Gold Hill news., July 04, 1929, Image 1

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TUB GOLD HIM , NKWR, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON
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GOVT. SHOWS
SURPLUS AT
END OF YEAR
OREGON RANKH SIXTH
IN NUMBER OK AUTOS
"Oregon ranked sixth in number
of motor curs in pro|iortion to |a>p-
ulutiou in tlie year 1926," stated W.
It. McDonald, director of the Ore­
gon State Motor association.
| "Oregon was surpassed by Cali-
i fornia, Nevada, Iowa, Kausus und
, Nebraska, Washington, our nelgh-
I bor to the north, stood fourteenth
in the list witii 4.6 persons per
I cur. while Oregon in sixth place
had 3.96 |x*rsons |>er cur,
"California hud the greatest mo­
tor cur density with 2.67 persons
tier car; Ncvadu wus second with
3.55, while Iowa $3.61, Kansas 3.66
und Nebraska, 3.93, completes the
list of the stutes which ranked
uheud of Oregon. Florida, which
has ranked very high for the past
three years, was seventeenth with
4.75 persons per car.
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THURSDAY JULY 4, 1929
Much Money Eugene Will
Invested By Celebrate With
New Settlers Huge Pageant
RARE .METAL IS REPORTED
FOUND AT RIVER .MOUTH
NI MBER »
FIRE LUSSES
IN FORESTS
ARE REDUCED
Southern Oregon men Interested
in mining were busy discussing the
new metal» reported to have been
discovered one mile north from Ihe
mouth of the river.
in addition Io gold, platinum and
iridium known Io b.- in the sand, E.
W. Myers, engineer of a group of
l.os Angeles capitalists, announced
With investments of $316,500
The government finished its 1929
Strangers passing thru the city of lhal he had discovered other metals
Forest fires on the national for­
made by new families who arrived Eugene, Oregon are bewildered al in Hie sands of greater values than
fiscal year toniglil with u surplus
in Oregon to make this state their the sigtd of many bearded and pic­ either gold or platinum and that he ests of Oregon and Washington,
of $185,606.666, und the public debt
during Ihe past five years, have
home, June led uil previous months turesquely dressed men and de­ is able io recover them.
cut Io $16,931,000.000, the lowed
j
of the present year, according to mure, hoop-skirted women, on the
point »litre the world war.
Chief among these metals is bery­ burned over an average of only
the monthly report of the state streets, in Ihe shops and offices llium^ a n< w metal used as an al­ I 70.666 acres |ier year, according to
Total receipts for the year aggie-
chumher of commerce. These new and even in Ihe theatres and other loy with oilier metals in Hie con­ a statement jusl issued by the for-
Muted W, 033.000.000. The former
families nundx-red 75 und they) pur­ public places. Tlie bewilderment struction of engines for airplanes. : esl service. Portland, Oregon. This
were approximately $9,000,060 lest
chased 5359 acres of land. The is usually short-lived, however, for This metal, Myers asserls, makes it j is one-fourth o f one per cent of the
•ban collected lust year, while the
attractiveness
of Oregon us u home soon Hie newcomer is informed by possible Io construct a motor for I gross national forest area in these
expenditures showed an increase of
slule is shown by the lieuvy influx one of the whiskered gentlemen or airp'ane or automobile of one-third I I wo states.
$201,000,100 over the previous 12
of ne W|*c(<>lc during Hie past six old-fashioned women that Eugene is less weight.
