Medford Mail Tribun
Second
Section
Thirtieth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1935.
No. 113.
Six Pages
BIG GOLD SUES
TIG OF PAST IS
VIEW OFJXPERTS
New Activity Involves Rec
lamation of Values Long
Known to Exist Cream
of Placers Skimmed Off
By DTKE WILLIAMS
tTnitd Prm Staff Correspondent
PHOENIX, Ariz. (UPl The days of
the big "strikes are over, many ob
iwrven of the Western mining scene
believe.
They point out that the new ap
proach tb a "mining boom" la a silent
one. made possible by Improved ma
chinery rather than spectacular dis
coveries of Riory-holcs or rich placers.
Mostly, the new activity involves
reclamation of values long known to
exist in proven districts.
Tears ago in the days of the great
rushes, the cream of the plicern was
skimmed, because they were the easi
est found.
Rich Veins May Exist
But because a rich vein deposit
may exist In prospected ground and
remain undiscovered, widely divergent
views on the potential ledge wealth
have been held.
Following the devaluation of the
dollar, a great Imetus was given to
western gold mining. Thousands of
seekers moved back to the hills. Ob
servers held hopes that numerous
major discoveries would result from
the work.
In the main, they have been dis
appointed. Strikes have been made and rich
ones but in general they have not
compared with the great finds of the
early days. No longer are there "Rich
Hills or roaring camps where $100 a
day Is a common return. No longer
are there big mines in production,
where miners chip of gold as they
did In some places, and carry It out
In dinner buckets, clothes, and to
bacco cans.
Boom Camps Scarce
From the millions of dollars spent
In mineral development In the south
west In recent years, scarcely a single
permanent boom camp has sprung,
although a number have been re -occupied.
Ledges gleaming with gold and su
rer simply are not betn found. Dish
pans are not turning up "stakes" In
placer sands, as occasionally happen
ed in the frontier times.
Although thousands of workers
have crowded Into the placer fields
and some are making scant livings
with little In the way of equipment,
the University of Artzori has esti
mated their average earnings In this
state at little more than 25 cents
per day. "They run an excellent
chance of starving to death,' a placer
bulletin warns.
The University warns also that
'the chance of making a discovery
Is small." In general, the placer work
ers are still occupied on fields that
were known In frontier times.
Total Production High
Total value of production, how
ever, may outstrip that of early days,
because of the large number of fields
now workable with Improved ma
chinery. The industry. If less spec
tacular, now seems established upon
a firmer base.
Commenting on the change, Dr.
Q. M. Butler of the University Bureau
of Mines declared that mining now is
safer than in early times, and out
lined methods of minimizing the
risks, "which need be no greater than
In many other fields."
As a result, also, of the change, a
"strike" may now be made on $40 or
poorer orp. But it is a strike only for
those with capital to Install ma
chinery, and holds no lure for the
Jobless.
RELIGIOUS MEETS
FOR CCC CAMPS
IN AUGUST FIXED
Religious services for camps of Zone
1 in the Medford district during the
month of August were announced by
Chaplain Harley G. Preston. The
schedule follows:
Wimer: August 8 and 8 and Aug
ust 20. Chaplain Preston: August 13.
nev. Q. P. Kabele. Medford; August
3fl. Father William J. Meagher, Med-!
ford.
Rand: August 3 and 31, Chaplain
Preston; August 6, Rev. W. D. Ran
nels. Grants Pans; Augtist 18, Rev. H.
P. Sconce; August 26, Father William
J. Meagher.
Gasquet; August 7 and 8. and
August 22 and 23, Chaplain Preston.
Other dates held open.
Indian Creek: A' fust 12 and 13
and August 26 and 27. Chaplain Pres
ton. Other dates held open.
Oak Knoll: August ft. Father Wil
liam J. Meagher; August 14 and 15,
Chaplain Preston; August 20, Rev. C.
D. Miller, Trcka; August 2B, Chaplain
Preston.
Applegate: August 8, Capt. O. R.
Durham, Medford; August 16 and 29.
Chaplain Preston; August 22, Captain
Durham.
South Pork: August 6, Rev. Joseph
Knotts, Medford; August 12, Father
William J. Meagher, Medford; August
19 and 30. Chaplajn Preston.
Religious services for Zone 3 In the
Medford district for the month ol
August were announced by Chaplain
H. W. Anderson. The schedule fol
lows: Elk Creek: August 1 and 3 and
August 13. Chaplain Anderson; Aug
ust 20, Rev. D. E. Millard. Eagle Point,
Ore.
Upper Rogue: August 6 and 6 and
August 19 and 20, Chaplain Anderson;
August 27, Rev. Millard.
Diamond Lake: August 7 and 8,
Chaplain Anderson: August 13. Rev.
Dawes, Medford: August 21 and 22.
