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About The American. (Central Point, Or.) 1928-1936 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1932)
PAGE TWO TH URftDA Y . MARCH 3 | The AMERICAN. CENTRAL PûDiT. o h * * ) * are destroying farm FEDERAL EXCISE TAX ON AUTOMOBILES « Gold Beach—The dedicate, The proposed Federal motor ve Rogue river bridge on thsC«J mann-Heink is still suffering from a way will be held May 28 > hicle excise tax should nut he ac (Courtesy Oregon Journal) Re-established, September 13, 192$ cent there ig not a hog, and on approxi severe cold. cepted with closed eyes. On first Foreign plans for a big celebration Devoted to the beet Intereeta of Melvin A. Traylor Would Make mately 90 per cent not a sheep; when lug made. Juarez, Mexico—Sx people were glance it seems an easy and fair Central Point and vicinity. we know, further, that on many farms Modern Farm More Tucson, Ariz.—Yaqui Indians near in our large agricultural states, no wounded in the streets when Police All matter for publication muct means of raising revenue—but on Self-Contained consideration, its viees far outweigh gardens are kept and almost every men Gonzales and Alejandro Rays here staged their traditional Easter reach this office not later than Wed Marshfield—The steamer • article of food is purchased at the fought a pistol duel. ceremonial, a weird combination of Maru took a big cargo «' nesday for Insertion the same week, its virtues One worker in every ten in the Speaks From Own Experience store, we are forced to the conclusion publtahed every Thursday. Chrtstain and Pagan rites. The cere- for the orient from Coo, B.< that the farmer, by and large, is not Vi vii Entered aa second class matter at country—4,000,U0<) In ail—is depend - ^ Waybridge, England—Sir Horace mony lasts four days. fanning as he should. I know that of api ent on the automobile industry for the -oat office. Central Point, Ore Speaking before the International there are certain sections where some, Plunkett,noted Irish statesman, died able to H| torts gon, under the Act of March 8, 1879. livelihood, ^i,d business generally or all, of these means of ¡'»creasing at bis home at the age of 77. Chicago—Wheat prices sagged in ' All's ready for the 19 jj . looks to the industry as one of the Chamber of Commerce at Washing farm income cannot be applied, but, ton, Melvin A. Traylor, President of trading on the Chicago exchange, foast uniatuer boxing ctum SUBSCRIPTION RATES: leaders in the work of recovery. so far as possible, every farmer should Bombay—Mrs. Sarolini Xaidu, In The break was caused by repots of billed for The Auditorium One year .......................... .............. $2 00 Automotive plants are located in the First National Bank of Chicago, produce his own nfiik and dairy prod last of . Angele» Biz Months ...................... .... .........$1.0" 41 states—and all states contribute said in part: ucts, his own meat, and his own dian poetess, undertook to bring Ma the government that wheat acreage anU Tue8(iay n1ght8 Payable in advance. Like all of us, In every line of ac poultry, raise his own garden truck, hatma Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Wll- was to be increased by farmers. attraction of Its kind ever J relative material used In automobile con tivity, the farmer was deceived by and can the fruit and vegetables be lingdon together for friendly discus Advertising rates on application, --------- the Coast. More than loo o ltj struction. Thus, sny move that would high values in the requires for winter use. Office—Second Street, off Main. sion. Paris—France raised the ratio of amatuers of the West will ptrj retard the sale of motor cars would Cerai time of bis prosper Pigs and Chickens Help foreign wheat for mixing with flour j --------- tend to increase unemployment and ARTHUR EDWARD POWELL eral da ity. In a well-inten Until he obtains from his farm every San Jo8( under a contncj cause o: Rabat, Morocco—Troops of the from 35 to 40 per cent, which will slow down business recovery. tioned, but what Editor and Publisher now seems at least item for personal consumption which Foreign Legion of France were order favor American wheat growers. | 8igned, the Portland BeateJ There are, at present, 26,000,000 an unfortunate ven it is humanly possible for him to pro ed to capture