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T H E GOLD H IL L NEWS. JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON
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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 192«
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More G.H. Boys Mountain Travel
Arrested by Drys Found To Be Safe
Gold Hill Boys
Escape Friday,
Caught Saturday
ASH LA N D , O r., Jan 30.— Report«
E d w a rd E. Foster, 23, EveretJ
Shoemaker, 19 and Chester C arter, have been circu la te d re ce n tly th a t
19, residents o f Gold H ill, w ere a r­ the P acific h ig h w a y over the Sis­
From Medford Tribune
rested e a rly th is week b y T e rry A. k iyo u m ountains south o f th is c ity
T h is ru m o r has
T alent, R alph Jennings and Cletus was dangerous.
"T o evade arrest by ru n lag doe»
McCrdie, on
the A. Shoemaker resulted in m any to u rists d e la yin g
not alw ays serve the purpose d e s ir­
ranch on Galls Creek, a sh o rt dis- a tr ip over th is section o f the
ed, »o »ay tw o Gold HUI youths,
tance fro m th is tow n.
highw ay.
M e rrit Davis and Oreel M enuler. a r­
A six gallon capacity s till was
A fe w days ago a p a rty o f Ash-
rested by Stale Special Agent T. A.
found hidden in the brush and 80 i land citizens made an autom obile
T a le n t and D eputy S h e riff Lew is
gallons o f corn mash, say officers, tr ip to the top o f the Siskiyous.
Jennings Salurduy evening fo r a l­
were destroyed by the alleged s till A t Steinm an’s loop, w here the h ig h -
leged possession anil tra n s p o rta ­
operators a s h o rt tim e before the w a y crosses th e Southern P acific
tio n o f moonshine, a fte r they bad
a rriv a l o f the authoraties.
The tracks, the- p a rty found a pussy
evaded arrest the night before by
mash was fo u n d in the chicken w illo w w h ic h had been in bloom
speeding awoy w hen called ujam to
m ore than tw o weeks.
The im ­
yard unmolested.
h a lt by the officers on a lo n e ly road
The ra n ch o w n e r, A. Shoemaker, p o rta n t p o in t about th is d isco ve ry,
near Gold H ill.
an e ld e rly man, was not placed u n ­ th e y declared, was th a t i t was d if­
der a rre st as the three younger fic u lt to conceive o f w in te r w e a th e r
"A C hevrolet to u rin g car used in
men
are said to have accepted a ll p re va ilin g at a spot w h e re pussy
the alleged bootlegging operations
w illo w s bloom in the e a rly p a rt o f
re sp o n sib ility.
has been confiscated. Duvis wns
January.
The
ra
id
was
the
d
ire
c
t
re
su
lt
o
f
sentenced to sixty days In ja il and
Highway Found Safe.
Oreel M e n u ie r’s and M e rrit D avis’
fined 9100 by Judge J.L. Hoe at Jnck
A t S teinm an’s loop, those vrh&
arrest Saturday, believen to have
s o n vllle on bis plea o f g u ilty M on­
parodes,
w ith
lig h te d
torches, come fro m the Shoemaker piace. know', stated th a t pussy w illo w s are
A w o rld -ch a m p io n sh ip Dog D e r­
da y, ami M enuler was sentenced to
m arching do w n the village streets The boys w e re re tu rn in g fro m the u su a lly in bloom about M arch 1.
three months and lined $500 on the by to the “ lo p o f the W o rld and
under the lig h t o f a fu ll moon. And ranch, say officers, w ith moonshine A t th is p o in t there was no in d ica ­
firs t charge and to tw o months and Hack” w ill be ru n fo r the firs t tim e
in F ebruary, when the C arnival m anufactured there w hen they ev­ tio n o f snow and the h ig h w a y was
no line on the secondll
The tw o in the h is to ry o f dog-m ushing at
sweeps over the to w n , fo r tw o aded a rrest b y ru n n in g
F rid a y in perfect c o n d itio n , fre e o f any­
are accused by the officers o f hav­ the Banff W in te r C.nrnival this
weeks the picturesque resort is a n ig h t o f last week.
th in g w h ic h w o u ld have made i t
ing three quarts o f lo w grade m oon­ venr, according lo plans now being
rio
t
o
f
gay
costumes,
b
rig
h
t
lights,
dangerous
fo r d riv in g , i
The
s
till
was
found
th
o
ro
u
g
h
ly
shine, a sm all amount o f w h ic h the made by .lie cat n iva l com m ittee
dances and races and stunts.
