G O L D H IL L
H lg M a r k a t D » z
J a n u a ry la
VOL 14
GOLD HILL, JACKSON COUNTY OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1911
Wm. M. Shuster
A CHRISTMAS
IN WAR TIME
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infanta Eulalie
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TRUSTBUSTER
MAKES GOOD
V e te ra n o f G re a t C iv il C o n flic t
P rêten t» O w n e r W ith C o m p ii-
T ell» A b o u t the B o x T h a t
ment» o f S e ato n in S h ap e
C am e fro m H o m e
o f R ic h M i l l R u n
.
Running eighteen to tw enty dol-
••£ * E E IN G all tbs people buying
' lara per ton in free gold, and an esti
Christ mas tblngs now,'' s a id a
mated hundred In concentrates, the
veteran of tbe civil war. "nukss
uie think of some Christmas expert
first run made with the new m ill at
ernes of my owu. first of the time
, the Trustbuster : :ine in Sam s Val
when 1 used to bang tip m.v stockings
ley Is gratifying ,o the ow ner, Chas.
by ibe tlreplni-e, sticking forks through
W etherbee, and southern Oregon
them and then Jamming the forks luto
mining men generally.
a crack under the mnntelplece. where
The Trustbmiter was purchased by
Mania Claus could get at them handily
Mr. W etherbee several m onths since
when he came down the chimney, and
from E. W. Cooper, th e discoverer.
then of a tune when we were more
grown up uud Manta Claus came to us
There Is considerable developm ent
tu i he nrui)
work.
Milling operations are hin
“The regiment I »erred In put in a
dered som ew hat by an Insufficient
g<M>d part of Its time In states on the
In fan ta E ulalls, the 8panlah p rin water supply, but th is w ill be rem
aoutlieru Atlantic seaboard, In Moutb
cess who quarreled w ith King Alfonso edied by digging a w ell. Local min
Carolina, Georgia and Florida, where
over publication of her book.
ing men who have seen the Trust-
with water transportation to us wv
buster m ill In operation claim it is
could lie gut at rather more easily
saving th e values In good shape and
tbsn troops not so far away, hut nt
PRESENTS FOR ROYALTY.
Interior |>oluta, and no. while you
that the plates are fairly yellow with
couldn't have things shipped to yon
gold.
W illia m Morgan Shutter, the A m eri
Q u a n tity So G re a t T h a t H o u sin g T h e m
there aa you could to thia towu or tbe can treaxtirer qyneral of Persia, whose
Is Serious P ro blem .
other la times of iieace. you could
Were a royal personage to accept all
Dies of Heart Failure
get things there pretty well, and the removal Was demanded by Russia.
the Christmas offerings of subjects and
patron for whom our company was
Chas.
H. Colson, who resided with
admirers, knowu and unknown, stand
named when It was first recruited used Ibiug lor every body, and carefully we
ing room In royal residences would Thomas and Wm. Pom eroy, on their
opened
It.
and
with
I
he
ltd
off
It
seemed
to see to It that at Cbrtaiiuua time
soon be at n discount. Presents arrive ranch In the M eadow « 15 m iles north
there was delivered to ua a bit. box full of Innumerable treasures. »> full to
ut the British eonrt from all parts of of th is city, was found dead In the
filled with things from fneuds ut the Inst lin n of apace was it pnrkcd
i thp world. A registered package from house last Sunday at about noon. The
“The
orderly
sergeaut
of
Hie
com
home.
Vermont one Christmas was found to
man had evidently fallen w hile w alk
“ We no longer tiore hie nnme in the pany made tbe dlstr'l utlmi lie raised
Inclose a prize potato weighing five
his
hand
and
reached
over
amt
picked
army, for from the mluule we were
pounds Another present was a nug ing across the room and died Instant
ap
a
piK'kuge
that
lay
at
the
center
of
mustered Into the United Ktnte» ~erv
get of pure gold found In the Klondike ly. His face was burned from hav
Ice we had become simply Couipuu> the Isix nnd lifted It and read the
J and valued nt £280. It w as subscribed ing come In contact w ith the rtove
So-and-so, of such and such a uum name on It and passed It Into the out
I for nnd sent by the inhabitants of as he fell.
Coroner K ellogg vaa
tiered regiment, of such and such slate strelchtd hand of the m i n i to whom It
| Dawson City.
belonged
notified
and
on
Monday removed the
volunteer», but we uever forgot our
Not al: gifts to royalty are returned, body to Gold Hill where an Inquest
"Then be went on more rapidly, pick
frteud at bon.». and surely he never
j Where special permission is asked and
forgot us, and at Christina» time he Ing up the rhliigs and rending off the
i obtained beforehand a present is ae- was held and th e cause o f death was
used to see that our couipuny got that omneM uud passing them over, pack
;
cepted In the spirit In which It Is of found to have been heart disease.
ages ot all sorts and shapes nnd sizes,
box.
He had been ailin g for several
fered.
“Well, In advance b e would announce all eagerly received. Koine men stay
The present most coveted by Roman months and was under treatm ent for
ed
to
see
everything
given
out.
uud
In the home papers that on such and
' Catholic royal ladies of Europe Is the heart trouble at tbe tim e o f death.
such it date a box would be sent Io tbe som e went to their tents to see what
pa,ml golden rose. The Jewel, the first H e was about 35 years old. H is
the
folks
had
sent
them
or
to
rend
the
company and If friends or relative* u.
of
which was presented by Pope Ur-
members of the company would bring letters that limt come with the gifts.
