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HATI'RDAY, OCTOWKI» GRANTS PAM DAILY COURIER PAGE TWO • I ■ ■ . names being Charles Goodwin, James Williams creek mining district. Un- like other mining camps of Jose- ' J Ringold. John Taylor. Jack Powers and John Gilpin. The entire eight phtne county, mich as Galice. Alt-, aaM »ere all irom tin- . ;ty of Balti house «nd Josephine creeks, the -n ■- more, Md. They were known as the gold and marble m-.no* of William* Baltimore company. Tins company creek were situated along both sides By Dan L.'Qreen. with us again are. Miss Moore, Mr. By I vmm > Jay. '-4 In the year 1858, gold was die- located mining ground in the im- of the very rich and fertile valley of students were addressed by ■Brown, Mr. Schenk. Mira Horning, covered along the foothills and draws mediate vicinity of the old town, Williams creek, the entire valley ! ptK.tor Tuffts of Willamette Univsr- Miss Gearhart, Mr. Van Dyke. Miss on the east side of Williams creek This company with their labor and being covered with comfortable w ■ ory, Mr Mishler, and our princi the first assembly called th , L in Josephine county. Oregon, But at their own expense constructed a homes. The principle them« of his pal, Mr. Hopp. All of these uro tak by whom, the writer ot this does'ditch to their mine that took in both Haocure was th« value of an wduca- ing up tholr usual lina of work. fo.ka of Williams creek, a distance not know. - —«—a— aii ei«vaun< our During the winter ot 1858-1. there o» four or five miles. This bunch The musical talent is again huv- s-iMvv» today 1« the leader of tomorrow. iug a chance to show itself In choruB was a large quantity of rain and of miners occupied one or two largo iiiiLvni. xzi snow fell. During thia winter pros cabins, and seemed to live and worlt • nd his chief pica was for these and orchestra thia year, t'nder the pectors got Into the little draws and together in an agreeable manner, young people to study and qualify ill. - lion of Mists Saunders, a chorus flats and proved the new find to be i They were well respected by the en- themselvee tor this responsible po of 16 voices hrs begun work. It la of sufficient richness to justify the tire camp. sition. Aa his closing thought he her plan to h..ve the girls take purl The old Baltimore ditch is still construction ot a large ditch out of Chicago. Oct. 11.— (I. N. S.— Itsft thia message "Alm high and re in many ot the entertainments which intact, and is being used as an trrt- Williams creek. will bo staged this year. The or Since 1920 applications for charity solve to go on with all your strength Early in the spring of 1859. pro gating ditch. That part ot the camp chestra will no dou'bt appear at Und at any cost." have been increasing at the rate of visions were made for that purpose, near the lower reservoir Known as —•—•— timea during the winter. 100 per cent a year in Chicago, due —«-.. *— with Colonel Murray and his asso- Bruskey, Markley, and Whisky For the first time the high school to the failure ot enforcement of the ciatee In the mercantile business in Gulch seemed to be separate from Among the students visiting scljool library Is in a room by Itself. In prohibition law here. This fact is Jacksonville. Oregon, as principal that of the burg, being quite an ex lately wore the Misses Ar Iota Myers. the new building it Is located on the tensive camp, carried a saloon, store, gathered from a review ot the rec- tin« floor. Miss Horning is back on Vera Johnston, and ilvaVRa Huff, of financiers ot the project. ords ot the United Charities ot Chl- In a short time a large force of boarding house and blacksmith shop the job as head librarian. At the the claim of 1924. cago. men with al! necessary equipment, to prosper there for some time. —•—•— ■present time the school can boast of According to figures ot tbe rec- with a man by the name of Thomas Captain Barnes. B. F. Holsclaw The first edition of the Scroll, the '2,000 books with an addition thls as superintendent of construction, and I were associate miners in that ords, the total has reached that of year of 70 new ones. high school semi-monthly publica were soon at work with pick and part ot camp. A good portion ot pre-Volstead days, and the organiaa- —«—•— tion. came from the press Thursday shovel, paying the men J 50 per the diggings were very shallow which tion is facing a deficit in the fiscal This year the Scroll staff will con- The Scroll staff. headed ‘by Ruth month and board. made it quite easy to make money year's work, which ended September duct an all-year contest for the best Newman n editor and Marie liar As was