Gold Hill news., January 23, 1915, Image 1

Gold Hill
G r t a t t i l N a tu ra l H t i o u r c u
o f S a u l h a m O ra gun I I On
b a a u h fu l K ogua K iv a r
Je (íaU Mill
Jackson Co.
O na C o m m u n ity o f O ppor -
t a n ily - - R o g n a K ivar V a lla r,
w hara I ha a p p ia ga in a J fa m a
NO. 38
GOLD H ILL JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1915
V O L 17
Sugar Beets Signify Success :: More Acreage Needed at Once :: Sign Up for Prosperity
CLUB ENTERS FIGHT FOR
PROTECTION OF ANGLING
BUSINESS MEN ORGANIZE
TO MALT LOOTING ROGUE
Splendid Meeting Shows Spirit
of Citizens in Other Matters
'it**
of Public Benefit
Must Hustle for Acreage to FOUR COUGAR KILLED IN
Assure Beet Sugar Factory
WEEK NEAR WILLOW FLAT
“It is up to the people of the Rogue river valley to get
’ out and hustle as they never hustled before, if we are tq
’ secure the beet sugar factory. The battle ia just half wwi,
. and the fight is entirely with us. If we secure thia factory
■ we must have the required acreage by February 1st, that
’ will pass the soil expert’s tests, The beet sugar men will
' do the rest, if we do our part. »Ve have occasion to be
, optimistic, but there is work and plenty of it to do, before
‘ we can be confidently assured of success. We must comb
' the valley for acreage, and not miss a foot of available
, land.”—Statement by W. H. Gore, Chairman of the Beet
, Sugar committee.
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HUNTERS BRING G R I^ TO
FELINE EAMILY ON EVANS
Claim Cougars Destroy Many
Deer; Timber Wolves Also
Furnish Variety
Additional evidence that the c mgar is
by it fine community
a premier poacher upon the game of our
spirit and real willingness to aid actively
Oregon forest«, is afforded by tlie relation
ill the upbitiMlng otsouthern Oregon and
of Fred Brown and Cbarle« Penningham ,
Hold Hill, wus the (Booad regular meet­
of Weed, Calif., who have htmtcl the
ing '4 tlie local InialneMH organization,
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great cat of the mountain« through the
U-tnporarily termed t h e "Sugar B eet
heavily t ’mbered district of Evan« creek,
Bunch.” At a previoua meeting tills en­
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north of this city, tlie past month,
titlement wan chosen by vote, ua express­
i Camping a t a site near Willow Flat,
ing the m olt im portant purpose t«(ore
j a famed rendezvon.« for hunter«, the two
tlm club and the valley at t h e time
I men set forth daily with dog«, and soon
W hen tlie sugar beet campaign is Inatory
News Brevities of the Week Erom Rogue River Valley Cities
found ahnndant evidence of the presence
the club will ch aiee another letterhead­
j of cougar in the neighboring mountain«.
ing, and work along the hue indicatisl
A man from Mimouri,
W. W hit­ fiarrison Advise« W ar P reparation.
I n a few days tim e they discovered the
thereby until results are procured. More
New York.— P rep aratio n for the de |
lock, lias pnrchcMd an interval in tlie
! carcasHes o f thirteen deer, plainly the
than ¡10 members assemble»! at the club
fenee of the U nited S tates In the ev en t I
Golden Rule « to n at Medford.
work of the big cats, althoogh the kills
rontn Tuesday evening.
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of
w ar was advocated by S ecretary o f,
I had subsequently been visited by tim ber
Two Slot) bill« f r tlie first beef faltcn-
vit*'.
The report of J. II. Beeman, of the lo­
wolves and smaller flesh feeders. Each
i-d on sugar l« ft |ni,p iu the Itogue river W ar G arrlaon, H enry L. Stlm son, ex-
cal and valley committee on sugar beet
, kill was comparatively fresh—in one case
valley, i» tl«' rem arkable offer of a Med­ secretary . and W illiam C. Sanger, ex-
Photo by American Press Association
acreage, was presented and approved.
vast«taut secretary , who were sp eak ­
ford m eat merchant.
