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T H I IH U A y , DECEMBER 0 , Ji>87
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were weak in organUalion and all
they accomplished m.ght have been
lost had it nut been for the contri
bution of the Romans.
Where the
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Greeks were weak the Romans were
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strong. They amalgamated the an
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cient world into an empire with com
Fia-e^tu bllbh«d. September 13, 192-:
• y POiSCM S 6ATTMO My HEART TO T h CORE-,
mon customs, language, dress, man
Devoted to the beat Interests of
p My SOOL PEELS AS IP f t HAD D llP ^
ners, and religion.
The Homans
Central Point and vicinity.
gave us law and government. The
CHORUS
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Justinian code became the model for
Entered as second class matter a:
all later jurisprudence.
£tJT I'M -tfîOO&ISJÉ» AL OHO WITH T his lilt OP a S0HÇ
the post office. Central Point, Ore
Under the early Roman emperors
f To T he little OL' POOQHOUSE -iHATS WHERE 1 BEL 0 N 6 !
gon, under the Act of March 8 , 1871).
the Christians were persecuted and
scorned, exerting little
influence
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
but, possessed of a spark
which
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could not be extinguished, they
bound themselves together into a
One Tear .............. ................ $1.80
nucleus which later expanded to be
Payable In advance
come the most powerful Influence
Advertising rates on application
ever known. Under one of the last
Office— Second Street, o ff Main
of the great emperors. Constantine,
the Christian faith was recognised
and in a short time became the reli
ARTHUR EDWARD PO W ELL
gion of the empire. It is told that
Editor and Proprietor
on the way to battle
Constantine
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saw the sign of the cross in the sky
and heard these words "B y this sign
shall ye conquer". He was victorious
and immediately accepted Christian
ity. His conversion meant the con
version of the empire and in a few
1 burn »lien 1 see somebody driving manship enough to take our medicine
SIMPLE FACTS
years we find the church highly or
i car down our street faster than he in the name of a good cause.
"Taxes, when thought out In
ganized w-ith the pope at the head
hould.
At the present rate, according to
and officers of the church becoming
Yet, i ‘d burn if I were doing the estimates made by The Travelers
things and {faults, mean an abstrac
more
powerful
than
the
head
of
the
■tine
thing
and
a
cop
caught
me
and
tion of a part of the annual product
Insurance Company, one out of every
empire. Constantine also establish
tave me a ticket.
three children faces the P R O B A B IL
for government purposes, and can
ed a capital at the ancient city of
But I oughtn’t to.
I T Y of death or maiming from motor
not mean anything else. Whatever
Byzatium changing its name to
I ought to remember that my little accidents in the course of a lifetime.
Constantinople.
As
time
passed
this
Hildegarde
crosses
that
atreet
several
form they take In their Imposition
So what we need is more tickets,
imes a day and playa on the other
eastern capital became a rival of
they must be borne by the consumer,
■ide, and that traffic regulation and not fewer tickets. And no " F I X
Rome and this rivalry weakened the
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that is, mainly by the working-men __ _______________________________________________________________________ _____ empire.
nforcement are for her protection.
I like the spirit of thai wife of a
I
ought
for
her
sake,
to
be
to
loyal
and fighting-men of the community.
, Then came the barbarian Invasion
o traffic regulations that I would feel New York magistrate who some time
It is well that they should have this duce anything, uobody would buy boys won after playing a tie off, from the north, the Goths and Huns
ago appeared in traffic court and paid
;ood about getting a ticket.
fact brought home to them, and not anything and everybody would quit ! with the score of 26 to 24. The Sams and other savage tribes swarmed
There is always injustice in any a fine.
too much disguised by the form in 1 t-aliug. That would be inconvenient. Valley Warriors will compete with down over. the KPma.n, ?I? pirL weak'
icket WE get for a traffic violation.
I think some types of patriotism
1
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ened as it was by division find by
Let's just have sense enough or sense and public spirit are apt to be the
which th<‘ tax s are imposed. *
The organizations responsible tor Butte Falls this Friday at Butte the excesse 3 of prosperity
Thus be-
of humor enough to remember that bunk, but I believe we should all lean
Thus wrote the late and great lib - 1 boosting product costs in one in- Kails.
This is to be their
first gan that period in history known as
our own ticket is invariably going to over backwards to take what's com
eral Supreme Court Justice, Oliver ] dustry must not complain if prices 1 scheduled game.
j the Dark Ages. For ten or eleven
seers enitic»
and let’s have sports ing to us for traffic rule violations
Wenddl Holmes. In these days when rise in the markets lor products o i 1 We were all sorry to hear of the centuries these hardy
but savage
hordes from the north held posses-
This was con- In ° ther words it was the first con
there is so much concern about rls- many industries. They all are tied second sick spell in two weeks of sion.
