C E N TR A L PO INT
PACK TW O
AMERICAN
CENTRAL
1037
Put too, has left the old home shop to for the home town and for any pro
nam. owner and publisher of the take better paid work in the city. ject designed to better it as a good
Medford Evening Tribune aud th® At present an older son, Kenneth, place in which to live. It has also
two papers were consolidated us the who had learned a good deal about been a consistent booster for the
aud Jackson
Medford Mail Tribune
For a time printing in the state school for the Rogue River valley
It played its part in the
Mr Powell served as foreman o? the deal, has joined the American staff county.
the Jackson
County
newspaper and then took over the and is buying a financial interest iu forming of
pressroom, where he operated the the paper. Also, Stanley Jones, a Chamber of Commerce out of the
larg* web press for many years.
member of the junior class in the old Medford chamber and Mr. Powell
Although much of his work about local high school, is putting in his is at present representing the city of
newspaper shops has been of a spare time as printer’s devil for thJ Central Point on the board of direc
tors of that organization.
mechanical nature, Mr Powell has American.
Morning Mail to Mr.
THE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER a i.
CE N TK A L POLTT. OREGON
POINT
A M E R IC A N
George
We shall not try to give the en- Burgdoff and J. C. Drennen o f Med-
Re-established, September 13, 1923. (
Mr. Burgdoff was an ex-
Devoted to the best Interests o t tire history ot the founding of a j ford.
I newspaper in Central Point called perienced newspaper man who had
Central Point and vicinity.
far as we were been serving as managing editor of
Entered as second class matter at the American.
the post office. Central Point, Ore- ablfe t o , i ‘ nd out thi»
**aPer wmt the Medford Daily News under the
gon. under the Act of March 8, 1871). 1 moved to Ashland somewhere in the ownership of Lewellyn A. Bank. Mr.
early '20’s and later sold to the Drennan was an expert linotype
SUBSCRIPTION RATE8
1 Ashland Daily Tidings, which closed operator who had been employed b y .
The paper has always been Repu
Last, by no means least, comes
Six Months ............................. 11.00 it out. In 1928 J. B. Sheley, at the Daily News up to the time Mr. a- “ « > « <•<>"’* * '>« " f reporting and
blican in its politics, having at one
One Year .................. ........... $1.60 that time a real estate dealer in this Banks decided to go -open shop" at one time operated a newspaper of the mainstay of the whole concern.
the Assistant Editor, Assistant Business time been the only Die-hard Repu
city, purchased an old printing plant and locked out all union printers 1 his own in Sundance. Y\ yo. At
Payable in advance
the ownership
| tim e h came to Central Point, Mr. Manager, Reporter, Advertising and blican newspaper in the county, it
formerly owned by the Jacksonville It was during
Advertising rates on application
has always endeavored to
publish
Post which wag stored in Jackson Messrs. Burgdorff and Drennen that I Powell was in poor health having C ircu la tio n Manager, Housekeeper,
Office— Second Street, o ff Main
clean, newsy items concerning the
Chief
Cook,
etc.,
etc.
(ad-lib)
the
present
owner
appeared
on
thel-it**1
arisen
lrom
a
sick
be
.
n
ville and re-established the Central
gcene
j spite of this handicap he and his Virginia Ellen Powell, but for whom community and its people and to be
Point American.
ARTH U R EDW ARD PO W ELL
Owing
to
inexperience
In
the
'
lamily. for he has had the good the paper would long since passed worthy of the support of all honc-
Editor and Proprietor
!
Mr. Sheley operated the newspa
loving peopls.
per for about a year, when he sold handling of a country newspaper fortune to have had the assistance into the limbo of forgotten things.
Ever
since
coming
to
this
city,
Mrs.
and
the
type
of
machinery
In
such
I
of
several
members
of
his
family
the business to Ellis C. Galt, who
continued to operate it with more or an office, Mr. Drennen called e n s u rin g the time he has operated the Powell has thrown herself heart and
less success until
October,
1931, [Arthur E. Powell, who
had also American, have run the paper and soul into the work of building up
Safe Insurance at a Saving
when he leased the business to S. O. J been employed by the Daily News at job shop continuously ever since the paper and it is largely through
----------------------.-------------------------- j the time of the lock-out, to assist and Mr. Powell has regained his her efforts that the paper now en
Oregon Mutual Fire
OUR SIXTH ANNIVERSARY'
First his youngest son, joys its present success.
him in getting out the paper. After health.
