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Gold Hill
C r a o t t t l N a tu r a l R t t o u r t t t
a ! S a u th tm O r tg o n i t On
b a a u tifu l N o g u t N iu tr
NO. 37
GOLD HILL, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1915
VOL. 17
Today is Sugar Beet Day; Work for Record in New Acreage
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FABULOUS LOST CHANNEL
OF JACKSON CREEK FOUND
$ 3 5 PER PAN IS R CM STRIKE
A fter Years of Search Prospector
f in d s /a it h Rewarded by End
/ of Golden Quest
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Lo, She is Everywhere!
Rgx Lam pm un, in N ew York Sun
BILL NYE MINE TO INCOR
PORATE MINING COMPANY
BLUE SKY LAW DISCUSSED
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)rf>dlnrd, Or , Ja n . 12.—W hat la lie-
U i I ip the liiiiK-MittKhl-ltirliiat chau-
M o f Jackson creek haa tss'ii located,
after years of fruitless tunneling ami pro
specting by A. If. E nyart, of Jackson
ville, a placer miner, engaged in pruapcct
work upon the lim n er place, a quarter I
of a mile eaat of Jacksonville, and adjoin- i
lug the right of way of the Barnum rail
m ad. Saturday afternoon in- struck tiie
«1 I creek bed al a itcpth of 43 feet, and
it ia thought to iw the lost channel th at
yielded forty millions In gold in pioneer
days. A nugget worth $3» was taken
from the pan Saturday, and according to
report the oilier |ians washed netted $3o
each in gold.
If early expectations in
crease, a gold strike can lie expected.
Aiii«.r <uii Pre»» A»»<>clAllon
In liis development Work Euyearl pro-
M ita Genevieve C la rk , daughter of
gresevd upon the theory th at the original
bed, or one of the forks of Jacknoii creek, Speaker C la rk , who ia reported en
was pi Lite south of its present location. gaged to J a m e i M. Thompson.
He also believed th at a landslide a cen
tu ry or so ago buried tlda channel and Nina Q u aket Shake C alifo rn ia C ity.
Sauta Barbara. C al.-—Nine d istinct
rich gold bearing earth . Tile develop
ment« of last week justify in a measure earth q u ak e shocks w ere felt h ere a t
In I e r i a la u t a acconti.
this theory.
Saturday Euyearl c u t through t h e
stone capping covering (lie channel and
found bedrock, amt is now preparing Pi
pierce this section. Yellow atone was
first found umler the recent (geographic
ally s|s-akiug) soil covering. Then came
a streak of blue gravel, similar to the pay
d irt at Yreka, that lias for years yielded
a golden revenue every m onth.
For
Public Service Tender for City
years prospectors have worked upon the
tla-ory th at the lost channel was to the
Ligh ¡ng Much Less Than
st. It was this channel th at in early
C -O . Proposal
•¿¿hues m ade Jacksonville o n e of t h e
World’s greatest gold camps.
Tile trend
of the Enycart findings is in a northeast
Two bills for the,street lighting contract
erly direction.
were considered by the city council at the
When interviewed this morning, Mr. special meeting of Monday evening —one
Enyeart refused Pi divulge any inform a hindered by the California-Oregon Power
tion on his discovery, saying that he was company, th - other b y the Rogue River
not ready pi give any details. Before lie- Public Service corporation. Gwinn to a
ginning work on the present dum p he desire for thorough investigation by tiie
sank a shaft on the north side of the B ar lighting comm ittee the m atter of definite
num road. This m orning lie was engag ly acting upon tin? projaisals was deferred
ed in putting in a casing and has installed until Saturday evening, tonight.
a gasoline engine. Three men are at
Baaed upon t h e installation o f 100
street lights, covered by ideutlcal specifi
work.
The report of the find created hut little cations, the bids of the rival companies
excitem ent ill the county scat. A half w elt'as follows: By tiie California-Ore
dozen old miners were out this morning gon company, lot) lights installed and
surveying tiie ground adjacent to the E n m aintained, $55 per m onth, -50 cent» ad
yeart work.
