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t VOLUME NO. 33 More Than 100,000 Cars Enier State (SMÎi Mil i THE GOLD H i t t NEWS. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY OCTOBER 17. 192» 'JAC KSO N COUNTY H EALTH I . AiibN. .WHETS AT PROSPECT Story Tells News Gleaned Tale Of Early From all Over Rail History The Nation The Jackson County Health asso ciation held its l,i-in o n ilily meeting nt P m sp ivt, WJcdiiesdny ufternoon. S ixty-llve persons nltended and felt w e ll rrp td d fu r the trip . Tlie beauty o f the hill-sides w ith th e ir autuuinul foliage, the I h iu ii * teous lu ll hem) served oil Nile hotel grounds of Mrs. Jim Grieves, the In- 1 I lie Grants Pass and Josephine form al uud interesting talk by the The early days o f Oregon’s ra il- ®*",k , Gran* ' h " * lr t ,he President, .Mi C nrlton, mid the line view . i f the health parade' o f , road history, when Joseph G aston,1 *,?,? .rJC, f° r b u ild ,n ® *° <" sl **«.- the ch ild , <n 1» Mr. Bromley of the o f Jacksonville, and Simon G. El- 1 ° ’ ,O , “ ,h ‘‘ home fo r ‘ h * 1 Co,»co gave all a most de lig h tfu l liOtt, of C a lifornia, together w ith | HIS * U ° n ’ thin«. pioneer residents of Portland u n it' ,, „ . . T, , .. Ti e Gold H ill committee was Salem, pro m o ted d ie riv al c o m i> "" 4 «175 >.1<* ' ‘ resented bv the Misses N ellie and ' <b ‘" .In -first railroad lines J i ,e ... T L vudull Jacobs Mrs Heis Chau-1 ,h l' wesl “ ‘ d™ o f ,he . * . h” be<B PLANS UNDERWAY FOR RED CROSS ANNUAL ROLL CALL NUMBER 24 Gas Tax Over Three Million Paid To State At the regular m onthly meeting o f I the Jackson County Board of the | American Bed Cross held at Med fo rd on October l l t h plans were I made fo r the Annual B oll Call held each year from A rm istice Day Io Thanksgiving Day. In .Medford this year the drive w ill be made thru the Community I chest D rive but in a ll Ihe parts o f i O t'T O E STATE VISITORS the county the w o rk w ill lx- carried \RGE INCOME RECEIV on us in form er years. SHOW AN INCREASE ED BY SATE FROM GAS From the e d ito ria l page ©f the OVER NUMBERS OE Portland O ri gonian v.e quo ! - the SALES DURING CUR PREVIOUS YEARS. fo llo w in g . “ As usual the Red Cross RENT YEAR. is on the job c a rry in g fo rw a rd re lie f w o rk among Ihe distressed peo W ith every month of the year ex ple who were burned uut in the fo r- co m m u a i y in -easing sales o f ec,it February exceeding the co r Bertha Cov, Mrs. MeGliai, Mrs lI.i" ',.1 ° f / ' •st fires that w rought such hnyoe ‘''» ¡“ ‘ d- "From ro u ' " ' (ih tiila te have mad» responding month in any year since M m r r . M r , W. « Mi J * £ < £ £ » 1 * « - .....* , £ * .....M l,, w „ „ in ihe v ic in ity o f V iolville Washing gasoline and August the pc ik month in the am- registration o f non-resident auto ton. in the Southern Pacifle lip llr tin . mobiles was started by Hie slate, the W'c o f Ihe Bogue R iver Valley ou e.t o f tax eo leeted from sales I he first chapter appears in the ! Il,c w or,d ,er,es by h ikin g fo u r o f —o report o f tourist bureaus shows a have been m e rc ifu lly exempt from * iiiee Ihe gn-olinc tax has been in October issue of the m agailne I ,he ftvc • a,nw* ■'■»»ed. T w o o f the S ,n .!iitr motoring, increase much heavier influx o f visitors in to I ITEMS OF INTEREST w hich is now being d istrib u te d am- were won by the A thletics af- dl m ajor disasters re q u irin g heir, I ! ° r ‘ Oregon this year. From statistics FROM TOWN OF ROGUE RIVER ong employes o f the company In i ,e r ,ln- Chicago Cubs v irtu a lly hail from the Red Class but Ms:. L i il k . ' ' n !° l ,1 Ireflie and a dditional auto compiled thus fa r by Hal E. Hoxs. Bobeéis the local secretary tra ve l mobile- ill o| eratinns have co n lrih - Oregon. The next few issues o f the ; l *,c ®8nw , sewed up. ::ed to the month’s sa'es, b ringing secretary o f state, it is expected that Mrs. B urnell is helping in O 'K cl- magazine w ill be devoted to the his- og up and down the co u n try on her an i ; , . ' s e in In te l <-ol!eetions fo r the tourist registration w ill reach ly's store during the absence of Mr. io ry o f the organization, eonstruc- The U. S. Senate piaceli th e ir •rrands of neficy s enotbing cut a a total of more (hull 100.000 ears and Mrs. O 'K elly who have gone on e ifiiiio lm c d qu a rre l here, and \vg u t c ' titii. year o f *58.029 63 ov- i tion end development of the various, slump of approval upon the presi- u lim itin g trip . - t. if?S . according to statis- fe r the year. eej ing a destitute i:r . ;ily there, ex- ra ilro a d projects in the state w hich dcn** appointees to the i r."::t R .Mr. and Mrs. John W rig h t are the ie-: co m p il" t bv Hal E. I'oss, secre- V is ito r’s cars regis.'ered fo r the new owners of the local butcher | A rre in later years consolidated to board. ten,¡net aid Io e x-'i-rvlec men a n d 1 -ry i f Stale. The a r:c c i:t fo r this ui»c months ending September 30, shop. I hey luivc ta k u i poMsession. , .... f , ... . n . .h e ir fam ilies in obtaining g o v - r -- the " now fume« th e little Hepburn g irl has been f feriti “ r l" U’r ,,w fa' " ed Sh:,' ,a ar v is A5.i0.3R2.43, w iii'e August, 1929, brought a total o f 80,071. Sen, tors Borah and Smoot hud a ment help, in her service w o rk so ill in Grunts Pass hospital w ith of Southern Pacifle. t n"3, 'h e highest peak in the year, which compares almost to the total i • ■ > > , ■ i: v.-rbal il tilt l ilt before the H. It. S. senate I w hich is a large p o t of ever- It .. . ty p h o id fev er, is slo w lv im p ro v in g f ................. as.I il I U > I I a ’ • I | - — • . • . * ■ | . i i i ■ ‘ The railroad development of no ■ h- w -d a sum o f *432 352.79. 96.248 fo r tlie entire year of 1928. Several from here attended the I.lk ... SS.... »» IL _ upon the m erits o f the new ta r iff Cross t •gram does a w ork fo r hij- Gallons o f gasoline sold in Aug ust reached a new level c f 17.700,- 925.8. v .i'h sa'.es of d istilla te amount in g fo 374.185,3 gasoline. F o r the nine n-.cn'hs o f 1929, a total o f 3,- 166.071 04 has been collected, b rin g ing gross collections since the tax became effective in 1919 o f 25,778,- e n te rp ris -: . i 036.07. O f this amount, w ith re- passengers and was five years in .. ’yj;. . ..r . . . . '.C.P. r a r r -' „ioPV^ar<* l *le ! funds and adm inistrative expenses i,,, ,, , i , . i.aw ieuce. eioreiiee is uouiu m tng and resourei ftd pioneer ra il- the building. A tholigh enforcement of Ihe law „ ‘ ¡sh school " " , ,d promoters. To Simon G. EI- w-ork o f the American Red Cross at deducted. 824,371,959.93 has been p ro vh lln g fo r tourist registration Is Savilla H olebrite is clerking at | , „ | |, Joseph Gaston. Ben Holladay, home and abroad. transferred to the state highw ay A San Francisco man who attempt us s tric t a. possible w ith the num- Corey s store fo r a w h ile . Hcnrv V illard Richard K n .h t.r Join this year—A rm istice Day to fund fo r construction o f highways. Imr of t rattle men n a tro llin a the ‘M rs. T a yo lr B a lly was operated ' ’ L K° eh’ er ed to comm it suicide and was in a Thanksgiving day. ro a d * " »-ivu Mr ll •• n u,wjn last week and is in a very nnd 1» due Ihe credit fo r ---------0 -------- *he result fe ll out o f roads, say. Mr. Boss, m y own I criU c|lI con<li„ on. Her daughter launching anil arr.ving fo rw a rd the CONTRACT AWARDED FOR ’ various projects that in la tte r y e a r s '^ * 1 nnd b r° ke h,s neck' opinion is that we register but about arrived today. BLAZING INDUSTRIAL TRAILS STATEWIDE ADVERTISING (M) per rent o f the foreign ears ' Al Ixive has been doing a little | were completed under the d ire c tio n ! Th(1 Ho„ ywoo<1 c,ub o f , h(, coflsf w h ich enter Ihe stale. W ith th is , carpenter w o rk out on Applegate. , c . i . i -. o ... i i i > 1 B row nie Ilaugert and Gux Sutli- " f-'d lis I . H untington, la-land Stan There is an old and somewhat po league won the post season t ilt from per rentage used a , a basts fo r co m -I (.r ll„ „ , .,r(. (|„ WI1 , 0 on „ ford nnd Chas. Croker. Announcement has been made by etic sentiment to the effect that i f U’. G. Ide, manager, state chamber the San Francisco Missions. putalion, it w ould he safe to estim- I hunting trip . Railroads were projected in Ore you build the bird houses, the birds o f commerce that the contract fo r Several local people viewed ('■? ate the neliini number o f out of stale ears nt 165,000 fo r this year, i J?"'