VOLUME 2 Central Point American CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1926 NUMBER 12 C R ATE R LA K E ROAD O ILIN G IS LARG E CROWD ENJOYS ( ? ) 4TH THREE GOLD ONE DEAD; FIVE GRANDSTAND STOPPED A T CRESCENT C IT Y STRIKES FOR HURT IN AUTO COLLAPSES AT As the oiling operations on the The best part o f the celebration | Crater Lake highway were discontin 1 at Crescent City was the cool THIS WEEK ued ACCIDENT GRANTS PASS j weather, according to many local Thursday, valley motorists mak . p t ^ A steady stream o f miners and men interested in mining develop- ment called at the o ffice o f the Southwestern Oregon Mining Bureau last Friday afternoon to feast their eyes on one o f the richest specimens o f ore ever brought out o f Josephine county’s mountains. The ore on display was a fifteen pound piece taken from the surface outcropping o f a pay shoot in a six foot ledge o f gold bearing quartz which was found accidently by W. C. Barker a few days ago. Mr. Bar ker, who is developing a claim in Gor dan Gulch near the rGeenback property, had gone up above his workings to cut some timber fo r his tunnel when he spied a large piece o f quartz within fift y feet o f the top o f the ridge. A close investi gation o f the quartz showed it to be completely impregnated with gold that was plainly visible to the naked eye. A further search disclosed the original vein from which the float had broken and here a well defined pay shoot was found that measures over six inches in width in a six foot vein. Judging from the direction in which the pay shoot lays, according to Mr. Barker, he will cut the vein at a depth o f 120 feet with the tunnel he is now driving along the seam. He believes that the seam which he is follow ing will undoubtedly lead to the rich vein that has cropped out on the surface. Mr. Barker states that he is get ting an average o f $3.00 to the pan in the ore which comes from the seam which he is following. He has drifted to a depth o f 65 feet to reach these values. The ore which was on display will easily run $1200 per ton according to conservative estimates by men who know ore values. This new discovery was made on the John Hall group o f claims in Grave Creek which is just across the creek from the Greenback mine from which several millions o f dollars were mined some years ago. It is also at the head o f the Browning placer mining property which was in its day one o f the richest placers in the dis trict. It is remarkable that this rich vein had not been discovered before as the whole district in which it is lo cated has long been known to be rich in gold. Work will be rushed on the tunnel to intercept the vein at depth to as certain the full extent o f the pay shoot. This is the third rich discovery to be reported within a week, the other j two beings from entirely differen t j districts within the county. The first to be reported was the discovery made in the “ Happy Thought” mine which is owned by John Bailey, the second was the Brittany mine located near Kerby and owned by Tom Watson, Bert Gall ¡gar. A. Walker and others. The mining fever that began to get warm with the release o f the information regarding the Robertson mine has reached a white heat since these oth er discoveries have been made authenticated. — Southern and Oregon Spokesman. H U C K LE B E R R Y CROP SAID BE F A ILU R E TO ing Fourth o f July trips to Crater and Diamond lakes, Prospect, and other resorts reported the roads to be in good condition. The oiled sec tion o f about three or four miles this side o f Trail creek is in fine condi tion fo r travel. The news that the oiling program had been discontin ued fo r the year was received with much satisfaction and joy, by local and valley motorists as well as the park officials. It was feared that the oiling oper ations would be detrimental to tour ist traffic and through the efforts of the Medford chamber o f commerce they were haulted fo r this year. V IE W S OF J. A. C H U R C H ILL Thinking that our readers may be interested in knowing some o f the views o f J. A. Churchill, for a num ber o f years our State Superintend ent o f Public Instruction and now president o f the Normal School in Ashland, we shall attempt to give a few o f his thoughts as expressed re cently in the general assembly o f teachers at the Normal. Mr. Churchill had planned a de votional service to be held on Friday o f that week. He said he did not wish to force his views on the teach ers, yet he wished very much that all would be present on this occasion. Mr. Churchill said that inasmuch as the aim o f education is the devel opment o f good citizenship, teachers should stress not only the general principle o f education but the spirit ual and moral as well. He stated that the German system o f education had been one worthy o f copy in some respects, but now the German nation was not flourishing, because her sys tem had been so largely based on materialism and individualism, prob ably to the neglect o f the moral and spiritual. He spoke o f the laxity in moral ideals now seemingly preval ent in America and urged that the teachers give the subject more ser ious thought and present higher ideals to the pupils both in practice and precept. Mr. Churchill’s words were well received and seemingly endorsed by the students. V. K. A L L IS O N SPEAKS V. K. Allison was asked to hold the first devotional exercises at the State Normal, last Friday. Mr. Allison is quite well known here because o f his service in this community last winter. He spoke briefly from Isaiah 42: 1-4. emphasizing the word.s “ Behold my servant, whom I uphold.” The thought o f the great opportunity of teachers to serve was mentioned, in behalf o f which he said that the greatest men and women in America are those who can serve; that no man or woman can walk alone and expect to succeed; that we are dependent one on the other and on God. Mr. Allison said further