& by American I'r»«« Association
James M. Sullivan, American Minis­ the victim—a fine large doe, was still
Mr. Ileeman detailed the nethoda adopt­
er« a t a diacuaalon on the m ilitary re-1
The Southern Pacific has ¡«med a book­
ter to the Dominican Republic, whose warm. Here tlie dogs took the trail with
John B arrett, D irector of th e Pan-
ed and ends accomplished in the tight
qufrem enta of th e country a t th e re ­
’lacrity and soon treed th«- «layer, which
conduct of
rs Is being '
wuged hy himself and associates to cinch A merloan Union, now visiting Coast let entitled ‘‘Oregon For tlie S -ttler,” publican club here.
by a well placed rifle shot,
gated.
containing
view«
ami
descriptive
m
atter
tlie $660,600 Industry for the Rogue river cities to arouse In terest in trad e pos­
i
„ver nine feet from tip to tip,
of tlie Itogue river valley.
Valley. He stated th at, while the battle sibilities.
“ Bread C risis” S tirs Women.
tlie anim al w a s a fully m atured and
for acreage was not yet c .nehided, b tl* i
A l»oy named Waile was shot in tlie
New York.—B om bardm ent of con-1
handsome female. W ithin tlie next five
ness men and raunliers were jw liSi’d in
thigh by tlie accidental discharge of a grebsm en w ith teleg ram s urging an j
days three more cougars were taken, all
feeling optimistic concerning the con­
liolat*-red 11 ealnire revolver last Sunday, inv estig atio n of the rising cost of flour ;
i of these being female yearlings. One was
struction of the factory for a 1016 crop.
witiie iiunting jai-kraid,it« near Hugo.
and bread will be th e nex t step in the i
stoned from the tree in which it had tak-
Bobbing u p with its customary fre -!
For tlie period of nine month«, from cam paign inaugurated by the N ational !
ipieiu y the very lively ghost of commer- I
Jan u ary 1, 11*14, to Heptctnls'r 90th, tlie H ousew ives league, ag ain st the high
cial fishing in the Itogue was introduced
county of Jackson paid out fd,o52.A0 in coat of food staples.
.
Deputy warden l t i i e y Uammcrsley,
—II. I). Reed directing (lie attention oi i
widows’ |iei,.-ious, an d for tlie relief of
P aocX E D igw oF C rrvO ow iL
whose hea ¡quarters is at Willow FI t,
tlie members to the proposs»! legislation
|sx ir8 l 1,773.20.
! brought the pelts down to Jacksonville
Jan u ary 4, 1915.
Following an adjournm ent of one week
for tin1 extension of the Josephine county
Portland.
Three vliildri'ii of Griffin creek, a nsi 4
the first of the week, accompanied hy
Council
m
et
in
regular
session,
Mayor
net Hshiiitf season, as well as the sugges­ Pi consider the problem of city lighting, S and 10 years, were placed in tlie state
W heat—Club. $1.41; bluestem 81.43;
Brown. Inasm uch as the bounty upon
Mqrelock
presiding.
Members
present:
the
council
rtN
ouvcncd
on
Monday
even­
tion that ttie stati' Osh -;id game fund Is*
institution fo rd cp en d en irh ild ren tlie firs t1 red “ R ussian. 81.35; forty-fold, 81.42;
the
four will be $100, the mid-w inter out­
. Adams, Cameron, Kell, P atrick, Red­
mergisl in the general fund ami tlie state ing and astonislied the natives hy exer­ of tlie week, the juvenile court ruling j red fife. 8138.
ing of tlie Weed sportsmen is a profitable
game and fish commission alsilisliisl. It cising their prerogative pi “ reject any tliat tin* m other was unfit to care f o r 1 H ay—E astern O regon tim othy, 815; field, Mrs. T ruax.
