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The Moat Thoroughly Read Weekly in Southern Oregon, Published in the Biggest Little Town in the State
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VOLUME XXXVII
WORLD NEWS
and Comment
Newa gleaned k o in event* of
lite Weak, and a little cuiiiuieat
(rum Hie editor's viewpoint.
Action to »crore a road through
Canmln connecting t h e
Unii o
Slate* w ith Alasku wu* taken by
the senate this week when it au
thorized ncgotulion* w ith Cunadu
lo r eonatruellon of the highway.
Completion of the road would creute
a continuous American highway
f r i n i i Alaska lo Buenos Aires.
Sir .Malcolm Campbell can take a
few p o ilila i* from the sw ift, a *pcc-
ies of the swallow fum ily, in con
structing In* racing cur*. This bird
is said Io be the fastest livin g thing,
w ith* a flight of 2ot) miles an hour,
recent figures of scientists revea^
Tlie albatross can cross oceuus »»
fust as tin airplane, and the duck
hawk can fly 11)0 miles all hour. Vast
records by four-footed niiimuls in-
clods .'»2 miles mi hour sustuinco
speed by an aotelopa. Buev horses
on their short runs have registered
hot <2 miles an hour. Grey hounds
go but 20 mile* un hour.
.Senator lluey Long, Louisian.,'*
seli .ippoinled dictator, is preparing
to pass more laws Io extend his
powers. The legislature met this
week under the protective gnus oi
more than 100 m ilitia-men to do his
bidding.
I
Thirteen people lost their lives
in bliziurds and other weather dem
onstrations that swept from the
Itockie* to the Mississippi rive r and
beyond the first of the week. Six
died in unit near Chicago in traffic
accident* due to the storm; one was
kille d in an Oklahoma tornrdo
which preceded the snow; a Wis
consin woman collapsed buttling
snow drifts and a motorist in that
stale skidded Io death in a ditch.
Shoveling snow brought death to a
lies Moil,» man, and in Nevada, h i ,
eleven-year-old hoy w a^ k illn l
when struck on the head by a fa llin t
Icicle. A Colorado g irl died when
her car struck a sand d rift.
Junius J. Walker, dapper ex-mayoi
of New York, announced recently
tlu il his days as a "good l i m e
Charlie’’ arc about over. L illie by
little lie is giK ing mixed up in one
sort of law suit and another. Two
judgment* for hills run up by his
form er w ife are being pressed in
New York, and Walker has admitted
that Ids extensive travels w ill. Ids
present wife, the form er Miss Belly
Compton, have been made on Miss
Compilin'* savings earned us an act
ress. En'dish officials also want
Walker in explain just w hy he has
never registered during his long
sojourns in England as their law
requires of tourist*.
Eugene G. Grace, president o ’ III,
Bethlehem Steel corporation voiced
the opinion that war veterans
should not demand a boiiHs. He had
just testified Io the senate munitions
cominillee (hat his salary and lion
uses during the war nmounled to
$2,798,000 as a manufacturer of
arms.
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Italy is preparing Io handle the
East African difficulties w ith quick
dispnlch. She has already tent two
divisions of men Io Ihc section, ami
has formed two others id home to
lake Its place. All war materials now
being sent Io East Africa are being
replaced immediately by orders Io
Italian factories. Between 7,1111(1,(10(1
and 8,000,000 men can lie mobilized
If needed, official statement» de
clare as m ilita ry obligation ti a s
been ext nded Io include men 18 Io
55 years of age.
An acute housing problem faced
Mr. and Mrs. D. K W illiam s of
Hnmmonhin, N. .1., w ith a fam ily of
15 children. So they purchased a 25-
rooni hotel, so that each child might
tiave a room of its own.— But what
w ill they do w ith the eight extra
raonis? Proceed to f ill them up?
>
A recent dust storm In six western
‘ states swept 34,000.000 acres, gov-
eminent reports show. Serious soil
erosion damage was done to the
area.
NUMBER 47
GOLD HILL, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1935
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Miners and Beavers Each
Win Game Friday Night
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Scouts Enjoy Scout Minstrel Show Rogue River
Set for Friday Night Closing Bill
Father - Son
Passes House
Fete Monday
Jacksonville and Gold H ill hign
school huskethull tram* were Very
evenly mulched in llic games played
ul Gold H ill lost Friday niglil.
