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The M ost Thoroughly Reed W eekly in Southern Oregon, VOLUME XXXV A Paul Suffered Slight Con cussion; W as Fourth A c cident of W eek In the fourth of a series of auto mobile accidents in nn<l near (¡old llill this week. Mr. and Mrs. I'mil Thompson ol this city narrowly es caped serious Injury when their ear was struck by a ear driven by Hotter E. Mything of Port land as they turned into the drive way of their home on the Paeifle highway. I he accident happened a few minutes nfter six o’clock Inst evening. « GOLD HILL, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1932 NUMBER 24 Thompsons Have Narrow Escape In Collision H ed. TRAIL COUPLE HIT TURNING INTO DRIVEWAY W Published in the Biggest L ittle Tow n in the State The cars came together against a tree at the corner of the Thompson yard, the Iront of the Thompson cur resting on the hood of the My thing car. Mr. Thompson was thrown out o' the car by the Impact onto the lawn of their home and was unconscious for some lime. Doctor's examination revealed no broken bones, however, and this morning hr was resting as easily as could be ext>ecled. Mrs. Thompson, who was driving wns apparently uninjured, except for se- verr bruises, and a wrenched hack, and is around as usual. Mrs. Thompson hud driven to thr Heaver Portland Cement plant to bring her husband home to supper, as is her habit. On her return she states she saw the oncoming car. but as it wns more than n block away and she had given thr signal for a left turn for some time, she proceeded to turn Into the drive way. Just as she turned, however. Mr. Thompson saw the approaching enr hud veered to the wrong side of the road, and said, “ He's going to hit us," hut the wnrning was too late. A path cut by the tires of Mr. Mything's car showed even today where he had slid for more than th irty feet on the left shoulder of the highwnv before the cars hit. In a statement made last night he said he had hoped to be able to turn into the Clark yard to avoid the crash. Witnesses state that Mything wns traveling at a high rate of speed. His enr was not seriously damaged but the Thompson car is badly wrecked. T w o Get Fine« in Reed*» Court Monday M orning A drunken driving charge and an Improper license case were heard In Judge Reed’s local court Monday morning. Clyde D. Purvcs of Tulenl, charged w ith operating an nuto while in toxicated, wns fined »100, sentenced to 30 days in Jnil nnd had his license taken nwav for good measure when he wns brought before Judge Reed. Purves w m arrested early Mondny morning in Medford by state police, who allege he “was so drunk he could not walk or talk, nnd in no condition to drive an nuto.” Veltle Riles, of Medford, appear ing in the same court, charged with operating an nuto w ith Improper li cense plates, wns assessed the costs of th»> proceedings. »4.50, nnd instructed to procure a license. He wns charged with driving a new car w ith n denier's license. Cerlco Pena of California, nrrest- Sunday for driving with Improper license plates failed to nppenr for trial in Reed's court here Mondny, preferring to forfeit his ball. Harlnn Swenson, driver of a speeding truck appeared before the Judge Wednesday. He wns fined the costs of the ease, nnd received a five- day suspended Jail sentence. M r. Lively Seriously Burned in Steam Cooker Explosion J. M. Lively received severe burns ulaiut his face Friday even tig when the pressure cooker w ith which he wus working exploded. The pelcuck on the cooker had become plugged up, and Mrs. Lively hud called her husband to see if he could open the vent. He decided to remove thr lid, and when he loos ened thr lugs thr explosion resulted. The lid »1 the cooker struck Mr. I.ively in thr face und the hot apple sauce was thrown in every direction most of it striking his face und in flicting severe and painful burns. Mrs. I.ively who wus standing near by received minor burns on her arms. Although his wounds were very painful. M .