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About Ashland American. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1927)
# ASHLAND AM ERICAN MEDFORD MAY CET CANNERY IS M O ST N E E D E D IN D U S T R Y O F VALLEY. Employ Over 750 C e n tr a l P o in t and B e rry d a le Spoken Aa Logical P a r ts to E re c t M a m m a th P la n t. We can ’t help b u t adm ire the M edford M erchants association on th e ir noticable energies in th eir en deavors to land a big cannery for th e ir city. We have long been of the opinion, and advocated our belief th a t a big cannery, to can everythin? was the m ost needed industry in the valley. The good they do a city nnd the im m ense pay roll they d istrib u te is proven in the city of H illsboro, up in W ashington county. O ur advice is “ visit Hillsboro and learn surprising p a rtic u la rs.” We still believe, how ever, th a t a m ore cen tral location fo r th e proposed cannery would be a t C en tral P oint, th ree miles north of th e M edford depot, or a t B errydale. In speaking of the proposed can n ery , th e News says in p a rt: A new m ajor industry fo r M edford buying fru it and farm produce from a rad iu s of GO miles around M edford, w ith an annual payroll of $250,000 and doing an annual business of $2,- 500,000, is a possibility, it was re vealed last night a t a m eeting of the M edford M erchants’ association. C o n tingent upon the in d u stry , a cannery, locating here, is a concrete d em onstration of evidence of good fa ith on the a r t of M edford citizens. A ccording to a re p o rt m ade a t the m eeting by W alter H. L everette, lo cal realto r, a large canning firm whose nam e was not divulged, has com pleted a survey of the en tire Ro gue riv er valley, as to p resen t pro du cts and possible fu tu re plantings, to g eth er with ability to secure su f ficien t labor and a su fficien t w ater supply fo r canning. “ The com pany, reliable and suc cessful, is willing to e n te r th e local field and undertake the erection of a large fru it and vegetable canning plant, providing co-operation is given the en terp rise by grow ers and busi ness in terests of Jackson and Jose phine counties,” said L everette. He continued th a t the p lan t itself would req u ire approxim ately six acres of trackage space, would em ploy 750 people with an annual pay roll o f over $250,000, with an a n nual o u tp u t in excess of tw o and a h alf million dollars. O ptions fo r p u r chase o f suitable trackage in Med ford have already been secured. “ The firm , if it locates here, will tak e varied farm produce w ithin a rad iu s o f 60 miles of M edford,” L ev erette declared. ----------------- * ----------------- MINING NEWS I | E d ite d by th e S o u th w e s te r n Ore- | gon M ining B u re a u . « ----------------------------------------------- ® C ontinued and heavy rain s have been of im mense service to the placer m iners in this district, and the num b er of g iants now at work is fifty- seven. Many placers not worked fo r m any years have been p u t in o p era tion, though the efficiency of the equipm ent has been im paird by long disuse. L. U. S ten g er of Canyonville, a re c e n t v isitor a t the Pass, re p o rts th a t the reduction and recovery mill projected Canyonville is going forw ard with reasonable speed. It is now expected to reach operation by th e early sum m er. L. H. V anH orn o f Gold Hill, well nnd favorably known is now a t his old q u arte rs a t Kingman. Arizona. His letters, outlining the d ifficulties th ere , seventy miles from rail, no wood o r w ater, the workmen taking a dry bath once a week, are full of praise fo r this country, as the best m ining country outdoors. II. C. Rcyce. of the Blue Jay . a re cen t visitor from Tacom a ir do ing developm ent work on th a t p ro p er ty with the pian of p u ttin g a ca r load o f ore through a mill fo r a practical test. 