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About The American. (Central Point, Or.) 1928-1936 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1936)
1 fHE The American has maintained Its leadership throughout the depression because it has the courage of its convictions. V O L I MK VIU ■■ M u s in g s ^ by an Innocent Bystander OPERETTA IC R ENJOYED BY MANY ON FRIDAY EVE AMERICAN! Ford Assails Crop Curbing as Worse Than Thievery’ CENTRAL POINT, OREGON, THURSDAY, IP K IL ‘ IttSti D O L L A R D A Y and Easter Edition NUMBER SN Orin R. Adamson L Accident Victim On Highway Job Orrn R. Adamson, 32-year-old King Winter seems to be still with j Eagle Point man and father of four us. We have been haring all sorts j children, was crushed to death about of weather for the past few days, [ 9:30 this morning when a runaway ejtcept rain, for which Oregon Is so : truck caught his body against the noted. And w-e sincerely hope our | back of another truck, parked at orchardists will win out In their bat-j road building operations In the Sis Playing before an interested and The Second Annual City Beautifi tie to preserve the fruit crop. WAYS. Ga . March 2J.— Henry j About a mile away is Mr. Fi.rd's kiyou mountains. packed house Friday evening th° cation Contest will be hold In the • • • Ford, proponent of correlation of cherry Hill plantation where he and grade school operetta “ Land of Adamson had been working for near future. Registrations may now It's a funny old world, isn’t it. Dreams Come True" was represent d industry and agriculture, yesterday; Mrs Ford gpen<| some tlme eacb the Berke Brothers Construction be made for any of the following Every so often Mother Nature takes (Rscrlbed the withdrawal of fertile I with much enthusiasm. The cast, be company for the past two weeks, classifications: winter. Near-by is “ Richmond Greatest Improve a slap at poor Insignificant man.I ing well chosen, put on a very good land from crop production as "worse Bluff” where the Fords are recon- helping in the machine shop. This ment in Property; Best Kept Premi than thievery.” just to show her power is still su - 1 performance and much praise was morning his boss, Dewey Campbell, ses; Best Flower Garden; Best Vege- “ It's wrong," he said. “ It's again structing an old plantation house. preme. We may think that modern j heard from everyone present. left instructions for Adamson to re tabl Garden; Neatest Back Yard; st nature.” Financiers he charged science and modern methods have; Vslng up leisure time in agricul- pair a welding machine. Needing Much credit should be given Miss Prettiest Rose Bush; Prettiest Lilies solved all our problems, then “ up gcj,reiber and the grade school ! ',rr in' f‘rfsted In crop curtailment turai pursuits, in addition to provid more tools, he had taken one of the Special prizes will be arranged for pops the devil” and away go all our \ teachers for tbelr splendid work lo ktep prlce8 up 80 ,heY can ma'te ing economic security, serves to keep trucks from the shed where he was any other classification anyone wish plans. Nature seems to take a fiend ------------ “ ** 1 which made the operetta such a sue . more mony. people out of troubl end lessens working and gone to the scene of es to enter. ish dellgt In showing up. even our The costumes of the many dif- The n,otor magnata * xpre8aed h’ 8 chances of war. Mr. Ford said. oprntions on the new Siskiyou high Last year the Contest went over "Great I Am.” The alphabetical made v *ews whi*e arranging for the open- “ The only way to end war is to way. a mile up the mountain, and f-erent characters were well big. It was sponsored by the local bureaus may do their darndest with j " l o i s ir The m o vers ' *“ « of a project near his plantation make people fear it." he add'd, de upon returning apparently failed to Business Men’s association who were “ planned agriculture.” “ planned cur- ^ \ ‘„ J , vot' of thanks for to rain young residents of claring (hat war is controlled in this set the emergency brakes on the assisted by the Jackson County „„a »vervihlm: ^ . , this rural area, both whites and Ne- country by about 25 or 30 men. rency” • • and planned everytning cooperation they the cooperation they gave gave in mak-| truck. Chamber of Commerce. This year groes in the manual arts. The first else under the sun. but sooner or 1 v These men, he said, are the real ltlg these. The truck presumably started to the entire city Is back o f the con later something Is sure to spill th s Plans were made to give the j *°K wa3 8awHd ibis afternoon, “ public enemies..” j roll down hill, and according to De- test. which is conceded to have had beans. operetta over again this evening so t " or*< shops, including a saw mill, He criticized some new taxis and | puty Coroner Will Dodge of Ashland a very beneficial effect upon the more people woud be enabled to s e e .