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About Gold Hill news. (Gold Hill, Jackson County, Or.) 1897-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1932)
(fiutò Mill The M oat Thoroughly Read W eekly in Southern Oregon, Published in the Biggest L ittle Tow n in the State V o S 'x x x y ......................... ‘ ''^ O L D 1 — scon J ■ 11 quits HIWAY BOARD - -................... .....................■ Local Chamber Endorses Houae of M yatery Gold H ill Chamber of Commerce at their Wednesday evening meeting gave their hearty approval to the House of Mystery and Ils advertis ing Io uttrael tourists us conducted by W. I.. Van llout en and John U ls ter. which have been recently crlt iclsed in a communication to the Medford Daily News. Signs advertising that free gold dust is given to all visitors have been placed ulong the highway re cently, and the w riter of the letter complained that everyone knew that no one could afford Io give away gold dust. However, this is whut Is being done at the Mystery House where the gold is placered from a rich deposit recently discovered by Mr. Van Houten, and each visi tor gets the yield of one panning. Muny tourists arc being oltractei.' by the signs every day and the en tire conunui'ity is n c -iv in g valuuble T Wa' s n x v O K E ^ j. ----------- i ii i i i iM ia U J .I.— l ,,.Y ii ... 'J,'' ---- — ---------------------------- _______ ’ FIRE DESTROYS JACKSON CO. ISi CONNER HOME LEADER IN GOLD ******************* NUMBER N U 14 INDIAN CAMP YIELDS RELICS Woodie Shaver and Linsley Dor man who returned Tuesday from iC. M. U. ea.np at Vancouver, Wash ington, brought with them medals won in v irious contests among the Chairman Appointed in Feb French-Type Home in R iv- $95,000 W o rth of Various .>90 m ilitary students encamped there. Contrary to a report issued L ife of P re-H iatoric Indians ruary Tendered Resigna erside Colony Reduced M etals Produced in County from the barracks and carried in Revealed in Excavations last week’t paper, Linsley and not tion Monday to Ashes Monday Last Year Woodie, received the expert rifle on H ittle Farm men’s badge, receiving a grade of 94 to qualify also for the rifle team Chairman Leslie M. Scoll of Fire which started in the attic, In the stalistieal and economic which w ill represent the camp at Purl land resigned lute .Monday from Piecing logethtr, bit by bit, the completely destroyed the fine I i tu rviys of minerals for the state Camp Perry. Only the three best llir slate highway commission. rifle m in are eligible to this team life history of prehistoric Indians roon» French-type home of Mr. and of Oregon, ai just released by the Governor Meier arct pled the res Mrs. S. II. Conner of Riverside col United States bureau of mines, Woodie earned his sharpshooters who lived on the bank of the Bogue ignation ot Scoll, who has been a ony three miles west of Gold H ll Jackson county leads the state in badge, which is next in rank. In River near the present mouth of commissioner since the Iasi reor on Ihe Pacif.c hjuhwav Monday the number of mines producing, the athletic contests Woodie was a Kane’s creek at Gold H ill, D r. W . ganisation of the much reorganised morning. the amount of gold, and the total member oi Ihe champion baseball R. Crewman of the state univer group last February. The fire, which had gained con value of the minerals recovered or team in the four team league organ- sity of Oregon, has spent the last The governor said he would siderable headway beneath the fire recoverable, Josephine county is izid. and has a gold medal for this three weeks excavating on the H it- nume Scolt’t successor within a proofed roof, was first noticed by ated second, with Grant county, achievement. He also placed third tie farm and has uncovered many few days. He denied that dissen in the pole vault and received a Indian sk. letons and various tools. .bird. i passing motorist almut eight o' sion betwe-1 II himself and Scott had The old mm p site was on a ridge clock that morniug. The G ri yhouml anything In do with the resigna Sixty-on ■ mines ,were reported bronze medal, while Linsley, who at the bend of the river just south anked second in the 880 yard dash p u b lid ty. bus also passed ul that time, and producing in this county during tion, which ussertedly was tender' Several other matters were dis the driver and Mr. Conner, fought 1931, 5(1 in Josephine, 35 in Baker, vas awarded a silver medal. Both of the bridge over Ihe Bogue at the ed because of the press of private >oys were members of Company K. end of Maili street here, and on the cussed bv the club members, but no the flames '.vllh the large extiiig 14 in Douglas, 14 i Grant. 