GR4XTS P\SH milT INH’HIKH
P*OF FOUR
—
A SfTE FOR A CITY
J. £. Tourtelotte of Portland, who
was here last week and said this £
was ■ beautiful site for a large city,
Edited by Mwathw-wteru Oreg«« Al taxing Bureau
said a- "moutMull" It ts. No better i
sit* on the conttnent! And what la • '
V
more, it has the "makings I* «or a
UH U. MINING XKWM
INDUSTRIAD 8URVKY
large eMy—location a* regards to
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topography, geography and geology!
OF MH THKRN CHULON I
tM. Hailey, at Mt. Retxben, is now Yes, and we might add. meteorology!
working his crew oa the road, wait It has th« location and the resources,
II) (¡co. Schutua« her
1
*
ing for enough water to run hi« and the climate. Situated on one
ft
■
com prefers and other machinery
of the well-wooded flats at the base
used in driving the tunnel.
of a range of mountains, with the
Quite a number of manganese de-
E ; J. Staples, mining engineer, ocean on one side ami the redwood
posits were opened up during the of Ashland, is in town on business.
forests on the other, with an abun-1
to
war and some ore was shipped, To
P. S. Burdick spent a few day* in dance of mountain water flowing J
my knowledge only one mine is ship town.
down several contiguous streams.:
ping ere at che present time from
Mr. Coats, who has been looking deep sea navigation, available for |
Josephine County.
One deposit over several properties In the vicin
aJl purposes and unlimited water
%
would allow the moving of ore ity. seetns very much impressed with
power saxbHct to development in the
tty a short aerial tram to rail over tbe mineral possibilities here.
future. Oewt-nl City ia certalnlfr
a distance of perhaps H mile.
Hough, Miller, Cramer. Logan, Messed Our forests will supply a
Manganese is largely used in steel and Wert*. who are running for of
perpetual flow of wealth from lunt- I
making and forms an indispensable fices in the legialative department
ber and as a scenic attraction to I
addition to all steel made by the of the state have been invited to
those who live in loss favored re- I
‘‘Bessemer and Thomas-Gi.Christ con apeak before the Mining Bureau at gions. Our hill* are rich in mineral I
verters. Jn small quantities used it it* nest meeting. It is hoped that
resources, and our water is both fit- I
’acts as an deoxidation agent and they will all be present, as much
ted for power and potaibleness.
promotes at the same time the re constructive legislation should be
The land flattens out from the I
r
carburization o (the steel. It used made in the state, to help the miner.
in large quantities r*p to 4 tp 5.5
At Che next meeting of the Bureau foot of the mountain* and extends I
per cent it makes the metal hard on November 1, matters will be tak west to the ocean beach, from a few I
9
and brittle, but new properties ap en up pertaining to Che Bureau’* hundred yards at the beginning of I
pear iT'used in excess of 7 per cent. action at the Pacific Northwest Min the flat east of town to several miles I
• • •
in width north of the city. This I
■With subsequent heat treatment ing association meeting to be held
flat
extends
north
for
many
miles.
1
manganese steol become« 'ductile at Spokane in the early part of De
’again and its tensile strength is cember. So much publicity and good ant^is capable of holding a city as I
three times as great as carbon steel. work was done at the* Sacramento large as Chicago. No high bills and J
I meeting that this question is of ut txo deep gullies or ravines Intersect I
For these reasons tbe demand for
I
most importance. There will be sev ft.
manganese ferroalloys is very good
It
lends
itself
to
utilization
as
I
eral speakers .and an. interesting
and up to lately all the manganese
meeting is promised for all those building sites without expensive I
ferroalloys was imported mainly
who attend. Bring in all new appli preparation of cuts, excavations or) I
Through the Tire Replacement Corporation of California, every tire purchased here is protrctvcl
from England. Only one firm make cations -for membership and briSg ' fi‘ls . ' It is high above the tides and I
Ing ferromanganese is located in the
for
tme
year against—
has
natural
drainage.
With
our
I
someone with you to the meeting.
United "States. Ferromanganese can
Mr Botfish a mining engineer, crescent bay on oty hand, where I
Accidents,
Negligence, Blowouts, Wheel Alignment, Under Inflation, Rim Cuts or any Road Hax-
be produced either in the blast fur
who has spent about a year in this shipping can seek shelter and make ■
artUiu
fact
anything
that might reader your tire useless.
nace or in the electric furnace. ' The
district looking over properties, ha* port, with the mountains on the fl
opportunity ie here to work up i an
other hand, and mile« of flat valley I
spent several days in town.
extensive industry in this alloy.
