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About The Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1936-195? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1937)
C S3IT M 1 PO IN T THE CENTRAL POINT A M E R IC A N lU lK sL ) VV, 4 KBKl .VRÏ lit, 1IMT OLEIUC.V.X CkNTR.il. POINT, ORGfiON sections of tht country, the reports show. Central Point ia leading the coun Oregon, for purposes of the na ty conference and has won eve»y tional water resources study, has game It has played so far. been divided roughly into seven re Gertrude Moore attended a party gions, some of wbich also include at the Christian Church in Medford j parts of Washington, California. j Friday evening. Idaho and Nevada. Theae are desi Barbara Kohler, Margaret Dow. gnated as W illamette-Columbia j Letha Hesselgrave. Everett Atkins. west of the Cascades, Middle Colum t and Norma Holland went riding bia. Oregon Pacific, North Paclfte- j near Jacksonville Sunday afternoon. Kamath. North Minor Great basin, Erma and Arline Thompson bi Snake river, and Sacramento river, cycled near Medford Sunday after- i Central Point la located in the Ore ■ noon. gon Pacific basin. June Furry, Dorothy and Donald Priority in the Oregon Pacific { Smith went skiing on the Syskious Basin is allotted to the Roeeburg Sunday. sewage disposal plant, for which Adalene (.'assman, N'elda Ayers, PWA plans have already been Wanda Faye Cassman and Max ne drawn, at a cost of $85,500. Second Ayars hiked near Bear Creek brldg- j place Is accorded the line tunnel at Sunday afternoon. Talent City to prevent cave-in, to Dorothy Gentry visited Marjorie cost $10,000. A permanent diver Dodson Sunday morning. sion dam In the Bear Creek district Mr. March who was back at school ¡on the Rogue river valley, to cost last week suffered a relapse of the , $25,000 Is placed third. Extension flu and is now confined to his home. of the south Jetty In the Umpqua Jack Rank gave a three-act play ! river, a project estimated at $900,- last Thursday afternoon In which he. j (»00 is listed next. Construction of himself acted the parts of all the a pumping plant and reservlor, at a characters. It was a part of the Na coat of $129.090, at Toledo, is In tional Assemblies program. cluded next. A total of 17 projects is listed for this area. Each basin report gives a wealth of data on the region it covers, in cluding population, need for the pro for jects. aDd definite data should pro HAMBURGERS jects be included immediately. Hot Coffee— Sandwiches Many o f the projects have already Î25 N. Riverside Medford been suggested In previous planning board reports, and others will fur-1 ther described In reports now under way, planning board officials state. High School Notes dupication. Congress can have tJ excuse for failure to adopt at on ce a reorganization plan each as the President recently proponed. NATCTUC POOlJi THK **BXPERTH" The danger of plans, however well meant, that would artificially curb basic crop production to a substan tial degree, are found in the current 1 wheat outlook Best estimates show 1 that the world crop this year will be almost dangerously small. And much | SLTBSCRIPTION RATES Six M on th s----------------- -------- * l ou of our wheat acreage In America j One Tear — ----- -------------- ----- 11-50 has been deliberately removed from | Payable In advance service. Nature frustrated the plans of the j Advertising sates on application Office- Second Street, off Main crop expert»— aa she often will. It l a becoming Increasingly ap- j ARTHUR EDWARD POWELL parent that movements and policies Editor and Proprietor that really and permanently help j agriculture— to say nothing of the public at larrge— stem less from go- | vernment f3rm programs than from , the farmers themselves. While TWENTY BUFEAI'M FOR ONE JOB r e lie f program, hav- chan*- Ad and officeholder» hare come and In a pie. for re o rg a n iz a tio n ^ ! | ^ ^ ^ m (W . consolidation of Federal ’ ment to improve production and dis- Senator Byrd of Virgginia, recently trlbution methods, has been going pointed out some astonishing in ahead, and each year has witnessed stances of duplication and overlap new achievements. Such coopera ping. tives have a permanent, non-politi- For example, at least 24 agenctea c*i program based on sound, proven have been created to deal with lend- . principles, as contrasted with go ing government fund., and em m en tal programs which are ne tnllar agenclea are now In liquids-1 cessarily transitory, and are usually censing of persons whose presence at to produce voles is a matter for con tlon. infested with politic». the wheel of a car would constitute jecture. At