Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946, July 13, 1950, Image 5

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    Thursday, July 13, 10ÚO
SOUTHERN OREGON NEWS REVIEW
Aniiluiid, Oregon
tungsten >s an essentially need­
ed war material, the immediate
operation on a 21 hour a d a y
schedule has been put into ef­
fect. The Van Curlers who op­
erate the mine say that when
As Oregon Presbyterians ap­
the present repairs and building
proach the centennial milestone
work is completed they expect
of the church’s official estab­
to begin employing a dozen or
lishment, many individual con­
more men w i t h eventual in­
gregations a r e marking some­
crease to three or four times that
what
l
e
s
s
e
r
anniversaries.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
number.
Among these is the 75 year old
SCIENTIST
130 N. Main (at Helman)
First Presbyterian church o f
Tungsten, which differs from
De Mille
P ioneer A venue. South.
Rav. G eorge Shum an. M inister Ashland, which for three days
Í gold in that it runs in pockets
Sunday morning service at 11
the last of August will re-live
rather than in veins, is located
"A Friendly Church
o'clock.
and celebrate their diamond Ju­
at night by means of mineral
for Thoughtful People"
Subject: Life.
lamps, then mined the next day.
bilee.
I “In our 75th year"
Golden Text: Psalms 27 1 The 0:43 A M —CNurch School for
State geologists have made fre­
Beginning
in
the
early
"70s”
Lord is my light and my snlva all ages. Sherman J Hadley,
by Koy DeMille
quent surveys and seem to con­
as a union Sunday school and
tlon; whom shall I fear? T h e Superintendant.
sider the Ashland tungsten de­
Lord is the strength of my life 11 A M.—Morning Worship. An­ laer developing into a monthly
posits the finest grade of ora
church
service,
the
mission
in
Those days of happy go lucky , -
of whom shall I be afraid’
and say that it is the only com­
them
by
the
choir.
Sermon
by
Ashland
was
officially
organiz­
Sunday School at 0:30 a m
miners True hearts and free- from thirty thousand to forty mercial mine in the state. Ship­
the
pastor.
ed
into
a
church
on
August
28,
Wednesday evening meeting, I 7:00 p.m., Westminister Fel- 1875 when aband of 22’persons I dom, as the old miners called it thousand in g o l d bullion a ment will be made from Ash­
which includes testimonies o f lowship Society
land to Fresno, California b
became charter members. Dr Their worries were to find that month
If your home hums down,
Christian Science healing. I s
Thomas Fraser, Synod of t h e precious metal, gold and lots of
It was rated as a ten stamp truck, where the western ship­
will you be caught with­
held ut 8 o’clock.
Pacific missionary, was on hand it, the poor mans mine was the mill. The ore at the mine was ping point for government tung­
out enough money to re­
Reading Room open d a i l y U^SEMBLY OF GOD
to assist "Father” Moses Wil­ placer gold, with the pan he dis- hauled down to the stamp mill sten supplies is located.
Siskiyou
Blvd.
from 2 to 5 p.m except Sundays
build? . . . will your sav­
covered his heaven on s o m e lin specially built ore trucks, us-
O. W. Klingxnetm, raster. Ph liams, who had been preaching creek bottom, digging the rich ing four to six horse teams to a
and holidays.
ings take a beating from
in the south end of the Rogue
one 2-2780.
today's high replacement
valley since 1857.
S a m u e l color in gold dust or some good wagon. Wheel shoe locks had to
CHURCH
o
r
GOD
Marilyn
Johnson,
Pastor’s
As-
be used on some of the steep
costs? . . . or will you have
Grubb
was
the
first
elder or­ sized nuggets.
1025
Iowa
Street
grades.
Charles Lindsay a n d
Istant.
insurance to cover the di­
dained and installed in the Ash­
It made his eyes bulge, h i s
! T. O. Satterfield, Pastor
Sunday Services: 0:45 am ., land church. Rev Williams serv­ life was aglow, nothing could Link Helman worked as mule
saster.
| Genette Grow, associate pastor. Sunday School. Classes for all
skinners on these ore wagons
Adequate Fire Insurance is
0:45 a m., Church Bible school ages. Mrs. George Icenhower, i ed as pastor for the first two stop him but a well aimed rifle for years. The Ashland mines
years
during
which
time
t
h
e
ball
from
an
old
45-90
of
some
your host bet! Call on
each Lord’s day, Mrs Perry Supt., 11:00 a. m , Evangelist
building was erected on t h e claim jumper, and no questions have changed hands many times
Smith is director.
