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è SJje (Golf) «11 Wehw x The M oat Thoroughly Read W eekly in Southern Oregon, Published in the Biggest L ittle Tow n in the State VOLUME XXXV GOLD HILL, ORECfON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1932 -a LOWER SCHOOL BUDGETJ2,000 6 Gold H ill School Levy Third Lowest of Nine Districts in County » » ♦ With th" publishing of the school budget this week, which w ill be voted on by the resilient* of school district No. 57, October 28, Clerk llcrthu Coy unnoonre* that there has been n subslunlial cut in the budget a* compared w ith last year's figures, resulting in a saving of 02.608.81. Apparent totals, however, show that this year's budget is almost 16500 higher, but the difference is ex plained in this way. A new ruling requires (hut u sum formerly raised by a special levy by the county luxindury board be included In Ihc liudgrt. Fids sunt I* for retiring the school debt and amount* to 03.- 100.00 in this district. In previous years this sum was collected in sddit'on to the budget drawn up by the school board, and last year this brought the total tuxes for school purixtses up to *24.630.- 81. This year, the budget,*which In cludes this lux, amount* to only *21.041.(81. or *2.608.81 less than was raised last year. Careful planning on the part of /he budget rommittee, und a policy of efficiency In every department which the school hoard has adopt ed. has nude this saving possible. A comparison of millage levies nlso show* that Cold H ill School District No. 57 I* operating eeonom- leally. In the list. Cold H ill is third from the lowest among the city and town schools of the coun ty. Central Point nnd Jacksonville, alone, have smaller levies, and they nre less thnn a ndll lower. Five districts have higher levies, with the Hogue River district paying 7 mills more thnn Cold H ill. The tabulated comparison fol lows: Jacksonville ............................ - .... 18.7 Central Point ...........- .............. 19.3 ('.old H ill .......... ..... ............. ........ 10 5 Talent ...................................... . 20.1 Ashlnnd ......................——..... 21.3 Eagle Pol tt ................................. 23.2 Medford .................. - .............. 24.0 Rogue River ................. ............... 26.8 -SS Judge Reed Ask* Council for Relief Appropriation FRESHMEN ELECT OFFICERS FIRST RAINFALL FOR MONTHS Cold H ill and vicinity received a light shr.wet Wednesday evening — the first rcinfail sjnee last spring. Much lightning and wind accompa nied the shower, musing n bren't In the power lines somewhere in ¡he territory nnd putting the city in darkness for aboul an hour. Hunters w<r-* elated over the pros pect of '{citing more rain as the forests are so dry hunting is any Mr. nnd end Mrs. J. H. Dorman of thing hut good. The underbrush Is Snlem were guests of Mr. and Mrs. so dry deer can hear the hunters George Dorman severnl days last approach ng and not many venlscn steaks have reached the table yet. week. The Freshman class of the Cold H ill high school held their first class meeting Monday afternoon. They chose Miss Cheney as their class advisor nnd elected the follow ing officers for the year: Lois Cam eron, president; Vlolnhell Morrow, vice president; Margaret Braden, secretary-treasurer; Ralph Biles, sergennt-nl-nrins. i ALL-STAR TEAM SISKIYOU WORK TO MEET G. P.IS APPROVED An appropriation of a reasonable sum from the street fund which could be used in relief work was asked by Judge H. D. Reed in hi* talk before the council Monday eve ning. This fund would be used for lo Four BO A Player* ip Sunday 3 Project* Between G rant* cal eases and would I n * administered P a t* and State Line M ean Line-up; C u rt D evi* to by the recorder and marshal who would provide work on the street* Pitch W o rk at Cement Plant for men willing to earn food und clothing for their families in this way. An all-st-ir team organized by Doc Three highway projects in this sec The council agreed to call a spec i Bowers of this city ami including tion which incude straightening ial meeting Io definitely decide whnt several member* of the BOA team the bottleneck on the Siskiyous, action they would Inke. In the meantime it is hoped that which was state champion five «¡imination of sharp turns between other people of thr community w ill : year* ago is to meet the Grants .Medford and Central Point, and sur interest themselves In a community- ' Pus* rhump'nnsntp team there next facing of the new highway known wide organization which could work Sunday at 2:30. as the Green rreek project between with the council, a* well u* collect One of tile biggest druwing Grant* Pass und Hogue River were and distribute food and clothing. cards is tliu! Curt Davis, star right iipprfOred this week. The Odd Fellow lodge ha* offered hander of thr San Francisco Seal*! Locally this means much more their building to I n * used as a store w ill he in action. Other fo rm e r, than just getting the improvements house nnd headquarters for the re BOA’* in the line-up nre FredtRe* to the highway. It also means tha' lief work w h’ch solves that problem. Harrison, former U. of O. baseball' the Beaver-Portland Cement plant An organization to handle the work and football