Gold Hill news., February 04, 1911, Image 8

GRAFT FOUND IN
ELEPHANT HUNTS
Odd Case From Burma Baiore
English Privy Council.
LORD CHANCELLOR WONDERS.
Worldwide Spread of Political Pecu­
lation Astound* Jurist— Superintend­
ent and H i* Assistant* Who Padded
Payrolls on Government Slaying Ex-
pedi tion Stands Convicted.
The judicial com m ittee of the Eng
llsh privy council has been w restllug
w ith a case of alleged g ra ft In elephant
hunting In Burm a. T he lord chancel­
lor, a fte r hearing th e evidence In Lon­
don, Is said to have asked Lord Atkin
son In a voice of w onderm eut If there
Is any rem ote spot on e arth or any
occupation, how ever stran g e, to which
g ra ft has not extended.
Graft Old a* World.
" I fear, my lord." replied one o f th e
counsel, “th a t g ra ft la merely the mod­
ern expression o f a huniau Instinct as
old as the race Itself.”
The case cam e before th e privy coun­
cil on appeal from the ch ief co u rt of
lower Burma. The actin g sup erin ten d ­
ent and his assistan t and th e chief
clerk of th e K heddah d ep artm en t—the
principal business of which Is th e con
duct of organized h unts o f wild ele­
ph an ts—w ere all three accused of hav­
ing padded th e payrolls, com m issary,
etc., o f a large elephant b u n tin g party.
The governm ent asserted th a t there
w ere only 292 h unters In th e expedi­
tion. T he defendants. It w as alleged,
had cooked up th e accounts so as to
m ake It appear 34S men had taken
p a rt In the h u n t
Trial Lasted Three Months.
A fter a trial lastin g alm ost three
m onths, and in w hich p retty much all
the ex p ert elephant h u n ters in th a t
p art o f B urm a testified on one side or
the other, th e d efen d an ts w ere found
guilty. T he charge w as th a t th ere had
been a crim inal breach of tru st under
section 409 o f the Indian i»enal code.
T he defendants appealed to King-
E m peror George through th e privy
council, w hich has decided th a t the
prisoners put up a poor case on appeal
and m ust stan d convicted.
SEES THROUGH GLASS EYES.
'
Artificial
Substitute* For
Natural
Lenses Provo Successful.
D r. W illiam C. W inslow of Boston,
n oted w rite r and form er Episcopal
m inister, w ho lost his eyesight fo u r
y ears ago, has recovered his vision.
T w o artificial glass lenses have been
su b stitu ted for the n atu ral lenses, and
h e can see through them.
W ith th e ca ta ra c ts th e n atu ral
lenses o f his eyes .w ere removed.
G lass lenses w ere su b stitu ted . These
serve ns well as th e real ones. The
operation Is regarded as one of th e
most rem arkable ever perform ed and
Is the first o f its kind. The glass
lenses flash to th e b rain th e picture
upon w hich th e eye rests. W ithout
them th ere is nothing b u t a g lare of
light.
T he sm allest and m ost delicate
knives im aginable w ere used In the
operation. It w as very difficult to
find a suitable antiseptic, th e organism
b eing so delicate. The surgeons used
•white o f egg a n d n itra te of silver.
C ocaine w as used as a local a n aes­
thetic.
—
W h a t‘a B een D oin g a t S alem
Free,
F irtl
RandomThoughts of an Idle Fellow
B y C a p ta in Inconnu
com m ission, one of tn e most im port­
an t, merely extend* the Jurisdiction
of th e s ta le railw ay com m ission Au
The Southern Pacific railroad be- J Rogue river and to line the tunnel
e th e r exam ple le th e propoeed sta te '
tween Tolo and Gold Hill forms a will furnish a home market for the
purchasing board, which would cen ter
,ireat] horseshoe curve around the products of their factories.
in th e p resen t sta te board th e pur­
Every man, wotnau and child in
chase of supplies for all d ep artm en ts north of the mountain known as
Gold Hill is or should lie Interested
Gold
Hill.
The
expense
of
main­
and institutions.
