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GOLD HILL, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1916
Business Men
Organize Club
Twenty-live buniimM men of Hold Hill
renolvnd to la-gin th„ Now Year right nt
• smoker given by H. D. Rasd In the
valor company's oiH»«. Tim gm-ata were
anvil,Id, h ) by Invitation on Tuesday ow n­
ing. In a hriel speech Mr. Reed outlined
tlw purpoae of getting together (or tlx,
ftitnre of Gold Hill and the valley, and
<lccjan«l that the e-entng ahonld lm ile-
voted to tlu, frank and lm|>arllal illaen«-
siou of improvement problem«.
It waa «iiggmn d that a permanent or­
ganisation (or thia purpoae be perfected,
and accordingly those present elected
Burt A. Adama, president, M. I). Bow­
er«, treasurer, ami F. W. Dodge, nscre-
tary. Objection waa raiaed to tlie «tern-
typed name« iu commun nw for aimllar
clubs, and the idea prevailed that the lie
cal organixalion should derive Ila name
from the matter of UMMt Interest to it«
uiemla-ra at any particular time. luoott-
s-quenee a motion prevailed to term the
club temporarily, " T h e S u g a r Beet
Bunch," with the understanding that
each one ahotdd devote every energy ami
inHivnee toward securing the factory lor
southern Oregon.
J. 11. Beeman «poke for ten minute«
upon tlie importante of the augur iwrt
Jackson Co.
NO. 36
Beet Acreage
Spurts Ahead
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERALINTEREST
Medford, O r., J a n . 6 —A January
thaw has set in upon the frieidity that
shrouded tlie campaign for. tin -»-tahlish-
u.ent of a $»t»«),0(«> beet sugar fa- • >ry in
th ■ Rogne River Valley, amt it, • was a
revival of interest, anil a gencrw!
.ing
Events Occurring Throughout o t of the insidioue thral' di-w —iiSfkism
Long Battle of the Fojjr Rivers
Sunrday. To date over MXXt acrua have
the State During the Past
New C oncrete B ridge Over Evane Creek N ear Rogueriver
be n signed np, and min-h more is in
Believed Ended and New
Week.
prospect. Citia-ns and landowniTs*have"
Movements Under Way.
planned a fann-to-farm csui|&dgn to re­
cur« the necessary acreagt-.
»
Furchaaara Would Withdraw Action.
The following farmers and fmi-go, wera
London.—Completa failure of the
Salem — A tentative proposition waa throughout the valley have -iv ,| for
Oerman campaign of the Four River«
mads to the state land board to have a reage.
which has constituted a long series ot
the state withdraw proceedings for r e -1
Point—Narmgan A .-on. Frank
battles on the Hiura. Rawka, Bilica
covery
of
20,000
of
the
«0,000
acres
In-
^»1«,
Fret|
pe|OUH., Joe IL,akin-, \Val-
ami Nlda, with heavy losses, Is re­
volved in the Hyde-Benson dummy i« » Bergman, C. A. Knight, b n. ( liar-
ported In dispatches received from Pe­
frauds, upon the payment of $2.50 an |ey> I. L. Bradshaw, C. E Terrill, G. B.
trograd. They contradict the Berlin
acre by the Innocent purchasers. The Brown. R. H. Toft. A. Z. Hsaelton. W.
oontention, that the German advance
consent of the government Is neces- j jf. Straub, J. N. Riley, L. B Warner,Sr.,
la progressing.
sary before the state can carry out the w. W. FrMoe. B L. Dodge, Ernest Adi
Austrian reports of a repulse of the
agreem ent
am« and F. H. Madden.
Russians In Galicia are also contra­
A
report
of
the
purchasers
asserted
Seattenhg acreage, not cl i.-sifi d as to
dicted by the Petrograd dispatches.
that they bad secured the school district, an-: A Conro Fi. ro, Stevens A
A Petrograd dispatch to Reuter's
tracts in good faith, aud that to push Brown, F. S. Cari«nter, C. 11. Pierce,
Telegram company says:
the suit to recover title would be to F„ J. Brown, Latta A Hopkins. John H.’
“In the opinion of axperta here, the
Inflict a hardship on th e « _ Some of ! Carkina, Crystal Springs Orchards, II.
battle of the four rivers, as the long
the
tract« have passed through sever- j D. Schuler, E. J. Parton, J. A Perry,
series of engagements on the Riura,
al hands, It is said.
