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The Most Thoroughly Read W eekly in Southern Oregon, Published in the B iggest Little Town in the State r * W I 'ME XXXVII ’ * *J ■ and Comment News gleaned fro m avenía of .tie week, Mini u little comment • rum Ih r editor's view point. Alice June M cHenry, h a ll R ivet, Mu»»., g irl w ho u n iiriy v e n l u strange optruH on cu rly thia week when her slomuch wus turned rig id »Ide up. waa in u precarious condition Tues- day. The operation was the firs t o f its kin d in h isto ry, lu k in g tw o hours to perform , but was declared II sued'»». A cumplí gu is underw ay by Die t'n itw d States postal department to clu ck t l. r to»» o f money in I ti i » count' ' Io peddlers of foreign lo t te ry l i l i l í » . Il wus estimated (hi eitin|:»ign w ould »uve A nirncun» in the neighborhood o f 2.500,non this year. - I J U . . . JL. THURSDAY, MARCH 7> 1933 —--«i a iLj WORLD NEWS -1 . ' Jackaon County Chamber o f Commerce Forum Luncheon March Eighth T ile firs t u iiiiu u I "in v e n to ry fo r- I u iii luncheon** o f t ti e Juekson I county chum ber of commerce is j scheduled Io lie held ut Hie Medford ¡hotel, F rid a y, March 8, nt 12:00 o’clock noon. A c tiv itie s o f Ihc past year w ill hr explained ul the meeting by various members o f Hie o rg a iiizu lio n . Ev cry one interested is in vite d Io ut lend, reservations Io be made al Ihc chamber o f commerce b u ild in g Ir. Medford. The fo llo w in g short talks w ill be given: The Chamber’s Peach mid A p ri cot Program -Vance Vrolgamott. Chamber's P(..ato mid Onton Program Otto Rohnert, T lie Chamber's D a iry Program — IL A. T h e lro lf The Chamber's C ivic Program -- Mayor George P orter, I 'lic C h a m b e r's G o o d w ill Program D. II. F e rry. The Chamber's f ’ CC program — M ajor Clare II. Armstrong. The Chamber's Housing Act Pro «ram— It. E. H arder. The Chandler* Five Year Future P r o a ru m O . O. A leuderfer. General Hugh S. Johnson, form er NBA chief, amt lliic y Long, stormy senator from Louisiunu, entered in to u w o rd y buttle this week. Long attacking Johnson mid the present a d m in istra tio n from the flo o r ut a session o f congress in W ashington. Senator Bobinson o f Arkansas ruine Juniors-Scniora Select to Hie reseue of Johnson mid said Play to be Givea April 5 “ Il wus lim e lie (Senator Long) should know w here to take tils ''H obgoblin House" has been se pro p e r place in a body composed leclcd us Ihc ju n io r-s e n io r play Io fo r Lie most purt of gentlem en." be presented A p ril 5. Il is a t h r il l ing H irer act m ystery fu ll o f many W ile y Post, noted aviation expert, e xcitin g ghostly happenings a n <1 said lust week Hull Hie fa ilu re o f Ills hearty laughs. slrahm pherc flig h t was Hie result o f The cast includes: Leslie W alker, someone placing u q u a n tity of steel F ife Patton, June Moore, Jean filin g s and emery in Hie engine m Smith, H owland M ille r, Cecil Hayes, his airplane. An investigation Is be Francis Davis, Marcel Paudois, Opal in g made. Rodgers, L lo yd H o llific ld , Delos W alker anil D oris Johnson. Floods swept over Oahu island in Those assisting w ith the i t a g t the P acific last week anil caused the and pro|M rties a re : B lirl Juhnjfnn, death o f five persons in H onolulu. Ju n io r Robinson, Herbert F o le tt Damage ru n n in g in to thousands of III o ssoin Durkee. Louise Sm ith, and d o lla rs was done by the storm . M a rjo rie Davis. Mis» Mabel Sm ith Is coaching the Prince Ananda, I I year old neph play. ew o f fo rm e r K ing P rajadhipok o f Siam, has accepted the In v