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Land Gets State Tax Relief
Through New Levy on Incomes
PROGRAMS TO
MARK SEASON
Two Important matter* held the
attention of the Odd Fellows at
their met (Illg Tuesday of this week
Plan» were made for the Christ­
?Ood news ,hal ,h f Peo­
inas observance next week, with thr ul?
ple of the state with incomes large , The total requirements by the
joint
Installation
of
officer»,
which
W as f umouj as O iicoverer
S a y 'S ,',’0! b ta r ' hK ,8X bUrden' win «late, outside Ihe school tax w ill
« Io l.e held January 12, coming
Here'» unoilicr one for Ripley;
* ha,V of lb‘‘ »«ate «mount to 89.928,712, according to
for it» «hare of consideration. This Taxes . ,
ol
Rich
Gold
Pockets
budget estimates. The revenue, for Gold H ili Organization* Are
WWhln 12 u;li,s of .»eh o„ ,cr , W()
' 8n d ° W n e r»
»<*
is one of the big event» of the lodg.- he r e .
lhrn..u.eX{Ka,d
:Ure* wUI be raist‘d
Wyoming point» reported two of the
° f UH bu‘ ’ « " “» '«X
in County
year, and appropriate preparation» for £
Bu*y w ith Plan# for
or the support of Ihe schools, under through indirect taxation, income,
are being made.
« M t extreme temperature» along
nlangibles and excise taxes, and
It
was
also
decided
that
CSUdl-
e
new
tax
law
effective
for
1932.
■00 mile» of the traiucontineniul air
. fees, fines, rentals, etc.
Christmas W eek
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woon.
The new ruling calls for a 2 m ill 1
Dorman
Eno» M. Kholen, 79, known in lales Howard
• a l l route Tuesday. At Laramie It
Another
factor
which
w
ill
relieve
row
Shuvir
go
Io
Ashland
Thursday
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t
a
r
y
school
lax.
which
in
all Southern Oregon for the rich
was 18 degree» below xero, while at
to receive their second degree. They Jack»on county, with a taxable valu- private property owners to a cer
»trike* he hud made us a prospector
With the “Night Before Christ­
•Sherman H ill, 12 m ile. away, it wax
w ill be accompanied by other lodge a ,'on o i « 6 « 75.018, w ill .„can that tain extent i , that the board ol
and
pocket
hunter,
died
at
his
Kanes
equalization
has
decreased
the
eoun
mas
' and Santa’s Ion« anticipated
-em
bers
:
8
fund
of
«2.799
w
ill
be
created
for
1« above, a spread o f 3»; degree».
y taxable valuations, but the proper­ visit only a wees away, Gold H ill is
creek home near here Saturday.
An invitation was also read from 1.! . u,e o f *he cfementary schools
Jacksonville lodge to uttend t h « l r , if m,w,ey w ,,l all he used in ty valuations of public u lilitv prop­ taking on Ihe Christinas spirit with
Ten corloud» of turkeys wer< Death was due Io apoplexy.
» h o lm is suid Io have originated installation of officer.
/ ack»°" county, an,l the state wi t erties are slightly in excess of those preparations being made for a fit­
officers January
January 4.
»hip|N-d by the Oregon Turkey pool
the art of hunting gold pockets in
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k t o other sources of revenue for fixwl by the state tax commission ting observance of this happiest holi­
U te last week bound for Christnuu
ior lust year.
I its
’S o
w n support.
«nrtrws»«
the days of the gold rush and 1» Glendalc-Gold HiU
own
day of all the year.
market» in Naw York. This is the
W Uh the state making these revl-
credited w Hi taking more gold ou|
In
removing
the
land
tax
the
state
In addition to the annual home­
second consignment from Oregon to
Cage
Game
H
ere
Friday
of the hills of Jackson county lhan
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ihe on4; "dll market road •io n . for the benefit of the proper- comings and many gatherings plan­
eastern points.
any oilier individual. His process
• • •
Glendale high school w ill be ,hc t i X r K ^ W ^ H
‘h* opera* v owner, attention has been called ned for Christmas day, itself, many
to the fact that local levies should programs w ill be the order of the
S
S
S
S
e
xl f opponel
on «
Gold H «
ill high
n
. U War v,',eran’ r °m-
Three are dead and a »core in ­
n d m i i i r a‘C.
