Jacksonville Post
SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1917.
LOCAL NEWS
Pat Swayne of Watkins was a visit
or in town this week.
Lee Port, the Forest Ranger, has
purchased a Maxwell car.
Tom Dunnington and wife of Medford
were visiting in town Sunday.
Miss Monda Helms has returned from
a visit with friends at Grants Pass.
Miss Anna Bland of Grants Pass has
been visiting relatives in Jacksonville.
E. L. Jones, a miner of the Blue
Ledge district, was in town this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson of
Medford were recent visitors in this
city.
C. E. Gates, newly elected mayor of
Medford, was in town the first of the
week
Miss Barneta Johnson of Gold Hill
visited friends in this city the first of
the woek.
Mrs. Pearl Hollingsworth and Mrs.
Mamie Nelson returned from Klamath
Falls Sunday.
Monday, January 25, is the anniver
sary of the birth of ex-president Wil
liam McKinley.
William Puhi, who is making quite a
success of ranching near Gold Hill was
in town Thursday.
Mr. arid Mrs. R. G. Brophy of Eu
gene are visiting friends near this city.
They expect to remain several weeks.
When you are hungry and in Med-
fore, try the r.ice meals served by An
na Coffman and Anna Hoxie at the
Nash Caffeteria
[Adv]
T. J. Kenney left for Seattle the first i
of the week. Later he will sail for
Cordova, Alaska, where he has a posi
tion awaiting him.
Guy R. Harper is at Medford this
week assisting accountant E. M. Wil- ,
eon, checking over the benefit assess
ments levied o i city property.
C. H. Owen of Talent and W. H.
Johnson and R. D. Hines of this city j
have incorporated the Southern Oregon '
Fruit Co., with a capital of $125,000.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Burrell of Alam
eda, Cal. were looking over the valley ■
this week. They will buy land and )o- j
cate here permanently if they find !
something to suit.
Fred and Kenneth Puhi have passed '
the final examination for entrance into
the U. S. Navy and have gone to San
Francisco .where they will be given
the usual training.
Tom Kinney, Carl Hammond and Rov !
Watkins, charged with killing a sow
belonging to A. M. Terrill of Lake
Creek, were bound over to the grand
jury by Justice Taylor at Medford Wed
nesday.
E. G. Harding, arrested by game;
wardens Driscoll and Walker, charged
with haviug fresh deer meat in his pos
session, plead guilty, and was fined $25
and costs by Justice Taylor at Medford
Wednesday.
Benj. C. Sheldon, one of the Jackson ;
county represtatives at Salem, has in
troduced a bill in the legislature which
will cut out the property qualifications
required of voters for the election of
school directors.
Frank Hobart was given twenty-five
days in the county jail for jumping a
$10 board bill at Medford. The man
was arrested at Grants Pass and then
brought to Medford, where a hearing
was held before Justice Taylor.
The “bone dry” bill as amended by
committee of the house, has been made
a special order of business for Monday
morning. A canvass of the members
has been made and it is claimed that
the bill will receive more than fifty of
the sixty votes in the house. An em
ergency clause is attached to the bill
and it will become effective immediate
ly upon receiving the signature of the
governor.
The first carload of ore from the Blue
Ledge mine left here Wednesday even
ing but was held up at Medford until
Friday before being sent to the smelt
er. The load weighs about thirty-five
tons and was hauled here from the
mine in wagons It is the plan of the
management to follow up this ship- o
ment with others as soon as the ore
can be transported from the mine.
When Bpring opens up it is proposed to
supplement the horse teams with a line
of auto trucks.
Miss Gretchen Puhi gave a party
Saturday night in honor of her broth
ers Fred and Kenneth, who left the
first of the week for Portland and San
Francisco, where they will go in train
ing for 6 months before joining the na
vy. Music, both vocal and instrnmen-
t d was indulged in and refreshments
of ice cream and cake served. Those
present were: Mr, and Mrs. Ernest
Langley, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kitto,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wysong, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Peachey, Misses Emma
Wendt, Alice Hoefs, Lulu Williams,
Edith Hoefs, and Messrs G. N. God- j
ward, Dan Bagshaw, George Wendt,
Chester Wendt, Fred Puhi, Kenneth
Puhi and Herbert Davis and Charlie
Porter of Ashland.
