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ASHLAND AM ERICAN she will also go to A lbany to visit her m other and fa th e r, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. G ilchrist. This is an im Tliut I k »U i women ami men of this T he annuls of literary forgery have p o rtan t m eeting an d we hope o u r giiteration a re more subject than »heir no more pathetic Instance than the grange will p ro fit by sending o u r forebears to nervous breakdow ns Is so-culled Rowley poems of Thomas the cluim of m< t experts. On the Chatterton When < hatterton. perhaps w orthy le c tu re r to it. Miss Elsie S trau s, who sepnt the other hand. It Is denied by a few the most shining example of precocity whose opinions carry weight. to lie found in literary history, was holidays With her p aren ts, has re The effect of the noise of modern twelve years old, la* conceived the tu rn ed to her d uties a t the Coquille life Is being very carefully studied by Idea of fabricating the literary relics schools. the Institute of Industrial Psychology, of a monk to whom he gave the name M rs. E. A. W ilhite is m aking an and Doctor Miles, a member of the Rowley and whom lie ascribed to the extended visit w ith h er son, E. C. stuff, has reached th e conclusion that Fifteenth century, l ’.y the time he the bad effect of noise on human was seventeen he had aroused some W ilhite and fam ily of Lake creek. nerves Is far less th a n It. has been interest in the poems of Rowley but H arry Johnson, who fo r the past supposed to be. not enough to satl* fy Ids Imagination. few years has been em ployed in Investigation seems to Indicate tha t So lie wrote to Horace Walpole, In Bellingham , W ash., is visiting w ith one can a d ju st to the Increasing closing some pages of manuscript and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. II. J o h n noises of modern cities with great inferring he had oth e r papers and rapidity and ease and th a t little or poems. Walpole wrote, asking to see son, fo r an in d ifin ite period. Jea n Gulovsen, sm all d au g h ter of no harm is done. w hatever documents he might have T ypists placed at work for hours and t ’hatterton sent so many as to Mr. and Mrs. George Gulvosen, who In the most Infernal uproar—steam arouse Walpole’s suspicion and cause recently u nderw en t a slight o p era whistles, crashing tinw are, pistol shots him to call in the poets, Mason and tion for rem oval of h er tonsils, is re and Interm ittent groans- and screams fJray. They pr< notmeed the poems n ported to be doing very nicely. —are troubled only until Die .novelty forgery. Walpole dispatched a letter Those who expect to a tte n d th e wears off. Then nerves, ipilet down of admonition to (’hatterton. T hree n ext grange m eeting, S atu rd ay and the noises cease to be Impressed. months Inter he re tu rn e d the m a n u The woman who Is excessively a n scripts. which, with the exception of evening, Ja n u a ry 15, will be in te re st noyed by noise should la* examined one poem, never saw print until a fte r ed to know th a t a sh o rt program is by n physician, for there usually Is C hatterton had taken his lift* in a being prepared fo r th a t occasion. Ears Becom e A ttuned * Odd Q uirk of N ature to F a m ilia r Noises in R ecognized Genius something of serious importance giv moment of despair. He was not yet ing rise to the "norves.”- - K n n s a s City eighteen when he died. So brilliant, Star. so versatile was he tha t even those contem poraries who condemned him conceded that in many respects he was Look W ith Suspicion a g r e a te r genius. Iiy some queer quirk On Too-Good Youth of n a tu r e he had chosen to act the Poor little good b o y ! Nobody be imposter, where he might with every lieves In him ; everybody d istru sts him. prospect of renown have produced his All the wise educators and psycholo work as his own.—Dearborn Independ gists peer at him suspiciously and sol i ent. ________________ emnly announce that he can't possibly be approved of. If he is tra c ta b le and Gestures T ell M ore obedient they shake tlieir heads dolor Than Spoken W ords ously and prophesy tha t it won't la s t; tha t lie'll do something dreadful later It Is one of the most difficult things In life to make up for it and he’d In the world to act a lie. G esture Is, much bettor be getting his allowance In fact, far more revealing—and far of original sin out o f his system while more truthful than speech. Compar- he's young, ingrowing sin being a seri nt'vely few persons possess complete ous complaint. Well, maybe. Itut control of this "language of the body." somehow, we c a n ’t help wondering if j Neither a golden tongue nor a voice It’s unite ns bad