Enyeart lias a contract for ditional for each ex tra light of 40 w atts;
the mineral rights t o t h e land he is by tiie Bogne River Public Service, 10»)
lights installed and m aintained, identical
working.
equipm ent, $48 per m onth, 40 cents ad
ditional for each ex tra lig h t. Tiie latter
Naco Peace Pact la F in a lly Signed.
company also presented a counter bid,
Naco, A rls .-B rlg a d le r-G e n e ra l Hugh
L. Scott, chief of sta ff of th e U nited specifying wooden poles a n d difl'erent
S tates arm y, successfully concluded equipm ent, same num ber and candle-
the negotiations for peace along the power of lights, a t $30 per m outh.
The California-Oregon Power company
Mexican border. Both G overnor May-
lorcna, th e V illistä com m ander, and was represented a t the meeting by sever
G eneral I*. Ellas C alles, com m anding al im portant officials; II. C. Stoddard,
tho C arranxa troops in Naco, Sonora, division superintendent; Sidney P ro u t,
have signed the a g ie e m e n t elim inating consulting engineer; Alex. Roaeborough,
factional w arfare along the Sonora general m anager, and C. 5V. M artin, of
the field force. The Rogue River Public
border.
Service corporation wus represented sole
ly by F. 5V. Dodge, local m anager and
Emden's Captain ia Held.
engineer,
and A. A. Flynn, chief elec
London.—C aptain von Muller, com
LOW LIGHT BID
MADE BY LOCAL
POWER PEOPLE
m ander of the G erm an cru iser Emden, trician.
has arriv ed in E ngland and is a p ris Some comm ent of an adverse nature lias
oner in one of the officers' detention been made locally upon the installation
cam ps In W ales. T he place of his In of the iron standard three-light ty|>e,
suggested in the first place by the Cali
tern m e n t Is being k ep t secret.
fornia-Oregon company, which placed a
sample light in the city. Many citizens
M other-Teacher Victor.
A lbany, N. Y,—A' teac h er may not however, favor this type of light and it
be dism issed because she ftbnents h er was to meet this dual dem and and con
■elf from the public schools to bear a form to sim ilar specifications th at the
child. C om m issioner John II. Elnley, Public Service corporation tendered t wo
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-of the s ta te d ep artm en t of education, 'Kids.
decided.
The O regon Irrig atio n
congress
W hile Itoum aifla h as n6t tak en l h ' closed Its fourth and larg est annual
fateful step, the belief' ex ists In th
sosslon at P ortland. T h e following
co u n tries o f the n in es th a t she soot officers w ere elected: P resid en t, Asn
will do so. O th er developm ents arc n. T hom son, Echo; secretary . F red N.
expected.
The relation»
betw een W allace, I.nldlaw ; vice presid en ts, J.
Greeco and T urkey have reached tti. 5V. B rew er, P o rtlan d ; John Rigby,
breaking point ovfer th e alleged 111 Vale. nnd A. M. Craw ford, Salem.
treatm en t of G reeks In Asia Minor.
.County Ju d g e Maloney, who could
Italy Is grow ing restlesii over T u rk ey ’s have held office two y ears longer, In
delay in giving satisfactio n fo r the accordance with a ruling of the su
violation of the Italian consulate at prem e co u rt, resigned in favor of
H odelda, from which th e B ritish con C harles W. Mnrsh, who defeated T.
sul, who sought refuge th ere, w as for P. G illiland for the office In tho No
cibly rem oved.
vem ber election, and who w as ap p o in t
ed to tho position by G overnor W est.
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Beauty walks not on the heights.
Nor lurks in the caverned sea:
She slips not forth to dance o’ nights
On some sequestered lea.
S. B. Vincent, Examiner, Points
Out Merits of Local Mine and
Discusses State Law
To her the weed is as the rose,
The turbine as the sail;
The sculpture doth not her enclose—
Her house is not her jail.
8. B. V incent, examim-r for tiie Cor
poration Departm ent, visited the Bill Nye
mine last Week, prelim inary to the is
suance of a perm it for tiie sale o f the
stock of the Bee Hive Mining A Milling
company, t h e corporation which haa
taken over the old Bill Xye property.
