Gold Hill news. (Gold Hill, Jackson County, Or.) 1897-19??, March 28, 1914, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texty- iGclx) Gold Hill Graataat Natural Raaourcaa a t Saat ham Oragon u On haaatiful Ragua Rivar VO L 16 TICKET WILL HAVE NO THIRD NAMES SIR EDWARD CARSON Qaiaf Tim« it Presaged; A m - endments to Charter 5««m Curtain to Carry ■ ■ . ..* 1..1 ■ Reared, mom thart a week distant, the annual eltwlion of city officers la at prea- ent claiming Ita aliarv ol the public atten tion. Although ol mom than usual Im portance, by reason of the pnipuaetl char* ter anwmilineuta to bn voted upon, the election hold» happy promise thus far ol being Ime from the blttcruewi of faction alism which has characterised (told Hill’« exercise ol the ballot in city affairs for a >me anaaona previous. While them will lie two acta of candidaU-s in the field, in moat Instances, cat'll with a liberal num ber of petitioner«, the evidence« of strife are fortunately lac king, anil th a n la a pronounced sentiment for a quiet exprea- aion of opinion on Monday, April 6th. For cuunciltnan from (lie llmt ward pe tition« have lawn circulated for the can* didaciea of 0 . H. Redfield and W. It. 8lr Edward Carson, leader of the Walker, with no prospect of a thin] aa- Unionists party In Ulster opposed t» piranl, Mr. Walker completed a term Home Rule for Ireland. aa councilman from thin ward one year ago. For councilman at large tlie first want aimi offers two candidate« to the city In tlie persons of George II. Patrick and Henry C. Raedel. Tlie second ward will vote upon two candidate« for It« representatives—John I). Palmer, prevent member of the coun Medford, O r . , M a r c h 24.—Judge cil, and Burt A. Adam«. Timina« Burke, of Seattle, counsel for the No op|M«iltlou haa developed or ap|«'«r* Hili lino» in Washington, spent Munday likely to the re-election of l.ynn W in Medford, and according to Attorney Smith aa treasurer, and B. G. Harding aa W. J. Canton took the initial steps for recorder. Both have reoorta of efficient till' purchase of the Bogue River Valley public anrvioe, and could scarcely he dis railroad owned by the Barnum« of Jack pensed with In tlie clerical end of city sonville. Judge Burke left last night on affair«. No. lrt for the north, and the acceptance Voting upon tlie charter am endm ent' of the deal on the part of the Great ¡«certain to b e divided to aomo extent, Northern being up to President Biltnan, lowing to misunderstanding of certain pro- ,,f Spokane, Portland and S ettle, visions revised or suggeskd. hut it ia M t i Judge Burke m«<le a tour of Inspection that the amendment« will carry by at of the Barnum line yesterday afternoon lea»t a fair majority. Briefly speaking and according to Attorney Canton and for the amendments, it may be staled in Rill Barnum lias offered 8128,000 for the all candor, that such alterations a« have right-of-way, track, equipment, title, etc., been mad»' were adopted by the commit- ! to a second party woo hold an option on tee only alter a prolonged and careful the line. Thia oiler was formally made osisideration, a n d w h e re niak'hally to the option bolder« this morning, for «■hanged w ill I«* found to reserve more their acceptance or rejection. power to the taxpayers. Tlie Barnum« refused to talk on the deal One of tlie moat important i-harh r Inst night except to «ay that Judge amendments sets aside tlie $2ô,0tXt water Burk.- inspected the line, and made an bend issue, making it ne<-c«Mitry to again offer to the holder« of tlie option. They submit this projmsal to the cUlaens of the , «aid the deal has Isen hanging lire for ■city if tlie Improvement Is desired. As »1-1 over a year. moat three year« have elapsed since* tlie J The purchase of the Barnum road |iu«Hagc of the original charter authoris- would give the Hill Interest« a practically Jng the Ixind«, it is manifestly just that unbroken track from Butte FallstoJaek- 1»foie any action b. taken another ex- ; «onville, with a line through the city, aprensioit of public opinion should be anil mean the tupping of the Applegate Kought. Should the charter amendments Uii(l Blue Ledge country, ami on to Cres- varry the «ale of these bond« is postponed ■ rent City. It also explain« the sudden indefinitely, or until public sentiment activity in the Blue Ledge to reopen. call« an election to ratify them. Construction work is now in progress Other provisions of the amended char on the Hill line in eastern Oregon, weal ter are of almost equal importance and from Bend. is-neflt, and should I» thoroughly dia- The purchase would indicate early act cnaaed and understood before the day of ivity and another transcontinental line to election, as the amendment« will not lie tap southern Oregon and its undeveloped voted «eperately, but a« a whole. In case resource«. the amendment« are defeat««! city affair« will remain in a condition of chaos, and Planting Grass in Sand. immediately nec'cssitate tlie railing ol a Marshfield.