F. L. TouVelle, George B. Ckrpentor, D.
Rawka, Plllra -and Nlda Is popularly
II McCurdy,
\f.J-__T J. Walter.
H.
known, ">*> '»“ considered ended
N ew F reig h t T e rm in a l a t Pendleton.
a« cl,simian of a special committee lo
Willow
Springs—D. W. Stone, Geo. P.
"Not only have the Germans and
Pendletoa.—Vice-President and Gen­ Mims. Eldon Bros., Mrs. I). X. MeNas-
create interest in the matter, bi« fellow Austrians failed to advance on the
eral Manager J. P. O'Brien, of the O.- ser, Roy E. Smith, J. AV. Burkholt, Mrs.
ineinlx-n being M. S. Johnson and Rowe Russian north and south line, roughly
W. R. & N„ announces that the pro­ Frank McKee, John Sisty, A. C. Carlson,
Smith, the latter of Tolo. Mr. Beeman's lying from the Vistula to Warsaw.
posed freight terminal at Pilot Rock R. H. Davidson. Sain Anderson, Fred
remarks were attended with great Inu r- Klelce and Plnciow, but everywhere
Junction, near the Pendleton city lim­ Straube, E lm e r Higinbotham, G. N.
est.
have boon repulsed with heavy losses
its, will probably be started early in Davis and F. M. Palmer.
Road «ti|iervi«nr J. E. Davidson «poke and the attacks now proceeding may
the spring, but that an actual begin­
Table Rock—M. C. Collin«, Lee Vin­
briefly ami to the point upon the value of be construed as an effort to gain time,
ning depends upon the disposal of an­ cent and E. W. Carleton.
community cooperation will, hi« branch ponding new operations.
ti-railroad legislation at the coming
Talent—Wellborn Bee-nn. Gram Dzyis,
of puldie work, of tlu, importance of bet­
"By tha occupation of Krement, Ze-
session of the legislature. Mr. O'Bri­ A. Widener, L . G . Edwards, * R.
ter highway« and their dircet effect upon teton, Hereth and Radautz, In Buko­
en says that the European war is not Keachert, Merrick A Holmes,
tv.
all buflineas, and upon tlnf plan« which wina ou the Roumanian frontier, Rus­
responsible for shortage of funds with Ross, Lilly L. Jeffries, Walt» r Jeff.
a«.
he lias outlined for tlie coming season. sia not only holds the strategical rail­
which to Improve the railroad system, Ia nnox, H. S. Glenn. E. C. Gardner nd
He wan saaurpd the active assistance ami way Hue connecting Bukowina with
hut that legislation opposed to the Willard V. B. Camplieil, Geo. C. G«i hr.
aid of tlu, iiieuils'raliip in ids good roads western Galicia aud Hungary, but Is
rallroadgTTOgether with high taxes is Mr. Foxha!t, R. E R n b i n - U r . n
program. -jxi*
within 100 miles of Hungary over easy
mainly responsible.
Kent, George Morse. I. C. Williams, L.
The mail order problem was dragged passes of the wooded Carpathians."
H.
Houston and C. II. Thomas.
into tin, discission by II. 1). Reed, who
Pioneer Quarry Reopens.
Saturday afternoon members o f the
niainlained that tlie tendency Io shop t,y
German Submarine is Conqueror.
Newport.—Pioneer stone Is once committee in charge of the campaign lor
| mw I was the real ruination of country
Berlin, via wlrelesa to Sayville, L.
more being quarried after a lapse of securing acreage visited th e Rogueriver
mildness. To clinch this argument lie I.—Au official announcement made
18 years and promises to develop an and Evans Creek districts and found a
produced llgures for the money orders is­ public through the official press bu­
Industry In Lincoln county which has healthy sentiment t h e r e for planting
sued by tlie local post ollie« during the reau says:
been neglected. The last stone taken tieets, and in tlie neighborhood of 1000
lost year, amount inihto more than $15,-
“A German submarine boat reported
from the quarry at Pioneer was used additional acres are expected to be sign­
000,00. F u lly three - fourths of this by wireless to the admiralty In Berlin
In the construction of the Call build­ ed up from these sections.
an,omit nitty be designated us having de­ that It has torpedoed aud sunk In the
ing in San Francisco.
parted for the eatalog house.
