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The M oat Thoroughly Road W eekly in Southern Oregon, Published in the Biggest L ittle Tow n in the State VOLUME TT— W .. I . XXXVIII ■ ■ i , G O L D H IL L , O R E G O N , W orst H eat in Gold H ill Hand« Coast Team a Beating Sunday History of Valley Strikes H ere Thurs. WORLD NEWS and Comment —New» gleaned from «vaati of Ihr weak, and a Ullia commisi Iroin the editor's viewpoint. People living in Oakland, C ali fornia, nol uni) have Io worry about keeping the wolf from the door but now it , "keeping the lion from the door." A wild mountain lion Is roaming the si reels. Sun day night the animal clawed Char les Evkles and Fuesnay it was seen in a different part of the city, causing quite a silr among the residents. The II. S. Circuit Court of Ap peals In Boston has handed the New Dealers another body blow. Tuesday the AAA, ( Agricultural Adjustment Act) was declared un constitutional. The administiatiion Is at luggerlicads in trying to fig ure out how to get around the situation. If you think it has been hot in this neck of the woods lately you can sympathise w ith the people living ul Indio, California, where the mercury has reached 120 de grees eurly this week. The heat wave ther has caused two deaths. A hank bandit robbed the O rt ing, Washington, bank Monday and In the melee with officers, shot and killed the police chief and a patrolman of Puyallup who had given chase. The man was first thought to be W illiam Mahan, hunted kidnaper of the Weyer haeuser youth but this theory was given up when fingerprints did not correspond. Another “noble experiment" has gone haywire with the collapse of the huge National Ceog*wpldc slratoaphere balloon at Itapid City, South Dakota. The giant bag of the balloon burst an hour before the scheduled takeoff early last Friday morning and 375,000 feet of helium gus escaped, putting an end at least for the present, to the pro poses! six-mile hop into the air. No one was injured in the acci dent. The United States lost one of Ils ace crime fighters this week with the resignation of Melvin Purvis, head of the Chicago office of thr department of justice. Purvis was th r man that led the G-men’s successful campaign to rid the country of two of its worst crim- inals- John D illin g rr and Pretty Boy Floyd. Eat plenty of spinach and you w o n t have to w orry about snake bites. That's the theory of Miss Belle de la Fontaine of New York. And to prove It she let a poison ous reptile sink its fangs into her hand. The act was put on at n Broadway show after a health lecture by Dr. IJoyd Shankin, veg etarian advocate. The two Maxes— Baer and Sch- meling— both former heavyweight champions, have been signed to battle in a 15-round bout In Sep tember In Madison Square Garden, New York. FLO YD LANCB PROPERTY SOLD A deal whereby was sold We were was completed this week the Floyd Lance property to a party from Michigan, unnble to learn the name. Snflh? QiarMe Says A heat wave which kept ther mometers hovering between 05 and 100 degrees for five days hit this section of the Itogue It Ivor valley last Thursday, and old timers re port it is the worst they have ex perienced. Au unusual feature of the wave was that the nights remained warm Instead of cooling to a |»oint where sleeping hour, were comfortable. A break in the intense heat came Wednesday, however, after thr eelipse of thr moon, and Wednes day night was normally cool again. A comparison of temperatures here with other parts of Southern Oregon show that Gold H ill was a f»w degrees cooler during the hot period, the breezes from the Rogue keeping the mercury from rlim bing quite a, high as at Med ford or Grants Pass, but residents say it was plenty hot, anyway. Annual low » Picnic A t Grants Pass Set for Sunday, Aug. 11 Former residents of Iowa, now living in southern Oregon, w ill gather In the Grants Pass park, Sunday, August 11, for their annual get-together. The Grants Pass Iowa club w ill have charge of the ar rangements. The Iowa picnic idea started in 1033 with the first gathering held In the Gold H ill Auto park. Last year Grants Pass entertained the former Hawkeye clan and at the picnic it was decided to meet there again this year. About four hundred former resi dents of the corn state are expect ed to attend this year's meeting. A picnic lunch w ill be held at one o’clock and a short program and visiting w ill take up most of the afternoon. All former lowans are invited to take part. Garden Club to Have Interesting M eeting Marking the end of the first six months of their year's work, the regular meeting of the Gold H ill Garden club, to be held at the home of Mrs. R E. Blankenburg tomor row, Friduy, afternoon, promises to be unusually interesting. At this time the identity of the “weedy” friends w ill be learned and new names w ill be drawn for the next six months. Members w ill bring their gifts, and this time, the cards w ill bear the name of the giver. T h r attendance prize w ill also be awarded, and plans for the fair w ill lie presented and discussed. K ILLS PORCUPINE II. D. Force had an unusual ex perience early Saturday morning. When he returned home from his work at