THB GOLD HTLL NEWS. JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON
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The Gold Kill News
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Sub riplion Rates: *2.00 per year: $1.00 for 0 months. All in advance.
'ìold Hill Water Question
For barber shot» not having more
than one bath tub, the sum of $3.00
per month.
Paragraph • —
,
For Restaurants, lunch houses or
lunch rooms booths and stands, con­
fectioneries, soft drink bars or
stands butcher shqps. tlsh markets,
or other market " stands, bakeries,
tailor shops, pressing and cleaning
establishments, printing plunts or
offices, blacksmith shops, carpenter
shops, repair shops, sub stations of
electric plants, warehouses and
oil storage plants, and all similar
establishments as shown in this par­
agraph, the sum of $3.00 per month'.
Paragraph 7—
For «II public buildings, such as
rooms, hillani rooms or pillard and
pool rooms, can! rooms, bowling
alless, shouting galleries or other
public buildings or amusement stand
the sum of $2.00 per month.
Paragraph $—
T ill RSDAY. JANUARY t l , 1R2Ä.
has paid the extra rental fee for Ing to the City unless they lie acting
such excess sei vice in advance for as the result of an accident in pre­
venting a waste of wateit in which
one (1) month.
evenl tliey shull inun«.tial> Is notify
Paragraph 6—
Water used for irrigation shall the Recorder or Ihe Aider Master,
be confined entirely to the land men- either or both so that proper ic
tinned in the user's application and pairs can be made without demy,
must not be pciniitted to run off the , Paragraph 3—
applicants property or wasted. The j Each and every violation of any
hours for irrigation shall be only be-! provision of tile foregoing ordinance
tween tile hour' of 6 and 3 A.M., and ! shall lie and hereby is dee I red to
0 and 3 P.M. of each day and in ease tie an unlawful act and any person
of » wnter shortage or siinilnr enter found guilty of any violation in the
grncy, other rules governina this Recorder's Court of the City of Gold
clause may he ramie bv the Water Hill, either by a idea of guilty or
Committee ami notice sent each ap­ by conviction, shall be sentenced to
plicant in writing or printing.
liny a Hue of not less than $.i,04l or
more than $25.131 and in case of re-
Paragraph 7—
Any person who shall allow others fault of such line, the offender shall
to use water or supply others with be imprisoned in the City Jail for
water or shall willfully mis-state a period of not io exceed ten days
any facts in their application for or lioth such tine und linprisoniuenl.
water or who shall use water in ex­ Paragraph 7—
lie it understood that whenever a
cess of the amounts or purposes set
forth In their application nl
at any person is convicted or pleads guilty
time without first notifying the | to unlawfully breaking any of the
Recorder and having same show on provisions of tills ordinance no fine
their application, shall he deemed
guilty of nn unlawful net and he
punished by a fine of not less than
«3.00 nor g re a te r than $25.00 or Im­
prisonment in the City Juil for not
to exceed (10) ten .lays
Manv years ago, shortly after Gold Hill went dry, it For pulille garages, and public oil
ne annarent that tc handle the demand for water in I stations, the sum of $4.«» and if cars
Hi : he then Cltv Connell, with |. 1». K. • lorelOCK " 's u c h garage as a pari of the enter-
nr a> Mayor a: , :i d ; comniFtee t three, namely, prise, or for car washing establish
men!*, the sum of $5.00 per month.
. Smith. F.. T. Simmons and W alter Stickle» to make For ear or vehicle paint shops,
cars are washed, the sum of Paragraph 8—
r ordinance to govern the use and sale of the popular where
$5.00 per month.
No tap on any main or lateral
age. That was the birth cf Ordinance No. 92 in the For busines establishments op­ shall
he greater than for *» of one
erating
oil
pumps
stations
on
the
affairs of the town. This committee came to the streets in connection with the busi­ inch pipe for domestic service. All
ta|>s for greater than \ Inch
office and asked for the assistance of the editor, H. E: ness, other than public oil stations other
pipe will depend on the orders of
and
garnges
already
provided
for
ton. (the present recorder of the city.) and the rules
the Water Committee.
pay an additional sum of $1.50 Paragraph 9—
and r.ites in the old ordinance were tested out and present­ shall
per month over and above their
All water rentals, fees and reven­
ed tc the council who passed the ordinance. This piece of business rate.
ues shall be paid to the authorized
of the City and receipted
l e g f tinn was diligently carried out until a year or twto
by Public School collector
for by the City Treasurer and all
past when Mayor Miller with recorder Kellogg made an Dislri<.t No. 57 the SUm of $20.00 such receipts must he turned over
ami ndment to old No. 92 raising the domestic rates to per month.
to the Recorder.
