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t (Calò Mill Wdw The M a t Thoroughly Rood W orld , in Southern Oregon. Publiehed in the Biggeet L ittle Town in the State » ' e g u f ..i i . VOLUME XXXVI GOLD HILL, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1013 ■ NUMBER 30 . . .. .. ._v.i.) Oregon Faces Serious Tax Crisis Thomas Renigs With Accumulated Delinquencies WORLD NEWS On Compromise A t a Glance Ruling Tuesday A tax crisis amounting to approx-1 up enough to help pay the $11 000- hnately $40,(100,000 in delinquency 000 and the $24,000,000, the pros- accuinulations is facing the state of pects are not so good to avoid de- N ew t of the world brought to Oregon ill the end of the c u rre n t! faults on bond service and other the reader in cupsule form. year, according Io figures presented public obligations. If of a S40.000.000 in a recent issue of the Oregon Vot 1#34 Jevy $25,000,000 can An antl-udiuinistrutiou campaign, er. be collected during the year, and if similar to the Drinoerutic attack tin State Tax Commission figures of a S40.000.000 accumulated de Hoover, is underway by the Repub Agreement Plan W ith Car show that from May to September, linquency only *5,000,000 can be lican national committee. A pamph 1033, only SI.300.0IN) was paid in on brought In. the 1934 deficit on cur riera Cancelled Following SI let charging violation of platform 7,000,000 of taxes delinquent on rent requirements and past due war by the President is being circulated Mandamus Proceedings 1030 and prior year rolls. rants w ill run into S25.000.000. or among mambera of the committee Despite abolition of delinquency ' $30,000,000 of immediately pressing and Itepublican legislators. By Allied Truckers penalties and a reduction of interest obligations.” rule to 8 per cent, only S700.000 was Delinquency figures presented by Bequest for extradition of Sam Mandamus proceedings filed Mon paid from May to September, 1032, the Voter show the counties of Jeff uel Insull was denied the United day by the Allied Truck assorica- , on S13.400.000 outstanding on the erson, Wallowa, Josephine, Klamath, States by an appeal court in Greece lion Io compel enforcement of the | ’ ro* Umatilla, and Gamhill to have the Tuesday. The court lust November bus ami truck law caused Churles On the current year's taxes pay- greatest progress in paying delin turned down the first United Slides M. Thomas, slate utilities commis uble on the 1932 tax roll, of $9,500,- quent taxes, while the counties of rquest seeking (lie return of Insull sioner, to cancel tne compromise 000 delinquent on the first half, only Curry, Malheur, Crook, Union, and former Chicago utilities operator, agreement with private and con $1,300,000 was paid from May to Jackson are the slowest in this re to Cook County, Illinois, to face tract carriers Wednesday. September. gard. charges uniting from collnpse or ....... __....................... Quoting the Voter, “Looking for- The compromise agreement was The greatest tax delinquency re his enterprises. inude by Thomas in the interest o f ' Wur<l in ,° w i,h approximately, sides ____ — . . . . of Curry, in __ the ____ counties "18.000 private and coutruct t ar- ,,ond service to meet Wheeler, Crook. Grant, Coos, and A gain of 17 per rent In the num riers" and allowed them to pay a ;rom ProI”‘r ,y taxes, w ith opera!-1 Clatsop. The metropolitan counties ber of workers und 1(1 per cent in u fee of $10 for 00 days instead of ’ of «24,- of Multnomah. Marion, and Clack- the aggregate weekly puyrolls in $30 for six months. (gg)OOO from the same source and lamas, the rural county of Benton, the stute of Oregon was recently Petitioners representing the Al- with $.».000,000 in delinquency lev- and the sheep counties of Baker and announced by the Federal Reserve ,le<j T ruck »»„x-iullon claimed that . ic* n,a,,e sole|y 1" h,)P f of pickingj Lake have the least tax delinouencv. Bank of San Francisco after check- contract carrier permits were is- I “ --------------------------------- ------ -------------------------------- --------- Ing reports from 118 representative , without required bonds or In -I firms. demnily insurance and that in ex 283 Sheep