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OH ria' Pn-ìSf'of the ('ih/ of Jacksonville, Oregon
A weekly newspaper published every Saturday at the county seat of Jackson
County, Oregon. I). W. B agshaw . Editor and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter June 22. 1907. at thiwpost office at Jacksonville,.
Oregon, under Act of Congress of March 3. 1X79,
S 1 rr
A Fictitiou
Plutocrat
Just Received!
By TOM MASSON
(Coarriatit)
Another shipment of
I > . FFRRllARY 2, I! 18
The f::'■cl nation wlifi'li uttiK'hes lt-
■ Belt to tile uccuillllllltina of vast im ill •
SJ33CRIPHON: One year by mail «.5». Advertising ¡rates furnished on ' ti sort of twentieth century halo that
t surrounds n man. so to speak, I" untie
apolication.
, lhe less pronounced III the ease of Ca
leb Yellowbolse because he chances
to he ll fictitious personage.
Local News
Logger Dies al Astoria.
A fictitious person is much more like
ly to lie true to himself mid to be more
A consignment of Lib Tty B in is ar
Seaside, Or., Jan. 29 Clark Carroll, free In his movements than his coun
rived Monday and are being dis'r but- who was hurt in the Hanson logging terpart In real life because the neces
e 1 to buyers by the Bank of Jackson camp last week, lie! in the hospiial at sity for his being on guard Is never
paramount. I was saying something
ville.
Astoria. He was choker and head rig-
A tire bender, a tire shrin'ter. some 'ging man an 1 came in the way of a like this the other evening to Caleb
Yellowbolse ns we sat ill one of his
hammers, tongs and a few other tools, . log which was being handled, an I was palaces.
belonging to the Basye estate remain struck in the side. It is said the 1< K
"Ami yet." he said, “you must re
in the shop and will he sold at a bar rolled oyer him. His ribs were broken member that, while in a sense your
gain. D. W. Bagshaw, Adm.
and there were intern.il injuries which statement is correct, at the same time
Attorney B F. Piatt of Medford was cause I his death He was 32 years old I must In my actions and In my
a business visitor in this city today.
| and leaves a wife and two children. thoughts* live up to tlie reality which
The Hanson c imp is located in the ns a fictitious personage I represent In
Council meeting next Tuesday.
real life. In other words, the reality
Gearhart
woods.
A number of persons from this place
of my ficfl I ioitsness depends wholly
. — ■ - • uu» ■ ■
■ -
attended the social dance at Ruch, Fri
upon my fidelity to my prototype.”
day evening Among them were Mrs.
“My dear Caleb," I said, laying my
Lumber
Firm
to
Supply
all
J. Go'dsby, O a Goidsbv, Bert Goldsbv,
I hand wnrningly on Ills arm. “you may
Cora Go'dsby. Miry Bagshaw, Jeannie
I not escape me with tiny such subtle
Material For 2 Ships.
sophistry. You wish to conceal from
Tuck, R dph Jennings, Paul Jennings.
me the hidden springs of yottr char
Lewis Jennings an 1 D. H. Cronemii-
acter. your weaknesses, your defects,
ler. They report a very enjoyable af
Centralia, Wash., Jan. 28—The Yeo by taking refuge behind the sincerity
fair.
mans Lumber company, of PeEll, has of your fietitlmisness. You feel Intui
M dfor.i papers this week, published an order from a Seattle shipyard f r tively that I am here to criticize you.
a story of an aeroplane haying been I every slick of timber to be used in the to pick you to pieces, and you shrink
h wn by a man somewhere in the rough i construction of two wooden vessels. from tlie operation. You try to head
country east of Roxy Ann. A report Some of the timbers are 84 feet in me off, therefore, by endeavoring to
wav circulated here Thursday that a length. The log carriage of the plant convince me that yon are in reality
wordenter of this place, while at work I was broken last week when a huge 85- real mid must be governed by actions
south of the city had seen an airship I foot log was brought in. The mill is identical with reality. You must re
high in the air and traveling in a west j also in receipt of orders from the gov- member that If you were really real I
'The People’s Store
erly direction. The whole affair is like , ernment for lumber for airplane parts, would In all probability not he here to
censure yon. but to beg. Is it not n
ly to have about as much foundation in I the instructions being “to get out the pleasure for me once in my life to
fact as the story sent out from Myrtle lumber regardless of price.”
take the owner of n hundred millions
Creek about finding nitro glycerine and
Into his own private room, sit him
acid in tubes on the S. P. near that
down in a chair and tell him what I
town, but which on investigation prov
think of him?”