ita tio n Io succeed his uncle on the Siamese Towsend Club Dance th rone The hoy has been studying Draws Large Gathering in n private school in S w itzerland. Capt. Huckins, Deep Sea Diver, Visits City NUM BER 48 City Council Offers School Board Help in Tuberculosis Matter At the regular meeting o f the c ity council Monday evening that body W ith u crow d estimated at 500 vugeil the Islander o ff Hie coast ot w ent on record as w illin g to coop people lin in g Hie riv e r bunk and Alaska last year. The ship sunk .31 erate w ith the school board in j checking the spread o f tuberculos bridge over the Rogue al (lie east years ago w ith u loss o f 78 lives entrance Io Gold H ill Sunlay a fte r and reputedly more than three m il is in the c ity . The co u n cil agreed Io aid fin a n c ia lly w here X-Hays were noon, Captain Charles Huckins, re lions o f d ollars in gold. I necessary w ith in the c ity lim its. puted d .c p sea diver, entered the H uckins said he made 365 trip s I w ater to take a look ut the bottom dow n on that job, w o rkin g in w a te r I O ther matters taken up at the council in e rtin g included the dis of the stream, 140 feet deep most of the tim e. He cussion of p a in tin g the fire engine. H uckins hud planned to dive in claim ed that he had several en* file council gave Chas. K ell, fire the deep hole between Hie ra ilro a d counters w ith d e vilfish — one octo bridge and h ighw ay span b u * pus m easuring 28 feet across. He chief, a u th o rity to give the equip could not d rive his car w h ich op also stated that he has w orked on ment the needed p a in t job. . . . . , . A com m unication from the state erates the a ir hose close enough Io every big sh ip w re ck on tlh e coast, h jg h w a y commission relative fo illo w him to descent at the p o in t. from the A leuthian Islands to Cal- o ilin g , h|. Sanis v# ||e y h jg h w .n Instead lie entereil the riv e r al a ’H*11'1, staled tht no funds w ere available point about feet below I. .M° " ‘‘ay “ nd Tuesda;V "HJhts Cap- fo r , h i j j()b a, |h{. h r h ighw ay seventy bridge five He ..............in , iine m nigliw uy bridge. He stayed tin- lain H uckins appeared al the State T h e aDn o in ln ie n t o f l>r w ter the surface about h u lf an h o u r theatre in Grants Pass in Conner- A. dp,>o,^,nlen, o f , ) r - " • md claimed that he reached a .¡on w ith " ,h » s h o w in j o f ¿ 7 l , n : h ‘ sh<d " ’ e ily health o f Icon, of about fo rty feet. “ Sea K ille d ” . Wednesday and to- * n m" de * 7 Hea*'' Captain Huckins claim s Io he one 1 night he was at the R ialto theatre , « ' * .f the three master divers o f Seattle in Medford where he gave lectures fl. ....I » ■ ■ ■ « i h . » h „ „ 1 - 1 , lon, » in , th,- ...... • rUm.7 0n< , V c ,‘ y he“ " " ’ l ° i h * ’ ,h a " . f !Ve K ± . rHl L<'. ¿ T “ " ' ” “ 3oy Scout» Minstrel and Next W ednesday Set Grange Officer« Will Take Vaudeville Show a Dandy For T. B. Test» Chairs Thursday Evening Gold Dredge Will Move to Leland Soon Huge Machine W ill Work on Grave Creek A fter 7 Year» of Operation Near Gold Hill. N o w com pleting seven years o f dredging operations on Foots Creek in Jackson county, tku big g o l d dredge o f the Bogue B iv e r Gold Co. is soon to start digging gold on fa mous m in in g ground near I-cl.wui, 20 m iles n orth o f G rants- Pass in Josephine county, w here 45 m e n under tw o contractors are already at w o rk clearing and excavating fo r ihe new tft-edge site. At its new location the dredgi w ill violate o rd in a ry dredging prac tice by flo a tin g along a h illsid e , w here its huge buckets w ill gouge up