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GOLD HILL, JACKSO N COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JA N U A R Y 21, 1911
GREEKS BRING
GIETS TO ASS’N
EUGENE ELY IN AIRSHIP
LANDS UN BATTLESHIP
HAN PKANCIHCO. Cal., Jan. 18. -
Sweeping like a giant bird up from
Herbert Hume, nephew of the late
the aoiitli tin niigh Huu Frannie-io
It, I). Hume, “ lord of the Hogue,"
buy, Eugene Ely in a Curtiss bi-pdoa
and manager of the Hume estate, tod-- made the firat landing any
and Ivan lluuiaaon of Pot- * ,nd. for airman haa ever aeeompliahed on
merly of Medford, who haa porcha iu the deck of u wurahip.
the Intureata o f some of t h i he
At n high rate of tpeed Ely swept
are In Medford trying to mat e ao
over the wuter itriiid the cheers of
kind of a compromise with H e m.<r* thousand. who lined the shore, and
h er. of the Hogue H ire r Puh ProTI
the musts o f Ibe ships in
tectlon association, authors of %
, he harbor.
Ju»l us h.s machine
W o u ld n ’t It M ake Y o u Cackle if
YOU Had a H en W orth $ 1 2 ,0 0 0 ?
Initiative bill closing the Koftie e Oearc«J the cruiser Pennsylvania Ely
commercial fishing. They are w l l ! j , | owed
bov#rod f0|> #
lug to n.uko any kind of a cornßro-1
(he„ gwUle(, ,J()W11 #B th|i dm>k
mlae In o rd .r to keep their large
f f , h(I VBMHo| ng e, giJy w
„
men packing plant In operation
stopped wilh 20 feet
the mouth of the Rogue and s « J | ^ e
legislative modification of the In ittA a ^ ,,vg bj g ,,ru | t
ttve b ill agreeable to the local a;
V *
lore.
to spare from
bujk (o
.ABORING MEN
“ The Initiative law ," they statA1
MEET WITH WEST
"means virtual confiscation of a sev
L SALEM , Jan. lit. -AH precedents
eral hundred thousand dollar Invest
ment In the cannery plant and the were broken when last evening Gov
abandonment of the hatchery work ernor Oswald West Invited the dele
the Humes have long carried on. It gates to the convention of the Ore
moans ruin for the two towns of Qold gon Federation of Labor to his office
where a consultation was held
Beach and Weddorburn at the mouth*
of the river, whose sole source of IN greater value perhaps to the labor
livelihood Is supplied bv the fishing Interests than any one other feature
tadustry earrled on for nearly forty of the present convention now in ses
• years."
sion at Salem. I t Is the governor's
“ We are w illin g ," etatee M r. Hum Idea to bring the labor and capital
aeon, “ to atop fishing for steel head Interests together for the purpose of
compensa
entirely and only fish fo r salmon, proposing an automatic
which are valueless to the sportsman. tion law for rates when Injuries are
We are w illin g to ahorton the seatoa received la employment.
The labor oonveatlue foels that the
or llvo up to any
requirements
deemed necessary. W e have been employers' liability measure, enacted
refrigerating the steelheads and ship by the people last November, Is a
ping them east.
We w ill agroe to splendid measure but It la still neces
cease this b r n c h of the Industry, sary to employ counsel to go Into
dismantle our cold
storage plants the courts la order to enjoy Its ad
and help protect the steelhead. We vantages. Oovernor West la of the
w ill turn our E lk creek hatchery opinion that a law should be enacted,
over to the association to be used as not at this session perhaps, provid
ing that the Injured man should be
a trout hatchery.
compensated without roeort to tho
"The present owners cannot be
courts, always espenslve and a bur
blamed for tho actions of the late R.
den hpon the laboring man.
D. Hume, and are acting in good
i t la with that end In view that the
fa ith .
W e do not thing the people conference I n ^ e chief executive's
g»«c-nlly would have voted for t i e
chamber was held sad toward which
bill If thoy had understood that It
the convention which Is now In ses
meant confiscation and ruin to an
sion Is striving
~
«etabllahed Industry and two com
munities. and a large number of In
APOLOGIZE NOW
habitants."
Mombers of the Rogue River Fish
Protection aaaoclatlon stat • that
when they s>ught compromise, they
were laughed at; when they Intro
duced
needed legislation, It
was
killed; and w hile they have no par
ticu lar desire to protect salmon, they
<lo not see how salmon can bo caught
and steelheads escape.
In general
th eir attitude Is to "beware of the
Greeks bearing gifts.” They also
claim the m atter has passed out of
their control and rests with the peo
ple of Oregon.
Nevertheless, they
adm it the Humes have cause for
complaint, do not blame them for
seeking redroes, and are w illing to
hear their aldo of the controversy.