7 in Mai business. r h iy report that all ten hoys from ioutli bank definite action Was taken. President uisher which Ihe bus carried, hut hi ur. C in Curry, 2 in Coos, 2 in The resignation had been ru Dr. Cressman has spin! a short mored as impending for some time, A. A. W alker presided at the meet were unable Io gel the fire under Lane, 2 in Linn, I in Marion, 1 in Jackson county w y e well repre lime each summer for the last three ing. sented in athletic and other eamp control. Cnlon and I in Wheeler. Scott liuil differi <1 on at least two years on ihe work, but the three achievements. Meanwhilr, passengers on Ihe IMiiicirs urged by (iovernur Meier. Although 4583.90 fine ounces of weeks’ work this year was the most One was .‘ he governor's advocacy of W ill Elect Boling's Success bus, and In other ears, us well as gold were recovered here during fruitful, vielding thirty nine skrle- the m gtibors, assisted in carrying Butte Falls Trounces uddillonul highway bonds fur re or at School M eeting Mon. out the furniture, and savid the Ihe year i i comparison to 3533.45 D 11 n r- o - tons, fourteen ceremonial knives, lief i mployment, opposed by the from Josephine county, only 356 o a l l O u t f i t S u n d a y , 16-1 ! and a ftw ^m orlars and pestles, in greater part of it, including the commission us u body. A second Preceding the regular meitiug of heavy frigiiluire and e lic tr c stove tons of ore were treated in this --------- which the Indians ground acorns. was the governor s endorsement of ! Ilu. ü(>w „ J county, with 4GU7 listed for Ihe The poorest exhibition of base-1 The work is sponsored by the Na- in tin- ki'eh in which the men cut a wage scale of 80 cents an hour h u |r |(.( N „ „ , , „ 57 next Monday eve loose from the wiring and moved neighboring area of Josephine coun ball put an by the Gold H ill nine tional Research Council, w ith some on a six day week basis for emer ning, a s p u la i meeting w ill be held before Ihe fire reached that end of ty. Grant county is given third this season was unraveled on the aid front the state university, where gency highway employment. The place with 3160.05 fine ounces ol local diamond Sunday afternoon Ur. Cressman is professor of so- Io elect Ihe successor to lis te r Bo the house. commission accepted the latter rec gold taken, w ith 2266.59 from Bak when Butte Falls trounced Ihe local ciology. His theory is that the site ling. who lenilered his resignation The greatest loss was in the many ommendation, although II had ear outfit by a count of 16 to 1. Bussell, was Ihe home of Indians probably ut the lust meeting. Polls w ill open keepsakes and travel souvenirs er county. lier proposed lowering the daily- Grant county led in 1931 in the Whitman college port side pitcher, 1000 to 1500 years ago, long be at seven o'clock, and w ill remain stored in the attic. wage from (3 to (1.50. mining of silver, 4276 fine ounces, did the hurling for the Loggers and fore the coming of Ihe white men open until a ll have voted. The community depends upon wa Scott presented his written res with Jackson county second, show kept the Geld H ill batsmen in check, to the Oregon coast. Because there Mr. Boling resigned following the ter from the irrigation diteh lor fire ignation to the governor at a con ing a total of 902 fine ounces. Doug striking out 17 during the fray. are no beads or signs of metal oevrrw hleirlng vote of the rrgular protection. Electric pumps at the ference. Ills letter said, in part: las county listings was 766 fine Kell started on the mound for Gold tools it is evident that they had no “My personal affairs need at school meeting June 20. when Dan Conner home und their neighbors ounces, and Josephine county took H ill but was relieved by Bailey- contact w ith the white traders, and tention these diffieull limes. Since McCarter and W. E. (Pup) Boss, were useless, as the circuit waa out. 625 fine ounces, w ith Baker in the fifth inning. The Butte Falls the crude