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e &0JÒ *************************************♦*****«*♦*♦*«%*» VOLUME XXXIV Tl L ittle News and Comment ITEMS OF INTEREST EX TRACTED FROM WORLD "'~'~*"**~**~******~******~ m ~ * * * ~ ^ ^ _______ KNOTT SLATER IS CAPTURED <«OLD HILL, OREGON, THURSDAY, ÜECEM BER 24, 1931 S h a v er Sharp en s S h ears and Shaves S lic e o ff S h ea rin g S h a g g y S h ock s Bring on Jimm y's cowlicks, Fanny's pigtails and G rand- pap's fringe of fuss— Tom Hkav- • r wants to shear them. In fa rt, he says he is going to shear them, fo r who can resist Tom 's superior shears when they are only J5c a shearing? School and Church Programs Usher In Y ule Season Here Gold Hill's public observance of the Christmas seuson began early this week with the presentation of two fine Christmas programs on Tuesday, whin pupils of the public school joined in a program in Ihe afternoon, and the Sunday School of Ihe Methodist church presented its unnual Christmas service in the evening. NUMBER 36 REED’S COURT BUSY PLACE son; “My Wish for You,” Rae Clements. “A Christinas Song,” Jimmy Mar Reed, One of A hree Suspect lin. W age Controversy and A s Christmas exercise by the pri According lit word from officiulx ed, Taken by Denver mary class. sault and Battery Suit of the Owen-Oregon Lumber com Piano solo. “A School March,” by pany of Mi'dford, the lumlter siluu Officers Settled Ruth Lance. This week Tom Shaver, local lion al the present time has n more toanorial artist fo r the last IS "f.hristinas Stars,” Sunshine class. promising outlook Ilian since any years, who through good limes “Why We Celebrate,” Carol Ham. time since 1929 The company hus Albert W. Itci d, suspected as the Programs W ell Attended “A Wish,” l.aura Dungey. and bad has shorn the shaggy received orders for more than three slayer of Police Officer Victor Two jur> trials were on the Both programs were well attend Hhocks of sundry seedy, sedate Song, “Jesus Loves Me,” by pri docket of Judge Reed’s court this million feet o t lumber for delivery Knott of Ashland on the night of ed. parents and friends of the mary class. or sour swains and sw eet early In 1932. It is hi>|n-d i ondilions November IN, has been apprehend past week, and two arrests for children being guests at the school hearts, has a Christm as pres "I Am Glad for Christmas,” Edith reckless driving were among the will warrant the reopening of their ed at Denver, according Io word program, while in Ihe evening a Ham. ent for everyone. Down go mill in Medford which shut down receivid by Sheriff Ralph Jennings many mailers which aided in keep large crowd of Christmas worship his prices! Haircuts are SOc “The Christinas Bells,” Willing ing Judge If. D. Reed’s court busy. some time ago. ul II o'clock Tuesday evening. • • • ers filled ihe church to overflow Workers' class.' no longer. A mere 35c brings The firs, jury ease was tried ing. Few details of the arrest were the feet of the snippers and the “The Best Day,” Evelyn Christen Friday, and arose over the settle Jack Dempsey, former heavy given in the wire, Jennings said, The school entertainment includ son. clippers, and the slippery, stick- weight boxing champion of the ment of a wage claim, filed by Ar i n g . "Joy to the World,” hoys' ery shingliugs down the back “Best Day of All,” Beverly Chris thur Pool against H. C. Messenger, world, has just completed a lour of but authorities there ua-e been oil the ,'< okoiit for Reed ami his two glee club; pfay by third and fourth tenson. of your neck! the United States and has anonunc- who he claimed owed him the grades. "The Folks Santa Claus Piano solo, “Santa Claus Guards,” amount of $254.25 for labor a, his ed that he thinks hr will be reuily . nuip l inn? ever since thi v eluded Shaver, in his 15 years here, Forgot,” songs “Christmas Story,” Eileen Shorh. for another whirl in the big time a posse here, end it is said they sawmill on Foots Creek. Messenger has served all but Did Santa, and “Happy Christmas Morning,” “I Am No, Big,” Victor Frost. next summer. His lust engagement I .ul e •• i id word Unit Reed was denied Pool’s claim, stating that his and even he says he maybe in also by third and fourth grades; “The Coming of Peace,” Golden record of hours worked and rate on the tour was in Sioux Falls, returning Io lb nver, in which city this year — it's such a tem pta *’• numbers by Ihe orchistra; Rule class. South Dakota, last week and this he made Ids headquarters. tion ! charged was incorrect, and tha, a Christmas songs and poems by the Re d luij waived exlradi'ici hi I “My Say So,” Dalmar Christensen. balance of less than fifty dollars wound up a lour of lit cities where A ll of w hich, folks, means first grade; “Silent Night,” suiig by Sheriff Jennings will go Io Denver “Merry Christmas.” Gladys and was due the plaintiff. A compro he met 150 opponents. Just this, that the price of h a ir • 0 o secofid