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GOLD HILL, JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1911
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War Scare A t Gold Hill Slowly But Surely Ebbing A w ay
Vine Killed
K illed In
T ____ r i
•
Nine
Tom
Johnson
is
Mine Accident
at Death’a Door
Near Pittsburg CLEVELAND, O hio, March 20.
—
B u lletin s from th e bedside of Toro
PITTSBU RG. U h .. M arch » . _
Jo h n so n today say th a t his condi­
Nina « In a ra w ere killed early today
by a fall of elate at th e Haze! m ine, tion la u n c h arg ed . T hia m ean*, ac-
c ird ln g to hla frien d s, th a t h« la not
n ear C annonsburg.
t i l lying from th e serious relapse, lie
y O ne A m erican David Ilonley
waa sm ong thoae killed. R ight h u n ­ s iffe r a few days. It waa announced
dred men w ere a t w ork w hen th e ac­ th a t his d eath m ight be expected
w ithin a few ho u rs, b u t Dr. O scar
cident occurred.
A ccording to rep o rta, th e victim s T hom as, ch ief o f th e s ta ff a tte n d in g
w ere e n te rin g th e m ine on a coal car. him , said th e re w as no Im m ediate
when It Jum ped th e tra c k , dem olish danger.
Ing th e poata au p p o rtln g th e roof
F in d D ia m o n d , in .o m in io n
W ith th e ra v in g In of th e roof, tous
of alate craahed down on th e m inora,
VANCOUVER, II. C„ March 111.
cruablng th e ir bodlee alm o st beyond Diamond» have been discovered in
recognition.
British .( oluinbia by the geological
O fficials of th e P ittsb u rg -B u ffa lo survey, «cording Io announcement
C oal com pany deny th a t th e car of the director of the survey just
Jum ped th e track an d aaaert th a t I made. This is the first recorded ilis-
th e a la te fell from th e roof of th e | 1 i overy of diamonds in Unnnda.
car. T he m ine waa closed follow ing '
I he gems, it is announced, arc very
th e accident and w ork w ill, not be re ­ |-mall, most of them being not tiiiteh !
sum ed u n til a fte r th e fu n erala o f th e ' larger than a pinhead. Indications
vlctlm a.
! nre thnt the discovery i- of little rom- '
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L o n g T ram p War Scare Has
Flown--Little
City Is Quiet
o f Rodriguez Finiahed
Gottfried Rodriguez ia here at last
Wearing the color of the Indian on
Gold Hill is fast losing faith in
Ute old copper cent, the Hollander
who carried a letter from the Even­ prophets. When the town clock
ing Telegram of Portland to Mayor chimed out the hour of midnight Sun­
W. II. Canon reached the city limns day and the encircling hills, which
at 9:48 this morning after a cross had been expected to shake with the
country hike from Grants Pass, from thunder of Japanese artillery and
which town he started at 13 5 this bbristle in the solemn starlight with
morning. He stopped one hour, all Japanese bayonets, remained merely
told, en route, having to get a cup of encircling hills, with never a shake
a suck-
coffee for
* breakfast and to inquire] : nor
• no - , more , of . a . . bristle
. . . than --------
d irections a t c ro s s -ro a d s
! ” * p,g e t' ,h e Oold Hl11 «“ • « 'n a tio n ,
A large delegation met the Dutch-
"ed
9 fere.r heat of
nan as he was „¡king into the city.'?,V
‘ha « " « “’»«nr predictions of
Mr. Sullivan, of Sullivan & Hanley
/
’'kemnri, who out-Hobsona
local agents for the E. M. F. auto- ■ ? n iumo"H *USiier himself the Gold
mobiles, and Mr. Keller, Portland r—' J , '
«.<• -omd bvreiiibe-
- j a - rude
_ ■ ,hock a m o u u t-
tail agent, were on hand. The path- I fore, received
find«* ear, which was driven over ing almost to a bttnip. Mr. Dikeman,
some of the worst roads in America to evidence his good faith in the role
by George A. Gibson of Detroit, was he had chosen as one of the chorus
ancestral voices prophesying
left behind four miles south of Wood­ of
ville, the differential having given war,” wagered five large round unite
sway under the many bumps it has of Uncle Sam's wampum that the
mereic.l value.
t r a te r L a ke R o o d m H a n d , o f C ou nty
been receiving ever since the hiker conflict would be on with the little
The specimen» were obtained o:i
party
left Eugene The members of, i”™ h ’ hryaan’|hemu^ '* ™d“* h ‘’s
At n meeting of the Crater Lake Olivine mountain near the Tullnucci;
the walking crew were almost all in
5 *?°Ur 8u,"la'
lle
< " 'l ‘he
highwnv commiNMion at the rooms of river, The iliaiiumda were found in
Inst
night
and
this
morning,
so
did
imn,‘f
ate
/
aP‘“re
Oold
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the Medford Commercial dub. Mnreh rock known ns danitc, which is
not attempt to build roads throng,.1
. ’V ,th.®
and kad
21. attended by Mesaro. Hoot, D r , combination of chromite and olivii
i he deep ruts along the way. One of! . ned. Colo“el
«ho owns the
Kay, Watennan, Putnam, Waaler-
• jumping out of the E.
