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A S H L A ND Sceni c W o n d e r l a n d of A m erica Home Ow ned N ewspaper 100 P e r C e n t F o r A s h l a n d AMERICAN Oru P a c if ic H i g l -r w a Y 5* S P Tr?a.il»'oa.<l L U M B E R IN G -F R U IT -D A IR Y IN G - M I N I N G - F A R M I N G - S T O C K RAISING-FISHING-HUNTING ____________________________________________________ _________ _____( S U C C E S S O R T O T H E C E N T R A L P O I N T A M E R I C A N ) -------- VOLUME 3 ASHLAND, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. A P R I L 22, 1927 LOW GRADE ORE Christian Endeavor LEAGURES HERE TO YIELD PROFIT to Be at Oregon City THIS WEEK-END Alaska Projects Cited As Proof of Claims. Alive Huge Bodies J a ck so n C o u n t y O r e s H o l d P o s s i b i l i ty o f H u g e W e a l t h , S t a t e s News Item. Ex-corporation com m issioner W. E. Crews is one o f the best inform ed mining men in the state, especially fam iliar with Jackson county ore. In a recent interview with the News, w riter in M edford, Mr. Crews says: “ T hat southern Oregon is alive with huge bodies of low grade ore, carrying m ore than $5 a ton was the the statem en t m ade by W. E. Crews, mining specialist a tto rn e y yesterday. Judge Crews, who has fo r the last year served as corporation commis sioner a t Salem , has m ade a study of the m ining situation o f this state, having served m any o f the largest mining corporations in the west. “ P ocket h e a tin g anu'Tiigh grading are not m ining,” said Crews. “ The real w orth of any mine lies in its low-grade ore. B ut it takes money to develop it. “ The average m iner exhausting the surface, high g rade ore, abandons the mine, because he hasn’t the equip ment to go fu rth e r. “ The Tredw ell mine of Alaska, one o f th e m ost fam ous producing mines in the world, m ines nothing hut low grade. B ut there are over 100 m ines in southern Oregon, any one of which will produce as g re at a q u an tity and exceed in value the ores o f th e Alaska m ine.” Crews w rote to the superintendent of the Tredw ell m ine, subm itting him some g eneral questions as to the treatm en t o f the ore, in order to com pare th e m ining situation there with th a t of southern Oregon. Follow ing are th e questions subm itted by Crews and the answ ers given by the Treadwell su p erin ten d en t: Q. 1. G eneral c h a rac te r of the ore. A. Silicous M etagobro, carrying gold both free and included in iron pyrite. Q. 2. Method or m anner of mining. A. Shrinkage, H oisting through shaft Q. 3. Cost of m ining per ton. A. N inety-fire cents. Q. 4. Costs of m ining and miling per ton. A. $1.35. Q. 5. M anner of treatm en t. A. Stam p mills — am algam ation and concentration. Q. 6. Cost of m illing and tre a tin g er ton. A. F o rty cents. Q. 7. Gross general value of ore per ton, mine run. A. $2.65. Q. 8. P ercentage of savings. A. 90 per cent. Q. 9. The general net value of ore per ton. A. $2.40. 10. N um ber of tons trea ted per day. A. 4500 tons. The $2.65 gross general value of the T readw ell mine, as com pared with $5, th e tested value of local low grade ore. is sufficient indication in itself o f th e superiority o f the south ern O regon ore bodies, and is elo q u ent o f th e w ealth th a t could be accum ulated through proper o p era tions, Crew s said. J u s t across the channel from the Treadw ell mine, is the Ju n o Alaska mine which is tre a tin g 8000 tons o f ore, the gross value of which is less th an t l and ma :ing a profit. One reason fo r the p ro fit in the this type of ore, huge quantities can b* ex tracted in a day, The coming S ta te C hristian E n deavor convention to he held in Oregon City April 21 to 24 is looked forw ard to by m any young people as an event of g re a t im portance. E. P. G ates of Boston, Mass., general secretary of the U nited Society of C hristian Endeavor, is thinking enough of its im portance to make this convention his main objective in a long transcontinental trip. Three one-day institutes in C alifronia ju st preceding the convention are inci dental to his good-will trip to Ore- go, to show th at he and his fellow officers have an interest in th i| state and have n o t forgoten the W est since having come out here to the In tern atio n al C hristian Endeavor convention in P ortland in 1925. Mr. G ates was educated to be a law yer and still is a m em ber of the bar in W ashington, D. C. He is recognized everyw here as a man of g re at ability and is much sought a fte r for conven tion speeches in the U nited S tates and Canada. Oregon City is an in terestin g and historic place. It is said to be the oldest incorporated city west of the Rocky m ountains. One of the first plats of San Francisco is on file in the court house in Oregon City. It is the birth place d t Edwin M ark ham, the noted poet, though the house in which he was born