THE MJCDFOBD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1909.
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HOLD HILL CLIMBS INTO
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BAND WAGON OF SOUTHERN OR
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TLE CITY IS
HIRGING AHEAD
Boosters Provide Delightful Enter
tainment for Visitors Who At
tended Fruitgrowers' Meet.
Kight up in the front seat of the
boosters' bnnd wagon, the little city
of Gold Hill climbed on Tuesday, and
if other cities of Southern OrcEOi
do not watch out Oold Hill will grasp
the lines and do the driving act.
Boosters Seem to thrive in that neigh
borhood, for certain it was that they
came from all around and entered
heartily into the spirit of the occas
ion. Prominent fruit growers from
all sections of the Rogue River val
ley were on hand to attend the fruit
growers and boosters meeting, which
the hustling little oity has advertised
thoroughly during the past few
weeks. Among the subjects thrashed
out were those of fruit pests, good
roads, development and tho art of
making the city attractive to the
newly arrived investors from tho east.
Thuvisitors were handsomely treated
by the residents of Gold Hill and the
affair proved to he one of the most
successful of its kind ever held in
this seclion of the stnte.
Many Visitors Present.
The visitors were from all parts of
the valley. The various towns were
represented, but the fact that lent the
most encouragement to the Gold Hill
boosters was the fact that the coun
try about that city was almost de
populated owing to the influx into the
city. The Gold Hill bnnd furnished
the music for the occasion and greet
the arrivals at the trains aside from
entertaining the audience that com
pletely puckeil the opera house to
hear the various speakers.
J. j. Ilainmcrsley. president of the
Gold Hill Commercial Club, welcomed
tho visitors in a neat little speach in
which he informed them that he had
sent all of the city's police force out
into the country so that all might do
whatsoever they pleased. He spoke
of the appreciation of every Gold
Hill resident at the sacrifice the visi
tors had made in each leaving their
business for a day in order to lend
their aid to Gold Hill, in nn endeavor
to better the conditions there.
The big mass meeting of the after
noon was heralded by a short meet
ing held in the morning in the opera
house where the plan for the after
noon was outlined. The crowd then
adjourned to the banquet room of tho
Oddfellows Hnll where the ladies of
Gold Hill had prepared a big free
lunch for the visitors. And the way
the crowd went after those sand
wiches nnd large cups of steaming
coffee was ample proof that the la
dies certainly know how to appease
the inner man.
Many Speakers.
It was at 1:30 o'clock that the
meeting proper began. Every chair
was occupied. Mr. Hammersley
opened the meeting and introduced
the various speakers. Each was
listened to and greeted with much ap
plause as the points touching upon
the resources of Gold Hill were men
tioned. Among those speaking were
professor O'Gnra. of the department
vl agriculture. County Judge Neil,
President J. E. Watt of the Rogue
River Horticultural Society, Charles
Mcservc, editor of the Rogue River
Fruit Grower. J. A. Perry, Secretary
Kelsey of the Gold Hill Commercial
Club and Fruit Inspector Taylor. All
of the men made telling speeches,
which were well received.
The meeting closed late in the af
ternoon and was named the most
successful of the many of a like na
ture that have been held in the val
ley.
Ella Qauayaw, public stenographer,
om 4. Palm bnSdiof .
Fresh fish and erfeba at the Rex
Grocery. 28
O'GARA TELLS OF
THE PEAR BLIGHT
Informs the Gold Hill Fruitgrowers ef
the Round of Life of the Pear
Blight Germ.
Fruit pests in the Rogue River val
ley was tho topic chosen by Professor
J. J. O'Gnra on Tuesday at the meet
ing of the fruitgrowers in Gold Hill.
Professor O'Gara spoke at some
length and his fntits were presented
in a striking and convincing manner.
He dealt principally with pear blight
although he touched upon peach
blight and apple anthracnose.
Professor O'Gara opened his ad
dress with the statement that all or
chard pests are a man's best friends,
for they make him take an interest in
his orchard. He went on to stnte
that unless n thing cost trouble it was
of but little value. Starting with the
earliest records the professor
sketched the history of pear blight
down to the present day. The first
mention thnt is found of it is in the
records of the Massachusetts society
for the promotion of agriculture in
1792. However it was not until the
i)0's of the last century that the en
tire round of the life of the pear
blight germ was delineated. It was
Professor Wait who made the great
est strides in successfully fighting it.