that no teacher should feel that she just hap pened to be a teacher; that she should feel that she had been chosen fo r this work with iu> wonderful op portunities fo r service; that all teachers should meet the universal need by showing love in all their work. The talk was brief because o f lack o f time but was helpful, inspira tional. and well worth hearing. A N EG G -EATING N A T IO N The news o f the failure o f the huckieberry crop on Huckleberry mountain is received with much re gret among the old timers here, as they must go without or seek other sources o f supply this year. The total failure was due to the premature bloom caused by a warm winter. The early blooms were then swept by a killing frost and as a result there will be no berries. This is the second failure in the last 36 years at that famed berry patch, ac cording to Mrs. Alice Hamilton o f Klamath Falls, who has made that many trips there consecutively. « The increase ih eggs anad poultry in this country is amazing, compared with other animals and population. Population lias a little more than doubled since 1880, during which time sheep have declined in number, hogs hove remained about the same, milk cows have increased about 25 per cent, while poultry and eggs have ir.cresswd more than four times. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Duncan gave a dinner July S with W. E. Duncan and family and Mrs. Elizabeth Scott as gnects. j people What would have otherwise been a celebration devoid o f accidents was spoiled at the last minute last night as the crowds were leaving the bleachers at the fairgrounds follow ing the fireworks display. The bleachers were crowded to capacity with men, women and children who had taken this position to view the magnificent fireworks display in the race track arena at the Josephine county fair grounds. The display had just been completed and while the “ good night” set niece was still flickering, a crash was heard and the front and lower part o f the bleachers sagged and broke under the weight o f the de parting crowd. Men, women and children were hurled into a tangled mass, screams and cries arose from the darkness that hid the injured from sight. A fte r quieting the crowd, several men in the stand who had not been injured, began to disentangle the in jured from the wreckage. Families who had been separated in the ex citement were brought together, tear fully thankful that none o f their loved ones had been injured while those who were injured were careful ly and gently carried from the wreck age and rushed to their home or to the hospital. O f those injured, Mrs. T. C. Booth was the most seriously hurt, she hav ing suffered a severely broken and crushed ankle. She was rushed to the hospital by Mr. Booth and her son, where after considerable delay on account o f the inadequate hos pital facilities, she was taken care o f by Dr. Ogle. Her ankle was se verely crushed and it is possible that it might need to be amputated. Mrs. Dungey, received a fractured limb arid is being cared fo r at her home. Several others were injured, includ ing Mrs. Jack Allison, who suffered a severely sprained ankle and her husband who received a wrenched shoulder. Others received scratches and bruises. Many mothers whose children had been in the grandstand to see the fireworks were frantic until they found that their children were safe. The task o f taking the injured out o f the wreckage was severely handi capped on account o f the darkness and this same darkness made it d iffi cult fo r the families to be re-united. The part o f the bleachers which crashed was that part which is used as the entrance and exit. The extra weight caused by the crowd leaving the stand was too great for the tim bers that support the lower part of the stand. Before the stand will be used again it will have to be re-built and more satisfactory exits arranged to accomodate the crowds.— Southern Oregon Spokesman. there. Two United States de- ! stroyers, the Kidder 3-15 and the Shirk 3-18 were in port and in ad dition to their maneuvers and search light drill in the evening the sailors added much merriment to the cele bration. As the clam bake and barbecue occurred Monday night several val- lep people missed that feature be cause o f their early departure. Crescent City was a mecca for Kogue River valley vacationists and walking down the street was equal to your home town in meeting friends. Among the local reside•'♦«i there were Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Tex and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Vincent, Mr. end Mrs. L. F. Pickett, Thomas Hod- bon, Miss Rose Niel, Frank Adams and family, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Bowman and son, Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Boss, Mrs. George Ross, Earl Weaver, Donald Faber, Mrs. M. M. Kindle, Mr. Hover and family, Claude Grigsby, Jack Lynch, Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Hurley, Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, Charley Genzel and son Glenn, Lester Cash and wife. Three thousand acres o f land in the Fort Klamath valley, which depends upon Anna creek fo r a supply o f irrigation water, will be seriously hit by drouth this season, according to Joseph Jenson, county road engineer and Klamath repre sentative o f the state water master, who made a comprehensive survey o f the Fort Klamath situation yester day. “ There are about 7000 acres in the valley up there, irrigated by water from Anna creek,” Mr. Jenson explained. “ Four thousand acres of the total is amply provided for, ow ing to priority o f their water rights, but these 4000 acres will use up the entire supply available from now on, leaving practically no water fo r the ranchers handicapped by later fil ings— Klamath Falls Herald. W EEK-END O U TIN G Phillip Hamrick and Lester Scott spent the week end in the Applegate country, camping about three