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About Jacksonville post. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1906-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1917)
Mrs. I., Combust of Buncom was a Or. O. y. Nelson Ends Life\ Injunction Against Ring V'sitor in town Friday. With .1 Pistol. J. C. Embrey of Prospect was a re ing Of Angelus. JiiDVY, O ctober 20. 1917 cent visi’or in this city. The regular October term of ci ru t Dr. O. N. Nelson, n fi rmer r s den % C i!e :i * *, C d , Oct. 15 A s' lit ;' - court begins next Monday. of this city r.r.d a wellsiiown i suianee 1.0Cf\L NEWS Judge Durham of Grants Pass was a agoiit of Jackion county commi tied c •ntlv biot 'hl i i tlie s ipe i ir co : business visitor in this city Tuesday suici le by shuoting bi n: If with a small I here b. Citv \:t > iey W. I’, i'u’elirr again t tho Church j . Oar L t I. of G i - Have you bought your Liberty Bonds Samuel Matthews, a resi lent of calibre pistol at the C i’ambi i Hotel at t dal pipe is vxp> 'cd t > ro ne ip > today yet? Despoil Ash'an 1 , We ines liv liiht. Butte Falls, died at Re 1 Bl iff, Calif. d.mcy, enusod by ill Health is given us 'b'fore Jiai.e Frat.l.iin I. Cole on a October 24, has been designated “Li October 1G, aged 86 years. hearing to <i t- rniin ’ whether or not a th? cause of tne rash berty Day.” in»? uaniei x nct. The Daniel tiiiKey Hilkey ranch in the At- At - i t mip^rary mjuneti in against the dat Neb< Mrs. Roy Ulrich was a recent visitor piegate vallev has been sold to Mrs. I. 7 years ago from South Dakota and en ' ringing o the “.Ange1 i sh ill be ma 'e in Medford. Mary Fox of San Francisco, for $14,000 gaged in the insurance business, which p rmanent. The church authorities, supported by All work done in 1917 spot cash at The buyer will make her home on the he followed until his death. He was a ranch. I W. R. Sparks. graduate of Willamette Law College the dioces? of Montcrev an I l.os Ange Miles Cantral of Ruch was a recent Householders are getting in their but never practice 1 in tha* profession. les. have ann mnee I they will tight the v'sitor in town. stock of firewood for the winter: prices He was th? author of s -veral books on issuane» of the permanent injunction and will insist on a right wni. h they Mrs. Mamie Nelson was a visitor at run from $2.50 to $3 00 per tier for fir Scandinavian history and was popular say has prevailed for g toO yeats. and $.3.00 to $3.50 for hardwood, 1G inch among hiscountrvm m. Medford Friday. leaves a ! lengths. He w is aged 58 years. He Ernest McIntyre who has been quite ill is reported better. True bills were returned against Al wife, Mrs. M. E. Nelson of this city, i Iowa Voters Ratify State Cus Newbury of Medford was at the bert Brown for larceny and John Win to whom he was married about 8 years Prohibition Act. ders for obstructing the flow of water ago, and a 15-1 ear- >11 daughter who court house Wednesday. io an irrigation district. Not true bills is at school at St. Mary's Academy at ; John Dunnington was a business vis were returned in the cases of Floyd Medford. itor at Ashland Thursday. ----------------- Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 16 Iowa has Fickey, Sylvester Decker and Oscar Hnghie Combest of Buncom was a Peterson charged with statutory offer- Vale—Nitrate deposits located by ! been added to the list of constitutional visitor in town this week. j b dry state:. according to unofficial re- I Hercules Company he -e. S.’S. -- ■: — —— i turns which give a s.u'e majority for Mrs. Martha Dunnington is reported ill at her home in this city. I the prohibition forces. The vote y ce- Resolution No. ol. • terday was on an amendment to the Mrs. Lucy Hobson visited with I BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CI TY OF JACKSON- constitution to replace the statutory friends in Central l oint this week. law under which prohibition has pre Mr. and Mrs. John Dunnington were VILLE, OREGON: I That the following proposed Bu ’ get ot estimates of the expenditures of the vailed for two years. ----- .......... - , | visitors in Medford Sunday evening. ---------- ♦ i*.