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About Jacksonville post. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1906-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1918)
: JACKSONVILLE POSI ft YEAR OF DISASTERS e ' O 'fieiaI Râperont the City ot Jacksonville, Oregon A weekly newspaper published every Sat irdav at the co inty seat of Jan.-on County, Oregon. D. W. B ag . shaw , Editor and Publisher Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1907, at the post office al Jaekcor.viii. Oregon, under Act of Congress of March ]>7‘. ______________ • SATURDA Y. MARCH 2. I ¡1.8 SUBSCRIPTION: One year by mail <1..>J. Advertising.grates furnished on - X. application. Raise More Reaus Is Uncle Sam’s Plea. Tuscania V ictim Has A Wid ow At Knuppa, Ore. Yamhill, Or., Feb. 25—Alex J. Dunr, a private in company E. 6th battalion, 2'1 b engineers, who was umoig the victims of the Tuscania, disaster was a resident of Oregon b fore enlisting, haying c- mr to th s s ite from t’olias- sett. Minn., where his parents reside. His widiw is living with relatives at Knappa, Or. Portland, Feb. 27— Emphasizing the fact that too many beans cannot be grown, especially the white ones, W. K. Newell, assistant food administra tor for Oregon, announced this morn ing that at the present time the army 1 aw! navy alone are using beans on a bisis better than 9 or 9'J per cent re- c euned. The Oregon bean crop totals only 1 Must SliTjv Cards To Gel Food p r cent of the entire bean production o’the country. The fact that the state is ideal for producing this crop London, Feb. 25 —Saturday was the j has resulted in the food administra- last day on which persons living in Lon t on officials of Washington requesting don snd the immediate adjoining coun O-egen farme-s t > get busy and raise ts s could buy meat, mtrga’ine and pure beans, according to Mr. New butter without producili;' a ration ell. card. The Butler Trial “A Representative of all the peo- pie. ” -West Earth and Tip > Never Trembled So Violently So Generally assuring the Past Twelve Months. An enrihquake^that <1< stroyed the city of Guatemala 1ms added to the record of disasters and horrors that have marked the past year, quite apart from the tragedies of the war, as on,’ of th,, most dreadful in inod’s'it ana iIs. Early in the year 1917 au earth<|:mku occurred In ceiiirul For mosa. killing Him. I.nter In the same month 550 were killed by an earth quake <m the Island of Bali, on the .Malay arelil|sdagi>. In April many were killed in Tus cany and I'mbria, in Italy, by an earth quake. Shocks occurred In different parts of the world throughout I lie spring, the most severe being In Sun Salvador, where fortunately no lives were lost, though serious damage was done. Heavy damage was done In July in the Samoan Islands, with losses of life. In August nil earthquake in New Zealand caused serious destruc tion. In September Colombia felt a series of shocks lusting for two weeks, With the destruction of hundreds of houses and some losses of life. A disaster of another character, but be longing to die record of misfortunes of the year, occurred in Halifax harbor on the 6th of December, when a muni tions ship was destroyed by collision with another vessel and over 1,500 lives were lost, with a property loss of $50,000,000. Now comes the Guatemala quake, l he full effect ot which Is not known, but which Ims doubtless taken a heavy toll id’ life and Ims rendered 125.000 people homeless. Rarely has the earth trembled so violently and so generally as during the past year. The full toll of dentils from the shakes will per Imps never he known, ns many of the disturbances occurred In remote places, T i il <>f Butler, in licte 1 by the grand jury for m irder in the second degree t >r the killing of Joseph M. Stewart, last fall, was begun in the circuit court in thi-« city Monday morning. All of Monday, Tuesdsy and part of Wednes ARMY WITH ETERNAL SMILE day were spent in securing a jury. The opening statement of the prose English Warriors Display Greatest cuting attorney was to the effect that Fortitude Especially During Hours the evidence for the state would be of Suffering in Hospitals. mostly circumstantial, there being no rctual eye-witnesses to the shooting Sir Berkeley Moynihan, the represent ative of Great Britain In the surgeon except the defendant and the victim. general's office In Washington, said re The attorney for the defense relied up cently that the English army Is an on the p'ea of self defense. army with n smile, that it never wears Witnesses for the state proved the off and that whore it is most persistent death of Stewart, the cause, certain Is in the war hospitals. In ills cease statements made by defendant, etc. A