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The Most Thoroughly Read W eekly in Southern Oregon, Published in the --------------■ ' ■ ■ VOLUME XXXVII _ ttUKLU NEWS and Comment m I' gleaned h u m event* of »• <>. «ml a bule coiiinica: uh lb« uliloi a viewpoint. Hioma» J. Mooney, 5 l-yeur-o|,| , u n i 1 w ho ba* served IK year» in San t jiu h in i p e n ite n tia ry to r ruin- !•'< ly h i tin lU iti San Francisco pi epaiedlivss duy parade bombing, Ibia week Inal another chance of freedom w hen Ihe supreme court m li I hia case should not he reop- 1 < il Mooni > 1 o iite iid e il he hail In i n M ill lo pi ¡soil on perjured evi lleni v. lb s o n ly hope fo r freedom m a pm don fro m Ihe governor o f Cal- it o io ii. Four previous governors ¡w it- iciused lo pardon Mooney. I 1li1.1l 1? ip iro u n d Mushing lm I). 1 Ill's, week said Ihe ait- inii isii alio u w ould bke Ilo see See le t 1 o , It 1,1 s o r M id lace us the ru n ning 111.de fo r President Roosevelt in Ihe 1936 election. The president how ever spiked tile rum or w ith ihe statement (hat he w ould again like h ' m John Nance G arner get Ihe n o m in iiiin n . ti'e in R W itte , executive lit 1 1 of P u s th n i Roosevelt's ct 'inn r si i n rily c o m m itte r attack ed the Townsend old age pension plan Monday saying Ihe plan w ould not fit in to Hie present American economic system, lie cla im * Ihe P posed tw o per eenl sales tax veould raise hut enough revenue to pay Ihe pensions fo r Iw o o r three h i . n h Senator Wagner, democrat from Y o rk Tuesday Introduced the N ew senate's soeial scclirlts hill, lie pro posed a •‘■tu a month pension w hich v aliti ro si the government $1,680,- niHiiaiti j, year, lie stated. Twenty p tins hroiighout Ihe m u I sso u h l'lik e h i adopt the Mnt riean b a b y Helen P riscilla Stum, orphaned by Ihe m urder of In r uns.siouury parents in China a sie te tim e ago. Ih e “ nnraele baby" boss ser ss .Il live w ith her g ra n d parents. l i t lis t iiio u lh s-o h l ch ild is e .ille tl the "miracle baby” hccuus • lit ss us l i f t lo the in an abandoned Ina. a fte r her o .ireiils. H r. and 'lis . J. C. Slam, had been left be headed by brigand*. ' I, rl Mais and W a lte r Legenza, no io rio u s gangsters, w ho roamed several eastern llule*, and were . t.nt if.ml of killing K. M. Iluband, itiehmoinl. V'lrgin u, federal reserve hinds tru ck d riv e r, w ill go lo the I'leelii t'hiiii F e b ru a ry 2. Judge John I.. Ingham made the ru lin g ' \ s o lo t s fo r tin prosecution in Ihe Lindbergh tria l was scorn i a stiu t when Judge Thomas w . rre iie lm itl admitted Ihe kidnaper's I ih I i I i i ;e evidence in Ihe ease. Th>' ilefeuse hud lough! b itte rly fo r three sst i ks lo kFcp Ihe ludder ou: of evidence. Eastern stales experienced a cold sense Hull sw ep t t a I w ard from Ih t ssesl coast enils lid s week. Wed nesday leiiipta aliirc s as lo w as 30 and Hl d e g rees were common In llin l part o f the co u n try. At Fori MeM urry, Alberta, Canndu, 300 miles n o rlli of Winnepeg. the th e r mometer went as lo w as 00 degrees b elo w zero. F o u r b a n d its held no a United S lab " m all tru ck id F all River, Mass Hus week mid escaped w ith *129.060. Smilin'Charlie Says - » A fir i think« ffli w ront for a yean« man t' attempt f M m her hu t she ‘ ’ bad ferie n midhty aboutH ifhedooeai ct Little Town in the State , NUMBER 42 GOLD HILL, UR-EGON, THURSDAY, J A N U A R Y ^ 1935 F ire Destroy« Collin« Ranch Home Near Tolo An overheated stove ciused Ihe 13-rooui farm home o f Joe Collin«, near Ihe T o lo overhead crossing to burn lo Hie ground cu rly last Friday m orning. The loss was o a rlia lly covered by insurance. • Mr. C ollins had started ,i fire in Ihe .love about fo u r o'clock and had re la rn rd lo bed u n til Ihe house warm ed up a h it. A short lim e later flumes were discovered, hul w e r e lieym id c o n tro l. Mr*. C ollins and daughter were also in Ihe d w e llin g at Ihe lim e. They were unable lo save much fro m Hie flames which q u ie klv consumed Ihe b u ild fl|.. O llie r buildings on Ihe p ro p e rly were saved through e ffo rts of neighbor* w ho gulhered lo help. Snow »0 the ground also aided in saving o ilie r slruelure*. I, 1- ’" " 'jr a i 1 « ■ w — ■ FOOTS CREEK N EW S A ncient H istory (lly Mrs. M arlon Lame«) FROM OUR FILES 26 Years Ago ..... ............................. . .i a i i a The C ivic club o f Rogue R iver was entertained ul Hie h is to rica l Birdseye Imine January 11. In re sponse lo the ro ll cull Ihe fo llo w in g ludie* gave Ihe name o f th e ir fav o rite hook; Mrs. C loyd H ick, Mrs. Thomas Knox, M r*. C harle* La Cross, Mrs. D uvi*, Mrs. Green, Mr*. Du vid McLaren, M r*. S. Swank, Mrs. Elizabeth F o w le r, Mrs. Chas. F o r sythe, Mrs. A lbert M eilvain, Mrs. L ig h tn e r, Mrs. Leonard Lund, Miss H u ll, Mis Simonson and Ihe hostess es, Mrs. E ffie uud Mrs. V ic to r B ird seye. From Ihe Gold H ill N e w * of January 22, 1910. Gold Hill Waa Real Train Center Friday Due to Ihe ro u tin g o f Cascade lin e trains over Ihe Shasta lin e last F r i day, a num ber o f extra tra in s pass ed through Gold H ill. Heavy snows and blocked roadbeds in Ihe moun tains on the Cascade route caused the tra in * to be sent over th is line. F rid a y m orning between 9:30 and 11:66 o’clock five passenger tra in s and a fre ig h t, w ent thro u g h th is c ity and it rem inded resident* o f the "good old days” when a ll o f Ihe Southern P acific tra in s operated on the Shasta line. Life of a Legislator . . . By CLIN TO N P. H A IG H T. E d ito r Blue Mountain Eagle, Canyon C ity, Oregon. (E d ito r’* Note— le g is la to r Haight, described by Oregon Voter as the irrepressible, irascible e d ito r of the oft-quoted Blue Mountain Eagle,” whose "exaggerated self-depricia- tion and drolleries have p o p u la riz ed him w ith the people o f t h e southeast Oregon” , is w ritin g th!« Snow Disappears When colum n, w hich we hope to present * A. F. Stennett, a lin o typ e operator Chinook Wind Blows to o u r readers each week du rin g on the Medford Mail T rib u n e v is it the present legislative session. Ed ed his cousin, W . W. H ittle at Rock A fte r a week o f real w in te r ito r H aight w ill present each week Point Saturday. weather Southern Oregon is again news and comments about the ses News has ju st been received here enjoying that m ild clim ate that is of Hie w edding in Eos Angeles sev A daughter was born lo Mrs. E r so famous. Snow Hint decorated tin sion that are not appearing in the eral month* ago of Miss M arie Biles nest G. Siinmonds at the home of landscape fo r nearly a week dis d a ily reports o f the legislature.) Delinquent Tax Liat for and P h illip Conway. She has been 1928, 29, 30, Being Prepared v is itin g at the home o f her sister her m olher Mrs. E. J. Steelman, on appeared q u ic k ly when a ehinook And so tins is Ihe legeislaturr, Ihe Gulls creek on the 13th inst. w in d Sunday night and Monday Mrs. Oseur Joelson ul Ashland and House, one of the three legs upon P reparations are being made by is now a guest ul the home o f her came to Ihe rescue. In Ihe m oun T ile postoffice w ill have more ad tains and higher h ills how ever «here w h ich t h ; grand old state o f Oregon county o ffic ia l* to file lux fore parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Biles. equate quarters a fte r F ebruary 1st, remains considerable snow, but stands, lik e a trip o d — the executive, closure proceeding* a* required In I when il w ill be moved lo the b u ild - few patches are le ft in Ihe valley. ju d ic ia l and legislative— and under law fo r unpaid taxes fo r Ihe years "T lie tlld Settlers P ic n ic " 1* Ihe ■ ing just east o f Ihe present location. 