Gold Hill news., January 21, 1911, Image 5

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Rogue River Fish Law
D. H . M iller, of Gold H ill, ha*
addreeeed the following letter to
George Putnam, editor of the Med
I ford Mail Tribune.
Mr. Putnam,
through hit naper, v m one of the
«trongeet factor« in the agitation
which resulted in the passing of a
law at the laet «lection by 'be peo
p'eof Oregon which clo*»d Rogu-
river to all hailing eave that with
hook and line. M r. Miller, an a
member of the laet legl«lature, a id
a an old lime resident of I he
Rogue liver vallny, i« peculiarly
J ) qualified to know thereof bee|ieake
when diecu-a'og the Rogu- river
Violate nr« in bloom,
lleh queeimn and the relation ol
A. N H ulbert was at Mwdford on
the Hum e io.ereate thereto:
busin«»s Monday.
“ I notic i your write-up in regard
Mm . Delilah
H im m e rd e y , of
I I Herbert Hume and Ivan Huma-
E ureka, 1« the guest of bar aim. r,
•on being in Medford intervewing
M r* Ed. pierce.
the member* of the Pi-h a**oci«
James Pradennurg, of
Ham» lion io regard to the H u m e H u m *
Valley, was In Medford on business »on fi-h bill now before the *«nate,
Monday.
which if enacted will give them the
Frank Avery leaven Hundav eve­ privilege io |i«b for rauimn only in
ning for Silverton, where he baa Rogue river, from tide w*ter to
accepted a poeillou in a furniture (tie mouth of the Illinois river.
»tore.
'"Now, friend Putman, f r ti e
M r. a>>d Mra. J. L. Hammersly sake ol the giwid people of Oregon,
left Tueaday evening for Porllai d, who expressed their opinion re­
where they will visit with Mr and garding Rogue river fishing at the
“ You know f i a t it' we would now
Mm. \V. A. Garter and other friend*. |s'lle to no uncertain manner at the
z?=
Fraudulent Homesteads
yield,
and allow a law to be p**s»-d
last
election,
let
ue
nut
yield
one
W. W. Truax attended the min
You «lowing them tn fish with seine*
ing congreve at A«hland Tuesday. »ingle point to tiies« people
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Co.
The government by tbe law «( Fel•
I nets for salmon nnl**, that
know
as
well
*«
I
what
we
bad
to >>nd
I t t* hia retmrt of the affair which
ruary 19>h, 1909, has taken a st*-p
Traffic Department
appeals in line issue of The News contend with at the la»t session nt they could not cratch the salmon which will tend to gr-atly reduce
without catching the at elheuds
O. (J Newell returned yeeterdey 'he legislature. You know that we
tlie number of fraudulent home­
with them, tor the strelhends are in
a-ked
them
in
yur
hill
to
segregate
front Foote creek, where he ha*
stead entries where the entry-man,
the ealmon from the steelheaus. the w * ter with the salmon.
been doing a**e*ament work on hia
under the guise of hom-siead ng
“I know (bat R. D Hume, some
“ Mountain View” group of q tiar'i and that they would not agree In do
land*, is in reality seeking tolacquire
it, and therefore defeated our bill fifteen or twenty years *go, enught
olaima.
title to mineral land* and mining
The above-named Company was incorporated December 23,
1 hey have always maintained that the steelheads with the salmon
claims.
The form of applicaiinn
D -. R. T. Burnett, retiring
1910, for the puspose of taking over
a stseitiead should be cla-sed a* u w b i'es-in i g end gilnetting them” approved by the secretary ol the
county recorder, mey locate at E h
the following lines:
salmon, and it is so classed in the and segregated tbe steelheads from
interior March 2 5 th , 1909, requires
gene or Dalla* for the praotice of
last session laws as a result.
You the -alnion on the sandbars of his
denttatry. He ia luoking over the know that R. D. Hume always seining and gilinetting grounds,and the api licant who desires to enter
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
lands ui d*r the homestead ec's to
field.
stood firm for that proposition fo- left the st-elheads lying on the
Oregon & Washington Railroad Company
make a positive »tap met t under
Rex l i . Laiupman attended the the last four seasi ,ns oftbelegia sandbars lor the huxxard* to fill up
oath
(not
merely
on
information
The North Coast Railroad Company
annual meeting of the Jackson ialiire while he was living, and l1 • <n, and that you could smell the
and lielief) a* follows
Idaho Northern Railroad Company
County Franklin A*sociation— * h«s been so enacted into the ses­ stench for a half mile. Mr. Hume
“ I «in well acquainted w ith the
prin'era* organisation— at Medford sion laws for the last five sessions, was not canning tbe steelheads
Ilwaco Railroad Company
laet evening.
