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GOLD HILL, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1913
RIVER CLAIMS VICTIM :: RECORD TRIP ON WILD CAR :: HUNTFRS GO ON I r w ; tp fk
GRADING FOR SPUR TRACKS BEGINS ON CEMENT PROPERTY
Local Hunters Go
Into Wild in Pur­
suit of Bear Pelts
2 ,7 0 0 Feet of Track to be Con­
structed for Transportation of
Products to Tracks of S. P.
75 Miles an Hour
on Runaway Car
is “ Some Ride! 99
JOSEPH E. RANSDELL
How would you Ilka lo g o “ over Uwt
“ Well, I had si,me ride, alright” , ob­
hills «nil far away", ju«t tslw-n summer
served Yardman Fowler, of Ashland, on
«.•tile« ilown amt the roll of mountain
i he walked into the Gold Hill depot Tues­
sireaiu« ami mountain greenwood tug«
day evening io report tie whereabouts of
nwyrt, |M-rwiwt<-iitly at the prliuitivi* uiau In
| a runaway flatcar low lt d with scrap-iron.
all o( tut'/
At dial time the local office had not lieen
T hat la precisely what Cliark-y Young,
notified of tlie swinging, swaying jugger­
nf Medford, Rufus McKinney, and ex-
naut, that afforded Fowler a wild and
jMMtmaatcr John Hainmersly, o f thin
record-smashing ride from Ashland to a
city, liave committed thomaalvoa to, ami
point one mile east of this city.
th« trip they planned will extend far in­
, The car broke away from the Ashland
to the fall inontlts, carrying them over
yards at 9 :30 and beaded down the grade,
the Cascade range, up the I tea Chute«
the plucky yardman vainly endeavoring
river, arrow) the «tale anil Into northern
to make the brakes hold. The twelve
Idaho—wliere they plan to kill many bear.
mile« from Ashland to Medford were
A camping caravan of niiu- horse», (ev­
flashed by in eleven minutes, and the re­
That
it
is
the
intention
of
the
Beaver
Portland
Cement
en park ami two o d d le animal«, left
maining twenty-six miles to the stopping
Company to have their proposed $500,000 plant near this city in
Gold Hill lout week under escort of Char­
point marked hut twenty-five minutes.
ley and Rufus, to make the first camp of
operation within the next ten months, is evidenced by the start­
Throughout the perilous journey Fowler
any duration at Chalk Mud’«, amid tin*
waved his lantern as a danger signal, and
ing of grading operations for the spurs and side tracking essen­
w'lilly lieautlful menerey for which tin-
fruitlessly applied the brakes.
tial
to
handling
the
future
output
of
the
industry.
head of Rogue river 1» famed. A pork of
A freight train, warned by telegraph,
W illia m M . Wood, president of the
five bear-dog« |>atlered along the trail.
Under the direction of Engineer F. W. Dodge, of this city, i
pulled into safety on a Medford siding,
Am erican Woolen company, who waa
Joseph E. Ransdall, senator from
Mr. Hammcndy, dctaliied on husitiem, acquitted of the charge of placing dy­
the trackage sites were staked out this week, and active grading j Loulalana, leader in the fig h t to keep barely in time to escape a rear end colli­
<ti<t not depart until Saturday morning, nam ite to In ju re strikers.
sion with tlie runaway. From Ashland a
operations commenced on Friday afternoon. Six teams and a the t a r iff on eugar.
when he «addled “ Pet” and net off to
light engine pursued tne car, but was un­
overtake tlm party at tlie Bluff«. Thence
crew of men will rush the preliminary grading to completion,
able to overtake it, giving up the chase
tltcy will follow the range to Diamond
in Medford and following to Gold Hill
and
it
is
estimated
that
all
will
be
in
readiness
for
the
laying
of
Lake, hunting out an they go. A n all of
when tlie message was received announc­
steel within the coming week.
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the country to I n * traversed tint* far is
ing its subjection and location.
notorious for black and ciunamou la*ar,
A temporary siding of 1,100 feet will be laid foe the trans­
Railroad men along the line fns^ly pre-
many | n *I i « arc predicted to I«* taken before
dictcd the wreck of tlie car and die ileath
portation
of
the
giant
crusher
and
other
machinery
to
the
sites
Salem.—Circuit Judge Oalioway de-
Diamond l*eak is reached.
of Fowler at tlie dangerous curves near
Shortly after the Christinas holiday« Ray Gold, hut at a seventy-five mile clip
From the headwater» of the Des Chute» Atleti th“1 ” •«
hill, providing for a designated, while the permanent tracking will closely aggregate
the pupils in Supervisory District No.
