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About The Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1936-195? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1936)
T H U R SD A Y , n KPTKMHKK lo, IM S central One that caused a lot of Washing- I ton discussion broke down last fiscal I year s receipts and expenditures. It | showed this: W a s h in g to n S n a p Shots Total tax collections by the Bu From now until November 3 the reau of Internal Revenue for the heavy »m o k e screen o f politics will fiscal year ended June 3u amounted to $3.448 .0 00 . 0 0 0 Thus the federai hover a b ov e 127.000,000 Americans government spent »0 per cent of Much that affects all % f these per last year's internal revenue taxes on sons will be done from a political relief viewpoint. Behind almost every pub- That left practically nothing for lie statement that is made, the poli ordinary operations o f the govern tical sharpshooters will peer for a ment machinery. political ghost. The result was that the federal A few m ore days aud the counting debt grew by an amount almost ex o? ballots to determ ine who shall actly equal to relief expenditures. Another interesting fact develop govern Am erica during the com in g weather” few years will begin. Maine goes to ed in one o f these “ hot the polls September 15 to elect a stories is that the average cost of Governor, Senator and Members 0 f I federal relief for every person in the Congress, in addition to oth er state i t o u n ,r y w as $24.75. That is not hove offices. And the saying is that " a s m u c *) w*s spent for each person on Maine goes so goes the nation." This relief, but the average cost per c ’ tl like many axioms, is not entirely xen. In other words, each man. wn- true but it is true that Maine n n y , man al,d ,h ild ,n the ,a,ld- <»> the and often does definitely indicate a | average. contributed *24.75 for re trend tow ard the fhial result in No lief last year. T h e cost to individual citizens— vember. Some political observers have delved back into history and some o f whom paid special state re found that while it is not strictly lief taxes and some of whom did not in low. t< accurate to say that Maine definitely — ranged from t i t . 95 forecasts the November result al $97.32 in Nevada. po in t Am our an central PAON TH UNK p o in t , orkgon The 20 counties on the h onor list boy and girl winning in each of j Deschutes aud Marlon each contrl-| Clackamas, Clatsop, these clu b districts will be brought buted three to the death score Co- are: Benton, to Portland, all expenses paid, as lumbia. Hood River, and Umatilla Coos. C rook , Curry, Douglas, Gllll* Josephine, guests o f T h e First Natioual for a had tw o each, and one fatality o<- ant, Harney, Jefferson , Lake. Laue, Morrow, three-day visit at the Liv estock In cured in Baker. Grant. Jackson. Lin- Klamath, The I'nited Slates t'lvil Service ternational. c oin , Linn, Polk, Wasco, and W ash Sherman. Union, W a llow a. Wheeler. Commission has announced open H. C. Seymour, state clu b direc ington, brin ging the total tor the aud Yamhill. competitive examination as follow s: tor. is w ork in g out details f o r a slute to 32 deaths Director o f education. $6,500 a com petition in which one boy C rook was the on ly county o f the and year. Bureau o f Indian Affair*. one girl will be selected In this | state to report no accidents during j Aeronautical engineers, various j county for their outstandin g leader j the entire month. Car crashes result grades, $2.600 to $4,600 a year ship and achievement in clu b activi e d in 729 Injuries in July and 3.033 • Agricultural aids, various grades. ties. accidents were recorded $1,260 to $2,000 a year, Soli Con-1 Also Ladies Clothes servatlon Service. Made to Order Public health nursing consultant«, j various grades, $2.600 to $4,600 a I year, and public health nursing as-1 Made istant. $2.000 a year. Full in