Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-06-18
Gold Hill Notes


The funeral of James Isaac FIRE.
denburg, who died at the home of his
nephew, James Leslie, on the Jack
sonville-Medford highway June 8,
1917, was very well attended by the
residents of Gold Hill last Monday.
The interment was made in the Sans
Valley cemetery, which is located
within half a mile of the old home
OF the deceased. The services were
held at 2 p. m. at the cemetery, Rev.
II. w. Carston of Medford officiating.
Members of tae Gold Hill lodge, |. O..
o. F., consisting of the subordinate
lodge. Encampment, Canton and Re-
bekah degrees, which the deceased
was a member of in Gold Hill, had
charge. The deceased was laid away
by the side of his wife, who preceded
him only a few short months ago,
Mrs. L. NJ. Storey, who committed
suicide at Dunsmuir, Cal. recently,
was a former resident OF Gold Hill
district in the early '90s Her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Culton, now
residents of Tolo, formerly lived on
the farm now owned and occupied by
Thomas Dungey on Calls creek, three
miles south of Gold Hill. She mar
ried Mr.. Storey while a resident OF
Calls creek. She was sister of
Mrs. Leslie Darling of Hornbrook,
Cal, not Mrs. R. L. Darling Of Gold
Hill, as the press reports stated The
deceased was 40 years of age, and
the remains were laid away at the
l. o. o. F. cemetery at Dunsmuir.
Testimony adduced at the inquest
showed that dependency was prob
abaly the cause Of the rash act.
w. H. Norcross, the well-known
orchardist of Central Point, autoed
to Gold Hill on business matters last
Tuesday.
F. X. Deuel. of Medford, D. H. Sled
and G. W. Jacobs of Gold Hill, who
left Gold Hill last week by auto for
Vina, Cal, returned Tuesday While
at Vina they attended the sale of the
celebrated herd of ,Holstein cattle at
Stanford University, Palo Alto stock
farm, and made several purchases.
Nearly thirty years ago, in the early
sos, Governor Stanford laid the foun-
dation for a selected herd Of Hol-
stems. Year after year he added new
blood to the herd from the best
strains obtained from all over the
world, with most gratifying results
Some of the cows have wonderful rec
ords as producers Of milk and butter
fat. Recently the university .-ustees
decided to eliminate the entire herd
of Holsteins, and about 900 head of
the registered herd were sold at pub
lie auction at the ranch. The sale
occurred on June 5, 6 and Z, 1917.
Jacobs purchased three choice cows
from the herd, which he-will add to
his dairy on Riverside, three miles
west of Gold Hill. Deuel. purchased
two registered heifers and fourteen
months-old bull, sired by King Pom
tiac whose weight is $500 pounds,
and of the best butter fat producing
strain of Holsteins in existence. This
three head will be placed with the
Holstein and Jersey dairy herd at the
Deuel. & Strang farm in Sans valley,
four miles north of Gold Hill. Deuel.
and Sled returned by auto, and
Jacobs came with the shipment of
cattle by the Southern Pacific freight,
which was unloaded at Gold Hill last
Monday, in good condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. e. Randall, former
ly Of the Gold Hill district, were here
the first of the week visiting with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edw. JAM
eson, on Calls creek. Mr.. Randall,
who is employed with the Southern
Pacific Company, has been assigned
from the Sacramento division to Ash
land division, where they will re-
side.
R, G. Porter, ex-chief of police at
Ashland, who was recently appointed
special investigator Of crime for the
prosecuting attorneys office, was
here during the first Of the week
looking after local offenders Of the
law.
Fletcher Stout, the popular drug
clerk in Bowers pharmacy, Gold Hill,
left Monday on his annual vacation,
first visiting his parents at Medford.
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