, or who ys Beebe. wlliter tourists for which they beg charming manner "A t the End of a ° * r L < . . . . .. decided to land, with the dlsaster- With Fire Box ous the present winter seem like Florida have moved into the district g nee Perfect Year," * , . this . . gelectlon - . was . . . . Samples of . the . Indnana limestone an1 , plead for at least eight months and . . . . . . results. the last election, may either regis . ... afyear. That leaves the South four wiatber, says B. F. Peart, black of , 1931. i to he used . as . facing . . . for . the .u structure ter at hts store In Central Point or d»d rated to her „ officers FENCE WRECKED. At the last meeting of the Com , In well chosen were . recleved today by , the . county minths to profit off their visitors Mrs. Mildred Ross, . 7 . . smith of Central Point. : at the office of the county clerk at Kennedy said he did not see the . „ Sanderson . ____a court. The county court and advle- an 1 any one who has ever spen a mon Council a resolution was passed words presented . . Mrs with Mr. Peart was then living on “ Medford. v , Jewel, u ory 1 committee will select the kind de- » l iter In any of the Southern re- that will probably end the practice pole or the wires, and was planning a beautiful Past Matrons of turning In false fire alarms. The on setting the plane down In the ranch on Evans Creek a few miles Registration may be made anytime sired The samples are In various H rts know that when It comes to gift from Nevlla chapter. •r< fiting, these Southern resorts are city weut on record in the right . pasture beside the Sheley house, from the town of .Woodvtlle, now before April 20. All voters expect- A number of visiting matrons, pa shades of gray and buff. No one will be employed in the « p e lt s . But in two states now. ac fushion and a standing reward of Several hundred feet of fence was called Rogue River. He »ays that • *n(S lo vot0 at ,he Primary election ti ons and members spoke very com- ^ day this spring should be sure they are pl,m„ ntar,|jr of the work of Ntvila general labor on the courthouse who tio :i has been taken that may turn $25 is offered for the detection of torn out, as was the power pole ^ tho plan.- truck. registered. i R u i B e k the tide of auto tourists. Ala- any person pulling a false alarm. does nut possess a Jackson county chapter. Christmas, December 24, 1889 and Only routine business came be- labor card, and preference will be The wings and propeller of the B m a has increased her gasoline tax Mrs Josephine Crocker, the I n T r ftc to r S c h o o l given men with families, and the Bom four cents to five cents a gallon for.' tin council and business was plane, as well as the landing gear ***** about . i. Grand Secretary of the O. E. S. a speed. wer- I Kn- n.ained on the ground until January , . Oregon, was present from Ashland work ntirely B i l e Florida has Increased hers ___________________ b0 rotated, Very successful to make a very Interesting talk. gine braces were bent wh.|i the 6, when more snow came until there H rm six cents to seven cents. In motor was pushed back Into the was over two feet on the level. Then' Alabama, there is a little catch. The J a c k s o n v i l l e t o K e e p Just before dosing Mrs. Sander- Banker Enjoys plane, and parts of the engine were on January 12, in the morning, there >j-be tractcr school conducted by son gave an excellent talk on the f r t e tax, true enough, is five cent. S a m e M a r * h a ll af gallon hut under a new state law, . broken and cracked. The tailpiece waH fo!,r ,e0t >yln* on ,he ground. factory experts of the J. I. Case Co. principles of the order and admon Frisco Visit, Despite A ll Rumor »My damaged w M w it Ali ro*H *• ■" M®«S«d for days a, the . Chanties and cities can add a little ished the members to bo ever mind Is Optimistic * — dug Into the ground as the plane a°d many ranchers suffered for food day and Wednesday of this week ful of their obligation. te.v of their own. eo that in some She then Reversing their decision of a week flopped over on Its back. The Peart family, fortunately, had waa very succwsfui. according to marched to the altar and placed a' pic. ->s in that state the tax amounts jcinjgy, beautiful white Bible on it as a g ift! Mr Th"° p Toilefson, of the Cen to ten cents a gallon, It might be ago. the city council of Jacksonville Kennedy, aside from being shak- P"* ln a larK'‘ "»PPly of sugar, coffee, to Nevlta chapter. Her name, with »ra' State hank, returned Tues- a good idea for the resorts along again appointed Jim Littell of that *« up. was not injured. Residents flour, etc., ln the fall and would have Owing to Inclement weether not ocean an.; to city to a« r in tl Ity of