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About The Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1936-195? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1948)
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN. CENTRAL POINT, OREGON PAGE FOUR . >■ - z "I TTT which they received little in the way of repair, our highways rightfully deserve a "new lock" and there Is no earthly- reason why they shouldn't have it. Gaaoline tax collections have Re-established, September II. 1111 reached unprecedented heights, nw- Entered aecond cUaa matter M tor vehicle registrations have made the peat »fflco. Central Point, Ore an expectedly early comeback after a gon. under the Act of March ». 1*1» natural wartime slump, and road Published weekly at Central Point fund prosperity reigns throughout Jackson County, Oregon and devoted the land. With this healthy condi to the beet Interests of the city and tion, highway requirements can be vicinity. bountifully fulfilled without a single SUBSCRIPTION RATES new tax or a single increase in an Six Months ------------------------ ----- >121 old one being levied against highway One Year -...... ......... ....................... |2 0« users. Payable In advance Motor Vehicle owners have paid Advertising rates on application dearly for road-s and they should Office—Second Street, off Main h(ive them, But there la a caution ARTHUR EDWARD POWELL which they should heed. They should Editor and Proprietor look below the surface of present highway plans before accepting them as the gospel truth on what is best t for the highway system. For in many "NEW IZMIR" FOR HIGHWAYS— ■of these plans one finds clever de signs to advance the sale of more and BUT WATCH TIIE DESIGNERS The frshion designers of New York more road contracts at a cost of more and Paris have bedecked the distaff and more money to the taxpayers— side of our population with lunger contracts that in many cases do not THE CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN EDITORIALS | skirts that the are said to give them (the girls, that is) a "new look." And if there is any truth to the rumors we hear from the very chic fashion circles of Fifth Avenue and the Ruo de la Raix, the men aro eventually going to get a "new look” in clothes. too. Well, there are a lot of "new looks" in the offing for a lot of things and one of tha important ones is apt to be in our highways, We use the word “apt" advisedly and witli considerable because reservation many things can happen between the time the motorist-tax pa yers hand over their gasoline and other auto motive taxes to the tax collector and the time they are "invested” for them by the authorities. After years of war service during — MILL CAFE Acros3 from Cheney Mill SPECIALIZING IN HAMBURGER SANDWICHES HAMBURGER STEAK CHICKEN FRIED STEAK Open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday Open till 10 pjn. Closed at Noon Sunday TEXACO GAS AND OIL Frank Koch, Proprietor LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH US Then Start Packing I —— - ■ ■ ■ fits from road-building may selfishly go on building roads llmltlessly and extravagantly with little thought of giving taxpayers a fair return on their highway tax dollars. would To those who highways a "new look" at a cost they can truly afford to pay. there is this word of warning: don’t be misled Modern TRAILER PARK M)T8 OF SHADE! I Block West of Blinker Light CENTRAI, POINT The Kaiser DISHWASHER P.O. Box 538 Ceutral Point Jet-Propelled Ready-Mix CONCRETE NOTHING BUT WATER RIVERSIDE MOTORS Kaiser • Frazer 415 S. Riverside • Packing • Crating • Shipping • Storage EADS 18 8. Fir. Medford Ph. 7121 Medford, Oregon MEDFORD NOW!—City Gas Convenience for Rural Homes! SALE BETTERMENT OF HUMAN VISION. LENSES PRESCRIBED. Phone 18S1 >14 Fluhrer Bldg. Oor. of Main & ventral Medford o/ DAVIS TRANSFER and STORAGE __ 8th & Fir Streets___________________________ Medford HAROLD’S BABYTOWN /v S we extend our best wishes for the New Yeor, we hasten to add our sincere thanks for your friend Thrift Market CENTRAL POINT PHONE 741 AMBULANCE SERVICE The Miracle of Modern Roofing 35 USED CARS LARGEST STOCK IN SOUTHERN OREGON TO CHOOSE FROM. ». N. SHULTS, NORTH RIVERSIDE, MEDFORD, OREGON. EQUIPPED PABCO WELDED ROOFS EKERSON ROOF & PAINT STORE 38 South Bartlett ■ SEPTIC TANKS Sewer Pipe Jt Irrigation Pipe Phone 2480 N. Riverside * JORGENSEN’S DAIRY PRODUCTS Medford Quality Dairy Products BITTER—MILK ICE ( REAM Specialist In all problema of eye comfort and vision ’M Fluhrvr Bldg. Dial 4001 Phone 2309 I Central Point SAW SHOP IV. H. Klatt SEWING MACHINE CENTER Phone 3388 22 So. Grape Medford, Oregon CIAIS ED SAT. AFTERNOON