C. E. Benedict wa.i a recent visitor
at Medford.
1 John Buckley of Ruch was in to vn
Wednesday.
All work done in 1917 spot cash at
W. R. Sparks.
Chauncey Florey was a visitor at
Medford Thursday.
D. H. Cronemdler was a visitor at
Medford Wednesday.
Dan Moorehead of Watkins was a
recent visitor in this city.
Edward Smith of Coos Bay is a vis
itor in the valley this week.
Raymond Refer of Medford was in
town several days this week.
M. P. Olsen of Granada, Calif, was
a business visitor in this city «Monday.
Mrs. D. W. Bagshaw and daughter,
Mary, were visitors at Medford, Friday
afternon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Port and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Peachey visited relatives
at Ashland Sunday.
Harry Lewis of this city is meat cut
ter at the Montague meat market, says
the Messenger of that city.
Mrs. Margarette Gordon, a pioneer
of Southern Oregon, die? at her nom •
in Medford, January 22, aged 82 years.
She was a native of Pennsylvania
and had lived in Jackson county since
1867.
Members of the school board assure
us that the reports mentioned in our
last issue regarding the release of one
of the teachers are incorrect: that the
release or resignation had not been ask
ed for and that the schools were pro
gressing nicely.
Chester Kubli'of Applegate whs in
town Friday.
Dan Ryan of Steamboat was a visit
or in town this week.
Leon Hanna transacted bn ness a’.
.Medford Wednesday.
Harry D. Mills of I'utte Falls was a
recent visitor in this city.
Mr. and Mrs W. H. Bowen were vis
itors at Medford Wednesday.
County Clerk Gardner was a business
visitor at Medford Wednesday.
Oliver Harbough transacted business
at Medford Wednesday.
Harley Hall of Medford was a busi
ness visitor in this city Wednesday.
A. T. Lundgren of Watkins is spend
ing a few days in this city attending to
business alfairs and visiting friends.
James Thomason of Ashland was sen
tenced Friday to serve thirty days in
the county jail for killing deer out of
season.
The Ashland Normal School building
may soon be used for a Training School,
a bill ro that effect having been intro
duced in the legi- lature Thursday.
We note with pleasure that a consid
erable improvement has been made in
the Central Point Herald, in both typo
graphical appearance and quantity of
news matter. Keep it ut) brother.
A team of horses, belonging to a man
from Gold Hill, r in away, Friday mor
ning, completely wrecking the buggy
to which they hail been hitched. The
team had been left standing on the
street and took advantage of the driv
er’s absence to create a little excite
ment of its own.
Semi-Tropical
Southern California
CALIFORNIA-with its oranges, its Win
ter flowers, its beaches, its mountain re
sorts, its time-stained missions, its^de-
ligntful sunshine and out-of-door life—
surely the call is irresistable in January.
But a two days journey away on daily
trains of the delightful
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California Express
San Francisco Express
You can secure ticketf or complete
information from any agent or write
JOHN M. SCOTT. General Passenger Aient
Portland, Oregon,
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
LINES
Everybody Get !n
Line For Prosperity.
S?ome Patronage Will Doh
If you spend your money with your neighbor he’ll spend his
with you.
The ads. in your home paper will tell you how to spend it-
judiciously.
BOOST FOR HOME TRADE AND PROSPERITY
CITY DRUG & GIFT STORE
Fine Christmas Novelties!
suitable for »gifts for young and old.
Purses, Box stationery, foilet articles,
Xmas and New Year’s cards, Perfumery,
Books, etc. Call and see our stock.
Holiday Greetings to All
J. W.Robinson, M. D., Proprietor
Jacksonville
Oregon
HUC-
fil
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pul i :-ic:l 1.1 i r? Ik. .11 Writer. The e
are i,-> 1 s . n :' f -.:!y satis«':. to y
variuilo1« a “a <•«• led" to “yowled."
