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WORLD NEWS and Comment —Rew« gleaned from eventi of Ihr week, and a little cuuiuiral (rum the editor's viewpoint. NUMBER 16 GOLD HILL. OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 25, 1935 VOLUME XXXV1I1 Ball Team Lose« to Crescent City, 8 to 1 In a game played at the eoaat city Sunday afternoon, bold Hill lost Io Cr“«ecnt City by a score of 8 to I. The Icculs hud previously beaten'the boys from the coast on the local diumond. Sundny the Coasters were on a idtling spree and poled out ibree homeruns (luring the game, bold Hill's lone tally ulso came via l ie homerun route when Clyde K-ll belted one over the fielders’ heads. Skinny Wilson pitched for (.old Hill. Those two famous Humbling re sort» of northern Mexico, Agua Caliente mid Tijuana, were closed thia week by u ruling by the presi dent of Mexico. The famous cen ter«, supported mainly by Ameri can film people und rich thrill seekers, were the lust plucea in Mexico in which open gambling Funeral of Floyd Bower« bad been ullowt-d. The Aguu Cal Held at Pasadena, Calif. iente resort, which hud been in existence for th e past seven yeurs, Funeral services were conducted had been creeled at u cost o f from in I’usudena, California, last week «6.18)0.000 to «IU.IHgl.tMIO. for Floyd P. Ilowers, a resident ol the Fools Creek district for the Just whut the power rates will last year und one-half, who was be on electricity sold from Bonne killed in un automobile accident, ville <’.un has not been determined, July 11. He was on his way to Pas- news dispatches state, but an I'n- udenu to visit his sister, Mrs. J. B. derstunding was reached in Wash «raster, when his car collided with ington this week that the war de a truck near Bakersfield. He was partment shall complete work on laid Io rest in the Mountain View the dam and make the contracts for Mausoleum in Pasadena. power, und the power commission Mr. Bowers is survived here by is to fix rates on a basis thnt will his wife, the former Beth Boom- pay for the construction of the dam sluiter. his bride of a little more within 50 years. than a year. Prize Money for State Fair Totals $25000 Annual Show Open« in Sal* em August 31 for W eek’« Run; Premium Book« Are Unuaual Rai „ Strike Here to End Heat W ave buy Desirnini left Friday night for Portland where he is visiting relatives, Mr. and Mrs. George Ming and sons were business visitors in Med ford Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sower and daugh ter of Medford were guests Sunilay at Ihe borne of Mr. and Mrs. Clin ton Walker. Another week of unusual weather for southern Oregon in mid-July has just passed, with heavy rain fall and thunder storms striking this secticn Sunday and Thursday. It has been many years, old-timers say, since such heavy rainfall vis ited the valley in July, although many can remember when sum mers were not marked by the long dry spells of Ihe past years. The moisture was welcomed by everyone, as it broke the severe heat of last week, and brought re viving moisture to lawns, garden* and fields, although many said they would just as soon take it “without the thunder and lightning.” —And to this weather story, we might add that several natives dis agree with our item of last week which claimed that this hot spell was ihe hottest experienced he-c. The mercury has climbed to 110 de grees, some claim, bid agree that the humidity this year made the l o w e r temperatures experience») more uncomfortable than is usual At the present lime Ihe weather man is back on his good behavior and Southern Oregonians are e.* loving Ihe tvpe of weather Cali fornia advertises—but seldom has. Robbers Blow Dial Off Safe At S. P. Depot Also Enter Ham Grocery and Hardware Store Sun day N ight; Same Place» Robbed Two Month« Ago. The raw grind at Hie cement plant started operations again Mon day. it became necessary to shut Burglars again visited Gold Hill > Premiums amounting to more down for repairs recently. Sunday ¿light or early Monday than «25,000 are offered by the Miss Patricia Thompson, small morning for the second time with Oregon Slate Fair Ibis year, Direc daughter of Hay Thompson of Saw in two months and the very same places entered on May 26 were tor Solon T. While announced at yers Bar I» spending several weeks here with relatives and friends. again broken into. They were ialem Ibis week. the Ham Grocery. Gold Hill Hard Premium lists for the fair, to be Mrs. It. C. Kelsey returned to her ware and Southern Pacific depot. held at Salem, August 31-Seplem- home in Portland Sunday after en At the railroad station tbe rob her 7, were in the mull this week joying a three weeks' visit with bers tried to blow the safe with a for exhibitors. relatives and old friends here and charge of nitro-glycerine but the In addition to that amount «100 on Sardine creek. attempt failed when only the dial will be paid to tbe person in charge of the box flew off, the safe re Mrs. A. W. Small and Mrs. Fran if each county