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river tlicy will follow ¡1« course northeast­ special elavtlou for referendum meas­ 1,600 feet, comprising several spurs. Connection is made with werel
tlie heavily-loaded flat car negotiated the
erly across the «tat«, ending tlieir trip in ures next November, la unconstitu­ the main line at a point one-quarter mile west of the city, op- Health Conu-w?r * < ” d Te< ' h < "><m
1 * l-eril and °M-odtoGoW Hili, where
northern Idaho, »lu re tlicy will make tional. The dec-laion la far from clear­ posite the Bogue property. The laying of the 2,700 feet of track
Rotes governing this contest were - ' h ,b ‘er. «!***’. permitted the lone passen-
' ’*• | aer to bring it to a stop. The morning
tlie |»*rmancut caiup, remaining until ing a situation that has caused state
and . left at . each school
I, plained
.
,
T'"‘ j ,,>cal freight carried the truant southward
late Septembar.' A scliedute of six wick« offlclats, and. particularly Secretary of I will be performed by the railroad company,
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teacliers and supervisor eave instructions! t0
,lt«»inaii,«i
haa been allotted in which to reach tills State Olcott, much thought. The de-
Shortly after the completion of the track the giant crusher on the subject and PuwU were encouwg-;
~
clslon was In connection with one de­
destination.
will
arrive
and
be
installed,
as
the
concrete
for
foundations
will
l,<
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and
learn
from
any
available,^
,-„r
hil
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r
aJ
u
clining
to
compel
the
secretary
of
slate
Bi-side hunting, the parly plan to in I
was momenm’rily'Tn
vesligate any likely prospect along the to file petitions for reference of the be crushed upon the company’s property. The installation of a *Juroe « >noe™i(>g the care of the h»-ih. >ignal8 when ,lia,
wey, to caul a liy in whatsoever crystal bill regulating the practice of dentist­ pumping line to the river will also be pushed rapidly, as th e k h .'n t^ .’X ^ T rty
water« may allure them, and to a» ucrully ry. Judge Galloway held that the pe­
now to be fairly started on
Gold Hill plant is to use enormous quantities of water in the 7°r essay« on thecan-of the teeth. Vear. ' ' tin- d* highway
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to a su|N*rintcndency.
renew tlieirfellowHliip with dume Nature. titions were irrcg>*lar in that they did
For »ome wick«, at least, they will be not contain a copy of the bill, but only “wet t process,” which entirely eliminates the objectionable fea- ’>• °ne hundred pupil» »rot« and sent in '
entirely li«*t to communication with tie- the caption.
ture of dust occasioned by dry crushing. The capacity of the examination of the paper« and mailed 11
Secretary of State Olcott said that
outside world—which, after all. 1» u I kxiii
PEOPLE IN PRINT
awards to the winners Saturday, June 7.
he did not consider the decision, that pumping plant will approximate 1,000,000 gallons per day.
not to be derided.
were sent out twenty-one first
the Day bill is unconstitutional final
All of the property necessary to the construction $nd oper- I There
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H< II consisting of a travel Docket Mrs. Elmira Meenes, 22 years old,
prises,
each
and it was his present Intention to
SITE AND LEDGE TITLES ALL SECURED
Estimated that Eirst Cement Plant to be
Constructed in State Will be Running
at Capacity Within Next Ten Months
Election Measure
is Unconstitutional
NEW S IN BRIEF
call the election for the other meas­
ures referred. However, he believes
that John A. Jeffrey, who filed the
suit to compel him to file the petitions
in the dentistry proposition, will ap­
peal the cnae, or that he or some other
person will file suit to have him en­
joined from calling the election.
The initiative and referendum
amendment waa beaten In the Illinois
state senate, after being passed by the
house.
The Southern Pacific has applied to
the California railroad commission for
New L aw Jolts Cupid
authority to issue $30.000,000 In notes
—the largest Issue ever applied for in
Astoria.—The new law (hat requires
that state.
a man to produce a certificate of
British customs officials seised 600 health before he can obtain a marriage
rifles of Italian manufacture at Bel­ license, which went Into effect In this
fast, Ireland. The government fears state is going to prove impracticable,
that many rifles have reached the according to local physicians, a few of
hands of the Ulstermen, and that a whom have refu«ed to Issue the certi­
bloody outbreak is likely should borne ficates requested because they could
rule be proclaimed In Ireland.
not conscientiously do so.