NORMAL SCHOOLS
FOR EACH COUNTY
SALEM , O r., Jan. 11.— 8m all nor
mal training schools In connection
with high schools w ill be natabllahed
In each county scat If the Idea con
tained In a bill to be presented by
Representative Roy Graves of Yam
h ill la carried out. His bill 1 b modeled
afte r the system now In vogue In
Michigan.
I t provides for the ostnbllshmont
t a board of control, composed of
he stnto superintendent of Instruc
tion, the county superintendent and
the chairman of the school board In
the county where tho teachers' train -
log classes, as the b ill
designates
them, are established. Counties where
norinal/schools already exist are ex
empted.
Those eligible to adullsston to the
i lasses must be bona fide residents
of the county and have completed at
least the second year til high school
work.
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JOHN EHWEGAN
PASSES AWAY
John von Ehwegnn, for the past 15
years n resident of Medford, passed
nway Sunday evening. Appoplexy
was responsible for his denth.
Mr. Ehwegnn for many years hns
¿icon the local manager for the Wein-
hnrdt Rrewing company of Portland.
Ho leaves two children, n son and u
daughter. <
He was born in Enden, Germany,
mid was <15 yenrs of age.
NO 37
ACKERMAN HEAD
OF MONMOUTH
SALEM, Or.. Jan. 18.—J. H. Ank-
erwan, who hue just completed a se r
vice of 12 years as slate super in
tendent of public instruction in this
state, was yesterday elected presi
dent of the State Normuf school,
which is to he established at Mon
1C adoption
Ü'H/JRJUII
mouth as the result of the
of an initiative measure w it tlxAbnt end
in view November 8. The ) ».'ia ry of
the president is fixed by tli hoard
at 63600 a yenr.
The friends of tho State Nonna I
ticliool are today congratulating
tLomselves upon the election of Mr.
Ackerman as president. Though not
a candidate for the uosition. he had
been frequently mentioned in connec
tion with it and his election is quite
generally approved. As the inetitu-
tiaon is likely to be the only one in
Oregon for several years itAta ex
pected that within a year or two »•
will be one of the largest of its kind
in the northwest. Mr. Ackerman will
assume active charge at Monmouth
February 1.
YestanJny’a meeting of the state
board of, normal school regents was
tho first since the abolition of the
normal scjHnds by the legislature of
1909.
The members of the board are Miss
Cornelia Marvin of Salem, J. G.
Meier of The Halles, W. C. Bryant
of Moro, Stephen Jewell of Grants
Pass» W. E. Spence of Oregoa,Citv,
E. Hofer of Salem, Governor West
Secretary of State Benson and Su
perintendent of Schools AJdersan.
DOUGLAS AND LANE
W ILL NOT MERGE
Speaking of chickena, which are from Mlaaoorl and other places on the map,
here yon are shewn one that la worth as much aa half a doaen touring ears or
three ordinary houses and lets ar a hundred acre farm In tews or VLSOO An
gara goats. la aeaM plaeaa Angoras ara ao unpopular that yon can buy them
for a dollar apiece. Thia hen. Lady Washington by title and fam ily name. la
said to be valued at Just 812.000. Wouldn't that make you cackle? Well, wa
should ecratchl Lady Washington belongs to a firm of poultrymon at Scran
ton, Pa., who recently received by wire an offer of 9A.OOO for her from a Phil
adelphia millionaire chicken fancier, who coveted her so that he could show
her off at the Philadelphia poultry show. The firm wired beeh: Your offer ef
IS.OOO not accepted. Our Black Orpington ben In d y Waehlneton cannot he
bought until after the Scranton show. We will then consider an offer of
912,000.” When Lady Washington drinks she can use the prize cup she won
as the best bird at the recent poultry show la New York. I f any reckless mil
lionaire fandee killing her for hie table he w ill set before his gueets the cost
liest meat ever cooked, for Lady Washington weighs just tea pounds, and
_ A N D NOT IN FALL even little W illie can figure out that that la 91.200 a pound. The eggs from
"B e tter apologise for the weather this phenomenal rblckea sell for 625 apiece, so that I f one ahonld call for ham
and la d y Washington eggs—say three fried his breakfast would cost him
now than be forced to apologize for
875.15, the 10 cents being for the ham. It Is a real pity that that western
our apples later."
prospector who suddenly struck a gold mine and went to New York to get a
Such Is Professor P. J. O 'O ara’s square meal at Delmonlco's could not have had "ham and*' with Lady Wash
summary of present weather condi ington's eggs as the “and” part. He couldn't read the French menu, so finally
tions In the Rogue river valley, which he said to the waiter. “Oh. dad blams It, Juat fetch me a hundred dollars*
are to a great degree without prece worth o' ham an' eggs.”
dent, as snow here is ordinarily of
a day's duration only, and this storm
has hung on for a week, with no end
In sight today.
