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GOLD H IL L JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1914
VETO READY FOR LITERACY IMMIGRATION TEST
PERENNIAL RAILROAD
RUMOR RISES AGAIN
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H A S J. H IL L S Y S T E M A C Q U IR E D O. A C. LINE?
Ashland Excited at Prospect o f Becoming Southern Tor
mina/; Little P. A E. Site Up and Look» Wise
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( T ra m A a h la n d T id in g .
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Haa I. J. HUI «M iinxl tlie old 0. ft O.
-CHARLES R. CRANE
roadtird between Ashland and Portland,
now (onniiix a |« r l of the Southern Pac-
IflcT Such la the rumor brought to Ash
land Saturday laat, and while there I" no
way to subetaiitiat«* it, there are aomc
things which an* not nut of harmony
with that state of atlalra. Hill, so the
atory goea, allp|a*«l over to Germany in
L« ’ L I
January and when the S. P. had let tl»e
«lay of their option slip by to leaae the
road for anotlwr n-rtu of year«, he put
one over on the Harriman interest«.
Some of the thinga widen might point
that way are theae: Alaiut a year ago a
report waa puhlialnal that the Soulliern
Pacific, with ita Natron cut-off and ita
line In tlie ooaat completed, would not
care for thia line. Another ia that J. J.
Hill laat year rxpreaaed Ida in ention to
la* Inin Eriaro with a «team line in 1916.
Jim generally auccecd« in what lie a t
tempt« to do.
Third, reported aigna of activity on the
I*. A E. recently. The Titling« ia in-1
formed that all w««xl piled along ita
track« at Butte Ealla ha« been ordered
removed to make room for tie« amt road
material for extension, oatenaibly bccauac j
of tlie pro|KjH*<l development of a large '
tract of titula-r above Butte Ealla.
Did Samuel Hill mean more than ap- i
peered on the «urfaei* when he made the , Charlea R. Crane, the Chicago man-
remark In Aaldaml a couple of w»ckN
, ago, ufaeturer, who may ba aent aa ambae-
t ou may see more of tlie Hills the com- * aat)or to RuBg(a
'
Illg amnnier than you ever «Ireamed o f 7 !
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Coupled witli the report that Hill hail
«ei ured tin* line waa one that it would S A R D IN E C R EEK
nu*an uiueli for txhlawl, but that ia hut
S C H O O ! R A IS E S FI A O
natural A. ( Biggs ami other- tell of
H A IN L N F L A G
having iiear«! tlie same report previously
a« rumor in Portland, lint only aa rumor. P r o ^ r . . . i u . D u t r ic t W ill A lt o I n . t a l l a
h fa n u a l T ra in in g D e p a rtm e n t
Has tlie sudden activity of Governor
Weat an«l other« in tlie attempt to Idock
the government’« suit to dissolve the
Eriilay of laat week w aa a happy day at
merger any Iwaring on tlie alaive rumor? the Sardine Creek school house. It was
According to the maps publish«.«!, the ■ Elug Raising Day, and then* were reasons
line from Aaldaml north would go to the why the ceremony waa an «x-eaaion of
Union Pacific and that from Ashland especial importance. Tli«* children had
Mouth to tlie .Southern Pacific in the event earned tlie Is-antiful new Hag by wiling
of unmerger.
badges, and the fifty-foot Hag-pole waa
Would aueli a eomlition help or harm ; selected, prepared, liaulisl to the a.-hool-
Ashland? It might atop much of th<* ground and set up by the laiya and girla.
through travel hut, on the other hand,
Anotlwr cause for celebration waa the
it would give Ashland competition bn-I fact that tlie school-board has recently
twis*u Portland mid Sun Francisco rates purcliawd a <2I).(X) cheat of manual train-
wliieh might help solve the freight rate ing tools, and the pupils plan to build
problem, San Francisco might get rates their own work-shop and lienelnai. This
into Ashland which would compel a re will la* one of the first country schools in
duction to Portland, ami vice versa.
the stab* to awaken to tlie call of indust
Il is an old, obi saying that a fool can rial education, which s,a*aks well for the
ask questions that a wise man cannot energy and progrtwdvcness of the people
answer, ami thia is emphatically a ease <>t District 8N and their teacher, Miss May
of 11 mt kind. The only tiling to do is to Iatwicnce. Much credit is also due Sup
wait and see.
ervisor K. H. Peterson, who first suggest
ed the idea.