O ther sta te com m issions and boards ■ taining the track over that part of in advocating and pushing forward
nam ed in pend ng bills are: A civil I 1 he line ia considerable, and the the construction of th e tunuel
service com m ission to form ulate rules j natural wear and tear ou the roll­ through Gold Hill mountaiu.
for exam ination of all em ployes ol
Cheap power will result in the
ing stock in rounding that curve ia
th e sla te g overnm ent: a highway
development
of the miues in the
board; a naval m ilitia b oard: a pa greater still.
vicinity
of
Gold
Hill, and as a re­
The proper route for the railroad
role board, to pas* on aii applies
sult
hundreds
of
men
will find em­
tlons for pardon; a sta te printing from Tolo to Gold Hill would be
board; a board tor the exam ination westerly through the gap in the ployment and the payrolls will
and reg istry of g rad u ate n u rses; a hills at the head of Chavner valley, cause the distribution of hundreds
s ta te board of accountancy; a game
and thence around the bases of the of thousands of dollars iu Gold
com m ission; a com m ission to rev >»e
Granite
mountaiu, the Copper Hill. The Bradeu mine, south of
th e Judicial system of the 8t .ate; a
Queen
knoll
and Gold Hill moun­ Gold Hill, and the Oxley group,
text-book comm ission.
Besides these, th ere are bin» foi tain, to connect Iwilh the ¿railroad north of the town, will iu time be­
th e creation of several new sta te ôf- as located at present at the point come veritable hives of workers
fleers, including bills for an assist:Mil where the county road is crossed delving for gold.
The writer will,
secretary of state, a s ta te hotel in
in
a
future
article,
write
a descrip­
by the approach to the railroad
apector, a fire m arshal and a stat-
tion
of
the
geologic
formations
ol
au d ito r o r exam iner of accounts. An bridge over Rogue river. Were the
these
two
mines,
which
cuiistitute
route
ot
the
railroad
changed
as
o th er new office Is proposed by a r
Southern Pacific direct contrast« one to the other.
am endm ent to the co n stitu t'o n ere it proposed, the
;ng the position of llteu ten an t g - v -
would make a saving in time be­ Oue is a tuunel and the other a
nor. A resolution subm itting the la.
The geologic
tween Tolo and Gold Hill, and shaft proposition.
nam ed proposal to th e people h as
would also save much in natural history of these two mines are as
ready been adopted 1) both houses
damage to rolling stock, and in the two pages from the tiook of nature,
Good roads boosters invaded th« cest of maintaining the track in which he who will may read.
S enate during the disc- »aalen of thi around the north of Gold Hill Nature makes no mistakes; chance
has no place in geology; the form­
highw ay bills. The g d roads ad mountain.
vocates won th ree v c > 'e? in th i
The removal of the railroad ation of the enclosing walls of the
S enate, th e most Im pc-t ?n t being
track from the north of (Gold Hil, j ledges, the deposit of the vein mat­
/lw jy C
bill creat ng a S tate
mountain would benefit the pro­ ter bet ween the walls, the concen­
m ission, and th e b ’T p erm tttn s il
poeed tunnel through the moun­ tration of the ore bodies in these
use of a!! ccnv c c 1
tain inasmuch as, with the track mines are all according to clear­
»It iti
c o t needed at P c i t -
removed, a dam coul 1 be thrown j ly defined geological laws and
’ V? t: 0
A third bill m akes t
visions of th e c c n .t. .1 io:.a> PL
across Rogue river above ih» island, rules.
It is to oe regretted that the sci­
rnent passed at th e I s gene ai
northeast of Gold Hill m ountain,
tion and p e -m 'ttlrg oi: D t€5 to t
ences
oi geology and metallurgy are
and thereby au additional fall of
for th e c c n -tru c t on f good road ».
not
taught
in tbe common public
ten or fifteen feel could be ob­
It is freely predicted t
school*. A knowledge ol geology
tained.
