Pioneer
Merchants’
Edition
THE AMERICAN
VOLI M E VI
Pioneer
Merchants'
Edition
CENTRAL POINT. OREGON. TH l IlSRAY, M W 17. IINM
M u s i n g s —•
By an Innocent Bystander
T his week this colum n is about
crow ded off th e m ap. O ur b etter
tw o -th ird s says ’tw ere b etter so. But
w ith o u r last gasp we are going to
tell how wy are going to vote and
o u r read ers tnay do as they please.
(T hey alw ays do. * • anyw
ay.)
•
AS10H PASTOR TO Many Pioneers
E
Still in Business
In Central Point
M edford. O regon. May 16.— A
F irst we are going to vote for statew
By A. B. P.
the schools of th e county. All th e ad ­
ide and n ationally know n
L onergan for governor. T hen Snell I speaker.
C entral P oint, th ird city in size in vantages we now enov are th e product
Rev.
David
J.
F
ergu
son
pas­
for secreta ry of sta te . Oh yes. te r of the F irst P resh terian church Jackson county, has the distinctio n ol' of these m en's labor and sacrifice.
T h ere's D evers for congress, ahead : of
being also th e oldest of th e three. W hat m ore could one ask. Good
A storia, w ill deliver the m ain ad ­ W
on the ticket. H ow ard for school dress
hile Jacksonville was th e first w hite soil, pure w ater, good hom esites. good
at
th
e
U
nion
church
services
su p erin ten d en t of course, for G ram scheduled for Sunday", Ju n e 3, at the settlem ent in S outhern Oregon it had churches, schools and lodges, surely
tor L abor com m issioner. Then if
its beginning the the m ining rush of this town has been blessed above all.
county fairground s, opening th
you w on’t tell Vic. we w ill w hisper Jackson
e 50's. W hen finally settlers cam e And the cheerful, friendly people are
O
regon's
D
iam
ond
Jubilee
celebra­
we are for Geo. D unn, who is too tion, observing O regon’s 75th an n i­ Into the valley looking for farm s and a w onderful people w ith whom to
good a m an to lose. W e supose w e'll versary of statehood.
hom esites they first settled ill th it dis­ m ingle in daily contact.
have to vote for T aylor and B rock­ The topic of Rev. F ergu son 's ad ­ trict. The tow n had one of th e first
stores in the valley outside Jackson- j
way or w rite in som e nam e and
has been announced as "The ville.
judg ing from last year, th at may be dress
Uncrowned
(}ueens
of
O
regon,"
pay­
residents still living here tell
dangerous.
ing especial trib u te to pioneer wo­ sto Many
• • •
ries of those early days and of the
m
anhood
and
th
e
im
po
rtant
part
it
By far the most spectacular and
hardships undergone by the firbt
And we shall vote as many tim es played in the history of th e state. He com
ers. At different tim es we have interesting PTA program of the year
as we can for E arl Day. and for Em ­ has
been p reparing m aterial w h iih m entioned
nam es of som e of the was that presented by the sixth
m ett N ealon. who have both m ade will he of direct and touching in te r­ earliest of th the e settlers
here. Today grade at the C entral Point High
good. And the sam e is tru e of W al­ est to all O regonians, p articularly th
ir sons and grandsons still carry on School F riday May 4th
ter O lntscheid. even if his is a h ard those who have follow ed the history in e the
Much com m endation Is due Mrs
old hom e.
nam e to w rite In.• • •
of the B eaver State.
Bessie
M urphy for the splendid play
Today
we
wish
|o
call
atte
n
tio
n
to
Special church observances will be
e of our business people who have for it represented weeks of p ain stak ­
T here, folks, th a t’s our list an d if held in all Southern O regon and som
in busienss in C entral Point for ing and careful work.
you d on 't w ant to follow our exam ­ slate churches Sunday m orning on been
20
yeas
or m ore. T here is first Mr. , Rev. W. R. Baird spoke on lh*
ple, you may go hang. W e have a topics of pioneer m otherhood. At “ Con Leevr
has been in busienss topic of "Building W orld U nder­
hunch, how ever we m ay prove a bum 2:30 Sunday afterno on, S ecretary of here since the who
80's,
and who is known stan d in g '' the them e being in keep­
guesser as to th e w inner, as per us­ A griculture W allace will speak at th roug hout (he county,
serve® ing w ith th e play.
the fairground s, m aking M edford his as C ounty C om m issioner having
ual.
years Special M usic was furnished by
• *
*
first stop on his first visit to the P a­ ago. Then th ere is L. H several
atfield, who the G irls Glee Club, directed by Mrs.
cific
coast.
