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/ THURSDAY. AUGUST 8. 1946 ^g"80^ Ing objections to said Final Account ,..et .... »a«.. if any there be, and the settlement Th ■in.ore: located In some of the h g thereof. ludea the harvesting of -nap requirement area, are proving DATED and first published this gon inf*1 the AVlllamett« valley able in attracting farm help. 1st day of August. 1946. _ beans 1. George W. Neilson, • *:1»t the entire counties ,hlch will 15 Administrator of the Estate tt jl be ready at Hood I month. Pears V., of JOHN BARTHOLOMEW, X > I K 1 * ’• IIN'1 H* ' 1,1 Y*’ shorty before nd .Medford Deceased. ___ IN THE COUNTY COURT Ol THE River a a heavy labor STATE OF OREGON FOR mid-August. Hops. heduled to be picked J 4CK.SON COUNTS user, are 9°' in ‘be Matter' cf the lthough an early about August 2». a in Washington JOHN ‘ BAKTHOI.OMEW■ | variety. Bohemian NOTICE is HEREBY .1 -N U- be ready for picking county will | according to the the undersigned has Died ms »bout August 5 Report and Account in the abo -slstant in that county. t Z d matter, and the above enUtled farm labor ass court has fixed the 26th day o i In < Columbia county the manager “ugust, 1946. at 10:00 O clock A.MJ pickle factory Is looking for 60 in the court room of saM court in _____ 1« c on n Handly groups to pick cucumbers *the‘ coirt House at Medford. Or.- a ...tract basis. This work will start gon. a.« the time and pla- - 'or he> - M N. lUrtlett by August 1. Howe'er, housing is Medfont. Oregon not available. Housing is still a nwjor attraction for harvest followei-. In this re.«- CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN^cPTTRAL^O PAGE TWO at peace. Nothing can possibly of ury materials. bring this closer home for us than If you want to look for Mill more trouble you’ll find it In the unfair the millions at motor vehicles that pri e-base Imposed on the julomo are back In- motion over our high bile industry at the aarne time when way» and streets. Once again mo ware rates shot up higher than ever torists are taking to the thousand- Re-eatabllshed. September il. 1»»» before in history. That's still a pro of miles of little traveled highways | rediscovered scenic America through Enter-d as second class matter at hlem that calls for readjustment. I the by-ways that lead to our parks the post office. Central Point, Ore I and natural wonders. Truly, this U gon. under the Act of March ». 1*1» 194« IN HIGH t.EAIt sound evidence of the energy, ini Report» from all sections of O'® tiative and verve of the people that Published weekly at Centra) Point Jack-on County, Or«gon and devoted country Indicate that Htate gasoline have made Americar what it Is to the beet interests of the city and tax collections are running higher even, than ever before—higher, vicinity. ■ year. than 1941. previous peak SUBSCRIPTION RATES Nobra-ka. for Instance. Instance, reports a Hix Months -------------------- million and a quarter dollars gain One Year ........ -....... -............... — »2 00 for the first six months of the cur Payable in advance rent year over the same period of As I Oregun farmers ready them- Advertising rates on application 1941. Indiana's collections have Office—Second Street, off Main jumped a half million dollars during selves I for the final lap of the 1946 the same period, and for the fiscal harvest J. R. Beck, state supervisor ARTHUR EDWARD POWELL yeat Just ended, Iowa's receipts were of the O.8.C. Extension service I Editor and Proprietor a million dollars greater than her emergency labor program, farm previous record year of 1941-42. has not been a Add to these record collections a reports that labor billion and a half dollars being limiting factor in the harvest thus made available to the States under far although a good deal of Shifting the Federal aid highway act of 1944 has been necessary by harvest fol Till »1.1 MP IN MOTOR and w find highway departments all lower,, to. relieve temporary labe: PRODUCTION over the country with more money J. E. Jones to finam e roads than ever before shortage». The fact that the 1’adfic coast Washington. D.C.. August—Before drea med of—-more, actually, than the labor chiefs started turning the many of them are aide to spend ju- states pay the best farm wages in upside down dlclously. automobile Industry the United States has been a major Tills amazing reord is being there was a tremendous unfilled factor in relieving the wartlnv market that indicated between 4 - chalked up despite fewer and older shortage of harvest workers. Be k a million cars would la» cars, and 1« due largely to a release 500,009 and made