Gold Hill news., June 26, 1915, Image 2

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EVERY SATURDAY AT (¡<»1.1» H llX . JACKSON COUNTY,
OREGON. BY
B en H. L am pm an
barerei! «t tin $(}• >1«! Hill pentodi«' for trmiMiiission through the maila aa
acconti-« ia.-« m atter
SATURDAY-, JUNE 26, 1915
SUBSCRIPTION
$1.50
PER
ANNUM
IN
ADVANCE
O. & C LAND GRANT DECISION
(George Putnam, in Medford Mail-Tribune)
You may find
Read These "just
the thing '
For hard or soft wood of Hurst quality
order (Kan John J. Ritter. I'tmiMi :tF21.
Found— Valuable pair of eye glasses,
specially gnm nd tenses. Owner may re­
cover property by calling a t News ottl«>
slid |>ayiiig charges.
FOR MAI.K—farm wagon, good double
ham cas, horse, good in saddle or buggy,
and saddle cheap. —Greenleaf Ranch,
Kunes ('reek.
W anted:—Good milch cows, calves amt
title pigs, on time: ilefcrnsl lutyments
well sernted
Address Sleep, Hollow
Farm, Gold H ill: II. A. Ensign, A. E.
Dixon, manage««
Oliver Typcw ritria for sale and rent: —
No, 6 Oliver Machines ir tirst-class con­
ditions rented al the rate of $4.00 (or
three m onths.
—A. K. K luaw w ,
Sal«>s agent for the <»liver Machine.
Orders taken for any book puhlishisl in
the United Stales. Also we an- the sub­
scription agent for all V. S. and m any for­
eign msgasines and pa|s'rs.
—Jo h n R. Kelsey,
•
with Gold Hill News.
'Twan Denver Pan, (ha roughest
rogue th at ever
trod a tie,
who
rolled his smoke and putted the pill
and glared me In the e.ve. The ate»
was on the little tire behind the rat
tie yards— and I was just a home­
sick kid, w ith bums and beats tor
pards. Then ta r It seemed, my
tattler's farm — they gibed aud passed
the can- I shuddered In the sum
mer breete, and stared at Penvei
Pan. From out his hairy nostrils
oosed the sw irl of lasy smoke:
he
cleared his whiskered throat
tor
speech and huskily he spoke. "Non
alnt It queer." sneers Penver Pan,
"w hat luck may blow along?
Kid.
if you know a single trick, speak up
—and make It stron g !" And
si­
lently they passed the cun. and nar­
rowed were th eir lids; 1 squirmed
beside the little tire, the sorriest ol
kids. "Come th ro u g h !" he spat—
and how was 1 to know It tor a joke?
W ood by tier or cool at lowest m arket
I tumbled through my scanty turk
and shivered as he spoke. She cost price, delivered at your shed. Fittest Hr,
four-bits— and worth It, too- than pine, laurel and {oak. Jo h n J. R itter,
old mouth-organ did: she thrilled Phone 3F2I.
m.v hand and kissed my lips —and
Gasoline and auto oils always on hand
Penver Pan was hid. And hidden ami (or sale at unbeatable prices, a t the
was the little tire behind the stock Parting A Hodges Mabie. Gasoline stri c t
corral, for I was just a farm er boy pum p, prom pt, etheieut service.
that's playing for a pal.
I»on‘t re­
member what I played for
pretty
near an hour, but when 1 paused the
night was sweet w ith honeysuckle
720 acres, solid body, in Meadows dis-
flower.