’ ban VI. to Joanna of Sicily. Is a mimic father was com m unicated with In
In the gifts they wished to h p ih I they Aud so the tilings In the laix goi low
1 plant of pure gold standing In a golden Idaho and Instructions given from
would lie carefully pat keel ami duly er and lower, while still there were
|M>t. The leaves are set with dia him to have th e body fu rled here
shlpiied. And I ben tbe people useil to some men who had ns y e t got nothing
monds In Imitation of dewdrops. nnd were com plied with W ednesday, when
mid
who
now
were
more
mid
more
bling In tbe things, and. though »tune
a palm leaf blessed by the pope ac interm ent was made in the
Rock
bow I never thought of It then. I have HUXloiis. And bow Joyfully relieved
companies the gift.—Chambers' Jour Point cem etery.
thought often alms* with what loving when ut Inst something came up for
nal.
Csali'nu-.l ,,o .„•! a u g
care and tenderness must those Christ 111 MU.__
mas gifts have been prepared, those
MEMORABLE YULETIDES
things sent from home Io their soldier»
lo the field!
Odd Coincidence o f Q ueen V ic to ria 's
"When everything was all In our
S orro w s a t C h ris tm a s T im e
friend would have the things securely
One of the most extraordinary
and safely packed, and l h .- n l i e d hlkp
Christmas days London ever had was
the box down to New York, and there
. that of 1891. The shops had l>een. as
the quartermaster's department would
nsnal. specially prepared and decorat
pnt It down to no. Ro Santa Clang
ed with the object of attracting the
wasn't coming to us with his pack on
buyers when suddenly, on Dec. 22, a
his back, down the chimney, but In a
thick fog came on. Not until the
box In the hold of a steamer
evening of Dec. 2« did It lift. This
"When we got our first Christmas
particular fog held the record for be
box we were on an Island down the
ing the heaviest London had known.
const there, drilling some uud doing i
• Thirty lives were lost and over 200
guard and picket duty, but largely en 1
! accidents recorded.
gaged In building corduroy roads
Christmas. 1880. was the coldest
through awntups by day, and by night j
England and Scotland had ever expe
In lintillng by hand, with a whole regl
rienced. Just three years later Christ
inent oh tbe re,tea. Heavy mortafa »ml
mas day was marred by news that
guns over these roads, and also, under
William Makepeace Thackeray, the
the same friendly cover of darkness,
great novelist, was dead.
in building masked batteries In which
The late Queen Victoria’s most mem
the said guns and mortars were mount
orable Christmases were the most
ed. all this In the course ot besieging
pathetic. It was in less than a fort
a fort occupied by C oufederale soldiers
night from Dec. 25, 1881. that her hus-
on uuother Island
' hand, the prince consort, passed away.
“ It was plenty of hard work uml nut
So affected w as her m ajesty that she
mat'll play, mid most of the freight
allowed fifteen years to pass before
that came to us, besides the usual com
she celebrated Christmas day In the
iiilssury supplies, was guns mid mor
‘ traditional fashion. Then ua Christ
tars mid powder mid shot neul shell mid
mas day In 1872 the Prltva o f Wales,
Hie various materials of war, but one
! who became King Edward VII.. waa
day there came »shore on a lighter
so 111 that his life was despaired o
from a transport anchored off. along
But he made n remarkable recovery.
with barrels of pork and kegs of pow
der, that Christman la»x from home
Mexico was r- v V t l from ocean
for us soldiers
ocean ml from (liianajuala, on i
“We bullied It up frojj the liemii
north, and th Isthmus ol Tehaut
and Het It down carefully, right slilo
up, ut tbe end of the compuny street,
P' . on the south, by an earthqut
and I doubt If any fireplace on n
Saturday.
Christmas morning wns ever a greater
Reports say the wheat blockade
mnguet of attraction to children thun
Saskatchewan, Canada, Is without
This Is one of the many Illustrations w hich w ill he used In the New Year’s edition of The M edford Mall Tribune to depict th e grow th made hy
Hint box wna to the men o f Company
Medford during 11)11. This rut show s the hom e of th e Mall Tribune on North Fir street, ns w ell us the new Holland hotctl, a 5 1 -guestroom structure,
narallel, farm ers already have i
X. To a mun they gathered around It which Is to Is- form ally opened December 28. The New Year's edition will lie replete w ith illustrations and stories o f Medford and the ltoguc river
to sue what Rnnta had brought them development d in in g the year. It w ill prove an adm irable asset In attracting new citizens to the wonderful ltoguc river valley. Hold H ill will be i fared enormous losses, and severe i
ferlng Is feared. The railways
from home.
represented In the edition with a lialf-pugc announcem ent depicting the mining resources and developm ent of the Im mediate district. B esides the
“It waa a big box, a big dry goods 5(100 copies which w ill lie m ailed by the Medford Commercial d u b , many thousands more w ill be circulated from other tow ns and hy private Indi
they are unable to cope with the s
parking box, big en o u g h to bold some viduals. The (¡old Hill B usiness Men's association has ordered 5 0 0 copies of the edition, which may be had by applying to th e secretary.
atlon.
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