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The M o il Thoroughly Read W eekly in Southern Oregon, Published in the Biggest L ittle Town in the State
VOLUME XXXVII
WORLD NEWS
GOLD HILL. OREGON, THURSDAY AUG USI' 2, 1934
N U M B E R 17
Transient Recovering
Jacksonville and Gold
Jess Gilchrist Buys
School Board L e t. Bus
From T rain Accident
H ill Slated to Play
Texaco Service Station
And Nurse Contracts
Tie O ff Sunday, Aug. 5
According Io word from the hos-
Huge Midwest
Tree Planting
Program Made
The Gold H ili schools w ill again
A deal was completed last Friday
pitul in
Grants
Pass,
Everett
have ihe service of a county beap.h
W
ith
the
series
for
the
season
whereby
Jess
Gilchrist
took
ovei
Murphy, 00, transient who lost Ids I
nurse the next terra. The board
arm while trying Io board a moving luuding at two wins each, Goid the Texaco Service Station operat­
—News gleaned Rom events or
H ill
uud
Jacksonville
baseball ed for the pust ten months by Mr. voted Monday evening to continue
Southern
Pacific
freight
train
at
Ibr week, and a little comuiru.
lb»- service started two years ago.
the yards near the cement plant ' Irums w ill renew the struggle for
from the editor's viewpoint.
and Mrs, Leslie A. Cook. Jess T br amount of «25« for 12 months
lust Thursday morning, is recover-i supremacy of the bush leugue trams
is well known in Southern Oregon w |ll again be paid.
ing. Murphy gave ids address as ¡ Sunday afternoon when the two
During Ihe past two years County
and
has had considerable exper­
outfits
mis
on
the
Goid
H
ill
.Sacramento, California. The man, in
ience in this line. He w ill continue School Nurse Sybil W alker has call­
The coasl-wide »trike was lifslory company w «h three other tren- ¡ grounds.
ed on the Gold H ill schools. It is
thia week when 12.000 longshore­ sients, were riding In an empty
Jacksonville beat Gold lllll twice Io handle Texaco ( roduels.
men went bark to work Tuesday. freight car which was switched off on the latter’s diumond and the
Mr. and Mrs. Cook left Friday not known whether she w ill again U . S. Government P la n . I N
The strike had raged for nearly on the siding at the plant. When Cement Makers turned around and for Portland where Mr. Cook w ill lie selected to serve the local
M ile W indbreak Coating
three months, starting on May II. It the men realised the train was trimmed the Miners the same
employed, going back Io a po- schools. There are two nurses and
each
is
assigned
different
schools
to
is estimated that the strike eosl up­ leaving without the car they were number of dine» on their
field. Htlon he formerly held in the Hose
|7 S ,0 N ,IH from Canada
make regular visits and to eondus*.
wards of $200,000.000. Eight lives in they made a run for the moving When the teams cross bats for the
to
Mexico.
clinics, etc. The service received by
were lost during riots in various train. When Murphy grabbed for fifth time Sunday most anything is '
the local school has been of much
eoast cities.
the side of thé box car he -.lipped ,ike,y ,u h 'P i*“ “ «*1» club is F ru it W orkers M ust
benefit and many parents are glad
' beneath the wheels causing bis arm
,o finiU ‘ ,hc * * • * » with
Additional facts regarding the re­
Have Oregon P la te . to hear that a nurse w ill be oa dutv
ihe series lucked away.
President
Hoosev«(M*s cruising Io be severed nt the shoulder
cent announcement by Secretary
again the next 12 months.
Last Sunday Gold H ill traveled
party is headed for Portland from
_____________ ____
Wallace and Chief Forester F. A.
Two bus contracts were ma«le at
A persistent campaign is being
Io Glendale where they lost u d o te
Silcos that work would start im-
H aw aii where the President spent S . P. Engine Knock. 3
staged by stale police against fruit the meeting Monday. They were tne<bately in connection w ith the
game by u score of 3 Io 2.
five dins enjoying the warm d im
r>
r-
■
Box C a r. O ff Track In
workers who are driving with out with Clyde and Clinton W alker, President’s order allocating funds
ate of that land. The cruiser lions-j
present drivers. Clyde W alker w ill
of state licenses on their cars.