All water col­
shall be on a mouth I v basis
$1.;? per month and another amendment under Mayor F. p,^ rVou,;k^piM room», where lections
except for School District No. 57
Chikl rs. with Merriman as recorder, drawn up and pre- toilet and bath charges are other- who shall pay for service semi-an­
nually..
sent,d by E. H. Radtke, raising the domestic rate to $2.00
Paragraph 10—
It is hereby made the duty of
per month. Then conies another change of administration Paragraph i t —
Collector for the Water Service
„ h o found the city in a financial 'jaek-pof and also that in |
r
. , „
« £ the
to deliver to the Chief of Police on
order to govern the use and sale of water emciently all tn t fore service is commenced by the the (15) fifteenth day of every
month a list of ull persons delin­
amendments, rules and alterations of old No. 92 must be Water Conunitte or City Council quent
water rentals, when the
Paragraph
12—
compiled under one head to avoid conflict and ordinance No. AH water rent is hereby made pay Chief of on Police
will cause the water
to be cut off from the prop­
113 is the result. Baseifally 113 is old 92 except for the ableon or before the (15) fifteenth service
of every month, in advance, and erty against which it is charged.
raises in rates applied by previous administrations. The day
if any person shall fail to so pay Paragraph II—
one change charged against the new Mayor, recorder and the same by thl» date, in the proper Where in the judgement of the
amount, service to their premises Water Committee or the City Coun­
Council is an attempt to put the water department on a shall
immediately be shut off and a cil, it is deemed advisable, or where
firm business like basis similar to the C.O.P.Co., and such fee of $2.50 shall be collected from private renters desire, water meters
person before service is com­ may be attached to the service line
utilities bv demanding a deposit of all renters to insure the such
supplying any property, a minimum
menced.
charge of $1.50 per month shall be
department against similar losses that cost previous admin­ Paragraph IS—
collected for the first ten thousand
Persons
coming
under
the
busi­
istrations hundreds of dollars in uncollected bills.
gallons of wnter used and
ness and office rates are permitted (10,000)
The present council is composed of Mayor Robt. E. Cook, to use water for washing sidewalks (.05) five cents for each additional
thousand (t,000) gallons or por­
Recorder, H. E. W harton; Councilmen, J. M. Lively, of the and sprinkling streets, provided said one
tion thereof per month, provided the
or sprinkleing is confined applicant has made the deposit re-j
Sunset Smelter and a business man of long standing in in­ washing
to the premises or to the street dir­ quired herein. The meter shall he
dustries of considerable magnitude. Tony Ross» operator ectly in front of the premises for read on the first day of every month
which payment in full has been by the Recorder or his authorized
of the State Lime Plant and a level headed conservative. made.
agent. Possession of a meter does '
Fred Hickman, owner of the Nuggett Garage, with a rep­ Paragraph 14—
not alter the delinquency clause in
utation for sensible business dealing. P. H. Myers, who For use in any public toilet, urinal this Act
ARTICLE 4.
bath tub, Jet, or for any use not
is considered as without an equal here for business account­ herein
provided for, the base mini­ Paragraph 1—
All pipes, in the streets and alleys
ancy and with a long business training. Mrs. Laura Pan- mum rate of $2.00 per month.
of the City of Gold Hill are to he
15—
kev, well known as a wise business woman of impartial Paragraph
For an unoccupied building for property of the City up to and in­
principals, and last but not least, Dick Rcbinson, an elec­ Fire protection, the sum of $1.00 cluding the stop-cock at the prop­
month, and where the owner erty line of the individual water
trical engineer of ability and capable mathamatician. Now, per
of the building is a nonresident and user.
on top of this line up, there is a combined fact in this body inaccessible, and inasmuch as the Paragraph 2—
Any applicant desiring to change
off” clause herein is not effec­
of men for the best interests in that if anyone in the city "shut
tive, the water service charges again the classification or rates on the ap­
can show that they can do the work cf any officer and they st the property, if not paid, shall he plication signed when service start­
against the priMuxty on the ed must make new application be­
are acceptable to the public any of these officers will resign charged
regular tax rolls of the
of Gold fore the Recorder when applicants
new classification wall go into effect
in favor of the aspirant.
Hill, Oregon.
