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Medford News: 1911 Medford-related
news items from
1911. Also see
descriptions
of Medford and
Jackson County
for this year.
On Visit to Brother
After an absence of more than 20 years, John S. Hamrick of Jackson
County, Oregon returned to this city on a short visit which he spent
with his brother, Arthur Hamrick. Hamrick is a successful fruit raiser
and is conducting a large apple orchard near the Rogue River.
TALENT, OREGON BURNS
STANTON
GRIFFIS, Cornell '10, believing some old sage was right when he said "Go west,
young man," has bravely hit the trail to Medford, Ore., where he has
invested somebody's good cash in twenty acres of fruit-raising ranch
land and is making a ten strike, incidentally teaching oratory and
public speaking in a nearby normal college. Brothers Huntley and Kramer
of Theta Delta Chi are also located in Medford in the real estate
business. How "Norm" Hackett met "Stan" there recently and got even
with him for his stunts at "Norm's" theater party in Chicago last year
is best told in a letter from "Norm" from which we quote the following
excerpt: MEDFORD, Ore.,
Jan. 31.--Fire at Talent, Ore., early today resulted in the destruction
of five business houses and the State Bank of Talent. The loss is
estimated at $20,000. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Reno Evening Gazette, January 31, 1911, page 6 "I met, or rather dug up, 'Stan' Griffis in Medford, Ore. Earl Huntley met me and revealed the location of 'Stan's' ranch some five miles from town. We managed to bribe a human with an auto going that way and went out, pouncing upon the unsuspecting 'Stan" with delicious revenge. "His ranch, most picturesquely situated on the side of a hill, commands a fine view of the valley when you finally reach the little hut, hovel or any old thing where the caretaker and his tribe live and where 'Stan" feeds. Reaching the place we were greeted by a litter of dirty kids (the overseer's of course). I bravely asked for one Griffis, believing there must be some mistake, and when from behind a dish of pork and beans I heard a familiar voice yell, 'For Gawd's sake, Norm,' while out comes 'Stan,' in farmer's togs and a beard worthy of Ned Griffing. "Oh! could those Jay Hop girls only have seen him at that psychological moment! He threw up his hands, acknowledged himself squared and then proceeded to show us his place, which has corking prospects I will admit, and presented me with a fine box of Oregon's best apples, which he says sell for $5.00 per in London. We got him shaved and dressed up, then all proceeded back to town for a celebration which ended by 'Stan' losing his heart to a very pretty little titian-haired girl, the ingenue of our company, which resulted in 'Stan' shipping her a box of prunes, dates or some other equally alluring fruit to 'Frisco. "But seriously, 'Stan' has a good thing--is enthusiastic about the West and Medford, looks fat and well, and is the same delightful chap and loyal Thete which has endeared him to us all. But, shades of 'Stan' as a farmer! He, the big thing of student life at Cornell, the pride of [Cornell], the hero of the Era and other illustrious magazines, the Darling of the Gods! Truly, the 'Sun' do move." "Graduate Personals," The Shield, Theta Delta Chi fraternity, February 10, 1911, page 103 LONG LIFE COMES TO AN END
ARCATA, March 27.--Mrs. Martha E. Ball
died this morning at her home at Warren Creek after an illness
extending over several weeks. For a number of years the lady has been
ailing, but only of late had the lady's sickness taken a serious turn.Mrs. Martha Ball was born Aug. 24, 1841, in Indiana where she spent the earlier years of her life with her parents. When four years old she moved by raft from there to Iowa and made this her hone for only a year. At the age of thirteen in the early fifties she crossed the plains by ox team to Oregon. Her father [William Justus] was the captain of the train of thirty wagons and they were attacked many times by the Indians during the journey. After eight months of this means of traveling they arrived in Jackson County, Oregon, where they resided until 1885. On February 16, 1860, she was married to Addison Ball and three children were born to the couple, David Ball of Arcata, Abigail Ball of Warren Creek and Perry Ball, now deceased. In 1864 her husband, Addison Ball, died, and a year later she was married to his brother, Francis Ball. From this union were born eight children, four living and four dead. Those now living are Robert P. Ball of Kelso, Washington; Edward M. Ball of Maple Creek, Mary A. Ball of San Francisco, and Bert F. Ball of Warren Creek, with whom the lady has made her home for the past few years. In 1885 the family left Oregon and moved to the Sacramento Valley where they lived for a few years, moving to Humboldt County in 1894 where they have resided since. Besides the children named there still survive her two brothers, John and George Justus of Turlock, Cal., and two sisters, Rhoda Crenshaw of Concord, this state, and Emma Mayer of Pinole, Cal. There are also seven grandchildren surviving. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at the home at Warren Creek Humboldt Times, Eureka, California, March 28, 1911, page 2 Misses Flossie and Niata Gurley have gone to Medford, Ore., where they will make their home with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gurley. "State Social Affairs," Dallas Morning News, Texas, April 3, 1911, page 11 STAGE GOES OVER CLIFF
Old-Time Driver Shoots One of the Runaway Horses, but Is Injured.