It will be remembered that this is the
F o r K . -E tt a k lit k in g A th la n d N o r m a l t
district which won the School Fair banner
at Gold Hill laat fall, ami it evidently is
Aahland ia arranging to for«* tin* iasue determined to keep in the lead.
of reopening the Southern Oregon State
An interesting program of songs, reci
Normal school, und will hold a public tations, ami readings appropriate to the
niasa meeting mi Tuesilay evening, Feb occasion waa given.
ruary 24th, to diaenm way« and raise
means. The matter will tie placed before
the voters of the atate by initiative peti Body o f Love Lorn Suicide
tion, at the coming elections.
Recovered From Rogue
“Shoot Up” Country Danes.
Pendleton.—By "shooting up” «
country dance Lou Caper and Jack
Murdock, two farm laborers, ttnged s
frontier day drama at Juniper. No
one wns injured, but the two succeed
ed In thoroughly terrifying the women
and completely intimidating the men,
finally escaping on horseback undet
cover of their guns.
Mammoth's Tooth Found.
Albany.—A fairly well-preserved
tooth of a mammoth was found by J.
G. Crawford, a local archaeologist, In
a car of gravel which had been re
ceived here from Canby.
The tooth is seven inches long, five
inches high and thrate inches ^*ide. It
shows some decay.
Drain to Have Cannery.
Drain.—A co-operative cannery as
soclatlOn was organized here with a
capital of <2000, practically all sub
scribed.
Grants Pass, Or. Feb. 16.—The Ixxly of
tia* man found floating in Kogu«* River
near the mouth of Taylor creek ban been
idi'iitifieil as that of Ed Sappe, a young
man 24 years of age who <1isapp«>art'il
troni this city on DecemboJ 10, Sappe
had lieen disappointed in a love allair and
from remarks made by him just previous
to his disappearance it was feared that lie
laid eommitted suicide, and search had
lieen mad«* for him hy his friends. Sappe
leaves a brother ami other relatives in the
Galioe district, where lie laid been em
ployed in tlie mint's.
Sap|s* cauie to this city on December K,
registering at a local hotel. He had been
infatuated with a young holy o( this city
for some time, but claimed that, she laid
at last refused to keep her promise to
marry him. Sappe, it is alleged, sought
legal advice in an effort to bring about
tlie marriage, and the young lady's father
also sought the advice of County Attorney
Miller to gi*t Sappe to discontinue his at
tentions to tlie girl.
Grand Jury H a rd a t Work
Human Trombone W ill No
Considering Much Evidence ;
More Charm Audiences
Tli« grand jury, now inaeaaion at Jack
sonville, bualed itaelf thia week with the
attempt by unauctwaaful contractor« to at
tack tli« reputation of County Jodge Too
Veil« and State Highway Erigimwr Bowl-
hy, and with the mnaideration of abusive
anonymoua letter« relative to the Hiakiyou
| highway contract«. Tueaday tlie jury re
turned a trig* hill againat A. A. Johnaon,
I charged with living in ami about a iiouae
, of III fame; alao, a true bill againat Jack
i Miller, accuaed of burglarizing an Aah-
land «tore, and a not true bill againat Jo«
Howard on tlie «am« charge. Not true
bill« were return« * 1 in thecaae againat IV,
II. (kiln and E. C. Welch, charged with
framiug mining framia In a property ex
change on Kvana Crt«*k.
