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' jrroroKD watt: tribune. rroroRD. Oregon. Sunday, way 26. 1940.
Sterling Mine Loop Is Suggested as Sunday Outing for Valley Folks
APPLEGATE AREA
SCENE OF EARLY
Modern Mining Activities
of Interest Sterlinn
Operated Since 1852
Everyone In the Rogue River
Valley knowi the route to Jack
sonville and even the strangers
in our midst can find this his
toric center of Southern Oregon
with very little difficulty, so
we will start our log this week
end driving down the Main
street of this oldest community
In the territory.
As you reach the far side of
the town and at the last crow
road on Main street, better de
scribed as the corner on which
The Nugget la located, you turn
sharply to the left and drive
but one short block. There, In
order to develop the proper at
mosphere for the trip you will
leave the car for Just a few
momenta In front of a one-story
brick building called the B run
ner Building, erected In 18SS.
It was In this building that the
women and children of the then
mall frontier settlement con
gregated to protect themselves
against the last Indian attack on
the white people of the Rogue
River valley. The year was
18S8 and bullet holes still no
ticeable in the bricks of the
building are mute evidence of
a very trying struggle. This
building is now used as a mu
seum and you will see there In
the .window the original gold
scales used by the Sterling
Mine in I860. In the time these
scales were used they weighed
over two million dollars worth
of gold from that one mine.
As you return to your car
you will notice directly across
the street the Odd Fellows
Lodge hall erected In 1860, and
we want you to notice that all
the doors of this building are
constructed of iron as a further
precaution against Indian at
tacks and rowdyism, which
were quite prevalent in that
day. After yoa have driven
west a few blocks through the
old residential district you will
come to an unmarked Y In the
road. Be sure and remain on
the oiled highway by keeping
to your left at this point. How
ever, Just one block past this
junction you will find a second
Y and here you will leave the
main highway and turn to the
right on a well maintained
mountain road. This road, inci
dentally, Is In excellent condi
tion and the grades are not
steep.
From this point on If
the motorist will only remem
ber that he Is on a typical
narrow road and drive with
reasonable caution, he will ex
perience no trouble whatsoever.
By driving only a few min
utes from Medford In any di
rection one Is sure to encounter
roads which afford excellent
views of our valley and the
mountains around it. and this
particular road Is no exception.
To the left as you slowly climb
into the foot-hills, the floor of
the valley unfolds and with the
recent rains which we have en
joyed the traveler is afforded a
beautiful panorama of greon.
backed by the blues and greys
of clouds and sky.
Approximately eleven miles
from Jacksonville, the starting
point, you come to a well
marked road turning sharply to
the left with signs directing to
sterling and Poor Mn Creek
and in two more miles, after
wending along shrub and tree
frtnged road you arrive at Toor
Man s Creek and this point csn
be easily Identified by the sight
of a large gold dredge working
10 me right of the hiahwav
which. Incidentally, had within
a few weeks plowed Its wav
from the main Jacksonville
Ruch highway to this location
far up Into the mountains. Here
at Poor Man's Creek another
Sight will meet your eves which
is neither attractive nor Inspir
ing, lor from this point you will
see for thousands of acres
around, stark black snags, mute
evidence of the disastrous for
est fire which occurcd only
about six years ago. Here be
fore you are the works of nature
and our Creator, developed ov
er many decades, but destroyed
within a few days through the
carelessness of man. Where
once stood wealth and beauty,
now stand desolation and de
struction. I know this Sight will
again remind you to be careful
with your cigarettes, matches,
and ramp fires. However, with
in a very short time you will
have passi-J this hideous view
and at approximately nineteen
miles from Jacksonville will
rise to the top of the grade and
bring Into full view Whiskey
Peak and the Siskiyous directly
JACKsotwiUj E D FO R D
IpV zo MILES flj A
Applegata Mining District;
(A). Buncom. 39 miles from Medford. An old time trading can
far, now nearly deserted. (B). Big Applegata road. 19 miles. If
an excellent picnic area Is desired, turn left here and travel
south past the Star Ranger Station to McKee Bridge camp
ground.
in front of your car. If It were
possible to frame this picture
and move It to your home you
would have a master-piece that
no human master could possib
ly paint.
