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About Jacksonville post. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1906-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1915)
Jacksonvlie Post ■ SATURDAY, APRIL 17. 1915. LOCAL NEWS Subscribe fo/the Post, only $1.50 per year. H. N. Mullin was a recent visitor at Medford. Charles S. Hansen was in Medford Thursday. Henry Wendt has purchased a new Ford auto. Denver Marsh wa a recent visitor at Medford. Miss Lacey of Medford visited in this city Monday. H. Wendt was a business, visitor in Medford Tuesday. R. A. Gray transacted business at Medford Monday. All work must be spot cash at W. R. Sparks in 1915. Wesley Judy of Ashland was a re- cent visitor in town. C. C. Pursel of Buncom was a re- cent visitor in town. Jim Cantrall was a business visitor at Medford Monday. Gertrude Dunnington was a visitor at Medford Monday. Henry Mankins of Poormans creek, was in town Thursday. Sander’s barber shop at Ashland was burglarized Sunday night. E. Stephenson visited friends in Med ford Wednesday morning. E. R Barker was a business visitor in Medfprd Wednesday afternoon. Judge J. R. Neil was a business visi- or at Medford Wednesday morning. Judge Tou Velle spent Tuesday in Medford, transacting county buainess, Mr. and Mrs. George Henry of Der by visited friends here the past week. J. T. Wagner of the Steamboat min ing district was a recent visitor in this city. Hollis Parks of Bdncom transacted business in this city Saturday after noon. Get your stationery printed at this office. Our work is guaranteed and oar prices are right. FOR RENT—The Norling house, on Oregon street. Apply to D. w. Bagshaw, this office’ B. M. Collins, who has been visiting the past week with his family in this city, has returned to Redding, Calif. Wednesday was the fiftieth anni versary of the assassination of Presi dent Lincoln, at Ford’s theatre Wash ington. Misses Mary Bagshaw Josephine Hoefs and Cliff and Tom Dunnington and Johnny Broad autoed to Wagner Springs Sunday afternoon. Next Tuesday is clean-up day. Get your rubbish raked up and place at the edge of Street, the city authorities will haul it away free of charge. Ruth Ennis was in Medford Friday. Jasten Hartman was in Medford Fri day. George Neuber was at Medford Fri day. You can find a Notary Public at this office. Lewis Ulrich was at Medford Wed nesday. Gus Newbury was a recent visitor in this city. E. E. Oman of Medford was in town Wednesday. Chester Wendt was at Medford Fri day afternoon. Frank Bybee was in Medford Thurs day afternoon. S. S. Bullis of the Sterling mine was in town Thursday. Mrs. C. D. Stout and daughter Ora were in Medford Fridav. A. D. McKee of thé Applegate was in town one day this week. A. N. Parsons of Grants Pass was a visitor in this city Wednesday. Miles Cantral of Ruch was a busi- ness visitor in town Wednesday. Art Kleinhammer and Harley Hall of Buncom were in town Saturday. Judge TouAelle was a business visi tor at Medford Thursday afternoon. Are you a subscriber to the Post? If not, why not? Only $1.50 per year. Uncle Billv Cameron, of Uniontown was a business visitor in town Satur day. Elmo Throckmorton of the Apple gate valley was a recent visitor in this city. Mt. Lassen has erupted again—the eighty-seventh effort being made this ! week. Fred Collins, Homer Stephenson and Merritt Dews were in Medford Thurs day evening. Mr. Fruedenthal has sold the black smith back to Mr. Basye who hrs tak en charge today. Edwin and Edward Beery who been working at Brawley, Cal. returned home Wednesday. Weather Repoit. At The Churches . METHOHJST. . . _ ... . Sunday School every Supday at 111 o’clock AV. G. Caudill Supt. Public worship at 11 a. m. each secon 1 and fourth Sunday of the month and at 7:30 every Sunday evening. Class meeting every first and third Sunday 11a. m. H. C. Gallup leader. Pray er meeting Thursday evening at 7:30 The public is invited to attend these services. A. t.’oslet Pastor CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Services held every Sunday morning at 11 o’clock in I. O. O. F. Hall. Everybody welcome. Life Spice of A Flourishing Business “This must be a prosperous commun ity. Every farm hereabouts seems to own an automobile.” “Yes. There are some wealthy farmers in this part of the county, but our richest man is not a farmer. ” “No? What does he do?” “He owns a garage ar.d automo bile repair shop.’’