\ I.ively seemed to get along quite well after receiving med ical rare, but on Saturday suffered nervous chills, und on Monday was removed Io the Community hospi lal in Medford. Considerable ap prehension was fell until Wednes day morning when he seemed to be improving slowly. Mr. I.ively is ulmost »0 years old and the injuries were a shock to his entire system. School Board Asks County to G ravel Gall» Creak Road The county court has been asked by Shcooi District Number 57 to gravel thr up|>er end of the Galls Creek road where one of the dis trict’s busses travels Io transport children to the Gold H ill school. W. E. Ross, chairman of the board, nnd Dan McCarter, director, enlled on the court Tuesday. One- elgth of a mile of rounty road is ungravrlrd. The road is now pas sable but when the w inter rains set in the road w ill be in a very bad condition unless it is graveled. The court took the matter under consideration. H igh School Student» Elect Class Officers Senior, junior and sophomore classes of the local high school organised for thr year during this week, and elected officers as fol lows: Seniors: Edith Dusenberry, presi dent; Hill Hammersly, vice presi dent; Netlv Stone, secretary and treasurer; Ted Ritter, sergeant-at- arms; Principal J. A. Thomason, class advisor. Juniors: Herbert I.ingren, presi dent; Dorothy Hammond, vice presi dent; Mabel Dusenberry, secrelary- treasurer; Frank W alklin, Iialfour point collector; Bob Gay, student council member; Miss Hankey, class advisor. Sophomores: June Moore, presi dent; Iren*1 Morrow, vice president; Opal Rodgers, secretary-treasurer; Mary Gay, sergeant-at-arms; Miss Cheney, class advisor. At the same meeting the sopho mores mad j plans for Freshman initiation, Inying down rules to be observed ibis week, nnd mnde prep arations for formal initiation to be held nt the gymnasium Friday eve ning of is week. Freshman class members w ill not elect officers until after they have liccn properly initiated. Fancy Price Received for Del Rio Seckels Sale of a ear of Del Rio Seckels al very fine prices was reported this week, bringing an optimistic trend into the pear tnorket situa tion. The popular pears, grown at the orchards near Gold H ill, averag ed »4.00 a box. The average price for the extra fnney packed was »4.90, for the fan cy packed »4.10, extra fancy Jum bles »3.85. The pears were sold on the New York market. BOARD WINS FIRSTROUND M otion Against Decision on Contract Overruled by Judge Norton W ith the overruling of a motion to strike from the plea for an in junction any reference to the con tract held by G. E. Meisinger bo cause it was deemed irrelevant, School District No. 57 won a first round decision in its first court action to prevent former Principal Meisinger Irom holding the district to a contr.tcl given him lust spring which the present board alleges )» lo t gal. Hearing or. the plea was held Tuesday aft»-noon before Circuit Ju tge H arry I). Norton T h r school board had brought suit for an injunction restraining Mr. Meisinger from reporting at the school house daily, stating that he would cause irreparable damage If he continued to do to. They also In corporated in their plea a request for a judgment on th r validity o f the contract held by Meisinger on which he based his right to be pres ent at thr school house daily. Attorney for Meisinger maintained that thr legulity or illegality of the contract had no bearing on the in junction proceedings and that Mr. Meisinger, like any other citizen could be on th r grounds of a pub lic school. The point to consider, it was stated, was whether he was doing any damage or inflicting any wrong by hie presenc. and cited that the school board in its plea merely stated that damage would be done— not that any was being done. Judge Norton, however, held that the petition as worded asked for a declaratory judgment on the con tract, as well as for an injunction, and that one wns incident to the other. He therefore ordered the at torneys to present their arguments on both matters. Attorney fur Meisinger then staled that he war not prepared to argue the validity of the contract. H ow ever, Attorney Roberts for the school boairi presented his argu ments, stating that the contract did not carry the signature of the dis trict clerk, and also that no time was stipulated in the contract when Mr. Meisinger's services were to be gin and end. and cited cases decid ed in Oregon, nnd in other states in which contracts had been de clared invalid, under similar c ir cumstances. Judge Norton gave the opposing attorney until the first of the week to prepare his case. He w ill then study the citations made by both, and an early decision is hoped for. P « *r Truck Tip» Over on Sam» Valley H ighw ay A huge Pierce Freight Line trailer loaded with pears broke loose from a truck last Friday afternoon, turn ed completely over, and strewed its boxes of peers over the countryside near the Lymatit ranch up the Sains Valley road from Gold H ill. The truck was bringing a load of pears from the Henry Van Hoevenbcrg ranch to be sold in ihe north part of the state. The top was broken out of the trailer and about 64) boxes of pears destroyed. Loss is estimated at »3(g). The load was one of Ihe Iasi to be taken from the ranch, picking ani| packing having been completed that afternoon. Daily papers persisted in the re