less visits to the bedsides of the number of exhibits were introduced as wounded at night he could not but be evidence. touched by the awful loneliness and For the defense, attorney Boggs solitude and the aching misery of the placed the defendant on the stand. His early hours of the day. But never was there n whimper of regret or surren story was brief and told the story of der. the shooting from his viewpoint. He Never would ho forget one boy who claims that, three shots we'e fired at hail it bad compound fracture of the him before he replied in kind. The | Candidate For knee Joint, which every effort had Bieberstadt fahiily were the principal been mntlo to save. In spite of the witnesses for the defense, all of them Republican Nomination for efforts gangrene hud come ou and amp telling the same story as to the num utation wns necessary. ber of reports heard by them, etc. A By blood transfusion, the use of number of character witnesses were which In surgery wns due to Maj. called and examined, after which the George Crlle, the American surgeon, Salem, Oregon. the boy had been put Into something State called witnesses in rebuttal. like fair condition, Though still a The arguments for the stale were (Paid Advertisement) grave surgical risk the boy hml had then made bv Mr. Roberts and for the to have his chance. defense by Mr. Boggs. Judge Calkins Sir Berkeley had seen him several Electric Sparks in a fair and impartial charge, in which limes during the evening and again he explained the law as it affects this •it half past eleven, when lie hud said: p irticular case, submitted the case to "Well, how are you?” The boy turned (From Off Our Wireless) the jury shortly after four o’slock Fri I his white, weary face to him and said day evening. The jury reported at There is one advantage in being your ns loudly us he could, "I am tip-top, midnight a verdict of manslaughter own boss—you can work overtime aid sir;" and nt midnight was dead. with a recommendation to the clemen on holidays if you want to. Volumes Couldn’t Say More. cy of the court. If Col. Roosevelt were minister of A curious sidelight on German The jury was as follows: H. C. Gar munitions he might explode premature standards of probity Is found In n re nett, C. A. Devoe, Emil ¡Britt, E. E. ly. port of the case of Lieutenant Spin Dimick, Ed Baer, D. D. Churchill, Geo. Things must be pretty lively in To dler, who commanded the German Aldan, Wtu. H. McNair, Robert Cook, ship l.lbnu, which landed Casement In C. J. Layne, H. C. Egan and Chris bolsk. Mi. Romanoff his not iH'aped Ireland and was captured, says the for a week. Kelso. Outlook. Spindler gave up four There is a suspicion th it a violent pounds when taken prisoner, saying it stage quarrel is proceeding between was all he had. ••When Ills captor Lebanon Youth Burled Germany and Austria. asked, ‘On your honor?’ Spindler re Nothing conns borne to man so mtn h plied, ‘No, no more.’ ’’ A search re vealed 21 fil e pound notes concealed Lebanon, Or., Feb. 25 Joel Cham as an unsettled bill. In Ills clothing. The attorney general berlain, a Lebanon boy who died on the Don’t get into the habit of going asked him: "Do you think in the clr- battleship South Dakota, off Halifax, around with your bristles up. cmnstances you were entitled to give while the vessel was in the convoy ser i Many an eloquent speaker, like H an untruthful answer?" Lieutenant vice, was buried here yesterday after Spindler replied : “There may be dif j river is greatest at the mouth. noon and a large audience, composed ferent points of view—the point of Of course the Colonel sees only Ot e of citizens of this city and all parts of view of an English officer and the Linn county, attended to pay the last side. He has only one good eye a <1 |H>lnt of view of n German officer." Volumes could speak no more. honors to the youth’s memory. Two I sometiiii.is he puts a blinker on that. We are warned not to be t io hopeful brothers of the dead youth are in the Better Clothes for Tommy. service of the government, one of them in regard to strikes in Germany. The A longstanding grievance of the Serving on the South Dakota. The I it- fighting machine hasn’t struck so far. British soldier Is to be remedied. On t.T accompanied the body to this city. A wounded American in Fr n. e call- discharge he wns served out with a el for “Germans, beef-teak, and or:- suit of shoddy, described In the trade ” W.mt.d tl.em . erve I t '. itlnr as "reach me downs," a cheap tweed C aptain Fon Der Helen Or ions. ve suppose. cap and a muffler, the value being fixed What’s in a nime? The president of at 64.20. dered Io I art Sill. A newspaper man who witnessed the the Bolshevik! peace delegation is nam ed Joffe. With