With this issue we start our childhood had been almost perfect, | two weeks Mr. Drennen decided that Harry, came from high school to
Insurance Co.
At the time Mr. and Mrs. Powell
to look
as
seventh year in Central Point. Dur tailed, and it began
| he was not cut out for a country assist his father and learn the trade. took over the paper there were only
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ing this time we have seen the town though we had come to the end of j printer and turned his share of the After working here for several years, about 250 names on the subscription
our
rope.
LE
LA
N D C LA R K , Agent
change from one end to the other.
lease over to Mr. Powell and left Harry left to take a position with lists, and only a few of these had
10 North Rartlett St.
Then came a chance to come to
the
Medford
News
as
linotype
opera
Many business concerns which did
for parts unknown.
Mr. Burgdori’f
really ordered the paper or were
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Phone 140(1
business here when we first entered this town to take an interest in the and Mr. Powell continued to operate tor and pressman.
paying cash for it. Now the list has
At
the newspaper game in thiB city have publishing of The American.
See
us
for
Fire
Insurance
After his son left the shop, Mr. g rown until we are printing today
the plant during the fall of
1931.
folded up their tents and silently once the whole picture changed. We In November, however, Mr. Burg- , Powell's youngest daughter.
Doro- an average c f nearly 1200 papers a
on Hay & Grain
stolen away. Others have moved in- m°ved to Central Point and threw dorff, whose health was failing, de- thy, decided she, too, would learn wee|(
The p0|jCy 0( the paper has
to new quarters.
Many new faces, ourselves heart and soul into the af-
[cided he had better quit also, so he the trade. She put In all the houi s I always been to print all the local
are to be seen on our streets these fairs of the town. It ’s hard to tear turned the entire lease over to Mr. she could spare from her work in
news possible, to boost constantly
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up
by
the
roots
the
associations
of
days.
Powell, who has by the grace of the local high school, where she
a
quarter
of
a
century
and
re-esta
But with all the changes the old
A. N. JOHNSON, M. D., D. N. B.
God and the Continental Congress graduated with the class of ’ 35. She,
town has continued to be a fine blish one’s self in new environment. continued to print the paper as best
Physician and Surgeon
place in which to live.
Although But in coming to this town we have he could.
Dr. A . R. Hedges
A deal for the purchase
(Successor
to Dr. B. C. Wilson)
there are many more people here found the change was well worth the of the paper was closed in 1932.
Naturopathic and Chiropractic
Eads
Transfer
&
effort.
For
six
long
years
we
have
210 Medford Bldg.
Medford
now than in 1931 the quality o f our
Physician
Arthur Edward Powell, present
Acute and Chronic Diseases
Storage
citizenship continues to be of a high sat at this desk and watched the editor and manager of the American
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standard. There seems to be some world go by. We have seen our has had a long and varied experience
Long distance hauling
tology X-Ray
thing about our quiet village which town change In many ways; we have in newspaper work.
fuel oil
DANCE W IT H DYNGE
Starting his
Phone 170 Medford 128 E. Main
seen
old
faces
disappear
and
new
attracts the best among the new
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25 S. H r, Med.
At the
apprenticeship on the Little
Falls
comers lo the valley. And of course onea take their places. And in our Transcript in 1892 at Little Falls,
humble way we have tried t° be dt
we are proud of that fact.
Oriental Gardens
Minnesota, Mr. Powell worked at
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And as this paper haa taken its some worthwhile use to our adopted the trade o ff and on all over the •: >:
E V E R Y SATU R D AY NIGHT
Dr. I. H. Gove
part in the community life of the town.
Midwest. He moved with his family { T R O W B R I D G Eg
Two Orchestras
So
today
as
we
come
to
the
end
of
town for the past six years, so we
to Medford, Oregon, in 1908, where
DENTISTRY’
Old
Time and Modern
hope it will continue to be found in [these six years we feel the effort he obtained work for A. S. Bllton
Cabinet W orks
>;
very
worthwhile.
We
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ADMISSION
the forefront in the labor of build has been
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Medford
Hldg.
on the Medford Morning Mail.
In
Everything in Cabinet Work *
Medford, Oregon
ing up a bigger and better town. have come to love the old town and the fall of 1909 Mr. Bliton sold the
Medford. Oregon
They have
We, the Powells, are proud of the Its gracious people.
