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VOLUME No. 2».
Rogue River,
Scene of Consider­
able Mining Activ-
ty Looks Like Boom
c Êofô Bill
FNEPCY 1° THE 8OÜL OF
EVERY GREAT ACHIEVE­
MENT.
TIIE GOLD HILL NEWS, JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON THURSDAY. APRIL 13, 1926.
fulr success. This attempt set an
example to others and in 1894 Chas.
M. Warren entile to the creek and
operated hydraulic mining for a
short time.
Shortly after, John
Hagley and Tony Olson undertook
placer mining with pipe anil ’giant’
and ‘piped-out* old Ned Darbin’s
"hurried treasure," a pot contain­
ing two thousund and five hundred
dollars worth of course gold nuggeta
When the course gold began to
show up in their ‘riffle-boxes’ con­
siderable excitment wns created as
the news of a very rich strike was
spread over the country, but when
the pot was found, the excitment
died, and after spnsmodis ‘ground-
sluicing* the location was Anally
abandoned.
Made Desperate Fight
To Save Condemned Man
NUMBER 1.
Northern Savings and Loan As­
sociation is organized and operated
under existing Blue Sky Laws, and
is an Oregon Association, paying
7% compounded semi-annually on
all monies deposited with us. Open j
your savings account now and re- .
ceive FREE cn Eastman Hawkeye I
Caniera and nickel platted Savings S e t t l e T
Bank. See C. D. Thompson at the
Bowers Pharmacy, Saturday. Pd Ad
Bill Hays Dead
Quiet End Marks
Passage of Pioneer
O n d
M u iC r .
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In the early day», when Gold wai
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I One of the outstanding characters
first discovered on Ward’s creek,
Sam L. Sandry, of Rogue River L f
o
has
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lliere was a ferry across Hogue
Mas a business visitor in Gold Hill
we„ deserved rest
Bi„ Hays
river about one fourth mile down
Wednesday.
has been in poor health for many
stream from the mouth of the creek.
years, but possessed a wonderful
Near the northern ferry landing u
Let ma figure on your trucking or determination to live.
He has
trading jiost was established and
teaming, grading J J .Hitter pd ad—37 arisen from what was confidently
flourished by the name of “Tail
supposed to be his death bed sever­
Holt”. At this landing many his­
YUM!
YUM!
YUM!
al tiroes and his absolute determin­
toric events took place anil muny of
For many years very little has
Pies and PIES of every kind, to ation to live down his ills carried
the ’tourists' (gold seekers) of the been done in the way of placer op-
suit every Uste.
The kind Mother him through nil his sicknesses. The
’fifties* imbibed the hospitality of eralion on the creek. The compar­
Used
To
Make.
You
will find ’em end for him came Tuesday morning
the camp together with nutive brew ison between the old ‘Sunshine
all at the PIE SOCIAL given by the when, after getting up and dressing,
and berry wine as well as home­ Miner’ of the early days and the
LADIES’ AID SOCIETY at the M. he walked about his home and to
made whiskey and wines.
The later o|>erntors with pipe and im­
E. CHURCH, Thursday evening, all appearances was in splendid
ramp becume famous for its fertile proved equipment was great. The
April
22nd. at 7:30 A good prog­ spirits. Shortly after seven o’clock
surrounding country us well as its ground passed up by the first was
ram with plenty of Sandwiches. he was called to breakfast and re­
spirit of friendliness toward the worked by the second with marked
Coffee, Pie, Cake and Ice Cream. plied that he did not fell like eating
passing stranger who was bid linger success. The comparison between
Admission ICe. Everyone Welcome just then and he sat down in his.
and no questions asked. However the second stage of activity and the
easy chair. From which he never
such conditions in so fertile and re­ available modern scientific equip­
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Vincent, arriv­ again arose. It is thought he died
sourceful a country were short liv­ ment Is far more distinct nnd where
ed here Thursday of last week for about two minutes after being spok­
ed. and progress pushed out the ground sluicing and ‘piping-out*
a visit with friends and acquaint­ en to about his morning meal. He
trading post and the town of Wood­ practices were non productive, the
ances in this part of the valley.
died without apparent pain and in
ville, taking its name from the then newer practices make good profits.
the environment of his home and
principle land owner, M. Woods, Although the surface of the valley
OWNER having good ranch for family in about as good health as he
and later, really in 1912, when the along Ward’s creek has been pretty
sale, state cash price.
