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VOL 17
OOLD HILL JACKSON COUNTY, C
JGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1914
NO. 34
FISHERMEN SUE WARDENS :: ATTORNEY SMITH IS DISBARRED :: CANTON IS SENTENCED
REPORT OF GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT ISSUED
Battle Waged With
Mines and Mineral
Unceasing f"CrOClty
Washington, Nov. 12 Ecua
dor a n d Colombia have been
warned by Great Britain an d i
France in emphatic terms that
the allies will not countenance
further violations of neutrality
by these South American states.
It is held by the ullies that the
recent n a v a l losses in South
American waters were further
ed by assistance given the Ger
mans.
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Two V eterans Die a t Soldiers* Home.
R oseburg.—F rancis Jones, m em ber
of ('•in p u n y A. W ashington T errito
rial In fan try , from 1882 to 1865, and
j A bner E. A rm strong, aged 80 years,
' died at th e S oldiers' Home.
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linker.—Thom as Downey, a lifelong
resid en t of B aker county, blind for
th e past 15 years, ended his own life
by cu ttin g his th ro a t w hile despond
en t over his physical condition.
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The British army in the field
will 1« reinforced to a total of
2,000,000 men. Great Britain
is spending $35,000,000 weekly
on the war.
N ew s Brevities o f the W eek From R ogue River Valley Cities
rite supreme court has sfllrmod the de Bugle Notes From Frantic Europe
cision of lift.1 lower conrt in awarding
damages of #12,500 to the parents of Jaa.
T he Jap an ese and- th e ir Anglo-Su
Mi lju t g lie r t J , ele. irgetiU'd whi’e in the
dan allies »cored th e m ost Im portant
■ mploy of the California-Oregon Power i success of th e week by forcing th e cap
eompuny, on May 27,-1011,
itulation of T slng Tau, China.
',«¡1 by A m erican Prana Aaaoclatlnn
Flushed with malting more potent than i Official rep o rts from Tokio show It
Ex-Speaker Cannon, who will again »late wide sitcee»», Medford prohibition- ! w as not w ithout desp erate assistan ce
re p resen t an lllionls d istrict in Con ists proposed to invoke local option and ! th a t the G erm an garrison, vastly out
gress.
make that city »fry immediately. Calin- ; num bered by B ritish and Japanese,
er council prevailed und the movement gave up the fight. F or dayB th e Oer-
died down.
n.uu forces have been subjected to a
Members of th e Harry Tracy poste w ithering fire from land and sea.
uere at one time very numerous. Med
The land fighting during th e week
ford is now entertaining on« of the intra- I has resulted In a check to th e G er
pid heroes who watched while the Mexi-! man offensive In Belgium. O ver the
can liadinan, Lopes, vanished in thin air. battle line through F rance th ere a re
Superintendent Steel, of Crater laike no decisive changes, although reports
Salem, Nov. 10.—Charged with wltfnl ' National park, has recommended to the I m entioned a decreased vigor in the
G erm an a ttack s in W est Flanders,
deceit and tniscondnct in hi» profession,9 secretary of the interior that the bounda
while th e F rench com m unications said
ries
of
the
park
should
lie
extended
anil
Attorney Robert G. Smith, a former
the b attle w as as violent as ever. The
member of the Oregon legislature, and | the hotels O|a*rated by the government.
allies
a re reported as driving forw ard
Bud
Anderson,
lute
“
of
Medford”
,
oi
twice mayor of Grants Pass, was dislmr-
red from practice by a decision of the which city he was the “ Pride” that went in th e vicinity of Dixmude, and were,
before suveral knock-outs, will fight again a t last accounts, taking th e offensive
supreme court today.
Smith is alleged to have converted to at A storia-a pork and beans bout in a south and east of Y pres, the* point
w here since last week th e G erm ans
hi» own it»« $1, 175 entrusted to him at football club benefit.
have been endeavoring to get through.
dilierent time» for various purposes by
Work upon the extension of the Grant« ,
the Cleopvtra Development company, a Pass to Crescent City road will be active- ; T he R ussian arm ies have won dur
mining corporation of the »late of Wash ly recommenced by January 1st, accord ing the week w hat Is officially desig
nated th e m ost im p o rtan t victory of
ington, ami its agent, J. D. laieey, and ing to advices from the former place.
th e w ar. No reason is given for m ak
it was claimed that judgment for this
The Ashland-Medford section of the
amount was secured against ltitn in the i paved Pacific highway will lie opened to | ing so sw eeping a claim . T he A us
trian s a re holding th e ir positions tn
federal court.