4
the Heat day of the month nearest
These new officers of the city were faced with the fact Paragraph 16—
the dnte of such new application.
irrigation season in Gold Hill
that Cold Hill was in a desperate situation in that instead is The
ARTICLE 5.
hereby set to commence on the
•
%
of the town being cnly $1500. in debt as provided by the first day of May and continue until Paragraph 1—
It shall be the duty of the Record­
the last day of August of each year,
charter, there Was about $8600. cash indebtedness beside unless
climatic conditions warrant er to issue Plumber’s permit before
the bonds authorized and sold in the past several years, an ealier or later date when the any work can be attempted on any
Committee shall send printed tap or pipe line supplying water to
the new budget drawn and not taking into estimate more Water
notice to all water users regarding any applicant. Nothing in this sec­
than the ordinary $1500 debts as provided by charter. The the change in the season.
tion will prevent the property own­
er employing whoever they desire
17—
unpaid warrants' of about $7000 drawing interest; water Paragraph
Buildings occupied by more than to do their private work on their
department not cn a paying basis; and, well a serious one fumily or where apartments or own pipe lines, but none hut Plumb­
rooms are rented, not otherwise ers with City permit will be allow­
emergency existing. The new officers knew all this when covered
in this ordinance, shall pay
to work on the City’s mains, or
they took their oath and pledged themselves to try to put the minimum rate of $2.00 per ed
to oi>en or close any stop-cock. No
for each family or appartment permit will be given to any Plumber
the town back onto its feet, if the people of Gold Hill were month
fees will be charged for check-up
or punishment prescribed shall at
any time be ramified, but must bo
paid or served io the full extent
ami the Judgement entered upon the
the Records o f the City Recorder lit
the City of Gold Hill.
Upon a sec­
ond conviction or plea of guilty to
violation hereof a fine or imprison­
ment sentence will bv admlnlsteml
In the limit of paragraph six (6).
Paragraph 8—
Tills ordinance shall go into effect
and reinuln In force until repealed
on and after January I, 192».
This ordinance was passed ami
adopled by Hie City Council and
ordered put In effect and operation
without partiality or exception.
ATTEST:
H. K. WHARTON,
Recorder.
I hereby approve the forgoing
ordinance this 31st day of December
11125.
ROBT. K. COOK.
Mayor of the City of
Gold Hill, Oregon
Qhildren scream
when they p la y in the dark
T hat’s something for parents
to think about— and think
seriously.
Dark rooms are peopled with
fearsome ghosts. Real ghosts I
Dark corners are hiding place«
for shadowy apparitions.
They’re real— to any normal
child.
Switch on the lights!
Banish these spectres of the
dark. Electricity is plentiful,
and so reasonable, here in our
town, that no one need count
the cost of a cheery, well-
lighted home where children
love to play.
Electricity
is the cheapest service
you can buy.
THE CALIFORNIA OREGON
POWER COMPANY
Medford, Oregon
Roseburg, Oregon
Grants Pass, Oregon
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Yreka, Calif.
YWJRPA1UNKR3
IN PROGRESS
Dunsmuir, Calif.
who has not complied with the laws
ARTICLE 3.
of the State of Oregon.
1—
Paragraph 2—
The money from the water bonds must be spent fcr the Paragraph
Any person desiring the use of
shall be the duty of all plumb­
rnnnnnnniinniiriM
nmiiiniiiCTiBiuuunuuBiminiutinfliHii
newt water mains only and has about all been so spent. No water from the City of Gold Hill ers It doing
any work by which water
first apply to the City Hecorder may be drawn from or shut off the
allowance was made for several hundred feet of small pipe shall
exactly for what purpose City supply pipes to moke in writing
to connect up the private individuals nor to cover the cost describing
service is needed and will sign a a true and nccurate report of the
with the City of Gold Hill work done and deliver same to Ihe
of such connection. It has been estimated that it will cost contract
and pay the application deposit of
Master or City Recorder with­
$2.50 to connect up with an average of 8 feet of pipe, each $2.50 or a proportionate deposit to Water
in twenty-four hour-» after such
water user. Where is the money to ccme from? W hat cover one month service and the cost work has been completed.
turning on the water. Under no
can be done when people fail to pay their water and the of
ARTICLE 6
circumstance will service commence
1—
town trusts them and they move away without paying? without the deposit of the fees men­ Paragraph
It shnll be the duty of every person
herein,
Taxes at present are inadequate. No money to work with. tioned
whose premises nre supplied with
Paragraph 2—
or tenant living in any prem­
Can you, any of you, solve that? The council believes it The full water rate will be charg­ water
ises where water is used for any
ed
against
the
property
described
in
can survive the problem if they can raise an emergency tiie application at the rate of its purpose whatsoever, to turn all the
off immediately on the sound­
fund at once, hense the Deposit rule wherein every property particular classification until the water
ing of any Fire Alarm. Any failure
applicant
notifies
the
Recorder
in
oulner in Gold Hill will pay a month’s rent in advance with
to comply with this section shall be
or until the full amount of deemed a violation hereon and pun­
a 50c connect charge added as a deposit to be held to their writing,
the cash deposit is reached.
ishable as herein further provided
Written notice must be given the
credit for five years. Ordinance 113 follows.