— Birmingham Age- Herald He Could With but three minutes to catch his train, the traveling salesman inquired of the street-car conductor: “Can’t you go faster than this?” “Yes,” the bell ringer replied, “but I have to stay with my car.’’ — Harper’s College Humor Willie saw some dynamite; Couldn’t understand it quite; Curiosity never pays; It rained Willie seven days. — Princeton Tiger Elusive Maud—Don’t you think there are just as good fish in the sea as ever The engagement of Miss Alfaretta were caught9 Marie—I don,t know. Garrettson of Medford to Herbei t But they are smarter, anyway. —Times Launspach is announced. Picayune Josephine County Court advertises Taking Things for bids for the construction of a new The New Maid —In my last place I •ourt house at Grants Pasa. always took things fairly easy. Cook — A ball game between a Medford nine Well it ’ s different here. They keep and and the home team is scheduled for everything locked up.—Tid-Bits this afternoon on the local fleid. A Sure Remedy Multnomah county on Wednesday voted to issue $1,250,000 bonds for the ■ Ho*stess— People are very dull tonight hard surfacing of seventy miles of ' Adolph, I really can’t get them to talk roads. Host —Play something, dearest.—Judy C. F. Bell of Bellingham, Wash., | - - »TX----------- was a recent visitor here. Mr. Bell is No Conrtol by State looking over the valley with a view of locating if he finds anything to suit. Salem, Or., April 14—Under opinion Cliff Dunnington, Toots Thompson, Lou Baker and Misses Mary Bagshaw, renders 1 by Attorney General Brown, Pauline Geayes and Alice Morgan were the state suderintendent of banks has visitors at Medford Thursday eve' no jurisdiction over national banks as to any trust business they may trans ning. act, and it is not necessary for them Miss Lula Williams enter*ained the to comply with the trust law. Should Card club at the home of Miss Issie Wiilarl Motes of the Watkins dis McCully last night. Dainty refresh they voluntarily comply with the law trict was a recent visitor in this city. ments were served and a very enjoya however, the state would have com plete jurisdiction over them in Brown’s Ed. Saltmarsh of the Applegate valley ble evening passed all too quickly. opinion. was a business visitor in this city Sat Frank McKee. Sr. formerly a well- urday. known resident of Central Point, Power Company Formed Mrs. W. P. Bailey who accompanied died at Albuquerque, N. M., April 13. as the result of an automobile accident her husband to Eugene, returned home Sunday evening. She reports that Mr. a few days prior. He was a native of Salem Or., April 14—With a capita Bailev’s condition is about the same as Tennessee and was aged 58 years. lization of $1,000,000 and George F. when he left here. The residents of Hutton and vicinity Sanders, George Sorenson, of Grants are building a wagon bridge across the Pass and Wharten Plummer, of Chica pick-up nines A ball game between Applegate river to connect with the go. as incorporators, the Hell Gate whs played on the local diamond Sun- day afternoon. While some of the trail made by the Forest Service. Sis Canyon & Coquille Power Co. filed ar plays were not strictly up to date, the kiyou county has contributed $250. and ticles of incorporation with Corpora game afforded considerable amusement an effort will be made to get this coun tion Commissioner Watson yesterdar ty to contribute a like amount. afternoon. The headquarters of tl e to the fans present. company will be Grants Pass, and NOTICE Will the person who borrow Jack Refer and Duke Lewis are the pow- it contemplates providing ed a spring tooth harrow and a disc proud posessors of a Reo auto which er for the city and for irrigation pur- harrow belonging to E. E. Oman, they were operating Sunday. Mr. Re sometime last year, please return poses. fer at the wheel as chauffeur. Mr. Lew the same to the premises from which is beside him and Mr. Freudenthal in same were taken and notify this of Burial With Military Honors. the rear seat as mechanician. fice.