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J A CK SON VILLE POST-:
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Official Paper of the Clip of Jacksonville Oregon
A weekly newspaper published every Saturday at the county seat of Jackson
County, Oregon D. W. B agshaw , Editor and Publisher
We Have
Entered as secon i-class matter June 22. 1907, at the post office at Jael. -i.in i.l>
Oregon, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1»79.
As Hilly Towne drove up the nar
I row road, lie spleil a blur of jtcarlcl at
I the edge of a wood. Ami ns be <am«'
SAI URDA Y. APRIL 12, If)If)
r nearer, Billy whistled, for the scarlet
SUBSCRIPTION: One year by mailJ51.5O.
Advertising rates furnished 01 j blur proved to be a silken sweat«"
I ' with a girl's brown head above It.
application.
Bill's wonderment was caused by
the fact that the road at this point
was almost Impassable, no human hab
CORVALLIS RESIDENT'
itation for miles, and no vehicle of
any sort In sight. How then had this
DIES.
wnnll, white-slippered creature chosen
this wilderness in which to continue
In r knitting? For Billy could see that
Peter A. Moses’Passes Away
she was knitting.
The needles
gleamed In the sunlight as the Isolat
at Age of 99.
ed girl hummed a song.
ir
Billy had been sent up In his little
Corvallis, Or., April 7. Peter
car by the chief engineer and tlie new-
made way was precarious.
Moses died-this morning atjhis home in
Tlie girl, raising dark eyes from her
this city. It was the 61st anniversary
knitting, regartb’d him coldly, then
of his marriage and had he lived till
resumed her work.
November he wonld have been 91 years
“1 thought,” he blundered, “that you
oil. Funeral sers'Set-s will be conduct-
might need assistance.”
el Tuesday afternc»«» ii> charge of the
She raised her pretty brows.
Masonic lodge, of wJutii he had been a
“Why?” she asked. “I am comfort
m.'mber for 61 years.
able here.”
Mr. Moses leaves his widow ’and six HAVE STOOD TEST OF TIME
“You're not lost then?" Billy ques
children—Susan Jenks of Tangent,
tioned.
Jesse Moses or Alsea, Amasa Moses of Quotations With Which All Are Fa
The girl shook her head. “I know
miliar Acquire Popularity Only
H >opla. Cal., Samuel Moses of Philo
J>i where I am," she answered de
Because of Their Merits.
math, Josephine Trask of Corvallis and
cidedly.
Victor P.i Moses, postmaster of this
There seemed nothing to do, after
The quotation worthy of the high
city.
title of “familiar” must have stood that, but to continue bls way, but
During the civil war Mr. Moses the test of time am! passed unhurt Billy felt strangely loath to depart.
Tin' young engineer puzzled over It
served as a chaplain in the confederate through tlie shifting tastes and fash
army and after ¡the war was elected ions of centuries. In its lofty or tn its during the wakeful hours of the night.
state senator from Arkansas. He was humble way it. must show that, like So yon may see wliat had, in «me Hash
married in 1858 and moved to Oregon Slmkesix'iire, it "was not for an age, of «lurk eyes, happened to Billy. It
hut for ail tlcie.” I used the word «us i«iy>tie, of course, to expect that
in 1874. He served as principal of th
“humble'' b«'caiise the rhymes of child the perverse girl would lie at her soll-
schools in Brownsville, Albany, Leba hood, of tlie nursery, fulfill the re tar« post upon tlie following day. But
non ard Jeffers«-. I and as pastor of the quirement of age in a quotation mi ovi'i'whelndng desire took Billy to
South Methodist church at Browns worthy to lie called familiar. Their tlie chief engineer.
ville, Lebanon. Junction, Tangent, intrinsic, their abstract merits may
"Want me to go up top again?” he
appear slight, they may even seem to asked eagerly, and tlie great man ab
Lewisburg, Diyton, Roseburg, Jack
be sheer nonsense, but they are passed sently assented, so Billy went. Ami
son rille, Myrtle Crewk uni Corvallis.
on by mothers mid nurses and by ihp far up the trail his Joyous searching
children tti«nisetv«*s from generation gaze discerned the red blur which
to generation. We may be assured grew into that same scarlet sweater,
that they would not thus have lived Exactly In the same spot sat the
mid prospered if they had not pos haunting girl, still calmly bending
sessed some quality, however slender, over her knitting and humming
of genuine worth, <>f real humor or what seemed to Blll.v a most ¡ipro- t
Seattle. Wash , April 7. —In a tele imagination, which gnu* them per- prlate song, “ You'll Be Coming Back
Eugene to Beaut fy Lnw.is
gram to inquiring friends here M?Vlir innnenee.
