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GOLD H ILL JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1911
Sixteen Held Up
and Mail Looted
Robbers Escape
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Mrs. Sarah P. Decker
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REDDING, Cut., Jun. ft. Entering
the mail c a r o f I he fa»t northliound
Oregon Express »liorllv a fte r (I a. ru.
todnv two unmasked bandit» bound
anil gagged three mail elera tu
charge of the mail car, anil a fte r
rifling tin1 content» of six registered
mail sack», juui|>ed from the train at
Redding and e»caed.
The exact
amount o f loot obtained by the b an ­
dits ha» not been accurately demon
stia le d , but it i» believed that it will
total »«verul thousand dollur».
The clerk» in charge of the mail car
were ( ‘baric» J. Ryan, Robert It
W arner and P eter llem riek of Him
Francisco. The bandit» boarded tin
train at Red Bluff. The engine had
hardly sta rte d before they leaped
into the mail car. Drawing revolver»,
the t w o bandit» commanded t h e clerk -
to throw up their hand». While on<
covered the clerk» with a gun, the
other pniceeded to
the clerk- bv
stuffing
hankerchiei
into th n ;
mouth». Then the clerk» were seeut.
Mr«. Sarah P la tt Decker, the prom ­
ly bound. Thin ttnislted, the band
proceeded to rifle the mail sack*. inent club woman, mentioned a« ■
D iscarding
ordinary
mail,
they candidate fo r a Colorado United
»luffed the valuable registered pnei: State« «enatorship.
age» into their overcoat pocket».
Governor Visits Convicts Today
Governor Oswald W e t will arrive
in Medford thi» morning on train
No I ”) and leave at once for “ We»!
villc” Honor Camp No. 1, where In
will spend Sunday viaiting the men
and looking over their work, lie will
be accompanied by Engi..... . H annon,
Charles (lay, (J. Putnam and cither
Commissioner Owau» or Davi |H-X
hap» both,
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Missing Girl Located
N ora Darling, 17, who di»ap|ieiircd
from her mother'» home in Medford
some three month» ago and for whom
a search has been carried on
nee
bv the m other and the authorities
him been located, according to in
form ation received bv ('oii»tubh
Hiugler from O akland, Cal. The voting
girl is »aid to be in that city under
surveillunee. It is said that »lie ha
been there fo r four week».
Mr.
Hiugler a t oiiec took step», upon re
ceipt o f thv inform ation, to com
munieutc with Mrs. Darling, who i» .it
her fath e r’s home in Idaho.
Mrs
Darling is expected to go to Oiiklalid
soon.
WEATHER RECORD FOR DE­
CEMBER, MEDFORD STATION
Date.
Max. Min. Rang"
Dec. 1 ............. 51
39
21
Dec. 2 ............. 51 5 23
28 .5
Dee. 3 ............. 57
30
27
Dec. 4
20
28
Dee. ft ................ 51
37.5 13.5
Dee. 8 ............. 51
41
10
I lee. 7 .............. 4«
25
21
1 lee. 8 ............. 48
27 .5 20 .5
1 >ee. 0 .............. 45
34 .5 10.5
Dee. 10 ............. 39
29
10
Dee. 11 ............. 30
33
3
Dee. 12 ............. 37
31 5
2 5
Dee. 13 . ............. 32 ft 32
1 .5
Dee. 14 . ......... 35
30 .5
4 .5
Dee. 15 ............. 42
39. fl
2 .5
Dee. Ill . ............. 40
31
9
1 lee. 17 . ............. 38 5 32
0 .5
,11
Dee. 18 .
3 2 .5
tl. 5
Dee. 19 . ............. 47. ft 28 .5 19
Dee. 20 . ............. 43
28 .5 14.5
Dee. 21 ............. 40 5 23
17.5
Dee. 22 . ............. 47
23
24
Dee. 23 . ............. 39
32
I
Dee. 24 .
30
9
Dee. 25 . ............. 38
20.5 11,8
Dee. 20 ............. 32
27 5
4 5
Dee. 27 . ............. 42
30
12
Dee. 28 . ............. 30
29.5
6
Dee. 29 . ............. 31. 5 23.5
8
Dee. 30 . ............. 38
28
10
Dee. 31 ............. 30
28
8
Mean o f maximum, 42.09 <l>e r e e s .
menu of minimum, 29.50 <li grees ,
Maximum, 57 on the 3d; minimum, 21
on the 1st; g re a te st’ daily range,
on the 3d. Total precipitation, 1.','
inches; g reatest in 24 hours, .51
inches, Snow, between five and six
inches. Clear days, 3; partly cloudy,
18; cloudy, HI.
