Jacksonville Post
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1916.
LOCAL NEWS
Get yiur job printing at this office.
George A. Gardner was at MeJford
Thursday.
Ekron Gall made a trip toMeiford
Thursday.
A. Throckmorton of Ruch was in
town Thursday.
For Fire Insurance that protects
call at this office.
Peter Fick was a business visitor at
Medford Wednesday.
Lewis Ulrich was a business visitor
at Medford Thursday.
Miles Cintril of Ruch was a visitor
in this city Wednesday.
Minnie Walteri of Applegate is vis
iting relatives in this city.
B. W. Baldwin of the Applegate val
lev was in town this week.
Mrs. M. A. Isaacs of Medford visit-
e I friends in this city this week.
C. D. Hnon of Medford was a visitor
in th'» city Thursday afternonn.
Albert Hansen of Salem was a busi
ness visitor in this city Tuesday.
Dan Long of Steamboat transacted
business in this citv Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. McKee of Bun
c»n were in town first of the week.
Deputy Sheriff Curly Wilson was a
business visitor at Butte Falls Thurs
day’.
The funeral of Jesse Richardson of
Medford was held at 2:30 this after I
noon.
Rov Ulrich and Ries Chapman made
a trip to the Blue Ledge one day th e
week.
Dr. Shaw. Emil Britt. Fred Fick and
John Miller made a trip to Yreka, Cal.
Sundav.
Jack Sharp who has been working at
McCloud, Cal., for several months, has
returned.
John H. Perry a logging contractor
of Aberdeen, Washington, was in town
this week.
Born Oct. 10th to Mr. and Mrs. Har-
risen Fields of Jacksonville, a seven
poun 1 boy.
Harry W. Miller of Central Point was
shaking hands with the voters in this
city Tuesday.
F. Wallace Sears, editor and publish
er of the Gold Hill News was a visitor
at this office Tuesday.
Mrs. John Dunnington returned home
Wednesday after several weeks visit
with relatives in California.
Medford H. S defevted Grants Pass
in a foot ball game at the latter place
Saturday by a score of 13-0.
The open season for hunting China
pheasants closed Tuesday night., Not
many of the birds were killed in this
vicinitv.
George M. Roberts of Medford, re-
p iblican nominee for prosecuting at
torney. transacted business in this city
Monday forenoon.
Schools were closed Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday in order that
teachers might attend the annual in
stitute at Grants Pass.
Any person having papers ot any
kind in their keeping for the late J. H.
Thorndike will please deliver the same
to the undersigned at Jacksonville.
J. L, Thorndike.
Mrs. Julia R. Beekman, Miss Carrie
Beekman and Benjamin B. Beekman,
Esq., who have been spending the sum
mer in Portland and other points north
returned Tuesday.
The Misses Cora and Laura Thomas
and James Francis moved Thursday to
Medford where they will reside while
their brother James is attending the
high school in that city.
It is reported that the Grants Pass
railroad is to be extended immediately
from Wilderville to Waldo, a distance
of about 45 miles, bonds amounting to
$2,000,000, have been sold in New York
the proceeds of which are to be used
in construction of the extension.
The Meiford Sun. Thursday morning
contained the following: “Next Sat
urday is the anniversary of the discov
ery of America by Columbus. It is a
legal holiday, and banks, public, city
and county offices will be close!.” Bet
ter wake up old man, the anniversary
was observed here Thursday.
Capt. Jasper N. Hall died at the hos
pital at Medford, Wednesday night,
aged 81 years. The indirect cause of
his death was the injuries received
when he fell from an auto about three
weeks ago. He was a veteran of the
civil war, having been an officer in the
913th, O. Vol. Inf. Funeral was held
Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Bullis informed a representative i
ff the Post Wodnesday that good pro*
gress is being made on clearing the
wav for the logging road from the pre
sent terminous of the railroad near the
Opp mill to the timber at the head of
the creek a distance of about two miles
and that in a few weeks they will be
ready for the steel. Timber sufficient
to keep the proposed mill running for
two years is being secured.
Blank notes for sale at this >ffi •„».
Obituary
All work done in 1916 spot c sh at
W. R. Sparks.
Jesse Rtchar 1 on, a we lk own r'»’-
Ralph Jenniig» of Buncoin was in
i
dent
of J i.’kson conuyd e l a h's horn •
town Wednesday.
in Me If >:• I. Th irstily Oct. 12. 1916,
Curly Wils >n was a visitor at Cen ag d :■>I ye us. II • leaves Ihr 's da >;;h
tral Point Sunday.
tecs, of v.h ,m Mrs. G A, G miner <>f
O. II. McBride of Tacoma, Wash., this city is one, and five s >ns: Henry
was in town Friday.