usual in those days, quite in these places. But it did not. hap 30. written work of the year. The stu- beck as manager, expect to make Family providers asking tor char ■dent who demonstrates the greatest thia the beat year of all. They are a big rush was made tor the new pen to my company's good luck to ity. immediately following the enact ability in original composition will going to do all In their .power to live el dorado, and by the time the ditch get a spot of shallow ground. Department Commercial Printing was completed there must have been Mr. Holsclaw was elected county ment of the prohibition law. fell off receive the award on Class Night. up to the "Scroll Aims and Policies" six or seven hundred miners in the judge of Josephine county in the in numbers, and only 63 cases were Any article, story or poetry of mo as laid down by last year's staff. Can Handle Your Work Quickly camp. yeai 1868. Capt. Barnes was one submitted to the organization for at derate length (suitable for printing This policy is to give the advertisers Mr. Thomas proved to be an ex- of the discoverers of the noted Steam tention in 1919-20. as against 625 in the Scroll) will be eligible for a square deal. Maintain the liter pert at constructing ditches, Limit- Boat Quarts mine on the Applegate. in 1916-17. Since 1920. however, competition. Strikingly good mater ary Award Fund. Back Good Eng- ing his crew to 50 good ditch men, There were several families in the the applications for charity have been ial will probably be printed from iish. Encourage high grades, Sup- Phone 390 Automatic Presses by the time rain and snow came in neighborhood of this part of the and are increasing at the rate ot 100 time to time during the year. Tile port co-o<H>ration. Uphold High the fall of 1859 his job was com camp. One day there appeared an per cent a year, until they have as winning piece will <be selected from School traditions and standards. pleted and ready to turn on the wa cld one-armed man in the camp, sumed the proportions reached in an accumulation of the more prom Cultivate the “Hello" spirit. Pro ter of the first raise in the creek. who proposed to the miners that if 1915-16, when the swinging doors ising. by members , ot the faculty. mote sciiolarohl|>e. leaderships, In- But. Russia has no money and no The general management of this en they would get together and erect a were open and distilleries flourished. Further details of the contest will term-holastlc fellowship, aud all true navy to aashit Japan tn any bellger- terprise was in the hands of J. T. schoolhouse he would teach a three There was no record of the exact ■be arranged for later. progressive movements. ent undertaking That belligerency Layton, an old pioneer gold miner month's school just for what the distress suffered by the charity-seek —•—«— The prize will be a silver medal has not been given up as at least a of southern Oregon, having been en little camp might see fit to pay him. ing families, but officials were firm Tricturiug a "Scroll" surmounted by Man>" special students are enter possibility of the future in shown by gaged in mining on Jackson creek There being plenty of good carpen in denouncing the "home-brew" and the Lamp of Knowledge placed upon ing school this year and the only ob Japun's present logical attltudr at before coming to, the new camp. A ters in the camp, a neat UttU ios "moonshine" which is being private two books. Upon the "Scroll" will vious reason is the new building the league of «Nations. Japan and large reservoir road constructed at house with fire >iace and good desks ly concocted today, saying their ef be engraved tho words. “Scroll Lit Almost without exception they are' tltuasla must carry Germany with the lower end of the ditch where wa- was soon ready for school. Tbe old fects are worse than those of the erary Award, 1924-25.” The medal taking commercial subjects. Those New York. (Yet. 41.— (V . P-> — them In order to further any project ter was distributed to the different man proved to be a good teacher. legally manufactured stuff. ■will be on exhibition in the new takiug up these courses are Jacob The first steps toward the creation based on war Germany could use mines at a certain price per inch, From that time on the little folks The intemperance problem, it is building for a larger part ot the Boesch. Fred Kiernan, Joe F. Smith. ot a Russo-Japanese-Chloese entente ■Russia's manpower tn Europe to This was managed by constructing went to school instead ot wandering said, has become serious h re, and year so that all will have an oppor Bernice Coon. Virginia Roy. Mrs.Nell to control the Far East sre now be-¡«nak» very difficult military Inter- a large shallow tank in front of the around the camp in quest of some while strenuous efforts are being tunity to gaze upon its lustrous beau Kayser. Lee Houck. Louts Illnguette, ing tsken. If the movement is to ■vention by European powers In Ear reservoir. Slots were cut at differ place of amusement. made to stamp out illegal manufac ties.