Belkacem, fighting motor vehicles in use in this country, train here for the next fiv»i Stude ture, the Govern duce, he has not done his job properly. cheiftain of Moors. He recently es one-fifth of which are owned by far Pacific Northwest by tlle 1933 training season I been sai Pigs and chickens and cows are worth ment p r o v id e d mers. Two-thirds of the buyers of Salem—Thomas Bosworth pleaded stadium will be completed * eva Bro abundant credit fa- more to the individual farmer than caped a French patrol. cars have incomes I below • $3,000 a not guilty to a charge of kidnaping j „_____ cilities fo r t h e .. all . the government relief programs tend sy "If, to please the people, we offer year, and 85 per cent of cars s e ll, farmer's use. These tbat may po*,,bly be conceived. He is alleged to have kidnaped Ed n— - wi „ ^ time. Moscow—Soviet Russia is send Beaverton—There what we ourselves disaprove, how for less than $750 wholesale. Con- | Once the farmer lives at home, then facilities were sup ing reinforcements and technical ex- * Talbott, Yamhill county rancher J teams in the Sunset Baseball, can we afterwards defend our work? sequently, the automobile tax would plemented by other I believe that whatever kind of money perts to the Far East frontier near, * —— Í this summer— Beaverton, r» ! The t Let us raise a standard to which mainly affect the person of small large and liberal crop he may produce, whether it be Manchuria. 1 Spokane—Mayor Funk introduced lending ag en cie s large or small, the price high or low, Cornelius. Scholls, Oswego, boys and the wise and just ran repair. The means. In many cases, the addit-l Malvin Traylor an ordinance to cut pay of city em Maplewood and Sylvan. his major difficulty will be solved and w h ic h , likewise, Thursda; event is in the band of God.” tonal cost made necessary by the tax I his margin of income for the necessi ployes 10 per cent. The proposed cut Seward, Alaska—Three distinct were misled by land values. The re ._____ account George Washington would prevent a sale. sult was that millions of farmers as ties au«i luxuries he so .mucb deservek 'earthquake shocks shook Seward is to become effective July 1. What we need now is business sumed obligations out of all propor will be greatly increased. The Northwest's outstand::, *1,6 and adjacent country. ACCIDENTS AND GOOD ROADS stimulation-arid anything that would ] tion to any possible normal farm in There is no romance about farming. pong players are being tooi- Salem—James W. Mott has fled If it is successfully done, I know it "The charge has been made that act against that should be discard come. Berlin—Under direction of Am-1 for the primaries to joust with Willis <hq Pacific Coast ping poiq means hard work day in and day out All of us Interested in farm activity Tbe e* the so-called 'safe roads’ are in real ed. The automobile sales tax may and farm finance must assume our But so does any other business suc bassador Sackett relief committees C. Hawley for nomination as Republi- ionships at Multnomah club look good on papcr~but in its actual ity more hazardous,” says Maxwell working out, it would very likely share of responsibility for this situa cessfully performed. 1 know the priva are to assist destitute Americans in can candidate for congress from the to 7. Assurances of entries hst A raet w from Seattle, Tacoma, Eu| t!ay af,GI of farm life. They are much less Germany. ! First district. Halsey of the National Bureau of prove damaging to the entire country tion. We are learning our lesson and tions surrounding towns. Lateit MrS' Pla will have to take our medicine with now than they were thirty years ago. Casualty and Surety Underwriters list is Harry Packard, whjprGsent- the farmer himself. For this mistake, I should like to see every farm home National Cottage Grove—The American Le- "This grows out of the fact that time and hard work seem to be the equipped with the modern conveni FIRE ON THE FARM Seattle's city championship v-:TraCy’ pr Washington, D. C.