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travel by December 1st, slates Judge Tou
Poland and until fu rth e r inform ation
111 hi* defense Smith claimed lie had Velle of the county court.
is available, it is not possible to dis
retained the money because lie had re
•The annual meeting of the Oregon State : cover w hat "th e m ost im portant vic
ceived no ft»*» from th e development
Horticultural Society will lie held in tory of th e w ar” m eans. T he capture
company for hi» services, but evidence
Medford December 2d, 3rd, aud 4th.
of Jaro slav last week seem s to be th e
was introduced intending to show that he
Winter Nebs pears of Oregon growth basts of th e R ussian claim s. Thia
had Is en paid #1^000 and hail not de
command a price of #3.75 per b x in the fortress, how ever, w as abandoned by
manded any furtlier amount
Loudon market.
the A ustrians and occupied by the
-/
Grard Pass Attor
ney Disbarred by
Edict of the Ccurt
P arts.—dk general b a ttle haa been
proceeding along the whole front from
th e sea to th e Vosges Mountain» for
th e past th re e day» w ithout th e G er
man» having been able to find a weak
apot In the F rench defenses.
However, It »till 1» In F lan d ers th at
in te re st In the form idable and seem
ingly Interm inable b attle center». The
G erm an» a re concentratin g th ere all
th e w en they can get and ceaselessly
a re hurling them again») th e allies'
lines. N ever ha» thia m ethod been
directed w ith u s.m u c h ten acity aud
fury as now.
T he fight rage» w ith the g reatest
in ten sity south of Ypre» on th e Manln
road, the Ypre» Canal, th e Lyz and
th e plateau crossed by the road from
Ypre» to A rm entleres. H ere th e of
fensive by th e allle» has been m ot by
violent co u n ter a tta c k s delivered by
a G erm an activ e arm y corp» ju st
brought from F landers, supported by
th e concentrated fire of a g reat body
of m assed b atteries.
T he G erm ans so far are said to have
B rita n Rea'.'y to W ar Ir. C -.tely .
achieved nothing more th an tem por
ary checks, nnd It 1» claim ed th a t
Loudon.—T h at G reat B ritain 1» pre
»lowly but surely the allies creep for pared to en try on the wt r Indefinitely
w ard.
with every contidence In th e result
wns th e ten o r of th e sec- ches at the-
London.—-A dispatch from N orthern
ann u al banquet in au g u ratin g th e new
F rance to th e P ally C hronicle »ays
Lord Mayor of London by P rim e Min
th a t advance patrol» of Belgians have
isler Asquith, Field M arshal Earl
p enetrated to O stend, which m eans
K itchener, »ccretnry of ttnr, and Win
th a t the const line from D unkirk to
«ton Spencer p h u rch lll. first lord of
N leuport and O stend 1» relieved from
th e adm iralty. Lord K itchener, while
th e m enace of the past tw o weeks.
expressing satisf icllon at th e response
Ypres, the dispatch adds, Is now the
to hta call for m olt nnd the prof res» of
storm center. The 'tow n Itself has
tholr m ilitary training, Im pressed up
been razed by a rtille ry fire and has
on th e nation th a t th e w ar would be a
been entirely abandoned by th e popu
long one and he "would req u ire m ore
lace.
men, and still more, until th e enemy
,
Pekin.— Intlclng offers have boor la crushed."
m ade to Jap an by agents of the allies
A storia.—T he first d irect effect on
In China 'to Induce the M ikado tc
throw 200,000 of his seasoned troop» m unicipal affairs of the prohlbltlos
am endm ent, appeared when th e city
Into the E uropean scone of war.
Following th e fall of Tslng-Tau council passed an ordinance u n d er th e
which releases Japanese troops and em ergency clause, p erm itting th e aa-
w arships and rem oves any German loonmen to z tak e o u t license» for six
m enace to Ja p a n 's prestige in th t m onths, n t th e ra te of $1000 a year,
O rient, the allies are ex ertin g overy m nklng all licenses expire Mny 10.
effort to bring Jap an Into th e w estern
Four H urt When W harf Caves.
conflict. A g u aran tee of a freer hand
M arshfield.—F our men w ere Injured,
In the affairs of Chinn Is said hero tc
bo the price offered for thé Jap an ese two »eriously, when th e w harf a t the
troops. T he younger statesm en are Sim pson mill collapsed as a million
said to have received th e proffer with pounds of cem ent for the W illam ette
enthusiasm , but th e more conservative Pacific bridge work was being u n
loaded from the steam er Redondo.
a re dubious.