Car‘ rU,Iy' and iunds week by the church, school, and
other
millage
taxes.
jured in a tornado that swept Ar
, „ 5 ^ ! ? ' “ redu.c,ion «mount ad ninutered wisely so that the lo­ ) lodge organizations.
kansa» Monday. The storm followed
■ n g U about four and a half X ' cal levies w ill not offset the saving
AI the Methodist church an ap­
unseasonably warm weather and a
to taxpayerj made by the state
propriate
Christmas service w ill be
heavy rain. Just another of nature'»
el ever uncovered here
/ *d
with the Sun­
seals early.
G
irl.
W
in
and
B
oy.
freak weather streak» this year.
Itlioten u.wa' s spent his money
day school children, under the di­
Cold Snap Again
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An opener is to be Scheduled. ac­
Lose in Game* w ith
in true miner fash On. He uncovered
rection of their teachers, presenting
cording io present plans, for the
Seven
prisoners broke out of
Pay* V i.it to V alley an evening of songs, recitations and
a pocket valued at 859,000 one time
Rogue River Friday
town learn, but their opponent has
the U aven w o rtb federal penilen-
h’
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and , not been" " d e ^ i t e 'l T i e l X ?
dialogues. The congregation w ill al­
been definitely »elected.
tlary last Friday after kidnaping
W ith temperatures as low as 20
with the mime) bought two saloons,
*
1 Cle®
hiJh * n O,<? uHi” and Ro«ue H ire r degrees above zero the RogJe Rive- so participate in the singing of
Thomas White, (lie
warden and
one ul Gold II.II end one at Grants
Christmas carols. As in previous
^ ,C a°OL baSkC,ba,) ,M m » ‘Hvid- Z i * ; L a,‘d vi;? n i,y h
using him a» a shield in the break. I ass. He kept open house and gave
SEWING CLUB MEETS
«per
j V.
bal1 «eiMn» divid- va’ley and vicinity is
local r do,uT Ch» der p,ayed on »he it ncing ap off-season cold 'swd’l years a large Christmas tree with
In an effort to capture the convicts whikey and beer to all who cared
H » l JiH* Friday/ ' - - «
The i Monday nigh, the t h e r m X . e r ,™ k its beautiful decorations w ill be
club n’e‘
met w ith
Mr«. 1 X
three were killed and three cap' Io drink. IK . Mad don lasted about' p The
J V Sewing
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i,h Mr*
««red while Earl Thayer Oklaho three weeks, and when ite ,non, v
Th° " ’ps<”’ > «-•« Friday. «he . f t | • »core of M M W M 1,hi ‘r
bv ’
diVP *° 'he
1(,w ,eZ l ‘■recteti in (he church, and Santa
money , ernoon being
j? X
% I • »core of 3 9 -» , w h i u Z t ^ T i o ,
T u e X y ,' „ 7 d£T n o °X e m W
n cl, «
3? ^ 3, whi,e ,he h°ys lost and Tuesday's sun did not seem to w ill be present to remember each of
ni« train robber, in it dr Rood his
«• •••- u
trnoon being spent in i f w I r «
noun names were drawn for the annual ihe P ^ V ^
^ ^
~"««t S
“ >e raw weate™ wind
V
was gone he returned to the inoun
the children with a Christinas tre a t
..
and hard-fough, contest in »Hect the raw U'PcIorn
M.
e»ca|>r. Prison guards are suspected tains, there to mine more gold.
The program is under the direct
n
ibis
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k
f
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7
?aV
tr
CagfrS’
,he
score
h“
rried
abou«
,heir
shTppingind
Of having aided Ihe prisoner» in
pie hurried about their shopping and
Known by every old timer in this
supervision of Mrs. Lucy Mee, su­
their break
and an investiga­
usiness, a little unprepared for th - perintendent of The Sunday School,
section, Rhotcn's passing is regrel
regret^ for their annual Christmas party, ’ .
I0" * 8ir,s »««rted out strong
tion w ill be made.
weather man’s trick.
led by many. By his death one of which
who is being ably assisted by Mrs.’
ill be held m
at the home of ! it h,8d t comi«rtabU- lead at the
• ; y; •
a,n Hn‘’
winch w in
On two mornings during the last Howard Wharton, Miss Evagene
Af» _
. ,
I »** most pictures,,ue characters
of
i i Mrs,
Mr» W
II F
»»
ers
of
W.
H.
Ferguson.
a
li‘
,n
third
quarter
Rogue
— third quarter Rogue week the ground has been white
After receiving newts thaj she Ihe
is gone,
and mans a
a tale
F‘,r* “ ®°-
Ihe H section
section
gone,
Starns, Mrs. Della Shaver, and Miss
h .d Inherited an estate once v .l- ,-f
r c k is .1?..