IL, Sanford, Milas M . an 1 Christopher
Joe Beeman of Gold Hill was a re l C’
cent visitor in town.
Jesse Richar.lron was horn in Ct:n
Born —Fri lay morning, to Mr. and berland County Ken. A'l?ust 12, ■ ■'31,
an ! when q lite young m .vei with his
Mrs. Phinney, a baby girl.
¡parents to '.[aeon City, Mo. where lie
The Medford Elks are giving a bar
i was raised and educated. It was dur
becue at Bybee’s bridge tomorrow.
ing this early part of his life that he
The buzz of Joe McIntire’s wood saw united will, the Christian church. 11
has been heard in several parts of the was als > married in th it locality to
city this week.
| * Miss Maitha Plymtre, in Cal Iwell, M
Flora Thompson who h id been spend- jo wlueh u li.m were three sons b >rn.
ing a two weeks vacation in California ! in
¡n i^;.,
'.sou Mr.
air. RichardiJ i an 1 t'arnil.
turned Thursday evening.
came across the plain» to Butte county
The republicans held a rousing rally Cal , but in 1866 moved into Jackson
at Griffin creek last night. Short ad ' County, Oregon, where he has continu
dresses were made by Ben Sheldon, ously resided since.
IPs first wife havi.’if died in 1818,
Curlev Wilson, J. B. Coleman, George
Roberts and W. H. Gore. The buiiding Mr. Richard »an in 1876, married Mis
was packed with voters, not ore of Cord? in Bell of Phoenix, Oregon, to
whom left until the meeting closed and which union were b >rn four sans and
much interest was manifested.
four d uighters.
Wilson No Friend of Labor »
Siys Socialist Candi
date For Presitent.
"Most em; h iticallv President Wil.x.n
ii not a frien 1 of lab .r. He never was
anything but its enemy until he needed
labor votes. Moreover, the A lamson
law is a mere wage regulatim mea
sure. It does not te 11 to establish the
princ'ple of tnu eight-hour day.
div. It is,
ii truth, a h ige April foil I joke. In
• orce it would elevate th? wages of
trainmen 5 ner cent, lut it wiii neve'
go into fl
S > declare 1 AH n L. Be isoii S >cial
ist can i cite f .r i.r.sh’T, i-l’ottiy al
ter his arrival io I'm I md l.i'.e y ester
d.;\ a.’teinoou from H-. tl?
“Understand,” con’inued Mr. Be i-
son, “we Socialists would be glad t.
see the trainmen get the promised in
crease. But w : m isn't forget that
congress meets ii 1) e .'tuber, alm st a
month before the Adamson wage law
goes into effect, and it may pass a com
puls ay arbitration measure to super-
se le the present law. !• urlhermo: e
we know that the la v trust stand tin
test of the courts, and it never could
ila'.ijiSo i 'lies al Si'em survive the United -tales supreme
court. Fear < f political consequences
I
OREGON and WASHINGTON
was the motive power that f .reel Ail-
Salem, Or., < ct. 10—Following an son to act. -l’o land Telegra n Oct. 11
opera-i n. Levi M. Herren, aged 5), a
A Directory of each City, Town and
n itivc of Oregon, died here last night.
Village, giving descriptive sketch ot
Reckless Driver G ics to
each place, location, population, tele
Survivin 'him, besides the widow, is a
graph, shipping and banking point;
Prison For Five Years
sister, Mrs. Ella Estes, and two broth
also Classified Directory, compiled by
business and profession.
er s, J. H. Heiron of Salem, and H. E.
K. I- POLK A CO., SEATTLE
Herren, of Seasi le.
èuii Jose, Cal., Oct. 10 —Antone Fe
dera, San Francisco business man
was s ut i.eed to five years in San
¡i .wt'J-yiv tzr —
ST'
"J.-iiK. •’1S3BSTr '’55'-?y.'S5533BH|
tj . n 1 prison yesterday by Judge W
A. B> asly, of the superior court here,
for failing to stori when bis automobile
stiuck and killed Hector Zapedo, a San
ta Clai a university student, on the
night of October 31, 1915. Justice II.
A. Melvin, of the California supreme
court, and other prominent men testi-
tini to Fodera,» good character, but
(Copied from Portland Oregonian.)
failed io save him.