As a result of Mr. V incent's exam ination
of the property it is expected th a t a per
m it will issue almost immediately.
“ The Bill N ye," said Mr. Vincent,
“ ought to pay well with com petent m an
agement and scientific ore treatm ent, and
will» depth large bodies of ore should I»
opened np. The veins are not wide and
while the work already done lias been
rather expensive, the attainm ent of depth
may show th a t these widely seperatfld
and narrow veins will come together, in
wbicii case it is possible th a t the vaine»
will increase. 5Vith the installation of
some additional machinery, th e develop
ment of this property ought to be rapid
i and productive of good profits.”
There is no use to quest for her
In places old or new;
There is no East or West for her;
She hath no chosen crew.
She hath no time, nor any place,
She knows no foul nor fair;
Look where you will, there is her face—
Lo, she is everywhere!
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Southern Oregon’s Shortstories
News Brevities of the Week From Rogue River Valley Cities
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T he legislative com m ittee of the
P re m ie r Rene V lv ia n l, the French
sta te editorial association m et in P o rt
statesman who Is reported to havs
land and decided to recom m end to the
said th e re will
compro*
8o mu h misinform ation l i a s been
w ill be no peace compro.
association th a t it approve a law re
mise.
spread regarding the Blue Sky law, by
quiring a uniform ra te on all publica
opponent» of the same, th at the New - ob
tions required by law, and th a t the
tained the following statem ent from Mr.
unit of charge be the line of type,
Vincent, who is thoroughly conversant
ra th e r than th e lin ear m easurem ent.
with both the intent anil application of
Innocent purch asers of lands w ithin
that muchly maligned measure.
the Benson and Hyde school sections
“ It is peculiar that so m any false re
will be given confirm atory deeds to
ports have been spread regarding tiie
the property on paym ent to th e s ta te
Blue Sky law. Of course crooked pro
of $2 50 an acre if the provisions of a
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moters and persons who live from day to
resolution adopted by the s ta te land Gold Hill Gathering Enthused
day and from year to year l>y fleecing tiie
board become effective. T he in terio r
public through the sale of fake stocks,,
By Sugar Beet Prospect;
d ep artm en t will be asked to approve
and bonds are against the law, but the
th e plan.
5 00 Acres is Goal
work of tiie Corporation D epartm ent for
R epresentative Hawley, since h is re
the past year has more than justified tiie
tu rn to W ashington, has been labor
5Vhat is characterized by the Medford j enactm ent of the law. Millions of dol-
ing with th e forest service try in g to
expedite action on th e classification ■ press as “ the most successful sugar beet : *a™ have been saved to tiie people of Or-
of lands In the various forest reserv es meeting held so far In tiie county,” con e«on through the refusal of the C orpora-
in his d istrict, and especially th e Sius- vened at the Wego theater in this city ,ion Departm ent to perm it the sale of
law reserve, from w hich he hopes to Wednesday afternoon. Despite the al- . fake bond» » n J stocks, but no legitimate
have elim inated a considerable area i most continuous dow npour of rain sever- industry, mining or industrial, has had
J al score of farmers braved the weather to j anJ difficulty obtaining a perm it under
tn Lincoln county.
i be present a t the local launching of the j tbe Blue Sky law for the sale of their se-
| campaign which is destined to mean a ■ curities.
Bold Burglar Fnters Beeman
I greater prosperity for the entire valley. I “ As you are more particularly interes-
Home While Folks Sleep; Loot j By c o m p a ris o n w i t h et*w « W ® th e a c re j te d in m in i n g in ibis section it may 1-e
j age signed was not large—am ounting to I interesting for you to know that tiie Cor
is Jewelry and $ 2 5 In Gold n s aorua—but tiie spirit of willingness to i poration Departm ent, as at present com-
I cooperate w as s tro n g ly evident, and th e j posed, is friendly to the m ining industry.
