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Home My WebLink AboutC.P. Herald 08/09/1906 (2)ons mgnc tooxea gwomy, ana a creepy, the'evsnt a down of her young friends' lonesome feeling began to envelop the were royally entertained at the Price tut- bold band of midnight marauders. home Saturday evening: Plea~slint '~~"°` 11°~'CBTi`y~t~l7t~YlTg1n9f5'"ttiltil~ • gtymes urma e t e enteitamment o~f" tho inquired an anxious miss. "Wonder if the e retung, and dainty refresements end- thaws wmn ono-Anna .,.,+ +A..,...9+~ .,t,;~....a - C.P. Herald tick tft('t An by :ent •ing of 'ate :bly this by tier hen ing. use' ds to sar- an d n." Her mi- this trts in this Mille :fed filar row out ~tvy veli tieh .ing 'I cviah there was just- one ~~;i __ ~,~av8nile heart, were served. Those ~. -1..- 1 _LL _ t _. i, -t .. - arv.. ~v s,av+J Jiviaf,Gp, JJY3Y l 11/1tG1- ott -their-~vay to tho saena of their eo ~a~- Ge~R 1'tinersoh, Malile Mann, templated depredation, a frightened Ruthie Homes, Mary Flolmes, Flor- mouse ran about in the midst of this ence Holmes,'la Hay, Bessie Price brave band of marauders irv a panic- and Willie Price. `. ~- stricken effort to eseapa;and ceased a , Misses Maud Si£nms and Grace Up- stampede that threatened to wreck the ~ ton assisted in entertaining the young bridge. The, screams would. have put ~ peoplo and a moat pleaspnt evening to flight a hefd of elephants, and a waa enjoyed by all. fleet-footed deer would not have been in the race that followed. Unfm•- tunately, just as they had succeeded in ~ Gity Telephone SYStem effecting. a courageous retreat from the frightened little animal, the leader John Goodrich of Portland, repre- stumbled, turned a completesomersault ~ sentixig the Pacific States Telephone and landed in six-inehe~ of dust ; those ;company, is here for the purpose of es- behind piled on tap and soon there was~tablishipg a city circuit in this plase._ a heaping mass of lingerie, skirts, :The .proposition offered by Mr. Good. shoes, etc., on display that would have ~ rich is very libei•afand it is -doubtful i done credit to a first-class depat.-tment ~ the people of the town will ever have store. With the exception of a few ~ a better. It ie, in abort; that the sub- slight but painful bruiseaand the n0cea- I scribers shall canstruct and own their sity for an amount oi' extra, laundry ~ own pole lines, purchase the instru- work ne~@t day; there. waa no damage meets from the Pacific States com- done and the .brays party,. encouraged pony a1= ~e price ~f ~.5Q each, -and by the success o£ their miraculous es- pay a yearly rental of $I per year for cape ftom the frightened mouse, re- the use of the transmitters and re, sumed their march.- ceivera, wltieh are only leased from the Soon, however, a halt fuss called and !patentee by the co;npany and can only a little talk-fest was held and it was ` be leased by tlrem to Yfie pa-tron: decided that a counter-march should be I system is-intended as a nucleus for made and a few male slaves captured'• local lines, which it is proposed to es- who might be fed to vicious canines if i tablish from every section of this part any appeared, stop anp bullets that j of the valley. Business men wall read- might be fired at the party, shoo away' ily see the advantage such a service any field mice that might be encount-;will be to the business interests of the eyed, carry home the booty and other- ° town. wise make themselves useful. ~ They had not far to go before en-; ~, cement sidewalk is here > laid in countering three male acc}uaintances' front of the. new bank building. ~ who, after an enchanting smile from j ! twenty-four beautiful eyes, were found ~ The Hopkins residencers well alartg, i willing to be shot to- pieces, chewed up the structure being almost enclosed. nr nand fn,- nark n..,..,..le ri:.,3 ..,. ,..«_-. ~ , nce $ga n the march was taken tlp. ~ u~' vcu~. a~..x vi:iL .dune f hg Vithen the field was reached, the first; °pen tts doors fur business next yton-: set, problem was to climb the' rail„ fence. ~ ~~~'- --- - ----- ion' Si~tte of the girls had never attempted . T. M. Witten's Camily Fate arrived i up this feat before, and the graceful- and are getting settled in the Gibson i and' Hess (?