“ 11 '*'!er,rioal plant, a machine shop, curtailment of agricultural produc i # « .. ~ . . . - V. I * _ i . , _ . 1 and state police, the man had made appearance of the town. They .pend untold millions to ,t ^ to go ny little tots I foundr-v ' chem|stry laboratory, wood tion as the work of what he termed an att-mpt to stop the runaway ma A list of prizes to be given In the clean out the river channels of the R part Jn „ an|| (hp preva,encv shop, and home economics depart- the "underneath government," com chine, according to the evidence different classifications will be an it was I ment are *° erected. A manual posed of persons interested in their lower Mississippi Valley, so the wn- l f coldg among them found. The i ffort was futile, and his nounced soon. In addition to the re arts building 26 by 150 feet is pro own profits. ters can flow more easily to the sea. decide(, not to body became caught on the side of posed. Then some other branch of our pa-1 D(lp an overg|ght last week the “ There is only one security, and the loose truck which banged Intoj gular prizi s we will be glad to offer choice shrubs, roses, bulbs, etc. any parts that Is in plenty,” Mr. Ford said. ternal bureaucracy spends other m il-; nanH^ of thoge faklllK part thaj Salable articles, including the rear end of another truck. one wishes to contribute. llon/i building dams across those j Blu* ben chorus were left out. They |for « u f°niobiles will be turned out “ The minute you make produce Adamson was well known in Cen same streams to “ control” their flow. i werp pbym 9 Furry. Charlotte Rich-|an<1 '-ho unlt wl” bfi self-supprting, Cheap. Bomeone will make new usis Much interest is already being tral Point where he has many shown In the contest and It promi for It.” Finally, along comes an extra j ardgon Dorothy LaCasse, V irginia , M r Ford aa,d friends and relatives. He recently ses to be even better than last year. amount of snow somewhere an(ljL o n g . Betty Robertson. Lois Fields,I returned from Portland, where hej It is thought that even more results warm spring winds blow to melt that | Neola Culbertson, Gloria Hall, He-j M ary E. Gregory, Collins’ Dairy completed a course in Diesel engin will come from this effort to add iv snow in a hurry, and the whole vonda Heath. Barbara Poutre, Dor- — - - — eering. Funeral services were held the beauty and comfort of our city Beloved Pioneer One of Best in country is flooded. Hundreds °^|sey Miller and Jacqueline Hall. today a( the Conger cahpel. Inter- One thing which Is arousing com thousands of poor people are driven Dorothy Hanson, as Little Miss Called to Rest Rogue River Valley mnt was in the Trail cemetery. ment is the running loose of nog* from their homes, everything they Muffett was also omitted from the In the passing of Mrs. Mary Eliza have on earth destroyed, and the list last week. about the city. The city council is Perhaps no part of agriculture beth Owens-Gregory the family loses has made such forward strides in urged to put an end to thia nuisance country is called upon to feed and at once. a well btloved member, and the com the past few clothe them. years as dairying. S o w h a t ? — A . J. Milton Contracts munity another members of one of Registrations may be made at the ¡When we speak of dairying today its old and widely known pioneer We must consider the fact that it is Mrs. E. C. Faber alone on the City Hall or at this office. Blanks Be it far from us to belittle the To H andle Owen families. work of the Red Cross, upon which Streets Wednesday are now belug prepared for this one of the greatest assets to any Central Point After a brief illness, Mrs. Gregory community— It is one of our govern night at 12 o'clock. falls the burden when such disasters purpose. Registration will close Oregon Block Fuel passed away at her home near Cen- ments greatest sources of income— April 18. occur, nor to