They
were converted
to not through works.
ing prices and talk about monopolies, together by economic laws
J. L. Rowe.
¡Christianity, they intermarried and trary to the established doctrine of ception of education for the masses.
and profits and whatnot, it is welll
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(T o Be Continued)
The regular Grange session met mingled with the Greeks and Ro- the church. It would have received
little attention had it not conflicted
to remember the economic fart I
W H AT'S AHEAD
Saturdav night with much discussion ® ans and through this leavening with a little private graft practiced
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, there emerged a people superior in
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which he so simply stated.
j Records of the United States Pa- of , whether
to have the usual Christ- mogt wayg to all that had lived be- by most of he priests. This was th^
For about seven years now, the j tenl o ffice in Washington reveals mas tree. It was decided to pay the fore
This invading hords had no sale of ‘ ‘ indulgences.’’ This, briefly
A. N. JOHNSON, M. D., D. N. B
federal government has been borrow-¡that the number of patents
issued money in the building fund instead,
respect or appreciation
for
the explained, meant that if you had
Physician and Surgeon
Ing money. The only way it can yearly * steadily increasing.
This]
The Ladles’ Club met Thursday: finner arts, for literature, for any sinned you might obtain forgiveness
by some good
works. The good
(Successor to Dr. B. C. W ilson)
raise money to pay back what it bor- has been particularly true in
recent | at the home of Mrs Bill Straus. A
m^gtH h a v V 'b e e '^ lo tt^ ii^ fo r works preferred by the priests was
rowed Is through taxes.
And as yearg ag new industrial research la- business meeting was held with dis- one ¡nfiuence, that of Christianity. a donation of money to the church.
210 Medford Bldg.
Medford
Justice Holmes said, it makes no boratories have been developed and cussion of the Bazaar and about lum- In the monasteries and
in the Thus you could continue to sin as
difference whether your tax Is levied the search for new living conven- her for the floor of the stage. Then churches much that was good was much as you wished so long as your
1 Shower wm riven
Mrs
Lewis Preserved and when the world final- good works were sufficient to offset
n dlsfrulied form, it »till must be iences has been stimulated,
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,ly emerged from the dark ages pro- the sins. Such a procedure seemed
paid by the consumer.
The question brought to mind is: Dusenberry. Delicious refreshments j g regg found its greatest help in this to Martin Luther to be contrary to
If the tax Is levied directly. It what social effects will come from were served after the meeting.
the scriptures. He taught that sal
| one source.
becomes a direct payment to the go- inventions in future years, consider-
A new Farm-All Case tractor was)
Next comes the awakening— the vation came only through faith an-’
vernment. If it Is levied Indirectly, ¡ng the changes resulting from past purchased by Nelse Oden last week Rennalissance— the revival oi leam- faith was possible only if you n* ’
it becomes a part
of the price of industrla 1 inventions, such as the
Lloyd Dusenberry who was em inr. This is an age of exploratiofi tood the scriptures. H° further
and discovery.
The thirteenth and
what the consumer buys. No matter telephone, the automobile, the air- ployed at Copco in California re
fourteenth century finds the world "lared his belief that the chur h h
*-nw von state it;
no matter how pjane_ (he motion picture, rayon and turned home Mondnay evening.
expanding as the adventurous take but one head which was , Tes-
m»nv if«, *nds and huts you a d d .^ h e radio? Those six major indus-
This conflicted
with
th
Steve Wilson, brother John, who to the sea. It is also an age of men Christ.
tal discovery and expansion.
Old
t ' o matter how you storm and rant tries were developed during the first
ommon teaching of the church that
was up from Sacramento, and Bill documents are brought to light and
about It, the facts are still the sam-- third of the current century.
Bishop of Table Rock left Monday studied.
The first
universities or the pope was the head. Essentially
-government debts are paid
by
Scientists say we have Just begun for San Francisco where Steve is centers of learning are established. Luther would substitute
the
au
taxes, and taxes are paid by the to “ scratch the surface” in the mat
trucking livestock. They will leave At Florence, Paris, Oxford, Vienna, thority of the Bible for the authority
gweat of every man’s brow
and Seville, the
learned
scholars of the church. The significance of
ter of new industrial fields. Imagine, John Wilson In Sacramento.
gather.
this to education is tremendous for
then, the future standards of ljving
Perhaps the one thing that gave
ECONOMIC LAW CONFLICT
as they will be enhanced by another
greatest impetus to the expansion of it meant that all people needed to
Homer Martin, president of the half-dozen new industries and the Interesting Address
learning was the discovery of a way be able to read the scriptures and
United Automobile Workers’ Union, thousands of new jobs that will be
to
make paper. This came in 1276 to be sufficiently intelligent to parti
On Education Is
advises all the members of his or created— within the very near fu
and in 1475 the printing press was cipate In the services of the church
ganization to refuse to buy mea’ ture!
Given by Principal invented and soon nearly every city
of any size had somewhere in it a
He tells them this will bring meat
(Follow ing is the full text of an printing press of sort».
prices down.