The following bills were ordered paid , one. Both Brown and Penningliam claim
was his opinion that a lis'ul sportsm en’s and all bids" subm itted tor the street tliem.
grain hay, 811; alfalfa. 813; valley tim ­
that many more of the anim als are still
'
by
w arrants:
club la* organised, as an auxiliary of the lighting contract. The lower hid of the
' at large in the Evans creek country, and
Bearing i-‘>o in revenue stam ps a single othy, 813. x
commercial Issly, to join in the protest two submitted at tin1 previous meeting
' L. W . Smith, In t. on W arrant
B u tter—C ream ery, 30c.
boast th a t they will rem ain until they
against such action. All present pledgisl was that of tln> Itogue River Public Ser­ deed which enriched tlie government was,
No. 226......................................... .$ 2.22 I have secured tw enty pelts.
E ggs—Ranch, 28c; candled, 30c.
Ule<l
at
G
rants
Pass
Tuewlay.
It
in
v
o
lv
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themselves to inemts'rabip ami th ■ Hold vice corporation, which prn|s,«ul was
H ops—1914 crop, 12c; 1913 crop, i B. G. H arding, Salary for D ec.. . 15.00
From signs observed near the remains
eil tlie transfer of real property to the
Hill Roil A Hun Club came into Is-ing, sent to the discard hy tlie ad versis/cport
( L. W . Sm ith, Commission on
nominal.
of deer slain by cougar, the hunters in­
Iz-oiiard
Orchard«
company
for
a
consid-1
with M. S. Johnson us president, and ol the special committee.
Wool—Valley, 18c; eastern Oregon,
m oney.......................................... ,.15.88 sist that the big cats are closely watched
cration of $86,000. But five stamps were |
No reason was assigned for the action,
Mr. Itced us secretary-ti »'usurer. The
I H. T. Pankey, Salary from Dec.
20c.
by a trio o f the huge smoky tim ber
placed
upon
tlie
document,
each
of
$10,
chili will alliliate with the Itogue Itiver hut it is generally understood tliat the
1, to Dec. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , .. 5.70 ' wolves, which drive them from the deer
denomination.
ligliting
ami
water
comtnitPs’s
have
lieen
Fish Proti-et've association in combating
| Archie W alker, Salary from Dec.
S eattle.
after the kill has been made. Instances
i th e in llu e lic i's now at work to destroy the working iqsiii a plan for municipal op­
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.. 24.01 ! are cited in support of this theory where
W heat—B luestem . 81.43; club 81-41;
Services of tlie M ethodist c h u rc h : red R ussian, 81-37; tu rk ey red, 81-40,
attractive tly-fishing on the up|ier Hogue. eration of Isilli utilities to t i l l ' greater ad­
The reports of the Treasurer and Re- I cougar have been treed by tim ber wolves.
S unday school 1 0 :0 0 a. m ., p reach ­ forty-fold, 81.42; fife, 81-39.
j col der were approved and ordered placed Even in the wilderness it appears that
Deputy warden ltiiey H antiuersley, vantage of the city.
Barley, 830 per ton.
■ on file. The Lighting Committee report- j
who was present, has stated th at the I The discussion which billowed upon ing 11 a. nt., J u n io r L eague 2 :3 0
"dog and c a t" m isunderstanding has
protective officers will la* pleased Pi have the rejection was spirited, hut liappily p. ni.. S en io r I-eague 6 :3 0 p. nt.,
H ay—T im othy, 816 per ton; alfhlfa, I ed th at the speed ordinance was being i never lieen arbitrated.
unmarked
by
any
display
of
ill-teinper.
p
reach
in
g
7
:3
0
p.
m.,
m
idw
eek
p
ra
y
­
'
drafted
by
A
ttorney
Nett'
but
bad
not
i
814 p er ton.
the assistance of the local club in the ef­
i been received. The committee was in- i
B u tter—C ream ery, 31c.
fective enforcement of Ilia game and tisli Adjournm ent was taken to Thursday of e r m etin g , T h u rsd ay , 7 :3 0 p. m. C.
Colonel G arza Named W hen G utierrez
this week, when, it was slated, a pllhlit E. W harton, pastor.
laws
! structed t o present said ordinance a t ,
E ggs—30c.
Flees From Mexico City.
reisirt of the findings of tlie committee
next meeting.
Attention was directed P> the necessity
would Is* made.
