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
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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.
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.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
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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. ■;
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?529 f.7;c5 cf Tyrh-s
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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
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POS 7.
O. A. C.
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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,
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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.
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