as all that. We a l I thrilling with passion is any match ways had a sneaking idea th a t the i for a contradicting gesture or glance. boys and girls who did as they were Scientific study of gestures has told and got into no serious mischief shown tha t they fall naturally into grew up to be the dependable, con two classes—acceptance or rejection. scientious, Industrious men and wom Almost every gesture of which we en who do the hulk of the world's a re capable belongs to one or oth e r of work and do it quietly and efficiently, these classes, for, In truth, the la n w ithout ringing any bolls or blowing guage of gesture Is much simpler than any horns to call a ttention to th e m the language of the Ups. Upward selves and tha t o n e . o r two of them movements of the head, hands, arm s may even have become presidents of or eyelids belong to tin* form er class, banks or railroads or something. Prob and dow nw ard movements to the la t ably we’re wrong, but it's a com fort ter. There are few exceptions to this, able theory, anyw ay.—Cleveland Plain but they only prove the rule. For Dealer. example, there Is a way of raising the eyebrows tha t expresses a sneer, hut then ¡ l sneer Is deliberate, w hereas T 1* * * T h e BUrW hriH th e gestures that are really ball-tale 3ft w as the ninth inning with a noth a re alw ays made without deliberation. ing to nothing score. T here were two outs against the home team, and the CLASSIFIED umpire had called two strikes and 1 ........ three balls against the redoubtable iS? Canavun. T he pitcher calculated his FOR SAf.E distance, drew back his arm, and hurled—his favorite in curve. Cana- FOR SA LE— Good wood range. In quire Ashland E lectric & Supply vtm measured its approach with n keen eye and swung, putting all his Co., in Shook block. strength behind it. Right on the nose! Help W a n t e d - —Male. It sped tow ard the left liehl fence. T he left fielder was running back ward*. Would he make it, would he W A NTED— Salesm an fo r electrical appliances. Apply Ashland E lec tri make It? T he g ra n d sta n d watched cal Supply. with open eyes and mouths. “ Look!" Myrtle grabbed her e s WANTED TO RENT cort's arm and pointed a trembling finger, “ Look at tha t pink and purple W A NTED— U nfurnished 3 r o om h a t !”— Exchange. T w o C o u n ties H o n o red Virginia is known as the m other of Presidents because eight Presidents of the United States were born within her borders, says the Pathfinder Mag azine. W ashington, Jefferson, Madi son, Monroe, William II. H arrison, T y ler, T aylor and Wilson lirst saw the light of tlie day in the Old Dominion. T w o counties had the honor of giving birth to four of these distinguished men. W ashington and Monroe were horn in Westmoreland and H arrison and Tyler, born In the same county. It is an interesting fact tha t Harrison and Tyler, born in the same county w ere elected President and vice-presi dent, respectively, at the same time. So It happened tha t when H arrison died a month a f te r taking oath of office he was succeeded by a man born In the same county. G ia n t A m o r.g S ta rs T h e n a v a l n h s e rv u to r y says. accord- Ing to lle o r g e E llery Hale, th e diam- e t e r o f líe te lg p u se Is e e rta in ly more th a n im .onn.nno m iles an d p r o b ah ly a s m uch as 21.'.0t>»».0,D. T h e d ia m e t e r o f t h e sun heing Wf.O *1 miles. Retel- g e u s e Is t h e r e f o r c roughly of •JÓO tim es g r e a t e r d ia m e t e r a n d l.V »>».';<o tim es g r e a t e r volunte. I lo w e v e r it is su p p o sed te coiisi t o f n ia tte r in a n ex tr e m e ly a t t e n t u a t e d com lition, T hougti t h e w eight o f R e to ! Z u e Is now k now n, th e fm*t th a t lio « tu r w lmse w eight h as ticen dote 'tnh'« d i* as mu *h a s io n tim es as h av y 's th e sun m n k e s it unlikely t! il Rct«*l.*:eii«e 1 honv.v in projMirtlon to Us votuuie R etired a t the age of 33 years, a mulé a t Colcm an, Texas, follows an k o wn^rn it formcrly pullcd. VOLT GIVES COPCOMSTORY transm ission line was com pleted to become an im p o rtan t p a r t o f tin F o rt Jo n es and E tna, in S co tt V al present Copco system . This has to do ley, w ith branches to several active with th e activ ities of th e Rays, p re mines. D uring 1909 fifty -fiv e miles viously re fe rre d to. On R igue riv er of high tension line (th e p resen t ju s t below th e presen t bridge a t Line 2) were built from Fall C reek Gold Ray, Dan Condor ow ned a mine to D unsm uir, w here im m ediate steps which pro p erty was b ought by Dr. w ere tak en to rebuild local lines and Ray in o rd er to get th e pow er site. im prove the light and w a te r service. A dam - -the present Gold Ray dam — In this connection th e S ch errer was built in 1903, also th e pow er E | lectric Light com pany, M ossbrae house, and in 1904 th e firs t e lec tri Falls W ater and Pow er com pany and city was tran sm itte d from this p lan t. D unsm uir W ater com pany proper* Dr. Ray organized the C ondor W a te r ies w ete acq u ired ; also two plants and P ow er com pany to o p erate this a t Sisson w ere subsequently acquired en terp rise. Lines w ere co n stru cted and connected up with th e grow ing to d eliv er energy to consum ers; Gold system . These activities w ere a tte n d Hill, G ran ts Pass and tho A shland ed by a reorganization of th e Siski Electric Pow er and L ight com pany you E lectric Pow er com pany, and its in 1905. This proved too m uch o f a name was changed to Siskiyou Elec load fo r th e Gold Ray plan t, so to tric Pow er and Light com pany. From cope with dem ands a p lan t was D unsm uir the line was extended b u ilt on the Rogue riv er a t P rospect. south to C astella, and in 1913 th e From P rospect to Gold Ray a line was plant of R. E. C avanaugh of Edge- b u ilt in 1911 It was th e firs t 60,- wood was purchased. A sm all p lan t 000-volt line on the Copco system . on Sulloway creek was closed down All p roperty, franchises and con and Edgewood connected w ith Line tra c ts of th e C ondor o rg anization 2, as Copco knows it today. A n o th er w ere tra n s fe rre d to the Rogue riv e r old line tak en over was th a t of the electric com pany in 1907, which Mt. Shasta Milling com pany plant com pany becam e a p a rt of Copco a t on L ittle S hasta riv er which had the sam e tim e the Siskiyou E lectric been supplying some pow er to Pow er and Light com pany did— when M ontague. the C alifornia-O regon P ow er com M eanwhile negotiations had been pany was incorporated. O ur reco rd s begun fo r the purchase of th e Klam give Ja n u a ry 1, 1912, as th e d ate of ath Falls Light and W a te r com pany purchase. From th at y e a r u n til 1015 owned by C. S. and R. S. Moore, developm ent of w hat is know n as o u r which deal was consum m ated in 1911 Rogue riv er division included th e Follows n b rief history of the K lam co n stru ctio n of num erous su b statio n s ath com pany: It started w ith a small d istrib u tio n system s and the purchase light p lan t and w ater system fo r o f others. K lam ath Falls, acquired from H. V. In th e foregoing has been listed Gates, who, upon its organization, a m ajo r portion of th e p io neering was m ade p resident and general w ork th a t led to the o rg an izatio n of m anager. In 1905 a new plan t was the C alifornia-O regon P ow er com com pleted, la te r to be know n as the pany— the old com pany. E ast side plant. C. S. M oore w ith The radical reo rg an izatio n of the drew from this com pany, associated financial setu p of th e com pany in him self w ith his b ro th er and, in 1907 1920; th e construction of Copco one bega construction of a hydroelectric- da m and g en eratin g plat, com pleted plan t on th e w est side o f Link river. in 1916; the raising o fth is dam and It drew on Keno canal fo r its w ater. in stallatio n of a second u n it in 1922; Transm ission lines w ere extended to the co nstruction of the new east side various points, .including th e tow ns p lan t a t K lam ath Falls in 1924; the of M errill and Bonanza, and active Copco tw o plant, placed in o p eratio n com petition en tered into w ith the in 1925; th e in ter-connection con K laam th Falls Light and Pow er com tra c ts m ade possible th ro u g h the in pany. In 1910 the Moores purchased creased g en e ratin g capacity of th e all the holdings of th a t com pany, and com pany; th e purchase of th e physi shortly a f te r th e com bined holdings cal p ro p erties of the Douglas co u n were taken over by the Siskiyou Elec ty Light and Pow er com pany (o u r tric Pow er and Light com pany. This Um qpua division) in 1923— these are la tte r was taken over th e follow ing am ong th e o u tstan d in g fe a tu re s in y ear by the C alifornia-O regon Pow er the Copco of today. To them , and a com pany. T h at was in 1911, th e y ear vast am o u n t of lesser developm ent,, the old Copco was incorporated. is Copco’s p resen t prosperous condi tion largely due. B ut they do n o t D uring the sam e period o f years come u n d er the head of beginnings, covered in the preceding notes a n as we a re considering them h ere; o th er electric light and pow er sys they belong to a la te r sopch, and so tem was in the m aking in the Rogue have been passed by in this n arratio n riv er valley, and it was destined to i the histo ry of th e com pany. How the C alifornia-O regon Pow er com pany came into bein