city of the Talent o ' 1 ’’ • I " f •• * as large an attendance as was hoped her title, as Worthy Matron and da-v Irom • visit to San Francisco r» und the gasoline tax paid by the marshall and water supertendent. plane circling low, and heard the ■« much go to l<-ss fortunate netgh- for turned out, but those who did Grand Chaplain, was inscribed in Mr Toilefson reports business as not so bad in Frisco and hankers thurlst in the Southern states thru The council had previously decid'd c»ash. hut thought the plane had **or*- com« were all interested in tractor gold tetters. as well a other business men of In the forepart of February a »arm winch he passed. It could easily be to divide the two positions, and -.ev- crashed Into a low hill. Medford Mrs. Hatfield, on behalf of Nevita operation and enjoyed the pictures chapter, accepted the lovely gift and “ ffulrs a»e a silver lining ahead. dc tie and the resorts would not suffer etal applications for water superin- residents heard the planes go out ra*n !e** I°r ,wo d*y*. causing an and lectures given. and noticed they were flyieg urua- flood, the worst since 1862. IU in It. They would get ail of It tendent had been turned in. thanked the Worthy Matron, saying But ail agree that 1932 will he a A free lunch was served at noon year of liquidation and expresaed Many bridges went out, including fcft k , anyway. Business that was not completed tially low. each day and was not the least ap it would he a token that would al the opinion that business would _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 'what I* now known as Uybee's bridge. • • • Tuesday was finished W ednn- ways be cherished by the members preciated part of tiie program. o11<i hoping the sacred words of out hut that an extra cff-,r must I We wouldn’t believe it if we didn't da* night, which included arrange- P. T . A . to Have e Dad’s uaa s that point and flooded all the land Worthy Matron will be the guiding be put forth to get It. •e it in the papers, but a Straits- nients for the printing of bonds and Everybody must work for huaine«« Night in Near Future between (he present river-hed .nd Leonard Hall and Irvin Hall, the principles of our life. t l ':- , o.. story says that when a the swearing in of the new officers _______ the foot of Table Rock. The water ••*t0r proprietor of the Nip and Sip The halls and tahies were beauti In 1932 in order to forever bury tt k farmer there started to dig Wesley H.rtman was sworn In as A program g've® hy grade and high covered practically all of what la n o* station, were operated on fully and artistically decorated by the tough times that have I men ex 01 his potatoes, he found he didn't Mayor, and the two councilmen who Modoc Orchard and the present ,hp f |r« o l the week at the Corn- Mesdame* Beulah Faber, Clara Vin perienced for the past twu years. ^Kive any. Some on had atolen all **re reelected at the last election, school students and other local talent ! munlty hospital for goiter. It la re- cent. Agnea Head and Gladys Jew ♦ e tubers but carefully replaced C. B Dunntngton and Jim < antrai. will be pr.-sented "Daddy a Night." "R0 of the Table Rock store. January 21 In the high school audit- All trains on the .Southern Pacific P«rl0d »•»‘‘y ■»« rapidly recovering. ett. B o plants. took office. Rhoda Clark, erium. were stopped for six weeks, and • ... — The dainty refreshments were serv- missionary who spent a year here I From Mason. Mich , comes this ----------------------------- ’ ^-»ry; The police arrested a man Mr and Mrs. C. C. Carey of Phoe- Since mothers seem to he so much there was almost no traveling about There were ten children of pre- • d by M sdamea Paxon, McKinnon, »<,me time ago. and who has been at who was very drunk. When he came nix have purchased the building (or- more prerelent at the afternoon the country ' school age given the toxoid aorum at Stone, Mayfield. Leever and Pankey. bpr bnnio In Idaho (or a year. Is n n > Mr. Peart says the snow on the „ __, B> the aext morning, he couldn't re- merly occupied by the "W e Fix It" mee’ ings of the Parent and Teacher situated at Sait Lake City, ** ** **r u ** y' B fm lw r where or what he drank, shop and have opened a general ox- Association, a special evening pro- floor of the valley ip the vicinity of Dr. Holt, aaaisted by |ut he had to have all his teeth change store Mr Carey states that gram haa been arranged to that dad- Ceatral Point averaged from eight- January t. they will buy and tell everything. dy a may also attend j <*n inches to three feet. Miss Bryan had charge of the clinic. (Continued on page tour) Arm y Plane Is Wrecked Near Talent O.E.S. Holds Installation U l UTllClttlS It n Big Snow of January, 1890 Worst ot