Gold Hill news., August 31, 1912, Image 1

GOLD HILUJACKSON COUNTY, oitG Q N , SATURDAY, AUGUST 31,1912
Gold Hill Plans Entertainment for Labor
Monday, September 2d, is Labor Day.
Prefountain Mining f
Gold Hill will observe by devoting the occasion to
general booth
Claims Contested
a good time and the entertainment o f visitors.
by S. P. Road
There will be ball games—three o f ’em—neighborly
Aa long ago as 1865 it js of r w w l that
contest in which the warring talent will be:
men tave min<-d U - rich plater deposits
ol that group now known as the Prefount-
sin claims, which are situated went of this
Sams Valley Grangers vs. Gold Hill Plutocrats,
city in section 2-5 of township 36. Dust
and nugget« aggregating several very ree-
Ladies’ Nine vs. City Merchants,
(a-i table fortunes have been taken from
thia identical group, which are atUl pro­
fitably worked each season by the pre­
High School vs. Town Team.
sent owner of the mining rights, John J
Bitter, of this city. J. W. Hayes, who
Also race between “ also rans;” the main event be­
may justly claim distinction aa one of the
old»** sons of Jackson county, was etn-
ing a hundred yard dash, with ’Tony Olson defending
pioyeii in the operation of tins group in
1887, ami recalls thrt several year* prior
to that time the rnagnitnde of the de­
the local record.
posits had been known and soccesxfully
worked.
A Social dance will be given in the evening, at the
Down to the present day the claims
tave panned thru many hands, steadily
paying dividends, and it is the taliet of
opera house, by manager Billy Wetherell.
Governor W ert, of Oregon, who has all competent mining men that their ac­
General W illiam Booth, founder of
announced a crusade against vice In tual worth ia yet far from exhaustion.
The Wego will grind out hundreds o f yards o f new Portland,
the Salvation Army, who died recently
Willard
Prefountain
who
acquired
the
declaring local officials have
group and operated the claims for sever in London.
not been doing their duty.
al years prior to hts death, in 1900, was
motion pictures.
one of the best known of old time Jack-
son county argonauts, and it is from his Gold Hill School
Gold Hill merchants will make it a big bargain day State Executive
cataU1, thru several changes of ownership,
that tile property lias passed to its pres­
Bells Will Soured
Wages W ar on
—pruning prices down to the limit.
ent possessor, Mr. Ritter, who hag applied
to the United States ¿and office for min­
on Tuesday Next
Portland
Vice
eral
patent to their permanent and act­
Labor Day in Gold Hill will not be a very preten­
ual |*jssession.
Anticipating no difficulty in the secur­
Gold Hill school lu lls will sound the
"I'm prepared to go down
tious occasion, but it will make good on all that is pro­ the Portland.—
ing of title, in view of the well known tocsin for the opening of tlie fall term
line on the enforcement of the law
mineral character of the land, and having next Tne-day, September 3d, and it is
In Portland and I am here to ask your
complied
with all the requirement« essen­ the belief of the school board and those
mised, and the “g e t together” spirit will predominate. co-operation.
I f I don’t get that, I w ill
tial to procuring a patent, Mr. Ritter is i
h
who take an Inter*-* in school welfare
that the coming year will be one of un­
exampled progress in the work of pupils
and instructors.
on the grounds that the land ia agricul­
Applications for positions as instructors
Col. Roosevelt Promises
tural in character, and as such reverting in tlie Gold Hill acnool, which enjoys the
W ith this declaration. Governor
to the company under the original grant ’ reputation of being one of the finest and
West announced his crusade against
to Explain the Campaign
of railway lamia in which thia aection i most thoroughly equipped knowledge
vice in Portland, at a meeting with
waa included. Under the construction of ’ mills in the state, literally swamped the
Contributions of 1 9 0 4
the mayor, chief of police, district a t­
thia grant the railway companies do not ! directors thruout the summer vacation,
torney and members of the municipal
attempt a contest of bona fide mineral and it was from this host of competent
association and vice commission at
Oyster Bay, N. Y.— Having failed to
claims, and it ia asserted by Mr. Ritter applicants that the l*«n i selected the
the office of the mayor. Sheriff Stev­
•btatn a hearing before the senate
and his attorneys that the Southern Pac­ faculty for the'school year of 1812-13, for
Wheat straws six feet in length, sixty- committee Investigating campaign con­
The board of inquiry convened to as­ ens did not attend the meeting, send­ ific, thru the medium of their chief sur-
which scholarly efficiency will be the
live to one hundred springing from one tributions because of the Inability of certain the cause and fix the responsibU- ing word that he was too busy.
