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A Sepulcher of Broken Hearts.
Official Paper of the City of Jacksonville, Oregon
A weekly newspaper published every Saturday at the county seat of Jacksoi
County, Oregon. D. W. B agshaw , Editor and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter June 22. 1907, at the post office at Jai k.-oi.\ . .,
Oregon, under Aet of Congress of March ”, 1879.
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27. 1917
SUBSCRIPTION: One year by mail $1.50. Advertising rates furnished on
application.
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Forest Notes
Shells Denied By Erg'and
London, fan 24. — The B-itish gov
L imber Industry Conditions Re
ernment has refused permission to th-
vealed By Forest Service
Hadfield’s, Limited, to proceed will
work on (he contract for shells for the
That unstable and partly speculative American navy, “so long as the exig
forest ownership in the west and south encies of war continue.”
The announcement is made in the
is the cause of frequent over-cutting of
the market and waste of forest resour form of an official notice by Dr. Chris
ces is announced by the Forest Service topher Addison, the minister of muni
in a report just off the government tions, in which attettion is given to the
press. Too large stocks of timber ac fact that the entire steel output is un
quired from the public domain and too der his control.
much timber »peculation mixed with
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the manufacture of lumber, says the
i Even’The Trains Go Dry
Service, uuderlie the present instabili
ty of the industry.
All this, the Service points out, con
Although prohibition of the liquor
cerns the lumber user. Many states traffic has not yet become effective in
are paying dearly for lumber because Wyoming and Utah, the Union Pacific
their own timber is largely used up and has discontinued serving liquor on its
outBide supplies can be obtained only dining and buffet cars in those states.
at high costs of transportation. With By this action from a railroad stand
little being done to grow new forests point the entire country from Seattle
on cutover lands, a more widespread , and Portland on tne Union Pacific to
shortage of forest products is threaten the Missouri river has become “dry”
ed in the future.
territory.
The Forest Service advocates various
forms of open-price conseration among
lumber manufacturers to make the in
two Bills Signed
dustry more efficient and check waste
ful over-production. But it is strongly
Salem, Jan. 24.—The governor yes
against changes in the present compet terday signed the following bills: Sen
itive character of the business through ate bill No. 7 relates to redemption and
combinations to control output or reg to sheriff’s deeds and Senate bill No.
ulate prices, even though advocated in 25 to conveyance of real property.
the name of conservation.
The report contains the boiled-down
Wild Elk Near Yoakum
conclusions of a study of timber own
ership and the lumber business, under
Pendleton, Jun. 24. —B. F. Girton,
taken by the Forest Service to find out who lives in the vicinity of Yoakum,
how this business as conducted today saw an Elk south of bis ranch Sunday.
affects forest conservation and the in He reports that others have also seen
terests of the millions of users of wood signs of the elk around thee for sev-
in the United States, and to see wheth eral days.
er the public policies in protecting the
nation’s forests go far enough. It is
sought to help the industry solve the
Eledrlc Sparks
serious problems which confront it.
Added weight is given to the report
bv the concur rence in its publi
cation of the Federal Trade Commis
Poor old Germany, beleagured, beset,
sion, which cooperated with the Forest confronted by superior numbers, is
Service in the investigation. The com forced to cry for peace event at the
mission, however, reserves its speciffic price of having her lost colonies re
conclusions or remehies for a report of
turned and setting up the independent
its own to be published later.
kingdoms of Poland and Lithuania.
Additional Locals
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Ground Hog Day next. Friday.
John Crump of Sterling was in town
today.
Ernest Langley was in Medford ve3-
terday.
Will Henry is working at the
Valley orchard.
Charles Dunford Jr. of Buncom was
in town this week.
Chas. F. Dunford of the Bar H ranch
was in town this morning.
James Francis of Medford is spend
ing the weekend in this city.
W. J. Moore of Ashland was a busi-
ness visitor in this city today.
Oscar (Ikey) Dunford is working in a
meat market at McCloud, Cal.
Gus Newbury of Medford transacted
business at the court house today.
About twenty young men enjoyed an
impromtu boxing tournament at the
U.S. Hall Sunday evening.
Richard Gaskin, who is working in
the office of the Central Point Herald,
came home last night.
The Jacksonville» basket ball teams
were defeated at Rogue River last
night by the following scores: girls
game 48-6, boys game 25 16.
The Cottage Grove basket ball team
is making a tour of the valley this
week. They won one gamo from Ash
land high, lost one to Medford nigh and
won one from Medford. Tonight they
play the Ashland militia team at Ash-
land.
Above th* Vulgar Gaze.