—Roy Itozeil. who has apeeial election to again consider a revis • Medford Spring Sign Infallible ion. National Capital Brevities. Secretary of the Interior bane has named one of the ponds in Glacier National park Ellen Wilson, after the president's wife. . The opening of the legislative bat- | t t l e for the repeal of the exemption "provision of the Panama canal act was delayed until next week by prolonged consideration In the house of the riv ers and harbors appropriation bill. Whatever promottou Is green Colo nel Ooethals nnd others identified with the building of the Panama canal will be determined hy President Wilson hltnself, according to an agreement. A favorable report on the Taylor bill creating 10 mining experiment sta tions, one to be located In Alaska nnd the others in western metallurgical states, was returned by the house mines committee. Each station, by the terms of the bill, will be allowed to spend $25,000 annually. From a little farm of 87 acres, own ed by John Jones, an ex-Blave In Shel by county, Tennessee, has come to the h supreme <•'• I a question affecting tie- r groes all o'* ' the country. The ques tion 1« whether former sluves are en titled to Inherit from their brothers and sisters. O na C o m m u n ity o t O p p o r t u n i ty R o g u a R h a r V a lla y, tohara I ha a p p ia g a in a d fa m a GOLD H IL L JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 28,1914 CITY ELECTION BRINGS OUT FEW CANDIDA TES a Jackson Co. Visit to Follow Land Board's Decision to Allow Extension of Thirty Days Salem.—For the purpose of making tbo Investigation of the Deschutes Land Company’« project In Crook county, authorised by a resolution passed by the desert land board, when the company was given 10 days’ ng- tension of time on Ita contract with the state, which expires April 1, State Engineer I<awis left for Crook county Monday. Governor West contends that tbs company's contract should not be ex tended, but thnt a new one should be made which would contain provisions affording better protection to the in terests of settlers than Is furnished by the present contract, which was exe cuted under the old law regulating Carey acts In this state. He said that the commissioner of the general land office, to whom ap plication hus been made by the board for an extension of time on the state's contract with the government for this project, has Indicated to him that the state should requlrs more safeguards placed about the settlers on the pro ject before asking the government to extend the state's contract. “M.dford Flyleas* Is Slogan. Medford.—"Medford flyless In 1916" is the slogsn of the swat the fly cam paigner« who have started cleaning up the alleys and rubbish heaps in the city. The Commercial Club will give cash prises for dead flies. Cleenup Week Planned. Independence.—The civic Improve ment club of this city has set apart the first week In April for clean-up week. This Is to be a step toward beautifying this city. Myrtle Point Wants Water. Salem.—Myrtle Point ha« filed with State Engineer Lewis an application for a permit to appropriate the waters of Carey Creek for municipal supply. Colonel Not With «setlon of Forty Whan Equipment Loot. Now York.—Theodora Roosevelt woo not with the section of his explor ing party headed by Anthony Flala when the camp equipment woo loot in a river rapid In Braxll, according to a dispatch received from Flala by the New York Times. Flala reported that the Roosevelt party, In good health, was exploring the Dulvata River (the river of doubt) and was expected to reach Manaos early In April. Flala'a dispatch was dated from Santarem, Brazil, and relieved the anxiety of the Roosevelt family and others here, as no definite word had been received previously regarding Colonel Roosevelt and other members of tbe expedition. NO. I7 BODY OF PIONEER IS TWO DA YS UNFOUND JOHN E. REDMOND DEATH OF OSCAR KNOTTS ON TUESDAY Searchers Spend Night Scour ing Woods; Body Diecover- ed Friday Morning Oscar Knott«, 83 year .»Id veteran of the Rogue river Indian wars, was lonnd dead beneath a small pine on the Ray lands Thursday morning—but a few hun dred yards distant from the highway anil three miles southeast ol this city. The body lay face downward in tbe litter of Law For Women Upheld. an extinguished camp fire. About the Washington.