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Little News and
Comment
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FROM
WORLD
HAPPENINGS AND BOILED
DOW N FOR OUR READERS.
CITY TO GET
ROAD WORK
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HILL, OREGON, THÜRSÜAV, N O V EM B E R 36,
former Jackson County
Boy Unharmed In Disas-
troua Explosion On Ship
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NUMBER 32
Btrdseye Home Holds Cherished
Treasures o f Old Oregon History
KILLERS STILL
EVADE POLICE
Although only fifteen feet from
the anti-aircraft gun which explod
ed on the L. S. S. Colorado recently, stale Of Oregon*! ■ « n e ^ o ld ^ d y 'o i I c r . n A M i t a ’ n " '? wed<u“< «1« to
Ensign Winsor Gale wax unharmed,
sent from
Unemployment Relief Plana while all the other men on the deck
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I* 1» said the art of
spend many long hours, recount
w ire either killed or wounded, ac­
Tom Mix. hero of all boy movie
Call fo r Some Improve­ cording Io word received by hi» mg the tales of the stirring days of making this finish has been lost.
In»«. I« hovering near death a* his
he Indian Wars when Oregon was A genuine Seth Thomas clock also Believe Men out of Country;
friends here.
home In Hollywood. A ruptured up
ments Here
Ot ,he hoin<-
just
a territory, as well as of the w h f ?
Poace Recalled from This
Ensign Gale, »on of Dr. R. G. Gale,
pendlx I« the cause of Id* serious
»»any hardships of the early set* wmeh has been preserved as near­
formerly
of
Medford,
but
now
of
condition, which is said to be so
ly as possible by each loyal gen-
District Monday
Gold H ill Is to get a share of Vancouver, R. q., (, algo „ nephtw 'let. And even today, before that
critical that death might conic at
W 8* °n i J * iS n° W occuI,i<d by Mrs.
same
fireplace,
which
is
not
so
far
of
Mrs.
Wes
Rirdseye
of
near
Gold
road
work
planned
in
the
county
«ny lime.
. .S eVeJ'nd her sons- Glen
i ' oiii this city, can be heard the a n ? n
this w .liter in carrying out plans for H ill.
Tracking down the latest rumor
and David, with the third son, Vic­
»»me stories, which still have the
unemployment
relief,
according
to
Gale
had
been
lent
from
his
»hip
concerning the Ashland killers, o ffi­
tor.
living
nearby.
/»hot thru the bruin, yet lives.
a Id le r received this week by T on. -y the Oklahoma at San l»edro, ns same appeal to this generation as
They are justly proud of their cers were again disappointed yes­
Tnls sums up the unusual case of
Hos
. s. crclury of the haul Chum- observing officer during the prac­ to those of yore
heritage and love to recount (ales terday afternoon when two suspects
Wayne Kantola of Salem, who sev­
l or, by the side of Birdseye
tice on the ill-fated Colorado. He
of Grandmother who made soap of seen on. the Crater Lake highway
eral weeks ago attempted Io coin- tier of Commerce.
Greek,
(pronounced nirdsy)
Birdsy) whose
whose ashes from the h,.-,nh------ a
*
B
i
standing
not
fifteen
feet
from
ns ar Prospect, were interviewed,
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.p.o.i.nincea
‘
mlt suicide because his lovi
r
fro»>
■'e bud
d never- and later released when police were
the gun when it exploded, killing It empties into the Rogue river two I never hoiUH I.
Hoy
been spurned by the woman of his Mill«* Highway ftugin < t
miles from the town of Rogue’ Riv- | was full u h / J * ,afteru «he moon
1 Klein. in answer to queries as l0‘ live and injuring ten other». He
convinced they were not the men
choice.
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usy
he
cannot
explain
his
miracu­
sought.
! mo"
do" e *" r‘‘««'-d «<» «he
dust,
The men w: re reported by a driv­
illmg of the il telies along (lie pave­ lous escape.
A I nion Pacific Iruin struck and
IV.
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- grapevine from er of a 1-luhrer Bakery truck who
of old Fort Rirdseye, which
ment
on
the
hlghwii.s
here,
as
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killed five deer near Meacham in
said that the two men had secured
many tales to hear.
the Blue mountains lust week. The us improv, mi nt of the Sams Vat ATTENDS HIGHWAY
wars of 1853-1856.
