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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1934)
Page 4 The JACKSONVILLE MINER Friday, June 20, 1934 A ever met Bob Ford and I said 1 like me, had prospected tn every having been in there that year, We have known a great many ub had not She said. "This is Bob's i new mining camp in Uie Rocky and it was then late August. Fish men: good, bad and Indifferent, girl," and introduced me. Then she mountains, as well as in some ing at the outlet was fine, and we ' said. "Annie, tell Bob to come in a other places As a seeker for hid soon had several for the coming during our more or less worthless i minute betore he goes, will you .’" den riches he knew his stuff all meals, Next morning, while we Ufe, but Alex will always stand So in a little while Bob came in right and had made several dis were eating fish with one hand and out in our memory us u most mag ' j and I was introduced to him. The coveries of value, though none that To the Editor: fighting off tallow birds with the nificent man among men. That wv In refutation of the recently other, a bear oatue down to : minute I grasped his hand I knew had caused him to be enrolled with the knew him and enjoyed his warm the 81000 he was a dope fiend. His hand the top-notchers of mining fame j published assertion that fringe of the timber to see what it friendship will ulways be to us a shook like he had the palsey. up to that time. It waa he who had nugget on exhibition in Medford was all about Our saddle pumas grout joy Alex allowed us to go un (Continued from page on«') is the largest aver found in south without giving up our Winchester« Next time I saw him, about a found and opened up the apparent ern Oregon, permit me to call your hail been hobbled and turned loose to take her note. Just a loan be ly rich ground at Bonanza, from down the meadow. The horses and we made it back to camp that dozen of us had come to Trinidad tween friends, he explained, but which he received a few thousand attention to a lump of pure gold, smelled boar and were gone like a night. cautioned her to be sure and se- some weeks later and were danc- weighing 17 pounds (not. ounces), dollars before it petered out. flash, running Ln the hobbles as if cure the deed before she paid over . mg and drinking in the dance hall, found at the forks of Althouse when Bob happened to come in. Prowling around on the upper Rio creek nbove Ttgertown in the ear they weren't there, and soon dis the money. Those days there was a long song Grande river and its tributaries, ly fifties, and valued at over 84000. appeared in the direction of our Riding down the road he con about the death of Jesse James he ran onto two Swedes running at the commonly accepted figure camp. There was nothing to do but cealed himself in somé woods ' going the rounds and every little a tunnel un a ledge of amethyst of 8240 per pound for this metal finish eating, for it looked like a j where he could see the hard-heart while a reference was made to spar, a formation closely resem in those days. This can be verified lung, long trail a-winding down ed blood sucker pass on his way "that dirty little coward, who shot bling quartz, and often mistaken by any of surviving old-timers of the line. Very luckily fur us, the o the widow's bouse where, much Captain Howard, and laid Jesse for such by new beginners. These Josephine county. Also a full and )>unies run right Into the ranger o ills surprise and chagrin the James in his grave." And the ut Swedes had not the slightest idea complete account of the finding of coming up the trail and he caught .oney was ready for him. Waiting most contempt was laid on the of what they were trying to do; this small fortune can be found tn them for us. He was looking for .tiently until the fellow had re words, "dirty little coward," as it were simply digging because they the columns of the mammoth New a horsethief who had very, veiy vived his 8800 and was on his was sung. Seeing Bob enter, we all thought the stuff was pretty, as Year's edition of the Grants l’ase recently stolen his best saddle ood back. Jesse met him. relieved horse. It just happened that a few in unison began singing this song. indeed it is, much of it being of a Courier of 1828. 1 of the cash and whatever days before we came up a mighty Bob took several quick steps, grab rich purple color which, when In Ulis connection, I will men e he had. and went on about bed his forty-five and pulled it flawless, is used extensively for tion the fact that large amounts tough-looking fellow had run into siness. Deeds like this served around in front with a threatening ring settings and other jewelry or of Oregon gold, shipped to the San us, riding a good bay horse and ..«dear him in the hearts of gesture and three or four of his naments. They were totally ignor Francisco mint during many years, leading a sorry-looking Indian >inds who otherwise would cronies grabbed him and led him ant of the fact that the spar in were surieptitiously credited to [K>ny with a pack. He had been ..tied him as a public enemy. out. begging him not to start any which they were mining might be the California output, by the jeal rather inatstsnt that we trade —-.e time before his death he rich in silver, which in those days horses as we also happened to be nad apparently vanished and only thing. Pretty soon they came back commanded a good price on the ous native sons, thereby causing on some real top ponies Later on. comes to the in and said to us, "You fellows had considerable complaint by Oregon in coming back to town, we I a very few of his moat intimate a close call that