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Mail Tribune 100, Sept. 8, 1922 By Alissa Corman Sep 08, 2022 12:00 AM A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago Sept. 8, 1922 GOLD HILL BOOZER IS GIVEN LIMIT BY JUDGE TAYLOR For having two quarts of booze in his possession on the streets of this city, Oscar Wal, a Swedish laborer of Gold Hill, drew a fine of $250 and costs in Judge Taylor’s court this forenoon. This fine will probably be raised by Gold Hill friends cooperating, at least it was so announced in court after the sentence. This heavy penalty was imposed by Judge Taylor in an effort by the authorities to break up the band of “boozers” who have for some time been coming to Medford, drinking and quarreling here abouts, and raising ned [trouble] generally in rooming houses in the business district. A number of the out of town drinkers have been fined in the past for intoxication, but without result. They always protected the bootleggers who furnished them with the moon shine. The local authorities have long been looking for an opportunity to break up this drinking here from out of town, and hence yesterday when Constable Sandifer found Wal on the street with two quarts of moonshine in his possession, he was eagerly gobbled in, and in court today was given the big fine. Wal is regarded here as the go-between, who has been the agent between the bootleggers and the Gold Hill boozers. CANNERY HELP IS GREATEST NEED AT TALENT JUST NOW Eden Precinct, Sept. 8. — If ever there was a real need for workers to respond to a call for help, it is at the present time, at the valley canneries. The canneries have bought a good portion of the fruit crop in the valley, and now they can hardly get help to can it. The success of the canneries means the success of every fruit man and his family. It mean the keeping of money at home. It means the tiding over of a financial crisis. If the canneries cannot save this fruit, and lose money on it, they cannot do business, and if the canneries go broke, who will buy the cannery stuff another year. If they fail, it is just possible it will mean a loss to every industry in the valley because there will be less money in circulation. Now it is the duty of every person who can possiblly work in the canneries to do so. And unless they do, there is great danger to their not being able to save the great amount of perishable fruit now on hand. We have been loyal during war time, now let us be loyal during strike time. “Now all together, let’s help!” — Alissa Corman; [email protected]