. .. and many
" L I talc
‘ nl< L Tho«-..
« « ‘-nt we,
Those » present
were Mesdames .. River started a rally that resuR^d
w ith a thin blanket of snow which
of the early days die* with him.
. hOrb' Ab° U‘ f° r,y Youngsters
In
»<vera|
field
goals
and
for
a
,
(•eorgr
Haminersly,
George
Meising
ued at 83,000,000, Mrs. Albert Peter-
soon disappeared after the sun made u iR lafce part in Ihe entertainmenf.
Besides being the outstanding min-
time
t
looked
as
if
they
might
over-
son of Horkford, I»., intends Io t r of Jackson county, Kholen was in er, (teorge Dorman, M erritt Merri-
i«s appearance, but more snow is i . J “ e ° dd Fe,,ow and Rebekah
girU However, Gold predated for the latter part of the , i lodges w ill have their annual cele-
keep right on cooking” for her Ihe Indian war» here and received ”.lan: J,oe B,oir- Paul Angstetd. Cleo HRR, 7
H
ill
s
team
executed
some
nice
Gilchrist.
George
H
aff,
Charles
husband. She is the sole heiress Io
week Residents of the valley say! I bration at their hall Christmas eve
a ticnsion from ihe government for
“ ,h<“ W hi,,lc <‘nd<‘d »he this last cold spell has been the I
thr estate of Dr. Joseph Kellogg ,,f his services, and in his last days Gray H oyd Lance, Aurele Meunier.
j Plans having been made at their re­
Charles Kell, John Logan and Ebcr f a ^ r hTu’ COre W“ 39’ 23 in »heir
New York.
worst for several years.
this was his main suptiort. for his Davis.
spective meetings on Tuesday and
ravor. The game was fast, and
This condition seems general all I Wednesday of this week. This w ill
generosity soon lost him the sums
ouls were frequent, but Gold H ill
As “Roxy,” famous radio leader he realized in his mining.
along the coast, however, Portland be in the nature of a community
girls committed only 7 of the 18
of the orchestra known as “Roxy
having reported three inches of Christmas and Santa w ill have a full
He is survived by his wife, Nancy C rater L a lte -M t Hood
n 7 lcd durin« ’ he game.
and His Gang,” finished an appeal Ellen Kholen nu,| one daughler,
Sky-Line T ra il Mapped ° The
boys’ game was a see saw af­ snow Sunday morning with temper­ pack w ith treats for all the children
for funds to place radio sets In hos­ Ida LeClair of Gold H ill. He also
fair
until
the final gun. The River atures as low as 28 above zero, and attending. An appropriate Christ­
pital». on his program Monday niglil leaves three brothers, Abraham and
Next summer Gold H ill vacation­
travelers from the California direc­ mas program is also scheduled.
a telephone cnll came for him. Il Albert Rnoten of Gold H ill and W il- ists can follow a sklyline trail for boys caged the first goal after both tion say that even the coast highway naL,°d/ e. , COm,ni,,ees in char«c are: '
hoaglit word that hfs father. 78 linm Rhoten of Yreka, and one sis­ -ad miles along the crest of the r 7 w SH m d ‘,’ ken severaI »hots. as far south as Santa Rosa has its
Odd Fellows, Ray Thompson, W'm.
year» old, had died suddenly us he ter, Mrs. AI Roggis of Gold H ill He Cascade range, and see 250 lakes, Gold H ill retaliated with a free toss snare of ice and snow.
Hittle and J. W. Bryan; Rebekahs,
’
7
W
.
moments
later,
and
at
the
sat listening to Roxy’s appeal over was born in Appanoose county, and many iprm itive mountain areas.
Madge Dorman, Dora Hammersly
•he radio in his Brooklyn home.
Thia is made possible by the issu­ in"« 4°3 *hn , -r” quar,er’ was »ead- CLARA BECK MARRIED
Iowa, in 1852 and came Io Jackson
Pauline Thompson, Priscilla Mei-
• • •
r ® . 4 3 During the second stanza
county 60 years ago.
ance of Ihe Oregon Skyline Trail both teams played on even terms
ON THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK singer.