time." "What do I market. But N. C. Creede realized ians, though to no avail. friends knew that he was living learned that the fellow had l>een ■ you mean we had a close call?" we the possibilities in a glance, even Incidentally, we are asking the quietly under the name of Captain asked them. "Why,” they said, though this section had previously editor of this pa|>er to discover (if caught the other side of Ashland I Toward with his wife and child in i been examined by government and was convicted of the theft. A . secluded spot where he would "that was Bob Ford, the fellow geologists, who had given it as possible) and inform us of the ex few days later we started back for ' who killed Jesse James, and he act manner in which the valuaUon .ot be liable to be molested. Bob their opinion that the general for camp, going by way of the Pomous , of a 81000 nugget is arrived at. Jid Charlie Ford were living with was pretty mad.” mation of the rocks there was not desert and down through the jiark j We said. “ Don ’ t we know it ? which seems to be such a well- Him as members of his family and ' favorable for the existence of val- Just tell Bob Ford for us he can The desert was then untouched I guarded secret that no one seems “On the Hump” were daily recipients of his hos I uable ores of any kind. to really know precisely how it is by auto- -just a narrow bridle trail pitality and kindness, in spite of go straight to hell, Tell him if he Right there he made the Swedes accomplished. Are the number of down the middle. It just had to be which they were simply waiting don’t like our style, to turn his For the convenience and their opportunity to kill him and wolf loose any time he wants.” 'All stop work and define their claim ounces appraised at the old stand Ben Sheldon who took the first motoring enjoyment of reap the reward. Being deathly of us also had belts and guns on limits, after which he located the ard value of 820.67 per ounce, or auto across that desert, someone afraid of his ability with shooting and we watched the door for ground both ahead of them and be at the present selling price to local probably told him it couldn't be Jacksonville, Ruch, Ap irons, they dared not tackle him awhile to see if Bob would come hind. and took a string of claims buyers of from 827.50 to 828 per done, We passed through govern - plegate, Thompson creek was back in. but that was all there on each side. Eventually in the ounce, or at the government fig meat camp during the night and | even two against one in a gun to it. Just a big bluff by a and Williams creek folks <uy made a dry camp a bit beyond ure of 835 per ounce? operations that ensued, the claim fight, so waited until they could To be worth 835, the gold must Next morning, in passing through catch him unarmed Then one day who had a yellow streak on his of the Swedes was purchased and ................ we were stopped r,____ by , . ' added to the group, thus present assay 1000 fine. As a matter of Anna Springs, the chance came. Jesse laid his back. HTOF AM) HEE I'M Though Jesse James, in his Bfe. ing a considerable area in one general Information, will say the the ranger, to discover that we belt and guns aside and, mounting had perpetrated numberless crimes compact mass, that in time proved Applegate gold In this vicinity will had no permits to bring firearms a step-ladder, proceeded to hang a We Know You'll Like This picture on the wall. Trembling against the law, Bob Ford's meth to be the richest silver producer run about 845 fine and commands into the park. Nothing to do but New UNION Product with fright, these two assassins od of bumping him off by shooting in the west The first claim wits 828 per ounce. Will be pleased if to go back and talk to the super him in the back failed signally of named the Amethyst and when the answer to the aforesaid secret intendent. This was our first meet fired bullet after bullet into his back as he stood on the ladder too making a hit with westerners, and Creede saw the one next to it, he can be unearthed by our wide- ing with one of the very finest Summit Service Station far from his guns to reach them. they lost no chance to let him exclaimed, "Holy Moses." and it awake editor and passed on to us men we have ever known, Alex was named that. Having bit off a through the clumns of The Miner. Sparrow, Some months later, smarting be know they disproved of him. From Trinidad. Bob went to Las much larger chew than the ave J. C. REYNOLDS neath the outspoken contempt of the whole country, Charlie killed Vegas, where he opened a saloon, rage prospector could handle. Applegate, Oregon. himself. Bob came west, where he and it was there I ran into him a Creede enlisted the backing of managed to find a few friends of second time. It appears that the Dave Moffat, the promoter of the his own ilk. though thoroughly de bank in Las Vegas was situated famous ''Moffat railroad" at a directly across' the street from later date, a man who had made spised by the country at large. Bob's saloon. One day the bank his millions by backing prospect I was talking to Mary Pease, the proprietor of a dance hall In Trini people became aware there was ors and playing square with them, some tunneling being done under and who always was willing to dad, Colorado, one afternoon, when a rather pretty girl came in and their building. Quietly making an take a chance on anything that borrowed a dollar from Mary, say investigation, they discovered that looked good in the mining game. ing that Bob was going uptown for a tunnel had been driven from the When Moffat saw what Creede had ------------By XIT awhile. Mary asked me if I had