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The M oat Thoroughly Read W eekly in Southern Oregon,
VOLUME XXXVI
TENNIS COURT
SOON READY
Published in the Biggest L ittle Tow n in the S tite
GOLD KILL, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1933
Odd Fellows H ear Grand
Lodge Report; Sunday Is
Cemetery Clean-up Day
Earliest Indians Lived On
Hittle Ranch 3000 Years Ago
At the regulur Hireling, Tuexluy,
Moy 23, (¡old H ill Odd Fellow*
Gold H ill is credited as being the the mound, that is, toward the west
heard the report of Frank Carter,
home of the earliest inhabitants o f . from these first burials, at a depth
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I delegate to Grand Lodge at Pendle- Oregon— here over three thousand |
■PPro’ imately five feet, we found
Crews Progress Steadily on ton on Tuesday, May 1«, as follows:
a workshop where some ancient ar-
Joint memorial services were years ago— by D r. L. S. Cressman,
rowmaker fashioned his arrow
Park W o rk ; Garden Club
held In T ill Taylor park by the professor of sociology of the U niv­ points and evidently those for
Crystal Hebekah lodge No. 50 of La ersity of Oregon, in a full-page a r­
Plants Flower Beds
others who were less clever than
Grande, with Homer D. Angell, P. ticle in last Sunday's Oregonian.
he, ou, of jasper, chalcedony, chert
(>. M. delivering the memorial ad­
Dr. Cressmun, has, for short per­ und other kinds of stone. His w ork­
Tw o more days of steady work dress.
iods during tlie last three summers, shop was a series of large river
w ill put the city tennis court Into
The grand reception was given made excavations on the Win. H it-
boulders which he hail carried up
shape for the fiuul leveling and in the high school auditorium lie ranch just across the river from
from the river, and the piles of
fencing, according to Toney lloss, where Mayor Jack E. Allen welcom- Gold H ill, and on the material com­
chips from the original blocks out
who Is supervising the crews who eil the delegates and turned the piled from this work, he tells of
of which he made his arrow point
are developing the city park.
j keys to the city over to the lodges (he Indian life here so long ago. H r
lay there as mute evidence of hi.*,
The work has been temporarily ' during the session. Grand mn«ter
completed his work last summer.
industry of centuries ago. He hud
suspended until mure men can be Brower Fitts of Washington, It. II.
W , quote Dr. Cressman’s article hud fire at the same place for cook­
obtained under the county re lie f, llaldrlck, P. G. M. and ex-governor
ing, as the charcoal and the broken
m purt as follows:
plan, hut w ill prohuhly he resumed of Idaho, and Sister Edylhe Tod,
The oldest Indian burials on re­ fragments of deer bones showed
Ih r Inst of this week, us the office vice president of the Hebekah As­
cord in Oregon are probably those and for breaking stones out of
here has been informed that more sembly of British Columbia, were
rxcnvaled by the w riter near Gobi which he shaped his arrow points.
work order, are soon to be issued. ' ether speakers.
fragments o
H ill in southern Oregon. Some three i ns Ihe fire-broken
Hrmarkable progress is bring ¡ During this session of Grand Lod-
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i thousand years ago the rarliest of stone* indicated.
made on the program outlined last, ge. many iinporttunl measures pess-
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the b urial, were made in a bunk
Most cf Ihe camp fires were on
week, with the Gurden club supple­ cd. It was also staled (hut our Pres- ! .
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menting the work of the men in ident, l-rtinklin Roosevelt. was still
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the friends and survivors of the while there were no burials in
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beautifying the grounds. Last F ri­ active in he Order.
Mr. Carter reported a very fine ,tH i'
«"<» » 'e d their daily that vicinity. What evidently hap-
day about fifteen ladies plnnted the
time, and that the Cowbov Break- ‘' V ' ™ e « ‘’«••‘• river turns sharp- pered w a , th,s. These people lived
flower beds which the men had pre­
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ly Io the west at Gold H ill, and there, ami ns the members of the
pared. and in a few short weeks fast served by the host lodge was
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ninny thousands of year, ago when grotp died they buried them at a
the city hall grounds should lie a t- scellent.
