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GOLD H ILL JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1913
MEDFORD ORCHARDIST SAYS PEARS PRODUCE BEST profits
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7 çnn F
ID F i LOSS
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$7,500
FIRE
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PARSONS VERY
PARTIAL TO PEAR
TO POWER CO.
Sic m Causes Total loss of
California-Oregon Station
ut Gold Hill; Will be
Soon Rebuilt
World Famous Apples Not n
Same Class as Luscious
Bartletts of Rogue
River Valley
A S7.A4MI loss was sustained by the
California-Oregon Power company on
Hid unlay afternoon laat, when llw elerlrl j
PORTLAND, Or . Aug. « - W h a t ia th e
cal sub-station in this city was iglliu-d by j
beet paying crop in the Pacific northwest?
lightning ami went up In a pyroteelink
Horn«, say apples, while others strongly
«linplay of green ami blu» flame. N oth­
M»ert th at the pear crop is peer of all -o
ing remains aave the htilgisl ami blacken-
far as profit- per acre are concerned.
«1 brick walla. Tlie heavy th u n d er­
Reginald H. Parsons, owner of th e fa-
storm then prevaling waa doubtless blame-
! inons Hillcrest orchards near Mtslford,
able, although the illn-et cause of tile fire
and by the way, directing Is-ad of the
la largely a m atter for conjecture.
Northwestern Fruit Exchange of this city,
Tlw moat plauaibk- explanation „tiered
-trongly asserts that pears are the thing
la th at tlw blowing down of fifteen pokw
- o r , in fact, the jfrofit. His orchard
on the power line to the Braden mine
j «-onsists of ItiO acn-s of about as fine fruit
caused a short circuit th at la gan the ikw-
as is grown in the country, and he has
trm-tion which a anlaa-qitt-nt lightning
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
n-tum s to prove this. His holdings of
•»■It upon tlie win* hastened.
WEEK’S NEWS IN BRIEF
Pears include eigtny-five acres, the re­
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Shortly before 5:00 smoke waa olss-rv-
maining area being planted to apples and
T he new A m erican am baasador to
<*l issuing frotn tin- sub-station, which Jap an , (leorge W. G uthrie, of Pitta-
A train n ear Dodge City. Kan., w as other fruits.
waa located on First avenue North, for* burg. arrived a t Toklo.
While the Rogue River conntry, of
stalled by grasshoppers in a deep cut.
tunan-ly remote from any building save
Evelyn Neablt Thaw baa filed a pe­
A law abolishing free lunch In sa- which tlie Hillcrest orchard- is a (girt,
• dismantled n-sidence, which also went tition In Involuntary bankruptcy
| loons haa gone Into effect In Conoectl- has received the highest awards in tlie
Two Weeks Spent in Gold Hill
up in atnoke. Attempta to notify tlie New York. Hhe apeclflea h er iiabllltf
A court m artial haa convened a t f cut.
world for the excellence of its Yellow New­
m ain station ut Gold Kay and w-cun- the a t 3M043 and h er aaeete a t MM.
B erlin to try the Germ an officers ac­
District Will Have Muth
Following A m erica's exam ple, Bel­ town« and Bpitaenbergs, still it is partial
abutting off of current were Mocked by
cused of accepting bribes for Infor­ gium will celebrate h er ftrat ''m other«’ to the pear—in fact, its greatest glory as
Alfred G. V anderbilt haa denied at
Effect Upon Mining
the faimre nl n-lephoue service to thut Long Branch, N. J., th at hla alater. the
m ation aa to pending governm ent con­ day" A ugust IS.
a fruit center has been received tiy the
point, and practically no other effort C ountess S iach en y l. co ntem plates a
tract« for arm « and am m unition.
latter crop. Tlie entire Rogue River
Activity of Future
The
R
ussian
governm
ent
dheided
could be made to «aw- tie- structure with divorce, aa reported.
