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VOLUME X X X V III
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, i 9 j 6
NUMBER 4i
ACTIVITY IN COUNTY
Townsend Club to Hear
Southern Oregon Turns
“Mama’s Baby Boy” Clever Traffic Death*
POLITICS INDICATES
SPECIAL ELECTION
Speaker at Social Jan. 23
Out to Be a Big ‘Soak*
Comedy,
to Be Presented by
ELECTION INTEREST
Fewer
in
1935
IN STATE 2 WEEKS
A* Rain* Continue S. V Grange Here Wedne*.
I here w ill he a spruker al the
FROM FRIDAY
Oregon was a safer place for mo
1 lie political pol is beginning Io Gold H ill Townsend dub
room
Hain, in Oregon, is seldom news
“Mama’s Baby Hoy," the rollick torists during the years just ended,
•burner in Jackson county and is down stairs in the Odd Fellow —but when it rains almost steadily
Only two weens remain before
expected Io leach the bulling stage building Thursday, January 23.
for a two week period so that rec ing comedy that swept its audience traffic fatality figures having shown voter» or Oregon w ill go to toe
early this spring. Just how much
After the speaking there w ill be ords are broken for all time, then off its feel when presented in Sams an 18 per cent drop from the all- poll» to cost tiieir ballots at a spe
Valley shortly before Christmas by
activity there w ill he In county a tin pan and hand shaking social. it lias to he news.
the
Sams Valley grange, w ill be time record set in 1934, according cial election, Friday, January 31.
politic« this spring depends a gre.il Ladies bring lunch for two in a pan.
According to weather obterveis
ro u r inea»urt» win lie ou Me
given
its second showing when Ihe to a report released by E. B. Mc
deal on the outcome of the special
After lunch there w ill ge a dance. in the Hogue Hiver valley, 1930 hut
oauois. lu e eletuon was caned Oy
election Junuary 31. If (he amend
Everybody is welcome.
ao far sel an all-time high record cast comes Io Gold H ill next Wed Daniel, president of the Oregon
me ltfjo special session ol toe leg
nesday evening, January 22.
incut which w ill change Hie pri
State Motor association.
for precipitation.
The Gold H ill grange is co-spon
mary election dale from
May to Local Resident in Court
While in 1934 the toll of traffic islature lor ioe purpose ot refer
The effect on Ihe Hogue river
rin g toe sales tax om to the people.
September carries there ' probably
brought it to within a few sor of the entertainment here which climbed to 313 lives, the number of
lu e sales tax bin provides lo r
for Traffic Violation* has
w ill not be much activity in politi
feet of Ihe 1932 high water mark, w ill he held in the high school deaths last year was only 257. This,
a levy ot iwo per cent on all retail
gymnasium.
cal circles until this summer. If the
although safely
below the hud
the motor club executive pointed
Win. L. Kmc, Gold H ili reslden*,
People of this community are out, was a saving of ¿6 lives, more sales auu oue-iouno ol one percent
May date is kept, things are ex
flood stage of 1927. However, with
who was arrested recently for tra f
tor wholesales sales. Certain toods
pected to start immediately.
no immediate let-up promised by promised an evening of fine enter than enough "to compensate for
fic violations, appeared in Justice weather authorities, “OP Man Hiv- j tainment, und are cordially invited
A. (.. Walker, present county
the time and money spent in carry such as tresn mux, canned max,
II. D. Heed's court Wednesday, hut
treasurer, announced last week that
ing on the work of safety education, o u ller eggs, cneese anil a lew otn-
er" may yel gel oul of control, and to attend.
after a hearing the rase was con
ers are exempt lrorn the tax. The
he would he a candidate for re-
people with property fronting the j
engineering and legislation.’’
tinued.
election at the coming primary. He
river are a little. unneasy as Io Deloc Walker Marries
Although national figures for the purpose ot toe measure is to pro-
When arrested Knie was driving
is the first candidate to throw his
what more of this steady rainfall
entire year have not yet been com viue funds for old age assistance,
Thelma Penninger piled,
with no tail light, had no drivers’ I may bring.
hal into the ring. Mr. W alker slated
McDaniel said he believed aid to ihe blind and lo dependent
license ami had not purchased his
,
that his early announcement was
Creeks feeding Ihe Hogue are
Oregon
would maintain its “envi cnildren.
Delos W alker, who
has been
1936 car license.
