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About Jacksonville post. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1906-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1916)
JACKSONVILLE POSI Official Paper of the City of Jackaontille, Oregon A weekly newspaper published every Saturday at the county seat of Jackson County, Oregon. D. W. B agshaw , Editor and Publisher Year Arrives P certain periods of the year there are certain diseases that sweep the country. In the k spring Influenza afflicts man kind; in tin- summer, rose fever, and SATURDAY. JANUARY 8, 1918 In the early autumn the hay feverites SUBSCRIPTION: One year by mail $1.51). Advertising rates furnished on snuffle anil mangle the English lan guage. Hut with the beginning of tlie application. year an epidemic of u disease of the most virulent sort spreads over the civilized world, causing ninety nine out WHY NOT PAVE ROAD? of a hundnsl of Its Inhabitants to raise their right bands Involuntarily and swear by all that’s dioly they will hold One of the things that this city needs is a better fast to the straight and narrow path and forever. road to Medford. Two years ago when the bonds forever The symptoms of tlie disease are al ways the same. It Is better and more were voted for $500,000. it was distinctly understood generally known than the common that lateral highways were to be built connecting outlying cold: It is more regular In Its appear- ance. and more persons sutler from It districts with the Pacific Highway and among other im than from any other ntlliction, yet Ians and bacteriologists have provements promised was a “good road” between this physb never found a remedy or Isoluted its Tills microbe, once taken into city and Medford, a promise that so far has not been ful germ. the system, can never be eliminated. filled. As a matter of fact the road is a disgrace to the The same victims suffer from It year after year, and each year euil hundreds county, in its present condition and is the butt for many of thousands of new sufferers Join tlie unflattering remarks by persons travelling to this city by ranks. The disease first makes its appear- ance in December, A victim beams auto. beatlfically around a poker table anil os. "Well, boys, I swear off The roadbed is of crushed rock and gravel, construct nnnimn oh tlie 1st." ed several years ago at a considerable expense and would Jan. 1 arrives, Simultaneously sev- oral hundred million persons rise, serve as an excellent foundation for a concrete pavement, yawn and glance at the calendar. In- voluntarily the muscles of the right no expensive charges for grade, etc. would be required- arm contract, elevating that mem’.er the celling, In a state of tem- Why not use part of the road fund to hard surface this toward porary stupor the victim voices good road? There is only about five miles of it and of all the Intentions. Some of the more serious cases even rush off to a notary public roads in the county this is the one most deserving of im to record these thoughts tn black and and pay said notary $5. The provement, Most other counties begin improving at the st white tip:,r Is nttendod by either a lapse memory or a distorted mentality. In County Seat and extend from time to time outwards. of the first ease tl:e victim Las entirely forgotten his attack of the year be Why not connect the county seat with other paved roads fore: in the second he says, as lie has Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1907, at the post office at Jacksonville Oregon, under Act of Congress of Mar.h 3, 1879. To our Friends and Patrons every where, Greetings: May the twelfth stroke of the chimes, as at midnight they usher in the New