—The Scroll. Irene Jay and Bill Madison. It has ■Eastern affairs. Germany, addition ent points one inch above the bot In a short time a debati"? club' ture and sale of liquor, it is being —•—« — been rumored that these students have a real assurance of large suc ally and for herself, could start her tom ot this tank, one inch wide, and vas started in the camp to meet made* doubly hard by lack of coope t'nder the supervision of Mrs. are going to organise but nothing cess. Germany will have to enter war of revenge against France with horizontally with the tank, at any- at the schoolhouse every Saturday ration outside the enforcement or 'Hupe the Junior and Senior English definite has been done along that the combination. A quadruple un- her Eastern frontier unmenaced. desired length. This slot or open evening. There were a number of ganizations. classes organized into English clubs 111.'' Th« weakness of the project, boa- ■durstanding among these nations ing was checked off with one inch good talkers in the camp which Many persons are making more and elected the following chairmen —•—• — would hold poaalbllities of all tour «•vur. Ilea In the poaalblllty Of an An spaces with a slide placed over it, made it quite lively at times. Not money today than they did before The various classes have organ and secretaries: glo-American entente and the con to regulate the amount of water fil being bf any use as a debater. I prohibition on account of the un First Period Senior English—Mil ized and are ready for their year's powers coming back to the front struction of the llrltUh naval ba*- at tering through. The tank is then soon found myself in the chair to usually high prices commanded, ton Green and Virginia Rengstorff. work. The Freshmen, numbering rank of International lutluenre. Singapore. Japan would be powerless filled so as to give a six inch pres decide questions as best I could. much as are cigarette bootleggers in Japan holds the key to this de-before such 4 naval force us preat Third Period—Lawrence Schmidt 110 elected tho following officer»: sure above the center ot the slot, at No one made a fortune at mining Kansas. Albert AH. president; Beryl Conklin, velopment of the future. The Jap- Britain ami America could produce, and Myrtle Keelin». so much per inch, on a ten hour on williams creek and in the coursa During yie last session ot tbe Eigth Period-Johnnie (Hendren vice-president; Iva Moore, aeeretary- anese have suffered so severe a re-^ ax long as naval power in war la run. I do not remember the price ot a tew years the easy or shallow Kansas legislature, a move was start treasifter; Dorrence Stephens, repre- buff because ot the world Interprets paramount, and Catherine Carrell. charged at this camp, but as there places were worked out. There was ed to repeal the anti-cigarette law Sixth Period Junior English — | sentatlve to the student council. Miss the immigration affront that it Is | was no law regulating this matter a large amount of deep ground that in the state, but when the show- tho paramount policy of Tokiu to re ■Charles Russell and Dorothy Barnes. Riddle was chosen class advisor. in those days customs of the differ- was worked by the slow process of down came It was found there were The Sophomores with their newly gain Japan's lost prestige. Every Seventh Period — Nahum Baker ent mining camps regulated the price ’ground sluicing. This was r.< ally two interests working against the gained dlgni' chose Cecil,Harmon, thing at the Toklo foreign office is ■and Helen Bunch. of a miner's inch of water. carried on by J. T. Layton, he oe- repeal; the anti-cigarette smokers Mirs Landen's division also organ president; Doris Patrick, vlce-presi- subordinate to thia intention. How This reservoir was construcjed un ing the principal owner ot the ditch anj! the tobacco interests, Tobacco ized and is going to. work along the leut; Ida Wertz, secretary, Helen the recovery will be brought about der the supervision of an old min es and water. handlers make more profit from boot same system with Grace Patton and Spaulding, treasurer; and Claude ia a matter of tbe future; but the ing engineer by the name of Mun • There were also quite a large num legging