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About Jacksonville post. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1906-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1916)
Oregon Historical Society City Hal) JACKSONVILLE. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER l VOL. X. REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE DROWNED CRIME DECREASING IN INDUSTRIAL REVIEW OREGON SAYS MINTO Manufactures, Enterprises and Improvements, Held at Court House Tues- When British Ship Was Warden Declares in Report Torpedoed by Germans. day Night. That 75 Per Cent of Lifeboats Shelled. Convicts Can be An enthusiastic mass meeting and Republican rally was held at the court Reformed London, Oct. 30—A private telegram house Tuesday night at which a good sized audience was present. Six of the received at the American consulate this county candidates were present and afternoon from Crook Haven says that made short addresses, viz: J. B. Cole a number of Americans were drowned man, nominee for assessor; G. M. Ro when the British steamship Marina berts. nominee for prosecuting attorn was torpedoed by a German subma ey; Curly WiUon, nominee for sheriff; rine. Chauncey Florey, nominee for record er; and Ben C. Sheldon and C. M. London, Oct. 30—The American em Thomas, nominees for representatives bassy today received a report from in the state legislature. Wesley Frost, American consul at Mr. Thomas began his address by Queenstown, that the British steamship telling a couple of funny stories and Marina had been torpedoed without then plunged into a telling appeal to warning. It is believed a number of the voters to send a republican delega Americans were on board. tion to the legislature, especially urg Lloyd’s reports that a steamer an- ing the election of Messrs Gore and chored off Crook Haven, Ireland, sig- Sheldon. The address was delivered in nals that she has picked up the crew an impressive manner and the speaker of the Marina. held the rapt attention of the audience Only 34 members of the crew of 104 from start to finish. have been landed at Crook Haven. Ben C. Shelden started in with a few American Consul Frost is now pro remarks confirming the statements of curing affidavits from survivors. Mr. Thomas in regard to representation A report on the sinking on October in legislature and showed to the satis 26 of the British steamship Rowanmore faction of his hearers that the only also was made to the American embas wav in which Jackson county could get sy today by Mr. Frost, who states that the recognition and things to which it the vessel was torpedoed. Seven Amer is entitled, is by sending representa icans. including five Filipinos, were on tives who would act unitedly. The ( I board the Rowanmore. Several of »peaker while disc’aiming ability to dis- ' ! them have given Mr. Frost affidavits cusi national politics, then gave a brief stating that a submarine shelled life a id interesting summary of the growth boats while they were being lowered of the republican partv from its incep and after they were clear of the ship, tion until the present time, citing the without causing loss of life. periods when the republican party was in power and the general prosperity j that prevailed during these periods as 1100 Deer Killed During Year campared with the panics and general in Douglas County. business prostration when the country was under democratic rule. Mr. Shel don then gave a simple illustration of Roseburg, Or., Oct. 31—About 1100 the working of the republican tariff, deer were killed in Douglas county dur by comparing it to a circle or endless belt and showing how the benefits of ing the hunting season, which ended to this great republican policy passed all day. During the last two weeks the around the circle, helping each one in bucks have been breaking into the op turn. While there was no attempts at i en country and big bags were made by bursts of oratory, the manner and ar almost every hunting party in all sec guments of the speaker were earnest tions of the county. Two fine bucks snd convincing and made a good im were killed last week within a mile of pression upon the minds of the hear the Roseburg city limits. ers. Liquor Poured Secretary Redifeld shows