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COLD HILL. ORE(X)N. THURSDAY, APRII. 6, 1933
NUMBER 52
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WOULD OUST
SCNERMERH’N
D l’NCAN
RECOMMENDS
TEM
PORARY SUSPENSION TX>
GOV. MEIER
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T w o H u rt in Sunday
Crash at Tolo Crossing
Tw o Grants Pass people, llev. and
Mrs. J. W. Hamun, were Injured in
an automobile accident Sunday aft
ernoon at the Tolo overhead cross
ing neur Gold H ill.
Rev. Hainan suffered a broken
wrist nnd forearm nnd Mrs. Human
received minor injuries to her head
and one hand.
Report of the accident filed Mon
day was that the car in which Itev.
and Mrs. Hamnn were pnxsengrrs.
and which was driven by ltev. G.
II. Redden of Bend. Oregon, at
tempted to pass a cur driven In J.
('.. Havens of Grunts Pass, just as
he started to make a left bund turn
u, the intersection below the over
head bridge.
Havens' machine was not badly
damaged, but the other car turned
cnee and a half limes around, and
turned over.
Occupants of Haven's car were
uninjured.
RUSH FOREST CITY PLANS
WORK PLANS BEER LAWS
MEN
IN
FORESTS
ON
SOME ALLOW SALE H ERE UNDER F E D
PROJECTS BY APRIL 15.
ERAL LAW U N T IL ORDINANCE
IS AIM
IS DRAWN
Temporary suspension of Gordon
Plans Io put the forest recruits
1.. Schermerhorn from Ilia office of
of tile forest conservation corps ut
sherilf of Jackson county is rec-
work in national forests by April 15
tinniended by Judge W. M. Itui -
were druwn Monday ul a conference
can In u report to Governur Meier
o f regional chiefs of Ihc U. S. forest
till» week. Dunean wax appointed
service in Washington, I). C.
by Ute governor some time u g o to
Major It. Y. Stuart, head of the
investigate charges of inefficiency
■erviee, directed the regionul forest
made ugujimt
Schermerhorn
by
ers Io prepare dute for presentation
members of the county court, and
later in the day showing the exact
in a petition backed by thr Com
projects thut may he started by thut
mittee of IIM1.
dale and the number of men needed
Duncan rerommended that Srher-
to execute each.
merhorn be suspended for a period
Many of the projects planned for
not to exceed Ul) days, or until thr
Ihc summer can not be started by
|ieace officers of Jurkson county
mid April because of mountain
and Hie state of Oregon are able High School Baseball Team
! snows, the need for more time to
"to co | n * properly with Ibis deplor
Loses to Afhland S to 0 move equipment and to set up
able situation.*'
ramps. Listing the projects on
It is reported that Governor
Gold H ill high school opened its which work cun be immediately
w ill not net on Duncan’s report un
til hr hus conferred with Attorney baseball season lust Friday when I started was undertaken in order to
the Beavers played the Ashland . prevent delay in putting President
General I. II. Vun Winkle.
Schermerhorn is charged with be high school on the Ashland dia- Roosevelt's forest conservation— un
aid program
into
ing involved with the faction tliul I uiond. 'Hie score ul tbr end of Ihc employment
has been charged with the ballot gume stood 5 to 0 in favor of the . i (feet quickly.
The labor department hastened
stealing, and in the hearing it was , Grizzlies.
Gold H ill was lei down w ilh one j plans for setting up a system for
alleged that he hud shown favorit
ism in handling prisoners, unit that hit which came in the sixth inning registering applicants for J< bs. After
hr had "otherwise obstructed en when Kell. caliber. singled to left recruiting Ihe men w ill be eneuinp-
field, off Hoxie.
| ed at army posts for the shortest
forcement of criminal laws.”
'Hie game was a seven inning time needed for physical examina
It is believed that the governor
w ill appoint a successor during the affair, with Hardy and Hoxy w h iff tions and conditioning.
Those attending Monduv's confer
period of su*|>cnsion, after which ing seven. Bill Hammersly of Gold
ence included these regional chiefs:
Schermerhorn can be reinstated un H ill struck out twelve.