^---------- City of Jacksonville, Oregon, for the year 1918, is in the ju igment of the Coun Attorney Porter J. Neff of Medford cil, a full and fair showing of the estimated expenditures and receipts of the n. Athlete Expects Captain's Com- was in town several times this week. raise the necessary r City for the period named and of the levy required I Geo. M. Roberts of Medford trans amounts, viz: mission In U. 5 Army acted business in this city Wednes- Levy, in mills Amt. Fund I Eugene, Or., Oct. 17—Walter Mc- day. $1800. I Water Bond Interest Fund ($30.303) I Clure, a former star athlete at the Un 700 Henry Dox attended “The Knife” Water Bond Sinking Fund 2'i iversity of Oregon and participant in 3'i 825 nt the Page in Madford Tuesday eve- Water Bond Interest Fund ($15,000) the Olympic games in Stockholm a few 2 ning. 500 Funding Bond Sinking Fund years ago, writes from France where 825 3!i Ellen Hartman and Maude Cantral Funding Bond Interest Fund lie is serving as a lieutenant in the Uni 2 500 are picking apples at the Stover orch Improvement Bond Interest Funds ted States army, that he expects to ards. 930 General Fund, all purposes 3's receive his commission as captain in a The items of General Fund are: H. E. Chapman of Klamath Falls short time. He has served as lieuten was a business visitor tn the valley this Marshal, Street Com. & Water Supt. salary $.310 ant only a year, having been appointed week. 183 from civil life. Recorder, salary 100 B. F. Piatt, of Medford was a busi Treasurer, salary 280 ness visitor in this city Monday fore Light and Fuel Coal Miners Too Prosperous. 75 noon. Miscellaneous 300 Mr. and Mrs. Rowell Hines are spend Roads & Bridges 75 Heleha, Mont., Oct. 13—A report ing the week in Klamath Falls with Supplies 250 Repairs to Water system submitted to Governor Stewart ly friends. $2100 Total State Labor Commissioner W. J. Swin The grand jury was in session Mon _$1200_ dlehurst and F. J. O’Donneil, inspector Estimated cash Income of City, ail sources day and finished its investigations in $930 for the state health department, de Balance of General fund to be raised by taxes one day. 24'7 mills clares that coal miners in this state Total levy required for all purposes Attrrney H. A. Canaday of Medford Notice is hereby given that the Ciuncil will give this Budget final nonsi lera- make from $6 to $12 per day, in short transacted business in this city Mon tion and make the tax levy November 6. 1917, at which time the taxpayers can hours, and cannot be induced to work day forenoon. (long enough to get out the amount of appear at the City H ill and make objections thereto, if any thev have. Misses Lula Williams. Alice and Ed It is hereby ordered that this Resolution be published in the .Jacksonville coal required to meet the demand. Of ith Hoefs attended the show at Med Post in its issues of October 13, and 20, 1917. the situation at Klein, Mont., the re ford Tuesday evening. Approved October 9. 1917, port say.i: “Because of the liberal con Attest: Mary Bagshaw, Flora Thompson and E mil B ritt tract which the men have secured, tlie M ary A. B agshaw Mayor. operators claim, the men are able to Mrs. Minnie Kelly were visitors at City Recorder. Medford Saturday night. make from $6, $8, $10 and even $12 a day in from four to six ho irs’ work A number of persons from this place and that it is impossible to keep th. m attended “The Knife,” at the Page in the mine after they have earned that theatre, Medford, Tuesday night. much, although thav are expected to Maes meetings to boost the sale of work a full eight-hour day under their Liberty Bonds Jptve been held in vari agreements.'' ous parts of the county this week. FOR SALE.