It
is
probible
that
in
good roods m easu res w Il m eet nr
stro n g opposition in th e House as the event 01 the project of tunuel- would frequently prove an open
sen tim en t In th a t body is decidedly 1 ing Gold Hill mountain material­ sesame to nature's stores of wealth
ad v erse to th e ir passage.
izin g , that the projectors thereof to many a young man who, now,
Few "Salary Grab” Bills.
will acquire a right-of-way, either through a lack ot the op|>orluuity
A n o tab le featu re of th e session is by purchase or condemnation, for a to gain such knowledge, can look
th e sm all num ber of "salary g.-ah"
railroad around the south bases of forward to only a day laborer’s re­
bills proposed this session. T h u s far
ward for his efforts through life.
m easures affecting the salarie s of Granite and Gold Hill mountains,
There is much more to be said
county officers :n not m ore th an hail and will then prevail up the Sou th­
on,
this subject, which, however,
em
Pacific
to
change
the
locat
ion
a dozen co u n ties have been in tro ­
duced. T he scarcity of th is class of of its tracks between Tolo and will keep for another article. In
bills may be traced largely to the Gobi Hill.
the meantime it is to lie hoped that
reco rd of th e 1909 session when
The construction of the tunnel the people of the city of Gold Hill
m ore th an a score of such m easures,
will not only come to a realization
, a fte r passing both houses, w ere ve­ through Gold Hill is only a ques­
of
the imperative importance of
toed by G overnor C ham berlain. The tion of time. It will be to the in ­
tunneling
Gold Hili mountain for
p resen t leg islatu re declined to give . terest of the cement companies that
power,
but
will put that realization
these rejected bills fu rth er considra will be located here to have the
tion, holding th a t if any of them had tuunel constructed, for the vast in effect by working early and late
m erit they should be reintroduced
amount of cement that will be re­ for the consummation of the pro­
and tak e th eir chances.
quired to construct the dam across ject.
Good Roads Boosters Invade Senat
House Upholds Initiative.
L egislation am endatory of or sup­
Bear Creek Bridge Repaired
plem ental to any of th e laws adopted [ party for th e sam e office on th e pri­
by th e people u n d er th e in itiativ e 5 m ary ballot are to be ro tated , If a
Temporary repairs have been
stan d s but little cnance of receiving bill approved by th e S enate becomes made on the Central Point bridge,
th e indorsem ent of th e p resen t leg a law. It w as passed w ithout a d is­ which was damaged considerably
Islature.
sen tin g vote.
by the recent high water, and the
T h is w as d em o n strated when th e : T he system as worked out calls
H ouse, for th e second tim e since con­ for p rinting cf ballo ts in such m an­ people who live in that portion of
vening, rejected a bill h-aving for its n e r th a t th e nam e of every candidate 1 the valley can cross Bear creek
purpose th e creation of a law board , w here several a re In th e field for the ( with safety once more.
which should p rep are all of th e laws sam e office will ap p ear at th e head
The nature of the permanent re­
to be sub m itted to th e people under , of th e b allot an equal num ber of pairs to lie made by the county
th e in itiativ e. C onsideration of th is tim es with every o th er can didate.
have nut been mails public yet,
UTILIZE OLD INUTILITIES. m easure following th e unfavorable re­ T he can d id ates whose nam es begin but it is understood that the en­
po rt of th e com m ittee on revision of w ith A will be deprived in th 's way
Employment Devised For Abandoned laws, was postponed indefinitely by a I of any advantage they may possess tire concrete work will have to he
Tin Stopper* For Bottle*.
rebuilt. Great cracks can be seen in
two-to-one vote.
Text Book Substitute Passed.
T he latest home in dustry is m aking
Abolish Whipping Post.
the
work on each side of tbe creek
R ep resen tativ e Clyde Introduced a
doorm ats from th e tin stoppers of
W ith only ten d issen tin g votes th e su b stitu te for his free tex tb o o k bill. and it is realized that further at­
beer and o th er bottles. Boys an d girls
all over New York are collecting th e House passed B uchanan’s bill abol­ In th e su b stitu te It Is provided th a t tempts to repair the work would he
Stoppers, and If th e fad continues bo t­ ishing th e w hipping post. By th e pro­ j a petition of one-fourth of the quali­ useles* and only mure money
tle stopper doorm ats a re likely to be visions of th e bill, wife beating is fied school voters In a d istrict may
thrown away. In all probability
a d ru g on the m arket.
