Gold Hill news., March 09, 1912, Image 1

« ill
“ M E that walketh uprightly
■ ■ walketh surely: but he
that perverteth hi» ways shall
be known.”
“ D R E A D of deceit is sweet
t * to a man: but afterwards
his mouth shall be filled with
gravel.**
NO. 44
GOLD HILL, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURI \Y, MARCII 9, 1912
VOL 14
Three Easily Make Escape from New County Jail
7*0 the H on o rab le County C o u rt-- G e n iti
PLOT BEGINS
TO THICKEN
IN JACKSON
CANDIDATES IIMIOMINO FORTH
n i l COUNTY POLITICS RAPIDLY
COMING TO A FOCUS
“ Stone W alls D o N o t a Prteon M a k e , N o r Iro n Bare a (-age,
N o t to M ention
Suppo Ï
Newspapers
NEIL says he will
tun for re-election if he
J UDGE
only gets three votes. The
judge has fixed his margin
of disappointment at a safe
and sane figure.
S cien tific
j le e i Bars
j~j
' ÇHERIFF JONES say» the Í
I O new county jail is not I
worth wo b it» . What has
it cost the taxpayers, and
now much in re a ill it cost?
Excel a $ A vertisinç Medi- ¿ edeord boxi »o bugs
SEE AN -TtitR EAST DRAW
urns and Ccnsatuie Greatest
Force For G od In
Crowd of 4 0 0 Sec Evans ano
Dixon BaUle Cleverly-Two
Our Country
Good Bouts; One Take
H. A. VOGEL PUTS OUT 35
ACRES COMMERCIAL PEARS
Community Scrap Between Medford
mid Ashlunil Will t ut Little
Iowa Capitalist Improves Land in
Ire With Voter»
Sami Valley—Will Encour­
At Large
age Search for Coal
Two liepullrnn» liter Judgeship Mom-
* Inutliin, But Oemorrut» Still
11. A. Vogel left yesterday for his
home at Newell, Iowa, after having
Afraid of the Car»
By ARTHUR BRISBANE,
STEEL BARS
PROVED NO
HINDRANCE
LI INCH 0 4 8 PIPE USED TO
FO H E W Y OUT OP SUPPOSED
MODERN STRUCTURE
,oii-Nell-Dutls Business Admin-
. i r , j S..ou,d R ate Thunks
of Men Who Made Their
G etaw ay
« Cost Taxpayers Over $17,IMS)
So Far and tbe End Is
Last Wednesday evening before a
Editor of the New York Evening (tew'd of 400 Medford light fans,
Sot Yet
i.bbte Evans and Young Dixon went
Journal
spent some time superintending plant- !
tea fast rounds to a draw. Il was
Unexpected evidence of the splend­
The political plot In Jackson county Ing operation« on the McClendon
Copyright, t i l l by the N ew York Evening .heir second meeting, tne previous one id results achieved by the “business
ranch
In
Sams
Valley,
now
owned
by
begin» to thicken, and tho chance» are
Journal Publishing com pany
also ending In a draw. Tne last bout administration’’ of Messrs. Harmon,
that before the primaries on April in him. Thirty-five acres of the best '
, as conclusive that the men were Ned, Davis, et. al., was furnished last
From
th
e
N
e
w
Y
ork
E
vening
J
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n
a
l.
J
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n
.
10.
1912
land
on
the
place,
pronounced
by
the'voters of both leading parlies will
too evenly matched, and that it would night when three prisoners supposed
Pathologist
O'Gara
to
be
some
of
the
;
have two or more candidal«« for each
'take a twenty-round bout to decide to. be confined In the county jail at
nomination from which to choose their best pear land In tbe valley, were set
the supremacy. Both men did nice Jacksonville pried out some bars in
.to
Bartlett,
Bose,
D'Anjou
and
Co­
ii.iving
spent
at
least
half
of
his
life
in
con­
favorite» for the main event in Novem­
fast work and ahowed that they are the inner door of the main room, un­
rnice
pears.
Mr.
Vogel
has
large
ducting a country newspaper, the publisher of The
ber.