Wc Are Still Doing Business At The Same Place P.O. Box 219 PhoneSSl Central Point, Oregon SF.WING MACHINE REPAIRS A PARTS et „ Make Your Headqnartcre when In Medford RICHFIELD HIOCTANFr— U.S. THIES A BATTERIE8 2x4 Wood ELECTRIC SERVICE and CARBURETOR SERVICE Jim’s Super Service Riverside at Sixth SAWDUST BOYS AND GIRLS APPAREL Infanta to 8 yaam Dial 2063 Open 9 A.M. WORLD BICYCLES SIMS BROS to 5 P.M COMPLETE AUTO BODY AND FENDER REPAIRING AUTO PAINTING Central Point Fuel PORTABLE GAS AND ARC WELDING If You Can’t Bring Your Welding Ln. Cull V»! CENTRAL POINT PHONE 573 SADDLERY Southern Oregon Saddle Co 122 No. Riverside Phone 5045 Professional Cowboy & Pleasure Rider Headquarters GUARANTEED REBUILDING A REPAIRING Medford Gilkey & Barnard 23 N. Fir Street ESTABLISHED 190? Phon« Dial Medford 2675 1 ) Phone 7843 CALL LARRY ESP5Y—Phone Medford 2888 Local & Long Distance Moving—Commercial Hauling Personalised Storage Service PISI FUNERAL HOME 6 SAND, GRAVE!,, CEMENT MOVING & HAULING--------------------------- Phone 3472 NEW YEAR OXYGEN HARRY’S SPEEDOMETER SERVICE 130 E. Main PHONE Central Point 415 Cong'er-Morris Doctor of Optometry Mill Saws—Hand Saws. Etc. Tool Grinding 246 N. Riverside________ Drive-in Service / TUESDAY J MITCHELL’S SEPTIC TANK AND CESS POOL SERVICE Tanks cleaned and repaired. Sew ers and drains laid. New tanka in stalled. Work guaranteed. Check our prices. 21-hr. service. Phono 6480. Medford. C. L. Perkins AND IlEPAIR SALES & SERVICE 24-hour Service on Speedometer O I. O 5 ED See WALTER FERGUSON 207 Pine St Phone 762 Central Point California-Pacific Utilities Co. KEYS & SPEEDOMETER Ope“ Bve^*’ by Appointment ALI. WORK GUARANTEED! Phone 3rd anti Onk streets Central Point, Orc. Stamper & Goff Bros HARDWARE JACUZZI WVTF.R PUMPS—WELL DRILLING—PUMP SFHV GENER \I, PAINT—HARDWARE—HOl'SEWARF QUALITY TOO I K—8 PORTING GOODS Phone 303» I ships ond good will during the year just ending CONCRETE SAND & GRAVEL CRUSHED ROCK & GRANITE Phone C.P.-4I2 • Med. 533(1 CUSTOM SAW FILENO 229 West Main DANCING FROM 0 P.M. to 2 A.M. Medford. Oreg-on M. C. LININGER & SONS Tank Gas for Cooking, Refrigeration & Water Heating Quick Delivery—Low Rental Plan Phone 5284 Midway at y Cornee* NEW EQUIPMENT PROMPT SERVICE Doctor of Optometry Successor to Dr. Jud Rickert Business Directory CENTRAL POINT DINNERS FROM 7 P.M. to 2 A.M. 28 N. Bart leit »•hone 21 AM August W. Glutsch MEDFORD *11 MANZANITA Midway Beauty Shop SNIDER’S Medford Concrete Construction Co NO MOTORS, NO WIRING MERRIL’S Bicycle Repair Kyle's Restaurant Southern Oregon SEPTIC TANKS & CE88 POOLS FREE INSPECTION In Scandinavian communities throughout the United States, the propei- celebration of the Christmas and New Year holidays Includes the serving of "lutefish" in large quanti ties. Lutefish—or call it "Lutefisk" or Norwegian turkey’—is served as the main dish at community suppers Building a Greater INSURANCE CLEANED n«r with all the trimmings to most in churches and lodges or Americana, but to many of those SwTL\by lH'r8UU* üf Nor*”‘* whose recent ancestry goes back to Swedish, or Danish descent. foreign lands, fish is ’turkey." OPEN FROM 7 A.M. to 8 P.M. 1100 N. Riverside Medford LIFE AND CASUALTY C. Padavlck—R. Cosgriff " ’ Serve Your Self LAUNDRY Wet Wash 8c lb. Medford SANITARY CO ' I lSII IS ’•TURKEY” AT CHRISTMAS Christmas may mean a turkey din- T. J. Hight—Realtor 20 8. Central ■ M ■ ■ Know what’s behind highway plans render a fair return on road invert and, above all, keep an eye on the men ta. designers who make the plans, It D Cunningly conceived, these tacti -a usually take the form of propagan your right .ind duty. dizing highway users into believing AMERICAN BUSINESS that they need more highways than Wage control as well as price con they actually do. After this belief is established, they are then sold the trol still has the Jitters. Rent control seems likely to be idea of submitting to higher automo continued through the coming year. add another tive tax rates which New anti-trust laws will attempt to weight to the already heavy burden shape plans to devlde up scarce ma they are carrying. It simply boils down to a singularly terials but not to fix prices. All forms of transportation except crafty means of hoodwinking taxpay the shipping industry have been ers into thinking that higher taxes given green lights so far ag Govern are needed to finance roads. In this way, those w ho reap the money bene ment regulations are concerned. 215 Wmt Main A Quarter Century of Honest Repair Service AT SETNESS VARIETY STORE WATCH REPAIR SHOP Dear. A. Fair, Watchmaker, License No. 594 ’ For Better Watch Repair—Try 'Fair' CENTRAL POINT. OREGON I