m ade punishable in th e sam e m anner ' be placed before th e board and an
T he stoppers are nailed to a board
as o th er ag gravated cases of assau lt election called to determ ine w hether when the new approaches are built
w ith th e to[>s dow nw ard, leaving the
tbe bridge will he moved several
rough underside up. They are placed i and b attery . T he deb ate on th e bill, free text-books should be furnished
i
which
w
as
defeated
in
th
e
leg
islatu
re
closely together and will quickly take
th e school children. The bill passed feet down the stream.
off and receive all d irt and mud from i tw o y ears ago, w as brief.
th e House.
Fred Eddi.igs is able to be up
shoes scraped on them . They form
Revision o4 Irrigation Code.
Propose Eastern Oregon Normal.
a most effective doorm at, a re very
after going to the mattres* with that
E xtensive revision of the Irlrgation
Hopes
th
a
t
the
sta
te
norm
al
school
sim ple and cost little o r nothing. A ny­
body w ith a board, tacks and th e stop­ code of th e sta te is provided in a bill question had been settled finally and Prank Golch of maladies, lagrippe,
pers can m ake a doorm at o f th is kind. Introduced by R ep resen tativ e Brooke. definitely at th e la st general election which seems to be the fashionable
W here the idea originated is not T he proposed am endm ents. If adopt­ A cre sh attere d when S enator Oliver ailment just now
know n, but w ith it use has been found ed, embody th e b est fe a tu re s of the introduced a bill providing for the
a t last for th e stoppers of beer and irrigation e n terp rises In the state.
estab lish m en t of an E astern Oregon
other bottles w hich have been h ereto­
P rincipal am ong the changes Is one norm al school a t La Grande. U nder
fore throw n aw ay.
enlarging the pow ers of th e board o. the bill an ap propriation of $100,000
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
IF WAR COMES TO GERMANY. d irecto rs of irrig atio n associations, Is made for the use of the proposed
enabling them to tre a t with all com­ school.
LOST
A nother am end­
Eight Per Cent of Population Is plications arising.
W hen t-he bill w as read a gasp of
Trained to Fight.
m ent defines m ore especially who are su rp rise w ent around th e S enate Gold w atch-charm , M altese cross in
shape, with B. of L. F. & E.” in
C alculating on th e census taken legal v oters w ithin th e m eaning oi cham ber, followed by expressions of
black enam el. F in d er please retu rn
Dec. 1, Colonel G aedke declare« G er­ the act, g 'v lag to any man or woman m irth on the p art of some of the
m any Is able to send 5,200,000 trained
to News office.
who ow ns land or has a hom estead m em bers, which would indicate th a t
soldiers and sailors Into action.
Common
eld black um brella, with le t­
T h at numl>er Includes only a portion or d esert claim a right to vote. Pro- possibly th e bill would not proceed
ter “ H ” engraved w ith jacunife on
i
vision
Is
also
made
w
hereby
assess­
far
before
reaching
an
Indefinite
post­
—400,000—of the "su b stitu te reserves.”
h an d le. Jo h n H am m ersly say* th a t
T he total represents 8 per cent of the m ents may be levied a t any tim e in ponem ent.
th a t th e “ H” stands for H nm m eraly.
population of the empire. Colonel i th e year. It fu rth e r confers on ex
$40,000,000 For Japanese Navy.
F in d er please leave a t Nows offi te. ‘
G aedke calculates th a t G erm any in > lstin g associations th e rig h t to lease
T he sum to be spent in Jap an ese
1911 w ill have under arm s a to tal of
Irrigation w orks already constructed. naval expansion has been definitely
FOUND
714,000 soldiers and sailors. W ithout
calling upon th e "su b stitu te reserves,” Provision is also m ade for th e con­ fixed a t $40.000,000, gold. lo be dis­
On Main street, a R eb ek ah gold badge,
Colonel G aedke states. G erm any can solidation of tw o o r m ore irrig atio n trib u ted over five years._____
th re e links and a crescent pendant.
now put 4,800,000 train ed men In th e associations.