— A camera, with tripod, Is a pleasant winter route. Travel in com Potatoes for Use Of Army plates and other equipment. Cost $72. fort through a land where it is always summer Will sell for $15. Call at this office. Canned In Lane. T. J. Kenney who has been working at a fish cannery in Alaska during the summer, returned Wednesday morn There’s San Francisco, San Jose, Del Eugene, Or., Oct. 16—After having ing. previously canned nearly every vegeta Monte, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Santa ble that grows in this valley, except Mrs. Minnie Robinson and Mrs. W. I potatoes, with success, the Eugene E Finney left Sunday evening for Reri Barbara, Los Angeles, Long Beach, I Fruitgrowers' association has Started ding, Cal., where they have employ Venice and many other charming re work on that product, and will put up ment. a large quantity this fall and winter Oscar Johnson of Alberta, has pur sorts, and much beautiful scenery S ime of the potatoes will be cooked chased the ¡Gilbank & Nichols ranch and mashed, then placed in the cans, enroute. near Buncom. The consideration given and others will be sliced and placed in ■ was $7,000. the cans raw, cooking them after they ; Mesdames Martha Dunnington and are canned as fruits and other vegeta Ida Wilson who had been at the con b es are preserved at the plant. struction camp on the Pacific Highway The local cannery has large orders for Portland to San Francisco. Standard returned home Monday. different kinds of canned fruits and Fred G Buchtel of Salem, member vegetables from the government to be and tourist sleepers, dining cars, solid of the Railroad Commission of Oregon used by the army and navy, and the | steel equipment. Particularly attract was here Tuesday afternoon inspecting canned potatoes will also find their way the railroad crossings in this city. to the ships and to the trenches, it is ; ive at this season of the year. believed, although the or lers received Jackson county raised 90,000 bushels by Manager J. O. Holt come from oth of wheat this season. Umatilla coun er canneries that cannot fill all the or ty is credited with 4,030,000. The to Ask your local agent for particulars. ders received and the exact destination tal yield for the state is 13,000,000. of the product is unknown. A couple of cars loaded with timbers John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland. fir the bridge at McKee’s were un loaded here this week. Contractor American Ship Slink Hartman is pushing the construction work as rapidly as possible while the 9 Men Are Missing. good weather lasts. Have you bought your Liberty Bonds? Do it Now E. P. Bagshaw of Oakville. Wash., New York, Oct. 17—News of the enroute home Ifrom San Francisco, sinking of the Am ,'rican steamship stopped off for a short visit with his Lewis Luckenbach bv a German subma brother, D. W. Bagshaw, Wednesday rine off the cvast of France has be n morning. He left for the north on No. reci ive ! h r■•. Forty-seven of the 5*1 16, Thursday evening. members of the crew were landed, the Another donkey engine for the Ap message said. plegate Lumber Co’s, camp at the head The Luckenbach, of 3906 tors, was of Jackson creek arrived Monday and bound for Havre with a general ca. - was taken up to the camp. This ia the | Gem Razors & Blades, go- third engine of this kind at the camp ------------------ f ------------ Ever Ready Razors & Blades and will mean an increased output of logs. Government Ships Riish- Fine Toilet Goods, Violin Strings, ■♦x*- K* til Estate Ads. Jacksonville Post East Via California Three Daily Trains SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES CITY DRUG & GIFT STORE ’’ Many Good Positions Can be had by any ambitious young man or women in the field of railway or commercial telegraphy. We want a number of young men and women to prepare for the telegraph service to fill vacancies caused by unusual draft- ing of young men for Signal Corps. Prepare to help your country, Write today for full particulars. T be RaiLWAT T elegraph I nstitute P ortland , O regon . Box Paper—Correspondence cards Ladies’ Handbags at cost De Luxe Tooth Paste, 20c per tube. J. W. Robinson, M. D., Proprietor Jacksonville I Oregon ed In St. Helens Yards St. Helens, Or., Oct. 16 Offi 'ials of the St. Helens Shipbuilding company say that work is progressing on the, I government vessels building here ar.ri | the 84 men who reported fur w.,rk Sat urday morning were assigned to 111 'government work in preference to the p ivale contracts they have. They c .nfldently expect a larger force by | the end of this week. Ì . f. A. Ml iVlli L FOR SALE—Tiie McLaren properly on Ap'.'egate road. Good small house ml necessary outbuildings, chicken sary outbuilJinrs, Y ii mi i r of tin- fruit trees : mirk, e by; I inir "Xeelient fruit. Will b.» sold I 1,1 a b irg a:i Apply at th" pr.