The score.
Even W. Kelley of Missoula, Mont.;
less he is found guilty, or other
R.
H.
E. Frank C. W. Pooler. Albuquerque,
wise disqualified. H r would draw
6
5
3 New Mexico; S. B. Show. San Fran
his regular snlary while suspended, Ashland
(.old H ill
0
1
6 cisco; C. J. Buck, Portland. Oregon,
under the Oregon law.
Butteries
Hardie and
Hoxie. and Charles H. Flory, Juneau. Alas
Other developments in the sher
iff case this week were the w ith Fow ler and Gearhart, Hammersly ka.
Representatives of forest exper
drawal of his bonding company of and Kell.
iment stations and inspectors who
thr 915,000 in bonds which covered
coordinate slate and federal forest
his duties as tax collector. Previ Alvin Tollefson Becomes
fire protection measures nnd other
ously the bonding company which
Number in State Prison projects under the Ciark-McNary
helil thr 910,000 bond for fu lfill
law also attended.
ment of his duties us sheriff cancel
ed its obligation.
L. Alvin Tollefson, former cash
Cases against those indicted for ier of thr closed State bunk of Cen Nature Rivala Burbank and
the ballot theft are being held in
tral Point, reported to the warden Grow» Oak Lim b on F ir Tree
circuit court as quickly ns |>ossible.
of
thr stute prison nt Salem last F r i
The case of Stale of Oregon vs.
1.. A. Banks anil Edith It. Banks for day, and was “dressed in” on that
— Shndes of Lulher Burbank.
the murder of Officer Geo. Prescott date, to serve a two years and six
A natural phenomenon worthy of
who went to the Banks home to ar months sentence, for perpetration of the attention of Ripley’s Believe It
rest Banks on the ballot charge. a bank robbery hoax, on May 1(1 or Not cartoons has been found on
Is set for April 10. Il s thought his last. Word to this effect was receiv- Blackwell hill recently a dispatch
attorneys may plead insanity, but 1 ed today by county authorities from from Medford Tuesday of this week
it is understood that hr prefers to the prison superintendent.
states.
Tollefson went alone to the ■•Big
maintain that he was '‘defending
A tree with a trunk nbout four
, House’*. His committment papers
his home.”
feel high has a horizontal branch of
I
were
forwarded
to
the
prison
offic-
Affidavits of prejudice have been
oak. while the trunk of the tree
filed by Judge Fehl, W alter J. Jones I ials and were wailing when he ascending above the branch is fir.
urrivrd.
It
was
at
his
own
request
of Bogue River. Henrietta B. Martin
The Medford Chamber of Commerce
and her father. C. H. Brown against he was allowed to go without guard plans to send a photograph of the
Judge W. M. Duncan. Frh l nnd to the penitentiary. Many men who unusual tree to Ripley’s New York
Jones are allegedly involved in the huve fallen from grace hnve been offices.
ballot theft and Mrs. Martin nnd her allowed the same right, when their
lather are held on a disorderly con crimes were not those of violence,
Legion W ill Aid in
duct charge in connection with the or involving flouting the public
good.
He
also
desired
to
evade
the
horsewhipping of Editor Leonard
Camp Entertainm ent
H all, as well as other charges grow dramntirs and publicity, that hts
ing out of the county political row. committment would occasion, if the
Vancouver
Barracks,
Wash.,
Virgil Edington of Gold H ill, who usual routine wus followed.
Tollefson, in accordance w ilh April 1 Entertainment for hun
is charged with aiding in the bal
lot theft pleaded not guilty Inst prison rules w ill he confined in Ihc dreds of Oregon and Washington
“ fish cell’ for ten days, w ilh other high school boys attending the an
week.
new prisoners. There he w ill nual Citizens’ M ilitary camp here
lenrn the prison routine and rules. this summer is to be provided in
I.O.O.F. LODGE NEWS
At the end of this period he w ill be part by American Legion posts in
Our meeting Tuesday evening wus assigned to the clerical department the Iwo states, it was announced to
a hurried affair ns part of the mem of Ihe prison— his civil life pursuit. day by camp authorities under di
Under Oregon law. and as a first rection of Brigadier-General Stan
bers went to Medford and part lo
offender, Tollefson w ill be amend ley H. Ford.
