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NO. 10 GOLD H IL L JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1915 VO L 18 How C. C. McClendon, Local Veteran, Fought Rogue Indians at Historic Hungry Hill O U n g k l . f R ,c U I. I k , M u . f ' i n i U 'SS „ C h i,f John BaJ /«VaR ,1 But Srnn w „ Goarf r,U m * I, S t ,.p , H o ik», T „ „ u „ Tpk,p L o n g A * • 3= Portland. BkHppt M , k , O U T im ,, V „ , w .a r , ’- f able a nation aa ever 1 heard of. Old “ Tliere hasn't been a Rogue here for Ham wa» a man that was liked by 40 year». Uncle Jake Neat hammer owned everybody—but that old John wa» a tlie Sleepy Hollow, that now ia, w tiers devil. the graves wa» iound last month. That “ About Hid Montgomery, that had the old squaw »tory wa» this »ay. Abont a piece in the Journal of Portland. J. K. year after the Indian» wa» taken to the Moore, of Hams Valley, knew Colonel Hi etz, thb squaw—»he was very old— R oom , very well. He »ay« tlie Colonel came hack to Nealhauiincr’« and asked told him of a listile at onr Meadow» Pi dig for tresKtire »he had buried. She where two men was killed. There was located the »pot under Xeathammer’» lots of light» no record wa» kept of; porch. He took up the board» and let maybe one of these wa« the one Mont her dig, and »be found it. He »aid it gomery meant. Colonel R on » sliould of was in an old iron kettle, and moat all known. H b first wife was an Indian silver—maybe $2,000 in all. These Mesa- prince«» and the chief owned that land engers never saw a Rogue River Indian, that Chicago b now built on. Tlie Col- They may have heard, of thb amt Pild tlie onel fought In tlie Cayuse war, too story. I like to keep these thing« "I knew Montgomery. He was a part- straight.” ner of George lackson’n—Billy Jackson, j Here Mr. McClendon signified that the of the Medford liank, h b father—at chronicler might consider tlie narrative bardenellea. They was in the meat bus- aa concluded. Still, lie repeated, it made ineaa. him tired the way history waa balled up “ Somebody tell« me something and I by the rblng generation. And ao hereon, recollect It, but it was all so long ago. with painstaking accuracy, b set down a I don’t know much about tlie fight« tight reoord from the closed chapter of the here—mine was ail ’way down Wolf early day«. Upon one point majority Creek and Rogue River. Captain Bailey opinion overrules Judge Gall. Chief Sam was afterwards killed by Indian» like hb ‘ Deem» to have lieen a pretty good fellow, brother—in California. according Pi h b lights. HUrred to rocoltectlou by (lie tale» of I year. Twooompaniea of it«. Bailey'» ami I be 76 men. Three or lour coiupauiea of hl» eldeat boy. They waa PxJt afterward« otlier old tinier» regarding the Itogue Gordon'«, 160 w e n »trong, left on it volunteer», from the aoutli, on tlie Appb- and «ent to the Siletz. "Tltere waa lota of wounded. I wa« Itlver Indian w ar, 0 . C. MoClendnn' forced night man'll through the dark can- gate Joined with «» there, and we all »talked Into The Naw» oflliw Ttremlay yon, on the old main road. We got to ' took »upper before we went on to tin* HI« detailed for hoepltal duty at Roaebnrg, in the old Billy Martin houae, under Dec afternoon and announced that tie waa Hardy Rill»’ plaaa, tlila end of the c a o -! Bit bou«e. When three "Thao the battle of Hungry II11* start Tboaipaon and P oe Flake. willing to rentier history a nervlw by the yon, about midnight Ho we »toyed there We aim * down Wolf Crwk and mouth» wa« up tboae that got well wa« ««act relation of hl» own exploit», in the and Jnat «tood around waiting for morn- ed day» when Chief» Ham and John »taited • lug. Come daylight we went to Pan cr<Mm*d over tin- monnlaln. We could aide to travel. I come back to Cow Creek a "tiack to the noil”, ntovwnent for white , Levin*« lor breakfa»t and horaefeod—ju»t hear tlie firing. The Indian» wa» down ! and was mustered out, but joined a »py in a canyon, and we fought ’em. We company under Capt. Theodore Prater, tniapaaaere. With the ptawlble exception before tint croasing of