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About Gold Hill news. (Gold Hill, Jackson County, Or.) 1897-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1912)
The Gold Hill News Every Saturday at G aM MM, Jackson County, Oregon fer REX M. LAMPMAN THE MAIL TRIBUNE SHOWS ITS HAND; SO DOES THE NEWS HE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE cornea forward aa a cold- footed but none the leas loyal champion of the county court and “ County Engineer’* Harmon. It devotes a large portion of ita e<li- torial page of last Monday to A defense of those worthiea, insisting Satar-d *i ihr G, I.) Ulli tor iraaamia at the same time that they* need no defense. •Ion through the C iltrd titaiaa malla a» »roiod rlaaa m a lin That the apace usually occupied in the Mail-Tribune with honest, fearless articles, calculated for the common good, should be occupied S a T C S D I T . J ANViKT >7, 1012 by such an infinite deal of worse than nothing is a source of some $1 .SO Par Annum, in Advance grief to The News, which had come to look upon the able Medford paper as one of the Right's staunchest standard-bearers. However, that the Mail-Tribune should have^slipped a cog, resultant in a case of “ pen perverted, paper misapplied,” ia something over which The recommendrd for Hist tired faeiing News has no time to reason why. AVING changed our method of doing business from the CREDIT In the first place, the Medford paper, boldly guessing at the mo Rollicking Drinking Song System to a CASH BASIS, it became necessary also for ua to tive of The News in calling attention to a few of the county c o u rt’a “ Here goes—kindnv«!” make a complete revision of our prices. We quote the following: deviations from proper procedure asserts that this paper is actuated H e re goes health, by a desire “ to extenuate a local sinner by spalshing much upon Here goes reason White Middlings, 100 Pure White Flour, per sk., >1.60 Took by stealth. others. ” Here goes the price of a warm new pounds, per sk. - - ->1.90 Daily Bread, per sk. - - 1.60 Not so. The News has never defended Roadmaster Ilaya, to gown Feed Rolled Oats, per sk. 1.25 Peerless Flour, per sk. - 1.45 whom the Mail-Tribune refers as “ a local sinner.” It has simply at That wife needs badly— drink 'er Bran, sk. ..................... .95 Carnation, per ak. - - - 1.46 tempted to find out the exact extent of Mr, H ays’ offending and how down. A B Dairy Food, per ak. 1.40 it came about, with the result that it has the county court on record Drink ’er down, good fellows! Thaae four brands are all with the statement that it don’t know. Alfalfa Meal, per sk. - - 1.45 "Here goes— kindness!" guaranteed hard wheat, and • • • • • Here goes pride. Diamond Chick Feed, sk. 2.75 every sack ia warranted to be Here goes faith. Were The News attempting to defend Mr. Hays it might call Scratch Food, per sk. - - 2.75 first class. And no one lied. attention to the fact that the road contract on which Mr, Hays over Fine Salt, per sk. - - - .50 Who said ambition soon would Golden Rod Flour - - >1.35 charged the county was let to Mr. Hays by Judge Neil without so Half Ground, per ak. - - .40 smother? Kerosene, gal. . . . .20 But what of that?— le ts hare an much as a pen-scratch to show what Mr. Hays was expected to do for 3 lb. cans Coffee, - - - 1.00 other! the money. Were The News attempting to defend Mr. Haya it might Spitzenberg Apples, box - 1.75 These are No. 1 soft w heat Drink 'er down, good fellows! ask why Judge Neil should have made such a contract, and why pay Yellow Newtown, 1.60 and 1.75 Heavy Shorts - >1.35 per sk. "Here goes— kindness! ” ment was made to Mr. Hays for the work when ueither the county Here goes hope court nor its high-priced “ engineer” had ever seen the work. The And a host of things REM EM BER TH E PLACE News might say Unit Mr. Hays was a victim of the unbusinesslike With the old red dope. methods of the present “ business administration.” as the Mail- Sure, kindness goes with the cheer Tribune generously dubs the Harmon regime of 1911. The News, ing cup, Goes to stay gone, but fill 'em up! were it defending Mr. Hays, might say that it looks as though a trap Drink 'er down, good fellows! had been deliberately laid for Mr. Hays by the “ county engineer” to satisfy a personal grudge of Mr. Harmon against Mr. Hays, incurred “Here goes— kindness!” Here go tears. by plain talk to Mr. Harmon by Mr. Hays. In support of this possible Here goes heartache. 5S contention The News might refer to the fact that Mr. Hays claims Wasted years. Mr. Harmon never returned his time-book for August, the month in H ire go children needing shoes— What matter?