which exhibits. En maining closed. A pile of clothing tries for the county displays must cis Duetch of Paris, California, left and blankets, used to muffle the Thursday enroute home after a be made by August 15. blast, were blown to bits when the There will also be t-H club pleasant visit with their daughter, charge was set off. premiums and Future Farmers ol Mrs. S. W. Parks and family. Local Girl Scouts Entrance to the depot was made America awards, as well as special Mr. und Mrs. Phillip Conway re to Summer Camp by forcing the warehouse door. premium money and prizes. turned to their home in Los An Wiley Post, that intrepid aviator, Another door between the ware The premium list contains ail geles last week after visiting friends who has made round-the-world and Gold Hill and Live Fourteen girt scouts, members of house and office was smashed open. general information relative to ex •nd relatives in and near town. non-stop flight records, is now Oak Grange« to Hold hibit« at tha fair, pictures of Gov Mrs. Conway will be remembered ihe Gold Hill scout troop, are this Two boxes of express were broken planning a new triumph. This lime contents strewn week enjoying an outing at the into and the ernor Charles H. Martin and Di Joint Picnic Aug. 4 as Miss Marie Biles. he proposes to fly over the polar summer camp ai Bybee bridge. about the room. Nine cents was the rector While, a message from Gov- region between the United States Mrs. Buhy Mayfield spent Ihe They have as their companions, ten amount of the loot secured. Pluns are being completed for a ernor Martin, a list of members of and Itussia. Soviet flyers also pro joint picnic between members of the State Board of Agriculture and ^asl week with her «do, Haymond, girls from Central Point. The section tool house was also pose a non-slop flight over the the bold Hill grunge und Live Oak a list of life members of tbe Ore and wife on Evans Creek. Sunday The camp conforms to the scout broken into, where tools were tak north (Nile to Oakland. California. grunge of Bogue River, to be held gon State Fair. they motored to Cascade Gorge for summer camps, and a fine program en, thought to have been used in a visit with Margery who is em of sports and other instruction is the burglaries. There are 14 separate depart in the Grants Puss park, Sunday, A quantity of liquor and other A tail-less monoplane built to sell Augusl 4. A picnic lunch will be ments, Including 186 classes for ployed there. given. Mrs. Marjorie Pena, local scout , merchandise was taken from Ham’s for around *121X1 Is Ix-ing demon the big attraction und a large num exhibitors. The names of Ihe de Miss Virginia Grimes of Medford leader, is in charge of the Gold grocery. Also a little small change. strated in l.o s Angeles by Waldo D. ber of grangers are expected Io partment heads are expected Io be spent fhe past week visiting Miss Hill girls, and also supervises the In the robbery in May about the Watermun. The machine will make allend. announced about August 1. accord Charlotte Walker at her home general camp routine. She is as same items were stolen, indicating a speed of III) miles an hour und ing to Leo Spitzbart, assistant di across the river. Virginia formerly- sisted by Miss Mabie Moore and the job might have been pulled by 13*4 miles to a gallon of gasoline, rector of the fair. lived here when her father operat Mrs. Willis of Medford, and Mrs. , the same outfit. Canadian Juvenile Band it is claimed. By departments the amount of ed a barber shop. Her parents are Skyrnian, who is head of tbe Cen f At the hardware store a shotgun to Give Free Concert* premium money offered this year building a new home in Medford. tral Point troop. The girls receive and ammunition and a flashlight at Grant« Pa«« Park is: A. horses, «2540; B and C, beef nature study instruction, swimming were missing. ! and dairy cattle, respectively, «10.- Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lance of M. D. Bowers, who rooms at the The Vancouver, B. C., juvenile 603; I), sheep and goats, «4491; E. Wolf Creek spent the week end classes are held, camp cooking and other courses incidental to camping hotel across from the depot, said i swine. «3121; F. poullrv. pigeons, here. They moved their household band, composed of 53 boys and gills ranging in age from 10 to 17 rabbits and pel stock will be about goods to town and put some of it out are learned, as well as other he heard a blast about two o’clock Sunday morning but thought it to There is noticeable ai the pres yeurs, will give free concerts ul the the same as last year when it in storage as they are still camp scout work. The girls were taken to their thunder, as it was raining that ent time, a keen interest in biog Grants Puss vity park, Saturday amounted Io a total offered of «2.