W ashington.— Colonel Roque Gon­
Tlie
motion
was
made
by
Adams
and
j
for the immediate establishm ent of a farm
j seconded by Patrick th at the recorder Is* zales G arza, one of G eneral V illa’s
At tlie Thursday evening meeting Burt
implement house in this city, and the in­
A. Adams, chairm an of tlie lighting eom-
instructed to notify the Rogue River Pub­ principal officers, is th e executive
troduction of W. E. Wadsworth, repre­
j mitP e, stated tliat the city attorney had
lic S e r v i c e corporation to discontinue head of th a t portion of Mexican te rri­
senting the Oregon Moline Blow com­
Isen unable to pn pare tlie necessary
their
lights on the city street« until fur­ to ry controlled by th e V illa-Zapata
pany, a Portland wholesale machinery
'specifications and (iiipcrs relative t o the
ther
notification.
Motion carried by a forces.
company, followed in due course.
Advice« to th is effect reached the
propiMsI move within tlie time allowed,
unanim ous vote.
Mr. Wadsworth s|ioko for several m in­ and another adjournm ent was taken u n ­
Attention was called by Redfield that sta te d ep artm en t from A m erican Con­
utes in pluin and lorcefnl business ver­ til next Wednesday evenin'.’. The p'Xt
the city w ater system is in a rerioo« eon- j sul Sillim an. D etails of th e term of
nacular upon tlie benelltssp» Is- derived
dition, who then made a motion th a t a ' office w hich G arza will serv e w ere
f tlie new proposal for hid«, in which the
for the community from an e-tuhli-hed I
; k id d y interestisl, will I«' pub-
Committee Is* appointed to take up tlie lacking, b u t the general belief in Mex­
machinery depot, and sketched the pm- ¡¡Hhc,l in lie following issue of (lie News.
water question and draft specifications ican circles h ere w as th a t he had been
|sisa l that his house lias to oiler to indiv­
and plans for a water system and present appointed tem p o rarily to m eet an
idual business men or a citizens' organi­
¿¿bi
same at the next regular meeting. The em ergency created by the sudden de­
Battleship Leasee P u g t. Sound Navy-
zation.
motion, seconded by Adams carried. A p a rtu re of G eneral G utier -ez and m em ­
Y
ard
on
F
iret
Leg
of
T
rip.
The president appointed It. I,. D arl­
committee of Redfield, Adams, Kell was ber« of his cab in e t from Mexico City.
S eattle.—The b attlesh ip Oregon, re
ing, II.
Raedil, ami C. S. Redfield,
appointed.
T he reaso n s for th e d ep artu re of
as a Committee to confer with tin) com­ fitted and repaired until, h er officer
A motion carried t o empower t h e G utierrez a re unknow n here, but the
say,
she
is
In
even
b
e
tte
r
trim
than
pany's representative, uml rejxirt at the
Lighting Committee to have an ordinance belief prevails th a t he declined to be
w lien she m ade h er cruise around tin
next meeting.
drafted defining the duties of all city of-1 continued in office under the restric-
Horn
to
p
articip
ate
In
th
e
destru
ctio
n
I'u d er th e dis c u s s io n of street im p ro v e ­
fleers. A motion was passed instructing tions suggested by the Z apatistas,
ment« it was suggested, by It. I,. Darling of th e Spanish fleet a t Santiago, sallc i
the Im provem ent Committee to exam ine j
------------------------------
from
th
e
Puget
Sound
Navy
Yard
»;.
and secretary F. W. Dodge, th a t steps
tin* street« around the new school house
G utierrez is in Flight.
the
first
leg,of
h
er
voyage
to
tlie
I’a'
bo taken pi install perm anent curbs, thus
and to provide proper drainage thereon,
El Paso, Tex.—G eneral Eulalio Gu­
defining the street grade ami perm itting am a canal. T he Oregon will call a:
providing the cost does not exceed $25.
tierrez. deposed as provisional presi­
San F rancisco on her way south t.
th e necessary fills to In' m a de w ith a c c u r­
A motion carried to adjourn till Mon­ d ent of Mexico by the convention,
r.i •
acy. As chairm an of this couitnitteu tlie take »hoard sto res and coal.
day tlight, January lltli.
which nam ed G eneral Roque Gonzales
From
San
F
rancisco
th
e
Oregon
wil.
prcsirii nt appointed F. W. Dodge.