E arly M orning Mishap LOAN AHSOCIATION BAIJC ON
ton w ill reach Portland Friday
for a 100 mile windbreak in the
receive
88« per month and Clinton
Sis
arrests
were
made
Tuesday
morning and Ihul afternoon Presi­
PAYING IN TER E ST TO CITY
prairie states have been received
W
alker
$11«.
Clinton
Walker's
near Medford with fines resulting.
Three bos ears of a Southern
dent Roosevelt w ill give an address
by Regional Forester C. J. Buck of
route w ill take him Io the Tolo and
Pacific train were crushed together
at Itonnevillc dam.
At a special meeting of the city California license plates are most
PortlaaiL
und toppled off the (racks, Iw o of council Wednesday evening, Miss common on the offending cars but W illow Springs districts to pick up
By direction of the President,
a Nebraska and a Kansas plate ap- students and the ¿‘strict w ill re­
People in the vicinity o f Chadron, them fulling into the ditch, curly Bertha Coy, city treasurer, report- peured among these vic tim .
ceive
aid
from
the
non-high Secretary Wallace has authorized
Monday
morning
on
the
main
line
Nebraska, experienced the th rill of
the Forest Service to make expen­
ed Ihul she had, according to their
The state officers are keeping school district fund for this.
feeling un eurlhquuke Monday when Jusl buck of Ihe llozv Tcpovac place
The board ordered the district- ditures for the present of only 810,-
request, interviewed officials of Ihe close watch of transient workers.
in
(•old
H
ill.
The
accident
hapiien-
a tremor rattled dishes and slopped
000,000 of the total sum of $15,000,-
cd about one o'clock und Ihe crash Benefit Savings and I-oun associa- Bs '* *• generally felt that it is only owned buses be repaired and put 000 provided in the executive order.
clocks. I.itllc dumugc resulted.
was heard by muny residents of lion of Pori land in regard Io in- ,ai r *° *®5*‘ fruil h « " « ‘ ers. «"'<» Into shape for the season. Veltie The ultimate cost of the project is
,
, on , funds
i the city i had • . invest-
. > other
residents Oregon
of ihe , icen#„
slate that Biles and Ernest Boss hold con­
dial section of (own.
tereal
, h< y J)Urrha#e
Marie Dressier, widely
known
driving
these buses. estimated at $75,000,000, of which
for tracts for
Tile
accident
happened
when
Ihe
stage and screen star, answered Hie
ed w ith them.
Surety
bonds
of
Biles,
Ross and over 90 per cent w ill go to farmers
their
cars
while
earning
money
in
engine of the I ruin came rushing
call of death Saturday when she
According to Ihe city figures, Oregon, and using Oregon roads.
Carl
Boulh
were
approved
at the largely for labor, for plowing,
fencing, planting and caring for
passed nwuy at a Santa Barbara, out of the siding at the cement *303.87 is still due for interest on
meeting.
Illuni, smashing into the box curt
trees. It is expected that 25 per
California, hospital. The Iasi cur­
Ihe city’s investments, which creat­
I.
O.
O.
F.
LODGE
NBWB
stunding on the mam line about
cent of the total expenditures can be
tain of her career rang down ul
ed a sinking fund for paying off
Park Squirrel Moves
300 feel from the switch. The cars
made in he nest 12 to 18 montlis.
3:35 P. M. Miss Dressier was 62
water bonds. However, business
The
Instalating
team
of
the
Gold
Fam ily as Tourists W atch
bad jusl been left on the main track
Beginning at the Canadian bor-
years old. She hud been ill with
w ith the association had been dis­ H ill lodge No. 199 journeyed to
a few minutes before when the cn-j
.
.. ..
, „ , , , ,der, this protection forest belt w ill
cancer for the past two years.
continued in July, 1933, when it Medford Tuesday where they and
Crater Lake National Park, July »,trwtcll down through lhe Dako!ait
ginc uud crew went to the plunl Io
was found Ihe transaction violated Ihe D. D. G. M,, Paul Thompson In­ 81—loist week a Crater Lake Go!
switch. When they returned from
Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and
the state law.
The
three
army
stratosphere
stalled Ihe officers
of Ihe _________
Medford den-.Mantled squirrel another was
_____ _____
the siding Ihe light of the locomo-l
aviators who took off ul Itapid City, five did not show on th r curs d ue1 Recently Ihe
loan
association lodge. Those assisting were: H. D. taking her of I spring h r task for mis- into the Panhandle of Texas.