— men must have their which Mr. Hays is alleged to have made the overcharge. And to Discords, further substantiate the possible claim that Mr. Harmon was “ laying booze—■ you like ) Drink 'er down, good fellows! fo r” Mr. Hays, The News might call attention to the fact that Mr "Here goes— kindness!” Harmon, for all the bookkeeping skill of his “ business administra I do not ask for office, 1 make no rash pretenses; Mother’s prayers, tion,” on at least two occasions sent Mr. Hays more money than his But I would reallv like the ehiniee Here goes love. monthly report called for. In fact The News believes that, were it To handle the expenses. All unawares. —Ad Brown in Mail Tribune. out to defend Mr, Hays, it could make a pretty good job of it. It With many a tender incidental— Is it possible that the sweet singer might, to prove animus, show that the article in the Mail-Tribune of Good fellows can’t be sentimental— of the Mail Trib. could have had the Drink 'er down, good fellows! January 10, in reference to the Hays case, was untrue, according ex|>enses of road building in Jackson i to the statement of the county court, in at least two main features, county in mind when he dashed off ] Some Sarcastic and that its general tone was that of malicious libel. Furthermore, to the above frank confession ? The story of the editor who got a show that Mr. Harmon “ had it in ” for Mr. Hays, The News might An innovation Mr. Harmon has in sale bill and a wedding mited has Just hit Medford. It was floating prove, on the county court’s statement that the information on which troduced is to keep a detailed list of around Philadelphia in the days of the article in question was based was not given the Mail-Tribune by all moneys received and expended Ben Franklin. It was touring the any member of that body, that Mr. Harmon furnished the facts, with vouchers for the same.—Mail j middle west time of the Chicago fire. plus a lie or two for good measure. The News, were it defending Mr. Tribune. Good for Mr. Harmon. This proves It appeared in South Dakota about Hays, might point out.that he has built real roads at a minimum of conclusively that he has been faith- j the time the buffalo disappeared. We carry the choicest and purest Malted Foods prescribed Many thought it was dead until the expense; that he has not been a mere boss of a gang, but that he has ful to his stewardship. And it is so i by physicians, and pronounced to be the healthiest and Mail Tribune got hold of It. There's worked with his men; and that, including all overcharges, he has comforting to know that he knows j most nourishing of Infants’ Foods. We have a special nothing slow about Medford editors given more value for the money expended several times over than what he did with th e money that he I department here for baby’s needs, and every wise mother commandeered from the county court j — Ashland Record. has Mr. Harmon on the same class of work. ought to come in and get acquainted with its possibilities. T W e S e ll C h ea p ! B ecause W e S e ll f o r C a s h Rexall Remedies H LANCE & COMPANY’S BIG STORE Harmonies:: F or th e B ab y with terse “please-pny-me” requisi- J tions. New Facts Concerning Chinooks But The News is not defending Mr. Hays. He admitted that he overcharged Jackson county for the work done on her roads, and paid over the money on the county court’s figures, which the county court has since admitted were too high. Just how much the county court overcharged Mr. Hays the county court admits it don’t know, and there it allows its investigation to rest. And there the Hays case can rest, as far as The News is con cerned. There is bigger game afoot than a road supervisor’s over Bumptiousness Rebuked charge of $126.14, with bigger figures than that tied to its tail. The Medford Sun prints Gold Hill The News proposes to turn on the light in Jackson county, and end Central Point news under the see just what beasts may have been prowling in her official jungles. Referring to the recent Chinook wind, the editorial stylist of the Med ford Sun said that he had known • a Chinook to come with "breath laden with aloes, cloves and cinnamon." Which argues that either the Sun man or his friend the Chinook had been out with the boys the night before heading, "Country Correspondence.” If the bond issue had not been turn “ It is difficult to understand Governor W est.” says the Medford ed down by the supreme court. Port land and 'Frisco, not to mention Ash Sun, referring to his attitude on capital punishment. Yes, and it was land and Grants Pass, would doubt difficult for a l^rge number of his contemporaries to understand less have suffered the same indignity Jesus Christ. Nor has the situation altered greatly, insofar as many in a short time. The Mail Tribune exhibits a flue slapdash disregard of law thnt ts j truly refreshing in these