mortars and pestles are lust l-ehruery highway business has candidates sponsored by the Par broken in some way by the fire, af 375. Only two counties were list team made 14 hits. Gold H ill had among the earliest versions known. taken all my efforts. I should not ent Citizens Council svere elected. fecting the entire line. The fire ex ed for lead production, Jackson lead to be contented w ith four hits off The tribe most closely resembles M r. Boling was the only remaining tinguisher from the bus was the nrgleet niy own affairs longer. ing w ith 1786 pounds. Grant had W hitm an’s offerings. Kell struck out the Hupa Indians of the low er "My best wishrs w ill continue member of the old board which had only available fighting equipment, 1711 pounds during the year. six and Bailey seven in the game Klamath river, and there were no for Ihe successful work of your opposed (he Council's action to oust and the home, which was sided with A total of 1392 pounds of copper for Gold H ili. indications that they traded w ith administration. I appreciate the Principal G. E. Meisinger, and re shingles, burned quickly, being lev was reported in Douglas county, Butte Falls now has three vic tribes to the north. signed following their victory. eled in less Ilian an hour. confidence which you reposed ill tories over Gold H ill and the lat The home site was probably oc The house was one of the more and 308 pounds from Grant. me when you appointed me to Ihe Values of the metal, the total In ter two wins. Another pair of games cupied at three different periods, romniissio.'i. It has been a pleas Iowans Visit M ystery Houae pretentious in this section. It was cluding all kinds of melal gave Jack- may be arranged as the local ag for the fire sites and graves were ure Io serve with Mr. Aldrieh (E. fo r Biggest T h rill o f T rip buitt in 1929 at a cost of (5000, fol son county as the highest, with gregation is confident they can take found roughly at three different lev - lowing the French ehuteuu style of II. Aldrieh of Pendleton) and Mr. (95,087 total for last year. Josephine e measure of Russell if given an- els. One home indicated a long architecture. The main part of the Washburni- (Carl G. Washburn? of Editor and Mrs. E. L. C. White, county followed w ith (73,348; Grant, her opportunity. continuous period of occupation, as Eugene). Your public anil privnte son Jimmy Donald, of Spencer, structure contained five large rooms I ilt w ill play at Gold H ill Sun the ground showed pieces of bones (66,055; Baker, (46,964; Malheur, w H relations Lave ever been before me Iowa, and Mr. W hile’s sister, Mrs. with the attic above. A wing extend (15,932; Douglas (13,465; and Lane, day, July 24 Gold HUI has two wins from the animals they had used for in Ihe affairs of Ihe commission.” II. E. Bohinson and daughter, ed at each end, at an angle, and ih (5629. over H ilt but both were one-point food and rock chips from the a r Wushhurne and Aldrieh were np Claire, of Chariton. Iowa, were each ang’e were set Iw in towers. The average value of melals in wins and a hard game is anticipated. rowheads and knives scattered in The fire started near the fire place pointed at the same time Scott was guests of Editor and Mrs. R. E. the report just issued shows gold, the soil for a depth of more than chimney nt the north end of the named by Governor Meier. Blankenburg last Thursday for a (20.671835 per ounce; silver (0.385 Local Inventor W ill Go three feet. Distinct blackness of main portion. The fireplace had not “I am sircerely regretful that short visit, enroute to Los Angeles per ounce; copper, (0.13 per pound; the earth indicated the sites of the been used for sever'd days, how Mr. Scott leels hr must give up to Portland Convention houses. to attend the National ELditorinl ever, and the Conners are at a loss lead, (0.05 per pound; and zinc his work on Ihe commission,” Gov (0.048 per pound. convention and the Olympic athlet Seemingly, the tribe had no su to explain the origin of the fire. ernor Meier commented. “He has ic contests. Announcements have been made perstitions about their dead, for the Aside from a small shelter over given tirelessly of his time and en of the annual inventors’ congress graves were close to the houses, two Mr. White |s publisher of Ihe the electric pump, only a few- feet G et* Six M