Changing of the prim ary election
(axed to eapueily Io carry their spending some time in Hollywood, able position among stales which
due Io an Indirect report he would
As tic hud lie funds to pay a fine,
not hr a candidate.
burden of water, und al Medford, California, relum ed here Thursday, have shown outstanding decreases.” date from May to September is pro
and the county did not wish io pul
Hear creek, which is usuully a very accompanied by his bride, the for
District Attorney George A. Cod
“Oregon’s reduction in traffic vided in another measure referred
him in jail and leave his family of
ding announced Wednesday
that
sluggish stream, now races through mer Miss Thelma Penninger. The fatalities may be taken as a true to the voters by the legislature. The
children wilhoul
support, the
change, if made, would reduce the
the city bank full.
he would seek re-eleclion. He is a
young couple report they were mar index to the driving characteristics time between the prim ary and gen
court continued the case, ordering
Jackson
creek
through
Jackson
democrat and bus held the office
of motorists in this state,” he said.
ried in Yreka, California.
Knie Io stay off the highway with
eral elections to two months, and
for two terms.
ville, has so far stayed within rea
Miss Penninger form erly lived in 'The reduction is doubly signifi
his truck until he could comply
sonable limits, but as its channel Sams Valley, where she attended cant when it is undersiood that the j would be effective this year.
There w ill he six county officers
w ilh traffic regulations.
Another hill to be voted on would
is shallow, it is nol unlikely that school, but has lived in Hollywood ¡number of deaths in the United
to elect at the next prim ary elec
amend
the constitution to provide
it w ill get to a dangerous stage be for Ihe last several months.
tion. the terms expiring being those
states as a whole climbed Io about
that members of the legislature
fore the rains stop.
36,400,
a
new
all-time
high.
of County Commissioner Ralph S. T h re e Granges W ill
Delos, who is the son of Mr. and
Hillings of Ashland, County Clerk
Initiate Here Next Week Excess rainfall above normal for Mrs. A. A. W alker of this city, and “Safely experts agree that the de shall receive such compensation as
may be provided by law, allowing
i January stood at 4.29 inches Wed
George Curler, County Assessor J.
a 1935 graduate of Gold H ill high, crease in Oregon is due largely to
H. Coleman, School Superintendent
A special grunge meeting w ill be nesday. Precipitation for Ihe season went to Hollywood the first of the the program of safety carried on legislators to fix their own pay.
C. It. Bowman, District Attorney held al Gold H ill next Thursday beginning September 1 was 12.65 year, where he has been visiting.
j by the motor club and other organ The constitution now provides for
George A Codding, and
County evening. Junuary 23, when the Cen inches to noon Wednesday, and
izations. Oregon’s record has been a compensation of $3.(8) a day hut
Treasurer A. C. Walker,
tral Point, Sums Valley and Gold heuvy rain fell in Ihe afternoon and GARDEN CLUB TO MEET
accepted nationally and a fine ex not more than 8120 for each ses
The office term* not expiring H ill granges w ill Initiate new mem I more early Thursday morning aft-
ample of what an intelligently con sion, and $3 for every 20 miles tra
AT C ITY HALL FRIDA Y
j er a high wind during the night.
going
and *
returning
this year are those of county judge, bers.
ducted
campaign
n i c u ca
m p a ig n can accomplish
accomplish. , velled
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The head of organized motorists from the p,ace of meeting,
one commissioner and the sheriff.
The Sums Valley degree team w ill Skies cleared for a brief time
Mrs. P. E. Hoiderness and Mrs. said that safety workers throughout
The iourlh hill '» ‘he result of a
W ith a national
election
also present the work. A large crowd is Thursday morning, but light rain
M illie W alker w ill be hostesses to the nation have written to the referendum ordered by petition of
continued to fall most of Ihe day.
pending, amt eily offices up for expected to allend.
members of the Gold H ill Garden Oregon State Motor association for ,he PeoP,e— ‘ he student fee bill. If
Earthquake shocks were report
election Ibis year, political affairs
club at the city hall this Friday an outline of its program, intending passed “ would authorize the state
ed by residents of Gold H ill early
are going to he come into their
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
afternoon.
to follow its pattern in their re- boar<* ot higher education to levy
Thursday morning, ulthough only a
own.
