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CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN VOLUME X C E N TR A L POINT, OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH :l, I» ;« * ■« By an Innocent Bystander G. M. BREWER, 56, COPCO PRESIDENT, GULLED Of DEATH Copco Head Die» Iu the words ui the poet, (or somebody), "we told you so". W have a strong recollection of saying in this column that when the tint'1 came for the collection of the new water rates in this man's town there Chauneey Marble Urewer, 66, was going to be a holler. And to president of The California Oregon hear the remarks of our citizens who Power company, died at 12:30 p.m at this time are compelled to pay Wednesday at his residence at 1811 $1.50 a month for the same old mini West Main street, in Medford, after mum of 400 cubic feet of water, iu- a lingering illness. stead of the old price of $1.00, is a At his bedside were his wife, his first-class lesson in the intricasies son, Chauneey M. Jr., and his of modern profanity. daughter, Barbara Ann. • « • Mr. Brewer was born at Marshall. The consensus of opinion seems to Mich., August 5, 1881. He received be that if the rate just had to be his education in the public schools raised, the minimum should have there, the Michigan State Military been raised at the same time. It academy and the University of Mich appears that there are a lot of folks igan. in this town who regularly paid un He started his career in the public der the old rate from $1.05 to $1.20 utilities field prior to 1909, with the for their water during the winter; .Commonwealth Power Company at months. Which means that they re- Jackgoni Mich. ln 1909 he transfer. gularly used from 3500 to 5000 gal- reJ ,Q (he Mu>k Gas and Blet. Ions per month. Now for that amount , r|c c aud m o he be- of water they have to pay from came sales manager of the Northern $1.55 to $1.70 per month. And are States Power company in Minnesota. they tickled? You may have one, In 1911 he accepted a position as guess. And mind you, it's the same manager of the Northern Idaho and old lime-saturated water, too. Montana Power company, where he Local Miss Pointers Win Over In Symphony At Portlana Lapine 26 to 15 to M 'M IIE It 21 On the front page of the News| Telegram for February 28 appears the picture of the Portland Sym phony Orchestra which with a chorus of 200 voices is rehearsing for its last appearance. Reach Semi-Finals Central Point high school entered the semi final by the virtue of a 26-15 victory over Lapine . « r u r r” X :irL ° :* ,-L T |^h .ch ooi, . t the s . o . n . s . » » « « ¿ ¿ ¿ ' ¿ s s t : chorus group. We, of central Chiloquin crushed Eagle Point by the score r , o f_42 ‘°. ?8 to enter the ««»¡• fin a l event tomor- row night. Central Point High school will play the win ner of Merrill and W ilbur game and Chiloquin will meet winner of Coos River and Keno game. C. M. Brewer no acquaintance or pull of any kind, made good in this organization. Conductor William Van Hoogstra- ten is shown in the picture leading the group. This will be the last ap pearance of the orchestra in Port land for an indefinite time as the present plans call for its discontin uance. The Portland symphony has been giving concerts for the past 27 years. P. N. G. Club Meets Rig W ind Does ^ A t Purkeypile Home Much Dam age to W ires and W indows Tin' P.N.O. club met at the home Ashland Tournament Gets Under W a y Winners This A .M . Getting off to a slow start the Pointers eked out a narrow victory over a hard fighting team from Douglas county by a score of 30 to 26. Accurate shooting by Murray. Camas Valley forward kept his team in the lead the first quarter. The Pointers pulled up and lead 18 to 17 at half time and from then on kept a small lead to the finish Pointers (3 0) Camas Valley (26) Scott (2 ) Meyers (9 ) F Murray (14) Webster (ji) F Johnson (8 ) P. O’Connor (10) C Lockwood (4 ) B. O’Connor (3 ) Q Stanley Copinger ( 4 ) G Kelly The tournament this year will be iu two divisions— the championship division and the "President s Cup” division Central Point, Jackson county champs, will enter the cham pionship division made up of the 16 strongest teams in the district. The tournament this year Is ex clusively for clasg “ B’ ’ high schools. The winner of the "championship division" will be eligible to represeut the district in state tournament at 8sl m with the goal of State ” B” League Championship and a possible State High School Championship. No team will have to play more than four games during the 3-day tournament. Trophies will be awarded for first, second, third, fourth and fifth places in the championship division. FIRST BRACKET Central Point 30, Camas Valley 26; Lapine 24, Bandon 19; Wilbur 33, Prospect 25; Paisley 13, Merrill 23. SECOND BRACKET Chiloquin 42, Kerby 26; Eagle Point 26, Riddle 21; Coos River 27, Rogue River 15; Keno 30, Langlois •',rs- C. Purkeypile Tuesday Mar. 12 . | remained for one