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About Jacksonville post. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1906-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1917)
Historical Sw>»ty < it y H II JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 15. 1917 VOL XI NO. S3 I "/DU.JR .'AL REVIEW JERUSALEM IS FALLEN OUR OWN SFATE JUDGE NEIL DEAD, THIRTEEN SOLDIERS BONE DRY LAW WINS I ARE EXECUTED. HOUSE DESTROYED Supreme Court Holds Pos Some Recent Happenings Ancient City, Scene of Ma- Manufactures, Enterprises and Improvements, Providing In Various Parts nv Battles Surrenders Neil Residence Is Burned Sentence of Court Martini session Is Not Funda- Payrolls an.1 Pronof- mental Right. Is Carried Out Tues- of Oregon Tuesday Night, Charred to British. mg Development Remains of Owner day Morning Washington. Dec. 10—With a deci Many Savings Stamps Sold. London, Dec. 10 Andrew Bonar of Oregon. Found In The sion upholding the Idaho prohibition Banks, Or., Dec. 10 The sale of Law, chancellor of the exchequer, an- San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 11—Thir- law the supreme court today gave an Ruins. | teen of the negroes of the 24th infan opini >n which may be one of the most thrift and war savings stamps was op I nounced in the house of commons to- CorAailis Marys River Logging Co. ened with a rush here, ar.d Postmaster 1 I day that Jerusalem, after being sur- try, Unite 1 States army, found guilty far-reaching victories for "bone dry" Vanderwelden reports the disposal of , founded on all sides by British troops, with a crew of 55 men ship 12 cars of of complicity in the riot and mutiny at prohibition vet recorded. logs a day. nearly $600 worth. Fire was discovered in the residence Houston on August 23, were hanged had surrendered. It was held that a citizen has no con- Clackamas county roa 1 districts vo'e The postoffice will move from its pre of Judge J. R. Neil on Oregon street, on the military reservation at Fort Jerusalem is the chief city of Pales at about 8:40 Tues 'ay night but by the Sam Houston at 7:17 o’clock this morn- i stitutional right to possess liquors for 1 sent site soon to make way for a larg tine. The name is of very ancient ori over $80,030 special road tax. time help arrived the house was doom 1 ing. Announcement of the carrying his personal use if a state wishes to er and more modern building, the pres gin, and is first found in letters to A iii - Westland —to have new concrete ent quarters being too limited for the enoplisIV of Egypt, 1400 B. C. The ■ ho >1 house. ed. Though efforts were made to sub out of the sentence was made at head f«rbid il. I Justice McReynolds, who trave the present needs. due the flames the house was sion a quarters of the Southern department city was captured and practically razed Reith—$20,000 forty forty room hö court’s opinion, held that a state "has by the Roman commander Titus A. I). tel building to be constructed here. smoking ruin- the fire had gained such at 9 a. m. manufac- power absolutely to prohibit 70. It was rebuilt in 136 A. I). bjuHa- he tdway before being discoved that at La Grande—Grande Ronde Drainage The tnen who paid the penalty of ture, gift, purchase, sale or transpor- Dance in Honor of Soldiers. tempts to quench the flames were fu drian. District formed for the purpose of pro death were: I tation of intoxicating liquors within it s tile. It was in Jerusalem where the Christ Wallowa, Or., Dec. 10—A social tecting 44,009 acres of land from dam Sergeant William C. Nesbitt | borders without violating the constitu- Efforts were made to ascertain dance was given in the McLean hall lived the greater part of the three age caused by spring freshets. Corporal Larnon J. Brown tion.