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VOL. XIV.
JACKSONVILLE. JACKSON COUNTY
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NEWS OF THE WEEK CANNING INDUSTRY
IN TABLET FORM I
HELPS FARMS
Tersely Told
By
WHAT OUR NEIGH
Conscientious
BORS ARE DOING
Correspondents
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TRUE TALES OF PIONEERS
Gold Discovery in Rich Gulch in le'l. Interesting; Pen Picture
of Jacksonville in the Days of the Gold Excitement- First
j The Germans are helieved to be
With scarcity of household help and
j
aiding
the
Bolsheviki
in
their
effort
record breaking prices for fruit, vege-
I city. He was accompanied by Bruce
Murder Trial Held in Jackson County.
i to reach Warsaw. It is thought that I tables and sugar, it is safe to say that
the Germans are supervising the I the general public will depend more
Following is a brief account of the from the chrysalis stage, and before
artillery work.
' than ever before on the output of the I rirst discovery of gold in Rich gulch the end of summer assumed an air of
The public schools of Ashland will
; Crowds were foiled in an attempt to I canneries to supply their needs.
, and the first murder trial held in .lack- solidity, ind fairly enterei on the
open on September 6. An excellent
The canning industry has been grow­
■ rush the castle gates in Dublin, Ire-
corps of teachers have been secured,
i land. Armored cars containing troops ing at a record pace and it is chiefly sor.ville. While the court’s methods ■ se-ond stage of its existence.
among them a new teacher of physi­
due to it that the farmers have a ready may have been crude they were certain- . During this time a marked change
j dispersed the roiters.
:
cal training and athletica who comes
Reports say that Paul Allendorff, market for all they could raise. It Ij effective in holding the lawless ele- had taken place in the social structure
Miss Christine Heckman returned
I
highly recommended from an Eastern
would
be
safe
to
say
that
successful
i an American citizen vho was recently
mer.t in check and safeguarding life , of Jacksonville. Gamblers, courtezans,
college. A sucessful school year is an­ l Sunday from Portland where she has ordered to leave Mexico was taken farming is largely dependent on the and property during the strenuous sharpers of every kind flocked to the
been visiting friends.
ticipated.
new El Dorado. SMoons multiplied be­
I from the train and put in prison in canning industry today.
first days.
yond necessity; monte and faro games
The funeral of Delta Lee Reed, a
This industry on the Pacific coast
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Robinett, George I Mexico City.
Much of the history of Jacksonville
15 year old girl who committed sui­ Robinett and Miss Pankey who have
Plans for the reorganization of the ! can supply a world market and it is is unwritten but. fortunately, some of were in full blast, and the strains of
music lured the "honest miner” and
cide, was held at Mountain View cem­ been enjoying a six weeks motor tour United States army will soon be mads bound to be the greatest developer of
those whoring its foundations and led his feet into many a dangerous
etery where interment occured.
through Yosemite and Yellowstone public Under the new arrangements , our agricultural resources and one of
W. H. McNair, who was in Portland national parks returned home Monday. the U. S. forces may be devided into our greatest employers of labor. If reared its schools and churches still place, where he and his money were
the
in attendance upon the annual meet­
prices can be held within reason for I survive, and upon the faithfulness of soon parted. Notwithstanding
The Cernp Fire Girls returned last three armies.
raw material tnere will be an ever 1 their memories we must depend for loose and reckless character of a large
ing of the State Pharmaceutical asso­ week from Butte Creek where they
Richard J. Foran of Patterson N.
the accuracy of the records, li was portion of the people crime was re­
ciation returned home last week.
spent a ten days vacation under the Y. who was a veteran of the world war increasing demand for canned pioducts. j hi December, 1851, or January 1852, markable rare. There was no written
Mrs. Josephine Chanev. the school care of Mrs Ray Henderson.
surviving twenty two wounds, was
that Rich gulch was struck, the first law. The hastily prepared handful of
teacher who died in the hotel fire at
killed
by
lightning
last
week.