star, Duke Marlow, in Gold H ill w ill run several months is the next step. of Holywocd. und Bill Force of C o ld , to supply the concrete needed for H ill, their catcher. T uffie Keii of these projects. Know what is going on In Gold ‘ this city w ill also appear in the I A ffording to the Medford rham- H ill— Subscribe to The News and line-up. Others are Hoosier Hof- Ixy pi rômmerce and the county keep Informed 1 faril, Christensen, and Bud Conlin cotarti MSA.Otkl w ill he uvailahle im | of Medford, the Intter a St. Mary’s inediutAty for Ihi« work, which w ill ! college athlete; Tony Femmni* of Kanes Creek M urder be started next month. Contracts Rumor Prove* 'H o a i' H ilt, and Hobson, coach at Ashland will be awarded in Ihe November state norma!.. meeting, according to the telegram The aggregation is expected to iron Ihe highway commission. A story In Sunday's Medford Tin- survey approved by the com Daily News stating that a man give this year's champs some of their stiflest compel ion of the season. mission w ill route Ihe highway from named F. Mrl-une of this district Jack Hughes, Medford pitch, is the bend at the Owen-Oregon m ill reportrd lhn< a man had been mur railroad dered on Kane* Creek near Cold scheduled to take the mound for to the Southern Pacific Grant* Pass and Ken Williams, for tracks and w ill run directly down H ill proved to be hoax. mer major leaguer, Jud Pernoll, AJ the tracks to meet the highway State and county authorities and Drolrtte and Ogle are among well- again at Central Point. E arlier plans the slate police investigated but known players in their line-up. were to have the new route cut in could find no clues or leads. How Last week-end Grant* Pass spilt to the present highway at the Love th r story got started is still a mys a double-header w ith a Portland corner and run through Central tery. team. N e x t Sunday’s game U Point. The present plan, however, Coroner H. W. Conger branded thr report ns "a hoax and nothing looked forward to as an opporunity w ill eut oui the tw o right angle Io It." He said he had been unable for the Climate City outfit, which turns entering and leaving Central has been making life miserable for Point’s main street, and. although Io find the slightest confirmation. many good teams, to really show the route is not directly through the their stuff. town, it does not desert it entirely, Form er Resident H a * New as a third proposed route would Plan for License Plate* M ayo r Appoint* Budget have dons. Thursday, September 20 the W ild Rose troop held their regular meet ing. Mrs. J. W. Bryan was a visitor. The Canary Patrol won in the mem ory verse contest which was held during the Week. Vcrnlce and Evelyn Martin pnssed their Tenderfoot tests. After the business meeting the whole troop Joined in n treasure hunt, go ing across ¡he river to the fire light ing ground.) at the fork of the Calls Creek and Kanes creek road. The tulip pntrol won the first part of the hunt while the Stnr patrol won the secotvi. Fourteen of the Tender foot Scouts pnssed their fire light ing tests. Everyone had a "hot ashy, tnter," crunchy toast, nnd u curling slice of hacon. The next regular meeting w ill be held tonlpht. October 6. Eight qirls nre ro w qualifying for membership by attend ng their attendance meet ings nnd hope to past their Tender foot tests before the Hallowe’en par ty, October 28. á NUMBER 26 7 Joe L. Hanunersly, former Gold H ill lawyer, and brother of John Huinmersly of this city, has a plan for license plates to assure speedier identilie.ation of car owners in traf fic case*. He proposes that letters of the al phabet be used to show what town a ear is from, and that the number of numerals on the plate be restored. Mr. Hammrrsiy now resides in Portland, where he has been deputy d.strict attorney and is now candi date for district Judge, Tu simplify the license system he suggests using letters to identify mo torists from Salem, Multnomah county outside of Portland, west side and rast side in Portland, and Eu gene. The letter “S” would precede the numeral on a car from Salem. “M” would identify mulorists in Multnomah county outside of Port land, and W P and EP would stand fur West i ’ortluiui and East Port land, respectively. These letters would appear only on the front plate. The back plate for Salem would carry a big "S” extending above and below the edges of the license tag. Eugene would carry a diamond-shaped identification on the back plate and “E" on the front, while Multnomah drivers outside of Portland would have an arrow pointing straight up; West Portland ers’ nrrowr polnl to the left, and East Portlanders to thr right. Hammcrsly suggests that men ex perienced In police and law enforce ment might improve on his plan and states that he w ill welcome suggestions. G irl Scout* Enjoy H ike; M eet Again Thursday Eve í) -.i. Committee Monday Eve At the tegular council meeting Monday evening Mayor Eerguson appointed a budget committee to meet with the city council at its next regulai meeting. TTiose ap pointed were II. D. Reed, A. A. W alkr and Frank Childers. City Recorder H. D. Force was instructed to prepare a budget for submission at the next council meet ing. Mayor Ferguson also suggested that the budget be cut in line