c.ever ring generals, either one of locked the outer door by turning the
business
Interests
back
In
the
Cum­
The Idea «wm« to be fostered both
Gold 11 ill News knows from actual first-hand ex­
t ,em matched against a boxer of the catch on the inside, and walked forth,
mins
commonwealth,
but
ultimately
In Ashlaud and Medford that the cam-
perience that the following article—written bv
Battling Nelson order, would result no doubt with blessings on their lips
expects
to
make
his
home
ou
his
fertile
p a in now Retting under way in to be
In a great fight
A
rthur
Brisbane,
highest
salaried
editor
in
the
Sams
Valley
acres,
where
he
will
en­
for the 'business administration” that
a community flRht between tha»e two
There were three preliminaries, two had provided so easy a method of
joy
the
fruits
of
his
labors
together
world, who perhaps commands a larger audience
town», the balance of the county being
which were exceedingly good while making their exeunt—for the deliv­
than d t*s ary living man —is true insofar at least as oof
expected to line up with one or the with the fruits of his trees, In un­
the third was a frame up between a ery cannot be dignified by calling it
disturbed
serenity,
far
from
the
other of the JenlotiH rival cities. How­
it relates to the difficulties and discouragements
couple of young lads who must have, an escape. A half-inch gas pipe was
ever. this Idea does not seem to per­ strenuous arena of business. In
connected
withthe business of getting out a paper
bad a mutual agreement to do a little used to pry the l>arn apart.
speaking
of
the
coal
prospects
on
his
meate much further afield than the
cake walk and bunk the public, but
like
the
i
lie
you
are
reading,
in
a
town
like
Gold
land
he
stated
that
he
had
no
im­
The men who took advantage of the
city limits of Ashland and Medofrd.
their crude work was soon detected Harmon-Davls-Neil “business admin­
Hill, 's to the value of the country press to the
In Gold Hill the feeling Is that the mediate Intention of Investigating the
by Referee Frankie Edwards, who istration'' are Frank Wolfley and S.
eon n unite and the country, Mr. Brisbane is perhaps
coming'contest must be waned on the same with a view to development, b u t,
after warning the boys repeatedly, W. Brain, cnarged with forgery, await­
that
anyone
who
cared
to
prospect
’
Issues, which Include depreciated coun*
better
able
to
make
an
estimate
than
the
writer,
who
called them to a bait in the beginning ing the action of the grand Jury, and
ty warrants, lawlessness and extrav- the place for coal deposits would be ,
has ' e»n t o busy doing the thing that Brisbane
of the fourth round, disqualifying both William Snyder, charged with the
given
every
encouragement.
i^pinco on the part of the county court,
and declaring their bout "no contest.’’ burglary of a store at Woodville last
v
rite
s
'
nt
to
figure
on
its
value.
and the fact that Jackwon county 1» A free lecture will be given ut th !
Frankie Edwards, the popular fight November. They were gone about a
something over a half million In debt. Ugo theater, Medford. Bunday at 10:30 i
Impressarlo, who referees all bouts, half hour before their departure was
It Is not believed here that the un­ a. in., by Dr. Jefferson o f Boston and j
I Is the manager of the Medford Ath-
fortunate Ashland-Medford rivalry will Loudon. All are Invited to attend a-
HE IIcarat newspapers have more than once called the atten­ I letic club, and it is through him that discovered, nor was any • immediate
effort made to bring them back to
cut much figure In the result, but he speaks on hjs new system of health
tion of business men and of citizens in general to the impor­ the Medford "biff” bugs are able to the nice new bungalow boarding­
rather that the people will choose for the human race. The doctor has
witness
a
good,
evening's
sport
once
tant work that is done by the editors of tho SMALLER
house. called a county jail since its
good men In whatever party they are a winning personality and hair like !
i a month, ff there were more boxing
erection last spring at of over $17,000
N
EW
SPA
PERS
and
to
the
great
value
of
those
newspa­
found and from whatever town they an Angora. He may decide to give
promoters of his kind, boxing would cost—to date, for a few more modern
hall from.
one of his lectures at the Wego In pers AS ADVERTISING MEDIUMS.
not be looked upon with the disfavor conveniences, presumably Including
While It Is well known that the Gold Hill before packing up his <nes-
IT W O U L D BE IM P O S S IB L E T O K E E P T H IS G O V E R N M E N T G O ING , that it now' is in some towns.
latch-keys for all the prisoners, are
county Judgeship, on which the main sage and leaving for other fields.
IM P O S S IB L E A T L E A S T T O K E E P R E P R E S E N T A T IV E A N D D E M O ­
necessary before this monument to
Intereat centers, excites wavering am­
C R A T IC G O V E R N M E N T A L IV E IN T H IS C O U N T R Y . IF IT W E R E N O T “Alma, Where Do You Live?’’
the present "business adminisration”
bition In tho breasts of sevearl prom­
FO R
THE
THOUSANDS
OF
NEW SPAPER
E D IT O R S
SCATTERED
completed.
inent democrats, im yet there haa been LaBelle, Talented Baker,
at Grants Pass Monday is The
jail break was accomplished
no announcement from that side of the
Branches Out at Talent T H R O U G H O U T T H E L A N D , E V E R Y O N E OF T H E M A W A T C H E R A N D
I while Jailor Wilson was at supper,
A N O B S E R V E R , A V IG IL A N T P O L IC E M A N IN P O L IT IC S A N D P U B L IC
political fence. Mayor Canon of Med­
After a complete season's run at and discovered when ha returned,
ford Is said to be still nibbling, and
A F F A IR S .