«*™1 , l’e n B l:l- gon ... as early as 1850, but it u was u not Jackson county received 8)4.230 come. And, strange to relate, T h i. .. ,,i i ... . . i o i Store ni (lia n ts P-ss. hi- mess of u n til Ihb.l lhal substantial headway o f the state highw ay fund, Josephine 1 *n nlany o f the practical affairs of preperafiop o f copy, booklets and in is w ould mean w ith nn average ,ln amateur burglr-r. was mode tow ard b u ild in g a road county received 4.666 and Douglas | business that is Ihe procedure fo l- other advertising m a te riil w hich o f three persons to the ear, that of The Ladies aid is giving Hie through Ihe W illam ette valley. In w ill be used in the statewide adver 88884 in the apportionm ent of the lowed. some MO,000 tourists w ould he in teachers a r- ,-ptior nest Friday tising and development nropram, i that year E llio t came to Oregon rep- the state du rin g 1929. What this n iPh * ,hp Com m unity hall, F o r instance, nearly every d is tric t fo r w h ich the recent legislature ap money from m otor registrations. *The Freshman are going to travel resenting a group o f C a lifo rn ia men. o f Oregon reaches the im in t o f p ro propriated 825.600. has been aw ard means in terms o f money to the . . _ . . . , , . I <• w ie rd tra il of tricks put on by He sought aid in financing Ihe mak- A lbert B. F a ll is again on the duction where there is too much ed Io the W. S. K irk p a tric k A dver slate can only lie conjectured as the tin* higher classmen. Thursday t r„ , r > iin ,,,i f r length o f stay o f each ear Is iliflie u ll night, listen fo r th e ir cries. ’ *n« o f “ ? ’ rve> ’ r a ilr ° ad f r «m stand to te stify in a tr ia l brought raised fo r local ensoumption and Service, Portland. The to determine.” there is anyone that reotlv j M,,ne I’oint on Hie Central Pacifle, against him by the government fo r the chamber o f commerce is asked tising award was made by the directors of wants good info rm a tio n as to li .v , (now Southern Pacifle) in C alifor- perjury. to secure a cannery to absorb the the slate chamber and approved by emures fo r Ihe nine months give ,« k ill a deer just ask Kewpie O’- nia to Portland He met w ith iittle surplus and affords an o p p o rtu n ity C a lifo rn ia 62 per cent of Ihe v is it- | K elly, he I dled on.- last Monday. ! M1(.(.,.ss exrep, in M,u„ „ . rn Oregon the state board o f control. Mr. Ide o f the « gas .ive O.'ik tii-nnge is p tiling to " . . The . trik - e .............. »— tru ■ ck drivers fo r the continued g ro w th o f Ihe in slates that a great deal o f statistical ors’ registration, Washington 17 c.il carnival in the near fu- " '•ere Ihe little inland towns were I In New York is becoming threaten- dustry. give a The chamber contacts a per cent nnd Idaho 5 tier cent, w ith ture anxious fo r better means o f trans- ing. The Standard O il company successful cannery man. w ho inves inform ation and pictures o f a g ri every slide in Ihe union registered Mrs yii.-i.t , i Is sister Mrs Mu ic portation between San Francisco aid that it w ould be a fight to the tigates, and reorts, “ You have a cu ltu ra l and in d u stria l operation in in Ihe list. eft fu r III', Il IK- l> "-k east after . • ,, ,i , .. «u », ... Oregon have been collected already s,tending her vacation w ith her ' finish w ith them. Many other L u- surplus but not sucieient q u a n tity and preparing the booklets and l i t W hlle in Portland, E llio t ------------ enlisted - ions threaten sympathetic strikes i f to w a rra n t a cannery. parents and sister. ---------------------- Increase NATIO N TO OBSERVE Paul W rig td is near Roseburg as Hu- assistance of Geo. H. Belden, a Ihe gas d rive rs’ strike is not settled. your production u n til you make erati re w ilt now go ahead. The ad- x irfis in g campaign in newspapers L IG H T ’S GOLDEN JU B ILE E an assistant to tlie Slate bridge in- c iv il engineer, and d u rin g the sum- your d istrict allraetive to an oper- anri farm publications w ill start on ’ M r ! ' ' M arti, i Bangert ami Mrs. o f 1883 the tw o men started the Three Russian aviators are now ator.” January 1. and all fo llo w -u p titera- Geo. Hadlev were Medford visitors, the survey fo r the ra ilro a d , E llio t in Ihe northwest after a tr ip to this Again, d a iry d istricts in the course Next Monday, October 21st, the Wednesdas. headed a party north from Marys country by a ir from Russia in a o f th e ir development reacn a point tur? and m ate-ial w ill be ready to w hole nation w ill celebrate “ L ig h t’s answer inquiries