You will notice with as much
Interest as those who have trav
elled the route before, the
wealth that is being developed
here and there on both sides of
the road by men who still have
the will to grub their lively
hood from the soil of a moun
tainous country. Every little
valley is developed with farms
of various size and description.
Each using his own Ingenious
type of irrigation system in or
der to make the little place pay
Just a few more dollars each
year. But you won't have much
time to ponder on these scenes
for you will soon pull Into the
little settlement of Sterling,
near which la located one of
the largest gold mining opera
tions In the west. In order to
further stimulate your Interest
it might be well for you to
know that this large placer de
posit has been operated since
1852 and although no-one has
the least Idea how much gold
has been removed from the dis
trict it is roughly estimated in
excess of $4,000,000.00. There
Is very little left of this once
thriving community today but
it is rumored that at one time
600 votes were cast in the Ster
ling precinct for Abraham
Lincoln. For years after its dis
covery It was operated on com
paratively small scales through
sluice boxes and small hydrau
lics. Within a few years the
larger operators headed by Mr.
Ankeny worked the same dis
trict and, of course, at that time
there was ever present the Chi
nese who gladly took what the
white man had left. Please bear
in mind that this particular dis
trict has seen continual gold
mining operations for eighty
seven years and there are still
visible from your car as you
drive along the road giant hy
draulics gouging out the depos
its of centuries In order that
man cr.n enjoy the wraith of
the earth. As you turn right at
Sterling please drive slowly in
order that you can view and
understand not only the present
workings visible from the car
but the workings of decades
past which are now moss cov
ered and almost overgrown
with new trees and brush, for
from this point to Buncom,
which is only 24 miles from
Jacksonville, there has been
one continual gold mining op
eration. Buncom Incidentally, is
another one of the old time
trading centers, and Is now
nearly deserted. You meet the
Ruch highway at the Buncom
corner and turn right on your
return trip home, still parallel
ing the old gold workings of
the days gone by. Within a few
miles drive you will notice a
white school house which Is the
only remaining evidence of
what was once I'nlon Town.
I another of the thriving and
I boisterous gold camps In this
vicinity. j
Shortly after passing the
school you Intercept the Big
Applegate Highway and if your
family is with you for a day's
outing turn left at this point
and drive past the Star Ranger
Station to McKee Bridge, where
the three C's have developed a
picnic ground and recreational
center, enjoyable to young and I
old alike. Here you will find
camp stoves, tables, running
water, a bathing beach, and
every other facility with which
to spend an enjoyable day.
Your return trip will bring you
back to Ruch, and from Huch
All Mileage from Medford
to Jacksonville on the paved
highway.
NE TOLL SET
Public utilities commission
hearings will be held Monday
and Tuesday at which the Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph
company will be called upon
to Justify the changes in rates
or the schedule of rates on traf
fic between Jacksonville and
Medford.
First hearing will be held In
the Commercial club at Jack
sonville on Monday at 10 a. m.
Second hearing will be held In
the Jackson county courthouse
at 10 a. m. Tuesday.
Jacksonville citizens have
protested the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company's pro
posal to place a five-rent toll
on traffic between Medford
and Jacksonville.
TOLD TO POLICE
An automobile driven bv
Cliff Bishop of 4.M Ross Lane
leaped the curb In the 1300
block on North Riverside ave
nue Friday evening and struck
an electric light pole Just south
of the Medford Concrete Con
struction company office. No
body was injured.
Bishop, according to Investi
gating city police, was driving
north on North Riverside ave
nue. Clyde W. Lees of route I.
Central Point, pulled into North
Riverside avenue and headed
north, police said. Bishop skid
ded 69 paces to avoid hitting
Lees, according to city police.
Amy Bradley of 110R South
Oukdale avenue and Harry W.
Young of route 1 drove cars
Involved in a minor accident
on West Main street In front
of the Liberty building Satur
day morning, according to city
police.
Central avenue and Fifth
street was the scene of a minor
mishap Saturday afternoon be
tween cars driven by Raymond
II. Taylor of Ashland and Bess
A. Harnish of Arnold lane, a
report on file said yesterday.