A short distance fro m the sum m it
dism antled and the mash barrels
The
officers have fo r evidence, a fte r It under President Standish.
The alleg­ a sizable patch o f snow aiong the
had been th ro w n out o f the fleeing course fro m C algary to the Great
The c ro w n in g o f the Queen o f w e re scrubbed clean.
h ig h w a y was discovered.
A th in
D ivide ami back to Banff, A lb e rta ,
coupe F rid a y night.
Love and Beauty is the clim a x of ed operators claim ed th e y w ere go­
coating o f ice 6 r snow had been on
ing
out
o
f
business
and
had
sold
w ill be the longest dog race In Ihe
the w in te r’s fe stivitie s.
The Queen
" ‘ B elieving I llic it liq u o r opera­ w o rld and w ill exceed the famous
H ow ever, i t is believed the h ig h w a y at th is p o in t, but the
chosen th is year is Queen Gabrielle but little .
tio n s to be going on in the Galls Pas D erby l.v 23 miles.
had
QuEEN GSÖClELLE G*KDOM
the
op
e
ra
tio
n s ceased because o f h ig h w a y departm ent c re w
The
Gardora, her palace a ¿ litte rin g
Creek co u n try adjacent to Gobi H ill, S lrongheart Trophy and one tlio u -
fear caused b y the tw o youths’ a r­ sp rin kle d the road w ith sand, w ith
mass
o
f
ice,
w
ith
b
r
ig
jitly
colored
now on.
Among the famous mush-
O fficer Talent and S h e riff Jennings sand d o lla rs w ill go to the w in n e r. . (.rs
the result th a t i t was not dangerous.
w j,0 |,avc a lready signed up fo r lights.
One o f the m a jo r features rest.
w atched the road
F rid a y night.
A fte r bagking in the sp rin g lik e
When the officers a rriv e d the
o
f
the
ca
rn
iva
l
over
w
h
ic
h
she
is
From
C algary,
th e
s h irtin g Ihe race are Ike M ills w ith his
T h e y noticed the Menuler car eoine
w eather at the sum m it, w h ic h has
three
young
men
were
a
ll
on
the
to preside w ill be the Packing
o ff the P acific h ig h w a y at Hock p o in t, the dog teams w ill tra ve l to I team o f famous a ll-b la c k s ; H a rry
premises, in a d d ition to Shoemaker an a ltitu d e o f m ore than 4200 feet,
C om petition, fo r the cham pionship
P o in t bridge onto the Galls creek a height o f 5,300 feel over a dis- K n ig h t, the 19-year-old boy w ho
the p a rty re tu rn e d to the S iskiyou
The com peti­ and a daughter.
T h is p o in t is has tw ice already w on the Strong- o f western Canada.
road that leads east fro m the south tance o f 133 miles.
ra ilro a d station w h e re a check o f
approach o f the bridge. W hen see­ the Great D ivide, the backbone o f heart T ro p h y nnd w ill have to w in tion consists of, firs t, tw o men
w eather co n d ition s w’h ich have p re ­
Ihe
N o rth
Am erican
c o n tin e n t, it th is year o n ly to come in to pos-1 saddling and packing five horses,
in g it re tu rn to the h ig h w a y the of
vailed there was made.
Rockies session o f it ; Jim
Boyce, Fred nnd second, one man packing one
fleers stood in the center o f the w h ich in the Canadian
U. S. Ragland, o fficial w e a th e r
horse, m aking and breaking camp.