?
ride on a trailer of a Ford tour-
“ri
route
Io
Cr.ilei
Lake,
of ["»erest, also is the fact
which
llu in crew took the meat to l.u
MEET AT MEDFORD Tile house contains many treas that this
.
mg car, and were proceeding io
tins recently been made a
historical home
second-
tirunde and gave it Io the game
“ bt ,ng * Pr«spect. Anothe
m .I. „ 7 7
I Ure* of (,a>s
by, Ihe oldest of
ary highway.
r rumor concerned
warden. The needy w ill he given
Mrs. Millie U u lk .r, as Gold H ill’s J Which, a Mexican stiletto, lakes us preserved so carefully,
U hen it I two
The
letter
is
as
follows:
young fellows seen in a Med­
the venison through the Salvation
L a H rn,^ VeK. ni ,hC can,pai«n «» ’* ck ,o ,h f «oM rush days of ’4» was necessary Io re-cover the roof’
“Heeeipt Is ueknowl <lged of your beautify the highways o f the state,
shingles were scorned, and shakes ford pool hall, who proved to be
Army.
H was the property of Grandma
.'working their way through col­
Id
le
r
of
November
20.
• • •
< net rning ' “ Bended a meeting of serviev clubs Birdseye’s father, Great Grandfa­ lying almost three deep, just as the
lege.’
Improvement of Ihe P.ieifie high- " I Medford there last Wednesday
old
roof
was,
have
been
used.
The
The stork overtook n pennili
ther Eleming, who prospected in
Authorities w ill continue to track
kitchen floor, worn clear through
way
through
II.
•
Cily
of
Gold
H
j,|
evening
when
a
Jackson
county
or-
(■alifornin-bound couple at Grants
California for almost a year.
in spots, has only been patched by down any possible rumors, but it
fllllng of the Kanlzatlon was formed to carry on
Pus. lust week. The mother was In regard to the
As the story goes, Mr. Fleming
d-lrhes alongside
necessity. The holes in the barn- •s their general belief that the men
taken Io a maternity home when
i ..
.
Pavement, this work.
took passage by boat to Panama,
lot.
marking the spots where the sought for the killing of Policeman
d
is
the
d
pnrtinent
__
' * ° ° d foundation was laid Q|
* plan Io . do
nine-pound baby boy was horn.
Ibis as a "<»• of the »»employment ” ,is "»’«’ting, commlltees being ap- crossing the ishmus afoot, with Indians pitched their tepees, one Knott at Ashland last Wednesday
Through the kindness of the oper
but one companion, and taking an­
relief progr
fgrum In Jackson county. P°lnled front each service club to other boat which had rounded Cape large and two small, while they evening, have successfully eluded
ulor of the home the woman cun
fished in Birdseye creek are still the posse which searched diligently
•'"‘I I anl ¡Spate Mr. (.handler w ill i '»pcrvisc some distinct department
atay there until she is well enough
Horn, to eventually reach the
here, as are many other marks of for them until recalled Monday.
!>’■
ready
Io
start
ibis
work
soon
aft-
"
r
,he
work,
and
to
confer
with
the
to leave. A doctor donated his serv­
promised land.” But R vvas the
It is now thought that, after aban­
er
the
first
of
December.
the
pioneer days.
communities in the countv, especial­
ices and several merhcanls gave
doning their car near Birdseye
In regard to the gravel section ly Interested. It is their plan to return trip, a year later, which was
blankets and other articles.
Mutiny broke
Greek on the Rogue river bank
he.w.M-n ,|,e
of th(. lK1V(.„1(.n, choose workers in each community Ihe most eventful.
out
among
the
sailors
who were Rebekah« Banquet Odd
they never went far from the high­
and the curb in front of the main to cooperate along this line, each
half crazed by the Mexican “cac­
Joseph Middlekauff,
9-yrur-old business blocks. I noticed the last
Fellow. Preceding Annual way, and after Officer Hoxie had
individual committee having its own tus brew. ’ Unarmed, Fleming was
Yakima, Washington hoy, is on his
lost them in darkness, and gone to
t ine I was down (here that tin- worker within each community.