basement of Bob’s place to a point uncovered he proceeded to get beneath the bank. Raising a posse, busy at onee The forest service has. within they descended into Bob's cellar the last year, opened up to the The venture paid well from the and surrounded the mouth of the people of southern Oregon some of opening. After some time a man first. Creede retained a fourth in the finest hunUng and fishing terest in the property and in a few We give MORE came running out and tried to es country to be found anywhere on cape. paying no attention to their months his dividends amounted to the coast. The new than just a per road, now in efforts to halt him. So several of $5000 per week. Later, when the the final stages of construction mines were working at full capa manent! Our Ar them shot at him and he fell dead. which leads from the Crater Lake Bob swore by everything good and city. Creede's income was in excess tists will also highway and heads for Diamond holy that he knew nothing of what of $5000 per day. In the course of lake, will be a very beautiful piece time be sold out 'entirely and re create a new coiffure that will be DIS- had been going on. but as the tun of work, with long, broad at reach nel had been started from his tired frain work with a half mil- es. gentle curves and grades It TINCTIVELY YOURS ... a dip and a basement, it caused so much sus- lion doKars, going to California follows the river mostly, coming picion to fasten on him that he with the intenUon of taking life swirl and arrange your hair in a clever, out in the old Beaver dam mead was given 24 hours to leave town, easy as long as he lived. What ows near the lake. The present different way to flatter YOU! You will be I arrived in Las Vegas the very happened there is hard to believe of a man as intelligent, practical cutoff road from the highway isn't day that Bob left. delighted with the rare individuality of at all bad, but no comparison to From there Bob went to Denver, and seasoned as he was the new one. It was only about a your Personality Wave . . . and with its In fact, I positively refused to Colorado. Strutting into the swell dozen years ago that the writer Windsor hotel with his big cowboy believe it, until it had been proven modest price. and a friend were camped at hat on the back of his head, he to me. Someway he became enam Crater Lake, riding herd on a wheeled the registration book ored of a 13-year-old girl and be bunch of cattle: Never having seen around and wrote BOB FORD in cause he could not win her, com Diamond lake, one morning we large letters all over the page. The mitted suicide. And that was the threw some blankets and grub on clerk was watching him curiously last of N. C. Creede, who it would a pack pony and started off up the The best European and American methods have been and immediately spun the book seem had everything he wanted to old John Day military road. To AT ALL THESE combined to make thia unusual wave ... so popular back to see what had been writ make life agreeable. those who now drive this same NEW CONVENIENCES among smart women Shampoo and ten. As soon as he saw the name However, that is the history of road in safety, comfort and speed, finger wave included............. .............. Bob Ford he called a couple of the mining in the west. Nine out of that old road would certainly seem The greatest achievement in home hotel attaches and said. "Throw every K) wen who have struck the like a nightmare. Impossible for refrigeration hiitorvi Streamline beauty! SHELVADOR—shelves that son of a------------- out in the big bonanzas have lived only a even wagons; long disused, over in the door for small food items— short time afterward. So appar grown with thick brush, and with street. We don't need his trade." increases "usable" capacity 50%. When Creede. Colo., was estab ently Creede was no exception to down timber across it, rocky and SHELVATRAY—a handy place 41-48 SOUTH CENTRAL—MEDFORD lished, Bob went there and started the rule. to set things and a tray for carrying badly cut by heavy rains. Reached in the saloon business, with a them. SHELVABASKET — for the lake that night, after fighting dance hall attachment. And it was Sreens, cabbages, carrots and the "People who spend half a day our way through a lot of slickleaf like. STORABIN—for potatoes, reported he was making a lot of saving a dime probably are plac that the previous snows had beat onions and other bulk items. money. It so happened I was liv ing about the correct valuation on en down. Many other features too numerous ing only eight miles from Creede their time,” says The Jacksonville There were at that time just two to mention. Com« in and see iti when Bob was killed. A fellow Miner. Which reminds us that Olin buildings at the lake, a rangers’ named Kelly walked into the danae Miller spends a whole day every cabin at the south end, and a sort Crosley Electric Refrigerators Cool Drinks—Good Eats—Fountain Service hall with a shotgun and called to day in not even earning a dime.— of fish hatchery at the outlet. •re Priced et Home Drug Remedies Bob, "Lookout, Bob. I’m going to Weston Leader. There were no signs of anyone shoot,” and discharged a load of buckshot into him at close range. Bob died instantly. Kelly was tried and sentenced to a,long term in •nd up the pen, but was pardoned out in All Combined With Courteous Service a couple of years and I have never Del i Vered—Iosta fled heard of him since. And that was PHONE 162 One Year Free Service the end of "the dirty little coward, who shot Captain Howard, and laid Jesse James in his grave.” N. C. 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