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The Moat Thoroughly Read W eekly in Southern Oregon, Published in the B iggest L ittle Town in the State
VOLUME XXXVII
4 ° * ^ lilL L t OKEGON. THURSDAY, JULY 26,1914
I. O. O. F. Grand Master
to Visit Southern Ore.
WORLD NEWS
and Comment
—Newt gleaned horn events of
Ibe week, and a little rom uinit
Irwin (lie editor's viewpoint.
Shirley
Temple,
five-year-old
girl, is the newest of the hahy stars
Io he uncovered In Hollywood. A
rontract which calls for a salary of
«1,250 per week has just been signe
by her parents.
While most of the - nation wus
sweltering In the hottest weather of
the suiniuer last .Saturday, a light
snowfall fell In Colorado Springs,
Colorado. Snow (ell heavily in the
business section for a short time
hut eventually turned into rain.
W ill itogers, noted comedian, am)
family left Sunday for a trip around
the w'orld which w ill take two
months. The lingers sailed on the
liner l.urline.
Meat wave sends tem|>eralure up
to 1.34, rends a headline in th
daily press. But thrre was a catch
to it. In Dca Moines, Iowa, where
the temi>erature was up to IO(t,
policeman parked his car near the
station. When he re-entered the ve
hicle he found the dial thermometer
registered 134 degrees. The w in
dows of the car had l>een lelt
dosed. When the man took hold of
the steering wheel the rubber melt
ed In his hands.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
announced Saturday
Hint work
would begin immediately on a «75,-
000,000 project to plant a forest
shelter belt, 100 miles wide extend
ing from the Canadian liordrr Io
Mexico. The trees w ill be planted
In rows a inlle apart.
John Dillinger is dead. The ace
bandit met his Waterloo Sunday
when trapjied by federal officers
when he emerged from u Chicago
theatre. Although
llilliiiger's
ip-
pearance hail been changed by dyed
hnir, face lifting nnd mustache, u
tip gavr officers a clue that positive
ly identified the man as Dillinger
when he entered the theatre. The
officers waited two hours until hr
reapjienred and when h r started to
run for his life a volley of bullets
brought
the notorious criminal
down.
A terrific heal wave over Ihe en
tire middlcwcst early this week lias
resulted in over 1,000 deaths and
heavy
property
damngr.
The
houvieft casualties have born in
the Mississippi valley.
Grave concern for the safety of
Admiral Richard E. Byrd was felt
Monday when the tra il Io his lonely
observation post was lost. Byrd has
been stationed at Ihe post alone for
Ihe past four months. The crew
making nn effort Io reach him
battled snow and Ice for hours but
covered only 50 of the 123 mile run.
Temperatures have ranged from 50
to 71 degress below xero.
Pacific coast longshoremen Wed
ncsilny voted for nn arbitration of
their differences
bv an over
whelming majority. The vole was
6,388 for arbitration nnd 1.471
against.
Smilin' Charlie Savs
A m a n »hould try f
W» ’ reputation’
what h< THINKS h is
'character te • • *
SARDINE CREEK
N EW S
City Gets Final Paym ent
From Loan Association
(.has. Poole, of Eugene, grand
master of the Independent Order of
By Mrs. Lily Dusenberry
Odd bellows of Oregon, w ill make
a MC.m l »rip to Southern Oregon
Ib is word wus received this week
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse D. Slums of
by the local lodge. The grand muster Grunts Pass, with Mr. and Mrs.
visited several of the lodges of ||,is Cole and family of Itedonda, Calif..
county in June and w ill return in j culled on relatives in and around
August.
Gold H ill lust Thursday evening.
llie dates and places of Mr.
Poole's visit are given below
Mr. Wright of Medford called on
August 0—-Ashland.
local poultrymen Tuesday, in be
August ID— Grants Pass.
half of the Crown Feed company.
August I I —Jacksonville.
August 12— Odd Fellows picnic.