Chaplain Andprson; August 27, Rev.
W. R. Baird. Medford.
Annie Springs: August 9. Chaplain
Anderson: August 15, Capt. G. R. Dur
ham, Medford: August 23 and 30.
Chaplain Anderson.
Lava Beds: August 6. Rev. Arthur
Bates, Klamath Falls; August 12 and
13 and 26 and 27, Chaplain Anderson.
Dog Lake: August 6, Rev. J. M.
Johnson. Lakevlcw; August 14 and 16.
Chaplain Anderson: August 20, Rev.
C. C. Griffiths, Lakevlew; August 28
and 29, Chaplain Anderson.
Visits of Catholic contract chap
lains to these camps will be announc
ed later.
Mall Tribune relative to the open
ing of new offices on the second
floor of the Medford building.
The agency handles a wide variety
of insurance pollclea and is one of
Medford 'a oldest and best known
ftrma, having been established in
1909 In the Jackson County Bank
building. There Is no type of In
surance the agency cannot write, ac
cording to Cole Holmes, who la pleas
ed with, the new offices and welcomes
the continued patronage of many
Medford citizens.
The following companies' are rep
resented by the agency: Sun Insur
ance Office of London, oldest com
pany in the world; Insurance Com
pany of 3?orth America, oldest In the
United States; Aetna Fire Insurance
company. Royal Insurance company.
Palatine Insurance company. Spring
field Fire and Marine Insurance, and
the Liverpool and London and Glob
Insurance company.
The new office are attractively
situated at the head of the Medford
building's newly altered stairway.
Use Mall Tribune want arts.
THE GRANGE
Aplejcate Grange.
The regular meeting of the Apple
gate Grange wea held Friday night.
July 26, with 36 members present.
The agriculture chairman tnnounc
ed that many cow buyers were In
this section from California and the
fanne.-s should hold their cows at
top prices. Poison barley ts available
from either the Applegate store or
from Charles Elmore.
The home economics chairman an.
nounced that the men were to fur
nish a paper sack lunch for which
the women are to bid not to exceed
15 cents at the next meeting.
Frank Knutren. chairman of the
war and means committee, read the
tentative plans for the Grange oar
beque to be given on Labor day, Sep
tember 2.
Hsrbert Elmore gave a very Inter
esting and well received report for
the educational committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, vis
itors from Williams Creek Grange.
invited the Applegate Grange to At
tend their regular meeting Thurs
day night, August I.
The lecturer s program wna put on
by Flora. Miss W. A. Johnson.
march wss played while th
Grange member; marched In front of
Flora to receive for the women a
corsage, and the men a biittotiiere.
Lester Hill and Miss Maxtne Hill
sang a duet. "The Wayside Rose."
The legend of Flora was read by
Mrs. E. H. Taylor.
A quotation about Flora was read
. by Miss F.va Johns'.on, Mlf-s Ada
j Johnston, and Mrs. Beatrice Sullivan.
! A tats and ilemonstmtlon "n ho
! to arrange cut flowers was given by
i Ml Be.r'wr.a Eimore.
Mrs. S. S. Johnston gave a talk,
i on how the buuercup was named.
! Mivs June Morsn reel to J the poem
"Dalodils." by Wordsworth.
I A ttmed-suesln contest. wa. h'id
with all members trying to gue.cs t'ns
names of flowers.
The lecturer's hour was c'osod ;th
trvmits for song leader. Herbert El
more was chosen.
T
HEATED SOLONS
WASHINGTON, A:ig. 3. OP) The
heat finds some congressmen with a
formula of their own for keeping coo!.
Here is a note passed around re
cently: "Rules committee meeting at S p.
m. Mint Juleps will be manufactured came to Oregon In 1!M6.
by a competent Kentucky colonel." .-
The R. A. Holmes Insurance agency
was referred to through an inadvert
ency as a real estate egency when an
nouncement was made in Tuesday'?
Utilities Head
tfts. fcvSx'
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GUY W. TALBOT
Gut W. Talbot of romand. presi
dent of the Portland Gas & Coke
company and the Northwestern Elec
tric, company, also Is Tlce-presioent
of a half dozen other utilities. He
nas horn In Mlrhlean In 1R.3 and
Truck Sets safety Hecord :
WEBB CITT. Mo. (UPl Guy Lof- .
ton la claimant of the title for the
truck driver who has driven the
farthest without a single accident.
He has traveled 345.000 miles In 19
years without even a single fender
scraping or bumper touching. I
Swiss Girl rrefers Hot tlnis
EAST ST. LOUI9. Til.. (DPI Mies
Msrlanne Schadelln. aoclal worker ;
from Switzerland, a graduate of the '
University of Zurich and a student,
at the University of Oklahoma in
America, thinks waffles, hot dogs
and hamburgers are the best Ameri
can foods. 1
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