with the time where practical. LODGE OFFERS ROOMS FOR USB OF RELIEF COMMITTEE Cold H ill Lodge No. 120 in regu lar session Tuesday, appointed a relief committee Io work with other committees, and offered the store room on Ihe lower Door of their building foi the relief work. The date for the smoker w ill be set next week. A tryout shows that some of the men w ill have to train a little harder. Everyone should attend next Tues day's meeting as there Is much im portant business. FLOODGATES AT RAPIDS OPEN Floodgates on SnvRge Rapids dam have been opened by officials of the Grants Pass irrigation district following the close of the irrigation season In that area. The dams wiH not be raised again until about April 1, when water w ill be stored up for next summer’s use. TWO HOMES BEING BUILT BY ROGUE RIVER MAN Y reka "Gold Rush” D ay* Friday and Saturday A realistic revival of the old min ing days when Yreka was known as "Thompson s D ry Diggin’s is expect ed to draw thousands of visitors to northern California today and to morrow, October 7 and 8. The cele bration which has been named the “Gpld Rush” is being put on by the Yheka Miners, local booster club, to revive interest in gold mining, pro vide jobs for the unemployed and raise funds to help take care of thr city's destitute during the coming winter. Assisting the “Yreka Miners” is the newly organized "Gold Diggers" organization composed of local wo men who nre doing their bit to make this worthy project a success. The "Gold Diggers" are advertising the coming event by appearing in old time costumes and the male sex are attired in pioneer garb and nov el whiskered effects which baffle description. A big two-day program is planned for the entertainment of the many southern Oregonnnd northern Cali fornia folks who w ill attend the "Gold Rush ” Sports events includ ing bicycle races, a football game, championship horseshoe pitching contest and other items of interest have already been arranged for. P i oneer prospectors w ill compete in the mucking and panning contests as well ns the rock drilling compe tition. An old-time fiddler’s contest w iy be held Friday night and dances of both old-time and modern variety w ill hold forth each night. Gambling games of every description w ill run day and night and a special bank w ill be opened to provide money for the various games nnd concessions. The Yreka “Gold Miners.” and the “Gold Diggers" as well, are extend ing a cordial invitation to everyone in Southern Oregon to participate In their festivities. Geo. B. Martin, local mail carrier on the Foots Creek and Evans Creek route. Is building two new houses on bis property near Rogue River on the Pacific highway. Mr. Martin plans to subdivide the land, which is w ithin the Gold H ill irrigation district, and w ill lease it. The homes nre of frame construction w ith con Mrs. Hazel Rice, George Carey and crete foundations, Rnd w ill be mod Mr. Gault of Eugene closed a deal ern throughout. through Jack Hayes of this city to A. S. P.osenbnuni, district freight tense the Alice mine on Kanes Creek and passenger agent, of Medford, and belonging to Mrs. Hattie Beaman. J. A. Ormandy, passenger traffic M”s. Rice nnd Mr. Carey were guests Warren Coppock was employed manager, Portland, Southern Pacific of th eir aunt, Mrs. Susie Coy of this Albnny — Reconstruction work completed on Albany Door Co. Tuesday repainting the gas tanks at employees, were callers In Gold city while negotiating for the prop erty. H ill Thursday morning. the Nugget Service Station. plant. Meisinger File* Dem urrer in Suit Brough by Board ROBBERS GET QÜICKJÜSTICE George E. Meisinger who holds a contract as principal of the Gold H ill schools, filed a demurrer in circuit court Saturday in the suit of District No. 57 against Meisinger. charging that this court had no ju r P air W ho Broke D ru g * Store isdiction over the case. Meisinger also charged (hat the Scale* Here Jailed 24 several causes of the action were ! improperly united in one action, and H o ur* Later that the complaint does not stale _____ fuels sufficient enough to constitute a case. Quick nr'ion on the part of Ihe The suit by the board asks that i state police last Thursday evening Judge H. I). Norton render a deci resulted in the arrest and convic sion on the legality of Meisinger’s ' contract, as well as asking an in- i tion of two men “with a past” who junction restraining Meisinger from broke open the scales at the Becker drug store. Tile men, Charles Ba going to ti»c school daily. The boaro claims that Meisinger’s vido and Heywood Holeman, were contract was not signed by the clerk tried by Judge H. D. Heed Friday of the district and that no time is and began -erving their 3U-day sen stipulated when his services shall tences less than 24 hoars after their begin or end. They also state that unwelcome v is it his presence at the school bothers • According to the evidence brought 'he regular work. out in the trial, their inclination to In a hearing two weeks ago. Judge boast ahon. their shady advent .r es Norton overruled a motion by O. H. to a young hitch-hiking sailor w h-m Bengtson, attorney for Meisinger to thei picke:' up. led to their down- strike from the petition any refer tali. T ic h .iee men stopped hereabout