Wild Hose Troop
N
A meeting of officers and com
______ _
2nd
-xr»» the students in
— i l _
and r'rtlisxs'f
collect ft-z
from
the
few seemed io notice them . Power
spective areas
Total
registration
in Jackson
mittee chairmen is called for two
school of higher learning of Oregon
!
service
was
interrupted
for
about
county nt the present time is l/.flflO,
‘Oregon’s
headway
is
encourag
Al a special Court of Honor held
o’clock, j: st prc.eding the regular
ing to safety workers,” he declared. fees of not over 85 per term, of ap
according Io figures compiled at lust week the Iroop was reorgan two hours this morning, also, due session.
the county clerk’s office. This is ized for the second half of the to the wind Wednesday night.
We w ill continue our program this proximately three months each, for
Members are asked Io be ready
I, 004 less than In 1934, when the Scout year with the following sel
year. And in continuing this leader development and promotion of rec
to set the «late they can entertain
MRS. RIC TER N EW H. E. C.
registration was 13,004.
ship we feel that every motorist reational and cultural student ac
up for the different putrols:
HEAD FOR GOI.D HILL UNIT Ihe club, either at thetr home or who operated his automobile more tivities.
8th Grade and High School
at the hall this year.
intelligently in 1935 w ill continue
Student Body New*
Name— Friendship Pulrol.
A fine inerting of the Home Ec
to
improve his driving
habits. Terrific Storms Claims 34
tty Frieds Young
Lieutenant— Miss Helen Hertz.
onomics unit of the Gold H ill niG B E N E F IT DANCE
Rightfully,
we
can
expect
a
‘new Lives When Freighter Sinks—
In the first conference game of
Corporal—Lorrnin Force.
grange was held Wednesday of this
AT ODD FELLOW HALL SAT. all-time lo w ’ in Oregon’s highway
The Freighter Iowa and its crew
the sruson pluyed Friday evening
Leader—Jill Martin.
week at ihe grange hail with fif
fatalities this year."
of 34 men were lost in the terrific
al Central Point, Gold H ill's first
Assistant— W ilila Mayfield.
teen attending.
A big benefit dance w ill be spon
McDaniel issued the following storm which swept the Oregon and
leum won by tile score of 18 lo 15,
7th Grade Girls
Mrs. Nelle Ricter of Riverside sored by the Gold H ill Odd Fellow
and the second leum lost lti to HI.
Name— Darn Pulrol (sewing the colony, chairman of the unit, suc lodge at its hall Saturday night, five-year record of traffic fatalities Washington coast Sunday. The ship
in Oregon:
had just crossed the bar at the
The games were very
exciting hobby).
ceeding Mrs. Soren
Christensen, January 18.
Year
mouth
of the Columbia riv e r when
Fatalities
and guve (lit hoys a good send-ofi
Lieulennnt— Mrs. Mary Cook.
presided, and laid plans for a verv
Tickets w ill be 35c, with supper
1931
it was swept onto Peacock Spit on
268
for Itie conference.
Corporal—Sybil Walker.
busy year.
extra. Good music and a good
1932
the southern Washington coast by
226
Gold H ill w ill meet Talent Itere
Leader— Belly Shoemaker.
Birthdays of members born in lime is assured everyone.
1933
the 60-mile an hour gale which dis
246
Friday evening, and uil are hoping
Assistant— Winona Dungey.
January were observed, Mrs. Soren
1934
rupted shipping this week end.
313
for victory
6th Grade Girls
Christensen, Mrs. Ivan Smith and
Horn« f*r 13* Years
1935
257
There
was a practice game
Name— Meadowlark (stamp col Mrs. W. G. Howes being honored.
East Granby, Conn, — Whitfield
Baby Drowns in Fall
pluycd between the school team und lecting the hobby).
The elub, which is meeting twice Cowles built a home here 185 years
from Portland Houseboat—
Total — ............... .............. m o
(he town leum Wednesday after
Lieutrnant— Mrs.
Dorothy Mac- a month, w ill be guests of Mrs C ago and It has been In the family ever
A baby which its mother had
noon.
Guire.
E Gray, Friday, January 24, for the since. The first gene-afton of Cowles
iow occupies the home.
