Jacksonville post., January 05, 1918, Image 2

; J 4 CKS0N VILL h POST
O.fidai Paper^ot the Citu ot Jacksonville, Oregon
I
A w -ekly newspaper published every Saturday at the county seat of Jackson
County, Oregon. D. W. B acshaw , Editor and Publisher
A Happy New Year
a*.
Entered as second-class matter .June 22, 1907, at the (M^st office at Jacksonville
Oregon, under Act of Congress of Marelfc 3, 1S79.
S i f'F'lil) \ Y.
J t \i \UY S^l»18
SUBSCRIPTION: Oneyear by mail $1.50. Advertising rates furnished(«r
application.
OLD LANDMARK IS PRESERVED
Ili-torlc General Schuyler Mansion at
Albany, N. Y., Associated With
Revolutionary Times.
ihi-tr reind- • r damage crops, and ft
was to secure n modification of this
statute that the Lapps held n repre­
sentative conference.
While ihe English -were preparing
for n move against the Germans In
w hich they proposed to "Use tlie tank
tile general of the lank brigade found
himself short of engineers who were
competent to run the Idg culeriiill.irs.
I lie culled on the commander of the
I idled States troops for a detail of
I American soldiers who were skilled
engineers, as well as brave1, to put such
tanks as were deficient In men to run
them. Ike Rogers was one of the
Americans who were selected to con­
duct n tank in the attack that was to
lie made on the enemy.
Ike’s tank wus some distance be­
hind the olliers, mid he was instructed
to move It forward, generally in the
night ; but Ike in order to cutch up mid
being mi the edge of a wood, drove it
on in the day time.
Beside the road u young peasant
girl stood gaping nt the big liinchiiie.
This girl—Clochette was her name—
wus very pretty, Ike fell in love witli
her nt first sight, He asked her for a
drink of water. The Flench people
drink wine In place of water, so (’loch-
ette gave him a glass of wine. She
spoke a lew words of English mid Ike
while in a training camp before go­
ing over the big pond had studied
French, so they managed to understand
each other lifter n fashion. Something
In the tank needed fixing mid Ike was
detained where he had stopped n long
time. When hi1 was about to move
on lie said to Clochette half in French,
the other half in English. “I love you."
mid Clochette almost swooned w ith joy
The. Peonie9
to be told that she was loved by the
guiding spirit of the big war monster
Clochette
having
been
cattghl
bv tho power of tin1 tank rather than
anything attractive about Ike's person
allty. soon after bis departure was
caught in a different way. A cavalry­
man rode by who carried a flag, its
staff resting on the toe of his boot
His steed danced and curvetted s<
beautifully that Clochette was muck
moved, and since the rider was a hand­
some young fellow she transferred het
heart to this man who, compared wltl
Oregon Man is Dead.
the greasy tank runner, was a marvel
of beauty.
Washington, Dec. 31—Gener 1 Per-
The cavalryman spoke French fin •hing today reported Private Henry J.
ently and not having seen n pretty
Griffin, engineers, slightly wounded
girl since In1 left England, there was
during
an air raid on December 23. No
another case of love nt first sight
details were given. Griffin’s mother,
Clochette responded favorably.
Well, the fight came on, the tanks Mrs. Margaret Griffin, lives at Niantic,
made a big hit. and Ike's tank went III. General Pershing also reported 15
walloping over the field like mi eie deaths, including five Washington men
pliant that had escaped from Its keep and one Oregon man.
er. But Ike’s guiding hand was In tin
monster’s throat turning It here am'
We have declared war against Aus­
there to trample under its hundref tria-Hungary, but we clearly inform
feet scores of Germans mid ciittlny the world that we regard her merely
Its way through barb wires ns a mow
a< the tool of Germany. Why not de­
Ing machine will fell n field of wheat.
clare
war on the whole bag of tools?
When the armies settled (low t
-----------»Uy»----------
again to ordinary work the cotutnmidet
of the tank brigade ordered a Ion;
A Dad Lot.
rest for nil who hail manned the gigan
Senator Weeks, apropos of the Lux-
tic centipedes. He complimented Ik( burg, BernstorlY, Von Igel and other
ns having done extraordinary servlet Jermnn exposures, said in Washington
mid asked him what sort of a rewiin i short lime ago:
he would like. Should It be ii decora
“Germany seems to approve the un
tlon or promotion? Ike said lie wonk exnmpled wickedness of her sons. She
think It over.