grade, accompanied by the Harry Smith. to return him here lids week. mise verdict was» awarded the de cuts at the Shaver barber shop toy orchestra; play. “Polly's Christ “Happy Day,” Laura Mae Ross. Il is not ytl kiiowii whether Three Idaho towns, two of them fendant. in the amount of $82.26, in Gold H ill has been cut Io mas," sixth grade; song by Junior “Little Moses,” Bennie Wharton. Mr. Messenger to pay attorney fees snowbound every winter for fifty Reed lias adiii Ited the killing J8e and that you still get the glee club of seventh and eighth Song, “Once Again,” Sunshine and court costs. ' years, will get their Christinas pack which police are confident involves aarre style shearing of the grades; “Christmas Eve,” a n d class. ages on time this winter by plane. hpii and two olu t companions, On Monday the second jury same shaggy lock« or shocks, "Christmas Candle,” sung by fifth “Do You Hear,” Billy Betts. The three towns, Atlunta, Warrens )<li nlified as l.ee Jackson and Paul trial was held, in the case of Ed or w hat have you, us you did grade. High school numbers were “Merry Christmas,” Frances Ross. Shoemaker vs. C. C. Carey of Cen and Stibnite, are nil milling towns MeQuuile, known Io lie Ids croniis, at the old price of 3ar . And a reading by Edith Dusenberry. “Do You Hear the Christ Child?” tral Point, charging assault and and are far into the wilds, with end suspei ted of being wi'th Reed to m says— rome in and w e’ll song by boys’ glee club, “Cantque Arlene Cameron. banks cf snow ranging from three el Ashland the night of the shoot- battery. *liow you! de Noel,” sung by girls’ glee club, Io thirty feet separating them from ii g. Piano solo, “Firs, Wtoltz,” Jeanne The suit arose after a contro and the girls’ sextet number, "Sou Hanimersly. the outside. The airplane will fly Two men arc guilty of the luui- versy over Carey’s removing wood thern Moon.” from Boise and it will take hut 35 der, according to police as it bus Gold Hill Boys Win from Shoemaker’s property on Recitation, "The Broken Doll,” Christmas Story Retold minutes. The only other way the been proved tiiat bullets from two Pair of Games; Girls Kane’s creek, which he had con Virginia Centers. The church program was one of people have contact with the out diflercnt guns inflicted the wounds tracted for. Santa Distributed Treats Lose One During W eek Christmas song and story, retelling side world is by dog team or ski. that caused the death of Officer Shoemaker alleges tha, Carey at The church was appropriately tacked him and his boys with a the story of the first Christmas so Knott. D •« thought that the search decorated, a beautiful Christmas long ago, with more than forty The week's basketball games re Its springtime in the Rockies said or It. eds' companions will lie shorl- club, and blacked his eyes, and oth tree gracing one corner of the au erwise inflicted serious injury. a headline in dally papers Sunday. I lived, wilb the capture of Reed. sulted in two wins for the Gold Hill children taking par,. ditorium, and following the pro The service opened with the sing A wann western wind combined and that a speedy trial will bring high hoys’ team and loss for the Evidence was not brought ou, in local girl cagers. Friday evening ing of “Joy to the World," by Ihe gram each child present received the trial sufficient to substantiate with Did Sol drove Ihe mercury in ! the killers to justice. candy and nuts, which were distrib congregation, followed by the invo __ ____________ _____ the __ ____ Ihe thermometer ______________ up to 60 degrees | ________ Evidence ________ incriminating three | the boys defeated Glendale high on Shoemaker's claims, and Carey was uted by Santa Claus, himself. In Denver and as high as ON degrees Denver men was found the morning! **ome court by a score of 19 to cation by Rev. Belknap. acquitted by the jury. T. Enright of Li,lie Joe Smith was firs, on the they The annual Odd Fellow commun Medford was attorney for the de following the murder, in their 15 ' ' and Saturday evening 1 — *• In Cheyenne. abandoned ear which IhtV bad trounced the Ashlund Y e o m a n program with his recitation. “Wei ity Christmas party Christinas eve, fendant. tl* lune of 39-1 while the come,” other selections w e r e : will climax the Christmas season State employees contributed 815,- ditched n few miles beyond Gold i Otto Loengart of Portland an ".Merry Christmas." Marjorie Dot- festivities. 