on all phases of v ille , C alifornia, through Ihe Saera- plane known as a Land o f Soviets. where there is more m«i- nrodueed Golden Jubilee” ami w ill jo in in Mt < il ( O l’ i ’ I-.R ORE IS SHU I l-.D Oregon opportunities. im-nto Valley and was met at Yreka T h e ir plane is a huge Iri-in o to re d than the local market can consume paying trib u te Io Thomas A. Edison ---------0--------- FROM GRANTS PASS DISTRICT by ToBe, her they located ami those interested in creating pay ship and the flyers expect to con upon the 50th anniversary of his a line over the Siskiyou mountains tinue th e ir tr ip around the w o rld ro lls ask Ihe chamber o f commerce TWO 4-H CHAMPIONS ARE marvelous invention, the first in- Thc Queen of Bronze and Cow tind reached Jacksonville in Octob REGISTERED AT O. S. C. Io show that the Soviets b u ild os Io secure a creamery, eondensery or eondeseent electric lamp. Commun Bov are shipping copper ore from er. cheese making plant. The chamber gooil planes nnd have ns good flyers ity , civic and business organizations tlie mines o f Waldo and Takilm a, as T w o national champions in boys Joseph Gaston as any other nation. contacts a successful manufacturer everywhere w ill honor Ihe great is also another large producer of , In . Ihe meantime . , . , • • . and g irls ’ 4-H club w o rk are now .... has become interested in Ihe project w ho investigates and reports, "You American benefactor w ith appro copper in southern Oregon, .. tin- Sil- . , . . . ' . enrolled in the school of a g ricu l . , ,, , ... , ,, and it was through his prom oting have a surplus bu( not sufficient Oregon’s F ire toss outside o f priate progress and special decora v er I , ak mini- so u th o f R iddle. ... . , , .. In ture at Oregon State college, a co tions and elaborate electrical effects They are also shipping Io Tacoma, Hull Ihe C alifornia and Columbia Portland amounted to 84.24,825 in q uantity to supply a plant. incidence not believed equaled be F ive r Railroad company was orgun- crease your production u n lit you 147 tires according Io a report put w ill he featured throughout Hie en and produced in July and August fore in Ihe United States. le d at Jacksonville in October, make your d istrict attractive to an out by the state fire marshal fo r the tire nation. In many eilies procla 13/.O4O pounds of copper, .1426 oune- While Edgar Grimes o f H arrisburg .who operator.” this company lived but month of September. mations w ill he issued by Ihe ma or o f silver, and 117.75 ounces of won the national Moses leadership a few months, it had the d istinction We have used the examples o f the yo r ca lling attention Io Ibis tilg na gold a total gross value o f 829,293.76. canning plant and the creamery Irophy last year has registered as a tio n a l event and asking llia l Ihe They are now in s ta llin g 822,000.00 of being Hie first company to make real progress in advancing the ra il both the east and west sides o f Ihe w hich are but typical of many of freshman in agriculture this fa ll af «lay he observed by all citizens. w o rtli of machinery, w hich is all The company’s activities W illam ette rive r. Gaston appealed the m anufacturing establishments te r devoting the summer to leading L ig h t’s Golden Jubilee recalls Oc paid fo r. T h e ir engineer, Mr. II. H. road. w ith those o f Ihe to tlie state legislature fo r aid at its numerous communities desire. A ny 14 clubs as a "sideline” to his reg tober 21, 1879, when Ellison turned I.otz says this record is hard to heal were coordinated A Oregon Railroad Com- session in 1864 and as a result tlie person ai ali fa m ilia r w ith in d u stria l u la r farm w o rk. He was greeted tlie electric cu rre n t into a bulb l i l and we could make more properties pany, organized at Yreka in No state voted its first b ill in behalf of development can appreciate the here by Alex C ruickshank o f Mc ted w ith a filam ent of carbonized here, lint il lakes men w ith m ining vember, 1863. the railroad but Ihe money provided problem w hich Ihe local chambers M in n ville . last year’s champion, and cotton and produced a light that experience to lie successful. II may seem strange in this day, fo r was not sufficient to be o f much o f commerce have Io face. “ Shall now a senior in agriculture. Both glowed fo r fo rtv hours. That lamp states Ihe