Electric Sparks
“Anyone would think," said Caleb
ed to -be the small bulbs from a carpen-
Yellowbolse, "that you are actuated by
ter’s level, each containing abcut a
personal animosity against me. as if
(From Off Our Wireless)
spoonful of alcohol.
you considered me a reprobate or
exhibit
Medford’s Commercial Club
something equally reprehensible."
building was closed Friday, owing it is
“Admirable!" I exclaimed. “My dear
In war, a nation is compelled to do
said to lack of financial support. An much that it ought to do in time of Caleb. your simulation of reality Is so Germ?n Paper
Revolt.
effort is being made to reorganize upon peace but does not.
good that I am almost tempted to ask
you for a loan if for nothing more than
a firmer basis.
If the German people could live on to humor your w him."
London, Jan. 29—A dispatch to the
fine words the kaiser would have them
“The fact Is," said Caleb Yellow
Exchange
Telegraph from Amsterdam
all growing fat.
bolse, "I mu not as I seem. I mu one
The New Paper.
says Deutsche Tages Zeitung openly
of
the
most
envied
and
one
of
the
most
The road to success is slippery and
calls upon the German people to revolt
he who travels thereon needs a lot of miserable of hitman creatures-—envied
because of my possessions mid miser against the present regime.
sand.
Number 1, Vol. I. of the Medford
able because of them."
•‘We, too,” says the pan-German or
Accidents will happen and a girl
American has made its appearance,
“But, my dear fellow," I exclaimed, gan, "have a Judas among us today.
might as well get used to having her “why should you let this incubus of a
bearing date of Jan. 30.
He appears in the red coat and mantle
fortune oppress you? Why not Ignore
In its "Introduction,” occupying al heart broken once in a while.
of Germany's hangman. Who will save
It.
overlook
It.
mid
go
on
your
way
most a column of space, its editor de
Our idea of a wise man is one who
Germany from those traitors but the
clares that it is published in the inter isn't foolish enough to try to convince without thinking of ft?"
“Ah.” said Caleb sadly. "I might—I German people? It is now ‘Germans
est of ninety per cont of the people of a woman by arguing with her.
might If it were only that. But you help yourself and God will help’.”
Jackson county, and that if it should
Shortage asserts itself everywhere; forgot that the very habit of thought
Althoug Emperor William is not nam
please the remaing ten p»r cent, its even in the column of mercury in the engendered by a lifetime of aceumtlla-
ed in the article, the expression "Ger
publishers will be disappointed.
tlon
cannot
be
shnflleil
off
so
easily.
To
thermometer
many's hangman,” is meant for the
After stating that evidence of "a
Canada and the United States as be gain tills end I have made many sacri kaiser, savs the correspondent.
period of independent thought” exists
comes comrades in arms, are sleeping fices. and now my nature, warped anil
in Jackson county, it intimates that
sullen, refuses to respond to more es
thetic Impulses.”
the American will attempt to guide under one enow blanket.
If the Government is going iu for
"It Isn't your conscience. Is It?" I Supposed Attempt] Made
that thought (a big contract brother.)
•c Every dollar »pent out of town
One of the objects of the publication guaranties, many a private business suggested.
lo Wreck
Bridge.
“No!" replied
"will be to unmask the individual who woukl like to be ‘ taken over.”
TAKES THAT DOLLAR from
is himself a pub'ic offense.”
Washington would have swamped “1 can’t say that
circulation here.
With two dailies, one semi-weekly Berlin sometime go if we could win to any extent. I
Roseburg, Or., Jan. 19 —A small tube
nlng that It was no quarter, and my
and three weekly papers now published the war with official dignity.
The dollars spent with the
conscience never came to tlie front to of what is believed to be nitroglycer
in the county we fail to see the need
German army uniforms are said to harass me. Of course there are times ine, was found near the South Umpqua
HOME MERCHANTS go to
of another at this time, but that is a [ be the best in the world but it is con- —when perhaps I hear of sonic poor steel bridge on the Southern Pacific
PAY RENT. TAXES and
matter entirely within the province of tents that count.
devil who lias gone to tlie wall—when I track at Myrtle Creek, yesterday af
WAGES in this town.
the publishers and the people.
More things are happening in [lussili I happened tn turn on the screws that ternoon by two bops. Local officers 4»
I feel a tinge of regret, but tin-chances
than were dreamed of in anybody's are he would be squeezed anyway. think it was meanl to wreck the bridge
and stop freight traffic for some time
Chamberlain
Insists On philosophy.