Killed By Mr. O’Hara’* Consitution and Disposition Winning T . J. O'Hara was somewhat Im proved yesterday and today, follow ing his serious illness which began about three weeks ago when he suf fered an attack of angina pectoris. He sat up for a short time Wednes day and talks and jokes with his visitors. Mr. O’Hara is 77 years old, and although he has been a semi-invalid tor several years, and has suffered more than his share of paralytic strokes, his marvelous constitution and naturally optimis tic disposition have always enabled him to stage a comeback. Ford Stock Car Prove» up in Test S.ChisholmNear Death Following HighwayMishap Accident Victim Fail* to Regain Consciousness — Struck Down Monday By Eugene Autoi*t. Sam Chisholm, «5. father of Mrs. Josephine Bobbins of Gold H ili, lies in a serious condition at the ».______ Sacred _____ Heart ____ hospital in Medford. Í suffering from injuries received An average of 20H miles to the gallon of gas and a distance of 1000 miles on one quart of oil is the i ecord made by a new Ford V-8 in a test completed recently by the Monday, when he was struck by a C. E. Gates Auto company and Lee trailer on a car near the Silas Flem Garlock, local manager for the ing ranch on the Pacific highway A. A. A. west of this city. The Ford car, owned by Hobart W ith his skull fractured, and his Price, is a regular stock car w ith left leg shattered, Mr. Chisholm has nothing except standard equipment. lain unconscious since the accident, It had been driven slightly more and has suffered severe brain hem than 9000 miles before the test. orrhages. Price drove the car on the 1000 mile According to reports from ranch jaunt about the valley, accompan ers along the highway, and state ied by George Gates. Several trips W ho’* Afraid of the ments made by Veltie Pruitt of Eu cess of $300,(MN) was lost to the up and down the Pacific highway Dog* During Year In Big Bad Bear? W e-e Announcement that Henry Ford stale under the compromise rule. through Gold H ill were included in gene, driver of the car which caused would comply with the provisions the accident, Mr. Chisholm, employe County, Claim* Show Squeal the Pig*! (he test. Tilomas fufted to signify his rea of the automobile code to supply a at the Champlin E l Oro ranch in sons for cancelling the agreement. Five quarts of oil were put into wage and hour report by November He hug been the object of fire first (he Foots Creek district, was w alk Dogs have killed 283 sheep on the The we-es have it! the car at the start of the run 6 or 7 was made Tuesday. At the by private and contract carriers ranges of Juckson county, accord Have what, you say? Just a bad and the crankcase locked. At the ing on the right side of the high same time specific charges of NBA and then by common carriers ever ing to records of the county clerk’s case of jitters— bear jitters— is all. end of the run four quarts were way coming toward Gold H ilL Mr. violations by the Ford Motor com since the 1933 bus and truck law Pruitt was traveling in the same Give your neighbor a hard look and drained out. Forty-nine gallons of office, so far this year. The ravage pany were bring prepared by strike wns passed. What effect the rever direction, and as he approached, is blamed mostly upon police dogs, say “BEAR" kind of loud-like, and gas were used for the 1000 mile Mr. Chisholm seemed to become organisers in Ford ussembly part he’ll start havin’ 'em right on the run, the refills being checked by sal of |H»liry w ill have on independ whose wolfish instincts have come spot plant. confused, and either attempted to Garlock. ent carriers was not known, al to the front, causing them to run 'Cause there's a b’ar in them thar though at the time the compromise “We conducted the test for sev cross to the left side of the high Professor Frcdrrlck Seiijly, noted wild In the rural areas. The county hills. A live bear big enough to eral reasons,” Gales said. “We put way, or was startled and jumped Was made, it was indicated that ap- pays $2 per head for each sheep scientist and economist of Oxford swallow the biggest boy in Gold it on mainly for the benefit of to the left, almost directly into the prosimateiy 