The snow, which melted in n few
hour» n ite r fulling, is included in (lie
total precipitation. The precipitation
for December, 1010, was 3.11 inches,
ns against 1.88 inches for December.
B ill. The am ount f o r the past month
Inis been sufficient for the needs nt
Ihc farm er and frail grower.
Ten
Pages
Brief News of the Week.
Only 35 lynchings, known to be
such beyond doubt, occurred In the
United -.ate« in 1911
Tho Council of Ministers ha« decid­
ed not to allow the Halvutlon Army to
carry on Its work In Russia.
During this week the state legisla­
tures of Kentucky, Maryland, Rhode
Island. Massachusetts, Mississippi and
oue or two other states will convene
Io- their regular session».
An ordinance gran 11 ng a franchise
to the Cincinnati Union Depot & Ter­
minal company to erect a new central
station to cost Ho,000,000 was passed
by the Cincinnati city council.
There are 500,000 cases of typhoid
In this country annually, and some
60,000 deaths. There are 60,000 deaths
aunually from cholera Infantum Near-
ly all would be prevented If the fly
nuisance was conquered.
It cost the women of California
15.3c a vote to win their flghl for equal
suffrage at the receut stnte election,
according to reportH given out at the
headquarters of the Southern Cslifor
niu Political Equality League.
Next year's straw hat will cost
more than this year's, and the price
will he still higher In 1913, owing
to a shortage In the Importation» of
straw braid, most of which comes
from the province of Shan-Tung. Chi­
na.
Indiana probably Is the only state
In the Union In which five distinct
campaigns are being conducted for
as many candidates for the Republic­
an presidential nomination. Two of
the candidates, former Vice-President
Fairbanks, mul ex Senator Beveridge,
are favorite sons. The other move­
ments ate being carried forward in
the Interest of President Taft, ex-
Presldetit Roosevelt and Senator Ln-
Folletto.
DRASTIC LAWS ADOPTED
C a llf» rn la Legislature Regulates Pub­
lic Service Corporations.
8a, ramonto.—In a four weeks' spa­
tial session the California legislature
adopted the most comprehensive and
drnutlc low for the regulation of pub­
lic service corporations yet devised
by any state. It adopted another bill
designed to regulate the appropria­
tion of water for power purposes that
will lay a basis for stringent regula­
tion of all power and Irrigation en
terprlses a year hence.
A presidential preference primary
law advocated by Governor Johnson
gtvea to the majority of voters ir.
each parly the cliolco of delegates
to the national conventions and the
instruction of such delegates as to
the presidential nomination.
Bom bardm ent In Aegean.
Pnrls.—Notwithstanding the strict
censorship In Italy over war news, a
dispatch has come through from the
Secolo, of Milan, saying reports are
current In Rome that an action tins
commenced in the Aegean Sea and
that a bombardment Is actually ’n
progress.
BOY KILLED A T ASHLAND
A boy named Boyd,.about fifteen years old, was shot and in­
stantly killed by a boy named Badger, about the same age, at
Ashland late yesterday afternoon. The boys had been hunting
ou'side the city limits, and on their way home, just on the edge
of town, they started to do fancy stunts with their rifles, one of
which was to see who could quickest bring his rifle to shoulder,
whirl half way round and take aim for firing. They both
emptied their rifles shells, as they supposed, but a shell remained
in the Badger boy’s gun, and when he executed the maneuver
there was a flash and report from his rifle and young Boyd fell
dead with a bullet through his heart. Both boys are of promin­
ent families.
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NO. 35
Trank Morrison
-\GoldHill's First
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Big Market Day
Next Saturday
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Notice of Bond Sale
COLD H IL L , OREGON
P h o to by A m e r ica « P reM A aaoclatloa.
Thia City ia offering Twenty-five $1,000 6 per cent. 25-
year WA TER EXTEN SIO N BONDS.
JANUARY
at the hour o f 7 P. M.
22d,
Date o f aale
1912
Sealed Bida.
No option.
March lat, 1912; due March lat, 1937.
Bonds. Proceedinga regular.
We invite bida.
Date
No outatanding
$1,000 depoait.