OoW Creek. il Judge O. C. Gall, father of Hama V a l-' “ I mind the hog» in the road lead never »aw an Indian, but we covered tlia t1 Well, we waa out not quite three monliia loy, no tine now living 1» better qualified i ami all awelletl up. They wa» Zeke Hall- canyon pre tty thoroughly. We fired at when we waa diacharged. We wa» then to dlaaouna upon the early 60 », or to ’ ey'» Him the Indiana killed in the ca i- tlie »moke of their runs. Our poaition ! o n the North Umpqua guarding t h e tall to mind thune eniiirailea who have'yon ; then they »hot Id» hog«. He caine wa» on an oak ridge, and we stayed tliere Umpqua Indians, for an uprising w«a all that night, all next day and tlie next fuared. But they never made no trouble, already rowed the Divide on tlie laat along with »lx yoke »1 oxen ami two wa night, without any ration». Tlie boy» They come In onoe and tried to utauipede gon», droving hog» from the Willamette trail. Tliey was Mr. McClendon shifted hl» quhl for Pi Rogue River. He never got more than wa» nearly »tarved. * And that'» how »lie our hor»e», but that waa ail. mere afraid of tlie Rogue River* than of clearer converse, fixoil the biographer a mile up the canyon. The onlfll wa» came to tie known a» the battle of Hun the white» with eye« iu< piercing a» the free eagle ol , . loaded with bacon ami Hour. The Indl- gry Hill. “ When Old John and hi» non wa» took “ By and by tlie Indian» scattered and •the upper rock», batted o n e craggy an« ripped open tlie flour ami scattered brow hi momentary reflection and began It. Then- waa crate« ami crate« of chick- went to t h e Big Meadow», near t h e tliey wa» brought to Scottsburg and put We followed , on the I-iUle Waal.lugton steamer. Tb j th e yarn. From hi» eighty-third year he etia. When we got P> tlioae busted wag month o f Rogue River. treviewiil tlie g»»»lly gathering of youth« on» and dead hog», the liruah wa« full ol and caught ’em and fought ’em. They broke loose and mighty near took the who wen- «eltiug out to subdue tlie rising lost chicken», squawking. W a» Cap »caltered again. By thia time they wa» boat, but tlie boys tied ’em and got ’em Bailey and him related? Zeke Bailey running short of provMona, and It wa« ' to the reserve, That old devil waa « “ 1 Joined Cap Gordon’« company at wa» h b brother—Joe w a» our man’« , agreed pi put on watches to keep 'em fighu-r . . . mean. IpMcburg, in ’66,” he reflected. “ It’» name. Tliey wa» broth« r». from getting grub anywla-re and to starve "I guoat tliere ain't many Hogue River» funny that I can't recollect the month. “ Ho wc rented amt came on Pi Grove ’em out. It worked, alright,; after a bit diving now. They wa» heavy-«et Indi- I wiw then, let me ane; I wa» 23 that Creek. There we met the regular», may- they all came in—all but old John and ana, not very tall, and about aa p a c e - Two Qlrls Drown Rescuing Companion Salem , Or.— While b athing in the W illam ette riv er h ere two girls were drow ned while trying to save a third. T he one first lit parti and two o th ers who also w ent to h er a ssistan ce w ere rescued. None of th e girl» could swim, and Salem has n ever known a finer display of heroism . The dead: Dorothy Rauch. 14. high »ebOol freshm un; M aude Sm ith, 23, bookkeeper In Lebanon. n I Outlook for Villa-Carranza Conference Said to Be Getting Brighter. Holiday Train Sadly Wrecked Railroad Commission Change« Nama. Salem .—The railroad com m ission of W heat—Club. $1.03; bluestem $1.08; W ashington.— Miguel Diaz L om bar Oregon haa officially changed its nam e red R ussian. 96c; forty-fold, $1.04; do, m inister for foreign affair« in the and Is now the O regon Public Service red fife, 96c. n orthern branch of th e convention Comm ission. H ay— E a stern Oregon tim othy, $17; governm ent of Mexico, arriv ed here to Recognizing th a t the m ore inclusive g rain hay. $12; alfalfa, $13.60; valley ! join Enrique C. Llorente, W ashington nam e of "Public Service C om m ission” r. Ashland, O r., July 6.