Nor was I leans! of any
bum th at took the road to roam
j trlct, small house and good barn, old o r­
th eir eyes were fixed upon the fire
chard in hearing, several good springs,
1 swung to "Home, Sweet Home." alsiut -U» acres under cultivation. Price
Mouth organs may he vulgar, aud $12. 50 per acre.
th eir tone alnt
always clear but
Oflfl acres, near Debenger G ap, 111 miles
Penver Pan, the roughest rogue
from Gold Hill, over 100 acres under cul­
he threw away the beer!
tivation, 10 room house, good barn, live
This May Jar
B u t hang o n , i t
a Little will do y o u g o o d
’ . vl
This is the time for putting up berries, and a little later in
the season fruits of all kinds will be in abundance
DON’T W A IT TO B U Y JA R S
B U T B U Y THEM W HILE th e
PRICE IS R.IGHT
HE DECISION of the federal supreme court in the 0. & C.
land grant case is of great importance to Oregon, involving
land with an assessed value exceeding $21,000,000, which i s
W e h ave the old M A SO N , Cried
mortgaged for $30,000,000 and has an actual value exceedinp
$60,000,000.
and true:
This land has been withheld for years from settlement or
use. It has been known as the “Harriman preserves,” from th»
Pints, per
Quarts, per *7 f*
1-2 gallon
a
remark made by Mr. Harriman that the railroad was “preserv­
dozen
dozen
per
doz.
4)
ing it for the benefit of future generations.”
N ew cap s 2O c d ozem b est ru b b e rs
The land was granted the railroad promoters, every other
3 d o z e n fo r 2 5 c
section for a twenty-mile strip on both sides of the track, as ;
subsidy for construction and to aid by its sale the developmen'
of the country. The grant stipulated that no tract larger that
Stock Ranches s a r E C O N O M Y JA R S, w e have them
160 acres should be sold one person, and a maximum pric
of $2.50 per acre was to be charged. These provisions neve
too; y o u know w hat t h e y are
were observed, the land sold in any quantity to applicants, at al
—none b e t t e r
prices, until all sale was stopped some years ago.
Payment of taxes on this property was dodged for y ear
Pints, per
A Quarts
1-2 gallon
through the property’s being kept unsurveyed. Actual figure-
dozen
per doz.
per doz,
show that less than a cent an acre has been expended in tax
N e w lid s 2O c p e r d o z e n
ation. During the past two years tax payments have been refu
creek through it, and several springs, nil
giMxl land. Price $:t5.t»t> per acre.
sed by the company on account of litigation involving the title.
200 acres near Beagle, finely im proved,
The land grant has worked a tremenous hardship upon th>
inclading stock and all agricultural im ­
W e on ly guarantee these prices
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
state, contrary to the effect intended, withholding from settle
plem ents, all lor $10.00 | ht acre. Terms.
ment and developm ent some 2,300,000 acres. A map of the re
for a sh ort tim e--the price is
For the first time since the disease
(«04 acres in one solid Ixxly live miles
gions involved looks like a checkerboard, with half the land heli was reported In this state rabies has oat, Sams Valley diatrict, nearly all u n ­
sure to be higher
idle. Mining, timber and agricultural devolpment have beet made its appearance In Polk ceusty. der cultivation-, no better alfalfa or g rn it
Conrad Peterson of Silverton and land in this county. Price $100 per acre.
stifled by the do-nothing policy.
Floyd Day of Ysqulna were drowned
120 acres on Foots Creek, 7 miles out,
According to the decision rendered, neither the government la the Siuslsw river, above Point Ter­ 45 to 50 ai res under cultivation, as much
nor the railroad won a victory, though the railroad loses its es­ race.
or more could bo easily cleared ami cul­
government land office at Vale tivated, almost unlimited range for slock,
sential contentions. The government’s petition to forfeit the has The allowed
homestead application: good house, two large barns, hog and
grant is denied. The pleas of intervenors for trusteeships are amounting to upwards ef 50.000 acres chicken
bouses, g<xxl stream through it.
rejected. The railroad loses all but a $2.50 an acre equity in since January 1.