Everything is in readiness fo r the Vern W alker; Bastus— Buster Mul
The contest between Ihe B teams
big
m instrel and vaudeville show j lin ; Pete—Kenneih Ward.
ended in u tw o point victory f o i
sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 17; Songbirds — (directed by Miss
Jacksonville, Ihc g*mc gum* m lo an
June Moore)—Bay Blair, Jack Mari
of
Gold H ill und Troop 8 o t Medford
overtime period when inc score was
in, Leo Walker, LaVern Dungey and
tied ut ¡9 all al the cud of the regu
Io he given at the high school gym B illie Pendleton.
Annual
Banquet
at
Medford
lar playing lime. 'Ihc Miner* scored
Friday night, March I.
Troop 8 of Medford w ill entertain
a field goul Io make their score 21,
A very complete and entertain w ith a number of vaudeville acts,
Attended
by
Thirty
P
eo
while holding ihe Beavers scoreless
ing program has been planned and including thte follow ing:
in Ihc extra period.
ple from Gold Hill; Jam (he Seoul* are looking forw ard to a Tap dance— Nona Hayland and
ih e lineup* were: Jacksonville—
capacity house w h in Ihe opening Jean Smith.
boree Trip Discussed.
Graham u n <1 L ilte ll, forwards;
curtain is raised. Proceeds from Ihe
Chalk Talk—Gerald Kessee.
N' u iiii , center; Sandro and Lorton,
show w ill go into the local scout
Bessie the Telephone Operator—
guard*. Iliiiim n g lo ii anil Lusk also
treasury and everyone is urged Io Donald Younger.
One of the big event* of Ihe Boy help a w orthy cause.
went iutu tile game.
Novelty skit—“ Where There’* A
Lineup* for Gold J ill Leo W alk Seoul year — Ihe father und s o n
The follow ing program has been W ill There's A Way.” Cast: Dad-
er and Hayes, forwards; Bohinson, banquet of Grater La*e council arranged:
Earl Wheelock; Evie— Don Young
ce n e r; I,avid and Dungey, guards. held annually at Medford was en
SelecJions by high school orches-' er; Buss—Junior Schnde; Mike—Al
Biles ulso played purl of Ihe time.
joyed l,y th irty Gold H ill people Ira, direction of H. A. Bolls: Tht Slate; ike—George Gillings a n d
G«ld H ill Win* Second
Monday evening w h e n sixteen Champions— March; Uncle Hiram — Duke—Jack Hay land.
In Ihc second game the Gold H ill
AH in all an evening o f real en
scouts, nine fathers, three "foster Novelty Number; Southern Minia
eager* grabbed an curly Icuil which
tertainment is promised.
fathers” und Scoutmaster L. ' I . lure»—overture.
they managed to hold throughout Cook turned out fo r this event.
The show w ilt open w ith the j Scouts have been coRflacfing a
llic game ulthough the Miners were
They were among 450 scouts and minstrels presented by Troop 17 o f | ticket sale this week and Lyh
always in a dangerous position.
their fathers ut Ihe affair, w hich Gold H ill, w ith the follow ing cast: I Thompson has been in rharge of ad
Gold H ill’s margin of victory was
Interhx-utor—Mark Campbell.
vertising the affair.
was Ihe biggest ever held ia the
me sti’u point. It) to 18.
Blackbirds: Bones—Dale Clement;
The show w ill begin at eight
d istrict, indicating the increasing
At linlf lime the Beavers enjoyed
interest being shown in this ,fin c Buck—Gup -Desimini; Sambo— La o'clock.
i comfortable margin, 14 to 7. hut
work. Gold H ill's delegation also
l
Backus, substitute Miner player
was the largest this community has C. & O. C. Locomotive
Prizes for Gardeners
hooped in four fii Id goals to pul hl*
ever sent to the banquet, the local
Returned
to
Grants
Paas
mates In the running.
Announced by Club
troop having shown remarkable
Lineups fo r Ihc A game were is
growth and activity under the lead
follows:
Completely overhauled and shin
Interest in beautifying the ap
ership of Scoutmaster Cook Ihe las,
Gold H ill — Higginbotham and
ing like a new silver dollar w ith itr pearance of grounds around the
tw o years.
