Jacksonville Post
SATURDAY,
JUNE
17,
19)6.
LOCAL NEWS
Warmin? upsinp?
Haying is on full blast this week.
W. C. Leever of Central Point was
in town Monday.
Chauncey Fiorey was a visitor at
Medford Monday.
Pug Isaacs of Medford wai in town
Tuesday Morning.
Thomas Gaines of Trail was a recent
visitor in this city.
Don’t Forget the School Meeting
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Mattie Thompson was a visitor
at Ashland Friday.
Charles Overton of Trail was a recent
visitor in this city.
W. T. Grieve was a business visiter
at Medford Tuesday.
Wilbur Scott of Glendale was a visit
or in town this week.
Thomas Rv; n of Steamboat was in
town fiist of the week.
J. H. McClay of Watkini was a re
cent visitor in this city.
Judge and Mrs. TouVelle were visit
ors at Ashlsn! Sunday.
Geo. A. Gardner was a business visi
tor in Medford Monday.
M. F. Pence of Palmer Creek was a
recent visitor \p t'ris city.
Vinton Beall of Central Point was a
recent visitor in this city.
How do you like the weather?
L. M. Best of Centralia, Wash., was
in the valley this week.
All work done in 1916 at W. R.
Spark’s must be spot cash.
Ashland Elks celebrated Flag Day
with an elaborate progrim.
Justice Henry G. Dox transacted
business at Medford Thursday.
If you like this paper, drop in an i
subscribe. Only $1 50 per year.
The thermometer was close to the
century mark several days this week.
Regular teachers’ examination will
be held in this city June28, lasting four
days.
Deputy Sheriff Curly Wilson trans
acted business at Medforl and Ash
land Thursdav.
The County Court is advertising for
bids for the improvement of the Sams
Valley road.
Lewis Baker, assistant postmaster,
left last night for Portion I, where he
will spend his vacation visiting rela
tives.
Newton W. Borden of Medford, dem
ocratic nommee for prosecuting attor-
ny, transacted business in this city
Thursday morning.
Mary Bagshaw, who was taken ill
last week with an attack of appendici
tis, is recovering slowly. Dr. J. W.
Robinson is in attendance,
A. B. Cornell of Grants Pass was in
town Tuesday.
I
Henry Went’ was a business visitor
at Medford Wednesday.
I)r. T. T. Shaw who has been visit- I
ings frien la at Salem and other points
in the northern part of the state re
turned Thursday.
Definite promises of the necessary
steel for the Blue Ledge ixtenrion are
reporded to have been received by Mr.
Bullis, an I it is expected that the Med
ford city council at its meeting mxt
Tuesday idght will ratify the agree
ment f, r construction of the road ai d
put it up to a vote of the people for ac
ceptance.
J. E. Hooker of Lakeview was a vis
L. F. McGuire, a Spokane mining
Willi im Ray of Ruch transa*re I bus
itor in the va'ley this week.
man is in the valley today.
iness in this cit.i Monday.
Sheriff bin f'er he retimed from a
Mike W m ick. fie w Ilk i • "i or •<-
G. E. Neubyr visit d frie d< at Med
t .vo weeks visit at Portl n'.
peetor a i I mi l i pro n > er, w . • i.i t > vn
S. R. C'oc'c it, a nrvsp: per nan of ford "Wednesday alt •’•neon
Mo id iv.
Eugene, was a caller at this office
Tuesday.
A “sewing part ” was heli at th.i
<
home of Mrs. S. Walsh Thursday. A-
b >ut fifteen ladies were present an I a
I
general good time prevailed.
I
Wattr users are bc'ng noti :ed to do
sprinkling of lawns a: d gar 1 ns. only
i
in the regular hours, to wit: from 6 to
Tuxedo’s bully all the time; it makes the passing I
8 in the morning end fr m 6 to 8 ii the
evening. This regulation will bestri t
hours sublime, and by its soft and gracious curves it
Iv enforced durin; h ■ dry season
soothes the soul and rests the nerves, and fills my
At "Ow '¿ouch
c£ a match
All the convenien
ces of gas — better
cooking and a
cleaner
cooler
kitchen
Bakes, broi’s, roasts
toasts. More efficient
than your wood or coal
Stove, and costs less to
operate. Your cooking
is better, too, because
you have heat-control
like a gas stove.