Bogue River lo visit.
The offer of co-operation has
The committee on the nnniversary able to parole after he has served
celebration reports that it w ill be half his sentence, with time off for been extended by E. J. Rruggcr,
held in Ashland, April 27. Gold Hill good behavior. This w ill be in ten chairman of the Oregon Legion's
nnd Medford w ill furnish cake and months, from Ihe dale of his prison nntional defense committee, and
Carl Mosier, state adjutant; nnd the
salad. Jacksonville . and Central entry.
Tollefson is married, nnd n form- plan calls for one entertainment
Point, pies nnd salad. Ashlnnd w ill
take care of the arrangements. iner University of Oregon student, program each of the four weeks of
There w ill he another meeting of where he was a tennis star. As the eamp, wilh each of the four
committees in Medford next Tues cashier of the Central Point bank, nights* schedules being under the
day evening to finish plans of en he reporled shortly after noon on direction of one group of Lrgion
May 10 Inst, that n lone unmasked posts. The Barracks commander ex
tertainments.
The visitors lo Bogue River lodge bandit, entered the hank, nnd nt Ihe pressed himself ns much pleased
point of a revolver held him up and with this arrangement, which has
reporled a good lime.
robbed the bank. State police im not been undertaken previously.
Toney Ross, Secy.
mediately beeuine suspicious, nnd
SCOUTE PLAN H IK E
Ihe next day, Tollefson admitted the
T E N N IS COURT BEING
B U ILT ON SCHOOL GROUNDS hoax to cover his own defalca
The Boy Scouts continued their
tions. AB the money was recovered,
Through labor nnd funds made most of It hidden in n coffee pot nt tenderfoot tests nt their meeting
Tuesday evening. The seel Ion of the
available under Ihc new plan of Ihe Tollefson's home.
lest this week had to do w ilh the
relief work, a crew of men a r:
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
flag. Next week the tests w ill be
working l'is week consiureting a
Boland Thompson returned
to completed when the boys tie the
tennis court on ihe school grounds.
A double court is planned and it his home on Blackwell H ill Sunday various Seout knots. A hike Is plan
is being laid nut on ground adjoin after an operation for nppendieltis ned for Ihe near future which the
ing the gvmnnsium, formerly used at the Sacred Heart hospital about boys have shown a great in.erest
three weeks ago,
In,
ar a parking space.
Steps to regulate the sale of beer
in Gold H ill were taken by the city
council ul their regular meeting
Monday evening.
The ordinance
cannot be pui into effect at once
due lo legal procedure which must
I n * complied w iili, ami until then.
Ihe counril agreed Ihul local deal
ers cun handle beer subject to Iheir
upprovul under the federal law e f
fective April 7.
Attorney Gus Newbury of Med
ford was chosen to draw up the o r
dinance in legal form. The measure
w ill provide:
licenses of 920 must he paid by
dealers selling draught beer, or for
consumption on the premises. Ten
dollars w ill be the license fee for
dealers sellingonly in the package
or original container and not con
sumed on premises.
Licenses are payable
semi-an
nually.
Other provisions which w ill be
incorporated into the ordinance are
that beer shall not lie sold to any
one under 21 years of age. (The
federal law sets the age limit at 18
years.) Nothing stronger than 3.2%
beer ran he sold, and the sale is
prohibited in dance halls in the
city.
The ordinance w ill further pro
vide that no blinds shall be placed
so that the view into th r place of
business selling beer shall be ob
structed.
An underground tank is bring in
stalled at Omer’s Auto park this
week and other filling station equip
ment w ill soon be in place for the
convenience of tourists who stop
nt the park and other patrons.