'■eininds me of the old man at the club
But Ike's thinking powers were upot
“An old man sat rending a newspa­
Clochette—the pretty French girl win per in n club while a group of young
hnd fallen lu love with either him ot fellows talked excitedly about the mar
Ids tank—It Is not certain which—-iut<! velotis power for lying possessed by
In1 asked for a leave to go buck am t certain Jack Courtenay. When their
see her. lie found the cnvalrymaii In talk ceased the old man cleared his
possession.
Ill1 too had received i 'liropt mid said:
“ ‘Gentlemen. I have Just heard you *
leave, and had returned to his love
Ike finding himself supplanted win decide that Jack Courtenay Is tlie blg-
much cast down, lie looked nt hl» ’est liar In the United States. I n tn
greasy dollies, mid Ills begrlineo Ills father.’
"A young urwi. very red in the face,
hands, then turned his gaze upon tin
handsome, well-dressed cuvalrymiir started to apologize, but the ohi boy
anil having a mind capable of perceiv­ said:
“'No. no; don’t apologize, It Isn’t
ing cause and effect resolved ujw>n n
course that he hoped would give him necessary. I merely wanted to say.
an advantage, He returned to his gen- gentlemen, that if you consider my
son Jack the biggest liar in the United
eral mid said :
"General. I would like n transfer.’ States, it's very evident that you have
never met my other son. Jim.'”
"To what corps?”
We appreciate your patronage in the past and
assure you we are going to do our very best to
merit a continuation of the same in the year we
The Next Step.
“The Germans." Mild a noted sur
geon, “are vaunting tlielr war surgery
Two years ago 80 per cent of theli
wounded returned lo the front. Last
year 90 per eent returned. Rubbish!’’
The professor imide a gesture of re­
pudiation. "Why, at this rate,” h<
said, "the Germans will be telling us
that, every time an enemy bullet hits
a German soldier in the head. Its only
! effect is to fill a hollow tooth for him.’
—London Opinion.
Wonder World.
Surgeon Gen. Sir A. Sloggett, who
has recently In-en made a K. C. M. G.
by King George, is responsible for the
follow Ing:
Mamma, It appears, was one day blt-
Ing her fingernails nt dessert, and lit-
tie Johnny was moved to ask the rea­
son why.
“Nervousness, dear," answered his
mol her. "It made me so uneasy to see
f
you swallow your grapes whole that
I didn't know what I was doing. You’ll
get appendicitis, if you're not careful."
A few days later, however. Johnny's
mother was herself taken ill, and the
case was diagnosed ns appendicitis.
An operation was performed nnd
the patient was relieved. The surgeon
discovered that wlmt had caused the
trouble was the presence of a small
ph........ if fingernail in tin1 appendix.
“It was al! your fault. Johnny," she
WAS CALLED BY WASHINGTON
said. “Tlds would never have happen­
First Cape Cod Canal Engineer to Be ed If you hadn't swallowed those
grapes whole.”
Pressed Into Service Because of
Demand for Experts.
How Bombs Are Dropped.
Thomas
Machin,
the
engineer
The bomb-dropping mechanism of a
Charged by n committee appointed In Zeppelin captured by the British was
1776 by the colony of Massachusetts described In a recent number of tho
with the task of milking the first sur- London Sphere. There are 60 bomb
vey for tlie Gape Cod canal, was droppers for conical bombs. The base
“drafted" as an army engineer by Is slung in straps, mid there is a strap
George Washington before ho could around the neck. The latter lias ii re
make ii fair start on the survey, says leasing hook, mid when the honk Is
the Engineering News-Record. George operated the small end first drops
Washington's letter to the chairman down and the huso slides out of Its
of the committee which appointed Mr. straps. ‘I'he bomb then lights Itself
Milcliln read :
and drops base downward. The bombs
"Tho great demand we have for en­ are slung In one or two lines tilling the
gineers In this department Ims obliged tinder side of the mail hull. The re­
me to order .Mr. .Machin hither to as­ leasing hook Is operated by mi electro­
magnet, and there Is n snuill switch
sist tn that branch of the business.“
This bit of American engineering board In the cabin fur controlling tin
release. Each bomb lias n separate
history Is recounted by William Bar
clHy Parsons, In a paper (published In switch. The bombs can be released by
hand levers also In case the electric
the Proceedings of the American Soci
ety of Civil Engineers) on the Cape means fall. Each bomb has a safely
levlee mid is not “alive” until it has
Cod canal, which was first proposed
hopped several hundred feet.