Letters are coming in continually up the coast. 4?rescent City Is cer- I
«0 the Bureau inquiring about tbe tainly ideally located and situated |
Fer rocliromal Io) s
Your
The same can be said for the fer- mineral possibilities here. A great for the site of a future great city,
Hot weather in summer Is un-
rochromalloy industry. The avail •part of them are a result of the pub
Thev Are
able deposits of chrome iron have licity made at Sacramento. Little known here and cold weather in
"been mentioned herettafore in con by little, more interest is being tak winter is seldom experienced. Tbe
nection with refractories. The raw en in Southwestern Oregon, and chmale is the most equable we have
material is here as well as the water with the present rains keeping up. It •ver found. On the’bills north of
power. The market can be -found. promises to bring abwut a revival of tbe city the famous redwoods grow
In abundance, as well a* oa the flat
Ve have most likely available the mining.
Now that Che creeks are beginning northwest of tbe city, all the way to
largest unused deposit in the world
today. The Rhodesian ore seems to to run. several mills in the district Smith River, some fifteen milee. It
give out, according to tbe latest in wiU soon be starting up. Placer is said this is the only stand of red-
formation. and have decreased In men are fixing up their flumes and 'wood timber on a flat in the state, as
chrome content during the last few ditches, and preparing for the win- virtual sea level. The three high
North Sixth Street
Opposite Court House
ways now entering the city, the Red
Phone 143
years in the ore received. We could ters run.
wood highway from the south, the
ship from here to advantage to any
Redwood
highway
running
to
-part -of the United States, or for
^larkct Report
Grants Pass, and the coast highway
eign countries, finished chrome al
.12 going north, all pass through red
loys and should be able to make Copper r............... .............
Tin ....................... ..............
.49
wood fore«<s.
'them here cheaper than in any other
»Lead ................................... ............ 08
A writer said recently in a letter
tplace. This article alone would con-
........... ..............
.06 that we have nothing to offer at rich. If one can find congenial sur < ALIF<H<MA Ulti TltF FhS
time forester* felt that it wau a dy year period »lace the earlier of
etitute a very valuable basis for an Zinc
HATH MAC K BEFOKK ADAM ing specie*. Recently, however, ef ttieae planting* soma of the young
Silver .................................
.71 present to the prospective settler or roundings he will be content. If con
-extensive industry.
.28 investor. He is mistaken. We have tend he will be rich, why worry
Aluminum ....... ................
fort* have been mad*. sad with con trees have made a groMh of 8 feet,
The history of the tree known as
Mercury
Antimony ____ _________
.112 no get-ricb-quick scheme« to present, about how much you can make or
against 1 or 5 tert a* the beat that
Perhaps 15 mercury mines or de Bi*mu|h . ......... ............. .. .... 1.85 but we have something more vald- how much you can earn, if yon can che Jllg tree, or technically the Se siderable success, to Mart planta local *a4>lings have attained In the
rposits are known in this district, Iridium ........ ..... ...... .......... ..260.00 lable to tbe man who 1* looking for a find a place in which your surround quoia Washingtonians, now found tion* of the tree throughout Cali same time. Forester* are beginning
.60 permanent home in perfect environ Ings will prove congenial? It is a In isolated and sheltered spots In fornia. outside of its present range. to wonder whrwtier the Blgtrce may
One mine was in operation near Cadmium __________ ___
Small plantations have been made not some day reforest large areas of
pity that more people cannot appre- the Siefra Nevada mountains of
.29 ment.
^Oakland. Douglas county, for over Nickel ____________ ____
In tbe Klamath national forest In I California by means of plantations
elate
their
environment
and
try
to
tOnlifornla,
reaches
back
into
the
‘20 years, but no shafts were sunk Palladium ........ .................. _ 82.00
We have heard knocks on our
’and the operations were stopped af Platinum _____________ .118.00 weather! What would you have? | show their fellows how wonderful It very beginning of hietpry, to a per the northwest corner of the »tale, similar to the .experimental on«• al
ter the available ore reachable by Quicksilver .............. ......... . 71.00 Heaven on earth? There is no place i* to merely live among such won iod when this tree probably covered near laikn Tahoe 4n the central part ready established.