1923, 1929, and 1930. The list w ill play that has been chosen lo be en I The Gold H ill Bank w ill occupy all Saturday was one o f the coldest o u r fp -m o f government, it i* w ith days o f the year. The therm om eter the le g isla t:ve leg that governm ent include Ihe pro p e rty o f a p p ro xi tered in Ihe Jackson county d ra * of the b u ild in g now shared w ilh Ihe m ately tw elve hundred persons. w ent as lo w as 20 degress above lim ps. ?t L t h e p a rlia m e n ta ry m atic contest by Ihe Rogue R iver i postoffice. Report* com ing lo the county zero and at no tim e d u rin g the day branch o f government that has been com m unity. Several from here are got much h ig h e r than 32 degrees. found wa itin g . Not o n ly in th is court indicate that there are some in Ihe easl. The play w ill be given II is p e rsiste n tly reported that taxpayers in Ihe county w ho are co u n try, hut throughout the w o rld in Ihe high sehool u u d ito riu in at mil aware o f Ihe fact that the fore Rogue River. The date w ill be an w o rk is soon lo be resumed on the Lodge Installing Team the fu n c‘ :on ¿»f legislative a u th o rity Gold H ill canal, know n as the closure list may include th e ir prop have been merged w ith im p e ria l nounced later. Viaits Central Point “ high lin e d itc h ” . e rly . and-ull taxpayers are requested and Ashland Paat Week rule, ta kin g the form of a H itle r, a ! lo c a re fu lly examine th e ir lax re M ussolini o r a Bureau m America. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Moe and fam The w orst grade crossing in Ore ceipts lo determ ine w hether o r no! R unning the cu rre n t o f t h e ily w ho fo rm e rly live d on Foots gon, according to the testim ony o f O fficers o f Ashland lodge No. 43 I l l 'ir luxes fo r Ihe years indicated Creek, hut fo r some tim e have re a ll w ho have seen It w ill be done and Hope Rebekah lodge No. 14 of stream, the fi.-si three b ills to ap are delinquent. I f the taxpayers re sided in Grunts Pass, have moved away w ith i f a p e titio n addressed that c ity w ere installed by the Gold pear in tne House w ere to cro w n ce ip t* have been m islaid Ihe Infor hack on Foots Creek and are now lo the honorable county court of H ill lodge in s ta llin g team last the governm ent w ilh the jew eled m otion could he obtained trom Ihe diadem o f a u th o rity, w h ich h is to ry occup>ing the Chisholm home. Jackson county is heeded by that Thursday evening. Quite a number sh e riffs o ffice o r Ihe county clerks teaches aas been sought a like b y o f lodge members fro m here w ent body. The crossing re fe rre d lo is o ffice w here a complete lis t of de both saint an I sinner, fo r a sin iste r to Ashland and a ll re p o rt having a Mrs. E ffie Birdseye attended a the one at tl»e mouth o f Sardine lin q u e n t taxes fo r those years is on o r a s ca n lifie fl sentiment. file . Im m ediate attention is neces luncheon and ineeh ig o f Ihe county creek. I l is proposed to construct a good time. But let us bounce ao c*. Monday evening t h e in sta llin g extension com m ittee ul tne co u rt new road fro m Gold H ill lo Sardine sary. This h iilo r tc room, where the house u u d ito riu in al Medford recent ereek that does not cross the ra il ! team w ent to C entral P oint to in stall o ffice rs o f Odd F ellow s lodg« House meets is not oa the square. ly when Ihe com m ittee entertained road tra ck a