The Woodmen of th e W orld. In aes- not to p articip ate officially in th e San country is deatined to become one huge
ila valuable equipment nl transform ers
| alon at Colorado Spring«, «elected Den-
F>ear orchard in the future, and it is al-
Hninuel I> H aynes. a pardoned con-
Franclaco exposition.
and supplies. Owing to the fuel that any , vict, w alked out of the prison g ates a t
Dr. A. N. Winchcll, Prof I,. E Reis r, v e r a " *h e P|ace tor holding the next
ready counting its profits.
R eport! from Peking say th a t the
attem pt to play a h we npon the fin - I
H. Watson, and Sidney French, geo- trien n ial convention of the Pacific Jur-
Mr. Parsons, ow ner of the Hillcrest or­
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backbone of th e revolution in southern
would lu c e resulted in conducting the , year« for th e m urder of a policeman. Jo g i-ts representing tlw atale Bureau of ladictlon, tn 1916
chards, returned to Portland t«»fay after
cu rren t with fatal effect to tic- linemen,
A ccording to a decision handed China la believed to have been broken. f an inspection of his orchard. ‘ ‘The crop
W hile nearly 4000 feet in th e air, a ¡ Mines in aotuhern Oregon field work,
K ansas ia oppressed by drouth, hav-
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down
by the d istrict court at St. Paul,
the departm ent waa In4 pie—
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,tille
d
tlw
ir
invvwtigationa
in
the
of pears in the Rogue River country will
monoplane. driven by W. C. It obi neon,
Saturday night Gold Hill, and various of Chicago, caught fire when a fuse ¡£■<»1,1 Hill <lbitri<-t Thursday by a trip op Minn., new spapers have a rig h t to de­ Itffe Buffered the second d riest m onth j this year show an increase of 25 to 50 per
Creek, where tlwy visited the Black cline ad v ertisin g when they deem It in July ever known since th e w eather
l I ri
outlying diatrieta ilependcllt upon the lo­ on th e engine blew out. Itobtnaon ex. H jfr'iaita
; ,ynt over a year ago,” says Mr. Parsons,
cal station were without light or power, tlngulshed th e flnmea w ith a bund ex j ft’ bantn
•'«n
l ami other well known pro|«-r- objectionable. even when it la subm it­ bureau wag established 30 y ears ago. "while tb e increase in the output of ap­
Ï k .
F ire insurance com panies which left
but the eompuuy established a record in tln g u lah er
Tlteir next He,«, of operations sill ted ,o them under a yearly contract.
ples will lx- from 20 to 40 per cent.
while dew-ending, and
¡1*4»
reiwwing service by tie- succeeding day, reached th e ground anfely,
T he reason why G reat B ritain la the sta te of M issouri because they
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in Josephine county. For th e last
‘ There is an increase of probably :50
w ere displeased w ith an act passed by
T » ,i nuxilliury transform ers wen- secured
j per cent in the bearing area of p e o n this
S u rro g ate Cohalan, of New York haa ¡»«•verai weeks Ur. Wiucla-ll ami party holding aloof from the Pannm a-Pacific
from Rogis rivei and im m ediately inotal- fixed th e am ount which the b eneficiar­ | pave been busily engaged In visiting tlie exposition, ia, according to the offi­ the la st legislature a re arran g in g to ■eason and obont 10 per cent over a year
led. At the present all patron- of the ies u n d er the will of th e late Colonel various mines and prospects of thia local- j cials of th e B ritish board of trade, return.
In th e city election a t C incinnati the i ago.” -ay- Mr. Parsons, ‘‘and many peo-
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, John Jaco b Aator will have to pay aa ily. ami in tlw analysis ami collection o , ! th a t th e ir inquiries have shown it to
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itizens’
ticket, headed by W alter H. | pie are going into the pear raising in the
except the Hradt-n mine, which waa com- Inheritance tax. Tho to tal la »3,400- , mini ral specimens. Tlie fimlings of tin -1 be im possible to induce a sufficient
Bogue River country fortw o reasons—the
K
night
and
nom inated to fram e the
|a ||e,| to cloae down owing to the insuf­ 000.
, commission will not ,«- made public until ■ num ber of B ritish m anufacturers' to
soil is particularly adapted to its growth
proposed new ch arter, sw ept every­
ficiency of current. W ithin a abort time,
The Han" Franclaco council of build- j
" l ~ " <■» all Incur the necessary co st of preparing thing before it.