Why
the
Lumber
Slump?
gold
being taken out near the present territorial laws, borrowed from the
Mr. Southwell and Mrs Walters who i
Portland last week, was a cousin of
I crossing of Oregon street. Gold had Iowa code, generally relating to prop­
were recently married were treated | More than 100diamonds supposed to
Mr3. L. A.¡Roberts of this city Mrs. Cha­
be a part of the jewelry of the Russ­ The Manufacturer has been po inting I been found somewhat earlier on Jack- erty rights, were inoperative at so re­
ney met her death during an attempt to an old fashioned serenade one ian royal family were intercepted by out for some time that while members i son creek, nearly opposite the old City
night this week the couple have the
mote a point from the seat of govern­
to rescue her from the burning building
the customs officials while enroute to of building trades have been advanc­ brewery, by two young men, who com­ ment, and there was neither county
when in stepping from the win­ beet wishes of the commun nity.
ing wages to $1.00 to $1.25 an hour, municated the fact to James Cluggage organization or judicial officers.
the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. John McJuns«y are
dow to a ladder, she fell five stories to
almost none of this class or the labor and 1. R. Poole, who were traveling
Damage
estimated
at
$5,000,000
was
But there was a law higher, stronger,
enjoying a two week vacation at Cres­
the sidewalk below.
class generally are building any house*. j [ through the valley. The result was
done in Toledo Ohio by a severe rain
i
more effective than written codes, the
While
wages
in
the
building
trades
Most of Ashland’s population are en- I cent citv.
the
discovery
of
Rich
gulch
by
Clug
­
storm which swept away buildings,
stern necessity of mutual protection
joying vacations at various mountain
automobiles and blocks of city paving. ' have been advanced 200 to 300 per gage and Poole, who associated them­ and an element had the courage and
! cent over pre-war times, actual build­ selves with Skinner and Wilson, who
and seashore resorts including Lake of
will to enforce it. Justice was adminis­
The armored cruiser Pittsburg and ing labor cost ¡has gone up -100 per
the Woods, Newport, Crater Lake, Pel­
conjointly claimed four hundred feet
tered
bv the peoples court: its findings
a
destroyer
have
been
ordered
to
pro
­
BUTTE FALLS.
cent and it requires twice as long to of the gulch. It was not long until the
ican Bay and other places.
were singularly correct, its decrees
ceed from France to the Baltic sea to build a house.
secret
of
a
"discovery
”
where
men
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Costello left last
i protect American interests there.
It takes twice as many carpenter could wash out a pint cup of gold inflexible, its punishment certain. In
week for their home in Missouri stop­
Mark Baker and I. S. Pattoi*.- are
On
the
31st
of
August
the
American
hours
on a job as it did five years ago. daily, leaked out. In February, 1852, 1852 the first court of this character
ping enroute at Oakland, Cal., to visit engaged in helping Mr Clark tap the
I
expeditionary
force
will
pass
into
bis-
Brick
layers lay less than half the every foot of the gulch was staked I was convened a miner named Potts
relatives. Mr Costello has been in bus­ trees for turpentine.
i tory when the only remaining unit of number ot bricks they laid five years out and claimed, and by March the was shot dead without provocation by
iness in ABiiland tor thirteen years, be­
W.
P.
Stoddard
who
spent
some
time
the ar^y that fought in France ceases ago. Plasterers, painters, paper hang­ surrounding hills and gulches were, in gambler named Brown. Immediately
ing connected with several barber
in
Klamath
Falls
on
business
return
­
to exist.
ers do less than half the work they spite of the evident hostility of the every claim was vacated. Men not
shops and selling his Plaza shop re­
angry but outraged by the deed
ed
home
last
week.
did
five years ago.
Great
Britian
is
planning
to
spend
Indians, filled with the rapidly swelling
cently.
gathered
in hundreds and the assassin
These
conditions
are
not
heclthy.
Mr.and Mrs. Swink, new comers in $6000,000 on war veterans during the
population, and soon the first discovery
R. C. Riley, former manager of the
was secured. That fine sense of chiv­
They
cannot
but
indict
disaster
upon
town
have
opened
a
general
merchan
­
next
year
of
which
$450,000
will
be
for
was
the
center
of
an
extensive
mining
Ashland telephone exchange, has been
alry and fairness cimmon on the front­
those who foster them. Short-sighted region.
transferred to Eugene and his place is dise store here. Mr Swink is an ex aer- war pensions.
ier prompted a proper investigation
filled by Harold Aiken, who was pro- vice man and thinks the altitude and
The two all metal airplanes that is the man who believes that he can
In February a trading post was open­ and in the absence of even a Justice of
him
produce
wealth
by
idling.