• hen, hut several years before he ch aracter <>t ihe la rd herein applied
and is now the law.
In future these lines will be operated by and in the name
died he began canning them and for and » it h e«ch and everv legal
Mis* Icie Bailey, who is living
•erved,
Dv.
Smith
in
a
neat
little
of the Oregon-Washington Railroad and
found that they would sell ms read-j eobdi vi-ion thereof, having t-er-on-
with the Walker family, baa been
speech
informer!
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J
a
r­
Navigation Company.
serioualy ill for aeveral week» with
ily aa the salmon. Then he was ally examined the same; that there
my knowledge within the
an attack of bronchitis She is re­ vis of the object of the gathering. doubly anxious to have tbe steel. I nul
F. W. Robinson,
You j
thereof an v Veifil or |<(de ((f
Wm. McMurray,
ported aa being somewhat belter He wished them on behalf of the beads classed as salmon.
General Freight Agent,
oompany
many
happy
returns,
and
G eneral Passenger Agent,
know
aa
well
as
I
that
R.
D.
Hume
today.
quartx nr other rock in place bear­
Portland, Oregon.
P o rtla n d , Oregon.
presented
them
with
«
n
tim
k
r
of
»Iw
avs
talked
legislation
for
fish
Gov. Oswald West baa appointed
ing g"ld, cinnabar, lead, tin, or
piece* of tinware, the gifts of those in hi* own «p-cial interest*, and
T. A Rineheart, of Union county,
W. D. Skinner
copper, nor any deposit of coal,
G eneral F re ig h t and Passenger Ageot,
state land agent to succeed Peter present, who were Messrs, and Me* cared nothing lor tbe people at placer, cement, gravel, saltspring or
dame* W. R. Oxley, Harry Barber large.
Seattle, W ash in g to n .
Applegate, of Jacksonville, who
deposit of salt, nor other valuable
and Rex I I . Ltuipm an.
“The
people
of
ibe
state
of
Ore­
held the position for over a year
. mineral deposit; that no portion of
R. B. Miller, Traffic Manager.
A representative of C. F. Green, gon said by th 'ir voors last Novem­
by appointment from acting Gov
of Spokane, conferred with the citi- ber that they b id h id encugh of -aid land is claimed for mining
ernor Benson.
xen*' league at its Tuesday meeting the H um * fish iiu>ine*8, and they purpose* ui der the local custom*
Frank
Zana »•«« in from hia
and agreed to make preliminary in ­ closed Rogue river from its mouth ££ nils* of miner*, or otherwise;
ranch in upp- r
Sams Valiev
vestigation toward submitting plans to its source for mroercial fishing. that no ponimi cf »aid land is
Monday. Mr. Zana ia one of those
and estimates for the improvement Now. the people will have it their worked for mineral during snv
who have subscribed for the build
of Gold H ill’s water sy»tem.
His way. Let ns si md by their decis­
part of the year by anv person or
ing of the new road from Sam
work will include mi esfiuiate of a ion. We have caintd our point.
Valley to the Meadows. The road
cost of a second reservoir, to be lo ­ Let us keep it, si d a*k our repre­ per-ons; that said land is essential lv
M e n th o la te d
will go directly past hia place, and
cated below tbe present reservoir, sentatives in the bouse and senate non-mineral land and that rav ap­
w ill give him a better route to Gold
with a filtering plant between; an to stand firm for what the people plication therefor is not made for
H ill.
investigation of the present distrib decided by an overwhelming major the purpose of fradulently obtsin-
A petition is being circulated
fo r
uting system, with suggestions of ity at the polls.
ing title to mineral land.
among the residents of the proposed
•’Keep Rcgue river closed to
needed changes, if any; and an es
Sanders addition to Gold H ill, for
The above provisions catch the
timate of the feasibility of acquir­ commercial fishing, restore it to its
the purpose of ascertaining tbeir
tudulent entry man.
former reputation of being , he j fraudulent
m .n
ing the Oregon Water & Power
attitude on being taken into the in
The
penalty
for
making a false
company’s plant, what should be finest fly stream in America and,
yield not a single point to «hese 1 th in an application by tbe entry-
corporation . At present these resi
paid therefor and wbat improve
dents are deprived of lighting and
j man under the Homestead Ant ie
ments are necessary and tbe costs greedy, eelf-seeking special interest
water privileges by not being in the
a fine of not more than two thousand
people.*’
thereof.
townsite. I f it is found that they
dollars and imprisonment, at hard
J . H . Beeman, who was one of
wish tbeir section to become part
labor, not more than five years,
the committee appointed to wait on
WAR ON COYOTES
of Gold H ill the matter will be
(see revised statutes of the United
the oounty court in tbe matter of
brought before tbs city oounoil in
States Title L X X Crimea— Chap.
forming a new road district with New Cases e f Hydrophsbla In Wal­
proper form.
