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About Central Point herald. (Central Point, Or.) 1906-1917 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1911)
C entral ESTA BLISH ED A P R I L lM>. 1 $)()(>. CENTRAL POINT, OREGON, THURSDAY. .¡UNE 29, lo ll. VOL. 6 NO II SECOND STORY WILL GO TO ON POSTOFFICE BUTTE ç jç y*? y> V ■ WEST CATCHES MUCH GOLD ON 3* NEW METHODIST PASTOR ROGUE RIVER < Q* 5* CONVICT HALL FALLS j M j K cs I’ rJ_Trip to Capture Who Broke faith. M ol S ! 0 ,0 0 0 Per Ton Rock in New Strike. Cr* In reuse i i Tostdl Business Require o Gentrul Pointers to Celebrate in Toil More Office Room. National Debt in River Bed. limber Metropolis. I. F. W illiams, who owns the brick I t ’s C. P. for the ta ll tim ber Ju ly 4th Je sse Hall, the convict who was B efore Col. F ran k H. Ray, principal building in which the post office is lo- : in this year of grace according to plans placid on his honor by Governor W est ow ner of the Rogue R iver E lectric Co., <§♦ c tt I announces th a t work will com- form ulated by the C entral Point Band and allowed to work outside the prison le ft for New York a couple of m onths m nee within a week or so on a second within the p ast w eek, w hereby th a t walls unguarded, and who broke his p a r ago he located a q u artz ledge along the <§♦ story for th a t stru c tu re . organization has arran g ed for a special ole, stole a horse and skipped, w as cap banks of the Rogue a q u a rte r o f a mile Increased postal business m akes ad- excursion train on th e Pacific & E a s t tured by the governor him self last b low the dam a t Gold R ay. The d ’tionul office room necessary and P o st ern railway to carry all who wish to ^ o Thursday, in the coast range a few rocks which are crossed by th e vein, m aster Tex finds th a t the space now to the tall tim ber m etropolis. m iles from the town o f Blodgett, on have been fam ous fishing ground and occupied as living rooms for his family Many residents of this city and sur- the C. &. E. railroad. Hall m ade a trod over fo r y ears by thousands of i » rn i»t be turned into office space. The ! rounding country have never visited highly sensational flight through the sportsm en. Though narrow on th e sur- second sto ry , now to be added,, will be B utte Falls and as the band has been W illam ette valley holding up and rob face the ledge deepens as it is gone ! fitted up . s a m odern flat and will be offered flattering inducem ents to fur- bing a num ber of people and a t one j down upon, and the vein is now over j occupied by Mr. Tex and his family. | nish music for the national holiday up tim e kidnapping a ru ra l mail c a rrie r j four fe e t in w idth w ith the w orkal- \ there the boys decided it would bo ready done. <§* i the proper thing to tak e a crowd along m i’es on his way. Governor W est took The ore is v ery rich, some of it hav- Modoc War Relic. to help the people of the new city m ake the trail T hursday m orning and a fte r ing assayed as high as $10,000 a ton. Like an echo from the p a st cam e an the eagle scream as in good shape. The follow ing the fugitive for miles through I t is estim a te d th a t th e re is $100,000 in I in te restin g le tte r to John E. Ross, of local ball team will also go to the Falls the m ost inaccessible p a rt of the coast sight a t the p re se n t tim e. <» t.iis city the o th e r day, accom panying 1 on th a t day and a good gam e is prom range, he tam e on the convict’s cam p, So favorable is the show ing th a t Col. a relic of C aptain Jack, the fam ous ised. w here Hall lay asleep. The governor Ray is h astening back from New York j Modoc chief of the early ’70s, who as An effort was m ade to have the P. & craw led through the brush to within a w here he expected to spend th e sum- j le a ik r o f the braves of th a t trib e gave E. officials arrange to drop their train few yards of the convict when a snap- | m er, and will personally d irec t oper- j the se ttle rs and the governm ent troops down to this city over the S. P. track s ping tw ig awoke Hall who sprang to ations in this