-and ther? is a great r profit in it. We
exhibits.
however, otliciala of the power company In* trad es haa e le c t,-,I 1» H M c C a r t v |
»•metnm- early in
Bulgaria. Servla, G reece and Monte­ plant about seventy-five pear trees to the
give a-aurnnee that another transform er President for the ae v e n te .n tk c o n s i I tU '
negro
have signed a five days', arm is­ acre and only about sixty apple tree«, be-
will I«- Installed and the Braden enabled , utlvp ,e rm . He was form erly m ayor
A lthough dis-liniug tn make any state­
tice
a
t
B ucharest. R oum ania. th e ir rep­ eau-e the former does not grow so big.
to n-atime operations.
of Han Francisco.
ment of nllicial opinion previous to tlie Brevities from A ffairs
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x x tativ
« x v i u K es a g having
re e u
i o agreed
n o ia
resen
to hold a While it is -rue th at the average apple
Owing to the fact that adequate trims-
ri-port, Ur. M inchcll an,, hla associates,
in c will produce more fruit than a ¡e a r
<u
the
National
Capital
Peace
conference
d
u
ring
th
a
t
period
formers an- difficult to secure except by
Were
plaiuly
enthuaiastic
concerning
tlie
tree,
tlie greater num ber of tin- latter
a|a-cial order Io the m anufacturers. no NEI L E W RIG HT MILL IS
ponlbilitiea of the mining industry in
planted to the acre more than makes up
definite dab- can la- given out for the re-1
T he house resolution calling for an STATE H IG H W A Y ENGINE­
for this loss.
NOW READY TO OPERATE this section, and appeared to be much
«Dtahliriimenl of the substation at ita for- 1
j gratified by tla- sp),-u,ii,l showing- so investigation of the atto rn ey general's
Then the prtxfuetion of jiears is much
ER WANTS LOCAL CEMENT
tiler capacity, but it ia Ullderatiaal that • ___r, i
action in postponing the Diggs-?ami-
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' Irtsdy encountered.
more certain than apples. While the ap­
the installing of a more modern tjja- will Long Dpi.tyi-tl Machinery Arrives
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n e ttt w hite slave case was tabled by
ple tree sometimes produces a bigger crop
a n d ic l e c t i n . . . «
lu -tn s o f -|a -c io l in te r,-st to s o u th e rn
la- accomptiahi-l la-fore late fall.
Advocates Gold Hill Product for than does the pear, still the average is
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Oregon in tli<- forth,-tuning report will be a vote of 93 to 57.
The new slatiou will la- of the outdoor I
C hairm an Flood, of th e house for­
County Road Construction
far better in the latter. Then again the
the findings tt|ion the celebrated Iron
tyia-. enclosed w ith high iron ratlings, | Aft, r a m m ith of vari..... ... xing delays
eign affairs com m ittee, adm itted th at
pear brings more money in the m arket, is
Mountain which ha,me to the north ,-f
and w ill carry« greater load tin .... .... , „ r . ,1». Nellie W right ,llill(.
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It was by direct , request of the presi­
State Highway Engineer H I.. B, wlby easier gathered and is more free from di­
thia city, and which many mining men
dent th a t A m bassador W ilson did not is con-ulting will, the county court re- sease than tlie apple.
rnernn,-. But ••im -lhtr.l In-urance was w ill wsm 1,-gi,, its in itia l run
it,
have (h-dared to I k - the greatest natural a p p ear before his com m ittee.
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’"■»'nim-il by ,1a- rplcm li.l new m ill building recently
| garding the proposed bond issue f o r I "R ogue River is today tlie most famous
asset of all Oregon, and tla-ir report of
tin- company.
I erect«-,!
— - • upon tin- property.