Story of Purple Snow Here
Reprinted
in
Pennsylvania
News of the purple colored snow
which was found in the H. E. W har
ton yard in-G old H ill in January,
and which received much publicity
in papers of this section, has pene
trated as far east as Pennsylvania,
according to a dispatch in the
Grants Pass Courier this week
That office received a clipping
from Carrolltown,
Pennsylvania
dated March 29, in which the item
about the unusual snow here was
carried.
General Repair, Second-
Hand Store Opened Here
MINING CLASS
WORKING HERE
A new store is being opened this
week in Gobi H ill by W. W. Tranah
of Chicago, who lias been here for ;
some time visiting Clarence Cook,
and who likes Ihe country so well
F IF T E E N MEN GET F IE L D WORK
that he has decided to stay.
Mr. Tranah w ill conduct a sec
IN OLD COLVIG GULCH ON
ond-band exchange, and w ill do
C. E. GRAY RANCH
radio, electrical and furniture re-1
pair work. His shop w ill be located
in the building formerly occupied
by the Davis shoe repair shop.
Field work for one of Ihe gold
Mr. Trunah has had considerable mining classes sponsored by the
experience in Ihe East and is an Southern Oregon Mining association
expert on radios, having been in Ihe and the stale vocational education
radio manufacturing business in 1 department is being obtained on the
Chicago. He wus also w ilh the East C. E. Gray ranch near this city,
man Kodak company in that city where a rrew of ten to fifteen men
lo r many years.
are employed.
Mr. Tranah states that he is
The men are working under the
equipped to give this community an direction of J. V. Neff, an exper
unusually high type of service in ienced miner, and are placering in
his lines, and inviles Ihe people to what is known as Ihe old Colvig
come in and get acquainted.
gulch. All but two of the men are
novices at mining, but they are tak-
j ing hold of the work with remark
Steps Trken to Organize
able enthusiasm.
Town Baseball Team
Beginning the work last Friday,
they have already cleared a good
The first steps to organize a town spare along the creek that runs
baseball team were taken Wednes through the gulch, and the first of
day night when ihirleen interested the week constructed a fifty-foot
players met in Ihe barber shop to J sluice box, after diverting the w a l
draw up plans for the coming sea le r w ith a small dam.
The ground is considered as
son.
Dan McCarter, who was manager reasonably rich placer ground and
of Inst year’s team was re-elected as it has never been worked by the
to fill that post nnd Seth Coy was many transient miners because it
has been deeded property for many
chosen secretary-treasurer.
It was suggested by one of the years, the group hopes to make a
members that the Commercial club good showing with their project.
A test pan Wednesday morning
be invited to sponsor the team this
season. Plans were also made to yielded fifteen cents in fine gold.
The mining association has taken
hold a smoker soon in order to raise
the
right to work the property un
needed funds.
Those who attended the first til July 3 of this year, and w ill use
meeting are: Woodie Shaver, Logan it for field work for many of the
Gardner, Clarence Kell, Clyde Kell, men who desire to learn the art of
Lester Foley, Marvin Emory, Delos placering gold.
Mr, Gray has also given the men
Walker, Merrit Hittle. W ilm er Bai
ley, Dick McKay, Seth Coy, Bill permission to sink test holes in his
field below the irrigation ditch
Hammersly and Dan McCarter.
which is thought to be the old river
channel, and where the bedrock
57 M en on Ashland-
should yield rich deposits of gold.
The work of the association is
Talent Road W o rk
being done w ith the hope that evrey
idle man in Jackson county w ill be
W ork on the 1.6 miles of new put to work profitably working the
highway construction north of Ash known placer deposits in the coun
land is steadily progressing. Fifty- ty. It is an established fact, men in
seven men are being employed at charge state, that there is plenty of
present, although a lew more w ill be this ground that is rich enough to
required when paving i$ begun. yield a living, if the men have a
About one-third of the excavation reasonable knowledge of how to
work has been completed and early work it.
i
this week the huge shovel was
The men. ns a group, seem to be
moved to the Billings property for very much interested in their les
excavation at that point.
sons, and are glad of the opportun
One shovel, eight trucks, and one ity to be able to do something
lug caterpillar tractor are being which w ill enable them to become
used for the work.
self-supporting. Many of them have
Piling for the north bridge, that received aid from the county this
nearer Talent, has been driven, and winter, and'are now anxious to get
the driving of piling for the south out and work for their supplies.
bridge was begun today.