Election Tuesday Eve spread
a good mark for the excited men,
wa.v to recovery after being kept gravel had been filled In to such an
the alarm, they crossed the
Hiis w ill draft at least four work- handed him the effective little dag­
alive by the aid of the respirator In
Hogue to the town of Rogue river
-stent thut tin- shoulder w .as higher ers in each district. The highways
A bountiful chicken dinner served
ger, which has been prized ever
a hospital at Yakima. The boy was Iban the
and remained in semi hiding most
itself and eon- w-ill be divided into approximately since.
by the local Rebekah lodge for their or the day.
taken Io the hospital September 2(1 •equtntly pavement
I do not see how this equal sections, each town or com­
rhe romantic history continues I husl,ands and other members of the
With his hreulhing muscles paralys­ could be remedied except to dig out
That they bought salmon and
ed. With the aid of the machine his »he gravel and lav a strip of pave­ munity caring for its own section. w '»h The Journey of (he Flemings <Md Fellow lodge here, preceded crackers at a Rogue River store that
breathing was restored nnd lie has
afternoon is also generally believed
ment between the highway pave-
COMMUNICATION
returned to his home.
but because the clerk thought they
m .nt and the curb. The Highway
<"'en,ng’ w ,,h abo“‘
November 17, 1931.! nt The Dalle,. Here trader, from £
were members of the posse, and did
Commission could not do this whol­ Editor Gold H ill News*
outlying settlement, met them to I
d< i 'el,ow« and Rebekahs in not report the incident, their trail
Tnsko, the monster elephant nt ly id slate expense as a m ailer of
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the state fairgrounds in Salem has
was never successfully followed.
precedent, bul could widen two feet Gob, H ill through the medium of
and among these traders was Jim Master. John Norris, and District
suffered minor ehills from the cold on that side of the pavement consls-
Sheriff Ralph G. Jennings of
irdseye.
Deputy Marshal Alfred Norris were Jackson county is quoted as stating
weather the past weekend. It was lent Will, Ih .ir policy elsewhere. your newspaper to rise in righteous
indignation and smote the pervert-
necessary to equip Tusko’s quarters Which would leave Ihe properly
. m P™Ceed<,d ,o ral1 ,n love with guests of honor. Six other Jackson that the men probably boarded a
ers of truth who so thoughtlessly ble .m ( 'ara Flen,,n«- who later i ville brothers were also present
with healing devices.
truck or a freight in the vicinity of
owners Io pay for ||„- balance if s endanger our good reputation?
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him m «h,Sthb r" \ i Bnd accor" ‘,anicd
The annual election of officers re Rogue River, and are now out of
cooperative arrangement could be
W
by
should
the
name
of
our
fair
him to southern Oregon to a home resulted in the election of \V
Horses around Vale, Oregon, nre Worked out.
the
country.
The search h a s
city tie associated with so many law
arren
tough. A heavy truck struck a horse
now taken on a nation-wide aspect,
CHU" ,r V- Their Coppock as noble
"In regard to Ihe Sams Vail, y violations and choice b it, of" «/«"„" I
M erritt w ith the broadcasting of minute de­
there last week resulting in «40 ron.l, ihe connection between Gold
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damage to the truck
while
the H ill ..ml the O id .-r Lnge highway,
scriptions of the men, believed to
w ithin a radius of ten mies of Gold
horse ran o ff apparently unhurt. which was recently designated ns
ranges, made on horseback, took ten
Further plans were discussed t r be A. W. Reed form er regular army
H ill?
Another horse out for a stroll got a secondary slate highway, would
officer, and well known in Denver.
It would appear to be the policy
In the way of a ear. Result, n say Ihal no plans have yet been
Score stands Boosters 3,505; Man­ Colorado, and one of two compan­
of several newspaper, to link with
the first white woman to conic iacs 2,245.
broken radiator for- the car. The worked „nt with the Jackson county
ions seen with him there frequently,
Gold H ill in some manner every
through Old Cow Creek canyon.
horse rontinued the stroll.
The committee in charge of the whose names are given as McQuade
court
for
the
seconders
highway
moral depredation and law viola
• • •
Almost immediately after their dinner preceding the meeting in ­ and Jackson.
program for the coming year. There Uon that is committed for miles
home had been established on their i'lu ded Dora Hammersly, Evelyn
Jackie Eshoin, 6, of Centrallia,
nre several other roads designated around.
Washington, was drowned Saturday and a choice would have to he made
donation land grant. the bloody Thompson and Viola Moore, with
Gun Club Elects
Y'fiy is it that every law violator
Rogue River Indian w a r, began, Blanche Merriman and
when his pet dog shoved him off a as to what roads would he improv-
Pauline
who may reside in Podunk Hollow
Officers at Meeting
lasting
for
three
years.
Fort
Bird
narrow fool bridge into n creek.
d with the balance of the money and is apprehended in Peoria In­
I noinpson assisting.