Carl Hand', a vaodeville actor known
•a the “ human trombone", waa discov
ered «lead in Ida rtxxn at a Medford lodg
ing houae Momiay morning. Death waa
found to have been due from catarrh of
tlie heart, llanff appeared at the laia
theater tlie evening proceeding hia aim-
roon«.
a,
BURNETT BILL WILL
SUREL Y PASS SENA TE
N A T IO N A L BANKS G IV E N S IX T Y D A Y S TO A C T
Congress Would Investigate the Tardy Hen; Senate Cre
ate Six Vice- Admirals at $11,000 Per
A th la n d B a n tu to C o r u o lid a t.
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Washington.—President Wl’aion will
veto the Burnett Immigration bill If It
comes to him for his signature with
the socalled literacy test contained la
It
This became known from an authori
tative source after Chairman Smith, of
<500,000.
the senate Immigration committee,
bad announced that the bill, virtually
as It passed the house, including the
literacy te st would be favorably re
ported to the senate soon. Prospecta
aré that the bill will pass the senate
as reported from the committee, but
the measure never will become law,
Poatmaater Alleged Defaulter.
Richard Curry Receives V o lt
according to close friends of the presi
Goldfield, Nev.—With an eatlmated
dent.
age From W ater Heater, Is
Shortage of between <5000 and <10,000
The president does not consider lit
Stricken Saturday Last
charged .againat hla account«, E. R.
eracy a test of character, and believes
Coll Ina, for eight year« poatmaater of
some other means should be devised
_
i.
, i I Odkffleld. la a fugitive from Juatlce
to prevent undesirable aliens from en
Death w - d e a lt with tragic swiftness to an(J , fMara, warr>ut charglng h)m
tering the United States.
Kichurd C. Curry, an employee of the
with embezzling the specific sum of
It also became known that sugges-
] California-Oregon Power company, Sat- j
<150(1 has been issued for his arresL
urduy morning almot nine o’elix-k, whi n ■
i tions with reference to Chinese and
; Japanese immigration made to the
lie waa electrocuted in tin* bath room rg
2-Pounder«l1 W eeks Old.
; house committee on immigration last
Ilia own home at Hay Gold. Effort« to . Tacoma.—Florence Virginia Cole la
i Friday by Commissioner Caminetti, of
'resuscitate tlie alrieketi man failed a fte r' a future voter of Washington here who
two hour« of heroic method« by Dra. j la attracting much attention becauae
the immigration bureau, were not in
Dow, of Gantial Point, and Porter, of at the age of 11 weeks she weighs only
accord with the views of the president.
.Medford.
Mr. Caminettl’s views were expressed
two pounds. The nurses say she Is
Curry wan repairing an electric water perfectly normal in every way and
without previous knowledge by the
heater, carrying hut a voltage of 110. No t has not been sick at all In the weeks
Augustus O. Bacon, United States white house. The Burnett bill con
I one waa with him, but tlie aup|x)<^ion of her existence in the basket
senator from Georgia, chairman of the tains no Asiatic exclusion provisions,
| advanced ia that he graa|M*il a water pipe rounded by hot water bottles.
senate foreign relations committee, the house having voted down all
who died In Washington.
In hia work, causing a lu-avy ground cir
amendments in that direction.
cuit. Members of hia family discovered
Sixty Hurt In Collision.
Reserve Time Limit Expires Feb. 22.
tlie prostrate form on the fiixir, ami tele
Springfield, Mo.—Sixty
persons B A N D C OM M ENDED
Warning has been issued to nation
phoned to the general ottices of tlie were injured, a score of them serious
al banks by M. C. Elliott, secretary of
B Y E S P E E X IF F IC IA L the federal reserve bank organization,
powvr°®,nP*ny •** Medford, who rualie 1 ly and five probably fatally. In a col-
„„ d ie d aid to the
lho «wene
m«*dleal
scene.