The
war
climate
of
Butte
Falls
will
bring
moted from lineman.
left New York to blaze a trail for the
ed in a tent by Appier & Kenney, Peace. W. W. Fowler was appointed
trans-continental air mail service ar- created a tremendous void in materials packers from Yreka. It was by no Judge and a jury of twelve men was
Mias Florence Allen who has been better health.
Butte Falls has been enjoying the i rived at Oaki and Calif, their destina- and commodities of all kinds and prices means a bazaar, the stock comprising elected. The case was tried by the
attending summer school at the uni-
are high by reason of this scarcity.
cool
weather which was a great relief | tion last week.
only a few tools and a little tom , ru|eH of right and wrong divested of
versary of California has returned to
Prices can only become lower when iron”, the roughest clothing and boots,
from
the
extremely
hot
weather
of
Ashland and will hold a position in the
legal technicalities. Brown was readily
While Rumania is ma'ntaining an at­ the world’s storehouse has again reach­
the last two weeks.
school this year.
titude of neutrality in the Rus’i. •“’olish ed its normal level. Copts of dwellings some "black strap” tobacco and a proved guilty of a cowardly murder
liberal supply of whiskey-not royal V’7»^n Van "oak grove a’l’iUle .
Mr. and Mrs.« Peachey, the Moore conflict, if joint action becomes neces­
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hagardine
will depreciate to a marked extent and
left recently for Santa Monica Calif, and Edwards family made a trip to I sary, she will cooperate with the allies. i rentals will be lower when the men nectar, perhaps, but nevertheless, tho I north of the site of the Presbyterian
solace of the miner in heat or cold, church, hanged and buried under a tree
where they will remain for some time. Crater Lake Saturday. They report a
The coal outlook has brightened with who build homes will do a full day’s in prosperity or in adversity. Other
large
crowd
at
that
popular
resort.
a few yards west of where the church
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Freeburg re-
the return of working conditions in work ungrudgingly with pride in the traders followed, bringing supplies of
Church services were held .every
now stands and the remains have
turned last week from an extended
the mines. The interstate commerce quality and quantity of their output.
every kind, pitching their tents on the
auto tour thro the middle western evening last week in the little brown commission hopes to deliver 20,000,00 q
The unusual demands of artisans, most available ground, and finding never been removed. The court was
church.
states.
mechanics, and labor in all ’trades has plenty of customers flush with treas­ quietly dissolved, the judge disclaiming
tons by November 1.
Mrs Riley who has been visiting her
checked the demand for building ma , ure. In March the first log cabin was the right to exercise further jurisdic­
D. Perozzi was named chairman of
Bodies of 2861 soldier dead have been
tion but the lesson was salutary and
the committee on credentials for the sister Mrs Cadzow for three weeks returned from overseas and 1:188 others terial and is severely hurting the lum­ built by W. W. Fowler, near the head
effective.
Oregon Elks at the state convention left for her home at I Long Beach Cal. are enroute. Requests for the return ber industry.
¡of Main, the only street in the embryo !
Tuesday.
recently held in Salem.
I city. Lumber was "whip-sawed” in,
of
45,000
bodies
from
France
and
Eng
­
Poland
asks
immediate
aid
from
the
Grandma Packer and her daughter,
i the gulches at the rate of $250 per I
The new passenger and Pullman Mrs H. Harryford of Rancheria land have been received.
Pity He Didn’t Miss Them.
U. S. in its fight against soviet Rus­
thousand, or purchased in small quanit-
Entnniolog.v does not record the
rates go into effect on August 26th Prairie visited in Eagle Point last
A condition of famine faces Russia sia. The "request will be for an exten­ ties from a sawmill in the valley; clap­ first
ii|>|H':iriin< e of the cootie, but we
and will involve an increase of 25 and week.
as the soviet wins. Cries for food and sion of credits and permission to pur­ board houses, with real sawed doors suppose Hull tl'i y were not slighted 111
50 per cent respectively.
chase
200,000
army
uniforms
and
200,
Joseph G eppert. road supervisor of clothing are heard throughout the
and window frames, began to rise the trip Nouli imide to save two of
000 shoes has been asked of the depart­
The Ashbellent Egg Society disposed this district made a business trip to country.
among the tents; the town emerged every living thing.
ment.
of 6245 dozen eggs ¡during the linonth Medford last week.
of July at an average price of fifty
Surprise Birthday Party
cents.