—The 10-hour woman’s right eye and temple was a dark bruise labor law of Massachusetts was up and laceration, undoubtedly caused by a held as constitutional by the supreme fall upon tbe jagged oatcropping of rock court. near the head of the corpse In 1909 Massachusetts passed a law Although the fatality occurred on Tues limiting the hours of minors and wo day night or the following morning, no men In manufacturing and mechanical ; information was received ol the death establishments to 66 hours a week, ¡until Thursday evening, w h e n John and 10 hours a day, with certain qual j Knotts, tlie 60 year old son of tile «lead ifications. man, appeared at the home of Elmer i Higinbotham, on Kanes Creek, and an Will Test "Blue Sky” Law. nounced that his father lay dead in a Portland, Ore.—An attack upon the nearby gulch. He could furnish no in "Blue 8ky" law of Oregon which Is formation as to tlie exact location, betag designed to wipe it off the statute dazed from drink, and searching parties books will be commenced this week, John E. Radmond, leader of the when a complaint and petition for an Irish Nationalists In their parliamen spent the entire night in an attem pt to injunction Is filed In the federal dis tary fight for Home Rule for Ireland. find tlie spot. A t daybreak Friday morning Elmer Higinbotham located the trict court by the National Mercantile hnrn from the campfire and discovered company of Vancouver, B. C. ) the body. According to the story told by the son, Bank of Auburn Closed. Seattle, Wash.—The Christopher. n o I n i l n l i r l tl“'y ha<1 Pr'M-’ur,'d two “all-n jug- .»f A A C tU ( A <9 A f c ( / U « U „.j^. an,j were to their cabin Knickerbocker & Howard private ________ on Penny gulch, three miles distant. At bank of Auburn did not open for busi „ „ the pine they halted, built a «mall fire ness Monday, and a receiver for the rJi i# ia L " i lr< "i and each drank one jng ol the liquor. bank was appointed by United States i i” cn ' Judge Cleeton today held that the penal- Durln({ (h>t Judge Neterer. In the United States o i l percent a month imposed by the ti]ft fin. , d|e jne district court hero, on petition of de lillfl^ legislature on taxes not paId before nw(Uefl , n hisefforlJj to escapt, fron, the positors, A pril 1 are invalid and granted the re- game) w u a p p a re n t from tlie marks straining order prayed for by Roger B. ¡n (be th(. bai, #nd Sinnott against Tax Collector Ix-wis en- Jown a joining the latter from «meeting the pen- hjg wi[h fo^ , a allies. Judge Oeeton held that taxes do the (oot t|>e Jn no not become delinquent under the law 1(.aUl engut.(, and the Ux)j |euiained until September 1 and that penalties can m|carwj |(}r j orj ,,le {„;,(>wing two be collected only on delinquent taxe«. Tax Collector Lewis said after tbe de- ’ > i.4 i - clsion that he deemed the only possible 1h1 (roro John K notu otber Ulal hi- Off to tlie west of the city, where val mode of procedure would be to take an fatber Iay dea(, t , u. p ; , , ^ . , , ^ ley orchard« are white or rosy with eaily appeal and on request from him the whew j(or couM f(>r hjj( bloom, there hang» each morning—and county commissioners met Friday after- „hereabouts (taring the intervening time. is apt to remain for some time to come— noon- . , It is presumed that lie returned to the the dull copfier haze of the smudge smoke. fo this meeting all elective officials cabin and continued drinking during the It is the orchardist, fighting the en were invited, also Governor West and the (wo ¿ay8 which eL-ipsed, until with lack croaching frost with the unlovely smudge member« of tlie state tax commission. ol liquor realization of the tragedy came pot and its stifling exhalations. The stale officials were included because to him. Tlie earliness of tlie season, with the tlie decision was expected to throw the Coroner A. E. Kellogg secured fhe warm idyllic