Winifred Short of 622 West
'Second street and August II.
j Singler of the north Pacific
highway were operators of ma-
j chines colliding with minor
damage at Haven and Summit
I streets Friday afternoon, ac
cording to a r. port on file in
I city police station.
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SPEAK JUNE 6 AT
HEALTH MEETING
Dr. Wendell Hutchens, M.D.,
of the Oregon Mental Hygiene
society, was announced yester
day by Mrs. I. E. Schuler. pro
gram chairman, as speaker for
the annual meeting of the
Jackson County Public Health
association, June 6. Dr. Hutch
ens comes from Portland and
will be the first speaker in this
particular field to be presented
the public by the Jackson
County Public Health associa
tion. The annual meeting will open
with covered dish luncheon at
12:30 o'clock under chairman
ship of the Ashland and Med
ford health groups. Luncheon
and program will be conducted,
as usual, in the auditorium of
the county court house. Annual
election of officers will also be
held and an annual report of
the association's major accomp
lishments for the past year will
be presented, Mrs. J. C. S.
Weills, president, stated yester
day. Plans are being made to care
for a record crowd with repre
senation from every health
group in Jackson county. A
new group was recently organ
ized at Butte Falls and will be
welcomed at this, the first meet
ing of the whole association
since that date.
L
Mabel Heimroth, 65, a resi
dent of Medford for over 20
years, passed away suddenly at
her residence, 328 North River
side, at 7:40 a. m. Friday.
Mrs. Heimroth was born at
Center, Kentucky, June 6, 1874.
She spent her early life in
Kentucky, coming west when
she was 25 years of age. Her
husband, Charles Heimroth,
passed away lit ' this city in
1930.
She is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Stella Grove, of
(Grants Pass, Ore., and Mrs.
Helen Wagner, of Klamath
Falls, Ore., also one sister and
four brothers, in Illinois: also
one granddaughter. Bobbie
Grove, of Grants Pass.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the chapel of the
Perl funeral home Monday at
j 2 p. m Rev. W. A. Dawes of
the First Baptist church offic
iating. Interment will take
place In the Medford I.O.O.F.
cemetery.
She had been a member of
the Pythian Sisters for many
years and they will have charge
of the services at the grave
side. Honor Roll I
j,
The following pupils of
Roosevelt school were on the
honor holl for the third six
weok' period:
1H Ehznbeth Collins. Shir
ley Seekati. Mary Ballew.
1 A Luella McConnell, Myr
na llannnford, Corinne Wing.
2B Susan Drummond, Har
riet Overbeck.
2A Margaret Bown, James
I Collins.
.113 Hilly Hess.
I 3A Marilyn Anders. Lovelle
Davie. Tommy Frey, Nancy
l.nucson, Fugene Ritfscrt, Pat
Srtlu-r, Beverly Young, Jimmie
Moore.
4A Jocelyn Bauer, Mary
Sue (Jrecne, MariHnne Hutch
ison. Mary Virginia Wait, Helen
Winter..
! siV-Marlin Pierce.
5A Unmet Wnlker. Nicholas!
Greene, Billy Moffat, Philip
Phipps, Rorella Chinn.
I HA Walter Bown. Robert
Znndel, Mark Vimont. Billy i
Toild, Bud Nutting, Arlene !
Hclvey. I
BARKERIZE
itnd
Feci Wonderful . . . .
Wrinkls Proof
Slack Suits
$ 1.95 to $9.95
BARKER'S
"Mi-tUiMir. rrn ?hlrt M.re"
ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTORS
OLSON ELECTRIC
i 1 fn.llMt ninoe tIS
The following pupils of
Roosevelt school made the
honor roll for the entire semes
ter: IB Elizabeth Collins, Shir
ley Seekatz.
1A Luella McConnell.
2B Susan Drummond, Har
riet Overbeck.
3A Nancy Lageson, Jimmie
Moore.
4A Mary Sue Greene, Mary
Virginia Wait, Marianne Hutch
ison. BA Nicholas Greene.
6A Walter Bown.
Closing tune for Too tHs to Clas
sify Ada Is 1;S0 p. m.
Too Late to Classify
DAIRY RATION Albert Mil-King.
S1.4S per sack. Medford reed
& Seed, 4th and nr.
FOR RENT Modern 4 -room house.
108 So. Orange. Call Sundays or
evenings.