gravel from the ancient channel o f Grav<' creek, discovered at a distance from present Grave creek ind on higher ground by e xp lo ra - ion d rillin g * and disclosed Tuesday by D. H. F e rry, vice president and manager o f the m in in g company, w ho said hundreds o f d rillh o le s had been sunk. (io h l H ill not o n ly has a good The tu b e rcu lin test fo r the p u r O fficers o f Ihe n e w ly organized •toy Scout troop but a group o f boys pose o f checking Ihe spread o f tu d ial arc good entertainers as w ell, berculosis among school c h ild ri n Gold H ill Grange w ill be installed f ills fa d was w e ll brought out w ill be made available fo r Gold at a meeting o f the organizatio when Ihc scouts staged th e ir m in H ill pupils next Wednesday, accord Thursday evening, March 7. T ii strel and vaudeville show F rid a y ing to announcement made by Sup meeting w ill be held in the W. H. C room in the c ity h a ll. Everyone w .io night at Hie school gymnasium. erintendent L. T. Cook. F ro m Ih e opening welcome This second o p p o rtu n ity to take is interested in jo in in g the grange is “ speech" by L y le Thompson u n til the test is being given because o f u rg td to attend. A rth u r B ro w n , state deputy w ill the cu rta in came dow n on Ihc skit Ihe high percentage o f p upils who. presented by the M edford scouts showed that they w ere susceptible ha here to assist w ith the in sta ll a Forest Being Cleared an evening o f fin e entertainm ent to the disease when Ihe tests were lio n and the L ive Oak Grange ot D u rin g the next six weeks u n til Hogue B ive r w ill put on the open was enjoyed by a large audience. taken last year. the o ld dredge completes its Foots Murk Campbell as in te rlo c u to r, There are s till 1C9 pupils in the ing and closing ceremonies. creek ru n on A p ril 15, a 150x150 The ch a rte r w ill be closed at this handled his w o rk in a creditable school w ho did nol subm it to the foot excavation 12 feet deep w ilt manner and the wisecracks and exam ination at that tim e, and as time. he dug by M. C. L in in g e r o f Ash iokes pulled by the “ b la ckb ird s” five active cases were discovered- land w ith a h a lf yard gas shovel brought many laughs fro m the and removed as a result, it is the Eugene Firm Get« Contract and three trucks w h ich are already crow d. The black-faced coniediuns. general o p inion that the rem aining for WMening Highway at w o rk . A tangled forest w ill be Bones, Buck, Sambo, Bastus and pupils should have the o p p o rtu n ity cleared, double-raked and burned — ' —A 1 Pete, made things liv e ly fo r th e ir to take the test. 5y the Skeeter Bros, o f Phoenix, .»* a meeting o f the state highway boss. . D r. C. I. Drum m ond, county »regon, "-h o have had a fu ll crew commission in P o rtla n d last T h u rs Southern songs o f m any years health o ffic e r, has charge o f the ex o f 30 men on the jo b fo r several day, the Mountain Slate Construc ago were sung by fiv e black-faced am inations, w hich are given w ith tion company o f Hugcne was aw ard weeks. H e n ry Henderson, dredge ingbirds accompanied bv Miss out cost to the pupils. t i l Ihc co n tra ct fo r w id e n in g the Pa master, is w o rk in g on the engineer June Moore at the piano. Superintendent Cook is th is week ing w ith F e rry . c ific h ig h w a y through G o l d H ill. Troop 8 o f Medford fu rn ish e d a »ending letters to parents o f pupils A new 50x100 foot dredge h u l l number o f vaudeville acts on the w ho have not taken the test, ex The amount o f the bid was $21,296 w ill be constructed in the p it, and W ork is