The ; ,1.« ,:e.' it’ tlie Lar no longer
need s y that lie Is Innocent. lie «an
babble it or bawl it or blurt it or
breathe It, to use but one letter of the
alphabet. The vindictive district at
torney can 1 ark his questions. the law
yer for the defense can boom bls ob
jections, th«' sp« tutors may either bris
tle their Indignant pn test or blubber
their sympathy. But the merit of such a
list is not siti.ply tli.it it facilitates the
management of dialogue. A thorough
study of the 385 s« l.stitntcs for "said”
will easily suggest the plot and the
eluirai IcrL.ati 'ii that mu; t precede dia
logue. The letter C hi Itself is a com
pendium of plot and a gallery of por
traits. Given somebody who eaclil-
nates, another who chuckles, another
who co«>s, another who croons, an
other who challenges, another who con-
f«.-. os and minor characters who cry,
croak, commune ami cut in, and It is
plain that we have a s enario almost
ready made.—New York Post.
Tns History o' a Back.
Following is th«? stoi. of the first edi
tion of Fitzgerald's «■«>!« ' rate 1 transla
tion o’ < »I«,.: r Kin ; . ■
The bo k was Issued anonymously
ami found m> buyers. A« ordlngly tho
aullii r went to Bcrr.anl Quarltihs
shop, dropp'd n heavy parcel of 200
■oples of th«' "Itul niynt” ami sai l.
’ Qiiiirll« li, 1 make y< u a i resent of
these books.”
Th«' fam ms Ixvikseller off«'red them
first ill half a crown, then nt a shilling,
uml. again descending, at sixpence, but
:to buy« rs came. In despair lie r 'du«*ed
the book I > a penny a id put copies
Into II I k X outside Ids door with a tick
et. “All ilit' e are 1 penny each.” At
tint price the pamphlet moved. In n
few weeks tlm lot was sold, ami In this
way one of «> 1 Tost gems of English
literature was dl.-pet ~c«l among a not
overiliseernlng public.
Th«' legend has it that Dante Gabriel
Rossetti, Swinburne ami Burton were
among thbse who dis-overeil the “hid
den treasure in the penny box." Years
passed, uml the om e dcspis d volume
ro.-e In the market, and in 1898 Qua-
rit'. h bought in for £21 a copy which
forty yours before ho had sold for a
penny.—London S| ectutor.
Crops la Colo* ado Damag
ed Nearly Million Col
lars By Disease
Fests
CorvalFs, Jar. 2.'. \\’there si'fir
beet factory in em tetftl op, ration in
southern Or gon at «1 a very g.rural
feeling that the industry may well be
extended, growers are quite naturally
anxious to receive protection from plant
di.-e «sea that have seriously hm deep-
pel and almost wrecked th'- industry
in other states .is can be h.'d by care
ful and systematic pre autmns. They
are looking to the State Experiment
Station which is well equipped at the
present time witn men to carry on the
research work but s i Uy lacking in mon
ey since the working appropriatior s
were cut off by the legislature.
Oregon growers have called at tent’on
to the fact that in Colormlo in 1915 the
loss due to sugar beet di«e rse was
$880,1)00. Quite naturally they aie
anxious to avoid a loss of this nr:ure,
since the only hope of establishing a
oerrnanent and successful imlus ry in
the sugar beet business lies in el.mill-
ating al! unfavorable elements possible
and bringing al) existing agencies inn
reasonable support of the new under
taking.
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Located the Bodies.
As a means of locating the bodies
of four United States soldiers who
Wonderful Carving.
were accidentally drowned in the lilo
Dr. refer Oliver, who lived In Eng Grande recently an unusual experi
land during tlie early part of the eight ment was tried and proved successful.
eenth century, tells of seeing a carved
A hat was thrown Into the water ut
cherry stone which would be a wonder tlie point where the men had last been
even in thia age of tine tools ami fine seen and "as followed downstream
workmanship. The stone was one Until, after traveling about five miles
from a common cherry, and upon it from the seen;' of the accident, It came
were carved the heads of 121 pojies, to an edd.v where it moved about slow
kings, queens, emperors, saints, etc. ly for some time. This gave the search
Small as they must necessarily have • ers what they thought might be a clew,
been, it Is announced on the authority ami, following a practice frequently
of Professor Oliver flint with a good used in searching for bodies, a charge Us?s Aitopiars Engine
glass the heads of the popes ami kings of dynamite was exploded nt the point
could readily be distinguished from where the progress of the hat hail
In His f ishing Beat
those of the queens and saints by their ceased. Immediately the bodies came
Roseburg’J an. 24. —Hugh Pearson,
miters anil crowns. The gentleman : to the surface.
wlio brought this little wonder to Eng i The explanation of the experiment a Winchester fisherman, has | urchaacd
land purchased it in Prussia, allowing is that the Itlo Grande in this region an aero enfiine for trolling. This dev
tho original owner £5,000 for Ids treas j is tortuous and bus many eddies. The ice uses a small airplane propeller for
ure. Think of It—$25,000 foy a cherry ■ searchers rightly ussumed that the motive power, causing less disturbance
bodies would la- enrried downstream
sceil 1
■ until they came to an eddy, which in in the water than either oars or screw
I this instance was indicated by the re- propeller.