"Tho present storm Is a splendid
thing from the orchardlst's stand
Wallowa County tax levy Is the low-
Oovernor West sent a special mes-
point,“ states the professor, “ for It
eat In the history of the county. The Mge to the legislature Monday asking
assures a high color for next year’s
lery is only
mills.
that Oregon go on record favoring
apple crop. The buds are being held
San Francisco as the place for bold
The
Oregon
Retail
Merchants'
Asso
back, but they w ill develop rapidly
when the warm spring sun brings ciation w ill hold Its fifth annual con ing the world's fair commemorating
them out. I t Is far better to apolo ventlon at Salem, January 25, 26 the opening of the Panama anal.
In hia message to the legislature,
gize now for the weather than be and 27.
President T a ft has sent to the sen Acting Oovernor Bowerman recom
forced to apologize In the fall for our
ate the renomination of Philip S. M al mended that the Oregon Conservation
fru it.”
colm aa cullector of customs at Port Commission be abolished and that the
money appropriated for the commia-
land.
BOARD REJECTS
sion
be devoted to "some useful pur
The
grand
Jury
w
ill
call
J.
W.
ASYLUM SITE
Bailey, state dairy and food commis pose."
S A LEM , Jan. 16.— The state board
Senator Bourne haa Introduced a
sioner, to answer charges of graft
consisting of Oovernor West an<
bill authorizing the construction of a
and
Incompetency,
made
against
him
Treasurer Kay today decided to re
lightship near Orford Reef, off Cape
ject the lands purchased at Pendleton by three deputies who have resigned.
Blanco, Oregon, to cost not more than
Representative
Hawley,
of
Oregon,
for a site for the Eastern Oregon
9150.000.
Bourne delivered an ad
asylum for the Insane.
They have Introduced a bill granting a pension
dress Sunday at Jersey City on tbs
of
916
a
month
to
all
veterans
who
asked a committee of five prominent
Oregon system of laws reestablishing
citizens. Including
State Engineer served 30 days or longer In any In
rule of the people.
dian
war
in
the
United
States
prior
to
Lewis, to act In conjunction w ith a
Two convicts, Albert Ferris and Al
Joint committee of the legislature to 1880.
bert Murray, who were among the
examine the site and report to th»
Diamonds and other Jewels valued
five that escaped from the guards
legislature, either condemning It or at 9500 were stolen In broad daylight
while employed at tho state Institute
nsklng authority to purchase addi from the Fred J. Holmes residence,
for the feebleminded a year ago last
tional lands, as none of the 32 acres one of the most fashionable homes of
October were tried In the circuit court
purchased for about 140,000 by the Ls Grande.
for Marlon County before Judge Kelly
outgoing governor and Btate treas
Under direction ol the Newberg
urer affords a suitable building place Commercial Club a determined effort and found guilty.
Because of the recent cold snap
for the (1 ,00 0,00 0 structure to be Is being made to secure an appropria
and the consequent covering up of
ereoted.
tion from Yamhill and Marlon coun their food supply, It la feared that all
(/bvernor West this afternoon sent
ties to bridge the W illam ette River at the Hungarian and China pheasants
a special message to the legislature this point.
with which the Rogue River valley
on the subject, making the above
The annual Farmers' Week at the was recently stocked by the state will
recom mendatlons.
Oregon Agricultural College w ill be nerlsh.
held thia year from February 13 to 17
Farmers Sava Millions.
The first annual Pacific Northwest
La Grande.— More than 9600,000 Inclusive, and the college authorities „rte Stoca Show w ill be held In Port
wtth unknown profits probably bring are planning for the largest gathering land on March 20, 21 and 22 In the
ing the figure to an even million dol of agriculturists in the history of the Union Stockyards. The show Is to be
In a class with those held In Kansas
lars, have been saved by farmers of state.
The Oregon tax commission goes on City, Omaha, Chloago, Fort Worth and
Union, Wallowa and Baker counties In
two years, through co-operation and record as being heartily In favor of Denver, and wtth the aid of both the
organization under the Farmers’ Co the proposed income tax amendment H ill and Harrim an syatems of rail
operative Union. This was asserted to the federation constitution to be roads w ill bring to Oregon' some of
at a meeting of the executive board considered by the legislature next the finest stock raised In the North
of tse Oregon State Farmers’ Union. week and Its adoption Is strongly west.
urged
News from Other Cities in Oregon
ROSEBURG, Or., Jan.
11__ The
county court of Douglas county baa
sum m arily rejected
a
p roportion
from Cottage Grove citizens looking
toward an amicable agreement on the
creation o f Nesmith county out of
Douglas and Lane, which project waa
urned down by the voters of the state
a t the last general election. Cottage
Orove asked the court to appoint a
gene next F rid a y and assist In pre
committee of five citizens from the
county to Attend a conference a t Eu-
parlng a division plan fo r submteslon
to the leglsh.turo. The court not only
answered "nd,” but protested against
the scheme In a form al resolution,
basing Its objection on the voters' de
cision.