F ! depression m terra firrna which indi­
W<«7 Toot V a lid ity o f F i ,k L a w
the party, in
lund, W. M. Colvig and Colonel
on
mountain
M. F. pathfinder, broke the lighting cates
. . . the
. . . exaet spot
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SAI.K.M, O r.. M arch 22. To teal !
Prank II. Kay, the following motion
gear,
and
as
it
was
necessary
to
keep
",
he
fam“U8
po«*tet
wh,,
h .vie|d-
waa made by J. A. Weaterlund, -ec- th e valid ity of th e act passed by th e |
r»n
m « a _
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1
a Q uurtpr <>t a million in
w;ig
on. D Driver
Oibson was unable
to
onded by E. H. Waterman and utuin- people a t th e last g en eral election In ;
taken
out.
This
was
a
long,
long
«lodge
all
of
the
chuck
holes.
which th e w aters of th e R ogue riv er
imoualy panned:
The Evening Telegram's staff men time ago, however—in the fifties,
“Whereas, the county court of a re closed to all k in d s of fish in g ex­
O.
P. Bissell, photographer, and Da­ runs the golden legend—before Col­
Jackson county has agreed to as­ cept by hook an d line. It la u n d e r­
vid W. Hazen, reporter, along with onel Ray bought the mountain, in­
sume charge of the Pumice hill grade stood on good a u th o rity th a t a tto r ­
Jack Moore of Grants Pass, rambled cluding the aforesaid depression,
now being constructed under con­ neys fo r th e U uine In te re sts a re m a k ­
into Bock Point, where the newspa­ which, like the star spangled banner,
GOVERNOR OSWALD WEST. WHO TAKES AN INTEREST
tract and to complete the same by ing Inveatlg atlo n a w hich may resu lt
per
men got W. W. Hittle to drive is still there. Mr. Dikeman warned
In
a
tig
h
t
In
th
e
co
u
rts.
the first of Juue under direction of
IN
SOUTHERN
OREGON
them into this city behind the man the Medford-New York financial eap-
G ro u n d s to r th e co n test will be
its engineer, providing a fund of $10.
tain that unless gold Hill was prop­
from Amsterdam.
found
In
an
alleged
u
n
co
n
atltu
tlo
n
000 is turned over Io the court b.
erly
fortified, it would surely tall an
«.OVEKXDK
I.csring r*-|«s«edly that condition« are euch th at
When Rodriguez swung into Main
the Crater lake commission of the a llty o f th e peo p le's act It will be
easy prey to the slant-eyed minions
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n
,Ie
.e
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>
e
re
b
e
in
g
jeopardised
throogh
th
e
carelemnees
con
ten
d
ed
th
a
t
th
e
pro
v
isio
n
s
of
th
is
street
followed
by
an
automobile
pro-
Medford Commercial club, the county
o t c o r p , ru ti-u a to c « » t r o r l a d a q o a t» tta h w a v a over d a n ia c o n a tr u c te d
C Aaaion, he was greeted by a crowd of the mikado, who wonk) at once
court agreeing to furnish additional act fall u n d er th e police pow or of th e
fu r power , urp»aea »long th e Rogue River, Governor Weat
during the
of several hundred people. The construct the long-projected tunnel
funds necessary to complete the state. It will alao be co n ten d ed th a t
p a s t w e e k mad. |ier»«»al in-peel ion o t a num ber ot such obstructions and
th e police p o w er Is to re g u la te and
walker proceeded to the city hall, through the mountain and, having
grkde according to plans, und
noK to In h ib it and th a t th e Bet a t
haa not only ordered neeeeaary fl-liladdera put in, an haa been tb e reault ot
where the hiking party disbanded. taken possession of the Southern P a­
"Whereas, Colonel Prunk II. Kay
t o n n e , o ffic in l» m a k in g a n e ti r e q n e e ir , but baa left h it office and gone to tbe
Mr. Moore, after telephoning from cific from San Diego to Seattle,
and the four banks of Medford have iwsaed hy th e people la p lainly an In­
nceue
<d
o p e r a ,n na and alter observing personally the tru e conditions visited
hibition.
