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\ O L 13
GOLD HILL, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, S A i
MARCH ix, Ï m J
NO. 46
Gold HUI Man Wagers^ W ar With Japan By Midnight Sunday
Medford Refuses
to Take Jar War
Scare Seriously
Planting Mines
Japan Shocked Local Disciple o f
in Frisco’s Golden Gate
a t our impolite suspicions
NEW YORK. M arch 17.— A gen-
HAN FRANCISCO. M arch 17 - On
A pril 1 th re e m in e-p lan tin g co m p a­
nies will begin w o rk of m in in g th e
e n tra n c e to Han F ran cisco h a rb o r u n ­
d er th e su p erv isio n of coaat a rtille ry
o fficers, In accord w ith ord er« from
th e w ar d e p a rtm e n t.
A second o rd e r d ire c tin g th e dis­
trib u tio n of (he p ro v isio n al reg im en t
of a rtille ris ts a t th e P resid io to th e
fo rts a b o u t th e bay w as obeyed w ith ­
in an h o u r a lte r Ila receipt. T h e v a ­
rio u s em p lacem en ts could bo m anned
w ith acrvlce gun crew « a t th e p res­
ent, h . su fficien t men for relief d u ty
u re uot a t hand, acco rd in g to arm y
officer«.
| oral strik e of th e d riv e rs and h elpers
(Wwllnrij Mall Tritium-)
F e a rin g th e c a p tu re of Q uid lllll
by Jap a, th e g e n s rs l w ar b o ard Iti
(Sold lllll have o rd ered a la rg e cali­
ber rap id fire gun to be m o u n ted on
th e high hill n e a r th e little city. It
w ill com m and th e valley. It will be
k ep t tra in e d on th e aleeplng q u a rte rn
of Jack M o rrill's Ja p cook ao th a t
at th e flrat boat lie move th e non of
N ippon may be nipped on th e apot
be being th e only Ja p In th e vicinity.
T boae m ilitary expert« at Gold lllll
u re ta k in g no rhaucea.
T he g en eral m aneuver« w hich w ere
to be held today In th e little uM> 1»
*
A l l R e a d y a n th e B o r d e r
o rd e r to d e m o n a lra te th e readlneaa
for w ar have been poatponed o w in g '
HAN DIEUO, t nl., M arch 15.
to a d e a rth of en llated men In th e j With 3011 Mexican regular* ex p ect­
propoaed m ilitia company. To date e d a t Tin Ju a n a from
Ensenada
but one p riv a te hua been found In the General T asker II. Bliss, rninuiuiid-
little city Ilex lain ip n iu n . w ho h u a .
mg the United Htnte» arm y force*
no tim e to learn tactics, aa hla tim e
here, today is ull ready for atty eve - 1
la occupied ua w ar co rresp o n d en t taulities that may develop, and ha*
w ritin g bellicose article« for hla w eek­
streiigllicui d the American farce ul
ly »licet, « p u rrin g hla fellow citizen«
the bonier town by Company II t i'
luto action, In o rd e r to p ro tect th e ir
the Eighth regiment, which, rep.irti' ■; |
hottie« from th e yellow h o rd e w hich,
In C aptain Evans there, will be io r
he aaya, will soon po u r Itself o v er th e i
position to safeg u ard American in­
coaat u n til not a h am let la left w ith- |
terests.
i ut th e acara o f conflict.
O f officer« th e re 1« a sufficien cy 1 T hat the coming of the Mexican
E very citizen w ould d irect th e b a ttle regulars to Tia Ju a n a will b a te ao e f ­
F o r Instance, F red Dodge w ould be j fect on condition* there lu rtlier than
n o th ln c If not a lie u te n a n t;
F ritz j' Io render them more secure to prop-,
lla m m e rsle y la a s e rg e a n t; Itlley ! e rty is the opinion of General Bli** 1
llam m eraley la colo n el; Jo e
Hum- who is going ahead with the selection!
m eraley la c o rp o ra l; Doc S m ith 1« a of a site for the m aneuvers, which. I.el
declares, is the object of (lie mob­
lie u te n a n t; Jo h n n y Heed, w hen he la
no t d e m o cratln g a ro u n d , la a m a jo r; ilization here. The only possibility!
Ham CcCleudon lac a d ru m m e r boy of trouble, be a sse rts, is on the Mc.v-,
T h a t'a all th e able-b o d ied m en a v a il­ ican side, where the Eeiisenada e o n -,
ab le and th e re you are. \e c r u lt ln g tingent of federuls may come into
office« have been opened, physical contlict with n snuill rebel bund at
ex am in atio n w aived, b u t «till th e p ri­ T ecarte unless the la tte r take to Hie
hills nt news of the overpowering
vates do not com e.