least 3 agencies have been con a menace to life, property end It is safe to say that when the po cerned with insuring deposits and health. These include persons un licy has been continued long enough DIUVEUM' LICENSING loans. der the legal age limit, habitual to reveal Its vicious characteristics RESTRICTIONS VITAL At least 10 agencies have been drunkards, narcotic addicts, the It will go "out the window” as have It is widely believed among safety concerned with government con congenitally reckless and incompe all other radical schemes tending to authorities that passage of the stan struction. tent, etc. restrict individual freedom. dard drivers’ licensing law by all of At leaat 9 agencies have been con Today many states have no pro A policy of persecution of groups the 48 states fa an essential step in cerned with credit and finance At leaat 12 agencies have been j solving our automobile death and ac- vision whatsoever for examlng dri will Inevltablly spread until It hits vers. Other states have outmoded every Individual. Exorbitant "class" concerned with home and communi- j cident totl or Ineffective restrictions. In these taxes on business will be of neceststy States which have adopted the law ty planning. states thousands of men and women passed on to the consumer In the agencies have been find that it Is definitely in the In At least 16 entitletj to drive cars, who ! form of higher prices. concerned with vil d life comserva- ] terest of public safety and better “ re are mentally and physically lncap-' Confiscatory gift and Inheritance driving. tlon. So It goes, down a long list. Every! The law is not designed to ma- able of operating the machines safe taxes will deprive the public of for That is largely tunes left by their owners for edu ooe of the purposes for which these terlally lessen the number of per- ly and prudently cation, medical research, museums, agenoles have been created may be sons operating cars— it Is designed J’e8P°l>*4ibl® for the automobile’s The following items were writ beneflcal and legitimate— but cer- to force them, if need be, to become j,iorT**>le annual harvest of 36,000 public parks and Innumerable other ten by pupils in the first grade lives. services essential to a cultured so talnly there can be no excuse for ■ reasonably competent and careful. of the Central Point school as ciety. setting up 20 bureaus to do one Under the terms of the law appli part of their regular school work HISTORY MUST NOT Wealth persecution kills the in bureau's Job. Nor can there be any cants are given an examination fb for the purpose of increasing REPEAT HERE centive of the Individual to forge excuse for permitting bureaus to traffic rules and a driving test. If their voeabolaries. They will ap grow unchecked and to eat ap tax they fail the first time they n.a) I The theme song of the average ahead on his own Initiative with the pear each week: funds In unimaginable quantities take the examination again later, j politician, whether he be a minor; hope of personal gain. History shows Senator Byrd also points out that Ultimately, only a small percentage city or state official, or a congreaa- that every country that curtailed Jr Wednesday, February 17, 1937 one bureau has 13 addresses in of drivers fall to earn licenses— and man at Washington, usually runs to I restricted the free play of ambition Mr. March is not back yet. Washington alone all licensed drivers are more capable the tune of ' soaking the rich and and enterprise of the Individual soon We hope he comes back soon. reached a point of national stagna Untold millions of public dollars pilots of automobiles. big business." How long this popu- We will write him a letter. tion. are tn-n—n away annually through But the Jaw does prevent the l i - lar but fallacious tune will continue Tomororw Is Roily's birthday. History is repeating Itself with He will be six years old. many of onr European neighbors Phoebe has the pink eye. but it must not be allowed to do so She has to stay at home. In this country \ angle, Donald and Jackie have By E. F. (Woodie) Woodman I new shoes. Re-established. September 13. 1928. Devoted to the beat internet» of Central Point and vicinity. Entered aa eecond class matter a. the poet office. Central Point, Ore gon, tinder the Act of March 8. 1879. EDITORIALS BERTIE’S PLACF Four Photos— Photos for fun— for remem brance— for letters 4 for a dime in 4 minutes 107 E. Main St. First Grade New* J So Help Me, It’s True Oregon Expected to Receive Big Share Public Work Cash Great Bridge Below Sea Level Another surprising secret of the ages, this massive rock •rch «as recently discovered In famous Death Valley by Harry P. Gower. It »pan» »pans a dee>p unnamed canyon. Near Bad Water. 