Hunnels was exhausted. From the' Chrome Ore ...................... .. 18.50 on earth that we know of that is ders and to thank their God for the the slo-pos of western coast moun and in the Sequoia national forest
. 41.00 perfect. But there are some places privilege, Instead of wasting their tains twice the height of the pres in the southern Sierras, In each of
plant at tbe place It can be surmised ¡Manganese
Emergency Moaturot
that the operation of the furnace I Other mineral quotations un- more nearly perfect than others. time in strife and struggles and im- ent ranges, and extended from some ‘these localities the tree ha* far out-!
Iwnttst’a daughter (anxious to ex
¿totient
errort*
to
mjwre
a
letlow
point well north of 49 degree* down stripped the native conifer*. Kvsn I plain preaem e of young man)—"Oh.
was not very economical and rather changed.
What is more nearly perfect in wea
a crude affair. In the neighborhood
ther conditions than an even temper worker in the vinyard! ! Yet such into the Lower California peninsula. in competition with brush, which i Hobest, thirling, here’* father coming.
i
A factor in its, present limited suppresses young pines and firs ae-| Quick ! You’ll Just have to
of thia mine another mercury mine
WANT AND FOR SALE AIM.
ature all the year round, and that people get Into such environment
was opened up but no retorting at
This space will be devoted to is never hot nor never cold? We and think nothing about it. but range, says the U. S. Forest Serv verely, th* Big tree has been able j yvu'v« count to have a tooth out.
think "how much can I make".
WANT AND FOR SALE ADS cov
ice, Lt the strange geological trans to develop successfully. In the J2- float on iraOMrlpt
tempted.
ering mining properties, mining and have it! You can buy your clothing
formation that aoiuu hundred* of
Ye*.
Crescent
City
Is
beautifully
with a view and a certainty that you
The War Eagle mine near Trail, milling equipment, labor, etc.
located for growth and development, centries ago came over what Is now
Rates
are
10
cent3
per
line
for
can
wear
the
same
weight
clothing
belonging to Medford men was in one insertion in each daily and
ail the year round! Where else can but let us develop with It develop California. ’
operation during a few years, but weekly editions on Fridays.
The lHbical prophecy that the val-
you
do this? The sunny south re intellectually, morally and spiritual
Copy must reach Courier by Thurs
the ore containing arsenic presented
ly. Develop the finer sinsibllitles leys shall be exalted and 1he moun
quires
palm
beach
suits
in
summer
day
of
each
week
for
insertion
that
evident difficulties which could not
week.
and flannels in winter. Here we and the friendly feelings for our fel tains made low,'was very literally
be overcome by the process employ
<
buy the heavier suits and wear them lows. f Develop tho artistic, the aes- fulfilled in California some
ed, which was, to say the least, very
in summer and winter for comfort, t.hetic and the finer fibres tn our aeons before it was uttered by Isai
crude under the best of circum-
not style. While the interior of the make-up. If w, do this, the mater ah. In the high mountain ranges
stances.
¡country was sweltering under tem ial development will follow without of those days, running up to 20,000
peratures of 100 degrees or more effort and we could not keep peoqrle feed, of more in height, came a vol
All the others are proenoets only
at this time, but some can be de '"Story Without a Name" >«w Play this summer, we were backing in 56 from coming among us. That this canic disturbance, so that molten
ing at Rivoli Theatre
to 62 degrees. When the interior would produce material develop- lava poured through the valleys and
veloped into producing mines. Up
to now lack of finance and technical i The much-heralded Paramount will be enjoying sub-zero weather in ment goes without saying, It would stream channels, filling them up"
and blocking tho streams. -After the
aid has prevented the production of !)i<‘ur®. , “The Story Without a a few months, we will have tempera follow as a matter of course.
, Name," mad« from Arthur Stringer’s ture« of 4<f to 60. We doubt if there
It Is a distinctive privilege and a lava had cooled, it was so much
mercury jn this district.
, radio adventure-romance, opens -at is any point anywhere In the United blessing from above to be permitted harder than the granite of the or
Owing to the successful operation i the Rivoli Theatre Friday.