«llion of two St. Loula ft San Krancl«-
that to comply with the currency act
The theory advanced is that a weak co railroad passenger trains at Nichols M u .ic a l G r a .t in g o f t h . D e m o n .tr a tio n they must signify within 60 days of
T ra in i . W a rm ly A p p re c ia te d
heart superinduced death from tlie elec Junction, four mtlea west o t here.
its enactment their intention to join
tricity. Curry was of splendid physical
the new system. Several banks had
THE MARKETS.
build, ami worked as an «qierator at the
An appreciation, not only ot the spirit expressed the belief that the law al
plant. He was well known in Medford, ;
Portland.
of the Gold Hill Concert Band in volun loweh them 12 months to make known
where he resided until recently. He was
Wheat—Club, 87c; biueetom, 98c; teering their services for the recent visit their intentions. Under the law na-
middle age«I, and leaves a wife an«l seven i red Russian, 86c.
of the demonstration train in this city, tiopal banks that do not so signify
children, the oldest being thirteen years
Hay—Timothy, <17; alfalfa, <14
but of similiar spirit wnich prompted the within 60 days must prepare to li
old.
Butter—Creamery, 35a
attendance of citizens of Gold Hill and quidate, and are allowed 12 months
Curry’s laxly was taken to Medford and
Eggs—Candled, 38c.
vi inity in number 700 strong upon that for this process.
prepared for burial. The only mark up- i
occasion, is the letter received this week
The circular explains also that state
Seattle.
oil the remains was the blackened tip of
Wheat—Blueatem, 98c; club, 87o; hy band master Harry Day, from H . A' banks and trust companies which sig
tile little finger of tlie left hand. The red Russian, 86c.
Hinshaw, general freight agent of the nify their Intention of becoming mem
funeral services were held from the Bap- } Hay—Timothy, <17 per ton; alfalM, Southern Pacific. Mr. Hinshaw, who bers of the system will be allowed to
tist church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, <14 per ton.
a<?companied the momentous special, participate in the selection of direc
th«* Rev. W. D. MacCtillough officiating.
writes as follows:
tors of reserve banks in their dtatricts.
Eggs—37c.
Tlie \V. of W. lodge, of which lie waa a ! Butter—Creamery, 38c.
At the close of business at the treas
member, conducted services at the grave,
Portland, Or., February 17, 1914. ury department Saturday, 6849 nation
interment being nia«le in the I. O.Nj. F.
Mr. H. Day,
al banks had applied for membership
State Hangs Man, Suet.
cemetery. Ikveawal was 35 years of age.
Band Leader,
out of a total of 7500 In the United
Astoria.—The county court made an
States. The time limit for applica
Gold
Hill,
Oregon.
order directing that O. C. Fulton be
Dear Sir:
tions is February 22.
employed
to
prosecute
a
suit
In
equity
Steelhead for Yamhill.
^Am taking this means of expressing Investigate How to Make Hens Lay.
Sheridan.—Steelhead salmon have to foreclose a Ben of the state in the to you and the other members of your
How to make hens lay more eggs
sum
of
<622.70
against
the
estate
of
sever been found In the Yamhill river,
band, the appreciation of this Company
though they are found In many Oswald C. Hansel, who was executed and the College people of the cordial wel was one of the multitude of investiga
tions authorized in the agricultural
streams of smaller slxe on the east at the state penitentiary recently.
The amount due is the court costs come which was accorded the Farming appropriation bills reported.
tide ot the Willamette. Representa
Demonstration Train upon its arrival at
Congress will continue to distribute
tive R. L. Graves Is determined to for the trial of the case against Han Gold Hill on the 12th inst., which to
sel,
when
he
was
convicted
of
murder.
free seeds, the weather bureau service
make the Tamhill one of the best
gether with the excellent attendance we will be extended to the Panama canal
angling streams in the state, and to
had at your point, proves the deep inter and insular possessions, more than
¿ore
Brands
Suit
as
Political
Plot
this end has secured three carloads of
est which the people of Gold Hill and sur <200,000 will be spent studying how to
Oklahoma
City,
Okla.—Denouncing
young steelhead salmon to stock the
rounding country are taking in oor efforts
stream. One of these will be liberat the allegation as an "Infamous He,’ to assist to tlie greatest possible extent in eliminate the waste and profits in
foodstuffs between the producer and
United
States
Senator
T.