Something In This.
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“You women nro always spending ' tardeil progress of die hat.—St. Louis
|
Republic.
Recdü Measure Passes S.na'e
money for preparations to make your-
selves better looking,” growled Mr.
Our First National Road.
Twobble.
The first of our great national roads
Salem, Jan. 24.—The efforts of O.
“I guess that's true, my dear,” re
was th«' Cumberland road, which ran ¡M. l’lummer, school director of Port-
plied Mrs. Twobble sweetly.
"Now, you hardly ever see a man from the Potomac to the Mississippi. i land, to stay the passage of Senator
Starting from Cumberland, Md., it ran
doing that."
Eddy’s senate bill No. 95 providing l'cr
"No, because ninety-nine out of a west through Marylnnd, Pennsylvania, the recall of school directors in districts
hundred realize that the quest of beau- Ohio, Indiana anil Illinois to its ter
ty is hopeless.”—Birmingham Age-Her minal point at the Mississippi opposite of the first class, were unsuccessful
St. I.ouls. It was built by tlie United this morning and the measure passed
ald.
States government under the supervi the senate by a vote of 21 to 9.
sion of the war department. In order
“When the recall method was adopt
Old Time Prices.
to secure funds for the constant repairs ed by tlie people the school directors
When
we
uro
told
that
100
years
ago
i
a dollar bought ten dozen eggs or throe necessary congress passed n bill in 1822 were not taken into consideration. This
bushels of potatoes wo picture to our- ordering tlie establishment of turn seems an unimportant position,” said
I selves a perfect stato of society. Then pikes, wftli gates and tolls, but Presi i Senator Eddy, “but it is not. When
I wo learn that tho snmo dollar paid n dent Monrce vetoed the bill on the (lireclors are found incompetent they
num for two days’ haril work on tho ground that congress bail no power to ! should be recalled the same as other
1 farm, and wo realize that the former puss such a sweeping measure of in
■ generation had its own problems.— ternal Improvement. Two years later ; officials who fail properly to perform
j lie signed a somewhat similar bill, anil their duties.”
Youth’s Companion.
the road reeelveil the needed appropria
According to th«? bill a recall can be
tion. The last appropriation was made demanded after a petition signed by le
Great Coal Seam.
by congress In 1844. Parts of tlie old
gal voters representing 25 per cent of
Beneath the city of Sydney, New road are still in use.
the children of the district is presented
South Wales, Is a vast coal seam
which extends 100 miles north and the
to the school clerk.
Europe's Longest Dam.
same distance In a westerly and south
The largest dam In Europe Is in
erly direction. The seam varies from
Spain
and is the result of American
four to thirty feet, and the depth runs
from the surface outcrop to 2,000 feet engineering. It is built across the
chasm through which the Noguera Pal-
deep.
laresa river flowed and Is situated near
ill«' ohl fortified town of Talarn. Abut
More Advanced.
nelter — Have you a book calle«! ting on utmost perpendicular cliffs, the
"How to Acquire a Good Carriage?” «lam Is constructed of concrete ami
Clerk — No. sir, but here is “Seven measures 3.30 feet In height and 700
Ways to Obtain an Automobile.”—To feet In length. It forms an artificial
lake fifteen miles long anil nearly’ four
ledo Blade.
Notice To Creditors
miles wide. Its object is twofold pro
duction
of
electric
power
ami
for
lrrl
An Artist.
