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About The American. (Central Point, Or.) 1928-1936 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1936)
r.ttic TWjo The American give an answer to how far one muat be able to *ee. We don't know much about calc«- Ke-eetabllabed. September IS. 1939. ! >“ •• but b* “ » ‘ n* ‘ «thm etlc Lxtvotad to the beet lotereeu o f ; on that budget we find It would be 'antral Pofnt and vicinity » * f “ " B* th* ‘ **9 »n 4 ltu n s Entered a* .econd claae maltar a t ' '*ould hare rlaen to »1 4.461.609.00O b- »st office, Central Point. Ore- « year * n«l receipt* to *14.600.00.- too. inder the Act of H erd) I, 1879. 000. In the meanwhile, the deficit* would hare added $18.910.000.000 SUBSCRIPTION RATES to the present public d»bt. making till Month* • tl-DO the total *30.361,000.000. One Year ................... ...... .... - *1-*« Nobody want* *uch a thing to hap Payable in advance pen. But the fact i* that *7 » » keep j Advertising rate* on application on at our present rate. It will hap- ; Office— Second Street, o ff Main pen. For the 1934. 1933. 1936. and | 1937 fiscal year* expenditures of the ARTH U R EDW ARD PO W ELL government have risen an average of I Editor and Proprietor 1412.000.000 annually. The aver age increase in income has amount- | ed to *639.000.000 The increase In expenditwres would be much greater if contrasted with thoae before the ; depression. THE FA R M E R AND THE In brief, the budget forecast* a SALES TA X deficit of *1.098.000.000 for 1937. When It comes right down to That fall* to take Into account the ■ cases. Ray Gill. Senator Carney et al bonus and relief, and grants that j to the contrary notwithstanding. It new taxes will be levied to replace | looks like the farmer Is the fair hair the AA A farm taxes ed baby of them all when It comes I f only a billion dollars is spent ' to sliding out from under the bur each on the bonus and relief, the; dens of the so called sales tax, op expenditures for 1937 w ill be **.-j for approval by the voters at the ape 752.000. 000. Business is much, clal election January 31. In fact much better , and tax collections If the law means what it say*, ks therefore much higher. But even so Is almost together out from un the Treasury estimates the govern-, tier. What it says, in view of all ment's income will add to only *5,- the other kicked up about how the 654.000. 000 In 1937. act in operation would hamstring An interesting sidelight Is that by (he farmer is of undoubted public the end o f 1937, the federal debt Interest. will have been Increased at least The laat paragraph of sub-sectlou twelve billion dollars In four years " l ” of section one of the act says Total expenditures will add to al that "Said term (meaning retail most thirty billion whereas total sales) doe« not Include a sale of tan federal outlays from Washington to gible personal property to one who W'ilson were only twenty-four bil purchases ter tbe purpose of using lion. or consuming the same in produc ing for sale a new article of tangi ble personal property, of which the property so purchased is an ingre dient or compound". EDITORIALS Start o ff with wheat. Lawyers who have examined the quoted sec tlon unite In saying that this pro- vision exempts all wheal sold to milling companies, or to purchasers for use in producing flour, for flour very evidently is "a new article of tangibl«^ personal property" and therefore not subject to the one quarter of one percent tax. THURSDAY, JA N U A R Y 23. 1936 AMKRiCA-'I, CXNTR.VL F O O T . OREGON Economic Highlights Bappealngs That Affect Use Dinner Pall*, Dividend Checks and Tax Hilt* of Every Individual. Nation al and International problem* 1 *cpar*N>le from Local Welfare. W e D r iv e r s d Scrim of Brief Diacutttona on Drain?. Dedi cated to tko Safety. Comfort end Pleeaure of the Motoring Public. Prepared by Cenerei Motors No. 4— OUR BRAKES m \ I 'x v i all noticed that whenever a train makes a long enough stop in a PRICES: General wholesale le » » sta on. there's somebody on ths Job. dodging In and out under tbs ears . making sure that everything is in good shape for the train to continue It* 1 vel for 1936 is forecast at about 10 trip. One of the things checked at every inspection; per cent over 1935. Declines will point is the brakes. For nobody knows better than probably be registered In food prices. railroads how important it la to be able to atop when you have to stop. There you have 1936 in a nut Now, if we think of It in s certain light, wa people shell. as the best guessers see I t .! who own automob.lea are all running little trans They make many errors— but they portation systems of our own . . . just lik* the rail roads and a.rimes and bus companies. Home is the ; are more dften right than wrong, main terminal and there are lots of stop* slang the j Every indiction Is that the year will