Gold Hill news., January 27, 1912, Image 5

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Get Action, Gold Hill !
M in i n g is southern Oregon’s greatest latent resource.
Everyone having the best interests of the district at heart
should lend all possible aid toward making the coming
mining congress at Medford a great success. (Hold Hill
can do much by being on deck with a comprehensive
exhibit.
W. A. Marvin was in Medford on
bualness Thursday.
Dr. C. 11. Hii£ilh was at Medford
txively weather to pay your aub- on huiiuess Thursday.
Rex II I .amp man w u at Jackson­
•crlifllon to Tha Naw».
ville with Photographer Kastman on
J. 11. Druk« waa one of the Mead­ business Monday.
ows delegation in Hold Hill last Rat-
Ground was broken Tuesday on
unlay.
Oold H ill's new municipal water sys­
Mr. and Mra. C. C. Duffleid of Med­
tem by J. M. Hutson. This was In tbs
ford attended the funeral of Q. W.
location of the reservoir sits. Real
Lance, ar., Tuesday.
Local News Notes
SHOESATCOST
W e will offer all shoes at cost for 60
V
if
days, except the Cutter, Chippewa,
Pacific Logger and Currin's. W e wish
to make room for new stock
work w ill not commence until about
J. W. M erritt of Central Point waa April 1, or when the money from the
tn the city Monday looking after bla bond sals Is available.
mercantile Interests.
The Big Foot mins, three miles west
R. H Moore, manager of M erritt S of Oold H ill, haa been bought from J.
Co.'s Icoal store, haa been In Portland T. W hitm ire of Medford by B. J. Ayd-
oo business this week.
lott and I. J. Bchnaveley, who are
Mr. and Mr«. R. B. Hammond were now working the property .They have
Wednesday guests of Mr. and Mr«. several tons of ore sacked -ready for
C. T. Young in Medford.
shipment which w ill probably average
Robert Spencer of Portland, civil about $40 per ton.
engineer, a former resident of Gold
J. A. and Andrew Morris, former
HUI, Is here looking over the mining Jackson county boys, but tor many
situation.
years residents of latke county, are
Because the good roads bond Issue visiting their father. W illiam Morris,
failed Ao carry Is no reason that the the Rock Point pioneer. The former
main street ot Gold Hill should not Is In the mercantile buelnesa and Is
be Improved.
postmaster at Adel, and the latter has
Mr. mid Mr«. Horace Pelion, who sn extensive stock farm near the
G eo rge W . L a n c e S r.
left several week« ago on the excur­ town. Like all the laike county boys
George Washington Ijin ce, Sr.—
sion train for «oulhem ' California who have come thia way, they both Born In White county, Tennessee,
,miut«, returned Wednesday and re­ emoke bulldurham, band-rolled In March 11, 1832; died at bla home in
wheat-straw papers.
port a very pleaanut trip.
Gold HUI, Or., January 20, 1912, aged
Attorney F. J. Newman. F. X. Beck 79 years, 10 months, 9 days.
O E. Blai'kiiigton, manager of the
Hold Crest orchard on Onlla creek, and 1-, J. Mlkache of Medford were
was in Medford Thursday selecting In Gold H ill Tuesday, driving In the
"Blessed are the dead that die In
nursery stock which he will plant on Meadows from here on real estate bus­ the Lord; they shall rest from their
iness.
Mr. Newman Is one of the labors and their works do follow
laud that he is now clearing.
Edward Adams Cantrell of Loa An­ moving spirits of the forthcoming them.”
geles. a socialist speaker of note, will mining congress at Medford. His
apeak at Smith's hall, Medford, Mun­ faith In southern Oregon as a mining "An angel on that distant shore
Has called to father dear;
day at 1 p. in. "How We Are Qouged” country Is justified by the fact that
ore from the Norllng mine, near Jack­ The silvery locks we loved so well
will be his cheerful subject,
sonville, In which he m Interested, has
Have left us waiting here.
James I. Predenbtirg was a caller been netting $55 at the Selby smelter.
A chair Is empty In our home.
at the The News office Thursday mid
W ith complete blueprint plans for
There's no one here can fill;
reports h<' has ju st fluished one-hail
mile of wire rabbit proof fence on Gold H ill's new city park, to occupy He haerkened to the angel voice
To do his Master's will.
the line between his place und the that portion of the right of way ly­
ing between the depot and South
Fisher tract.
Just
over the silent river
Col. F II. liny, who has recently Main atree* F. R. Dunn. S. P. travel­
His home Is with the blest;
ing freight agent, was in tho city
returned from San Francisco; Dr. C.
His spirit la anchored safely
Kay and Dr. J. F. Reddy were a' Wednesday conferring with Chair­
In that eternal rest.
man H. D. Ileed of the buelnesa men's
which will arrive soon
M ER R ITT ®. COMPANY
O B IT U A R Y
parly of Medford capitalists who vlaV
■ted the Braden mine on Kanes creek,
owned by the Kays, Monday. •
E. C. Pomeroy, an old-lime resi­
dent of the county mid late of the
Meadows, is now located at Heissou,
in Clerk county, Washington, engaged
in fruit raising, having bought a
tract uf lend near Heisson.
