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GOLD H IL L JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1913
NO. 15
$500,000 BOND ELECTION FOR NEW PACIFIC ’WA Y
PA VE MAIN ROAD THRU
BREADTH OF COUNTY
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• ig Prsserv« Is Project.
Grant« Pa««.—Thera 1« a movement
on foot to establish a game and fieh
protective territory In southern Ore­
gon. The territory aa outlined will
embrace Josephine, Jackson. Klamath,
Lane, Douglas, Coos and Curry coun­
ties, In Oregon; Del Norte, Siskiyou,
Shasta, Tahama, Trinity, Humboldt
and Mendocino counties In California.
Taxpayers Render
Pinal Decision on
September 9
Frank A. Kittredge, assistant state
highway engineer, arrived in M edtord
Monday to take charge of the proposed
highway to he constructed, provided th e
bond issue carries. His first work will be
to go over the new grade over the Siski-
yous, laid out by Engineer J. 8. Howard,
which will be tlie first section of the high­
way completed, ami grading on which
will be started as soon as the bonds
Election Date le Named.
Medford.—At a meeting of the coun­
ty court September » was fixed aa
the date of a apecial election to vote
on the Issuance of $500.000 bonds for
the construction of a permanent high­
way extending from Ashland and the
southern line of the county through
carry.
Medford to the county line on the
Mr. Kittredge has been a resident en-
north, a distance of 52 miles.
Red Spider Strikes Hops.
Independence.—Many reports have
come in from the hop yards to the
effect that the red spider Is appearing
In large quantities. While this will
not affect the quality of the hops, it
looks as if it will decrease the quan-
I tity.
Huge Pump for
Golden Sands of
Sterling Placer
Rogue River Apple Tree Bearing Wealth of Famous Fruit
Ritter Mining
Case to Appeal
After Reversal
Webb Liquor Bill Held Void.
Ottumwa, Iowa. -Judge F. M Hunt­
er of the slate district court ruled
that the Webb-Kenyon law prohibiting
the shlpiuent^of liquor from wet to
dry states Is W< onstltutional "In that
It la a delegation by congress to tho
states of power of regulating inter­
state commerce of Intoxicating liquors,
which power Is vested In congress ex­
clusively."
Gentle J ’ville M aniac Goes
to Squirrel House for Rest
Cautions for the
Hunt, and Code
of Gun Signals
that Mr. Kilter hail gone forward with
extensive im provements of tlie p nqs'rty
in mining cqni|W icnt. The testimony of
t wo laud cx|H*rts for the railroad company
wus alone produced tocom iteract the evi-
................ mineral character of the land.
A decision of the Hose burg otlice after in ­
vestigation of the testimony contlnned
Mr. K ilte r's right to p a te n t, now reversed
by the more recent edict of the higher
authority.
Both Mr. Kilter ami his attorney, Mr.
Beeman, are ointblent of tlie ultim ate
outcome of tlie struggle to retain posses­
sion of H d * claims, ami have announced
that tlie case will lie carried directly to
if»' Secretary of Interior.
’N other Fish Ladder to
be Installed a t G old R ay
The <'alifornia-O r'gon I'ower company
has received noti')' fr in itile stufe game
ami fllsh lom m lat^fe
nstru t i t * m e
an additional fish ladder at (iold Ray
dam, to Is'located on the opposite side
of tin* dam from the present fishway.
The plans for the fidi way as designed
by the m aster fish warden have Issai ap ­
provi') I by tin' commission ami under tin
law the company has no clternatlve Imi
to construct it.
ed largely in the testimony before the
Frawley legislative committee until
these names were brought out before
the committee.
The governor admits he did apply
certain campaign contributions to his
personal use, but adds that he made
the amount good. He nlso admits
having transected with the stock firm
of Harris t± Fuller, but Insists that his
accounts with this firm was not spécu­
lai Ivc ami consisted of a lonn on stock
and collateral. He denies that he ever
speculated In Wall street.
The report of the Frawley legisla­
tive committee, charging Governor
Sulzer with having diverted campaign
contributions to his own private use,
was adopted by the legislature and a
resolution to Impeach him for "wilful
and corrupt conduct In office and for
high crimes ami misdemeanors" was
offered In the assembly by Majority
Leader Levy,
Tho conclusions of the Frawley com­
mittee, embodied In Its report to the
legislature are that Governor Sulzer
falsified under oath hla campaign con­
tribution» Account, diverted some of
these contributions to the purchase
of stock, speculated In stock at the
tlnn that ns governor he was earnest­
Felix Diaz, the noted Mexican gen­
ly pressing legislation against the eral, whose visit to Japan has aroused
New York Stock Exchange.
much Interest.