John Smith delivered a fine veal
August IS—Gold llill.
Io Joe Woodcock ut the local meat
August 14— Kerby.
market Tuesduy morning. He also
Members of the lodge are anxious sold u truckload of young beef to
ly walling for Mr. Poole's appear
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the Ruber packing company of
inre here. He is a very good speaker Medford this week.
mil alwnys has nil interesting men-1
sage.
A herd of nearly seventy goats
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belonging to people living o n " the
Sams Valiev road, broke into Jack
Fruit Work Begins With
Large Crews in Orchards Smith's place here Wednesday
inornng, destroying nearly a quar
Harvest of the pear crop began ter acre of dry beans. They broke
In this community ;his week, with in a second time later in the week
large crews in the orchards pick and Mr. Smith drove them over the
ing llurllelts, most of which have mountain to their home.
been sold to the canneries.
The Van lloeverherg, Fisher and I Ernie Lombard is working in the
l>cl Itio ranches are scenes of much , fruil harvest at the Modoc orchard.
Ovid and Kussel Wheeler of Eu-
activity
with
approximately
40
workers al each place, and the B‘ ne have been
■» «he home
smaller orchards swell this total.
j of Lawrence Smith several days
Parking houses w ill not op*,i ,b ‘* week>
their heavy season until later, how
Alice Dusenberry returned home
ever. as only Ihe smaller liartletts
arc being packed this year. Packing la!>« Saturday from visiting Ihe pre-
uf Anjous und Boses w ill bring I he vious week with her sister and
number of fruit workers on these husband, Mr. and Mrs. Haymond
ranches Io well over 250, and as a Biles at their camp at Crater Lake.
result of the fine growing season
Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. John
Ibis year, the large crop should
keep the harvesters busy even long I Smith and children, Roberta, Alien
er than usual.
*' ; and Jean nnd Merl Kendall all en-
, joyed the birthday dinner, given in
lioonr of Margie Smith's tenth
Fire Sweeps Over Upper
j
n
birthday anniversary, by her par-
1 ab le K o c k o u n d a y r . M . m is, Mr. and Mrs. George Smith.
A fire that started from Ihe back
fire of a tractor swept over up
per Table Hock Sunday, burning
oft brush and small trees. The fire
covered about 200 acres and was
fanned by a heavy wind. The fire
was pul under control Monday.
Ted Wharton of Gold H ill and
Mark Campbell spent several days
lust week camping out in Drum-
mond's Gulch near the forks of
Sardine creek.
Mrs. Ben Bcnningfield is now
employed in a Medford restaurant.
Pamphlet Circulators
Plead Guilty Monday
Mrs. Alice Herman and children
I spent Tuesday w ilh Mrs. Julia IL
Electa A. Fehl, May Murray, and Griffiths, while her sons Grant
; Powell and Geruld Herman attend
E. L. Filch, Indicted for criminal
ed Io business In Medford. Mrs.
libel.
Monday morning entered
Griffiths suffered from a nervous
pleas ol guilty In circuit court. Im
break down early this week und is
posing of sonlctice was ddferred
not so well as usual since then.
until September 4.
The trio were charged w ith the
Jesse Bing w ilh his w ife and
circulation of a pamphlet, entitled
hnby daughter of Marshfield, visit
"Black Criminal Plot Exposed”, in
ed w ilh his grandmother, Mrs. Ira
which witnesses, juries and Ihe
Drake, and various other relatives
court in the Jackson county ballot
here for several days last week. He
theft trials were attacked.
returned to his home Tuesday
The district attorney claimed that
where he has been employed for
Ihe pamphlet text was written by
some lime, as lumber grs: ler in Ihe
Earl IL Fehl. former county Judge,
sawmills of MarshfieM.
now serving four years In stale
prison for bnllol theft conviction.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Earl Croft were
The
court characterixed
Ihe
business
visitors in Medford Salur
pamphlet,** as nauseating in its
day where Mr. Croft had some
nastiness.”
denial work done.