W ell, having got th a t off o u r chest
first started in business here in 1906 Lois Young.
we w ant to hum bly apologize to out-
in the building now olcupied by the The an n u al tre a su re rs’ report was
read ers for th e lack of the usual
Ross and Ross confectionery. W E. given and show ed evidence of th e fi­
am ount of in terestin g and instinctive
A lexander is also one of those who nancial success of th e organization
read ing m a tte r in this issue. W e
has long been i nthe im plem ent busi­ this year.
,
sta rte d out w ith a Pioneer M erchants
ness In th is city. It. P. Theiss is the O fficers w ere installed by th e re ­
edition and have been crow ded upon I have been a resident and taxpay­ pioneer holesale grocerym an of S outh­ gional president. Mrs. Jack H eyland
by can d id ates and o th ers w anting to
ing officers were Mrs. W. J
of Jackson C ounty for tw enty- ern Oregon, com ing to C entral Point G Incom
tak e ad v an tag e of th e ad vertisin g er
hen he sold out about fifteen years ehhard. presiden t: 1st V ice-presi­
eight
years.
Most
of
th
a
t
tim
e,
un­
value of th is g reat fam ily jo urnal, til recently. I have been In husine.-s ago. E. C. F ab er is this week cele­ dent, Mrs. S. 1). H ill; 2nd. Vice-
th a t we w ere forced to call a halt.
M edford. D uring that tim e I have brating his 25th an n iversary in busi­ president. Mrs. B ert L angston ; Sec.-
O ur ancient press, w hich deserves a in
M ps A rnold B ohnert; T reasu rer.
m
ade
any friends and acq u ain t­ ness here. I. D. Lweis is carryin g on Mrs.
place in th e pioneer parade at the ances m
Sanford R ichardson.
the business established in 1909 by
and
also
acquired
the
execu­
Ju b ilee, is en tirely too slow to allow tive ability and experience, so nece- his father.
The president nam ed as the cliair-
us to p rin t ex tra pages. But we will
In fact nearly all of our m e rc h a n ts1 Mrs E dith Deuel. P rogram : Mrs. L.
to run the office of sheriff | have
try to m ake up for it next week by sarv
long been connected w ith the Mrs. E dith Duel, P rogram ; Mrs. L.
which
I
seek.
giving you all th e featu res again.
n. They have done all possible to C. G rim es, P ub licity; Mrs. E. C. Fa-
1 believe th at econom y and hones­ i tow
ake this hii ideal place for a home. her. H ospitality; Mrs. W. M usty, R e­
ty are today m ore Im portant than 'T m hey
assisted in establishin g our freshm ents; Mrs. Lois Young and
they have ever been, and if elected, 'schools,
hlch rank very high am ong Mrs. A W. Avers. Publication.
I would put all my effort to reduc­
ing the expense of th at office to a
m inim um . R ecently, had my advice
Geo. K. D ickinson. D eputy S up er­ been follow ed th e "L ife of a C itizen"
Celebrating
in te n d en t of B anks, in ch arge of the would have been saved and th e coun­
Oregon's
liquidation of th e C entral Point ty would hav,. saved thou sands of
73th Birthday
S tate B ank, announces the paym ent dollars for the cost ot trials.
ot m ore dividends- On M arch 27th. D uriug the recent "B allot T helt
he paid a ten percent dividend in the 1 ria ls” , I was a w itness: and every
com m ercial d ep artm en t. T his tim e im aginable kind of pressure w a -
he will pay a fifteen per cent divi­ used to influence tne to change my
dend in th e com m erciay departm en t tc tim ony front "T he T ru th ." A ltho
am ou n tin g to approxim ately *4,665. I needed a position, i would not
uo and a ten per cent dividend in th e change my tesitm ony In th e sm allest
savings d epartm en t am ounting to degree.
about *3,100.00. W hen these divi­ I know th a t I have received lots
C O M E T O M ED FO R D
dends are paid la tte r p a rt of Ibis of “ false" criticism for not sw aying
m onth th e re will have been paid in eith er direction, but I still ha~e my
com m ercial d ep artm en t a total of honor and th e respect cf my friends,
50% in dividends and a to ta l of which is m ore im po rtant to me than
55% paid back in th e savngs d e p a rt­ personal gain.
m ent. The official notice of the In choosing my deputies, I would
dividend paym ent ap pears in an o th er select men of unquestoned ch aracter
anti ability and believe they should
colum n of this issue.
be m arried men w ith a fam ily, se­
WITH A CAST
BRILLIANT
lecting them from d ifferen t p arts of
the county.