Early Wednesday m orning th e rest- caniPai>-’n will be earned by a personal ' No m iner »1...
a
denceof J . H. Beeman was burglarized c' ,m," Utet‘
«»ms Valley and the ad- wh . does not wish to overcapitalise bis
l.y an unknow n craftsm an, who looted a . j1“* " 1 creek valleys-
" line wiU have
troub,e » * ‘‘"8 a
bedcham ber of valuables while members
Chairm an J . 11. Beeman, who conduc- m lt from the Corporation D epartm ent for
of the family slept. The thief ransacked tetl t,ie rat* tin8' introduced W. H. Gore, the sale ot stock. All that we ask is th a t
t iie various toilet articles upon the dres- i of Medlord, as tiie first speaker.
Mr. the company give investors in their stock
ser, and was rewarded by tiie discovery I ^ ° re sP °ke a t length upon the manifold a square deal. Any person who invests
■of a jewel case, containing among other advantages of t h e project, f r o n the in mining stock, or any other stock, is
trinkets a costly gold locket. 5\'itliin the 1 standpoint of the practical fanner alone, entitled to a fair deal; he must know
locket rejxired $25 in gold coin
The ani' b'8 rem arks w e r e attended with that the cards are not stacked against
jewel care was taken to the kitchen and (treat interest. In concluding he touched him.
I f the company is dealing the
its contents scattered about the floor as uP°n t b e companion industries t h a t ■ cards from a “ ohoney” deck a perm it
the fellow rejected th at which he appar- mU8t evolve from t'ne location of the will n it issue. .511 that we ask is th a t
ently considered n o t easy of disposal. Plal]t in t,li9 valley, statin g th at 1,000,000 the good faith of the prom oter be shown.
The locket, however, with its m inted br’ck would be required for construction,
“ Any honest miner will be encouraged
contents, m e t with approval and was 16,000 cords of wood burned annually by , o develop his mine through the sale of
numbered among the subsequently miss the factory, and thousands of tons of lime i stock to tl»e public. He need have no
required in the sugar extracting process. I fear if in his own heart he knows he is
ing articles.
“ Y ou have,” said Mr. Gore, “ the best honest and that he has a good prospect,
Tiie apprehension of tiie thief may rest
lime in the world for this purpose, right but if in his heart he knows he is not go
upon this particular piece of loot, as it
here at Gold H ill.”
ing to give the public a fair run for its
was of peculiar design, oval in shape and
H . Van Hovenburg, a Hams Valley money, he had better not ask for a per
bearing in relief an emblematic moose-
rancher, exhibited specimens of the sugar m it for the sale of stock.
I am a pro
head.
beet-mangle, grown by him for stock spector myself. I have always treated
E ntran«! to the dwelling was made feed the past season, and described the
through t h e kitchen door, which was process o f planting and growth. This the m ining company which incorporates
cracked near the l o c k by jimmying. beet, although not identical with the su as I would like to be treated were I to
Pliers had also apparently been used to gar beet, is of sim ilar type. Despite the incorporate my properties. T hat is all
there is to it.
seize tiie key, and it is probable th a t thia unusuully dry season, and entirely w ith
“ I have heard m iners say that they
was the method which gave adm ittance. out irrigation, the grower claimed a yield
had been told that a m ining company
Mrs. Beeman awakened a t 3:30, at whiclt of 25 tons per acre.
conld not. get a perm it for tiie sale of its
time the house was dark and seemingly
George E. Carpenter and Mr. Perry,
unmolested. Later she states th at she Ixitii well known ranchers of the Medford stock unless it had a 'producing mine.
thought someone was moving alxiut else district, gave brief and interesting talks Isn’t th a t silly? No m ine ever was a
where in the house, and called out. Re upon the local possibilities of sugar beet«, mine at the beginning. All mines had
ceiving no answer she dismissed the sus together with the certain stim ulus of to go through the prospecting stage. If
picion ns nervousness and returned to cattle raising and dairying to be brought a company had to have a producing mine
before it could sell stock there would ia?
sleep.