'lh e IM -U er-P e t cl C -id Hill »1 its last election, put Ray R easoner in as president. Mr. R easoner, form erly of V ernonia is a resident here, and has consistently safeguarded the in terests of the stockholders, as well as the* good i.amc of this com m unity. VS hat ever developm ent work is done on th a t mine, so long as Mr. Reas- oner is in charge, will be worth while. The Chemical com pany, recently sta rte d a t M edford, appears to be in good Rhape to place itself on a good going basis. T here is plenty o f op p o rtu n ity fo r such a successful or- ganiation. Several com m unications have come in lately to the office of the bureau from m ining men from outside, the general ten o r o f which is th a t the correspondents intend to spend the sum m er in this d istrict, studying the m ining possibilities. Most o f them ap p ear to be men o f substance and intelligence, so th a t the outlook is b e tte r than ever before. John F. W ickham , fa th e r of P. B. W ickham, well-known locnlly, passed away a t the fam ily home in P ortland early T uesday m orning, F eb ru a ry 1. P. B. W ickham le ft the Pass Sunday night, drove n o rth and was with his fa th e r a t the end. T here are left, his widow, Rosa J. W ickham , a daughter, Rosa E. G riffith and his son. He was born seventy-one years ago in Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michi gan, w here Chicago stands today. He lost his fa th e r in the Civil w ar and was le ft to m ake his own way in the world a t the age o f fo u rteen . He le ft his home fo r the w estern prairies and came w est in advance of civilza- tion, in com pany w ith such m en as Kit C arson, Jack Cody and others of the buffalo and Indian days. He was am ong the pioneer m iners of Gilpin county, Colorado, o f the C oeur D’ Alenes, Republic, W ashing ton, and o th er no rth ern camps, over tw enty-seven years ago. He cam e to southw stern Oregon, and was one of the firs t to fully realize the value of and ca rry o u t extensive develop m ent on the base ores of this dis trict. He founed the original Alm eda Mining com pany, and u n d er his able m anagem ent th a t mine was developed from an isolated prospect to one of the m ost p reten tio u s properties in the northw est. On th e eve of produc tion, however, in tern al dissensions practically w recked the enterprise, which has lain idle ever since, though favorably reg ard ed by m any able en gineers who have passed on its pos sibilities. Mr. W ickham was a tru e , w estern pioneer, a trail blazer, a builder, a friend o f man whose ch a rac te r is well described by the sobriquet he long bore o f “ H onest Jo h n .” T here is little doubt th a t dis appointm ent, as in m any cases here, where the builder is th w arted by the m anipulator, was a co n trib u tin g cause to his death. The Mt. R ueben tu n n el is now in 5780 feet, w orking tw o shifts. T he Golden M ary is stretch in g the cables fo r the tram . Good ore in an o th er shoot has again been encountered at the Jew e tt. The Consolidated has its try out mill ab o u t read y to run. The Golden Cross is still w orking on the determ ination o f the m etal co n ten t o f the ore. W estern M etal m ines is w orking on fu rth e r developm ent. The Meade is installing com pressor and drills fo r driving five hundred feet of tunnel. The Ida is sinking sh aft and blocking ou t ore. It is re ported th a t the B rittan y extension is on the rich vein encountered in the B rittany, and th a t m achinery will be installed to work the vein. • H ornbrook, Cal., Jan . 10. The outlook fo r gold m ining d u r ing 1927 in Siskiyou, county and n o rth ern C alifornia looks very prom ising fo r the reopening nnd develop m ent of several lode properites lo cated in the Salmon, H appy camp, Y reka and Cottonw ood m ining dis tricts. Much in tere st has been shown during the past y ear in the Siskiyou deposits and engineers have made exam inations fo r clients in southern C alifornia and O regon. Siskiyou county has a production record prov ing her w orthy of a tte n tio n by cap it al considering resum ption of gold m ining, also having g re at potential sources of copper, when the tra n s portation problem now confronting the copper properties is solved. At this season of the y ea r m ajor activities are centered on hydraulic m ining with sevearl o f the sm aller placer m ines taking advantage of the favorable w ater conditions. Plans are being perfected fo r equipping and operating some of the low gravel bars on the K lam ath river which were town p ap er is th a t it co n tain s bo few not worked in th e old placer days due m istakes, n o t so m any. to lack of tailin g dum p.