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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT QOLD HILL, JACKSON COUNTY,
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W e H ave a c o m p le te lin e o f tw o -p ie c e
a n d U n io n S u its for Spring' a n d
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The O r.gea State Master Bakera*
taaoclattea «111 hold Its aanual oea-
Entered * t Uw Untiti H ill pusudhe. for trau-siuuwiou through Ute inaila aa
second-class matter
SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1915
SUBSCRIPTION
$1.50
PER
ANNUM
IN
ADVANCE
THE FIRE
Contributed
HILL received its first baptism o f real fire Wednesday
G OLD
afternoon of this week, which started in or close to the
Livery and Feed bam of Darling and Hodges, on sooth side of
Second Avenue North; ot better known as South Main street:
Origin of fire unknown—report current that some small
boys playing with matches in rear of the building, in the alley,
started the blaze. The buildings being all frame and containing
inflammable goods and stock, and being fanned by the wind, the
fire gained instant and rapid headway, and had spread to the ad
joining buildings before the fire fighters arrived.
The losses were: Darling and Hodges, two barns and one
dwelling house, totally destroyed. Lose $4,000. No insurance.
S. V. McFarren, Jewelry store and dwelling, entirely de-
stroyed. Loss $2,500. No insurance.
John Ritter, one dwelling. Loss $500. No insurance.
I. T. Galligar, Blacksmith shop and house. Loss $500, cov
ered with insurance.
Val. Snyder, Blacksmith tools and fixtures. Loss $1,000,
with no insurance.
Joe Hicks, iPlumber's tools, etc., $500, and no insurance.
G. C. Garrett, Househbld goods, no insurance, loss $150.
Tom Wes 6, Household goods, loss not known.
Mrs. Dan Hkhardh, House and furniture partly consumed,
but entirely ruined, as were her fru it trees and garden. No in
surance, and a loss of $500.
Dwelling house of George Lance badly damaged, and loss
not determined?
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William Flippen lost one horse, and Dave Noe one cow and
one horse burned in Darling & Hodges feed stable.
It might have been worse, but valiant work on the part of
all the fire boys and citizens, and the girls that helped, /had the
fire under control within an hour.
Let us be charitable, in saying th a t no one was to blame.
It was unfortunate perhaps, that the reservoir had been
emptied of water the afternoon previous fo r the purpose of
cleaning it, op the order of members of the sanitary committee,
Patrick and Kell, in spite of the written protest served upon
them by Engineer Dodge, and the drain upon the water during
the night and following forenoon for the city’s uses and also for
irrigation purposes kept the water much lower in reservoir than
usual but when the fire started the pumps were running at their
maximum power and it is due to the rapidity and the capacity
of the pumping system th at there was enough water to get the
fire under control and to save the dwellings close by in the east
ern part of the block and the adjacent warehouses on the north.
If there had been “no water” all .the buildings in the block
and in the blocks east and south to the river and the warehouses
to the north would have been consumed as they caught fire sev
eral times and it is owing to the fact that we did have water
that the remaining business portion of Gold Hill exists today, \
The community interest displayed in fighting the fire was
heroic, everybody worked like “Trojans,” the fire boys, the high
school students, that with quick initiative and intelligent action
made a rush for the high school fire equiment, and with a re
cord making dash, were soon on the scene with cart and hose
and did splendid service in staying the flames, and the citizens
too formed a fire brigade to be proud of.
If the same unity of purpose could be exerted all the time;
as well as in time of such calamity; for the saving, the uplift
and progress of the city, it’s advancemet would be a marvel to
all the pessimists and reactionists.
It is only fair and just to add to this that the reports ap
pearing in the daily press to the effect that “the water supply
weakened owing to a slackening in the power, the water in the
reservoir being exhausted by the exigency” is untrue without
foundation in fact, as the truth is there were seventeen inches
of water in the reservoir when the fire was under complete con
trol and this was owing to the recent improvements made at the
dam and plant that the machinery was and could be run at its
maximum power and the enormous supply of water to meet the
exigency, at the time required, could be kept up and supplied.