Until 1870 It wns against the law
■ nd ■■cred custom for any subject to
look nt the emperor of Japan Ills
political advisers and attendants saw
only his back When he first left the
palace the shutters of all the houses
Inid to lie drawn, and no one wns per
mltted In the streets. Even today,
when the emperor has the privilege of
driving through the streets like one of
his subjects. It Is not considered quite
proper to cast a glance at him.
A Young Pessimist.
First Office Boy—The old man's ste
nographer Just told me she loved me
for myself alone. Do you think she's
kidding? Second Office Boy No. cer
tainly not. Probably the old gink is
going to raise your salary to $5 a week
and has told her about it.—Boston
Glob»
A peace plea from one set of bellig
erents to the other seems only to in
crease the feeling of hostility.
Inexorable logic seems to demand
that Villa be got, or he will get some
body else naming no names.
Noth’i'g that has happened in the
past few should persuade the authori
ties in Washington that we do not need
a real navy.
A man never does anything desperate
if fed regularly.
Lots of men will tell you how to get
rich, but they haven’t time to explain
why they are still poor.
Germany seems to be renewing its
note on submarine warfare.
Being scraps of paper should make
international treaties of extra worth in
these times.
Carranza showed himself a genuine
Mexican when he managed to neither
accept or reject the protocol in full.
Germany’s intentions to make poor
little kingdoms independent and to blot
out Romania are side by side.
That Germany is not unmindful of
the fact that Portugal is at war with
her was more or less indicated the oth
er day when a Portuguese vessel was
sunk by a submarine.
If time is money that of some men
must be lead nickels
America is organized to enjoy peace,
but it is pitifully helpless to maintain
peace against foreign aggression.
Possibly Secretary of War Baker ob
jects to the Lewis machine gun, so po
pular with the English army, on the
ground that it is inhuman.
The Asquith cabinet was criticized
for the alleged feeble way in which the
war was conducted, but the fact of
those peace proposals remains.
Useful Attachment.
T wonder how that rough looking
fellow with his terrible language keel»
his place in it ladles' hairdressing par
lor?”
“I think it la because the patrons of
the place beard Ills talk made one's hair
curl."—Baltimore American.
Not Tender.
No, Maude, denr; we very much
doubt that you could hurt a cnnalboat
by treading on Its tows.—Philadelphia
Record.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
—Euripides.
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In the old Franciscan church of the
Holy Cross rises one of the two nionii-
meuts disdainful Florence condcscen I-
cd to give her greatest poet, whose
greatest honor lies in Ids gift to the
world nt oue splendid sweep of a pure
anil reercuteil Italian language- until
¡is time halting and feeble in tli.it
immortal masterpiece of literature, the
Divinu Commedia.”
This church might well be known ns
the Broken Hearts instead of Santa
Croce, for near Dante's cenotaph —his
exiled ashes still rest In Ravenna—lies
the body of that other terriiic genius,
Michelangelo, who, broken in spirit,
died gladly when the city so dear to his
heart fell once more upon dark and
tyrannous days, And Galilei Is here,
too, and Altieri, and Machiavelli, and
many another, a brilliant train.
M icbelangelo's last work is In
nearby church of Sun Lorenzo, in
mortuary chapel of the Medici,
great house which deigned to fuvor
him with its patronage or its enmity
throughout his life.—Nutionul
graphic Magazine.
We Invite Comparison!
Jacksonville merchants welcome any one who is posted
on merchandise and judges values strictly on their merits
to compare their lines with any in the valley.
Value Is The True Test of Cheapness
Low prices are not always desirable.
Merit consists
of Right Goods, Good Values and Efficient Service.
His Epitaph.
A recent automobile accident lu an
up state county resulted in the death
of the driver and the injury of two
passengers.
The coroner summoned several wit
nesses, among them a farmer living
ucar tlie scene of the accident. There
wns voluminous testimony regarding
t4ie high speed at which the car trav
eled. Witnesses said, too, that the
road wns iu bad repair. The coroner
finally reached tbo farmer wlto lived
near tlie scene.
“What would you say about this ac
cident. Mr. Swiggett?" the coroner
asked.
“Well, if 1 was writin’ that young
man's epitaph,” the witness drawled,
“I'<1 say lie died tryin' to git sixty
miles a hour out of a ten mile road."
—Indianapolis News.
It will pay to see our lines First
We invite comparison for
The World is growing
Better at
Taylor- Williams Co.
A Famous Dresser.
