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€ CStlïlîl The Moil Thoroughly Read Weekly in Southern Oregon, Published in the Biggest Little Town in the State sg VOLUME XXXVI RELIEF TAX IDEAS READY Cars, Legal Cases, Business, Liquor and Luxuries Possible Sources Increased license fees for auto mobiles, u heavy tux on liquor told in the «lute, higher prreentuge« of tuxr« ou greyhound and horse rac ing, n tax on businesses and pro fessions and higher collections from wrestling and boxing «hows und other luxury entertainment were approved yesterday us ways of rating money for re lirf in Oregon by the subcommittee of Governor Meier's special relief committee at u meeting held in Portland. Although the committer agreed on several sections of the program, two reports probably w ill be made by the members to the governor's committee—a minority report prob ably expressing the preference of ilert Haney, John F. Logan, and Jack It. I.uihn, und a majority re port containing the opinions of Mr, (■ill. Iti ii T. Osborne, 1» M \ \ i lili and H arry Gross, representing W. J. Hoork. 'traffic Law Violator« Answer Charges Here A rigid campaign to enforce Ihr slate traffic laws nnd help in the governor's campaign to prevent highway accidents has brought sev eral violator« into Judge H. D. Heed's court iie-re tills week. Four cases were heard Tuesday with the following results: John Bute, Improper license plates —$5 nnd costs. It. S. Ilayes, no o|>erutor's license — $5 and costs. A. S. Sargent of this city, no op erator's license— $5 and costs with fine suspended if license is obtain- ' < <1. I.. G. Kinkade of (•rants Pass, op erating truck without a m uffler— $5 und costs. Last Thursday, O. M. Huetter of Eugene, transient fruit trucker was trie«! in Judge Heed’s court for vio lation of the stnte horticultural laws. The s,»ecifir charge against him wns that he wns selling diseas ed fruit. He was fined $20. Here Is Detailed Program for Fair Here Sept. 22-23 Friday Morning 10:30—Parade, including children’s pets, and floats of business houses. 11 ¡30—Program at city hall by school children im mediately following parade. 12 00 to 2:00—Basket lunch on city hall grounds. Cof fee served free. Friday Afternoon 2:00 to 5:00—Inspection of displays, which will all be at city hall. 5:00 to 7:30—FREE SALMON BAKE at hall. Friday Evening R:oo—Special entertainment by musicians from Klam ath Falls at pavilion. 9:30 till 2 anyhow—Big Dance at pavilion. All-Day Session at Jacobs Opens Health-Unit Year An all day session of the Gold H ill health unit was held at the Delta farm Tuesday with Nelly and Lyndall Jacobs as hostesses. A large attendance of local people in terested in this splendid work turned out for this first meeting. Pot luck dinner was served at the noon hour and the afternoon wns spent working on the quilt to be used to raise funds for the unit. Miss Mildred Carlton, president of the Jackson County Health as sociation, gave an informal talk on the object of the questionaire just given out. Miss Mildred Carlton and Miss Sybil Those present for the affair were- W alker of Medford, Mrs. Geo. B. Pbeiffer and sister-in-law of Pana ma, Mrs. O C Palmer. Mrs. R L M il ler, Mrs. J A Blair, Mrs. A Meunier, Mrs. J M Lively, Mrs. I O Zeiroff, Miss Nelly Jacobs. Miss Lyndall Jacobs. Mrs. Millie W alker and Mrs. Cleo Gilchrist. Saturday Morning 9:30 to noon—Races on ball grounds. 12:00 to 2:00—Basket lunch with free coffee at city hall grounds. Grand Master I. O. O. F. Saturday Afternoon Boy Scout Executive Visitor Here Tonight 2 •00— Ball game—married men vs. single men. Comm. Meets Monday Gold panning contest and horseshoe pitching contest Plan« to entertain o n e. of the M. It. Merriman, chairman of the will follow ball game. largest in Gold H ill Odd Fellow his scout executive committee for the tory have been made for this eve Another Big Dance at Pavilion in Evening Gold H ill scout troop, has culled u meeting of the committee for next Monday evening, September 18, New York Girl 7.30 ut the Gobi H ill News office. Travels 6,000 Miles to The committee w ill discuss ap Wed Knox Hammersly Alignm ent in Doubt pointing a new scout Iruder. nnd Alignment of the groups mnklng ull members should be present. Miss Margaret Patrick of New majority and minority reports is Members of the committee are Mr. York City arrived here last Thurs still doubtful, however. Merriman, \V. H. Ferguson, A. A. day, completing the first lap of a Distinct divergence of opinion W alker, nnd It E .Hlankenburg 6,000 mile journey Io Alaska, where which probably w ill be incor|M>ratrd she- w ill meet her fiance, Knox in the two reports, developed con Hammersly, former Gold H ill man, cerning the additional tax on uuto- School Board Adjusts inobiles, the proposed tax on lux Bus Routes for Economy at Seward, and be married. The couple w ill make their home at uries and what it should include, the Iliamna, Alaska, on Iliamna Lake, tax on occupations and businesses A