Local Superin-
tencfent Resigns
VX >1»<
Gold H ill, Oregon,
, 4pr»l 26th, 1915.
mbers, Board of
chool Director»,
Gold Hill, Oregon.
itiemen:
hereby tender my resignation a» sup-
itendent of the Gold H ill School«,
e to take effect June 4, 1915.
wieb to say that my three year» work
odd Ilill have been most pleasant
■>nes, due very largely to the harmohlons,
loyal and friendly co-operation and spp.
port of the Clerk and the Board of Direr-
tors given me in all matters pertaining to
the welfare of the schools. Believe me,
that I am snd ever shall be grateful to
you and to the citiasna of our city for the
m a n y considerations a n d kindnesses
shown me and my family.
We shall re
gret very much leaving this fair little city
and onr friends, hut larger fields call us
and we feel that we should go.
With best wishes for the continued
success ,,f your scho->:, I beg to remain,
Very sincerely yours,
—B urt A. A dams .
reatlaa 1« rorttenri, Jaas 7, 9 gad 9,
B. Byvaraea. U yaara eld. waa
blown to pieces at Coquille by an u -
plotlen of dynamite which alee wreak
ed the cnhln he occupied.
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On June 10. (0.000 acres ef non-trrtc-
able land In Morrow, Crook and OIIU-
am countlaa w ill be opened te entry,
under the enlarged hemeetead law.
All resorts far Ssinday aohoel COB-
ventlena In Oregon w ire broken when
the thirtieth annual cenventtea open
ed a thrde-day suasion In Portland.
The tre a M ry department hdh award
ed the contract ter the hulldtkc oP'tha
postofftee at P aad l.teo te James S.
W inters of Portland. Ths hid was
199,187.
i* Known to nsarly nil of the world's
greatest cowboys, ' Buck.'' the famous
bucking bull, te deed^ a victim of too
much clrtllaatloa, »aye a Pendleton
report.
Henry L. Bowlby, former state high
way engineer has Issusd a statement
denying allegations of State Treasurer
Kay that he was extravagant and neg
ligent when in office.
The MW.OfO Elks Temple at La
Grande has been cdfoplaled aad tu rn .J
over to the lodge hnd w ill soon be
dedicated. The structure la one of
the moat beautiful In eastern Oregon.
Two thousand, pupils, ranging In
ngss from & to 20 years, participated
In May day exorcise» and the county
annual spelling contest held at H ills
boro. Fully (000 persons were pres
ent
Twelve candidates have been nom
inated In the contest for queen of the
Portland Rose Festival, which will be
held Jnne 9 to 11. aad half a dosen
other nominations by various civic
and fraternal organisations are ex-
pec ted.
The annual district convention of
the Epworth League will be held in
Medford June 4, 5 and 0. More than
100 delegates are expected from the
district extending from Roseburg, on
the north, to Klamath aad Lakeview,
on the south.
W. V /. Austen, county school super
intendent of Grant county, has In
formed State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Churchill that a summer
school w ill be held at Hamilton from
M ay 31 to June 26 to prepare appli
cants for teachers' examinations.
Two fatal acctdeata were reported
to Labor Commissioner H off during
the week. J. G. Porter being killed
while engaged In logging at Walten
and Pete W olf while engaged in a
similar occupation at M ill City. Twelve
of those Injured were engaged In rail
road work and 10 were logging.
Henry J. Schulderman of Portland
sucoeeded Ralph Watson as corpora
tion commissioner, and announced he
proposed to encourage the develop
ment of the state's resonroea. He
asserted that he would pay more a t
tention to the protection of Investors
than to acquiring a large revenue.
Cattle prospects In Baker,-Malheur,
Harney, Grant aad Union counties are
the best in many years. Cattle era
on the range earlier than aver after a
good winter. The range la in good
condition, the animals look better
than aver at thia time of year and
stockmen expect satisfactory prices.