Edward
A
O'Neil,
Now we will introduce a charac
address delivered
by Prof. H. I*.
SAM S V A L L E Y
president of the American
Farm
Jewett at a recent meeting of the ter whose influence on modern edu ¿ T R O W B R I D G E :
Bureau Federation, wires asking
cation was indirect but of far greater
NOTES
Masonic Lodge here.
So many ex significance than usually realized.
Martin, ‘‘ Is this an invitation for
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pressions of commendation
have In 1517 Martin Luther broke away
American farmers to take similar
It seems the sunshine was too
fro mthe established church begin
j
been
heard
regarding
this
interest-
Everything la Czbtaet Work !*•
action against products produced by good to last! However there is one I ,
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, , mg address that The American pre- ning that period sometimes referred
UFO union labor?’ ’
BatnbHahed to 1000
the
Reformation.
Martin
thing about the frost and cold we
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The next thing to
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vailed upon Mr. Jewett to allow us Luther was a priest, and a teacher
After a while the truth may dawn appreciated that
he$ng the disap -1
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of theology. His study of the scrip
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on organizers that striking to put I pearnce of the house flies which is I
pnn
n
tures lead him to believe that salva
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v-n-os— snd
therefore prices— up a worry to every housewife,
Here
is a pattern to mark every
THK DEVEI-OPMKNT OF OUR
tion came about through faith and
important date on your personal
and striking to bring price* down,
The high school boys’ basketball
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
ralendar—birthday, wedding anni
heads toward
an economic break-
team played Gold Hill', In the Gold j The story of * ducat,0„ is essentl-
versary, Christmas. Like all Gorham
down In which no body would
pro- Hill gymnasium, Friday night. The
ally a phase of the history of civili
Silverplate, Remembnnre pattern
Fur* W anted
RADIO & ELECTRIC
will look well and serve you well
sation. W e have come a long way
REPAIRING
through a life-time. Let us show
from
those
ancient
days
when
Charges Reasonable
it to you.
■’ might made night’ ’ and children
We hare large orders for
were of little or
no
importance,
SIMON’S RADIO A
26 Pc. Service fo r ....... $35.00
treated as chattels to bo bought or
ELECTRIC SHOP
MINK, MUSKRAT and SKUNK
34 Pc. Service for ....... $46.00
21» N Riverside
Medford
sold at the whim of the elders,— to
58 Pc. Service for ....... $71.32
the present time when the welfare
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of our youth is considered of su
Edgar Johnson
Theiits or Tucknway Roll Free
preme importance and one of the
first duties of the state.
At Peerless Market
Inasmuch as the development of
formal education parallels the pro
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Dr. I. H. Gove
gress of civilization I shall take a
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few moments to trace the signifi
cant steps in this progress. Our
DBNTIMTRT
present day civilization
may
be
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Medford R id«
traced to three main sources, name
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ly: the Greeks, the Romans, and the
3 N ight* a W eek
influence of Christianity. From the
Greeks came the idea of personal
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freedom and Initiative, the individ
ual was of first importance in the
Steven**
Shoe
Shop
FRIDAY.
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A
SUN. NIGHTS
Greek state; the Greeks gave us a
philosophy of life, they gave us art
Expert Shoe
Saturday and Sunday Afternoons.
and appreciation of the beautiful,
and a literature
But the Greeks
Repairing
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Medford
LARGE FLOOR
Aero»« from Roxy
THE C EN T H A L
POINT
THE
POCKETBOOK'S
LAMENT
1-MiNUTE SAFETY TALKS
A M E R IC A N
\f)U w ere ¿join#
Vèune
too f e t and
Officer;
I’m dad
gotta
5iveyou
to be
arrested
ticket
EDITORIALS
f a k e — and Like— Your Medicine
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I
Lawrence’s
Skating
ART RETVKING, Floor Manager
FARM FRESH
Farm er* Attention!
Rebuilt Tree tors, Farm Imple
menta A Machinery of all kind«.
At Rargnin Price«
"T'O M E on in. the water's line." Bath-
ing In Japan la on a different plane
from ours, as these two American gentle
men can tell you. Tubs are perpendicu
lar there. Instead of horizontal, and you
atand in the water up to your neck. But
we shouldn't laugh at this somewhat
primitive scene, according to Consum
ers Information, which points out that
only a hundred years ago. there were
only 1,500 bathtubs in the United States,
all of them In Philadelphia, where they
had a elty water system and taxed each
tub $3 00. President Fillmore Installed
the first tub in the White House in 1850.
Advertising of the advantages of con
venient and sanitary bathing started 31
years later, has continued increasingly
ever since, and has made the United
States the cleanest nation on earth. Even
the most advanced European nations are
far behind us in this respect, and the pos
session of a bathtub in most countries is 1 ,
a sign not only of opulence, but ostenta
tion. The United States is among the few
countries generally educated to the
knowledge that health and cleanliness
go together.
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Sold Rented and R epaired
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