Colombia Drops Export Duties.
F inder can have sam e by callin g at
Held from the <V)04.000 who have done
Colombia has abolished Its export
Would Give A’s No Advantage.
service durin g th e last tw enty-five
this office and paying for this notice.
Names of candidates of the same duties on cattle end indie rubber.
Tear".
„ . .
C L A S S IF IE D
L o c a l Neu>» N ote»
Ed Simmons returned yeelerday
from Portland, where he went on
business.
This is tbs day and age of elec­
trical power. Electricity will take1
the place of] steam, and Gold Hill
will lie a site online of tbe greatest
|>cwer plants in the United Slate*.
11. I). Reed left Thursday 011
hesiuess which will take him to
Chicago, Indianapolis and ether
|ioiiit* in “the east”—as we Oregon­
ians are wont to call everything
that aide ol the Rockies.
Wood Pulp to ■ * Exported tx Unite*
States, as M snlsr's Property Is Net
Bert M. Parish, a strong mau,
Amenable to New Domlntsn Law.
will exhibit hi« power« at the opera
Half a Millian te Be Expanded an
house thia evening, following the
im provem ents.
moving pictures
Beeidc« doing
Anticosti. Ihe C anadian lalnnd prln
Blunts with tbe weights, he is a rlpalliy of lle n rl Menler, the French
trapes« artist, and, his advance no­ chocolate n a n . la »hut off from the
te«« declare, a giMxl one.
outatde world for another aeeeon. the
C. J. Meier writes J. H. Beeman la*l lK.nl having arrived In Quebec
from there, and nothing more will he
from Meier’s Roadhouse, ou the heard from II (111 navigation In the
Valdez-Fairbanks trail, about half low er SI. Lawrence and gulf 1» opened
way between the too camps, that In the aprlug tire a t rhungea are go­
ing ou In the htlund, which la rapidly
it is a little cold there at present— becoming
Im portant luduatrlnlly.
only fifty below— with not much
H enri Menler has tried m any thlnge
enow—only about three feet. And to m ake the Island self supporting. In­
In the*.- enterprise« have been
Mr. Meier used to live in Gold Hill. cluded
lobster uml oilier flaherlea and even
Capitalists are on the lookout for the breeding of «liver foxee. only lo
power sites, and when onue capital result Iu failure.
New Mark*»* Opened.
has had its attention called to the
T here Is a g reat am ount of spruce
possibilities afforded by tbe con­ ami Hr tim ber on (he Island, but It la
struction of a tuunel through Gold for the moat jairl not of u alze suitable
Hill mountaiu it will quietly, with­ for deals, and until now ihe huul from
A nticosti hit* been considered too long
out any brass band proceeding*, for successfully m arkvllug the pulp
proceed to survey the site and go wood.
RICHES SEEN ON
USELESS ISLAND
Canadian Principality of French­
man Worih Fortune. ‘
ANTICOSn BEING OEVELOPED.
llu t with the adoption by the prov­
ince of Quebec last spring of Ila policy
Glenn Eliding* was at Central of prohibiting the exportation of pulp
Point Thursday, and again Friday, wood from crow n lamia there cam e n
on the Island, and now g reat
looking for the gold watch-charm 1 boom
plana a re on foot for the extairtatlon
that he thinks he may have lost of pulp w.xal to tin* United S tales In
there and which is advertised in ' vast quantities, beginning next spring.
.Mr Menler la bulbllug one of the
the classified section of The News. ! largeat rousing plant* In th e world,
I h e “classified section,” by the w ith a rapacity of 400 cord* a day.
way, which is inaugurated this Rousing plants are mill* In w tibh tbe
bark la removed from pulp wood by
week at the suggestion ot a local m achinery, the log» being cut into tw o
business man, is as yet microsoopio. foot length* mid these tw o foot blocks
11 will ocuupy several pages when held against a rapidly revolving disk
In w hich a re act knives which cut the
Gold Hill shall have fulfilled her i bark aw ay.
destiny and become the metropolis
Not Affected by Law.
of Southern Oregon.