T he order calling a speeial election for
road bonds made by the county court
reads in parts as follows:
“ I t is hereby ordered th at a special
election of the legal voters of _______
Jackson
. county, Oregon, be, and the same hereby
is, called to he la id in said county, for
ihe purpose as specified in said petition,
on Tnesday, tlie 9th day of September,
1913. "
“ I t is furthered ordered that said bonds,
if voted, shall be issued and need, or the
proceeds thereof used for the building »nd
improving one road in said county, de­
scribed as follows, to-w it:
“ Beginning at the com er between frac­
tional sections thirteen (13) and fourteen
(14) in township forty-eight (48) north
of rang«' seven (7 ) west of Mount Diablo
Meridian, California, connecting w ith the
survey of the state highway of California,
thence northerly along the route as now
staked out to the present county ro ad ;
thence following as near as practical the
Hood River Officers Will Fight Recall main county road into and through the
Hood River.—The petitions for the city of Ashland, a municipal corporation
recall of the county judge and commis­ of Jackson county, Oregon; thence fol­
sioners of Hood River county, who lowing the m ain traveled county road
have been charged with extravagant through the towns of Talent, Phoenix,
handling of the county funds, now Medford and Central P oint in a north­
contain several hundred names In ex­ westerly direction; thence following, as
cess of the required number. It has near as practical, the. county road in a
been learned that the present county i northwesterly direction to a point at or
administration will resist the recall near the stream know n as Rogue river;
and make a fight
thence following the m ain traveled county
road along said stream in a westerly di­
Privates Get Terms In Jail and Fines. rection and term inating at the point
Fort Stevens.—Three of the four where the main traveled county road on
soldiers confined In the guardhouse at the south side of Rogue river crosses the
Fort Stevens immediately following county line between the counties of Jack-
the arrest of Private Waldo Coffmann son and Josephine, Oregon, and at- or
have been tyied by a special court- neat said stream known as the Rogue
martial and sentenced to six months river. Tlie term ini o'f said road, as here­
each. Privates Johnson and Kerts in directed, is lictinite and perm anent.
were fined $120 In addition to the sen­ Tlie line above described between the
tence imposed. Private Cameron was term ini thereof shall lie as herein ordered,
fined $90.
and shall follow the most practical route
for a perm anent road, and said road
Oregon Printing Secretary Named.
shall be a perm anent road and highway
Salem, Or.—W. M. Plimpton, for
through said county.
three years superintendent of the state'
“ It is further ordered that the election
printing plant under the late W. S.
shall he, conducted and the votes canvas-
Duniway, was made secretary of the
[ sol in thi' same m anner as at a general
department by the state printing
election, and th a t the judges and clerks
board. Mr. Plimpton will receive a
appointed for tlie last preceding general
salary of $2000 a year and the flat
election shall he the judges and clerks
salary bill under which the appoint­
for said special election.
ment was made gives the secretary as
“ It is further ordered th a t the ballot,
much power as the state printer. If
shall be substantially in the following
not more.
form :
“ ‘Shall there lie issued bonds of Jack-
Stevens’ Firm is Pressed.
New York.—The John F. Stevens' son county, Oregon, to tlie am ount of
Construction company, whose presi­ five httmlreil thousand ($500,000) dollars,
dent. John F. Stevens, was appointed due $100,000 in ten years from the date
by Theodore Roosevelt, chief engineer thereof; $100,000 in fifteen years from the
of the Panama Canal and resigned date- thereof; $100,000 in twenty years
under the Taft administration, filed a from the date thereof; $100,000 in twen­
ty-five years from the date thereof; $100,-
voluntary petition In bankruptcy.
000 in thirty years from the date thereof?
With interest at I’m rati' of five per rent
Girl In Brief Attire Fined.
Savannah. Ga.—Recorder John E. | ht annum to provide for p'-rotan *iit
Soharz fined Bessie Carter $50 for road construction.’ ”
Milton Carter, who claims Jacksonville
as his home, wus taken to the insane
asylum from G rants Pass Tm«sday even­
Notice of the reversing of an iuqMutant
ing, having been comm itted after an ex­
The State Board of Fish and Game
decision of the Roseburg land oilin' by
am ination held Monday. C arter was de-
l'n ited States la n d Commissioner Fisher,
scritieil in the physician's report as being Commissioners have recom m end«! the
of tlie thi' D cpsrltnent of the Interior, lots
“ n u tty " ratlaT than insane, and he ex- following suggestions to lie used by sports­
lieen received by Attorney .1. II llrem an,
pre-sed the belief that tlx- unfortunate men in the field in order to prevent aeei-
Knights Templars in Denver.
representing one of the principals in the
man
would recover after care at the asy­ J dental shooting and to relieve persons who
Denver.«-Knights Templars from all
are injured or lost in the forests or moun-
action.
over the United States gathered In lum for a time. C arter had come to ' ta in s :
The decision us given by the local hind
Denver for the 32«1 triennial conclave G rants Pass on the Illinois valley auto
To prevent accidental ehooting, every
olliii' sulistantiuteil the right of J. J. Kit-
of the grand encampment, which open­ stage, ami was iiimhcmsci I of the hallucin.
hunter should wear a red cap, shirt or
ter, of (iold Hill, to patent approxim ate­
ed Its sessions In El Jebel Temple atioa th at the stage was his individual
ly 70 acres of placer m ining claim known Tuesday afternoon.
conveyance. He also believed that he sweater, or some other article of clothing
th at can easily he identified from game
as tlie Prefountain group, h s'sh il west of
was an officer of the law.
birds and anim als, especially when hunt-
this city. K ilter’s contestant in the act­
! ing deer in the forests. Since tliere is a
ion was the <iregon A California railroad,
1 contrast between red and tlie color of any
which claimed the land us non-m ineral
Chris Captures $ 3 per
.
