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About Gold Hill news. (Gold Hill, Jackson County, Or.) 1897-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1934)
THE GOLD HILL N EW S P age two THURSDAY, MARCH 22. 1934 WITH THE BYRD EXPEDITION iLOCALUAPPENINGSl Farm Price» Make Gain» Over Cotta Last Month Most farm prices made substan Herbert I.ingren was among Med Mrs. Douglas Cameron is rapidly tial gains during February, and as a recovering from her recent illness ford shoppers Saturday. whole these gains were greater blank salesbook for sale at the Mr. and Mrs, Oscar Jleluis and son than increases in prices paid by News office. *dv were Medford shoppers Monday. farmers, according to the monthly At Pankey was a business visitor Asil Walker worked at the Cra- Agricultural situation and outlook in Medford Tuesday. teriau Theatre in Medford Sunday, report just prepared by the Oregon Monday and Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Chas. Beck of Grants Pass h State college extension service. ,-lsiting this week at the home ol Netty Stone spent part of last Eggs were the only major com Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Drake. modity that did not share in this week us guest of her sister in Grants Pass. Miss Lyndall Jacobs and Mrs. J. gfiH'rul price increase. As coiupur- ,1. Lively were Medford callers Fri ed to January, grains rose 3 points, Mr. and Mrs. bill Heed went Io fruits and vegetables nine points, Wolf Creek Sunday »o visit Harry day. meat animals 9 points, and dairy Curry. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy and daughter, products four points, while eggs Art Hornell and Neil Doty, Sr. were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stone and dropped nine points. among Medford shoppers Saturday, In terms of pre-war conditions, daughter were Sunday caller*, in the February index of all farm Grants Pass at the Ernest Wardrip Mr. and Mrs. George Dorman were prices stood at 76, the index of home. business visitors in Grants Pass prices paid by farmers for commod Blanch Haley of Dunsmuir. Cal Tuesday. ities usually bought stood at 118, ifornia, is spending an indefinite Miss Sybil Walker spent the week and the purchasing power of the Aiue at the home of her parents, end on Foots creek with her aunt, farm dollar was 64 per cent of pre Mr. and Mrs. U Vroman. Mrs. Lloyd Miller and family. war, or parity. The farm dollar in February with a purchasing power Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Hendrickson Mrs. C. W. Martin and Mrs. Joe of 64 per cent of parity is a much and son and Mrs. Claude Laurence Blair were Saturday morning vis- better dollar than the farm dollar of Galls creek visited at the Ernest ¡tors ¡n Medford of a year ago which had a purchas Beinking home Thursday evening, j . . . . . . . . . , Mrs. Fannie Kais of Medford ing power of only 49 per cent of The Martin and Millspaiigh funi- spent several days here last week at- [ parity. This 15 point gain in pur chasing power represents slightly ¡lies have been released from scar-1 tending to business affairs, less than a third of the gain that let fever quarantine. Only the Neil Doty and family moved from must be made before the farm dol- youngest memoer ot each family the Parker residence Sunday to the lar will have an equal exchange contracted the disease. John Hummersly property. value with the industrial dollar. Mr Ke„ey of Grants Pass visited Mrs. Paul Holderness and daugh The purchasing power during with friends here Tuesday. Mr. Kell- February of some of the major ey formerly lived here and owned ter Leona, and son Paul Eugene, farm commodities in relation to i ttxe shOp where the Trannah Studio and Mrs. R. E. Blankenburg and Lana Kay shopped in Grants Pass parity was as follows: Eggs 59 per 1S now situated. Saturday. cenl, chickens 76 per cent, wool 121 C. C. Stone has gone to Tiller per cent, lambs 94 per cent, beef Tom Shaver, local barber, was cattle 60 per cent, hogs 45 per cenl, where he will reside on the ranch arrested Thursday by the sheriff recently purchased by his son Geo. butterfat 70 per cent, wheat 69 per The family will move there as soon and lodged in the county jail at cent and potatoes 107 per cent. Medford. A charge of drunkenness The outlook report iilso includes as school is out. was filed. brief commodity notes, among Mrs. J. W. Bryan returned to her Friends have received word of which are notes on poultry, lambs home the later part of the week and potatoes. from the Grants Pass hospital the birth Saturday of a baby Hatchery reports indicate a where she underwent a tonsil op daughter to Mrs. W. H. Lydiard of smaller output than a year ago. For eration early last week. She is re Medford. Mrs. Lydiard is the form the United States as a whole, book ported to be in an improved condi er Jane McOuat of Biverside ings for chick deliveries after Feb tion and will soon be able to resume colony west of Gold Hill. She at' tended school in Gold Hill. ruary 1 were about 13.7 per cent her duties at Drakes’ Grocery. less than for last year. L. L. Deal of Grants Pass, spent Meetings are being held every The early lamb crop is slightly larger and the condition of lambs is Tuesday at 2:1X1 at the home of Mrs. Saturday evening in Gold Hill where he . acted of the . . . as . . referee . better than last year. An earlier At Pankey with Mrs. Mary Gerken of the National Federation of championship basketball game be- than usual market movement is ex Spiritual Science in charge. These tween (irants Pass Bangers and pected. Phoenix in the final game of the in Preliminary estimates of pota meetings are being well attended dependent tournament. to plantings indicate that they will and a cordial invitation is extended at be larger than last year. So far the to everyone. Friday evenings Mr. and Mrs. A. Meunier, daugh bulk of this increase appears to be 7:00 meetings arc held at the Coolev ter Jocelvne and Haymond Ritter in the early and intermediate cabin directly across from the Live of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. Vern ly Lime burner on Kanes creek. states. on Fleming and daughter Shirley Jean, Misses Irma and Vivian Burroughs of Grants Pass and Har ley Cummings of Rogue River made up a party that attended the winter sports carnival at Crater Lake Sun day. On their return they stopped at the Natural Bridge for a picnic $ lunch. » Visit our up to the minute ï ï V Buy Quality SEEDS — I I store and see the complete stock of seeds. 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