Dunkards must refrain from the use
The fee provided by law Is $2.60 and
of tobacco In nny form, according to local physicians declare they can not
the decree of the International confer­ make a competent test under three
ence of their church, ses«lon at War- weeks and furthermore say few of
snw, lnd. Seattle, Wash., was selected ' them have the necessary equipment
as the meeting plnco of tlie next con- I for malting a thorough blood test.
ference.
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In «esHlon nt Kansas City, the Na­
tional Lumber Manufacturers' aasocia- , Ray Thompson, Former
tlon adopted resolutions favoring a
Gold Hill Boy, Drowns in
permanent tariff commission, • and
River at Woodland, Cailf.
urged congresa to expedite the pending
tnrlff legislation.
Prominent Japanese at Tokio are
using every effort to quiet the agita­
tion there for a boycott against the
Panama-Pacific Exposition. Lending
bankers and merchants favor «ending
to San Francisco the finest possible
exhibit.
The secretary of state of Arizona
has réCelvbil petitions bearing a suffi­
cient number of signatures to force
an initiative vote upon the abolish­
ment of capital punishment in that
(tale
Saturday will bo the 13fith anniver­
sary of the adoption of the Stars nnd
Stripes as the national emblem of the
United States of America.
In ac­
cordance with a custom that has be­
come general throughout the country
In late years, the day will be observed
as Flag day by the public achoolr, pa­
triotic societies nnd various other cr
ganlzntloits.
ScholäTS PrCDäfe
Excellent Papers
ation of the cement works has been secured, including title to of four toilet preparation» ¡n . dainty rib-1 dead at Chico, Cal., of blood poisoning,
the eighteen acre factory site just west of this city, and 200 bon-tid case; twelve second prizes, each caused by a playful scratch on her lip
acres of lime ledge stretching northward over the hills.
bong a full sized tube of dental cream; made by her baby.
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and twelve thinl prizes, which were half
Edward Morris, the meat packer.
Not only has the particular sort of lime rock best suited to sized tubes of the cream,
has replaced J. Ogden Armour as the
the manufacture of high grade Portland cement been found in) Jhe pupils awarded first pri»» were: largest individual owner of Chicago
this deposit, but the available supply has been determined to be lvInth< "h Krsde' Pe,rl Whitn*r* of the bank stocks, with holdings of $3,796,-
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| tvrsist school; in the nth grade, Agnee I ®O0.
practically inexhaustible as the dyke proper extends for many Flippen, Rock Point; Edith Lewis Per­ j Samuel Gompers, president of the
sist and Agnes Allen, of Derby.
miles.
j American Federation of Labor, submit­
One of tin* heaviest investors is Georg»*
E. Nicholson, of Kansas City, one of tlie
largest cement manufacturers in t h e
Unitcd State«. He is extensively interes-
te<l in the Iola-Portland Cement company
and the United Kansas A Texas Cement
couipany, at Chattanooga, Tenn., and
th«- Iowa-Portland Cement company, at
Des Moines, Iowa.
Company Capitalized at $600,000
gon. Tlie guaranteed production of .350,-
900 barrels a year will only lie a little
over a fourth of the 1,250,000 barrels an-
nually consumed in this state. Tlie cein-
cut will lie shipped in osenberg sacks
rather than in liariels. The capiializa-
tion of ItkXI.OOO for a production of 1,000
barrels a day means an initial invest­
ment of $600 for each barrel of cement
produce.!,
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Rapid Increase of Industry
Tlx* Beaver Portland Cement company
,
is capitalize.) at $600,000. There is only I,
,he
manufacturing
one ion,, of security-capital stock. No ! !nd”1!“ ry
rapidly The nat-
bonns Mock or preferred stock I,as i^ .,, -',,nal pnaiuetion ,n MOO was S,000,000
iss,N- I and there is no bond Irene.
! b*rW‘* “nd
liM0' 7« - ^ ’*'W) barrels.
The contract for construction lias been The Increaoe in production of 1912 over
let to the Ix-igli Hunt Engineering com­ Mil was 0.500,000 barrels—or more tlian
pany, of Kansas City, a concern that lias the entire production of 1900. Tlie av­
Already built twenty cement plants, in­ erage selling price for ten years lias been
$1.25 a barrel.
cluding most of those in which Mr. Nich­
The uses for cement an- multiplying.
olson is interested.
In addition to its place in the construe«
Oregon to be the Market
A message relating tlie death of Rav
tion of buildings, cement is being used
Tlie primary market for the prodne-; for culverts, fence posts, road base, and
Tliompeon by drowning, nnd inqn'riiig
tlie whereabout» of hi« fattier, was re­ tion of tlie Gold Hili plant will lie Ore- , many other ptir|>o«ca.
ceived at llie local telegraph office Thurs­
day forenoon from Wisxlland, Calif.