Hutchins, forwards, I). Walker,
Bev. E. S. Burl lam,’ as speaker of sliek coat ot paint. No, 301 snorted homes of residents of Gold H ill is
center; Johnson
a n d
Darling,
Ihe evening delivered an insuir- proudly out of the yards at the expected to be enlivened w ith the
guards. Substitute, M iller.
iug message Io both "Dads" and Beaver Portland Cement plant here announcement by the Gold H id
Jacksonville—Con,best and John
“ Lads" impressing the Boys that last i^riday on its way back to
son. forwards; Filter,»ft. center;
Garden club that prize» w ili be of-
they should he w orthy of their in Grants Pass.
Ayre» and Mitchell, guards. .Substi heritance and develop their talents
No. 301 is the locomotive used by iered for this w ork.
tute, Burkas.
A beautification contest is to be
in Ihe right direction, mid he also the cement company in hauling rock
Referee; Croxdnlc of Medford.
urged Ihe fathers to w ork as "pals” from the Marble mountain quarry to sponsored, open to tw o classes—
w ith their sons Io build tlic ir char Grunts Pass und the overhauling those who already have w ell started
was done as part of the lease con on their home grounds can enter in
Tuberculin Test Again
acter.
tract the company ha* w ith C. H. the “ Prettiest Garden contest” , anc
The
program
included
severa,:
to be Offered at School
those who feel (hat they woUlo have
musical numbers, und four of Ihe Demaray, receiver of the road.
Worn out flues were replaced and
Student* ut llic local school wno scout troops presented skits w hici. other repairs made. Workmen top little chance in s u c h competition
tiave not already taken the tul«cr- Icf-l been prepared under Ihe illrec- ped the job o ff w ith a coat o f black may match th e ir s k ill ia a “ Great
culosis test w ill have Inc opportun lion of Scout Executive A. O. Söd and silver paint which set the loco est improvement” contest.
The firs t prize in each division
ity of doing so in Ihc near future. erberg. district leader.
motive o ff in good style, causing the w ill he $3 in cash, and second and
Discussion
of
plans
Io
sent
out
At llic regular school hoard meet
engineer to be as proud as a pea
mg Monday evening it was decided standing scouts to Ihe national cock. When one of the workmen at th ird prize* w ill be shrubbery.
jamboree
to
be
held
at
Washington,
The contest is open to everyone
to have Dr. Drummond, county
D. C., next August at Ihe in v ita tio n ' the plant, u|»on firs t seeing the en in Gold H ill, and children c a n
health doctor, give the test us soon
gine. remarked, “ that sure is nn old
as possible. It is off* red Ihc stu of President Roosevelt was one of tim er” the engineer retorted, “ Old compete as individuals, or ran have
the
features
of
the
evening.
Each
Ihe help of their parents.
dents free of charge.
tim er hell, it's as up to date as any
The entire setting o f the home w ill
When thte Iasi lesl was taken troop was urged to send ut least old S. P. engine on the track.”
one
scout,
and
Gold
H
ill
hooes
to
be
judged in both classes, in the
Gold H ill showed a high percentage
first group the general effect and
of pupils reading, ih c precciuagc have a representative on this trip
beauty o f the grounds w d l he the
w ill no doubt be lowered however which w ill he nn unusual oppor Townsend Club Dance
when a larger number of students tunity of travel and inform ation
at Hall Saturday Eve determining factor. In the second
for tlii- boy fortunate enough to
class Ihe judges w ill oase their de
.ire examined.
Tickets went on sale this week for cision on how much has been ac
A committee from Ihc city coun attend.
The trip w ill in,'tid e supervised a big Townsend old age pension complished since the beginning of
cil composed of J. W. Bryan, W. C.
travel
from Medford Io Washington. club dance to be held at the Odd the contest in cleaning up. planting
Bower and H. E. Illunkenburg at
tended Ihc board meeting and o f D. C., w ith other scouts of the west Fellows hall Saturday night, Marell and, in general, im proving the ap
fered Ihe coop,‘ridion of Ihc city coast, w ith many side t r i p s en 2. The committee in charge is lining pearance o f the lawn and grounds.