expected to get underw ay rogram. p la in in g its purpose, and the plan when the old dredge shuts down The tap dancing by Nona H ny- under w h ich it is being offered. The e a rly th is spring. The dunce sponsored by the tw o huge d e rricks and a fle e t ot T w o thousand d ollars was raised Townsend club, given at the Od< *and and Jean Sm ith was especially c ity council has offered to cooper trucks w ill dism antle its m acninery, hv Bruno R ich a rd Hauptmann's de Fellows I,a ll Saturday night was u w ell received by the audience. ate w ith the school hoard in fo l Health Unit Meeting move it to the new dredge site and tense fund last week when a ra th grand success, 'flic local club took Gerald Kesee o f Medford gave a lo w in g up the exam inations w ith Postponed Until March 12 reassemble the many tons o f steet vva» h -ld in New Y ork. H aupt in over $ 5 0 0 w h ic h w ill he sent Io “ clialk ta lk ” m inus the ta lk hut his x-rays, w here necessary. equipment in the new h u ll, w h ic h mann's w ife and attorney addressed headquarters Io fu rth e r finance .he free hand d ra w in g was w e li done. -_____________ ' The regular meeting o f Hie Gold w ill he ready to flo a t and operate the gathering. A charge o f tw e n ty - cause. The large tu rn out shows He sketched tw o beautiful scenes G o ld H i l l H o ld s § V a lle y H ill H ealth u n it scheduled for in the fa ll. five rents was made fo r each tm r- w hat interest is being taken in th t w ith in a short time, The reconstructed dredge w o u ld March 5 has been postponed u n til soi, adm itted and sym pathizers con Townsend Old Age pension move. to Close Score Tuesday One o f the h ig h lig h ts on the pro Tuesday, March 12. due to ihe illness be valued, new , at approxim ately trib u te d other money ranging ns • lie local club wishes Io thank all gram wus the acting o f Don Young 350,000 and F e rry declared Tues- high ns Iw e n ly d o lla r bills. The Sams V alley high school bas o f the u n it’s president, .Miss N e lli who in .my way had a part in the e r o f M edford, in his skit, ‘‘Bessie, Jacobs. The meeting w ill be held a* lay that it w o u ld to u r the hillsides activities, in c lu d in g all w ho bought (lie Telephone O perator." In p la y ketball team, champions o f the B the home o f Mrs. J. Madison L ive iv md a p o rtio n o f the Grave creek Government Bahv Fonda 'id ,e ls . tlie local e d ito r. Hie O d d ing a part o f a g irl telephone op schools of southern Oregon fo r this fla t w ith the aid o f levees w h ic h On Sale at Postoffice F H-'ws fo r use o f th e ir hall, and erator, his acting brought fo rth year, were very nearly taken in to w ill not be needed fo r several GIRL SCOUT NEW S each and everyone w ho helped Io many complim ents. years, but w h frh are being con camp by the Gold H ili boys in a fast The program was completed w ith F e ,1 c r nl governm ent “ hniiv make a success o f the diinee. game on Ihc local boards Tuesday O ur troop has S yb il W alker anil structed now w ith the d irt being Ihe novelty skit, "W h e re There's a bonds” were placed on sale nl the night. The fin a l score was 27 to 21 M ild re d Sm ith leaders fo r the Com removed fro m the dredg« construc W ill, T here’s a W ay,” w ith the Snow ’'‘eturns for Brief in fa vo r o f the va lle y q u in te t, in ihc pass p a tri i: D o ro th y Ham and W il- tion p it. local posloffice this week. Medford troop taking the parts. No men w ill be h ire d u n til the second learn game between the tw o da M ayfieid, ieaiiers fo r the Sun Bonds may hi* purchased o f a l Visit Here Sunday Night Several numbers