Ihe level of it was 50 feet or more • hcH distance away, 50 to 75 fee!
riot of color, us the various plants
higher than nt present it swirled from Ihe place they camped. In c
Don't Forget that Sunday is
put forth their blooms.
around in the cup of the hills at shallow hole two or three fee'
Acting City Marshall Win. Kinnes clean-up day nt Hock Point ceme-
that place and left behind a long deep in the sand, perhaps wrappim
has tuken unusual interest in the lerv. Let every one turn out and
sandbar running northeast and ttierti :ip in some skin or mat with
program, and hus worked untiring­ make the cemetery look like
a
.southwest. It added to this Inter on their legs pulled up to their chest*
ly, grubbing out wild grass and garden.
from time to time as occasional and their feet pressed bark ngains’
weeds outside the fences, nnd w at­
Next meeting night is election of
flood water* passer over It. Only their legs, arm* folded across their
ering the lawn und new flower officer*.
once in the memory of the oldest In ­ chests and laid on their sides. Some
beds. Lust Friday he worked right
habitants has the river been over times they put three flat river
along with the club which is very
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the bar, and probably at times like boulders over the top of the grave,
grateful for his assistance.
that did more to wash away the but by no means always.
As the season progresses, more
Child Clinic Mon. sand
than deposit it.
Some reason — we don’t know
plants w ill he needrd. and anyone
The evidence seems to Indicate what—caused sudden moving ol the
having plants, or shrubs are usked
Fourteen children of pre-school that some time between 2000 and
inhabitants of the mound, inasmuch
to report to members of the Garden age were examined at the child
3000 year* ago a group of wander­ as there are areas which show no
club plant rxehange committee who health clinic held at the school
ing Indians probably came up from occupation, but only signs of later
are Mrs. Nellie Smith, Mrs. Millie bouse Monday eflernoon, sponsored
lower Klamath river country and burial*.
W alker. Mrs. Mary Chisholm and by the Gold H ill health nnit, and
'found the river bank a desirable
Perhaps great floods drove back
Mrs. Nellie Heed. They w ill keep a under the direction of Dr. C. L.
camping site. Here they settled. the occupant*. The customs of bur­
list of available plants und w ill Drummond, county health doctor.
What kind of houses they had we
call (or them as they can be used.
Dr. Drummond staled that the do not know, but we do know that ial also change, a* we come later at
a shallow depth In the mound to a
The general clearing on the pic­ clinic is one of the best he has had
between six and seven feet below type where knives are no longer
nic block is practically complete, charge of this spring and compli­
the present surface of the ground buried with the dead. In contrast
nnd as soon as the relief crews mented those who cooi»ernted. in
which has been worked over there to one burial at the depth of six feet
have finished their job, another the work, as well as speaking high­
wns a series of burials, and many with five fine red obsidian knives
community get-together is plannrd ly of the general condition of the
of the skeletons represented men of and one slate knife, ranging in
to put on the finishing touches Io health of the children who were
considerable height and men of length from nine to twelve inches,
the entire park system.
present to be examined.
wealth, probably chiefs. W ith some
Those who took Ihe examination were buried obsidian knives of ex­ we come at about three feet to
were Jocelyn Meunler, Elaine Hob- quisite workmanship. These knives burials absolutely lacking any ob­
Graduation at Ashland
jects. This would indicate a very-
Friday M orning, M a y 2Sl«»ins. Charles Gilchrist. Charles nnd were always buried in pairs, a marked change in the life of the
Joe Logan, Lois, Rosemary and Geo. black nnd a red one together. No
Indians, because It was evidently
Annual graduation exercises of Tracy, Eileen and Irene Norton, other objects were with the skele­ a custom to bury these knives.
the county schools w ill be held in Joan Cameron, Nelson Boomslulter, tons.
Forty feet toward the center of
the junior high school building at Phyllis Ross and Dorothy Ann H a r­
(Continued on back page)
Ashland Friday morning, starting ris.
Miss Nellie Jacobs, chairman of
at ten o'clock and lasting the great­
er portion of the day, concluding the Gold H ill health unit, and Mrs.
with a band concert in l.ithia park. O. C. Palmer and Mrs. Geo. Ham-
Paul II. Jnckson of Klamath Falls, mersly, assisted with the clinic.
