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®hc (Solò S ill Jffetas VOLUME XXXIII (SOLD HILL, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 12, j93¡ i THIS “ »THAT REBEKAHS OBSERVE As Good Advice Now as Then By Albert T. Retd TO GET OUR READERS TO THINKING OF TIMELY TOPICS OF INTEREST Last 'I huraduy ifternoon a purly of young luiUe* fro m our neighbor in g » lly o f .Medford uppeured t i l our loeul scho ol in a condition suid Io be bordering upon the slule of In ebriety. Perliape the noloriely our city has received t i l the hand» of our litte r city caused these young In dies Io feel thut the proper place Io conic while enjoying their intem perate llmg was Io our town. Per haps they hud u deiire to ihow our girls a few things uhout how drink ing girls should act. Whatever their motive was they came. They left just in time to miss u rather embarrassing ordeal for their con dition was rr|»orled to the local school authorities and whrn they found their spree »'»» not appre ciated they disnppeured. The mat te we understand was reported to their own school authorities anil as a result they have been disci plined. Their rase was given no such publicity by the county seat puprrs as it no doubt would have bern arcorded, had the situation been reversed. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ THE N U G G E T SOUTHERN PACIFIC OFFERS CENT-A-M1LE EXCURSIONS _______ Published by the Studvnts <-f the Gold H ill High School_______ luti miles for »1.00 on a railroad •» something novel for people in this day and age to enjoy but the patrons of the S. P. w ill be able to enjoy just that. Slashing ra il fares to approxi mately one cent a mile in a special effort to promote additional travel Ihe Southern Pacific Company to day announced plans for a novel e.\p. i'm ent in so called dollar day !r,>:<-portalion. Just as mercantile >rir s are cut in the interest of ping activity, so the rail road . arranged to offer a full line of • i l trip travel bargains over all f the Pacific lines on two succes sive Fridays, February 20 and Feb ruary 27. The Dollar day sales featuring 100 miles for »1.00 w ill provide for transportation on all trains both coach and Pullman. Return limit w ill be Tuesday mid night following day of sale. As Monday February 23rd Falls on a legal holiday, this w ill be an excellent opportunity to make that visit to your friends that you have been planning on for some time. --------- o--------- Editor Opal Hayes General News— Lucille llitlle . Social Editor— Sylvia Cardin. The matter of wutrr charges has again became a bogie Io the city a short student body meeting wa council. For years this question eld at the high school, Friday hus been a muchly debated one ut ebruary #th. The purpose of the practically every meeting of the iceting was Io discuss and plan a city council. illy before the game. Friday night. There is but one right way to It was also decided Io have a ten solve it and thut is to install nis court. meters on all users and charge ac Pupils were elected to go to Cor cording Io the amount of w utrr used. However the city council vallis to attend the educational ex docs not feel that the city finances position on Friday 13 and 14. merits such an expenditure and Melvin Sargent returned to school they hesitate Io demand that the property owners install them nt Wednesday. He sprained his ankle their own risk. In consequence during the game w ith Talent last an ordinance setting forth a code Friday night. Marie Biles and Lucille Wheatley of rales has been enacted and us ers have been required to pay that returned to school after u prolong rale. Hut then meters were instal- ed absence due to the mumps and led upon some of thr heavier users the flu. and it was found that some did not Lust Friduy, Gold H ill played the use th r amount of water tliry were The ordinance creating a m ini Talent five in the local gymnasium. paying for and several objections Gold H ill handled the bull better than usual, in fact, better than the have been registered. mum charge of two dollars for a Talent hoys, but we couldn't cop- Melvin Sargent, month's water Is not exorbitant vert our shots. and few complaints have been reg- Gold H ill forward, went out of islered to that feature. However *^c game the first quarter with a those places called upon to pay a '>Pril*n,‘d ankle, this weakened the greater amount than the reg u lar' ,ea,n considerably. Talent wns »2.(10 |>er month feel they are r e - ! ‘’,ucky" “ ntl *“ nk »‘‘vcral freak quired to pay too much. In these The game was fast until Talent cases we would suggest that the city council charge the »2.00 flat started stalling the Inst qunrfcer. rale and add any amount over the Talent won 2fi to 19. Due to the fncl that nearly ¡>11 the minimum to their several bills as their meter shows they have used. (iris on the high school team were That would he fair to all concerned III with the mumps, their game with Talent was posponed. The locnl and there should be no deviation. Women's town team played the . * * * The people o f Gold H ill note with Rngue Hiver team as a preliminary. considerable satisfaction tbnt the Gold H ill showed good material for county seal is seriously considering they made quite a few shots while the installation of ndcqunte sewer they held Hogue River almost score less. age disposal tanks to handle the Gold H ill plays Phoenix nt Phoen sewernge of that city. Every year when the water In ix this Friday. the river which supplies the city MISS RAMSEY TALKS gels low the supply is contaminated and thus requires boiling or exces Thursday, February 5, Miss Carol