J 1 m Swanson., Morning Wor­ present site at a cost of $3200. , asked. In those days it was bet- since 1884.
11 a.m., Morning Worship ship 1:00 p.m., Assembly of God
Ashland was a busy l i t t l e
Many of the decendants of ter lor a sourdough to say noth-
M essage b y th e P a s to r
President. 7:30 p.m., C l o s i n g the original charter members, as ing and know nothing. For the city in the mining days. There
7 p.m.. Youth Fellowship ser­ Youth Revival rally.
were several
other mines near-
.
vice, directed by the young pe­ ship. 1:00 p.m., Assembly of God well as past ministers, are ex- six gun or the rifle was the law
“BILLINGS AGENCY” ople,
pected
to
return
to
Ashland
for
among
the
early
settlers
a
n
d
»y-
Frederic
n.
for the young people,
Marble. Granite, Bronx»
gineer of the Ashland mine and
Hour, KWIN. 8:00 p.m., Christ’s the three day jubilee
h‘‘
>n Jackson county.
countv.
he miners in
(Since July 1883)
7:45. Evanglistic services, op­ Ambassadors. Marilyn Johnson,
the
stamp
mill.
William
Lind-
Extra Lettering Available
In the 1840’s, 50’s and 60 s,
ening with a good rousing ser­ President. 7:30 p.m.. Evangelist­
DEPENDABLE
the flash
flash of
¿f’7 a forty
forïy five
B ^ r m
m eant,
ü n í ^ y * as
o£
stamps
JOHN GERALD MILLER
the
—.
. ,
vice,
the
Pastor
will
deliver
the
ic Rally.
INSURANCE COUNSELORS
Graveside services were held no back talq. In those days it
Ja/ t° ^nder S T s e w r a l years'
message.
On the Plaxa”
Tuesday Services: 10:00 a.m.. Monday in the Griffin C r e e k was quick on the trigger. In the
n d L la v
Cornsr Main and Oak
7:45 p.m., Wednesday. Prayer Ladies Prayer Service. 7:30 p.m., cemetery for John Gerald Mill- 1870’s t h e prospector roamed 1 e g o d bnc s er n
on
sp
y
A shland H otel Bldg
and Praise Service. This la a Prayer and Praise Service.
„ j . t u h „ e mountains
____ many times m
t h e Ashland
er, 88, who died Saturday eve­ the hills - and
time of refreshing from the Lord
P h on s 8781
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m., Choir ning at t h e Ashland General back of where Ashland n o w bank, in those days.
when our spiritual needs are rehearsal. Wm. Verver, director.
The Ashland mine today is
hospital following a s t r o k e stands.
Who says it's
met.
about
1100 feet deep. In later
which he suffered three days
Digging up the surface and
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST
years
synite
was
used
to
collect
too hot to oat?
earlier in the downtown area.
the depths of the earth to find
(Christian Church) Second and
the
flour
and
liquid
gold
from
Mr Miller was born Decem­ that precious metal. It was a 1
B Streets.
ber 13, 1861 in the Griffin Creek metal that a human being would the concentrates. In the early
Earl F. Downing, Minister | area of Jackson county and had sacrifice his own life through 1 days the gold of that nature was
Bible School, 0:45 a m.
farmed in that vicinity and on hardships and danger for. The a total loss to the miner.
Today the mines are owned
Junior Church, 11:00 a.m., for the Applegate most of his life. lure of gold was in their hearts and
operated by the Van Curler
He has been a resident of Ash­ and finger tips, a p r i d e no
the cikHdrcn.
Brothers of Ashland. By their
land for the past three years.
Morning Service, 11:00 a.m.
tongue can tell. A great life it
methods and processes in
ON CONSTRUCTION, REMODELING and
Mr. Miller i s survived b y was for the old pioneer in those ,___ ___ .C;
Sermon: “The Greatest Ques­
handling
ore, they \_Sii
will be
Chai he nas had his appe­
tion Ever Asked.” Special mu­ three children, Mrs. Gladys Bon- days, packing their supplies in­ doing a the
thriving
business for
REPAIRING MATERIAL.
tite whetted with some
field
of
Klamath
Falls,
Everett
to
the
depths
of
the
mountains
sic by the choir, Doris Renzema, j
, , . Indian
,.
and its vicinity.
Let’s
palate palpitating pre­
G. Miller of Eugene, and Mrs. over some old
or elk trail Ashland
,___
_
_
J
director.
hope so.
serves and relishes. You’ll
D. D. Randall of the American j Joseph Dulin of Charlotte, N. that made it hazardous for the
find recipes for them in
Sunday School unin will speak. | C., a brother Walter of Apple- pack animals.