OF
500 PEOPLE
HISTORICAL
I have not m ade any cam paign
prom ises and am not affiliated with
BEST IN
NORMAN
THE FEDERATED CHURCHES any political m achine, which m akes
THE WEST
COWAN S
It easy to select men for th e ir hones­
J. M. Johnson, Pastor
ty
and
ability.
The
reason.
I
am
B ible School. A. J. M ilton, super­ stressing this is because a politically
Mammoth Pioneer Parade—Coronation of «{ueeii Mother—Giant In­
engineered candidate m ust hire
in te n d e n t) 9:45 a. m.
dustrial exposition—Agricultural Pursue—Celebration O p e n e d t»y
whom be Is told too, and cannot hire
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace ironi Washington, I). C.
M orning W orship— 11:00 A. M.
for th e ir m erit.
Y. P. S. C. E. (tw o group s) 6:30 deputies
In choosing my slogan which ,s
p. m.
"S uppo rtin g the New D eal” , I was
E vening service a t eig h t o'clock prom pted to select th is slogan be­
M en’s P ray e r M eeting, Monday at cause of a speech m ade by President
Roosevelt stressing th e value of
7:3 0 p. m.
progressive local o fficial,
W om en's B ible study and prayer electing
who are w illing to co-operate w ith
group, T uesday, 2^30 p. m.
our president to win our econom ic
M idweek ch u rch service. B ibls war. He is well aw are th a t greedy,
study an d prayer. W ednesday 7:30 profiteering and self interested o ffi­
cials can block the road to recovery,
p. m.
elected. 1 will co-operate with
C hoir p ractice, T h ursday, 7:30 p. nt. if onr I am
president to the fullest extent of
T H E P E O P L E 'S CANDIDATE
"T h e fu tu re of the K ingdom " my au th o rity and ab ility.
M att. 24. is th e lesson in th e Bible I m ay lose som e votes by express­
schools this week. T his is a most ing my stan d , hut I believe th a t a
Ml Past Record and Experience Your Protection
im p o rta n t lesson for these days. man who is not big enough and firm
enough to take a stand publicly for
Com e, study w ith us.
As o n r young people will be m ore w hat he believes is ig rh t, has not
at liberty now as school closes we in ­ ch aracter enough to be th e sh eriff of
vite them to renew ed endeavor in our county.
th e field of religious activities. We I th a n k you.
AMOS \V. W A LK ER
have m uch to do. Come w ith us.
Paid Adv.
7 o'clock is the tim e of th e devotion­
al service.
We shall ap preciate your p re­
\
|»to|H‘rt> i m n e r h i i <| ia\|ui>«*r
sence and fellow ship n the church
in J a c k *< h i C o u n t ) fo r o v r r t h i r f ) >••**«.
services of th e day and shall fa ith ­
fully endeavor to bring m essage« in
serm on and in song which will
YOUR PREHEAT S H E R IF F
siren g th en your C hristian faith. All
are welcom e.
i f l l l N O M IN \ T I O N F O R
W ill A ppnxt a l r Your
C H R ISTIA N CHURCH
Vote for R c-decO on
D. E . M illard, P asto r
%
Bible School— 10:0 0 A. M.
I m i l p e rfo rm nix d ii lie* im p a rtia lly . --f f i-
M orning W orship— 11:00 A. M.
¡ « n i l y , e c o n o m ic a lly , a m i w o rk f o r III-'
erg e r C. E. Services— 7:00 P. M
illte rrs f o f I h 1, |ieoplf of -la. k*on C o u n ty .
\v. 4. I >tai v h H il
Bible Study— W ed. 7 :3 0 P. M
O rch estra R ehearsal T hurs. 7 p. m .l
C hoir R ehearsal T hurs. S p. m .|
P. T. A. Enjoys
Interesting Meet
Amos W alker Gives
Platform if Elected
N I M ltK It SS
Advertisers Please
Notice
50tt0 copies of the P ioneer M er­
c h a n ts' section of this issue will
be d istrib u ted to vistors during
Jubilee W eek. We have ad d itio n ­
al space for sale. Copy should be
sent to th e A m erican. C entral
Point. O regon, at once. R ates
upon application
Dunn Not Neutral
On Sales Tax
Geo. W. Dunn Is a candidate for
nom ination for S tate S enator on the
R epublican T icket to succeed him ­
self.