,
binl or al,in,Hl that i" being hunted, this
under the congressional lumi grimi ut
Lfay L xperting W eights color «ill serve the best purpose.
IKOtl. The reversal of this decision tern- ,
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H unters should never shoot a t moving
(sirurily, at least, restores to the company
,
, ,,
.
.
.
brush, leaves or grass with the expecta-
the title to 50 acres of the contested land.
< l.n s Hanson, a rancher on the desert , ion of ki)ling
b ,lan
At tlie hearing of the casi' before Com­
Albany.—After a long co n feren ce near Little Butte, was appointed county f(ir the moving object is likely to be a
missioner Cannon in Medford lust Octo­
with aome of Ills eloae political advis­ sealer of weights and measures by tlie
man. Never shoot at any object until
ber, many witness)* were called to testi­
ers, Governor Sulzer Issued a short county court Satunlay last. Tlie office
you are absolutely positive- of identifica­
fy to the m ineral character of the lami,
statement, denying absolutely that he was ereatesl by th e last legislature ami tion.
and it was demonstrates! that in addition
ever used campaign funds for specu- carries witli it a salary of $3 a day.
To prepare for an emergency, every
to its placer deposits the tract
con­
j lutlve purposes. He says he never
It is the sealer’s duty to inspect ami liunter and angler should carry in his
tained a valuable lime ledge. It was ulso
heard of the stock brokerage firms of test all «l ights «mt measures, ami every
pocket a piece of candle and matches in
adduced th a t the claims in question had
Fuller & Gray and Boyer & Griswold, seal«* used in the county must have his
lai n profitably worked since 1350, that
water-tight m a tc h safe. Tnjcase of becom­
i alleged transactions with which figur­ seal on as proof of correctness.
ing lost or injured one can readily start
m uch ground remained misluicisl, and
Governor Sulzer
Denies Misuse of
Campaign Fund
The biggest centrifugal pum p in the
state of Oregon arrived a t Ashland by
freight last week, consigned to the Bullis
interests, for use at their Sterling mine
The pump was formerly used at Seattle
to throw great streams of water against
thi hills and thus level them , ami re­
quires 300 horsepower. The pnm p is
said to weigh 13 tons. It was carried to
Jacksonville and will from there he trans­
ferred to the Sterling mine.
At the mine it will throw a stream of
water against the gold-bearing slopes,
m azing the mine one of the best equip­
ped in the state1. A large am ount of
money will lie necessary to install thi'
hug«' pnmp, hut the- owners know from
the richness of the gravel th a t they are
certain to secure a large am ount of gold
by the hydraulic process.
gineer for the California state highway
commission a t Cloverdale. He reports
that about twenty miles of state highway
w ill lie complete)! this year in Mendocino
County, a portion of the state coast high­
way.
" ork in ( California is greatly ham per­
j ed, states Mr. Kittredge, “ because of
inability to sell bonds. Tlie state issued
$18,000,000fifty-year four p ercen t bonds,
ami is unable to find a m arket, except
what is taken locally in the counties af­
fected. Consequently road building is
retarded until money is easier."
a cam p tire.
Lost or distress signals: W hen a man
is lost or injured anil needs help, a signal
by shooting shou'il he given. The signal
will Is* Ihi' tiring of a gun once, with an
intermission of ten seconds liefore tiring
a seeonil shot, then an intermission of
sixty seeonils, tin'll a thin! shot. If no
answ er is received, thte signal should he
repeated after an interm ission of live
minutes. The answ er t o this signal
slionld lie a single shot from the rescuing
party, followed by one recognition shot
from the lost man.
Care should be taken to get the time
between shots ns accurately as possible.
H unters should keep in m ind this signal
and nvoiil, if possible, • giving it when
shooting at game. In the absence of a
watch, the tim e can be judged with suf-
tieient aecuraey by counting ten between
the first ami seeonil shots ami sixty be-
tw ein th e second and third shots. W hen­
ever a shot is heard in the mountains, a
liunter should count ten to determine if
it is a signal of disttess or m u.
The person who is lost shouhl, afte r
hearing an answer to his signal, remain
at the place when* lie gave the signal un­
til thi' rescuing party arrives, otherwise
he may take the opposite direction and appearing on Savannah's main shop­
not lie found at all.
ping thoroughfare In a short skirt and
low-cut waist. Henry Smoak, hnr cs-
— W il l ia m L. F in i . ky ,
ccr< paid $25.
State Game W arden.
You read tin* Royal
Fred T u rn er has their s
him soon.