M Million Acres Affected
paid Ihe eilv $3.638.22. the balance Force, D.D.G. marshal; R. E. Cook, chievousness, this week she was
S. D., reached an altitude of GU.ooo
to the curve on the sidetrack and
The area immediately affected
fed according to a statement hut a the crew evidently misjudged the of Ihe 811.6.38.22 invested w ith the D.D.G. Warden; W. W. Kittle, D .D .j risking her life for their safety.
eompuny, hut they did not, it Is G. Seey; W. H. Fergu«on, D .D.G.) It seems as though she had built approximates 20 million acres. O f
huge rip in the side o f tlve balloon
.(¡sinner between the siding and
forced them down. The men took Io
charged, include interest which treasurer: Earl Moore. D.D.G. chap- her nest at the corner of a Gov- this, about 1,820,000 acres w ill be
the place the cars were left.
parachutes to make a landing, which
amounted Io $303.87 due p rio r to lain and Toney Boss, D.D.G. guard, ernmenl Camp building where foot planted to trees. According to the
A transient riding in the empty
plan o f the project, windbreaks
July 1933. when the city stopped Every one hud a fine time.
still proves that everything that
’ and auto traffic were not conducive
cars narrowly escaped injury that
running north and south w ill he
making payments Io the company.
goes up must slili come down. The
Don't
forget
the
big
picnic
Sun-
to
the
best
interests
of
a
growing
might have proven serious when he
The city w ill lake Ihe matter up day, August 12 in Ihe Grants Pass fam ily. Tourists and children were planted one mile apart, making ap­
men were uloft ten hours. Coining
lini-pencil to jump out of Ihe car to
100 parallel
w ind­
with Ihe slate ror|mrnlion commis­ park. Everyone bring a basket oft times bothersome in their proximately
down they dropped 500 fed an hour
gn(|
and when a few thousand fee-
„ (hlUl for , h(. sioner in an effort to collect the lunch. Golden lodge No. 78 furnish- eagerness to obtain closeup views breaks in the 100-mile wide belt.
Each windbreak w ill be 7 rods
balance due them.
es milk, sugar, coffee and w aler of Ihe little ones and occasionally an
right-of-way Jusl as the engine
wide, covering 14 acres out of each
w ith their parachutes. Valuable in rrn%hp(, in(o lh(1
inellon.
so
be
sure
nnd
be
there
by
automobile
would
come
too
near.
cars. He said Iw o
square mile or approximately 2 per
MRS. H IT T I.B ENTERTA IN S
slrunienls ill the hulloon were lost >
I o'clock. The Grand Master. Chas.1 When such attention became too
cars Jack-knifed, stood for a few
cent.
when Hit- crafl struck Hit- ground.
PAST
NOBLE
GRANDS
CLt’B
Poole
w
ill
be
there.
v
great,
the
mother
scurried
away
to
minutes, nnd then fell
Hi
The western border of this bell
Toney Ross, Secy.
a [mint 200 yards distant by a tree,
ditch.
w
ill
follow approximately the line
The terrific heal wave that pass­
The members of the Post Noble
began digging and constructed a
A «all for a wrecker from Ash­
of 18 inches annual rainfall.
ed over the scorched middlewcsl land was placed and it arrived Grand eluh met at Ihe home nt
GORHAMS H A VE DAUGHTER
nest. She rolled her youngsters in ­
“This w ill be the largest project
was temporarily
halted Sunday
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to small compact balls, picked up
about six o'clock. The relief crew- their president Mrs. W, W. H ittle I
ever undertaken in this country .’o
when light showers fell in scu'.lcrcd
Thursday
for
their
regular
m
eeting.'
Mr.
nnd
Mrs.
Art
Gorham
are
the
each one by Ihe stomach and cross­
cleared the track for the Oregon
modify climatic and other agricul­
sections. More than 1400 people
Ian Io pass, by eight-thirty, the pas­ Those present were Madge Dorman, proud parents of a baby girl which ed a road busy with veto traffic, tural conditions in an area that It
perished from I he heat.
Pearl
Ferguson,
Benn
Davis,
Lilly
arrived
to
gladden
their
home
Mon-
She
barely
escaned
death
under
senger being held up about an hour.
now constantly harassed hv winds
all
The ears were set hack on the and E lla Carter. Ada Cook. Kath­ day July 30. She weighed 6 lbs and roll ng wheels. She broke
and drought", F. A. Silcos, Chief
The family of John Dillinger,
erine
Lance.