First in Blossom.
It is in the springtime that the first
intimation of blight is to be found. A
genu is deposited by some insect in
the blossom on the tree and from
there it works down into the tree un
til it reaches the bark where it often
necessitates the cutting away of the
entire (roe. Sometimes through the
winter it is dormant only to renew its
iictivity willi- the reswelling of the
buds as the tree begins to take in sap.
Very few cases hold over however
from one year to the next.
"There is very little danger in the
Rogue River valley from pear blight,"
stated the professor, because of the
dry summers in this section. The ab
sence of humidity is another splendid
aid. The Rogue River orchardists
need only to exhibit a reasonable
amount of work in preventing its
start and they are safe."
Professor O'Gara 's address was
full of facts that will prove of value
to the orcharditst of that section. He
remarked upon the splendid land in
that part of the valley for tlic culti
vation of peaches and then told how
to den I with the peach blight.
GIRL TAKES POISON TO
"SCARE" HER LOVER; DIES
' URIAH, ('ill.. April 21. Miss Ileue
Hownrd, n local high school girl, com
mitted suicide this evening by taking
ja large (uantity of carbolic acid.
Miss Howard started out riding and
i on passing a drug store stopped nnd
purchased the acid. Then, driving up
before a crowd of bystanders, she
; swallowed the contents of the bottle.
j After taking the pnison she said
; that she did not want to die, but to
'tell a young gentleman friend of hers
whom she was in love with thnt she
!had taken it to scare him.
POET VANISHES. LEAVING j
! ODD MESSAGE IN WILL
j LONDON", April 21. There is no
i tract of John Davidson, the poet, who
I has been missing from his home at
' Penznnce sinre March 23, and his
family has given up all hope of seeing
hini alive. A search of the poet's pa-
pers has revenled a document in
j which he wrote :
I "The time has come to make an
end. I cannot pnt up with cancer."
1 In a will executed last August Mr.
. Davidson intimated the possibility of
1 his having to die at any moment, "for
! reasons which concern myself alone."
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I Rex Grocery Co. 28
JUDGE NEIL HAS
NEW ROAD PLANS
Would Let Roadbuilding to Contrac
tors and Place Them Under Bond
to Do Work Properly.
One of the most interesting ad
dresses made at the fruitgrowers'
by J. R. Neil, judge of Jackson coun
ty,' who spoke on road matters. lie
stated that he was a firm advocate
of good roads and that he was doing
all in his power to give the residents
of tho county the roads that they
were clamoring for. He also stated
that he believed that within a year
Jackson county would have many
miles of good ronds nnd that he knew
that this would be the ease if it was
within his power to give it.
The judge spoke of a new system
which he believed would result in a
great saving for the country nnd one
that would insure good ronds. That
is to let road "building out by con
tract as other building work in the
county is let. AdvertUe for the
building of a certain st retch of rond
according to specifications and plans
which would be prepared by the
county surveyor and then place the
successful bidder under bond to build
the road according to the specifica
tions. In this way when a wagon road
wac constructed it would be done in
a proper manner.
Would Employ Patrols.
In order tu keep the roads in their
highest state of efficiency the Judge
stuted that he favored the employ
ment of men who lived along the
road to watch them in the winter time,
much in the nature of a patrol along
railroads. This would be hut a
trifling expense compared with the
rebuilding of the different roads
every spring when a little work dur
ing the heavy rains would save them.
Judge Neil also outlined the road
work that is being carried on by tho
county at the present time. A road
is being built out of .the Big Rutto
district to let the settlers in that sec
tion get into the valley by an easy
grade to do their trading. Another
is being built up Rogue River at an
expense of $3000 to $4000 in order to
get an easy grade out towards Fort
Klamath.
Judge Neil's remarks were greeted
with a great deal of applause by his
hearers. He outlined the views ho
held in regard to the construction of
roads and stated that it would over
be his endeavor to do what he could
to aid all the rural sections of the
county, showing that he understood
the significonce of good roads.