Gold Hill to Grants Pass requesting would at once inaugurate a system
agreed to underwrite the jaipular
t il e eotitnv neat and there i reaented tlie cum plaieta to the county officials
W
ith
th
ese
c
o
n
ten
tio
n
s
in
view
It
a car be sent to carry newspaper of electric locomotion, power to be
subscriptions made to the Crater lake
w
h
o
a
r
e
a
u
t
lio
r
ia
e
-
l
to
act
e
n
d
a
t
o
n
c
e
.
men’s luggage to Medford, paddled furnished by the waters of the
highway fund, bv advancing to the will be declared th a t n e ith e r th e leg-
ts
la
tu
re
n
or
th
e
people
have
a
c
o
n
sti­
hack
to where Gibson was holding the Rogue, turned into the tunnel at its
county court of Jackson county $10,-
tu
tio
n
a
l
rig
h
t
to
pass
an
act
of
th
is
fort against the owls and other early upper or northern end, to come thun­
000. Inking us security the subscrip­
n
a
tu
re
,
w
h
ic
h
.la
p
lain
ly
and
sim
ply
morning
fliers. The car was brought dering out on the south side of the
tions due, and naming as trustee for
In
h
ib
ito
ry
In
Its
n
a
tu
re
an
d
In
Its
con­
out in good time, and Gibson made mountain with a fall of S3 feet and
the said underwriters, P. H. Merrick
the physical energy of exnctly 23,-
stru c tio n .
great run into Medford.
therefore,
230.023
hontes. With this great pow­
M em bers of th e H um e ram lly have
A banquet was tendered the hik­
"Be it resolved: Thnt the Crater been In th e city recen tly In v e stig a t­
er
and
the mountain of fine man­
ers at Grants Pass last night. Mayor
lake highway commission of the Med­ ing q u estio n s of th is c h a ra c te r.
ganese iron, capable of being trans­
Myers
welcoming
the
"bunch”
to
the
Tbe follow ing is th e g en eral plan carry in g on the ce n tra l exchange fo r
ford < otnmereial club hereby accepts W h eth er th e s ta te could be m ade a
formed nto the highest quality of
the offer of the county court to p arty to an action of th ia kind ia a for a C en tral E xchange fo r th e m a rk ­ th e y ear 1911, th a t they a re hereby city. The members of the city coun­ steel by an electrical process.
cil
and
many
others
interested
in
complete the highway, nod the offer q u estio n th a t has not been d e te rm in ­ etin g of th e fru it of th e n o rth w est, a u th o rized to levy In advance an a s­
Mr. Dikeman contends that not
the good roads movement were pres­
th e
h an d lin g
of the underwriters to advance the ed. b u t It ia considered possible th a t accepted by th e co n feren ce of fr u it­ sessm ent a g a in st
only would the Nipponese be able
ent.
$10,00(1 needed for construction mid th e m a ste r flail w arden m ig h t be In­ g ro w ers at th e ir recen t m eetin g a t charges.
to keep the entire interior of the
No. 8. A su rp lu s fund sh a ll be D o u g la , C o u n ty to B u d d G ood R o a d , I acific coast in subjection by means
aullioricen fit» president, secretary cluded should such an actio n be com ­ W alla W alla. W ash in g to n .
Also tb e g rad in g rulos ad o p ted by c rested and m a in tain ed fo r th e prop­
and treasurer to turn over to F. E. m enced.
of swift armored motor-cars, mount­
tb e sam e conference.
T hose m a t­ e r and successful c a rry in g o u t o f th e
ROSEBURG, Or., March 16.—The ed with rapid fire guns and each car­
Merrick, trustee for the underwrit­
M em bers of th e R ogue R iver Fish te rs will be discussed a t an ad jo u rn ed
county
court
of
Douglas
county
has
pu rposes an d ob jects of th e c e n tra l
ers, with full power to collect for the P ro tectiv e asso ciatio n h av e been ex­
rying a company of Japanese vet-
purpose of reimbursing the under­ pecting such a move on th e p a rt of m eeting of th e Rogue R iver F ru it & exchange and all m oney received for just completed the largest purchase eral soldiery, but that arm am ent-
writers, the subscriptions made to th e H um es since G overnor W est ve­ P roduce asso ciatio n to be held In th e h a n d lin g of p ro d u cts. In excess of of road building machinery and equip­ rifles, gutting, big guns, little guns,
th e m axim um a m o u n t decided upon ment ever made in Douglas county middle sized guns and gunlets—to say
the Crater lake highway fund, rtic toed th e P ierce fish bill, passed by M edford, A pril 18th, 1911.