in 1946. Thai volume of pro of the pent-up desires of motorists indicates. Figures released by Cali- dueton would ' keep thT wheels roll- who for four -war-weary years have fornia <he<-k stations recently indl- Ing throughout t the country. Then waited for the chance to once again rated thre-J tliat approximately came a terrific wave of strike». WhrtL say "fill ’er up" to service station times the number of persons were the automobile strikers began t<> I attendants throughout the land. Rut more gratifying than the tn- arriving in that state now as corn ease up there Were i steel «trikes, j '---- — • oal strikes, and other Styles , of, formation that funds are now avail pared with the war years when the strikes that stopped the flow of raw able to provide for the highway user defense plants were recruiting work-1 materials. The automobile inanu- all the roads he can conceivably use ers from eastern states. factures and. other industrial group« ' Is the fact that these soaring col Washington and Oregon are also were unable to resume operations. lections demonstrate perhaps more As one commentator put it: ’’The than any other single'factor in our getting an unprecedented influx of whole production scheme went to transition to a peacetime economy out-of-state workers this year. Man; the tremendous and dauntless of these new arrivals are working on the devil." Instead of tile automobile indus “bounce" of the Nation’s citizenry. A try getting back into full production country at war has become a country farm harvest Jobs. Reck states. the probabilities are that not mor» than 3 million cars and trucks will come off the line In 1946. The rate of present production will likely increase and thereby take up some of. the -lack of the first half of the year. Nevertheless, the National News Week says that the automobile Industry "figures that it will be lucky to produce 1.300.000 passenger <ars and 700,000 {rucks In the last half of this year." And. looking ahead, the saint publication ob- serves: "Instead of 0 million cars and trucks for 1947, the Industry la talking In terms of less than <*> mil lion.'’ I’ost-war reconversion didn’t gut under way till months after the de feat of the Axis and the Japanese Strangely enough. very few people believed there would be such a short- THE CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN Migrant« Flock To Oregon For High Farm Wages Building a Greater Southern Oregon SNIDER’S EDITORIALS METAL WORK IS OUR BUSINESS Th£ AMAZING N£W and fender rebuilding AND PAINTING. ALI. WORKS GUARANTEED ESTIMATES. FREE Welding and Metal Work NILLS BODY & FENDER SHOP Bcltone Mono-Pec is such a sensational advance that already tens of thousands of hard-of-hear ing people have been delighted with how splendidly they hear with this tiny bin powerful device. No clumsy, separate battery pack or wire! Lawrence's Jewelry & Gift Shop ON THE 1)9 HIGHWAY Central Point Years in Medford. specializing I InFine Diamonds Only. Ask the Diamond. Call or plione our lie« Medford office at 214 Liberty Bldg, phone 42«2, which has recently been opened by S. C. Mitchell of 211 .Miner Bldg.. Eugene, for the pur pose of rendering a better service to the liard of hearing in tills atca. Mr. .Mitchell is associated with James N. Taft A Associates of 734 Am. Bank Bldg., Portland, «ho have been serving the hard of I hearing since 1934 and are well ri*cognize<l In this work through out the state. Here s Why. You'll Have to Wait for New Electric Service to Your Home, Farm or Factory — Medford Concrete WK HAVE SECURED THE SERVICES OF A MAN WITH -Jq YEARS EXPERIENCE l\ BODY PERL’S Funeral Home J Eatablished In your community 2li years Dial 2675 42H W. 6th St. Medford. Oregon j KEM-TONE FULLER PAINTS 1-in. BOARDS DOORS & SASH HARDWARE C. L. PERKINS Doctor of Optometry Successor to I»r. E. D. Elwood BETTERMENT OF HITMAN VISION, LENSES PRESCRIBED. Phone 3SS1 si 1 Fluhrer Bldg. Oor. of Main & ventral Medford CENTRAL POINT LUMBER CO Construction Co. A NANI». GRAVEL, CEMENT J^^LCUTE shortages in production of transformers and other materials needed to extend electric service will de lay the time when we can take care of new users of electricity. We're sorry, but the nation-wide situation is beyond our control. We want you to know the reason' why we cannot serve you right now—that is why we arc listing here some important materials affecting nev business extensions: SEPTIC TANKS Newer Pipe A Irrigation Pipe Piton« 21«» N. Riverside Mini ford Estate Farni»—City Mmk • Properly Italiche»—Rental» High Tension Porcelain Insulators Vil »lock» critically »Imrt—factories’ pro duction