Yeer, 1916, bring to you A yea) of Joy and Usefulnes, A year of Health and Happiness A year of Prosperity and Peace For your kind patronage in the years that have passed we most heartily and sincerely thank you and hoping to mer’t yhur esteemed favors during 1916, we beg to remain Your Friends, Taylor - Williams Co 7¥te People’s Store, where i(iVhere the World is Growing Better" Jacks Dnvllle Oregon PHONE 112. in the county? Strange Charms of the Desert. The World’s Anxiety A playa is a shallow, flat flo >red de pression characteristic of valleys hav Some thousands of men are dji:g ing no regular drainage to the sea, in daily along the battle fronis of Euioje w.iich storm waters collect and evap and Asia; some thousands of wotnei s orate—a wet and dry lake, It may be hearts ar., breaking uaily b hir.d the a »hallow lake or a salt-incrusted mud battle lin.'S, some thousands of chil flat. dren tire going to bed supperles.s in the In hi< description of the prehistoric horn is made desolate by th? mighty Lake Lahontan, in the Great Basin, war, and the shadow of the black th«; late I. C. Russell, of the United throne on which Despair si's draws its States Geological Survey, writes: mill over nil those lands, from palace "The scenery on the larger playas to the low peasant’s she I. Indeed that is peculiar and is usually ilesclate in shadow fills the world and Ine hearts the extreme but is not without i’s of men pre heavy with it everywhere. charm. In crossing these wastes the Each power is accusing the others traveler may ride for miles ever a per f ir the respons’bilitv of the long fectly level floor, with an unbroken drawn-out mighty tr.efedy. but eitl i r aky line betorc him and n it an object R i- sia or Austria or Germany or in sip ht to cast a shadow on the ocean Great Britain might have prev ted it. like expanse. Mirages, which nriy be B hind it all there was a co nrn« r< ial seen every day on these heated des lust, a lust for power, a land lust, the erts, give strange fanciful forms to the envy and jealousy of ruler ■. an 1 tie mountains and sometimes trar.sfiguie ancient hates that for years lai bi en them beyond recognition. A p ick train urging it on. crossing the desert a few mil ■? .lis The war lias been raging now for tant may ar pear like some strange nearly seventeen months: In poetry I c iravnn of grotesque beasts f« riling a an 1 pros gifted writers will ti ■ t. yit-g s allow lake, the shores of which ad- in Vein for a hundred yenrs t > come to v mce as one tiles away. The monot d pict its unsoeaKable horrors, every ony of rniddtiv on the desert is thus means of destruction has been resorted broken by elusive forms that are ever to, but if any ore of the po cere en Chancing an«l suggest a thousand i n;te 1 can point t . .my real advantage fancies which divert the attention from thus fir guinc- , the outride world can the fatigues of the journey. The cool not s«. e it. evening» end mornings in these arid Their cities are fl leil with cripple; rcgii ns, when the pu pie shadows of their tnm i ,.i d hospitals with the distant mount tins are thrown across wounded and dyi g; t i ir ..sylums liilcd the pla n, have a charm that is un with men w I’.ose minds have been known beneath in re humid ski ■ , and si attend bi its lectors; their future t e | rofound s; illness of he ni.’ht in for centuiies to come will be but a • «««■S' solitude-is alw.ivs impressive.’’ Ftruggk UI < • r ai ms 11 nn untatile deb', (U. S. Geologic d Survey ) Why do ilie« i.ot in unison call a halt? “B.. judgment del to brutish -------- ---------------- boas's ” and In.ie "men lost their P.