weather of real «pring, lured entire state in a turmoil regarding what body, which was taken to the undertak tlie fruit trees into blossom far ala-ad of method to pnrsue as to tax collections. ing parlors in this city. Owing to the time. It was fine while it lasted, but Under til - terms of the injunction pen- plain circumstances attendant upon the everyone knew that it couldn't last, and aides can be collected on no taxes wheth death an inquest was not considered ne the orchardist« marshalled his ranks of er the first half before April 1 or not. cessary. The report of the examining sheet iron pots for the minute call. Sinnott asked only that penalties on de physician,. Dr. W. P. Chisholni, is that Wednesday morning the frost struck— ferred half [uiyincnts be stopped, but death “ was due to exposure and alcohol." full two weeks earlier than latt year. Judge Cleeton went farther and declared Oscar Knotts served with credit as a Most of the larger orchards in this vicin invalid the entire provision as to penal- ‘ private iff Company F ., 2d regimen* of ity, including the Riverside orchard, were ties on taxes unpaid prior to April 1. Oregon Mounted Volunteers during the prepared and weatliered the first battle Rogue river Indian campaign of the ’50’s. under the smoke canopy that held back One of the earliest settlers of this district, Salem, Or., March 24.—Advieed that the severity of the attack. Garden fruit lie was a prominent figure in the mining plots and the smaller uncared for hold Judge Cleeton has granted an injuetion industry of early days. Many will re ings, received a hard wallop at the out restraining the countv officials of Multno- member him as a hale veteran with ven- an(, aUe sit, and will hear lightly if at ali. Re niah count, from imposing a penalty on erabk. wW|e haj b , April 1 in the suit brot ... ,_______ _____ . „ ports from other sections of the valley taxes not paid by by R. B. Sinnott, Chairman Charle. V. T C T / 7 ......... For a are to the effect that the warning was ' „ , , ’ . . , , figure of the old prospector \ type. ____ past K.. _ j i.:. sufficiently general to prevent any wide Galloway of the state tax commission said number of years he _ and his son spread damage through unpreparedness. he would endeavor to get a meeting of have lived in their cabin on Penny gulch, Thursday morning also witnessed a frost the tax commission this afternoon or to prospecting occasionally, hut subsisting should be and temperatures went closely to the morrow to decide . what „ action , ,. . mainly upon the pension he received for taken regarding the collection of taxes in miliUry danger mark. other counties or whether tlie commission While advises will be sent out from Old residents who knew Oscar Knotts the weather observatory at Medford, sliall take some action to have the case in his prime, and who were fellow actors orchardist» generally are regretting the in Multnomah count, carried to the su in the dramas of the gold camps, remem loss of Prof. O’Gara and his council. preme court. ber him as a good workman and com The frost fight may be expected to tie a rade, and sincerely deplore the manner prolonged one. in which he came to his death. Car Robbers Kill Engineer. Tax Penalty is Legality of Grants Spring Frost Fight Pass Railroad On Under Pall Bonds of Smoke Grants Pass, Or., March 23.—Tlie test case involving the legality of the $200,- 000 boml issue of the city of Grant« Pa«« for the building of the municipal unit of the railroad to Wildcrville was argued before Judge Calkins of the circuit court Saturday afternoon and a decision was rendered by tlie judge supporting the va lidity of the ¡«sue. The matter was taken before the court in a friendly suit in which E. L. Church ill appeared as the plaintiff. The com plaint made an attack U | n > ii tlie constitu- tionality of the issue, contending that the city could not issue bonds for tlie con struction of a railway outside the limit« of the municipal corporation. Tlie points of law were argued hy City Attorney II. D. Norton lor the municipality and hy Attorney A. C. Hough for tlie plaintiff. Many of the points involved had been carefully considered at tlie time tlie test ease was liefore the judge on the previous Isaac, and the court was tliereforc fully Informed upon the legal phasi-a involved, making it unnecessary to delay tlie rend ering of tlie decision. Appeal