'eyor, N. E. Britt, acknowledged the goal aud watchwont of instructors and
During the whole session the air
pnrunt kernel, with heads averaging six the committee to get together, Colonel ity for t l t e derailment of Southern Paci­
mineral character of the land in 1896, papils.
Inrhea, presaging a yield .if at k w l one Roosevelt plana to w rite the commit­ fic train No. 11, on July 8, two mile» was charged with tension. Governor
and withdrew their application for
The commercial conree, which was ten­
W t o sweepingly declared that none
hundred hualM-l* to the acre, lx a paaaihU- tee a letter, embodying
some of — the I •‘•"t of Rogffc Rivas, haa found that en-
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patent.
tatively tried out last term, will be en­
Ity for southern Oregon that haa been thinga to which he would have teatl gfoeer G. Edlund ia Individually and pri- of the city or county authorities had
W hile it ia locally believed that the larged and extended to include a complete
conclusively demonstrated by Enoch M.
.
marily at fault for the derailment, re- been doing their duty.
railway company are proceeding under a j course in commercial work and stenogra­
Sheriff Robert L. Stevens takes the
Jinith upon his little brushland farm
He reiterated hie declaration that I gardien* of the fact that a alow order he
misapprehension of the true facta, and phy, and will be under the charge of
just west of tlda city. By selective breed* he knew nothing of a contribution by had previously received did not more de- position that he has been performing
that Mr. Ritter will he able thru tlie test­ Professor B. G. Harding.
Burt A.
ing covering only two «-axon* of growth, Mr. Archbold, of the Standard Oil finitely and clearly locate the bad spot in the duties of his office according to
imony of competent witne^ea to establish Adams, Ph. B., has been engaged as
the
requirements
of
law.
and
w
ill
not
and by an intuitive knowlege of garden­ company, to the republican campaign the track ; he lias been suspended thirty
the true character of the land, and con-1 superintendent, and is enthusiastically
ing ami U h - needs of plant life, gur.lener Of 1904.
'lays on th. record. Agent J. M. laham recognise the governor’s right to in­ firm hi* right to patent, the fact remains
planning a school campaign which will
terfere
with
him
in
that
work.
Smith baa succeeded in producing such
and operator M. L. Shinabcrger, at
that he will be subjected to coaiderable I establish a new precedent in progress for
Governor West removed District A t­
wheat aa thia, which lie |»r iM B - < li
Washington.—Colonel Roosevelt w ill Grants Paas, were found negligent in
expense in the matter, aside from tlie' the local institution and other schools of
tribute among growera really lntcreeted not have an opportunity to answer handling message* regarding the tad torney Cameron from office and ap­
remote probability that the land office similar rating.
pointed
W
alter
H.
Evans.
The
remov­
in die Improvement of wheat yields. John D. Archbold’s statements before place in the track and have each been
will decide against his claim to the group.
“ We have a teacliing force sufficient
al was made under the statute provid­
Ow ing to hia limited acreage Upon the the senate In committee Investigating stwpcnded thirty days on the record.
