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i Binra nwnUUe 5 mm Li r i t - By February, '52 'Rich Gulch' Was Lined With Miners (Editor's sol:' This is the ' first in scries of articles re printed from material com piled by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. The series concerns historical Botes of Jacksonville, Med- ford, and the fruit industry in the Rogue valley, and In diaa wars of the Rogue val 'lev. The folders were published by the chamber to be distrib uted during Oregon's Ceaten- nial Tear. Material in the fold ers was obtained from "A His- - lory of Southern Oregon, by A. G. Walling, piublisnea in 1884; "A Brief History of Jacksonville." br the Rev E. M. Mallery. published An 1939: and "Historical Jack sonville." published by the ' Southern Oregon Historical Society. Inc.. in 1950.) Late in 1851 gold was first discovered on Daisy creek by -two packers passing through the Roeue valley. They gave the information to James Cluggage and J. R. Poole who filed a joint claim with James Skinner and a Mr. Wilson on 400 feet of "Rich Gulch" near the crossing on Oregon st. Bv February of 1852 word had leaked out and every foot of the gulch was staked and claimed. By March the sur rounding hills and gulches were likewise claimed and - miners swarmed into the area despite the evident hostility a 4k TnHidna Things - happened fast. In . February, a trading post was opened in a tent operated by two Dackers from Yreka, Calif. Others followed. In March, the first log cabin was erected near the head of Main Lumber was whipsawed and sold for $250 per thous and. Clapboard houses with real sawed doors and frame windows, began to appear in the tent city. By the end of summer in 1852, Jacksonville began to emerge as a substan tial community. Growth to Community The gold attracted gam blers, courtesans and sharp ers of every kind. Saloons multiplied rapidly with monte and faro games going full blast to the strains of lively music luring both the miner and his gold. Crime during this early pe riod was surprisingly rare. There was no organized law br enforcement. Pioneer jus tice was administered by the people's court, prompted on the spot to fit specific cases. Findings were amazingly correct; , punishment . was se ' vere, swift and certain. A gambler named Brown was sentenced and hanged for murder by the first of such courts in 1852. The winter of 1852 began with a heavy snowfall in No vember, blocking all trails. Demands outweighed the slim ' supplies. Flour rose to one: dollar a pound and tobacco to I one dollar an ounce. Salt, j worth its weight in gold, was j. measured in small amounts j on scales and balanced by an ! equal amount of gold dust as j payment -rated at $16 an! ounce. Handsome profits were REDS ADMIT FAILURE Budapest, Hungary-(IJPD-At-tempts to achieve domestic production of refrigerators in Hungary have failed miser ably, the Communist Party newspaper Nepszabadsag said yesterday. It said Hungary's one refrigerator factory, at Jaszberenyi, has completed 1 only 11 per cent of its quota so far because most of the finished products were defec tive. CORN REMOVER d itrewg odd (. Wfcaa i twi how. faiUd try tfut try wr luwio Rfif, which naBaoM pain, unimi, swatting first ar sacaad ppRcatioM Sofh fwdi mU manf bock gworantM. Exclusively at WESTERN THRIFT OvtC IMVQftf ffOTtv fnM pflHi tMisf BsMs MMvtWM boffd OOfveaV Soft ftefJsl b W tatx, mlliiejiw, wart pmpiUnmnu dub noil. It comtaim nv- J 40M MOt fcs WMiOtleleV Aft made by adventurers who crossed the mountains on snowshoes and returned with limited supplies. Indian Wars ' The vear 1853 brought trou ble to Jacksonville. Indians had attacked settlers in the outlying districts. Tom Wills was shot by Indians near the edge of town. Soon after, a man named Nolan was shqt dead in the streets oi jacKson ville. The townspeople were poor ly armed and there was scarcelv a bulletproof build ing in town. Pickets were thrown out nightly to guard aeainst surprise. Shortly after the deatn oi Nolan, two Indian boys wan dered into town end were lynched by" a crowd whose emotions overcame good judg ment. The action was later reeretted. This marked the last ses sion of the people's court. It may have prompted the series of reprisals by the Indians aeainst white families in the valley and counter actions by whites against Indians which were to follow spasmodically until peace was finally real ized in 1856. Social Growth As more families moved in, society began to crystallize, forming its caste system ana establishing social limits. The ladies embarked upon a course of refinement and suc ceeded in bringing about more conventional dress and manners. The full-bearded gold