280 feet below sea , ’•«$ b«low lerel, the mighty natural bridge 1« Itaelf minus elevation. Many motorists are now visiting the apot. Bigger Than Pyramids of Egypt Pyramid of the Sun. shown below, was the an cient temple of pre-hi»torlc p>-c;de, In the Valley of Mexico. More than tv • ., r 1 a half city blocks wide (761 feetl and 216 8 f t high. It is bigger than som» of F.gvpt's c ie .ved pyramid» The top. where congregatine v. i r. ped the Sun, is 59 by 105 feet. Queer Bini Rivals Airplane Flying 100 to 400 miles a day . . . and flying more than 3.000 miles In 12 dnys Is credited to the Albatroae. rarely seen In nay bat Southern cens. Such Is the Information supplied operators of General Petroleum marine stations. The why of the bird’s fame for long flights Is 1 > »••n In Its tremendous wing spread. When actual distribution of fund.» to carry out President Roosevelt's $5,000,000,000 public works pro gram gets under way. Oregon is ex pected to receive several million dol lars for development of Its water re sources, and the section of the state In which Central Point Is located contains a number of proposed pro jects, reports now on file at the Ore gon state planning board office show. Planning board staff mem bers and experts on committees com pleted in time for Inclusion In the president’s program a thorough sur- \ vey of all projects in all drainage basins of the state, i Under the direction of V. B Stan- i bery. planning consultant and exe- ! cutlve secretary of the board, and C. A- Mockmore, Corvallis, the board staff has been quietly working for several months, gathering all avail able data, carefully weighing the worth of each project, and setting up. not only an Immediate program, but an outline o f future development for many years to come. More than 120 projects for the state are listed In the findings, and should only those deemed of Imme diate Importance be completed, the state will be able to take of the thousands of new settlers who are expected to come here from other S T A T IO N E R Y No, This Isn't Mae It’s Martha Wentworth of Mobllgss radio fame She's to riaver at make-up and volee Imitation that It's difficult to tell the dif ference Often she has Im perito!) B led Miss West be fore the microphone eo perfectly that thou.« ande thought the ce leb ra ted screen actress was doing tbe talking »■>«»» n X .H U H II J lt T J I I This strange-appearlng tower Is the derrick of the world's first producing oil well. De velopment of the petroleum Industry dates bark from a» , “ Drake's Folly ', so called because most loiks thought .«*#»*> S. Drake foolish to dig for F "flowing gold ’. He } ,|1 struck oil at 69 feet. * 4 Y? but ft took him 15 months. This was 78 years ago. Today wells are drilled more than two miles deep in a few weeks, to produce crudes f petroleum products From Drake's r flowed a reorganised rivtltsation and a dus' r v , 0 industry ape tortee. and farms are absolutely Holes — SU P P L IE S Rent al s — 116 N. Central R ep a ir. Phone 281 Sun.-Mon. “ Texas Rangers” Fred Mac Murray-Jean Parker Tue.-Wed. BOBBY BREEN in Lets Sing Again” Wed. Nile to Cash Vite Thors., Fri. WARNER OLAND Repairing At Depression 16 S. Central Prices Medford C. Earl Bradfish “ Chas. Chan At Race Track” Lawnmower Service SÏMS BROS. Phone 21 it 23 N. 4Tr SAFEWAY WE PAY CASH FOR EGGS. A complete lilts- o f Hodgen- llrewster Feed will ho featured In our new Contra! Point Store. FRUITS & Lettuce = sa. 1 3 C Avocados HODGE N-BREWSTEK Laywcll Egg l*rodurer l¡»% Protoli) t'wt. *2.05 ffC each H O IH .E N -B R E W H TE R 31 D airy Food « HO lb. sk. 10e , Sugar JftC F in e g r a n u la tis i. t J I O Ih e HI .30 HODGEN-BRENVSTER Non-Scouring Calf Meal 23 lb. sk. *1.23 Cocoa Herehey's ..... ~ . . . «i ib. •) QUALITY MEAT Picnic* 0 /5 C Boned A T ied OFFICIA 1. WACO AND CTNKMANN MAONKTO “ Fugitive Sheriff” Episode S "Darkest Africa” EXPERT R. niKRMA Typewriters Sat. Only KEN MAYNARD In WATCH and JEWELRY Purex # » . ROXY **-*• 20« Pork Chops |h. g"C each ^ NOTICE! If )on would like expert in formation on «he caro and feed ing of Poultry just leave yonr name and address at onr stove In Central Point. The Hodgen- Brewster Poultry Expert will rail at >oar homo and give you this information. Helen and Herr!»». O m U i MAONKTO REPAIR HKRVKTC ( » « s i s e New factory I “arts r ’ 'obiloll and other i. atom enterprise" 13 billion dollar In * I plane*, fue- dependent. DAWSON’S 44 N Front Ht Pboae 361 Medford, C 4 oa Cottage Cheese This Servire is absolutely Free to yon. Price* Effective Feb. 20 and 22 at Central Point Store