She G o ld H ill N e w s
?< B l.lsIlF D EVERY SATURDAY AT GOLD HILL, JACKSON COUNTY
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Ben H. Lam pm an
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1915
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I hear« I the women In their d ark—God,
it Avas pitiful!—Isweeh the altar when'
tl*elr stark, |>«k> Christ swooiMd merciful
Yon thorn gash on tlie plaster's white,
gushed in the quaking candle-light; from
nave ami niche the good saints loomed
above those suppliants for the doomed.
They kept tlie trenches of the heart-, with
musketry of prayer, a s men and sons
knelt to the guns that («altered over
there.
Nor I, whose office is the plea for par
don of the soul, dared quit the vestry-
room to dee that pititful patrol. I never
knew that prayer was weak till drat I
heanl the cannon speak; I never dreamed
that faith should shake—till I had wen
the wounds tliey make. I looked to s»v
the quiet Christ thrill with indignant life,
and raise the pierced palms to still, on
spattered plain and gored hill, that fratri
cidal strife.
I heard the women in their hurt—God,
it was wearying!—Iweelgi* the altar when«
Inert, p a l e Christ drooped pardoning
. . . That such a one might never
(««el the bullet*« spat! the thrusting steel.
Yet I, who saw the front that «lay, felt
Christ was very far away. And I, who
walked the battle-line to shrive a whining
soul, took issue witli myself—and stood,
as a lost traveler in the wood, who tiros
of the goal.
,
bn'cred «t tli«<G,«ld Hill |xwp«thee for tranmusxion through the mail* i
six-ond-elass matter
S t iiSCKIl’TION
Hallowe'en Dance
at Pavilion Tonight
IN
ADVANCE
FIELDS OF GLORY
(George Putnam, in Mail-Tribune)
is the season of perfection. Nature has completed
A UTUMN
her year’s work and serenely contemplates the harvest,
pausing for recreation ere slipping into the winter’s sleep to rest
and prepare for the miracle of spring.
Flaming banners of crimson and gold push aside the star
ry splendor of the night and usher in the perfect day. From
the fading blades of grass glitter the frost jewels of the d a w n -
vanishing as mysteriously as they came, with the growing splen
dor of the day.
The glory of the season is everywhere reflected in the land
scape. The living emerald of summer has given way to the
hectic hues of dying beauty—to russet and scarlet and gold. The
gaunt limbs of the forest are gradually bared as the leaves silent
ly fa ll-o n e by one. their mission fulfilled. Seared grasses rest
lessly wave in the gentle breezes, scattering the seeds of replen
ishm ent
In the air is the magic quickening touch of frost—of frost
that paints the gold upon the pumpkin, the blue upon the grape,
the blush upon the apple and upon th e foliage its multitude ot
colors.
It is the season of Indian summer. A dreamy haze fills the
air. The sun from the arch of heaven smilingly showers the
fading garments of the earth with golden splendor. Gorgeous
sunsets merge the dying day and the purple curtains of the nighi
with silvery beauty of the October moon.
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October fields, with their natural beauty and bounteous h ar
vests, are the fields of glory in the United States. But how
about the fields of glory in Europe?
The whisper of the autumn zephyrs have given way to the
boom and whizz of death-dealing shells. The filmy clouds that
chase each other in stately procession ac^pss the heavens are ob
scured by man-made clouds creeping silently over the earth, ex
h-ling poison.
Forests are shattered and disfigured. Fertile fields are
mazes of unsightly tunnels and trenches to expedite slaughter.
From them a constant stream of death-dealing missiles are hurl
ed while streams of liquid fire make a hell of the majestic au
tumn night
The only glitter in these fields of glory is the glare of great
guns, the shine of bayonet. The only scarlet, the crimson of hu
man blood. Desolation of death has supplanted the quiet beauty
o ' the season, and destruction of humanity replaced the frost-
painted panorama of autumn.
The October harvest in these fields of glory is a million
tombstones—a million men in the flower of life cat off before
their time in the mad bloodfest—a million lives removed from
useful activity, a million hearths desolated.
B R IE F N E W S OF OREGON
llallowt''«ii observance in (his city this
-• .■«son vili no» I»' roiHlned Io tlie troll«'- I
solile foray« ni the small boy or Ills elder I
imitators. Dolil i less I bo (srixin w hose
(rout-gate was missing lastyear wtllsga!* i
hold the annual indignation meeting with |
his neigldxir, whose cow was pastured on |
tin« shed-roof.
Tlie Greater Gold 1I|II club roalhn's that
ita jurisdiction d«x>a not exteml to tin«
correction of such matters. While its
members do not openly approve, of the
miachievioiyi manner of celebration—they
were once boys themselves.
The general approbation of tin« chib for
Siine saner fono of obsNVtwce la shown
in the announcement of a Hallow««'en
hall, to la* hehl this. Saturday, evening
in their dancing pavilion, which haalas-u
completely enclosed and will he hi«ati«<l
for tile whiter season. Quaint lavora, in
the likeneas of witches’ ceps, will la* given
to (lie guests, while the hall will la« de-
rortted ill keeping with the mystic eve of
hobgoblins and happiness.