• • •
seye
became
the
center
for
thc
after providing for the maintenance
Monday Evening
The University of Southern Cal­ on tin- roads designated. The amount comes a member of our eominuni- troops, and settlers took refuge
ly in the eye, of some reimrters if
Hammersly«
Hosts
ifornia Saturday defeated Notre <»f money for tlie secondary highway
there, nnd strange to say, although
At a meeting held last Monday
they happen to be tried In the Gold
Dame at South Rend, bringing the ».'stem in Jackson county is, of
fighting was firece all through the
evening at the Gold H ill News office
at Bridge Party
H ill courts?
Irish run of wins to an end. It was course, limited Io a sum about one
valley, the fort was never the ob­
were elected for the newly
I hen to make matters worse every
Thursday Evening | officers
the first loss in three years for half of the amount which was prev­
ject o f an organized attack.
formed Gold H ill Rifle and Pistol
•il.v in the county w ill be credited
Notre Dame. Southern California iously available for the
club.
Grandmother Birdseye, herself
market with some humble and meager suc­
Mr. and Mrs. George Hammersly
'•s given credit for this,' for she had
was also Ihe last tram to bent Notre onds of the county.
The following officers were elect­
cess attained by our local citizens befriended an Indian Squaw, who were hosts at a pleasant bridge par
Dame before Ihe long siring of vic­
ed- Cleo Gilchrist, president; M erritt
“Very truly yours,
and organizations.
'.hC' r h° mC
Gohl HH1 last
tories started.
repaid her kindnesses bv tellinir I Vu
Merriman, vice president; R. E
H<»Y A. K LE IN .
In the Inst few months an m- uer in o e "many men. many dogs’’ |,i r « ^ r ’ h ®ven,nfc w hfn lour
her tribe
la- Blankenburg, secretary; Wm. E'erg-
Stale Highway Engineer.” stance of hoodlums breaking up a «< Fort Birdseye. "No g ^ d Bght
a , ,°h br,‘dge 7 “ enj° Ved
While Eemmo, 35, an electrician
uson, treasurer and Floyd Lance
religious gathering nnd a much ad-1 them,
Ihein, heap big kill ”
x. At ’ he t ,ose of *he evening’s play
in Lecce, Italy, hung with one band
ycrllsed truancy case have either dl-1 Two guns are a,nong , he oW MG A. Meunier held high score ?xecutive officer.
PATCH
RESERVOIR
TO
on a live w ire and the other grip­
Aplication w ill be made early
n ' BlankenburR took
ping the iron run of a manhole, an
SECURE CLEAR WATER | »«’’ gow h h l
bee " accred ‘* d home’s treasures, one hearing the i „ i i .
ie x t month for a charter for the
date
of
1822,
but
whose
history
is
(
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l
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j
^Mentation
of
prize
employee al the central office of Ihe
organization. Persons joining now
No indlivdual of our community vague. B„. , he other brings back |
In spile of the fact that the local
ague. But
power station refused Io have the
*111 be taken in as charier members
was in any way responsible for
vivid memories of the days when
juice shut o ff because “nil com­ reservoir was thoroughly cleaned
ipon the payment of the $5.00 mem-
thise undesliirble occurrences.
Th<’
ffuest
list
included
Mr.
and
plaints must be mad in w riting.” just two Weeks ago. considerable
Jim Birdseye was sheriff, and com­
•ership fee. O f this amount the Na-
To err is human . . . etc., conse­
Mrs. Paul Angstead, Mr. and Mrs.
I emnio was rescued by an army ditficully lias arisen during ||u- re­
prised his own posse, hunting law ­
mnal Rifle association gets three
quently these items may have been
A.
Meunier,
.Miss
Albertina
Hankcy
of'leer after other frantic telephone cent rain, to keep Hu- water d e a r
breakers alone. One fugitives’ trail
lollars and the local club keeps the
mistakes of reporting. These over­
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Merrit
Merriman.
Mr.
led him to Blackwell hill after four
culls to Ihe office fa led to impress mi l this week additional work is
sights appear too regular to smack
and Mrs. R. E. Blankenburg, Miss remainder. This w ill enable the club
being done on Ihe reservoir,
the clerk on duly.
days of tracking. And the man fin­
of anything else hut a copious use
Edith Fenwick. Mr. and Mrs. Paul to set up a range and It w ill not he
I he new work includes patching
ally surrendered voluntarily, giving
long until shooting w ill start.
of Ihe proverbial hammer.