—D. W. Bagshaw. After a buttle the dead are burled A number of Medford boys wers ar ••with military honors." Tiles* In time» rested this week charged with chicken NOTICE-CLEAN UP- All residents of |iem e are belli Impressive mid elub of the city are requested to clean up orate, but In time of war they me stealing and are being held forexamin their premises on or before April 20. much curtailed The principal fen ation by the Juvenile Court. It is al A team provided by the Council will ti.ivs are the playing by niutllcd drums leged that more than $200. worth of haul all rubbish away, free of charge of the dead march, the resting on the poultry has been taken during the last if placed in convenient piles on the mins reversed In the troops engaged month. street by Tuesday, April 20. Do not am! the linal tiring Into the air over A fire alarm was sounded Monday • lie grave ol three blank volleys The neglect this matter. evening about half past seven which By order of Street Committee. number of voile.vs Ls always the smne. bm lb.- numlHT of men comprising the quickly brought out a large part of the A heavy frost Tuesday night and firing party Increases with the rank of population of the town. The alarm was due to the burning out of a chim Wednesday morning brought the the deevased. A niutllcd drum is a ney at the residence of Mr. Conger. ! smudge pits of the valley into use. drum the cords of which have l*een I The temperature dropped in some plac- 'oosr: ed so as to slacken th* parchment No damage was done. | es as low as 23 degrees above, b it lit- head mid cause It to give forth on '■*- T. W. Fulton, formerly foreman of t|e damage was done in the orchards ■ng struck it dull, mutiled sound.-Um this offi e but now in charge of the where smudging was done; in others d<>n Scrap*. Messenger, at Montague, Cal., arrived without ’ • smudging, it is said that the Intellectual Life. Sunday evening for a counle of days . fruit was uadly nipped. The total cost People without Intellectual fife are with friends in this city. He returned or oil u»ed that night is estimated at virtually under ••••ndeninntlon to hnrd home Tuesday accompanied by Mrs. . about $2.009. |H>r Unless their thoughts con give Fulton who had been here the past ' cm v holo mie occupation they must A number of persons from this city two weeks. Tommy is looking well find It for their hands Otherwise they attended the dance at Ruch Saturday and reports business good. ••rninot live well mid must expect de night, everyone reports as having a terioration. But. unluckily for lazy C. R. Bowman, principal of the Med fine time. Those attending were: people the itihiet emelit of a good io-: High School for the past three l Mrs S. E. Darrington, Mrs. Hal Har- grade of Intellectual life involves about a I me-half years, has been chosen ring. Misses Jewel) Bailev, Mary Bag- is inueli work its anything else. Life r inerinterdent of the schools at Klam- snaw, Faye La'inspach, Alice Morgan, without effort seems not to have been a h .•'alls an I has acceptel the nosition. Nellie McIntyre, Messrs Lou Baker, Intended. The orlgln-il plan was to P -i-or Bowman is a successful ed. Toots Thompson, Fred Collins, Merritt hii'-e It end 1>y starvation and. though ti i or an l ha- been very popular wi h Dews, Alfred Norris, Julian Abbott, people nowaday- get around that, they I riihuri au ! stude s lyin ; the ti.T.e Norman Crommy. Rowell Hines, Floyd cannot altogether defeat the original intention.