Local and Personal Items
principal of the Klnmath Union
high school w ill deliver the prin­
cipal address of the day.
Close Io 300 boy* and girls w ill
receive grammar school diplomns,
and every school in the county w ill
be represented.
The list of Gold H ill graduates
w ill be published next week, as the
school superintendent's office has
reported that official announcement
of the graduates cannot be made
public until Friday morning.
Gold H ill Ball Team
Defeats W o lf Creek 10-3
In a game that was close for the
first five innings the Gold H ill base­
ball team turned the tables in the
latter part of the fifth frame and de­
feated the W olf creek team by the
score of 10 to 3.
This makes the second win for the
local team over the W olf creek play­
ers, having defeated them 12 to 2
on the locnl diamond two weeks
Jayville M iners Play at
ago.
The official box score for the
Gold H ill This Sunday
game is given below,
The scrappy Jacksonville Miners
Gold H ill,
w ill clash with the Gold H ill base-I
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boll team on the Gold H ill diamond C. Kell, 3b ....................... 4
Sunday afternoon. The first pitch is Hailey. 2b
hooked fci 2:30 p. m.
I Foley, cf
Both teams are composed of Emory, If
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home-material only and n close Gardner, ss ....................... 4
gf.me is expected accord!’ g to dope Cov, c ................................. 5
available. Gold H ill has Irimmed H iille rf
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Sam* Valley anti W olf Creek an I Shaver, lh ....................... 4
the Miners have won from Central Hnmmersly, p ................... 4
Point and lost to a Medford team.
T. Kell, 2b ....................... 0
The Gold H ill field has recently Dnvls, rf ........................... 1
been put into excellent shape for Wnlker, lb ......
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fast bnll nnd fans are looking for a
real gnine Sunday.
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W olf Creek.
F IR S T AID CLASS SCHEDULED
AB
TO OPEN WED., JU NE 7 Garroule, ss ...... - ............ 5
Williams, 2b ........... r ....... 5
Miss Sybil W alker, county health O. M iller c ................- ...... 4
nurse, who is organizing a first aid j W hittaker, l b ................... 5
class among the women of Ihis rom- V. M iller, p ...................... 5
munlty announced this week that j Reynolds, I f — ....... J...... 2
Ihe first meeting w ill be held Wed- Espy, ef ........................... 4
nesday, June 7.
J Laddie, 3b ....................... 4
It Is hoped a large number o f , Mnlony, r f ....................... 4
women w ill plnn Io attend these Trum bly, I f .....-.... ...... 3
classes, for the lessons are unusual­
ly valuable.
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II. D. Reed w-a* a Medford visitor
Tuesday.
Mrs. Ida Snyder was visiting in
Medford Monday.
The John Ritter fam ily visited
relatives on Evans creek Sunday.
Mrs. Lelah Rowers and T. J.
O’Hara visited Mrs. Irving Conrtit in
Grants Pass Wednesday.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Roy Hailey of Port­
land, are here visiting Mr. Bailey’s
mother, Mrs. Toney Ross, and oth­
er relatives.
Mrs. Dick Robinson, Miss Bertha
Coy and Ernest Boss returned from
Portland Thursday evening, where
they went on a business trip.
Postmistress Nellie Heed accom­
panied Rural Mail Carrier G. P.
Martin on his route Tuesday morn­
ing to make her annual tour of in­
spection required by the govern­
ment.
Superintendent J. A. Thomason
returned Tuesday from
Eugene
where he attended the state high
school truck meet. Mr. Thomason
plans to spend most of the summer
in Gold H ill but may attend summer
school part of the vneation.
Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Roy Cen­
ters wns surprised by a group of
friends, w ith a shower. She re­
ceived mnny lovely, useful gifts
and delicious refreshments were
served. Those present were Mrs. W.
A. Boss, Mrs. A. A. W alker, Mrs. C.
A. Romell, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Soren
Christensen, Mrs. Tom Robinson,
Mrs. Sam Bouth, Mr*. Carl Bouth,
Mrs. Arthur Braden, Mrs. W. D.