18.INM) carriers were killed, payments being made from University, issued the statement suved from being completely wiped . H ill is hauntin' these parts. Mam those who listen Io competitive path of the car. Wednesday from England that mi) bv (he stringency of the law. Pruitt, in an attempt to avoid moth tracks stretching from here to propaganda, and we wanted to dc Whenever a sheep owner gels a Roosevelt's program of controlling ,egisla„ on ,en, . l ,velv — well, a full 8 inches across the termine local driving and perform him, swung sharply to the left, and the currency w ill be fruitless un slated to occupy the attention of chance, he shoots the dog that is palm anyway— leave their ominous it is quite generally agreed that the ance conditions. The tests prove less control of the banking system slate legislators when they convene molesting his flock. Several have trailer, which carried a boat, ca imprint on the slopes around Gold everthing we have said about the is gained. The British economist November 20. thus hud their sheep-killing days H ill mountain. reened and struck the aged man. ’ new Ford V-8.” ami nights terminated. Reports of suggested inflation ns the only The switch of the car, and the The tracks were reported seen During the course of the trip the the county clerk show that so far, means of raising prices. near the Clyde W alker and Chavner car was driven three times to the impact threw the boat and trailer Mr. mid Mrs. Wolverton, former I residents here have returned to es- “no dog with a license tag" has Thompson ranches. Mr. Thompson top of the Siskiyous, twice to the from the car and into the ditch. The following suggestions were t>|>|hh „ lí¡ r honJe on |hp b#nkg Qf been killed. P ruitt was accompanied by D . L. says that their pigs refuse to graze Oregon Caves junction, once to made Io President Rooscve t Tues- , h). nogu<> sol„ h of Mr While the police dog gets all the beyond the doorstep. They smell a Anna Springs, once to the foot of Pruitt of Grants Pass and Merwyn day by governors of five mid-states Wolverton, who has been stationed odium, sheepmen say, that a hunt bear. Sexton mountain, once up Hayes Irish of Eugenee, and the men im in the interest of higher farm at the Elk creek CCC romp. plans ing dog has strong inclinations in As soon as the bear story reached H ill, twice around the Old Stage mediately called Grants Pass au price»: ( I ) Immediate fixation of to build on bis property adjoining the same direction, and that most the city, busy citizens began to or road, over the old Jacksonville hill thorities, who referred them to any dog, licensed or unlicensed, w ill minimum price levels for major the llam ner plnce near Rock Point ganize bear parties and were seen ’ nnd several times around the valley, Jackson county officials, and the farm products; (2) an NBA code for bridge. Mrs. Wolverton arrived by slay a sheep when opportunity of leaving here Thursday morning a rm -1 Running time for the test was 27 Perl ambulance was summoned fers, the farmer; (31 currency Inflation ed with everything from 22-rifles ' hours and a top speed of 75 miles from Medford. Because of this de bus Ibis morning from Washington protierly safeguarded anil controll Phillipi and Rohr, sheepmen, fil to small cannon. lay considerable time elapsed be was reached. to join her husband. ed. ami (41 quickening of federnl ed a claim w ith the county court One person offered the suggestion Regular standard gasoline w a i fore medical aid arrived. Bystand for 30 sheep killed Inst week, by re-financing of farm mortgages. ers were warned not to move the that the bear merely arrived here used on the trip. raids of dogs. They have been the injured man, by a passing army in the capacity of guest artist for heaviest losers. C. J. Hass of the doctor who said that his condition Carload of Pork Arrive* Hallowe'en celebrations and left Hengle district has also suffered shortly afterwards. One thing sure was such that s/'rious infection for Aid of Area’* Needy heavily, losing between 15 and 20 might result. D r. C. L. Drummond — mammas are having no trouble in sheep. A number of sheepmen of the arrived w ith the ambulance and making their