M. Hitch­ has enjoyed for some time.
railroad had brought civilisation to well covered for nine miles, the
cock, 253 Seventh Ave., San Mateo,
the Hogue valley and a newspaper pay dirt has by no means been ex­
James Willis Hay, as his name is
California.
Paid Advg. 1.
was n substantial fact of the com­ hausted and time will show many
correctly spelled, came across the
munity, the town was incorporated thousands, of dollars more taken
plains about the year 1850 by ox-
and through the progressive activity out of this little valley in nuggets
The Barber Shop in the Smoke
team when he was about thirteen
of Frits Hnnimersley, was named and gold dust.
House, started by Bob Keneston a years of age. He settled at what is
Hogue River. Iluimnersley was the
short time past, and taken over by well remembered at Fort Hays,
While thousands of dollars have
founder of the flrst and only news­
Hayes Brothers, owners of the down Rogue River where We now
paper published in Hogue Hiver by been removed from the gravel in
Smoke House, has received a new find Takilma.
His stories of the
this valley the attempts to locate
the title of the ARGUS.
tonsorial artist, who arrived Mon­ .early days in this country are well
the source of supply has not been
Barney W. Cody, of Jacksonville, Oregon and Mrs. Grace Wick Merritt day.
A new barber employed i known to his multitude of friends
The little city of Hogue Hiver is equal to the supply. The rich finds both well known in this end of the valley, who have made a hard fight
short time past, started his practice and he was connected with many of
to
save
the
life
of
Arch
Cody,
Barne
y
Cody’s
son,
who
was
sentenced
to
the trading center for the valley of of nuggets indicate that mother
in Gold Hill by cutting the hair off the historic events of the Rogue val­
hang for the slaying of Sheriff Aust in Goodman of Harney County.
loads of considerable extent have
Ward's Creek.
Photo supplied by the Portland Telegram, Portland, Oregon.
the roof of the City Marshall, and
ley. He was a blacksmith by tradq
been opened by erosion and the at­
the last barber started his opera­
and followed that occupation until
We owe uuich to Chas. M. Warren tempts to locate these rich veins
tions here by mowing the thatch
only a few years past when he clos­
o f Hogue Hiver in compilation of the nnd ledges is all told in a short the Bagley estate is a Mr. Hartly,
on the bellfry of the City Recorder.
an up-to-date farmer.
The late
ed his last shop and sold out his
facts and dates herein and find that paragraph.
last business right here in Gold Hill
‘Doc’ Ray purchased 440 acres of
he is enthusiastic in his belief in
Numerous prospects in quartz bid I School Land on W’ard's creek a,
A butcher from Grants Pass by the During his residence in Oregon lift
the value of the resources of the
fair to develop into mines of value. 82.50 per acre nnd still holds the
name of Jones purchased a bunch had experiences in almost all parts
community.
No large producing mine has ns title.
of extra nice ‘feed cattle* from the of the state. His principle efforts
The State of Oregon owns
At one time about 640 acres of land in the val­
Saturday, While a strong wind Day ranch in Sams Valley and on were spent in Southwestern Oregon
Nonh Rowers and Ned Dnrbin, yet been developed.
came to Ward’s creek in 1867. They a rich quartz mine caused great ex- ley taken over on a School Loan was blowing from the west, bearing Monday, drove same to the cattle however, and he is known to havft
were not the flrst mining men to | eitment when the Davidson Bro­ note, some of which is valuable as straight down the street from the yards here and shipped them to the served as a volunteer in the Indian
visit the community, but the flrst to thers discovered the Gold Chloride agricultural land, but most of i, is Shaver Barber Shop over the Fidel­ packing house at Albany.
War in Jackson and Josephine coun­
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do any permanent work and make mine about 1900, but the excitment grazing and mineral land and can ity State Bank and the Gold Hill
ties. Mining was also an occupa­
Billy (Harris) Dodelle, of Eugene, tion in which he took much delight
the vicinity their home.
They wns of short duration nnd the prop­ be bought outright for the taxes.
Hotel, sparks from the chimney of
mined exclusively with a ’rocker’ erty was finally sold nnd patented.
Like all other parts of Southern the barber shop ignited a growth of who has been active in boosting the and he was the promoter of the old
wrestling matches and gymnasium
and stayed at their operations for
The only quartz mine in the valley Oregon, Ward’s creek is a beautiful moss on the barber shop roof and business of Ralph Hand, was a vis­ Hays Diggings at Savage Rapids.
29 years, taking out considerable pi operation nt this time is owned stream from one end to the other. had eated a hole in the dry shingles
He was a life member of the Odd
gold.