J. I,. Howe, one of the old-time
residents of Sams valley, who has
been cotiflnt d to his bed the pust week
with n severe attack of pneunumiu.
at pre».i ut is much improved mid is
considered past the danger point.
Frank f, Ilow. rs bus rented Ids rail' ll
in Hums volley to Hurry Cox, who
will farm the place the coming year.
Mr. Powers Inis sold all his personal
property and slock and will leave in
the near future for the Willamette
valley, where he e x a c ts to locate.
Prof. I). C. Henry, assistant school
’’supervisor located at Hold Hill, visit­
ed the Pnnkey school in R am s valley
Inst Monday and addressed the school
on school matters. The school board
and quite a number of the parents
were present und report a very able
address.
Gold H ill's bond issue of $25.000 for
pure water was awarded to J. Bolger
A Co. of Chicago by the city council
Wednesday evening, at a premium of
$251, or a trifle more than one per
cent, together with a guarantee of ac­
crued Interest. Five bids were con­
sidered. there being nearly $2000 d if­
ference between the lowest and the
hlghst bid. that of the succesaful Chi­
cago firm.
N. D. Firestone of the Meadows
district returned Monday from Los
Angeles, where he has been on busi­
ness the past, two weeks. It is re­
ported that he has disposed of his
♦ large land holdings in the Meadows
to II. 0. Mnthison of Los Angeles for
a neat sum. This tra c t of land is
known as the Fredenburg property
and consists of 610 acres in the heart
of the rich Meadows farming district.
Through the efforts of 8. A. Ros­
enbaum, Southern Pacific agent at
Medford, the management of the
Medford theater has completed plans
whereby (he people of Ornnts Pass,
Woodville, Gold Hill and Central
Point will have a chance to attend
the performance of “The Chocolate
Soldier” at Medford Saturday even­
ing and return to their homes that
night. A day coach will be attached
to the special train leaving directly
lifter the performance.
park committee. The plans are com­
plete, save for a few minor details,
and work w ill begin soon. The hand­
some trees and the central location,
as well as the generous size of the
site, which comprises almost the area
of a city block, make It certain that
Gold H ill w ill have one of the pretti­
est right-of-way parks on the South­
ern Pacific lines In Oregon.
R. A. ("Uncle Bob") Cook. Foots
Creek pioneer placer miner and pres­
ent postmaater of Draper, near the
head of that famous gold-bearing dis­
trict, was In Gold H ill greeting old
friends this week. He subscribed for
The News and his subscription was
accompanied by a series of reminis­
cences. "Uncle Bob" was one of the
county commissioners from '80 to '84.
During his administration the pres­
ent courthouse was built.
At that
time county warrants brought par or
a premium. He cannot understand
why, with all our vaunted progress
and unquestioned material advance­
ment. there should be practically no
market for county warrants even at
a ruinous discount, and even with the
greatly Increased assessed valuation
taxes should be Increasing every year.
" It looks like there
Is something
wrong," he declared. "The man who
built the court house went broke on
the Job," he said, "but I don’t hear
of anyone going broke on county work
nowadays." At the conclusion of his
term as county commissioner In '84
he was presented with a fine gold
watch by dtlsens of Jackson county,
which he still carries. " I
should
like to know what has become of the
county money the past few years,” he
said. "W e have several miles of
county roads on Foots creek, and we
pay double the taxes we used to on
more than double the valuation, and,
yet there Is little or no money spent
on these roads.” Mr. Cook Is at pres­
ent the guest of his daughter, Mrs. J.
H. Wooldridge at Grants Pass. His
place as postmaster at Draper Is f ill­
ed by his deputy, John McReynolds,
who leases the Cook placer and ranch
property.
CARB OF THANKS
To the many friends whose words
and acts of sympathy have helped me
bear up under my great bereavement.
I extend my heartfelt thanks.
J. J. R IT T E R .
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Dry osk stove wood. $2.00.. per tier.
Lance & Co.
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Oeorge Washington loanee. Sr., was
a native of White county, Tennessee.
At the age of 9 years he moved with
his parents to the state of Missouri.
He spent his boyhood diys In Missouri
until he became a young man twenty
years of age. In 1852. having heard
of the wonderful opportunities In the
gold fields of ¿he state of California,
he. like many young men of that day
and age, possessed a goodly amount
of the spirit of pressing westward. So,
after studying over the great possi­
bilities In store for young men like
himself, he decided to make the trip
across the plains to the Golden state.
This was a long and wearisome Jour­
ney, meaning months of constant toils
and hardships, tramping day after day
alongside his four yoke of oxen, this
at that time being one of the modern
ways of traveling. After arriving
safely In California and after spend­
ing some little time there, he decided
to return home to his parents In Mis­
souri.
