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About The Times. (Gold Hill, Or.) 1952-1953 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1952)
rSept Rogue River, Oregon , She — „oistercd you can t vote In the Import- Simed Rogue River, Oregon Gold H ill. Oregon RR 250 Gil 5-9021 PoMoffici Box 3*<H Route I Bo< 349 Phones W J U-DO-H Laundry Complete Laundry Service THE TIMES is an independent newspaper published in two editions each Thursday, one for the residents of Gold HtU and surrounding areas, and one for Rogue River and its trade area Maxwell L. Thayer Publisher Marcia E. Thayer Editor \V. Dll E\»i.ictiii!i uni Drying By Fiddle & Faddle LET'S ORGANIZE FIRE CALLS i The volunteer fire department is going to have to adopt some form of taking fire calls to avoid confusion, and to enable them to arrive quickly at the scene of any fire. The report last week had several elements erf confusion that normally don't happen, but other calls have sent the department scurrying in the wrong direction. Most everyone gets excited during a fire, but if some form were available to those taking the fire calls which would give, for example, the name of the party reporting, and from where, where the fire is located and how best to get there, a duplicate could be given the fire truck driver and a copy held for future reference. As it is, someone calls in and reports a fire, location etc. all verbal, and in the excitement a fire on West Evans may be reported as East Evans, and a fire on 99 south might be mistaken for 99 north. It might be w ell also to report the nature of the fire - wood, o il. grass . house or forest - so the fire department would know what equipment to bring. There would be. for example, no use in taking the big truck if the fire was in a place that could only be reached by * These things could be done without much extra effort and they could and would save tim e and money. Whenever volunteers leave their jobs and dash off to fight a fire, their employers are paying them. If there is a fire to fight, no one objects and the contribution of the men's time is gladly made by the employer. But false alarms or false locations of the fire, injure everyone. The volunteers serve without pay, and take many risks. A ll these things should be taken into consideration to make it as easy as possible for them. A little organization along these lines is badly needed. LET'S ANALYZE THIS AFFAIR When charges are made against a person or when smears - without charges being filed are made- the public always puts on its own tria l and becomes the jury, and convicts or acquits before iny real tria l is ever held. This is human nature and those who know how it works use it to their own ends. We are now discussing the case of Gene R. Brantley. Brantley filed as a candidate for judge on Monday, August 25th. Brantley has been accused, although at this writing no charges have been filed , of notarizing signatures to petitions to place his name on the ballot as an Independent candidate for county judge. While not accused, the inference has been that he also forged signa tures on the petitions - supposedly so that he would have enough to qualify as a candidate. Now hear this! Brantley knew in advance that he was to be the Democratic candidate for county judge. He knew he didn'tjiave to file petitions to make him a candidate. Does that sound as though he or any of his ftrends would forge the signatures? It looks to us as though someone who didn’t know he was to be on the ballot purpoaely and with malice aforethought forged the names. And to make It so obvious that it couldn't help but be dis covered, one of the signatures forged, we are told, was that of an employee right in the county courthouse. Does that make sense’ We are told further that the signatures were so obviously forged that one followed another in the same handwriting. Would a friend of Brantley's be so stupid" Or would it be somone whose interest it was to see that the petitions were thrown out, to see Brantley smear ed and accused before the voters? The case smells to high heavens. The petitions were filed on Monday. Before the week was out Robert Dickey, deputy district attorney, was giving the story out. And. District Attorney Paul Haviland, who was in Portland, was iss uing a statement on the matter. That is the fastest action the district attomev's office has g iv en any case in a long tim e. Why the sudden spurt of energy As we said before, the whole thing smells; it smells, and if the people can't te ll which way the wind is blowing, w e 'll be miss ing our guess Since The Times last week ran the picture of O.W. (Ozzie) NewJ land, mayor of Gold H ill, with his eyes shut, he has been the subject of considerable criticism . They are calling him "G old H ill's wide awake mayor. ” • • •• During the big storm on Thurs day, Larry Sheehan of Rogue River was one of the busiest men afloat. Many people saw him in rain hat and coat, with shovel in hand, working on a ditch and running back and forth b efo rA i culvert. What they didn't know was that it made scents. Larry had a skunk, a big black and white one. trapped In the c u l vert, and he was trying to drowned it, a task which he supposedly acc omplished considering that he was able to be out in public right after wards. Does your car run without gas? Ask Harold Wood of Wimer about his Apparently his does. He tried to star) his pick-up last Friday. No gas! While he was fillin g a can to rem edy the situation, the pick-up took off over the bank removing a sec tion of fence, that being the only damage. I • • • • Bates Hamer of Rogue River went fishing last week at Gold Beach and almost caught him a salmon as “ big as a m an". He hooked the fish, lost it when his line broke. But in its str uggles the fish caught on the hook of one of Hamer’s companions. He held it briefly and the hook tore out. Bates did get a 20 pound salmon and another in the boat got a 35 pounder, so maybe that fish "as big as a man” wasn't so fa r fetched after all Watch for the new paint job on Neily Sund’s Oldsmoblle! He wants to paint Esther's car the same color but she says "N o ” . Bernie (W e 've -killed -o ff- all-the-big-ones) Kearns reports that Mrs Ralph Chapin, who lives on highway 99 (north-west erf Rogue River) kille d a rattler only eight inches long. It was so small that it only had a buttcwi. Which reminds us that we for- got to ask Bernie (snake expert that I he is) "w h ich comes first, the rattle or the button’ " Last Thursday The Times notified Rogue River residents that Holland Stiehl had been chosen by the city council to count the out side toilets and Inform the city coun c il of the owners thereof so letters could be sent, telling the people they had until Feb. 1st to get rid of them and to get inside plumbing in stalled. On Friday, into this news paper office walked a fine looking lady Said she: "When Mr Stiehl counts privies, te ll him not to forget the two in the city park. Maybe the c ity council can write itself a le t ter If there were ever two worse mesaes, those are tt!” Phone 43' Mofo/baflr /VSflKl* • • • Established November 2. 1951 at Rogue River. Oregon Entered as second class matter in the postoffice at Rogue River, Ore . May 1. 1952. l'OPULAH PHI Th Hogue Hivi r. Orc ,3 2 N o I1 io . is I w . iv Subscription rate $2 00 a year in advance. $1 00 for men in service the jeep. 11,1952 THE TIMES EWiorv a ta rttn q t h a t w aak-and trip , a fu ll ta n k of qaa and a q u ic k look a t v ita l e a r ohack points are a M U S T I Drive up now, and let ua check you r o il, radiator, battery and tire pressure. W hen you leave our sta tio n , you can be B U R t ot p leasan t w eek-end m otoring. BOR'S TEXACO SERVICE at. the Bridge Approach Wood to Cut ? cailtM TIR E LE S S Rogue Volley Soles & Serene 87 Highway 99.S Phone 3084, Grants Paas. Oregon L. G B. HALL ran ts P a s s • • • • FUNERAL HOME CREMATORIUM AMBULANCE The Finest in Each and Every Service OXYGEN EQUIPMENT I4 t N W C ST PHONE 338« SO Yaors ot S«'vi<« ' it RAYS to Jff DARLING the REAL 1STA TI mm SMALL RANCHES HOMES ROGUE RIVER on Hiway 99 Phone 450 MOTELS . DAIRIES ROGUE RIVER i t Savage Rapids Dim Phone 505 E.S.KLEIM,Agent FRED WAITE. Agent