—Nine passengers tim othy. $12.60. Tragedy attended the fire which looted i rep resen tativ e of G eneral Villa, Gen- m ore correctly defines the pow ers pos Butter—Creamery, 29c. the law office and undcrtitklitg parlor* of ■ eral Felipe A ngeles and Manuel Bonll- sessed by th is branch of the s ta te serv and seven employees were injured in the E g g s—R anch. 24c. i la, form er cabinet m inister under Ma- ice, the legislature la st w in ter passed yards here early today when an exenrsion A. E Kellogg la«t Friday afternoon, In train going from Y reka, Cal., to G rants Wool—E a ste rn Oregon, 28c; valley, dero. directly causing the death of Reuben T. an a c t providing for a change of nam e Pass crashed into two helper engines. 20c. Caine, of this city From some unknown The Villa lead ers have been confer on Ju ly 1. T here is no change In the The most seriously Injured Is Loyal M ohair—31c. caic»' the Ills»' broke out nl»iul 4:00, ring inform ally w ith officials and have Jurisdiction of the com m ission, w hich Taylor, fireman of one of the helper en threatening by it* proxim ity the adjoin recorded th e ir w illingness to e n te r acquired au th o rity over public service Jan e Addama Find» Desira for Pesca, gines, whose hip was broken. Seattle. ing office of the telephone company mid Into peace negotiations w ith G eneral corporations by a law approved by the All the injured were taken to the hos- New York —T h at peace la desired W heat— Bluadtem, $1.08; club $1.03; C arranza looking to the estab lish m en t people under the referendum In No residence ol Mr. Caine. ' pital here. Phvsieiana say they will re In company with volunteer* Mr. Caine In all the w arring nations, but m ust red R ussian, >7$1 forty-fold, $1.05; of £ new provisional governm ent vem ber, 1912. cover. The injured are: worked a t removing goods from t h e be brought about by th e Initiativ e of fife, 97c. ; which m ight receive Im m ediate recog ' Passenger*— Mr». J . B abich, A’liiaml, Barley—$22 per ton. thn-uPuii'd home. As the lire in tin1 neu trals, wa» tlie indicated belief of nition from the U nited S tates. 42 Cargoes of Lum ber Shipped. leg Injured, • H ay—T im othy, $16 p er td u ; Alfalfa, nearby building waa almost under control Miss J a n e A ddams. who arriv ed here T he a rre s t of G eneral H u erta and A storia.—D uring the m onth of June, I Jo h n E duards, Siedf rd, lip c u t from Liverpool a fte r having toured $14 per ton. he left the telephone office and went to th e vigorous p u rsu it of his associate 28 vessels w ere loaded a t the m ills B utter—C ream ery, 29c. the back HpMip of Ills residence. Hpeeta- th e w ar zone abroad, following the Mrs. J . R. H arper, Medford, small cut have caused much satisfactio n in both In th e low er riv er d is tric t and th e ir m eeting a t The H ague of the In tern a tors »aw t h e unfortunate young man on forehead. Egga—24c. Villa and C arran za q u arters here. com bined cargoes am ounted to 16,- tional C ongress of Women of Peace. suddenly reel »lid collapse, and, though ----- Emerich, a deaf mute, Medford, 701,618 feet of lum ber. T w enty-seven leg sprained. prom pt assislunee and medical aid wa.» at of th ese vessels, carry in g 15,821,185 F rench Honor th e Fourth. band, death wa» apparently instontune- Charles L^roy, Medford, back sprained. feet of lum ber, w ent to dom estic ports, P aris.—T he ann u al Independence o iis . Tin»«' who »poke with liim lint a E. C H art, Medford, back wrenched. w hile one vessel cleared for a foreign few moment* before say th at lie gave no day pilgrim age of A m ericans In P aris Mrs. McAdams, Grants Pass, forehead port w ith 880.433 feet of lum ber. evidence ot ¡line»* beyond an appearance to the tom b of the M arquis de L afay cut. ___ K_______________ ____________ •- ------- In the sam e period 14 vessels loaded of pallor, heath was undoubtedly call»' I ette, in th e ancien t Plcplou cem etery, Mr. McAdams, G rants Pa»», hand hurt. I»espilc the mid-sum mer vacation sea-j Portland, Ore., June M —Features of 9,678,227 feet of lum ber a t the up-river by heart failure, imlina*] by beat mid