— The De To th e m erchant, especially, the veloper. home tow n p ap er is an o pportunity. --------------------+ -------------------- His business, too, is a local in stitu M IN IN G , A C H A N G E D IN D U ST R Y tion. Unless it finds some kind of expression in th e home tow n paper, Hill* A re Still Full of Gold, Silver both the p ap er and the business have a n d Score* of Metal*. to an im p o rtan t e x te n t failed to function. Each is affected by every M ontana, with an electrical produc successive fa ilu re in this respect. tion of 1750 kilow att-hours per It does n o t cost a g re a t deal of capita, leads the U nited S tates in the m oney to ad v ertise in th e local paper. p er capita production and use of elec Most ad v ertisers are over-judicious tricity. A g re a t p a rt o f this c u rre n t ra th e r than ex tra v ag an t. I t is the is used in m ining. W ithout this new continual m essage th a t counts most. power, m any m ines and sm elters Sporadic advertisem en ts now and would be idle. then are o f do u b tfu l value. Perhaps W ithin the m em ory of men now th ey are b e tte r th an no ad v ertising living, m ining was conducted largely a t all. E very ad v ertisem en t placed by men w ithou t th e advantages of by a business house should blend scientific train in g . They found gold, into every o th er ad v ertisem en t it bu t usually passed by o th er m inerals places. The m erch an t should think not realiping th e ir values. Today, in term s of a cam paign ra th e r than m ining is m ore of a certain ty th an a in term s of a single insertion. V ast progress has been made in chance. E xcept fo r th e g re at copper m ines, m any o f the largest m ining adv ertisin g w ithin re cen t years. O u t operations in th e W est are th e re stan d in g exam ples of it are to be w orkings of the old bonanzas, un d er found in th e natio n al field. Locally, new electrical and chemical rocesses how ever, ad v ertisin g has much room now available. T here are mine dum ps fo r developm ent. Aside from one or o f a m illion tons, co ntaining ores up two of the big stores, the average to as high a s -$40 a ton, from which m erch an t in th e average small town 90 to 95 per cen t can be saved u n gives too little study to th e pow er d er new processes, b u t which w ere of advertising. B ut conditions are changing. More b arren under old m ethods. The early m iners found some of and m ore m erchants are com ing to the stupendous ore deposits, from realize th a t th ey are losing m oney which billions w ere taken in the early and p restig e when th ey are n o t to days. T here is little prospect of m ore be found in th e ad v ertising colum ns discoveries like th e Comstock lode, of th e home tow n paper. This is one the Leadville m ines, the Cripple of th e h ealth iest signs in the field creek bonanza. B ut m ining stands to of re ta il m erchandising.— S outhern day as a su b stan tial m an u factu rin g Coos Co., A m erican. ----------------- * ----------------- industry w here so much m etal is al ® --------------------------------- ----------- @ ways ex tra cted from so much rock, and they can m easure it up in a d At The Churches vance and caluculate costs down to ® ----------------------------------------------- ® C H R ISTIA N CHURCH a penny. M ining is ab out as stable as A nother larg e audience heard Mr. steel-m aking or banking or railro a d V. K. Allison Sunday night on the ing. su b ject of “ The Ideal H usband.” A recognition of this change in the T here w ere th re e o u tstan d in g ch a r acteristics indicated 4n the letters in d u stry m ight lead to a vast influx received by Mr. Allison. They w e n of m ining capital, sorely needed to “ He m ust be a good C hristian ,” “ He finance m any w orthy prospects. Once m ust love his own wife and ch ild ren ” the m ining business is definitely dis “ He m ust be clean in mind and body’ This week th e husbands are w ritin g sociated from th e ro a rin g fo rties con th e ir ideas of “ The Ideal W ife," cet of gam bling and shooting and de which will be su b ject fo r n ex t S u n bauchery, m ining will come back to day evening. its own. The hills are still full of R IN IT Y E P I S C O P A L C H U R C H gold, silver and a score of o th er ra re T V icar, th e Rev. P. K. H a m m o n d and precious m etals th a t the world Holy com m union a t 8 a. m. S unday school a t 9:45 a. m. needs and will pay for. M orning service and serm on a t 11. E lectricity has been one of the Good music. A helpful service. g re atest agencies to stabilize and Everyone cordially invited. develop the m ining industry. Local* W in T w o O u t of T h re e Games. * The high school basketball team , accom panied by Coach Russell Cripe and W. P. W alters, re tu rn e d home T uesday from a b arn sto rm in g trip , which took them as fa r as Salem, w ith a record