M ilitary e x p e rts po in t o u t th e fact fi ree iqipoeed to them.
The 3011 men doming to Tia Jn ti'in
th a t w ith b u t o n e p riv ate— Rex
l am pm an th e force la n o t en o u g h to are o f the fam ous Eighth Mexican
p revent the c a p tu re of th e to w n , for regiment, which bus fo r y ears been
Jack M orrill's J a p Is said to be m ore active in the Yaqui w ars. The com ­
th an a m atch fo r Rex, and w ho ever mand bile last night passed I.»Muro
h eard of an o ffic e r exposing hla p e r­ .35 miles south of Tin Junnn. and is
expected to reach the border not Inter
il n to d an g er*
Another contin­
Hold lllll li doom ed. M eanw hile limn noon today.
odd* a re going up th a t w ar w ill be gent o f 1 *0 men will follow soon.
d e c la re ! before m id n ig h t.
There has been no sign of activity
of tl e Well« F arg o an d th e U nited
, S l a i n E xpress com panies becam e el-
.'active. E m ployes of th e A m erican
' ni'd th e N ational E xpress com panies
• ere o rd e re d o u t, b u t refu sed to
leave tbelr Jobs.
G eneral -M anager A shton of th e
t e n o ts r a ' union »aid today th a t 22,-
000 n><-n a re involved In th e a trik e or-
1 r. Ash ten ia seek in g a g en eral ar-
' Itra ’Inn ag re e m e n t In o rd e r to effect
a s ' t ’.lem ent o f th e te a m s te rs ' grlev-
n-es. If he falls. It 1« pred icted th a t
a g en eral s trik e of all te a m ste rs will
follow .
A s s n evidence of good faith in hie
Japan«»« war prediction« H .W . Dike-
man bet Ralph Darling ’five dollars,
Tuesday, th a t war would he declared
with Jafian by m idnight Munday. M r.
D ikenian differs from most prophets,
past and present, in th a t he has five
do! iars.
L ittl
B r o w n B o y * F a d in g A w a y
BELLINGHAM, W ash., M arch 15.
—P ersisten t rum ors are cu rren t >'»
, m ilitary circles to the effect th a t
! during the p ast month there has been
l an unusual exodus of Japanese from.
I the Pacific coast.
M ikado', Officiate Simply Surprised
From au outside source inform a-
1'OIilO
la rc h 14.— A dopting an
, lion was given out in Bellingham re ­
••if! d - of puzzled s u rp ris e over
h s t they terra th e ''w ild " A m eri­ cently that every city on the c o a st
can a ws r-g a rd ln g J a p a n 's alleged had experienced a marked decreuse
■ r t e -i .1-ctlon w ith th e M exican! in its Jap an ese population. It is
com plications, th e M ikado's official«! conceded th at the em igration m ight
l id,»'- d esig n a te d th e s to rie s
th a t I he due to commercial conditions. The
I nan had o rrm d an a llia n c e w ith | re »” rt w as B ct b a *ed ttP °n ,h ’ !:irKe
a s rld lcu o .u a
| exo d u s o f J a p a n e s e ' f r .r a B elh n g -
■'■« fe a r th a t A m erican cu rio u sly ham .
u n d e rsta n d « J a p a n ,”
was th e !
A ellve p n » l» a« tio e* a m
be. .g
i m ade to plucethe second com pany
snt f one high official
■ n th e U nited S ta te s dl- I const artillery reserve corps o f 3 c l-
t- I ri p n tlo n to th e o p e ra tio n s | 'irghum . on a footing to m ett an
• ! ov
n ts of Ja p a n e se w ar ves- emergency. O rders iio:n (h w ar de-
■■ s. T e n ris e rs K asagi an d A sam a ! joirtm ent have been received by Lieu­
rn -d f o n t th e ir A m erican cru ise! tenant Kimball, commanding th e
l r -' <1 -inil a re a t Y okoshua. The com pany to make requisition fo r o rd ­
et 'sh in Aabi p a rtic ip a te d In th e nance, com m issary supplies and
¡•st fleet m an eu v e rs o ff th e S hiraa- everything needed fo r f ”:> d service,
s r a Isft .-.onth and w as b ro u g h t to sufficient to fully equip 100 men.