seek er attired in red shirt and gal luses found the "boiled shirt and white vest essential for competition in ladies society with the young bloods of that day. With the increase of family groups, a school became nec essary. Early in the winter of 1853 one was organized by Miss Emma Royal who se cured generous contributions from the miners. The single room cabin located on the Old Stage rd. served the com munity's needs until 1867. A Methodist church was founded in 1853 by the Rev. Joseph F. Smith. Funds were solicited, among the miners by a Miss Overbeck, Miss Royal FOR hm WHHIERS of the GRAI1C0 FM Radios Mrs. Lewis Crark.......:......Medford Mrs. Jack Gillespie ...Medford Mrs. Kendal Dufur ..Gold Hill Miss Phyl Ann Floyd Medford . EVENINGS re different on KBOY-FM RLL tiff: Til Midnight LOW DENSITY ADVERTISING!! LEARN TO LOVE SdJW-UIP TIL and the pastor's wife. The church, completed in 1854, was built of hewn logs with a roof of handmade shakes and is said to be the first Protest ant church in southern Ore gon. Also in 1853. the Rev. James Croke, a missionary of the archdiocese of Oregon. visited Jacksonville and cele brated the first mass. By 1855 a steadfast Catholic group was organized. Early in 1858- a church building was under construction. The first service were conducted in November of that year. Although a Presbyterian church was organized in Jack sonville as early as 1857, the building was not erected un til 1880. Considered the finest in southern Oregon, it was built of sugar pme hauled by wagon from Roseburg. Its stained glass wmdows were brought around the horn! Law and Order It seems the earlier people's court was more effective than that organized later under the tentorial laws with judicial a p pointments granted in Washington, D. C. Records of 1854 show an a 1 a rming i n c r e ase of murder. raDe and larceny. The Honorable Mathew Deadv. known for his excel lent judicial record, was re placed by O. B. McFadden, a citizen of Pennsylvania, who opened court in a building next to the "New State 5a loon." Establishment of a formal court seems not to have made an immediate impression upon the criminal element. Deaay was later reinstated and Mc Fadden was transferred to Washington Territory. Jacksonville was incorpo rated in 1860 and the town council found it necessary to adopt regulatory ordinances for the common good of the entire community. Ordinance No. 2 passed by the town council prohibited "the furious riding or driving of horses through the streets with any more speed than an ordinary trot. Ordinance No. 3 prohibited livestock from "loitering" on the sidewalk. The seventh ordinance, also passed in 1860, prevented In- Southbourne. England-(DPD- The Royal Society For The Prevention of Cruelty to An- mals announced that a black cat named Micky - escaped from from a dog and cat hos pital a few hours before the will of his late owner, Mfs. Susan Thompson, was read. The will left Micky $1,400 ks, Wei MAKING OUR SPOTLIGHT CONTEST A SUCCESS! dians from camping within the city limits. An ordinance passed in 1868 provides for the compulsory vaccination against smallpox and fines oi $100 or 20 days in jail for fail ure to comply. Commerce and Industry At the close of 1853, Jack sonville was the trade center and distribution point for a large, rich agricultural area. A brick kiln was set up and the first store of Morf ord and Davis was started. A hotel, The Robinson House, stood on the site of the present United States Hotel. The com munity had a flourishing car penter shop, bakery, furniture shop, and blacksmith shop. C. C. Beekman served the communications firm of Cram, Rogers and Company as dis patch messenger, regularly carrying letters and gold dust at night across danger ridden Siskiyou trails to Crescent City. From 1857 to 1912 he owned and operated a pros perous bank which handled ai million in gold dust. Jacksonville became the main route for freight wagons from Crescent City and a main stop for the Overland Stage from Sacramento to Portland-a 13-day trip. The Table Rock Sentinel, established in 1855 by T' Vault. Taylor and Blakely, was the first of 12 newspapers in the southern Oregon com munity between 1855 and 1872. Disasters Late in the fall of 1868, physicians diagnosed a case of chickenpox among half-breed Indians near town. Their er ror was soon apparent when the, case turnd out to be small pox of the . most virulent form. Alarm spread! The town was quarantined, public gath erings forbidden. A pest house was established but the dis ease spread rapidly. Day and nicht anxious Deople grouped around pitch pine fires built in the streets.. The smoke was thought to ward off the dis ease. Forty deaths occurred be fore the epidemic wore itself out. In 1869 a cloudburst about a mile and a half west of town suddenly turned Jacksonville streets into flowing rivers, ghbors. FIRST PRIZE WINNER ?"