by the l o c a l schools Gold H ill held the long end shine pai »1; » len ine Cook anc h u ll is started by experienced ship most any d rn o n iin a tlio n . ranging school orchestra rounded out o f a 24 to 21 score. V irg in ia i n, le u u .rs fo r the Star w rights, F e rry said, and a fte r the» fro m $25 up. A tw e n ty -fiv e d o lla r A th in layer o f snow fe ll Sunday splendid entertainm ent. The local firs t team, w h ic h was patrol and i.. Ih Heed and Betty Iredge has been re b u ilt and dredg- bond may b< bought fo r $18.75 au I night anil Monday iiio rij.u g th is made up o f the probable lin e u p to r Shoemaker, leaders fo r the Moon ng begins in the fa ll, ih e Bogue w ill re tu rn $25 in 1915. O ther ec.mniunity look on a w in try a t Southern Oregon Normal B iver Gold company's ow n cre w of the tournam ent in Ashland t h i s lig h t patrol. bonds cun lie purchased al corres mosphere. Old Sol ,"ol Imsy early in j ponding p ric 's . Basketball Tourney Starts week end, took a five po in t lead at U nder the leadership o f these 25 to 30 men w ill handle a ll its o p Hie m orning lio w -v c r and by noon the firs t o f the game and w ere s till scouts the tro o p is g ivin g a Travel erations, The bonds arc redeerfinhle at any m o sl of Ihc snow had disappeared, Floyd t.ance. Dale N orton and Tlie annual Southern Oregon ' ell<**"8 ‘ n the last q u a rte r w ith but P a rly fo r th e ir mothers t o d a y tim e after « 9 days from the date of allhough a little remained on thu Normal in v ita tio n a l basket h a l l f ° l,r n>inutcs Io play. The Beavers (T h u rsd a y). T lie firs t co u n try o n E a rl McBee o f Gold H ill are em Issue. You cunuoi hi' ,1 prived of higher h ills. tournam ent a I Ashland started evid e n tly thought they had Ihe game the to u r w ill be Spain, represented ployed w ith the company. payment Ih io u g h loss. Il,e ft o r des- I liursday m o rn in g March 7 and w ill Hn ice' however, and began to stall, by Hie Compass p a tro l; leaving tht f r iic liip The goveunmcnt always I, O. O. F, Lodge News continue fo r Hie next three days A Sl,n,s V alley player slipped in, fa ir Señoritas they w ill jo u rn e y to LIBRARY NEEDS TABLES replaces them. u n til Ihe cham pionship is d e cid ed ' Kn'bbed the ball and ra c.d down tlie la ild o f Czechoslovakia, repre- The bonds pay 2.9 per cent Io the On Tuesday n ig h t a lte r lodge The local lib ra r y is badly la nerd investor, ecnnioundcd semi annii.d- Paul Thompson, E arl M o o re , W . W . Saturday n ig h t. C entral P oint is ! " the flo o r to sink a basket w h ich si nted by Ihc Sunshine patrol. started a ra lly fo r the valley boys Native dishes w ill be served at each of a table o r tw o and anyone thai defending champion. T w e n ty-s i x ly- H iille , and \Y. II. Ferguson w ent Io Baby bonds •re on sale in ap visit the Medford lodge and s e c nigh school cage teams are entered w hich netted them 8 points to w in o f these countries. Ire la n d is t h i has one that they w o u ld donate >o Ihc game. The Gold H ill boys have next slop, at the S tar’s corner. Títere Ihe lib ra ry w o u ld be doing a real p rn x in ia h 'ly 11,000 pnslofflces i n lim n confer the th ird degree on in tb« tourney. Bogue B ive r and Coos B iv e r w ill been under Ihe d ire ctio n o f Coach may he a potato o r tw o here. Jig service. The lib ra ry is being used the U nited States, Sonny H endrickson. Next Tiicsd n McGuire fo r the past week a n d ging on from Ireland they w ill a r more and more by residents o f th« n ip llt Ih r Gold H ill lodge w ill put or. p ry the lid o ff the big rve n l