Joachim Murat was in his day the
best dressed man In the world. Born
in 17G7 in a village near Caliors the
son of a day laborer, lie was sent to a
Jesuit school to be educated for the
priesthood. lie ran away. Joined the
army, and sixteen years after he had
become n lieutenant he was a field mar
shal, duke of Cleves und Berg, with Na
poleon's sister, Caroline, as his wife,
and finally, by the grace of his broth
er-in-law, was created king of Naples.
In all stations lie paid tile closest at
tention to bis attire and wore in bat- raw. .
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tie gold embroidered and jeweled Ulli- 9 (Si Highest quality, jewelry
forms which would have made lilm
repairing, diamond set
ting, watch repairing,
conspicuous at a court function, and
Y agate mounting and jew
dressed himself ns for a review when
elry manufacturing.
lie was led forth to be shot.—New York
Martin J. Reddy,
Tribune.
The People’s Store
Phone 142
Jacksonville
212 !.. Main St..
Oregon
MEDFORD. OREGON.
He Was Just Thinking.
“Mary," said a man to his spouse,
who was gifted with a rapidly moving
tongue, "did you ever hear the story
of the precious gems?”
“No," she replied.
bat is it?”
tit's a fairy legend that my grand
mother told me when I was a boy,”
the husband continued. “It was about
a woman from whose lips fell a dia
mond or a ruby at every word she
spoke.”
“Well?” said bis wife as he paused.
“That's all there Is of it, my dear,”
he replied. “But I was just thinking
if such things happened nowadays I
could make my fortune as a jeweler.”
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Skibbsreen.
An Englishman was once traveling
in the south of Ireland when be came
to a village called Skibbereeu. The
name struck him as very peculiar und
odd, and lie asked a villager why tile
town was so culled. “Sure," the vil
lager replied, "1 thought even an Eng
lishman could have seen the reason
for that. Il s called Sklbbcrceu to dis
tinguish It from other place* of the
smile nume."—Christian Register.
Mars and Its Moons,
One of its moons circles Mars every
seven hours, In consequence of this
rapid revolution it appears to tlie ta
habitants of Mars (if there be any) to
rise in the west ami set in the east
Well Guarded.
Electric burglar alarms surround Un
cle Sum's treasury at Washington and
are tested every fifteen minutes, day
and night.
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Morning Headache.
Early morning headaches may
be due to many causes—eye
strain, kidney trouble, dissipa
tion. too milch smoking, over
eating of proteins, ex< esslve men
tal labor or too high blond pres
sure. The Medical Record quotes
some obseri ntions by the French
doctor, Renon, which extended
over fifteen years ami in which
he found in many cases execs
sively high blood tension.
When the persistent headaches
are so severe that they unfit the
sufferer for work It is generally
found that his heart is enlarged
and Ids kidneys ifre affected.
Such cases often s|>eedlly termi
nate fatally, but Intensive treat
ment will alleviate the symp
toms. The Medical Record says
coal tar derivatives and tobacco
must be shut off. The patient
must have mental rest. lie must
go on a purely milk diet for nt
least n week, after which lie may
eat fruits mid vegetables on eer
tain days for two weeks more.
A light, low protein regimen fol
lows for several weeks.
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UNLESS you spend it at home stores.
and let it grow.
Keep it here
Your home merchant, like this home paper, is work
ing to benefit your interests.
SCRE, SWOLLEN,
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Weather Report.
Conducted by Doctors D >w
Surgical and Obstetrical
cases only, received.
Graduate Nurses only, employed.
1 atients received at any time.
Day and night telephone service.
Phone 341.
Following is the report of U. S. Vol
unteer Cooperative Observer, E. Britt;
Jacksonville, for month of
Dec.
Latitude 42 deg. 18. min. north; longi
tude 123 deg. 5 min. west.
Central Point
Oregon
OFFICES
Dr. McM. M. Dow,
Physician and Surgeon
A warship goes on a whaling voyage Dr. Lydia S. Dow,
when it starts out to lick somebody.
Osteopathic Physician.
The weather never ceases to be of
306-7 M. F. & H. Build'ng
interest, although, it is true, that it
Medford Telephone 139,
has fallen somewhat into disrepute as
Medford, O"egon.
a topic of conversation.
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Temperature—mean max. 36.61; mean
mir. 26.32; mean 31.46. Max 52. on 1,
Minimum, 7, on 20. Greatest daily
range, 10. Total precipitation 4.07
> inches. Greatest in 24 hours, .68 in.,
on
24. Number of days with 01.
inch or more precipitation, 15, clear,
3; partly cloudy, 1; cloudy, 27.
Precipitation for reason, 7.80
Precipitation for last season
K. B ritt ,
Cooperative Observer.
Those Danish West Indies come high
but we must have them.
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