change in bus routes has been where Mr. Hammersly has conduct and professions, and that tax on effected by the local school board ed a trading post for the last four litiaaiton. recently to serve the largest num years. Tensest discussion ut the meeting ber of pupils possible ut the lowest Miss Patrick is a guest in the centered around the |iro|Misal to In cost to all, und also accommodate home of Mr. and Mrs. George Ham crease the nutoinobilr tax, presented pupils of two oustide districts, who mersly of this city for two weeks, by Mr. Haney. w ill pay their own transportation before continuing her trip to her "By Increasing the fee for auto costs. new home in the north. mobiles front $5 to $12 a Par. we W ithin the district the hoard The approaching marriage is the could raise 91,750,000 for the state eliminated the Birdseye r o u t e outgrowth of a romance which be and we could do it quickly too,’’ which lust year cost $40 per month. gan several years ago. when Mr. said Mr. Haney. Instead, the present Foots Creek Any T a x Opposed Hammersly was in the East, and bus w ill go two miles down the since his venture in Alaska has be “There w ill be dissatisfaction Pacific highway to the junction of come successful, he has laid plans w ith every kind of tax we propose, the Birdseye road and the highwuy (or his intended bride to join him you can be sure of that," Mr. Haney i.nd the children w ill meet it there and establish their future said. "It is much easier to Increase there. This can be done much (he license fee than it is to make a home. cheaper than running a special Miss Patrick has traveled 3500 new Irvy in the form of a property bus. miles of her long journey by trans tax on automobiles. It is only a way By extending the Sardine Creek continental stage lines. When she of raising money. I am not concern route two mile« into that district leaves for Alaska from Seattle, she ed whether it is on the flut basis high school pupils from there can w ill take a boat to Seward which Is o r the graduated basis.'* b brought to this school, and that Eventually a motion was framed over 1800 miles distant, nnd w ill district w ill pay 10c per mile for that the committee recommend that complete her journey to Iliamna by the service. a graduated license fee on automo plane. Special arrangement to again nc- biles on a basis of value and weight, (omiiKxint the W illow Springs- excluding all cars more than five Tolo high school students was also Mrs. Dorman Catches years old. Itc pul into effect. The made this week. Clinton W alker Hand in Wringer motion was adopted. w ill extend his route from the dis Approval of the proposal to tax trict line on Blackwell hill into Mrs. George Dorman received a liquor after prohibition had been these communities. He w ill assume painful injury to her right hand abolished wns given following the the inter-district contract nnd re Wednesday of this week when she presentation of a review of what ceive $20 | m t month for his services. might be realised by the taxes by caught it in the wringer of her wash Last year W. F. Bonney was hired John Heckman, author of Berkman io bring in these pupils gut the new ing machine, and wns unable to re liquor bill nt the lust session of the arrangement is much cheaper. lease it for some time. legislature and a member of the She was in such a position that government's liquor commission. she could not spring the release on 14,903 Out-of-State Cars L iquor Income Estimated top of the wringer, nnd could Under the plan he outlined, the Register During August the not reach the switch to turn off the state would collect from $750,000 Io motor. She finally worked her $1.000,000 from a lax of $1 a bar Non-rcgistcred cars registered in rel on beer, in addition to the fed Oregon «luring August numbered hand loose, but the skin was bad eral tax of $5 n barrel; about $500,- 14,903, tlic secretary of state's offics ly broken nnd the flesh bruised. 000 front n tax of (0 cents a gallon announced. Total for the first eight Her hand was pulled Into the on wines; about $500,000 from the months was 02,011). Begistration in wringer past the knuckles. The in jury was even more severe be sale of permits to residents at $1 August, 1032, was 16,800. cause she had received a bad burn each and to visitors of 50 cents During August every stnte but each; about $150,000 from the li Vermont was represented in cars on two fingers of the same hand censing of hotels and restaurants visiting Oregon, in addition to Dis only a few days before nnd this from $25 to $50, on the basis of trict of Columbia, Hawaii, Canada, hnd not healed. seat enpneity; and about $150,000 Alaska, ('anal Zone, Philippines and from fines for violations of the England. Chavner Ranch Produces liquor laws. The total realised from Largest number of cars, 3304. reg Tomato 19 Inches Around the liquor plan would be around istered ut Grants Pass. Ashland wns $2,500,000 he estimates of which 50 second lust month with 2831. Other The Rogue River Valley is noted per cent probably would go to Ihr towns included Albany 165, Astoria for its choice tomatoes, and this stnte, 30 per cent to the city, and 170, Bandon 53, Bend 270, Burns week we have a specimen of to 20 per cent to the county. 