E. I .a Belle, who started the Gold
j Webet’s Theater, New York, the Eng­ when he went to lock up the cells.
It Is rumored that Judge Nell believes
Wherever two railroads cross in the Unit ’ States and there is a lish version of the German-French None of the other prisoners gave any
i HUI bakery two years ago, but who
that he Is the one man to succeed him­
I transferred his talents to Talent about town or village, there is, fortunately for the country, a local editor.
farce with music, "Alma, Where Do j intimation of the plans
self. but both these llarklses are baah.
¡» year since. Is branching out. He
You
Live?” will be presented by Joe
After the “getaway" Sheriff Wilbur
Tho
editor
W
ATCHES
TH
E
TWO
RAILROADS.
HE
fill. Present Indications are that both
i will soon open an Ico cream parlor,
Weber at the Grants Pass opera house Jones moved the remaining prisoners
Cinon and Nell will linger blushing
WATCHES
THE
A
FFA
IRS
OF
HIS
TO
W
N
SH
IP,
COUNTY,
where be will serve a brand of con-1
back Into the old Jail, he considering
! Monday, March 11.
In the background until the end of
! gealed butter fat that will simply melt STATE ,\N D NATION.
The German version. “Alma, Wo them more secure there. An oppor­
title chapter. Not so with the republi­
i in your month, literally and figurative-1
lie tnlks daily or weekly to his fellow citizens concerning affairs Wohunst Du.” was done the previous tunity was offered for practically all
cans, however. Waflflowers nre al­
ly. I41 Belle's Ice cream will resemble that most vitally interest them. He is for them AN EYE THAT season at the German theater of the county charges to flee, but they
ways scarce In the ranks of the G. O.
uelther cornstarch pudding nor chilled |
i Adolph Phillip in New York City, and
not care for the chance.
«1 and already two brave disciples of
DOES NOT SLEEP, a man alert and devoted to those that are his although in a language not generally ' did The
¡plaster
parls.
The
chances
are
that,
holes through which the men
tJbcoln and Illalne have sprung for­
constituents.
understood by ^he theatrical public of escaped is small, but according to
ward and proclaimed their willingness he will get It of Signor Domino Per- !
If the railroad crossing kills too many, if the railroads combine to New York, made a distinct impression Sheriff Jones shows the ineffective.
to-assume the captaincy of the county roxl. who finds expression for the J
court. George Dunn of Ashland, who music In his soul In the products o f : charge too much or serve too poorly, if the judge, governor or mayor because of the wonderful French ! ness of the bastile. Neither the sher-
served as Judge from 1904 to 1908, and (the Ashland creamery. (Johnny Reed! seems more of a railroad official than a people’s offieiul, the editor is music by Jean Briquet. In both the ’ iff nor the deputies have much faith
Jeeds us the same delicious dope right i
Phillip and Weber versions the music ! in the new structure, branding It as
wjio was defeated for re-election by
¡here
in
Gold
Hill
every
summer.)
So
has remained unchanged. The four- I fragile.
there
to
tell
about
it.
\
Jdmds Nell after a campaign In which
Big metropolitan newspapers with circulations running into many i teen original numbers of the clever “The new Jail is not as good as
cVeri Ills political enemies admit he ' it I r as certain ns the advent of the
J Frenchman are Just as he composed the old one, it Is worth abont two-
wps grossly misrepresented, Is gen­ springtime flowers that, with the crisp hundreds of thousands daily have a peculiar power of their own.
them, the words, of course, having bits,” said Sheriff Jones, to the Med-
erally considered to be the favorite POOkles and fluffy cake that L a Belle ,
B U T IF YO U TO O K A L L T H E M E T R O P O L IT A N N E W S P A P E R S OF i been done into suitable English or 1 ford Sun- over the phone immediately
¡turns
out
of
his
ovens
without
half
contender for the republican nomina­
T H E U N IT E D S T A T E S A N D W E IG H E D T H E M
IN T H E B A L A N C E | German.
after the delivery.
tion. Merrick of Medford will be his J trying, the good people of Talent and
A G A IN S T T H E P R E SS O F T H E S M A L L C IT IE S A N O T O W N S IN
The
raciness
of
the
original
French
Thursday Edward Langley was em­
vicinity,
where
much
can
be
done
opimnent In the primaries, and while
he Is an able man, and very popular, without water and anything with It, A M E R IC A IT W O U L D BE AS T H O U G H Y O U W E IG H E D A C IT Y O F ­ j farce ,has not been disturbed in the ployed in the Jail making some re­
j will find La Belle's a very oasis of F IC E B U IL D IN G A G A IN S T P IK E 'S P E A K , A N D T H E LO C A L PRESS Weber version, although 1t has been pairs to the plumbing. The men stole
especially In tils home city, where he
, rendered comparatively unobjection- the piece of gas pipe which proved so
has served on council, the nature of delight through all the season when W O U L D BE P IK E ’S P E A K .