ASHLAND
Ì
- Grieve, formerly of Prospect, the
, young men having made the trip from
Cleveland in an automobile.
Mr. Johnson, the new section fore-
, man, has recently moved his family
' from Phoenix and is occupying the
Wright house.
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Marshall Barber left last week for I
Santa Maria Calif, where he will attend
high school, making his home with his
aiater, Mrs E. L>. Fraley. A lawn party
given in his honor was enjoyed by his
friends in Litbia Park before his de­
parture.
Kenneth Lillv, an Ashland boy who
has made a fine record in athletics, is
on his way east where he will be given
a try-out with the New York Giants
under Manager McGraw. Lilly will re­
turn to Stanford in October to resume
his studies.
EAGLE POINT
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Godward enter­
tained a number of voung people at
their home Saturday evening the occa­
sion being in the nature of a surprise
for Miss Leora Godward whose twenty-
first birthday anniversary it was.
Games and music indulged in till a
late hour and delicious refresements
served by the hostess combined to
make a most delightful and enjoyable
evening. Besides the honor guest,
those present weae, Mrs Franlj Sauls-
berrv. Misses Anna Niedermpyer,
Alice and Edith Hoefs and Messrs,
George Wendt Carl Niedermeger,
Chester Wendt Paul Goa ward and
Otto Niedermeyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Meyer of
Lake creek were business visitors in
Eagie Point Friday.
W. S. Chappell was at Applegate
recently on mining business.
Fred Luy of Wellen was transacting
business with our merchants Friday.
Mrs. R. A. Koppes, Miss Josephine
Koppes and Mrs. F. L. Sherman of
Medford spent some time in our town
Tuesday.'
It is reported th at George Hunt of
Walter Keizer and H. W. Conger of
Medford will erect a new moving pic- Medford were in town on business
ture theatre on East Main street this Monday. Mr Conger is the new part­
fall.
ner in the Weeks undertaking business
at Medford.
Mr. and .Mrs. B. F. Cummings, who Girls Don’t Know’
centrajl point
have been spending several weeks in
How to Walk
Oakland, Calif., returned to their
home in Eagle Point last week.
Here’s a test to show whether you
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cornelius of
Dr. F. G. Thayer of Medford and
Junction City have been visiting Cent­ Dr. W. P. Holt of our city made a walk correctly or not. Can you lift a
ral Point friends this week. Mr. Cor- trip to Lake creek on professional pencil with vour toes? To lift a pencil
in this way you press it against the
nelius was formerly agent at the S. P. business last Wednesday.
ball of the foot with your toes. If you
depot here.
T. W. Metcalf, representative of can do this it shows that your foot
E. A. Hildreth is leaving for Cali- the R. L. Polk Co. was in Eagle Point
forma where he will reside with his ■ last week, getting the names for the muscles are strong and that you have
been walking correctly. Th’S is the
son, A. E. Hildreth, having recently new directory.
test given to Cincinnatti girls by the
sold his Central Point property to Sam
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Matherson of Y. W. C. A. physical director of that
Anderson of Willow Springs.
Chicago who are making a tour of the city in a "sensible shoe campaign”
Rev. Cash, pastor of a Baptist church national parks spent some time in that has been conducted among ’teen
in Portland, preached in the Central j Eagle Point whila enroute to Crater age girls. Demonstrations show that
Point church last Sunday. A special Lake. They will proceed to the Yose­ comparatively few girls can pass this
feature waa a solo by Miss L. Paxsor. mite', San Diego, Cal. and then to »he test and this is laid to the wearing of
of Montana, who is visiting relatives Grand Canvon of Arizona, reaching improper shoes which cause incorrect
here".
home about November 1st.
walking
The swimming tank in the Y. M. C.
Rev. John W. Hoyt and Rev. J. W.
A. building is again in uae •nd hai McVeigh of Rogue River passed thro
her arm last week. Dr. W.
been-greatly enjoyed during the recent Eagle Point Monday on their way home
was called to render aid.
weather.
from Crater Lake where they con­
George Daley and wife of Scott
Clinton Purkeypiie of Cleveland. duct«! church services.
Valiev Calif, are visiting the former’s
Ohio, has been visiting his parents,
Mrs S. J Hesster of Brownsboro j parents, Mr and .Mrs W. C. Daley of
Mr, and Mrs. Court Purkeypile of this had the misfortune to fail and break
Eagle Point.
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