MEDFORD, Ore., May 12.--Max Louden, one of the last of the old-time
stage drivers, was fatally injured yesterday at Idaho Hill, on the
Crescent City road fifteen miles from Grants Pass, while driving a
four-horse team, which had become frightened.
Knowing he was approaching a high cliff and a sharp curve, Louden drew his revolver and shot one of the leaders dead in its tracks. This failed to stop the team, however, which dragged the dead horse several yards and over the embankment. Louden's skull was fractured. His two passengers jumped and escaped with slight injuries. San Antonio Express, May 13, 1911, page 1 The Northwestern Fruit Exchange illustrates its policy of maintaining a thoroughly efficient administrative organization in the selection of Charles A. Malboeuf for the office of secretary. Mr. Malboeuf has been long and intimately connected with the progress of the Pacific Northwest, and is a traffic and publicity man of very extensive experience. Born in Montreal, Canada, where he was educated in the Dominion government schools, he came to Portland in the early nineties, and for fourteen years was with the Southern Pacific Company in that city and in the field, rising rapidly through the various traffic branches to the office of district freight agent for the lines in Oregon, which he held until January, 1910, leaving the railroad service with an enviable record for energetic, intelligent results. He was also previously connected with the Burlington, Union Pacific and Northern Pacific Express Companies, and as a transportation man is one of the most widely and favorably known in the Pacific Northwest. His work as publicity manager of the Medford Commercial Club was particularly effective. Mr. Malboeuf has for years been a close student of the fruit growing industry in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and has contributed many articles of value to the Pacific Coast press and magazines on the subject. His experience and keen observation, together with his knowledge of the present and future necessities of the fruit situation, from both the viewpoint of the transportation and community interests, specially fit him for the important office and its responsible duties, which he now holds with the Exchange. Better Fruit, June 1911, page 62 Died.
James McClaugherty, son of J. P. and Mary C. McClaugherty, was born in
Guadalupe County, Texas, October 17, 1890. He was baptized in the
Methodist Church in his infancy and raised under Christian influence.
After the death of his mother in March, 1902, James was tenderly cared
for by his older sisters, from whom he imbibed many noble qualities.
At the time of his sudden death he was employed by an electric light company at Medford, Oregon, and while splicing a wire he was instantly killed by the electric current. The company by whom he was employed speak in the highest terms of him as a faithful, trusty hand in business, and also a very exemplary young man, highly esteemed by all who knew him. The remains were laid to rest in the new cemetery in Hondo last Saturday evening, Rev. M. L. Darby, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiating at the church and grave. He leaves an invalid father, four brothers and six sisters and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his untimely departure. While our hearts are wounded and bleeding, yet we rejoice in the truth of the scriptures that "he is not dead, but sleepeth," and that "he shall rise at the resurrection of the just" and "we shall meet again never more to part." D. W. BENNETT,
The Hondo Anvil Herald, Hondo, Texas, June 10, 1911, page 2His grandfather. Church Women Form League.
MEDFORD, Or., Aug.
3.--(Special.)--Forty church women met yesterday and formed the Medford
Civic League, the object of which will be to promote "civic
righteousness." The slogan of the league is: "Medford Morally Clean,"
and efforts will be made to keep young girls off the city streets.Morning Oregonian, Portland, August 4, 1911, page 1 The Carl O. Johnson family left this morning for Medford, Oregon, where they will make their future home. "Arrivals-Departures," Beloit Daily Call, Beloit, Kansas, August 24, 1911, page 8 RAILS FASTEN BABE IN FRONT OF TRAIN
MEDFORD, Or., Aug.