—Life. h.' has been in charge of the school. Jones and George Neuber. Bv M. QUAD BUSINESS CARDS. Following is the repost of U. S. unteer Cooperative Observer, E. Britt; Jacksonville, for month of March, Latitude 42 deg. 18. min. north; longi tude 123 deg. 5 min. west. (.US NEWBURY Attornev-at-Law Will Practise in All Courts in the State Precipita OREGON. About uni ty day» i eiuiv Grunt broke Date Maximum Minimum lion through Ix'es lines at I'eteraburg and 1 46 33 54 the beginning ol the end euine a por 2 29 56 32 tion of my regiment captured seven 3 1>. W. BAGSHAW .13 43 38 Confederates and brought tliem Into 4 •5 5<> 28 Attorney at l.atv1 camp. My own company was a part 6 38 57 t 1 60 of the Federal force, but as 1 was on 7 30 8 NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEY ANlElP 62 29 detached duty that week 1 was not 9 .10 40 49 with them. The first I knew of the 10 Office with Jacksonville Post. .15 54 39 capture was when I beard the story 11 53 32 JACKSONVILLE. • - OREGON 57 that I bad deserted to the Confederates 12 42 51 .17 44 and been recaptured and would be 13 66 46 shot. I visited company headquarters 14 15 64 38 II. K. HANNA to ascertain what the talk meant and 16 65 38 there met with a strange reception. 1 17 66 40 Lawyer was there, wearing a blue uniform, and 18 30 59 yet 1 was lu the guardhouse halt a 19 69 31 Office in Bank of Jacksonville Building 80 41 mile away wearing the butternut. 1 20 21 79 39 had been on duty at division bead OREGON JACKSONVILLE, 76 40 quarters. and yet I had been captured 22 23 75 43 ou the advance lines. 1 was at once 24 71 47 placed tinder arrest, and It was au 25 56 30 DR. T. T. SHAW hour or more before the mystery was 26 59 41 .07 solved. Then it was found that one of 27 63 46 Dentist. the Confederate prisoners was my 28 58 .41 45 53 41 double and that bls name was Wake 29 Office in ltyan Building, California St. 30 .25 62 41 field. 31 60 .03 38 Upstairs I had not yet recovered from my surprise when the suggestion was OREGON Temperature—mean max. 61; mean JACKSONVILLE made that 1 go into the Confederate camp us a spy on the strength of the mir. 37:70; mean 49:26. Max. 80 on 20, wonderful resemblance. 1 was given I Minimum, 28, on 5th. Greatest daily three days in which to pump Wake range, 40. Total precipitation 1.31 field. lie was u ready talker and bad inches, Greatest in 24 hours, 0.41 in.. a good memory. When I was quite 1 on 28. Number of days with .01 ready I took Ills suit of ••lollies com | inch or more precipitation, 8, clear, plete and he was given another. Then 15; partly cloudy, 6; cloudy, 10. I was taken down to the front and 14 58 made a bolt for it. Jn other words, one , Precipitation for season, Precipitation for last season 18.05 of the Confederate prisoners escaped 1'1. B ritt , and dashed across the space which j Uur ■ Sredl are not sn mperimW— they »re irSed in our Iebaéetery and separated the opposing lines. Sot half Cooperative Observer. Inal ground,. They ara apaaally a dozen men were let Into the secret, adapted to lha Pacific Northwest and are true lo name. Our valuable cal. and as I ran I was fired upon by Imlf . alouue will be lent free on tenue*. Use printed stationery, it adds dig a regiment. DaaletaaellLilly ■Seada. knot.wiile. nity to your business and tends to cre The Chea. H. Lilly Co.. Soattlo 1 ran nt full speed straight for the Confederate lines, and on duelling over ate an impression of its importance. a breastwork I found myself in the midst of a Lmiisinmi brigade <if infati try A colonel questioned me ns to my name, regiment, when captiired. etc., and I answered so promptly that I sup posed everything all right It wasn’t, however. Federal spies Had played the game before, and Confederate wit had become sharpened. I was sent to the headquarters of General Mahon*, who was subsequently celebrated In Goods All FresI . Prices Right. Virginia