Evelyn
Thompson,
14
ounces
nnd
has
been
named,
:.<fuirrel
speed
records
in
making
•rucks nnd on the track and every­
Forester, said.
slain desperado, took to thr stage
thing cleaned up by mld-nfternoon. Viola Moore, Emma lla ff nnd Ihe Donna Arlene. Mother and daughter the transfer hilt on her last trio
"The Great Plains have been suf­
during the past week to raise money
hostess. Refreshments were served are doing nicely al the Purucker sin was so exhinsied. she. was
acutely
from
prolonged
for burial expenses. A theatre in In ­
at Ihe close of the meeting.
Maternity home In Medford.
barely able to reach her new home. fering
drought. The economic and social
dianapolis signed the family for ap­ Red Cros. Seeks Aid
consequences are extremely ser­
fo r Dorria Fire V ic tim .
pearance ill llit-ir showhouse.
LITTLE PEN-O-GRAMS
ious. The dust storm which recent­
ly blanketed the country from me
Bed Gross officials of Jackson
Four thousand Austrians were
Dakotas to the Atlantic seaboard
killed Saturday when government county received word Tuesday from
is an ominous reminder of the in­
troops anil nnzis clashed in a Ihe Pacific branch headquarters in
cipient dester conditions in the
San Francisco asking the local
bloody hatllr near Viennu.
Great Plains area.
county chapter to accept a quota of
"Man cannot change a ll the
President
von llinilenburg of 8250 to contribute to families left
forces of weather, but he can mod­
Germany lies critically ill. nnd re­ deslitute when their homes burned
ify his own surroundings. He can
ports are that he has little chance in the Sunday fire al Dorris, Cal­
ameliorate the effects of weather
of recovery. Ills death now w ill ifornia.
on a large scale, just as be can
Tile fire destroyed 45 homes with
greatly complicale the civil unrest
around his own home. I f the sur-
in Germany as lie has hern Ihe re­ ninety families suffering loss from
ace velocity of the wind over a
straining Influence In Ihe Nazi the blaze. A $15,000 fund Is being
wide area can be decreased even
regime. An order has been issue.I bull! up for relief of the families
slightly, soil w ill be held in place,
that pu|M-rs should not speculate on in need of food, clothing and shel­
the moisture of the soil w ill be con­
who would be his successor saying ter. The money w ill be raised In
served, and havens of shelter w ill
northern California and Southern
that “this has been taken care of,"
oc created for man, beast and bird.
Oregon counties.
“This plan aims at permanent
Dorris is located in northern Cal­
benefit and protection of the Great
ifornia on the Southern Pacific
Plains belt and east of it.
railroad about 30 miles south of
Only the land planted to the
Klamath Falls. The fire started in
shelter strips w ill be acquired by
a sawmill, putting about 125 men
the Government through purchase,
out of work.
lease, or cooperative agreement,
Mr. Silcos explained. The aress in
Dick Harris, S, P. road master
between these shelter strips w ill re­
was in town Sunday evening be­
AM CMf
main in private ownership, and
tween trains attending to business
»«TROUT
«M M « INtOMdtt IMtr'S
consequently, farmers on this land
affairs for Ihe railroad.
COOK
•UN6 ANUOwur warmiM
w ill be able to produce crops and
livestock under the most ideal con­
A L W A Y S SAFE
ditions.
Tltrotigli famine and flood
Fencing of the windbreaks is es­
War and pestilence
sential for protection of the woou
days
Good limes and had
lands against cattle. In many cases,
We have always been safe
existing fences w ill he utilised.
Deposit your money In Jackson
Plan Success in Europe
County Hanks.
This
tremendous project, Silcos
Get more interest Ilian Ihe gov­
.explained, is not without precedent.
ern men I pays
On the contrary, it is based upon
(Premium on II. S. Bonds con­
the long-time experience of several
sidered).
European countries, notably Italy,
And still be ns safe here ns Ihe
Hungary, and Russia. In those
government
h a v e no ‘a lie n a te d
countries, where shelter belts have
W ith your money always avail-
a ffectio n ’
been us « m ! over a period of many
i able.
years and on an extensive scale,
Vsmws- » « .•» » .
Farmers A Fruitgrowers Bank
and Comment
Smilin' Charlie S¿y«
I ./
"Do&
*
“TK Bird who fall«
in love with him­
s e lf ain't gonna ;
cases on
M s hand.«
(Deposits Insured)
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