Archie Goldsmith was an­ by Burke r I,cnch, nnd looks very The timber is spotted, or rather in before the fire was noticed. The itor in Gold Hili Monday.
Fellows lodge at Gold Hill. Twicft
other old-timer,, but was less for­ promising. The “Shamrock” ledge clumps nnd no, extensive enough Are had a dandy start and consider­
Eastman Hawkeye Camera, and married, he was the father of a
tunate in his search for gold nnd found by Warren A Kissinger, in to tempt large logging operators. ing the wind that was blowing at
Anally died at the County Hospital March 1925, shows good pay ore, A county road extends up the val­ the time it wns very doubtful for a Savings Bank, will be given to every large family. His ten children, all
person opening a savings account well renumbered here are named as
In 1895. The entire length of the
but owing to illness of both owners ley for five miles with a logging while whether the whole block with the Northern Savings and Loan follows:
creek Is about nine miles, and has
would
go
up
in
flames.
road
extending
still
farther
up.
A
has not been developed to nny great
Association from Saturday, April 17
been prospected fron one end to the extent. A man by the name of Sam well defined ‘Fire Trail* runs from
Mrs. Hulin, of Berkley, Calif., Mrs,
Passers bye on the walk in front to 24, at the BOWERS1 PHAR­
other in search for nugget deposits,
Morris discovered a rich ‘pocket- the County and Logging road clear of the barber shop happened to MACY. See Mr. C. D. Thompson. Elizabeth Flippin of Gold Hill who
by the early settlers.
N. R. Par­
Paid Advg. died about nineteen years past. Mrs.
chute.” three miles up the valley up the valley and brings the climber see burning shingles flying in the Gold Hill.
sons, belter known as “Doc” came from Rogue River several years past into the Sardine valley. The lands
J. R. McKay, of Gold Hill, Mrs. Win.
wind
and
turned
in
a
fire
alarm.
to the creek in the early 80’s and
Hugo Johnson, well remembered Puhi, of Gold Hill, Mrs. Hattie Bee­
but no extensive attempt was mnde near the mouth of the creek are ir­ Fifteen seconds after the alarm was
also wns a ‘rocker’ miner, paying to sink very far on it. The land is rigated from a large, well organiz­
sounded by the fire whistle, the quarry man here in the days of the man, of Portland, Mrs. B. M. Dufui\
no attention to the source of the
now patented and the mine dormant ed irrigation system.
auto-chemical
truck was on its way Zacher Quarry, who has for some deceased, Mrs F. R. Schmidt, of
supply. He also died at the County
By Bert Kissinger
to
the
fire
and
within a very few time been occupied in the building Portland, Jim Hays of Snohomish.
Hospital.
Alexander Wilson, ar­
One of the old time mining men
minutes
the
hose
was on the roof of business in San Francisco, visited Washn., John and Ben Hays of this
rival of 1888, was one of the pic­ who still has the faith of the valley
Ber, Kissinger, who just returned the building and the chemical was here Monday on his way to visit city and twenty nine grand children
turesque mlfier characters who at heart and the ambition to contin­ from his forty acre ranch two miles
Marble Mountain where he is in­ and nine great-grand children.
cleaned up several thousand dollars ue the search for gold is Alexander due south of Rogue River, located doing its work. One squirt of the terested In a contract with Gus Lar­
chemical
and
all
the
wind
in
the
All of his living children were at
In nuggetts with a rocker. He died Kyle
A Captain in the Union in wha, is known as Schefflin gulch
son to supply the Beaver Portland
on sykes creek in 1924 and ne es­ Army during the Civil War, now nn named thus after the famous pros­ heavens could not have kept the Cement plant with rock.
the family home Thursday evening
fire going.
except Mrs. Hulin and Jim Hays.
timated that he had taken from the Old mnn, but hail nnd hearty and a pector nnd discoverer of the Tomb­
This was indeed a close shave.
gravel of Ward’s creek at least 85000 very ‘well met’ citizen is still boost­ stone Mine in Arizona, reports the
Another
new
home
is
being
added
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Martin enter­
He died at the age of about 90 years ing for recognition by the mining in following mining activies in the I, may be the custom of the Shaver to already long list of modern res­
tained the visiting relatives includ­
barber shop to give the town a close
and his career wns illustrated with dustry.