MONMOUTH, Ore., June 26.—The Oregon Normal
school opened this week . . . students enrolled 785,
Big Raid in Tacoma
largest on record for state Normal in Oregon ....
how to care for large student body a problem ....
800 being crowded into auditorium with seating ca
pacity of 550. Galleries filled with extra chairs in
Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 11—Ten large
aisles. More than 150 students seated on platform.
New boarding houses completed, additions to room
wooden cases, labe'ed “glass,” con
ing houses built and tents used. One hundred girls
taining 1000 quarts of bmid d whisky
sleep on upper floor of school.
and five barrels containing 50C quarts,
The official school report gives 150 grade pupils
valued at $1500. were conti-cated and
in Monmouth, for teacher practice.
Sam Cassitnir, said by the officers to
Read what those you have elected to handle the
have supp.ied retail bootleggers in Ta
affairs of your state and who are thoroughly informed
coma since the first of the year, was
regarding school conditions in Oregon have to say
arrested in a raid made last night near
Lake View by Sheriff Robert Long
concerning measure 308 on the ballot at the coming
mire.
election:
POLK’S
Business Directory
Pendleton Normal School
Proven Necessity
By James Withycombe, Governor of Oregon:
“Oregon is unquestionably in need ol more normal
school work anti Pendleton is the logical place for a
school of this class in Eastern Oregon
By J. A. Churchill, State Superintendent of Public
Instruction:
“I trust that the voters of the Slate will assist in
raising the standard of our schools by establishing a
Stale Normal School at Pendleton.’
By P. L. Campbell, President of the University of
Oregon:
“At least one additional Normal School is urgently
needed in Oregon.”
By W. J. Kerr, President of the Oregon Agricultural
College:
“Since the people of Pendleton are initiating a measure
for the establishment of a Normal School at that place,
it will give me pleasure to support this mchsuie ”
By J. H. Ackerman, President Oregon Normal School,
at Monmouth:
“A careful analysis of the situation will convince any
one that Oregon needs a Normal School in ILi.’.tern Ore
gon and Pendleton fills all the government i < quh ements.”
By the County School Superintendents of Oregon:
“Resolved, that it is the sense of the County School
Superintendents of the State of Oregon, in convention
assembled, that the best interests of the .. lo ots "I the
State demand increased facilities lor tl <■ training o(
teachers, and that we, therefore, endorse tie- Initiative
measure to establish a Normal School at . nillelon."
By Mrs. Charles H. Castner, President
Federation of Women’s
“I most heartily endorse
School at Pendleton ”
f the Oregon
Normal
Prof. Robert C. French, Former President of the
Normal School Located at Weston:
“An immediate establishment of such a school at some
central point such as Pendleton would pro e a great asset
to the State of Oregon.’’
B. F. Mulkey, Ex-President Southern Oregon Normal
School:
“I shall support the location of an Eastern Oregon
Normal School at Pendleton."
State Board of Regents of Oregon Normal School
declares that “the necessity for additional Normal
school facilities in Oregon is apparenL"
Portland Chamber of Commerce < ndorscs measure
308 and say Pendleton most logical localion for Nor
mal school in Eastern Oregon.
3G8 X YES
(Paid Adv.)
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IS A VOTE F03 your children
Eastern Oregon State Nornml S< ho<»l f’onimittee.
By J. 11 Gwinn, Su< y , I’u:i<ll< ton. Ore
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12.2.
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CITY DRUG & GIFT STORE
School Supplies
Colgate’s talcum 15c
ff
Shaving Soap 5c cake
ff
Dental Cream 20c
Linen Note Paper, 1 lb package 25c
Fine Box Stationery, 15c up per box
Wedding and Birthday Gifts
J. W.Robinson, M. !)., Proprietor
Jacksonville
Oregon.
M/eaí.ier ,<epoit.
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FOOLING A
GUARDIAN
By ETHEL HOLMES
iti
Kate I’liilllps was an orphan, and
her Aunt Rachel llnidiug was her
guardian. Kate surely needed a man
uger for her estate, for she was a
spendthrift She was also I'li'i of high
spirits and l>ent on Inn Ing n good lime
Kute went to college. m»t Is'cause
she wished to learn all about Hie
Creel-■- and Roniaiis. i onic >.<*< I. . ; i.u I
philosophy, but because she hail heard
that college gi. ls hil < e lots of fun. and
she wished to see something of nillege
life. Iler guardian was willing that
she should spend an ordinary sum
while a student, lull did not approve
of extiavagame. The old Indy wits
very foitil of her tile e her sister's
child- ami felt lesponstble for her
bringing up. She therefore limited her
ward to a list of reasonable eX|>eudi
lures.