All proceeds of chib tlaniws are ua««il lor
T
AT
THE BIG STORE
First 6 Days in
November
itie promotion ♦>( progress in the valley. i
sud the pleasantly Informal affair* have
I »Tome quite the fad with the southern
Oregon social set.
Two Hundrvd and fifty Stories
Anil every story a good one. They are
entertaining, hut that is not ail you can
say alamt them. You know then« is hard
ly a periodical published that is not full
of time-wasting stories, hut not a single
story in Tim Youth’s Companion is a
time waster. Take tlie xpiri««a of C. A.
Stephens. It would Is« hard to pick out
one from which you cannot leurn sonic-
thing useful and yet entertaining.
Some of The Companion stories refresh
yonr knowteilge of geography; some tell
you tlie mysteries of eliemistry, sonic re
veal the seerjta of fnrostry and general
farming. Tliey cover a wide range. They
are chosen with an eye to the possible
likings of every member of a Companion
taiuily—stories of vigorous action and stir
ring adventure for hoys, stories of college
life and domestic vicissitudes for girls,
rtori«*s that range all the way from sheer
drollery to deep seriousness for men ami
women. There are no stories quite like
lluxa« in The Companion.
If you are not familiar with The Com
panion as it is to-day, let us send you
sample espies ami the Forecast for 1916.
New anbarribers who send $2.1X1 for 1916
will receive fro«« a copy of Tlie Companion
Calendar for 1916, in addition to all the
remaining 1915 issues from the lime your
subscription is received.
A most successful potato show and
fair was held at Redmond.
Work In the Crater Lake national
park has been term inated for the sea
sou.
Cougars have been seen within the
past few days almost within the city
limits of Marshfield.
Fire destroyed the entlve business
portion of Merlin, a small town nine
miles north ot Grants Pass.
Brigadier 8. Young, of Ada, O„ «u
preme chancellor of the Knights of
Pythias, will visit Oregon next month.
An educational system, patterned
largely after the system used a t San
Quentin, will be established a t the
state prison in the near future.
Electrification ot the Southern Pa
cific railway lines between Whltegon
and Corvallis is to be pushed ju st as
rapidly as weather conditions will per
mit.
With the selection of Salem for the
holding of next year's annual conven
THE YOUTH’S COMPANION
tion, the Oregon Baptist association
Boston, Mass.
closed its annual convention at Eu
New sty«acriplions received at this offn-e.
gene.
Mrs. George W. McMath, of Port
land, was elected president of the Ore
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S A LE
gon Congress of Mothers and Parent-
Teacher association, in session at Cor
72OJaeresXw’lid laxly, in Meadows dis
vallis.
trict, emal£house ami good barn, old or
chard in'Jbeerlng,'several gixxl springs,
The government survey of the pro about 40 acres under cultivation. Price
posed road through the forest reserve $12.50 per acre.
665 acres, near DebengerGap, 10 miles
connecting Hood River valley with
the Barlow road on the south side of from Gold Hill, over 100 acres under cul
Mt. Hood covering a distance Of 25 tivation, 10 room house, good i«arn, live
creek through it, and several springs, alt
miles, has been completed.
Twenty-eight cases, carried up on good land. Price $35.00 per acre.
Which is the real field of glory?
200 acres near Beagle, finely improved,
appeal from the trial courts of Uma
tilla, Baker, Malheur, Wasco, Gilliam including stock and all agricultural im
FACING THE FACT
and Wallowa counties, are on the plements, all ior $40.00 per aero. Terms.
004 acres in one solid body five »miles
docket ot the supreme court for hear
out, Sams Valley district, nearly all un
ing at Pendleton this week.
PPROACH the fact with dignified caution, it may pack a
The interstate commerce commis der cultivation, no hetter alfalfa or grsPi
punch. Grasping it firmly by the alpaca, brace yourself sion has ordered a hearing at Port land in this county. Price $100 per acre.
against a convenient argument, and turn the captive face-about. land, November 19, before Examiner 120 acres on Foots Creek, 7 miles out,
45 to 50 acres under cultivation, as much
By a close scrutiny of its countenance you will then be enabled Butler, on the complaint of the Salem or more could be easily clean'd and cul
Iron Works company against the
to decide whether or not it is the fact. Having observed these Southern Pacific company.
tivated, almost unlimited rang«« for stock,
strategic rules you will determine forthwith that the most im
Preparatory to a campaign for a good house, two large barns, hog ami
portant and highly organized fact, of the many assembled before $370,000 bond issue in Coos county for chicken house», gixxl stream through it.
highway improvement the county Price $75.00 per acre.
you, is the fact that a beet sugar factory for Southern Oregon court has accepted the tender of the 160 acre« near Asbestos. 20 miles out,
would solve the twin problems of crop marketing and labor em services of an engineer made by the some under cultivation, s m a ll house,
ployment in one sum, while establishing a permanent enterprise United S tates office of public roads. large amount of small fruit, small lx-ar-
The bridge across the Willamette ing orchard, most of this is heavily tim
with a very pretty payroll. That is it—this fact does not pack river
at Salem between Marion and bered, unlimited range for stock, several
a punch, it packs a payroll.