-epirel.'e.'s Fir V/jr. reason? ’ It surely looks that way. The in- stiutnents of di aih h ive all been tried, (The following article from the so fur in vain; is it not time for rea Buffalo Evening News was published son to re ume its sway? Nothing lias in the A«my and Navy Register of Jan. thui far been at pealed to except what 1, 11:16. The Col. H. II. Sargent men th.’ t lira<e I wild beast appeals to! Is t'on <1 is a wellknown resident of Jack- that th? only remedy left now, two sonvil e. Editor ) thousand years aft?r the uplifting of While the 111- d for a powerful Navy the cross? n-id nn iii'equ ite Army has I. ■ n force When the storm frst burst our presi fully brought hone to the Uni'ad dent < tfervd the go.d offices of our Stat ’S by the European war, yet the dangers of the situation h ive not been government to help adjust the troubles suddenly revealed. For years military i> it i.ot time now to - peak in plainer and naval writers have pointed to our lei ms of the shame and horror of the helplessness and have urged proper war and back the words w.ili some- thing like a demand for a truce that means of defense. .1 v ’•■ad a. justnn nt.’ It is Among the pioneer» ws i the w. h ii ’he ability of our gov- famous stl'lio \ m: .i M 1 ■’ ‘OH ■ i rntn n I h ; it can to brill«» b " k* are full iff ,o|u-i t f «II > this war is nu re ject Lu. nil. H. Surg< . h -«I . H'OU'.d pc also be given credit for having warned th . a clash between na iutw. il is an his fellow countrymen. In his great ussaul; upon civiliati hi itself. W hen only a wild be i-t appeal is study "The Campaign of Santiago," made to men, if the appe d is repeated issui <1 bv A. C. McClurg «¡6 Co. n nrly ten years since, he dis. Usses in «letai often enough, it w II make only wid b ast.s of them. the miituy policy of the I' i;.d E irigie is swiftly filling with wild States, shows the necessity for in ■ beasts that once >..re men.—Judge creased hi mamer.ts, and predicts that Goodwin. at no »list; nt date t.u nati. n will be br. uglit to a sudden tec! z I • :i of i's inilit rv and naval needs. Where to Reg ste.. «s Mr* THIS YEAH IT WILL DE DIFFERENT I said almost every year of his life: “Oh. this year It will be different. I’m not going to bust ’em tills time." Tills Is the crisis of the disease: now comes the slow recovery. So many persons suffer In this coun try from the disease that It might al most be called a national question. Its seriousness lies in the effect ti|>ou some of the largest Industries of the coun try. Manufacturers of expensive femi nine apparel, cigar stores, hundreds of other institutions that give our coun try its envied reputation of being pro gressive and enterprising, a laud of big business and mammoth Industries, are hit and hit hard. The fact that In most enses the recovery Is exceedingly rapid Is the only ris’eemlng feature. Few of the resolution makers have been known to remain In dreamlund litter than noon of Jan. 1. Perhaps, one reasons, otllclals of the affei ted industries have made no effort to have the government take measures to prevent the spread of this New Years disease to the younger genera tion. and to try to effect Its cure In the ease of present victims Is that with recovery comes nn Increased ad diction to the nrtleles In question This Is another generally recognized symp tom and Is a secondary and psycho logical effect rather than a primary and physical. In from tire minutes to one week, statistics show, the disease usually rims Its course I he v.ctlm becomes him self again, lie draws himself to his ’nil height, voices the tlmught. "Aw. what's the n «e?” and resumes Ids nor mal mode of life with renew.al ardor. If he's a smoker lie smokes more often for a few days; then gradually habits become normal until th? next attack