begrudge the few A certain lady remarking she dimes we are called upon to contri It Is hoped to close the Contest A. J. Milton, proprietor of tral Point, at 3:00 a. m. Sunday. J |g national in its scope and Is bute to relieve human suffering, but I the Central Point Wood Yard, an Had she lived until the first of May practically the only division of our would rather put her feet on the with a city picnic at the park as was it all looks so useless to us. And in nounces that he has taken a con she would have been 72 years of age. agricultural enterprises which af- tahl, and read a good book than lo done last year. This was one of the Mary Eliabeth Owens, daughter of lords the producer —the man who go out to dinner and Roy Jones pre most enjoyable parts o f last year's the words of the prophet of old. tract to handle the entire output of “ How long. Oh Lord, how long!" I planer blocks of the Medford Cor- Mr. and Mrs. Whn. Owens, was born milks the cow -a year around tn- ferring to put his feet under the contest and It Is hoped to have a May 10, 186s,; come. table. larger attendance this year. Will America not awake and^throw I porat|on (0wen Oregon» mill. He at Holton, Kansas. the whole juundr-gitng outfit back states that he has had so much dif (her parents, pioneers in that then One of the finest and most pro into the oblivion from which they ficulty in the past to secure enough new state. A mysterious deal between R. H. N ew Fountain It gressive dairies in the Rogue River When but one year old, she cross-1 valley is the Collins Dairy, located Moore and A. J. Milton and O. D. came? blocks to supply the demand of his Now Serving Best • • • customers that he decided to con ed the plains with her parents, t h e , a f tw miles north of Central Point Tucker. The boy's better watch out or they'll get Jipped. Drinks Obtainable fa-mlly locating at Harrisburg, Ore- on the Kirkland Road. Established This paper made a public state tract for all the blocks available at gon in 1865. There they lived until three years ago, the dairy has grown ment a couple of years ago that we the mill. Our fountain Is at present prepar Byrd Grigsby saying “ yet, It’s ice they came to Jackson and prospered until at the present would publish no more communica A. J. Milton has been operating a 1885 when ___ i wl------------ -- * * • * 'd to serve thick milk shakes, Ice tions from Henrietta B. Martin. But wood and fuel business in this city ■ounty and the Owens family settl'd time It is one of the best In the weather", instead of nice weather. cream, coca cola, root beer, orange, we are breaking that good resolu for the past nine years a nd'b y his in the lower valley. county. The strangest story ever told— a and the following sodas: vanilla, Her marriage to Henry L. Gregory tion this week. Mrs. Martin is urg- courteous service and honest dealing Everything about the plant Is kept ook place in 1887. The first ten scrupulously clean, as it is the policy husband and wife here ill Central strawberry, lemon, cherry, and cho lng all and sundry to register and hag bu(lt up a fl|>e buglneg9 Point each planting flowers and the colate. Other flavors will be added vote at the coming election. So far. In spite of the fact tha, much fuel years of their married life was spent of Mr. and Mrs. Collins not only to other digging them up and moving us the demand requires. Tell us your we say. "Amen.” But in the same brought and go,d dlrectIy bv n Klamath county, but In 1897 they produce milk and cream that will them time after time and neither favorite drink. Our desire is to -eturned to the Rogue river valley breath she criticizes the county clerk j f a r n i e r g a n d o t b e r g M r M U t o n haf pass Inspection, but to turn out Pro getting mnd at the other. please YOU. Don’t hesitate to tell for not sending deputies from "here bulIt ,,p a gteadlly grow,nK bus,_ and purchased the farmstead which ducts that are so near the acme of us the kind of drink you prefer. We to yander” to register those w ho' ne88 He endeavors to handle onh has been their home ever since. perfection as modern methods and Mrs. Bert Hostel was at the Top have had enough fountain experi To this union w ire born three have been too lazy or negligent_to at, the bp9t of fuP, and h|g prlfe|1 aIV scientific care will permit. Many mo Notch Eats in Medford playing the ence to realize that we don’t know ■hlldren: Mrs. Cora True, of Ash tend to the matter themselves. There always reasonable. thers of so-call-d “ bottle-fed” babies marble machine. it all and also that one customer we rise to object. This year Mr. Milton is urging his land; Mrs Grace Sellers, of Central higllly praisp thp CoU|ng. product likes a drink one way and another, Point, and Loren Gregory, who pass Mrs. Webster and Ruby were at Nothing can take the place of pure customers to lay in a supply for another way. How do you like ed away in 1929. It is our feeling that any Ameri-' next year during the summer and milk as a human food. A glass of Wurts Auction Sale last Saturday. yours? Mrs. Gregory is survived by h< r milk at ten in the morning and three can cltisen who cares so little fo fj ,IOt Jake chances E. P. STONE husband. Henry L. Gregory, her two Thada Hilton's pet dog was seen in the afternoon wards o ff that tired the greatest privilege mankind has daughters, four grandchildren; Mrs feeling. It beautifies the skin and chasing a neighbor's cat. ever achieved as not to be willing to Receives Ka<| News Mrs. Nancy Wilson received the Mildred Cutler, Salem; Keith Greg-1 c]parg tbe complexion. School and take the trouble to get his name on As it was snowing hard In Med Ö h r ö lln tr r ljp a the books without ending someone j sad news of the death of her son, orv. Table Rock: Lucile Sellers and bpa]tb authorities everywhere are ford Maroh 31 no one wanted to ad I Insisting that milk be served to all over heck to do It for him, is un-( Chester M. Wilson of Keno, owing Eilene Sell rs of Central Point. vertise Easter bonnets. THE FEDERATED CHURCH grandchild. scboo| children. Serve milk at meal worthy of consideration. Such peo to ill health. Sbe was unable to at-1 TherJ 18 one *reat CONTEST S M S A ple have no holler coming if things tend the funeral Monday. Sister i f i * f Mr" Mi,dred time and between meals, too, to the Sanford Richardson almost beat Cutler. Salim. Oregon. are not run the way they would like. the deceased, Mrs. Mary Richardson entire family. ing a checker game. Four sisters and three brothers al and brother and wife. Mr. and Mrs. The Collins Dairy last year pur- chased the milk rout,, served by Os- Marjorie Jones, Jimmy Green, Er We stood in the cold, raw wind Tom Wilson and Mrs. Sanford J. *°, Huir v,ve' w,,h 00,1 bro,her- motored to Klamath late James Owens of Medford, car Blackford and have a herd of ma Richardson. Bill Waldon and yesterday and watched w-ith unholy Richardson cently deceased. forty cows. This herd has been Dorothy Powell folding papers in glee the departure of that blasted [ Falls Monday where the funeral ser They are Mrs. Alice Perrin, and carefully tested for tuberculosis and The American office. old woodshed from forninst our vices were hel^ The weather was fine on the t r ip ! ' j rs f " (Ia ,!:,,ch' K “ g* ne’ ° re* on the utmost care is taken to produce front window. The city dads hare One lady registering for beautifi they ran into __ a regular bllz- J ” ' ^>'d!a ijr°wn. P “ lla8 0 ^ S.°n: and deliver milk which Is rich. pure. up and sold the darned lopsided e ye - ¡ o v er e r but _________________ cation contest being almost peeved sore, much to the satisfaction of a ll'*a rd on the return trip. Mrs. Chester ' ,r8 A KnP" H^ad, Central Point. and wholesome beauty-loving people. Now they a r e ! Wilson returned to Phoenix w i t h l ialTin 0weas. Harrisburg, Oregon: | Mr r *o on being informed that it was no use planning to install an oil heater fori them where she will viiat friends «-»------ John Owpns, Medford, and George _ I l,,Hpect in * .. h,H dairy n' plant ,f?S ,hP pnb,lc for anyone to register for the biggest r>.._i____ at any time i Owens. Petaluma, California. Other improvement as the city would out th« city building and be forever done and relatives for a while. | than these, a wide circle of neigh strip them all. with trashy wood. That sound« ‘Hot Copy” to Be b o rs and friends unite with the fami-l mighty good to us and we heartily Now that the filings are all In wel|y |n mourning her loss Given by Seniors endorse the action of the council in can sit back and look 'em over. Andj Six Conventions Mrs Gregory s death will be a dls- the matter. Lord knows we do en- “ Hot Copy,” a comedy in three . ... . . , . . . * oln* t0 « * 80 ea8y 10 P,c* tinct loss to the community for she Coming to M edford