line . . . flag stops, you might say, and regular sched be the best since 1929, in spite of uled stop*—l.ke the office, the grocery store, the the old boifey of a general election. school, the theatre, and our friends’ houses. Just like the railroads, one of the main things we The Supreme Court's sweeping need to look out for is our brakes. Of course, every body knows this and yet somehow or other we're apt A A A decision is of extraordinary to be a little careless about it. Not that brakes don’t give us plenty of political importance. The two cor notice when they're going to need adjustment As time goes on we find that nerstones of the New Deal structure we can push the pedal lower and lower, till after a were the A A A and the NRA. Now while we can shove it down almost to the floor boards before the brakes take hold. Even then we both are gone, being unconstitution sometimes wait quite a while before we have them al. adjusted. It just seems to be human nature to put It Is likewise of extraordinary eco off things like that They tell us the result is that nomic importance. Both the major one-third of all cars on streets and highways at any given time have something wrong with their brakes. parties are committed to "farm r e - 1 The trouble is that when we let our brakes go like lie f” . As a result, a dozen new that all of a sudden we may have to make *n emer farm relief programs — including | gency stop, and we may find it rather embarrassing. 1 one of Administration origin— will Engineers say that if we realized what goes on | be in the limelight soon. There is in brakes we would see why we ought to keep them checked up. As they explain, it’s a story of momentum agitation for the enactment of the ind friction, the same old forces we've talked about before. old McNary-Haugen bill, vetoed by They say that when we get going we build up a certain energy in the Coolldge, which Is believed constitu form of momentum. Now when we want to stop, we tional. can't just destroy that energy, because, scientists tell 9RAKI DtSICN us. Nature never lets any of its energy be destroyed. MULTIPLIES The decision has also caused agita-1 We can only convert it into some other form of energy. fOOT^, PRESSURE tion In certain quarters for a co n -1 What brakes really do is to convert speed-energy stitutional amendment to broaden into heat-energy. When we push down on the brake pedal we press the brake lining against the brake CVER :00 TIMES the federal power. Preident Green drums and this creates friction that changes the of the A. F. of L. has intimated energy to heat. When we have changed all the speed he might back such an amendment, 1 energy to heat, then we come to a stop. as have heads of big farm groups Now modern brakes are very powerful. In fact, * 100-horsepower car will have about 500-horsepower And some commentators are o f the brakes. They can stop us pretty quickly eve-» from opinion that Mr. Roosevelt, whether high speeds. But when-they do. they simp! nge he wants to or not, may have to cam those speeds into a great deal of heat, in a \ ort time. The fact is v.c sometimes build up temperatures In our ). as paign for the amendment unless he high as 1400 degrees! is willing to let his past policies go It's easy to see that heat like that can cause a lot by the board. Opposed to the in of trouble. Some of us may think it's Tun to rush up terests seeking constitutional amend 40 FT 80 Ft to sudden stops, but we might as well realize that we STOP STOP have to pay for that kind of fun in excessive brake ments are those citizens who are wear. It simply doesn't pay to build up brake heat a afraid o f any tampering with the lot faster than it can be thrown off. And we certainly fundamental character o f the con- git hardly anything back in time saved. For instance, if we're going 30 miles an hour, our brakes can stop us in 40 feet if they are all right; but it takes them less than two seconds longer to stop us in twice that Try the— distance. How much better it is, under any normal Sicosis SINGER R E P A IR MAN circumstances, to begin to apply the brakes a few ..Any H im * o f machines rep a ire d . seconds earlier and, with gradually increasing pres AT 30 14 sure, bring our car to an ea.-y stop. As a matter of fact, W ork guaranteed M.p.H. SECONDS smooth, -adual stopping wherever the circumstances W. H. K L A T T permit, is generally taken as a sign of a good driver. 