Again to Me, My Dearie."
Eugene, Or , April 8, An effort will
Then there are tlie popular sayings,
Hanson replied by telegraph Satunla V
Delfbertitely Billy stopped Ills car.
Salt Lake City, April 7. —Until there
that he has declined all speaking en the folk tub’s nml ballads ami tlie
"I wish,” he said, “that you woubl
Washington, April 10 —There were be made to organize a campagin soon
gagements in the east. He said that he j S««igs of tlie people with an amestry satisfy my very natural, though tuny- bat 125 cases of total blindness arid to beautify lawns, parkings and vacant is a substantial reduction in the price
feels his first duty id as Mayor of I,'st in« tlie mists of antiquity, which, lie, Impertinent curiosity. llo«v do you less than 4M0 amputations in the I its in Eugene. Many residents have of butte- in Sa t Lake City, that pro
stove>t Ui human, memory ami kept ninniige to come here? The rom! is
failed to take advantage of a lower i duct is to be m ide the subject of a
Seattle and that he will devote his en
alive ««rfiy by hu.Riau lips, have corne closed--save to employees—uml is American foices engaged in ti e war.
tire time until his term expires to this down a<-M«ss tim centuries with their
This is stated today by the bureau water rate. A mass meeting will be drastic boycott by members of the
periliv«'ly dangerous. There is no oilier
I held soon.
City Federation of Women’s clubs.
work as soon as he is able to return. endless vaviants until at last they
putli- -:1ml the w'o«>ds. of course, would of war risk insurance in au ann«,unce
This action Was decided upon today at
His telegram also statej that he is have been guther<«l up by the collector lie out of the question.”
ment cone« rning the bureau’s activity
a meeting of the federation when it
suffering severely yet from neuritis nml the ntllktuarlau and made safe
in supplying cripple.! soldiers and ¡sai
The girl liiolii d ftxi'vnlngly nt him.
was declared that good butter is now
and has benefited little by the change from obiliiou by print and paper.
ls with artificial limbs and other
“Why you sltouM concern your
selling here at 72 cents a pvund.
These tab's and ballads are often rude self—” she begun, then as suddenly wise caring for '.he wounded and dis
since being- m California.
R-u.s7i-'aL7off.
The plans of the members ot the
Mayor Hari&oh' «*HI leave Pasadena In form and exprwssion. but no curious broke off in u smile. ‘'Perhaps an air abled.
Inquiry
is
needed
to
explain
their
long
federation call for -‘an endless tele
plane brought me," she said. "At any
tomorrow for Riy'erti'rte, where it ia
Keep Kids Kleen
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life ami lasting familiarity. In them lute, 1 did not come her«' seeking com
phone system” of promoting the boy
quieter.
GET YOUR DISCHARGE
you timl wit and wisdom, sparks panionship— you will excuse me—I
cott.
struck from the bn.nl flints« «if experi- cnim* ill lb*' hope of being Jor u tlum,
Discharged soldiers who fought in
enc«' by nien nmi women struggling alone.”
the big war are going to be Issued reg
iraknown through yvliat we call life.—
Billy excused her. Inu nrdly fum ular honest-to-goodness “honorable
ii»nr.V Uabot Lodge in Scriliuek's.
ing he rode on ins way without one discharge medals. The emblem wil’
lia«'kwnr«l glune«'. But the mocking be a bronze lapel button, similar to
Astoria, April 6.— Blueberry culture
FORTUNATE IS HOMELY MAN words of the girl's low Hong followed that ol the G. A. R. A design has
may supnlement cran berry culture in
Seattle. April 8 —Members of the
him. “You'll be «.'«.iiiilnj: bm k again been selected from fifteen models
Clatsop county in the near future,
King County Medical society last if Unduly Attractive, the Unhappy to me, my dearie.” s'lie sung, ami In submitted by ailists ami sculptors.