*’ years of his teaching, and where he was whether Mr. Ned was in the burning Friday night in honor of the young men Grants Pass beet growers received building or not and Chauncey Florey, i I Corporal James Wheatley | "We further think,” he added, "it who left Saturday for Portland to en crucified. Corporal Jesse Moore $40,000 for their beets last month. The capture of Jerusalem by the Bri who was acquainted with the interior | clearly follows from our numerous de list in the military service. They are Corporal Charles W. Baltimore Echo—Echo Flour Mills again grind arrangement of the house, gained en cisions upholding prohibition legislation Ralph Kieffer, Ray McKenzie and Hugh tish forces marks the end, with two Private William Brackenridge ing after shut dewn for repairs. brief interludes, of more than 1200 trance to the bedroom in which the that the right to hold intoxicating li Dougherty. Private Thomas C. Hawkins years possession of the seat of the judge had been accustomed to sleep Marshtiel 1 and North Bend to be con quors for personal use is not one of | Private Carlos Snolgrass Christian religion by the Mohammedans nected by hard surface road. bit >eported it vacant: the fire had I those fvndamental privileges of a citi- j Private Ira B. Davis For 673 years the holy city has been in gained such headway by this time that | zen of the U. ited States which no state Private James Divins Tractor and Trucks To Work undisputed ownership of the Turks, Klamath Falls—Work on Klamath further search was impossible. After j may abridge. A contrary view would Irrigation project to be continued. Private Frank Johnson ! the last Christian ruler of Jerusalem the flames had subsided somewhat a i be incompatible with ’ the undoubted County Roads At Klamath. Reedsport Lumber Co placing ma Private Risley W. Young ’ being the German emperor, Frederick further search revealed the badly char- I power to prevent manufacture, gift, Private Pat MacWhorter Klamath Falls, Or., Dec. 10—The II, whose shortlived domination lasted chinery in new sawmill and expect to rei body of tne unfortunate man, but be cutting timber within 60 days. Only army officers and Sheriff John I sale, purchase, transportation of such county court has purchased a big Yuba from 1229 to 1244. whether he was dead before the fire or I Tobin, of Bexar county, were present articles —the only feasible ways of get tractor from Yuba, Cal., and four3G Oakland-Turkey crop brought $25,- This will be the first time in six and was overcome by the flames the rescu when the sentence was carried out by ting them. An assured right of pos ton trucks have been ordered, all to I a half centuries that the Holy sepul C00. ers were unable to determine. Frank session would necessarily imply some soldiers from the post. No newsDaper work on the county roads in tile spring. chre will be in the hands of the Chris Glengarry Cement quarry employing R Neil of Derby, son of the deceased men or civilian spectators wtre allow adequate method to obtain not sub- , It is planned to put gravel on the roads tians on Christmas day. It was taken 40 men, shipping 5 carloads cement was immediately notified as were other ed, the time and place of execution | ject to destruction at the will of the j where needed. There is $42,0"0 in the by the Crusaders in 1099, and finally rock daily. relatives and the county coroner. The state. ’’ having been kept a secret. treasury for this work and $60,000 lost by the Christians in 1244 A. D. Roseburg-Petitions being signed judge who was aged about 75 years had wdl probably be set aside for it this against expenditure of $50.000 Co lit been in feeble condition for some time Roseburg Soldier Is Dead year. House repairs and $10,000 for cruise of and had complained at times of his Soldier Husband’s lob Is Tak Aged Native of Kentucky Is Bur j timber lands of county. heart and it is surmized that he m&y At Camp Mills. have been seized with vertigo and fal en Oser 3y His Spouse. Donald -Feed mill and warehouse to ied In Berlin Cemetery. Collapsible Tooth Brush Is Hood ling may have overturned the heating « be built here. stove thus causing the fire: others sug Roseburg, Or., Dec. 11 —Roy Smith, i River Man’s Invention. I Corvallis—Old cannery plant to bs Dallas, Or., Dec. 11—Mrs. E. B. son of W. A. Smith, superintendent of I gest that he may have attempted to Lebanon, Or., Dec. 11 —Francis E. turned into milk condensery. put out the fire and had been suffocat- Hamilton, wife of Lieutenant Hamil the fish hatchery above Glide, died of I Hood River, Or., Dec. 10—Raleigh Ryan, of this vicinity, died at the home Hood River—New plant to use apple ei by the flames; another possibility is ton, who left last month for Washing