- ing at Wolf Creek. They expect to raphy. In Uie confusion of the evening and Sunday afternoon, July 267.50; G. dairy and .poultry prod move into their house there soon, camp Monday by Mrs. Millie Walk night. State police and county officials tiiiies, people seek u meaning in 27 und 28, according to announce ucts. «498; H. honey and bees. «195; which is being remodeled. They re er. Mrs. Hose Gay, Jim Chisholm the ideas and life of others, hope ment received here this week. I, land products show. «526.25, cently sold their home across the and Joe Lewis, and will return are working on the ease. An Espee detective is also inves for some gain in practical wisdom, river Io Mr. Stearns of Minnesota. | Thursday evening. The baud is on Ils way Io llie San (Buck Page Please) tigating the robbery. but learn In the end that experi Diego fair. ence is noi Io be purchased—Ibid This unique orgunixatlton, which It must be lived. Nevertheless, the is only two years old, has received ‘W eedy’ Friend« M eeting SE E AMERICA? lives of others have a significance: much recognition in band circles. of Garden Club Povided they may give us strength Io en Its members, in their natty uni Much Entertainment dure our own despairs und strug forms, present a snappy appearance gles. which lends much interest to their Many surprises came to members Bruno Frank's book "A Man concert's- and b e s i d e s they are of the Garden club when they Called Cervantes” is both history rent musicians. learned the identity of the “weedy” und poetry. It portrays the back II Is expected thnt many people friends who had been sending them ground of the 16th century with from this section will plan Io be In gifts the last six months, and con truth anil wide knowledge and pre Grants Pass during their Visit to siderable entertainment was pro sents everything about Cervantes' hear them play. vided by this feature of the meeting life Hint is actually known. If ever at the home of Mrs. R. E. Blanken- a work could be culled the ideal burg last Friday afternoon. biography of a greal man and poel. Gold Dredge in Fourteen ladies were present, in Operation in River it Is this one. His whole life was cluding three visitors, who became ■ novel, more adventurous than Near Rogue River members before the meeting closed. (hat of Ihe most historically famous They were Mrs. J. D. Hedgepeth, adventurer. Mr. Frank gives us a The drag-line gold dredge re Mrs. Ellis Matthews, and Miss Helen vivid presentation of military ex cently set up on the bunks of the Dorman. peditions. the oppression of na Bogue a mile ubove the town of Because of the interest taken in tions, plundering, religious fana Bogue Biver is now in operation the “weedy” friends exchange, it ticism, Ihe insanity of Ihe Inquisi with three shifts employed. Twelve was again voted to continue it, and tion seeking lo establish the purity men are at work. The dredge is names of those present were drawn. of the blood of people In whose operated by the Hogue River Dred Members not present, but who wish veins ran Ihe blood of Iverians, gers, Inc. J. D. Vance is president to be included should make a spec Basques. Kelts. Phenieinns. Ho of the company. ial effort to attending the August 3 mans, Vandals, Jews, Arabs, Ber meeting which will be at the home Standard Oil company is rather bers and Goths. of Mrs. Evelyn Thompson. The ex proud of their record in regard to change will be handled differently labor strikes and want to boast Ihe rest of the year, the last meeting about it a little to the public. SmiKri Charlie in August, October and December They point out that in their his being set as exchange meetings. tory there are only two minor Mrs. R. E. Blankenburg received strikes and these long past. They the prize fop the most perfect at believe that fair dealing, fa|r wages tendance since the first of the year. and an rigid hour day have been Several matters pertaining to behind their good record. They the fair were discussed during tha now allow all their common labor business session, and light refresh two weeks pay on vacation each ments were served. year. They have kept the eight hour day since 1917. There is no doubt that labor responds to a- fair and City Reservoir to Be square deal. Standard Oil has had Cleaned Sunday Morning a lot of difficulty with seamen and dock workers who handle their oil The city reservoir will be clean hut are not in their employ. They ed early Sunday morning and resi anticipate more it would seem and dents are urged to draw enough are trying Io place before the pub T K fellow w h osU W water to supply their needs for a lic Iheir justification of their fu (inneelf up in l i f e / ture relations with these men. few hours that morning. A crew Their own record compels us Io by bi» own boot straw» under the supervision of Marshal admit that they seem Io meet fairly Davis w ill handle the Job which is p r e t t y au re t ’ with their own help and on that will take about two or three hour« know about w h e r e 1 basis are entitled to be considered and the water w ill be shut off dur fair In their dealing» with these ing that time. ___ j m sta n d s i n I K outsiders. _<• / . —’ Book Chats Sent to Exhibitor«.
