JACKSONVILLE POSI-:-
Official Paper of the City of Jackson? il'e, Oregon
A weekly newspaper published every Saturday at the county seat of Jackson
County, Oregon. D. W. B agshaw . Editor and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter June 22. 19'17. at the p«>“t office at Jacksonv ilh
Oregon, under Act of Contrress of Maç’h 3, 1S.79.
A Happy New Year
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SUBSCRIPTION: One year by mail $1.50. Advertising rates furbished on -puts; thole Is iirtilichd illiiniinulion;
but the gloat living cun-tit does not
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application.
We appreciate your patronage in the past and
cease to flow.
One night I lay awake listening to
With this issue the files of the Post for 1917, cl se: a clock In a church tower strike the
assure you we are going to do our very best to
hours. There was also a ( ..illusion of
with our next issue we begin a new year—what it will sounds, the principal one being the
of elevated trains some dis­
merit a continuation of the same in the year we
I ring to us and our readers is a tale yet untold, but passing
tance from me ut lulervuls of a few
whatever the trials may lay before us let us meet them minutes.
When the clock struck two 1 rose,
are about to begin.
dressed myself and went out on the
with a brave front bearing in mind the old couplet:
street. The ongoing was the same as
“Let tomorrow take care of tomorrow,
ut noonday. In my wanderings I
Leave things of the future to fate;
reached an embankment of (lie Hudson
What'B the use to anticipate sorrow:
river that bad been made Into a park.
We are ready to give you good service with full
Sitting on a bench I gave myself up
Life’s troubles come never too late,”
to meditation. Years ago savages had
During the past year this nation has been drawn looked down on the black stream its 1
values in everytning you buy.
was now doing, A time would come
into a conflict the most stupendous and terrible ever when not one of those who made up
stream of life behind me would be
known, a conflct between democracy and freedom on the the
alive. And yet tlie human current
one side and autocracy and slavery on the other: a con­ would roll on. Where? Who knows?
Come in and see us or phone 142
The day may come when the waves of
flict in which the most hellish instruments of torture and an ocean may roll over Manhiiitan is
land as It rolled ages ago.
destruction are used in an effort to subjugate the whole I was conscious of someone sitting
the other end of the bench on which
world and place the people in a position of slavery worse ut
I rested, and turning my head saw a
than that of man in the dark ages.
Let us hope that woman. There was lamplight enough
for me to tell that she was a girl,
.. our country, by the earnest co-operation of all our people somewhere between seventeen and
twenty years old. 1 did not like the
\ and our allies in foreign countries, may speedily bring dose proximity with a woman at that
hour and was about to arise and move
this cruel and inhuman war to an end, making the world on
when she addressed me.
safe for all people. This result will truly make 1918, "Don't go.” she said. "I haven’t a
Phone 142.
friend in the world. I have come fronj
The People’s Store.
what we wish to all our readers, “A Happy New Year.” the center of that city of sin and sor­
row, of good and evil, to And rest from
suffering. I find you here ulone, and
Y. W. C. A. ASKS
Good Prices And Productions you fear me.”
She bent her head down, concealed
FOUR MILLIONS
Iler face with her hands and moaned.
Good prices for metals and oil has There was no acting in wlmt she did
caused a wonderful development in or said. Such grief as hers was not to
be counterfeited, I asked her to tell
Quota for Oregon, Wash­ these industries.
Copper production is now the great me her troubles, She said that she
was one of the many tributaries tn
ington, Idaho and Mon­ est on record. Silver mines which the
great human stream ever moving
have been closed for years are now op­ on the Island. ’ The flow of country
tana Fixed at $114,000
erating full time: Oil lands which girls to the city like the current It
Weather Report
were inactive due to low prices are feeds never ceases, despite the count­ Dallas Jeweler Kills
now being developed when the govern
Himself in Asylum
Seattle Dec. 26.—Asked by the na­ ment needs every drop of oil which less wrecks. She had wandered all
dnv looking for work and found none.
tional government, the Fosdick Com- can be pumped from the ground. She was tired and hungry and when
Following is the report of U. S.