year before mov- * " ¡t h the following members pre- Did March come iu like a lion? And it’s our guess that the city : ing to Richmond, Cal., where he 8en,: Mrs. C. Merritt, Mrs. E. V in- W e’ll say she did, and she has been isn't going to pay off an awful lot was manager of , the Western ’ , . rent Mrs T *• Pankev Vlrs E m Karra States n a , growling ever since with several Many Die in Floods of bonds with the income they get Gas and . , A Buckles Hender- Electric company .. from Mrs. 1 ^ DUl*ies, Mrs « A nemiei roars thrown in. Tuesday night from the new ordinance regarding son, Mrs. H. Copinger, Mrs. Nellie 1912 to 1919 March 1 shortly after midnight she In Southern Calif. the payment of the minimum w a W : fn Jftn ‘ 1919> he wag oml_ S.mmonds, Mrs Mary Richardson .......... a announced her presence with a wind rate in the case of business build- ^ vlce. president and general mana. and Emma Gleason: two visitors. “of ^ hurrlcane.' Durlng occupied by more th&n one con- _ , .. . Vfrs S r r&h Vincent hik ! \lrs Moore Latest reports from the flood dis Jn n . u a « of the States P° W6r ’ b* r brlaf » ‘ «X baa la"Kled tele- cern, While the U language the or- or * Br ° f lhB trict show that there are 66 known company, living In Albany, Ore., aud also little Carol. phone and electric light wires, dinance is somewhat ambiguous in in 1931 he was elected president of! Delicious refreshments were serv- blown in many deads with over 100 persons un windows, among this particular Item, we understand the company. He served in that ca- bX tbe hostess Mrs. Purkeypile. accounted for. Communication with them being one at the grammar that It is not supposed to apply to pacity until December, 1937, when *be n‘ xt » ^ e lln g will be April 5 school, which fortunately hurt no Los Angeles is still cut off, the only apartmen s n Pr va e ° UilP8' he resigned to devote ail his time to tbo LO.O.F. hall. A no hostess one contact with the outside being short A window at the E. C. Faber as It happens that there are at this wave radio and plane. There is one the California Oregon Power com- Party- home was blown out. The wood shed time very few buildings along our landing field that is not under water. pany. at the Faber woodyard was blown main street housing more than one The sky is clearing though and it is His first position with Copco was down, the big sign on the roof of the P. T. A . N O T E S concern, the outlook for much in expected that the water will abate that of vice-president and general Nip & Sip was blown over and hit come from this source appears from rapidly. manager in 1929, when he and his On account of the basketball the chimney cutting the brick off this neck of the woods rather slim. family first made their home in Med tournament being held this week at the roof, making a terrific noise In fact, we believe that only one ford. In 1931, he was elected presi end, the next meeting of C. P. P.- which made Mrs. Moore think that Fascinating card . game Cgoaa building along the streetx.is so oc dent, a position he held until his T.A., which, will be a Dad’s Night the entire building was coniing Word Lexical! 50<* at stone's Drug cupied. As this shop has gone ‘ ‘ dry’’. death. Store, program, has been postponed until down. This was eaily Tuesday morn- It appears to be up to Messrs. Stone, The body will lie in state at the Friday March 11 at 7:30 p.m. ing about one o’clock Hatfield and the Safeway to carry Perl Funeral Home from 4 p.m. un- Professor H. P. Jewett will pre- j --------- ------------- -- If you desire information rela the ball. til 9 o’clock tomorrow morning sent an educational feature in mo*i C i v i l W » r S n l r i i * » r • • • tive to good exclusive territory for Anyone wishing may call at the par-.tion pictures. Kawleigh Salesmen please consult As you will note in the paragraph lore during these hours. j Mrs. Prentiss and her accordian Edw. Jon>‘s or phone 611, Central Heeds Last Call above, this print shop is listed as a Funeral services will be conducted I band from Medford has promised to Point. ’ dry" concern. Someway, we just couldn’t see ourselves paying about a‘ ' be Sa<rf <| H' art Cathollc church furnish some delightful music The fast-thinuing ranks of living at 10: 00 o'clock tomorrow (Friday)'! A brief business session will pre The Kebekah Lodge met Wednes 6f a gallon for water with which to Civil War veterans were further de morning. Interment will be in the cede the entertainment, day evening with a good attendance. wash our hands a few times a day. so Siskiyou Memorial Park. | Plans are being made for recrea- creased this week with the passing Prof. Hoskins to Stage After the business session, a social ive had the water shut off- So if we of Harry C. Applegate, a lieutenant ------------------------- ition and refreshments to round out hour was enjoyed, dainty refresh get too «‘ dirty’’ in our fight for a Electric Wonders ments in the northern army, who died