TUNGSTEN AGAIN NEEDED
Lithia Park Vesper Services, j gate, three grandchildren and
In 1884 the Ashland mine was
Since the Korean w a r out-
INVESTIGATE THE
Sunday 6 p.m., sponsored by the ; two great grandchildren.
discovered by two cousins, C. A. break the old Ashland mine has
Ministerial association.
Patton and J. I. Patton.
again become newsworthy due
A. T. Arant of R o s e b u r g
—THU W itt—
Midweek Service: W e d n e t -
Shafts
w
e
r
e
sunk.
Tunnels
to the fact that tungsten is pres-
spent a couple of days in Ash­
day at 7:15 p.m.
driven into the rich de- ent upon the property, and since
land last week renewing o l d were
posits
of
the gold bearing quartz j _____________________________
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE times with some of t h o s e he that lay beneath t h e surface. ______________________________
knew in the early “70s” when
4th at "C” Streets
The Ashland mine was worked |
he lived in this little settlement and
C. Wesley Brough. Minister
developed by the two min- '
Sunday School, 0:45 a.m., of less thap 5 0 0 population. ers for a number of years, and
Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m., Needless to say he commented then sold out to E. K. Ander­
Youth Groups, 6:30 p.m., Evan­ upon the changes brought about son and a man by the name of
in three quarters of a century.
gelistic Service, 7:30 p.m.
Hawkette.
Tuesday
morning
Camp
Meet­
APPLIES TO
As the years rolled on, t h e ,
Stationery Supplies
ing, 10:00 a.m.
mine holdings were purchased
at the News Review
Wednesday Prayer and Praise
by Bennett and Mattron, a min­
Service, 7:30 p.m.
ing company. Then mining ma- l
chinery was installed and more
METHODIST CHURCH
PHOENIX PRESBYTERIAN
men put to work Steam power
Robert
Mcllvenna,
Minister.
CHURCH
9:45, Sunday School. Bill was used at the mine to operate
E. J. Clark, Pastor
the stamps and other machinery, i
Weber, superintendent.
Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday School
The stamps were never used
11 a.m,. Morning Worship
R. D. Thompson, Supt.
with anthem and solo. Nursery at the mine, They were taken
STREAM LIN ER TO SAN FR A N C ISC O
Sunday Worship Service 11 for small children.
down to Ashland and set up. |
a m. Rev. E. J. Clark, Minister.
Your Friendly Yards
The company bought an o l d
11 a m . Junior Church.
Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Choir
6 p.m., Junior Hl Fellowship. sawmill site on Ashland creek |
practice.
165 C Street
Ashland
Telephone 6551
6 p.m., Hi School Fellowship. where Ashland Foundry a n d
7:30 Sunday. Young Peoples
6:30 p.m., Wesley Foundation. Machine shop now s t a n d s .
meeting. Elva Castor, advisor.
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Choir Working it over, t h e y built a
stamp mill and put through the
rehearsal.
process of milling the ore. The
output of t h i s mill averaged
THE CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH
HERMAN AUGUST BIRR
717 Siskiyou Blvd.
On vour next trip to San Francisco enjoy the speed
Evart P. Borden. Minister
Services
were
held
on
Tues-
,
and comfort o f this sensational new streamliner.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Fran-
Leave here via chair car train w ith !ounge ear in the
11:00 A.M. Worship service; day afternoon fr Herman Aug­
Sermon by Dr. Borden, "Stabil­ ust Birr, 75, of 152 G r a n i t e
morning, making connection with the Shasta Day­
ity of the Kingdom. Special mu­ street, who died Saturday morn-
light at Dunsmuir, arrive San Francisco 11:15 P.M.
i
n
g
following
suffocation
b
y
sic.
tonight.
July 21. Plymouth Guild will fumes from a mattress fire in
hold an old fashioned ice cream his cabin. He was a native of
The Daylight has luxurious chair cars, tavern,
social on the church lawn. The Pensanke, Wis., and had lived
in
Ashland
for
some
time.
His
coffee shop and dining cars. You can ride it at our
public is invited.
only living relative is believed
Ranches — Farms — Homes
lowest fares.
to be a brother, Ernest, of Hor-
GRACE LUTHERN CHURCH
Business Property
con, Wis. He was a member of
Iowa and Mountain Avenues
Grace Lutheran church.
OFFICE SUPPLIES • STATIONERY
FAST DAILY SCHEDULE
Opposite the High School
The funeral was held f r o m
Jess Kidwell,
Telephone 3552
Paul
W.