A lberta
fro m
B ritis h Pepper, George C h ild and others.
road and. flashing the lig h t on th e ir separates
observer s t S iskiyou station, said
The contestants w ill
The end o f the race w ill be cele- W eil kn o w n guides th roughout the
badges, hailed the car to stop. I n ­ Colum bia.
th e y had not been bothered b y fog.
t
b
e
n
re
tu
rn
to
B
anff
via
Lnke
hrated
by a big b u ffa lo barbecue at length and breadth o f Canada w ill
stead o f stopping the coupe w a s
------
I A fe w times, he said, the fog had
Be­
M inncw anka. seven m iles tr y th e ir s k ill in th is event.
turned out o f the road to strike Louise, com pleting the distance o f ' Lake
A debate between the hig h school I d rifte d up fro m the m ountains o f
saddle students o f the Phoenix school a nd! n o rth e rn C a lifo rn ia , but had alw ays
The course lies over f-o m Banff,
In W in te r, B anff is tween tw e n ty and th ir t y
them , tracks, the officers say, p ro v ­ 173 m iles.
ing th is co n clusively. The tw o o f ­ the most ragged scenery in Am er- Ihe S w itze rla n d o f N o rth Am erica, jionies have been broken fo r ski­ Gold H ill was held today.
rem ained h ig h in the a ir w ith o u t
ficers then shot at the speeding car ica anil w ill be the most unique Mountains piled high w ith snow, jo rin g , and w ill vie w ith the dog
The question under debate w as: menacing d riv e rs on the h ig h w a y.
dog and sled. w ith picturesque dog-teams
tro t- teams in amusing v is ito rs w ith
several times nnd chased It w ith ru n ever made by
F a ll O f Snow L ig h t.
Resolved, th a t a severance tax
T h is
w o rld -ch a m p io n sh ip
dog j ing along at th e ir base; ski-ju m p - th is Scandinavian sport. Also, tent-
He also said o n ly eight inches o f
Ih e lr ow n.
should be made a fea tu re o f the
de rb y w ill be made an annual event ers leaping o ff the high spots, tr y - ra isin g com petitions w ill be o f in ­
system o f ta xa tio n in the State o f snow had fa lle n whereas the aver­
“ ’The id e n tity o f the men d riv in g nt the B anff W in te r C a rn iva l fro m ing fo r w o rld records; snowshoe terest to tenderfoots.
age sn o w fa ll at th a t p o in t at the
Oregon.”
the coupe was n m y s te ry u n til T a l­
The names o f the P hoenix debat­ same tim e o f year was m ore than
ent and Jennings searched thro u g h
At no tim e since 1918,
ers w e re : A ffirm a tive , Miss T w i l l five feet.
G old H ill and found it pnrked near
he
stated,
had
there been such re ­
Rader
and
M
a
ry
Houcks.
Negative
the Gold HUI cement fa cto ry, w here
V iv ia n S to n c liff and El.(te B o ltz. m arkable w e a th e r at S iskiyou, w ith
D avis and M enuler w o rk .
The
w ith the a ffirm a tive team at Gold so lit tle p re c ip ita tio n .
coupe wns id e n tified w ith a bullet
H otel men o f A shland re p o rt
This little explosion is addressed expressly to the H ill. The Gold H ill debaters w ere
m a rk on the back and the fact that
m any instances w here to u rists have
Law
rence
S
m
ith
and
L
o
ve
ll
Rob­
sp lin te rs o f glass fro m n w in d o w
people of the town who don’t like the way “ things are be­
bins on the A ffirm a tiv e and B urnel a n xio u sly in q u ire d i f th e y could
broken by a b u lle t s till lay w ith in .
G. B. Richman, Land Agent fo r ing run.”
No offense is meant to anyone.
Davidson
and A s il W a lk e r on the make the t r ip o ver the m ountains.
“ Dnvls a fte r a short tim e a d m itt­ the Great N o rth e rn R ailroad, w ho
W h ile
the
P hoenix I t is believed that, w ith due cau­
The present administration cannot help what the negative.
ed his g u ilt and through questioning has been interested in securing a
tio n . a person can d riv e over the
affirm
a
tive
debators
w
ere
occupied
The present is not to be at Gold H ill, the Gold H ill affirm a ­ Siskiyous safely at any pe rio d o f
It is said that Menuler p ra c tic a lly rig h t o f way in Eastern Oregon and former administrations did.
the year.
— P o rtla n d O regonian.
slid the same.