FOR RENT Modern, new. unfur
nished. S-roora houie. Adulta only.
S16, water paid. 3M So. Hamilton.
MAN experlenoed with stock wanta
Job. will work on per cent basla.
Box 236, Central Point. Ore.
FOR RENT Nice room for gentle
man. KJl weal Oln.
I OIVE ESTIMATES on whitewash
ing your building or cold water
paint. Phone 151.
COMMERCIAL SPRAYING. If cater
pillar or earwlga are bothering
you. Phone LSI.
FOR SALE Large lot In good resi
dential district. Very reasonable
64 Summit.
WOOD SOc tier at yard. 623 So
Central. Delivered but, double 300
cu. ft. load: Fir 6S.40; Pine S3 75:
Cedar 63.80. City Fuel and Lumber
Co. Phone 02.
ROUTE MAN to aucceed Rawlelgh
Dealer in good nearby Locality or
District. Pleasant, profitable and
permanent work. Producta well
known. Experience not necessary.
Call evenlnge. See Edw. w. Jones.
Rawlelgh Dealer, Central Point.
FOR SALE 6-room residence, oak
floors throughout, larffe lot, been
tlful shade. Five minutes walk
from buslneaa center and schools.
Paved atreet. Will take small
home aa down payment. A18 So.
Oakdale.
OOOD TRUE WORK HORSE. 818 So
Oakdale or Llndley Ranch, Coker
Butte road.
DO YOU KNOW you can buy a good
used car for Sll down. Weekly
parmenta on balance. A doren
models to choose from. Rtvue
Rtver Chevrolet, gth and Bartlett
Sta.
OUR USED
HAVE FUN-- In The
Medford Rogue Wonderland
In One of
Used Cars
OUTSTANDING VALUE
There tr se many places to go . . . things to see , . . fun to hsre . , .
In this vacation wonderland! You can AFFORD to n)oy It ALL If
you chooss on of thei good sconomical USED CARS. Ws havs
some REAL BARGAINS ready to drive away RIGHT NOW Cars
to fit overy purts and tvsry family needl Many of lhess cars we
originally sold hairs handled all sorvice work and KNOW their
history and true worth. GUARANTEED? Certainly! We give you
lhe famous "O.K." tag and thai means EVERYTHING WILL BE
EXACTLY as represented!
ROGUE RIVER CHEVROLET
erricr salesroom service dept. used car lot
NINTH AND BARTLETT STS.
tCB PRICES B EDUCED I
How 60c per 100 Ibt, delivered.
torn Boies for Sale or Rent.
Valley Fuel Co. Tel. 76
BLOT Part dry, rough, heaping load
63.00. Medford Fuel. Tel. 631.
TURKEY STARTER Albert TTip-L-
Dutv, 62.40 per ewt. MedTord Feed
e Seed Co . 4th and Fir. Call for
our new Low Prices.
FOR RENT Fully equipped board
ing aoQ rooming house. Tenant to
buy furniture. Must be sold thts
week. 328 No. Riverside. Phone
425-X.
BIO BLOX Part dry. heaplns load
63 00. Medford Fuel. Tel. 631.
ATTENTION
Medford Feed and Seed, authorised
Albers Feeds deslers. announce
opening of complete Unea of poul
try and dairy feed and supplies.
Call for our new low prices. Phone
1795. 4th and Fir Sta. Same loca
tion aa former Irwin Seed ft Feed.
FOR SALE 1 acres, 4-room mod
ern house, laiye garage with sleep
ing room. Good barn, chicken
house. City water. Some fruit
and berrlea. S blocka from city
limits. Small down payment: bal
ance like rent. Phone 1278-J.
FOR RENT 4-room house. of
an acre, water paid. S15.50. 241
Wabash, near Spring. Phone 436-R.
LAUNDRY (I 00 per wash, slit week
ly washings 65.00. Tribune Box 667.
CLEAN 3-room
apartment, 614.
310 Portland.
COOL, clean, comfortable quarters
for convalescents. aied and In
valids. Box 720. Tribune.
HIGHEST CASH PK1CES PAID Cot
SCRAP IRON AND METAL i all
klnda. oatterlea. radiators, alumi
num, copper, brass: also bides
peita and wool. Medford Bargain
House 27 N Grape Phone 1062
FOR PAIJT 14-foot boat and kicker.
