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About Gold Hill news. (Gold Hill, Jackson County, Or.) 1897-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1912)
(Golx) MtH 401 X NO! “ gold V0L.nl HILL, 401 X NO! JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 1,1912 ____________________________________ NO. 4 Jim Hill Don’t Go Up Hill to Get Down Hill; He’s Coming to Gold Hill Shall Gold Hill Be Killed By 3 4 Percent Mortgage? Attorney General Sanctions Sale of Rogue River Fish Voters Will Decide Fate of Future Metropolis at Special Election Monday (Mmlliiril Mull Tribune) Angler» and flalinrtnru of tliu Rogue ltlvor valley are much lutarsatad In ^he altitude of the attorney general In conatrulug a cloeed river Into an open one and thereby sanctioning the ante of aaltuon caught with rod and line. ?■ F A meeting of the fl»h aaaodatlon bee been called at Humphrey'» gun •tore for tonight to take action upon a reoiieet from the gume oommlaalon- •ra aaklng a teat caae be brought be fore Judge t'alklna to determine whether the attorney general la right now or waa right a year ago. An extenalve flahlng outfit la being eutabllahnd at the mouth of the river to pack and «hip flah caught "with rod and line" and a apeedy decision will be neceeanry to enable proper | law enforcement. On March 9, 1011, Attorney Gen eral Crawford rendered the following declalon concerning the uale of fish caught In Rogue river: •'The Initiative act make« a con tinual closed season on the Rogue, except with hook and line. House > bill 184, section 1, makes It unlawful | at any time to sell steelbeada or trout. Section I makes It unlawful during the closed season to sell sal mon other than steelh«ada, and there being a continual closed season, It la therefore unlawful to aelt such sat moo, other than steelheads, at any time, nllhough lawful to take them with hook and line. There la no open season, therefore such salmon cannot be sold tor want of an open season.” On May II. 1912. Attorney General Crawford*turned turtle In Ing opinion to the fish and game com mission: , "On March 9. 1911. 1 held that there was a continual closed season for the sale of salmon In the Hogue river. 1 am since convinced that I went too far In that opinion and dealre to mod ify It as follow»: No salmon of nny kind can be sold, bartered or ex changed. or held In possession for the purpose of »ale, or to ship or trana- port. etc., for the purpose of sale, taken from the waters of the Rogue river or lta tributaries during any closed period on said rfver, except with hook and line Therefore I wish to modify my former opinion to the extent that salmon, except steelheads, caught In Rogue river by hook and •ne. may be sold In open market." A new Burroughs adding machine s the latest acquisition to the equip ment of the First State Bank of Rogue River. The business of the bank has made such growth during the past year that the machine has become more of a necesalty than a luxury. Findings of Senate Titanic Disaster Investigation TT ••That the Titanic was running at the rate of 24 1-2 miles per hour at thp time of the collision. That there were 2,223 persons aboard, of whom 32 per cent were saved. That all on board the Titanic would have been saved but for the “negligent Indifference" of the liner Californian to answer the Titanic's distress signals. That fiO per cent of the first, clnss, 42 per cent of the second class, and 25 per cent of the third clnss passen gers and 2 4 per cent of the crew vere saved. That four warnings of Ice ahead were Ignored by the Titanic. That of eight vessels near the Ti tanic at the time of the disaster only the Carpathla assisted. That there was no panic, bnt that a ' short crew" poorly drilled and poorly commanded, only partially manner the Tltanl’s llfebonts. Of course not. No more can a town lift itself by voting a bond issue four times as big as it can carry. Like the bird, it must wait un til its assessed valuation wings geb strong enough to fly as far as it wants to. All the bond issues under the sun cannot make water run uphill into a reservoir without bonding or borrowing power sufficient bo pay for pumping plant and reservoir. Gold Hill’s assessed valuation is about $220,000. On this bonds may be issued that will bring par in the open market to the extent of about $25,000. Bond for more than that and your bonds depreciate in value in exact ratio as the issue is more than it should be. It is proposed at next Monday’s special election to bond Gold Hill for $25,000 for a water system and for $50,000 for a water power and electric power and lighting system—or $75,000 in all on an assessed valuation of $220,000. Stop and think what this means. $75,000 is thirby-four per cen t of Gold Hill's assessed valuation! Eight, mind you, not thirty-four. Thirty-four per cent is over four times what Gold Hill can afford to bord for. Now stop and think again. What does this mean. It means that Gold Hill’s bonds will only be worth 25 cents on the dollar! That is, for every dollar