Friday, February 5, 1935
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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NA1NT MAKERS
tlngulshed a mountain top. 271 Nicholson and his cohorts pin their Dogs’ ’Income Tax’
hopes of finding a fortune.
feet below.
The Olivia (Minn ) Times given I
Guano is valuable as a fertiliser Now Being Collected
A mountain within a cave, how
the following the once over: "A I
ridiculous it seems. But such is and for the manufacture of gun-
preacher came Into the office of ,
As Canine Drive On a busy newspaper num and said:
the case of this natural wonder, pov der. It is now worth $30 a ton,
which makes it one of the most delivered to rectifying plants in
fur
'You editors du not tell the truth.
The bartering business was ex­ If you did, you couldn't live; your
unique and wonderful of all the the United States, but during war
GOOD FOOD
caverns Dr. Nicholson has ex­ times its price has risen to as high pected to pick up tremendously, or newspapers would be failures ' The
the smart-crackers who always any weary editor replied: 'You are
plored, and these include not only as $100 a ton.
Prompt Service
The method of entering and they'll either have to get clipped light And the preacher who will
several other Texas caverns, but
Recent Exploration Plains Carlsbad
PERMON AL ATTENTION
cavern in New Mexico, leaving the caver»» is hazardous, or take out a dog license will have at all times and under all circum­
Caverns Reveals One
and other famous eaves in the and only crude machinery is used to think up a new gag, for dog stances tell the truth about hia
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United States and foreign coun- to lower and hoist a basket carrier license collections are lieing made members, alive or dead, will n»»t
of the Greatest
WE
WILL
DELIVER
in »u»d out of the hole. Its con­ ut a rapid pace by the county occupy hia pulpit mon* than one
tries as. well.
YOUR ORDER
clerk,
with
aid
of
state
police
and
cave
walls
are
impossible
to
scale,
a
huge
hour-
In the shape of
Sunday. He will find it necessary
By L. B. SMITH
•
and rope ladders art* out of the county authorities, who have been
What once was merely a great glass, the mouth of Devil's Sink- question. A few years ago a crew sic-ing Fido's proud owner down to to leave town in a hurry. The press
walls
hole
opens
wide,
its
concave
and
pulpit
go
hand
In
hand
with
'
hole in the ground, and nothing
of pipeline workers, disillusioned the courthouse to part with hia white-wash brushes and pleuaant I
but a scourge to Rancher Clarence coming together some 200 feet be­
by the depth to the mountain top. fee or his flea circus.
low
to
form
a
funnel,
the
diameter
words, magnifying little virtues In­
Whitworth, the Devil's Sinkhole in
According to County
with a long rope lowered them­
to big ones The pulpit, the pen '
Edwards county, 12 miles east of of which is approximately 30 feet, selves into the cavern on an im­ George R. Carter, more than Clerk
IbO and gravestone an* the great suint-
the little town of Rocksprings, has and then opens wide to spread over
promptu exploration trip, and it al­
licenses have been issued by making triumvirate.
And ___
the edl-
__________ ’ ___
been declared the greatest cave of the mountain top. seen from the most ended disastrously, only one dog
201 East Muli»
I
Ins office since first of the year I tor turned to his work and told of j
brim.
The
lower
part
of
the
hour
­
its kind in America, and a rival to
member of the party being able to
b'lainess continues at the rate the unsurprising beauty of the
the great Padriac cave of southern glass is hidden from view by the climb the upward distance, 271 and
of 2b or 30 a day. No license is re- ■ bride while in fuct she wus as
France, and somewhat remindful blackness of the cavern. The con­ feet, hand-over-hand fashion.
quired for husbunds who think homely as a mud fence.”
SLABWOOD
of the Carlsbad caverns In nearby cave walls of the upper half of
they live a dog's life, pointed out I
Has Its Dangers Also
New Mexico and the far-off cav­ the glass ieveal in formations
$2.50
Backers of the project may Carter. You have to actuully be a i • The Winehind Beauty shop has
erns near Grants Pass. Oregon, small part of what has not been
Per
Isjad,
Dumped
touched by erosion.
change the means of entrance, dog to qualify, which preserves,
known as Oregon caves.
moved
from
161
East
Main
to
69
Large
Ixmd,
Dumped
somewhat,
a
dog's
life
for
dogs
they point out. Instead of an ele­
A Mountain Below
This natural wonder of the
So beware, you canine caress- < East Main, in the Ashland hotel
lowering
the
sightseers,
a
vator
The mountain 271 feet below the
$3.25
southwest is rich in beauty, the
eis. the man with beady eyes, a
picturesque formations of massive surface of the earth has been fully rustic stairway and trail circling net and screened truck. Mr. Dog building A formal opening for the
newly locuted shop Is expected
(imiter Fuel Co.
stalagmites and stalactites in the s|q pu« uosioqojx JQ Xq pojoidxa down the precipitous walls of the Catcher to you!
some time next week, said Mrs.