cranberry growers favoring selected
Ills raging heart Billy knew that the
Your “honorable discharge' will be
night discussed the case of a 19 year-
Male Seems Doomed to Misfor
X.? -.'...Sr •£ .1
song was true. Ills great anxiety was th<> “V” sign hanging in the window
blueberry plants direct from the ex
tune All Hia Life.
old youth whose nama they would not
showing
you
are
a
subscriber
to
that
he
might
not
And
her
then-
whin
the
periment il laboratories of the United
divulge, who, they sail, has been
Beware of
States department of agriculture at
I have no objection wluttsuever to he canie. Ho, the next «III« he did not Victory Loan.
afflicted with a form of the disease
Imitation»
children
being beautiful, or to young risk awaiting nil erdei from th«' elil<-t;
Washington, D C.
known as "sleeping sickness.” The
girls being beautiful, or to a woman he hastened on in Ills cnr.
Frederick V. Coyille. botanist, in
youth slept for 21 days, could be
PAY YOUR DEBTS
Billy hml mi Intention of speitlilng
I
of whatever age being ber.utlful. But
Look for
charge of -blueberry investigations for
aroused from time to tim > and would
«eli
Ilio
love
which
limi
1 do insist that for n mail not to be to Hi«' girl,
this Red
On New Year s eve the cost t>f the
the government, has sent specimens of
a"swer questions with "yes” or "no”, homely is his misfortune, Irvin S. found him
i one Hashing glane«
Woven
war
to
the
United
States
stood
at
$22,
his famous blueberry plant No. 620-A
but was seemingly unconscious of Cobb writes In Ameriinn Magazine, e«»ul«l brook io such evhli'iit Mill!)
000,00", tioo. Practically all of this
Label
to the local cranberry growers.
Mis. 'voiisly she limi labi
stabs with a pin or needle. The case, The handsome mal«' starts with a blng.
money had been raised by taxation
LEVI
S
IRADSS&ca
Berries of this plant have been grown
could
i'ii
let
and
Billy
asldtx
lu'c
it is believed, is the first reported on lmmlieap ill (lie very cratll«’.
SA.S l SANCISCO.
ami by the Liberty loans. The emir«
Maj. by
to three quarters of an inch in di
Women «if all ages insist on «•onlug not tell until dole, that she was amount which hail come into the
the Pacific coast.
Levi Straus» & Co., San Francisco
ameter.
over him ami talking baby talk to 1dm there. Winn the discovery canto tu Treasury up to that time for war pur
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Awsrdtd GRAND PRIZE st P.P.I.E.
ami chucking film under th«* chin and him Ids heart heat mmld«'nlngly ami laises hail either been spent or had
the surprising girl raised her ftice In
kissing him--«'specially kissing liltn
Street Improvements
been our uiarl-ed for specific bills.
mid since he Is out of an ng*- to np- ll frank smile.
Since tlie middle of November when
Ordered in Astoria.
I
"«;.nti| niiirnJng," she greeted.
preclute these nitentions the who!«',
tlio armistice was signed the govern
■ Morning," answered Billy, "where ment ha., been borrowing at tile late
procedure must n.imiy him fearCtilljt,
Astoria, Or., April 7.-Nineteen con
Should bis beauty bust Into Ids boy I m your nlrplnne?"
of $6'0,000,000 every two weeks to
tracts for street improvements aggre
"Oh! that ” inurninreil the girl, meet Its war obligations. Al this rate
Marshfield, Or., April fi.—Coo« Bav hood the chances ar«' that he has tlm
gating $222,062 were let by the As
Kansas
City.
—
‘
‘
Did
you
t
ke
that
,
has within nine inches of its annual sort of mother who will make him nml laughing softly, “was n foolish re- it will have obtained from the hanks
ham?” Judge Edward J. Fleming ask toria city council at a special meeting
rainfall and records a little over 57 wear his hair long ami force him to go iiinrk. I ride tip here every morning of the nation from four to five billions
about publicly In a br< vid lac«1 collar in a enr like yours, ami mil called for of dollars before the beginning of the cd W. G. Robinson, negro, an ex-con. Saturday afurnoon. Bitulithic pave
inches to date. Th<>re w is one stretch
vict, arraigned in the north side ci-urt ment, sew er and drainage systems and
ami a black velvet suit with a sash nt noon. I might have told you," she fifth Liberty Loan April 21.