P.
Gore,
from
ed at McMinnville, one at Sheridan
the development and upbuilding of the the consumer and a general reorgani
and one at Willamina. A car of trout I the witness stand, declared that territory served by our lines.
sation of the department of agricul
charges of Improper conduct, the basit
will be liberated at Carlton.
Yours very truly,
ture along lines of great efficiency as
of the <50,000 damage suit against him
—H. A. HiNsnaw. laid down by Secretary Houston were
by Mrs. Minnie E. Bond, were the In
Nab Portland Chinese Woman.
authorised in appropriations aggregat
Portland.—Mrs. Toy Yoke, who Is vention of a coterie of disappointed
ing <25,000,000.
alleged to have eloped on November office seekers Intended to bring him Taxes Delinquent A p r il 1st;
into
disrepute
and
wreck
his
chances
Higher Naval Rank Created.
27 from this city with Won Wah, the
I Percent Monthly Penalty
The bill to create six vice-admirals
latter having In his possession <1000 for renomlnatlon.
in the navy wia passed by the senate
In money and jewels, belonging to Lee
Houghton, Mich.—Three Waddell
Assessor W. T. Grieve last week turn and now awaits action by the house.
Hong, was arrested In Chicago, ac Mahon Detective Agency guards and
cording to word received by the local a deputy sheriff were found guilty of ed over to Treasurer Cronemillerthe 1914 Their salaries were fixed at <11,000
extended tax rolls, which total <«95,934.- a year and the age of retirement at
police.
manslaughter for killing Steve Putrich, 38, divided as follows:
65 years.
She will be brought here to answer
a striking cepper mine worker, at See- State and county taxes.<560,360.69
How a British naval commander in
to a charge of grand larceny, local of bervllle, on August 14 last.
Special school ta x ......... 175,884.55
Mexican waters might assume com
ficials say. It is alleged the couple
Special city tax .........
139,297.00 mand over American forces by virtue
eloped immediately after the theft
Dr. Shaw Breaks A n kle.
City liens.......................... 19,072.24
of his seniority of rank was discussed
from Hong.
New York.—Dr. Anna Howard Shaw,
Fire patrol......... ...................
1,319.90 in animated fashion in the course of
president of the National Woman’s
Under the new law there is no 3 per the debate on t h / bill.
O.-W. R. ft N. Buying Land.
Suffrage association, slipped while
Pendleton.—Ellsworth Benham, of alighting from a train In Jersey City cent rebate granted on payment of taxes,
National Capital Brevities.
Portland, representing the O-W. R. & and sustained a fracture of the right which are delinquent April 1. One per
President Wilson will likely name
cent a month is added for non-payment the men to compose the new federal
N. Co., arrived at Stanfield and at ankle.
between April and September.' If one reserve bank board by about March 1.
once began buying land for the right
half the taxes are paid April 1, the 1 per
of way of the proposed Coyote cut-off.
The senate passed the Smoot bill to
Indlan’S'RIghts Urged.
cent
per month is added to the remain open withdrawn Alaska coal lands to
This action apparently confirms the
Philadelphia.—Full rights of citizen
report which has been current for the ship for the American Indian were ad ing half.
homestead entry, but reserving to the
Between April and September there is government title to the coal.
past few days that the railroad com vocated by speakers at the council ot
pany expects to commence operations the Society of American Indlxns, held no penalty but interest, but after Septem
President Wilson spent several days
ber a penalty of 10 percent is added plus In bed last week nursing a cold. All
thlB spring.
at the academy of natural sciences.
the interest.
engagements were cancelled.
• Tlie If. S. National and the Firat Nat
ional banka of Aahland have announced
their impending conaolidation, transact
ing huaineaa under tlie latter name. Tlie
Oomhined capital and aurplua will ap
proximate <120,000, with depoail« of over
ELECTRICIAN MEETS TRAGIC
DEATH IN OWN BATH ROOM