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The dem ocratic m em bers of the highways. H e stan-s that he ha- taken I pear section in the country and its merits
the giant cinnabar bale of Ram-ey can­ house banking and currency
comraft- up with tlw Southern Pacific n redaction will increase from year to year. We
On Sat unlay last the n c * B tv rs mill, ,,f yon. Specimens of la<h were among tbe
At the hearing held by th e police j twenty ton capacity arriv a l and haa -inn- numeroii- ore -am ple- taken by the party. tee have planned to se ttle all difficul in freight rates oil road materials, similar have had excellent growing w eather re­
ties over the currency m easure a t a „ to that granted in California, so as to
com m ission at San Franclaco to Inves­ been installed. The . rem ainder of the
cently—over two and one-half indies of
The cinnabar specimens taken not only p arty caucus to be held A ugust 11.
cheapen the cost of highway construction rain falling during July. The outlook ia
tig a te the adm inistration of C hief of ma<-lntiery ha- lx«n in n a,lines- /o r a
evidem-,-,1 the presence of a liigh pent-nt-
S en ato r La F ollette has Informed
Police W hite, two t-hlnese w itnesses num ber of w,-eka, while the „re crusher
in Oregon. He also advocates th< placing not only for a good crop of p e o n , but
age, but in inataneea were plentifully-hot the sen ate th a t only 66 replies have
of a large order for cement with the Bea­ large sizes and most excellent quality.”
testified th at a fund of »10,000 had has la-en alm ost constantly operated for
with free quiek-ilver, which" rolled cloa- been received to the 2500 sets of ques-
been ra b e d In C hinatown to bring the past fortnight.
ively from the crushed rock. No attem pt - tlons m ailed to m anu factu rers through­ ver Portland Cement Company, which is
about W h ite s appointm ent.
The storm which destroyed the Gold
ere,ting a plant at Gold Hill, providing a
was m ade, however, to collect sp'-rinicn- out th e country. In which t>,ey w ere
John F. Mitchel, democrat, collector
Hill aulMtation and forced the rioting
satisfactory price could he secured. This
n-markable for richne— in visible nfetal, asked to furnish Inform ation as to
down of the Braden mine, w ilbnnt alli-rt
woiild insure a m arket for tlie p lan t's I of the P ort of New York, was n o »
but rather to secure specimen« cliaraet«-r- th e probable effect upon ih eir indus-
lnated on the fusion ticket by the
output at home, to la-gin with.
the Nellie, a- -ttflieient power may
MRS. PANKHURST
i-tie ,,f the general deposits.
i tries of dem ocratic ta riff revision.
fusiqn
ip m m jtte e^ ________
Major
Bowlby
announces
the
appoint­
ily la- furui-licl for the eoutiuuou- opor-
The lobby com m ittee com pleted the ment of Frank A. K ittridge, now resident
ation of the new mill.
j exam ination of M artin M. Mulhall, ex-
engim-erof the California Highway Com­
With the in-iaiiation of th, mill. ti„- Thirty Mile Electric Road
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iobbylst for the N a tio n « Association mission with headquarters at Cloverdale,
Nellie W r'g h t la-eome- on,- ,,f
| M.,t
to be Built to Prineville of M anufacturers, and the grilling of as hi- assistant. Mr. Kittridge >-,-¡11 tak,
equipped mines in thia district, and w ill
th at individual will be tran sferred charge of the Jackson county highway
la-gin to make history and p ro fit- w ith
early to the house.
surveys about August 10th. He formerly
ilitie - for pi<>|a-rly Im ndling tin- enor-
Prineville.—A ftor negotiations cov­
R eductions In express ra te s which was resident engineer fur W ashington
.... . q»ahtity of ......... . ,,ow it
ering practically a year, a final con­ will cost the com panies fully »26.000,-
Major Bowlby is anxious that w
li i- estimated that the tonnage ,,f on- al-
tra c t was closed by th e citizen s' com­ 000 a year, approxim ately 16 per cent should be begun on grading the t
ready upon the dump i- more than a -uf-
m ittee, rep resen tin g th e bu sin ess in­ of th e ir gross revenue, w ere ordered grade over the Siskiyou m ountains
Itekn» In quantity and r i . - h n , t o amply terest of P rineville and vicinity, nnd
by tho in te rsta te com m erce com m is­ fore winter, so the grad cun si-ttle Indore
repay (he cost of eon-trm tio ii and i-stnle fl. I’. Shell, of Tacomn, W ash., for the
sion to become effective on O ctober Ik'ing surfaœd.
hmeut of m illin g machinery.
nonrtructlon of a railroad from Meto­ 15, 1913. N otable reform s in practiqes
Nellie \ \ right rm-k a—ay-from >'llto$18 lius to Prineville, Mr. Shell has large also w ere ordered.