that 700 vessels were added to our merchant marine during the “past two years,” and he might have added that it was done without LaFollette and despite McAdoo. Info Sewer Klamath Falls, Or.. Oct. 31—Sheriff Low a few days ago poured 200 gallons of wine, recently seized at Algona, into the Main street sewer. A crowd wit I nessed the destruction of the liquor. Providing Payrollsand Promot ing Development of Watch for the Big Offer next week You can get a $2.50 pure We are taking orders now COOKER ON DISPLAY ÍÍ II II III ÎÎ] To Raise $10,000,000 Suffering Jews Lewis Ulrich The Pioneer Store Jacksonville, Ore I O R OWN STAT PRINTED ON SHINGLE Some Recent Happenings in Various Part ; of N >vel Supplement Issued to Oregon. Call Attention to Big Industry in Cowlitz Biff Apples Sh >wn Oregon. Grants Pass —Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. anaour.ces another voluntary raise of Salem, Or., Oct. 30 —“Statistics of fifty cents per ton on sugar beets which this institution during the current cal is a i advance of $1,00 per ton over the endar year warrant the belief that rate established in the contracts as ori crime in Oregon is steadily decreasing, ginally signed. Isn't such an industry and that the number of commitments a great asset to a community? to the penitentiary may be mateiiallv St. Helens—Ship yard here will erect reduced during the next few years,” enormous sheds to enable shipbuilding says Warden John W. Minto in his bi to continue throughout winter. ennial report filed with the state board St. Helens—Negotiations reported of of control todav. big timber deal which would mean new Speaking of the reformation of pri logging R. R: and large mill on Colum soners, the report says that 75 percent bia. of them can be reformed and the re Oregon’s total registration is 12,000 maining 25 per cent “are criminals by nature, training and inclination.” and less than in 1914. Portland-England buys two shiploads that “their entire lives will be spent either in some penal institution or dodg of Hour at $7.80 a barrel and one Chi ing oee. ” The 75 percent susceptible cago firm bought about 1,000,000 bush to reformation are “unfortunate vic els of wheat paying 11.55 for bluestem tims of passion, financial difficulties, Portland delivery. careless raising, unfavorable environ Eugene—Oregon Power Company ment ami weakness in the tace of tem- voluntarily ieduces its gas rale here tation,” says the report. The segrega and in Springfield nearly one-half, to tion of prisoners is recommended. stimulate use of gas. — ■ ■ ■ -- — Portland—New ship company to start work at once on contracts for four VIRGINIA BECOMES DRY ships involving $4,000,000 for Norwc- gian interests. MIDN1GHT TUESDAY Eugene—Logan berry juice factory being promoted here. Shipment of Liquor Barred; Union Pacific systems calls for bids on 2500 freight cars using 15,000,000 Prohibition States Will feet of lumber to be purchased from Union Pacific territory in Oregon, Total Eighteen Washington and Idaho. Eugene iron works will enlarge that I Richmond, Va., Oct. 30—Virginia industry by adding shops 40 by 68 feet. will enter the ranks of prolrbition Portland bank clearings one week to states at midnight Tuesday, swelling tal $19,338,931, largest for any one the total to 18, No liquor can be ship week since establishment of clearing ped after Tuesday and carriers have house. served not'ce that none will be receiv Bandon —N. Y. syndicate takes over ed for shipment after tomorrow. extesive mining claims in Coos and Cur Churches and temperance bodies ry counties. throughout the state are preparing to S. L. Heiiuerson, Ass’t Atty.