F
Harms,
Pastor.
» ol ’T hbound
Fmcilfc Jtescord Tima
MONTH »O UNB
PRINTING WITH A PERSONALITY
•nod down
Rood vp
the Litwiller Funeral H o m e
Sunday School 9:45.
with Rev. H. H. Young Medford
9.50 a.m. Lv......... GRANTS PASS . . . Ar. 9 0 5 p.m.
Adult
Discussion
Group
10:00.
34 Eeat Main
Aahland, Oregon
38 E. MAIN
PHONE 8561
Morning Worship Service 11;- officiating. Interment w a s in
10.55 a.m. Lv.......... . . . MEDFORD . . . ....... Lv. 8 05 p.m.
Business Phone 7860
Ret. Phone 317*
Mt. View cemetery.
Evening Service, 7:30.
Stationery Supplica
ut the Newa Review
Church 1 Announcements
Church Jubilee
Visitors Expected
Pioneer Mining Days In I he Siskiyou
Mountain Range.
Short Changed?
y
*8.1
S. C. Jones & Sons
M0NUM1
BURNS AGENCY
No Down Payment
Household Memos
COPELAND
Budget Plan
mue
THI BEAUTIFUL NBW
All Material Sold at The Yard
J. W. COPELAND YARDS
Business Directory
Walter Redford, Realtor
Southern Oregon News
Review
 J bb * Haomemi
NEW LOCATION
Don’s Radio Service
GUARANTEED HOME AND AUTO
RADIO REPAIRS
Reasonable Prices
Commercial Finance Corp.
—Free Pick-Up and Delivery—
41 East Main
Phone 2-4141
KNOX
SHOE REPAIR
Furniture
Automobile
Livestock
Salary
45 E. Main
Phone 2-5111
lf-374—Lie—S-306
Ashland
DR. E. N. TERRILL
Craftsmanship plus Top Quality Materials
CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC
AU Kinds of Polish—Shoe Accessorie»
“While You Wait Service”
Ashland
Rom where I sit... / / Joe Marsh
“
Loans on
Motorola Home and Auto Radios
33 East Main
11.-40 a.m. l i ......... . . . ASHLAND . . .
4:30 p.m. Ar.......... .. DUNSMUIR . . .
5 W p.m. 1».......... .. DUNSMUIR . . .
11:15 p.m. Ar......... SAN FRANCISCO
308 N. Main
Phone 4371
There it Was—
Right in The Middle!
Easy Roberts mowed his lawn
early last Psturday. Then he sat
on the porch, and watched Handy
Peterson cu ttin g h it grass.
The Roberts* property and the
Peterson’s border each other —
w ith no hedge or fence between
them. So, when Easy notices Handy
had le ft about a four-foot strip
unmowed along the boundary, he
walks over and asks why.
“ T h a t’s your land,’’ says Handy.
“ Mine ends here. See, i t line» up
w ith th a t oak tree across the
road I ” Easy didn’t think so, so
they went up and down looking fo r
the surveyor's m a rke r. W here did
they find it? R ig h t in the m iddle
o f th e ir “ no m an’s land 1 ”
Well, they both grin and take
(urns finishing the job and then re­
treat to Easy's for a friendly glass
o f beer together. From where I ait,
a little searching around for the
truth of the matter often shows
that the other fellow is as mack
right as you are—at which point
the whole thing doesn’t seem ae
Important anyway.
CapyrifAr. 1959. VnilrJ Slain Brattar» FaunJariaa
....... Lv. 7:30 p.m.
....... Lv. 2:20 p.m.
....... Ar. L59 p.m.
....... Lv. 7:45 am.
Conants uith "Oui" arriving Los A t / t l n
10:40 next morning
T tvw .
BA RG AIN FARES
-
F»***
GRANTS PASS
MEDFORD
ASHLAND
ffws fvdvre/ foa.
T« SAN M AN CISCO
Omm-wey found»” »
t . IO S A N O U I t
Co» -<J> Row adiri#
$1.55 $15.40
$7 90 $14.25
$7.65 $13.00
$15.40 $27.79
$14.00 $28.71
$14.55 $26.25
Children undvr 5
from— 5 ’ h’ vu fh 11, hotf Perm.
Shasta Bayhfht Stats Reserved,
a h chair car teau <w the
Shasta D ayligh t are reserved, but there is no charge foe
the reservation. Reserve stats at ans S. P. ticket office, os
»0 address shown below.
S*P
The friendly Southern Pectfte
H. H. MAYBERRY — AGENT
Phone 7015
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