Norton, Mrs. Earl Cook, Mrs. Bob
Millspnugh, Mrs. Nenl Doly. Mrs.
Bob Adams, Mr*. Mnrvln Emory,
Mrs. Tom Smith and Mrs. W ilbur
Martin.
Mrs. Orpha Hewitt of Roseburg
was visiting relatives here Tuesday.
A new pipe line is being installed
nt the Bull O’ Ihe Woods mine Io
run their mill.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Gorham are hav­
ing a house built on the Van Houten
property near the river, behind the
home of Mr. and M?s. Jim Clement.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carter re­
turned from Pendleton, Friday eve­
ning, where Mr. Carter attended
the Odd Fellows convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy P arr were visit­
ing Mrs. Susie Coy here Sunday en
route to their home at Reedsport,
after attending the wedding of
their son, Roy Parr Jr. and Irene
Missler at Ashland.
Mrs. Otis Johnson and son re­
turned to their home in Ashland
Saturday evejiing, after spending
n week in the Boy Cameron home.
Mrs. George Hammersly nnd daugh­
ter Jeanne, and Marjorie Cameron
accompanied her, returning Io Gold
H ill that same evening.
An interesting visitor was at the
H i-W ay Inn here Monday night and
Tuesday, being stranded when his
car broke down near Tolo. The man
was John La Gatta, a Filipino, who
is a versatile entertainer, being a
musician, composer, painter and
dancer. La Gatta claimed Io be here
to paint pictures of the Fort Lane
memorial, one of Gold Bay dam nnd
another of Table Bock, to exhibit at
the Worlds Fair, where he and his
wife have concessions. During his
short stay here, he entertained na­
tives w ith vivid accounts of his
travels all over Ihe world, danced
for his audience, and sketched
flowers which he gave away as
souveniers.
NUMBER 7
Boxers, Wrestlers, Pie
Eaters Vie for Honors
at Smoker Friday Eve
BANKS GETS
LIF E JE R M
Over 100 fight fan* jammed the
Odd Fellows hall Iasi Friday eve­
ning Io see seven good bou’s, a
dance act and a pie-eating context
thrown in for good measure. This W ife of Slayer Acquitted;
w i j the second smoker sponsored
P erju ry by Defence to
by Ibe Gold H ill baseball club i r d
again proved a big success, bri ig
Be Investigated
ing words of praise from those in
dtcndance.
Llew ellyn A. Banks drew a life
Five boxing bouts and two wrest­
ling matches made up Ihe card. Hud sentence, and his wife, Edith Rob-
ertine Banks, was acquitted Sunday,
when the jury returned its verdict
in their tria l of Mr. and Mrs. Banks
for the murder of Constable George
J Prescott, at Eugene.
The ju ry found Banks guilty of
second degree murder, which car­
ries a mandatory life sentence, un­
der the Oregon law.
In a statement issued Monday.
Banks said that he would appeal,
, nd bis brother-in-law, George Mor­
an, of Cleveland, Ohio, declared
bat they had only begun the fight
for Banks’ freedom.
In the meantime, steps are being
■¡older entertained with one of his taken to prosecute for perjury, four
upular dance numbers and Jimmy witnesses for the defense, who had
Martin and Buddy Blair wound up testified that they were eye witnes­
he evening with a demonstration ses to the shooting, that they had
f pie eating that would be hard to heard Prescott threaten
Banks
qual. Buddy was the victor, de­ when he tried to enter the house,
touring his pie in the record-break­ and that they had seen a gun drop
ing time of 20 seconds. When asked from the officer’s hand when he
what kind of pie it was Buddy re­ fell on the porch at the Banks home.
plied, “I don't know, 1 didn't taste
The state consistently proved
it."
that there was no one besides the
Probably the most entertaining officers in the street near the Banks
boxing match on the card was the home at the time Prescott attempt­
fight between two fly-weights— ed to serve Banks w ith a warrant for
Dick (Scoop) McKay, 215 pounds, his arrest in the matter of the bal­
and Seth (K . O.) Coy, 185 pounds. lot stealing last January. State w it­
Although outweighed. Coy had the nesses also testified that the four
best of his opponent, parking one self-styled eye-witnesses had been
of his “haymakers” on the snozzle in far-distant places at the time of
of Scoop and causing blood to be the shooting.
shed in what was supposed to be a
Constable Prescott was shot to
friendly fight. (?) McKay retaliat­ death last March 16 when he went
ed with several body blows that to the Banks home w ith State Po­
shook the oil magnate “to his very liceman O’Brien to arrest Banks.
foundation.”