English channel off Plymouth the Brit­
The product is sandstone, lighter in
Various plans were advanced to curtail ish battleship Formidable.
color than any other In the northwest
"The
submarine
was
pursued
by
the activity of the mall order menaoe, j
and, it is said, will not deteriorate in
and a campaign was suggested that will Rrltlsh deBtioyers but escaped un­
fire. The government is reported to
lie laitli edueational slid profltnble to the, harmed."
S cen es a t S ite o f G old H ill’s N ew P ow er P ro jec t on P ro p erty be considering buying this stone for
patrous of ha-al business men.
Hesters ,
the postoffice at The Dalles.
o f Rogue R iver Public Service Corporation
present at Ihe meeting pledged themselves
THE MARKETS.
Medford, Or., Jan. li.— ‘There is no
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to an aggressive and continued attempt
s entiment among landowner- of tlie valley
Seven
are
Indicted
on
Recall
Fraud.
to prove tlie worth of the “ trade a t,
Portland.
Portland.—Seven secret indictments against the sugar beet proposition bnt it
home” slogan.
Wheat—Club. $1.29; bluestem $1.31;
In connection with alleged frauds iu is essential that they are thoroughly fa­
latter iu tlie evening luncheon was ser­ red Russian, $1.22; forty-fold, $1.30;
circulating petitions for the recall of miliarized with beet growing before the
ved with coffee, and the arguliers made ' red fife. $1.24.
Mayor Albee and Commissioners required acreage can be signed up” was
Hay—Eastern Oregon timothy, $16;
the most of the inlet mission and the tas­
Dieck and Brewster were returned by the statement mads by Sam net Storey,
ty sandwhiches. Tlie discussion of plans grain hay, $11; alfalfa, $13; valley tim­
the grand Jury here. False names and the iieet sugar expert who is here in the
Seattle.
Tuesday
Divisinu
Superintendent
Stod­
and the proposal of other important work othy. $12.
Wheat—Bluestem, $1.30; club $1.29; addresses, said to have been written interest of a Utah firm endeavoring to
dard. of t l i e California-Oregon Power
Butter—Creamery, 32c.
continued until midnight. Adjournment
make possible tlie construction of a
company, Acted ns host to a purty of Med­ red Russian, $1.23; turkey red. $1.25; in the petitions, were the basis of the
Eggs—Ranch, 34c; candled, 36c.
was taken for two weeks. A committee
IWO beet sugar factory in tlie valley. After
charges.
forty-fold.
$1.29;
ftfe,
$1.24.
of three was appointed to make tlie ne- i Hops—1914 crop, 12c; 1913 crop, ford citiaens, including several members
visiting the various sections of tlie vaUey
Barley. $27.50 per ton.
of the City Council, in a visit to tlie pow­
eessary arrangements f o r tlie coining i nominal.
Mr. Storey states that the farmers seem­
Hay—Timothy,
$15
per
ton;
alfalfa,
er
plant
of
tin-
Rogue
River
Public
Serv­
in,ding.
Wool—Valley, 16c; eastern Oregon,
ingly take the wrong altitude, thinking
$13 per ton.
ice corporation at Gold Hill.
20c.
that where sugar beets are grown irriga­
GENERAL
VON
STEIN
Superintendent Dodge, wlto has charge
tion is necessary. This condition need
of tlie work, showed the visitors, except-
not exist in many spots. Yesterday Mr.
ing tin- host, who remained with his auto- Shot to F righten P u p--L ad
8torey found a beet on the Winter ranch
GENERAL MAYTORENA
mobile, over the works mid explained lo
Sincerely Sorry for R ash A c t
on Ross Lane which weighed .'15 jxyunds.
them the character of the work under
way and what would be necessary to in­
The News has been asked to make a
Grants Pass, Or., Jan. 7. — Messrs Jesse ,
stall mu additional unit of 2lMM) h. p. to
correction
of a paragraph appearing in
Churchill, President, Alee RoselwroOgh, ,
Salem. Or.—A lock of his own hair,
take care of the Medford contract for
the previous ¡«sue, regarding the killing
Gem ral Manager, Sidney Spruot, Chief1
taken from the hand of one of his vic­
furnishing current to the city at whole-
of Sprague Reigel’a Airedale, “ Trailer,”
Consulting Engineer, nil of Sun Francis- 1
tims, who had fought desperately for
sal e rates, tlie city to become tlie distrib­
by Frankie Garter. While the main de­
<-o, ami I lurry Wullhera, Division Mana
her life, and that of her child, held be­
uting agent, should t li c Contract lie
tails
were
correct
and
the
dog
is
indispnt-
ger, and H. 0. Stoddard, Division Super- ’
fore John O. H. Slerks, a feeble-mind­
awarded to the new company.