Since W ill Rogers, Ihe famous hu­
Funeral services were conducted maps recenlly which give details of X
On Tuesday afternoon the pupils
a,. 3 h a lf ,hc ,core was
morist visited Medford recently, an by Reverend W. H. Eaton at the camping places, prim itive areas and
Of interest to her many friends of both the high school and the
i«u
at
eight
counters.
article has appeared in ihe Sacrn- Conger chapel at 1.30 Tuesday. In ­ slate game refuges, as weU as
grades w ill join in an all-school
‘h ud quar,er saw «he local Bpre is news of the marriage of
mento Bee, in which he says llial. terment w ill be at the Gold H ill steams, peaks, elevations, and con-
Miss Clara Beck, form erly of Gold Christmas program, when an enter­
m
weaken
and
Rogue
River
was
although he hea, d the word “pear1 cemetery.
n,-cling trails.
H ill bul now of Grants Pass, to tainment is planned to which all
from the time he landed at the a ir­
tW° P0 '" ” In ‘ he ,a!'»
I raveling north from Crater Lake n ir of
I Wallace Trotter, also of Grants parents and others interested in the
Part
of
the
game
Gold
H
ill
put
„„
port till he left town on the train,
the larger lakes seen are Diamond,’
school are invited. This w ill mark
Pass, last Thursday.
Gun Club Members
« stonewall defense and forced the
he failed Io see a single pear dur
Cescenl. Odell. Waldo, Elk, Marion,
the
close of the pre-Christmas ses­
The
wedding
tqok
place
at
Cen­
Bogue River outfit to take long
to Apply for Charter Olallie, and Clear lakes.
Ing his entire stay I
shots, the Rogue River center drop- tral Point, the Methodist minister sion of the school year, (he holiday
I raveling and camping inform a­
officiating.
vacation beginning Wednesday, De­
The recently organized Rifle and
t e r l f T h Pn " “ y O" eS fr° m tha
The lowest sugar prices since
tion
and a log of the entire route
A wedding supper was served cember 23, and continuing until
1814 were announced recently by Pistol d u l, m. t at the office of the are included in the folder, which ter of the floor, giving them the vic-
Friday at the Beck home, to a party Monday, January 4.
western refiners. The new price was (•old H ill News last Monday evening opens up a new field for the va­ ,O!? by “ six‘ P°in« margin.
The Wlomen’s Relief corps plans
of
sixteen, which included Mrs
The line-ups are as follows:
and definite steps were taken to
84.20 per hundred pounds.
cationist who is on Ihe look-out for Rogue River Glrla
a Christmas party with an exchange
Gold H ill Glrla Howard Drake of this city.
• • •
make application for membership in
a new place to go this year.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. of gifts among the members, at its
^
aren H ) .......r f ......... Baker (is "
Eees ro llrrted from motor trans­ the National Rifle Association of
and Mrs. Charles F. Beck, and lived regular meeting, Wednesday after­
America.
Bod.on
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port companies since the law be
here with her parents for two years noon at the home of Miss Olive T u r­
Eighteen members have now paid Jacksonville V ote* $9,500
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came effective In September 1927 to
prior to moving to Grants Pass about ner. This organization is also
in Bond* Tuesday to
Seplcmbcr 30. 1931. total 81,406,- Iheir membership fees and it is ex­
three years ago. She attended the making a cdllection of food and
181.07, of which 8312,022.81 has pected several more w ill join before
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local schools and made many clothing for distribution amongthe
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been distributed to the counties un­ application for the charter is made
friends here.
needy. Anyone wishing to contrib­
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d,o
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Rogl,e
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within
the
next
few
days.
Those
der Ihe provision of the motor
Bond issues providing fa r the ex­
Mr. Trotter is also a resident of ute to this worthy cause may leave
who
arc
inrmbrrs
of
Hie
d
u
b
are:
transportation act Collections of
M«gcrle for Ring Grants Pass, being employed in the their donation at Drake’s store.
penditure of 89500 for construction
'
’ Hamm-rsly for Hak-
this money were handled by the J. R. MacKay. M errill Merriman, of a new pipe line and furlher im­
er Wheatley for Smith. Higgin­ box factory there. The couple has
former Public Service Commission Elov,I l.ance, R. Lloyd M iller, Bed­ provement of
Ihe -uia.suininc
Jacksonville wa-
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taken an apartment at the corner
until January 1, 1030, when Ihe ford Riles, Cleo Gilchrist. Win. Fer­ ter system were approved Tuesday, botham for Stone, W’alklin for of Fourth and E streets, where they Support Your Home Paper.
Palmer.
guson.
II.
D.
Norton,
Geo.
Meisinger,
work was placed under the super­
when a heavy vote was cast.
lire now at home to their friends.
