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THE
CEN TRAL
citizen« an obligation
P O IN T
in to
A M E R IC A N
K r -« iU b lt ib e d , Septem ber IS, 1924.
D evoted to the boat interests
of
Central Point and vicinity.
Kntered as second elass m atter a :
the post o ffic e , Central P oin t, Ore-
lo n , under tb e A ct o f March 8. 1879.
SU BSCRIPTIO N RA TES
Six M onths ................................. .. *1 00
One Year
...................... ........ $1.80
Payable in advance
A dvertisin g pates on application
O ffice— Second Street, o ff Main
A R T H U R E D W A R D PO W E LL
E ditor and P roprietor
EDITORIALS
LIG H TE D C IG A R E T T E — *7 0 .0 0 «
GONE
A short tim e ago, a careless O regon
m otorist tossed a lighted
cigarette
from bis car. An area o f 5.000 acres,
«•ov>red with good young tim ber, was
burned At the present average lum
ber p ric-, that means that 170,000
in pay rolls and supplies was lost
to the state. And. accordin g to a
conservation
au th ority, 'It would
really am ount to a loss o f well over
a m illion dollars in the future r e
sou rce o f the state” . Many decades
are required b efore a burned tree is
replaced and devastated land be
com es valuable again. Preventing
fire is said to be 75 per cent o f re
forestation And m ore than 90 per
cent o f all forest fires are man
made Inevery lum ber state, you can
see
thousands o f
ghostly acres,
covered with only blacken«! stumps
o f once great trees—grim m onu
ments to Ignorance and carelessness.
Kv*ry individual ow es his fellow
tbe
w oods, o r
when he go s
coun try.
That
f*
disch arged—
obligatiui
units have rarely succeeded.
necessary
for
It ap-
Barrels of Groceries Given Aw av Free
business
laying
to d o so may result in the loss of establish itself slow ly
on<-
m illions o f dollars, and the ruin o f »ton e at time. . .
irreplaceable natural beauties. T a k e
th*- utmost care
with sm okin g
"T h e
eviden ce
is
overw helm in g
ma- that the sm all business man has a
tera ils— and don 't throw m atches chance...
sn d butts, even though you think
T o say that opportu n ity no lon ger
th -y 'r e out, from your car W atcn
exists fo r the sm all retailer to grow
cam pfires like a hawk,and when you
and prosper, is to blind on eself ta
leave, saturate them w ithw aler, then:
the facts. D uring tbe depression,
bury with dirt. Obey the law— j
many a little store fou n ded on a
especially the local rulings that are!
shoe strin g m anaged to make both
put into e ffe ct during fire seasons
ends meet by servin g the pu blic
in areas « h e r e hazards are e s
honestly and w ell, and now is on
pecially great.
the road to expansion. A chain
R em em ber that forests are ou r
system that now has m any hundreds
heritage, and that it is up to us
o f ou tlets in tbe W estern section o f
w hethor we dixiip ate or conserve
the cou n try, w as started by a y ou n g
that m agnificent legacy
aisr. with on ly a m edium o f cap ita l,
who foresaw the pu blic dem and fo r
O PPO R TU N ITY FOR SM ALL
stores that would give the best pos
BUSINESS MAN
sible service at the low est possible
In a recent issue o f H arper's Mag- j
co9 f. The old adage. "G re a t oa k s
azine, John Allen Murphy w rites o n l
from little a corn s g r o w ." was never
"Can the Small Business S u r v iv e ? "
better ex em p lified than in retailing.
He covers business and industry j
T oday many a little retailer is
generally, and pays special attention j
18 hours a day,
with
to retailing, o? which he says: "W ith , w orking
in
the
back
o
f
his
scarcely an ezreptlon . retail es- » n ,blt,°u s plans
tabliahm ents o f the United States head fo r expansion o f business and
started hum bily. In most cases th„ j incom e— plans that w ill on e day
young storekeeper
was his own m ature and becom e realities. T od a y
buyer, clerk w indow washer, and the sm all businessm an w h o is awake
of
the
Janitor, at first. Moat o f the gigan to tbe needs and dem ands
tic chains w*-re form ed with one tim es, and isn't afraid o f w ork , has
htore, and there were lon g, hard an unparalleled op p ortu n ity to pro
gress and prosper.
USED L A W N M O W E R S
$1.50 to S3.50
New Lawnmowers—S6.50 to $10.00
R h on e
«SïMS B R O S.
¡¡fit
J
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A u to P ain tin
BODY
— << V Bartlett
23
49 c
Pot Roast
l 7 1/lC
Boiling Beef __________ 14 c
Salt Pork
»Shortening'
R eason able
49
Nob Hill
The fin e s t i|nality o b t a in a b le
w
2 lbs.
lb.
Not«* Tin*
lx»w Price
Post Toasties
Flour
S u n se t G o ld
Salad Dressing
Macaroni
Edwards
An excellent Vai unni |nn ked
C o ffe e
A ristocra t
q t.
S a la d
Serve
q t.
R ose City
C u rve Cut
FR U IT JARS
Pints, doz.
$ .73
Quarts, doz.
.89
Yz gallon, doz. 1.09
S lbs.
K K LLO G M
Wheat Flakes
W hine W heat
2 pk g s.
M axim um
T all Tins
Milk
«Salt
Pineapple
49
2 lb. can
40 lb. bag
KERR E C O N O M Y
tl f o r
L e s lie ,
Pints, doz.