He is alleged to w ho recently came in to the Hogue blamed for the mistakes or actions of others if the people tive team Was busy at Phoenix.
have said: “ I 'l l do it again,” when V alley fro m K lam ath C ounty and complaining are honest.
There is not a person cn the
The debate at Gold H ill was a
asked about his in te n t o f s trik in g was th is week a v is ito r at the home
re ve la tio n in th a t the young o ra ­
present
administration
who
will
not
resign
their
seat
in
o
f
W.
M
artineau
w
h
o
is
an
old
and
th e officers w ith the car. And when
tors d id fa r b e tte r than was a n tic i­
to ld “ ‘You kn o w yo u ’d have your in tim a te frie n d , visited the News’ favor of one of the dissatifietf citizens if that citizen will
pated and showed a ve ry good u n ­
neck cracked If you k ille d one o f office w ith Mr. M artineau and wns live up to the ‘Oath of Office’ and compell their neighbors
derstanding o f th e ir subject, b u t
ve
ry
enthusiastic
over
th
is
valley
those boys,” he replied, “ U ndoubt-
to abide by the laws of the land.
The present adminis­ suffered fro m la ck o f experience
and
the
w
o
n
d
e
rfu
l
promises
fo
r
a
d e ly I w o u ld .”
fu tu re beyond the dreams o f the tration has undertaken to straighten out an almost impos­ and the debate w e n t to Phoenix.
F ro m M edford T rib u n e ...... — .
“ 'W hen the liq u o r was th ro w n most o p tim is tic o f the e a rly settlers sible task— that of undoing the mismanagement of the
The Judges at Gold H ill w e re :
W hen arraigned in Judge Glenn
fro m the M enuler car n h a lf gallon
past without plunging the community into very burden­ Mrs. W . Z im m erm an, E. B. Day. and O. T a y lo r’s c o u rt (M e d fo rd ) th is
f r u it ja r co n ta in e r is said to have
The best citizens o f Ihe com m u­ some taxation.
Gold Hill has the lowest taxes of any P rin c ip a l o f the Rogue R ive r school week, fo u r tra ffic vio la to rs, in th e ir
broken, w h ile n q u a rt b o ttle failed
n ity are c a llin g at the office o f the point in the south half of the state.
It has less than 5 mills E. W . O live r. The Judge at Phoe­ pleas o f g u ilty paid $200 in fines,
to break, thus fu rn is h in g the evi­
n ix was P ro f. B. H. Conkle, p r in ­ $150 o f w h ic h wes p aid by W . H.
c ity recorder and securing th e ir
when its neighboring towns and cities have 70 mills and cip a l o f the M edford schools.
dence fo r the charges.”
dog licenses. Male dog .$1.50. Female
(Moose) M uirhead on a speed'ng
higher, still the administration is blamed for the high tax.
$3.00
charge filed last June b y State
I he administration finds that when they took their seat
T ra ffic O fficer J. J. McMahon d u rin g
F A T H E R OF D EAD ACTRESS
the Oregon N a tio n al Guard encamp
A. R. Shum way, o f M ilto n , Oreg., instead of the town being $1500.00 in debt (the limit set by
W O R K E D ON LO C AL PAPER m ent, but w h ic h was never ncted
candidate fo r the office o f U . S. law) there was around $8600.00 cash indebtedness which
• • •
Senator to fill the shoes o f Robt. means that the administration cannot borrow money to
upon u n til t h i ' week.
Barbara
L
a
M
a rr, m o tio n p ictu re
M uirhead, it is said, refused to
Stanfield wns a v is ito r here this
carry on the affairs of the town as formerly with a legal actress whose fa th e r W . W. (B illy ) plead
week getting acquainted w ith the
o r appear fo r a h e a rin g and
debt allowance of $1500, but must make the visible revenue W atson, was several years ago a so his case was postponed. A t
There Is no question about it — R epublican voters.
the groundhog c e rta in ly saw his
of the town cover the bills or go unpaid. W ater, licenses, newspaper w o rk e r on the staff o f firs t he planned lo stand tr ia l, hut
shadow in ihe Rogue V a lle y last
The Misses Jacobs and th e ir b ro ­ fines and a deplcated tax allowance constitute the revenue the Gold H ill News u n der the pres­ la te r a p p a re n tly abandoned the idea
Tuesday.