port* that Ihe accident occurred couth of the Rogue River bridge here on the Pacific highway, but this was in error. C. E. Gate» Petition Circulated Here Today Assurance that the name of C. E. Gates of Medford w ill appear on the November ballots as candidate for the office of Judge, was received here today when it was reported that more than 300 names had been ««cured lo the town of Ashland alone. Petitions were in circulation here Thursday morning and after but a short time carried 33 names. Several more independent candi dates have filed their petitions and are making an active campaign for the coming November election. On Monday A. B. (Soapy) Rhodrs. of Ashland, filed a »etition w ith the county clerk btni.ng more than 40» names, and thereby became the fourth candidate for county sheriff. It is said that Rhodes has contem plated making the race for some time. This makes a four-cornered race for rouny sheriff. Gordon Schermer- horn is the Democratic nominee, Ev erett Beeson, Republican choice, and Lowell Zundell, independent, who filed tw o weeks ago. Judge Norton O rder* Bate» Case to T ria l Circuit Judge H arry D. Norton Tuesday refused to allow postpone ment of the felony charge against F. A. Bates, Foots Creek miner, when District Attorney George Cod ding and M. O. W ilkins, Bates' at torney asked for a postponement. Bates is charged by the state w ith a threat to commit a felony. A stip ulation for postponement of the case was filed by M. O. W ilkins, Bates’ attorney, some time ago. Attorney W ilkins told Judge N or ton that Bates was planning to leave the county immediately, and as he and Attorney Codding felt that the disturbance on Foots Creek would be stilled by Bates’ removal, that it was not necessary to press the case. Judge Norton, however, ruled T o Resume M ining on that the case should come to trial the O riginal *GoId Hill* in its regular order, which is the last case on the present trial docket. Gold hill, the butte on the east Rates filed a »106.000 libel suit edge of this city from which the against the Medford Mail-Tribune town takes its name, is to see re Wednesday afternoon. newed mining activity, according to Jack Hayes, part owner of the old Fredenburg mine on that hill. Mr. C ity Caucus W ill Be Held Monday Hayes and Eber Davis are giving a 5-year lease to the property to H. City caucus to nominate candi H. Russell of Eugene who plans to erect a 20-lon m ill on the site. The dates for city offices in the com deal awaits only the signature of ing election w ill be held Monday Mr. Davis who is now in Douglas evening, September 26, at the city county where he has cinnabar prop hall. There are no issues involved erties. The mine is near the place in the city campaign this year, but where the famous pocket of gold several councilmen and Mayor F e r was found which led to much min guson have signified that they do ing activity here, and the founding not wish lo remain in office, and there w ill be plenty for the citi of the town. zens to do at this meeing. Every Extra copies of the News on sale one is urged to attend and signify at Jim’s Confectionery or this office, their desires as to who shall con duct city affairs the next tw o years. each week, 5c. HIKER STRUCK AREVICTIMS ON BLACKWELL Daughter Loses Control of C ar; She and Nephew Quick Hypodermic by Doc tor Prevent» Death of M an, 72 Quick action on the part of a doctor undoubtedly saved the lift of J. A. in,party, 72-year old Port land hitch-hiker, who was slruc.' by a car o l Blackwell hili last Sat urday afternoon. Gugartv received severe head »rounds, when caught by the lef front fender of a car driven by A E. Flora of Medford. He was throw) backwards, his head hitting the handle of the d oo r/ and the bac! fender, as (lie car moved forward A doctor was following a short dis tance behind, and when he exam in e d the injured man he stated there was no pulse action, but he whipped out his hypodermic needle and revived the momentarily stilled heart. Gogarty was hiking south, and in accordance w ith the law was on the left hand side of the paving. A car stopped to offer him a ride, pulling well off on the right-hand shoulder, and Gogarty, in his haste to accept the proffered lift, started across the road without noticing the Fiora car, which could not stop in time to avoid hitting him. Flora sought further medical aid from D r. Chisholm of this city, who assisted in caring for the man be fore he was taken to the Sacred Heart hospital at Medford. The car which had offered the ride to Gogarty left without investigating the accident. Reports from the Medford hospi tal Wednesday were than, although still in a serious condition, Gogar ty is