A growing spirit of cooperation
month».
months of this year. During thia to have a pioneer pageant July 25
on the port of I tie public, belter or­
A gain in individual income tux
Tlie
Los
Angeles
concern,
headed
j
SHOWS OREGON WONDERS
period (he slate chamber figures to 27.
receipts, due, the Ireusury said to
by Nathan W. Hale, has started . ganization, and quicker action are
show the number of families in­
general prosperity, and more spec*
construction
on a plant near the I responsible for this excellent show-
(Tailed
Ihe
"Sunset
Trail
Celebra­
Scenic wonders of Oregon will ne
ificully to the exreediuMly active curried pictoriully throughout the creased from 161 during 1926 to tion,” Ihe event has taken on state­ mouih of the Bogue for Ihe exlrac- j i ing, local forest officers slate. At
und constantly rising securities United Stutes by a famous lecturer, 307 in 1929; investments by new wide importance and now promises (ion of ores from Ihe black sands. I the same time they point out that
i even 76,666 burned over acres per
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murket. saved the government from Albert Leonurd Squier, who is now- folks have risen from $633,760 dur­ to be one of the outstanding cele­
! year is loo high. From 60 per cent
a deficit by increasing $220,000,000 in the west obtaining scores of ing 1926 to $1,122,725 in 1929; and brations on »he Pacific Coast. Situ­ BIG TOLO R INCH IS SOLD
to 70 per cent of forest fires are
und swelling the total income tux view» of the leuding beuuty s|iots acres of land purchased have in­ ated in the heart of the historic pi­
TO SAN FRANCISCO MEN
creased from 11,404 in 1926 to 17,-
man-caused, and canipers-smokcrs
collections to $2.3341,000,000. The
for incorporation into a new illus­ 90.3 in 1929. The state chamber al­ oneer “Oregon Country,” Eugene
head the list of man causes. If
total exceeded ttie collections of trated lecture about the Pacific
and
Ihe
surrounding
area
is
rich
in
Sale
of
2.300
acres
of
Jackson
so reports that it has received let­
these man-caused fires could be en­
1928 by $150,000.000, hut the amount
coast. Mr. Squier was brought to ters from families who will come lore of early seulement days, and ' county land, located near Gold Ray tirely eliminated, the total burned
received from corporations was tlie Pacific coast through the ef­
the staunch, aggressive spirit that dam to Frank Noyes and associates
lower than thut of lust year, because forts of Dr. M. El I wood Smith, dean to Oregon to locate during the re­ led the makers of the state out of San Francisco was announced would be even smaller, it is said.
maining six months of the year and
The North Pacific District, com­
of a I per cent decrease in the of the Oregon State college summer
they will have $1,140,650 to invest from the East is to be the inspira­ Iasi week. The property was at prising Oregon and Washington,
in the umount of the tux.
tion
of
the
coining
three
day
célé­
one
lime
owned
by
Dr.
Bay
builder
session, who arranged a number of in property.
stands fourth in the list of acreages
brai ion.
of the Gold Ray Dam.
Customs duties yielded the gov* engagements for (lie famous camera
Thousands of personal invitations
burned on the national forests of
eminent $002,000,000, an increase of artist who has built up three illus­ to visit Oregon this summer and
Of greatest interest will he the
Herbert
Fleischackpr, banker, the United States.
$33,000,000, over the previous year, trated lectures on north and south enjoy the evergreen playground are "Sunset Trail Pageant,” written by and Fred Burnam. capitalist, are
The California district, afflicted
but miscellaneous internal revenue America now in wide demand.
being sent out from Los Angeles of­ W. F. G. Thacher of the University among the associates of Noyes in by three had fire "years during the
receipts fell off $14.000,000 to $607,-
the
large
transfer.
TLie
ranch
will
of
Oregon,
in
which
1500
citizens
of
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fice of the Slate chumher to prom­
period suffered the heaviest loss,
000,000. The loss, the secretary
Miss Hahn, daughter of Dr. Hahn inent members of civic organiza­ Eugene wilt participate. This will be developed as a model cattle
said, was due mainly to the repeal of Portland is visiting in this city tions in all parts of the southwest. be given each evening, on a huge ranch for the breeding of fancy with an average of 263,239 acres or
1,083 per cent of its national forest
of the automobile tax und increased ns the guest of Nellie Smith.