Salem, Or., Dec. 25. —William James
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misSion and other agencies to under­ Smelter facilities have been enlarged night came she had no money with
unteer Cooperative Observer, E. Britt;
Gardner, a jeweler of Dallas, Or., who
take a war work in behalf of women and the most modern methods of ex- which to buy food or a place to sleep.
Jacksonville, for month of Nov.
two days ago voluntarily had himself
relatives and friends of our soldiers j trading every ounce of metal from She liad come to the river far from
Latitude 42 deg. 18. min. north; longi­
committed to the state hospital for the
through the construction of the already ores are in use.
the mail throng, where she could at
tude 123 deg. 5 min. west.
insane when he felt his mind failing
least
suffer
alone.
famous Hostess House at contomrents
High prices have caused more rapid
him.
committed
suicide
early
last
night
"You mean." I said shuddering, “that
and at the front, to provide moral and development in three years than nor­
i Date Maximum Minimum
by fastening his head in a bedstead
Precipita-
physical guidance for the millions of mal prices would have done in twenty. von have come to the park embank­ and turning a somersault in such a
ment
where
you
may
And
a
bench
to
girls whose lives have been diverted
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The advocate of drastic price fixing rest on.”
way as to break his neck. Gardner
into new channels by the war, to is simply advocating a policy which
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She made no other reply than moans had been in the aaylum once before,
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supply housing, rest and recreation for will retard development in many lines and tears, I took money from my was pronounced cured and discharged,
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heroic womep in the battle zone, the of industry at a time when the govern­ pocket and handed it to her. She rs- and since had been engaged in busi-
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Young Women’s Christian Association, ment needs full production from every fused It.
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ness. He was 37 years old.
through its National War Work Coun­ plant.
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“It will avidi nothing now,” she
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said. “It would have availed nothing
cil, has begun the task of raising
Good prices increase pr-xluction,-low-
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$4,000,000 to carry out these vitally prices decrease it, and no man made had It come sooner. When day comes
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Patrols Kill Teuton Spy
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I would have been doomed to go from
important functions.
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t ivories of regulations can vary this store to store, from factory to factory,
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Fyr the purposes of this campaign age old rule. If prices must be regu looking for work. I am not able to
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El Paso, Tex., Dec. 24.—Charles H.
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the country has been divided into lated they should be made high enough continue the dreadful tramp. Besides,
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Feige was shot and killed by United
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eleven sections, and most of such dis­ to insure increased instead of decreas­ I have reached a point where anything
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States Army patrols when he attempt­
tricts have already raised their allot­ ed production.
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seems more merciful than that merci­ ed to cross the river to Mexico here
iff
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less flow of humanity."
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ments.
The Northwestern Field,
l
ite
to
lay.
Feige
was
believed
to
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With this she leaned back on the
which includes Oregon, Washington,
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Ten Klamath Men Called
bench and was silent, motionless. It have been a German spy, and when his
Idaho and Montana, is required to se­
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papers were examined a notebook,
occurred
to
me
that
the
most
practica
­
cure $144,000, a small amount compar­
Klamath Falls, Or., Dec. 24.—Found
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drawing and ground plans of troop
ble
thing
to
do
would
lie
to
go
for
one
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ed to that of other divisions, Of the necessary bv the local exemption boaru
c imps, Fort Bliss and other fortifica-
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four million dollars, there wdl be used to fill the first drafit quota of Klamath of the city's men appointed for such
woman
in
J
If
every
man
and
♦
work. Rising I told her to remain tions near here were found.
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for Hostess Houses the sum of County. Ten men have been called Io where she was and I would return
THIS TOWN makes up his or i!
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He also carried a camera with him
$1 ,150,1)00, for the emergency housing re iort for physical examination next with someone who would take care of
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her mind today to SPEND I |26
and was believed to have been obtain­
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of employed girls, $500,000, and for the Thursday. They were; George Pap­ her during the night, and on the mor­
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THEIR DOLLARS with the
ing military information for transmis­
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Association's work among the women pas, Rudolph Robert Bischoff. Marion row I would interest myself on her be­
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home
merchants
this
town
sion
to
Germany
through
Mexico.
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in allied nations, $1,000,000. The rest Sayle Taylor, Felix Springtube, Et­ half.