If nom inated and elected, he will,
as he has done in the past twelve
years, try to tru ly represent the peo­
ple ot Oregon. As a m em ber of the
W ays and M eans C om m ute,, a t th.
1933 R egular Session of the L egisla­
tu re, he assisted in reducing the
S tate expenses from $15.000,000 to
*9,000,000 for the biennium 1933
and 1934. As C hairm an of th e Sub­
co m m ittee of th e W ays and Means
C om m ittee on ag ricu ltu re, he saved
the S tate over *100,000 th a t in all
prohabilty ould have been ap pro­
priated for the S tate F air at Salem
and the Pacific In tern atio n al at
P o rtlan d , had he not refused, over
strong protest and vigorous lobbying
to approve these ap propriations.
Both of those fairs were successfully
held last year w ithout the assistance
sought, which show s th a t in those
places fairs can and should be self-
sustaining.
He is not n e u tra l on the Sales Tax.
He voted for the tax and because of
the inability of so m any property
ow ners to pay th e ir taxes, un em er­
gency now exists, and he strenuously
urges all to vote for the Sales Tax
to m eet the em ergency, to save our
schools, and to relieve property tax ­
payers of a part of their burden.
He belongs to no faction, has no
tads, and desires no fu rth er political
advancem ent.
If you think his experience in the
Bank to Pay
New Dividend
.
OREGON’S
Diamond Jubilee
Tw enty-five student« of th e Cen­
tral Point high school, 14 boys an d
11 girls received diplom as a t the
graduation exercises held at th e high
school au ditorium F riday evening.
The principal address was deliver­
ed by Rev. W. R. B aird of the Med-
for C hristian church, who chose tor
his topic "T h e Life W orth W hile."
The salu tato ry was pronounced hy
H arry Young and the valedictory
was given by Miss K atharine L ath-
rnp. A rnold B ohnert, ch airm an of
the school tioard, presented the di­
ploma,* to the class w ith ap p ro p riate
rem arks.
T he special m usical program con­
sisted of m usic by th e school orches­
tra, a song by the g irls’ glee club
and a solo by Mrs. Doris R ichardson
Nealon.
Owing to the lim ited seating capa­
city of the au d ito riu m , adm ission
was by ticket ouly. Each m em ber of
the g rad u atin g class was given 12
tickets for th e ir friends and re la ­
tives.
legislature and the friendly contacts
he has m ade in all p arts of th e
S tate would he w orth an ything to
you in prom oting good legislation,
you can have his services for less
than the cost to him . VOTE 27 X —
Paid Adv.
Mr. A. J. M ilton had charge of th e
Owings Service S tatio n w hile Mrs.
Owings, nephew and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. loiw and d a u g h ter and husband
Mr. and Mrs. L aC asse m ade a trip to
C rater Lake.
The Past M atrons Club m et W ed­
nesday aftern o o n at the hom e of Mrs
E. E. Scott.
R. E. NEALON
T able Rock
(In cum b ent )
CAND IDATE PAIR
Co. Commissioner
R epublican Ticket
P rim ary, M ay IB
“ < '«nsciontloiiM Hervlcc"
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25 GET DIPLOMAS
AT EXERCISES AT
C. P. HIGH SCHOOL
(In riim lient)
CANDIDATE FOR
County Judge
Vote for Your Neighbor
My record both in flic legisla-
tu re an,I a.« C ounty Ju d g e I n
your g u a ra n tee of roiitiniie.l e f­
ficient »ervice.
Victor Bursell
For State Senator
TOM L. TAYLOR
Walter J. Olmscheid
Republican Candidate
County Commissioner
Vote 39 (X )
Perl's
(slil'lr
W ESTERN OIL
35c per gallon
Kerosene
I Me per gallon- W.V fo r gallon*
( In "»-gal. lo t * )
H
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I (I h»lr*alr and R etail)
A. R. OWINGS
Funeral
Parlors
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S. I. “Sid” Brown
CLATOUS
Republican
Candidate
for
SHERIFF
SI lU E f T T o PRIMARY
ELECTION MAY IH. OKU
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Democratic Candidate
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and Your Vote
Will Be
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