the Sylvanite mine about four a. m. he was startled by the noise of something moving about in the shrub, in his yard. T hink ing it to be a dog, he threw a stone into the brush to frighten it away. Just then a large porcupine came out into the yard and Bud took up the chase, killing the animal w ith a rock in the street In front of his house. This is the first time any one has reported seeing a porcu pine in the city limits, although residents have observed deer at different times, seeking green feed. WE KEEP MONEY MOVING Nothing attracts settlers so much ns bright and attractive places. The drive to repair, repaint and remode' has gone over good in Jackson county. Gold H ill, Jacksonville, Central Point and Medford are sprucing up. We lend money to responsible people for this purpose. FARMERS AND FRUITGROWERS RANjK (Community Builders) (Depoaita Insured) Medford Miss Rosa Desimini left Friday for Portland where she is visiting relatives for a few weeks. Mrs. Tom Cody left the first of the week for Oberon, North Dako ta, where she w ill visit indefinitely with relative«. She made the trip Ly train. f" THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1935 The boys from Crescent City found Gold H ill a stumbling block Sunday when the two ball teams me I on tba local diamond. Gold H ill turned in a well-earned five- to-four victory, with Skinny W il son on the mound. The extremely hot day must have agreed with the locals for they didn't waste much time in getting into the scoring column. One tally w a , chalked up in the first frame, two in the second and one each in the fourth and fifth. Crescent City plugged along, add ing a score now and then to bring their total to four. In a last minute attempt to take home a victory, the coast boys switched their batting lineup which would have done th r trick had it gone -linnoticed for the batter knocked a homerun with one man on base. Of course the play was Illegal and Gold H ill remained on top with a one-point lead. The two learns meet again Sun day on the Crescent City diamond. EAGLE P O IN T CAR ABANDONED H ERE A car registered under the name uf Ola N. McPherson of Eagle Point, and apparently abandoned here last week-end is being inves tigated by state police. It has sat on the highway in front of the Minnie Sargent home for several days, and when police checked up on it Wednesday, they found that it carried a blown out tire, and the gas tank was empty. They assumed that it had been stol en and abandoned, but no further report has been made here con cerning it, and it has not been re moved. C IT Y TO R E T IR E MORE BONDS The City of Gold H ill this week received its payment of nearly two thousand dollars from the Invest ors Syndicate of Minneapolis, and the council plans to retire two more water bonds in the near fu ture, making a substantial saving in interest. This week the ruling that delin quent water users must make a payment of five dollars or their w sler would be turned off, went into effect. Quite a number of pa trons paid the amount, but there were some that found themselves without the use of the city water. NUMBER 15 F air Board Receives Grange Reports: Coop eration is Assured H. D. Reed left Tuesday evening on the Shasta Limited for a vaca tio n in San Francisco. He w ill visit bis son Charley, and the two men w ill motor back later in the month. Mrs. Hose Gay w ill be hostess an all day ,ocial meeting next Wed nesday, July 24, at her country home. Several ladies from town expect to attend. to the W. R. C members at Miss Eugena Quakenbush of Medford was calling on friends here Saturday evening. She has given up her position at Rurelsons ready-to-wear store and is at home again. Miss Zelda Mae Smith has again taken up her residence in Medford where she is employed. She and three other girls recently gave up their apartment and Zelda is board ing now. The ladies of the Gold H ill grange are sponsoring a dance at the Sar dine creek hall, Saturday night, July 20. A small admission charge Will be made. Everyone is w el come. Mrs. A. W . .Small and Mrs. F ra n cis Duetch of Paris, California, a r rived Tuesday for a visit with •heir daughter and sister, Mrs. S W Parks and family. They expect to remain a couple of weeks. Henry Schortgen of Klamath Falls, was a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Art Shoemaker Friday evening. He was enroute home from the V.F.W . convention in Newport. Word from Wallace Iverson, whu recently accepted a job w ith the Payette Independent at Payette, Idaho, states he likes his work and it getting used to the level country after living in the mountains of southern Oregon. Mrs. Emma Gregory of Shedd, Oregon, returned to her home Monday morning after a three weeks’ visit w ith her daughter, Mrs. B. C. McCormick and family. She accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Mc Cormick on an enjoyable week end trip to Pine Creek and Klam ath Falls, returning Sunday' eve ning. B A C K A G A IN ? At the second meeting of the Gold H ill_ F a ir board Tuesday eve ning, assurance was given that the Gold H ili Garden club and the lo cal Chamber of Commerce can ex pect the full cooperation of the Sams Valley, Gold