RUBSCRtmt FOR T H E NRWB
thought locked inside their house
The girls volley hall teams and
Leader— Marion Binder.
next regular meeting
82.M the Taar
boat home was found by its father
scores for the tournament are as
Assistant— Mary Rose Hailey.
in the water near the boat when he
follows:
5th Grade Girls
returned to his home on the W il
Fast Hitters: Phyllis M iller, Max
Lieutenant— Miss Joyce Handley.
lamette river at Portland. The 14-
ine H olifield, Merl Kendall, Elisa
Corporal— Mildred Smith.
months-old baby girl was beyond
beth Davis, Charlotte W alker and
Leader— Hae Clement.
reviving when found. The mother
Virginia Shoemaker.
Assistant— Carol Ham.
had
left the boat for a short time,
Champion Losers: Winona Shoe-
The Scout committee members are
locking the door, thinking the baby
tuukcr, Virginiu
Duncan,
Sybil Mrs. M illie W alker, Mrs. Em ily
was inside.
W ulkcr, Violuliclle Morrow and Lively, Mrs. Hose Gay.
Kcnclhca Kegg.
Scout Captain— Marjorie Skeeters
Hauptmann Must Die
Jacques: Patricia Beanies, L or Pena.
Unless Gov. Intervenes—
raine Force, Sylvia Croft, Hosu De-
The putrols ulternate in having
Bruno Richard Hauptmann must
siniini, Eth“1 Henderson und Ho- charge of Ihe regular weekly meet
bcrln Mullen.
die Friday, January 17, for his part
ings in the following order: First
in the kidnapping, murder and ran
Scores were as follows:
Thursday, 5th grade girls; second,
Fast H illers
Cltuinpion Losers 8th nml high school; Third, 7th, and
som collection in the Lindbergh
baby case in March 1931, unless
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fourth, Cth grade. In the event of
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Gov. Hauptmann of New Jersey in
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five Thursdays Ihe
captain
has
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tervenes. It is now rumored that
charge.
Fast Hitters
the Governor w ill grant a 90-day
Jacques
At the last meeting Ihe entire
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10
reprieve in the hope that Haupt
troop studied the flag test. Each pa
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21
mann w ill make a complete confes
trol conducted their own class of
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sion of the crime, which is thought
instruction. As each scout masters
The Jacques were champions and this test, she w ill pass an examina
to involve several others.
the Fast Hillers runners-up.
tion before Mrs. Cook.
GOING UP?
• V»r»
s a il
n o w !
sav<% *
Exemptions from
cxuminiftions
in high school were as follows:
Algebra: Hosu Desimini, Maxine
H olifield, Phyllis M iller, Mae N or
ris and Mildred Smith.
English IV : Doris Johnson, Viola-
belle Morrow, Frances Hcames nml
Frieda Young.
Business Arithmetic: Hosu Desim
t M n n ilw r t
a m v iiiin
ssav
u b u p
w ill study First Aid. Mrs. MaeGuire
w ill conduct this examination.
To date there are twenty-six reg
istered Girl Seouls. Four of these
nre second calss scouts and tw en
ty others lacking only a few tests
to receive this runk. Four girls are
working on their tenderfoot tests.
These four girls w ill make our total
ini.
30 and 32 is Ihe full quota allowed
Science: I’nl Hecker, Virginin for one troop.
Duncan and Champlin Garrison.
The Gold H ill Grange sponsors
Civics: Frances Hcames, Frieda this troop and allows Ihe Scouts to
Young and Doris Johnson.
meet in their hall.
W orld History: Pat Becker, V ir
ginia Duncan and Champlin G arri ine Holifield and Phyllis Miller.
son.
Economics: Maxine Holifield and
Geogrnphy: Mildred Smith.
Phyllis M iller.
English I: Rosa Desimini and V ir
Shorthand: Violnbelle Morrow.
ginia Duncan.
Riology: Maxine Holifield and
English II: Rosa Desimini Max- Phyllis Miller.
steel Trsin I'roterts
Passengers in Landslide—
The heavy steel construction of a
passenger train caught in a slide
near Truckee, Nevada, prevented
serious injury to passengers in the
three coaches buried.
Bonis Bill Passage
Near Realization—
Backed more solidly and unitedly
than ever befeore, the veteran’s bill
seems nearest to successful passage
by congress it has been in Ihe many
year it has been fought for. The
president’s approval is also antici
pated by its backers. The bill now
has Ihe senate finance committee’s
okeh, which is considered a big
step toward success. The b ill pro
poses to issue non-negotiable baby
bonds, bearing three per cent in
terest until rushed.