o n th * on ergy and bir rendered splendid ser and new inventions exposition to be distinct groups being found on each Spencer News Herald, where Mr. from the house, no other buildings vice as chairman of the highway Drunkenness Charge held in Portland the first week in side of the group of homes, and a and Mrs. Blankenburg were em burned, anil the family is moving commission.” August. The congress was held, in few were more scattered. One or ployed, prior Io coming to Gold H ill. temporarily into the double garage. Doug Cameron was sentenced to San Francisco last year. Although such a short visit did two were directly beneath a house, County Nurse Honor Guest not enable us to show as much of The loss Is partially covered by in six months in the county jail Wed C. Coppock, Gold H ill inventor, but might have been old graves un surance. nesday by Judge H. D. Reed when plans to attend the congress and to known to the builders of these at P re-N uptial Courtesy Southern Oregon to the Iowans as he pled guilty to a charge of drunk display his invention, the hoe and houses. Often the bodies were in we would have liked to, we did our The Jackson County Health Unit best. They didn’t see Crater Lake. Tem porary C arrier H ere U n enness. Judge Reed mollified the sen rake attachment. Mr. Coppock re strang positions, no apparent system held Ils meding Tuesday afternoon. They ilidn’’ visit the Oregon Caves. til M a il Route* Consolidate tence, however, to parole at the end ceived his patent last year and is of burial being observed. Many of th irty days, but should the of anxious to display his piece of ma only partially reclined, some w ith July 10, at the home of Mr*. J. Mad They dldn'- cat one of the famous Bogue River valley pears— but they ison Lively on Gold H ill Heights. W ith the retirement a week ago fender repeat his offense, the six- chinery which has proven very suc their knees up, or h alf huddled. All routine business wns suspend d'd visit The House of Mystery on of George Wallace, for the last three months sentence is automatically ef cessful. One woman was found face down The congress w ill be held at the spparently in the same grave w ith ed by Ihe chairman, Miss Nellie Ju- Sardine Creek— and the fun they yenrs mailearrier on Foots Creek fective, Cameron was arrested a w-eek ago last Sunday and placed Multnomah hotel and inventors from tw o men. Perhaps the floods had cobs, and a general Jollification wns had at this unusual cabin, was, in route, Ernest Boss has been appoint hud in honor of Miss Gertrude Brey- their own words, one of the high ed temporary carrier. This arrange in the local jail. He pried his way all over the Pacific coast are ex disturbed her grave and carried her en, the rounly nurse, who in Au spots of their entire trip so far. ment is effeteive only until the gov out, however, and was at liberty pected to attend. to this position. But there’s also a gust w ill eider into a new field— Without warning of what to ex ernment works out the details of until Friday, being taken to jail in hint of the eternal triangle, and that of matrimony. Many of Ihe pect, when we suggested the visit, its economv program which includes Medford, and appearing for trial Odd Fellow * Select perhaps their disgrace in the tribe. guests hail brought in so many they all got dizzy even before they the consolidation of rural mnil yesterday. Entertainm ent Committee Only one of the 39 skeletons showed flowers that a floral game was sug were Inside Ihe enclosure, but each routes. The plan here is to add the signs of violent death and his fore gested, led by Miss Bertha Coy. The thought it was n slight attack of enr Evans Valley route to the E'oots Coupon in H o lly Ad I * At the regular meeting of Gold head was badly crushed. grand prise was won by Mrs. I. O. sickness. Mrs. Robinson did not at Creek route and transfer a carrier Fourteen knives were found bur Free Theatre Ticket H ill Lodge No. 129 held Tuesday. Zierolf and Ihe booby prise by Mrs. tempt to go farther but was content from another town, probably the July 19. a lively business session led, one man, evidently a chief hav Anna Mar»ir. to watch the rest of the parly lean one now serving Evans Valley out Here’s good news for Gold was held which was followed by ing six knives in his grave. These The happiest part