the help of a single discharge of the men who fought nt Mons described the returning heroes Captain Gsorge Von der Hellen, who “,r” he would have been a Joffre. ns looking like charity pensioners. was the only Jackson county man at Reported dissent ions in Germai y, Till' pl-ess dealt with the complaint tending either of the officers’ training however they may be approved of in and the war otliee amended the scheme camps to win a captain’s commission this country, are not going to make by substituting for the muffler a collar has won high commendation for his ef any responsible Americans carelet s and a He and suggesting greater care in the fitting of Individual suits. ficiency and ordered to Fort Sill, Okla about war preparations. Henceforth these men are to be re homa. for drill with big guns. This Biggest thing in the world leased for civilian life wearing suits means his transfer to the ti Id artil the peace congress after the w decent quality and cut, represent lery and probable speedy departure for all nations will pledge themselves nev of ing $10, wholesale value. France. er to fight again. Rehabilitation of Holy Land. Possibly Germany, aftey a little more Immediate plans for the rehabilita Parcel Post Weights Increased. experience with the Bolsheviki, may tion of the Holy Land, to fit It for the pass Russia back to the allies. home of the Jews of the world, are Turkey and Austria are asking peace now under consideration by the officers Washington, Feb. 26—As a means of of everybody that carries a gun. ’he New York Zionist organization. stimulating movement of farm products A U ks I:.'».! unit will be dispatched to to th* consumer, Postmaster General I The compiler or Who's Who must the strleker: lend, loans will be made Burleson today increased the allowable have a gay time in Rusaia and Fin- to the colonKi t rebuild and refit weights of parcel post packages effec land. their farms and vltuyvn)?. and Irriga tive March 15. The Germans arc not so much after tion and sanitation probh-i»>i>t lie Packages when mailed in the first or a peace with Russia as a piece of Rus solv< d. The 61.000 ikkl fund now fvmg raised will be used for immediate pur second sones for delivery in the first, sia. second or third sons» may weigh 70 The Senate's commerce committee poses, and It is believed the recon pounds. The limit tor all other toms finds the Hog Island shipyard too ne°r struction work will Involve an expen diture of npproxiu ot-ly 6100.000,000, was increased from 20 to 50 pounds. the pork barrel. State Treasurer iá$ Sone New House Dr Aprons. Rompers for the Kiddies for the Boys and Middies for the School Girls A Dandy Assortment Good Materials ■ Neatly Made - Reasonable Jno.M. Williams Co. Phone 142. -Il.e Pc Pile’s Jacksonville ♦ Bank of Jacksonville Weather Report. I I Farm and Stock Loans All kinds of Insurance 4 per cent Interest paid on Time Deposits Until this new smoke” was m ide you could never have a real Burley tobacco cigarette. It’s the best yet The toasting; brings out the delicious flavor of that fina cld Kentucky Burley. You never tasted anything so agreeable—think what roasting does for peanuts. I Following is the report of (I. S. Vol unteer Cooperative Observer, E. Britt; Jacksonville, for month of Jan. Latitude 42 deg. 18. min. north; kt.gi- tude 128 deg. 5 min. West. Pat« 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ¿5 16 27 28 1 -9 1 30 Lfl Maximum Minimum Fri cipittt* 44 41 4« 52 54 51 bl 47 43 39 »41 51 44 48 46 49 52 41 40 42 45 60 51 47 46 48 46 48 43 40 • 82 82 B.I 39 44 43 41 38 81 26 32 39 82 37 37 41 38 3» 25 24 26 27 30 31 81 33 33 2o 31 30 21 Temperature—mean max. 46.25; mean min. 32.90; mean 39.57; Max 54. on 5. Minimum, 21. on 31. Greatest daily range, 20. Total precipitation 3.27 inches. Greatest in 24 hours, 1.46 in., Number of days with 01. on 12. inch or more precipitation, 15. clear, 7; partly cloudy, 10; cloudy, 4. Total snow’fall 0 inches Precipitation for season, 12 83 Precipitation for last season 10.58 Seasonal average E. B ritt , Cooperative Observer. Countv Treasurer’s 93rd Call For Warrants, State <.f Oregon, County of Jackson Treasury Department. Jacksonville, Oregon, March 2nd, Notice is h.-i bv given that there ar» ■funds on h inri for the re lomption of all County Warrants which were pro tested from March 1st, 1913 to May 31st, 1913, both dales inclusive. Interest ceases on the warrants above called on this the 2nd, day of •March, 1918. M yrtle W. B lakeley , Treasurer of Jackson County, Oregon. Guaranteed by AjL'Vl.CiCC Th» only gooff thing we have ever heard about Trotzky was that he was once in America. The war depsrtment in at least effl- cieut enough to put up a pretty good fight in its defense.