gis a story of num erous little pow er com panies th roughout southern Oregon and n o rth ern C alifornia which were com bined to m ake possible th e p resen t Copco system . The la s t issue of th e Volt contains a b rie f b u t in terestin g account of how this all came about, review ing the early history of the com pany as follows. Obviously, the p re se n t is more im p o rta n t to us than th e past, fo r it is w hat we of today have to deal with — th at, and the fu tu re . T here is, how ever, generally speaking, .more o r less in te re st in beginnings p a r ticu larly when th ey explain how things of the p resen t cam e to be. On th a t assum ption, th e V olt in re cen t issues trac k ed back into geologic cycles of m illions of years ago when volcanoes, glaciers and o th er forces of n atu re w ere c reatin g the land th a t is today served by Copco and inhabited by its custom ers. Once again we will back-track, b u t not f a r ; electrical developm ent in the region, from its beginnings, is now to I»* review ed. And. as,w ill be seen, those beginnings and ■ th e inception and developm ent of th e C alifornia- Oregon P ow er com pany are v irtually o f one piece. O urs is a story of num erous little com panies th a t be came one (th e C alifornia-O regon P ow er C om pany) which was re o r ganized and becam e the p resen t Cop- com pany). How m uch— or how little — the pioneer plan ts system s and th e ir builders had to do with th e success of the present com pany is not to be debated here. In C alifornia the leading sp irits in the organizing of the nucleus of the old com pany w ere the C hurchills— Jerom e P. and Jesse W. Churchill, of Y rek a; in O regon, the Rays— Dr. C. m odern house, close to business R. and Col. F ran k R ay; th e Moores, d istrict. M. D., care A m erican. C. S. and R. S. Moore and H. V. Gates. A t ab o u t the tim e th e Rays w ere building Gold R ay dam and 9 9 the plant on the Rogue riv er, and Sam s Valley, O i \ — (Special to organizing the Condor W a te r adn the A m erican .)— The w eather fo re Pow er com pany, the C hurchills w ere cast by the m ost noted prophets buiding F all C reek p lan t in Siski aro und here, is a hard rain. The re st you county, and acquiring the S hasta of us alm ost belieev the sam e. riv e r plant, which had been b u ilt by The last m eeting of the grange on Jam es Quinn in 1891. These ac tiv it New Y ear’s day was a very success ies of the Churchills m arked the be ful one indeed. T here was a record ginning of the Siskiyou E lectric crowd in atten d a n ce both fo r the Pow er com pany, which m ay be con d in n er a t noon and fo r the business sidered as the paren t of Copco’s I session in the afte rn o o n . Mr. W ard Siskiyou division. In 1903 the C hurchill’s com pany of the Eagle P oint grange and also the Ashland E lectric m aster of the Jackson C ounty purchased j gran g e installed o u r o fficers fo r the Pow er and Light com pany. The plan t com ing year. This cerem ony was very thus acquired in A shland was no im pressive and was w itnessed by bargain. Im m ediately follow ing its m any outsiders also. A special m eet purchase e ffo rt was m ade to bring ing was called fo r T hursday night to it up to its utm ost efficiency. Also in itiate L u th er E ast and W inonah a steam p lan t was installed to help j M cKinnis. At this m eeting the grange out during the w inter. It was soon o rch estra played a n d practiced realized th a t the g en e ratin g equip m ent could not be made to m eet the 1 several o f the late song hits. 1 A high school ap rty was given dem ands of the rapidly-grow ing city, | F riday night by the stu d en t body. and it was decided to abandon it. An Each m em ber of the high school was ag reem en t was entered into with the allowed to invite some one. This Rogue R iver Electric com pany which ¡ brought the total to over forty. Some had taken over the C ondor W ater and Pow er com pany to supply the I new and very in tere stin g gam es were played and also a num ber of tricks. necessary electric cu rre n t, and a new A bout 11:30 a delicious supper was lighting system was installed. Most of served by the refresh m en t com m ittee i the old lines were torn o u t and re- I Everyone present proclaim ed a very placed by a new d istrib u tin g system . ; This done, the old p lan t was dis •njoyable time. Mrs. George McDonough, lectu rer m antled and sold, leaving the city of the Sams Valley grange, le ft F ri of Ashland, with a m odern system day evening fo r Corvallis to a tten d serving the en tire com m unity with a m eeting fo r all lectu rers of the light and power. subordinate granges. 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