R ussians six w eeks ago. Its subse
quent recap tu re by th e reform ed Aus-
Canton R eceives Sentence
tro-G erm an arm y is m ade know n for
the first tim e by inference through
o f One to Fifteen Years R ussia's second occupation. T he age
long m ystery of th e e a st still veils
Medford, Nov. 10.—Major W. J. Can the m ilitary operations In th at area of
ton, attorney and hero of the Philippines, hostlltles.
found guilty of a crime against nature by
a jury in the circuit court Saturday after
noon, was sentenced from one N fifteen
years by Circuit Judge F. M . Calkins
this morning. A motion for an appeal
and new trial were tiled. The court in
passing sentence express'»! regret at the
turn of events.
it was contidenUy expected by friends
of the sentenced man that lie would re
ceive the leniency of the court and be
given it suspended sentence. Major Can
ton reei<ved the words of the court with
no show of emotion.
Mrs. Fannie McNulty, convicted of
forging the name of Mrs. Sarah Collins to
a certificate of deposit on the Jackson
County bank for #380 wns given from
two to twenty years, and a motion for a
new trial tiled by her attorney, B. F.
Mulkey.
CHAS. S. WHITMAN
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Oregon Horses fbr Europe.
Southern Oregon’s Shortstories
u
Resources Are Rich
E nterprise. T he first buying of
horses for use In the E uropean w ar
was started In W allowa county during
the week. H. M artin, a rep resentative
of R. J. Spears, a well-known horse-
buyer, with h ead q u arters s t present
In W alla W alla, arrived In the county
Monday and passed th e word along
a t the various tow ns th a t he w anted
all the stock he could g et of certain
specified grades.
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Petrograd reports t he repulse
of Turkish troops with great
losses at Koprukui, suffering a
cavalry pursuit T h e Turks
continue to concentrate at Er-
zerum.
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shale, clay, coal, a sb esto s, mica, mercury, iron, cop
per, silver, and gold. They are varied and important,
a s well as, for the m ost part, readily accesible from
the railroad, which cro sses the district
from e a st to w est.
JOSEPH G. CANNON
The Germans continue to at
tack between Dixmude and Yp-
res, but with the exception of
the capture o f Dixmude they
have not been able to muke a
material advance. The French
official report says that all at
tacks have been repulsed.
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T H E mineral resou rces o f the Gold Hill district in-
T
■ dude
elude bJj|(Jins?
building rtonc.
ston e, road
road material,
m aterial, limestone.
lim estone,
P etrograd.—The official statem en t
Issued from general headquarters
says:
“On the E astern P russian frontier
our troops have dislodged the Ger
m ans from the region of W lrballen,
which w as strongly fortified, and have
progressed as fax as Stalliiponen (16
m iles east-northeast of Gtkmbien). In
the region of R cm lnten forest nnd
Lyck our troops continue to press on
the heels of the re a r guard s of the
enemy.
"On the left hank of th e V istula our
cavalry has p en etrated G erm an te r ri
tory, dam aging the railw ay n ear
P leachen station, to th e n orthw est of
Kalisz.
"In O allcla onr troops a re continu
ing th eir offensive m ovem ent, in the
latest engagem ents on th e San River
H elena, M o n t—R etu rn s from m ore i we captured 125 officers nnd 12,000
th an 50 p er cent of outstan d in g pre soldiers, as well as rapid-ftrers and
cinct» show th e woman suffrage i m unitions of war. South of Przem ysl
am endm ent and th e farm loan Initia- j on N ovem ber 6, we took m ore th a t
tive net a re th e otfly m easures aubmit-1 1000 prisoners.”
ted nt the election to pass.
Tlie monthly issue for August of the
“ Mineral Resources of Oregon” , publish
ed by the Oregon Bureau of Mines and
Geology, devoted thirty pares to the Gold
Hill district, exhaustively discussing the
various mine» now under d *veloptnent or
in operation as well as the nnemployed
mineral resonreettof the locality. Tlie re
port was compiled by Prof. A. N. Win-
clicll, chief of the state field party of
geologists who passed sevi rat Weeks last
year in an examination of tlie Gold Hill
district.
The district is describes as including
“ liaif a down kreas which were at one
t im e organized a s mining districts;”
namely those of Foots creek, Pleasant
creek, (»alls creek, Sarns creek, Sardine
'creek and Kanes creek. Diacnssi'-n of
tlie various placer and quartz mines is
. entered into by detail, while tlie compar-
j atively undeveloped resources are treated
ss highly im portant and promising.
Building Stone and RoaJ Material
There are sjveral kind.» of building
stones available in the Gol-‘ Hill district;
extensive dykes oceuring on Kanes and
I Galls creek as well as north of the river.
Regarding tlie latter the report ob-s-rves;
“ It is an uncommon condition that an
area as large as Oregon, with as much
• 131«. by A m erica n F r a u A sa o cia tlo a .