was honored Monday for th e first tim e C. M. Collins, C entral Point, left knee by tlte official particip atio n of the »•in, Tuesday evening s session o f the forest protection In the Pacific northwest m ills, m aking a to ta l of 26.379,845 feet sprained. over exertion, , G reater Gold Hill club was well attended tJiis year are an appeal to the ptitdlc for of lum ber th at w as shipped in cargoes By the »|» edy arrival of rlie lire com F rench governm ent. Employes—A. A. Rosenbaum, agent, by enthusing members, nor did the usual assistance in preventing the smoke finis- from the Colum bia during the m onth Medford, arm hurt. pany, ami the baste with which two lines ol hose were played upon the Kellogg B ritish-A m erican Peace C elebrated. supply ol "jie p ” seem in any way lark- ance which will otherwise prejudice tile of June. W alter Long, engineer, face cut. ill'/. Due notice was taken of the ab- stn*am of visitors going to and froni1 the building, the blaze was soon extinguish Loyal Taylor, fireman, hip broken. B ellingham . W ash.—U nder th e a u s E ugene.—E ugene will have a public ed, but not Isjfore much damage bad pices of th e Pacific H ighw ay asso cia scnce of President Adams—then stalled San Francisco Exposition, and a per E. M. Bowers, back sprained. Issii d o n e . A conservative estim ate tion, th e 100 y ears of peace recently with a broken car on the crest of the Sis fected system of dry wind forecasts by m a rk e t day, on w hich the farm ers m ay C. A. Cotter, conductor, in-ad bruised. places the loss on building and content» reached betw een th e U nited S tates kiyou«—and Secretary Dodge—rom anc the V. S. W eather Bureau, which will be brin g to the city produce, probably J. M. McCarty, brakem an, forehaad ing away at the Panam a-Pacific’s pretty used by all protective agencies. State once a week, and offer it for sale, ac cut. at $2,000.00. Mr. Kellogg's extensive and G reat B ritain was celeb rated S un playgroonds. Vice President Reed took officials and chandlers o! commerce are cording to the plans of S. D. H ooper, law library, consisting of new Issiks, was i A. Livingston, engineer, back sprained. day on the in tern atio n al boundary the lielin, with a m anlier th at bespoke sending out thousands of letters em phasis - i m anager of th e prom otion d ep artm en t badly damaged a n d hopelessly seco n d -[ n ear Blaine. A helper engine with Engineer Bowers . . . . . the sinoki - of the Com m ercial Club. complete fam iliarity with Alvie Kellogg s jn g th e im portance of . reducing handed by water. Other otllee equiji- in charge was standing on the Ashland famous by-laws and the business of the j evil. inent, as well as contents of the under- j yards. He saw the excursion train ap evening A vote of thanks was tendered B aker Plans Bell Day. Reports for Ju n e received by the West- ' taking parlors, met a sim ilar fate. Tla j proaching and reversed his engine, collid G overnor Not Disposed to Call Legis building is practically gutted and black - J B aker.—B aker is planning to e n te r R. II Moore for bis contribution to the ern Forestry and Conservation Associa- j ing with a second helper engine being lature in P re se n t Situation. eiied by fire and smoke. I t is owned by tain tlie biggest crowd ev er In th e city du ll, while b a n ’ upon th e heels of this tion. the clearing house for all private taken out of the roundhouse. At almost Salem .— U nless the p resen t s itu a the sain? instant the excursion train .1. F. White, of Mcdtord, who is absent on L iberty Bell day. Monday. July 12. followed repudiation of Bill H ayes’ little and official patrol systems from M ontana from that city and not yet apprised of bi» j It is rep o rted from p oints 150 m iles rem inder for Hag pole expense. The la t Io California,, record practically no losses tion changes m aterially or a m ajority crashed into the ta s k of the first engine. d is ta n t th a t children will conic from ter was referred to a general city culler- by forest tires up to date, but no cessa of the m