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 Eaglets 1933- GOOD GOVERNMENT CONGRESS MEETS AT SHADY COVE
To the Editor:The members of the Good Government Congress had a large and enthusiastic meeting at the Shady Cove school house last night. Judge Fehl, Llewellyn Banks and Mrs. Henrietta Martin were present and delivered speeches. An audience of 80 was counted 20 minutes before the meeting opened. Many more came in later. There were well over a hundred present. Mr. Llewellyn Banks spoke first. His style of oratory is inflammatory and is very apt to incite people to violence and bloodshed. We were pleased to note that Judge Fehl spoke in a conservative, peaceful manner and for the most part friendly. The only time he became somewhat abusive was in speaking of how Commissioner Nealon would block him whenever he wished something done for the good of the community. He said, however, that he had been able to compel the head of the relief committee to furnish the needy with proper, healthful food, whereas before it was unfit for consumption. He said that no violence or threats should be resorted to; but that the members of the G.G.C. should start a petition, beginning with 200 members, and compel an investigation as to the legality of Nealon's appointment. He asserted that the retiring commissioner and judge who appointed him were private citizens on the day they signed his appointment, as their term of office had expired. After the speeches those who were not members were asked to hold up their hand and join. I held up mine and said I did not care to join such an organization as it led to too much squabbling. I tried to point out that the officials were appointed by the people and represented the will of the people, and the courts ought to be respected. Mr. Banks politely shook hands with me and asked me to say some more. I went and shook hands with Mr. Fehl and made a few broken remarks. Judge Fehl took me up when I said that the court house was closed only to political meetings. He then read and handed me a typewritten copy of the order of the two commissioners, but without his signature, reading in part as follows: "It is hereby ordered that the use of said auditorium in the county court house to any and all persons be and hereby is prohibited except by written permission of the county court for each and every such meeting, signed by two members of the county court." Great applause. I apologized. I upheld Billings and Nealon, saying they were good men; I knew them, and both had a very good reputation. This brought forth some booing and a lot of laughter. Apparently all the audience was either Good Government Congressmen or sympathizers. I told the audience that I thought Judge Fehl was a good man with good intentions. The audience seemed to be a very good natured, jolly lot, who for the most part harbored no ill-will, and we all parted in a friendly spirit. SYDNEY S. BARKER.
"Myrtilla Farm," Eagle Pt., Mch. 9.Medford Mail Tribune, March 10, 1933, page 7 Eagle Point Man Killed in Dance
Hall Fight
Albert Tingleaf, 45, of Eagle Point died at a Medford hospital Sunday,
and Earl Hanscom, 29, of the same town is in the Jackson County jail
held on a first-degree murder charge, as the result of an affray at an
Eagle Point dance early Sunday morning, in which Tingleaf received a
nine-inch break in his skull.Hanscom, arrested by Marshal Paul Hoffard of Eagle Point, was taken to Medford about 1 a.m. His clothes were stained with blood and smeared with gray hairs, believed to be Tingleaf's. About the same time Tingleaf was taken to a Medford hospital, unconscious, his head badly mutilated and streaming with blood. Fight Starts Over Girl
The fight is alleged to have started over a woman named Irene Gerome,
of Portland, a niece of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Botts, Medford musicians.
Her identity was not revealed until Sunday evening when she was taken
in Portland by state police after she had left for the north on the
Sunday morning train. She will be returned as a witness, it is said.Hanscom was seated in a car outside the dance hall, it is said, when Tingleaf approached and said, "This is our dance Irene." Hanscom then told Tingleaf to mind his own business and the fight started. Hanscom was believed to have struck Tingleaf with the handle of an auto jack, as his hands did not show any marks and Tingleaf's skull was broken open. Hanscom denied using anything but his fist, however. Mrs. Botts was also said to have been seated in the car when the fight started and Mr. Botts was in the dance hall. Irene Gerome had been their guest at the dance. Mr. Botts is instructor of music in the Gold Hill schools. Gold Hill News, July 13, 1933, page 1 GEO. W. ISAACS DIES IN SOUTH
George W. Isaacs, who will be remembered in the Rogue River Valley by
many of the old timers, passed away in Sacramento Thursday night,
November 9.Mr. Isaacs was born on the large stock ranch of his parents on Butte Creek above Brownsboro, December 20, 1871. He engaged in stock raising in his boyhood with his father, one of Oregon's early pioneers. Mr. Isaacs attended school in Brownsboro and later in Medford. When a young man he left this valley, making his home in Vancouver, B.C., until about 10 years ago, when he moved to Sacramento, Cal., where he has since resided and was actively engaged in business. He leaves to mourn his passing a wife in Sacramento and two sisters and three brothers, Mamie E. Riddle, Agnes I. Merrell, Wm. F., Chas. W., and Frank Isaacs, all of whom reside in Medford. Medford Mail Tribune, November 12, 1933, page 5 Click here for more on the Isaacs family. Beckelhymers In--Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beckelhymer of Union Creek were business callers in Medford yesterday. Medford Mail Tribune, December 21, 1933, page 8 |