H ill and Liv» Uak granges in sponsoring the northwest Jackson Comity fair to oe held in Gold H ili Saturday, Sep tember 21. Live Oak grange repre sents the Rogue River section. Representatives of these grunge, were present and stated that their organizations would take over the Land Products, Canning and Cook ing exhibits, in addition to entering in the booth competition. Prizes for the booths were set at $25. $15 and $10, in the grunge department. The Rogue River civic club and the Women's Relief corps of Gold H ill were also represented at this session. Both offered their cooper ation, the Relief Corps taking over (be children’s department, while the civic club w ill have a booth, and help in many ways. The city hall building w ill be used, as in former years, and the li brary room w ill be included. What other buildings w ill be avaiiabk bave not been ascertaianed, but a planning committee composed of Mrs Nora W ait, Mr. Fish and Mrs. R. E. Blankenburg was appointed to check over the space and plan the location of the exhibits. Mayor H. F. Drake of Gold H ill, pointed out that the time is very short, only tw o months remaining before the date of the fair, and com mittees were urged to act prompt ly in order that all details w ill be taken care of. Work of constructing the shelter for the oven and kitchen to be used for the free salmon bake and barbe cue in the evening is to begin at once, and benches and tables w ill be constructed also. W ork is under the supervision of City Marshal Eber Davis, who is taking a fine interest, and is already grooming the city hall grounds so that it w ill look its best for the event. Recover Body Drowned Miner After 4 Months Doug Cameron Finds Body of Fred Spranger Caught in Cable; W as Drowned Last March. After bolding their victim for four months, the waters of the Hogue River receded this week to reveal the body of Fred Spranger, 42-year- old dredge miner, and it was recov ered shortly before noon Wednes day where it had lodged against a cable near the city intake, Douglas Cameron, fishing about a mile above the city, noticed sn object caught by the cable, and on investigation it was identified as the body of Spranger, who drowned last March 26, near the Lyman ranch, three miles above. Coroner Frank Perl and the state police were notified, and they took possession, and notified relatives who live in Grants Pass. Mr. Spranger met his death when he jumped from his boat as it was swept into the current of the swol len Rogue while he was attempting to adjust a cable on the dredge. Un able to swim, he was soon swept from sight and attempts at rescue were futile. Efforts to locate the body were also unsuccessful, state police and officers from the sheriffs and cor oner's office working for many days without results. It is presumed that the victim was caught under a ledge and held for some time, but was f i nally- released and as it floated downstream, became caught in the cable where it was found Wednes day. Funeral arrangements had not been made awaiting word from Mrs. Chas. Linebarger was ser Grants Pass, where a sister, Mrs. iously injured Sunday evening Fred Stien and a niece, Mrs. Harvey when, due Io the wet pavement, Isham, reside. their car overturned when round ing a 'curve near Rogue River. She Local Residents V iew received a fracture at the base of E clip se o f th e M o o n her skull. She is being cared for at the home of her sister, Mrs. A great many local people en Daisy Wilson of Medford. joyed the cool of the evening on lawns and porches Monday eve ning, enjoying the spectacle of the total eclipse of the moon, between 8:00 and 0:50 p. m. The eclipsed moon was visible dimly, resembl ing a copper colored ball. Accord ing to scientists, this was caused by fair skies over Russia, South Africa and H a w a ii— marking a circle around the w orld where the sun was just rising or setting at eclipse time. I f the sunrise-sunset belt had been stormy or clouded enough, tbe clouds would have shut o ff enough of the sun’s red rays to make the moon almost in visible in the black shadow of the earth. As the moon emerged from the shadow, the rays of the sun made it appear as a copper col ored disc. AID ENJOYS PICNIC A lovely picnic is being enjoyed this afternoon by the laides of the Methodist Aid society and several friends at the home of Mrs. Geo. Dorman. A pot luck supper is to be served on their pleasant lawn. Mrs. R. C. Kelsey of Portland, who is visiting friends here, w ill be a special guest Mrs. Kelsey, w ife of Dr. R. C. Kelsey, form erly made her borne here, and Mr. Kelsey operated a hospital. MRS. KELL HOSTESS TO PAST GRAND C LUB The Past Noble Grand club met Inst Thursday, July 11, at the home of Delia Kell. A fter the business meeting, Rena Davis, E v e l y n Thompson and Mrs. Kell were sur prised w ith a birthday handkerchief shower. Mrs. Ethel Martin w ill be hostess to the next meeting, to be held in the lodge rooms. Ice cream and wafers were served by the hostess. Those present w ere Rena Davis, V iola Moore, Pearl Fer guson, Lucy Mee, Dora Hammersly, Mabie H ittle, E lino r Force, Evelyn Thompson, Madge Derman, E thel Martin, Emma Half sad Mrs. Kell. t ' A