days when |>eople are beginning to believe that laws are made to be kept rather than broken. Thnt the county court has failed to comply with the law is a mere nothing, and nreues to its credit, presumably. Nevertheless there are plenty of people in Jackson who would prefer to see their public ser vants observe the law, even in the minor details thereof. Judge J. W. Twohv of Twohv Bros., contractors of international fame, is authority for the statement that, in his estimation, Jackson county is do ing better road work at less cost than any part of the northwest, and thnt folks are concerned, in the nineteen hundred years since the Man of his firm had not been able to handle Great Grief in Ashland Nazareth was crucified by those who found it difficult to understand rack at as low a figure as done under Ashland is In deep mourning over him. Mr. Harmon.—Mail Tribune. the supreme court’s unfavorable de Dear, good, kind, obliging Judge cision on the Jackson county road Twohyl Nice old man! With a fat bonds. The particular form of sorrow contract for building the Central « Point-Medford boulevard in his inside prevailing in Ashland over this calam pocket, the wonder is that he didn’t ity is expressed In a 2x6 grin, accom make it stronger._____ panied by large, oblong tears of pure The Last Rose of Summer” Joy, “Arrested Development'' Many Medford men would have us seriously believe that the only reason they are not spending great sums to day is because the bond issue was knocked out. A movement, originating In Med ford Immediately after the turning down of the Jackson county bond Is sue, has for Its object the calling of a special session of the legislature, a special election and whatever else may be necessary to make It possible for Jackson county to bond for >1,- 500,000 for good roads. Heading the movement Is ex-‘‘County Engineer’’ Harmon—or “county roadmaster.” which was It?—or was It discovered that the title “engineer” was not on straight? With such a captain the cause of good roads Is as safe as though In cold storage. “ A S soon seek roses in December, ice in June.” Such * * was Byron’s idea of the impossible. But in refer ring to the impossibility of December roses, he had in mind the rigorous winter climate of Merrie England. He would never have said such a thing of Oregon the fair, as truly as he never said such a thing of his be loved “Isles of Greece, where burning Sappho loved and sung.” For roses are common in Oreeon in December, and even in January, while in New York and Ohio and Wisconsin, and throughout the east and middle west, people have to climb up and knock the frozen smoke off their chimneys to make their fires draw, a rose as sweet and perfect as those of Junetime is found blooming bravely alone in some secluded comer of the garden. Such a rose has graced the editorial concentration table of The News the past few days. It was found Monday by Edward Bolt while he was trimming his mother’s bushes, and is a perfect specimen of the dainty cream- colored “Marie Von Houte” variety. i The supreme court decision on the bond issue will be a disappointment to "live citizens of the county,’’ accord ing to an eminent Medford authority, none other than ex-"County Engin eer” Harmon. It is barely possible that Mr. Harmon views the matter from the standpoint of his vanished 6300-a-month sinecure. The sympathy that will come his way from the small army of “engineers,” "surveyors," ‘‘viewers,’’ etc., who were connected with the county payroll during the Harmon'”'beslness administration,’’ as the Medford Mall Tribune calls Jack- son county’s mad gallop Into debt, will no doubt be sufficient to float a concrete pier. "Live ones” who have been connected with the public teat by grace of Mr. Harmon’s “business administration," and who will be rudely disconnected by the failure of the bond Issue to hold constitutional water, will lead the disappointed chorus. It’s hard luck, for sure. J a r v is th e Gold Hill Cafe Sells Candy, Nuts, Oranges and Apples at the lowest possible prices. Serves Counter lunches for 5c. and up to 25c. Serves Meals at 25c. and upwards. Ham and Eggs, Coffee, Milk and Sugar, Bread and Butter, Potatoes, etc. 30c Bacon and Eggs, with sides as above 30c 44 Pork Chops, 25c Beef Steak a Sausage “ 25c We satisfy our customers. Fancy Mixed Candy Fresh supply Peanuts 1 5c per lb. 1 5c per lb. English Walnuts, Almonds, Oranges and Apples at prices that meet any competition. TRUAX & CO., Proprietors S T E IN H O F F T h e A r c h ite c t a n d B u ild e r Is here to stay, and is very much alive to the needs of this growing city, and will design and execute anything in the Building line. Brick, Stone and Cement. Plain or artistic Cement and Iron Grill Pences A S p e c ia lty !