Included with the invitation is a singe to he erected in the center of stock and a large fishing lodge is area burned over each year. The
also
reported
to
be
one
of
the
pro­
exemptions in the amusement tax,
Hayward
Stadium
at
Ihe
University
beautiful necreationul inup, a high­
Eeastern district comes next with
which deprived the treasury of
way folder and descriptive matter of Oregon. Accomodations are be­ posed improvement.
.867 per cent and the Northern dis­
$57,000,000.
dealing with ail sections of this ing provided for 30,000 spectators
trict third with .421 per cent.
-o-
for
this
event,
and
already
people
This amount, however, was al­
slate. In conjunction with this let-
Forest officers state that while
most entirely made up by an in- I
ler campaign, the state chamber is of this city have entered enthusias-
they are constantly improving their
Hrally
into
rehearsals
for
the
irany
< reuse of $4,000,000 in the tobacco !
conducting an advertising program
protective system, they must large­
tux and an increase of $16,000.000 j
in the leading newspapers. Arthur features that will make up the pag­
ly depend upon public care and co­
in the stamp tax.
Fouler of the slate chamber staff eant.
operation to hold the fire damage
The
pageant
will
not
only
depict
opened his headquarters on July 1,
The secretary pointed out that
down to a reasonable level- With
at Yellowstone national park und the growth of the Oregon country
among the things causing a decrease
the increased public use of the na­
from
prehistoric
limes,
but
will
pre­
will
direct
travel
over
Oregon
high-
in revenue was the absence of re­
tional
forests every year, it is nec­
sent a brilliant ballet in which Ihe
turns from the sule of capital as­
essary that more and more people
future that lies before the state will
sets. less tax collections and the
shall become “fire conscious,” they
be shown in an elaborate and most
reduction in the corporation tux.
THRESHING ADJUSTMENTS
say.
PREVENT LOSS OF CRAIN unusual way. The early episodes
Increases in the expenditures, he
will
show
in
turn
the
Indian
in
his
Under (he shadow of a serpen­
said, were caused by a postul defic­
TENDERFOOT’S CAMP FIRES
native haunts before the coming of
it of $105,000,000, including $52,000,- tine rock in southern Idaho lies
Losses of grain during the thresh­
EXPOSES HIS IGNORANCE
Ihe
white
man,
Ihe
migration
to
Iceland
is
putting
its
geysers
to
000 allowed railroads for retroac­ $500,000 in gold nuggets, believes ing operation, although difficult to
this
region,
the
coming
of
Lewis
&
work.
A common phenomenon
tive mail rate increases, greater Dave Cola, a Menominee, Michigan, detect and often dismissed by the
“You can always identify the
Clark, Hie settlement of early com­
naval expenditures of $30,000,0(H), Indian.
grower as of little consequence, munities, es up to present day in­ here, despite the incongruity of tenderfoot' in the woods by look­
their appearance in a land whose
larger internal revenue tax refunds
Cola will be there August 17. At commonly range from one io five
ing at his camp fire,” say the rang­
of $42,000,000 Hood relief expenses noon, when the shadow of a rock per cent, finds D. I). Hili of the dustry and commerce. Then the veryj name breaths of the cold, ers of Oregon and Washington.
ballet
will
be
presented,
with
danc­
the
many
geysers
and
hot
springs
of $30,000,000, the government con­ promontory resembling a serpent's farm crops dc|xirtmcnt of the Ore­
“The experienced woodsman does
tribution to the civil service retire­ head is east into a volcanic crater gon experiment station. Lack of ers, showing the resources and in­ of the country have not been util­ not build a fire that has any of the
dustries
of
ihe
state,
such
as
forest­
ized
to
the
full
extent
of
their
pos­
ment fund of $20,000,000 and in­ in tlie Moon region north of the careful adjustment of the different
three faults found in the tender­
creased veteran's bureau expenses Snake river desert, lie will begin parts of the threashing machine is ry, agriculture, fishing, commerce, sibilities. Now their heat is being foot's fire.
industry
and
power
as
they
are
ex­
harnessed.
of $16,000,000.
digging for Hie treasure he believes blamed for most of the losses.