measles and pneumonia at Camp Mills, ' R. Oldham, formerly a rancher of the of his siste*, Mrs. Joun Orchard, last cor. h for tobacco flavoring, that of foul play and that the fire was ton, D. C., to join the Forestry regi L. I , according to telegrams received i Laurel district of Klickitat county, W ednesday at the age of 87 years 8 | started to destroy evidence of a great ment, has been made manager of the ! here. Smith enlisted early this fall in j Washington, now residing here, has months and 27 days. He was born in ! Coos Bay eight government ships un der const, uction. Willamette V Iley Lumber company’s the forestry regiment of the engineers, i been granted a patent on a collapsible er crime. Kentucky, March 18, 1843, and in the I yard at Monmouth, to succeed her hus toothbrush and container for the brush Albany —Furniture factory here em James R. Neil, or "Jim," as he was being a logger by trade. He was 22 I ’60s went to California, where many called by. the old timers, was a resident band, who gave up the position to fight | years old and enlisted only two months i and dentifrice. The article, because « years of his life were spent. In 1879 I ploying 42 tnen swamped with orders. of its adaptibility to sailors’ kits has of Jackso'n county for many years and for Uncle Sam. Mrs. Hamilton is a ago. Marshfield—Coos Bay Shipbuilding he married Miss Mary E. Rose, who attracted the attention of those who I was one of the best known men in the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Smith, died 36 years ago. During the last Co. installs new machinery, increased have inspected it, and Mr. Oldham c aunty. He read law, was admitted of this city, and in addition to her du Shortage Of Sugar And i sais he has received flattering prof- few years of his life he lived with his i force. to the bar and practiced his profession ties at the office, will take care of their sister, whose home is near Berlin, this Winchester Bay —Logging camp to t fers froin manufacturers of novel- < county. Funeral services were held at i be opened on Umpqua near here. for about 50 years. He was district young son. Before her marriage to Coal Taken Up. ties. attorney for six years and served three Mr. Hamilton, she was a stenographer j the Berlin cemetery conducted by Eld- Gold Beach Cheese factory to.be es ter ns as county judge. He was a in the Brown-Sibley Abstract office in | er George W. Simons. tablished in Pistol river district. this city. member of the Masonic fraternity and Washington, Dec. 11—Inquiry by a Ranchers Wife Opposes U. S. Of Reedsport New hotel andjbank con- of the Elks and had many friends Senate committee into the causes for | templuted. throughout the county who will be sad 3G road districts in Washington coun the shortage of sugar and coal, with a Eugene Woman ’ s Brother Is Vic ficials And Faces Court. I Winchester Bay road progressing. dened to learn of his demise. ty vote special tax for road improve view of recommending legislation to Klamath Falls, Or., Dec. 10—Mrs. ments. tim of Gas At Front. Milton Box Factory to be remo lele I improve the situation, was today order J. E. Pospisal, wife of a farmer near and enlarged. Silverton getting portable sawmill to Bend— Brooks-Scanlon Co. enlarge ed by the senate on motion of Senator Malin, is under bonis to appear before cut ties. dry room and install 5 planers. Halfway -Electric street li 'hts to be Lodge. Eugene, Or., Dec. 11 —Mrs. A. M. the grand jury for holding up opera installed. tions of the United States reclamation Williamson, of this city, yesterday re Sutherlin Brick garage to be erect service on her husband’s ranch. The ceived a cablegram from her father in government ditch is laid out to go Scotland, informing her of the death of ed here soon. through an alfalfa field, instead of~ her brother, Professor A. T. Adams, a Burns—Crane district working for through a low piece of ground, as wish chemist in the royal engineers of the railroad connection between these two ed by Mr. and Mrs. Pospisal. When British army. The cablegram said her points. the government employes attempted brother was killed by German gas De Delena —5 concrete bri Iges complet to begin operations they were met by cember 2. Professor