—Jouett Shouse I gion post here has gone on record as ences of urban life. I sould like to see Lawrence many newly constructed streets and The farmer has a very real Inter only remedy. Certainly, more credit every farmer with an automobile, a chairman of the national Democratic opposing payment of the remainder cal entries are in. lefgon. A will not solve the problem. est In the fire menace. Nearly one- highways have had worse accident radio, and all other modern inventions committee, advocated a sales tax as ! of the World War veterans bonus, Agricultural Industry Relief acted refi I Concluding the N, R. A. <were zerv I wish 1 possessed some prophetic which have contributed so much to the proper means to aid in balancing records that had the old ones—The fourth of the annual uMonal fire loss, or $10,000,000, occui on farm9, vision that I might suggest an easy social welfare. the budget and making up the Hoov Salem-Public hearings on the rate ! match, the Portland rifle cluln fallacy in their statement, however, and farm fires account for 3,500 way by which the agricultural industry No on« Is more entitled to these ad er deficit. ¡structure of the Northwestern Elec -1 out over the Luvernc, Iowa lies in calling the new roadway ‘more deaths. The farm firs victim suf could be relieved of its distress and vantages than the farmer; but the Marvin •-------- [trie Company will be started April three points, according to »co^c]loo, Ml safe.' It is true that they would fers greater proportionate loss than started on a course of well-being and farmer, like everyone else, should Salinas, Cal.—Because of inability 11, according to Public Utilities Com-' ceived here. Total scores wer WMfav si have been 'more safe' If the speed the victim of a city fire. The lat profit. God has not given me that have them: only when he can pay for to agree the jury hearing the murder niissioner Thomas. The California- land, 959; Luverne,956, out (poison *oal power, but I think there is at least a them. The income for such purposes and volume of travel ta which the ter may lose bis borne or his place partial remedy which the farmer him wsll be largely determined by the ex charge against Ed Estes, ch arged Oregon Power company hearing will > possiblt 1000 points. With t J B j tory, the Portland club older types of rouds were subjected, of business, but rarely both. When self can apply. That remedy will start tent to which the farmer exhausts with killing Wesley Hickey, his part- be held soon afterwards. had continued, but such has not been the farm home burns, the fire of him on the only course which, experi every possible means of supplying his ner, during an attack of “snow mad right to shoot in the h i g h « f r ten wipes out barns and other build ence and observation convince me. any necessities from the farm Itself. the case. ness, was discharged. ^ Vancouver, Wash.-Vancouver Bar- for the United States indoor i the Centn te rta in e d I hTe way out for the farmer is not "Each year the individual desires ings, perhaps destroying the develop of us can hopefully anticipate: the *-------- | racks will hold open house on Army j ionship. O regon St; making of a comfortable livelihood. ments of a life-time of work. an easy one. Neither is the course to get from point 'A' to point 'U' Washington, D. C —The state de- <l®y, April 6, at which time the 7th . — When we find that on approximately L. B eard. The cure for the farm fire is, as smooth for Industry, finance or gov more quickly and with greater com partment announced it would with- infrantry will hold special drills and Word from Spencer Abbottq*—*_ 20 per cent of the farms In the United fort. His first request was ’get me n the city, unremitting care and States there is not a milch cow nor a ernment. and the problem in one hold recognition of the new govern-: - ' ------ ------ 1 Jose indicates * the - Beaver«« d e n t a 0 t 11 maneuvers. sphere is little less difficult than in assembled ment of Liberia until the administra out of the mud' and so the authori diligente--and better fire fighting chicken, and that on more than 30 per any other. ' have a better team than last t M M i i j , , ... ties strove desperately to Improve facilities. Progress in this direction tion had cleaned house on the slav Salem—County judges and coni Abbott reports that the We] ery problem. the surfaces of the roadway. The has been made in a number of states. to do this much longer. The Inevi missioned generally are opposed to deporrnent “couldn’t be bettei ia8tically b First-class rural fire depart mens are expansion of paved and improved ------ ;iny change in the automobile license') the infield has picked