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CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN, CENTRAL POINT. OREGON
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September
II,
1118
Entered m »»cunJ class matter at
the post office. Central Point, Ore
gon, under the Act of March 8, 1878
Published weekly at Central Point
Jackin County, Oregon and devoted
to the best interests of the city and
vicinity.
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Office—Second Street, off Main
ARTHUR EDWARD POWELL
Editor and Proprietor
South America As
Seen by Local Lady
Mrs. Mildred Swain 1s writing io
her mother, Mrs. E. E. Scott, from
South America, where she Is with her
husband, who Is employed by tho
government rubber research.
Continued from last week
Joe was pretty rushed at the office
and began to wonder if we would got
out on the Wednesday plane or not
but nevertheless made reservation«.
Tuesday, the next day, Joe worked
long and hard until 8 I’M that night
to finish his work and so we were all
for our return flight at dawn Wed
nesday morning—darn it, just when
I was having so much fun.
permanent they refused to wash It and sisters, Mrs Nellie Greaser ani
and said it must rem .an as it was Mrs. Ray Arthur (not Arthurs).
tor at least three days. They had
added a dark thick oil or some kin 1
Mr. Munn of the Central Point shoe
i whl< h remlned me of syrup and pin shop, 1» ill with bronchitis.
ned my hair—helter-skelter. up in
i top of my head In front and let It fly
Mr. and Mr». Dock Houston from
in the back. I nearly fainted when Pondcso, Calif., old friend» of Ruth
, I looked at my brown hair all «tuck and Maud Helfrish, have bou hg t
together In strings with this "syrup." property on the Hamri.k road.'
The curl was _ prety
_ <-ood
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but ____
the
Mr. J. C. Jones is building a barn
color! ! ! Mill they wouldn't wash !t
but finally said if 1 retui ned the next for Fred Hale.
day they would wash it and not wait
the three day«. At long last I’eg anl
Mr. C. A. Siebrecht item California
I departed “as i»" for the Hotel, has bought the Bill Wright ranch.
When we arrived I Jumped out cf
the car and ran up the stairs of the
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Schuman of
hotel for I wouldn't remain In the Eureka, are visiting Mrs. Schuman •>
lobby long enough to wait for the sL-ter, Mrs. Fred Hesselgrave. The
elevator. I stayed in my room all Schuman have »old their property in
afternoon waiting for my hair to dry. Eureka and are looking for a place
a
The girls came in and we «at and to buy.
talked.
Later I discovered that it
Kenneth Adams has been working
would have remained wet until the
next day for the "»yrup" wasn't In at Prospect logging. He is to report
tended to dry. Finally the day in Portland Sept. 28 for examination
Htarted to draw to a close and since for the navy.
once again Joe and I were invited
Al Bendickson, who recently re
out to still another friend'» house for
dinner I »imply had to do something turned from Canada, sold his farm
with «aid "wig.” I made a bunch of while there.
finger curls and pinned them all on
Word was received from Mr*
top of my head in an upsweep then
Harold llbad. who is now in Eugeno.
put some orchid» in my hair. Since
She writes that she hear» from
the hair was mo sticky it stayed
Harold regularly and that he was
exactly where I put it and when I go.
getting along fine.
the curls smooth they stayed smooth.
Finally, it was finished and the hair
do, I must say, looked very well but
everytime I looked in the mirror 1
was started with my brown hair, it
simply «ret me back on a foot.
FOR SALE
(To be continued.)
TRUCK AND PASSENGER
TIRES RELINED
Tuesday during tho day Peg and
I decided to invade a beauty parlor
nnd see how we looked when they
turned us loose. It was my first
“offense” as far as Brazilian beauty
parlors go and I wanted a permanent
so darn bad as mine was a year old
and completely gone, Peg wanted a
shampoo and set. At ‘J AM we nr-
yilbur Eicher, son of Mr. and
rived at our little shop and the place Mrs. C. E. Eicher, left Sunday after
looked nice and clean .md had little a furlough spent with his parents
booths somewhat similar to ours at.
home. The owner’» daughter spoke
a little English so she tnd I assisted
Peg In gottlng her "started" and then
they turned loose on me.
Wo
ALL BRANCHES OF BEAUTY
"escaped" at 1 I’M—It took Peg as
CULTI Rl TAUGHT BY BURN
long as It did me—and you should
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Million.
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have seen yours truly. Peg looked
THAT SELDOM HAVE A STUD
okey for all they did was copy her
ENT WHO DOESN'T PASS.
original style. But Madame Swain
PHI PARE NOW FOR POSITION
VI Illi Illi VV Vit. .A TRADE
was a definite rnees. They did not
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wash my hair before the permanent
ING.
but I was not surprised at that ax
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many »hop» do that, but after the
Medford, Oregon
Medford School of
Beauty Culture
Fichtner’s Garage
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VULCANIZING AND
RE-CAPPING
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♦ FIVE YEARS AGO:
THIS WEEK
ber 5th. All members of the local We«t Silver Golf Cup at the Ore.
civic club are invited. The local club gon Annual Motion Picture tourna
ment held in Marshfield last week.
is a rnerner of the Federation.
Mr. and Mr* Harvey Cawman from
4-H Livestock show draw» big
South
Dakota, who have located here
crowd. The following Central Point
boys wins awards: Norman Smith, have five children In school.