form ation may be obtain ed I from the Secretary o f the I’ nited States Civil Service Board of Kxam- Tw enty counties of the state scor iners at the post o f f ic e or c u s to m house in any city which has a post i ed perfect records in July with no Measure offic e o f the first or secon d class, or j fatalities from au tom obile accidents from the United States Civil Service reports Earl Snell, secretary o f state | Fou r o f these counties. Crook. G i l l i - ' 128 E. Main St., upstairs, Commission, Washin gton. D. C. Medford am. Sherman, and W allow a showed * ' y i • -. • a clean slate with no listing of in- i Juries resulting from similar causes The tabulation has Just been c o m pleted from accident records suppli ed by coun ty sheriffs and city police officers. 6 Fatalities num bered fou r in Mult Completo C on fection ery C om posi Malheur, and Tillam ook T w o 4-H Club mem bers in lack- nomah, month, while son County will be given an o p p o r counties during the tions, Dinner A Party Special-. tunity to attend the Pacific Interna our Specialty tional this fall as guests o f The First Civil Service Exams To Fill Vacancies j J HUBER, the Tailor 20 Counties Free O f Motor Deaths 31 North Fir LEIN Says Secretary FOR Medford * To iLOTHES, THE SAFE WAY Two 4-H Members Guests of Bank ways, it is true that whenever there One reporter got curious about is a lop-sided vote one way or the assertions that the existing federal other, the nation usually follows debt would be retired by children preset tax In addition to the Maine elections and grandchildren o f National Bank o f Portland, a c c o r d the wave o f straw votes is begtn- payer.* Here Is what he found. n ing s Dbspite those who s co 'f at The post-war federal debt reached | ing to an announcemen t made pub these, most people who know t h e i r ' Its high of $25,234,000.000 in 1919. | lic this week by Eugene Thorndik e. politics watch these indicators In- By 1930, it hud been cut down *n Manager o f the M edford Brunch of the Portland bank. tently. This writer recalls one cabin- *16,185.0 00.0 00. That was a redo The First National Is sp onsoring c ent o f f ic e r in the Hoover Adm inis- Hon o f $8 22 .6 36,0 00 each year. in Portland The present federai debt Is 4-H Club com petition tration who stated the day after the T illa If times and in Multnomah, Clatsop. election that although up to the fi around *35 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 0 Coos, Klamath. Wheeler. nal mom ent he was publicly pr edic again became as g oo 1 as they were mook. W ashin gton, Sherman, Morrow. Ma ting réélection for Mr Hoover, he on the average from 1919 to 1930 Lake. | had realized from the Literary 1)1- when the United States experienced rion, Jackson, Linn, W asco. gest poll that defeat was inevitable the greatest prosperity of its history Umatilla, Union, W a llow a Malheur and when taxes were rolling in fast Deschutes and Gilliam Counties. T h e ! The usual summer news lull in er than ever before— it would tak ei W ashin gton has stimualted the w o r 41 years t,o pay the existing federal ries of som e about debts and deficits debt. W hen news get slack, energetic newspapermen become analytical. They write what are called "h o t weather sto rie s"— stories that might he passed up when Congress is in A special edition of three ropb'* session but which, nevertheless, are was put out recently by the Pitts true. burg. i K an.) Sun. contradic ting the usually accepted story that newspa per men have no sentiment. All because o f the illness of the society reporter, then on her death G E N E R A L AUTO R E P A IR IN G bed. The regular edition told of the V a lves, Berrings, Rings, Brakes helpless condition o f Miss Flo rence Battery & Bletrical W o r k ten et Have Free Check-Up o f your car. MacLean. for 19 years a writer ‘ or 202 N. Riverside Tel. 1200 the Sun, who had failed to rally af- d U. S. Army Horso