gives a tn w Impetus. This Is shown 'pi the cons« - .pt| m <>f eli-ars During the first few days of January fewer are smoked 'bin at any time during the entire year, fbe consumption grad ».ally Increases ns patl-mts recover and reaebes Its n ivl; nri Jno s. afler which Is a gr’d -I f-Hli’ g o . t to nor ■ mnl. .'Ibnny Kid. rl-o '.er-Press. Pat-Hal list of Election Predicts an I official registrar» appointed. Applegate, G adys A. Rose, Apple- gi'e, Oregon; Butte Falls, E. E. Smith, Butt? Falls, Oregon; North anti South Central Point, J. W. Ja'obs, Central Point, Oregon;Clim tx. fame’s Kershaw, Wellen, Or gon; Derby, Frank R. Neil, Pro-p?cl, O:v g m; E gle Point, J. V. McIntyre, Eaj'e Poin’, Oregon; Foots Creek, G. W. Math ws. Cold Hill, Oregon; G f- fin Cfeek, W. S. Hammo i.l, Med ord, ore R r. O.; G »Id Hill, A . J T. Smith, Gold Hill, Oragon; N.n th and So ith Jacks, nville. County (l?ik. C> r House; Perrydale, El. Jan ev, Ja:s>-:C>. Abstract Ofc.; E ist and W: ■ llloent::, A. H Fisher, P .o ■ tix, Ov'on; San Va''ey, M. Í* Gar In ■ -, Sam : Valley, Oregri; Ster.i' g, Mrs. Emm i Gilson, Jade oivi’l Ore; E st and Weit T il?nt, E B Ada n<»>, Talent, Oreg»n; Union, VI ». Anna Ruch, Ruch, Oregon; Wat . h . J. C. Bu* rton, Applegate, Orego 1. Washing «n, D. C , J in tnunoe. 1 i:n ha» i:i r « a i if 'o th S i i ¡a n u i I nils f i inerly o.ai n by Lan ■ T :r.b • ? campa » . an s in i ir ea in n < ria I has .:is > t ei ■ 'u? I pria • $ î » .0 • 'o e J i«’g public buiidi «». 5 - ’el 1 I bi s Hl ;l for t 1 ■ 1,1 t> s ill Vi ers m elect.i'll supplies and bicycle sundries, was enters 1 by burglars Monday night and robbe 1. There were 7', p ic’cet knives, five r iz irs and tv.o watches taken. Entr mce to the build* ing was gained by breaking the rear wind -w. There is no clew to the guilty p ill s. 79 PAROLED MEN OUT OF 9'lVlOLlTE PLEDGE El Paso, Tex., Jan. 5.-3 a 1 a Vi< tori ano Huerta was d ■ ¡a 1 oi o i imediate longer i.y Irs p from a tapping operation to r -’i« v. him of fluid in the in'estit’al tra-.-t dec to jaundice. General Huerta pass • 1 a resti'ul n ght. jSji. ?: î’f J-tlv n< l • ’ ;• trift’ OREL Ff E. •■<... .i i upj-iig! iáhtiv btTel. > mi fi.ii . t.« I ur I'liuto. fur REPORT on p«in’ l'i i'v. PaltiH prn :t- L p <-A(’’.U‘iv<’ly. U k ENCCS. S.’ I 2 t-ff’iH in f ’ tui ] f ir inmlm’ !«» book •I -OW . J IdH.’.i !’<l SIU FAIfMTS, W lib a on -s w 1 ) tv. b to get a partner, pii».at law aut oi.i r valuable iuloriu.Miun. t «; je - ma K’M s , i D. SV®Ï & CO. patent lawyers , ..! i Lt., Wsshlnc’on, 0. C ^393^$?vc 17 Have H en Returned to Penilent'ar aid 3 Sirve Ternis in California. LEV AL BLANKS WC have on hand for sale the following Salem, Ore., Jan. K.—Since Gover nor W ti ’ combe was inaugurated 94 prisone s have been parole 1 rom the p . ti tier on he r commendation of t • m:role I card, and of th il trimh r 2 * h i v • \ i : ted eir t a oles, ace in ■ ’o ti e rnnua r porr of Ca Jain Keller, pan le officer. Of those who violated their pa o e 1 h ve been re turned. Duri-g th? period Cant vn !<• her h s traveled a tot d of '.'6 : 331 ndles Innit g back p rol ■ V'o'i;->r.« and ip d pe -oi -s, ..id I : j rail’o d f !»'gin r, boa d • n 1 mi «c .• lane us tenses t« n'e 1 $ : ’ll? 1 Í. Three pa"; risoners —D m B B tin iri.ig . »»■ ■ s a • 1 ( B. Smith — h ve vii ) i t'ft-i: paro'A) bj ornai t : :: g cri ne« ¡if >rnia, and are *ev il i g s.nteii i S in Q tin. t ’o fl. sr for b rgî ■ >• e sei- ’ll : for passing a •h ?k at.d the th.