Blair
Mrs
this gun to the sheriff. For he said Thompson, Mrs. Joe
A brief, but penetrating rain pelt of Ihe reservoir Io prevent seepage,
May I call to your attention the
Pena,
nnd
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
J
Shorb
ed the harbor district of Los An­ .Hid a good si reen is being placed
that although he had had opportun-
SHORBS MOVE TO JOSEPH
fact that it has been several years
geles Saturday. The rain later turn­ over Ihe main,
dies from his vantage point on the
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Shorb and fam-
since there have he
Miss
Nellie
Jacobs,
Mrs.
C.
W.
O. U.
ed to snow and was carried by a
' Newell is superintending 1 juvenile c o u rt'7 « „ 7 T
7 J " A "1
J r’ y . se.r .i,!us hi" ’ «he Sheriff was too brave a
Marlin. Mrs. Lola Heed and Mrs. J. lv left Tuesday morning for Joseph,
high si ff wind making travel (iiffi- ll"' " (irk, with .1. \ \ . Brian, Geo. There has been a siin'i'l" ° ' • i" / i nian to kill
Ore., where on December 1, Mr.
ru “ ’
'*
JV »»ini Jim C em en t, a s -. ,i
" J « ’ " " ’“L
of • Bullet molds for these guns are ii-ii S° n Bive,v represented Gold Shorb w ill take over the Joseph
thne since a Gold H ill school boy or preserved w ith them.
B
ill
in
their
official
capacities
al
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Herald, a weekly paper. For the last
or tried fo r,
The most outstanding of the Bird- a meeting of the Jackson County five years, “Mjac” as he is known
Mrs. It. E. Green and Mrs. I.ouis
Other improvement under super- such ' i
offp.nsM «>'«• heirlooms is
Health association nt the home of
Io his many friends here, has been
Ulrich of Medford called on the
Mrs. Leonard Carpenter on Siskiyou
vision of tin- council this week is liquor peddling, etc.
owner-publisher
of The Gold H ill
Misses Jacobs Tuesday afternoon.
Horn and freighted across coun­ Heights last Saturday, afternoon. News Jacksonville Post, and Glen­
the filling in of several low spots
No nl'bis, plense, just give
The
meeting
was
given
over
to
re­
la the city’s streets. Also a frozen
t’s a try from Crescent City, California,
dale Log, under the name of Mac’s
clean break.
The tuberculosis association w ill
main al Ihe Ham res'dence corner
by Mr. Birdseye. A sim ilar piano ports of various officers, nnd Mrs Printing Co. Their many friends
Inunrh Its annual seal sale Friday,
Sincerely yours,
'•reen,
chairman
of
the
tuberculosis
brought at the same time is now
was uncovered and thawed. In the
wish them prosperity in their new
27, 0CC° rd i?B ,O Mrs’ Ma- l’l0 ‘’pdu.c the hv.lrnnt was damaged
GEO. M EISINGER
the property of Mrs. Hose Hamon seal sale, announced that seals w ill location.
he mailed the day after Thanksgiv­
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' m k' COU" ,y _ heaith nurse, and on Tuesday night it was neecs-
ing. i y . \ \ ¡ison introduced an In­
. i ice .,0 p( r cent of the money col- sar.v for an cm rgency crew
to
J. D. Caster of the Oregon Pulp 4
teresting feature in the social hour,
n / t i ,S r ‘ Ul n< i ,o JnC^son <oun,y »uike hurried repairs in order to gon w ill hnld a
i i
M-.vDoarns, n<
Paper Co. at Salem, was here Wed­
by showing slereopticon views of
a generous donation I, asked for. supply the school and others in Gobi II , ?
" ,PCrin nWC,,n* a« coukl bp duplicated
m
This money is used for tubercular that section with water. ..... -
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L ' o"?nriroi l ni«h« ■» 7:30 though valued at a fabulous sum piclures of members in their baby­ nesday Inspecting the Lively Lime
pallenls, nnd Io buy milk for un-
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I in ,hl' « ’dge hall. This meeting is w ill never be sold hv ih
,
’ hood days The Schick diphtheria quarries. He is interestedin the pur­
chase of lime rock for blenching
d . , „ .„ r h b e d
' »Ob Prtni:"« » ( T h , N ew , „(flee.
test was discussed by Dr. Wilson
purposes at their m ill and it is pos­
nnd
the
afternoon
closed
by
serving
With this are a pair of rose lus
sible that they w ill use Lively pro,1-
lea to the 50 ladies present.
- ucts this winter.
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