'o k o ih o a ow ing to th e illn ess of its I
J u s t T h in k o f H e r C h a s in g H e r B o y s
-o m m an d er. P rin ce F n sh lm l. O ther
‘R o u n d t h e R o o m
e. Hints • ih p « a re rep o rte d d lstrl-
MUSKOGEE, Okla., March 1 7 . -
ited th ro u g h o u t th e v ario u s Jap-
Riding on a single railroad t*ckel
i - ’ O porta.
SENATOR JOSEPH W. BAILEY, THE TEXAN ADONIS
J a p t G o ing to S *» a F rie n d
OSEPH W. HAII.EY of Gait .wvllle, at least half of the Texas rep­
resen ta t Ion In the l ultat Ktate» «cunte, Is uot ao um onventlonal
as ba used to lie. Time wns when he disdained the swallowtail
eoat and the plug hat He used to decline dinner Invitations In
Washington because the conventions demanded full dress. Bu» Senator
Halley has come aroniMt to It. He now wears the sw allowtail and swts
out of the hand of convention like a meek little lambkin. Washington
has ■ habit of bringing 'em nround thnt way after a few years' Iwlklng.
Bailey Is a beautiful enntor If.- lias the face and form of an Apollo.
Hla cheeks are baby piuk. Ills complexion faultless, and he Is aa ex­
ceedingly well groomed stntenman. Senator Bailey used to be the hoy
orator o f the house before he got Info the senate. Now he makes his
presence known In the upper chamber when there Is occasion.
J
so f a r among the naval force liv e
fi company of militia is to be o r­ Admiral Thom as’ squadron of c ru i­
bur o ff (.’o rin ad o Bench, at d the .
and the gunboat Bu f
ganized nt Gold Hill. Application bus
sers lire nt anchor outside the hnr- stro y ers, torpedo bontà, subni. ru
in the inner ha.Lo
already been imide to A d ju ta n t G en­
eral F razer fo r pertniaaioo to join thu
Oregon N ational G uard and il is e \-
,i -
pcc.cd that Ute necoawaij form alities
will nc complied with shortly.
An article written by Dennis Stovall L r Sunst
Gold Hill is to be prepared to resist
thu Japanese invasion when it co nes
The power of a million horses! It Le harnessed. One such fall is th at the average citistn
ir
and will leant no loophole fo r Hie
is-
only oriental to eitilize in capturing may seem incredible, hut such is ihe of the river near Mount Reuben. Here its banks and ha-
power of the Rogue, the w est's wild­ Hie entire river drops sheer 12 feet, tonied to its ttirbu e
i ud
____ _*
Golu itiu
est river and Oregon’s m atchless with sw ift rapids immediately above foaming anger i.
uea
T ed d y, R e a liz in g G r a v ity
stream . Were Ihe Rogue completely and below, developing at least 20,000 of its value, i
the
!iarne seil, it would supply energy horsepower.
o f S itu a tio n , W i l l O rg a n iz e
old Rogue will b
Com petent engineers have taken dued. Instead
R c u g h -R id e rt to L ic k Japs enough to move nil the tra ffic and
zbly
turn all the wheels of m anufacture figures in an endeavor to com pute' energy in its own
. t
A LBU QU ERQ UE, N. M . M arch 17. in this g reat northw est state.
the ivovver of Rogue river.
These i will be tamed •: <
the
So fa r ns power is concerned, the figures are am azing In their immen­ hard toil and lie i
It was learn ed today th a t before
. it
leaving ’ e re W edn esd ay fo rm e r P re s­ Rogue is the N iag ara of Ihe P acific sity, They prove the old Rogue io I will be the in •
-hiug
id e n t Ito sev elt co m pleted p relim in ­ const. There arc oth er rivers th a t have the power of 1,000,000 horses countless
f ie . .
luring
a ry a rra n g e m e n ts for th e e n tire or- have higher fulls, oth er iiunnvigiihle Rogue river is Oregon’s richest asset establishm ents
g its
gnnlzntl n of a v o lu n teer re g lm e e t to - trentns thnt ure larger, but th ere is Wild, untam ed and unused as it is, shores. It v .
tie of
fight .In nn should tho occasion arise no other river in nil the west that the average person, and p articu larly h alf the s t a t i . . '
lies and
V a rlo rs ro u g h rid e rs a d m itte d to ­ m aintains such a constant series of
day th n t they t ad been o ffered "om- rapids and c a ta ra c ts from source to
mouth. From its source in C rater
m lsslotn In th e ev en t of •lnstlllties.