when showed some real team w o rk, in rive at Japan and he served tea and com m unity and more books a n d bey meet in Hie opening game ¡be firs t degree fo r tw o candidates this last practice game, w lpch ought w afers by the C h e rry Blossom g irls periodicals a r e being received from C enlrul Point. Everyone on H iursday m o rn in g nl 8:,30. Io licit» b rin g in a few victories at o f Ihe M oonlight patrol. Gold H ill is scheduled Io play w hich necessitate a d d itio n a l table Ihe degree learn is ordered to hr ihe tournam ent. Each m other w ill be served and space. . I'esciil by Ihc degree captain, 11. D. G ardiner al 1:30 P. M. Thursday. The lineup fo r Gold H ill was: conducted upon this to u r ns soon as I'he w in n e r of this game w ill mee* Force. Johnson and Leo W alker, fo rw a rd s: site arrives. F o llo w in g the tr ip to Port O rfo rd at 9:00 A. M. S riita y. CARD OF T H A N KS Toney Boss, Secy, D. W alker, re n te r; Les W alker and foreign anils each p a tro l w ill enter Bobinson, guards. tain w ith fo lk dances o r songs ty p i WE KEEP MONEY MOVING We w ish to express o u r sincere PAST NOBLE GRANDS MEET The second teams o f Ihe tw o cal o f th e ir representations. thanks fo r the kindness and syin- schools pul up a good battle w ith A fte r this social, new leaders w ill path.v shown us d u rin g o u r recent N othing attracts settlers so much Mrs. It. E, Cook was hostess to H i" firs t one team ahead and then the be chosen to be in charge o f t h e bereavement and fo r Hw flo ra l of- Past Noble Grands club Insl T h u rs is bright and a ttra ctive places. The d rive to repair, repaint and other. The score by quarters was: sp rin g activities ferings. day. Those attending Ihe a ffa ir We ur» very happy ia o u r “ Scout remodel is going over good in Med firs t qu a rte r, Gold H ill, 7, Sams Mrs. Clyde W a lke r and fa m ily. were Mcsdaines lib e r Davis, Chas. Valley, 6; ha lf, Sams V alley, II, Home” and each p n tro l has th e ir » Mrs. Geo. H am m ersly and fa m ily. C arter, Frank C arter, Win. Fergu ford. Gold H ill, Jacksonville, C enlrul Gold H ill 8: th ird quarter, Sams ' in d iv id u a l corner. A fte r p a tro l meet- Mrs. C arl Garman and fa m ily. son, George D orm an, Paul Thum p- Point and Phoenix have beauty \ nBey. 19, (.o ld H ill, 18, and at the ings. interest groups are w o rk in g ,i,n, II. I). Force, E arl Moore, W il RecmurtnirflonrOi’ end o f the game, Gold H ill 24 to , on. fiv e m in ts o f health, signalling. The Gold H ill Garden club w ill bur M a rlin , Chas. Kell, Tom S n ilt'i spots. W hy nol have m ore o f them? Sams V a lle y’s 21. practical mind to a nature study and ropes. We lend money Io responsible meet to m n rro w afternoon at the Floyd Lance, l.uey Mee, W in. H iille w r y beautiful sWht, It is a happy oceasiha w hen sev- home of Mrs. Hugh Hayes. reople fo r this purpose. but (here's nothin* and the hostess, Mrs. Cook. F riends o f Miss N e llie Jacobs w ill oral g irls nnss Ikw ir cooking test nr pretty about bobbed A program in keeping w ith W ash FARMERS AND ^FRUITGROWERS be s o rry to hear that her co n d ition Ihe meetings, fo r then there a r e hJrouift way back Mrs. H. I). Reed entered a Med in g to n ’s b irth d a y was enjoyed by BANK this week was reported ns being eats. f where k w u x - ford hospital Tuesday fo r observa all. D ainty refreshm ents w e r e (Cammnnity Builders) worse. Miss Jacobs was taken ill ) - ________ tion. She has suffered fro m the flu served. (Deposita Insured) last week, eaused by over exertion. SUBSERIBB FOR THE NEWS fo r several weeks. Stnilin Chdrie Says —