Date fo r entry in the contest
in milking arrangements fo r the route, such as visits to Bonneville up good music fo r the dance and a
dam, stopovers al B o I s c. Idaho,
closes
March 15, and those wishing
capacity
crowd
is
expected.
work.
to compete should see Mrs. Cleo
County Superintendent of schools Denver a n d possibly Colorad«'
Springs. Colorado, and other In
G ilchrist or any member of the
C. IL Bowman also was at the
terest ng places. Two weeks w ill he Oregon Security Said to
Garden
club. In Ihe “ Greatest Ini-
meeting and suggested the test be
Rest on Soil Fertility proven,er.'" division, Ihe club re
spent in ihe capital and the hoys
given at an early dnte. Mr. Bow
w ill v i-it the historic places in that ,
quests Ih: ‘ •» snapshot o f Ihe home
man slated that the m ajority of Ih?
district, and nlso the offices of Iht? 1 Land use and abuse has had more ' be taken he..
w ork of beautitfy-
students in the schools of Ihe
national
government.
President to do w ith the rise and fa il of aa- ' ing 1» 1 .in, in older that the
county have beCn given Ihe lesl,
Roosevelt w ilt lake part in ttie pro lions than general historians have' judges, w
w ill probably be mem
which is an Important step in the
gram of entertainment und in recorded, Win. A. Schoenfcld, dean bers of an outside garden club, w ill
work of cheeking Ihe spread 0/
of agriculture at Oregon State col have something on which to base
struction planned.
tuberculosis.
The dinner which preceded Ihe lege told those attending the soils ' Iheir decision.
evening's program was prepared improvement short course late in
Considerable interest is already
Beaver Basketeers Prepare by mothers of Ihe scouts and Mrs. February. Land lias a definite lim it being shown in this project, and 11
for Ashland Hoop Tourney A. A. Walker, Mrs. Clyde Walker, ege told those attending the soils is expected that many w ill enter i,
anil Mrs. Joe B lair going Io Medford stead of maintained, the farm, com the competition. School children an
m unity or nation soon finds itself especially urged to take part in th<-
W illi the Ashland Normal Invltn- w ith the group Io serve.
in trouble, he said.
Gold
H
ill
folks
enjoying
Ihe
a
ffa
ir
worlc.
.ional basketball tournament schcd
A periodic inventory o f land re
wore
Dale
Clement,
Lyle
Thomp
nleil Io gel underway next week, »he
sources ia Oregon Io provide ac
Gold H ill high school team is get son, Verne and Donald Dungey,
Poster Stamps for
curate inform ation fo r agricultural
B
illy
Pendleton,
Jack
M
arlin.
.Mark
ting in some hard pradiees, fo r the
Expo Now on Sale
planning and development is an es
Campbell,
Joe
B
lair
and
son
Ray
event.
sential Io future security, Dean
mond.
Clyde
W
alker
and
son,
Leo,
Dennis McGuire, form er Central
Schoenfcld said, and is one of the
San Diego, C alifornia, February
Point coach, now a member of the D. Desin,in i and son Guy, A rth ur
objectives of the new
Oregon 27—M illions o f poster stamps, hon
Mullin
and
son
Robert,
A.
A.
W
alk
Iced faculty is handling Ihc Beaver*
er and son LaVern. Tom Henderson Planning commission of which he oring the California Pacific Inter
for the tournament.
national Exposition, w hich opens
Pairings of the teams w ill be an and sou, Tom Jr., Byron Ward and in a member.
In addition to hearing a large May 29 in Ihilhoa Park, now are
nounced next week. About twenty son Kenneth, It. A. K o rtli and son
number of speakers on technical on sale in loading local store* and
southern Oregon towns w ill prob Bob, Scoutmaster Cook, It. E.
phases of soil improvement, those in high class stores, hotels and
Bltinkenburg,
Dennis
McGuire
and
ably he represented in Ihe annual
attending Ihe course also were ad travel bureaus throughout the U ni
M. B. Merriman.
playoff.
Trout» from Eagle Point, Gold dressed by Dan II. Olis, chairman ted States. They w ill not be ped
H ill, Beagle and Medford- were of the agricultural commisslan of dled from door to door.
Mrs. Israel, Federal Farm
Ihe American Bankers’ association.
present.