Polk counties was ordered closed at good large springs. This is a bargain at
once by the county courts of Marion $•1500. Considerable stork anil Imple
and Polk counties. The bridge was ments go with the plain at that price.
Several other farms, large and small,
“NERVELESS HANDS” IS VERY GOOD
condemned as unsafe by the state
several fin«' ganlen tracts from two up to
highway department.
Several carloads of moss have been 50 acres, improved and unimproved, sev
HE WORTHY Evening Telegram, agitated by the signs of
shipped from Linn county in the past eral of them are decided bargains. If you
slumpage in Portland’s hitherto undisputed possession of two months and moss gathering has want anything in this line it will pay you
all things desirable, trumpets at the citizenry in a. call to arms been quite an industry In some parts to call and see tne. or write for particu
and action. While making out a strong case, the/Telegram sus of the county this summer. The moss lars on any of the above.
was sent to California to be used by C. S. REDFIELD-GOLD HILL, OR.
tains its reputation for grave humor by naively asserting that nurseries
In packing fruit trees.
“ the scepter is falling from our nerveless hands.” No other The Iowa decision, by which a Unit I n th e J i stick C o r ir r for th e S tate of
journal of the state has ever had the temerity to intimate that ed States district court compels the
O rroon , D istriit ok M E iiE o a n ,
J ackson C oiintt
railroads to accept liquor shipments
Portland’s hands or habits were lpcking in nerve. ’Tis a pass for
persons residing In dry Iowa, may
ing pleasant jest, which further endears the delightful Telegram mean that the Oregon law limiting re
Tin« Bullock Mercantile f
to its simple readers in the hinterland.
ceipts will not stand either. Is the
Civil
Agency, a corporation,!
opinion of R. P. Hutton, state super
Action
Plaintiff,
f
intendent 'Of the Anti-Saloon league.
to
Every cent employed in th e ir pro
vs.
f
. SUGAR BEET PULP FINE
The body of Dr. Clayton L. Ransom,
Recover
FOR LIVESTOCK FATTENER duction may be made to circulate at of Mill City, who disappeared Septcm Albert. James, WalP'r t
Money
f
home. We have the many thousands her 17 while on a hunting expedition James, George James
(Continued from first page)
of cords of wood required, the best | In the mountains of the Jackson Hole anil Henry James, trad- t
Xot a cent need be sent out of the limestone to be found anyw here, and i
country In Wyoming, was found by ing under the name of t
valley for anything used perm anently he purest w ater on earth.
f Summon“
searching parties near the place where Jam«!s Brothers.
In th e planting, cultivating and h a r
Détendants t
Is th ere any reason why we should he had been camping with Dell B.
vest of sugar beets, granting th a t not. produce sugar beets— by the
Judd, a guide. Ransom had been shot
farm Im plem ents are on sale here. hundreds of thousands of tons?
To A l b e r t James, .W alter James,
and killed.
A
FLOUR WEEK
From
Monday morning, the 1 st
Until
Saturday evening, the 6th
RESERVE YOUR ORDERS
WE GUARANTEE THE PRICE
Lance &
Company
Stock Ranches
W anted
L iv e P o u lt r y
a n d E ggs
H ig h e s t M a rR et
P r ic e s P a id at
a ll T im e s
M e d fo r d P o u ltr y
&, Eg'g' C o m p a n y
P h o n e 583
George James and Henry James, trailing name ot Talent Mercantile Company, of
under tlie name of James Brothers, de Talent, Oregon, and for costs and dis
bursements ot this action.
fendants.
I n tiie N ame ok tiie S tate of O rsoon :
This summons is published in The Gold
You anil each of you are hereby com- Hill News, by order of the Honorable G.
inanded to ap|x'ar and answer the plaint O. Try lor, Justice of tlie Peace of tlie
iffs complaint filed against you in tin- above entitled court, which said order
above entitled court and cause on or be was mail« and entered of record on tlie
fore the 6th day of Noveintx-r, 1915, said 17th day of September, 1915, which order
date being the expiration of six weeks requires you pi appear on or lx-fore the
from the date of the first publication of last day prescribed I n this summons.
this Summons.
That the date of the first puhllration of
* nil yon, and each of you are hereby this summons is the 25 day of September,
notified, that if you fail to appear and 1915.
answer for want thereof, plaintiff will ap
—G. O. T aylor ,
ply to the court for the relief prayed for
9-25 11-6
Justice of the Peace.
in the complaint succinctly stated as fol
lows :
Common lumber, sized, $13 per tlmu-
For a judgment for tlie sum of $224.85
principal, and interest from the 9th day san I, thoroughly seasoned. AU building
of February, 1914, at the rate of six per materials at reasonable prices. All com
cent per annum, in the sum of $19.(XI on petition cheerfully met.
—Big i'lnes Lumlier Company.
an account stated tx t w een you and each
of yon and Ixiuis Brown anil Jatnex B.
Put a dollar and a half iu Tlie News.
Coleman, copartners, trading under the