New Stamp Tax on
Melon« and Tomatoes
No Cost to Consumers
Consumers of melons and lonia-
;oes w ill not pay the coat of stamps
which go on each crate sold in Ihe
two siales, as a result of Ihe Ore
gon Washington Melon nnd Toma
Io Marketing agreement, according
Io Morion Tompklna, chairman of
Ihe agreement's executive com
mittee of Dayton, Oregon.
"This tax w ill he paid by the
growers themselves, the
income
from which w ill go to pay Hie coat»
of administering und enforcing the
agreement which sets all minimum
prices on melons nnd tomatoes.
Growers are glad Io pay this small
tax when they get cost of produc
tion for their crop", said Mr. Tomp
kins.
" II is the agreement’s job Io see
I lint Ihe growers get cost of pro
duction, rather flint the ruinous
prices of Ihe past several years.
Not only w ill growers get a fair
price for their melons nnd tomatoes
but consumers w ill he assured of
good, well-graded merchandise nt no
Increased prices. The agreement is
intended to eliminate unfair trade
practices which have beat down
growers’ prices and ralsad those
paid by the consumer."
The truck which J'-lin Ritter had
been hauling his wouG with, broke
down this week and Charles Kell
■if Gold H ill wns called out to heip
wilh it.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Earl Smith and John
Newsem of Los Angeles, and Dale
Smith were callers at Ihe home of
Mrs. Nina Dusenberry Suturday.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles House
holder and Mr. and Mrs. Burk oi
Los Angeles, motored here for a
visit of several days with M i.
Householder’s sister, Mrs. Nina
Dusenberry. They arrived Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Household
er, Mr. nnd Mrs. Burk, nnd Mrs.
Nina Dusenberry nil took dinner
and spent Hie evening w ith their
brother, Ralph Householder nnd
family at Talent, Tuesday. Mrs. May
Forbes and Mr. nnd Mrs. James
Forbes nnd fam ily of Eagle Point
also spent Tuesdny with the for
mer’s sister, Mrs. Nina Dusenberry
nnd other relatives here.
Mr. nnd Mrs. John
fam ily were business
('■rants Pass, Saturday.
Smith and
visitors in
Mrs. Mildred Wright and family,
(Back Paga Pleaaa)
NUMBER 16
The city of Gold H ill this week
received the last payment of its
funds invested w ith the Benefit
Savings and l-oan association. A
year ago the city stopped investing
! with this association when it was
found illegal for a city to become a
¡stockholder in any business of this
kind. At that time the city had ap-
proxiinately $12.000 with the com
pany as a sinking fund for retire
ment of water bonds.
On October 1 the loan association
repaid «4000 and on January 1 an-
o,ber WO00. According to the city’s
*be payment received this
ww‘*‘ does "of quite cover the
arao,Jnt invested. Also no interest
was included which the city holds
they are entitled to.
A special mealing was held Mon-
’’V PT‘>ni"« bv ,he council and a
,e,««ram wn*
’« Miss Bertha
' ' who is ,n
'his
lo take the matter up w ith the loan
association. Miss Coy ig expected
home this week end.
Granddaughter of
“Calamity Jane” Seek«
Lost Brother Here
Transient Loses Arm
FROM OUR FILES
25 Years Ago
From The Gold H ill News
of July 23. 190#
The baseball game Sunday be
tween Gold H ill and Jacksonville,
resulted in victory for the visitors
by a score of 7 to 2. A team can
not expect to play ball unless they
practice. This thing of jumping a
man up off the grass and expect
ing him Io play hall with an aggre
gation like Jacksonville is out oi
¡he question.
J. Davidson and Andrew Jennings
of this city who made a trip to Ihe
Golden Drift dam near Grants Pass
Io invesligale Ihe matter of fish gel
ling over the ladder, report that it
is almost nn utter impossibility for
fish to gel over the alleged fishway.