fte r leaving tow n. i t is a h e iu iifu l room, ornaie, pre Ticket« for Roosevelt No. 193 and Mount P it Rebekah the u n it chairm an, Miss C la rib e l tentious, gilded and w ith the great Birthday Ball on Sale N ye, slate leader o f home economics Town Team W ill Play iodg No. 167. A fte r the ceremonies <4nbellished w ith the the C entral Point members enter w indow s fro m C orvallis, w ho was guest Granta Pass Champions tained Ihe visito rs al a danein, stained a rt glass o f the cathedral o f Plans have been completed fo r speaker. medieval m ystery. the second B irth d a y Bull honoring p a rly w h ich lasted w e ll Into the The room looks much la rger 'han I f you lik e to see a fast basketball n ig tit. President Roosevelt. The a ffa ir w ill I Mr. und .Mrs. A rth u r Morey of it is, w ith the speaker, John Cooter, he held in Medford at Ihe O riental i i o rtln n d culled al ihe home ul rel.i- learn in action, put a rin g around These w ere the last tw o to w n * Gardens, Wednesday evening, Jan i uvea. Mr. ano Mrs. M. C. Boom- Wednesday, January 30. on your w here o ffice rs were to be installed standing up behind an elevated bar, lik e a saloon. D ow n in fro n t o f him uary 30. I .lu ile r uud Me*. F lo yd Bowers, one calendar to rem ind you to be at the and completed the w o rk of the local Tickets are being sold at $1.00. Of i duy Iasi week w h ile on th e ir way Gold H ill high sehool gymnasium in sta llin g team. Next year the learn is another bar w here a cow puncher fro m Eastern Oregon, m ight ba th is amount o n ly 30c w ill he sent lo io eastern Oregon. Mr. Morey is a that evening. The 26-30 club basket w ill be fro m C entral P oint. tempted to step and buy a d rin k . Ihe W arm Springs in fa n tile p a ra ly- tepresenlutive of Hie Tungsol Radio ball team fro m Grants Pass is Behind th is bar are fo u r o r five bar is hospital, Ihe rem aining 70c to company o f New York. ‘ Beavers Pley Phoenix tenders and a member can step up scheduled to play the local to w n be used in Ib is county in the tre a t Teams Here Friday Eve. to the bar and o rd e r a resolution, ment o f in fa n tile paralysis eases. Several from here were guests of b ail (ossers that night. mem orial o r a b ill o r you can fin d T ickets fo r Ihe dunce can he ob Mr. and Mrs. C loyd D ick Saturday ih e Grants Pass team are champs The Gold H ill high sehool A ami out a n yth in g that has happened luined from II. H. Reed of th is city. evening when they entertained w ith of ihe leuguv o f six teams in that B basketball learns w ill meet tw o here fo r 25 years, from Fred Drager, e ily lo r Hie firs t h a lf o f Ihe year. teams fro m Phoenix high on the a curd party. Ihe ch ie f cle rk w ho knows w hat's Oregon-W ashington Hold In the second h a lf th e y have again local gym flo o r F rid a y night o f this w h a t w ho’s w h o and w hy. taken the lead. The team is com Top in Lumber Comeback Mrs. Thomas G u llig a r was lakeu week. And to the le ft is the pres* w ith i ll last week and is a patient at the posed o f cx-eollegc and high school Phoenix is always represented by th e ir noiseless typ e w rite rs g rin d in g stars. Josephine General h o s p i t a l a. W ashington ranked firs t and Ore strong teams and Ibis year is no ex out the dope that you folks back M. B. M errim an, coach o f the ception. In a game played e a rlie r gon second in the United Slides in Grants Pass w here she is im proving. home get i n yo u r d a ily news lum ber production fo r 1933 accord Those ca lling d u rin g the past week local o u tfit, is p reparing his learn this season on (the Phoenix court papers. There is L a rry Smyth o f the fo r the hardest game of ihe season ing lo I). S. census