Hut there was n weak spot In Miss
Harding's efforts. Kute was twenty
years old ami would come Into het; es
tale when she was twenty one. This
fai t enabled her to borrow at nn ex
orbitant rale of Interest or to buy
things for much more than they were
wort h.
Among these was the purchase of a
$5,000 automobile, all on credit. The
cur could have been purchased for $4.-
B00 cash, but Kate was charged $6.000.
■mil the seller klmlly agreed to wait
n year for tils pay, charging 0 per cent
Interest amt a bonus of $200 for the
accommodation.
The possession of an auto is not an
easily kept secret. One can more read
ily own a gold mine without its being
know n. for a car is of no use except
for ruling purposes, and that is exact
ly what Miss Phillips wanted It for.
She was mi expert driver and foml of
tailing her fellow students for a spin.
The < onsequence was that everybody
knew she owned the handsomest car
in college, ami the fact was reported
to her aunt.
Kate’s alma mater was but n dozen
miles from her aunt's residence, nml
the < Id lady resolved to go over ami
learn if the report were true nml If ii
was how her ward had obtained tile
pltrehase money. Miss Ilar.llng pos
ses-e | a mare nml a veh'ele called a
rocknway, and in this she set forth in
quest of the truth about her tile e's
extrnvagnnee. She chose a Saturday
afternoon, since Kate would not be
om.,aged in her studies at that time anil
there would be no interruption to the
Investigation.
That Kate did not study on Saturday
afternoon was as true as that she stud
led only enough to keep up with her
classes. Ami that was very little, for
she learned easily. On this especial
♦■-r ■
Saturday afternoon she Invited as
Fire is In (¡reen Timber
many of tier elussmiites as her car
would hold to go for a spin, nml about
the time the old lady set out for the
Roseburg. Or., Oct. 11—The forest college Kate touched the starting but
fire on the Callahan trail, west of here ton in her auto.
Kute, In order to reach the road she
is still raging, and today entered some
green timber, More men have been wanted, took one that led to a point a
rushed to the scene. It is the first few miles from her home where the
seriiua blaze this year in this sec- two roads crossed. Shortly before
reaching the crossing she caught sight
tion.
of the familiar rockawny, every part of
which was ns familiar to her ns the
Jog trot of Nancy, the mare.
A, J. Hoick Drops Dead
"Oh. heavens!" she exclaimed, “There
comes my aunt!’’
At the same time she pulled on va
Salem, Or., Oct. 10—A. J. Houck,
aged 55, dropped dead here from heart tlous levers with her hands and shov
disease yesterday afternoon. Besides ed certain brakes with her feet, ami
the <ar came to a standstill, while ev
the widow, he is survived by two chit er.v eye in it was fixe I mi the distant
duen, James of Sheridon, and Nettie, face in the rockawny. lighted by tlx-
of this city.
sun striking the glasses of n pair of
s|>eetaeles.
Beef Cattle From Forest Range “W'liat shall I do?"
‘•Here.” cried a girl in the seat Is1
hind, "take my veil! The sun Is shin
Cove, Or.. Oct. 11 —Fine be» f cattk lug directly In the old lady's eyi's, nml
are beirg driven through town from she couldn't see you even without a
’’
La Granda district No. 3, Minam lia veil.
Kale took the veil, or, rather, it was
tional forest, for shipment nt Union put <>n by the lender: then she started
function. Forester W. D. Foreman her car and whirled by her guardian
says there are 2300 head of cattle and so fast and so near the rocknway that
Miss Harding was altogether too
horses in his district.
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frightened to take a goixl look at the
Nevertheless there was bus
Liquor Smuggler Arresfei driver.
piclon in the glance she did take, ami
It made Kute uneasy.
“We must get back to college before
Klamath Fall’, Or., Oct. 11 Two
she arrives.’’ she said, "and prepare
hundred and twenty gallons of wine for her coming.”
and whisky were seized by Sheriff Low
On reaching the croBsrond she turned,
and Chief of Police Baldwin Monday but Instead of taking a fifty mile drive,
night near Algom*, this county, from as had been Intended, she went buck
a wagon being driven by Silas Kid b.v the first road she came to leading
collegeward, and while the aunt was
der.