Mt-' Mollie Holmes and daughter Gray Thompson, Albert Thompson,
Gladys were happily surprised Mon
Dale Seymour and Robert Colley.
day morning when their »on ani
brother Dr. Joe Holmes of Lou An
geies arrived in time for breakfast
with them.
M.-. and Mr» Coy Biown of New
Elmer Wilson bought the harii- York visit Mrs. Brown’s parents Mr.
and Mrs. Jew Hamrick and other re
ware store from the Leever estate.
So What—Mr. Jewett looking most latives in this district.
TEN YEARS AGO
cute, when modeling one of th?
Enio Hemmilä, manager of the
dunce caps, worn this week by the Rialto Theatre, Medford, won the Mae
beaten but unbowed freshmen.
Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. John
Tharp taken on a wild ride.
District Federation of Women's
Clubs will lie held In Ashland Octo-
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Hardware
CARDS
USED CARS
DULIEN’S
LARGEST STOCK IN SOUTHERN
OREGON TO CHOOSE FROM. I.
N. SHULTS, NORTH RIVERSIDE,
MEDFORD, OREGON.
35 N. Bartlett
Saw Filing and Gumming
LAW NMOWER SH ARPENING
Arc and Acetylene Welding
Building a Greater
Southern Oregon
WASHING MACHINE A ELECTRIC REPAIRING
Obenchain's Garage
North Pacific Highway
SNIDER’S
28 N. Bartlett
Phone 3180
6(1, an(i Fir
MEDFORD, OREGON
Medford, Oregon
Automobile
Liability
Medford Concrete
Construction Co
AND
Fire Insurance
SAN», GRAVEL. CEMENT
LELAND CLARK
Sewer Pipe A Irrigation Pipe
Brighten Your Diet
SEPTIC TANKS
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Phone 246»
RHerside
Medford
SANDWICH BUNS & DINNER ROLLS
I RESH TODAY AT VOI R FAVORITE FOOD STORES,
RESTAI RANTS .AND CAFES
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three quarters of a century. We’ve had our share of
brickbats, and we’ve had our share of praise. Mostly
we’ve been taken pretty much for granted, like th '
paper boy or the milkman.
Since Pearl Harbor, though, people generally have
regarded Southern Pacific and the other railroadj
with new understanding and appreciation Now, when
the chips are dow.i, they seem to realize how indi
pensable the raifroads really are.
Medford
LEES & BROWN
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Medford
Things you may not know
about a busy western neighbor
Southern Pacific has been a part of western life for
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SWEM’S
Phone 2168
Phone 1646
7 N. Bartlett
Mcdferd, Oregon
SALE
Houseware
(FORMERLY HANSEN’S)
for all occasions
Mr. Frank Hammond left Wednes
day on a hunting trip.
Mesdames E. C. Faber W. J. Geb-
hard, Mary Langston. Ina Adanu,
and H. E. Young attended (he
P.T.A. meeting in Medford yesterday.
Because of Southern Pacific's strategic location in
relation to the war against Japan, we have been
called upon to carry an enormous westbound burden.
In addition, we are handling vast quantities of raw
materials and finished products of greatly expanded
western industries, plus an abnormally large east
bound movement of foodstuffs.
The six facts below may help explain the unprece
dented burden we are carrying, and why our service
to civilians is not as good as we’d like it to be:
IF YOUR ROOF l.EVKs—
ROOF OVER vol R WOOD SHINGLES WITH
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(Ten Year Guarantee)
Order Now—Term»—No Down Payment
EKERSON ROOF & PAINT STORE
Plione 3843
Mod ford
38 South Bartlett
Stamper & Golf Bros.
HARDWARE
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JACUZZI WATER PUMPS—WELL DRILLING—PI MP SERV.
GEN ER AL PAINT—HARD W A R E—1101 ' S F. W A K E
QUALITY TOOLS—SPORTING GOODS
and pass, nger volume,South
I ln era freight
Pacific is the third largest railroad
in America, Only the Pennsylvania and
NcwTork Central are carrying a bigger
load than Southern Pacific.
g Southern Pacific'» 15,000 miles of line
*■ (more than any other United States
railroad) are predo'in: *.'lv single track,
requir'ng i.ie nai.-. •evirate anil exacting
kind f railroading
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Southern Pacific serves more military
and naval establishments than any
other railroad in the U S. From New Or
leans to Portland an endless chain of air
bases and encampments adjoins our line.
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225 We-t Mnln
Medford, Oregon
Make
Your Headquarter» when in Medford.
RICHFIELD HI-OCTANE — U.S. TIRES & BATTERIES
ELECTRIC SERVICE and
CARBURETOR SERVICE
JIM MOORE
Super Service
We serve more military meals to per
4 sonnel
of the armed forces than any
other two V. 8 railroads combined. And.
of course, service men ai d women have
drat call on our restricted ration point
Southern Pacific crosses innumerable
mountain ranges, and has to climb
more major sumtiits than any other U. S.
railre id. It t ikes more locomotives to pul!
trains up Sleep mountain grades.
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Southern Pacific ha» the main north
and south line along the Pacific Coast,
serving tho pnnei pa I porta of emliarkation
from San Diego to Portland. Naturally
troop train» must come first with us.
FORMERLY CHET LEONARD
Riversld« at Sixth
»fedford
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