figures recently were Mr. und Mrs. Jim Sherwood, Ihe boys from the southern end o» Oregon Jo u rn a l; Duane Hennessy, com piled by Ihe department o f com Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McN'abe and Mrs. w hen (he Clim ate C ity hunch ap the county w on over Ihe Beavers. O regonian; C. C. Chapman, w ith a pears Wednesday. merce in cooperation w illi the forc-tf E ffie and Mrs. V ic to r Birdseve. East year Ihe Beavers won a t h r il l bale o f data on legislation, fro m the The tow n team plans lo play a er fro m them on the Gold H i l l service. The total national luiubei lim e o f the great la w -g ive r Moses The new road that was b u ilt last game on (he gym flo o r every W ed hoards. eul fo r 1933 was 13,961,134.660 down to fo u r minutes pasl fo u r, Sat hoard feet as. against 10,151,232,000 summer lo replace the one lo be nesday evening. The name o f their The scheduled game w ith Jack urday; and C. K. Logan, Associated opponents w ill be announced each sonville Iasi F rid a y evening to be hoard feet fo r 1932 and 16,522,643,- mined out by the Rogue R iver Gol °ress and Salem Capital Jo u rn a l; 600 board feet fo r 1931. 1932 repre company has been finished and is week in Ihe News. played there, was postponed be W ilfre d C. Hagedorn. A lbany Demo- sents Ihe lo w w ater m ark in lum now open fo r travel. cause o f the snow and cold weather. ,-ral-H erald; and the rest o f Ihe b e r'p ro d u c tio n fo r Ihe last 6(1 year Medford CCC Basketeers The tw o teams w ill meet at a future q u ill pushers, w ho have eyes like Mr. and Mrs. Clay Riles and fam period. 1933 shows a 37 pCr cent in date. blue eagles, noses lik e hounds and And Towniea Split Game* crease over 1932, and estimates ily w ho have lived on Ihe Dick ears like w ild gazells. They kn o w point lo a marked im provem ent fo r Richman farm fo r some tim e have a ll, see a ll and feel bored. But they In a double h ill played here Wed Benefit Dances Planned 1934 over 1933 figures. In 1929 the moved lo Ih e ir place near R iviera by Odd Fellows Lodge are the boys w h o give you the dope. national lum ber cut totaled 36,886,- The Richman p ro p e rty has been soiu nesday evening Ihe Gold H ill tow n And then there are the 60 desk* to E. Reinking and w ill he occupied team divided honors w ilh the Med 1132,6611 hoard feel. and each member o r debater sits in The Odd F e llo w * are planning to fo rd CCC headquarters basketball- In 1933 W ashington eul 3,106,095,- by Ills son. give a benefit dance in the lodge a sw ivel ch a ir w ilh his charm ing ers. 660 hoard feel and Oregon 2,256, h all Saturday evening, F ebruary 2. and beautiful stenog, s ittin g on his M edford w o n Ihe p re lim in a ry 028.000 board feel. Louisiana w iv When the special deputy sherrifs The p u b lic is in vite d lo attend. A rig h t, w ith a face dim pled iu a th ird w ilh a eul o f o n ly 836,669,666 were appointed fo r Ihe ru ra l dis contest 18 lo 6. The score by q u a rt w reath o f smiles, and w ith his w ife small charge w ill be made. tric ts last week by S h e riff Syd ers: 4 to 2, 9 lo 4, 11 to 6, and 18 lo feet, M ississippi ranked fo u rth and on his le ft, sco w lin g and bored. I t A V alentine dance w ill also be C a lifo rn ia fifth . Oregon and Wash B row n, Charles P. C ham plin, Jr. 6. looks lik e a sehool room, and were given Thursday, F ebruary 14. F u r L in e up fo r Gold H ill; Dorman ington together produced 38.4 per was named fo r this com m unity. it not fo r the expense lo the tax th e r details w ill he announced and Kellogg, fo rw a rd s ; W. Higgin- ei id o f Hie national cut w h ile the payers, we w ould insist that every later. W illia m Cerveny and Ed Pre- hotliam , center; Coy and C. Kell, eight stales o f Ihe southern d is tric t member be supplied w ilh an old- fountain were shopping in Grant-. guards. produced 32.3 per cent. tim e school room slate, slate pencil Of the Oregon production 1.407,- Pass one day Iasi week. Those in Gold H ill outclassed the 3-C "Hotel” Pail Cara and sponge, fo r he has everything 666,666 feet was Douglas f ir and Medford were Mr. and Mrs. Henry engers in Ihe second game. T h e For M exico Tours else on his desk even down to a s il 681.690,066 feet Ponderosa pine. M ille r, Mr. and Mrs. E dw ard Guelz- local boys scored 13 points before ver mounted dagger to open his Spruce, hemlock, cedar, Sugar pine la ff and son, F re d e rick, Mr. and Mrs. M edford was able lo pul o n c A lready recognized b y experienc m ail fro m his in fu ra le d co n stitu W hite fir, larch and W hite pine also Roy Tom pkins and Mrs. Minnie through Ihe hoop. ed travelers as one o f Ihe w o rld ’s ency. Upon each desk are law books Score by q u a rte rs: 6 to 0, 15 to 4 figured in Ihe production, and alder, P yerly. enough to open a supreme court. 22 to I t , 28 In 19. w ith Gold com promises to become a greater al tra c eol Ion wood and maple added ap In the hack part o f the room are Mrs. Marion Lance has spent Hie m anding the lead throughout. p ro xim a te ly 26 m illio n hoard feet tion fo r tourists as a result o f the the bleachers, and bobbing abou’, The census shows 189,367 wage past week in Rogue R ive r earing fo r The lineup fo r Gold H ill: Ham- in auguration o f a i r conditioned are Ihe bell hops o r pages, attaches, earners employed by saw m ills and her m olher, Mrs. G. It. Stead, who m ersly and II. L iugren, fo rw a rd s; "H o te l Car Cruises" over ra il lines helpers, o r w hat we m ight ca ll the H artm an (Rogue R ive r), center; o f the Southern P acific o f Mexico hay hands, and there is W yatt W il logging operations in 1933 as ugninsi lias been ill Im l is im proving. T h is prediction was made by r a il liams, blacker than E gyptian night, 119,081 in 1929. However, D ecem brr G ardner and G. I.ingren, guards. SARGENTS HAVE SON road tra ffic o ffic ia ls in announcing 1933 showed an increase o f wage master o f the cloak room, and by earners of ro u g h ly 35 per eenl Hie novel excursions, w h ich a r e the way, he is a graduate attorney. W. R. C. MEETS Mr. and Mrs. M elvin Sargent are ' | now scheduled lo leave E l Paso and above March 1933, im lie a lin g a grad We started out to te ll you that this'' the proud parents o f an 8 pound 9Vj i The \V. R. C. met Wednesday at Tucson every Monday. Connections ual improvement fo r the year. room, know n as Ihe House, was n / The to ta l value of Ihe product fo fr ounce boy born Sunday January 26 th e ir regular business meeting wPh ! from the east and south are made at on Ihe square, fo r we have y 1933 was $349,287,066 as against al Ihe Sacred Hear! hospital in Med eleven members present. Plans were El Paso o r Tucson, and fro m the stepped it o ff, and it is 75 tee' $1,266.600,000,in 1929. In addition to ford. The young man has been made fo r a V alentine p a rty fo r west nt Tucson. 90 feet. lum ber, Oregon cut 306,524 shingle mimed Ronald Lee. Roth m olher corp members and th e ir fam ilies And again we m ight te ll aF Love and Prudence don’t live in squares and W ashington 3,135,961 and baby are reported ns getting on F ebruary 13 w ilh d in n e r at along nicely. Ihe same to w n . (Back Page Pfoar shingle squares. noon. Lots in Ihe Dekuin addition are going fast. Among Hie purchasers i this week are Mis* N ora Newton, I Iw o lots; C. A. Peterson, fo u r lots; W. II. M ille r, fo u r lots; Bex. H. ! Lam puiun, fo u r lo ts; H. D. Heed, one lot. y