This is one of the main reasons for
the poor fishing in the Bogue in
this section.
T . D. Jones holds the speed
record from Gold H ill to Woodville,
making the distance of 8 miles on a
An interesting letter from Jessie motor cycle in twenty three min
E. Oakes, 918 Sunset Ulvd., Los An utes.
geles, California, was received by
this paper early this week. Mrs.
It is stated that the Electric Gold
Oakes is a granddaughter of Dredging Co, which recently pur
'’ Caluralty Jane'X noted character chased Ihe Centennial mine near
of Ihe early days and a pal of Gold H ill plans to install machinery
Buffalo Bill. The letter follows:
and dredge the land purchased. By
Dear Editor:
Ihe time the mining ground is
I am wondering if there are any worked out there w ill be some 40
of the old pioneers in your beauti acres of land adapted to the rais
ful
country
whom
remembers ing of fruit.
"Calamity Jane”, whose maiden
name was Martha Jane Canary. I Autoista Warned of
om the granddaughter of Calamity
Ashland Undercrossing
Jane, who is dead now and buried
beside “W ild Bill Hicknk” at Dead
Motorists of Ashland and vicinity
wood. S. Dak. Died in 1903.
My reason for contacting some of are warned against the dangerous
undercrossing
the old pioneers of your country Li condition of Ihe
this. I am trying to locate my broth north of that city. Construction has
er— Charley or Jack Oakes. This progressed to the stage where it
man is the grandson of Calamity has been necessary to build a de
Jane of historical fame. This man tour around Ihe site of the tempor
has been heard of in Oregon w ith in ary trestle, and motorists who are
the past ten years. I believe I wen unwary or who approach the in
playing w ith my brother when I cline at a high rale of speed may
hurt my back. We were separated easily meet w ith disaster, either in
the form of skidding on the loose
then.
Hoping you can advise me as to earth, or through collision with
where I can obtain some inform»- some south or north bound auto
tion in regards to my search. 1 am mobile.
The temporary trestle is rapidly
thanking you ahead of time for
nearing completion, and excavation
your kindness.
on the final stage of the work w ill
Yours truly,
begin soon.
Jessie E. Oakes,
918 Sunset Blvd.,
Los Angeles, Calif.
390 New CCC Youths
Fire
Burns Over
Blackwell
Arrive from East
Hill
A fire that started about noon
Wednesday near the Foley place on
the old stage road, swept over
Blackwell h ill that afternoon nnd
evening. The forest service had im n
in Ihe district to control the fire
which covered several hundre I
acres. Il was not learned whether
any buildings were burned.
Popular Demand for
New Electric Ranges
Word has just been received by
local officials of the California
Oregon Power company that in
response to popular demand another
carload of specinl Wesiinghouse
automatic electric ranges has just
been purchased from Ihe factory.
When this big range offer was first
advertised in the newspapers a
short time ago the response exceed
ed all expectations nnd the entire
shipment was completely sold out
in a few days. The California Ore
gon Power company immediately
wired the Wesiinghouse factory for
another carload and it is now on Ihe
way. Many of these ranges are al
ready sold and local residents are
advised that nny additional orders
w ill have to be placed at once, as a
policy of first come, first served,
w ill have Io prevail.
This is said to be the first time a
fully automatic, completely equip
ped electric range has ever been of
fered to Ihe public nt such retnnrk-
ably low price and on such easy
terms. After present stocks are sold
out, the offer w ill be withdrawn, as
this purchase was a facory close-out
order nad no more of these ranges
w ill be available.
In Attempt to Climb
Onto Moving Freight
Ancient History
Three hundred ninety new CCC
members arrived in the Medford
district Monday from Fort Sheri
dan, 111. The men are replacing
those recently discharged at the ex
piration of their enlistment.
The train was accompanied by-
two officers, two medical officers
and five enlisted men. Following
is the list of camps w ith the numb
er of replacements assigned to
each: China Flats, 26; McKinley,
66; Tyee, 72; Steamboat, 40; T iller,
33; Hand, 57; Wineglass, 60; and
South Fork, 38.