em bers of the legislature urge loss. Firem an H ouiar, of one of the lielper Mr. Caine, whose sudden death sir x-k- i all p a rts of th is d istrict and th a t more lion to defray the cost oi prixuiring the tion of preparation for the danger m onths such action. G overnor W ithycom be engines was sen*, out to flag the excursion, e it mid saddened the entire city, was th an 2000 little ones will be in the line 7d foot fir which will soon be erected. of July ami August. Most of the patrol will not be disposed to consider seri bnt had la n only a few car lengths when m anager of the local telephone office, and ch ild ren 's parade to tlie L iberty Bell W. II. Miller and others commended the fori- Is already on and within a few days ously a t th is tim e th e calling of a spe the crash came. in addition was employed by the Rogue car. w hich will be h ere 30 m inutes. recent club reception and open meeting, over 2000 will lx* on duty in the tour cial session of th e leg islatu re to con The passengers on the excursion were River Public Service corporation as elec- i During th a t tim e th e com m ittee in adding a plea for future evenings of like northwestern states. Favorable w eather sid er m em orializing congress in con returning from an Independence day cel- trlcian, a profession that lie had followed ch arg e expects th a t n early 20,000 will character. It was decided that the club in June has been used in pushing the nection w ith the suprem e co u rt’s re I ebratiou a t Y reka. cen t decision in th e O regon-C alifornia for some years. Since lioyhood he had view th e relic. T h ere will be au ’all- observe Thursday evening, Ju ly loth, at building of trails and telephone lines. Three physicians were o n the scens which time the special train L uring the July hazard to lx; guarded against, land g ran t case. N or does th e gover- soon and rendered first aid until tlie in day celebration. Iss'ti a resident ol this city. renowned oldL ilx rty Bell passes tlirmigli otlier than from the usual carelessness n er regard w ith favor a proposal th a t jnred people could be Liken to the hospl- K ora number-nf years apparently im the city enroute south. A committee was with matches, cigarettes, campfires and the sta te attem p t to purch ase th e 2,- ! tai. C herry F air a t Salem Succeatful. mune from iittaek by Hanie, Gold Hill bus Ins'll forced t i a cohelnsion th at luck Salem . — The Salem C herry fair appointed to perfect arrangement.» for a Is reported to lie ehietly in slash burning 3^0.000 acres from the S outhern P a -j The train was n o t badly damaged, II»'.» not last. Friday’s fire Is the second oloaed w ith a “b ang” S atu rd ay night program on th a t occasion ami a demon to clear land and rights ¡of way and in , clfic com pany a t $2.60 per acre, w ith most of the injuries being caused by the to occur within the I.i n two months. Ef and w as voted by far tlie most gtie- stration at the station The securing of leaving tires thus started to smoulder ill a view of realizing a profit from sub passengers being throw n from their seats. fort will Is- made for the full recruiting of ceasful one in every p a rticu lar ever a camping site for auto tourist», on tlie logs and stumps to break out later in hot sequent sale a t greatly higher figures Fireman Taylor, tlie most seriously in the (Ire company and the pitreli.ise , f held here. Crowds from all over tlie Cavanaugh tract north-east, of tlie city, windy weather. Forest ottieers announce corresponding w ith the m ark etab le jured, was caught between tlie tank of bis Members of the com th at state laws proliiliitiug burning w ith value of th e land. chemical cnglm-s and other mssled equip W illam ette valley cam e anil stayed was announeed. engine when the passenger jammed into it. mittee having the camp in charge state out perm it and precaution will be en G overnor W ithycom be proposes th a t ment. < to Isitb recent, occasions (lie de iiutll the Dual, cvunLs. A tnardi gras dance on Court stre e t that a camping parly is now located at forced rigidly, and also warn camping congress be urged to a rran g e for th e partm ent ha« r p etded instantly nt il Sixteen H urt in T rain Smash. earned milclt credit f ir able anti feat less was thh last num ber on the program the grounds—(be first of tile many who parlies to be extremely careful with cam p im m ediate sale and settle m e n t of th e lands in conjunction w ith th e railroad, A shland, Or.