After I had made a little I got tin- taste
The explosive, if such it is, was in a 5:
How to lose the war. Put Jim Reed of blood. You see. my personal wants
sealed
tube about eight inches long, in
A Har Cabinet.
• were few. I didn’t care about pictures
Vardaman and LaFollette on guard.
■ then or books or scenery or anything which there was another vial of about
The Mexican Congress has adjourned
j like that. I thought n good deal of my the same length, with a different sort
Washington, Jan. 29—Secretary Ba I until September 1, and I wonder if any | w ife, mill I w anted to make her Imppy ; of liquid. The Rosburg experts say
' but. above all. I wanted power."
ker soon will have an opportunity to one will miss it.
that the outside liquid is mtro-glycer-
Speaking of cold weather, did you
“And of course you got it," I said. ine, the inside one a liquid which would
amplify his statement of America’s
“That's one of the things," lie contin act as fuse or detonator.
war preparations, given yesterday to i read the account of the meeting be
the senate military committee, in which tween ex-Mayor Mitchell and Mayor ued. "that bother me. I can't make up
There is no clue as to who dropped
my mind now whether I have any pow
he announced that more than half a Hylan at the New York City Hall?
er er not. Sometimes I think 1 have, the bomb, District Attorney Ntuman
million men will be in France early this
Silly set, those Bolshevik’. At last and sometimes 1 think I haven’t. I will corsuli with the federal authori-
year and a million more would be ready reports they were fighting over a lot haven’t created anything. I've had ties as to the steps necessary to ascer
before the end of the year
of Siberian towns. Under czardom the some fun. of course. It's fun to play tain the exact contents of the mysteri
Recall of Secretary Baker for cross same outfit fought to get away from any game mid win. but I begin to see ous tube, which, it is thought, was
examination before the end of the week Siberia.
now that the game Isn’t worth as Mg a placed on a rail and was shaken off by
Wants 8-Hour Day In
was decided upon today by the commit
"Too cold to snow” is a time-honor candle ns I thought It was. Railroads vibration when a trai l drew near. No
tee.
lhe Coast Camps.
ed expression that now will 'have to bt have been billlt In my name. Iron foun I one has dared to open the tube.
dries started, libraries founded, and so
Howard E. Coffin, head of the air revised.
forth. But If I wanted a railroad built
craft board, and his assistants, were
, The ease with which German politics I got mi engineer to construct it. ns I
called before the committee today to
Washington, Jan. 29—Secretary Wil
was played in Russia may easily tempt got architects to plan my buildings. It
Chrome Ore Near Talent.
tell in executive session of the Liberty
son has written to Senator Jones advis
the bolsheviki ,to play Russian poli Is true I furnished the capital for nil
motor and other aviation affairs.
these tilings, but even tills I didn't
ing that conditions in the lumber camps
tics.
Although impressed with Secretary
make. I g»t It from the other fellows.
Ashland, Or., Jan. 29 -Allen Davis J of the Pacific Northwest impels him to
Baker's disclosures of the magnitude
In the meantime my wife and daugh and W. A. Patrick, of this city, left : recommend to the president that he es
ters have grown up without me.
of army operations, the senate commit- '
this morning to locate a valuable tablish a basic eight-hour work day and
Two Recent Deaths.
They've learned things I haven’t hud
tee intends to pursue its demands for
chrome deposit, 10 milts west of Ash time and a half for overtime. He says
time
for.
Of
course
I
’
ve
laid
the
edges
centralization of war authority through
nearly all industries on the Cosst are
rubbed off, but n man 1ms to lie caught land and six miles from Talent, which
a war cabinet and a munitions direc
As we go to press reports of the young to learn a proper appreciation of they prospected recently. Both men operated on an eight hour basis, and
tor.
death of Mrs. Gus Mitchell at the State tome things. And ns for my sons—"
are experienced miners. Davis having workmen will not go into the lumber
Hospital at Salem, and of Ivan Appa
"Slop!" I cried. "Enough!" I antici handled chrome ores for 30 years. They industry on a 10-huur basis wnen they
Partial Military Service gate, at Vancouver, Washington, have pated u positive enjoyment from a believe the deposit richer than any oth can secure eight-hour jobj nearby. ¡As
been received. Both deaths occurred more thorough understanding of your er in this section, and will proceed with a result, the Pacific Northwest lumber
sometime last night Mrs. Mitchell character, but this tills is heartrend development work at once. The ore industry is thort of labor. Spruce pro
Is Being Provide d.
had been ill for several months. Ivan ing !"
will be delivered to Talent over a down duction is 50 per cent short, and the
Tlie owner of a hundred millions
Applegate had been ill with pneumonia
shipping board is unable to get fir for
grade haul.
sighed
deeply.