ence to the legnlity of the contract. ten o'clock last Thursday and the M r*. M arvin Em ery Masher sailor went into Chris Jorgensen's tunch room for a cup of coffee. Th- Hand In W rin g e r Saturday .illier two lingered ouf->ie a short time, hefor'* coining to order t.u-ir Mrs. Marvin Emory received a own lunch, and after eating, the badly mashed hand and wrist Sat three drovt; away leaving Chris un urday morning, when she caught her suspecting of any misdeeds. hand in the wringer of the wash However, according to the sailor, ing machine which she was oper when they ware on their way to ating. There was no release on the Grants Pass, the tw o men told him wringer and consequently she was how they had tried to open the forced to shift the lever and run bark o{ the scales at the Becker her hand back through to release it. drug store, but had not broken The ring which she was wearing it enough to reach the few was mashed into her finger and pennies it held. A* they had also the hand was bruised quite badly, bragged about how they made their causing severe swelling. The swell w ay by riflin g such machines, and ing and later infection has made it that in California th ejQ iad slugged impossible to secure x-rays of the an old man to rob him, their pas hand and it is not yet known wheth senger decided he was going to er any bones were broken. "squeal.” At Grants Pass tW y stopped again and in a restaurant he ran across a Fourteen M em ber* in state policeman to whom be told School Orchestra his story. W ithout delay the two men in question were arrested on R. A. Botts, instrumental instructor suspicion. Then the officer and the in the local schools, states that sailor made a speedy trip to Gold etudents in both grades and high H ill and found the evidence of the school are progressing quite satis attempted robbery. factorily in their orchestra work. He Confronted w ith this, the pair still now has an organised regular or refused to plead guilty, claiming chestra of 14 members which w ill be that it was a frame-up by the ready to play in public within about sailor and that he had done the the next month. job' and tried to pin it on them. They The junior orchestra which he protested that it was he, and not plans to organize soon w ill be com they who had boasted of adventures posed of beginners in the grades, and that they had been suspicious and w ill have about 10 members. of him all along. He has an especially large class of Friday afternoon, still refusing to beginning violin students having 7 admit their guilt they were a r members. This is quite promising, raigned in Judge H. D. Reed’s court but parents are urged to help in here. In the meantime, the records this work as much a possible by of the tw o men had been checked seeing that the pupils practice their and it was learned that Holeman allotted time each day in order to was a deserter from the United get the mo:.i possible from their States army, and that Bavido had music classes. been arrested for robbing scales in California recently. Gold H ill M e a t M a rk e t During the tria l they continued Install* N ew Show Case to accuse the sailor. But when ques tioned as f j what he had done here, Woodcock & Moore, proprietors of they stated that he had gone into the Gold H ill Meat Market, this week Chris’, eaten his lunch, and then installed a new refrigerated counter gone direc'ly back to the car. Judge unit in the'r market here. The new Reed then asked "Just when, then, show case is a duplicate of the unit did he have time to tamper w ith the they installed when they took over scales, and how could he have the n.arkct three months ago, ano known anything about it unless you Increases the display room in their told him afterward?" Realizing that they were trapped cases to twice the space had before. The unit matches the other in de by their own story, they finally sign and construction, having a backed down and submitted to their marble base, with plnte glass top, sentence. nnd is a very modern type of case. The firm has also recently installed REPAIRING SCHOOL GYMNASIUM an electric meat slicer, making it Workmen are busy this week re one of the best equipped small m ar pairing the gymnasium at the Gold kets in this territory. H ill school. The baskets are being BABY CLINIC HELD TODAY I moved closer together, enabling more unified plays and shots. The The regular baby clinic of th e ' floor w ill also be repaired w ith all Jackson county health unit is be splintered places being patched w ith ing held a! the Sparrow Memorial plastic wood and the entire floor Clinic this afternoon nt 1 :30 o’clock. covered with Seal-O-San to elim i nate so much scuffing and scratch Mr. and Mrs. Clifford W right ar ing of the floor. rived Thursday morning from Mon NORRIS FINED IN MEDFORD tesano, Washington for a visit w ith her mother. Mrs. Susie Coy, and oth Gus Norris of Gold H ill was fin er relatives. ed 915 and costs in Judge Glenn O Mr. and Mrs. George Hammersly Taylor’s court Monday on a charge and daughter, Jeanne were Medford of disorderly conduct. N orris was callers Monday, and spent the eve arrested late last week, and charg ning at the P. D . Angstead ranch ed w ith being drunk. He was found guilty at a tria l Monday, near that city. *