MARINE FREAK CAUGHT
OFF CATALINA ISLAND
AVALON", April 21. - A fish nine
inches long with a beard under its '
mouth not unlike that of a gnat, hue
eyes nnd a face similar to thnt of
a sheephead fish, was enught hem
today by a scinemnn. He placed it in '
the aquarium, where it was studied
by several local expert. So far. how
ever, nobody has been able to classify
this strange denizen of the deep. The
species is iridescent.
"CLASSMATES" DELIGHTS
LARGE AUDIENCE
The American piny. "Classmates,"
presented i lhe Medford opera house
Tuesday c iinp. was a rare treat for
local thpntc 'poers. Norman Tlnckelt
it) the role as Duncan Irvine; of North
Carolina, a cadet, showed much abil
ity. Henry Feniinp as Bert Stafford
was also deserving of mention.
The stage setting in the third net
was a representation of South Amer
ica in the jungles near the headwa
ters of tho Amazon river. The light
signs used in this act was a repro
duction of the heliograph, used as a
means for signaling aid.
As a whole the acting was fine
and was deserving of the hearty ap
plause tendered during the evening.
SAND-CLAY ROADS
FOR GOLD HILL
Secretary Kelsey of Commercial Club
Tells of New Way to Build Roads
That Will Aid that Section.
Secretary Kelsey of the Gold Hill
Commercial Club in a brief address
on Tuesday beforo the fruitgrowers'
meeting spoke of experiments car
ried on by the federal government in
regard to road building. Ho spoke
in particular of one method which
would prove practical in tho neigh
borhood of Gold Hill and that wns of
building what is known as sand-clay
roads. He stated that in that section
of the valley clay and sand were both
found in abundance nnd a little study
of the subject and the proper mixt
ure of the two materials would result
in a splendid roadway wherever used.
By the method mentioned sand and
clay in the proper proportions are
first puddled and then placed upon
the road. This is dragged over by a
split log and when hardened becomos
a splendid roadway, greatly resem
bling macadam. Kxperts have pro
nounced it the equal of macadam in
many sections.
Sand and clay are abundant in
that section of Jackson county and
yet a combination of the two for road
u imses has never been tried. The
cost is only some $200 a mile so that
with this system the remote section
of the county may be reached which
would not be the case if more expen
sive roads were attempted.
After Mr. Kelsey had completed
his remarks it was suggested that the
Gold Hill Commercial Club build a
mile of this road for experimental
purposes in order to demonstrate
that it was practical. This will be
undertiikcu and enrried out.
CALVACADE OF AUTOS
FROM ASHLAND TO FAIR
If the plans of some of Ashland's
enthusiastic motorists do not go
amiss, a special calvacade of auto
mobiles will leave Ashland the mid
dle of June on an excursion through
Oregon and Washington to tho Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition at Se
attle. The mads are at their best in
June, the season most delightful for
enjoying out of door life in this con
genial clime and the projectors of
(he trip see in it an ideal way of doing
the fair and also getting better ac
quninted with the summer topography
of the two states. The distance is
some :kM miles from Ashland to Se
attle, which would bo' covered by easy
automobile stages.
Among those who have already en
listed to take their machines on the
trip are R. L. Burdic. K. V. Carter
and Benton Powers,
GREAT GOLD STRIKE
IN STATE OF CALIFORNIA
NKVADA CITY, Cnl April 21.
News reached here tfiday of a phe
nomenal stri'.e rtjule in the 1fl-to-l
mine heuv ihis city a lew days ago.
It is roprrted that n incrs working
on the 2r0-f tot level unearthed a
ledge of altnost pure gold and that
since the 'ind 'jnl,nn' has been tak
en out.
Aeeoriliii;; to word that has come to
this pity, I here is eory indication
that the leiVe is air exceptionally
lartre one m;l will yield many thou
sands of dollars.
Kxtra pure imported olive oil at
Hex Orocerv Co. 28
Contracting and Journeymen Paint
ers, Attention.
There will be a meeting in Redmen's
hall Saturday evening, April 24, for
the purpose of completing organiza
tion and the eleotion of officers. All
painters and painting contractors are
reqpested to be present, an the char
ter arises.
26 T. C. WHITE, Secretary.
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