sive chlorination. If Medford does Ramsey of Medford high school, away with the filth that now wash gave a very interesting talk on vo es down Hear Creek it w ill help to cational Guidance for Girls." She alleviate that condition until our took up many different profession city can see its way clear to Install al pursuits and their possibilities. a more snnitnry wuter system for She also dtacussed the type of girl our people. suited to each. The girls were al ♦ ♦ ♦ lowed Io ask nny questions, con It Is reported that in a grave yard cerning any profession which they The meeting was in near Cleveland, Ohio, a skeleton is might wish. seen Io dance on n tomb stone each charge of Mrs. Robinson. night. We have seen people that could see pink snakes and green BANKING mice etc. but they never made the As the Hanking Contest draws first page. near an end, the fight becomes more Sports Editor— Linsley Dorman Grade News— Minnie Harrison. \rilin g and interesting. Both .Mes are trying to win over the other. Last week the average per cent- age was very close. The Juniors ind Freshmen with 100%, the Sen iors and Sophomores, 92%. MUSIC The Hoys' and Girls' glee Clubs are preparing several numbers for the Lodge Program which is to be given soon. 1CUMPS Several schools in the county have been worse hit by the mumps than the Gold H ill school Nearly half of the Central Point teachers have swollen jaws, besides many of the students. Marie Riles returned to school Tuesday, after having had the mumps. ROYS MEETINGS The high school and upper grade boys attended a meeting presided over by Mr. Meisinger, Inst Thurs day, February 5th. The purpose of the meeting was a “gct-to-gelher affair which is to be held every two weeks. At these meetings topics w ill be discussed that are of interest to those present, and questions submitted by the boys, w ill be answered. At times, outside speakers w ill be present at these gatherings to talk on subjects chosen by the boys. This is the first time that any such a meeting for the boys has been held, nnd it is hoped they w ill prove beneficial to both the stu dents and the school. GRADE NEWS 1st—i Douglas Row’ll, Lucille Rosecrans. Patricia Meisinger and Jack Patter son have been absent. 2nd nnd 3rd— Five pupils from the 2nd and 3rd grades have mumps. The 2nd nnd 3rd grades scored 52% in banking this week.’ The pupils are studying about Lincoln and making posters. They are also going to have a valentine box, Friday afternoon. 3rd and 4th— Claire Stumbo came back to school this week after sev eral days absence 5th nnd filh— Wallace Howling and Irene Shoemaker are back in school. MRS. DORMAN ENTERTAINS S EW ING CLUB F R ID A Y The Sewing Club met w ith Mrs. George Dorman last Friday at her home near this city after an after noon of sewing the guests enjoyed lainly refreshments. Those pres- nt were Mesdames Clarence Hedg- ¡»cth, J. D. Hedgpeth, Wm Hittle, Paul Thompson, Frank Carter, A. A. Walker, Floyd Lance, Wm Fer guson, T. L. ilenness, Kenneth K in ney, Merritt Merriman, Paul Ang- stead, H. D. Force, Clyde Walker, Opal Wilmot, George Hammersly, M m Reed, Earl Moore, George Mei singer, Cleo Gilchrist, Ray Thomp son, E brr Davis, George Dorman, Florence Adams, J. W. Bryan. ------ o ASSAY OFFICE OPERATING IN JACKSONVILLE NOW An assay office is being conduct ed in Jacksonville, in the building owned by Copco, at the rear of the butcher shop. H arry Ellsworth is in charge of the work. Mr. Ells worth is a competent assay«* and mill man who has made a life-long study of Ihe work. He bas, for many years been connected with operations in Alaska until attracted to Southern Oregon by the prom ising conditions which prevail in mining circles here. The assay of fice is the property of the Clark In terests which arc associated in the development of the Town mine and are known as the Midas Company. BY R A D FO R D MOBLEY AtfTOOSTFR WAflONGTDN The "talkies” are going to be put to work in the service of the Amer ican farmer. Agriculture department experts, after a year or so of experimenta tion, have definitely embarked on a project which has the ultimate aim of eliminating the silent film alto gether and substituting for it audi ble pictures in the extension service work. at This experimentation has gone so far already three silent films already In use by county agents, farm bu reau speakers and others have been synchronixed with Ihe littl strip which reproduces the voice. None of these has been released las yet hut they are completed and ready for distribution To advance the work. D r. C. M. W arburton, dir- j cctor of the extension service, has Friday afternoon, delegates were asked Congress for »21,000 with I which to make audible films alone elected to attend the 8th annual Ed ' during Ihe next fiscal year. ucational Exposition for High school Students and faculty mem ) The man who is responsible more bers at O S. C. Corvallis. Each i than any other for the government year Gold H ill sends 3 delegates to ' cinema activity is Raymond Evans, attend this conference from which I chief of that division, and in Evan’s Ihe students gain much useful in opinion the silent film is doomed, formation for use in their student both for pubic entertainment and body activities. The delegates this for the department’s purposes. In his words, the talkies have ed year are Jean Chisholm, Velma St. ucated the pople everywhere to Clair, and Opal Hayes. This is the eighth annual high such a point that they are no longer school exposition held at Oregon very much interested in silent * State College. Over 700 students films. At present the county agents are