"You
see
how
It
is."
he
Washington, Jan. 31—New regula for about two weeks. Funeral arrange
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shipbuilding. The Pacific Northwest
I
replied. "I have never confided In any
tion» for physical examination of draft ments have not yet been made.
lumbermen, he declars, should meet
one liefore. Don't you feel sorry for
El Pi.so Vote Against Prohibition
registrant». changing weight, height
me?"
competition in labor as well as compe
ro»n<1 a C»r. Or
and other conditions, and providing
"Sorry!" I ejaculated. “My dear mil
tition for trade, and the matter should
partial military service for men not ac "I suffered with rhsnaist im fr - two yoan lionaire. tills is one of tlie saddest tales
and
could
not
ret
my
right
hand
to
an
be
handled in a patriotic firmer. Jones
tually rejected, were announced today
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 31 The local op
of human r,and meatal destitu
for that length of t.ius," writes
tion
I
ever
heard.
I
pity
you
from
the
by Provost Marshal General Crowder. mouth
tion
election
in
the
city
of
Ei
Paso,
re
:
and
other senators and representatives
L Chapman, Maplelon, Iowa. “I tuffs re
bottom of i i; heart. .Inst think!"
Local boarns are directed to reject no terrible pain so I could not sleep or l:e ali
suited in the defeat of prohibition by a are filing protests against the regional
“Of what'.'" asked Caleb.
registrant on account of foot or teeth st night, Fiee rears sjo I began nsii
majority of 328. In an electin'’ held
"Of th!». ; r< p. I. “If yon. who are simultaneously in the county of El eight-hour day. but it is believed the
detects ami to accept in most cases all Cbaiabetlain'a Liniment and in two tn. il
I was well and hare not suffered with rheu
fictitious ci. .
; lae so. Just think
men with temporary or remediable de mamas siaee." Fsr sals by all dealers - of
Paso prohibition lost by 841 majori president will issue the proclamation
wliat tlie re lilt) must be!"
For Men and Women,
Goldc-n Day School Shoes and
Scuffers
For Boys and Girls.
Come in and look them over
.Jno.M. Williams Co
Phone 112.
Oreg m
Jacksonville
Calls for
Í
Weather Repott.
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.
1
.
Date Maximum Minimum Precipita-
11
40
33
9
40
30
! 3
35
29
I 4
36
39
36
! 5
30
42
¡6
30
36
7
30
33
18
28
33
26
j 9
33
28
! 10
32
27
i I1
42
12
27
47
13
36
46
14
3Ú
44
! 15
32
49
11<:
37
52
Ì 17
41
53
18
39
49
19
38
50
20
44
47
121
39
48
22
39
51
23
41
48
¡24
41
52
25
36
56
i 26
44
53
1 27
44
57
i 28
48
52
1 29
45
49
¡30
43
48
|31
37
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f The Heme Merchants
: Need You
I You Need the Home
Merchants.
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I TRADE
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fects.
Urertaesaaaat.
ty-
1 soon.
j Temperature—mean max. 45; mean
' min. 35.67; mean 40.31; Max 57. on 28.
I Minimum, 26. on 9. Greatest daily
: range, Iti. Total precipitation 3.84
¡ inches. Greatest in 24 hours, 1.67 in.,
I on 1.
Number of days with 01.
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.
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Advent College Has
6th Blaze
Walla Walla, Wash., Jan. 29—For
the sixth time in two months fire was
discovered las' night in Walla Walla
a Seven-Day Adventist institution at
College Place, a suburb Fiâmes were
i discovered in one of the lavatories on
the fourth floor of the main adminis-
tration building. Rags had been sat-
| urated with alcohol and coal oil and the
tire started during the dinner hour,
“nd only through mere chance the blaze
was discovered before it spread to the
woodwork of the building, the incen
diary having chosen a time when high
wind and poor water pressure would
have made the tire difficult to control.
Sheriff Lee Barnes has been working
on the case and promises arrests with
in a few hours.
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The ultimate consumer who ventured
to complain about the price of coal long
ago lost his voice in the rush to get
any coal at all.