8 N. Bartlett I’ hone 752 Now if we want to keep our brakes safe and sound, it’s important to re Medford, Ore. member what these fast stops do to them. But it’s just as important to re member that all stops generate some heat in our brakes. That’s what gradu ally wears down the linings, and sooner or later makes a brake-adjustment necesiary. And that’s why we must watch them and see that adjustments are made when they are needed. A ll Natural Methods So maybe it would be a good ide- to keep on thinking of our cars as privale ti ansportation systems. If we keep them in good running condition they v.lll serve us with satety and satisfaction. Now that stock has finally been aken o f industry's experience in 1935, the business experts are at Since all wheat grown In Oregon work forecasting what will happen is sold by the grower to purchasers during 1936. for ultimate milling, for use as feed On one poJnt, most experts agree: which is exempt, or seed which also They forecast that business will be I* exempt, lawyers are wondering better this year. Famed prognoati whether any wheat grown In Oregon cator Roger Babsnn recently said would come under the tax, so far as that, on the average, business will be the growers are concerned. Milled 10 per cent better this year than wheat becomes flour, bran, ahorts in 1935. and most certainly Is out if sold to A well-rounded forecast recently this figure would again be reached 1935, w.tn a decline in wool con an Oregon miller. appeared in Business Week, which or passed if It were free from “ poli sumption. What about oats? Oregon oats has had a good record In peering in A V IA T IO N : Has big plana for almost all go to use as feed or seed to the future. Here are some o f Its tical attack". MOTORS: This Industry waa tba 1936. Planes will be bigger, faster, or into breakfast foods, where the predictions, based upon exhaustive International air services milling cornea in to make "a new urveys and analyses by its exper bellwether of the recovery move safer. ment during the 1934-1935. It will will be extended an<f Improved. The article of tangible personal proper ienced staff: continue to go places this year— ma ly " the tax upon which Is paid by FARM IM PLEM ENTS: Manufac kers are already laying ambitious the miller and not by the grower. turers In the field expect the beat plans for the introduction of 1937 What besides grain doe* the farm In their history. W H Y NOT SAVE 50% model ears. Marhine tool makers j er of Oregon produce? The answer AO RICULTURK: Both produc ON YOUR B E A U TY W O R K ? 5j will prosper as a consequence— all Is milk, fruits of all kinds, vegeta tion and income will be larger than ear manufacturers will have to spend {Perm anent W ave« ...............9 1 .OO* ble* of all kinds, eggs, cheese, but- in 1935, despite the death of the j»: Finger Wave wet, 25e, dry, 33c heavily for retooling programs. S Shampoo ___________ 25c* t -r. meat. That is about the entire AAA at the hands of the Supreme STEEL: W ill be heavy spender ♦ Hot Oil Shampoo ...... JM cS gamut of farm production A ll these Court. during year, as It modernizes and ex k Haircut ...... - ...........................25c!*! commodities are specifically exempt CONSTRUCTION: Lost year resi S Marcel ................................. 25«$ tends plant capacity. ed from the tax. As long as the dential construction about doubled !♦; Manicure ................................ ,25c£ RAILRO ADS: Here Is another farmer sells his milk sweet, his eggs 1934 total. Scalp Treatm ent ..................... 50c*! It Is doubtful if such Industry which has started an im Comb Wave .......................... 25c { fresh, his fruit and vegetables raw mprovement will occur this year, portant modernization program, Facials ................................... 50c>; and unprocessed and his meat on though It seems Inevitable that gains -* 5 e { plans to continue it Into 1936. Air- w Eyebrow Arch ...... the hoof or fresh butchered the sales will be made. The construction In conditioning of passenger trains is ;i;ilO Permanent for ............. 88.00«; tax would not touch him He would dustry In general was hardest bit of A ll work supervised by three -J big Item, and will account for a { have to convert his hogs Into bacon, iny Industry during depression, and instructor ;♦! substantial percentage of railroad lard and ham. and hla wife their ^radically reached the vanishing expension budgets. And the trend fruits and berries Into Jams and Jel- point. It Is recovering slowly. toward streamlining trains, electric, lli . before they would imminence to ELECTRIC PO W ER: This In- dlenel and steam, la significant. 