Price $75.00 per acre.
the grant and is enjoined from disposing of unsold land until Portland was awarded the gold med­ 100 acres near Asbestos, 20 miles out,
al for the largest aumber ef milk ex­
congress has time to legislate for their disposition. The settler ’ hibits at the Panama-Pacific Interna­ some under cultivation, s m a l l Imus«',
large am ount of small fruit, sm all Ix-ar-
clause is held an enforceable “covenant” and not a “condition tional expoaitlon.
ing orchard, most of this is heavily tim ­
The convention o( the Oregon State bered, unlim ited range for stock, several
subsequent.”
Letter Carriers and the United Asso­ gixxl large springs. Tills is u bargain at
To punish the railroad company for its flagrant violations ciation of postoffice clerks w ill be held $4,500.
Considerable stix’k and im ple­
of the conditions stipulated in the grant, the property is made Saturday at Salem.
m ents go with the place at I lint price.
subject to congressional action, the railroad retaining its equity The Uaien Meat oompaay. of Port­ Several other farms, large ami small,
land, was the lowest bidder for the several fine garden tracts from two up to
of $2.50 per acre for unsold portions. Congress can make ap­ beef
contract for state tastMuflous for 50 acres, improved and unim proved, sev­
B utler p a p 'r, printed in aicordance
I saw cord wood to stove lengths with
propriation to pay the railroad this amount, some $5,750,000, the next six months.
eral of them arc decided bargains. If you with tl»' law, for sail' on order at Tltc power saw, promptly on order, Phone
and assume full title to the lands and do as it pleases, or it can C. W. Tebault, a promlaent real ea w ant anything in tins line it will pay you News office.
John J. Ritter, 3F2I.
order the sale under any terms and conditions it deems proper, tate man of Albany, was found dead to call and aee ini', or write for particu­ Cedar Fence Posts for -ale a t reason- For Sale—On«« 2A Folding Brownie in
in his office with evidence that he lars on any of the above.
able price. For information call at the first class condition, aloo Portrait A ttach-
or it can authorize the railroad company to dispose of them in had committed suicide.
News ollie«'.
ini'1,1. Inquire ut The News
any way it prescribes.
Trading stamps sad premiums are C.S. REDFIELD-GOLD HILL, OR.
be abolished lo Roseburg by agree­
Claim-jumpers and squatters must look to congress for re to
ment of members of the Roseburg
lief. They have no standing in law. Congress is empowered to Merchants' Association.
deal with them as it pleases—either give preference as pur­ One hundred twenty three students, _
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the largest class In Mie 32 years of the
chasers or ignore them.
school's existence, have received dl
By the decision the railroad is the loser and the government plomas from the Oregon Normal.
A n o th er Chance! 6 0 D A Y S ONLY! From June 26th
the gainer. A less than six million dollar equity is all that is The Ladles’ Civic Improvement club
of Vale has perfected arrangements to
left the railroad out of sixty million dollars of property. Half hold a "bebiejs’ improvement conven
S o o n er or L aber
the land in a territory sixty miles wide and four hundred miles tlon" at Vale September 1, 2 and 3. D O t h i s N O W !
The
entire
business
section
of
the
long, that was withheld from development, can now be thrown
To eve ry lin e o f h u m an e ff o r t
open by congress to settlement, and the population and resourc­ town of Tim ber was completely de­
th
e re com et a p ro p h e t, w h o
stroyed by fire, entailing a loss of
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tees c le a rly beyond
$12.000, buildings and stocks eovered
by
about
$8000
Insurance.
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It is up to the Oregon delegation in congress to unite upon
More than 75 persona attended the
T hings as th ey are
a policy whereby this land can be utilized to best develop th( 13th
annual reunion of the descend Make your summer pleasant—
One
to
stay
by
you
and
be
with
a
n d h it co u ra g e m a tc h e t h it
state and the region affected secure material benefits. Here is ants of Lewis and Elisabeth Rinehart
Don’t go away with aching
v itio n
you
continually
held at the fruit ranch ef Mr. and Mrs.
an opportunity for true constructive statesmanship.
teeth!