, limestone, lias undertaken to develop so
Charles 8. Whitman, Republican few of its deponits of both limestone aud
C andidate, elected G overnor of New ’ -hale for the* manufacture of Portland
. cement. Elsewhere in t h e country,
York.
where limestone is abundant, the choice
. of a site for a cement plant depends up n
i finding suitable shale. In some large
i sections of Oregon limestone isietw abun
dant and the place of manufacture of ce-
i inent must lx- determined largely by its
: presence. Fortunately shales are tp't uu-
| common in the region under considera
tion and some limestone b.sls an- very
close to railroad line*. The limestone
Grants Pass, Nov. 10.—D o u g la s R. : deposits of the Gold Hill district arc an
Raine and W. A. Raine, who have oper | important mineral resource. ’
ated a boat in the local commercial fish
The district is prononneed to have
ermen's fleet for the past two seasons, abundant road materials of several kinds,
have commenced action against Deputy i Granite blocks for paving, limestone and
Fish a n d Game Wardens Fred MerrriU 1 -bale for macadamizing or making ce
and Sam L. Sundry for damages in the ment are available, while the basaltic
sum o f #450. The suit is the result o f the lava» of the valley are especially desirable
arrest of tlie Raine brothers by the depu fo r making tqaeadam pavements and
ties upon a charge of Ashing with a gill their use should be encouraged.
net in illegal waters. Merrill and Sundry
Brick and Potter’s Clay
made tlie arrest last summer, alleging
Mention
is made of the adaptation of
that the Raine brothers fished bi-low the
limit in the Rogue at the mouth of Jutnp- Bogus river alluvial clay deposits to brick
Olf-'Joe creek. The fishermen were first making, for which purpos« the Tolo
tried in a justice court at Merlin and ap plant of the Ray company operated prior
pealed from the verdiet of guilty there to to 1912.
Potter’s clay occurs on the Gardiner
the circuit court. They were acquitted
upon the charge here. In their com plac-, lx*tween Evans and Trad creeks,
plaint now they allege that by reason of and while the lied has never been com
tlie arrest and tie confiscstion of boat mercially exploited serviceable pottery
aud nets and consequent loss of time dur ' has. b-en produced even b y amateur
ing tlie fishing season they were damag workmen.
Coal Seams
ed in the sum of #450 and judgment in
that amount is asked.
The only coal so far reported in the dis
trict is in the extreme northeastern part
of Evans creek and thence southwest-
Aftermath o f Election in
ward. Mention is uaade of the - -ams in
O regon and Other States the Meadows, owned by Alfred L iwis, of
this city. The report states that further
exploration may disclose thicker seams
Jam es D. P helan, dem ocratic as similar to those in the Medford district,
p iran t to th e U nited S tates senate, although the present disclosure^ an- com.
w as elected in California.
paratively uni uportant.
Wrathy Eishermen
Seek Indemnity of
Intrepid Wardens
Phoenix.— Five thousand w as the
m argin by w hich Arizona banished
liquor from the state.
T opeka.—C harles C urtis, republican,
Is going hack to th e U nited S tates
sen ate from K ansas, a fte r an absence
ot tw o years, to succeed S enator B ris
tow.
Miss M arian Towne, of T alent,
Jackson county, will be firs t w tinan
m em ber of legislature in Oregon. She
Is a dem ocrat.
The republicans will have tw o-thlrds
m ajorities In both houses of th e 1915
W ashington legislature.
C om plete U tah retu rn s give S enator
Smoot, republican, a m ajority of 2727
over Jam es H. Moyle, fusion.
R eturns from every county show
th a t prohibition has carried Oregon
by a t least 25,000, w ith each county
voting Itself into the dry colum n.
S eattle, T acom a and O lympia w ere
th e only cities p t Im portance In W ash
ington to go wet. Spokane, Belling
ham , W alla W alla, N orth Y akim a and
E v erett all w ent for prohibition.
Quicksilver
Regarding quicksilver ore the report
gives space to an account of the develop
ment of tlie famous Cinnabar mine of
Ramsey canyon, owned by J. R. Hayes,
of Detroit, and under the local charge of
Alfred Lewis. The ore contains cinnabar,
native mercurv, pyrite, and other miner
als. The report adds, “ It seetns quite
possible that this region may produce im
portant quantities of quicksilver. ” j
Copper
t
The cop(>er' property in t h e upper
Meadows, owned by Dr. W. 1’. Chis
holm, of this city, is treated as evidently
of great importance. * The ore at this
mine,” Hays the report, “ is very inter
esting. It occurs in part a- a primary
constituent of a basic igneous rock, and
in part as a vein filling. As a vein fill
ing the sulphides occur intergrown with
quartz, which may til) fissures or serve
as a cement of broken material. It
seems clear that the copper ore at this
place was derived fro th ^ le norite mag
m a.” Two tine halftone illustrations of
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