"The tenderfoot builds a fire too
pected to be in the future.
The larges! and most famous gey­
The public debt was shown in the two Englishmen cached there 6(1
In harvesting, losess from the
Directing Ihe pageant will be Mrs. ser in the country bears simply the big for his need or for his conven­
secretary's statement to have been Mears ago.
binder are much greater than where Doris Smith, of Portland, who has
ience.
Occasionally this
reduced $073,000,000 in the year, as
Guiding Cota will be an old map, Ihe combine is used, finds Profes­ won national fame thru her work name Geysir.
"He builds it where it is likely
compared with $907,000,000 last found in a charred Bible in the sor Hili, after making a compari­ as director of "Rosaria,” in her giant throws a stream of boiling to spread—either in dry grass or
water
to
a
Height
of
35
to
50
feet.
Wear.
ruins of his mother's old cabin on son of combined harvesters with city during the annual rose festival.
Fifty years ago these outbursts oc­ brush, or against a dead log that
Tile text of the statement follow's; the Menominee reservation in Sha- threshers and binders as to their
An outstanding item of the per­ curred once or twice daily. Now may smoulder after his party leaves
wubo county,
Wisconsin.
His relative efficiency in harvesting formance wiii be the pioneer par­
receipts:
they are rare. Bui there are still and then cause a destructive forest
"The aggregate of tux receipts, mother was Princess Ann Cota, grain. These losses are divided in­ ade and exhibition of pioneer rel­ plenty of natural hot springs Io of­ fire.
“The tenderfoot’s fire does not
that is, customs, income tux und (laughter of Kewaskum, a Menomi­ to loss from the binder itself, loss ics. There will also be an indus­ fer considerable opportunities for
handling Ihe bundles, and thru trial parade, which already has Iheir development.
ignite easily or bum satisfactorily
miscellaneous internal revenue re­ nee chieftain.
The two Englishmen, Ferdinand tlie stationary threshing machine.
ceipts, was $3,540,000,000, or $176,-
entries from every corner of the
Several farms are heated almost because he uses poor judgment in
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000,0(10 more than receipts from Kingston und Elmer Jacques Brown,
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entirely
from hot water, and a selecting material and fuel.”
legend says, trapped in the Snake
A good camp fire for cooking is
these source« in 1928,
schoolhouse is heated by the same
river country, making their home
not so large that it cooks the cook
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method.
Another
is
not
only
with the Crow Indians. Il is Ihot
ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR
heated by natural hoi springs, but as well as the food. A bed of hot
DIRIGIBLE SERVICE PLANNED
they made a rich prospecting strike
has a bathing |>ool filled from the coals is preferable to a blaze for
EOR HAWAIIAN ISLANDS in Hie Moon region craters. They
same source. The water also has cooking. The wise camper collects
guarded Iheir secret, but it leaked
Yesterday
was
my
day
to
work,
curative properties, and the child­ a few needles and dead twigs and
The San Francisco Examiner re­ and and outlaws ambushed them.
But
I
went
fishing.
ren in this school are consequently starts his fire small, adding larger
ported last week llial negotiations Brown was killed and Kingston
among the healthiest in a popula­ slicks as it gains in size. If the
were in progress between the Dol­ tortured to force revealation of the
I dreamed I felt a big one jerk,
woods are wet it is possible to se­
tion noted for its health.
lar Steamship company and the hiding place of tlie gold.
So I went fishing
cure fuel by chopping off the sur­
A
third
school
to
be
heated
on
the
Goodyear-Zeppelin company for the
He refused, was bound and
face of a dead log or stump.
1 listened to friends as they told their lies:
hot water plan is now to he built at
inauguration of a trans-Pacific dir­ thrown into eave Io die. He was
Never build a fire against a dead
I
watched
their
arms
as
they
showed
the
size.