kiddies behave lately. A car load of salt pork, to be dis Applegate district have also sustain When they get ornery, just tell 'em he was rushed to the hospital. tributed through the relief commit ed losses. Hospital attendants stated today a bear story. tees of Juckson. Josephine and Hallowe'en hud ils heyday, in Gold that little improvement could be Klamath counties, arrived In Med H ill Tuscday. Silas Fleming Purchase* E. T. Ham, local grocer, was des noted in his condition, and little Hoboes Get 30 Days ford Monday from the middlewest. W illi a heigh und a ho II came ignated by acclamation to serve as hope is held for his recovery. False Three Acre* from Gold The allotment, made possible und went. It hud none of the debil for T heft of Local a board member of school district reports of his death were current Hill Irrigation District through the federal, state and itated aspects of the city celebration. Man’s Equipment No 57 at a meeting of the board and here Tuesday and Wednesday. county relief administration. Includ It was Hallowe'en old style und Two sons, Edwin and Sam, who district patrons in the school audi Still another sale of real estate ed 9000 pounds for Klumath county, plain vanilla Io unyone who was Two transient hoboes “got theirs” torium last Friday. The director live in Oakland, California, were 4000 for Josephine county, and 900 unfortunate enough to have any is reported in the Gold H ill irriga in Judge H. D. Norton’s court in ship, vacated some time ago bj summoned and arrived Wednesday, for Jackson county. thing loose or cupable of being tion district this week, this time to Medford this week, after a complaint and they w ith Mrs. Chisholm and This county's quoin of the meat pried loose. You might find your Silas Fleming, who purchased three was filed against them in Justice of Dan McCarter, who moved to Cal the daughter, Mrs. Robbins, are at ifornia, continues until June 20. wns placed in the Medford Ice and lence at your next door neighbors’ acres which lie back of his home the Peace H. D. Reed's court here his bedside. 1935. Storage plant, where space wns do or across town. Of all the struc ranch on Millers Gulch. The tract is Friday by Tom Cody of this city. A lone dissenting vote was re nated for keeping Ihc meat in con tures, the proverbial huckhousc suf designated ns the Phipps tract, and The men gave their names as Roy Frank Thompson, a former resi corded against the new school bud dition. fered the worst breakage and trav was formerly owned by Ken W. Slater and Janies Brown. dent of Gold H ill was here last get. Marked lack of interest was The salt pork w ill be used Io sup eled the farthest. e Forbes. Mr. Fleming has farmed this Mr. Cody charged that the men apparent in both issues, there be week for a short visit w ith Mrs. plement grocery requisitions, the Parties were attended nnd par land for some time, renting it from had stolen tools and equipment Ella Patrick. Mr. Thompson is an Jackson County Belief committee ties were raided. Windows were its owner, but this week decided from his place here, valued at well ing a scant 31 ballots cast on the officer in the U. S. army and has budget and even fewer present at announced, nnd w ill be distributed given an unseemly coat of heir- to purchase it for his own. over $50, which made the theft recently been transferred from A l One acre of the tract is under the grand larceny. Judge Reed, after the meeting proper. only to people on the county relief oglyphics, and tires went suddenly catraz Island in San Francisco bay Numeorus other residents of the flat. Gangs resembling small guer-j dltch> and ,he o,her lw o acres ,ie J hearing the case Friday, bound the rolls. district mentioned as possible can to a post in the Goose Lake 3C The meat arrived here in packages ilia hands peppered porches and • ° ' ,ove " mcn over to the circuit court, where didates for the directorship failed camp near Klamath Falls. This sale is the fourth to be made they pleaded guilty, and were sen- of four and six pounds and w ill he yards w ith debris from other yards distributed on a weekly basis. Salt and porches. Younger children, too in the Gold HUI irrigation plot in