15.--(Special.)--As Mrs. Georgia Hurst was wheeling her baby in his
little go-cart across the Southern Pacific track in Fifth Street this
afternoon, the wheels of the buggy caught between the rails at the
crossing.GO-CART CATCHES IN TRACK AS ENGINE RUSHES NEAR. Medford Mother Stays by Child as Engineer Tries in Vain to Stop. Hero Saves Both. The frightened mother heard a whistle blow and looked up to see a southbound passenger train bearing rapidly down upon her. Frantically striving to release the buggy, the young woman stayed by her child. As the train came rushing along the engineer saw the mother's plight and threw on the emergency brakes so hard that the wheels under the coaches ground fire, while the whistle screamed warning again and again. Just as it seemed that the mother and her child would be killed before the heavy train could be brought to a stop, a young man named Cooley rushed on the track, wrenched the baby carriage loose and jerked it off the right of way and then, seizing Mrs. Hurst, pulled her, too, to safety. The next instant the engine slid by and came to a groaning stop. A brakeman had jumped from the locomotive at the same time in the effort to dash ahead of the train and save the mother and her babe. He and Cooley carried the fainting woman to a house nearby. Aside from the fright Mrs. Hurst was not injured. The baby wasn't even frightened. Morning Oregonian, Portland, August 26, 1911, page 1 A 1911 "go-cart" was what is now called a "stroller." OLD WOODEN STORE BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED
The
wooden store buildings on South Central Avenue which were so badly
damaged by fire a few weeks ago are being torn down and moved away. The
owners of the property, Mesdames Enyart and Carnahan, have not
determined as to the size of the building they will erect on the ground
but that there will be a building of some fireproof material erected
covering the entire frontage goes without saying, as the ground is too
valuable to long remain vacant.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 15, 1911, page 4 PIONEERS SEE GOOD
Registration of Rights to Water Approved by Old Residents. MANY CLAIMS RECORDED Seventy-Five Pioneers Obtain Full Patent to Specified Flow-- State Board of Control Avoids Lawsuits.
GOLD HILL, Or., Oct. 8.--(Special.)--Some pioneer history was brought
to light recently on the occasion of the sitting of the State Board of
Control at this place for the adjudication of water rights on Rogue
River and its tributaries in this territory. Many of the rights which
were registered with James T. Chinnock, superintendent of Water
Division No. 1, dated back to the '70s, while not a few were first
filed in the '50s and '60s. The oldest right to be registered was that
of Jacob Gall, long since dead, who obtained permission to use water
from Galls Creek in 1856.
Fully 75 water rights were registered, and the business was so much larger than the board had anticipated that the supply of blanks failed before all had registered. However, the period of registration does not close until November 9, so that all who have rights have yet time to register them in the office of the Board of Control at Salem. The rights registered here were for water in Evans Creek, Galls Creek, Wards Creek, Sams Creek, Foots Creek, Birdseye Creek and Rogue River. "Hog" To Be Eliminated.
The purpose of the present
adjudication of the water rights of the state is the elimination of the
"water hog," and the just and equitable division of water among those
who are making a beneficial use of it. The time has arrived in Oregon,
says Superintendent Chinnock, when there is not water enough for all.
To avoid the never-ending tangle of litigation which would certainly
ensue after conflicting rights had been located, the Board of Control
in its present tour of Oregon will endeavor to have all existing rights
registered.Then, taking into consideration the amount of water flowing in the stream from which several rights may be taken, the character of soil of the irrigated district with respect to the amount of water it may require, and the priority of the rights registered, a water apportionment will be made accordingly. Water rights filed for mining or power purposes will be considered similarly. Where there is no conflict of testimony regarding a right, the Board will make an award which will have the force of a patent, so long as the water is put to beneficial use. Old-Timers Dislike Change.