more limn three hundred years ago
mid finally opened to connnerclnl traf
On the Jump.
lice In 1911.
“Growlui: little tewn. thia!” compli­
mented the wise drummer.
Meaning of "Sinn Fein.”
"Growing? You just betelin!" replied
“Minn Fein” (pronounced Shinn the landlord of the I’ctUliia tavern, who
Fuin) Is a Celtic expression nietiulng is surcharged with local pride. “Why.
•‘ourselves alone,'' and Is the name ano we've already got mi east side mul a
motto of an Irish party which con­ west side, mid the first thing you know
strues Il us niemiltig both lor and by we'll have a north side mid a south
llie Irish alone. It dates actively from side. Oh. Petunia has got the bit in
1906 mid claims to lie more practical her teeth and her full over the ilnsli
ami comprehensive than any of tlie old board, mid there ain't no stopping her
Kansas City Star.
parties that have aimed nt Irish Inde­
pendence or self government. Among
other tilings, It proposes to establish a
Light Best Suited to Eyes.
purely Irish parliament, army and
Recent Investigations into the kind
navy, mint, civil and consular service, of light best suited It- the eyes have
Judiciary and school system; also the Important practical significance. The
economic reorganization of Ireland by studies were made from the point of I
its own iH-ople on a purely Irish basis, view of “contrast" to determine the
including mer< hunt inmltie. stock ex­ Ideal contrast between the object
change, bunks, etc.; nil official mid looked nt and the surrounding back­
business mutters mid corresiiondence ground. It was found that the usual
to be conducted In Gaelic, tile use of contrast In brightness between objects
English lunguage tn be boycotted In out of doors rarely exceeds the ratio
public offices, schools mid business. of 1 to 20. The eye can detect coil
These mid many other interesting re­ trusts ns delicate ns 9M t<> rm ), in­
"I wish to be made drum major ot
sults are to lie iiceninpllshed by pas­ doors, contrast In light and shadow
sive means mid pi-acenlile methods. It often runs ns high ns 1 to 200, and n II band."
"Great Scott num. what do you, n
is not stated exactly how. but by some dark window frame against Il bright
kind of social mid politlctil pressure sky presents a contrast of I to 10.000. ' fine soldier, desire to sink to such a
without vloleiiee.
Tlie scale of contrasts best «ui ted to 1 ridiculous position?"
Ike told Ids story mid the general
tlie eye lies btween I to 20 and 1 to
The West Point Course.
sent him back to the commander ot
100.
Tlie course of Instruction nt the
the American forces with a request
West 1’i.ltit Military neiidemy requires
that his petition bo granted, and Ike
Agrlsulture In France.
four years, :.nd is chletly mathemati­
The French government has under­ obtained his coveted position, In the
cal mid professional. Em Ii cadet Is taken to supply tlie depleted ranks of changes that occurred the fighting
paid by the government $700 a year the liiriners mid to give assistance to afterward fell on tlie American ariuy
wldle nt the neiidemy, that sum being the amateur farmer by means of a Clochette delerniiiii'd to go us a nurse
about sufficient for Ills support. Only correspondence course, w bleb has been I to the Anierleau camp mid appeared
one leave of absence Is allowed dur­ eagerly received. The pupil receives there Just before a battle. The Ameri­
ing the four yours, ami tills Is granted Instructions ns to a course of rending, can general ordered that the bands
st the end of the second year. The the management of a small experimen­ play martial music to Inspire the men.