-mises 1 or at iji 'n ot .1 ack ».invili • ¡’".it. I m . o ed it p. nlinm's house party ut r io., v.sLown t > m.v rotini on the tl tir. or :i: Idre •<■ 1 for di ii-.'r. The At The Churches n ■ tiu.-iit was the tirsi to the right f'CUSllY fERIAN ni.i r le.ning Ilio slalrctise. Duriti'.’ /Albert II. Gammons Minister ll.o e .eiiiiig l l:nd oci-iislon to go io my r eia for simiftliin.; I ncedei) and wcnt S in lav Servii'—' regularly ns follows: Lilig of Edith Dujley. it; .mil-» tliinki Itili.!. 1. S ihbath School Classes wliotii I bad me m i ut lìinnor for the tirst for a'I ages. time mid w li w boni 1 li ni si.ddenly ll:0i .\. M. Morning’wor-:tiip, V. 11 h bee. me ♦; 'lentIy si.iil ten. Imleed, 1 »erm.ni. tliut limi il was so absorbed In tier 6:15 I'. M. Christian En.ieav >r Pray- preelphe in:..end of u statrcii.se been er meetiny. la ore me 1 think I would bave walk- 7:3) P. M. Evening worship, w i ' 11 ed over its edge. Turning into a room on I tie second sermon. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evil- lloi r instead of my own on tlie third. I advanced ion chair on which 1 had de ing at 7:39. le ited m.v suit ease. There was a Ever;, oie wd.' i.n ■ to these meetings. bright light hi the hall, so I did not turn “I was gla.l when they said unto me on Hie one in the room. The suit case let us <> into tlie the house of the la.' open. mid. I'Utll;.',' r.y liaiul where I expected to find a letter for which 1 Lord. Ps. 122:). 11..I come. I seized It mid without look ing at it Went < owns!airs mid rejoined ClIlitSTI \N SCIENCE Miss Dudley. "Now. I will prove Io you." I said to Servi ■ >s held ev. rv Sunday morning her. "that Bordeaux Is iti the depart at 11 o’clock in I. O. O. F. Hall. ment of the Gironde. I received a let Everybody welcome. ter from there today from a cousin of mine which will eoavime you.” There was III lie II; lit where we were titling, so I to k the loiter to n lamp Stale Officers Inspect Soldiers’ l. 1 n table near by. Taking the letter ihme Hjspihl. ;'r m its envelope. I was .isloaisln d to read the wolds Dearest llnlpll." Ros.'b irg, O ' . Oct. 19 'Beil W Ol Something was wrong. Glmielnp al the signature. I was still more amazed cott, secret sry of state; Tn > n is B. io read "Edith." Hastily topi.icing the Kay, st ite’r? H irer, an 1 R. B. Good in, secretary of the s ate board of c in letter in its envelope, I said: "It seems that I have got hold of Hie tro!, insp '. tel the Or gon Soldi >rs’ wrong document." home Saturday, mi 1 s > far as public Returning to Miss Dudley. I stum expression is cine "me I gave the ins i- up led something. I scnrcely knew t ition a go > I re ■ rnm nida ion for eili- wh.it. mid went on tryiu ig to convince ci mcy. The new hospital building w is Iler by other means that Bordeaux, in pelted. It will be finished in abut I r.ince, v.'as in the department of Gì roi.de, But 1 didn't cure If Bordeaux th ee Weeks. w;: ut the north pole. I hud evidently gol Into the WIOU-. room mid appropri- ated some one's private < <>rres| oiidctiee. 20 Mexicans Hanged To Since Miss Dudley was. so fill' IIS I knew, the only Edith in the house. It Telegraph Line. was quite likely that 1 had taken a love letter fi in her to some one named linlpli. Juarez, Mex , Oct. 15 Passeng. is The only true course for me to have taken was to bring the matter out at arriving her ■ Ir >ni the south rep>rt s v oitcv. but 1 was i i ratt'.'d at ills 'overimg ing the bodies of 20 Mexicans hanging the mistake (hat I erred in tlie tirst to a tele r iph wire .ding the Mexican place mid. having once erred, it was ^11 Centrd rigiit-of w iy b tween Torre > i the more dililenlt to get on tlie right and Chihu dria. Mexican officials s iy truck. Miss Dudley must have noticed the bodies m e tho-e of Villa followers from my incoherence lout something w: o a few da;, s ago attacked a niili ..