NEW
OIL*
Wliy Not Face the Facts
About Armor Competition?
CHAS. M. SCHWAB. Cholrm««
EUGENE G. GHACE, Präsident
Bethlehem Steel Company
R. W. Dickinson, a veteran of the
Civil war and a pioneer of Jackson
county, died Monday at the home of
his son in Portland. He lived for a
number <>f years near Bybee's bridge
on Rogue River. Funeral was held at
Central Point, Welnesday afternocn.
The officers of the Republican county
central committee elected last week are: I
Chairman, Bert Anderson; Secretary.
Ralph Bardwell; Treasurer, J. O. Isaac-
■ >n;Ex.ia iveCom.: E W. Hollis, O. C.
Boggs, C. D. Hoor, Medfcrd; T. H.
Simpson, Fred H. Holmes, Ashland,
D. W. Bagshaw, Jacksonville; A. J.
Smith. Gold Hill; R. E. Robinson, Tai
ent; W. S. Hammond, Griffin Creek.
by Walt Mason
«
Mrs. George Sbumpf and children
left Thursday for Vina, Cal., where
they will visit relatives. Mr. Shumpf
has gone to Montana to work in the
mines.
•
Axel Lundgreen of the Blue Ledge
district, who has been visiting friends
Mrs. H. W. Grimes of Glendale is and transacting business in this city
visiting friends in this city.
for several we|ks past, left yesterday
Charles J. Fry, of Copper, Cal. was for his mines where he will do consid
erable developement work.
a visitor in town this week.
The New Perfection
gives a clean, odorless,
O. C. Boggs of Medford transacted
Mrs. E. I. Ball and daughter Flora,
sootless flame because of
business in this city Friday.
who have been spending several months
the long blue chimneys.
Cuts out the drudgery of
B. Edsell of Eagle Point was a busi in California, were in town Monday.
Best
wood or coal.
Keeps
They left Tuesday evening and will
ness visitor in town this week.
Resulti
your kitchen cool. In
spend
several
months
at
Ft.
Klamath,
The Southern Oregon Dental associa
1,2, 3 and 4-burner sizes,
Use
returning here about September 1st.
ovens separate. Also
tion is in session at Ashland today.
Pearl Oil
cabinet models with Fire
Ladies, the weather is getting too
People will read a neat printed bill
less Cooking Ovens.
warm
now
for
you
to
spend
so
much
Ask
your dealer today.
but will not look twice at a bad scrawl.
time
and
energy
cooking.
The
Ladies
Standard
Oil Co.
Attorney C. M. Thomas of Medford I
(California)
transacted business in this city Friday. | Aid will supply your weekend needs:
they sell all kinds of eatables every
Attorney McCabe of Medford trans ’ Saturday 2-4 at the Ryan building.
acted business at the court house Fri
Call and see what they have..
day.
The promoters of the recall against
TAYLOR-WILLIAMS Co.,
Attorney W. J Mo re, of Ashland,
transacted business at the court house Judge TouVelle and Commissioners
LEWIS ULRlCil,
Madden and Leever are having a hard
Wednesday.
time securing candidates. It seems no
ABBf
TT HARDWARE Co.,
Grant Harrison, a wellknown resi one wants an office under such condi
FRED
J. FICK.
dent of Gold Hill, died at his home in tions. Better drop it and save the
that town Sunday.
county the expenses of a special elec
Mining business is looking up judg- I tion.
ing by the number of prospectors in
the hills the last week or two.
David Harrel, a wellknown miner of
the Blue Ledge district, died Friday
Bulletin No. 3
at the Nash Hotel in Medford.
George E. Cook of Tacoma, Wash, is
looking at some mining property in this
vicinity with a view of buying.
Judge Piim, who has been visiting
friends and taking in the Rose Carnival
at Portland, has returned home.
Ekron Gall who is training at tlej
Medford hospital for nurse, visited her |
To the People:
parents in this city Wednesday.