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about by die excellent cheap feed afford
little stock sold, as producing mines do
In the morning it was found th a t the ed by die tops and pulp.
not often have to sell stock. No mining
early visitor had turned on liglrfS in both
Samuel Storey, soil expert for the sugar
j dining room and kitchefi, also- thought-1 beet company, answered all questions company will be ham pered by the Cor-
j poration D epartm ent if th a t m ining com-
fully shutting off the alarm clock d n the
die th interested
ro o « where severe! m em ber, of th e lam , | asked
assured by them
at the signing“ up
lan.i
“H'’ “ “ “
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Jo cC . 'in lth , former county commis
sioner from the western district, haa been
appointed roadinasn-r b y t h e county
court The position pays a salary of $125
per m onth, including expenses and trans
portation. Tiie office ia th a t of g-neral
chief to the various road supervisors.
Alleging incompetency, the school dist-
I rict of Wolf Creek in Josephine county,
is seeking tiie removal of tiie teacher h ir
'd last fall. A “ strik e " of pupils leaves
tin' instructor with but two scholars, and
tiie case is now before the uounty super
intendent for decision.
An oiler of $100,boo for the Buzzard
group of claims on 1.1k Creek, tendered
by E. B. H anley, ol Medford, has been
refused by the Peail Mining company.
E xperts say th a t from $2.5,000 to $30,000
will be taken out by * pril 1st.
Mossbackism won tiie day in Medford
Tuesday by defeating the proposed char
ter, which contained many im portant
improvements. V. J . Emerick was elec
ted mayor over C. E. Gates by a m ajo r-'
dy
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Federal Commission to Study
Gigantic Philanthropies: May
Result In Government Control
New York.—W hether reso u rces of
approxim ately a q u arter of a billion
d ollars controlled by four g reat phil
an thropic in s ’itu tlo n s should be em
ployed w ithout governm ent regulation
In the prom otion of e n te rp rise s af
fecting public w elfare, especially th a t
of wage ea rn e rs. Is one of th e ques
tions which th e F ederal In d u strial
R elations Com m ission will bring to
th e front h ere during Its forthcom ing
hearings. In v estig ato rs for th e last
tw o w eeks have been p rep arin g d ata
on which to base th e exam ination of
w itnesses.
T he four in stitu tio n s a re th e Rocke
feller, Sage, C leveland and B aron de
H lrsch foundations, th e la tte r rep re
sented In th is country by Jacob H.
Schiff. T h eir chief officers have been
sum m oned to testify and w llkpe asked,
it w as said a t th e com m ission head
q u arters. to tell w hat policies govern
the d istrib u tio n of th eir ch arities,
th eir attitu d e tow ard labor problem s,
.¿he n atu re of th e ir schem es for social
b e tterm en t; in sum, to disclose In de
tail the c h a ra c te r of all th e ir activ i
ties.
W et Act to Be Voted Upon.
Olympia, W ash.— S ecretary of S tate
Howell com pleted th e official canvass
of petitio n s for in itiativ e m easu re No.
18, the hotel m en's anti-prohibition
law, finding 45.361 valid sig n atu res,
13,625 more th an th e num ber p re
scribed by law.
Chapin Qets Pardon From Governor.
j
Salem .—W. H. Chapin, convicted of
larceny by bailee in P o rtlan d for ap
p ropriation to hla own use of $3500 be
longing to Marion Annie G race, was ily slept.
given a full pardon by G overnor W est,
No r trange™ or vagrant* were known
who executed th e in stru m en t upon re to be in the city the previons evening.
ceiving a bond, signed by C hapin's but an early morning freight could have
friends, g u aran teein g th a t he would brought tiie nervy prowler to the scene
m ake restitu tio n ,
I ,,f his labors, and doubtless did.
115 ACRES EOR
SUGAR BEETS IS
SIGNED AT MEET
m eant its thorough investigation for j
fitness, and th at tinder no oircumstances i .
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te , t )e readcrs of tiie News
would he advise tiie planting of is-ete 1 !*"“ the Bl,,e Sky Uw is thl‘ friend ,,f th,‘
. . .
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j honest m iner everywhere ami it has al-
where th e crop would not yield success- rea(ly done a great ,,ca,
miui
fully to the grower. IT,or to the me. t- Oregon on a good basis, it wiU do more
ing Mr. Storey also investigated various L ,
n >.
(Continued on local page)
«• time goes on.