uf itJT th . u>h,' table result will be a drop in the Oregon Farmer» surfaces was rapid and thorough and made possible by motorized fire ap Washington, D. C— Taxation of law, acording to a survey made by at first base, that the outft*aglum. Plan More Corn, stundaid of service and severe rail -1 malt wort, oil and grape concen-J J. E. Smith, Marion county commis- the complaints died away—Then the paratus, good rouds and telephones equal laHt year's and that the felt flatter Turkeys in 1932 (rates was included in the revenue I »'oner. cry was 'give us faster cars.' The Ingenuity has been shown by rural road retrenenemnt—and the public ing will be “much better.” he visit of automobile industry was quit k to fire fighters In overcoming lack of will, in the long run, bo the one to bili after another stormy session of own. water, through the use of windmill sense the demand and goon even the OREQON STATE COLLEGE, Cor ! !? ..hoUa® of representatives. The! Oregon State C’olleg -The annual suffer when that happens. for Portland to Hue to the most inexpensive cars had much tanks, multiple hose connections vallis, Mar. 30.—Another moderate belligerent progressives have taken' state high school hand contest will en Application the final boxing tryout« 'Aklrley gi higher economical and comlortahle and relays of Iru-ks. Some depart Increase In the Oregon corn acreage, ‘ he bit In their teeth and again re be held here April 15 and 16. Ap- Olympic games has been w nember of UNKNOWN FRIENDS OK THE ments use chemicals only, which are speerls—The manufacturers won the more turkeys, but no increase in volted from leadership from recog- proximately Too high school pupils Jimmy Richardson to Wllllifc!* < JtlMINAL acreage of late potatoes or number »l*ed heads of the two major parties. from all over the state will take part. Kenny, Boston, chairman race ami succeeded in providing more extremely effective In fighting the Kancar, and faster cars than the roadways common roof fires. An Iowa law The anti-gun-law advocates, those' of Pullets to be raised, are in pros- x- , _ — ! Olympic boxing committee. ^ S H Epe has empowered townships to vote a unknownlng friends of the criminal. pect thl* y f‘a r • according to a report were prepared for— Washington, D. C._D istrict of Co M s s a — U n u su ally high water is request is granted th e event «,|y last Fn tux for the maintenance of fire pro "Many of the engineers settled gained another "victory” ____ _ „ u few just reloaded by the college exten- lumbia police to vigorous action In holding up work on the Owyhee dam held in Multnomah Civic Suierson Don I "Ion service. These trends were in quelling a Communist demonstra!- project. back in their chairs and said ‘this tection, either independently or in July 15 and 16. Japle.'defer speed question is simply a matter conjunction with other communities' dicated by Intentlons-to-produce sur- tion In front of the Japanese embassy The bulk of stales, however, lag barge of 1 Thls was achieved In New York veys made by the U. S. department o( adequate enforcement . . They Norfolk V a-R ,.m „, , .x x G" 'd Beach“ Deer are becoming Klamath Falls-Moe's Ladle. ¿ y B" had b forgot, however, that the function of behind in rural fire protection and where, on October 1st, a law was of agriculture, with supplemantal In- • imors in the Chesa 1 nuisance in the Agness district and to remodel interior. hairs to the the police is not necessarily to en there Is a general lack of efficient, passed abolishing ull gun permits f°rm*‘ lon gathered by the extension peake Bay region persisted to the ef _ outhwell w force the letters of, the law . . . . modern facilities. As a result the except tho.-e held by householders. service. fect that negotiations were in pro-1 ohn Smith, The corn outlook in relatively gress with the kidnapers of the Llnd- "The more opportunities there are farmer bears a larger share of the According to Karl T. Frederick, Vice- ey and Dm for accidents, or rather actions which fire loss—both In lives and property— president, National Rifle A i l —.atlon, favorable, according to the report bergh baby and that it was possible! be defense result in them, the more you will than other classes of citizens. The this "was widely heralded as a which says “the demand for corn in ‘ he child would be restored soon. n alr-tlglr