J. H. BEEM AN, Mayor.
k Tribute to the Country Editor
ELD ER JOHN P. GALVIN, pastor of the Christian
Church of Fairfield, 111., in a senes of sermons on the
different trades and occupations of life delivered a sermon
on “The Newspaper.” Among the many good things he
said were:
"What am I doing for it? Kicking because it's not
blowing my horn? But how much of myself am I lending
to the paper by speaking a good word for it whenever I
have a chance? Really, how much of my personal in­
fluence can its editor depend upon? Much, or is it very
little? If I grow a big cabbage 1 want him to publish it,
but I may hear item after item of news about other peo­
ple’s cabbages and never drop him a line about them.
Now, as he is not almighty enough to be in all places at
the same time, why not help him by making news for his
paper? All in all, I find that our county papers are doing
their very best for every part of the country, even a hun­
dred times more than any of the large city papers can
possibly do.
“The city daily or weekly can not deal with those, to
them, small items which interest close neighbors. But
the county papers tell us ail about them arid keep us posted
in all home matters, from the first baby down to garden
truck and the visit Mrs. Sallie Howcomerso made at Pitch-
fork Creek.
“In fact, the magic of the county paper sets faroff
neighbors in close gossiping contact—just a rail fence be­
tween. And where can the preacher find a more willing
agent than this same county newspaper? It gives him
free ads. for his sermons, lectures, etc.
“And how many times its puff has inflated the cash
balance of the church social! And he has to pay for his
ice cream and cake besides.
“Talk about men working for glory! Why, the only
share of glory of half the editors of country papers is like
that of the man who saw the father of his nation from
afar off. Yes; his glory is like some of those weird pic­
tures of Dore. And after he has spent an hour or so patch­
ing up the spelling and punctuation of some hasty broth- ,
er’s article or letter so as to make decent reading out of
it he feels as if he had a mouthful of mustard and sour
dock when the said brother goes around telling every one
how the said editor has ruined his beautiful effusion. Job
had boils to contend with,’ but the country editor has to
try to satisfy men and women afflicted with an elongated
dose of twisted conceit. Job prayed that his enemy might
write a book, but if I could ever pray for the affliction of
a man I didn’t like I’d pray he might be an editor ef a
country newspaper. It would keep him hot through the
day, and he wouldn’t have much sleep at night. So my
heart goes out to the country editor. May his paid up list
grow as fast as the gourd of Jonah, only with a better
staying quality, and may his days be long in the land, and
may his shadow never grow less, and, if we can, let us
send him to congress.”
F rank M orrison, the w ell known
labor leader, who was custodian 01
the M cN am ara brothers* defense fund.
News of Noted Persons.
The king of Slam will pay a vL4t
to the United States nAxt lall, - otia-
i bly in October.
The cornerstone of a settlement
house for the blind was laid by Presi­
dent Taft in New York.
J. P. Morgan surprised everybody
but his family and business partners
by sailing on the Olympic bound for
Egypt and a winter cruise on the Nile
oa his own yacht.
John Redmond, the famoue Irish
leader, was painfully injured when
his wagonette turned turtle, pinning
him beneath. He will be incapacitat­
ed for two weeks.
Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, director of
the federal bureau of mines, startled
the chemists with the declaration tlaat
of all the coal mined In the United
States, fully one-half was wasted.
Childs Frick, the only son of Henry
C. Frick, of Pittsburgh, will soon set
lull from London at the head of an
expedition to Abyssinia for the pur­
pose of making natural history col­
lections for the Smithsonian Institu­
tion.
Unofficial announcement has been
made at St. Paul that Louis W. Hill
is to retire May 1 as president of the
Qreat Northern railway and that he
will devote his fin e In the future to
his agricultural holuings in various
parts of the northwest.
Jack Johnson has announced that
Jhe papers for a fight with Sam Mo-
Vey In Australia are as good as sign­
ed. and that all he Is Insisting on now
before he places his name on the
articles is the fixing of a date. He
will receive 330,000 regardless of the
result.
A sequel of the elopement in April.
1910, of Mis# Ethel Croker, daughter
of Richard Croker, the millionaire
ex-boss of Tammany Hall, and John
J. Breen, his riding master, came
when Breen filed a civil suit to re­
cover $100,000 damages, alleging the
alienation of his wife's affections,
against Richard Crok«r and his two
tons.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat—Track prices: Club, 79c;
bluestem, 83c; red Russian, 78c.
Barley—Feed, 337 per ton.
Oats—No 1 white, 331 per ton.
Hay—Timothy, valley, 316; alfalfa
31«.
Butter—Creamery, 36c.
Eggs—Ranch, 37c.
Hops—1911 crop, 44c; 1910, nomi
nal; contracts, 25c.
Wool — Eastern Oregon, 9@16c;
Willamette Valley, 16@ 17c.
Mohair—37c.