filliil into late 1947. Orders being nci-epied on I mis I n shipment 12 to 15 month» and ii | h > ii availability of associated steel forging» which are brought out. Next to Bear Creek Bridge Telephone 2721 427 E. Main .Medfori • MOVING- Distribution Insulators \ erv limiteli stock» avallable—eomc sub- standard material» and vsar surplus asaliatile. • Copper Wire lor Oregon, Washington, <«ll- Regulnr Service. Due to strike» wldeli haie just been con cluded. the Industry is far lieliind consumer demands. Orvlers are presently being taken on basis of to • numi Ii» shipment. Eads Transfer & Storage Co. ■ < H. Fir Crisp, delicious tasty cold-cuts—tangy, Juicy melons- ■and thirst-quenching beverage» can he yours in a Jiffy, simply come lierc to get your cool-aa-iee foods, where freshness, flavor, ami economy arc buy-words. months, or even longer, but in their desire to apportion that vvliieh is available pro ducers are reticent to ni'cept substantial order» to any one consumer. Native specie« are obtainable; however, inability to secure pro|iorttonale quantities of treated stubs on which to mount them preclude» their |s>pu- lar ai'ceptanec. • fornia. - Here is a brief report on some of the more important materia!” needed to bring electric service to our Home, Farm or Factory— A. W. WALKER Real COOL-AS-SCE MEALS Dial 7121 Nlisiford, Oregon J Kyle's Restaurant I Itili» t UK KI X— STI AKN i itu i> i: ABBI r—» hops I HIED OVSTI Its OYSTER STI A4 ( k ab salad t It VII I Iti II a P.M. to 2 A.M. or SALE 35 USED CARS 1 VIK.I >T STOCK IX sot Till ItX Olli 1.ox To CIIOOM I HOM. • X sill I TS. NORTH RIVERSIDE. Ml |t| OltD, OKI GON • Transformer No liiiprovcui) ni nudi -ized di»tril>ntion t ra u»t omners are alinosi eoinpletely unob- faina ble. Manulactiirer» me noi even quel- ing delivery tjme. Imi anticipate upwiird» lime, but from IH to 2i> mollili», I urger distribuii.m and Idgli tension equipnie.it I Is-ing qnoted 12 lo 15 monili». Suoli uscii eqiilpinent a» I» avallalde I» Usuali) round fo I h - 30 to 85 Visir» ol<l and I» Iteiiig lielil al lmpos»lhle price». © Thrift Market Phone 741 Central Point Pole Line Hardware I Following settlement of the »let I and soil coal strike*, straight steel items have cas<*d off nuiterially; however, due to porcelain -liortngc. an.v Item made up In combination is very difficult to secure, with ninny » im * c - laity Items completely unobtainable. • Conger-Morris AMBULANCE SERVICE Under New Management Central Point Crossarms Inabilita of Pacific Northwest crossami nillls to co|ie vvitli demanda ha» forecd tilt* ilevclopinent of nevi sources. A satisfactory locai arrangement lui» been worked out. as- '«ring adequate quanti tic» in tlie immediate future. Dry Cleaning Service 3 Day Service Located on l’ine Street Across from Kincaid Implement Co. Fuse Switches, Cutouts, Disconnecting Switches '11 HI ORD I’llK ES-Ll REE l’K KUP A DELIVERY SERA ICE Drop Um for Your Convenience—O;H*n Daily 9:30 to 12: PHONE 9O| Ill arc largcly rombi nailon <*oppcr-|>orce- lain priMluct» and are dircctly affeeted •>; the acute iMircrlain »liortagc. AVe are not alwavs able, despite our _ liest effort.«. , to |H*o- ----- ------------ vide «uffieient to nicet ciirrcnt demani!. Poles standard butt treated cedar |M>le produe- lion nationally i» running several millions helovv demands, Improvement In labor, price» ami development of new access fa- illltle» to tin* more remi Me Interior stands are required before any relief can I m * cv- I- td. Nominal quantille» of »ub-»tandard »uh- »Illute« are available for deliveries in 2 or I We Feature Sunshine Crispy Crackers • Pipe & Pipe Fittings I nprvvevlenlcd demands for »mall steel pipes have evhnu«ted stock«: mill deliv eries are on allocated binds with sporadic deliveries, last iron pi)». is likewise slow, delverle» often running 5 to 7 month«, de- pending on sire. Mo»t c I. fitting» nr<- rea- MMtabl, available fro,,, inde;» „dent fon.i- darle» hi the metn>|s>litan area«. We hop« that fr __ .__ „„ will production soon hit its stride—that you won t have to wait . too long for the _ - — — convenience of electric serv ce W» ¡“ lialubl. Wi” b* PreTidtd >UJ‘ « soon a. mat.rtals The California Oregon Power Company 1 to 5 P.M. CENTILAL POINT NOTICE! < \BINI T WORKS. SASH, DOORS AND SCREENS Made to Your Order BOX SHOOK CUSTOM PLANING Central Point Cabinet & Mill Works Win < III1IB. Proprietor On Highway nt North Cltv Limits Stamper & Goff Bros. HARDWARE V I Z./.I W » I ! R I’t MPS—AA El.L DRILLING—Pt*MP SERF. <•1 M RAI. PAINT-IIARDWARE-HOVSFAA ARE t.’l ALITA TOOLS—SPORTING GOODS Phone 3939 225 AV-st Main Medford, <»regor