During his tenure oi the premises Mr. to handle the regular work without
ing
that
whenever
a
district
attorney
little paleh of land which he cultivates campaign expenditures until late In
< Tiief deapatcher E. B. Pengra, at Ito«-
Ritter lias made some very extensive im­ crowding, said Superintendent Adams,
he lias not been in a position to produce 1 September.
burg, it was found by the Ixiard, did not shall fall to furnish the governor with provements of the property. A two “ and to do justice to the new depart­
weed of thia aort in any considerable; Senator Clapp, chairman of the com­ •iiaplay proper intereat in obtaining and the complete statement of facts In a
story residence, reservoir, much ditch­ ments, domestic s< it nee, manual training
quantity, but la certain that he could mittee before which Mr. Archbold told transmitting information regarding tlie pardon case, the governor may remove
ing work, and other work of like na­ and the commercial
With three good
eepeet the yield in equal proportion upon his story of having contributed $100.- derailment and he haa been discharged. him. It Is not known yet which par­
ture testify to the good intent of Mr. four year courses in the high school—
any given area.
don
case
or
cases
Governor
West
will
000 to the Roosevelt fund In 1904, tel­ It was also found Hurt the fill had receiv­
Ritter in tlie occupation of tlie property. I-atiu, scientific, and commercial — all
Gardener” Smith, aa he styles himaeif, j egraphed Colonel Roosevelt that the ed proper care and inspection and no cite.
Tlie description of the contested land is I pupils will be enabled to specialize on
The
latest
move
by
the
governor
ie
committee
would
not
be
able
t»
hear
ia aixty-flve years of age, and fora life­
blame is attached to the roaintenamx* of
as follows; the southwest, one-quarter of practical lines. I especially request that
the result of Cameron's refusal either
time haa linen modestly tinkering away him, aa the colonel desired.
way department.
the southeast one-quarter, and lot eight all matters pertaining to the schools be
to quit office and allow W alter H. Ev­
at the problem* of plant growth and ,
The hoard of inquiry comprised: . Stip-
..r
in section twentyfive, in township thirty- brought to my notice that they may be
ans
to
take
his
place
and
clean
up
the
breeding, utilizing for the moat pan 1
eriun-ndent L. R. Fields, assistant sup-
six, Jackron county, comprising nearly properly adjusted. I also wish parents
town, or to allow Evans to act as spe­
People in Ihe News
land thot to be unfit for agricultural pur- 1
erintendent G. C. Morris, district engine­
seventy acres.
to observe that beginners should enter
cial
prosecutor
and
carry
out
W
est’s
laiaea, and making several acres of aueli 1
er F. L. Bnrckhalter, of the Southern
Mr. Ritter is represented by attorney the school the first week, as they cannot
Orville W right, flying a hydroplane Pacific, and O. Donnell, postmaster, and reform plans.
soil priMluce what the average grower
J. H. Beeman, of this city, who will ap­ be admitted later. Any ehUd will be ad­
When District Attorney Cameron
conaklera to be a good return upon many In an experimental flight at Dayton, W. P. Counts,{a flour and feed merchant.
pear for him at the contest proceedings mitted during the first week who will be
was informed of the action taken by
time» the acreage. Tlte little plot near Ohio, topk an unexpected plunge Into
before the United States land office at six years of age by January 1st.’’
Governor W est the prosecutor Is re­
(«old Hill produces such agricuHural mar- the Miami river when making a turn,
hoseburg.
Ensuing is the list of teachers and their
ported to have said that he did not
The Markets
vela aa seed and Heedless squash upon one and was only saved from death by the
respective departments:
believe the governor had power to re ­
vine, big yield» of garden truck thruout shallowness of the stream.
Anna M. Tuttle, B. S , domestic sci­
move him from office, and that he + + + + + + + + q. + + + + +
A plea to negroes to cease depend­
the entire season upon unirrigattvl noil,
ence and science.
+
Portland.
would resist West's attem pt
+
COMMUNICATION
and is the site of Gardener Smith’s Ubra- ing on uncertain Jobs aa a means of
\ ernon G. Blue, grades 7 and 8.
+ Editor News:
76c; bluestem, 79c; red Russian. 76c
+
torial labora with various (eriliaers of bia livelihood and to enter farming and
Hilaisi
Caesar, grade* 3 and 4.
+
76c; bluestem, 79c; red Ruslan. 76c.
own devising, tliu formula of which lie commercial lines was made b i Dr.
"'hat is the matter with the + ic and^i-T' Nt>rtOn’ 8r#,les 1 «n<i 2, mua-
Political
News
Bits
+
Oats—
New,
$26
per
ton.