♦
Established ln IDO«
,
been
very
good
to
us
and
we have
Î
I
record our little paper has made in
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these six years. We are not asham enjoyed every moment of the time.
And
now
as
we
start
on
another
ed of the stand we have taken on
community problems. We have en year we do so with hearts full of
3 Nights a W eek
deavored to play fair in our Judg gratitude that our lot has fallen in
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ments on these problems and to use such environment and among such
M edford Arm ory.
at the factory
wliat small influence we might have a people. We are very grateful for
And
save
at
least
30%
FRIDAY’, MAT. A SUN. NIGHTS
for the betterment of the city. And all the kindness that have been
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as we have labored in the past for shown to us and for the support
Saturday and Sunday Afternoons.
the good of the town, so we shall that has been given us in our ef
2-yr, 13-Plate Buttery
forts
to
give
to
our
town
a
news
Follow the Crowds for a good time and roll on Chicago skates,
continue to do all that we may to
$4.75
advance the interests of Central paper of which no one need be
LARGE FLOOR
Rebuilts— $250 and up
Point, Jackson county and the Rogue ashamed. Of course we have made
A R T KHINKIN’ O, H o o r Manager
mistakes— what human ever
lived
D. H. Findley, M . D.
Rlvor valley.
Severin Electric
who did not— but we today pledge
PH YSIC IA N * SURGEON
1303 X, Riverside
Medford
ourselves to continue our efforts to
MIX LONG YEARS
New Suite of Offices
Six long years!
What changes build up our town and to do what
301 Fluhrer Bldg.
we ran for the benefit and glory of
even os short a period of time fan
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our
glorious
Southern
Oregon.
bring into our lives. How little we
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know or can guess w-hat we will be
doing six years
from
now.
We
C. I. DRUMMOND, M, D.
think sometimes we are settled for
SANDWICHES— COFFEE— CONFECTIONERY’— COLD
Dr. Geo. S. Jennings
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life. Our work goes on from day to
H
DRINKS— C H IL I— SOUPS— TRAY SERVICE
Physician and Surgeon
Osteopath and Optometrist
day In the same old way and we
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Glasses Fitted
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Medford
seem to have fallen into our stride
General Practice, including Ob-
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which is to cary us on through the
stttries and Proctology
years. Then along comes some un
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expected event which changes the
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vacuum Cleaners
whole picture.
A U TO LOANS
Sold Rented and Repaired
Six and one-half years ago this
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Washing Machines
writer seemed to be settled down in
Ekerson
as. a - .
ironers
Chester L. Myers
COM M ERCIAL FIN AN C E
his Job as pressman and master me
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chanic for the Medford Daily News.
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We lived In our old home in west-
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22 S. Grape St.
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Medford where we had lived fori
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malty years and so far as Centrtl
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Point was concerned we were as ig
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norant as could he. We only knew of
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the place us one of the places we had I
painlessly by the latest and most
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Improved methods. ..17 years ex
passed through many times on fish-j
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pedience. ..Ore. License No. ’M I.
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Free Service
ing and hunting trips. Then came
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Calif. License No. 34)20.
the blow-up. Our Job took unto it
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self wings; our health, which since |
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12« Medford Bldg.
411 E. Main
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in G O O D
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New and Used Bicycles
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BICYCLES
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Rebuilt Tract ors, l'arm Im plé
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At Rargain Priées
Call and sec what we hâve
or Phone 20«
R< KtUK RIVER VALLEY
TR A C TO R
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l'IP L K M E N T
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CO.
PERL’S
Funeral Home
Established In yonr community
25 years
Phone 47
42« W. flth St.
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Medford
• Dr. C. W . Lemery
( Successor to Dr. J. J. Emmens)
204 Medford Bldg.
1 Tact Ice lim ited to eye, ear, eoac,
and throat and O tting o f glasses,
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M edford Arm ory
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Seats on Sale at
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V A LE N T IN E ’S CA FE
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Correct Dress Opens the
way to Greater Success
In business eontaeu and socially. Yau’ll never be ashamed
of your appearance if you wear
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Because they «re made for you personally— in correct stvle— to fit—
from distinctive fahrias in good taste
Kvery detail spdls qualify
and beara the refined appearance of the well dressed man
Price« are so moderate . . . . forlntritudcaHy good values
wearing perms re in shapeliness -»ass and comfort.
A Few t acallr'l for Salt, sad Overcoat* at Bargain l*rtoe«.
Now time to order your new suit.