In fact there has been
ent management, died re ce n tly at
ther George m otored to Phoenix of the administration.
lit tle doubt that he w o u ld see his
her home in Altadena, C a lif.
She
Inst Sunday.
DR. SW EE N EY ’ S PURGERY CASE
shadow th is tim e fo r it is the cus­
W ill the objectionists please step forward and was also a niece o f fo rm e r C ity A t­
SET FOR FEBR UAR Y 23.
to m a ry th in g every year in th is part
to rn e y C. B. W atson.
Mr. nnd Mrs. J. M. L iv e ly accom­ show the administration how they can straighten out the
• * •
o f the west.
Seeing his shndow is
The City Dads will welcome any assist­
generally taken to mean that there panied Mrs. Janies L iv e ly to Med­ embarassment ?
CARD OF T H A N KS
The tr ia l o f D r. C. T. Sweeney, in ­
fo rd last Tuesday w here tile young­ ance.
Y ou ’d be surprised how easy you could get into W ith h e a rtfe lt g ra titu d e and a dicted fo r p e rju ry in connection
w ill be “ six weeks m ore o f w in te r.”
The Rogue R ive r valley is not the er Mrs. L iv e ly whs treated fo r in ­ politics if you wanted the seat of anyone in the administra­ sincere a p p reciation fo r the great w ith the m anslaughter tr ia l
of
She is reported ns
n n tu ra l h a b ita t o f the groundhog fected, tonsils.
Omer W . M u rp h y, has been co n tin u
kindness
show
n
us
in,
the
recent
i
l
l
­
tion.
and w ere th is little nnim al n native g re a tly im proved.
ness and death o f o u r husband and e d u n til F e b ru a ry 23, fro m the date
o f Southern Oregon, it is h ig h ly
Here is the question to be answered right now; fa th e r, John W . Steelman, we w ish firs t set.
H igh grade piano near Gold H ili
probable th a t he w o u ld have been
I t w il l be the firs t case on the
“ Shall the administration raise the necessary funds to pay to take th is o p p o rtu n ity nnd method
fris k in g around all w in te r w ith his w ill be sold to re lia b le p a rty at a
of
o f expressing o u r’ thanks to o u r docket at the F e b ru a ry te rm
the
current
bills
of
the
city
as
well
as
pay
off
the
great
debt
local cousins, Ihe ground squirrels, big saving $10 m o n th ly w ill handle,
m any frie n d s and especially to the co u rt.
>
f
the
past
administration,
or,
shall
the
affairs
of
the
town
w h o can be seen nny b rig h t day a snnp, w rite nt once lo Tallm an
C irc u it Judge W a lte r H. E vans.of
I.odge mjembers w h o stood by th e ir
ad. he turned over to the County Court and the town disincor­
now .
In fa ct a lit tle th in g lik e sun Piano Store, Salem, Oregon.
P o rtla n d , w h o has been o ccupying
Comrade to the end.
sh in e w o u ld not frig h te n h im hut
porated? Either way, it means that the people of Gold
M rs. W in o n a Steelman, the local bench foe the past m o n th ,
Miss Jennings w ill hold her class
to sec a cloudless day w o u ld surely
I lill must pay the bills, only by working out our own salva­
M rs. Helen Shoemaker, has concluded his schedule o f cases.
send him scampering back in to his in N ursing and F irs t A id on T h u rs ­
Judge Thomas is s till h o ld in g c o u rt
M rs. E lsie S m ith,
tion,
it
will
not
cost
so
much
nor
be
nearly
so
embarrassing.
hole, w ith the ce rta in know ledge day, F e b ru a ry 11th at the C ity
in Josephine county.
Harry
Steelman,
Either assist the administration or talk to the County Court
L ib ra ry .
A ll welcome.
th a t things w ere amiss.
Students Enter
County Debate
oca
'eTttnfâ
WHY NOT RUN IT YOUR SELF?
Local Resident
Pays $150 Fine
Groundhog Sees
Shadow Tuesday