discovery of his. s ) much trouble in the early history of I but th a t was found im practicable. A r his fe*et only to find him self covered by “ If I had one ten th of th e gold lying this section. rangem ents have been made, however, the governor’s gun. “ Who are you, a t the bottom of Rogue R iver I would Tiie le tte r, which is w ritte n by S. P to take passengers by team to the P. th e sheriff?” inquired Hall. “ N o ,” re pay off the national d e b t.” Hammond, o f A 1 Liras, California, ac- R ev . H . N . A ld ric h , w h o s tr iv e d fro m t h e e e - t a f«-\. ■' , & E. crossing ju st e ast o f the C. P. plied W est, “ I am the governor, the In such a m anner did H. G. Deane, <§* o f th e p r s to r a l w o rk f o r th e M e th jd is t E p L c tpnl e h u r '■ ' ; companies an old fashioned, rim fire, cem etery w here the train will m eet the A man you lied to. G et your hands up one of th e oldest o p erato rs of placer w ith h ig h rec o m m e n d a tio n s fro m th e sc en e o f id s latent I. I Ui-ealibre W inchester c artrid g e such as | excursionists. i*.> th ere, q uick,” The hands w ent up) and m ining in S outhern Oregon e x p ress his <§* M ic h ig a n . I n n o tin g t h e i r d e p a r t u r e f ro m t h a t c iiv a I d a . C aptain Ja c k used in his partly home a n d M rs. A ld ric h th e fo llo w in g c o m p lim e n ta ry m en tio n : It is expected th a t tw o or three the governor slipped a pair of hand fa ith in th e w orking of gravel a t the has made rifle during the Modoc w ar. The R ev. A ld ric h c a m e to o u r c ity t h r e e y e a rs a g o , and d u r io ’■ - > coaches will be filled with Central Point cuffs on his prisoner. He was taken bottom of th e Rogue. Mr. D eane has <§* been a n ex c o ed in u ly f a i t h f u l a n d tir e le s s w r k e r f o r his com * . mple letter, in p a rt, says: j excursionists alone and the band boys to a nearby ranch and given food be in operation now a placer mine below is of o f t h e c ity tre n e ra lly ; a m o n g 1 w h o m h e Is well a n ! favovab' “ L ear Friend Jo h n n ie :—Consider the c re e d o r d e n o m in a tio n . R ev . A ld ric h is* th e h a p p y n o «• r ■ are particularly anxious to have a la rg o fore being taken back to the pen w h ere' G rants Pass. contents o f this box as a com plim ent 1 and re p resen tativ e crowd join the ex- he will hardly be tru ste d again. “ Along Rogue River, ” continued Mr. < § * voice, a n d h e h a s u sed it u n s p a rin g ly , b o th i.i <o .n ec iio n u ; from an old acquaintance. It is an old on c o n c e rt p ro g ra m s . S in c e c o m in g to th e local ch;.r-*ii. u .. .« t> I cursion. The round trip fa re is $1,75. G overnor W est has been severely D e an e ,,’ some very rich placer ground j th o ro u g h ly o rg a n iz e d in e v e ry d ° p a r tm e t anti t h e m e ml* • i, 1 Modoc w ar relic picked up a t C apt. , Train leaves Davis station a t 7:15 a. ni. criticized by partisan opponents be has been wo ked. Much of th is has d o u b led . H e h a s a ls o been a c tiv e i n som e o f t h e f ra l- rn a l S'- .e 'i J a c k ’s stronghold in the fam ous Modoc a s s is ta n c e h a s been g r e a tly a p p re c ia te d . ^ cause of his new prison policy but escaped. T he gold 1 am ta k in g from 4*zp . L ava Beds by m yself. “ Thought you vi i • • • • am ong all citizens who helieve in giv the river now has been ‘qnicked’ to a < § * Merchants Have Credit Guide. m ight appreciate i t . ” R ev. H . N . A ld ric h w a s th e g u e s t o f i v n o r a t a b an i > t , > 1 th e K. ing the u n fo rtu n ate prisoners an op very g re a t e x te n t, show ing th e care- caifr The M erchants’ M ercantile company The Modoc w ar days are well rem em lo d g e in t h e i r h a ll la s t W e d n e s d a y e v e n in g . D t i ii . th e even i I'. .. V\ 1). liti p o rtunity of m aking good when their lessnes of th e e a rlie r m iners. The Xj b e h a lf o f t h e lodge, p r e s e n te d R ev . A ld r ic h w ith a v e ry beau bered by all of the older residents of i of Portland is prep arin g to publish a