Mrs. Banks came to the door, which
Mutt H ittle and W illard Croft was secured w ith a chain, and re­
also put on a good three-round box­ fused to accept the w arrant, or let
ing match, and Bob and Oscar Hall the officer in. Then Banks appear­
fought three fast and furious rounds ed, and w ith a sharp warning to
resulting in a draw decision.
Mrs. Banks, fired through the nar­
Other boxing matches
were: row opening, to k ill the officer.
Marvin Betts vs. Donald Dungey;
The trial, has held the interest
Buster Mullin vs. Laverne Dungey. of the state for the past three weeks.
Each ended in a draw.
It is the forerunner of several cases
In the wrestling events Joe H all which are the outgrowth of the
and Hal Norris grappled twenty political tnrmoil In Jackson county
minutes to a draw, and Merritt Dav­ since last fall. In a short time the
is and Marvin Emory exchanged ballot theft cases w ill be opened.
holds, each taking one fall in their Involving about tw enty residents of
twenty-minute bout.
this county, most of them members
Jim Clement acted as referee for of the Good Government congress,
the boxing events and Alvy Cook organized by Banks.
handled the wrestling matches.
Manager Mae McCarter of the ball Green Creek Pave Job Open
club thanked the large crowd of
fans for th eir support and assured Tuesday; C P . Open Soon
them that a fast ball team would be
The Green creek paving job, be­
put on the field. Also that local
tween Gold H ill and Grants Pass,
talent only would be used.
was opened to tra ffic Tuesday
morning, and the crew of men
Local M en Open Cinnabar
started the process of building rock
Claim * on Big Applegate fills and shoulders along the sides
and the clearing away of debris, it
George Hammersly and H arry was announced in the local high­
Wilsey left Tuesday morning for the way office.
Applegate where they w ill set up
This job was completed on sched­
camp on their cinnabar claims, ule for the tourist travel this sum­
which they plan to work this sum­ mer and many of the blind and
mer.
tough surfaces between Grants
The men have recently formed a Pass and Rogue River have been
partnership w ith Joe Blair of this eliminated by this new section of
city, who bought out Jim Clement. highway.
Mr. Blair w ill not take an active
The Central Polnt-Medford ap­
part in the mining, but is building proach w ill be open in about a
a late model retort which the men week, according to James G. Brom­
w ill use to w ork their ore. Accord­ ley, state maintenance engineer,
ing to experienced engineers who who stated that the concrete is now
have visited the mine, the ore is un­ all laid but that it w ill be allowed
usually rich, and should yield very Io “cure” for a while.
The Ashland highway construc­
profitably w ith the price of quick­
tion work w ill not be finished for
silver at present levels.
Four claims are included in the about a month yet, after which,
property.
southern Oregon w ill have one of
Fred Lewis accompanied Ham­ the best highway systems in the
mersly and Wilsey on their trip state.
Tuesday, trucking over their sup­
plies.
GOLD H IL L B A TTIN G AVERAGES
AB Hits Avg.
GARDEN CLUB MEETS
T Kell ....... .............. 7
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F R ID A Y AFTERNOON D. W alker .... ............. 2
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B. Force ..... ....... ..... 11
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Gold H ill Garden club w ill hold Hammersly ................. 7
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a regular meeting at the library Bailey ... .... ............ 13
rooms this Friday afternoon at 2:00. Coy ................ ............ 15
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AU members are urged to attend, H ittle ............ ........... . 9
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and ladies who have not yet been Emory ........ ........... 15
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able to come to the meetings are Gardner ...... ............ 15
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cordially invited.
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C. Kell ........
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Foley ............ .............. 15
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Lunch served in dance pavilion Shaver ..........
every Sat. night.
gdv. Davis ............ ....- ..... 9
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