ut an enjoyable evening. were served. better water system, you will know G R AN G E NOTES the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ed The Modern Wonders o f Electric where the blame lies. But, as the Mr. Ap A P.T.A. executive meeting will ward White, in Medford. Mr. Ernie Case, wife, son and ity will be presented by Prof. Hos March 4th is next regular meet -1 feller said, “ It's a long worm that be held March 9 in the afternoon at plegate was 95 years old at the kins, assisted by his technical staff, daughter, arrived Monday from Me- | iug date of the Central Point Grange, has no turnin'.” time of his death and had been ill the E. C. Faber home. in the high school auditorium, March dino, Ohio, for an extended visit • • • The Lecturer J. E. Vincent has ar- for some time. 10 at 3:00 P. M. Among many the with Mr. Case’s brother, C. F. Case, The waters in the political pud- ranged an interesting program con- Christian Science funeral services "Reminiscence” a playlet seen at and his sisters, you of Central Point, dle ln this county have begun to Mating of the following numbers: a Central Point P.T.A. meeting re>!»'er® held at the Perl funeral home demonstrations will be, Light Mrs. Theodore Glass of this city und can hear, Sound you can see, Thun stir. Several candidates for office! The Grange paper edited by Edythe cently was presented by the same Wednesday afternoon, with Inter dering heart beats, and Electrical Mrs. Buy Schuman of Eureka, Calif. have already filed for various of- Bohnert, Piano duet by Lola Black- cast at Oak Grove P.T.A. February ment in th Medford I.O.O F. ceme Eye. Ten cents admission will be Mr. Case i8 a former resident here fices and others are expected to file ford and Freda Young, reading by 25 for their Founder’s Day program. tery. The American Legion had charged at the door. and we will have an Interesting story within the next day or two. There Mrs. Paul Martin, surprise number charge of the service« at the grave, of his trip from the East in a house are one state senator, two repre- by the Lecturer and a few minutes An interview with Mrs. Arlie with members of that organization trailer next week. sentatives in the legislature, one of recreation led by the recreation A firing Thompson in charge of hot lunches acting as pallbearers. county commissioner, a sheriff, jus- [ leaders, disclosed these facts: because so few , squad from Company A, 186th Infan- tice of the peace and constable to are availing themselves of the pri- trtry, gave the soldier s final salute The second play in the contest to be elected locally. It is doubtful if Every man shluld keep a fair-sized be presented by the group "Married vilege or a hot dish at noon. This | at the graveside. Senator Dunn, who is recognized as Mr. Applegate is survived by one cemetery in which to bury the faults less than 15 years” is to be presented project is no longer self supporting. CHURCH OF CIUUHT March 19th. Edythe Bohnert, the j but, in view of the fact that there daughter and one son, both of Med of his friends.— Henry Ward Beech Clifton A. Phillips, lature, will have any opposition ford. and by four grandchildren and er. director, has selected a very fine will probably be more cold weather Pastor For the lower, again this > -ar r ur me io w .. | entlt)ed Earjy ohios & Rhode «nd some need the hot dish so much two great-grandchildren. Bible School 10:00 A.M. Roland A group of boys debating as to house, only one candidate. Wm. Me- Redjs.„ most of the teachers think it should The death of Mr. Applegate de Allister, Republican, has so far d - --------- be contlnu„ d t„ ey ahould know and creases to five the living veterans of which would be most worth while— Hover, Supt. Communion and Preaching 11:00 finitely thrown his hat in the ring. The cast is a popular one in Cen- the ,eacherg ar<, a vitai part 0f the the Civil war in Jackson county. He to save Roger’s foot or the chair? A.M. Subject “ The Gospel On The Wm. Perry, of Eagle Point, is In | tral Point circles. Those taking part p >j* ^ was the last of Medford residents Special music: Duet by Everett Faber wondering why Street.” the race for county commissioner. ,,re Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Foley, Mr _ _ _ __________ who saw service in the war between Marshall was so anxious that he go Mr. Darby and Mrs. Eide. W. W. Allen of Medford, msv file and Mrs. John Blackford and Mrs. *** r i f l f ! r v i • the states. Christian Endeavor 6:30 P. M. to Albany to attend the tournament, for this office. ¡Faye U e S l C n 111 aye Ritzsinger. The Grange is until it dawned on him that ther< Classes for all ages, Carl Hover, fortunat« to have this play. The j Used Car Drive River Pilot Ponders was to be a tournament in Ashland Director. director and the cast on the same Study Continued of Evangelistic Service 7:30 P. M. soon. Running For Office Theory of Evolution program and one of the best enter 46,000 used car dealers