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B. G H A R D IN G , '
G arza as his successor, fled from the
proceed
to
San
Diego,
to
honor
th
p re s id e n t A dam s th e n in tro d u c e d U r.
C ity R eco rd er.
cap ital with several m em bers of his
Cunklin, of tile chair of psychology III Panam a-C alifornia Exposition and r
cabinet to escape assassin atio n a t the
Admitted
to
he
the
greatest
series
of
motion
picture
play
ever
celve
m
ore
explicit
o
rd
ers
coucernit
til State I'niv islly, who addressed tin
hands of Z apatistas, according to re­
New
York.—Jam
es
M.
Sullivan,
The players, the
gathering, choosing the happy subject < f the p a rt she is to play in th e tia ia produced and shown to the public by any firm.
A m erican m in ister to the Dom inican ports received here.
celebration
a
t
the
canal,
Besides
Coni
community spirit as evidenced in Oregon.
author and the Pathe’ Film Co., gaurantee to you the quality ropublic, w as pictured a t the inquiry
He was heartily applauded an d ntui"i- inander Reeves, ( upturn Frederic i
T urkey M eets D em ands of Italy.
of the production. The story is clean and wholesome, yet conducted by S enator-elect P heian in
iiiously el ated an honorary member » Ram sey, of th e Murine Corps, and sc»
Rome.—T he T u rk ish governm ent,
to
his
fitn
ess
to
hold
th
e
post,
as
hav
oral
enlisted
men
who
w
ere
aboard
with plenty of thrill, adventures, sorrow, escapes; villainy and
the organization.
according to a sem i-official com m uni­
Ing
been
associated
w
ith
in
te
re
sts
whe
tlie Oregon in 1898, sailed w ith In».
O th e r b ttsin e s- o f the session was tl>
love scattered through it. The grandest scenic effects; the most for money consideration would guar cation published in th e G iornale d'lta-
a p p o in tm e n t o f v a ri i.t
caitding nan
thrilling,
almost unbelievable spectacular accidents appear in an tee to obtain profitable contracts lia, has renew ed its o rd er sen t through
C arranza Lifts Em bargo on Oil.
inlttees, tie- m a p p in g it: o f ,'i .,n re vtnl ,
Rome to the Vali of Yemen, Arabia,
W ashington.—T he B ritisli em basr- every episbde.
People are going to see “The Perils of Pauline” from the D om inican governm ent.
an d th e selection of a vice p re s id e n t— o
in stru ctin g him to give com plete s a t­
announced th a t word had been re because it is just what they have often hoped they w u ld be ab­
w h ic h p o s itio n 11. It. Jieed was titia n i
isfaction for all the dem ands p resen t­
P resid en t W ilson is G randfather.
celved from G eneral C arranza through
in iltu ly chosen.
ed by the Italian governm ent in con­
le to see sometime. Will be shown at the Wego Theatre ever;
W ashington.—A son w as born a t tb s
th
e
B
ritish
legation
In
Mexico
llftlm
Alter an a p p re c ia t' d luncheon of ciiii t
w ith the incident a t Hodeida,
Wednesday evening, beginning next Wednesday, January the W hite H ouse to Mr«. F ran cis Bowes nection
and sandw ich's i.
d u b adjourned to the em bargo on th e exportation of cil
w here T urkish officials forcibly re­
Sayre,
P
resid
en
t
W
ilson's
second
a
t
Tam
pico,
which
had
th
reaten
ed
the
27th, and continued in two and three ^erials with a five reel
meet in hiforu, .1
on on T iu .- k I i ,\
moved the B ritish consul from th e
daughter. Mrs. S ayre and the child
fuel supply of th e B ritish fleet.
cvening next.
program until finished, twenty-one weeks.
Ita lia n consulate, w here he had taken
w ere rep o rted to be doing well.
refuge.
f-
Southern Oregon’s Shortstories
Council Proceed­
ings for Meeting
of January Fourth ^
Lighting Contract
Hangs Fire in City
Council Committee
See “ The Perils of Pauline;ff Motion
Picture Thrills of intense Excitement
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