T. A. Rinehart, near Salem.
A P P R O V A L O R D IS A P P R O V A L
Jackson county is materially interested in the future of the
Eugene Is rapidly completing three
S A V E M ONEYI
land grant, as it contains some 441,791 acres, much of it fine of Its largest buildings, a high school
a n tha l a m i to him, fo r ho hnowa hi»
BE HAPPY!
him your wish by taking advan­ w ork w ill in e vita b ly p r o w itaolf. Tho
timber land, and much of it mineral. At its present assessed costing $110,000. a state armory cost­
$75,000, and an administration
A T T R A C T IV E T E E T H
tage of this offer at once.
ath iaoom on i o f
valuation it is worth $75.000 a year to the county in taxes. If ing
building at the university, costing
the timber was cruised it would probably be worth much more. $$9.000.
Add greatly to the appearance
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Two hundred and five deaths ef of a person, to their social life,
Oregon pioneers were recorded during
Workmanship, utility and mat­ p ra c tic o w ill a m p ly pro ve tho r a t e r , ,
BRIEF WAR NEWS
also to health and pleasure
narrow ravine east of the Loretti the year ended June 1, 1915. according
erial guaranteed the BEST.
which followa on« w ho hnowa
Italy has completed tha fourth week hills. This position has been defended to tha annual necrology prepared by
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If y o u w a n t
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»Show
D o IT Now !
of her bMllgerent activity, without a ! w ith deeperatlon by the Germans
success that cut ha raaatvad enthusi­ since May I sad whan It waa finally
taken by the French only a few of the
astically at home.
Reports of tha fighting on tha waat defenders remained.
The Austre-Oerman forces are not
arn front, as given out In Berlin and
Paris, differ in Important particulars, only nearer Lemberg. Galicia, but say
particularly with reference to tha san­ they have driven the Russians farther
guinary fighting that still contlauas across the frontier of Poland In the vi
north of Arras. According to the Oer i clnlty of Tarnogrod, es well as pane
man war office, new attacks by the trating farther Into Bessarabia.
From the Gallipoli peninsula comet
French and British on the western
front have resulted In defeats for the information that the British and
them. Attempted advances in the Ar French allies are in possession of only
ras region In northwestern France about 10 square miles of the southern
near the Belgian border and la the end of the peninsula. The Turks are
well fortified and are not only offer­
Argonne have been repulsed.
The allied forces report gains at ing a stubborn resistance to any fur
various points. The French have at I ther advance, but are carrying out de
last completely surrounded and car termined night attacks with the bay
rled by assault the Fond de Ruval, a onet.
1
George H. Himes, of the Oregon His­
torical Society.
Contract for the construction of the
terminals for the O-W. R. A N. at
The Dalles and Pilot Rock Junction
below Pendleton hare been let to
Twohy Bros., and the work w ill be
started immediately.
Indian War Veteran Talks
(Continued from 1st pages)
Mr. M ontgom ery’« pergonal contri­
bution to Oregon hl«tory waa, and I»
worth while. Aside from blatorlcal
value It should serve to remind Mr.
Grouch th at the country Is young
yet, and has really made rem arkable
progress w ithin the memory of men
who knew it in the rough.
T h in k
of the billions of germs going
into the stomach, causing in
digestion and undermining the
system—in time causing other
germs to attack the weak parts
—finally causing fatal diseases.
N e g le c t
Causes Pyorrhea, loosening of
teeth, and soon a total loss, also
decayed teeth causa Lad breath,
cancers and running abcc.scs.
D o n ’t N e g 'le c t !
Full set o f teeth
Cold Crowns 22 K. heavy
White Crowns
Bridge Work
Extracting
Alveolar Work
.
.
Gold fillings up from
Best silver or amalgam
Cement fill
$12 00
4.00
4.00
4.00
.SO
. 5.00
2.50
1.00
1.00
Cleaning Teeth, with work, FREE; examinations FREE
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lo r s R o o m s
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