4 im , E. M AIN $ become "wholesalers" and subject lustry reached a new all-time record TE X T IL E S : Forecast is that there PHONE 54 to the one quarter of one percent 'o r power output last year. New re will be greater consumption of cot Enroll now for Jan. ( lasses $ on their gross sales. The lawyers cords will be established this year, ton, rayon and silk In 1936 than in * x » ao*ao<)g)gBOCTOooangx x )g3CTQOPCS' •cratch their heads and ponder whe *nd will be reflected In widespread \ — ther country sausage and headcheese building and expansion. The Indus- j would not class up wlqh the milling try's building budget for the year wheat and become " a new article" will Involve the spending of more a fe r the pork was gnannd. seasoned than *300.000.000, and tome think and made ready for the consumer this figure must be raised. Before was spending Beside* all that Mr and Mrs 1929, the Industry *1,000.000,000 annually, Farmer have an exemption of *30 of around gross income each month from sale* and spokesmen for the utilities say of their products wdilch might come under the tax. F. R. Hagerty, Proprietor Then too, *11 seed sold to person* producing new crop«. or sales of feed to persons producing eggs. milk, wool. fur. meat or other substances W ill be Open tor tbe Winter Season produced from linwi'M-k or poultry ar* exempt Anr another thing; the law says EVERY NIGHT EXCEPT that to be subject to the tax a per- MONDAY and TV END AY on must tie engag*«l in the business latest Music of selling a particular thing The AUDITORIUM o f ARMORY words are that "ths- Isolated or oc Doors Open, 7:80 casional sale of tamgible personal YOUNG Ht H F l’ FRH. Manager property at retail d<*-s not constitute engaging In such ttiisiness." So a farmer rould sell a cow, or a bunch of them, or a span o f horse* or a bunch of them and not b* required specialize in Picture Framing G. J. MotTla, Prop to pay the tax. When yon get right down to It even some of those who wrote the law are commencing to wonder Just where the tax do.»« hit the farmer Medford School of Beauty Culture * MEDFORD FURNITURE HOSPITAL PASTIM E ROLLER RINK 417 East Main R EPAIR ING & REFINISHNG 5 Nights a Week Cabinet Work of all Kinds Made to Order DRAWERS--SHELVES and P A N E L DOORS Top Notch Eats. We We Specialize Home Cooking III I N d T BAI.ANCING There ar.» aome rumora to the e i fert that a ha 1 an red budget la In sigbt. The budgwt for 1937, on which Cvugresa o«r» la al worb, uay at Reasonable Price« 14 South Central Medford .ndustry hope« to get a ateadily in-, titution. that might weaken su tes’ creasing share of the nation'* pa»-| rights. Individual liberties and pro sengtr traffic perty rights. FINANC E: Experts anticipate more- new security issue* in 193o than in 1935, with refunding issues »»Let H r Be Y'our Milkman” dominating the capital markets. In general, the outlook for industrial profits is said to be steadily improv ing, deeplte new and higher tax:-». S H U L T S BR05 A u to Painting BOOT « FENDER R E P A IR IN G * GI.A5S We Specialise la Ford Windshield 4»U«> 187 N. Central. 1050 Dr. H. P. Coleman Chiropractic and Physiotherapy Oregon License 264 California License 3020 Special Attention to Blood Pres sure, Stomach and Bowels. Consultation and Examination FR EE Phone 963 In Medford Since 1020 Gilman’s Sanitary Dairy There may not be the crenmllne But There is something in the body- KESIDEM H,0 Carold J. Parker, Inc. Manufacturers of Parker’s Southern Oregon INJtato Chips Packer* of Honey, Home Made Sorghum and Shelled Walnuts Distributors of DUHKEE FAMOUS POOD LANG END O RP CAKES GRANDM A COOKIES 612 S. Riverside l*hone 1117 Medford, Oregon Farmers Attention Second Hand Rebuilt FARM IM PLEM EN TS At Bargain Price« Call and see us at 30 S, Grape St,___________ Medford Dr. C. W. Lemery (Successor to Dr. J. J. Rmmena) 204 Medford Bldg. 1 ract ice limited to eye, ear, nose, and throat and fitting of glasses. Tel. 367 Rea. 1018 DR. R. C. M IT AIO LI, AND Dentist Hours 0 to 3 426 Me<L BKlg. Evening by Appointment Medford, Ore. Office Phone 1223-R— Res. 744-Y Fick Hardware Co. Crosley Radios 821.05— SlOOJK Speed Qu«**n & May Tag W ASHING MACHINES Sales and Service 181 W. Main St. Phone 300 Medford MEDFORD V E T E R IN A R Y H O S P IT A L 13 years experience in large and small animal practice. 225 N Riverside Phone 360 DR. J. W. W ATERS Brill Metal Works G E N E R A L SHEET MF7TAL FURNACES & H EATING 100 E. Sth. St. Medford Phone 415 Baldwin Piano Shoppe BARGAINS IN USED PIANOS 128 W. Main Medford « DYERS A ll work guaranteed FOR Office 20 8. Central Plant 511 N. Central A U T O LO A N S SEE COM MERCIAL FINANC E CORPORATION Medford, Oregon Medford, Oregon Dr. L H. Gove Flower’s Mattress & D EN TISTRY 419 Medford Bldg. Medford. Oregon Upholstering Shop Mattx-csNCN Made to Order wvwwwwwvwwwwwvw ROWBRIDGE Cabinet Works Phone 345 409 E. Main St. Everything la Cabinet W ork Medford Established in 1005 Hafe In-nranre at a Savtng Oregon Mutual Fire Insurance Co. BERT PECK Automobile Repair A nd Service ( Incorporated ) LE LA N D C LA R K , Agent 10 N ort h Rartlett Ht. Mrdford, Ore. Phone 1406 FA B E R R ITIJH N G P E R L ’S Funeral Home EXPERT W ATCH and J E W E LR Y Repairing Established la jo n r community 23 years Phone 47 425 W. Ilth St. At Depression Prices 13 So. Central Ave. Medford C. Earl Bradfish Medford. This Classified Directory Will be found useful _______________ When in Medford PHOTOGRAPHERS PHY8ICL4NS Shangle Studios Dr. B. C. Wilson Expert Photography Mae Portraits a Spentali? 5» Physician and Surgeon Drug 810 Medford Stort njdg