obtained from the sale of these water and light bonds the people must pay back four, besides interest. A thirty-four per cent mortgage goes on every piece of property in the city. No one would care to buy a home, establish a business, start a factory, or make any effort in a town that carries such a load of d eb t Present proper ty holders would find that they could not afford to own their own property. To sum it up briefly— Gold Hill w ould be Rilled deader than a door nail! Of course the voters next Monday will vote NO to both proposed ordinances. It they don’t, they deserve all they get afterward. But whoever thought that they would ba called upon to vote on such an absurd proposition? Who is back of this attem pt to kill Gold Hill. Surely not the city council. Surely not anyone anyone owning property in the city. Surely not anyone who wants to see Gold Hill become the metropolis of southern Oregon, as natural co. ditions indicate it will be. No. It must be someone who wants to blot Gold Hill off the map entirely. The News leaves the question to its readers— W H O ? The verdict at the polls next Monday should be a definite answer that Gold Hill is not to be tricked into cutting her own throat. Now you know why Tin- Gold H ill Now you know why R. H . Moore said th at its editor would liave to walk out of town.. Now you know why the boycottera tutid he i could not get out another ixxuc of tlie paper. Now you can see it all. It waa not became Tlx- New« printed the tru th about the ttog/imr scandal in tlie Gold Hili schools. If wax not, ax iD . H . Miller told the editor of The News : rfter tlie boycott went into effect, th at the paper bail been boycotted because It bail "lin ed up with the elem ent th at wax I against progress in the tow n.” If it had it would be with Mr. Moore ! and Mr. Miller and Dr. Kelsey in atlvo- | coting the passage of the two charter ■ am endm ents next Monday. Tlie Gold Hili News wax boycotted be cause certain men who are pulling the strings behind the boycott and the puppet boycottera knew th at when the proper : tim e came Tlie News would come out with just such a {taper ax the one you are I now reading. Because th é men who are really w ork ing against tlie best interests of Gold Hill knew th at such a paper ax this would be ! printed. Dr. Kelsey, one of these men, proposed to »tart a paper th at would take Î tne place of Tlie News in case The News ! was killed by tlie boycott, or in case The News wax not killed, that would attem pt ■ to fool the people into voting Yes next 1 Monday. It is scarcely to be believed th a t tlie boy- ( cotting m erchants know just why they are boycotting Tlie News. It ix believed th at they are th e unconscious though I willing dupes and tools of "m en higher , up” —men whose hands an- not seen in the dastardly attem pt to kill a truth-tell- . lug iu wKpapm.-i .it iMtuanua o i «h» «.ruth : it had printed, but because of the truth they knew it would print. Tin- general verdict concerning R. H . Moore, George ! Lance and \V. G . Myers will probably ! be th a t they know what they do. There is little more to say. The News is still alive and kicking. The editor ex pects to m ake Gold Hill his home for quite a while yet—|>erhapx always—and next Monday he will vote like this: -W1 X No! News wax boycotted. Can a man lift himself by his bootstraps? Can a bird fly before it»s wings are grown? Can waber be made Lo run uphill wibhout» power to pump it ? Bonding companies place the limit at eight per c e n t School Scandal Not Real Reason for News Boycott (.'onuuencenieot Exercises The commencement exercises of the Rogue River school waa held in the opera house last Saturday evening. An excellent program was given aud the numbers all received meritorious applause., Professor Ralph Main, principal of the school, with a few well chosen remarks presented the class with their diplomas, which en title them to enter any high school in the state. Parents, teachers and pu pils alike are more than gratified over the success of the graduates, there being nine out of a class of ten. Southern Pacific Steamers Safe for Passengers From information received from the Southern Pacific company, operating the steamship line between New York and New Orleans, we learn that pas sengers using that line need have no fear In case of accident. The lifeboat capacity of these ships has always been sufficient to accommodate all of the passengers and crew, and the wireless equipment Is such that the wireless room at all times, night and day Is In charge of an experienced operator. Notices are posted In all staterooms, public rooms and steer age, showing the assignments of oc cupants to specific boats, and all life boats are conspicuously numbered. Fire and boat drills are held at each port, as well as on the first day out and passengers are Invited to take part In them. Stewards demonstrate how to attach life belts to the body. It is said that these are not new rul ings. but have been In force on these ships for several years. »