I
George Austin of Wellen and Mis
The policy of the United States Government for many years has made real competition In
Lucinda M. Story of Gold Hill were
armoi-making ineffective.
married in this city last Saturday.
Bettter get your butter wrappers
printed at this office and comply
The Government might have asked the three armor plants for bids and lot the entire
with the la v governing the sale of
tonnage to the lowest bidder. That would have made competition effective.
butter products.
An orchard tract of 45 acres, near
The result of such a course would have been to drive two of the three inann-
Talent, was sold Saturday to Dr. W ag-
fai lurers out of business, and leave the country with facilities of only one
ner, of Harvard, Mass. The purchase
plant in time of need.
price was $15,000.
Mrs R. E. Brewster, of San Francis
The Government
in fact has always
for .........
bids — from
co Cal. who has been visiting friends in
________
_
___ r . ■ asked .......
■ ..... ■ .
this vicinity for some time, returned to
the three manufacturers, hut no matter w hat the price
her home Tuesday.
quoted, each year’s business was divided among them.
A new farm, orchard and garden
newspaper is scheduled to appear at
Medford soon. W. W. Watson is pro
Armor makers serve but one customer—the Government, just as a public utility
moter of the scheme.
serve» but one customer—a community.
With the thermometer at 100 de
grees, Friday was the hottest day of
The solution of the public utility problem is regulation of rates.
the season, and incidentally the hottest
June day for a number of years.
The solution of the armor problem is for 11 c (Government to fix ll price.
Postmaster IJIrich, who has been at
tending the postmaster’s convention
We voluntarily agree to accept any juice fixed by the Federal Trade Commission.
and taking in the Rose Carnival at
Isn’t acceptance of that oiler better than the destruction of an industry built solely
Portland, has returned and is again in
to
serve the Government?
evidence at the office in this city.
Two houses in Medford, one belonging
to J. H. Cooley and the other I he home
of Theodore Marsh, were destroyed by
fire Tuesday afternoon. Burning dry
g rass while a strong wind was |
blowing was the cause.
FA e Tuxedo Hour
FREE
One Heavy Weight Silver Plated Teaspoon With any Fifty Cent Purchase of
Nyal Quality Goods, At
THE CITY DRUG STORE,
JACKSONVILLE, ORE.
J. W. Robinson, M. D. Prop.
I
bosom, once again, with peace on earth, good wi 1
to men. But best I like it when I’ve fed this face cf
nfine with jam and bread. V. hen I have dined on kish
stew and beans and boiled potatoes, tco, and pic
and eggs and cheese and tripe, 'tis then I be; t enjoy
my pipe. When from the table I withdraw, I grip
my briar with my jaw, and fill it with Tuxedc mild
— the pure 1 uxedo undefiled — and smoke away in
perfect bliss; no pleasure can compare with this.
And in the curling smoke I see a world that seemeth
good to me. A world that's debonair and gay, its
woes and worries done away. The plans that seemed
foredoomed to fail, the work that seemed of no avail,
now wear the rosy glow of hope, and I endorse all
sunshine dope. 'Tis thus in my Tuxedo hour: the
world that seemed so dark and dour, is blooming like
a rose of spring, and I'm in mood to laugh and sing.
<1
>33
I
ere
I
I
1
!»
i
C.
Me
lali
R.
25
•id
us
se
:r.
i.e
t.e
1 j
y.
1
)
•f
• 1.
d
rii
'd
1
z
At The Churches
Weather Report.
Following is the report of U. S. Vo'-
unteer Cooperative Observer, E. Britt;
Jacksonville, for month of
May.
Services held every Sunday morning Latitude 42 deg. 18. min. north; longi-
! tude 123 deg. 5 min. west.
at 11 o’clock in I. O. O. F. Hall.
Everybody welcome
Date Maximum Minimum Precipita
---------- •.-S’*-----------
tion
43
81
1
METHODIST
2
•48
83
48
82
Sunday School everyJSu > lav at 10 3
49
77
o’clock. W. G. Caudill Superintendent. 4
52
78
5
.12
Epworth League 7:00.