Sue—You s:lil you were going to gating. The cement used In the con In the matter of the estate of
marry an artist, and now you're en- struetlon of the dam was made on the Olaf Rye BjerregaarJ, decease«!
gaged to a dentist. I’lo—Well, Isn't spot from linn stone and marl found
Notice is hereby given, that the un
ho an artist? He draws from real within a short distance anil transport dersigned, Geo. R. Lindley, has been
«■d
by
a
temporary
railroad.
life.
duly appoint««! executor of the estate
of Olaf Rye Bjerregaard, oeceased, and
Those Youngsters!
Both Alike.
notice is hereby given that any arid all
Little
Bobby
—
Don
’
t
you
want
to
take
Friend—Honestly, old chap, I can’t
make anything out of your poems. me to the toboggan slid«1 with you persons having claims against said es
Poet—That's my trouble too.—Boston some «lay, Mr. Jinks? Mr. Jinks—I tate may present them with the proper
never go to uny toboggan slide, Bobby: vouchers, within six months from the
Globe.
never saw a tolsiggan. Bobby in trifle «late of the first publieati in of this no
nonplused)—That's funny. I beard pa tice, which first publication is on the
+ say something about your going down 27th,
rlay of January, A. D. 1917, to
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. <> hill nt a furious rate. — Pittsburgh
to the said executor at his office in the
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Jackson County Bank, in the city of
Pimples.
❖
Medford, or at the office of his attorn
Sure, Don't Intorrupt.
The story of pimples and how ♦
“3Vhat right nave you to object to ey, H. A. Canaday, at 216 East Main
not to have them is a short one «
to relate, but to put Into prac * the question that lawyer naked me? Street, Medford, Jackson County, Ore
tice anil accomplish results Is ■J* You don't know what 1 was going to gon.
quite another story. It is diffl- * answer,” a witness In n damage suit Dated January 27th, A. D. 1917.
cult, first, because people who ♦ In the court of a Justice of tlie pence
G eo . R. L ini ley .
have pimples want to get rid of ♦ replied when one attorney objected to
Executor.
a
«prestimi
asked
tin
1
witness
by
the
them without paying the price ❖
of removing the cause, They ♦ other attorney.- Indianapolis News.
want to get sonn thing for noth *
Al The Churches
ing and would rather s|iend sums ♦
Not a Dancer.
of money to have them removed ♦
P resbyterian
Mistress -Farah, I don't believe flint
with nasty medicine, If It were <• I have given a dance aim■<■ you've been
Albert H. Gammons. Minister
possible, than go almut it In a, in my service, but do you think you
Sunday Services regularly as follows:
the only natural and possible V could make yourself useful? Sarah—
way. Another reason why It is ♦ Well. mum. I you see. 1 ain't never
10:00 A. M. Sabbath School Classes
difficult for most people to re a, took dancin' lesions In all my life — for all ages.
move pimples Is that It demands
Boston Transcript.
11:00 A. M. Morning worship, wi ll
a change of not a few of their ♦
■
sermon.
living habits the eating of can ♦
Publicity Work.
6:15 P. M. Christian Endeavor Pray
dles, meats and heavy foods ♦
Kathryn Of corinm this dory about
er meeting.
without drinking sufficient wa ♦ Kate Is Jll 4 I «'tween ns two. I'itt-.e
7:30 P. M Evening worship, with
ter ami taking plenty of exer A Sure! Ami lietween us two It ought
cise. In other words, they would ♦ 0» get a pretty wide clrculatfon.- sermon.
rather eat candy and loll around ♦ Puck.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday even
with pimples than word hard, ♦
ing at 7:30.
Handicapped.
get sweaty perhaps and keep ♦
Everyone welcome to these meetings.
“Why don’t you look around for
the skin rubbed «lean. Pimples ♦
“I was glad when they said unto me
hare rightly been called Indi ♦ woi It?"
"Can't: I’ve got n sHIT neck." Ex let us go into the the house of the
gestion bumps. They follow th«- ♦
, Lord.—Pa. 122:1.
eating of rich. heavy fowls and ♦ change.
sweets ami are an Indication of ♦
We r< luce life to Hie [lettlness of
an inactive life plus on indul ♦
CHRISTIAN SCIENl't-:
♦ III- «1 ill; living. We s' it'd exalt our
gent appetite.
♦ li in.- to the grandeur of life. Phillips
Services held every Sunday mornil g
Brooks.
at 11 o’clock in I. O. O. F. Hall.
9 *
Everybcxiy welcome.