of allow ing only one gam e and th at one to Salem . Ac cording to Mr. W alters th e Salem high school teum is one of th e best in th e state. Those who m ade the trip w ere: Roy and Aldo P arr, Roy A bbott. E verett McGee, W illiam Kan- asto, W ayne Hill, I.aw rence Leedom am i C lifton G arn ett. Ashland will play two re tu rn gam es w ith Salem in the new ju n io r high gym here F ri day and S atu rd ay nights. Mrs. B ert A sher is re p o rted quite sick. On Tuesday night, the S. O. N. S. basketball team lost to the D unsm uir all-stars. Score 38 to 42. ---------------- * ---------------- — F irst showing of S p ring nnd Sum m er H ats and Trim m ings, S a tu r day, 12 a t Mrs. Simons, 26 S. Pion ee r Ave. * Mrs. Yockel, who has been quite ill fo r some tim e, is slightly im proved a t this w riting. Mrs. O rton is re p o rted q u ite ill a t h er home on L aurel street. The health lecture by Miss M artha Spencer a t the Lithia hotel T uesday noon was well atten d ed and g reatly enjoyed. The lcture, we u n derstand, will be repeated n ex t T uesday a t the hotel. — F or sale or tra d e : A B arred Rock Cockrel, Thompson S train . Phone 407-R, or call a t 448 Ilelm nn street. 43 — F 6 r re n t a t h alf w hat it is w orth, 10 room furnished house close to schools and norm al school; 3 acres in fru it, room fo r 400 chickens. House is arran g ed fo r ap artm en ts, $37.50, Brown and Rice, 63 N. Main. --------- * --------- B e tte r to Act, T han Delay. Ashland can have a real Ashland spring opening about F eb ru a ry 25 and 26 if all are agreeable. It would be appreciated by thousands of Am erican readers fo r all the firm s tak in g part. O ther cities are now do ing extensive advertising of spring arriv als, a sign th a t the tim e is ripe. ---------------- * ---------------- W ithin a short distance of wonder ful fishing stream s and a n atu ral gatew ay to C rater Lake loop, one of th e g re a te st scenic spots in America. T O O L A T E TO C L A S S IF Y ON CRATER Lake highway, in city lim its, and on Rogue River, the home of the Eteelhead. Two acres, fine black soil, five room house, fire place, bath, electricity. Spring, city and well w ater. Plenty fru it and shade trees. Also has 30x30 concrete tan k , 5-ft. deep, fad from spring, an ideal place to keep tro u t or use as swimming tank. $2250 buys this place if sold soon. A ddress P. O. Box 522, Gold Hill, Or. 4 3 tf -S E E - B R O W N & RIC E fo r n b arg ain in — REAL E S T A T E - 63 N o rth M ain S tr e e t Aahland, O re g o n THE HOME TOWN PAPER H O M E T O W N P A P E R R A T E D AS I N S T IT U T IO N . H y W ay Printing Commercial Printing for Paper|Is Opportunity S poradic A d v e rtise m e n t* Now Jackson County and T h e n A re of D o u b tfu l V alue, Say* W r ite r . The m erch an t’s relatio n s to his home town paper are supposed to be those o f an ad v ertiser. T h at is a narrow view. The home town paper is an institutio n . The m erch an t can no m ore escape its influence than anybody else in th e com m unity, w hether he advertises in it o r not. Y et, as a consistent ad v ertiser his relatio n s w ith the local new spaper become definitely constructive. He becomes a p a rt of th is instiution w ithout which no com m unity can ex press itself. W hatever its m erit or dem erits, the home tow n p ap er is an expression of the com m unity. L it erally, it is the “ voice o f th e people” in a sense th a t cannot hold tru e fo r any o th er medium. This institutio n keeps frien d s in touch with friends. To the b est of its ability it answ ers, Who, W hat, W hen, W here, How and W hy? It brings the individual o u t of him self. It speaks the local language. It in te rp re ts com m unity life. Week by week, it tells the story of the town and county. Most o f us are so accustom ed to the home town paper th a t we tak e it as a m a tte r of course. If we think an ything ab o u t it a t all, we think of deficiencies. These are p resen t larg e ly because it is run by fallible hum an beings. The wonder ab o u t the home The Ashland American is a newly equipped and up-to-the-minute Job Printing Office. No better work and prices pleasing. Better try us on that next job of Printing. We cover Jackson County when it comes to printing. Write us, phone us, call on us. , Let us know and we can come after it. We are here to serve and please • • Job Printing WERE N O T J>h o n e S A T IS F IE D U N L E S S -4-74- 6 2 4 RIVERSIDE ST MEDFORD, OREGON » Y O U ARE