-d f t f. ■; ---------- >-i»------ ?529 f.7;c5 cf Tyrh-s [a g . ’ Copi ai of IH xic-'. in blanks viz: Lease, Mortgages, Bill of Sale, Agreements. Warranty Deeds, Quit Claim Deeds, t hattel Mortgage, Acknov lodgements, Real Estate ontract, Location Notice—Placer, Location Notice Quartz, S ili I'actian of Mortgage, * ■ i C i.: > k ' ■ its .1 > i • nt, \. .. as.niable prices. We intend adding .i her blanks as fast as possible unti ■he lire is complete. Blanks of special term printed to order at short notice / ; C’A’ .S ON VILLE POS 7. O. A. C. iiiiii:niiiuiiriiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiii FARMERS’ AND HOME-MAKERS’WEEK and RUrt U. LIFE CONFERENCES January 3 to 8, 1916 Live Iiili.rni tti 1. Practical Help for the Home la- Farm, the Community. ’ t’ ’ll1' of Oregon s Greatest Industries Gi'viston, Texas. Tari, 5. - There C Co: inert net si : Otegon - Most Vital Problem« vere 3’41 c; ses of t phns in Mexico IJ a TVKF « ATIONS— ! i’I'v <n ’ ita s ih-irhi during December, >•. v-IiHf flON.-v -E < TEKTAINMKNTI viti: 8')5 deaths i.i thè city ac-ordi”g i* W< < ihon-. r ’ p ’ It- atten !<•<! la^t year. It ta a Kic.c !■' c 1 L’..k I’f-i’.tts with lire ’o an odi ial co-nn rrca’io ’ rec-’v d tin no live ih<>’ gh:» good ik.rs. aud goa<: woik. b” thè American consolale t «da»’. Tlve are st n«-esent, sa «i thè report WINTER SHORT COURSS ah'ut 25:)D case» in thè city and su- January io to February 4, 1916 Pre t; d AP.tr 11 Year Se?rc’\ b, b- The report ««ays that the I H t .-. App'.ie i .-1 A,ric.iltn-sl Con-» in a Nut SbelL ’l '• m Aetna A'ork of médical and corps are now th'.- to and Houftrhwld. alequate to hand’e the sifiritim. Cotn-rw in m-.1 <AiS!NG CROPS, MAliUNG DAIMY WOMK, ----------- Los Angeles Fvi. 5. - George W’. Pol l I KY ixAIMX GARDENING, COOK* ING !. A!\<. • i !- n EHO|.H AR TS. HOME lioch > was arrested here la d night on \t. Bl NH"’ MHTH US ROAD i charge of emhez ling, 12 years .g ■, B 11 FA’VUNt.tN] :;NG. RURAL ().«.A n IZATIOSS. marketing . $12C>i) fro-w th? Om ih i oostu fie while Ho Well. Coirerp nee rottr«*« Without Tuition. emplojed as a m>'»v orler cl-r'i k. Exp r: Irotri c!-on in Music. .< duced raihoad rate«. Roche has ad nitt’i the thef $5 ”, For program write to The College Exchange, Oregon the police say He w u I iii’o Ag .cultural College. Corvallis. Gw 15-1 to f-1) K ma’h Falls, Ore. Jan. 5.—Fol* C> '»dy in Denv*r in I’ll, i sai 1, lo.vi-ij a mvsteri us oxplosim wh : h hut br >ke awa fr> n he ■ - f- w -'- ao J the So ithern P.ciflc pnm i'r.g fleer an 1 made bis e a.ie w Will More Roads. taken to t e police st ti >n. last Ref re s :»’:on it Mount Hebron, coming to I. w Angs'e , R li veti in iv ’h’. the b»lv of A’hert Shetler, aged Pone’s Wsleoms to N.’w Year. in ch i-ge of the fl int, was found Fr.’st: >, where he m irr ?d la A.«» iff. It Is the universal cn«t m among the in n wel1 this morni’ g He h-> I b an Ch ?h l i«, Wa«h., Tan. 5.—The county Jesuits to lin'd New Year’s eve si rv Tea Inches al Men! sano lilo’vo tb ’re by the »xnlosin«), .vhi.’h a ! com nissloners of Lewis eo mty have lies In tll.'lr Junc'ijn City Stare i I oc fed bc’ie’ed to have been caused from th ■ rleeid -1 to - ave two rn re triles of the thrum:'curt “V hen did your boy J «h pu--. I in ■'sober e’ Tine. The fo---» rff 'So church. In exi.mn.a h i -?” ”1 duna i « X ni hv c M »nte< no. \V «sh., Jan. 3 »n >w ' < tends the st replied Farmer Corntos*el; "but I ’ •' A ■ r i q : - . . ( , ■> h, • ■ ■ th gan lo I u. at 3 o'clock this nturnn K |ce cor • 1 Is of reckon it must have bee ■ when n > h. d t si ay. Shetler was for years a paving already completed and another I and 10 in.'hes fell by 10 a, in , and still benedii tlou. body looking." Washington Junction City. Ore., Jan. 5.—The Southern Pacific employe on the Shasta is the rddition of another miie to the | snowing heivily from the east. Star. »tore of Tarkhurat 4 Jones, here deal division. pavement east of Chehalis. /