The train arrived in Medford at
11:40 a. m., after stopping to un
load men at Hosehprg, Riddle and
Grants Pass.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors for tlieir kind as
sistance during our loss by fire.
Also Ihe stale police and all who
helped in any wav.— Mr. and Mrs.
R. Keif.
A LW AYS SAFE
Through famine and flood
W ar and pestilence
Good times and bad
We have always been safe
Deposit your money in Jackson
County Banks.
Get more interest than the gov
ernment pays
And still be as safe here as the
government
W ilh your money always avail
able.
(Premium on U. S. Bonds con
sidered).
Farmers A Fruitgrowers Hank
(Deposit« Insured)
An unidentified hobo lost bis arm
in a painful accident early this
(Thursday* morning when the man
attempted to catch a ride on a mov
ing Southern Pacific freight in the
yards at the cement plant. The ac
cident occurred about three o'clock.
Four transients had ridden into
town on the early freight from
Grants Pass and were riding in a
box car. The freight slopped at the
cement plant to leave empties to be
loaded w ilh cement. The car the
men were in was one of the number
set o ff on the siding. When the
hoboes discovered that their car
had been sidetracked and the train
was pulling out on the main line
they made a run for it. Evidently
the one in the lead did not realise
Ihe train had already gained con
siderable speed and when he grab
bed for the ladder on the side he
was thrown beneath the wheels
of the train, severing his arm at the
shoulder.
Upon seeing the plight of his
mate, one of the other transients
ran to the cement plant and notified
workmen. The injured man was
taken to a hospital in Grants Pass
immediately.
This morning the mangled arm
was found in the yards by the
section crew and was burned.
Game Commission to Study
Duck Season Question
A special session of the state
game commission to study the duck
.lunting question w ill probably be
held in the near future. D r. Irving
Vining of the commission told mem
bers of the Isaac Walton council of
Oregon during the dosing session
of the counci's annual threeiday
•onvention at Silverton Sunday. He
promised consideration of suggest
ions that Oregon make arrange
ments to schedule the proposed
season of 30 days in less than 15
weeks. Carl D. Shoemaker, secre
tary of the w ild life committee of
the United States senate, had pre
viously explained the 30-day recom
mendation to the council.
Resolutions passed during the
council session included:
Commending the action taken at
Ihe national convention urging pur
ification of streams.
Favoring state co-operation in the
restoration of the w ild life breed
ing area of Malheur lake.
Favoring prevention of steelhead
for commercial purposes.
Deploring diversion of part of
state game fund to general fund of
the state, and urging that no more
withdrawals be made.
Opposing any federal license fee
for hunting on any federally own
ed land and any regulation which
may restrict hunting or fishing on
such land, except for the purpose of
conservation.
OREGON W IL L GET
$900,000
R E L IE F
The August relief funds to the
;ta(e, amounting to more than «900,-
100 which the federal government
had declared would not be paid un-
'ess Oregon had made more effort
to meet the same amount, w ill be
forthcoming it was reported Tues-
lay by Charles V. Galloway, relief
lireetor at Salem, who returned
from the national capital this week.
Gallo-way, w ith Elmer R. Goudv
of ihe state relief committee, were
sent to Washington after ahe gov
ernor had heen informed by the fed
eral emergency relief administra
tion that Oregon’s share would
cease after July unless the state had
contributed more than already has
been done in the past.
Fred Baker was brought to his
home here Saturday from the hos
pital in Medford where he has been
receiving medical attention follow
ing back injuries received when he
fell recently while employed in a
mine.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Stone and
daughter Netty accompanied Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. W ardrip of Grants
Pnss on a very enjoyable trip thru
the Oregon Caves Sunday. The
caves are highly improved since
M t . and Mr». Wardrip went thru
sis« yean an ,