cigarettes than through the (;0. I»><. Western Newwp»g>»r I nion ) 'Elizabeth Ekfleld, chairman and sec Loughrldge, student council repre- Japanese are determined that it ger who also acted as water dis ber of qArtz mines discovered in legitimate sale, and they do not like Strength of chnrkcter le not mere shall be done. retary, respectively. I tentative. ■trrngth of feeling. It le the r<•■<>- tributor for some time. The old the camp and its vicinity, some of to see their profits go. when, if they The purpose of these clubs, which . Nahum Baker was elected to rule At present the best chance lies in lute restraint of atrontf feeling It mining town of Williamsburg was which paid handsomely. Some quite are prosecuted for handling cigar 1» unyielding realetanve to what have sway every Friday afternoon i the Junior class with Vernon Cover- tlie creation of a new relationship situated on the bluff about opposite rich strikes in the way of pockets ettes, the penalty is comparatively ever Would dleroncert ue from is to cover in a more interesting way stone to assist as vice-president. with China. by winning China's without or unsettle ua from with* the bridge on the road leading to were also made. light. The same bolds true of cer the oral English work required for Margaret Hammerbachcr was chosen friendship, and then reaching a full In.—A>lcknne the present postoffice at Williams. It would seem quite barren to tain liquor interests in Chicago; they ■both English V and VII.—The Scroll. aecretary and Helen Bunch treaxur- understanding with Russia and later There was only one street with write about the old miners in this do not welcome the passing of enor GOOD THINGS TO EAT —*—•— er. Grace Patton will represent them .with Germany. Japan, China, llutt- business houses on either side, with country and not mention a tew of mous profits from the sale of their There are many new faces among in the student council. < «ia and Germany are all first rank quite a large hotel at the extreme those that were instrumental in de products. Meat with vegetable combination After much discussion LaVerne powers, in potentiality, who at pres the faculty thia year as well as end of this street from the main en veloping those mines. At Williams Intemperance causes unemploy •mong the students, The faculty Jess was chosen president of the ent have their individual difficulties will sene a wholesome main dish trance. This house had a large pub creek J. T. Layton ranked first, ment, It is stated by the United Char with a a tn a 11 now numbers 17, 10 of whom are Senior class. Ix>w AVyrick as vlco- in auxlainlng their positions. amount of meat, lic or dance hall overhead, and was having come to this camp from Jack- ities here, which, together with an here for their first year. The teach president. Marie Harbeck as aecre- which will prove Weakened nations do not as a constructed by John Bargdel, who son creek, Jackson county, Oregon, unusual amount of unemployment ers, their colleges and their line of tary, Frank day as treasurer and rule increase their common power an udvantuge to kept the house for a number of where he followed mining for several caused by other conditions, brings the work are as follows: Miss Broyles, Catherine Carrell as representatlve both the puree years. years. Mr. Layton made placer min I charities problem to a serious stage U. of O., languages; Miss Hudson, to the council will help the president very much by uniting. Their indi ami family. vidual weaknesses combine into a Col. Murray and his associate, Mr. ing a study as he went along and ' in Chicago, and to a large degree, Bird's Nest.- U. of Missouri, mathematics and la- guide the class of *25 through their common weakness. iBut. the weak Ben Davis, built a large store room therefore through long practice be according to tho charities records, Mush six cooked tin; Mrs. Hupe, Lawrence College. last year. nesses of Japan. Russia and Ger of hewn logs, and put in a large came very well versed in the art. this is due to failure of enforce- potatoes, season —*—•— English; Miss Jones. Willamette, many are Hot permanent afflictions. stock of supply goods. There being Mr. Layton constructed a pipeline ment ot the prohibition law. science; Miss Landon, U. of O., his Much Interest was taken ’by the They are but temporary accidents in tn taste and add half ii benfen egg; the mixture should be quite still, no sawmill, although Sy Messainger ditch from Williams creek to Farris tory and civics; Mias Modeland, U. students In the Home Lighting Es the turn of events. Therefore, the With buttered linnda was constructing one near the mouth