37
55
6
29
Morning service 11 o’clock
52
7
45
59
lb
Evening worship with sermon at 8:00. 9 8
32
55
07
33
56
Prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 P, M. 10
29
61
Ladin* Aid weekly sale at the Ryan 11
33
68
12
building Saturday 2 to 4 o’clock.
33
69
13
Choir practice Wed. 8 P. M.
36
72
14
39
77
15
A cordial invitation to everybody.
f
49
74
16
R. A. Hutchinson
46
65
02
17
Pastor.
48
61
18
26
43
66
19
48
67
20
61
45
Plan To Drain Malheur
21
35
58
22
37
54
14
Lake Under Investigation 23
43
60
08
24
38
60
Salem, Or., June 14.—Within the 25
37
73
next few weeks the member*- of the 26
40
79
27
state land board will visit Malheur lake
40
74
which C. B. Connel proposes to drain. 28
40
62
29
36
76
He applied for permission to drain it 30
44
65
several years ago and th*1 board desires 31
1.05
to determine whether or not it is feas
ible. He contends that its bed can be Temperature—mean max. 67.22; mean
converted into valuable agricultural mir. 40.48; mean 53.85. Max.83 on 2.
lands. Approximately 46,000 acies are Minimum, 29, on 11. Greatest daily
range, 40. Total precipitation 1.05
involved in the project.
inches. Greatest in 24 hours, 0.27 in ,
on
18. Number of days with .01
Marshfield Stores Are
I inch or more precipitation, 8. clear,
Looted By Robber Gang. I 13; partly cloudy, 9; cloudy, 9.
Precipitation for season,
19.77
Marshfield, Or., June 13. —Robbers
Precipitation for last season 18.42
were active here last night. They rifled
K. B ritt ,
the safe in the Wright grocery, taking
Cooperative Observer
same change and a Colt’s automatic
*
revolver. They also went into the of
fice oftle Bradley Cin'y comp« y THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
taking $7 !n cash. There is no clew to
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
the perpetrators.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Merrill Votes Water Bonds.
Merrill, Or.. June 14.-At a special!
election held here yesterday, the elect-|
ors amended the citv charter authoriz- J
ing a bond it sue of $6003 for the pur- (
pose of installing a water system for
fire protection.
Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly.
No Other
Newspapzr in the World
Gives so Much at so
Low a
Price.
Electric Sparks
(From 'Iff Odr Wireless)
There has never been a time when a
newspaper was more needed in the
I household. The great war in Europe
Pacifists who want preparedness at has now entered its second year, with
any price seem to imagine that our
i no promise of an end for a long time.
next war will be a fliver.
' These are wort 1 shaking events, in
With even the liquor wholesalers get ■ which the United States, willing or un-
ting after him, the drun'<ard may as i willing, has been compelled to take a
well begin to consider the error of his part. No intelligent persen can ignore
ways.
| such issues.
What has become of the old fashion-
The Presidential contest also will
el youth who used to “belong to the 'soon be at hand. Already candidates
guards” when he joined the mililia?
for the nomination are in the field, and
Humanity, following the close of the ¡the campaign, owing to the extraordi-
great war. shou'd unitedly endeavor to narv character of the times, will tie *.
slough off its habit of putting salt in , supreme interest. No other newspa
per wi'l inform you with the prompt
the ice cream.
Perhaps the Navy league seeks to ness and cheapness of the I hrice-a-
humiliate Henry Ford by suing for a Week edition of the New York World.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD'S
trifling $1,000,000.
: regular subscription price is only $1 00
Tbiee hundred and twenty five rail | per year, and this pays for 166 papers.
i roads went through the last fiscal vear We offer this unequalled newspaper
Without a single fatality to a passenger
and
I in a train accident. The “safety first”
JACKSONVILLE
POST
1 campaign his amply justifies! itself.
together
for
one
year
for
<2.00
cash
As a feature of naval equipment the
I 7
"dreadnaught” is no longer accorded onlv.
The regular subscription price of th
the deference that its impressive title
wo papers is $2.50.
suggests.
1-
V
t-
y
r
K
r
>
f
)
I
I
I
I