-Gener- celebrate. W. H. Suter, Norfolk liquor dealer, l a! of state of Washington and extrain shot and killed himself yesterday. He | man says the Adamson law is purely a was despondent because the state is go minimum wagr law and when fully worked put will reduce present wages ing dry. of many railroaders. Cove—40 carloads prunes shipped to From the successful manner in which it can perch on opposite banners at the date. Corvallis—Electrification of S. P. same time victory must be twins. west side line now complete between According to al) occounts there is as mad a scramble among European peo here and Portland except from Inde ple for war bonds as there was in Bos pendence to McCoy where crews are si work. ton for world’s series tickets. Astoria-Altoona Packing Co. con templates erection of coid storage , plant. Marhfield—Eastside grants franchise to Oregon Power Co. Sutherlin —Bu iiding small sawmill to cut ties for new raiiroal. Bandon—Portland offers co-operati< n in building vessel to ply between tte two ports. Hermist >n—Construction Co. employ ing 100 men about half through widen ing government feed canal. Dallas—Prune packing plant is oper ating at full capacity and the biggest season in years is anticipated. Willamina—New sawmill to be built on Yambill near here. Hood River—Wittenburg-Kir.gCo. of The Dalles contracts for 5,00) tons low er grade fruit from Apple Associate n at $10 per ton. Local vinegar compa ny increases capacity. Fancy Fruit Co. making confections from candied frui). In connection with building the new railroad in Eastern Oregon, Robt. E. Strahorn said; “I hope the people of Oregon will make it as easy as possible to get capital to come here to do the work. We should not discourage capi tal by hostile legislation, such as the so-called ‘land anil loan’ bill. If that measure passed. I’m afraid it will le impossible to get money for the road that means so much to Oregon. ” Aluminum Cooker for $1. NO. 27 For New York, Oct. 30—A campaign to raise $10,000,000 in 1917 for Jewish war sufferers in Eur ,pe has been begun by the joint distribution committee. This will be in addition to $6,000,000 whicl already has been expended. Thin i aid to be the largest charitable project ever undertaken. Castle Rock, Wash., Oct. 30-The news-shingle supplement of the Cow litz County Advocate has j 1st been is sued and mailed by the publishers of that paper. It is pnn'.el on a regula tion shingle, 9 by 16 inches, and the news printed on the old “newspaper” is devote! entirely to the shingle indus try. Congressman Albert Johnson of Ho quiam, is distributing 51,000 of the news-shingles, and, as a result, Castle Rock is getting wide publicity. The Advocate and its shingle supplement are issued by Mrs. Nellie McClane, owner, and her daughter, Mabel Mc Clane Brown, editor and publisher, wh > has ablv stepped into the shoes of her father, the late lamented G. F. Mc Clane. EASTERN OREGON FOR HUGHES SAYS AGENT Want Good limes and Know IIow to Get Them, Says Hudson Man. Ho>d River, Or., Oct. 30—Tn? largest apples of a commercial variety ever exhibited here were grown the i ast year on young Delicious trees of the West side orchard of Dr. J. W. Sifton, a former Portland physician. Four of the large Delicious apples tippel the scales at a few ounces more than five pounds. Potato Crop at Halsey Halsey. Or., Oct. 30—The large crop of potatoes raised around Halsey this year was harvested in time to escape the long anticipated rain. One farmer Henry Seefeldt, planted 18 pounds of of Burbanks and he secnred 1810 pounds. Venison Reduces cost of Living Canvon City, Or., Oct. 3'i—Grant county citizens have reduced the high cost of living for this month by substi tuting venison for beefsteak and park chops. Many deer were killed during the season and hunters report that they were more plentiful than for several seasons. Portland, Oct. 30 —Eastern Oregon is Restaurants Raise Price of Meal J for Hughes, says R. J. McRell; Hud Pendleton, Or., Oct. 30 In notices son territory man for C. L. Boss & Co. appearing today, five local restaurants who returned this morning from a trip deciare that because of the increased which took him through Wasco, Gilliam cost of foodstuffs, they will have to Umatilla, Baker. Moroaml Union coun raise the price of all meals, formerly ties and over into Walla Walla, Wash. sold at 20 cents to 25 cents, the new Six weeks ago when McRell made the prices to be effective immediately. same trip he found considerable senti ment for Wilson, but it has dissolved into thin air, he said this morning. To Go After Punch Boards “I talked to hundreds and all want Portland, Oct. 31 —The government the good times they are experiencing now to continue. If Hughes is elected is going to go after punch boards and | similar gambling devices, with a view they know the good times will contin