term s shall have expired approve of Rogue will be a g re a t producer when <^ t e r s o f th e bulge. to k en o f t h e e s te e m a n d f rie n d s h ip in w h is h he is h e ld by th e i u *> ; this valley and m any of th e pioneers, credit guide for this d istrict, including • • • O th e governor’s course. properly w o rk ed .” | including Mr. Ross’s fath er, the late Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Curry ly ev< n in g a t th e A la r g e ly a tte n d e d fa re w e ll r e c e p tio n w as g iv e n la s t > W est takes a cheerful view of the Mr. Deane recently found a ledge of ! Col. John E. Russ w ere p articip an ts in and K lam ath counties. N. A ld ric h , who h o m e o f M r. a n d M rs. L. D. R ow ley, in h onoi o f R ev a n d '.A whole affair saying, “ I am the fellow quartz seven m iles from Merlin A ssays 1 CP, ivo c h a n c e o f a By this system th is county will bo lea v e n e x t M o nday e v e n in g fo r O re g o n , w h e re Rev. A ld -h '■> the scrap. A fte r the surrender of the who was responsible fo r Hall g e ttin g show values of $40 to th e ton. Mr. , &■* c h u rc h . T h e re c e p tio n w a s a tte n d e d by m an y m e m b e rs o f th e Indians, C apt. Jack , Schronchin jr ., and put in direct touch w ith cred it condi- tlo n h e re , a lso by se v e ra l fro m o th e r d e n o m in a tio n s. aw ay and it was proper th a t I should Deane s ta te s th a t he has an im m ense - one or tw o o th ers w ere tried convict I tions all over the U nited S ta te s anti be th e fellow to g e t him b a c k .” quan tity of th e ore in sight. ^ . ed and executed a t F o rt K lam ath whenever any one moves here from any i T hirteen hundred dollars in gold ¿ X i ¿A* ¿ ^ 5 ¿^5 vy" The execution took place O ctober 3, o ther p a rt of the country the m erchants $ pounded out in tw o or th ree days work _________ ’ Injured in Runaway. ¡ here will be a t once posted through this 1373. in a m o rta r from a ledge in the Gold A serious runaw ay accident occured The rifle used by C aptain Ja c k dur 1 company as to how the p arty paid his English pouitryman Al 0. A. C. ing the w ar, and from which cartrid g es bills w here he fo rm erly lived. a t the old Willow Springs placer dig Hill mine, th e m ost fam ous pocket ever Roque River Claims Another Victim. These cred it guides a re made up in gings la st Thursday evening when the discovered in S outhern Oregon has con- j The body of A rchie McDonald, who Corvallis, Ore., Ju n e 23 — An English sim ilar to the one found by Mr. H am vinced Joe P e rry th a t he has again Misses Ham ilton and a p a rty of friends w as drowned in upper Rogue river, poultry specialist. Prof. T. It. Robin mond w ere shot, is in the possession of I d istricts covering every s ta te in the found the m ain ledge and th a t operation w ere driving for pleasure. The team while w orking on the county bridge a son of Wye A gricultural College, E ng Ju d g e Evan Ream es, of K lam ath Falls, Union. They are made from the com o f the mine on a sh o rt tim e. becam e frightened a t some object by sh o rt distance above the E n y art ranch, land, has ju s t m i l 1 a special trip from who secured it from Capt. J a c k 's bined experience of all the m erchants P erry cam e to Medford F riday w ith the roadside and upset the rig throw ing B ritish Columbia to inspect the poultry squaw a fi r he w as executed. It i3 in each o f these d istric ts and every w as recovered Monday. The rem an the gold which was weighed and de all of the occupants to the ground. One w ere shipped to Aberdeen, W ashington, plant o f the* Oregon A gricultural Col said th a t w henever any of the old Indi m erchant ra te s his own custom ers ac- posited to his account in a Medford of the Miss H am iltons received a five- w here his relatives reside. Mrs. Cry- lege o f which he had heard when m ak ans who knew Ja c k in his palm y days ! cording to how they have paid him. Be bank. He is certain th a t he has dis inch gash a t the base o f the brain aud derm an, of this city, who is an old res- ing a tour of the