Beykliolt,
one
of
the
historic
spots
igible service.
rescued by Indians, bid was near
stump
or log that may hold fire af­
And 1 gathered up my rod and flies—
of Iceland. located in tlie south­
Stanley Dollar, vice- president of dentil.
ter the need for fire has passed.
western
part
of
the
island.
The
And
just
went
fishing.
Hie steumsliip < onpiiny, was quoted
On his deathbed, runs the story,
Build it away from trees, brush
famous historian and poet, Snorre
as having said he had held several Kingston intrusted a packet to (he
and grass, and on bare ground or
Sturason, lived and was killed there
conferences with Goodyear-Zeppe­ Crows, asking them Io deliver it to
Today I’ve worlds of work to dc,
in ’1241. He was born in 1178 and rocks. Dry needles, leaves and de­
lin officials and that while no agree­ his brother, Alfred, then living on
bris should be scraped away with­
But
I'm
going
fishing.
is considered tlie first of ancient
ment was reached, negotiations the Sheboygan river, in Wisconsin.
in a radius of 5 feet or more of the
I
ought
to
toil
the
whole
day
thru,
historians
of
Iceland.
were continuing.
I’askose, a young brave, started
fire.
But I'm going fishing.
A rich and powerful man, Stur-
Dollar said if the plans material­ east Io find Alfred. For years he
It is best to dig a shallow pit for
lason was twice the guest of honor
ized tlie first service probably roamed Michigan and Wisconsin,
Temptation I have long withstood,
(he fire, or build a small stone fire
at
Ihe
court
of
King
Hakon
Hakons-
would lie between San Francisco lml had no success. In the end he
place.
But the outside air does a fellow good
son of Norway. His death came as
mid Hawaii, and if commercially cmic Io Menominee and just before
Above ail, the wise camper knows
And
when
he
can
get
out,
he
should,
a result of Ihe dangerous habit of how to put his fire, and makes cer-
successful, oilier lines connecting his ilenlh gave Hie packet to Dave
So
I’ll
go
fishing
accepting kingly hospitality, for
with Hie Asiatic mainland would lie Kakidosh, a timber cruiser.
lain it is completely extinguished
when lie failed to keep a promise
established.
Kakuosh paid no attention Io the
before he leaves. Pour water on
unguardedly made to make Iceland the embers and stir them to make
Passengers, mail and light freight packet until he was an old
Tomorrow I should be a slave,
a dependency ,of Norway, the Norse
would be carried
Then lie sent an exiiedition Io hunt
But I'll he fishing.
sure no spark is left. Then, to he
king had him killed.
The newspaper said Hie Goodyear for the gold. Il failed.
absolutely sure, pour on more wat-
I'll
he
a
long
time
in
my
grave,
Slurlason took advantage of Ihe
company was Imilding two large
When he was dying he gave the
er, until you have DROWNED out
So now for fishing.
I hot springs himself, constructing every spark.
dirigibles and lhal when construc­ packet Io Coin’s mother, who hid it
A tank of gas and a quart of oil.
‘ a stone bath which still exists. In
tion mi these was slarted il was an­ in her Bible and died two years ago
the fall of 1936 Ihe girls and boys
nounced lhat one would be for without disclosing its whereabouts.
And away I II flee from loathsome toil;
Alan Cameron was at Ashland,
of Ihe new school will lie able io
trans-Atlantic service and the oth­ When Ihe rabin recently) burned,
Where the waters eddy, foam and boil,
Sunday afternoon, taking in the
bathe in ihe same springs, probably j beauties of the City of Charged
er for use across the Pacific.
Cota found the Bible and the map.
You'll find me fishing.
in order to refresh themselves.
1 w utor,
Indian Will
Dig For Rich
Lost Treasure
Will Harness
Natural Heat
Of Iceland