Governor West Condemns
p-'i'loti in free m illin g gold, and ia adm ir- business In terest nt Tenino, W ash.,
Exile o f I. W . W. Editor
ably -iluated «for ei-on,itnieitl working. and is well known In construction clr-
S o c ia lis t P ica R ejected by G o ve rn o r
Tile ledge i- nt present four feet in width c I ph .
Salem, Or.—D eclaring th at the fail­
w ith al,umlaut promise- of widening, I The proposed road will run frotn
Olympia, W ash.—G overnor L ister
ure of the au th o rities to prosecute th e
and two shafts have la-eti -lin k lo a n ap-1
an
sw
ering
S
enttle
SocInliRts
who
ap.'
M etolius to P rineville, a d istan ce of
leaders of the "m ob" th a t deported
proxim al,, d i - t a n , o f ton feet, w ith a about .10 miles, thrhugh one of tho pealed from A djutant-G eneral Idewel
Dr. Bailey K. L each, socialist editor,
mnoeling tunnel of twice that di-tan, -e. richest farm ing d istric ts In th e state. lyn's o rd er refusing th e use of the
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’ ’ Donovan, of M innqs-g, Im m ediately ad jacen t to th e rout-, a re , arm ory for a p resentation of the play. from Bandon, will subject them to re ­
Dana,ia, th,-ow ner of the mine, i- - u p . vast areas of undeveloped ag ricu ltu ral "T he Colonel and HiS F riends," based moval from office. G overnor W est, in
w ritten statem en t scored the radical
r ii- in g the improvement of the property nnd tim b er land aw aiting farm ers and on the riots w hich occurred luring
elem ent of the I. W. W .'s and leading
mid w ill remain until the m ill i- i n - u , - mills.
I’otlnlch week. Indorsed G eneral Lle­
business men of Bandon.
<'e-ful operation.
,ni,„- w i l l 1-,
TJie pine forests covering thousands w ellyn's action.
The governor criticises' Al Powe g.
imtn.ig.,1 by Henry Kay, ,,f (h|-
of sq u are miles, w ith fine tim ber, ex­
t.f
the Sm ith-Pow ers L um ber com pany,
"h o ha-rlaa-n in charge of development tend down to w ithin a few m iles of D ra s tic C u t M ade in E xpress R ates
fs by A m a rlo ,n tla a a A aaorlatloa.
i fclarin g if he was the Inspiration of
Han Francisco.—The s ta te railw ay
M ra. P a n k h u rs t, th e noted m ilita n t work, and whose faith in tin- property Prineville, and a re easily accessible by
t he “m ob" as reported, “he h as proved
S u ffra g e tte w ho ia causing m uch tr o u ­ ha- la en largely in -tru in e n h il in bringing I well-built wagon roads, and can be com m ission of C alifornia ordered re­
him self an enem y to society and an
V ic to ria n o
H u e rta , Presici
li to Ila- forefront „ ( producing m ining reached by tram roads with an enRy ductions in the express rates of W ells
ble in England.
outlaw. Ho has placed him self on as M exico, whose a d m ln ls tr
F
nrg«
&
Co.
am
ounting
to
a
cut
of
grade.
prupcrtle« in the Gold H ill di-triet.
unsafe a footing as any of the I. W A m e ric a n G o v e rn m e n t has . :
Ji ad.COO from present annual reven le
W.'s or Dr. L eich.
,
rt ly recognized.
Panoramic View of Gold Hill, on Banks of Beautiful Rogue River
STATE GEOLOGISTS DEPART
WITH SPECIMENS AND DATA
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