tnced to th irty days in the county of nomination. Ham is the second businessman now serving on he TH EY WORK! pork recipes came nlong with the small to have vandalistlc instincts the past few weeks. Other sales jail. bourd. A. A. W alker is the other. meat, so Hint housewives w ill went about in spooky w hile robes are reported to be underway at Authority to dispose of old school You don’t have to tell the Ja know how to prepare It in Ihc most and hideous looking masks doing the present time. TRUCK OWNERS MEET IN equipment, including a dismantled cobs sisters that Gold H ill News tasty dishes. their childist best to scare some MEDFORD SATURDAY EVE furnace and a water pump at the classified advertising pays. They body. And happy were the fathers GIRL SCOUT N E W S Truck Owners’ nnd Farmers’ Foots Creek school, was voted the know it. s. P. OFFERS I.OW FARES (By Lorraine Force) that played scared. And insanely Protective nssiciution w ill conduct board. The directors indicated that A 25c ad in the last issue of FOB A RM ISTICE DAY TRIPS delighted were the little tots. And The Girl Scouts had a scout mas- a meeting Saturday evening at 3:00 the disposal of the water pump the News sold a bed and a many were the pumpkin pies and quernde Tuesday, October 31. o’clock in the court house in Med small cook stove for them al Special low fares are being offer kegs of cider consumed. And comic Everybody dressed up as pirates, ford, and all truck owners are urg would depend on its importance and value to Foots Creek residents. most immediately. J clowns, society people, witches, ed to be in attendance. ed Io Portland by Hie Southern Pa were the costumes rigged out. It is no exaggeration to say cific railroad, according Io an And nil of this much to do about and a little Chinese girl. Yvonne Licensing of trucks for the next NEW OPTOM ETRIST that you can do the same announcement made this week. nothing hns come down through the Qunkenbush wns dressed up ns a year w ill l»e discussed and all own- Grants Pass adds another busi thing. Look over your house The low rates w ill he In effect Sges because man Is Inherently s u -' witch. She won first prize. Marjorie ers are requested to take part in ness identity to its downtown dis hold goods. Doubtless you have November 10 so football fans wish perstitious nnd harks back to his Skelton was a clown. She won sec-j the discussion. Représentatives from trict with the arrival of Dr. O. H. something lying around which ing to see the game between Oregon Druid forefathers. : ond prize. Each patrol had a skit to Ihc state organization w ill be pres* Scheetz, Portland optometrist. Dr. someone else wants and w ill Stnte college nnd the University of pill on. After all the games nnd pro- ent, according to a story in the Scheetz has served for the past 3 pay for. Oregon, to be plnyed in Portland Mr. nnd Mrs. John Miljus of H er- grain we ale our lunch which was Medford Mail Tribune. years as chairman of the Graduate You pay u» 5c a line— a cent November 11. may take advantage inosn Reach, California, are nt the pumpkin pie, sandwiches, punch, Clinic Foundation in that city. The a word— and a buyer pays you of the train trip. Sherwood 'Auto park near Gold H ill nnd apples. One oul of each pnlrol Rev. W. A. Cowden of Rogue Foundation has charge of all edu profits. Give us a ring, or make The rale w ill he slightly more enjoying their annual comping trip had to stay nnd clean un the hall, River w ill again hold services at cational research in modern optom a call at our offices the next than cent-a-mile fares and w ill be on the Rogue. Mr. nnd Mrs. Miljus The parly lasted from 4 o’clock to the local Methodist church Sundnv etry. time you have something to sell. good for stopovers. Return limit come to Gold H ill each year during 5:30. Then everybody went home. I evening. Everyone is cordially In Dr. Scheets has established of Don't put it off. Put it int will be November 14. the hunting and fishing season, j think everybody enjoyed the party. vited to attend. fices at 606 H street, Grants Pass. Gala Hallowe’en Stages Big inning OnHome Grounds E.T. Ham Elected Budget Approved A t School Meeting Our phone number Is 4,