Printed in perforated sheets of
Enumerator, Visits Here
He cited an example of land on 25 different stamps to a sheet, the
which a soil fe rtility experiment stamps, w hich are about one by
I.O.O.F. LODGE NEWS
was started 28 years ago part ot one and one half inches each, pre
Mis. Gladys It. Israel, federal
Tuesday night, March 5, the Odd which now. if sold on purely pro sent scenes of San Diego am'
farm census enumerator, has spent
ihe past several days In this com Fellows w ill go to Medford and have ductive value, is w orth only $19 Southern California throngn the
munity taking the federal farm cen- their third degree team confer that nn nere w hile the part handled in medium of a beautiful five-color
iis , which is being conducted by Ihe degree on Brother Sonny Hendrick telligently would return a p ro fit on p rinting process.
i •mnrnt. Mrs. Israel stated this son. The lodge gave the Townsend a $311 nn acre valuation.
week that she thought she had cqpi- clul) fu ll control Saturday evening,:
GARDEN CLl H MEETING
HEALTH UNIT MEETS TUBSDAY
leled her work in a n d around March 2, for their dance.
AT HAYES HOME MARCH 8
Toney Boss, Secy.
(iold H ill hut stated that if she had
The Gold H ill Health unit w ill
oi'sed anyone liv in g in Gold H ill
The next meeting of the Gold H ill
Miss Beth Paulsen returned from meet al Ihe home of Mrs. J. M.
ir community who is farm ing three
Garden
club w ill be held at th,
acres or more, she would like then, Portland Sunday where she was Lively March 5. Each member is
Io leave their names nl The News called by the sudden death o i her asked to b ring a piece of p rint and home of Mrs. Hugh Hayes on Friday
March 8.
needle and threads
father.
office nnd she would call.
Law to Prohibit Commercial
Fishing in Stream Expect
ed to Carry State Senate
Also.
A long battle of southern Oregon
interests fo r the closing of ‘ ha
Bogue riv e r to commercial fishing
again came lo victory Wednesday
when the house of the state legisla-
ure at Salem passed the measure
w ith but tw o dissenting vote*.
The measure w ill now go Io tua
.d a te where 18 votes are said to ba
pledged in it* favor. Only 1» are
needed to make it Income law.
The news of the measure passing
; h e house caused rejoicing by
.portsmen of southern Oregon who
have fought to tiave the rive r closed
lo commercial fishing for a number
j f years. Several year* ago the leg
islature closed the river but later
-ominercial fishermen had t h t
measure put up to a vote of the peq-
ple. Tlie voters refused to uphold the
legislature.
Agitation to close the rive r has
gained in popularity however w ith
recent years which is proven by the
fact that the present b ill was in
troduced by Hoy E. Carter of Gold
Beach, where commercial fishermen
had previously ruled.
Carter stated Wednesday that
there were less than 100 commercial
fishermen at Gold Beach and that
only 2a o f tticse lived there the vear
round. The business interests of
that town have decided that the
business brought by sportsmen and
tourists more than offset that de
rived from the commercial fishing
activity.
Over the State
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White Rubin Seen in
Flock at Grants Paas—
Miss L illia n Foshery of Ihe Bed-
wood highway near Grants Pass re
ported in that city last week that she
mid seen a w hite robin in a flock of
about 100. The w hite robin is very
rare. Miss Fosbery stated Ihe bird
was entirely w hile w ith the excep
tion of a little pink on the b ird ’s
breast.
Much Activity at Little
Tow n of Port Orford—
Business is good at Port Orford.
according to reports from the little
coast town. Construction on a huge
lock terminal was started during
the past week and a $10,000 admin
istration building is nearing comple
tion. A lumber m ill to cost in t h e
neighborhood of $140,000 is to be
b uilt soon and w ill be in operation
w ithin sixty days. Construction of a
ailroad from Port Orford to connect
w ith Ihe Southern Pacific road at
Leland is expected to start also this
year. An eastern company is in te r
ested in the project and is w aiting
the approval o f the interstate com
merce commission.
Large Steelhead Taken
From Illin o is River—
Claimed to he the largest steelhead
trout caught in Josephine county in
Ihe last seven years, an 18(4 pound
prize was taken from the Illin o is
riv e r by a parly of Grants P a s s
fishermen Inst Wednesday. I.ast year
the largest steelhead reported taken
in the county weighed 12 pounds.
Fishing for steelhead is legal in Feb
ruary only in Ihe Illin o is rive r be
low the falls.
Townsend Club Members
Seek Recall Representative—
A recall election on Representa
tive Howard Merriman of Lane
county w ill be called about March
20. it was made known in Salem
Saturday. The required number of
signatures on a petition asking the
recall election were filed w ith the
secretary of state. Merriman Is said
to be against the Townsend old age-
pension plnn, causing members of
the Lane county club to taka tha ac
tion.