and national politics. He asked me the same questions which A full line of the best groceries, confections, nuts, fresh fruits. the colonel had put to me and many Cigars and Tobacco, Etc. others in addition. I saw that lie was suspicious, and. braving nil at one Call and see us stroke, 1 requested that my captain be sent for. The Alabama regiment to which I was supposed to belong was stationed two miles away, and it was about 9 o’clock before the captain ar rived. Previous to Ills appearance 1 had been asked Ills name, which 1 gave correctly, and had also described his person When he reached headquar ters I was sent for. and as I stood tie fore him and two or three headquar ters officers General Mu hone asked: “Captain Thoru. tills mini claims to belong to your company. Is lie u mein her or not Colgate’s Talcum Powder Reduced from 25 to 15 Cents “Yes. sir.” was the prompt reply. Pyrolene Ivory Combs ,, ,, • » 50 „ 35 •’What's his mime?’’ 25 15 > > » » » » “John Wakefield, sir ” >> »» “When was lie captured?“ Just Received, A New Line Of “Four days ago along with several other men ” Ladies’ Hand Bags, Price Reduced from $1.50 to $1.19 That settled it There were about Colgate’s Soaps 25 Cents per Box of 3 forty men In Compnny l> They all gathered uround me as I appeared and Tango Harmonicas are the best gave me a welcome My orders were Embasy Lawn Box Paper, 48 envelops anil 48 sheets of to ascertain Lees strength on ii line paper for 25 cents about four miles long How I was to accomplish tills after entering tile Con All Kinds of Fine Box Statimery from 15 cents up. federate lines was left for me to de- , cide. Wakefield fold me flint he had a ' cousin in flic Seventh Virginia, n young soldier mimed -lolin Winslow I got | permission ot my captain Io visit him. | and in hunting up the Seventh Virginia I I took care lo miss it and c«»v*r the . whole front and have ii look at guns ' mid fortllieutlon- I found '1 dislow m Inst, but Ills greeting was far from cordial Tile two laid ••' identic qmir reled uboul someihmg on wliicli I was not posted lie was so sulky mid un friendly that I was •iboiit to cut my visit short when lie gave me il search mg look mid ext laiiinsl: ’Wliy. you me not .lolin Wakefield m all!’ at laughed nt him In ii good nmnrcd way. hoped I would find Idin in bettel minor when I culled again and started for my regiment but I laid not gone i quarter of ■■ tulle whi n I was over taken mid put under arrest and mi Hour later was once more in the pres- < nee ot General .Million*. I was fol lowed to his tent by Winslow, who and boldly proclaimed Hint I was not John Wakefield Then all the officer* mid half a dozen men of the company, in cluding my teiitninte. «ere sent for. and the general heartily entered upon the work of trapping me. at I had pumped John Wakefield so thoroughly, mid so plainly remembered everything, that I ls>!leve I passed the examination fully a» well uh or better than tie could. Mr two arraignment* before General Mahone made me mi object of curios Enroute to the East. Why nut see Ity iind gossip in my company. mid when I retnrned II mix to find nil the Calif* rnia and its Two World Expo- men anxious to quiz me mid two or I three of tliem seemingly suspicious sitions on your way East? Ibe captain called me Into til* tent Call on nennst Agent for full iniormaticn, ii triture tick a » cud questioned mid cross questioned r e until lie de* lured llial nobody but reservations, train schedules, etc. fisc eoiilil mice taken me for any ■ me e.<e I put the melt off by pr*- • i lliig io tie angry mid three night* iter as we held ii breastwork at the front. I slipped away In the darkne*» John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent Portland, Ore Hud reentered the Federal line». NEW STORE! NEW GOODS!! Groceries, Confe tionery, Notions MRS. HATTIE DENEFF CITY DRUG STORE NEW GOODS NEW PRICES May Stop 10 DAYS San Francisco 10 DAYS LOS ANGELES SOUTHERN PACIFIC