Gulch, a distance of nearly 12 miles. make into bulls Of Chicago, commerce; Mr. Morgan, say Contest when Mr. Mishler first three powers can mutually help one I the alxe of an egg. Lay the»» In a of Williams creek, Alex Watte and Here he installed giants and iron DEER CREEK agriculture; Miss Riddle, V. of O., introduced it. The enthusiasm has another to get bafk to their feet, shallow buttered tin quite fnr apart myself furnished a large amount of pipe with many hundred feet pres 4nathematlcs; Miss Sanford, I', of O., died down some, however, because with China as a reserve force. nnd press Into each Hie bottom of a shingles, shakes and other timber sure. Mining at this mine with suc Mrs. B. F. Schezffius. English; Miss Saunders, Willamette, the primer» were so long in coming. ►nili 11 cup. thus making nests. Brush for building cheap houses, there be cess for many years, doing this min Among the four nations, the Jap with the remainder of the A large company of friends and egg und a About 60 students are writing, how ing no lack of fine timber all over ing during the fore part of the sum neighbors gathered at the Deer Creek English and music. anese have been least weakened by little enter added nnd set Into a hot The familiar teachers who are ever. the valley for that purpose. By the mer while the snow melted on the cemetery Sunday afternoon to pay •cent world happenings. 'China, oven to brown. Keep hot. While the time the demand for sawed lumber Oregon Caves mountain. Russia and Germany aro really neats nre browning, run a he If pound their last tribute of respect to Wil is Mrs. W. L. Tuttle; the menu com Newest in Aprons began to get up to a high pitch, Mr. wounded, in a physical sense. The of broiled stenk through Ilin meat Mr. Layton in the year 1868 or liam Dudley Ragan, who died in mittee, Mrs. Charles Hnrmon and Lots of clever people arc alway» try Japanese wounds are to her pride | grinder nnd add ennngli xensuned to- Messainger was ready with quite a '69, was the first miner to install a Granta Pass on Oct. 3. Rev. E. J. Miss Edna Goode. Ing to make life easier for women— and self-confidence. Therefore, the , I inato saocB to moisten liberally; bring good supply on hand al.hough his hydraulic giant and iron pipe in Dodson of Grants Pass conducted the Oscar Walton of Squaw Creek at mill was like most all others in those Josephine county, Oregon, for min- funeral services. Mr. Ragan was tended the funeral of W. D. Ragan and goodness knows there la room Japanese are the center ot actual I to a boll nnd with It till the het nests, enough I The newest thing la the “ever laying nn top two or three very ainall days, nothing but an old sash saw, ing purposes. This was near Whis born in Louisville. Kansas, in 1863. Sunday. clean'' apron, which looks like ere physical power In tho present move , cooked nnd buttered onion*. Serve on but it was kept running day and ky Gulch In the Williams creek He was married in 1888 to Maria ment. and to tills extont can further tonne or fancy astern, but la water Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Ernst nnd son n hot plnttey With hot buttered tonst night, with plenty of fine timber in mine. I well remember that I Jeanette Stowell at Kelso. Wash of Grants I’ass and Mr. nnd grease-proof, and needs only tho movement or hamper It more 1 on which Is served buttered asparagus. and Mrs. the immediate vicinity of the mill walked from the Gallic mining camp ington. To this union were born sponging over when It Is dirty. For than any ot the other potential part Roast Pig.—Tlie pig tlionl«) not be and a big fat ox team to haul the to Mr. Layton's mine, a distance of nine children, who survive. They Charles Harmon and son of Dryden housework and nursery wear It's de ners. over six or eight weokx Ohl. W hh I i and composed a huckleberry party to lightful to have these, ns they are well logs. 50 miles, just to see the thing work. are Arthur Ragan, Ed Ragan, Ivan Thompson creek Sunday. Tho Chinese ipart is secondary in i wipe dry after It Is denned nnd pre cut in many shapes and, being of soft The little Burg, as it was called, Alex Watte was also an experi Ragan, Mrs. Iva Stamper, Clifford China's favor is of pared for rousting. Stuff with force Ralph Tuttle of Weiser. Idaho, I h fabric, fall Into graceful folds which tho entente. had its share of saloons, a meat enced placer miner, spending many Ragan, Mrs. Sadie Raymond, Mrs. groaj value In removing otltetacles; meat used for stuffing duck, xensonlng the ordinary waterproof apron never market, blacksmith shop and bar years as owner of the Horse Head Grace Mayfield, Dollie