wns the shower ing at all angles, falling foolishly of Bogue River. The government is H ill movie fans— a discussion of the entertainment graves were about six feet down— typified by Miss l.yndali Jncobs un from one corner to the other, and reducing ihe number of postal em In this issue of the News with plans for «his term. Toney Ross, Bay made by the first occupants of the der an umbrella Io which were lied laughing hysterically nt a heavy Iron ployees wherever possible, retiring the Holly theater ad w ill be Thompson, W . II. Ferguson were site— indicating that this settlement mnny pretty and useful gifts for Miss weight hanging on a w ire at a 45 everyone eligible and transferring found a coupon which is your appointed to plan Ihe entertainment pre-dates the Hupa tribes which lat Breyen. Much fun was crealeil by degree angle with the wall. Of present employees to fill the vacan gift from this paper. It is good and the committee w ill welcome er learned the value of the knives n il imprnintdu wedding iiinreh to course, Mr. W hite guessed the angle cies. and instead of burying them, handed fo r one admission to the thea suggestions. the refreshment tuble, well supplied at which a rock would fall; stood ter with one paid admission. On Sunday, July 24, grass w ill be them down sacredly from genera with cake and a large bowl of with his eyes Intent on the ground FOREST FILMS SHOWN HERE In other words, two can now burned at Ihe cemetery and every tion to generation. punch. The future bride cut the to overcome the optical illusion, The knives vary from six to four attend the Holly Theater, and one Is urged Io come and help. Work cake, designating it ns the bride's hail his picture taken in the door Educational films on forest and teen inches long and are made from see its fine shows, for the price w ill start nl 9:00 in the morning. cake. way— but after all was said and w ild life preservation were shown of one admission, by using this The Crater Lake Encampment has absydian, or black lava glass found Among those present were Miss done, he couldn’t see why the old by W. B. Fuller of the U. S. for coupon. received notice that the late Janies in cliffs in Klamath county. A few Breyen of Medford, Miss Mildred slump unhide Ihe fence made him estry extension service here Wed The ouly request made by Burns left (160 to the Encampment. are red, streaked w ith black. They Carleton, Central Point, Mrs. Bees feel dizzy. nesday eve to about 10(1 people in the manager of the Holly is Members of this organization are were used only in the ceremonial Chapman, Medford and her mother John Lilster then panned gold an improvised outdoor theatre on that patrons not use these con- urged to nttend Thursday’s meeting dances, being carried by the braves. Mrs. Alice Ulrich of Jacksonville, for Ihe visitors, each receiving a the city hall lawn. Mr. Fuller trav pons on Saturday or Sunday. when considerable business w ill be They had been chipped to a fine and Mesihmes O. C. Palmer, I. O. few coarse grains, but even that els in a truck carrying moving pic degree of sharpness, but were im The coupons w ill appear in transacted. Zierolf, Anna Martin, L. L. Smith, didn't furnish the th rill that the ture screen and projector, also practical a«1 hunting knives or wea The News each week, and we Lloyd M iller, Lola Heed, Dan Mc Mystery House had. equipped with a loud speaker hook- cordially invite our readers to Tony Larson of Portland is a pons as they were easily broken. Carter, C. W. Martin, C. W. Davis, In the evening we were guests up used in short explanation of take advantage of this free movl* guest over the weekend of Mr. and Doubtless, many long hours were Paul McQuat, Cleo Gilchrist, and nt the Whites at the Fountain Auto the pictures. tieket. Mrs. R. E. Blankenburg. Mr. Larson spent perfecting these for the tribal baby son. Charles, and Ihe Misses Camp where they spent the night, | ----------------- ----- and Mr. Blankenburg were school dances, the method being sim ilar Nellie and l.yndali Jacobs and Ber continuing their journey In the, Dance at the Gold Htll Pavilion Extra copies of the News on sale mates in Henry, South Dakota, their to that used in making their ar* tha Coy, of this city. morning. Saturday night. at Jim’s Confectionery, each week. former home. (Coatiaaed aa Last Paga) F