784, Corvallis 154, Eugene 330, F lo r mato not only noted for its quality Boosting of the tax on greyhound ence 45, (Told Bench 450, Klamath but for quantity. raring and horse racing in the Falls 030, Marshfield 143, Medford This big tomato Is of the pon- form of a tnx on pari-mutuel bet 000. North Bend 28, Portland 987. derosa variety, and was grown on ting was approved unanimously by Redmond 148. Salem 284, Seaside the Chavner ranch just enst of this the committee— the first proposal 253, The Dnlles 255. eltv. It weighs two and one-half on which they were all agreed. pounds, is 0V2 inches ncros« the Members of the group considered Mr. nnd Mrs. Claude Shaver and long w ay and five the narrower the Incrense from 2*4 to 10 per •laughter moved to Grants Pass Sat way, has a circumference of 19 in cent as the proper raise. urday, where Claude is agnin em ches, nhd Is five inches deep at the A motion to tax all earners In all ployed in a barber shop. The Shav thickest point. rccupatlons was passed, and w ill er Brothers shop on the north side The huge tomato w ilt he d,«nlay- be recommended to the legislature. of town is closed for the present, ed in the fruit and vegetable ex os Woodic is employed in the fruit. hibit at the Gold H ill fair. (Continued on back page) ning when the Grand Master w ill be the distinguished guest. News from Washington Visitors from all Southern Ore Virtually Assures Loan gon are expected, and a fine session to Irrigation District of instruction and entertainment Is promised. News that an appraisal of the 1 All local Odd Fellows are espec ially urged to be present. Gold H ill Irrigation district has been ordered by the Reconstruction Try Civil Cases First Finance committee on loans was Coming Session of Court received by Secretary Bertha Coy this afternoon. The calendar for the term of the This is interpreted as meaning that the board is sure to grant next Monday, September 18, was their application for a loan, and completed Monday. comes a« exceptionally good news Under a decision of the court, the to ranchers of the irrigation dis civil actions numbering 35 w ill 1»e trict. heard first, und some of the crim in Medford and Talent districts w ill al cases heard when opportunity be appraised at the same time it is offers. The court is anxious to first understood. clear the docket on civil and equity The Gold H ill district was the matters. which have been accumu first to file its application for a lating since the first of the year in loan from the corporation, which many instances. has appropriated $50,000.000 to aid The criminal calendar is short, irrigation boards, nnd was a pio nnd contains less than a dozen neer in straightening out much of cases. First on the docket for trial the redtape which had to be un is the case of Henrietta B. Martin, wound before the borad would con president of the self-styled “Good sider its loan. Government congress,” charged Much credit goes to Miss Bertha with riotous conduct. Second on Coy, secretary of the local district the calendar is the case of her fath- for the ninny hours she has spent et, C. H. Brown, secretary of the preparing involved statistical re- | “congress” charged w ith slander ports required. ing a bank. The next listed trials are those of School news omitted this w-eek bred Wolf, Birdseye creek rancher, w ill appear in next week’s issue. indicted for manslaughter, Joe Cave, city policeman, indicted for invol untary manslaughter, Ted Haines Julia Bowman of charged w ith a statutory offense, Jacksonville Dies und Thomas P. Day and Clarence Julia Marie Bowman passed King, charged w ith larceny. The final case on the criminal away at her home in Jacksonville early Sunday morning at the age of calendar is that of J. C. Corey, 76. She was born in Ireland at New former Hogue Rider storekeeper, Benningham, but came to the U nit indicted fo r a statutory offense. ed States at the age of 11 years. In Corey at present is outside the state. 1895 she came to Jackson county from Montana and had resided a good part of that time in Oregon. She leaves two children, Roy R Bowman and Nellie Bowman,both of Jacksonville. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mrs. Spoon er at the Conger chapel at 10 a. m Wednesday. Mrs. Bowman resided in Gold H ill for several years until last w inter when she left to make her home w ith relatives in Jacksonville. She has many friends here who are grieved to learn of her death. Interment wns in the Jacksonville cemetery. Lost Mountain Climber Was Close Friend Local Teacher Don Burkhart, one of the three Portland youths whose frozen bod ies were taken from a glacial cre vasse on Mt. Jefferson this week wns a personal friend of Leland T. Cook, physical education instructor in the local schools. Mr. Cook, who had been associ ated w ith Rurkhart in many ath letic activities in Portland, watched accounts of the attempted rescue of the climbers especially close all last week, nnd wns deeply grieved to learn of his friend’s death. 