regular session of study mid academic tal plot, the ei rrylng out of simple Ike nt the head of the band inarched
duties continues from September 1 to experiments, visits to
neighboring by u hospital where Clochette stood
June 1, the Intervening months being farms, etc. The I nion of Agricultural ready to help take care of the wound-
spent In camp, where practical mili­ Syndicates, which lias assumed charge ■ ed. Anihl the bursting of shot mid
tary training Is given. At .......... nd of of this work for the government, Ims shell, the thunder of guns, the cheers
four years cadets me graduated and appointed a number of "monitors” to of the charging troops. Ike Nourished
commissioned as second lieutenants supervise the work of pupils. I'he pu­ his stuff, tossed It hi the air. caught
In the (‘lilted States army.
pils prepare monthly examination pa
It as It came down, and his very np-
penrnnee. to say nothing of the music
pers and render monthly re|x>rts.
Lapps Wanted Laws Changed.
of Ids band, wn’ enough to make any
All unusual venture In representative
To Reduce A plane Explosions.
soldier plunge Into the Jaws of death
government waa made by n recent con I
Airplanes equipped with machine
Clochette had no eyes for anyone or
ference of 1011 Lapps In northern Swe­ , guns run ii certain d< gree of risk from
anything else. Ike. the engineer of the
den. These delegates represented the | in explosion riuts d by the flame nt
lank, the mechanic covered with
whole notnndlc people, and their pur­ the muzzle of the gun. lienee cousld
grease, was converted to he the fin­
pose was to frame a united protest eruble study Iibeen devoted to ob
est specimen of u man. Apollo was
against certain laws affecting their vlntlng this danger, mid n young Flor
not so much to a Roman girl ns was
reindeer herds. The Lapps rarely entitle chemist Is said to have recent
the drum major to Clochette.
have any sealed hat’ltatlon, moving ly given a denmastratlon before an
The story of Ike and Clochette Illus­
from place to place after the hArd- Italian military commission of a new
trates that there are different ways of
and often coming Into hostile contact powder Invented by him which burns
winning tile feminine heart
Power
with tho settled Senndlnavlan farm
without either tlmnc or smoke mid
Impresses woman but It is hardly equal
era. The law of Sweden requires the does not llurv on detonation.
to beauty, but the beauty must be
Lapt* to pay fine and damages when
adorned.
By the dedication of the General
Schuyler mansion nt Albany, N. Y.,
iinoilier Interesting landmark of revo­
lutionary days was permanently pre­
served from the devastating hand of
modern Improvement, notes u corre­
spondent, Tlie house is 155 years old,
having been built tn 1762. Its recent
dedication by Governor Whitman,
marked the one hundred and fortieth
anniversary of the surrender of Bur-
goyne nt Saratoga, General Schuyler
took nn active part In the campaign
against the Invading British army from
the North, and, nt Sarntogn, he suf­
fered a serious loss In the burning of
the British of ills country home mid
mills. Notwithstanding this, he acted
the part of the chivalrous conqueror a
few days Inter, when he entertained
Genernl Burgoyne and his stuff, in­
cluding the Hessian genernl, Huron
Itledesel, and his wife, nt Ills Albany
home, when, ns prisoners of war, they
stopped there on the way to Boston.
With the single exception of the fa­
tuous Washington headquarters nt
Newburg, purchased by the state In
1819, the Schuyler mansion Is more
closely associated with revolutionary
times than nay other of tho historic
memorials purchased from time to time
by the state for preservation.
■1
are about to begin.
We are ready to give you good service with full
values in everytning you buy
Come in and see us or phone 142
Jno.M. Williams Co
's Store.
Oregon
Jacksonville
REINDEER OF THE FAR NORTH
weather Report.
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.
?
?
Join the HOME BOOSTERS’
team.
This is YOUR TOWN.
BE NEIGHBORLY.
Let the HOME merchant fill
your needs.
He can and will fill them AS
CHEAPLY as the out of town
merchants.
Keep that dollar of yours IN
THIS TOWN.
?
x
IT WILL COME BACK
TO YOU
Herd of Animals imported Several
Years Ago From Labrador Have
Greatly Increase in Numbers.