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WILL
BOOM
as
it
never
did
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I left her and going a short distance
of the fund will be devoted to its other tore I’inelli, Earl Manter Miller, Roy
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before.
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phases of patriotic-constructive work. Al mzo Tracy, Albert Herman Loewe, found a policeman whom I told that I
had found a despairing woman who
Out of town bargains often
Temperature—mean max. 53.76; mean
One of the very urgent needs creat­ Jasper Odes Underwood and Vittono needed the city’s care.
prove a DELUSION and a
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Fevero.
All
these
men
reside
at
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ed by the new army organization is
“The town’s full of ’em." he said. "I
min. 36.43; mean 45.09; Max 68. on 1.
SNARE.
the construction and maintenance of Klamath Falls excepting Mr. Miller, wouldn’t advise you to get mixed up
Minimum, 27, on 17. Greatest daily
who
lives
at
Cooperstown,
Cal.
< > range,
with one of them. You’ll only get
Ilostass Houses near army canton­
Total precipitation 5.48
N
tile
late
sixties,
says
G.
II.
Putnam
<
»
Five men accepted at the last call yourself in trouble.”
Trade at Home and See < > : inches. 31.
ments, camps and navy yards. The
Greatest in 24 hours, 2.38 in.,
in “Memories of a Publisher," New
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entrained
Thursday
for
American
Lake
“I’ll lookout for that." I replied. "It’s
30.
Government, which early recognized
York hail n t yet outgrown certain
Number of days with 01.
THE TOWN BOOM • • j on
conditions at cantonments that must C imp. They were: Kem Uhrin, James your duty ns a policeman when I cnll of its old fashioned or so called provin­
inch
or more precipitation. 9, clear,
upon you for aid In such a case to cial habits. One of the customs was -H+++++-H+++++++++-H++++++
Underhill,
James
Hebherz,
Frank
Beck
be met by women, requested the con­
10; partly cloudy, 10; cloudy. 10.
give It.”
struction of these buildings and provid­ and Roy Shelby. I’aul Paulizos reg­ He reluctantly came with me. We that of making New Year's calls, a
Total snowfall 14 inches
istered
in
Klamath
County
and
en
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practice
that
laid
heen
inherited
from
ed places for them. The first few
had not far to go. I had kept my eye the Dutch founders of the city. Long
Precipitation for season, 5.72
trained
at
Benicia,
Cal.
weeks proved the necessity of such
on the figure on the bench, and when before the beginning of the twentieth
Precipitation for last season
women’s buildings- to provide a pleas
we started for It I saw It plainly. century the growth of the metropolis To Make A Merry Christmas
Seasonal average
But ns we advanced It seemed leas had made Im •ussibie tills | 'casant and
ant, homelike place where the soldier
Woman Killed 3> 3ig
K. B ritt ,
distinct Instead of clearer.
could visit with his women relatives
I -or... : ' “it I; :hlt of com’ng hito tondi
Cooperative Observer.
“Where nre you going?" naked the
a
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relè
of
and friends —thus keeping alive the
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No $2.00 that you can spend in Christ­
Blast of Dynamite policeman.
fii'i-.llv friends, lint in l‘ >> ILe ladies mas present giving will go further than
relationship between the soldier and
"To
Hint
bench."
pointing.
still staved at home on New Year's day,
his home.
Pioneer of Lane County
“I thought you were taking me to a and old men and youngs:.-is did what I a subscription for The Youth’s Com­
Astoria. Or,, Dec. 27.—Mrs. Laura woman.”
At present, in the Northwest, there
panion.
Look
over
your
long
list
and
they could In the hours between 11 lu
Dead at His Home
are Hostess Houses at Camp Lewis, Newport, wife of the manager of a
“So I nm, don't you see her leaning the morning and midnight to cheek off see how few things on it are certain to
cook
house
at
a
construction
camp
in
against the back of the bench?"
American Lake, Washington, at the
Eugene, Or., Dec. 27. —B. F. Smith,
with calls of from five to fifteen mill- be as eagerly treasured during every
“There's no womnn there."