havi an an°nnortunRv**to' ^ e e l ll l ° mi(!hty Ut Wh° m *° 8upport are Huf » a8 Interested and active In every 80,8 has finally been chosen as the have opportunity to shoat shout ' 'w Kood men in There tbp raeP Six convention« for Medford on movement for Its greater happiness j senior class play. done” once In a while. we shall have something to say later ;,nd worthwhileness The cast of ten characters has June 16,17, and 18 were announced • • • about some of them shall pro!) Uniting with the Baptist church been carefully selected to insure the today by the Jackson County Cham Now when they get that fence up ably be bum pickers, as usual ber of Commerce. when but a young girl, ltpr life has success of the comedy and the lawn finished, we rt,aM J 'h e organization« to hold their • • • been one of consistent Christian liv- Rehearsals will begin immediate heave a great sigh of relief and go We hear that the County Court is lng ly so that the play can be presented annual state meetings here are the bark to our muttons. W e will have having its troubles these days, trying Grand Army of the Republic, Ladtea Rev. Millard, an old friend of the •" the early part of May. of the Grand Army of the Republic, to search for new fields to conquer tn make head or tall out of the new family conducted the funeral ser- th • Women'« Relief Corps, Daugh and let the city dads alone fo r a* relief set-up It seems that they are Tire, which were Tuesday at i ' J" ‘ ' ,,lrtbd" ’ Mrs Ethel Fleischer, Mra. Ma ters of Union Veterans of the Clrll least a while. continually changing the rules and p m from the Perl funeral chapel • • • regulations and the poor, tired Court Interment was In the family plot Richardson. Mrs Evelyn Skyrman. War. Son* of Union Veterana of the Miss Ruth Schrelher and Miss Pas- Civil War and the auiillary of the It Is hard to ret up much enthus- can’t catch up. Che*r up. fellows. tn the Central Point cemetery terlno gathered at the horn» of Miss Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil iasm for beautification contest« with (It won t be long now. Only 2» week« ------------------------- Alice Anderson and mother, Mr». War «now dropping down our neck But till election, and If the L-ird is with Rub*- Mmothrrr.1 REDWOOD CITY, March 31.— Anderson. In honor of Miss Ander- While these six organizations are we shall get going soon and hop„ to us we'll put an eternal end to such Bertlyn Eugene. 33-day-old baby of roa'a birthday The honor guest re- affiliated, each holda Its own con pull off as successful an affair as we Junk, Mrs Edward Bellows, smothered to <’*‘ l'rpd many lovely g|fts and dainty vention. It was pointed out. They did last year. The first lady to re gister thia year Is Mrs Ira Love. Now that the flood situation is death in bed clothing of its crib. The r e fr e « h m e n t s w < t >- -■ r v . .| w<-re persuaded to hold their meet Mr. Fleischer and Mr. Richardson ing- her through the efforts of Cole who says she did not know anything “ well In hand” the President can body will be sent to the family horn“ r. : called for their wivis and got In on Holmes, chairman of the chamber's about It last year Our advice Is come bark from his fishing trip and at Centra) Point for funeral [*he eat» A ll report a lovely time. * unveutlou conmitua. " r a l the Amercan" regularly. ¿take the cred:' a. u . uj L ,• I !'’». Robert C liarle* I/ewkt, Pastor Phone BI. Bible School— A. W. Ayer«, Sup- rlntendent, 9:30 A. M. Morning Worship— 11:00 A. M. Y.P.8.C.E.— (two group«). 1:10 p. m. Evening Serriea— 7:30 p. m. Women’s Bible study classes Tues day afternoon from 2 to 3 o’clock 'u charge of Mrs. H. A. Davisson. FTom 3 to 4 o'clock In charge of Mrs. R. C. Lewis. er. 2:30 p m Tuesday. Tbe Fisherman's Club, Wednes day 6:00 p. m. The Family Gathering, Wednes day. 8:00 p. m. Choir Practice— Thursday. 7:3C p tn. Bible School, 10:00 A. M. Roland Hover, Supt. Aim 200 present for Easter. Comm inlon and Preaching 11:06 A. M. Subject "Does JeJsus Christ Still Meet the Needs of Today?” Senior Endeavor 7:00 P. M. J. Ed Vincent Director. Evangelistic Service 8:00 P. M. Subject "What Preceeded tbe Resur rection.” The choir and orchestra will -o- operate together In the music for this service. Junior End»avor, Thursday 4:00 P. M. Come let us get the Easter Spirit. We are inviting and praying for every member to be present on East er Sunday.