i
able. The great stimulating tonic of helpful to them, and hid it In their
the
horses
of
the
sun
trample
high
the forces that are known to have
The local editor speaks to his readers AS ONE FR IEN D a French farce has always depended
cells, making use of It In short order
prompted his candidacy will militate and higher in the heavens. It will be SPEAKS TO ANOTHER.
| much on the humorous situations. It before the weekly search, which
a
great
place
for
those
who
go
up
and
against him. Among his political god­
They know him by sight. They know his record. They know the Is the study of the French comedy would have discovered it today. It
fathers both gang republicans and down In honk-charlots to pause for
rest
and
refreshment.
high
fight that he has mado and is making. They know for how method which has made the American was a carefully engineered lot and
gang democrats are to be found, In­
producer demand more and more worked without a hitch.
cluding men who have alwnys op­
small a reward he render/efficient, unselfish service. And A WORD from the librettist, that he pay The county court will likely offer
Kitchen Weights and Measures
posed statement No. 1. who were op-
The following valuable table of from him means more than MANY COLUMNS from some anony­ greater attention to the development a reward for the capture of the men
* posed to Roosevelt's prosecution of
of situation. The critics have recog­ today, and also Inspect the jail to the
the Oregon land fraud cases, and who weights and measures for kitchen use mous and unknown “editor of the big city.”
lias
been
prepared
by
the
domestic
openly defend the county court In Its
A man writing fearlessly in some congressman’s or some senator’s nized that in the English “Alma” end that It be made something more
flagrant violation of nearly every law science department of the Oregon Ag­ home town can do more to K E E P TH AT PUBLIC O FFICIA L there Is one of the cleverest presenta­ than a mere boarding house.
tions of the real French farce that
The other prisoners claim that the
i
laid down for Its guldnnce. Those ricultural College:
has as yet been placed on the Ameri­ men who departed—escaped Is not the
“STR A IG H T” than all the metropolitan newspapers put together.
who profess to be able to read the 3 teaspoons equal 1 tablespoon.
Public men know the power of the local editor and of the local can stage. It was the appreciation word to use—Intended to pry their
political Blgns of the times torrectly 12 tablesppons (liquid) equals 1 cup
of the fact that he had a valuable way out with a toothpick, but took the
maintain that not only will Dunn beat 16 tablespoons (dry) equals 1 cup.
newspaper. It is a pity that the BUSINESS MEN OF THE dramatic property which made Mr. gasptpe because It was no trouble to
2
cups
equals
1
pint.
Merrick for the republican nomina­
COUNTRY ARE IG NO RA NT OF TH A T POWER.
Weber most careful how It was done get it—such is the effectiveness of
tion for Judge In the county at large 2 tablespoons butter equals 1 ounce.
the “business administration” that
Into
English.
The
man
who
has
something
really
worth
while
to
advertise
could,
4
tablespoons
flour
equals
1
ounce.
bet he will capture » substantial share
George V. Hobart, the prolific has done so much for Jackson county
if he would use the local newspapers intelligently, multiply his sales
of tho vote In Medford, where Mer­ 2 tablespoons gr. sugar equals 1 ox.
American comedy writer was engaged —or "done” Jackson county so much,
rick's supporters expect their man to 2 tablespoons liquid equal» 1 ounce.
by ten, MAKE HIM SELF KNOW N TO MILLIONS that do not by Mr. Weber to make the English Just as you care to look at it.
1 square Baker»’ choc, equals 1 ounce
make aim«-(
'
"«P-
now know him and put himself at the head of his line of competitiou. version. The success he made of it The Medford Mall Tribune will
Candlu
-•« commlsalon- 4 cupa sifted Hour equals 1 pound.
If the automobile manufacturers who attract attention just at this was phenomenal. He went back to probably print photographs showing
ershlps a i e beginning to appear. Joe 2 cups granulated sugar equals 1
the original French story and paid
pound»
Smith, formerly of Medford, but now a
moment would put their advertising intelligently in the local uews- I little attention to the German as an what 4ts muoh-lauded "business ad­
ministration” did for the taxpayers
Juice of 1 lemon equals 3 tablo-
resident of the Evans creek district,
I l^foTTuedlate helpmate
(Continued
on
Last
Page.)
'.r. fie asaltcr of providing a new Jail.
spoons.
1
(Continued on Last Page)
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t