The extension department of the
Oregon Agricultural College has com
pleted a aew bulletin designed to
guide the different county fair hoards
throughout the state In arranging the
details covering all types of agricul
tural exhibits which might ba made
at any kind ef a fair, large or smalL
Portland — A grand Jury 1» the cir
cuit
court
returned
Indictments
against Albin L. Clark, Daniel B. Col-
hdme and James N. Linn, charging
them with having altered 20 ballots
cast in precinct 37 at the general elec
tion last Notemr-er
Oliis Athletic Union Suits - - $1, $1.50 per sw)
Genuine Porosknit Union and Two-piece suits
$1.00 per suit
We have the celebrated Cooper’s Closed Crotch
Union Suits at $ 1 and $ 1.50 per suit
T H E N E W ,$ U M M E k W A I S T S F O R
L A D IE S A R E H E R E
W© have priced two numbers Special at 95c and
$ 1.35 each for quick sale
We have a number of broken lines of Shoes that
we are closing out for less than co st. Come in
and be convinced.
To our complete line of Men’s and Ladies’ Shoes
we have added th e White and Tdn Barefoot
Sandals for Misses and Children
ANCE
Legal Notices
&c
OMPANY
ere or otherwise may bo barred anil
foreclosed of all rights, claim , or equity
of redemption (except as allowed hv
: law) in said piemlses.
This summon, is published by virtue
of «n order made by the Hon. F. M.
Calkins, judge ol the above entitled
Oourt, on the 6th day of May, 1916, the
first publication to be m ad. on the tub
day of May, 1915, and tbe last publica
tion to be made on lbs IPtb day ol
June, 1916,
— M olkky A C hsrby
Attorneys lor J*laiutiff
Medford, Oregon,
T h e people of th s city of Gold H ill
do-reeolve as follows:
N O TIC E FOR P U B L IC A T IO N
- T hat the petitions for referendum,
DgfAKTMSNT or THE IMTBKIOB
signed by over 100 cltlaeus of Gold
07042
H ill City, of tire resolutions
men
8. Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon.
tioned thereon, be referred to tbe peo
April 29, 1915
ple for ratifyeutlon or rejection, and
N o tic e is hereby given that Cyrus
th at an election be called for this
W . D o«, Father and help of Charles M-
purpose oa the 22d day of May, 1916.
Dow, deceased, of Gold HiU, Oregon,
Approved A pril 19, 1916.
Who, on March 29, 1912, mails Home
J. ». R. M O RELO C K.
stead Entry, Serial, No. 07942, lor the
Mayor.
Bt< ol N W i and W t f ol NE.fc, ot Seo-
HEN H . L A M P M A N .
i
tion D) Township 35 8 , Range 3W , W il
Recorder.
I
lam ette Meridian, has filed notipp o f in
Nolice of Sperisi Rrferendum flection
tention to make Final Three-vear Proof,
to establish claim to the land above
The foregoing resolution calling a
Norice Is hereby given that in pur-
described, before W . H . Canon, U . S.
sperlal election upon referendum pe
•nance with a petition signed by the re
Commissioner, at his office at Medford,
titio n , specifically relates to the fol
quisite number of voter«, a Special Re
Oregon, on tbe 14th day of, J''ne, 1915.
lowing resolutions, adopted by ac
ferendum Election ip and lor the City
Claim ant names ae wilnesscs:
of Gold H ill, Jack iron County, Oregon, tion of the council of Gold HUI, Ore
George W. Brigg, of Gold H ill, Oregon. will be held on the 22<1 day of M ry , gon, on A pril 7th. 1916:
"T h e people of the city of Gold
George Garrison,
,”
1916, at the City Hall of Gold H ill, O r
Frank Childers,
”
”
egon.
The poll, w ill be open from 10 H ill do resolve as follows:
W, J. Smith,
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That the proposition, section A. of
a. m. to 1 p. in, and from 2 p. in, to 7
the California-Oregon Power
com
-J. M. U pton , p. m.
pany.
for
installation
of
an
electric
Register
4 30
The election will be tor the purpose
of referring to the ciiisen. ol Gold HiU, pumping system for pumping water
Oregon, the following propositions, as to supply said city of Gold H ill, and
fo r furnishing electric current
for
In the Circuit Court of the- Htele ol adopted by resolutions hitherto p.isaed
operating said pumping system for a
by
the
City
Council,
of
Gold
H
ill,
Ore
O »gon, for Jackson County.
period of ten years, bo and the same
gon:
The Gold M ill Bank,
the
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A
R
e s o l u t io n accepting the propo hereby Is accepted, and th at
a corporation,
:.
sition of the Callforuia-Oregon Power mayor and recorder of said city are
P lain tiff, ;
hereby authorized to enter Into a
vs.