has long since disappeared. Dr. John Mc- Loughlin, pioneer in the N orthw est is buried here. His home stands on an o th er location, converted into a museum of historical interest. Kip ling, while on a visit to th a t vicinity fished in the Clackam as ju st north of the city. The city is situ ated on the W illam ette river, the n atu ral falls of which now furnish power for stre e t cars, paper mills, and a nationally advertised woolen mill. Oregon City residents are m aking ready to welcome the hosts of C hristian E ndeavorers who will come to the convention, which begins on T hursday evening and contineus thru until Sunday night. Lodging and breakfast will be furnished free on the H arvard plan to those who pay the reg istratio n fee of $1. Southern Pacilfic train service, and electric trolley cars from P ortland m ake it easy of access to Oregon City. O ther speakers include: Mrs. C harles W. W iliams of P o rtlan d ; Dr. Norm an K. Tully of Salem ; Rev. Paul C. Brown of Los A ngeles; Dr. J. B. H unley of W alla W alla; Miss Louella Dyer of S eattle; Rev. S. Earl DuBois of P ortland; Mr. E rnest W. Peterson of P ortland and Mr. B. F. Irvine of P ortland. Judge Jacob Kanzler of P ortland, president will preside. ------I---------------- % ? Wins Clast Numeral Oregon A gricultural College, C or vallis. April 15.— (Special to The A m erican.)— B arnard Joy of Ash land has been aw arded a class num eral in debating as a resu lt of his participation in debates on the freshm an team. Joy com peted on the freshm an team which defeated Linfield college .3 to 0. The question used by the rooks in th eir debates was. “ Re solved, th a t separate states of the United S tates should adopt a uni- for mcriminal code and system of legal procedure.” Joy was the negative team . The rook debate team comnleved one of the most successful seasons on record, in the opinion of A. W. Shepherd, f r e s h m a n debating coach. Only four debating num erals were aw arded to freshm en. Bunin**» il fu otl and getting better Large Delegations From All Southern Part. Today - Tomorrow New Feature of a S on g a n d Yell C o n t e s t to B e H e l d ; Ma y Take Hike The Epw orth League convention will be held on A pril 22 to 24. On this date, Epw orth Leaguers from all over southern Oregon will g ath er here in annual conference. This evening (F rid ay ) April 22, a banquet will be served by the local chapter and following, Rev. D. L. Fields of G rants Pass will deliver the address. At 8:30 S aturday m orn ing, Rev. E. B. Horsell will lead the devotions. Dr. S. J. Chaney will give the m orning address a t 9:40, im m ediately follow ing the ap p o in t m ent of com m ittees. At 10:20 a new fe a tu re will be introduced in the form of a song and yell co n test; each chapter presen tin g an original song and yell. A general p resen ta tion of League work a t 1 1 :00 A. M. will be headed in fo u r d ep a rt m ents o f d iffe re n t chapters. Devotions, ch a p te r rep o rts and business m eeting will precede a hike a t 3 S aturday aftern o o n and picnic supper a t 6. If w eather perm its, a camp fire service will be led by Rev. H. F. P em berton a t 7. An invitation is extended to all Ashland people to services on Sun day, April 24. Sunday school a t 9:45 and m orning worship a t 11 when Rev. S. J. Chaney will give the ser mon. A fellowship m eeting a t 3 o’clock will be led by Rev. Wm. Vi- m ont of T alent. Epw orth L eague a t 6:30 in the evening will be in charge o f tho G rants Pnss chaptet The farew ell service a t 7:30 Sundaj night and serm on by Rev. Josepl K notts of R oseburg will conclude the convention. t i Boswell on R ook T e a m . NUMBER 1 Proposition Turned Down By PaPer Wre tu rn ed down a proposition from Mr. Lewis, field man of the Oregon S tate E ditorial association this week, because we didn’t think the city of Ashland would wholly ap prove the plan. Maybe we were too conservative in not plunging into the business, b u t it had too much of the boosting sp irit or boom tactics and offered once a m onth w hat our business men can o ffer once a week w ithout the ex tra noise. The plan was a big “ B argain D ay” once a m onth, to be advertised in advance each m onth, and each busi ness houes to o ffe r special induce m ents each bargain day and adver tise the bargains to the country read ers and townsm en through The A m erican. O ur objection was th at each week the m erchants have b ar gains and we now cover the su r rounding te rrito ry with the paper so th a t any news to go to the read ers can be so broadcasted w ithout the e x tra two page spread once a month. A M edford paper, we understand, was figuring on the m onthly bargain day, but we told Mr. Lewis th a t we w ere sure Ashland busines amen had ju s t as attra c tiv e o ffers and th a t they could inform the read ers as they choose from week to week. His idea was