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many rooms and corridors being workers, and they found it to be upper chamber and then swinging
out
to
the
mountaintop
may
be
Wineland yesterday.
nothing short of marvelous. To about 600 feet high, and approxi­
make these formations the more mately a mile in circumference. constructed as a means of preserv­
interesting, embedded in the strat­ Standing atop of the limestone­ ing the thrills of going down into 364 Inches Snowfall
um beneath the surface of the wall cavern, one can drop a large the vertical hour-glass shaped hole.
Recorded at Crater
The dangers of exploring the
earth are fossils of bug-like and rock from the edge, see it almost
cavern
have
been
evident,
and
per
­
shell-like denizens of the Coman- disappear from sight before it
Lake Near Record
sons entering at this time do so
chean sea. which is said to have strikes the top of the mountain.
at
their
own
risk.
Jagged
rocks
covered west Texas millions of Then, unless it lodges atop the
Far ahead of last year's total,
BORDEAUX MIXTURE, EIME
pinnacle, it can be heard as it may pierce one's scalp one Instant, 364.7 inches of snowfall have been
years ago.
and
the
next
the
explorer
will
find
’l l *
rolls onward and downward I ""Into
AND SULPHUR SPREADER
|recorded at park headquarters In
Few Have Explored
the far reaches of the earth until himself stepping into a seemingly Crater Lake national park up until
bottomless pond of icy water. It is February 1.
No one knows the extent of sound is lo longer audible.
SEED POTATOES—ONION SETS
This compares to 289
Devil’s Sinkhole, known by old-
BULK GARDEN SEEDS
That canyons and corridors ra­ difficult for one to watch hia foot- inches last year, but is behind the I
timers to exist, but which few ever diate for miles in every direction ing constantly, and at the same mark of the heavy winter of 1932-
dared to enter because of its is the contention of Dr. Nicholson, time keep from marveling at this 33 with 511 inches.
threatening appearance and forbid­ and his belief is verified through natural wonder. Speechless, one
However, this year holds the'
ding walls. No one knows whence the fact that numerous wells have gazes in bewilderment at the glist­ record for the amount of precipi- j
ening
formations,
the
white
crick
­
its many labyrinths and caverns been drilled in the little Lown of
tntion. 50.35 Inches. Last year the
lead, but explorers believe they Rocksprings, only to be abandoned ets. the mute swimming life, hun­ figure was 35.41 and in 1933, 40 21,
lead many miles in every direction. because caves were struck from dreds of feet below the surface of despite the heavy snowfall of the
This they will learn in months to 100 to 200 feet underground. These the earth. Emerging from the cav­ latter year.
come. That part of the Sinkhole wells, of a certainty, failed to pro­ ern. one ponders, hours it seems,
Last month had a snowfall of
which has been explored, however, duce water, but today they are wondering how long it took the 117 Inches and precipitation of
was found to contain walls and used by their owners as sewage deft fingers of the Creator to mold 10.16, as compared to 256 inches
ceilings of gorgeous formations, disposal places. Within the next such artistic designs and patterns snow and 16.25 precipitation in
trickling streams with water as few months Dr. Nicholson and his as Devil's Sinkhole rooms and cor­ January, 1933. The 50-inch mark
Coty's Face
clear as crystal, and as cold as the party hope to ascertain whether ridors offers.
of this year is attributed to more
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Today,
thousands
of
people
Powder
icy waters of the Arctic. The bot­ these caves, 12 miles westward,
rain and mister snow.
around here are wondering what
toms of these ponds and lakes, radiate from Devil’s Sinkhole.
Park roads are closed as they
Pepsodent Tooth Paste—
sometimes 50 feet deep, are as
There are numerous mountain the broad expanses of Devil’s Sink­ have been for numerous weeks
hole
hold
in
store
for
Texas,
for
white as snow, with the rock for­ springs throughout this section of
New
large Mize
past and it is not likely that re­
mations resembling springtime west Texas, most noteworthy the southwest. No one can pre­ moval operations will begin much j
flowers. In walking through the among these being Seven Hund ltd dict the future. But take the word sooner than early May or late Ap- j
Analgesic
cavern, one must watch his foot­ springs, midway between Rock­ of Dr. Nicholson. Devil’s Sinkhole ril. Four men Douglas Roach, '
Balm
ing, else he will step into one of springs and Junction, where mil­ is far bigger than Carlsbad cavern, Good, Burrell Sexton and Frank
these crystal pools and be sub­ lions of gallons of water gush or any other cavern that he has Briscoe make up a winter m;dn-
Cod Liver Oil-
merged in waters that maintain a forth daily from a mountains,de. ever before explored. — Brady tenance crew.