ue. With Wilson in there is a doubt, of putting an end to the game if possi they say. With a bountiful grain crop ble. C. B. Welter, postoffice inspector selling at a top figure, money is plenti- I in charge at Portland, stated yesterday fill in Eastern Oregon. Everyone has that any one found operating a board would have to answer to the federal au money and is spending it.” thorities. Lassen Peak is Not Mount Lassen The press dispatches describing the latest eruptions of Lassen Peak show i <ontin ed tendency to refer to the vo'cano as Mount Lassen. Perhapi it is thought th it the name should corre- s > nd with those of some other famous peaks of the Cascade Range, such as Mount Shasta or Mount Rainier. But Lassen Peak, as the m >st active "nd interesting volcan"in the United States is espec ally entitled to be called by its own name, and acts of Congress and Presidential proelam iti m3 in creating and recognizing the Lassen Peak Na : tional Forest and Lassen Peak Nation al Monument have given the name Las ! sen Peak a status of high rank in the geologic annals of the Cascade Range. The area has recently been set apart as tne Lassen Vol :atiic National Park. Th; name Las en Peak, according to the U ii'e 1 States Geological Survey. D ¡pa tment of the Interior, is the only tut! orize 1 form on maps, reports an 1 gaict'e rs, from the Whitney Geologi cal Survey of Ci'.fornia, in 18>5, to the Gromorph c map of California an I Ne vada published by the Euthquake In vestigation Commission, as well as on the latest map issu id by the Forest Service. Railroad Man Loses Arms Ashland, Or., Oct. 31 —Fred Dodge a prominent Elk and one of the most popular brakeman on the Shasta divi sion of the Southern Pacific, has lost both arms and is at a local hospital at rhe point of death as the result of an accident at Steinman, Dodge was act ing as conductor on the Ashland-Horn brook freight. A knuckle broke in the coupling an 1 the train parted. Dodge was caught between the cars, trying to remove the broken part, when the front end slacked back. Hi» body was badly bruised He has a wife and baby and is the son-in-law of Mayor Johnson of Ashland.— Later The unfortunate man died Wednesday morning If the European war wer* half as bloody as some American newspapers Neutrals have suffered enough as in have made it appear, it would be al nocent bystanders without inviting most as grewsome as a movie master I bumps by trying to be peace makers. piece. Marrying Justice at Dallas Dallas, Or., Oct. 30—Justice of the Peace Hardy Holman, of this city, has made quite a record while in the office of the justice by marrying 223 couples. The 223d on the list was added last week when he united in marriage T. C. Syron and Miss Faye L. Fink. Judge Holman is a Republican and has never been defeated for the office he has held fur 15 years. Brownsville Has Biff Bean Crop Brownsville, Or., Oct. 30 This sec tion has just harvested and threshed the largest bean crop raised here for years. No one raises exclusively, and no one had a large acreage. Five men had respectively 1500, 5000, 70<X), 8000 and 15,000 pounds. Most ef the beans were contracted by Portland seed hous es before they were planted. One grower cleared $500 on 13 acres, seven of beans and six of vetch. Oregon Girls Will Work in Missions of China. Milton, Or., Oct. 30—Miss Daisy Mai- deu, sister of Mrs. Ed McKenzie, of this city and a former primary teacher in the Pleasant View district, leaves this week with five other young women from different parts of the state for Shanghai, China, where they will work as missionaries for the church of God. Tooze Brings Cheerful News From Campaign Tour Salem. Or., Oct. 30 According to Walter L. Tooze Sr., who is just back from Umatilla county, that county will give Governor Hughes a majority of more than 1500. As head of the Hughes alliance, Mr. Tooze conducted meetings at Adams, Stanfield, Echo and Athena, and he said his audiences were both large and enthusiastic. Berlin opine» that In ' his protest against the British black-list Mr. Wil son will not go beyond words, and it must he admitted that Berlin ought to know. Why didn’t General Trevino accept the eternal fitness of things and permit Villa to capture that penitentiary?