8UBSCR1BB FOR THE NEWS :u NUMBER 23 GOLD HILL, OREGON, FRIDAY. SE1*TEMBER Only Two More Days of Relief Canning Here Mrs. Mabel Muck, county exten sion worker, announced this week that there w ill be only two more days for canning tomatoes at the local relief canning kitchen in the Odd Fellow hall. These days are Wednesday, September 20 and 27. Ladies who have not yet used their supply of cans allotted for their fam ily are urged to be present on these two days and complete their work. No definite arrangements have as yet been made ns to canning other vegetables, or meat, but this may come later. Lively Lime Showing Fine Increase in Sales Volume The Lively Lime company ex pects to begin loading five carloads of agricultural lime to be shipped between now and October 1 to W il lamette valley farmers. The com pany reports an increase in orders for lime rock over last month. Preparations are being made for more men to be put to work repair ing the storage bins and widening the quarries in readiness for coming extensive shipments. FAIR SUCCESS IS ASSURED Increasing Interest in All Departments and Events Is Shown Everything is in readiness (or the Gold H ill fair to be held here Thurs day and Friday of next week, and with displays in every department being lined up by energetic depart ment chairmen, while those In charge of the program features are busy w ith details of their events there is no doubt that the fair w ill be successful in every way. Arrangements have been made for the salmon for the free salmon bake which is the big drawing card of the first day of the fair, and the school children are enthusiastically planning for their part of the big parade which is to start things off with a bang Friday morning. Parade at 10:30 School w ill be dismissed at 10:20 and the parade w ill start from the school house at exactly 10:30. The parade route is mapped as follows: School house to Living ston’s Service station on the high way, via the Hugh Hayes and Lucy Mee homes: down the highway to the Coy Service station at the Rogue river bridge; return up highway to Ham grocery corner, thence north to city hall grounds. Arrangements w ill be made to have state police cooper ate in directing traffic so there w ill be no interference with the parade, on the highway. Basket Loach At Noon The school children w ill then pre- ;ent a program at the city hall, pre ceding the basket lunch at noon. Friday afternoon w ill be taken up with inspection of displays, and there is no doubt that the many in teresting exhibits which have been planned w ill hold the attention of all-comers until the free salmon bake begins at 5:00. Many Unusual Exh ibits Indian and historical relics, miner al displays, and fam ily heirlooms w ill be exhibited, as well as the us ual articles for competition entered in the handiwork, agricultural pro- . ducts, home and shop craft, canned fruit, and other divisions. Get Displays In Early These displays w ill all be arranged Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, and the ribbons denoting first, second und third prize winners w ill be attached before noon Fiiday. Individuals who plan to bring ar ticles are urged to get them in as early as possible to facilitate the work of arranging and judging them. If you cannot bring in your own, inform the committee in charge of your department, and they w ill ar range to call for them. This should not be asked unless absolutely neces sary. Special Program Before Dance A special treat awaits the evening visitors, who attend the program at the pavilion preceding the dance. A group of talented musicians from Klamath Falls have offered their services for a program of varied en tertainment which w ill be a pleasant feature of the entire fair. Saturday is another full day, w ith sports being the main source of amusement for the day. Races For All Saturday Races on the ball grounds during the morning w ill be of interest to people of i-ll ages, w ith almost every means of transportation coming out lor competition. Another "big basket lunch w ill ac- sommodatc visitors nl noon, w ith free coffee being served io augment the lunches the lunches they bring. Married, Single Men Play Ball Then conies the event which w ill probably nrouse the keenest interest of the entire progrnm— a baseball game of all local talent— the married men against the single men. Gold H ill’s team has won con siderable recognition through the summer, w ith its unusually large number of victories over all-comers — but it now remains to be seen just who are the best players of the entire line-up. It so happens that there has been a married man and a single man that enn q u ilify for every (Continued on last page)