+
secretly preserves, and which be guaran­ Booker T. Washington In an address
+ Gold Hill Park7 Money has been
Hay—Timothy, $1$; alfalfa, $1$.
tee* to accelerate plant growth at a rate before the National Negro Business
raised
but
nothing
accomplished.
Butter— Creamery, Sic.
I t Is reported that Rudolph Spreck­ +
never attained ulnce Jack planted the league.
We should get together anil try to ♦
Kills Buck in Back Yard
Eggs— 23c.
els, of California, and John J. Blaine. +
Colonel
C.
C.
Wilson,
67
years
old,
marvellousIwan and went after the Giant.
get
a GOOD PARK. As it is we ♦
+
Hops—
1911
orop,
20c;
oontraets.
1
of
Wisconsin,
both
supporters
ef
Uni­
have nothing, and other towns not ♦
Mr. Smith’s two aons, John and .lame* former president qf the United W ire­ " U - ,
W!’ybri?>;t. of Tolo, was in town
ted States Senator La Pollette. In his +
half so large as Gold HiB have ♦ 5 ’ edne*iay w.tb a rood story anent the
S m ltl, are well known and proaperou* less company, died at the United
Enstsrg
Oregon,
l
ie
;
W
il­
+
campaign
for
the
republican
presiden­
parks a n d improvements that + killing of a fine forked horn buck the
ranelter* of tld* I »’itllty, foil .wing worth­ States penitentiary at Atlanta. Oa„ lamette valley, 22c.
t i a l nomination, have agreed to head +
+ evening previous in the very center of
make a city worth living in.
ily in the per. ntiil furrow upon their while he was serving a three-year sen­
Mohair—32c.
an organisation to work for Woodrow +
populattoii in that hamlet. Mr. W ey-
We do not need $1,000 to do + hright, who. is employed as electrician by
qieirti r aeeliott of line alfalfa land onSar tence tor uirtng the mails In an at­
Wilson In the presidential campaign. +
tempt to defraud.
+
it.
as
we
can
get
much
of
the
need­
dine jrrek. <ianieticr 8 nith, h twev.w.
the power company, generally joins tta
Seattle.
Official count of the Kansas primary +
+ hoys at the section house for the evening
profes* ■* that four acres of Jackson
Wheat. New— Bluestem, 10«; club. gives Colonel Roosevelt a majorly qf + ed lalmrand material subscribed.
Japan's building at the Panama Pa­
meal, and it was while engaged in the
Uct’s all get together and rush
county bnidiland I* enough to satisfy the cific exposition will cost $1,000,000, 76c; red Russlap, 78c.
34,000 over President Taft. Governor +
destruction of tiapjueks that he glanaed
tlie park along.
+
nioat <tril"iit agrieulliiraliat, ap.l ia plan­ ffIlf,occupy four acres, filled with rare
Qats— $26 per ton.
out of the hack door and belield the buck
Stubbs was nominated for United +
+ prancing down tlie avenue. A quick run
ning to ii**i*i die southern Oregon cli­ plants and flowers, and w ill be a per­
—B T. CAINE.
Butter— Creamery, 31c,
States senator, although Senator Cur +
for
non s
h o t jM W e t
shot
+ ror the rifle and a a a snap
mate hi producing some really remark - manent gift to the people of the Uni
veni-
E«gs—24c.
tls received a popular majority of +
son to the menu. The buck wa* a a big
™
+
al>le and nov 1 yi'Id* Knottier season.
Hay— Timothy, $16 per ton.
ted 8tatet
1060, the nomination being
fellow
for
hi*
[xiint*
and
in
fine
condition
by
Presumably he had been driven from the
Bette rtakeTbcNe wsitwillpayyoubig !
legislative dlatricta
hills by hunters.
go It alone, and from now on I will
be on the job every minute as long now confronted with the filed protest of
the Southern Pacific railway company,
aa I am in office. I will clean up Port­
which conteats the granting of the patent
land If It takes me until January t.
COME IN!
Gardener Smith
Establishes New
Yield of Wheat
Inquiry Board
Eixes Blame for
Recent Wreck