Seymour Washburn and E. C.
Hall are contractors on the high Extension Hom e Council
Formed by Oregon W om en
way and bridge work.
Music Teachers and
Bus D river R e-H ired License Plates for 1933
A re Orange and Black
The music department of Gold H ill
schools w ill remain the same as in
previous years, the directors decid
ed at a special meeting Inst F r i
day when they retained Mrs. Minnie
Guy and B. A. Botts as instructors.
Both are part time employees, Mrs.
Guy leaching glee club nnd other
voenl work, while Mr. Bolls is or
chestra instructor.
It had previously been recom
mended that a full time teacher
who would live in Gold H ill should
be employed.
Contracts for other members of
the faculty were signed, nnd Clin
ton Wnlker was retained as bus
driver, taking a cut in salary from
9195 to 9110.
The new automobile license plates
for issuance July for the half year
w ill be orange and balck. it was an
nounced at Salem thi weesk. These
licenses w ill be for July 1 to Janu
ary 1 and w ill cost 95. Succeeding
years, the licenses w ill 95 for the
full year.
The state board of control has
placed an order for 250,000 pairs of
plates w ilh Irwin-Hodson, Portland,
the firm which has manufactured-
plates for the state the past few
years. The new plates w ill cost
less than 8 cents a pair, which is
less lhan in other years. Only one
other bd was reecived.
OREGON ORATORS
“SPID” MERRIMEAN RUSHED TO
A state home economics extension
council for Oregon was organized
at the third annual conference for
the study of home interests held at
Oregon State college early in April.
The purpose of the council, which
includes representatives from every
county maintaining extension w ork
in home economics, is to encourage
adult eduaction in this field.
Heading the list of state officers
is Miss Alice Hanley of Jackson
county as honorary president. Miss
Hanley, sister of the noted "B ill”
Hanley of Burns, has been active in
county home economics extension
activities since 1918. Other officers
are Mrs. Ralph Laird, Lane county,
president; Mrs. Vern Livesay, De
schutes, and Mrs. Alice Lindsay,
Josephine, vice-presidents; Mrs. G.
W. Thiessen, Clackamas, secretary;
Mrs. O. H. Schwerdtman, Multno
mah, treasurer, and Mrs. A. M.
Winn, Columbia, recorder.
BEST ON COAST
HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY
HOSPITAL AFTER HEMORRHAGE
Eugene, Ore.— David G. Wilson,
Portland, won the Pacific Coast
championship trophy and a cash
prize of 925 nt the annual extempore
speaking contest held on the Univer
sity of Oregon campus during the
conference of the Pacific Coast For
ensic League recently. John Ham il
ton, Oregon State College, won sec
ond.
Mr. nnd Mrs. M. B. Merriman and
Mrs. Geo. Hammersly w ill lestve
lonight for Portland where Mr.
Merriman w ill enter the Veterans’
hospital. Mr. Merriman, who has
been in poor health for some time,
suffered a severe hemorrhage this
morning. He was recently ap
pointed on Ihe loenl relief commit
tee as legion representative and had
Support your home-town paper.—
gone to the office of Bertha Coy to
assist in the work, when he became Tell them “I saw your ad in the
Gold H ill News.”
kick.
Kenneth
W ard
entertained
a
group of friends at a party on his
twelfth birthday A pril 3. Games
were played and refreshments ser
ved. The guests were Eva Romell,
Eileen Shorb, Slyvia Croft, Vernice
Martin, Mildred Smith, Roberta Mul
lin, Marjorie Cameron, Dale Clem
ent, Billy Betts, Donald Dungey, La-
vern W alker, Buster Mullin, Ken
neth Cardin, Paul Hatton, Frank
W nlklin, Jack Martin
and Mrs.
Marjorie Pena.
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