State* where the variation in tem to live under such favorable condi iginal mountains that It resisted er
of the Emmett Mercury boiler by the
Agnes Ayres and Antonio Moreno perature throughout the year is less tions as we are urrrounded by here osion as the granite could not. Ae
’General Electric Company the de are featured in the principal role*. than right’ here In Crescent City. in Creoeent City and anyone who a conzoqnence, the granite» peaks
mand for mercury has increased Moreno has the role of a young aci- That i3 one item alone that ought to cannot realise this is too sordid to wore away, and the lava bods re
hlte Indian children will be sent down soon to study tho
lately and the prices have tone up entist and inventor who has been ex attract people to this city, regardless make a model citizen or neighbor, mained until finally lavp-covererl
more than 40 per cent, A p’.oper in- perimenting in secret for the V. S. of all else. Then what city in Cali While 'we cannot pick the people we ridges tow efed above deep canyons brought back from the wilds of Pan 1 habits and living condition* of their
vesligation of our deposit» might government. The picture opens with fornia or elsewhere can offer any might like for neighbors, we 'ought worn in the nativo atone , and ama by It. C. Marsh, a civil’engl- people. White Indians, many of the
lead to a prosperous business in the first test of his invention, find more attractive environment than to try to make all realizo why we streams flowed and still flow runny yiccr, have Washington scientists »cloutists believe, are the beginning
An expedition probably of a new white I'ace.
mercury in this section.
with it the "death ray” makes it* w have. A combination of marine, are all here.—Crescent City Courier. thousand feet below the level of tho guessing
motion
picture
debut.
stream* once shaded by the Rig
mountain, timber, lake and river
Lead
Here’s a feature that has gotten views all right at hand—not a hun
tree’s grandsires.
No lead is mined to my knowledge
Not long ago minors In the Ta
■in Southern Oregon with f*he exce-p- pages of publicity in th-* paper* of dred miles over there, or ten miles Life of Christ Written
jthe
nation
of
late
brought
to
tbe
me
national forest working a gold
over
here;
but
right
at
our
door,
a
tion of some high grade ore shi/pped
in First Century Found nine 2,500 or 3,000 feet below tig
tovainly for their gold and silver con screen in as timely a production as matter of only a few minutes ride
Naples.—A detailed chronicle of th» lava cap of one of the Sierra peeks,
we've seen in many a long day. And into the mountains, to the streams,
tent.
tho novelty of the picture does not among tho glantt. redwoods, down life and martyrdom of Christ, written in one of the former streambeds,
The Buzzard mine noar Trail has end here by any means, The radio, into one of the ravines or gorges, or in the fifty-elglitb yeirr'after his birth came across an old flood deposit in
done a great deal of development too. plays a prominent part In the a five-mile speed along one of the lots been discovered by the Italian which wore the langled legs of a
scholar, Mario Di Martino, according
investigating. production, which is a fast-moving 'finest s^ndy beaches In the world! to Comniunder 1 >elln, superintendent group of the Sequoias thait once
•work and is worth ______
The owners confine themselv/s at melodrama—<a de luxe thriller in iCan you beat It. Then why has not of the Naples Public libraries.
grew on th« mountain slopes,
'present to working a shut» contain other words.
Della has forwarded u sunimnrlgod Though burled for unknown thou*-
jCrexisent City attractions right now
ing very high grade gold value*. Tbe
Hlere’s eomethiug out of the usual for anyone who loves Nature and de report of (lie discovery to the minister and« of years, the log* were In 01-
Tafner-Clark claims 52 in number run of pictures.
They wero
sires the joys of livlng among beau of education in Home. Di Martino’» callent preservation.
t
on the upper Umpqua show lead,
tiful not to say sublime surround find is not an original work, according changed somewhat in wlrurlur«, bu’
is
a
transcription
from
to Delia, hut
cadmium, zinc, and .palladium. Sev
Know How to Do It
the annual rings in a cross-section
ings?
th* original.
eral thou.and feet of tunnels are
in northern New England beans
"Fish is no; al! to flsfiing ” That
The revemtion contained In the new of Uie wood stood out «s plainly a*
made here but no ore shipped. The hove been baked front time Itn ruerno- is, one can enjoy nature while in ly discovered page* of parchment rirr tlvough the trees had been felled on.
owners have a good water power rial In a hole In.the ground. the hole pursuit of tbe finny denizens. 'Money expected to cause * tremendous sensn ly a few days before.
luivlnt’ first been lined with atones
available on their property.
During tlvo last thousand years
making Is not all to living, either. tion throughout the Christian world,
and
the atone* made very hot with a
I bono IJ
... ..
(Load will be discussed further In
ns
the
book
is
said
to
reveal
many
iin
tho
Rig tree of today ha a not re
."Contentment
is
wealth.
”
If
one
tire built li> tile hole.
our next installment.)
cun find contentmeut be Is Indeed known purtieuluru of the life of Christ. produced appreciably, and al Sue
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