Ail hough no particulars wen- given, it is
presumed that tin-young man lost his life
ill tin- Sacramento river near WiHalland.
Tin- father, Jolm Thompson, left this
city about a year ago, and is now said to
Is- in tlie vicinty of Klamath Falls. Hay
Thompson was twenty-live years of age,
Orlie B. Rush, agi-d 25, of Ashland, an had caught in a submerged snag, the
and grew to young manhood in ¡.his vic-
einily, win-re tlie family lived for many employee of tlie Renton Bowers rnm-li, Imat capsized. Young Rush, who was
years. His last visit, to Gold Hill was was drowned in Rogue river in a ritlle op- unable to swim, sank at once and was not
one year "go, since which time no word por te tlie Bowers ranch, alum! two miles seen again. He had on lieavy hip boots
lias been received of liiin by local friends. above Gold Ray dam, Wednesday after­ w liieli evidently drew him down. S-art-h
noon. His body h a d not been found for the body continued until midnight
Friday forenoon, ultliongli six men were and was resumed at dayliglit.
searching for it.
GOOD CITIZENS will
The drowned man was formerly a ear
Rusii and his.fatlit-r, C. G. Kush, were repairer in the Southern Pacific sliops at
attend the Annual School fishing
from a boat. In nttOmptirig to Ashland, a brother of Virgil Rush and
Meeting, Mon., June 16th assist two o t h e r fishermen whose boat popular among a wide circle of friends.
ASHLAND YOUTH DROWNS
IN ROGUE RIVER NEAR TOLO
Of tlie 7th grade were Marie Hillies, of ted to an operation at Washington for
Wimer; Etta Cusick, Trail; Louie Sweet, the rem oval'# a mastoid abscess, and
Mountain ; and Ada Higginbotham, Dar­ his speedy recovery is predicted.
danelles. ■»
Damages against Mrs. Emmeline
In (lie Oth gra.1.-, Harry Skynnan, of Pankhurst and her two daughters and
tlie Upjier Trail scliool; Alden Galbreath, Pethrick Lawrence and Mrs. Tuke
Mays Creek; Edna Richardson, Wimer. were awarded London merchants by
5th grade, leona Stowell, Dardanelles; a jury as the result of a suffragette
Jessie Fredt-nburg. Pankey; Hazel Knott, window smashing campaign.
Without the support of a single
an.l Roliert Cook, Galls Creek ; Fanma
Woodeock, Foote Creek ; Mabel Brown daily paper in Los Angeles, Henry H.
and Fern Dewey, Pine Grove; and Robert Rose was elected mayor of that city
Carter, of Mays Creek. In the 4th grade, by a majority of 8026 votes over John
Katherine Cook, Foots Creek, and Har­ W. Shenk. Rose is a police judge,
and ran as an independent candidate.
riet McLeod, of the Hatchery school.
Dr. E. J. Sweet, head of the vivisec­
tion department of the University of
R o g U f r iv e r PrO SpectO T DÎS-
Pennsylvania, was arrested on a
charge of cruelty to dogs used In con­
sappears in Hills of Evans
nection with university experiments.
Creek; Friends in Anxiety The society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals cause his arre st
Lee Cage, an iron moulder, has con­
Twenty-one days ago, according to re­
port, Tom Stewart, a miner on Evans fessed at Columbus. O., that he killed
creek three miles above Rogueriver, hade Detective John J. Reardon at Steuben­
his partner “ so-long” ami started into ville in 1910. Cage had previously
tlie hills on what was to be a brief pros­ been tried for the murder of Reardon
pecting trip. Tlie following night Stew- and acquitted, and another trial on
art’s dog, which accompanied him, re­ the same charge is barred under Ohio
turned to the cabin. But little was tliot law.
Dilatory and expensive methods and
of tlie circumstance until the continued
absence of tlie proapector gave rise to failure to look after the interest of
anxiety concerning his welfare. Stewart settlers on government lands were
was repnted to be perfectly at home in few of the accusations made against
the hills, and liis failure to return, as F. H. Newell, head of the federal re­
well as the absence of any word from clamation service, by L. W. Hill, chair­
him, is taken as an indication by hi man of the board of directors of the
friends that he has met 'with some acci- I Great Northern railroad, at completion
dent which has disabled or cort him his ■ of a tr,P through central and eastern
life.
I Oregon and parts of Idaho.
ONE DIRECTOR to be
elected at Annual School
Meeting, on Monday next
Seattle.
W’heat—BlueBtem, 99c; club,
red Russian, 90c,
Eggs—20c.
Butter—Creamery, 29t.