-s a : -.v.. -: gff Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grigsby, 824 Summit, Medford, examine the Magnavox Hi-Fi AM-FM Radie-phonograph awarded to her for the most interesting letter of criticism en K-BOY's SPOTLIGHT THE SPONSOR Contest. She commented on the UNION' OIL transcribed commercial. LISTENING ALL OVER AGAIN ON K-BOY-FM -RfliDNEGHT fcY - 95.3 Megacycles bringing stumps, cattle and mining apparatus from the upper gulches. In Our Time Today Jacksonville stands much as it did a hundred years ago. Many of its old buildings are remarkably well preserved. Formerly the county seat, its courthouse now serves as one of the finest free histori cal museums in the state of Oregon. Its population totals about 1,200 people, something less than the number during the boom days of the gold rush. Much information is still obtainable from residential did timers whose remarkable memories afford a wealth of historical lore. Efforts are be ing made by many interested grouDs to work with Jackson ville tieoDle on the preserva tion of the more significant sites whose historical value increases with each year. Jackson County Chamber of Commerce 1959 Officer Reports to Forest Service Merlin C. Shipley reported last week to Medford as ad ministrative officer on the Rogue River National forest, Supervisor Carroll E. Brown, has announced. The Shipley's have four children, two daughters, Jean ne and Ann, who are married and living in Salt Lake City, Utah, and College Station, Tex., and two sons, Lewis and Stephen. Lewis is attending National Guard Train ing camp at Ft. Ord, Calif., and will move to Medford in August. Stephen is finishing the eighth grade in Corvallis where he and Mrs. Shipley will , stay until school is out in June. v . Shipley has had consider able experience in the - bus iness management activities of the forest service. His first appointment was on the Tar- ghee National Forest at St Anthony. Idaho, the old Pow ell Forest (now Dixie) at Panguitch, Utah, the Teton Forest at Jackson, Wyo., th Uinta Forest at Provo. Utah. and recently on the Siuslaw National Forest at Corvallis From 1935 until 1941 he worked on the Shelterbelt project with headquarters at Brookings, So. Dak., and Jamestown, No. Dak. Shipley attended Utah State university at Logan, Utah, where he graduated in 1930 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He was a member of the Alpha GRANGE NEWS Pomona Grange The second Quarterly meet ing of 1959 was held by Jack son County Pomona Grange in the Gold Hill Grange hall April 25. It was well attend ed, with all officers present except Executive Committee man Delmar Smith. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Woodcock of Humboldt County Pomona, Mr. and Mrs. Densmore, former members now living in Roseburg. and Nora Cracroft, HEC chairman of district 6. t Committee reports showed that cattlemen are the only farmers still enjoying good prices. Poultrymen are ex periencing the lowest prices in 15 years, on both eggs and poultry. Carloads of pears be ing shipped in from Argen tine have depressed returns on our local peats. Support Fund Bost District HEC Chair man Nora Cracroft and Edith Poe sooke urging the subordi nate Granges, as well as the HEC's. to support the Spence Memorial Scholarship fund, to make certain a scholarship is available from this district. During the memorial serv ice conducted by Chaplain Hattie Hendrickson the fol lowing- former members of Jackson County Pomona Grange were honored: Her bert VanGordon, Roxy Ann Grange: Ida B. Otto, Shady Cove: J. Fred Engel, Bell- view; Harry E. Harding, Up per Rogue; R. Bruce Grieve, Upper Rogue; and Gertrude E. Lewin. Phoenix. During the afternoon ses sion Edith Poe and Lecturer Mabel Wertz also were hon ored, the former being pre sented a past HEC chairman's pin and the latter receiving a blue ribbon award for her entry in the 1958 National Grange Achievement Project, and a Gold Star award for her reports at the state level. - One resolution was passed opposing the , house bill 848. which reauires that bids be cajled for on all county and state work estimated to ex ceed $5,000. It was opposed on the grounds that the bene fits accruing from such a law would not be great enough to offset the hardships resulting from it. Special Committee Appointed to a special com mittee to arrange chuck wag on breakfasts throughout the county in connection with the Kanna Psi and Phi Kappa Iota fraternities. Mrs. Shipley was a member of the Beta