to sign up the m er chants for tw elve m onths. That, again, was agninst our policy, as we are not asking our m erchants for any signed advertising contracts. T heir word is as good as a con tract and when they w ant advertising they know it. ------------------------- CO-OPERATION IS PLAN OF POULTRYMEN B alancing betw een the fe a r of fu- tu e r m arket slum ps and the hope held in c o m p l e t e co-operation th ro u g h o u t the county, local poultry- men have been stim ulated to vigor ous action in the way of increasing m em bership in the association. A special m eeting of the poultry- producers, a t which rep resen tativ es from Ashland, G rants Pass and Med ford w ere presen t was held a t the F arm B ureau exchange S atu rd ay at 3 o’clock fo r the purpose of m aking plans fo r a general m eeting of the e n tire m em bership of the poultry producers association of southern Oregon which is scheduled fo r S at urday, April 30. The problem of g ath erin g eggs from the new d istricts recently taken into the association, was considered, and plans w ere worked out for the e fficien t accom plishm ent of this phase. “ H em bership is increasing rap id ly, both in new and old d istricts” sai«i R. G. Fow ler, county agent. “ This is of untold value to poultry men of the valley, on account of the subsequent increase of volume and the p ro p o rtio n ate reduction of over head.” A 100,000 m em bership is expect ed in the association by fall. ELECT TEACHERS FOR NEXT YEAR Approves Vocational Train ing in Junior High. Provide Test Period Three Ye«r. ed Work Covering Will Be O ffe r Generally Wo od Wo rk , Etc. At the last m eeting of the school board held recently, the annual elec tion of teach ers was held. F o r the high school, th e follow ing teach ers w ere elected: C. F orsythe, principal. Harold W. Allison, social science. Iren e Berg, english. Miriam Ualmenson, commercial. Russell T. Cripe, history and phy sical training. Grace Haw kyard, m athem atics. Em m a M aloney, Spanish. Eva Poley, hom e economics. Ju a n ita T arr, typing. L aura R aguse, draw ing and music. B ertha D enton, nurse. A drienne H azard, english. Cora Mason, secetary. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL; Ila Myers, principal. Nell C arter, gram m ar. Edna Goheen, english E thel Reid, m athem atics. Cleo V. Howell, m athem atics and C ontinued on L ast Page The Leading Lady By Geraldine Bonner If you had the good Oregon A gricultural College, Cor fortune to read Miss vallis, April 20.— (Special to The A m erican .)— Carl Boswell of Cen Bonner’s thrilling tra l P oint has turn ed o u t fo r the story, “ The Girl at rook track team . Bob H ager, coach Central,” you know of the rook track, claims th at the what she can do rook team this year is th e best th a t has ever turned out in the his with a mystery plot. to ry of O. A. C. High school stars Her new story, from all points of the Pacific coast “TheLeadingLady," are am ong the aspirants. is even better; in O pening the season the rooks will vie for honors in a tra n g u la r m eet fact, is her most with Corvallis and Tillam ook high compelling novel. It schools on Bell Field S aturday. T heir is for the delight of next tournam ent will be a q u ad ran g ular m eet with Chemawa, Linfield all mystery readers college and Oregon norm al schools who demand action, here April 23. The annual mix with thrills and suspense. the Oregon frosh will s ta rt May 6 Along with the mys a t Eugene. In terest is high in track and field tery is pleasing ro ---------------+ --------------- events on the campus as re p re se n ta BA PTIST ST A T E SE C R E m ance and some tives of 13 high schools will com TARY TO PREACH HERE very in te re stin g pete in the first annual Oregon state glimpsesintothe real interscholastic track and field m eet Dr. O. C. W right of P ortland will here May 14. preach at the B aptist church next life of stage people. ----------------- - h - -------------- Sunday m orning. Dr. W right is Those who have not as y et re co n v ersan t with the national and ceived th eir copies of The N ational world wide activ ities of the demon- Farm News as offered hy The Am ination. He is a speaker who brings erican will give a few days grace, tim ely and virile messages to his I will undoubtedly receive th e ir paper hearers. He will atten d the Rogue j The Ashland American, be within the next few days. The paper River association in M edford which W e be s mailed to you from W ashington, m eets on Monday evening and closes ginning next week. D. C„ and takes considerable tim e on W ednesday night. lieve our readers will like it, 'or it to get started . However, If you ---------- + ---------- lo not receive it within th e next Smudge pots are g ettin g in th eir i and to please our readers ,eek or two please let u* know, I work, is our aim. To Be P r in te d S e r ia lly in