L. R. Ruling, R. E. Rlnnkenhurg, Jus.
vision of (he Secretary of Stale.
I lie largest bond issue, for 86000
McDonough, Sdh Coy. A. F. Becker,
• • •
for construction of the new pipe­
Siskron M ine 1«
Mrs. Mary W. Gulligar of Bogue « . C. Stanwood, Jack Couture, line between the two reservoirs, • X " , ...................
River, who was Injured in an acci­ l.insley Dorman anil Grant Powell. passed by a vole of 143 io 28 and
Operating Again
It was planned io start work on
dent on the Pacific highway near
....... rg G- Lingri "
Ihe second for 83,500, by a vote of
Milton 1) ......... ,g " G‘ L ln 8 rcn ««)
there last July was awarded 8176.35 the outdoor range in (lie near fu­ 129 (o 50.
Siskron gold mining porpertieh
M ~,O.n . 4 ) ......... '« .. H. Lingrcn (2)
In a damage suit last Friday. Cary ture. Il w ill lie located on this side
An amendment to the charter,
on
Sucker creek
near
Holland.
of
Blackwell
hill
where
a
600-yard
Subatitutions: Rogue River sub­
W. Johnson, also of Bogue River,
which w ill enable Ihe city to pay
regon, which have been dormant
range
can
lie
set
up.
stituted
Hatch
for
O'Kelly,
Hatch
was the deefnrinnt. Mrs. Galligur
six per cent on bonds, instead of
Three members of (he Medford
scoring 4 points. For Gold H ill for the past nine years, except for
hnd asked 8226.50 in her su it
•< I 2, was also approved by the
Hammersly went in for C. Kell, and assessment work, are being mined
«mi dub were present nn,l invited voters,
Gold H ill members Io attend Ihe
lompkins, who replaced Wtilkcr at the present time by the lessees,
I lit- water problem has been on<-
According to reports received by
according to George S. Barton. The
Medford dub's annual meeting and
made 1 point.
the Medford irrigation district, and
«real interest to local pe iple
835 nCr
dinner ¡d the Armory Wedncsdny,
Referee Deal of Grants Pass of­ ore runs approximately
the watermnster's office, as much
since Ihe city had trouble last sum­
ton, he said.
Cleo Gilbert, Fred Eddings, A. F.
ficiated.
mer supplying the demand, rflcessi-
snow has fallen at Fish Lake, source
Marlon and Ray Stevenson
of
Becker and Dick MacKay attended
tilling the purchase and hauling of
of supply for Ihe district, to dale,
Jacksonville, who leased the min,
this m e tin g , and report a fine
M RPRfSE PARTY ON M R GRAY
water from Medford.
ns fell all Inst winter, and Ihnt Hi?
during the summer, are now oper­
evening. Moving pictures of Brilish
According to plans, a tunnel nboul
precipitation has been heavier. No
Saturday evening a surprise party ating the m ill daily, Mr. Barton, di­
Columbia was one of the main ten- 300 feet long w ill be dug under a
reports have been received on the lutes of entertainment.
was held at the Charles Gray home rector, stated, and w ill continue to
shale and granite formation to tap
snow and rainfall at the Emigrant
do so for some time. They started
The Medford d u ll w ill shoot on
I
bonor ot M r- Gray’s birthday.
Hi, underground water system that
dam and Hiatt Prairie, bul it is fig-1
a eouplq of weeks ago, anil indica­
its range Sunday, starling at ten
Ihe evening was spent plaving
ured as In excess of Inst year. H e -'
engineers believe exisits. New pipe
in Ihe morning, and (.old H ill gun
cards and dninty refreshments were tions are that there is enough ore
lines w ill do away with waste,
cember and January storms are ex­
to mill several years,
uli men are invited.
and other minor improvements are served Inter in the evening. Those
pected to bring the water levels ul '
Mr. Barton has been director for
planned, which arc expected to sup­ ut*’!'C u .7 .<’re MeMrs and « « ‘lames the operations during the past
both reserviors Io normalcy next I
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ply w ith adequate water at all sea
year,
three years. H. W. Finch of San
Ihe Gold H ill News.
» 00xv, ,? ony Rom’ Hugh H - y « . A.
j sons
Francisco,
owner of the mine, spent
I A. W alker and Charles Gray.
considerable time there lately.
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TRA CTED
FROM
WOULD
HAPPENINGS AND IJOH.ED
» O W N FO » OL'R HEADERS.
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