Old-timers who have been using
their water rights 40, 50 and 60 years came to town with war in their
hearts at the mere idea that their right to the water was even
questioned. Their feelings were in no wise mollified when they found
that they were required to pay a certificate fee of $1 and an
irrigation fee of $2.50 for the first 16 acres, with an irrigation fee
per acre for every acre thereafter.But when Superintendent Chinnock explained that the purpose of the registration was to protect pioneer users from inroads on the water supply by subsequent claimants, with possible expensive litigation as a corollary, they saw matters in a different light, and by evening were quite convinced that adjudication was best for the protection of their interests. Oregonian, Portland, October 9, 1911, page 10 Two of the four officers of the Rogue River Valley University Club at Medford, Oregon are Theta Delts: Earle W. Huntley, '07, being treasurer and Stanton Griffis, '10, secretary. Earle W. Huntley, '07, has entered into partnership with Mr. McClatchie, formerly of Minneapolis, for the conduct of a general real estate business at Medford, Oregon. C. Guy Laybourn, '11, having spent the spring months with Stanton Griffis, '10, at his Oregon ranch, is now with the Aetna Life Insurance Company, in Minneapolis. The Shield, Theta Delta Chi fraternity, October 10, 1911, page 358 Medford, Ore. Notes.
The Rogue River Valley Nursery Co. has trees and seeds of all kinds for sale.
W. H. Rardon has seeds, fruits, vegetables, butter, eggs and poultry to ship. The Southern Oregon Produce Co. receives and ships apples, other fruit, produce and vegetables. C. Fitch has 5 acres of apples and 1 acre of pears for sale. He has 65 acres in fruit. M. J. Minear is a fruit grower and shipper. He has 20 acres of apples, 50 acres of pears and 5 acres of peaches. The Rogue River Land Co., W. H. Holmes, manager, is selling fruit lands on terms. They send literature on application. OPEN FOR SETTLEMENT.
ORCHARD LANDS, IRRIGATED. NO CASH PAYMENT REQUIRED.
We need settlers--not their money. Irrigated orchard tracts in the
famous Rogue River Valley, Southern Oregon prairie land, ready for the
plow; no timber, no rocks. Water now on the ground. Unequaled for
productiveness and climate. This proposition and financial standing of
company, endorsed by national banks, leading business men and financial
agencies. Only irrigation company in the Northwest permitting settlers
to make the land pay for itself. We also sell improved orchard tracts
on small monthly, semiannual and annual payments to those who are
unable to make residence at the present time. Send for illustrated
descriptive matter. Roguelands Incorporated. Medford, Oregon.
Classified ad, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 26, 1911, page 30 COURT BAFFLED BY NAME
Tomasco Schzerarnkfetski Too Much for Medford Justice. MEDFORD,
Or., Dec. 7.--(Special.)--Tomasco Schzerarnkfetski taxed the clerical
force of Justice of the Peace Taylor's office today, when he was tried
for stealing a Brussels carpet from Bert Anderson, president of the Big
Pines Lumber Company.
No one could pronounce his name and no one could spell it, until the defendant, by the aid of an interpreter, had the perplexing cognomen transcribed. Tomasco has been collecting garbage in the city, and recently took advantage of his position by removing a valuable carpet from the Anderson clothes line. The defendant declared he bought it for $1 and sold it for $5. After struggling with the mixture of vowels and consonants, Justice Taylor decided to enter the man on the records as John Doe, and fined him $25 and costs. Tomasco went to jail. Morning Oregonian, Portland, December 8, 1911, page 7 PIONEER OF THIS CITY COMES BACK TO REMAIN HERE H. H. McCarthy, Who Was in Business in Medford Twenty Years Ago, Returns to Remain in the Rogue River Valley. SAYS ROGUE IS FAIREST SPOT ON THE GLOBE He Equipped First Ice Plant Here and Iced First Car of Pears for Shipment. Mr. McCarthy came to Medford first over twenty years ago and together with his associates built and equipped what is now the Weinhard ice plant on North Fir Street, and for several years he manufactured ice and supplied it to all of Southern Oregon, it being the first ice plant ever put in in the valley. It was Mr. McCarthy who iced the first carload of fruit ever shipped out of the Rogue River Valley. The fruit shipped out were Bartlett pears, grown by Hon. J. H. Stewart, the parent of horticulture in Southern Oregon, and the fruit was shipped to the world's fair in Chicago. The fact that Mr. McCarthy had sufficient nerve to expend the amount of money he did in that kind of an enterprise in Medford at that time ought to entitle him to a seat of honor in the front rank of Medford boosters. In those days the greater part of the business was done by the "dicker" method, and that method was not conducive to any great amount of success when applied to a manufactured ice product, which product the farmer didn't have much use for on his stock range