Ragan and visiting his father. W. L. Tuttle. but. the Chinese can make little posi It more highly nnd mixing with benten Mr. and Mrs. Willis Garbe and Mr. does. eggs. Stuff nnd sew up the opening, ber shop. The Burg also had its mine on the west side of Williams Edith Ragan. tive contributions for an indefinite akewcrlng the legs under the pig. and Mrs. Dal Tuttle of Grants Pass share of gamblers and toughs; con creek. Mr. Watte also engaged in There remain also three brothers, were week-end guests at. the homo of Beads Popular in London time to come. Russia has already Dredge all over with flour, pfuro tn a sequently like all new gold mining other pursuits as well as mining, was Tom Ragan, Alfred Ragan and Rob Many of the London stores hnve es found this out, for after reaching large pan nnd roast until well done, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Tuttle. camps, was the scene of many noisy a civil engineer, was elected county ert Ragan, and t%o sisters, Mrs. Mrs. W. N. Tolin was a recent tablished hond department* to meet an understanding with tho Pekin allowing half an hour for each pound. and riotous nights. the Increasing demand for bend neck government but a few months ago, If the akin rrncks during tho Inst of surveyor one or two terms. He Mary Christy and Mrs. Anna Coffpe. visitor to Grants Pass. laces. chnlns and other nrnnmenls. One man by the name of Dildine changed and relocated many of the Philip Spinas came over from Ga Mr. and Mrs. George Kiphart, Kula A stone for which there hns been tho Russiatm are now turning to the hnklng. rub It over with the drip on one of those occasions was in a old roads where highways run at zelle last, week for a short visit to Chang Tso Lin, Hie Manchurian Wnr pings. Make n grnvy from aome of the cowardly manner shot in the back this time, Mr. Watte served as a his parents. On his return he was and Daphne, Mr. and Mrs. Charles notch demand iBtcly Is the ••chalce Ixird and tho enemy of the Pekin fat, lidding elder Instead of wnter. Ellis and son, dony.'' which Is mentioned In the Sherwood. Daniel and died in a short time, his assas volunteer through the Moddoc In- accompanied by his brother, Antone Herve on n bod of watererexa or pars clique. Book of Revolution. Others that are Green, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly, Elsie, sin leaving the country, thereby es dian war, also in the Rogue River Spinas, who will work at Gazelle. ley. garnished with nn apple nr lemon, Don. Ruth and Mary Harmon and popular nre Persian Jnapsrs, Baltic Japan knd Russia, acting togeth u pnper frill fur the tall. caping punishment entirely. His re war of 1855-56. Charles Goodwin, John Herman ot Portland visited amber, Chinese jado nnd imitation In er. can exercise a profound influence Fish Seal'op—Flake any sort of mains were Interred near the hill, of the Baltimore mining company, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Her Floyd Morrison were dinner guests dian cornplinn. at tho home of Mr. nnd Mrs. T. G. upoh the Far East as long ax there loft over Hxh. mrcfullv removing the and a short distance down the road 6>f Williams creek, was also a sold man, last week. His friend, Charles Harmon last Bunday. is no combination against them »kin nnd Imm s; mix with H lilgltly sen. from the old town. icr in the Rogue River war. lie was Drew, came with him. Square-Necked soned cream antic»; do not mnke It Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Sehorffius and There were several others buried in Col. Kelsey’s command and was The square-necked, short-sleeved among tho first class western pow loo moist. Place hi Imtfcrod xcnllop Labron Tolln is attending high Charles were shopping in Grants at the same place, mos(t of whom wounded at Battle Bar near Big school at Kerby. tube dress Is developed In many ma ers. Viacount Goto, who is destined »bells, pipe hlghly sinximcd moshed Pass Wednesday. terlals and combinations of malcríala. soon to come Into power as Premier potato to Which a benten egs hns bom met death by accident. Meadows on the lower Rogue river. Tho millinery meeting, which was <»f Japan Is strougly In favor of a added, nil over the top in " Imrlx Set There was a company of eight In the long run there was a large to have been held Oct. 20. will be Mining location notices at tbs full understanding with the Jtus- In a hot ov«n until the tip« of the men at the old Burg a part of their amount of gold taken out of the ou Thursday, Oct. 16. The hostess Courier office. Colored paper at tbo Courier. blan*. | potato aiis brown. 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