improving slowly. G irl Scouts Hold First M eeting o f School Y ear The first regular meeting of the G irl Scouts was held Thursday noon in the gymnasium. There are four patrols in the W ild Rose troop this year, including a high school group. The high school patrol is the T u lip patrol with Dorothy Smith as leader, ano Mary tla y , second. Eighth f a d e — Star patrol, Mar jorie Cameron leader, and Roberta Mullin second. Seventh grade— Canary patrol, Phyllis M iller leader, and Maxine Holificld second. Fifth and sixth grades— Evergreen patrol witn Sybil W alker leader, and Jean Skelton second. The leaders and seconds meet with the ccptain, Marjorie Pena, and the lieutenant, Mabel Moore, at the weekly Court of Honor. Reg ular study meetings are held in the gymnasium on Thursday noons, while the social meetings w ill be held once a month on Friday eve nings. At this time, parents and friends of the girl scouts arc in vited to attend and share in the study and fun. When girls are ready to pass tests the Court of Awards w ill be held nt the evening meet ings. ODD FELLOW LODGE NOTES The I. O. O. F. smoker w ill be held when the busy season is over, and by that time the weather w ill be cool and ’he contestants won’t get overheated. Last night’s meeting was pleasant and enjoyed by every one present. Come next Tuesday night and you w ill be surprised. I f you don’t laugh, it costs you nothing, savs Secretary Toney Ross. SUBSCRIBE FOR TEE NEWS »2.00 tha Year Injured Two aged people, Marcus Tuttle, 71, and his wife, Rosa Tuttle, 64, of T ra il. Oregon, met death in a car crash on the west edge of Gold H ili Sunday morning when the car in which they were riding turned over end for end as it struck a light couim ? when passing a string of cars. Mrs. G. I. Crafford, also of Trail, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tut- le. was driver of the car which car ded her parents lo their death. She suffered 'cuts about thr head, and her nephew, Lewis Crafford, who was riding in the front seat w ith her, received injuries to his chest being pinned under the car when it landed upside down. Dr. B. F. DeVore, of Oakland, Oregon, driver of the coupe, was uninjured. Was Passing a Trailer The accident happened about 11:30 Sunday morning, as the Crafford car passed a string of four cars in front of the J. D. Hedgpeth and George Dorman homes on the Pa cific highway here. The fourth car carried a trailer which Mrs. Craf ford said wus bobbing dangerously, and she swung far out onto the shoulder of the highway in order to avoid it, losing contraol of her car. Dr. DeVore, coming from the west, saw the weaving car, and in an attempt to avoid the collision, pulled off the paving, and came al most to a stop. The cars, met, accord ing to D r. DeVore, after the Craf ford car baa started to turn over, and the impact seemingly tossed the sedan oft the front corner of the radiator of the coupe, bringing it down in the middle of the paying on its top. The victims were thrown through the top and were instantly killed as they struck the pavement. Both cars, were badly damaged, the Crafford machine being totally wrecked, while the left side of the radiator and hood of D r. De- Vore’s car was bent and twisted. Bumpers of neither car were dam aged, which leads to the belief that the Crafford car was tipping when it reached the coupe. Hedgpeth First on Scene J. D. Hedgpeth was the first local resident to reach the scene. In the short interval between the crash and his arrival the doctor and a motorist behind him had extricated young Crafford from the car, and Mrs. Crafford was bending over her parents, her father just breathing his last. Dr. DeVore gave first aid, and Mrs. Dorman and Mrs. Hedgpeth took charge of the injured people. takiDg them to the home of Mrs. Dorman where they remained until taken to their homes Sunday after noon. State pohee arrived soon after the accident occurred and took charge of (he situation. A large crowd was attracted to the accident, and it was necessary for more than an hour to route tra f fic to the north side of town at the Livingston oil station, returning to the highway at the cement plant road, the wreck having occurred just a few feet from that corner. It is understood here that the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle w ill be returned to Chicago for burial, this having been the fam ily home for more than th irty years prior to their coming to T ra il two years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle had returned only last week from visiting there, according to th e ir daughter. The Craffords had lived at T ra il about six years, coming from Cali- (Continued on back page)