S .87
Quarts, doz.
1.00
Yz gallon, doz. 1.35
2 lb . p k g .
Libby ’s
< ru sh e d
.Sweet Corn
Potatoes Locals
Waterme ns
Bananas R Fin ipe n
F E N D E R R E P A IR IN G A G LASS
Phone 1030
M edford, O regon
G r o u n d F re sh w h e n s o ld
N o. 2 ca n
KERR W ide Mouth
L ocal
Pints, doz.
$ .89
Quarts, doz.
1.04
Ÿz gallon, doz. 1.37
Phone 311
10 lbs. 1
JL Q c
\ 3-4c
lb. 1
FF r
lb.
9
Free Delivery
JELLY G L A SSE S
Yz Pint, doz.
43c
Prices for Aug. 7 and 9
Medford High School
Monday Night
HIGHW AY
CRUISERS
S ea ts o n
Sale at
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IlltO U V S , P I,on e lO I
VALENTINE'S CAFE
which are now operating
in thia tarritory
in^
Phone 270
Greyhound, the great leader, now
brings you its new Super-C oarh. the
moat m odem and luxurious w h o le
on American highways. New com
fort, new convenience and a com
plete new travel thnll are yours —
at no increase in rates. Low fares
to all points in the U . S.
Sewing Machines
\ a« il ti in Cleaner*
Singei
^
g
*
*
I ronces
W . H. K L A T T , Singer Distributor
2 2 S. G ra p e St.
Wint er ’ s Fue
M e ilfo n l
P h o n e TS2
1 0 :4 0 A. M. lan n l
11:01 P. M.
2 :1 0 p. M. l-oeal
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it
D a ily E xcept Su n.
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Until You Have Seen The New
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0 : 2 0 A. M.
1 3 :0 0 I*. M. laieal
3 : 1 3 P .M . la ica l. Daily Ex. Su n.
0 : 0 3 P. M.
0 : HI P . M.
1 1 :1 0 P . M.
ItOSS A lU tSS
P h o n e 3M
IHIU'JIMM.TL
Money Loaned
The BEST In Town
M ORTGAGE
1937 Spark Oil Heater
Plymouth Specials
9 :tti3 .o o
':td C o u p e , N on e R etter
'.HI lb -lu xe t o tlp e . L ik e N ew , R u m b le Seal
173.00
‘ O l Spei lai 2 -lb a ir A H o n e )
4 7 3 .0 0
'O I Ib-lux I ilo o r , Must III- Keen
3 2 3 .0 0
'Htl lb -lu x t ou|ie. Low M ill-age, 2 1 m o n th c o n tr a c t
0 3 0.00
Chevrolets
A l TttM, 1.1VESTIR K
M UNITI R E . Etc.
H e w ant t o s u p p ly y o u r M on ey
n eed « w ith ou t m l ta p e o r d e la y .
« 1^ 1
■ i ^ f c k
H E M S T IT t H I M ;
F r o m t U N T IL *I, P O IN T
M tltT H IU tl SI»----la -a tc
D u ll) E xcep t Hun.
M I n 4 ^ l l «t^ | il i i ^ k
Don’t Order Your
S old Ite n tiil a n d R e p a ir e d
Ç
H a s h in g M a ch in es
*
DAILY ICRVICI
-W IS H .
Airway
A R E B ETTER
P R IC E S F O R SAT. O N L Y
Wrestling'
p
C O FFEE
G o ld e n lla n ta n tloz.
!»•* pen da b le
it
Safeway Meats
FRESH FR U IT S & V E G E T A B L E S
SH U LTS BROTHERS
H .M A . M.
Watch For Pioneer Days’ Sale Soon
Plain o r Iodi/csl
the arrival of its
new
3 . 10S7
rond
»ggle*
failu re pears
but
TH U R SD A Y . A I C I W
PO IN T, OREGON
A M E R IC A N
drives th r o u g h , launched. Chains starting with many
tim bered
easily
P O IN T
’as
9 3 0 0 .0 0
M a ster 2 -d o o r lo u r in g Sed an
3 0 3 .0 0
'.Hit 2-<lnor T o w n S ed a n , best e v e r
Deisel oil is cheaper than wood when burned in a
♦
Spark Gives Both Circulating
And Radiant Heat
\
S P A R K -th e only heater designed to meet W E ST E R N
Others
Oil
Heater equipped with an H. C. Little Burner.
03.00
211 1 -d o o r New T ire s,
Spark
ING problems. Equipped with patented
SP A R K
HEAT
AIR - O- M IX
V-M C o u p e , try t o bent
132.00
'2 0 Ib -S id o , M o to r J u s t l tx< rtia n le il
burner which was designed and perfected especially for use with
W E STE R N OILS
g o o d Si-d an
$59.50 up
Look Them Over A t
Walter
W.
A bbey, Inc
Phone 303
123 S. Riverside
Carton Offer You
Mid-summer Special
in « ■ an hn«c your hens., painted, papt-issl or kills, mil mil
On n xery r«*»ixe,ib-nt
Payment Plan
That you lus« can't affonl to pass up. Call at our store and let us
explain how we ran ihi this for you.
N O C A R R Y I N G CM \ R G F S M A D E
222 M
s ix t h Nt.
Terms To Suit Your Purse
P hone 3 7 0
N O W ON D IS P L A Y
People's Electric
Store
Phone 252
214 W . Main