No. 1. T he ce n tra l exchange will for the su rp lu s fund, sh all be tu rn e d The new outfit will comprise two
itirplus remaining, after the under­ th e le g isla tu re , w hich w ould have a n ­
nothing of armor-plate, armor-
writers have beep reimbursed, to be n u lled th e peoples law passed In have th e exclusive sellin g o f all of back to th e d is tric t association a n ­ carloads and will arrive in . a few piercing shells and steel-jacket bul­
•»•turned to the commission for ex­ N ovem ber. T hey a re p rep ared to fig h t th e fru it o r p roduce co n tro lled by th e n u ally In p ro p o rtio n to th e nu m b er days from Portland. The equipment lets, would be able, that is the Jap­
will be distributed throughout the anese would if Colonel Ray allowed
penditure on other portions of the th e case th ro u g h all th e c o u rts If nec­ d istrict asso ciatio n s ho ld in g a m em ­ >f cars h andled fo r them .
b ership In th e ce n tra l.
No. 9. T he nam e of th e c e n tra l county.
road.”
them to capture the mountain, to
essary In o rd e r te d e te rm in e w h eth er
No. 2. It will estab lish a sales ays
The new equipment purchased in­ maintain the conflict for many years
The underwriting is done on the n m onopoly o f n a tu ra l reso u rces can tern co v erin g all m a rk e ts w h ere it exchange and such " tr a d e m a rk ” or
cludes two complete rock crushing
basis of one-third by Colonel Ray, be m a in tain ed In defian ce of th e will is p ractical to sell th e p ro d u cts of b ran d s as It may estab lish s h a ll ap ­ plants. 16 graders. 31 Fresno scrap- morethan they would if the moun­
p
ear
in
a
p
ro
m
in
en
t
place
on
each
tain were properly fortified.
'»«»-thirds by the four banks. For of th e people a t large.
Its m em bers.
package, p erfo rab ly on th e side so ers, 23 slip scrapers, 12 road plows
Another sickening thought which
(he $10.000 advanced, $15,000 in un­
S hould th e case be fo u g h t It is n o t
4
road
rooters
and
numerous
tools
No. 3. It will e stab lish such ru les th a t th e d istrict o r local associations
comes to Mr. Dikeman is that the
paid subscriptions in security, most u n lik ely th a t tim e will ace It event
This outfit eost approximately $8000 Jappies, who are able to exist on a
f which are not flue until June 1. iisllv before th e U nited S ta te s su- and reg u la tio n s as a re n ecessary for may use th e end of th e pack ag e for
The county already has one rock menu of dried fish and fried rice for
th e ir label o r brund.
th
e
p
ro
p
er
carin
g
for
and
m
a
rk
e
tin
g
Colonel Kay offered the county the p ieu .i co u rt fo r decision.
of said p ro d u cts, also such ru les as
No. 10. If any g ro w ers o rg a n iz a ­ crusher and much other equipment an indefinite period, would at once
use »of (wo heavy road rollers to be
and from present appearance much place gill-nets across the tunnel at
a re n ecessary for th e m a in ta in in g of tion has estab lish ed a re p u ta tio n f
P ic k lin g F a c to ry F o r M e d f o r d
use,) as soon as needed, and the road
u n iform g rad es an d packs and for som e p a rtic u la r b ran d It sh all be a l­ will be accompanied toward good a point some distance in from its
|'r'll he ready for traffic by June I.
M edford w ill soon have a pick­ I - placing of th e p ro d u cts of Its
lowed to place th a t brand on one roads building in this cffiinty this mouth, and take every single sal­
Advertising the trip to the lake enn ling facto ry If th e p lan s of M. A. m em bers on th e m a rk e t In th e best ”nd of th e package.
year.
mon, steelhead, trout and silverside
lie done at once.
R ader do n o t go a stra y .
He has an d m ost sa lab le co ndition.
No. 11. T he p ro d u cts of each dis­
that the sovereign people of Oregon
lo c a tio n m E q u iv a le n t to W a r
-licceeded In In te re stin g F o x w o rth y
No. 4. It will m ain tain an efficien t tric t sh all be m ark eted on th e ir own
decreed
at the last election should
C ro w d , F lo fh to N o rtb w e tt
B ro th ers of R eno, Nev., w ho a re system of m a rk e t and crop rep o rts. m erits.
AUGUSTA. Oa., March 18.—In­ not be hogged by the Humes.
