CDTTRAL POINT AMERICAN, CENTRAL POINT, OREGON
THE CENTRAL POINT
AMERICAN
Re-established.
September
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Entered as second claae matter al
the poet office. Central Point, Ore
gon, ondei' the Act of March 8, 1879
Published weekly at Central Point
Jackson County, Oregon and devoted
to the best Interests of the city and
vicinity.
during the first few months of the
year, and in the time that has en
sued there may have been changes in
the desires and the financial positions
of many potential buyers. Of perhaps
greater moment, even if consumer«
are still able and willing to buy as
they anticipated months ago, all of
the goods are still not avalable.
The market for automobiles), for
units. The industry can't produce that
many this year, and some of it's top
men think it will b« late 1950 before
SUBSCRIPTION RATE8
It will be possible to walk Into a
Six Months ....................... ............... Illi showroom and pick a car of one's
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choice off the floor. Also, it does not
Pa-able in advance
look as if new housing construction
Advertising rates on application
Office—Second Street, off Main
will be able to comeanywhere near
meeting the demandfor a consider
ARTHUR BDWARD POWELL
able-time to come. The other durable
Editor and Proprietor
goods—radios, appliances, etc.—are
ingood supply, though it is not always
possible to immediately find some
particular make and model.
Economic Highlights
Late in June, th e Federal Reserve
Board released its third annual Sur-
vey of Consumer Finances, This
by a
prepared
study.
which
is
research
University of Michigan
center, designed to find out what
typical families want to buy, how
their finances shape up, what they
think of the future, etc. Jt is based
on interviews with sevelal thousand
"spending units"—a spending unit
being defined as a group of people
living under one roof whose incomes
are pooled.
As compared with the previous year,
the over-15.000 units showed a heavy
increase in projecting purchasing. In
the under-12.000 groups, on the other
hand, there was a heavy decline.
This is the invitable result of the
continued rise in prices.
All in all, however, the survey
supports the widely held opinion
that the period of high purchasing
power with a nea-peak employment
Is here to stay for a while. When
people with money are unable to buy
new ears, they will buy used ones.
If they find new housing scarce or too
expensive, they will bolster the old-
home market. And many of them say
they are prepard to pay still higher
prices than obtained now.
This and all comparable surveys
are nessarlly based on short-term
outlook. No one is willing to stick his
neck out un what may happen over a
period of some years. There has been
a steady decline in family savings,
most marked inthe middle and low
Income groups. Even so, the contry's
savings backlog is extremely high,
so the drop has’t occasioned too much
worry as yet.
In any event, buying is naturally
conditioned oin piXrehaising power.
Here the situation remains bright.
The survey found that two-thirds
of the spending units still had' a
liquid backlog—though it was not
so large as in 1947. And there has
been a noticeable increase ininstall-
The 80th Congress, which has
ment purchasing.
passed into limbo of history, un
One of the most interesting phases less it is called into special session
of the survey was consumer opinion before the end of the year, was
of what lies ahead, both for them called upon to deal with four major
selves and for the nation as a whole. Issues—the labor problem, Individual
Twenty-seven per cent expect that taxation, aid to Europe, and our mil
their incomes will be larger a year itary defenses. It delt positively with
hence, 38 per cent anticipated no them all. through the Taft-Hartley
particlar change, and only 10 per cent Act, income tax reduction, ERP, and
$13,000,900,<jt00
preparedness
look for a drop, with the balance un- the
certain . This is somewhat more program. (Most of the other issues
optimistic outlook, than was found were deferred, and will again go into
in similar surveys sponsorel by the the hopper when the 81st Congress
Federal Reserve Board in 1947 and convenes.
1946.
Congress also refussed to act on a
On the subject of the general out long list of presidential appointments.
look. 47 per cent forsee good times, Reason :The Republicans expect to
19 per cent little or no change, and control the goverment next year, and
26 per cent are afraid that bad times they want their own people in the top
are coming. This too represents a jobs.
According to a Bussiness Week
breakdown of the survey, "it con-
sumers make good their intentions,
1948 Is going to be even biggei than
1947 In purchasee of houses, auto-
mobiles. and other durable goods,
Two years of postwar production
have made no dent you can see in
the backlog of demand." For example
—the waiting market for automobiles
Is In the »8,000.0901.000 braxfcet;
housing expendetures may run as
high as »19.000,000.000; consumers
who want funlture, washing machines
and other durable goods apperantly brighter point of veiw than was found
are ready to spend between »3,000,- in the preceding surveys.
000,000 and »4.000,000,000 before
The survey takes into account
the dawn of 1949.
spending units at all the principal
Some obvious qualifications must levels. As is to be expecetd, the re
enter Into consideration of these actions varied greatly between lower
findings. The interviews were taken level and upper level income groups.
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GOING FOR
$5.00 each
SELEITED STOCK
— NO DUDS
WEST MAIN STAND. Medford. Oregon
MIDll \V STAND, 2 miles north of Medford on lllwaj 99
and
REDWOOD POINT STAND. I.ninls Pass
LOTS OF PARKING SPACE
the show.