Jogging along at seven miles an hour
her niece was lining the distance be
fore her in ten minutes. The cur was
Electric parks
put In the garage under lock nml key,
and Kate and her friends, having
If the meek really inh»tited the changed their costumes to innocent
while, went out on to the campus, nml
•arth, Tom Marshall would be John D
when the old ludy drove up to the dor
It ckt-felh r’s heir.
mitory where Kato roomed Kate ran
Mr. Wilson may leive the lawn, but . to meet her and, lending her to her
vherever he goes campaigning ihete friends, gave her n formal introduc
tion.
also will go the Maine “shadow.”
During the ride back to college It bail
The go d that Congress does, is oft been arranged that every girl was to
mterred with its b.nsa, but the evi i show the old lady some attention, thus
lives after it.
taking up her time so that she would
Speaking about the paper shortage, have none for Inquiries.
“I met nn auto on tho road," said
ve see that the Germans have sunk
Miss
Harding to Kate, "ami the drlv-
rn th er ship and killed 28 more Amer:
er's figure was just llke yours. J
can*.
couldn't see her face for n veil she
When Japan slammed the opt n do r wore. I didn't know women drivers
n China, it wasn’t lt.e first time that of cars wore veils.’’
out of the
“That’s to keep the diiRt
i
Ir. Wilson had received a flap in th-.-
eyes.” suggested one of the party.
Miss llardlng spent twenty-four
It. will be up to the next gene rati n hours with her ward mid saw no signs
.1 Americans to determine whethei ami heard nothing of the motorcar.
dr. Wnson kept the country out of] But every one she ' huh ! in contact
with was coached-
war.
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Temperature—mean max. 30 20; me in
mir. 47 73; mean 6’ 9'. Max 92. on I ’,
Minimum, 37. on 26. Greatest daily
range, 45. Total precipitation C. It
inches. Greatest in 24 hours, .9 in ,
nn
1.
Num! er of days with 1.
Numi
inch or more precipitation, ’, clear,
!; partly cloudy, 4; cloudy, 5.
Precipitation for season,
22 21
Precipitation for last season It.
I«;. B ritt ,
Cooperative in ivar
Highest quali y, j. w< :
repairing, diamoir.l si
ting, watch lepaiiii't
agate mounting nil I j v
elry manufacturing.
Martin J. Ridiiy,
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MEDI'ORD. OKEGO“.
CRACKED and j
CHAPPED uARDo j
Dennis EtfC’lytrtus Dl”’nen* J
AT ALL ORUC. STORES
TUBES 25C
lAns 50C
H'AT'FMNT OF Tilii ).VN2KI ”,
a inagernmt, circulation, etc. require.1
•y th - Act of August 21. 1912.
>f lacksjnville Post, p i'lishe l weekly
v Ja ■ .-onville, Crezoii, t >r ' t-'t-.bei 1,
1916,
N rr. ■ f E litor and I’ ibl s' et: !'. W.
Ligshaw, post-ffice address, Jackson-
zille, Oregon.
Iwners: I). W. Bag haw and Ada L.
lagshaw, Jacksonville, Oregon,
{nown bondholders, mortgagees, an.I
■ her security holders: n ine.
D. W. B a GSHVW, E'itor,
Sworn to and subscribed before m J
his 30.ii d iy '.f Sept. 1916
Wm. H. Johnson.
Notuiy Publi • ii r Oregon.
My com u sion expire» Jun. 2>. >9.7.
Zlf The Chu ches
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Services held every Sunday morrii g
at 11 o’clock in I. O. O. F. Hall.
Everybody welcome
I’ltl'.SHYt ERIAN
10; A. M. Sabbath s-1. ol, classes for
young and old.
11: A. M. Morning Worship.
“Sincerity vs Hypocrisy.” Violin Solo
Mel. die in F by Rockwell, Mr. Leon
Hanna.
No evening services. All are invited
to attend the meeting at the Presby
terian < h ire!) in Medfo d al 7130 and
h«'ar Mr. William Ralhh Hall of I’hilr-
delphia who is the Supt. of Young Peo
nies Work for our church in the U. S.
Ptayer meeting Tht rsday 7:30 p. m.
Albert H. Gammons,
Minister.
M ETHODI8T
Surday School 10 a, m. W. G Cau
dill, Superintendent.
Epworth League 6:30 p. m.
Preaching at 11a. m and 7.30 p. m.
pecial music at both services, we ex-
p ct large audiences so come early.
The church with a me sage and wel
come for all.
Hutchinson
Pastor.
Washington, D.