In every We continue the study of "T h e tainments ever presented iu the part of the United States are uniting Walter Abbey demonstrating to a Theory of Evolution and Its Rela Church of God continues the study Central Point hall, is expected. ¡this coming week. March 6 to 12, A S T O R I A — C a p ta in Clarence carpenter on South Central Monday tion to Education, The Church and of the theory of evolution. Since a in the Nalional Used Car Week. K Ash, Columbia river bar pilot, A dance will follow the play with morning that he could saw a board World Problems." See notice of this mere Hypothesis (wild guess) has They are backed by the National As sail yesterday he was “ considering" straight, while the c. stood by and service elsewhere in this issue of shaken th*1 world and affected th' Frank Hammond in charge. The sociation of Automobile Manufactur filing for state representative to whistled. American. ChuVch, the School the Home and ,hlrd and P,aJ. * » » * b>' th ers. This drive is made to relieve succeed Walter Norbiad, who said he They held a meet- IIS . „ Prayer and Bible Study Wednes the Nation, it is time for us to be unmarried group. . ... . , the industry of the burden of used would not seek re-election. Rev Phillips saying that the type day 7:30 P.M. Devotional Leader, thinking about it. Superstition and ing Wednesday night , and . selected ears that it is now carrying. There A Republican, Ash may oppose writer doesn’t spell any better than Laurabelle Caldwell, and cast. ... . and Study ignorance swept Europe off its feels their play director _______ will be some wonderful bargains of- Irving Allen, Seaside city attroney, he does. Leader, Scott Darby. in the Dark Ages and r* lies of it are .j.^, shrub and plant sale planned fered ln used cars that should not who has announced bis candidacy. still in the world today. It was bjr Ways and Means committee be overlooked by anyone who is Mrs. Lindley has bounght herself Mr. Ash is a cousin of city treasur THE FEDERATED CHURCH nothing in itself but since believed w|]j j,e hPjd March 18th And ail contemplating the buying of a used er Edward Jones. Mr. Ash's mother bicycle. Rev. R. C. Lewi», Pmrtor. it surely affected the whole course mHlnher9 ar» asked to bring all they car. and Mr. Jones' mother were sisters Phone SI of humanity Evolution was re- f>|| gpare to th|g meeUng. A1 1 --------------------- We found someone in Medford Sunday School 9:30 A M. hashed in a joke by Darwin in 1895 p)antg and shrubs must be labeled Mr. W G Trill. Medford attorney, The Civic Club enjoyed a very reading the Central Point "Aston- Worship 11.00 A.M and to his consternation it swept Any f urtj,er Information can be se- is leaving this week for Portland pleasant meeting at the Library Isher", as he called It. A.M the world off Its feet, was the most eored f roni Mr. E. Brainard, Mr. | where he will go thru the clinic, Wednesday afternoon. Refreshmenta Junior and Senior League 6:30 potential force producing the World Fr>nk Hammond, Paul Smith, Mrs Ask Mr. Gifford what the March were served by Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Mrs. Minnick received a letter P.M. War and has wrough havoc to morals W a m ,n Patterson or Mrs O C I lion did for him _______ Evening Services 7:10 P. M. from her son Herbert Crowder say Duncan. in home, church and school. We are Maust. ing that be was at the Post hospital W N. Basham of Oakland, Calif. I Wednesday was the last rash Wednesday Evening Prayer 7:10 giving nevt Sunday evening to a in Vancouver and had just had a will represent the W. J. Rawlelgh night at the M*dford theatres. Dls-JP M. _____ careful study of this foolishness In C. L. Wilson received the sad wisdom tooth taken out which ne Co at a dlstriet sales meeting which j'rlct Attorney Newman declaring Tuesday afternoon Bible Study the light of Biblical Revealtion news of th* death of his brother cessitated having his jaw cut open, will be held at the Edw. .lonea home «hem Illegal. ; 2:30 P.M. Service opens at 7:30 P M. Ardli tsmes Wilson in Parson, Kansas. sad would be there until they took evening March ------------ ADD TO FEDERATED CHURCH— Hansen will read a selection for Mc- - . Mr. Bendlckson asking Mr Wilsy Mrs. Bfssle Williams will be host- This is the third Mrs Ward Davis arriv'd last out the atichea Guffey's Third Reader and the choir Mr* J. Fry who has been very!about fixing a sh 'lf and being told ess to th' Beresn class st the home will bring a special chorus You night for a visit with her mother time he has beep In the hospital Floyd Lefler Thursday will enjoy this service. Come’.— C'- Mrs. Mary Richardson and brother ¡since he enlisted which baa been less noorly ail winter Is able to be out, to just bold It that way would be ! <>f Mrs. limY tb'fa fTn'4 a'aathk'r ' ' bV VWt * i f fd to It. Mxr:T> 10, l i l t . "»anfoYd RfchiYJscn s'ni fsirfilr A. Pbi'.lfp* pastor. j (SIfp (EljurrljpB So what? - Saturday «bin a ydv. 5th | i k