Cob t i " ' R oosevelt cRtne h e re from Lake park to the sen, n distance o f
El Pa '• w here It 1s snld Inside In­ •fi'.’OO miles, the Rogue is one contin­
form al n of Ja p a n e s e activ itie s In ual c a ta ra c t, with but a pause now
Mexico ' 'r ile d him Into dialling th e and then as its w aters widen to cross
Colonel Ton Yelle o f Medford, ri­ dent th a t he
■ills he
te n tn tl
a rra n g e m e n ts to go to th e il valley or to g ath er fresh force val of L u th er Burbank and fumed in -' desires by a h
; he red
front '
he necessity sh o u ld arise. for another wild leap or rush down a ventor of the nlfaberry, realizing the pepper plant
■ t, the
It w s
i<.d th is a ftern o o n th n t Col- rapid.
imminence of w ar with Ja p an , and lima bean ai i’
The
nel It'
-elt h ad been fold th a t th e
Tho Rogue cuts a deep and to r ­ knowing that the United State-, i- M edford Co
'Missed
en tlrp
'flc const w as lin ed with tuous slit through both the Cascado woefully short of gunpow der and t'.t a resolutim
•' ts, IIS
Jn p an e
T he only ex p lan a tio n of and Coast ranges. Its w aters leap means to m anufacture the same, has it is eonsidc'
s su c-
t, e m o l ntlon th a t he could give
tad dance in the shadow o f some of set Io work to pro p ag ate a gunpow ­ c essfu l in p
■ qpiv,'-
v is tl
he s ta te d e p a rtm e n t had
¡be niosl picturesque scenery on Ihe der plant, which, when w atered with der plant, U
only
P ■ n I ' e d
of an a g re e m e n t he- Aemrican continent. Much o f Ibis a solution of saltp etre, will in an be safe fr
>t the
• e, n I 1’ m tkndo an d Dtaz w hereby wild primeval te rrito ry , p articu larly am azingly short time produce pods' achievem er
g nd-
•I (1 y
'.r n v
to get a coaling stn tlo n on (hat below G ran ts P a ss between G a ­ or bolls containing a fine quality o ’'' ertisin g p
t' ■
ast of Mexico as th e price lien and Hie sea, is unexplored. Snow­ Ihe s tu ff that will send a steel- finely dec«,
The
'o r
re in su p p ressin g th e p res­ capped peaks, deep gorges, rock- jack et bullet singing on its e rran d o'' colonel exp
Ç Y -
ent rel e lto n .
walled canons
ch aracterize the dentil. Some danger will a tta c k .o plosive will
han
Rogue throughout its whole extent. the culture of the plant. If the pods the Ja,innes
Carson, Nev. A fter a session tu rn ­
At present only about 15,000 h o rse­ are allowed to overri|>en, they aii rihle explos:
■var-
ed over to suffrag ists, a num ber of power is aetuallv developed on Rogue likely to hurst with an exclam atory Isre. T he »• ■’
Medford,
whom pleaded with the S en ato rs to river, though the completion of the pop, such ns m ay he heard nt tin
owing to Its « i .n i liii .i I news and
a’low a sta te vote on th e question dam s and canals now under co n stru c­ C rater L ik e club in M edford any time
pr-v- the bsst
of w our a ’s suffrage, the upper house tion will increase the figures to 25,- from 11 p. ni. till 5 g. m. Thus, if a thickness, is exp- etc
adapted
lor
the
nltiire
id the new
passed the H ouse bill culling for a 000 or more horsepow er. There aro single p,,,1, is allowed to become too
popular vote tw o y ears hence to d e­ a num ber of falls o r sw ift rap id s on ripe and explode, a whole field may plant, whose product should, and nn-
cide w hether women shall vote In Ihe river th a t will require b ut little be set popping, and the h arv est donhtedly will, lie known to the world
Nevada.
expenditure o f money and lnhor to ruined. Colonel Ton Velle is co n fi­ as touvellite.
W /tere
Hobson Bets $5
to Show Belief
Is a River So Prodigal o f Pc
Projected Achievement of ?
Plant Wizard Will Sav
s
r"'d
'r itiön
PORTLAND, Or., March 15.— A s­
serting that they u itcid eil to go to
Seattle “to see a friend sail fo r the
orient,” 10 Jap an ese employed by
i. Mona, b Lumber com pany today
quit work and demanded th eir wages
It is report< d th a t Ja p an ese em ploy'd
n eastern Oregon are quitting their
.ositions r ostenatiously and leav­
ing fo r cities n e a r the C anadian bor­
der. They ascribe no reaso n s fo r
their sudden leave taking, but deny
that the recent press rep o rts con­
cerning alleged Jap an ese activity in
Mexico has anything to do with their
actions.
the Rogue ?
towns of v stern and southern O re­
gon, opera I e the mines, irrig ate the
fields, harv est the crops.