Canadian provinces call to tak e a look a t the old gun they fore a custom er is rated he is given covered the original lead which in tim es a nother lady suffered severe sprains in d e n t o f this p a rt of the valley, is an on an investigation of poultry and stock cover th e ir faces and weep bitterly. notice by le tte r th a t he will be ra te d gone by proved such a bananza. The lie ex The gun is a curiosity in itself. The and is given a chance to pay up his old both w rists. The injured ones were a u n t of the u n fo rtu n ate young man. instruction m ethods there. mine is th e pro p erty o f Col. F ra n k Ray t iken to John S isty ’s residence w here He visited her here for a few days be pressed surprise a t the e x te n t and b arrel w as evidently taken from an old account and thus secure a good rating. and Dr. C. R. R ay ’ but has been leased Each m erchant and professional man they received speedy a tte n tio n by Dr. fo re leaving for the upper river where com pleteness o f the facilities for in muzzle loader and set on a W inchester by Perry. Anderson who was summoned from this struction a t the Oregon plant, and fram e in suen a way as to m ake a re ¡ is furnished w ith a copy o f the guide he m et his death. c 'ty . All are now reported to be re Miss E sth er M errit e n te rta in ed some sta te d th a t the conditions w ere ideal p e a te r and while the w orkm anship is so th a t he may re fe r to it and look up covering. rough, looking as though it had been the ra tin g of any custom er or prospect F re d H. Hopkins and fam ily arrived here for successful poultry culture. tw enty odd friends T uesday evening executed by some country blacksm ith ive custom er before giving any credit. a t th e home o f her grandm other, Mrs. from Portland S aturday aud are Mrs. I. F. W illiam s was called to The big ditching machine belonging with u t any gunsm ith tools, it is effec Moore, the occasion being in honor of established in th e ir Snowy B utte liorr to Jacobson K. Bade arrived in town tive and is said to be a strong shooting Albany Tuesday evening ny receipt of her friend. Miss Helen Shaw , o f O ak Georg* Wright tnd family, of near in this city. They drove through in Friday and sta rt. 1 work Sunday m orn a telegram advising h e r th a t her son, land, California, who is visiting here. 1 Prospect, were in th e city «luring the th e ir auto and re p o rt a m ost ci joy able ing. It was w orking w«*st on Laurel and accurate weapon. O scar W illiam s, had received a had D ancing was the order o f the evening Judge Ream es is a brother-in-law of week on a supply buying trip anti visit- fra c tu re of the ankle. He is a b arber and delicious re fre sh m e n ts w ere served trip the roads being in fine condition street, yesterday and m aking excellent 1 ing friends and relatives. (he Rosa b rothers of this city. progress. and the w eath er ideal . a t m idnight. and has been w orking a t Albany. & & #1 ► ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • ♦ ♦ • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t ► The Face Value of a dollar is one hundred cents. The “ face” value of an account at this bank is— >te Just Three Things Daily Deposits Plus Credits Your deposits are always “ par value” and you draw against them as you please. This Store, the Most Complete General Merchandise Store in the Valley, “ Plus Credit” Is an Asset ♦ ♦ three principles: ► • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ! Central J ha.-> rapidly built its large business on these that comes from being identified with this bank. An account here helps you WE INVITE YOUR ♦ STATE Point AND COUNTY State Bank 1st Prices always right. 2 1 Quality always the best. 3d Money back if anything goes wrong. ACCOUNT Don't you want to trade in such a store? DEPOSITARY “ N u i f S a i d .” D I Pw E C T 0 n s J O ISAACSON President. W . C. LEEVER. V ice President. I. C. PO B N E T T . W m. FREEMAN. “ Central Point, H W. LINDSAY. Cash * r E. B. HANLEY W. H. NORCROSS. j. W MYERS. K. S. M1LLLR. Oregon \fi I f H l U L S : I C R A N F 1 L L AND ROBNEÏY