: S ummons company, made April 7, 1916, for the
installation of a street Lighting System contract with said company, carry
Edward J. Ede, Louise E. :
and furni.liing electric current therefor ing out the terms of said proposal,
Kile, his wile ; Harry C. Ford,:
for a period of ten (10) years:
whenever and as soon as the
re
Mary J, Ford, his wife, and :
400
Yee.
strainin g order Issued by the c lrru lt
Charles Erlw eln,
:
-<01
No.”
court of the state of Oregon for Jack-
Defendants.
"A
R
esolution accepting proposition, son county on this date. Is dissolved;
To Bdwsrd J. Ede, Louise E. Ede,
it being the Intention of the council
bis wife, Harry C- Ford and M .ry J. Section A, of t h e G.lifornia-Orqgon
that said officers shall not enter Into
Power
company,
made
April
7,
1916,
lor
Ford, his wife, d e l e n d a n l i named
the installation ol an electric pumping said cootract binding the city of Gold
•hove.
system and for furnisbiog electric cor H ill u ntil the same may be done
IN T H E N A M E OP T H E STATE OF
rect for Operating tbe same lor a period w ithout violating the order of said
OKKOON. You are hereby required to
{court; that the said contract shall be
of ten (10) years:
appear sod answer the complaint filed
{entered Into w ithout any fu rth er ac-
402
Yee.
against you in the above entitled court
| tlon of the council as soon as said
403
No.”
and cause, on or before six weeks from
restraining order shall be dissolved.”
Dated May 6th, 1916
the day of the first publication of this
"T he people of the city of Gold
Ben
H
.
Lampmaa,
sommons, the first public.Ron being on
H ill do resolve as follows:
Recorder.
May 2tfi, 1916, the time prescribed in
T hat the proposition, except and
J. B. R. Morelock,
tfie order bf publication thereof.
exclusive of proposition C, of the
Alayor.
And yon arb hereby notified that if
California-Oregon Power
company,
yon fall to appear and answer said com
fo r the Installation of a street lig h t
plaint, for,want thereof plaintiff will ap
ing system and furnishing current
ply to tbe court lor the relief demanded
therefor for a period of ten years,
in the complaint, to -w it:
submitted to the council on this 7th
For a decree of this court against you
day of A p ril, 191a, be, and the same
for.the sum Of 2560.00, with intereel
DR. ARTEMAS W. DEANE Is hereby accepted, and the mayor
thereon from tbe 15th day of September,
and recorder of said city are hereby
1918, until paid at the rate of 8 per cent
DENTIST
authorized and directed to enter In to
per annum ; for attorney’s fees in the
OSS ADKINttegRKD
a contract with said company, carry
sum .Of $100.00 an I costs of thia suit
ing out the terms of said proposal
to be taxed herein ;
RIALTO BUILDING, MEDFORD
That the ifsual decree may be made
------------ ----------.------------ when and as soon as the mayor and
recorder shall enter Into the con
for fbdsale of the premises described
tract with said company for Install
in the complaint herein as AfT df the
ing a pumping plant and furnishing
S W ^ o f Section 5 in Town ship 86 South
electric current therefor, pursuant to
of Range 3 West of jlga W illamette Me
ridian, situated jn Jankaan.County, Or
(«solution of even date herewith. It
being the Intention th at both con
egon, and the proceed# of such raje be
CO.
tracts or neither shall be entered
applied to the paymetR of said principal
sum of 8660.00, i^ e re e t, gttorpey’a fees
Into .”
and costs, and for a deficiency judg
Gold H ill, Oregon, A pril 20, 1916.
ment if there be not sufficient funds
B E N H. L A M P M A N ,
realized from such sale to pay said Eastern France Raided by Airmen.
Recorder.
Paris.—German
aeroplanes,
doubt
sums;
That you and each of you and all per less In reply to the recent French air
Red Dragon Squirrel and Gopher Polson
sona claiming under you and each of attacks on Frledrlchshafen, bombard
will get tlin-i | t s .
For sale at Bowers
you either as purchasers, enenmbranc- ed various towns of eastern France.
Pharmacy.
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Professional Cards
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