Recorder at least two (2) days prior Paragraph 2—
The Chief of Police, or Water
to termination of service.
Master or Fire Chief or any person
monthly rates to he charged users Paragraph 3—
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
All water rates Will be charged authorized by the City Council
of water in the City of Gold Hill,
Oregon, from and after the first day against the property on which it is shall at nil reasonable times have
Ordinance No. 113
furnished and against the owner free access to all premises being
of January, 1926.
thrreof and no account shall be kept served with City Water or where by
AN ORDINANCE repealing water Paragraph 1—
For general Domestic use includ in the name of any tenant and if application water is to be delivered,
ordinances 92-101-112 and all other
ordinances and parts of ordinances ing irrigation on the tract occupied from any cause any sums owing for inspection of any pipes or flxtur
in conflict herewith and regulating by dwelling house of family, said therefrom become delinquent, notice es using or to use City water. Any
the use and sale of w’ater in the tract of land not to exceed 5090 shall be given and the water shut refusal or obstruction of this in
City of Gold Hill, Oregon, and pre­ square feet in area, the sum of $2.00 off on the (15) fiftei nth day of the spcction shnll be deemed a violation
month following date of delinquency of this section and punishable as
•J scribing the rates for the use there- per month.
and in no case will water be turned hereinafter stated..
of and providing penalties for non- Paragraph 2 --
For
' ¿•payment of water service and for
Knr irrigating
irrioniim lawns and domestic on until all such delinquent fees Paragraph 3—
Changes
rtólafidn of ánV rules or regulations gardens, on adjoining or vacant lots hive been paid in full.
It shall lie unlawful for any per­
of 5000 square feet or less in area, of ownership shall require the mak­ son or persons supplied with water
thereof.
, „ ,.
ing
of
a
new
application.
the
sum
of
.75
per
lot
during
the
lr-
The people of the City of Gold Hill,
by the Cily of Gold Hill, lo allow
Paragraph 5—
Cash Paid for Hides.
irgation season.
Oregon do ordain as follow s:
Any person desir'ug water for any leakage or unnecessary waste of
Para raph 3—
Water
on
their
premises;
to
allow
F or stores and offices the sum of irrigation shall make application b aking faucets, toilets, or any pipe
ARTICLE No. 1
on forms provided by l ie City sett
That ordinances Nos. 92, 101, and $2.00 per month.
ing forth exactly the location and or fixture after the fuct is known to
112 recorded in Volume 1, Ordinance | Paragraph 4—
of land to b" irrigated, to them
Records of ti e City of Gold Hill
l or ilo'j Is, boarding houses, lodg- • • 'oi"d
Citv
who shall order Paragraph 4—
and all otlv r Ordinances covering ing houses or lodging rooms, the t ' c Pnl’ee Recorder,
It shall he unlawful for any person
department
to check up
f! e use and side of water in the Cih ; sum of -J.C.'I per month.
or persons, not acting In the capacity
the
»pi
ticn»ion
and
if
found
right
of Gold Hill, be and the same are
ror hotels, boarding houses, and •o commence . •rv,c •
No extra of a iirensed plumber authorized to
John Pickard, Prop............
Gold Hitl,
hareby repealed,
| lodging houses with over 10 rooms fees
w
ill
he
charg
ed
fo
r
such
excess work with the water pipes to in any
3
ARTICLE No. 2
end not i :i ceding 25 rooms, the service but In ro disc
way
or
manner
turn
on
nr
off
or
'he anpli-
Tpv
■ ,n •
• ••-:» hereby sum of $5 00 • <r month.
! ••>' ’icnnt in'erfere with any water pipe belong iaiHKiU ;w3iami:4C!;urj2ii:^uiUiu:;m'.willUiii«i!iMlUiU3lijHliUl|Uibiuu:isaMnilH!UiiMm
willing.
Veal, Beef, Pork ab
Regular Prices
Special Price on Bacon
35c a pound
Pickard’s Market
Oregon