Show Team j ter an operation. Unexpectedly, that I morning, she Improved and called PORTLAND ORCGO N i for the Sun. DANCE W IT H DYNGK Realizing the effects that mu-t At the 19 S h o w « In O n « - 11 aero» und*r on* | follow her Inspection of the story root Exhibit* of pur* br*d Liveitock Dog* Poultry P*t Stock W ild Uf*. la nd | about her on page 1, the Sun force Product* Manutdcturoa Product* 4 M I hastily substituted a story emphasiz E V E R Y SA T U R D A Y NIGHT CI u d ana Smith-Hugn** Vocational Edu ing her improvement and printed the I cation W orn also Hors* Show ndoor Two O n h w tn u [special edition o f three ropies. The Rodeo and U S.*rm > Hors* Show l* am . Old Tim e anti M odem revised story was read by Miss Mr.-- LARGE PREM IUM LISTS ONE ¿ADMISSION | Lean a few hours before she died R ED UC ED FA E j T - O J J i S U H l M edford. Oregon i American Press. No Sentiment? The Crest Attend Show as Typewriters S T A T IO N E R Y S a les -------- October 3 fo 10 SU PPLIES R e n ta ls U fi N. Central — W H Y NOT SA V E 5 0 % ON YOUR BE AU TY W O R K ? He|uiir> Phone 282 llVrnmn.nl DON'T W A I T UNTIL TH E RAINY SEASON TO H A V E TH \T N E W C A R TO P PUT ON. 1 0(1 W aves S . Finger W ave w et, dry, . [ Sh am poo | lint o i l Siiaoi|M>o 'H air cut ! Marcel ilAc —>. »()«• 25c '2.-..> [Manicure ¡¡>V<! [Scalp Treatm ent .10« 'C o m b W ave 2.V 'F acials «*■ i Ey ebrow A rch liV ¡ * 1 « Perm anent fo r $:t.()o All work supervised by three instructors Medford School of Beauty Culture See BURK EXFOSlVr* , KORSE SHOW ' 'k&DSO 236 S. Central Medford livestock A rt’s Auto Shop Phone 528 J. It. R IE R M A Ph one 44 8 or rail at 314 E. Mal.i Medford, For In form ation. 419>* E. Main P h one 84 Enroll now for Sept. Classes FOR CALIFORNIA Next time you take a trip, try the train! You'll speed over the safest, smoothest highway yet i n v e n t e d - steel rails. You'll enjoy new luxuries, too. All cars on our trains to California are tompletelyair-eondiliomed.' TRAVEL COSTS DOWN Thrifty people declare our rail fares, at Ic a mile and lest, today’s best travel buy — and Pullman rates are lower than formerly. ECONOMY MEALS Coffee, milk, sandwiches and a variety o f similar items are V and 10c in coaches and tourist cars. Dining car meals arc low in cost, also. S o u th e rn P a c if ic See your local S.P. agent or w. ite J A. O R M A N D Y . Gen P a - m g e r A g en t. 705 Pacific Building, Portland, O r e g o n . W ILL H. W IL S O N ’S Store for Men A U T O LOANS BEK C'OMMKRCIAJi FINANCE CORPORATION Medford, Oregon Open Ev eu ings 32 N. Frout Oriental Gardens j H. C. HIGH / Successor to V O L N E Y D IX O N Pe/ifleet! Western Distributor For Page Fence For Quick I ether Anything in line o f fencing or the Clear 124 N. Riverside Phone 26S M edford, Oregon Pacific In te rn a tio n a l H o ld s Stage Oct. 3 -1 0 FLAHARTY R E A L T Y CO. 15 N. Fir Ph one 151 Real Estate Insurance M edford. Oregon The West's great yearly exposition ami entertainment fea ture is readv for the curtain to roll up (f Pacific International L lv e -'o e k Exposition opens in Port land. October 3rd and continues until O ctober lo t h , inclusive' Featured in this 2«th rnnsernUve event are 19 great shows in one including exhibits of the w orld 's finest dairy and beet cattle, sheep, hogs, horse«, poultrv and pet stock, dogs, land products, dairy product*, fish and game, 4-H Club w ork , wool and mohair, industrial products, and flowers $j W ild, n n tl.'v hoi e s fr • 1 rh< • ::•■» and sleek, perfectly groom ed purebred* from the show rings will both be seen in th"» Roden and Horse Show, which are parked this year with new fe.itnres and thrills, in cluding fam >u* U. S. Army Horae Show riding and ju m p in g team n We -iigg<- : t ha * ;t v - i this - ' ' a t show i both an « du ration and an entertainment n ea t ‘ or every mem ber o f the fa mily. 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