have. . . "It Is fundamental that saf adequate development of the farm ‘sweeping blow at gangdom.' It Oregon during the 1932 -33 market y the pro •“< ety and facility should be built into fire department -along with the dis should have been proclaimed for ing season, as usual, may be ex Log Angeles—Initiative petitions ronounced I the highway. The street and high semination of knowledge on how to what it was- a sweeping blow at pected to exceed the supply of home are being prepared to place a prohibl-1 grown corn." The surveys indicated Don poll on the California ballot for way shrould be constructed so as prevent fire—offers a fertile field for law atul order. . . to make it as difficult as possible organization interested in the farm The gle. ( "The object of such a law Is ob that growers intend to increase the November. for the motorist to huve an accident er's welfare ical skit, "r. vious. It Is to disarm everybody acreage about 15 por cent, with or to cause congestion. The con e presented except the police and a few favored somewhat greater Increases indicat '\ashington, n C.—Difficulties en trol of traffic should take its cue U Yl'TK OK It t ll.K O \lt O I*ER \ T IO \ !*• rsons. The result is equally ob- ed *" ,ht‘ c,“ntral Willamette valley countered by j„hn N. Garner, speak irnoon. It d i r t from industry and other fields where ire the Gold The out sanding features of rail »Ions Everybody Is disarmed ex- and in Malheur county. Prices for er of the house and possible contend accidents and congestion are made road operation in 1931 were recently cept the crooks, the racketeers, th" corn in 0rpK0n “re adjusted largely er for the Democratic nomination rom Friday ( less frequent through design. Good summarized hy Dr. Julius H I’arm- gangster, the police and those few by tbe cost of »hipping corn in from for president, in direction of the rev range Frida d<sign can make practically auto i'**. Director, Bureau of Railway favored persona." other states, thus the farm price enue bill are seen by political ex-1 matic the obedience of many regula Economics. Experience In slates has shown ran*°* wel> *bove the average of the to Thive facts, among “8, campaign. * ‘° the Eranklln D Roosevelt tions intruded to reduce accidents others, were produced: that Mr. Fredericks speaks truly. whole country. HILLSBORi With respect to the late potato This will provide u more positive con The level of freight movement in No law ever devised can disarm an lonomic and trol and should materially reduce 1931 was dawn to that of 1921. underworld which breaks fundamen outlook the report points out that Washington. D. C .-8en ato r James, «ntrolliny gi the cost of patrol and enforcement Total passenger-miles were less tal laws as a matter of course, in there may be no Increase in the ( ouxens. Republican, advocated de^1 inirrdlg and the practice of Its profession. No acr''a *<' in ‘ he whole country and fault of municipal and state bonds than any year since 190 4. eat time to p THE ONIA SOLUTION Total operating revenues wore 21 law ever devised can do more th an 1 p,,,9‘bly *om,‘ decrease In the Pacific 7 oralltu>* »hen providing ryllef \ 8 . Aver ill. In a recent statement, Representa per cent'below 1930, ami were lower disarm the honest, law-abiding citi northwest, bat the supply might be for unemployed is required. ineteen store tive Francis 1) Culktn o( New York, than in any previous year sluce 1J17 zen, leaving his home, place of bnsi- somewhat larger because the average yield of potatoes has been low for * are cOoi «rat said "The only solution for the dairy Nct railway operuttng income was "rss or P(*r*<'n open to attack -for U b Ve«■". -Vov— Police have dis three years, because of drouth. »Ison n n w i farmer Is to get in properly organ I 40 per cent under 1930. the benefit of the criminal. covered a close resemblance to Wil- rmers. A survey by the college extension l'«m Loren Tallman, suspected of' ized cooperative- The suceaa of There Is a sound type of gun law - Rate of return on railway Invest- the Dairymen's league, the pioneer j ment was 1 9S per cent, as rompar- that which Increases the penalty for service Indicates that about the same murder of Mrs. Virginia Patty form organization in that field In ■ New ed wllli 3 36 per cent and 4 S4 per crimes In which firearms arc used. number of pullets will be raised on " P°.rtla"d , M ""' ‘n a suicide v)c. CORVA IM S York State, has been outstanding , rnt In i S3o aI1(1 l 9 i 9 respectively Every stale should have such a law - Oregon farms this year, but 20 per- dry her, of 1 I" the morgue. Tallman has ontk W b ow been hunted for three years. It markets every year more than any , The Index of railway efficiency and in every state It should be possl- c**"' more ‘ «rkeys. ¡dc-r of the Th,‘ “'’»ernment survey of grow Other dairy cooperative In the field was higher than In any year from hie for the honest cltlxen to easily Detroit, Mich.