Rogue River community:
shave, bu, we much prefer the other idence properties built here during ing some of the grand children
many interesting nnd historic even ts
The
fertility
of
the
land
in
the
and
more tonsorial shave. Especi­ the past few months. Mr. and Mrs. Among whom were Horton Beeman
Schef Gulch, as it is familiarly
among which numbered many in­
Hogue
River
country
was
the
one
ally
when it comes to the moss on Dick Robins are building a new of San Francisco and his sister
called,
is
in
the
midst
of
the
only
teresting brushed with Indinns in
redeeming
feature
of
all.
The
top.
A, that the moss on the roof home on the highway across from Blossom of Portland.
producing mine group in this end
the Indian Wars in this part of the
the Radtke bungalow. Work was
miner come and went. The food of the county.
•west.
The Wedge Mine, was pretty well removed and the started this week.
Funeral services will be in charge!
supply of the mining population of recently taken over and at present consequent repairs to the building
of the Odd Fellows lodge at their
The early day mining on the creek the district opened the door of a operated by Seattle people.
The are an improvement.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrit Merriman, hall in Gold Hil, and the service is
-was nil “grass-root” method or by means of permanent profit after the Burn, Pine Mine is being worked
’rocker’ nnd wns slow and Inboreous nugget hunter had passed. Farm­ by a Mr. Borg of Grants Pass, who tance of one mile of town and the who recently returned from a trip to be read by Rev. Howe of Med­
no great yardage was possible and ing gained a foothold nnd flourished has spen , eleven thousand dollars min ing boom, though restricted to in Southern California, are remodel ford. Interment will be made in the
only rich ground could be worked Among the early homesteaders on in developing n large body of low- tha, particular district, is the great­ ing their home down the highway. Hays cemetery on Galls creek Fri­
with any degree of success.
The Ward’s creek we find the name of grade ore in the property during est in the history of the community. During the tear-up in their house, day.
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they have been living in rooms over
•rocker ground’ soon became a thing John II. Breeding nnd his son Henry the pas, two years. The Morning­
While
operating
one of the power
the
Delta
Confectionery.
of the past. Tunnels to follow up Who took up 160 acres each. Fred side Mine, being worked, and some
Many new arrivals are examining
switches at the cement plant here,
the pay streaks soon became unec­ Smithline followed Breedings ex­ old works being *eaught-up’ by the various properties and many
Pete Myers, Storeroom man at the Fred Eddings, electrician, suffered
onomical nnd were abandoned nnd ample nnd this group of farms wns Al Love nnd Chas. M. W’arren, both more will follow. This stir means
cement plant, is taking a vacation very painful burns on his right hand
a
great
opportunity,
for
the
mines
the characteristic Sunshine Miner purchased by Elmer Bagley in 1900 of Hogue River.
The Love A
became a memory. The acreage of during the firs, Hogue Valley Fruit Thompson quartz lead is attracting and mine owners which have waited this spring and has gone to Holcomb and neck when he was caught in a
gold bearing soil on the creek was Boom. One of th-e early day min­ considi rable attention; owned by so long for recognition by the out­ Springs, in Sams Valley for a change flash-back. A fuse that burned out
of air and water.
caused temporary delay to part of
considerable, nnd even the ground ing men to turn to agriculture for Central Point men. Beside several side world.
the plant.
Eddings was attended
skimmed over by the rocker operat­ profit was a Mr. Hale, well remem­ recent discoveries made by Perry
Ed
Schflin,
the
famous
“pocket
by
Dr.
W.
P.
Chisholm and will be
The
Fidelity
State
Bank
this
week
ors wns far from barren, if methods bered Grave Creek mining man Ringgold which bid fair to develop
of mining thnt would handle Inrge who took up a homestead on the into paying propositions, no new hunter" and prospector, was born paid a dividend on the fifteen per unable to return to work for somft
and raised on the old Schefflin cent of the deposits held out when time.
quantities of gravel were employed.
excitment is recorder. The North
In the early 90’s the flrst pipe and creek, owned now by Henry Diess, Pole Mine, only one mile distant, is donation claim of 320 acres and his the affairs of the defunct Gold Hill
FOR SALE— Orborn Improved
hydraulic mining was conducted on owner of an exclusive wnter right being prospected under a lease by prophecies always indicated tha, bank, accounts were taken over.
the creek by Wimer A Wilson and to the waters of Ward’s creek for experienced California mining men. “someday this would be one of the This divident is expected to be the Kitchen Range, for 850*00 Inquire
greatest minln g districts in the last that will be received from the of Mrs. S. L. Tupper, Crabtree Bldg,
their efforts were crowned with irrigation. The present owner of
All this activity is within a dis- state.
,
old bank.
on the highway, Gold Hill. Pd ad-
Barber Shop Fire
Proves Efficiency