Though perhaps most of us. young
and old, associate reindeer chiefly with
Sunlit'.- Jingling bell -. Mill tin re are.
b( sides the I ar, ii.m. sir phantom
reindeer, th very r .tl ;■ indoor who
are serving n very real and much-
needed mission among the pimple of
the far North, among whom Dr. Wil­
fred T. Grenfell works mid lives his
life of brotherly aid and uplift, Mary
M. Davis writes In Our Dumb Auinwls.
About six years ago Di dor Grenfell
imported from Labrador a herd of rein­
deer, inimber ubout 400. which during
their six years in Newfoundland have
increased to somewhere between 7<H>
and 1.000. The idea of bringing them
from their native Lapland was sug­
gested to Do< tor Grenfell by the great
abundance of reltide. r moss In New-
foundttlnd. The reasons for the ex­
periment are many and far reaching.
The reindeer are valuable, not only
for tlielr rich and delicious milk—
which would be n boon indeed to the
dwellers of that northern part of New­
foundland in which Doctor Grenfell
works but also are invaluable as
beasts of burden. In every way they
are as well adapted to the require- :
meats of the North as are the Konintik
dogs, which In many ways are an ab­
solute menace to the development of
the country.
Phone 142
To Make A Merry Christmas
J Date Maximum Min im am Precipita-
! 1
40
33
12
40
30
35
I 3
29
36
|4
39
36
30
i 5
42
30
6
36
30
. 7
33
28
33
26
¡9
33
28
11°
32
b1
27
42
27
12
47
'13
36
46
14
36
44
32
15
49
37
1,1
52
41
n
53
1 18
39
49
1 19
38
50
1 20
44
47
¡21
39
48
122
39
51
¡23
41
48
124
41
52
i 25
36
56
44
i ¡27
^6
53
44
57
;28
46
52
45
29
49
43
! 30
48
37
' 31
Temperature—mean max. 45; mean
min. 35.67; mean 40.31; Max 57. on 28.
Minimum, 26. on 9. Greatest daily
range, 16. Total precipitation 3.84
inches. Greatest in 24 hours, 1.67in.,
Number of days with 01.
on ; I.
inch or more precipitation, 13. clear,
0; partly cloudy, (6; cloudy, 25.
Total snowfall
inches
Precipitation for season, 9.56
Precipitation for last season 7.90
Seasonal average
1'1. B ritt ,
Cooperative Observer.
No $2.00 that you can spend in Christ­
mas present giving will go further than !
a subscription for The Youth's Com-1 Wounded U. S. Airman
panion. Look over your long list and j
Reports, Then Dies.
see how few things on it are certain to )
be as eagerly treasured during every
one of the fifty-two weeks of 1918.
Paris, Jan. 1—An American" aviator
Acquaintance with it soon ripens into
was killed yesterday while making a
lasting friendship, for it has that rare
test fight at an aviation center before
and priceless quality among peri-‘diesis
French and American pilots and obser­
—character, —and the character of The I
vation aviators. Although the wind
Youth’s Companion has made fast
was blowing violently he made a loop
friends for it all round the world.
i
to re-
successfully, but
wo. on attempting
a,
The Companion alone is $2.00, but I , peat
the feat, ,_____
he fell, . He was dying
___ _______
the publishers make an Extraordinary ing when picked up, but insisted on re­
Double Offer—The Youth’s Companion porting to his American comrades with
and .McCall's Magazine together for his last breath the observation he had
$2 25.
i made.
Our two-nt-one price offer includes:
The public is always una nimoua
1 The Youth's Companion—52 issues
against the increase of railroad rates
of 191?.
and the reduction of railroad wages.
2 All the remaining issues of 1917.
The Germans are to try again to take
3 The Companion Home Calendar for
Calais, The post mortem will reveal
1918.
4 McCall's Magazine—12 fashion num­ “Calais” written on Kaiser’s heart.
Japanese profiteers also know a goo J
bers of 1918. All for only $2.25.
thing when they see it. Some 172 of
THE YOUTH’S COMPANION,
Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. the leading firms announce a profit for
six months in 1916 and of 237 per cent-