After returning home to Missouri
and spending two years, he conclud­
ed to again make the long journey
across the plains to California. So
In 1856 he completed his second jour­
ney to the Golden state. On his a r­
rival In San Francisco, and hearing
of the gold excitement In Oregon, he
continued his trip to this state. He
went on board a vessel at 'Frisco
bound for Crescent City. Landing
safely In Crescent City, he crossed the
mountains to the Rogue River valley,
the valley at that time being very
thinly settled, except In the vicinity
of Jacksonville, which at that time
was a lively mining' town. Not find­
ing conditions satisfactory
in
the
Rogue River valley, he continued his
trip south across the Siskiyou moun­
tains. finally settling at Weaverville,
Cal. A t this last mentioned place he
remained fourteen years, taking a
very active part in placer mining. He
owned and operated very extensive
mines on both the American and
Feather rivers.
During these fourteen years of act­
ive mining life In California he had
not forgotten the beautiful Rogue
River valley. So In the year 1870 he
came back to this state, settling near
the mouth of Foots creek. He spent
thirty-four years of his life at that
place, devoting his time to farm ing
and mining, these two being his
chosen occupations.
At the close of
!’-.!.-:y-four years of constant toH, hav-
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CASH OFFERED FOR GERMS
Dr. Smith Attends to C. P .’s Case
With Professional Neatness
I wish to reply, briefly, to certain state­
ments made in tlie last Issue of the Cen­
tral Point Herald. It is not true that
Gold Hill has been infested with the
“ eruptive disease’’ that is there men­
tioned. Tliere is not now, nor-was there
during 11)11, a single case of scarlet fever
in Gold Hill. 1 will give $25 to any per­
son who will disprove either part of the
above statement.
The author of that piece of lurid yellow
journalism further says that I was kept
from quarantining eases by threats made
by the matrons of Gold Hill. Last year,
during an epidemic of measles, I quaran­
tined 21 cases of that disease, in com­
pliance with the orders of the county
health officer. Had tliere been a ease of
scarlet fever, tliat would <. rtainly have
been taken care of in like manner. Fnr-
thertnore, let me say in defense of the
matrons of Gold Hill, that not one of
tliem is so utterly selflsh that site would
wish, for the sake of personal conveni­
ence, to endanger tlx* lives and health of
others.
The action taken to protect Gold Hill
from scarlet fever was not inspired by
any ill will, but by necessity. The afore­
mentioned article condemns the local
authorities of that town in that it admits
that contagious cases were not reported
in Central Point, and that such neglect is
punishable under the city ordinances.
Further than that, the state laws were
not complied with, while tlie law says
nothing against any means of protecting
a town against contagious diseases. If
our neighboring towns will persist in
violating tlx- Ian, and allowing con­
tagious cases to run at large to tlx» j<s>p-
ardy of in in sin t persons, they must ex­
pert to be crfticbed. If they will make
an honest effort to control such things,
every other town will be glad to assist in
any way possible. It does not help mat­
ters to attempt to cover up someone’s
criminal negligence by falsification and
tirade directed against one who is com­
plying with the law. Tlx- next time a
warning is rendered necessary by open
violation of the law, it will not take the
form of a printed notice. The laws of
Oregon apply to every municipality, im­
partially and without favor.
H ave Y ou a
L iv e F iv e ?
A grain of corn is a trifle— the live germ
in it makes it Emperor of American crops.
What is iive dollars ?
Put in bank by a
live man, it will take on life itself; and
that sort of a five is a better start than a
thousand that’s to be buried or frittered
away.
W e’ve seen both kinds, and we
would rather have the five that grows
than the thousand that shrivels down to 0.
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Come With ft Now
T h e O old H ill B a n k
HORACE PELTON
President
ROBT. H. MOORE
Vice President
LYNN W. SMITH
FLOUR and FEED
C. H . S M IT H , M .D .
City Health Officer.
Ing been blessed*with a goodly share
of this world's goods, he decided to
dispose of his property and take life
easier. A fter selling his property to
Mrs. Abbie J. Champlin of Chicago
(known at the present time as the
Champlin Dredging property), he
moved to Gold H ill, where he spent
the last eight years of his life.
He became a member of the church
of Christ, June, 1910, and had been
a faithful Christian worker ever since.
Those of the Immediate fam ily that
survive him are a wife, two sons and
two step - daughters.
The sons arc:
O. W. of Gold H ill and F. M. of Med­
ford. The daughters are: Mrs. M ill­
ard H u ll of Grants Pass and Mrs. Ad
Helms of Seattle. Besides thes^e, he
leaves a large ntimber of relatives as
well as a multitude or friends.
Through this, the death of our old
friend and pioneer, Jackson county
has lost one of Its old and most no­
ble landmarks. He belonged to that
class of sturdy pioneers deserving j
praise for tt^eir straightforward, u p - ,
right, honest principles, and may wo
learn to ever love and honor their]
noble deeds.
— W. H. M.
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