801 toward the state unemployment Hill on Ihe Pacific highway when girls lost Io the Yeoman girls, the swered to a charge of reckless driv fund for the first month of the five- flagged down by Slate Police Offi conn, being 33-21. The latter two ing, following his arrest here and games were also played in the Commercial Club Met month contribution of one day's cer Hoxie of Grants Pass. paid a fine of $10 and costs. Car Turns Over on pay, it was announced by the com The abandoned ear was identi Gobi Hill gym. A. D. Lewis. Jr. of Prospect, was Last Friday Evening In the game with Glendale Coach Pacific Highway tried on a similar charge, and was mittee in charge last week. fied ns one which hud been sold • • • Reed in Denver a short lime be Angslead's hasketeers broke into sentenced to five days in jail and The Gold Hill Chamber of Com The bite of a pet cat caused the fore. Il contained Ills government the win column with a good,clean- A car driven by Bobby Robinson, costs of the trial, the sentence be- death of J. E. Ogden, 08, C.arthag , discharge papers and the guns cut victory. The score was close merce me, in regular session las, with two other University of Ore- ’ *n8 suspended on good behavior Missouri ootinty school attendance which arc said to have inflicted throughout urn, the game was ex Friday evening at the Gold Hill gon students as passengers, turned • -------------------- ceptionally clean, very few fouls garage office. officer. Blood poisoning developed. the fatal wounds. over on the Pacific highway near L od ge C h ristm as P a r t to • • • Duly two men were in Ihe cur at being called on cither side. Gold A resolution favoring the organ Birdseye creek, eight miles from Three of five robbers walked into tlic time and they esea|»ed in the Hill used the criss cross pass at ization of a Parent-Teacher associa Gold Hill last Friday evening. Dense Be B ig Event; Other the rectory of the Holy Trinity darkness, presumably going up tack. and lime after time broke tion in Gold Hill was passed. Gold fog and slippery pavement were Plans Made Tuesday church in Chicago while the church Birdseye creek a short distance, through the Glendale defense to Hill has not had such an organiza given as the cause of the accident. was crowded with parishioners at and making good their escape ring up a field goal. Higginbotham tion for several years but recently No one was injured in the spill The Christmas program to be tending a Christmas novrna service, while u posse was being formed. A was high point man for Gold Hill there has been agitation to revive but the car was badly damaged. held up two priests and a secre close watch was kept in this dis and Morrey was Ihe mainstay for the old asoseiation and it is ex The trio were enroute to California held at the I. O. O. F. hall Christ mas eve, and which is one of the tary and stoic from a strong box trict the rest of the week, however Glendale. pected steps will be taken in that to spend the Christmas vacation. most important undertakings of the Referee Deal of Grants Pass of direction in the near future. 81,000, which the pastors were get ami descriptions were broadcast lodge jnear, held the attention of ting ready to distribute to destitute widely, the search spreading over ficiated and as usual won the ap The club also agreed to send a W hitsett Foxes the Odd Fellows af their meeting families. the nation when it became evident proval of the fnns. letter of appreciation to the state Tuesday evening, when Santa was • • • Two town teams put on a prac highway commission for their ef that the men were out of the hills. W in First Premiums given all necessary instructions, A tree with antlers is something People of the entire Rogue Riv tice game after the high school forts in securing improvements on at Show in Medford and final plans were made for the new under Ihe sun in Camas Valley, er valley are anxiously awaiting encounter and brought m a n y the highway through Gold Hill. The best Community Christmas yet. Douglas rounty, Oregon. A three- further word from Denver as to the laughs from the sidelines through shoulders along the highway have A fine program of entertainment Two firs, premiums were won by point antler with the points em details of Reed’s capture nnd the • heir impromptu antics. An offi been widened considerably, helping is promised for Thursday evening, bedded in the five-inch trunk of a possibilities of the iiltimale appre cial score was no, kept. materially to make driving safer, the Whitsett Fur Farm of Gold Hill In Saturday’s game with the Yeo besides giving some employment to a, Ihe annual fox show held under and Santa will have treats for all fallen laurel tree was found by L. hension of his suspected accom men the boys' team had little dif local people. the auspices of the American FUr the youngsters, to whom he sends W> Butler on Camas mountain, and pliers. ficulty in scoring nt will and the Breeders' association a, the Med a most cordial invitation. the portion of the trunk containing The meeting night of the club ford fair grounds December 12 and On next Tuesday the lodge will locals pul in some1 good licks at the horns is an object of wonder to Turkey Truck Hits meet for a short business session, haskrt-shootiug practice for future was changed from Friday Io Wed 13. the students of Camas Valley school, nesday so us no, to conflict with games. Tree on Blackwell Hill The prizes were awarded on two adjourning early to go to Medford where It has hern displayed. • • • The girls' game was a different basketball games and other activi Blue Alaska foxes, male and female, with their candidates, Howard Dor Saturday Afternoon story and the fas, Gold Hill team ties at the school. displayed by Ihe Whilset, farm, of man and Woodrow Shaver, who A storm raged in the Siskiyous The next meeting of the club will which Lew Whitsett is proprietor. will receive the third degree which found they were up against a team Tuesday, which caused Yreka mo Dressed turkeys were scattered that out-weighed, out-jumped and be January* 6. 