Valuable prizes are given on the
network
program
including such
things as a sixty piece set of Sterling
Silver, a Radio Phonograph Combi-
nation, fire extinguishers for the en-
tire farm, a refrigerator, a milker.
and luggage, Even the losers are sure
of winning something, because as
each loser is eliminated, he receives
an award of considerable worth as
a consolation prize.
The program has a preponderance
of fun questions but also includes
technical farm question and serious
dtecusgi,on
questions.
Each
show
starts with four contestants. One
contestant is eliminated with each
round of questions, leaving only two
to fight it out in the last round for
the title of ‘‘Champion Farmer of the
Week". Thewinner returns the fol
lowing week to compete with three
farmers from another state. Each
panel includes at least one woman.
Lewellen, who will select the Jack-
MOONEY
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coll. Ill Sil ST. X HIGHWAY »W
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preserved fossils of prehistoric thr*
toed horses, mastodons and othf
throughout its 1852 acres.
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INSURANCE
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Complete Auto ’
Repair Service
Motor Overhaul
& Tuneup
Brake Service
Body & Fender
Repairing
Painting
Portable Welding
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Plione 1151 Central Point
Medford Phone 9241
PHONE 1461
Central Point, Oregon
CULLEN MOTOR
& Imp. Co.
Phone 7113
123 So. Riverside
Medford
Serve Your Self
LAUNDRY
Wet Wash 8c lb.
OPEN FROM V A.M. to S P.M.
1100 N. Riverside
Mrdfeed
Formerly
Rupp's Dining Room
EXCELLENT
BULL
FOOD
10 A.M. - 3 A.M
Closed Thursdays
and
BOAR
Service
SALE
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USED CARS
LARGEST STOCK IN SOUTHERN
OREGON TO moOSF, iTOM.
a.
K AHVI/FS. NORTH RIVERSIDE.
MEDFORD, OREGON.
BULLS—all
breeds.
popular
BOARS—Duroc, O.I
C., Chester White
Business Directory
Chas. Bateman, Prop I I
SEWING MACHINE
CENTER
PHONE 782 Central Point
or 474T Medford
LAWRENCE’S
Itepntation lor Expert
Lawrence’s Jewelry
California-Pacific Utilities Co.
OREGON
PUMICE BLOCKS
YOU
GET
LOANS
OREGON FINANCE CO.
Lie, Nou 8-111 a M-II7
45 8. (Vetrai
Medford
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Call Medford 3274
or write
P.O. Box 159, Central Point
Triple A Block & Bldg. Co.
Hamrick Road. Medford. Oregon
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IS AT TOUR SERVICE.
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At The Same Place
SEWING MACHINE
REPAIRS A PARTS
NOW!—City Gas Convenience for
Rural Homes!
Phone 52S4
Phono 33»9
22 So. Grape
Medford. Oregon
and ACCESSORIES
STANDARD Station
RENT
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park of centeral Oregon, th* q
Information department reports wTi
Equipment
Smitty's
Ranch House
Watch Repairing
Your
Medford
i» R. Central
TRAILERS—To do jour own
Moving!
Ph. 7121
ATLAS TIRES — BATTERIES
Give Usa Call!
T. J. Hight—Realtor
Geologic records of mor* tha„ ..
millions of years ago are t.
'*
In the John Day Fossil
Medford. Oregon
Remember The Isiwrrncc
n r. carry a full uni : of
LIST TOOT PROPERTY
WITS US
Then Sturt Pocking!
really fine people farmers ar*
we . are hopeful, in the
helping to bring about » C.
understanding between farm anx "
group."
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Saws Filed—Tools Sharpened
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801 East Main
Mudlord
EADS
W. H. Klatt
Chevron Super
Service
Because so many city people come
from the farm, have close ties there
or hope sometime to retire to a farm.
preliminary test indicate that R.F.D.
AMERICA will have not only a large
farm listening audience, but also
a sizeable city audience. Work on
the program started a year and a
half ago with farm families of the
community as an audience. Since
then the program has been tried
twice on city audiences with about
the same reaction as was accorded
it by the farm group.
“Our basic purpose with R.F.D.
AMERICA," Originator Cowan des
cribed the program, “is to show what
FOR
PROMPT SERVICE
RUPP
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son County Canidates. is himself a
farmer. He ha» been farming in
Indiana for the last 40 years and had
no | prior experience in radio before
his affiliation
l
with R.F.D. AMERICA,
He did. however.. work on the audi-
tion i programs ofR.F.D. AIMERICA.
and has selected practically all of
the contestants who have appeared
thus far on the farm show, and
therefore is thoroughly famliar with
the talent needs of the program.
In planning a program "of, by
and for farmers", Ixtuis G. Cown,
the origlnatorj, made a point of
avoiding "city bred radio experts”
in selecting the staff for the farm
show.
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e Storage
14 8. Fir. Medford
$6.00 Assortments
The three contestants finally select
ed from Jackson County either will
be invited to be guests of the program
for a three-day vist to Chicago,
ending with the network broadcast
originating from the network's Chi
cago studios, or theg will participate
on a network broadcast originating
in Oregon. On two of the nights they
are in Chicago. they will be taken to
the theatr and to Matt Schullen's
famous restaurant for dinner and
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