miles below Rueh. Many things were en joyed, including good swimming, wit nessing the killing o f a large ratt'e- snake and admiring monstrous trout that had congregated in a pool fed by a spring. On account o f warm weather and the time o f year they showed little inclination to bite. STATE B A N K PUBLISH ES N A N C IA L REPORT One person received fatal injuries and five more were injured Sunday afternoon when a light touring car, loaded with nine people on a picnic party, overturned on a county road east o f Central Point near the I. O. O. F. cemetery on a high banked curye, which the car was unable to make because o f a collapsed rear wheel. The dead: Mrs. W. A. Smeed, 50, o f Klamath Falls, fractured skull. The injured: Wallace Root, 19, injuries about the head. Mrs. D. A. Root o f this city, fractured collar bone. Byron Smeed o f Klamath Falls, broken arm. Lionel Root, o f this city, contu sions about the head. Infant Portwood, Mt. Shasta City, Calif., 9 months, undetermined in juries. Mrs. Smeed, a former well-known local resident, died this morning at the Community hospital shortly be fo re 7 o’clock. The infant, Mrs. Smeed's grand daughter, is very crit ical, however the others are reported to be in a satisfactory condition. Lionel Root and Byron Smeed were removed from the Community hospi tal today to the Root home on West second street, apparently well upon the way to recovery. Mrs. D. A. Root and son Wallace are in the Sacred Heart hospital slightly im proved. Up until 1 o’clock today (M onday) the three survivors had made no re port to authorities to explain the circumstances o f the accident, leav ing Deputy Coroner Walker in a quandry whether to hold an inquest. State traffic oflicers, however, are investigating the situation. The accident, according to a story told by a motorist who came on the tragic scene shortly a fter it occur red, was apparently unavoidable, as a hind wheel, unable to stand the strain o f the heavy weight o f the nine people, broke while the car was mak ing the high banked turn. The car rolled over an embankment o f sev eral feet with the entire occupants. One o f the boys o f the party is said to have been driving. Mrs. Smeed's body is at Conger's funeral parlors. When the Root home was visited this afternoon, all the injured mem bers o f the picnic party had been removed from the hospital with the exception of Marian, the Portwood infant who is still in a very critical FI- condition. The quarterly financial report of the Central Point State Bank appears in this issue. This bank is one o f the best banking institutions in Southern Oregon under the manage ment o f conservative business men. The bank enjoys a steady growth from year to year and is a bank the Claude Bardon, local fisherman, patrons o f this community should be states that he has found the rest proud of. ing place fo r the steelheads. These TO LO ITEMS fish, he declares, are loafing along in the lower river by the thousands The club will meet again on July and are showing little inclination to 14 and at that time the ladies are ascend the river, due to the warmth planning on entertaining the Table o f the water encountered. He was Rock club. We hope it will be con at Rum creek, sever, miles below Almeda and took nine o f the steel- venient fo r them at that time. Among those who attended the heads on a spinner. They rose read celebration at Lake Creek were Mr. ily. The fish are congregating in the pools, but have not yet appeared and Mrs. John Higinbotham and sons in the upper river in any numbers.— Lester and Bert Higinbotham, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Whetstone and son Grants Pass Courier. Alton, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Crawford TRUCK GARDENRS FIND T O M A and daughter I .aura, and son Billy, Mr. John Anderson and family, also TOES P R O F IT A B L E Mr. and Mrs. Labarge picnicked The truck gardens o f this vicinity along the Rogue Sunday. are in fine shape, according to Lee Oscar Higinbotham and family Potter and Otto Bohnert, among our celebrated at Crescent City. foremost truck gardners. The tomato Mr. and Mrs. C. J. McKay o f Agate crop is early and the prices are high. spent Sunday with their daughter The up-state and California toma Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Payton o f Ray to crcpa are said to be blighted ex Gold. tensively. This is expected to keep the Rogue River tomatoes at a sub- Jack Southwell and fam ily went sta mal price. to Crescent City fo r the Fourth. Jack Harold Milendy, Toby Holland and had five tires blow out and we hare I Sonny Gleason spent the Fourth at not heard o f his return to Central Point as we go to press. ' Lake Creek. The car was driven by David Driskell, who was accompanied by his wife and 19-month old baby. The baby received few bruises, while the mother sustained a broken nose and the father many contusions. A fte r the ear had completely rolled over, Driskell was still under the wheel. The other members o f the party received numerous injuries. The following names were given out by the fam ily; Claude Root, 16, re ceived injured shoulder, black eye; David Root, 14, many bruises; Byron Smeed, 16, broken arm; Ronald Root 5, bruises; Mrs. D. A. Root, three fractures o f the collar bone and broken rib. Mrs. Smeed's initials are officia l ly given out as M. W. and age, 63 years. The picnic party was traveling in three cars homeward bound from Hybee bridge, where the day had been spent. The Driskell car was the last in line and, according to the story told, was not traveling fast, but had a defective l i f t , which blew out, causing the wheel to collapse. — Medford Msil Tribune. Among those on the Applegate Monday were the Webster family, Martins, Boswells, Burgers, Patter sons, Swartz’, and Lawrence Collins, Gladys Bond, Gertrude Shaw, Vera and Lola Davis. Good swimming was enjoyed, in spite o f several cases o f sunburn.