alily dead, it is stated that Frankie (lid
inleuilent mi l Electrical Engineer, of tlie
ed inmate of the state insane asylum,
It is understood that upon the return
not
purposely
take
t
h
o
gun
from
the
Ciiliforn'n-Oregon Power company, ar­
caused him to confess to the killing of
of tlie party to Medford (lie individual
house to shoot the ottending pup. Ac­
rived in Giants Pass on train No. Ill last
Mrs. Daisy Wehrman and her little
members expressed themselves as highly
cording to'the Imy’s account the rabbi,
night mid were tlie guests of the General
boy in their cabin, near Scappoose, the
pleased with tlie work mid tlie future it
was
in
the
yard.
Two
other
hoys
had
C nuisel, of tlie company, A. 0. Hough, '
night of September 4, 1911.
promises, and in on? instance the remark
called F rin k ie out to shoct a bird in a
nt a dinner party at the new Josephine
Thus, the authorities say, is John
was made that it is a credit to tlie devel­
nearby tree. At an ill-omqped moment
Hotel. It Is understo si tlie party are iu
Arthur Pender, convicted of the crime
opment of the great natural resources of
“ Trailer'' made his raid upon tlie rabbit.
the city on tlie annual infpection of their
ami sentenced to be hanged, proved
Southern Oregon. The various members
Alarmed for tlie safety of his pet the boy
various interests.
guiltless. He will, it is believed, be
if the party expressed their gratitude to threw up the
», ... , , I
. ...
. ,
tlie gun, containing a singl,
freed by executive order In a few days.
Mr.SUsidard for ins efforts ... show,ng . sM 1,
,)t U)e ,,
to frighton it
Credit for solving this most heinous
them tlie
the progress living
being made In the dts from
,...... its .....
trl,rf(ll|y
quarry.
Endowm ent Campaign a 8uccesa.
and most mysterious of Oregon crimes
velopment of this far famed Valley.
| ed to liis parent« that he had no thought
Newberg. -In a fine ra lly th a t be
belongs to George A. Thacher, a crim­
of killing ‘Trailer” , having shot at i
gan in tho afternoon and was renewed
inologist of Portland.
Grants Pass, Or., Jan. 7—O. P. Helt, haw k at a similar distance without niti-
iu the evening, the friends of Pacific
There seems to ba no doubt of the
Meinlx-r o f the American Institute ol terial damage to tlie bird, and that to
College on Thursday completed their
truth of Sierks' confession. While
Electrical Engincera and general sales­
have
slain
tlie
pursuing
pup
caused
him
man o f t h e General F.leetrieal eom­
campaign tor the $100,000 endowment,
feeble-minded, he is eapable of rea­
pany, of Schenectady, New York, is in tlie sineereat grief. His parents are firm
and the gifts keep coming in. The to­
soning and seemed to understand thor­
the city liguriug with t|i< Hogue River, in imiintaiiiing that Frankie will not be
tal Is now over $115,000, and the cam­
oughly what was meant when lie was
I’ublie Service corporation on the new ja nnilbsl tlie use of firearms for son e
General Msytorena, the Villa com­ electric equipment that Company promises
paign for funds will be pushed still
asked to stand and take an oath to
further, as a still larger sum Is great­ mander, who hae been beselglng Naco, to install, in the event tlie City Of Med­ time io come, and deeply deplore the boy­
General von Stein, who is In charge what he said. He signed Ihe confes­
ford gives the company tlie contract to ish folly that was responsible for tlie
Mexico, on the American border.
ly needed.
of
the commissary department of the sion with a bold hand and seemed
ftirnisli electric current at wholesale rates. little tragedy.
much relieved thereafter.
German army.
GERMANS AGAIN FAIL
IS RUSSIAN REPORI
One Beet Weighs
Thirty-five Pounds
Medford Councilmen Inspect Local
Power Project; Express Satisfaction
Power Officials
Visit Grants Pass