PORTI-ANI), O r.. M arch
An p lan n in g to look over th e city w ith
No. 5. It will do such ad v e rtisin g
No. 12. Each d is tric t sh all
be formation was allowed to drift out
“Yes, I lost my bet,” said Mr. Dike-
u nprecedented nurtihei of colonists such an end In view.
as Is found n ecessary for th e ca rry in g given Its p ro p o rtio n a te sh a re of all of President Taft’s evecutive head­ man, who was in Medford this morn­
iro p o u rin g Into P o rtla n d and th e
quarters that the president would ing to purchase a Japanese disguise
on of an ag g ressiv e cam p aig n for th e m ark ets.
G ood F o o d ,
lu rth w est dally from p ractically ev-
consider invasion of Mexico as equi­ from a local fancy drill ball outfit­
expansion of th e m ark et.
No.
12
H
.
No
officer
In
any
grow
­
Willis h a y s and a force of men are at
•V S tate cast of th e Rockies, ft was
ter, “but wait. Just wait. I am
No. 0. It will striv e to elim in a te ers o rg an izatio n , d is tric t o rg an iza­ valent to a declaration of war.
itlm ated tndnly th a t fully 2000 work grading and top-dressing with
ft is believed that the president is waiting. So is Taft. So are all
all
u n n ecessary In te rm e d ia te expense tion or c e n tra l exchange sh all be p er­
lom eseekers reached P o rtla n d vester- crushed stone th e county roads iu the
preparing to send an early special these girls in the restaurants. Wait.
la.v and Inst n ig h t, and railro ad offl- vicinity of Gold Hill. Mr. flays is an w h ereev er possible, w ith th e o b ject m itted to be connected w ith any fru it
message to congress dealing with the I was a trifle subsequent, but I am
In
view
o
f
placing
th
e
p
ro
d
u
cts
In
th
e
or
produce
com
m
ission
firm
engaged
■ils sav th a t m ore thnn 2500 a re expert at road building and Jackson
international situation and the army waiting, waiting. And watching
Ire to a rriv e b efo re m idnight, tonight. county Would do well to secure his ser­ h an d s of th e co n su m er a t as low a In a sim ila r business.
mid navy mobilization. It is ex­ too.” And he cast a warlike glance
price as co n sisten t th ereb y e n la rg in g
vices
to
superintend
the
construction
No. 1. T he gro w er sh all, w hen call­
I he rush to th e n o rth w est Is d u e to
plained that at present, owing to in- at the Jap porter of the University
th
e
m
a
rk
e
ts
by
m
ak
in
g
an
Increased
and repair of roads throughout the
ed upon to do so by th e c e n tra l ex­
h i extensive a d v e rtisin g cam paign by
consum ption possible and a t th e sam e ch an g e, e n te r Into a b in d in g co n tract, tenntional considerations, the presi­ club, who was down down to buy
irln iis n o rth w est cities
R ailroad county. The work of Mr. Hays calls for
tim e re tu rn in g to th e gro w er a price a p p o in tin g th e c e n tra l exchange his dent cannot discuss the situation, a few innocent supnlies.
sen a s s e rt th a t they expect to carry th e lilghestllpraise and th e roads con
the president
th a t w ill n et him a reaso n ab le p ro f­ exclusive selling a g e n t fo r all of his but everyone about
strueted
under
his
supervision
will'tio'-
S o c ia lio t, G iven a D ru b b in g
it Od colonists d ally w ithin a week.
freely
admits
that
the
motive which
it
on
his
In
v
estm
en
t.
eome th e standard.
p ro d u cts, of th e k in d s an d varieties
MILWAUKEE, WIs., March 88.—
W hile th e re a rc a few com ing west
caused the moblization was most Defeating the socialist Candida tea for
No. 7. The central exchange will h an d led by th e exchange, except as
important.
n tn u view of re tu rn in g to tho east, H G oJdfU ill has f l i t handsom est "and
Central Exchange Planned For
Marketing Fruits of Northwest
be maintained by a selling charge o th erw ise provldod for In th e con­
it m a jo rity a re In th a west most mo d e r n a s well as th e newest, of not to exceed ten (10c) cents per tra c t.
that any member may withdraw on
""king for hom es, In O regon, W ash- high school building In southern Oregon.
box, provided, that for the purpose
The contract shall be for a period March let, of any year, by giving
fg ton an d Idaho.
of furnishing neoesaary funds for the of three (8 ) years, provided however,
(Continued on page eight)
I
the school board, the hotbed for oo-
clallsts, Milwaukee women are recog­
nized as a political power which Mid
nullified all precedents. They polled
10,00$.