916 Whitman.
OOOD USFD BMAI.L PIANO, SP5.
eauy trm. One rrpowed Cable
Nlaon streamlined piano for bal
ance dne. Excellent bargain. Bald
win Piano Shoppe.
FOR 1 WEEK ONLY. n5 Suits marie
to measure at 124.95. Made in
Medford. Newest styles and wool
eiis. KLEIN THE TAILOR, Walk
upstairs and save S10.
FOR SALE Wild oat hv tn sbock.
or trwde for work. Hereford bull
or cattle. H. E. Blrdsall, Barneburg
Road.
FOR RENT 3 - room hou se . new.
modem. Also room. 204 W.
Jackson.
FOR BALE Vetch and grain hay In
shock. Prtce ffl.OO per ton. J. G.
Love. Snowy Butte Orchard, Cen
tral Point. Phone 198-J-l.
WANTED Elderly single man to do
ll.?rit chores and milk two cows.
Oaklelgh Ranch. Central Point.
These Exceptional
Every One An
At A Few
FOR CALK CHEAP l-plece dining
act. Phone 667-R.
FOR RENT Spacious and attractive
four-room duwnsuure suits) In tna
Holly Apartments. Completely fur
nished except dishes and linen.
Garage. Second door north of
postofflc. Adults only. 640. Avail
able June 1. See manager In rear,
or phone 1397-R.
FOR 8 ALB -30 Summit Ave., five
room home. Hardwood floors fire
place, piped oil heater, double ga
rage with attached servant's room.
Beautiful fenced-in back yard with
lovelv shrubs and trees. 75-foot
lot. Price 64200. With terms. Can
be seen by appointment. Charles
R. Ray. Room 317 Medford Bldg.
Phone 303.
OUT OF TOWN OWNER SAYS "Sell
my home Immediately." 1030 N.
Central, afternoons.
FOR RENT on Old Stage road 31
acres, 6-room house, barn and
chicken house. Spring water. Csll
1409-J.
WANTED AT ONCE 600 or 600 feet
6" galvanized Irrigation pipe. W. F.
Martin, I. P. Star Rt., Medford.
REPOSSESSED Colson bicycle, out 10
davs. like new, save 610 at Ideal
Bike Shop, 411 East Main.
SUNDAY SPECIALS 5-room. mod
ern, completely furnished house;
large lot. plenty shade: sacrifice
price 11300. 6300 down balance
like rent.
Also
ft acres, all fenced. Ladlno clover,
peach orchard, cross fenoe. city
water. Irrigated. 6-room house;
8250 down, balance like rent, 816.50
Including taxes and Interest. A
real buy.
"DAD ROBERTS"
"I ain't mad at nobody"
Beat buy In Oregon.
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1339 CHEVROLET MASTER IS TOWN
This l a en ewntr car) clean as
tires.
1931 FORD TUDOR 60 Looks Llks New
Low Mileage) excellent condition; good tires.
1937 PONTIAC COUPE
New tires new paint You mutt see this en.
1939 PLYMOUTH SEDAN
Radio Heater Very Clean Good Tires.
1939 PLYMOUTH I DOOR
An excellent buy.
Convenient TERMS
Generous Allowance For Your Car On
A New 1940 Chevrolet Come In!
FOR 6 ALB or win trade for late
ear my equity In 6-room plastered
house, acreage. W. G. Miller,
Howard Ave.
Selling the Utmost
in Used Car Quality
The wl of turd rii ! big
petit of our buunM aud
never deflate from the policy
of telling only ran which will
pleate the onner and be a con
stant credit to ouraevea,
19M Dodge D Lut Redan,
small ml leaf e and only one
owner. A real buy
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.$685
1137 Plymouth De Luxe ftedan.
gut ran teed thruout; radio,
heater and many
extras only )D0D
lf lt Dort-e he I mx 8edan,
ran hardly be told from new.
A beautiful ear
$585
for only.
Many mora priced from HO Dp.
"Com In lako a look
that's all wo ask"
Pierce-Allen
Motor Co.
Dodga and Plymouth
Distributor
112 S. Rirtrsida Phona 150
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