4 aec. 5392).
lowa County.
Gold H ill aa the oenter, reported
Walloons.— Naw oases af hydropho­
Any pereon who knowingly or
The Progress Club at Its meeting the best of auooees. As petitioned,
Wednesday elected the following J. W . Hayes was appointed super­ bia are being reported almost dally wilfully in anywiee procures the
and citizens of this county are awak­
making or presentation of any
officers.
President, Mrs, B. H. visor or the new district, whioh will
ening to the necessity of prompt ac­
false or fraudulent affidavit per­
Harris; vice-president, Mrs. R. C. be known as No. 11, and whioh tion.
Kelsey, secretary, Mrs. J. Q, Jar­ runs from Gold H ill to the county
State Veterinarian L, tie w ill take taining to any matter pertaining to
I f the witnesses swear falsely they ,ed by a homestead location is that
vis; treasurer, Mrs. S. T . Hodges. line on the west, to the north line personal charge of the IS hunters who'l “® Homestead Entry ia also liable
are
liable to a fine of not to exceed he have
to
fine
and
imprisonment.
The
a certified oopy of tbe
The club meets again next Wednes­ of township 35, 3-4 west, and on are In the employ of the ferest ser­
two thousand dollars and to im ­ record of his mining location mad«
vice
and
also
of
a
number
of
volun­
men
who
make
a
business
of
locat­
day, at which a full attendance the east on the Sams Valley road
teer hunters.
ing people under the Homestead prisonment at bard labor not more and send tbe same to the land office
of members is desired. The club to George Lym an’s place, and ou
Approved method« of hunting, tra p | Acts and wbo l 0C8le tb e ir vjc, j m8 than five years.
with a statement of the facts in the
has decided to serve refreshments the Blaokwell road to the Foley-
ping and poisoning w ill be used to I _,
. . .
When
the
law
relating
to
the
form
of a letter and request that a
,
,
.
..
on
mining
claims,
and
who
induce
at the opening of the new high Householder land, and on the south exterminate the coyotes and the s u r 1.. . . .
,
location
of
homesteads
becomes
gen­
plus
of
worthless
dogs
and
cats.
Af-
\
h
e,r
T
lc
llm
8
to
m
ake
»»
»Pphca-
government
inspector be sent to
school building, which will occur to township 37, 3-4 west. This
ter a conference with the county oom- ’ ' OI) w hich co n tains a statem en t erally known it is safe to say that examine the land. I f it i8 found
some time in the near future.
district includes all territory em­
mtssloners, It was decided to police th a t no p a rt o f the lan d is claim ed prospectors and miners will not tie that a fraudulent homestead entry
Mrs. Nina Smith and son, Dr. C. braced in the sections known a*
the entire county and enforce the for m in in g purposes are lia b le to subject to annoyance by having has been made Uncle Samuel at­
H . Smith, entertained Thursday Foote creek, Galls creek, Kane’s
quarantine rigid!«.
prosecution as accessories to a their mining claims covered by tends to the rest.
evening for M r. and Mrs. J. Q. Jar­ creek, Sardine, W ard, Pleasant and
It Is probable that an Increased felony.
homestead locations.
vis, it being the tenth anniversary Evans creeks.
W ith M r. Hays bounty w ill be placed on coyotes. The
The application requires that
No tedious, long drawn out litiga­
of their marriage, otherwise known as supervisor it is expected that the bounty Is now J3 and the pelts are
there be two witnesses thereto who tion is necessary to protect the
as the “ tin wedding.’’ A program roads of this district will be greatly worth an average of 12.50 for they
mining claim of tbe miner and
of eleven games was carried out. benefitted, as Mr. Hays intends to are la prime oondltlon. W ith the rtre required to answer that they
added bounty It ta proposed to give, personally know that the statements prospector.
A ll that is necessary
Just liefore the refreshments, con­ devote hie entire time to the work
^as a great many big bar-
the value of a ooyote to the hunter made by him relative to the char- is for the prospector wbo is being i
sisting of ice cream and cake, were of ntnking good road.
will be approxim ately | i 50.
actire of the «aid land* are true. annoyed by having his claim cover-
left on their shelves.
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T H E B IG R A I N
seems to be o ver, but it w ill
rain again soraetine, and you
should be prepared fo r i t .
See o u r mackintoshes and
rubber coats, squams, rubber
boots, rubbers, and our
w a te r-p ro o f miners' boots
M erritt Q. C o m p a n y
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