Delta sorority. ON SIMILE 250 PRIZES THIS MONTH! ' Share Your Favorite Jokes " (etc.) Share your favorite jokes with K-BOY neighbors and win cash, coffee, trading ' stamps and coffee-makers. Short verse, up to 5 lines can win you up-to $25.00 cash plus TEN THOUSAND SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS. Send as many entries of jokes or verse as you wish. Nothing to buy. Nothing else to do. This strictly for the fun of it ... our fun and your profit! Be sure to say which "grind" of coffee you use. You MAY win a pound of BOYD'S COFFEE. Mail entires to: MOT s Medford, Oregon Centennial celebration were Cora Bitterling. Lillian Force and Edith Poe. It was voted to invite Klamath County Pomona Grange to bring candidates for the fifth degree to the May 23 meeting of Jackson County Pomona Grange. This will be held in the Central Point Grange hall at 8 pjn. Rehearsal for the ceremony will be held there Sunday, May 17 at 7:30 pjn. Announcement was made ol a public dinner to be given by the Upper Applegate Grange on Mother's Day, serving to start at 12:30 p.m. Gold Hill Grange hall was offered by Master Charles Foote for the October meeting of Jackson County Grange Council. The husband of HEC Chairman Cassie Golding was reported to be seriously ill. The Shady Cove Grange met Saturday. May 2. with Master Ed Houston presiding. There was a good attendance with all officers present ex cent one. The obligations of the first and second degrees were giv en to Mrs. Neil Dusenberry. , Mrs. Ed Strather reported that all the flower beds along the highway through Shady Cove had been planted. Mrs. Cecil Kee reported on the 4-H entries in the Centen nial parade. The float re ceived the sweepstakes prize. HEC Chairman Mrs. Ed Houston reported that there were eight entries in the na tional sewing contest.. Oi these entries, three went to Pomona ,and two will go to tne state orange xor juugwg. The Grange entry of an old covered wagon and team of horses won first prize in the Centennial parade. The HEC served hot dogs, pie and coffee in the school evm during the afternoon of the Centennial celebration as well as taking part in some of the displays in the gym. Money was sent to the county 4-H agent for summer school scholarships to Cor vallis. Lecturer Delia A. Little field read a poem honoring Mother's day. Mr. and Mrs. Reed McKay are to take charge of the offfc cer's seating march. The next potluck supper and social evening will be May 16 when the Shady Cove Lions will be guests. The next HEC meeting will be May 12 at the home of Mrs. Walter Cross. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Houston. master,' and HEC chairman will be delegates to state Grange. THE Two Accidents Are Reported Friday Two non-injury automobile accidents occurred Friday af ternoon, state police reported. No citations were issued at the time of the accident in vestigation, but may be is sued later pending further in vestigation, state police said. Cars driven by Wilburn Ed ison Gillespie, 69, Pardee Auto Court, Table Rock rd., and Gladys Ann Belt, 30, of 4047 South Pacific highway, Medford, collided on Crater Lake highway about three miles north of Medford, Fri day afternoon, state police said. The Gillespie car was mak ing a left turn onto an access road leading from the high way to Crater Lake ave. The car driven by Gladys Belt was attempting to pass at the time and collided with the rear end of the Gillespie car, police said. A car driven by Gary Humphrey Skaggs, 16, route 2, box 204A, Central Point collided with a car driven by John Lucas Smock, 35, of 98 Bigham lane, Central Point, at the junction of Beal lane and Merriman rd. Friday aft ernoon. Skaggs' car apparently had crossed over into the north bound lane and skidded 60 feet into the Smock car, state police said. Smock was treat ed by a Central Point physic ian for a small cut on his fore head. MONDAY DOOR BUSTER OPEN MONDAY NIGHT UNTIL 9 SPECIAL PRINTED 80x80 thread count. Assorted florals, dots and other modern designs. These prints are ideal for skirts, blouses and dresses. Buy now and save at New berry's. ON BOLTS ASSORTED SOLID COLOR POLISHED COTTONS and SCREEN BROADCLOTH Reg. 43c yd. SPECIAL A very good selection of colors in this big value. 36 inches wide. Crease resistant fine combed yarn broad cloth. Ideal for blouses, dresses, cafe curtains and trimmings. PRINTED 36 in., fine combed. New patterns from a famous mill. Lus- III trous, closely woven, crease re- l(j sistant. Reg. 69c yd. SPECIAL! TERRY DISH TOWEL Reg. 59c each SPECIAL The quick as a wink dish towel. Fast colors, really ab sorbent, lint free, no ironing. 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