Here is u brief resume o f the fig ­
ures made by the civil engineers who
computed h power of the Rogue:
T aylor Hi! iiapids, near Ga-
lice . . .................................... 10,000
Galice R apids ........................... 40,000
Horsepower.
Falls of riv er a t Mount R eu­
ben .................... ...................... 20,000
Hell Gat
Rapids, below
G ran ts I' s ......................... 20,000
Rapids b f ' • en G rants P a ss
and Hell Gate .................... 40,000
Rapids and c a ta ra c ts between
Galice and the s e a ................600,000
Developed 1 dam s at G ran ts
P a ss ami Gold R a y ............ 25,000
Rapids bei een G rants P a ss
and Gold lill, undeveloped 80,000
Rapids h e r
n Gold Hill and
Gold Buy
........................... 20,000
Mills Falls ud Rogue River
Rapids
......................... 75,000
Upper Rog
River, undevel­
oped . .
...........................175,000
This mnk
i grand total of 1,125,-
000. but ti
conservative the ex tra
q u a rte r mi!
> is trimmed o ff, leav­
ing 1,000
> horsepow er as the
am ount o f
rgy represented in the
countless i
ds. c a ta ra c ts and falls
of the Rog ■ Since this power can
he harness ' and tran sm itted by
eleetric wi
to every nook and dis­
trict, to P " v town, city and set­
tlement, to
cry orchard and f a m ,
mine and i
and used fo r every
conceivable .«urpose, its influence
will be trem endous in the develop­
ment of so u lh em Oregon as well as
in Hdding t<> ihe com forts and p leas­
ures o f life
E lectric puwer is proving here, as
Mrs. F ran k Scott o f Highland, Kan* ,
and her thirteen sous are expected Io
arrive in Oklahom a soon. M rs. S u o tt’s
children are all under 6 y ears o f
age. The six oldest are triplet set*
the oldest being 5 1-2, the o th ers a
y ea r younger.
The next two a ra
three, the next p a ir 2, while the thre»
babies are 2 m onths old.
All o f their nam es begin with “A ”.
Salem , Ore.—J j h n P. H unt, a s s is t­
ant chie: c . :1. o. the S enate, found
the in ■•'ns i'.. or which he has
been Io king lo r m ore than a w eek,
and as tar as th e g .n cra! appropria­
tion bill ¡3 concerned the record now
stan d s clear and a spi al session of
the I g’etatu re is obviated.
W ithout th e record Just found th e
e n tn e g m e .a l appropriation bill, pro­
viding to r the salaries and e ip e n s e s
of oif.cers and com m issions, would
have been nvalidated. T he record
showed that the House had refused
to concur in S en ate am endm ents and
from th a t point on was blank u n til
it w as recorded th a t the bill had been
signed by the S peaker and the P resi­
dent.
M e d fo r d So ia lis ts B lis te r
W ire s R o a s tin g M is te r T f t
fo r B u tt -in M e x ic a n P o lic y
\Ve the so cialists of M e.lfnrd, O re­
gon cannot refra in from v.iicnig o u r
indignation a t y o u r ac ts in behalf of
barb aro u s Mexico and P resident Diaz
It is an insult to the common people
of o u r country who once fought fo r
glorious liberty. If (h u he treaso n
b rand us.”
Such is the te x t o f the telegram
sent to P resident T a ft hv a com m it­
tee o f local socialists M onday m orn­
ing following the adoption ni' resolu­
tions to th a t effec t at a meeting he’d
Sunday afternoon which >vas a tte n d ­
ed by socialists from all p a rts c f
Jack so n county. The adoption o f ihe
resolution to ta k e such action w as
unanim ous and followed a lengthy
discussion o f the p reso rt movement
o f the troops and ships of the United
S tates.
ready in operation, the ideal pow er
fo r mining, milling, dredging and
heavy development work. Even in
a consequence o f th<* en terp rises al-
so u th em Oregon, where tim ber is
plentiful and wood fuel abundant,
electric power is more economical
than steam . The mines th a t o per­
ate their mills, com pressors and
hoists by steam -pow er m ust employ
a large crew o f w oodcutters to su p ­
ply the many cords of wood th a t are
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