Nuvy Yard, Puget Sound, and at Van­ the Green mountain district, was killed
iit-cs their own visiting list with that one of the fifty-two weeks of 1918. of Franklin, this county, died there
I looked again. The policeman wns of their wives, their sisters or their Acquaintance with it soon ripens into Saturday after a long illness, aged 69
last Monday morning when a blast of
couver Barracks, Washington.
dynamite was set off in a pile of logs right; the bench was vacant.
mothers.
lasting friendship, for it has that rare years. He was a pioneer of the coun-
I was too astonished to reply. I
near bv, a large chunk of wood, hurled
In my own diary for Jan. 1. DC0. I and priceless qua’ity among periodicals ty- He leaves three children, Thomas
through the air, striking her head. stood staring nt the point whore I had 'Ind the entry, "Made thirty-five calls." — ch.aracier, —and the character of The Smith, of North Bend; Mrs. Hazel
left the girl.
Coquille Man Kil/ed
I remember on that day coming back
The boJy was brought to this place
“She's given you the slip." said the in the middle of the afternoon for a Youth's Companion has made fast Smith, of Franklin, and Clive Smith,
late
yesterday.
of North Bend; one sister, Mrs. R. V.
cop. “It’s the old story. As soon as word with my mother and finding old friends for it all round the world.
By Oakland Train
s| e saw you come for me. she lit out. Mr. Bryant In her parlor. It was sleet­
The Companion alone is $2.00, but Howard, and a brother, H. T, Smith,
You’re not the fli t young Innocent ing violently outside, and the luxurious
the publishers make an Extraordinary , of Franklin.
Alleged Whisky Smuggler Held that has bet^i fooled that way."
young men of the day were going about Double Offer -The Youth’s Companion '
Oakland, Calif., Dec. 27. W. !..
I had nothing to snv. but I was not in coupes. It was the practice, in order
Conlogue of Coquille City. Ore., was
influenced by his words. I went to my to save expense, for two or three men and McCall’s Magazine together for Maury Diggs Paroled
killed last night by a Southern Pacific
Oregon City. Dec. 25 —A man giving room. Daylight was pouring In nt the to join in the expense of a carriage for $2.25.
electric train as he was crossing the his name as Jack McIntyre, was ar­ windows. Throwing myself on the bed the day. Mr. Vryntit, however, had
From McNeil’s Island
Our two-at-one price offer includes:
tracks nt the terminal here in eluding rested by officers here last night ns I tried to snatch a little sleep, but trudged through the sleet and In re­ 1
The
Youth's
Companion
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issues
McNeil
’s Island, Wash,, Dec. 23.—
the police. Conlogue previously had he alighted from northbound Southern fntled.
sponse to some words from my mother of ' 1918.
Maurv
Diggs,
who has heen serving
All
that
day
I
tried
to
banish
my
ex
­
dived headlong thrue a window of a Pacific train No II, carrying two suit­
of appreciation of his effort In coming 2
All the remaining issues of 1917.
se itence in the federal penitentiary
moving train and landed unhurt.
He cases which were found to contain 30 perience of the night, but It would not out In such weather replied cheerily:
3 The Companion Home Calendar for here, left for his California home yes­
be banished, tin the elevated trnln In
told a railroad company employe that quarts < f wniskv. worth at the present the afternoon I took up an evening pa- "Why. I rather like a fresh tempera­ 1918.
terday, having been paroled by the
ture.
Mrs
Putnam.
It
is
only
the
young
he was a German and that the govern­ market price, approximately $240. per. One of the flrst Items that caught
4 McCall’s Magazine—12 fashi n num prison parole board. Diggs, with
ment men were after him.
Following McIntyre was lodged in the county jail my eye was a statement that a young men who are chilly ami lazy.”
Fifteen or eighteen years later New bers of 1918. All for only $2.25.
Drew Caminetti, was convicted of vio­
this he ran and disappeared. He was and will be tried before Justice of the girl hud drowned herself the night be­ Year s mis In sm lety had become a
lating the Mann white slave act.
THE YOUTH’S COMPANION.
ground beneath the electric train a few Pease John N. Sievers tomorrow morn­ fore nt the point where 1 had seen— tradition of the past.
what?
| Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. Caminetti was given his freedom by
hours later,
ing.
President Wilson recently.
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Jacksonville
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