- was not right with me, but if she did ry train, mistaking it fur a p>'ss.nger she made no comments. I made mi excuse to retire early and train. went to my room on tlie third floor. If ever ii man was in ii contemptible position I was. Added to tlie tael that I had np|iropriilt<sl private eoriespon- denee was tlie fact Hint I was smitten with the girl from whom I hud taken it. She might discover its loss at any time. When she did would she suspect me? Willit should I do? Confess? II' 1 did, wlint excuse had I for not lim ing con •I ut I ' h \. I’. !■ ui pra.'t- fessed in th:' first place? : l : f . ci . s I lay awake half the night trying to inva J ii-.'»le hr»’!: 1 < :. l F at : ntu , ! make up m.v mind what course to tuka .1.1 gel :• p.'.itlii. >uii»l<r Hilurii.al,>»n. In the morning. I must take some course, for I could not meet Miss Dud- ley with her letter ill m.v possi’ssioll LAV. VCRS, and say nothing al.out it. I arose in V Inr.tan. 0. I' the morning feeling that u load was on me mi<! I had formed no plan of retnov ing It. I met Miss Dudley at breakfast, mid the pleasant smile she gave me. In stead of relieving me, imide me feel more guilty than if she bad treated me .•'ll "vi WAf HINGJOU contemptuously. Perhaps if slle knew ir* • -* the truth she would decline Io s|ieak to ijl me. Oh, the horror of her contempt ! After breakfast I asked her to walk in tlie grounds, intending to force my self to make n confession. We went into the flower I'lideii, mid I wrestled with tll.Vself Io get out what I wished to say. I only showed Ilia! my iniml was on ii not her siibjis't than my companion. I'imill.v 1 sighed hopelessly and turned toward the house. "You lime soinetliing on your mind." Southern Oregon Traction Coni i said Edith. li my I ime Table No. 5. "1 have.” "You need not tell me what it Is, fcr 1 know ulremly." Effective August 23d, 1917. "You know?" “1 do. I have very sharp eyes. Last Leave Jacksonville. night when you took that letter from 7:30 a. m. daily except Sunday your poel:< t I recognized it as lieloug- 7:50 a. in Sunday only Ing to me." 4:30 a. ni. daily except Sunday] I groaned. “As soon ns I > .,e<i to my room 9:00 a. tn. Sunday only 10:39 a m. <1 iilv except Sunday I looked for my h > ter. It was gone." "And you knew that 1 was the thief." 11:30 a m. daily except Sunday “No thief nt nil. You got into m.v 2:00 p. m. daily loom Instead of your room mil took 1:00 p. rn. daily m. v letter, thinking it was yours." 1 :”0 p. in. <1 iilv If I was smitten with Miss Dudley 5:00 n. tn. daily (Note I) lielorc I now adored her. 7:15 p. tn. <i aly (Note 2) “Thank God!'' I cM hilmed. “For wliat?" slu‘ asked. L :ave Medford. "That you do not charge me with”— "Nonsensi.'! How minli of tlie letter 8:00 a. tn. daily except Sun ¡ay llid you see before you discovered your 8:89 a. rn. Sunday only mistake?" '3:00 a. in. daily except S in lay "Only tlm salutation and the signa 11:00« . m. daily ture. I read nothing more.” 12:00 Noor» daily except Sunday “Of course you didn't. To say you 2:30 p. m. daily didn't is unnecessary." 3:20 p. til. <1.1 lv Ami now Hint I win out of danger 4:30 p. m. daily to absorb my wliat was the next thing 6:00 p. m. daily attention ? From Rii vers id ■ Avenue. “May I ask.” I said, "if tills—this— Itulph'ls"- 10:30 p m. daily except Sat A Sun. “Yea. yon mnv ask anything y m 11.00 p. m SatU’dav & Sunday only. like. I was engaged Io him til) re (N te l)Ruis to Medford depot and cently. when the engngenicnt wrs wai's until 5:50 p. ir before going io broken. 'J ills letter the lu-t I w r te him was ictumed nt mi leipu -t y s- East end ot I no (Note 2) Rm s to Medford depot only l< K’s.,.' It w is pot l iig bi’fon I re' t've.1 a unle-s carrying pa »engerj for beyond. letter from Edith begiiinltiz I'ecest R. S. B ullis , lohli." Gen. Freight & Passenger Agent. i less directory j