Seattle.
Wheat—Bluestem, 81c; club, 78c
red Russian, 77c.
Barley—336 per ton.
Oats—330 per ton.
Eggs—Ranch. 50c.
Butter—Creamery, 38c.
Hay—Timothy, 311 per ion.
Heartburn, Indigestion or distress
of the stomach Is Instantly relieved by
HERBINE. It forces the badly di­
gested food out of the body and re­
stores tone In the stomach and bow­
els. Price 50c. Sold by Jarvis, the
druggist.
Gold Hill's first bi** m arket day
will be held next S atu rd ay , Ja n u a ry
13, when all farm ers are invited io
bring in w hatever they have to «ell.
Gold Hill business men and citizens
generally will make an effo rt to see
th a t everything sells at good prices,
and if more if brought in than can be
sold locally a movement will at once
be sta rte d to establish a shipping
point a t Gold Hill fo r the general
produce o f the farm .
Those attending are urged to be in
town a s early as possible, so as to
give pienlv o f time fo r the disposal
of the products offered fo r sale, and
allow those who live a t a distance to
begin the drive home early.
The M. W. A. building on Main
i street will be the place o f exhibit and
.-ale. A large room in the Hutson
; building in the seme block has been
. donated by the
e r a s a reception
¡an d rest room. , t coffee W l be
I served fsee.
AH produce rem aining unsold a t 2
o clock wilt be offered a t auction by
J. W. H ays, who will donate his se rv ­
ices.
The Gold Hill C afe will serve cof-
feet and doughnuts free to all fa rm ­
ers and farm ers’ wives, and will make
a dinner rate o f 25 cents.
Inasm uch as the m arket is an e f­
fo rt on the p art of Gold Hill to bring
I the producer and the consum er to ­
gether fo r the mutual benefit o f both,
it is believed th a t farm ers o f the d is­
tric t generally will lend their e ffo rts
to make the day a success— and a
perm anent institution.
Circuit Court News.
Charles W. Walters vs. Lydia Hans-
com Spanas Suit to foreclose mort­
gage. Decree for plaintiff.
Charles Hertford et al. to W. E.
Goode.
Action to recover money.
Judgment in favor of plaintiff in the
sum of 3700.
G. E. Helsniger vs. Robert L.
Towne Application to register title.
Decree by default.
In re asignment of O. E. Tack-
strom. Order for distribution of as­
sets to creditors.
State of Oregon vs. Herbert Koch.
Dismissed.
John H akanson vs. F. G. Sweden-
kurg; action fo r dam ages; verdict in
fav o r of defendant.
F. Osseubruggc vs. II. C. M essen­
g er; dism issed.
May Simons vs. John H enry Sim ­
o n s; divorce; decree granted.
S tate o f Oregon vs. C harles Tull;
defendant entered plea o f not guilty.
Della J. Brown vs. J. A. M cIntosh;
suit to foreclose m ortgage; decree by
default.
Clyde Shaw vsi Opp Mining com­
p an y ; o rd er confirm ing sale.
S tate of Oregon vs. Richard Thom­
ason ; dism issed.
S tate o f Oregon vs. Myron S. M ar­
tin ; dism issed as to pointing a gun
nt another, an d sentenced to 30 days
in jail fo r carry in g a concealed
weapon.
S tate o f Oregon vs. H enry D avis;
obtaining money under false p re­
ten ses; case continued and defend­
an t released on own recognizance.
F arm ers & F ru itg ro w ers’ bank vs.
L. W. S m ith: action fo r money; order
overruling dem urrer.
S ylvester P a tte rso n et al. vs. City
of M ed fo rd ; judgm ent fo r defendant.
G arnett-C orey H ardw are company
vs. J. A. M cIntosh; judgm ent bv d e­
fault.
S arah E. Clay vs. Daniel E. C lay;
divorce; decree by default.
Anna R oberts uw. Charles S. Rob­
e rts ; divorce; decree bv default.
I-. M. Lyon to J. R. Poole; su it to
quiet title ; decree fo r plaintiff.
Effie H efling vs. John H efling; su it
for divorce; decree by default.
City o f A shland vs. Rogue River
E lectric com pany; notice o f appeal
filed.
New Cases.
Beffie Heinz vs. Edward Heins;
divorce.
C . B. Nathan, attorney for
plaintiff.
Norman L. H ank vs. Prospect Con­
struction company ; action to recover
money,
Callie A. Rowley vs. R ichard W.
Rowley; divorce.
Minnie Kelly vs. Leroy Kelly; d i­
vorce.