SPOOK SAYS I t HELPED
DOCTOft COOK TO POLE
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shades Is to be taken a t its face
value, neither Cook or Peary
reached the north pole, though
the Brooklyn doctor got nearer
than Peary did.
W illia m T . Stead made the
declaration In a letter to A r-
th ur Rolllnson Colburn, a W ash-
ington lawyer, who turned the
document over to Congressman
Roberta of Massachusetts. Stead
writes:
" W ith regard to the pole con-
troversy, the only message we
have received on the subject
one from Sir John F ran klin . He
did not say anything
about
Peary, but he said i o had per-
sonally conducted Cook nearly
to the pole and then left him to
continue the Journey him self."
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M ARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat—Track prices: Club, 82c;
bluestem, 85c; red Russian, 80c.
Barley— Feed, 924; brewing, 927.
Oats— No. 1 W hite, 929 per ton.
Hay— Timothy, WtUaznette Valley,
919 ©20 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
921 ©22; alfalfa, 914.
Butter—Creamery, 36c; ranch, 24c.
Eggs— Ranch, candled, 36c.
Hops— 1910 orop, 18c; 1909, 140.
Wool— Eastern Oregon IS ® 17c lb.;
Valley, 17®19c lb.
Mohair— Choice, 30031c.
Seattle.
W heat— Bluestem, 85c;
red Russian, 80c.
Barley— 923 per ten.
Club, 82c;
Oats—929 per ton.
H av —Timothy, 826 per ton; nUAUa,
919 per ton.
Butter—W ashington creamery, 18c;
ranch, 22c.
Eggs— Selected, local, 37c.
MINERS MEET
AT ASHLAND
The mining cciigrere held et
Ashland Tureday was a complete
succc-s, and a surprise to those
in attendance. end even to the pro-
dii-’er* th-mselvei*, in the not-x—
lieoied number of people in attend
ance and ibe variety of display of
marv- Inu”lv rich mi feral samples
to m -nut hern Oregon and noith
em Califo-nis
T h e reel miners, the doers and
not the say-rs, the wen who .'o k
the ehafis and drive the tunnels,
were there from Yreka on ibe
souih and as far as Kirby and the
Galice district on the north. Grix-
xled ve:erana of the mining world
who had not seen each other for
years and strangers who bad never
►een each other'e faces, all meeting
On the common grouod of equality,
touched hands in sympathetic un
derstanding and kindly good fel-
lowabi p.
The forenoon wa» passed in con
verse, general dircueeion and the
plycing of mineral samples on die-
play. Chairman Gillette, of Ash
land. wboee gracious yet busineee-
lifc» manner won the appreciation
n| all, waa kept continually busy
welcoming and introducing the
stranger and making everybody
h-ei glad and at home in his beau
tiful little city.
Ix>ng before the hour for opening
tbe afternoon session a busy throng
was engaged in examining the
samples of rich mineral ores, fine
building rock and polished monu
mental stone that have no superiors
in any mining district on the globe.
The emigrate was called to order
at two p. m. by Mr. Gillette. Ait
address of welcome delivered br
Mayor Neil was replied to by At
torney Newman, of Medford, who
acted as a substitute for Mayor
Canon, who waa to have made the
reply but was unable to bepreeenL
L. D. Mahone, publisher of a
mining journal at Portland, spoke
on mining legislation. His defense
of the present law requiring corpo
rations organized under the laws
of other states to pay an annual
fee to carry on mining operations
in this state precipitated a discus
sion. He claimed tbe law kept
out wildcat miners. California del
egates inquired as to what benefit
it would be to them, under such a
law, to affiliate with an Oregon
miuing association. The discussion
was ended by tbe reply that south
ern Oregon’s and northern Cali
fornia interests are identical; and
that such a law in either or both
stat-s would not prevent develop
ment in either state.
Prof. C. B. Watson, a geologist
who has studied mining conditions
in both states for many years, gave
an exceedingly interesting talk on
the geologic formation of tbe Siski-
vou and Cascade mountains.
R. L. Ray dwelt upon the neces
sity of advertising the mining re
sources as well as the other re
sources of this section.
He told how the Goldfield boom
was incubated and hatched out,
and while his remarks brought
forth applause there were many of
the delegates who did not approve
of some of the methods employed
at Goldfield.
Messrs. Newman and Watson
spoke briefly on how to secure bet
ter freight rates for miner’s—ship
ments, but the discussion brought
forth the fact that as yet no plan
exists that is definite enough on
which to base action for tbe relief
desired.
Prof. Bacon, of Galice, and oth
ers gave short talks, and one given
by Mr. Anderson, of Kirby, who
said that he was a mighty poor
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