or in his grain fields, but in the face of all this McCarthy and his Irish nerve kept the plant running for a number of years. Since leaving Medford Mr. McCarthy has been interested in various enterprises on the coast, both north and south, and in Arizona and Nevada, and while he has thus been temporarily located elsewhere he has always claimed Medford as his home. And now he has come home to settle down for the rest of his days, not, however, with a view to retiring from business, for he has a number of big enterprises upon which he is now working. After all his roaming and varied adventures Mr. McCarthy makes the positive statement that Southern Oregon is the richest and most productive region of the entire coast country, and if you talk with him he will prove to you wherein lies the correctness of his assertions. "Why," says Mr. McCarthy, "did you ever stop to think of it! You have everything here. There is not scarcely a thing which is manufactured, or gathered from mother earth, that cannot be so manufactured and gathered right here. This valley is a garden spot of such a multiple of resources that I can see in it a little empire of itself--self-building and self-sustaining and all to come from its splendid rich valley and foothill soil, its immense forests, its streams and its tremendous mountain mineral wealth. Why I have seen millions of dollars spent on developing copper mines in Arizona and Nevada where the ore only showed two percent copper, while Southern Oregon has mountains of 20 percent copper ore, besides all of it carrying enough gold and silver to pay operating expenses. "The mineral, timber, agricultural and horticultural resources of this part of Oregon are of themselves sufficient to make more millionaires to the square acre than is any other country in the whole world. And these are not all you have here that is good, and in the products made from it the people can excel anything yet manufactured. I am thinking of your clay. Now listen! You have a clay, shale and silica combination here that make the best brick on the Pacific Coast, not excepting Los Angeles and Seattle, which are the only other two places on the coast where vitrified brick are made. Glazed brick can be made here that will bring $120 per thousand. You can make of the clays of this valley the very best decorative terra cotta sewer and drain pipe--in fact I do not know of anything produced from clay which cannot be manufactured right here. "The next best industry which is being overlooked in this valley is a fruit and vegetable cannery--in fact, you need several of them. Say, suppose you write to Puyallup, Wash., and ask someone there of the success that entire valley is making with its small fruits and vegetable canneries." Medford Mail Tribune, December 9, 1911, page 8 Medford Has 11,000 Population.
MEDFORD,
Or., Dec. 15.--(Special.)--According to the school census, which has
just been completed, Medford now has a population of 11,000, a gain of
nearly 3000 since the census of last year. The enumerators found 1818
school children in the district, which is an increase of 23 percent
over a year ago. As it is customary for statisticians to multiply the
number of school children by six to estimate the total population of a
city, this would give Medford 10,908 people.
Morning Oregonian, Portland, December 16, 1911, page 3 Thefts in Medford Numerous.
MEDFORD,
Or., Dec. 23.--(Special.)--That there is a modern Fagin in Medford
using small boys as tools with which to secure stolen goods is the
opinion of the Medford police. Numberless thefts of bicycles, scrap
iron and brass have been investigated, and five boys, ranging from 12
to 16 years of age--George Anderson, Frank Collins, Lloyd Wolgamott,
Gilford Reames and Jib Vickstrum--were take before Judge Neil and
committed to the reform school. According to the stories of the
parents, the boys have been the dupes of an older person higher up,
presumably a junk dealer or second-hand store man, and an arrest by the
police is momentarily expected. The thefts have extended over a period
of several months.
Sunday Oregonian, Portland, December 24, 1911, page B11 MEDFORD SPENDS $584,829
Public Improvements in Year Just Passing Total to High Figure. MEDFORD,
Or., Dec. 28.--(Special.)--According to the annual report of City
Engineer Arnspiger just issued, Medford has spent $584,829 for public
improvements in 1911.
The money was spent as follows: Pavement, 9.17 miles, $434,536; sewers, 5.84 miles, $52,660; storm sewers, .44 miles, $2717; water mains, 7.34 miles, $77,399; concrete walks, 4.38 miles, $16,187; miscellaneous, $1328. The total city improvements now installed aggregate $1,651,263, apportioned as follows: Pavement, 16.77 miles, $824,307. Sewers, 24.95 miles, $193,764. Storm sewers, 1.59 miles, $21,090. Water mains, 27.4 miles, $244,558. Concrete walks, 24.68 miles, $91.214. Gravity water system, 23 miles, $275,000. Miscellaneous, $1328. Morning Oregonian, Portland, December 30, 1911, page 10 |
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