Adams is known ed near here. Mrs. Pospisal, who was armed with a in Eugene, having spent some time Harrisburg has new $12,030 Standard buggy whip, an empty shotgun and a here with his sister four years ago. Oil station. He was a professor at Inverness col. coffeepot full of rottee eggs. Coos county to build big warehouse lege in Scotland. He was aged 37 years and had been in the trenches for Ik for machinery and supplies to accom modate both boat and rail shipment». Indian Shakers Have New Head months. Eugene—15 2 mile road from Kain ♦«h Klamath Falls, Or., Dec. 10-Stone Rock to Florence to be built in spring wall Jackson has been appointed bish Portland Officers Capture cost $123,324. op of the local Indian Shaker church, North Bend —Oregon Power Co. Jt° Sergeant Brown is the elder and Dan Runaway Insane Patient. expend $3,500 extending anil changing Heart is the minister. George Q. lights. Jack, general secretary of the Indian Salem, Or., Dec. 11—Superintendent Myrtle Point to have another weekly Shaker churches, of Gate, Wash., and one of the elders of the Toppenish R. E. Lee Steiner, of the state hospi newspaper. church have been visiting the Klamath tal for the insane, received word yes Lakeview plans to erect a new Sis Indian reservation for the past two terday afternoon that Janies Suther ter’s hospital, cost $30,000. weeks in an effort to get the incorpor land, who escaped from the institution Echo—705 acres wheat land here sold ated Shaker church of Oregon to com Monday morning with Albert Maruska, for $14,«100. had been captured in Portland, Ite bine with the original Shaker church of Gresham —Beaver State Motor Co. Washington state. They met with a was committed from that city, Ha- has $8<X) weekly payroll tor 30 men. ruska, who was committed from Mill cordial response, and these local offi cers have been named to carry on City, Marion county, is still at large. the work. The local church was start Pershing Asks Airplanes ed about four man ths ago. Grant Rathbun Buried New York, Dee. 10 "Send all the Lebanon, Or., Dec. 11 —The funeral airpl ines possible and as quickly as of Grant Ra’hbun, who died here De p issible,” is the message from Gen New Cheese Factory to be Built. cember 7, was held Saturday i i the eral Pershing to the American peo Bandon, Or., Dec. 11 —D. M. Moore, Christian church, with Bder Gorge ple, brought here by Augustus T. of Gold Bjach, h is purchai : I machin Simons officiating. Mr. Rathbinwis i Post. ery here for the erection of a cheese one of the oldest employes of th .• factory in the Pistol river district of Crown Wiflamette Paper Mills in this Widow Of Pioneer Is Dead Southern Curry county, which will be citv, age 1 51 years If month» and 13 Cottage Grov «, Or., Dec. Il Tue ready for operation early next summer. days, and leaves a wife and several funeral of Mrs. Angelina L To 11, one It will be located on the Alf Giuntlett children. of the belt Known pi > i .-er womit of ranch, and will care for the milk of Pioneer Merchant this section, w h hell h >r.i Sailiy, about 1000 cows taii! or nia Soldier Dien death havin' oc :urr : I v > I i,s b .dore. Mrs. ToJ I end r-ed m my n ir I .hi >« in crossing the p’aina wi i It r h i«b«mi io Selling Christmas Trees. 1852, and later w lile o i in i i | vas II one of the pi >n<* t pre ich • i of 8 > ub Auto Delivery. Phone 71 Tacoma, Dec. 10 Harry Worsham, ero Oreg m. F.>- ti: I it l> years I,ebanon, Or., Dec. 11—Seymour aged 25, died yesterday in the base Mrs. To 11 had b • 11 i r<- I ■ i h -r •, Washburn and wife, of this city, have hospital at Camp Lewis. He was ai dying at th> ho n • of h r laigiiter. gone to Loa Angeles todistribute three member of company 27. 166th depot Mrs, Charlei B > v.i .Vu waiagel85 cut loads of small flr trees, to be used brigade, and came to Camp Lewi« from years, 11 months ail two days, and as Christmas trees. Sonora. Cal. was born in Indiana. II ii ÍÍ II 1.1 II 11 Acting un der instructions from the Federal Food Admin istrator of Oregon, our Sales of Sugar will be regulated as follows Sales Jo family consumers liv ing in town limited to $1.00 Farmers living at a distance from town will be permitted to purchase in 25 lb lots Lewis Ulrich Ill III Jacksonville Oregon