will at once lie taken to the «tat«- supreme court, which it will reach early next week. As matters of such public importance as this are usually giv* en right of way in that body, it is expect- i-d thnt a decision can lie obtained from the higher court within two or three weeks. It will be argued before the su- preme court judges by the same attorney« who presented it to the circuit court. charge of the government harbor work on Coos Imy and the Coquille river, has put to work a force of men plant ing Australian grass on the sand spit at the north side of the Coos bny en trance. This grass Is almost the only kind of plant that will grow In the sand and several years ngo a large area was planted. The grass took root and has done much to keep the Portland.—The states of Oregon, said from drifting. Washington and Idaho will produce a bumper crop of wheat this year, and Growers to Make Tests. unless all signs fall, the yield will be Hood River.—A cannery will be es a record-breaker. Experienced grain tablished here by E. M. Cloud and men predict an out-turn of at least John R. Newton in time to handle this 70,000,000 bushels of this cereal in tbs year's strawberry crop: no vegetables Pacific Northwest. will bo canned the coming year. The These viewB are baaed on the re growers, however, will conduct experi markably fine condition of the winter ments in their orchards during the wheat crop In the three states. From coming season In order to determine the dute of planting to the present the most profitable varieties of plants time, all conditions of climate, soil and to set between the trees. moisture have been ideal. From every point In the Northwest comes an uni Planning Recall of the 8chool Board. form report of perfect growing weath Clatskanie.—The voters of the er and fine stand. Quincy school district met in the The Increase in acreage has been Bchool house for the purpose of con more extensive than expected, averag sidering the recall of the school board, ing perhaps close to 10 per cent because of Its failure to remove the throughout the entire territory. principal, Mrs. Flora I. Foreman, who The northwest last year turned off was tried during the wlater on a a wheat crop of about 56,000,000 bush charge of tenc.hlng Socialistic princi els. The record yield heretofore has been 65,000,000 bushels. ples in the school. S e a ttle E x-f.::,y,.r C .tk a Toga. Seattle.--George F. Cotter»!, who fbtlred last week ns mayor of Seattle, hns announced bla candidacy for the democratic noni'- it an for United States senator. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat—Club, 91c; bluestem, $1.00; red Russian, 90c. Hay—Timothy, $17; alfalfa, $14. B utter—Creamery, 28c. Eggs—Ranch, 19c. Peoria. Bi.—Two men were killed and two deputy sheriffs and a woman wounded as the result of an attempted holdup of a Chicago & Northwestern freight train at Manlius, ill., 45 miles north of here. Arthur Fisher, of Pekin, 111., engineer of the freight train, was shot dead by one of the robbers and an unidentified robber was killed In a battle with the sheriff's posse. Idaho Railroad Rumors Revive. Lewiston. Idaho—Surveyors thought to be in the employ of the Chicago- Milwaukee & S t Paul railroad are re ported looking for a route from the head of the Potlatch river into the Lewiston country. Seattle. Wheat—Bluestem, 98c; club, 88c; red Russian 87c. Hay—Timothy, 817 P«r ton; alfalta, Ashland Has Ripe Strawberrlee. $14 per ton. Ashland.—St. Patrick’s Day witness Eggs—21c. ed the picking of the first home-grown Butter—Creamery, 29c. strawberries of the season. ftp-r Carpenter Creek Youth Fails in Suicidal E ffo rt Medford, March 26.—Despondent over a family quarrel, Louis Caqienter, of the Yankee Creek district, It» yeurs of age, attempted to commit suicide l u sdaj ev ening, by shooting himself in the left shoulder with a 98 caliber revolver. Car penter was found near the ere k, b , P. W. Chase, subconscious from the loss of blood. The bullet struck in the left -houlder and ranged upward. According to information received from farmers living in the neighborhood Car penter was sullen all day and early in tlie evening took a walk to the creek bottom. A shot was heard and Mr. Chase hurried to the scene. Although his case was crit ical Tuesday night he rested easy Wed nesday and is reported to Is» out of dang er. The young man highly regrets ilia action.