from High schools of Oregon State College. Over 700 students from not equipped (or showing sound hih schools of Oregon are expected pictures, however. T o remedy this to be in attendance. This expo condition, i f is the present inten sition gives high school students an tion of the department to purchase opportunity to see college life, col one or two portable projectors to lege education and athletics as travel over the country demonstrat these students are guests of the col ing the advantages of the new pic lege during three days. The stu tures and teaching county agents dents w ill see the U of Idaho vs. O. the operation of the sound project S. C. basketball game. They may ors. The American Farm Bureau fed visit many exhibits and demonstra tions; and hear the nations fore eration and other farm organiza most educational leaders speak and tions have taken an active interest also gel a taste of social life of the in the new development. Since campus through contact with frat they have financed the majority of ernities, sororities, and dormitories ¡The projectors now in use and have always used films widely, these or where the students ase housed. The complete program for the ganizations are expected to take the lead in the new development. three days is as follows: Evans points out that one p ri Thursday Feb. 12— Evening mary function of sound pictures Presentation of play— “Dreamy Kis” by Eugene O'Neil. Collegiate is that they present the subject Debate (Men) Pacific University vs. in a more vivid fashion than silent films accompanied by a human in- Oregon State. lerperter. The three old films Friday, Feb. 13— Forenoon which have been revamped for dis Collegiate Debate (Women) tribution ns sound pictures are Washington State vs. Oregon State. loosely in this class. One of them Assembly for all delegates— Ad is a forest picture, another is an ex dress by C. A. Howard, Supt. of perimental film taken at the 4-H Public Instruction. annual camp here last year, and the Afternoon— Assembly for all del- last is a picture taken by D r. E. W . eales—Address by Ar. Jos. Roemer, Barndes, another federal scientist, University of Florida. during an exploring trip to New Conference for boys by Dean Du- Guinea. back, dean of men. In addition, however wide possi Conference for girls by Dean Kale bilities are opened up by the new Jameson, dean of women. films. In some instances, Evans in Formal tea for girls sponsored by dicated, the audition might be step Cap and Gown. ped up in order to reproduce inaud Evening—Exhibits and Demon ible sounds. strations. Such for instance would be the Saturday Feb. 14,— Forenoon. reproduction of a fly ’s footsteps on General Assembly delegates— Ad a window pane. This sound could dress by Dr. Roemer. Conference be magnified just as the fly ’s image for boys Conference for girls. could be magnified by a micro Afternoon— Musical program, E x scopic lens. The result would be, hibits. probably, a sound like a horse walk Evening— Basketball game: U. of ing on a pavement. It would very Idaho vs. O. S. C. Social party for likely be distorted but not to such delegates. an extent ns would affect the listen The exhibit of great interest to ers reception. the Glendale students is that of the Use of sound pictures tn the forestry department which consists fields at various times and in sim of demonstrations of the burning ila r ways open up other avenues of quality of wood; apparatus for sur deep interest to all rural livers. vey camp, logging, engineering ex Another factor of particular in hibit; yosng forest in making; terest in the new development is manufactured woods from Oregon the deep interest the federal farm cities and a inap of the U. S. w ith board is taking in the project. Nu each state cut out of the wood most merous conferences of farm board representative of it. and extension service officials have --------- o--------- already taken place, with the end D rilling w ill be resumed soon on in view of filming several purely the well at Leeper Dome, just west farm board films for distribution of Sutherlin, says a report from of by that body. ficials of the company conducting The motion picture section of the the drilling. extension service has already made several silent films for the board The company not only does the which, it is stated, have been high work for Iheir own properties but ly effective in spreading the board's custom work is also catered to. propaganda. High School Students to GotoO.S.C. I ♦ ♦ ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY The 32nd anniversary of the Am ethyst Rebekah lodge was celebrat ed last Wednesday evening w ith a Valentine party. A splendid pro gram was arranged for the occasion consisting of drills, music, speeches ami elocution. The entertainment was followed by delicious refresh ments and many merry making games. Three of the five charter members of the lodge were present as follows: Katherine Kellogg, Lucy Mec and Carrie Puhi. A bouquet of flowers was presented to each of the charter members. Visitors were present from Jack sonville, Medford and Grants Pass. The halls and tables were beauti fully decorated for the occasion. A F E W REMARKS DESIGNED Just after we hud mude the re marks we did regarding the matter of school teachers living in other rilies while deriving their support from this district, an item was printed in a Portland paper telling of a similar condition existing in the schools of Milwaukie, Oregon. T h r school board nt that place has made the demand that their teach ers either reside In the Mtlwauklr district or surrender their contracts. NUMBER 44