- dry bord imp •«' Pl»»‘ spring wheat and has stabilising eflects on prices,| 1910 to 1929, Inclusive, and five obtain and own a gun for protection. | erH -Organization of a cording o th the benefit of wbi. h baa fallen upon j factors of railway performance made I 11 •» wp legislate against crimln- " ,li”ate* *h“‘ ‘ he acreage will be nnlfled sale, force t.'hVndle Genera, mpiled by R. members and non-niembera. . . , new ...... .. during the ....... | als. instead o< hon. • “h'"11 " le ’,am*‘ “ Planted in 1931, Moto . motor cari Ihe year, but around 50 per cent more than by Richard H Gran,, vice-president "Agricultural Interests have lug eclaliat in d< To get the full force of thes was harvested last year when droutn or the corporation. ged behind in tbe matter of organi t o t s , it should h,- r e m e m b e r e d th.»t Copco Declares raey ov led caused heavy abandonment of spring zation. It la the great weaknea of Ihe railroads were prex e same i-soc ^ , fx , , . , oduclng ow, rural life . . .making an adequata return on in- Quarterly Dividend St Louis-Madame Ernestine Schu- >lk coat ning Thla roes for all c lasses of (arm- ; vestment even during year* of ig die Loo ird I * * * * '» '« ;« ‘ n.e .Rated prosperity Thna. they are The regular quarterly dividend on coota tic -i own .ha, price, are now extremely low ' . , try dt,erent position from in Cop,., Preferred Stock was declared w, a il'd-t. A D O LLA R S W O R T H r ,7" s i M 1 Jr r- Wh,' h' whu* hail I at a meeting of the board of directors unda c f mill cooperalives-bat without the cooper- time, now made l.rg e profit, dur 'of the California Oregon Power Com- 1 Clip litis coupon and mail it with $1 for a -ix s e e k .' n i c l m httri/H ion to atives, prices would be lower yet. Ing good years. The relation Of pnny held In San Francisco March fat. THF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR The unorganized farmer who sells railroad taxes . . . . ^ xwxl_x '° **rBln** utendllyj 23rd Dividends will be paid on t y T u t d ta rM m w ftr:*w r* P r i i i t K n i i B o c m DALLA - for whatever be ran get. Is the 'rises and more and more railroad April 15 to shareholders of record •a. MiMM.'.uorlts. U S A ate, op t. m. greatest existing harrier to higher business gosw to compel ing transport March i|,i tn *» * m «Mijr M nrwa «f Uw «orM trwm Iti m . »« v*U M * IM • isurmu im f t 4,af. price. So long a . bo « M l in great ^ agencies, some subsidised hy the gov 1 since the firs, share of Copco 7 *»! M - b* I ad HM tat Mwi eeU-.o to-M» Our Do« Ing to grow numbers, cooperative, will be unable ernment. and all either unregulated Pref-rre., k . . . G-ued April you why sa to obtain maximum results vement Arthu or half regulated. 15 . by , hp Ca„ forBUt 0rf>|to|1 •“ * * kept home. Pjt o rn ru« ac:<»cf «Icirme. Back «>• Sro'o- Tbe farmer la passing through a PI»«»» «caí aw a ila eeeki tr ai »lakarrtplwe I anele« ora S a anar «n of tk» ore go Eveu In the face of adversity the t Power Company dividends have been crucial period, aa U Industry. And rails were able to make new rec paid regularly every three months — riseti P dk cou Industry is concerted, directed ef ords in efficiency and service to the a fart whkh speaks well for the While rock p THl C A U r o t o U Q lE COIV POWER CO.W-AJVT tn fort. The farmer must do the same public. lesj jialysii Rut unless something Is stability and progress of this well thing If he I. to exchange depres done to relieve the line, of tbeir known local utility. , * h ifrsas* : d A h ic . f sion for prosperity aafair burdens they will not be able »lT pan uld do est to ihe American Balanced F a r in g Would Help Farmers, Says Chicago Banker W eekend News R eview EDITORIALS 4 DEVOURS but it s kind to your rugs On Oi — ‘K r - — «