A m Mr. Menler own» the Inland In
‘‘One ot the nicest dances of the fee alm ple the prohibition of the ex­
port of pulp wood from the province
seasou” was the verdict of those of Quebec doe* not affect him, such
who attended the regular Saturday prohibition applying only to wood cut
evening party ai the opera house a from the crow n lamia. Not le** than
3O.(KIO cord* of thia roaaed wood will
week ago. The inuaic, furnished I k * shipped from Autleoatl next season,
by tne Sesrle orchestra, was per­ nil of It going to point» Iu New York
fect and all in Gold Hill who love atate on the upper Hi. L aw rence and
Lake Ontario.
to ‘‘chase the glowing hours with
T he population now num bers 1,201).
flying feet’* are exchanging congrat­ Mr. Menler will spend next sum m er on
ulations on being able to secure th e Island, and he I* planning to ex­
pend $5uO,<XM) in Im provem ents, Includ­
curb music, and then again because ing the construction of tw enty miles
it le, like the “Spy” and The News of railw ay. Mil«*« of new railw ay will
—eight big pages, all printed in be added each year till the road ruua
the whole length of (he island.
Gold Hill—strictly a home pro­
Hix hundred lnl*>rer* nre employed
duct. Another good time is prom­ thle w inter In cutting pulp wood. A
w h arf a mile long has Ixtea c o n stru ct­
ised for this evening.
ed nt Bills bay. w here It will lot loaded
Dr«. Finley, Smith and Kelsey on to steamship*.
10 work.
removed H. C. Rae iell's right eye­
ball at the Gold Hill Hospital
Thursday. The eye was out open
by a fragment of earthenware from
A. E. KELLOGG
the top of the fruitjar containing
EMBALMER AND FUNERAL
tbe chemicals which, exploding,
DIRECTOR
cost Mr. Radell both of his hands
Com plete line of burial robe*,
caskets, etc.
as well as the sight of the ’«ye.
k in g rooms opposite I. O. O. F .
The patient Imre the operation well, U n d e rta
bul ding; phone 'HI Main
and is progressing with amazing
GOLD H IL L . OREGON
rapidity toward
recovery. His
little girl, whose eyes were injured 1 CLEMENT II. SMITH. M. D.
in the explosion, is also getting on
GENERAL PRACTITIONER
nicely. Hope is entertained that
Engagements for obstetrical
she will recover her sight partially,
visits must be made
and perhaps altogether.
in advance
Professional Cards
Real Estate Irensfers.
The following record of real es­
tate transfers is taken from a list
of d ■ Is recently filed at the coun­
ty seat:
W. R. Oxley to Charles Wether-
bee. 8<’ acres in Sec. 36, Tp. 36,
3 w. $1,600.
Phebe M. Dekum to F. Rurnett.
Lots 11 and 12. Bk. 20, Dekum’»
Amended add. Gold Hill, $1.00.
Phebe M. Dekum to Edward La­
Belle. Lots 11 12 Bk. 21 Dekum’s
amended add. Gold Hill: $1.00,
A. E. KELLOGG
NOTARY PUBLIC
Phono 3tl Main
GOLD HILL, OREGON
DR. ARTEMAS W. DEANE
DENTIST
( IA *
ADMINISTBkKD
RIALTO BUILDING, MEDFORD
DR. R. C. KELSEY
OVPIOK IN
GOLD H IL L
COR. TIIIRI1
H O S P IT A L
4 C
STB.
GOLD HILL, OREGON
Read February Sunset Magazine
SAN DIEGO
THE CITY OF DREAMS COME TRUE
Beautifully illustrated In four colors.
TETRAZZINI
Singing in the Streets of San
Francisco—Christmas Eve.
Now on Sale
All News-8tands-15c
JOHN H. CAltKIN
OLKNN 0. TAYLOR
CARKIN & TAYLOR
ROOM»
LAWYERS
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MEDFORD, OREGON
HANK
J. L. HAMMERSLY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
OFTICR IN DANK BUILDING
IOOLD H ILL, OREGON