—N ine passengers and and proved a s g reat a success as the will l«‘ draw n to Gold Hill through this fire«. work. I»r. 1!. Kelsey r'p o rte l and th a t the am ount . derived from seven em ployes w ere injured in the other w onderfully successful events. medium. i great success auent bis plans for tin' sueh sale, over and above w hat will yards h ere when an excursion tra in T hree Killed in T rain W reck. Fire iilght is Extensive. The rep o rt of S tate T re a su re r Kay bathing lieach, much of the importanl thdn be due the railroad on th e $2.50 going from M ontague. Cal., to G rants T acom a, W ash.—T h ree persons are -Tlie recent C orvallis.—The recen t outbreak o u tb reak oi for six m onths ending Ju n e 30. shows work having already been aeeoinplislieil. per a cre basis, be tu rn ed over to O re P ass crashed Into tw o helper engines. flreb lig h t in tlie o rch ard s of Bouton, a balance of $1,565,429.56 for the gen A committee wa» appointed, upon the dead and two w ere fatally in ju red as gon and be apportioned by the s ta te The m ost seriously injuredais Loyal L inn and L ane counties is m ore ex eral fund. Mr. Kay said the big bal suggestion of W. G. Myers, to investigate a re su lt of a railw ay w reck w hen a to its irreducible school fund, road T aylor, firem an in one of the helper tended ijrnl ra th e r m ore sev ere than ance was an assu ran ce th a t the sta te the 11 igli Line trail, with a view to con Chicago, M ilwaukee & St. Paul train fund and irrig atio n fund. engines, w hose hip w as broken. th o u g h t from th e first survey. P ro would not have to pay In terest on anv certed action in clearing ami bringing bound from T acom a to A berdeen In a statem en t th e governor calls plunged off a tre stle n ear R ainier. fesso r C. I. Lewis, h o rtic u ltu rist of th e w arran ts th is year. D isbursem ents forward this spieftdid scenic asset of the atten tio n to his belief tliat the legisla G eneral Orozco H as D isappeared. ag ricu ltu ral college, has retu rn ed from for th e six m onths to taled $3,773,864.15 district. Member- of the chib were m ilch tu re could do little m ore th an it a l El Paso, Tex.—G eneral Pascual U. S. Loses Coal Case. an investigation of conditions in w est-j an(, rece]|,; , $3,927.647. 2. The bal eoiieerned nt the di-repair of tla' swing ready has done in m em orializing con Orozco, H u erta's chief lieutenant, has Philadelphia.—T he federal d istrict ern Linn and found th e disease well ance Jan u a ry 1 w as $1,411,146.49. A ing bridge, and the secretary was instruct gress, settin g forth th e sta te 's prim ary disappeared, eluding six secret serv established as far as Albany. C ases law passed ny the recen t legislature ed t:> direct I lie attention o f the id ly court denied the application of the " t e r e : t in the lands, and points out ice m en guarding his apartm ents, it governm ent to dissolve the alleged w ere also found ju s t acro ss the riv er m erged all funds in th e general fund, council to the necessity for immediate the expense of such a session. is feared th a t he has jum ped his bail from C orvallis w ithin a sh o rt d istan ce and m ade it possible for th e sta te to improvement. Following t h e business a n th ra c ite coal tru st." T he case was bond of $7500 and is now safe in Mexi decided in favor of all of the defend of th e town. discontinue paying in te re st on w ar session, luncheon was served liy the spe ants. co. cial chef of tlie evening, W. II. Miller. rants. Put a dollar and a lialf in Tlie News. Dies as Flame Imperils Home Club Plans Tribute Fire Protectionists to Old Liberty Bell Urge Utmost Care