Tested,
per pint
(Texas)
Standard.
constant temperature of 38 de­ A few miles from Devil's Sinkhole
Roads leading from Ashland to
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grees Fahrenheit.
are found numerous large springs,
the east and south, over Green­
Razor Blades—
Devil’s Sinkhole, destined to be­ with cold water bubbling out of • Henry Enders went to Eugene springs and the Siskiyou moun­
to
pick
up
Jack
Enders,
last
Fri
­
come one of the major attractions mountain sides, and Dr. Nicholaon
Probak,
16 for
tains, have been kept open during
of Texas, has been suggested by is of the opinion that the icy wat­ day. From there they went to Port­ the entire year by the highway
Stationery—
west Texas civic leaders as a na­ ers of Devil's Sinkhole find their land to the auto show and the commission.
tional park. Located In the Texas way to the surface of Mother football game between the coast
60 sheets, 25 envelopes
hill country, the rolling mountains Earth in some of these little gey­ all-stars and the New York Giants.
Alarm
and hundreds of streams fed by sers.
• Mr. and Mrs. George Daly and
many giant springs, combine to
In addition to proving a great Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Angel were
Clocks
form picturesque scenery long to attraction to tourists of the south­
business callers In Ashland and
be remembered.
west, Devil’s Sinkhole is providing Medford Wednesday. While in Ash­
Old timers in this section have remuneration to Dr. Nicholson be­ land they were the guests of Mr
known about Devil’s Sinkhole all cause of the immense quantity of
and Mrs. E. F. Miller.
these years, but they all doubt of guano. Several tons have been ex­
its ever having been explored un­ tracted from the cavern and ship­ • C, A. White returned to his
Prescription Pharmacists
til a crew of men under Dr. Frank ped to rectifying plants, yet the store Monday after a siege of flu.
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FICEE DELIVERY
Nicholson started charting the un- main bat chamber has not yet been which kept him at home for 10
' ground recesses recently. It has discovered. For this reason, and days.
jeen known by these pioneers that also because of the fact that liter­ • Robert Dodge left Wednesday
there were daring men who now ally millions of the winged mrm- night for San Francisco and Los
and then were lowered into the mals emerge from the darkened Angeles to be the guest of Mr. and
giant hole, only to be hauled back chambers toward nightfall each Mrs. Jack Rafferty and Mr. and
Where You Get Most for Your Money Every Day in the Week
to the top without exploration be­ evening, Dr. Nicholson places the Mrs. W. T. Abbott. He plans to be
cause of the treacherous nature of guano deposits in the cave at more gone about three weeks, and will
the big black hole.
than 150,000 tons. It is, therefore, visit many different furniture
We Deliver
upon the main deposits that Dr. houses in both cities.
Its Mouth An Hour Glass
Gl West Main
Phone
Located on a plateau, which has
Ashland
an elevation of approximately 2500
Oregon
feet, Devil’s Sinkhole is in the
center of a bed of flat rocks. It is
a great, gaping hole in the earth,
80 feet in diameter, that opens up
into the form of a huge hour­
glass. As one edges himself to the
lip of the cave, there is a catch in
the throat and a step backward,
The Store With 2,000 Satisfied
for it gives the appearance of a
bottomless pit. But as one gathers
Customers
Ground Pork and Veal, for loaf
Country Sorghum, 5-pound pails 55c
courage, standing on the brink a
or frying, 2 pounds.................. 25c Honey, 5-pound pails................... 45c
moment, eyes become focused and
in the darkness below can be dis-
Hamburger, lean and good, lb. ..10c Vermont Maid Maple Syrup, 20c, 35c
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TED'S FEED AND SEED STORE
Drugs for Less!
69c
38c
23C
45c
25c
39c
79C
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95
ASHLAND
GROCETERIA
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Complete Food Market
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800 NORTH MAIN
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WF, ALL HAVE A GOOD TIME
COME UP AND JOIN US!
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Men 25c—Ladles 10c
Bellview Ladies Food Sale Saturday
k
Round Steak, from fat cows, lb. 12c
Rib Steaks, fancy beef, lb............ 15c
Pork Chops, from choice young
pigs, per pound........................18c
Veal Chops, from No. 1 milk fed
veal, per pound.........................17c
Codfish, just in, 1-pound brick 20c
K. C. Baking Powder, 50c tin ...35c
Corn Starch, 3 for.......................... 25c
Arm and Hammer Soda, 3 pkgs...25c
Coffee, it’s good, 2 pounds............ 35c
Coffee, Hills red can (Saturday
and Monday) 1-pound tin........ 31c
Citrus Soap, 2 8-ounce bars........ 5c
White Eagle Soap, 13 6-oz. bars .25c
Peets Washing Powder, per pkg..25c
Purex, V^-gal. jug..........................25c
Ginger Snaps, 10 dozen................. 25c
Raisins, 3*/j pounds...................... 25c
White Figs, for stewing, Saturday,
4 pounds..................................... 25c
Onions, 15 pounds
25c
Large White Cauliflower, Spinach,
Rutabegas, Parsnips, Turnips,
Carrots and many other fresh
vegetables.
Large Juicy Lemons, Saturday,
per dozen................................... 15c
Oranges, good sweet ones, doz.... 15c
SATURDAY ONLY—One ring and
stick of candy with each loaf bread.
Light Potato Yeast Buns, some­
thing different, per dozen..... 19c
Cakes, Pies and Rolls, so good you
want more.
OUR BAKERY DEPARTMENT IS SURPASSED By NONE
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