} with which this was accom- ~ house recently purcFased b} klr. Wit- [ ,ing plisltc+.d re»tlnded one forcibly of an ele- ten. aey at dill of his n t. ti7d :~vo vas a piece of property which is worth twice whathe paid-for it. Tile prop- erty consists of two lots"aii~" a frame building, tvhie&he oceupies.'• This ins- tance shows the rapid advance in Cen- tral Pcint property during the past year, and the end is not yet. Central Point; lass only just begun to glow and take on new life, but it is, oven now, no !anger referred to by people who knotiv, as an unimportant village. The firown is fast beeomi~mreuf-tlterecog~ ton nized trade centers of Jackson scanty. ext tad ing' The Plot That failed the hat ( '-'t'"' 'rY.There tvac a Hound of deviltry by j night, - f •And•aclDean•G..F._~iyl~.,llAil~atheracl. res.+-...__-tlSe`n _. - s a Ta rob a mason patch, by strength and rs. ! might, at ~ Protected only by three puny Teen. :he The cause of all the. traub[e was that did ..._...._......_ .. the girls, poor clears, got desperate, en ~ flare it eves well-along ri ilia met week ( of--the watermelon season and • not -a~ cas ~ sin ]e man, g penurious creatures, had bought the melons_ and stood treat. ~ed(Just-think A.f it, Twenty. bundles_of_ ng l sweetness hungering and thirsting for Den watermelon, and no man. around gal- ier lent enough to "do the right thing. " ' his , A dozen rosebud mouths puckered in ed thirst fqr just a nip of the luscious) we! fruit, and melons 4-bits apiece bn tlao a I market. Is it any wonder that an in'I ub ~ dignation meeting was held and a reso- ng ~ lution passed declaring that "we will as, have. melons if we have to get shot all cat I to pieces, so _their" ? Then.. .the-.plot I ild was hatched, It was agreed that thPV ~ ab, would go :iri a body and the stilly a -avatches-oi:he-rtjg^ir~--jyy~dq_a-m~lzl~ till Eck ( ty, ' re- ion +as ;ns C.P. Herald ut-~ -4 ~5 ~, t field, help themselves, ancf show the lazy, penurious mefi'that they were not afraid. Asa precautionary xaea€~ttre,. they each assumed a new name and it. was agreed. that while on the firing line each girl would- answer to some such name as Jack, Bill ar George, ate. Then they gathered up their skiits and made a start. But as they looked out beyond the area of electric lights the iright looked gloomy, and a creepy, lonesome feeling began to envelop the bold band of midnight marauders. ~~ ~1 pliant climbing a tree. ,mother talk- -f~st was then in order. ' "I wander if they might shoot?" re-~~ I' merited one. "I don't believe the melons are ripe, do von?" suggested another. "Oh, I'm terribly fright- ened," acknowled~-ed a third. "U~j;-girls," Tamar!:ed another timo- ! rous one, '•1 knave an awfully nice man ~ less than a mile fram here who has a melon field and 1 am quite certain '.'.r wtinld glv~ ~s :{ii tN~ mci~rs r.-i i want." So it was saon decided to fol- low the scriptural injunction, "Ask ' and ye shall receive," and it worked . all right. There were not only melons served the campany, but music and! ~ daiacing and a general good time, and ~ there was not the least suggestion that ~ 'a bold crime had been or was beiagi .._-.~-_ ..._. ._....._---..._ __._. ____ ....._. _, r $o this. was „`'the plot. tlla,>; fgiletl.," The girls wha had determined to have melons at any cost, even to being filled With bust:-shot, lost their nerve-got t eold~ feet -• and had to accept a treat When town was reached on the re-' .p-. _ turn trima vat twasitaken-by-which it ( was declared that Joe Hoagland is not ~ only the handsomest and most gallant: man..in the r-alley, but that his melons 4 are the finest in Oregon. Tally=tto Tarty A merry tally-ho party of 18 young people enjoyed a ride to Medford last evening, where refreshmeTits were served and the return drive made about midnight. Those niaklIlg up the party ,were: Misses JuliaOfsson, Marguerite Holmes, Maud Gray, Fay Ploasants, i Besaie Lee, Alta Wood__ Echel Wimer, ! giellaPteasantsan~l-Mrs. MnryAs'hurst.i' Messrs. Beal, ~: ngell, Kuper, Muller, ~tLle, Merr-itt;- Pte-asants, Owen and j be Succa. Birthday Party Little Miss Helen Price, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. )~. Price, was f0 years old last Saturday and in honor of the event a dozen of her young friends were royally entertained at the Prise home Saturday eveniare: Pleasant sty;