magazine article, “ that the assistance and the b ill was never we, in spile of the present surplus, boys own considerable stock and was the parent r f the efficient lights PORTLAND TERRITORY first successful efforts in behalf of taken advantage of. encourage our farmers to fu rth e r in both plan to take up farm ing after o f today. From it Edison Iris de TO GET CHEAP POWER • he ra ilro a d should have been taken Congress passed a la w in July, crease production in hopes lh a l a they are graduated. veloped so much to aid hum anity at tw o small in te rio r tow ns then 1866, authorizing Ihe b u ild in g o f a greater surplus w ill be s u ll^ ie n t to llia l last year lie was presented w ith Cities ami towns in the te rrito ry more Ilian 3(16 miles from a reliable ra ilro a d from Ihe Central Pacifle in attract capital fo r a pla n t? ” less ambitious, the less determined. a Congressional Gold Medal. Al the adjacent to' Portland w ill pro fit by seaport and s till o ff the main line C alifornia Io Portland and provided Right here is where the business This is the type o f b u ild in g that re presentation Calvin Coolidge, as reductions in pow er rales w hich Rut ••• in •>"'» 1863 Jack- fo r a land grant to assist in b u ilding Preehh-ni n f ii... iT „ii. ,i g i „ i » i i . ' ---------------- . . ------I of the railroad. ••>«• Id,n his ' " ‘I“ ' sonville nnd Yreka were logical , (he road. In September that year leaders must do some m ighly clear quires vision, confidence nnd often th in kin g. Right here is where they servnnl of hn l l n l l . l i u I »” w t r ‘ ''"H 'nnies ami the public l p o in t, from w hich to launch the Gaston started the organization o f must get all Ihe facts, all Hie in fo r the long struggle. There is much in this western " , . . . . nd icrvii-c eon,mis-ion, member« of Ihe C alifornia and Oregon ra ilro a d p r o - ‘ another Oregon company. This mation, all o f ihe experience o f benefactor o f mankind, mav you commission said today. j Cct. They were im portant points company took the name o f the Ore- other communities in like matters. co u n try that s till calls fo r the en long be spared . . . . . Io eonlinu • your "? ie n the new schedules are made on the main wagon road north and gon Central Companv. In October Here is where they must examine terprise and s p irit of the pioneer. The chambers o f commerce should in Io Inspire (hose who w ill effective Ihe cities o f Vancouver, j south through the tw o stales and the same year it was designated ns ca re fu lly w hat the future may rea get all Ihe facts, a ll the experience e n rry forw a rd your to rch ." Gresham, Salem, Oregon C ity ami j were Ihe centers of trade fo r n large ' the company to receive Ihe land sonably be expected to hold fo r the and accumulate thought on our _(>.------- . i other towns w ill have much low er area. Produce and supplies had to grant nnd to b u ild the railroad. L a t grow th of th e ir d istrict. problems and then select those ac As a green manure crop, o r fo r power rales than are enjoyed by lie transported by wagon trains, er another Oregon Central Company I f the decision is to go ahead, let tivitie s fo r w hich we are by nature silage o r hay purposes, oats and small cities and towns in Hie Pug I pae’; horses ami singe roaches more was organized by a group o f Salem them be fo rtifie d w ith the kn o w l- ,nd location best adapted fo r even So,-mi d istrict. than 460 miles between the steam men nnd the tw o factions fought edge that many a farm home, many vetch are hard Io beat. The Oregon It looks ns though Ihe Oregon boat te rn ,in i on the W illam ette and back nnd fo rth fo r supremacy. Gas-1 a factory, many a business, many a tual success and then steer a experiment station finds that the Journal’s eanipnign against (lie pow straight course ahead. Business like Sacramento rive rs.” Ion’, company was known as the ra ilro a d has been b u ilt and has birds w ill come i f we b u ild and pre crop is best when fa ll sown, in er Interests in ihe northern part of Surveys -were continued north West Side Company nnd the Salem . prospered when conditions al th e ir pare fo r it. western Oregon. the state is bearing fru it. from Jacksonville to P ortland on company as the East Side Company. I inception m ight have deterred the E. G. H arlan, in Oregon Business,
