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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. Herald 11/10/1910C. P. Herald x[b ~ ~ ~, X fi ~e t- ut ~: N o- ie ie c- n- ie c- >> nti la ed ~g. ~k. Ga- la ;ht as si- t r. ice .en ng :he etr ag. N ANT ' E !'dill Ask Gouncfii for Gel'J7ent Walks w41h illmber &'rass ~la4ks. YlN NL Pole ~trcet ~Pr®perty Owners ass Anxious.far .I~nproremepl •. The requisite number of property' owners living on Fourth, Manzanita,-I Fifth and Laurel streets, have hied a ~eti~tion with the city council asking that body to `order cement sidewalks with Lumber crossings to be laid from i Pino and Fourth streets to Seventh ~' mmnd Laurel. The petition will be acted upon at-the adjourned meeting toncor- row e'veninq, and being an expression of these progresaiye citizens who wish to' mprove their section of the town and mnke living conditions mere modern it a expected the petition will 6e granted without dissent. Livery Stable G1~anges Proprietors Ferguson & Murray, the well known firm of liverymen, havo diseolwed part- nership, Mr. Murray eetiring from the I1rm, the business to be continued by, lt>{r. Ferguson. Since engaging in busi- near here more than two years ago this firm has enjoyed a good pntronago and from a small business in "the old red burn" they have grown to one of the boat and lnrgeat livery barns in tho county. Ndr. Murray has sold his in- terest~in tho real estate .and 6uainaea to his pat•tner and For awhile will enjoy Cho opportunity of takipq a bit of a rest. Ho will sot loave Contral Point, however, and expects to engage in~ aome.other lino of business hero in the near .future. Probably~'ho ohter man in southern Oregon has a better "lino of dppo" oir~horsefleah in gsneral and tho Idvory business •in particular than Bit! Ferguson and 9rat-class teams, rigs and drtvera wilt oontmve to be every- day "specials" ah the b1g•f~'ront street barn. The heauy rain A4onday night forcibly broNght to mind the fact that the wet season is agaun upon us anti also served as s reminder that .if .Centred f oint is to become tho modern town which it,s t'ocation and surtoundinga indicates that it can be it must have better streets and more modern eidewallas. People: who build the olasa o£ homes which have been going.np here the peat few montUs do not enjoy wading thmugh mud isi going to and from their homes - and pdaeea of Iwsinees, and the only way to escape from e~aeh a diaagreo- able ii-perienee Ss to improve the streets and sidewalks. Steps ahouAd bo taken at once to ,.prepare fmr paviaaq dine street so that the Ixsginning tsf the next raing season a year he:see .will not find ua imm tho same ceaadiL;on we are now in. tt is understood kry ttwse who have .investigated lase m~t- ter that a large majonity of the Pine atree~;property.ownera are 2eeartidy am Favor of paving and,sll that le Laekt~ag is fur somebody to take :1•he• dnitdative and sot the improvement ball rolditig. Ed Fasra returnod Gast Thasraday,fre~m a teip to Portland.~snd other~l'iUamotte valley points, where h® spent sevetsal ~ days vie%ting~ Eriondg and #ooking• orrer the country: dtir. Fas•r~ says there is a dot of fine .teerming country dow® that way but values are advancing rapidly since his last visit,'