1932. will be conferred by the Medford torists association Io issue n wide over Blackwell hill Saturday were able to out score the loca* degree team. warning Io southbound Medford Chisholm-Gardner Wedding flei noon when a Dillard, Oregon girls. I, was a hard fought game, W ashington Woman It is urged tha, everyone be at traffic to delay trips until it had trucks,er lost control of his car and however, and the locals wen, W as Event of Last Friday nex, Tuesday’s meeting on time. abated. Injured Near Here crashed into a Iree, as he was go down only after putting up a good O. C. Stanwood joined the local ing toward Medford, enroute to fight. A wedding which came as a sur lodge Tuesday, by transfer. Mrs. Alice Blodgett, 55, of Aber prise to their many friends in Gold California markets. Charlie Note: W. W. Hi,tie is giving Gold No other games are scheduled A faulty steering gear is blamed until after Ihe holidays, when on deen, Washington, received serious Hill, took place a, Medford last Fri Hill a chicken supper in the near for Ihe accident, which badly dam January 8. the season will reopen lacerations of her face and a bro day afternoon, when Miss Jean future. More power to him! aged Ihe iron, end of Ihe truck, with both Ihe boys’ and the girls’ ken nose, when the car in which Chisholm and Logan Gardner of at SoOT stripping the wheels to m e r e team playing Central Point nt Cen she was riding crashed into a horse- this city were married by County MRS. MEISINGER HOSTESS drawn wagon near here Monday. Judge Alex Sparrow. spokes, and caving in one side of tral Point. AT DINNER COURTESY A long pole, protruding from the the hood. Rolli Ihe driver nnd his The young couple were attended companion do no, know how they GUN CLUB SENDS FOR CHARTER wagon, penetrated the windshield, by Mrs. Tom Chisholm and Janet Mrs. Geo. Meisinger, in courtesy striking her in Ihe face. got out of the car, hut were presum Chisholm of Gold Hill and Miss El to members of the Rebekah Hawaii She is receiving treatment in a ably thrown oui through the top. sie Cameron of Medford. With a membership representing an orchestra, of which she is di alt hough neither were seriously in ages from IN to N4, the Gold Hill Medford hospital. Mrs. Gardner is the daughter of rector, entertained a, a lovely din jured, receiving only minor bruises Hifie and Pistol club has taken fln- Dr. W. P. Chisholm of Gold Hill, ner a, her home Tuesday evening. , nd sernlehes. I lie rack carrying a) ste|)s in j,s organization work, S E X T E T T E P L A Y S FDR and the groom is the son of Win. Covers were laid for seven, gay the turkeys, was lorn loose by Ihe , nn,| ,|,is weP|( made application for LODGE HOMECOMING Gardner, also of this city. Both Christmas favors and decorations inipni pact ami Ihe turkeys mid their „ charter in the National Rifle as young people were born nnd raised adding to the attractively ap era!: , were thrown several yards. soeiation. Four new members were The Rebekah Hawaiian orchestra in the community, attending the An emergency call Io Eugene added this week, Fred Eddings, Vlr- of Hie Gold Hill lodge was at Med- locnl schools Mrs. Gardner being a pointed table. The guests spent a pleasantly informal evening, fol brought another truck Io the res- nil Eddington, Dick Robinson and ford Monday evening ns guests of member of the class of 1931. lowing the dinner. Those enjoying ii ■ of the turkeys, and the Dillard q Ingling, signing up. This the Medford Rebekahs a, their an- They are now at home to their the even, were Mrs. Joe Blair, :”achine was towed to the Gold Hill brings the membership to 22. with nunl homecoming celebration. The many friends at the home of Mrs. Mrs. H. D. Force, Mrs. Earl Moore, p irnge for repairs. Llnsley Dorinnn being the young- ladies also contributed several well Mary Chisholm in Gold Hill. Mrs. W. W. Hittle, Mrs. Etta Car est member, and, Mr. Ingling the chosen numbers to the enlertain- ter, Mrs. Paul Thompson, Mrs. Geo. Support Your Home Paper. oldest. ment program of the evening. Job printing at The News office. Hammersly and tAe hostess. HAPPENINGS AND ROILED DDWN FOR OIJR READERS. A nilin' Says- j S k i r ’A , A lot of us a ro : tórma find, when wc ! took back, that its Jiwt another y ear I gone by I"