of constant daily rain which extended about his waist, nml that mentis other
.studied her knitting, "that I —await
on a charge of petit larceny. Otto concrete retaining walls are included
The
people
of
the
United
States,
49 days from January 17, with a sun Imys will cull him by off«Visivily
my Inisliaml.”
through their representatives in Con Schultz, grocer, was compl fining wit in the contracts. Street construction
shiny day, and than ten days’ more nicknames ami generally make
in Astoria is carried on under special
“Y our— husband!” muttered Billy,
cress, voted for the expenditures which ness.
downpour. There have been few cold young life n burden to him.
He had never thought of that. All yr . 1" r.ocessary the I orrowing of these
"Judge,” the negro related, "I went difficulties owing to the high hills,
days since March I, and the temperature
Most woeful of it nd. if 'ill his the sunlight left live mountain ttlr. It Ini « sums. Tie' government in nutlet
into O.;o Schultz’store and looked up’ which make the streets mere breaks
on the 21st was 69. Coos county’s beauty sticks to him after he has IT was queer, how quickly one could I I’stion of patriotic
|
support from the and a iiam was hanging right above my . in a terrace, and to the low land
de
come to think a lot of n girl I Poor country In raising the Victory Liberty
annual rainfall, or Coo« Bay’s is 65.5 rlvist at man's estate, only a
head on a rc.pe. The rope Lroke and along the riser which must be filed
persistent struggle Blll.v gulped.
Lonn lias ulremly
i
paid the bills In
inches. There is one place tn the lermhieil nml
the ham fell and hit me on the shoul- ; in before sidewalks can be laid. In
of destiny nml of cir
against
the
odds
all
justice
ami
honesty
the
people
of
"Good-by,
”
lie
said.
county ir> Eden valley, where it aver
many cases the downtown streets are-
CUiisManee« can si. ve him from drift-
the United States will not tail their der. That sure was temptation.”
"Good-by,” tlie girl replletl slowly.
ages 1(K* inches.
of
hard surface material laid on piling.
Robinson
was
fined
$50
and
sent
Ing Into the ranks of tlie matinee
to
Onward rode Blll.v. But his mourn government am) will finish the job by
Idols, the moving picture stars ufil the ful meditation was Interrupted by a oversubscribing the last popular war the municipal farm.
floorwalkers In the depart incut store.«. piercing screnin.
Looking buck, he loan by an even larger percentage
saw the girl perched high on a hit of than they <tid the four which have
broken feime by the roadway, Vio gone before.
Concrete OH Talks.
Storing "H hi « «met-« te tanks is the lently she beckoned him. Billy len p-
Washington, April Io Recruiting for
«.«< “Ft;’.S7
the navy during the week ended April Invention <>f an Englishman. A tank Ing from his cnr, ran to her.
Naval Nicknames.
"Oil I” «lie gasped, “a snake I A bi£
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4*
Brownsville, Or., April 7.- In this
J, showed a slight increase over th«’ with a enpiii Ity of nboiit t«'ii gallimi
Curious nicknames nr«’ applied to
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auction of Linn county farmers are
week before, the total enrollments be whm recently made with a « hemlcnll.v snake there by th«’ wood I"
vessels of the British navy. The
treated «-olierete aggregate, ami lifter
uotJilkun-, •‘.iICuùc.TUJHOR , experiencing difficulties
Billy could not see the snake, but
in getting
Ariadne is known as the "Hairy An
ing 1245.
being allowed to "weather" for sei «-n lie «'iiuglit Hi«' girl In his arms ami ran tile,” or
( TiTCAT tei'c e it FORtONfi ¿esp or spring plowing dons. At the begin
"Hngu.v Agony :" tin' Nar«-is
The eastern division again led with day* molding «vils tilled with I a raffln
>
with her townrd hl« cnr. Safely cu ■us, as "Nasty Sister;” the t'n-ssy
vm-CHiSt t:c?<E
ning of the season the land was soaked
667 and the central division was sec oil. Thus filled. It was placed In a s« 'need on the sent she sighed In re-
■ITSOV Xl.liLf.'.INeSfA»
"Greaser
us
the Inconstant
ll-'TI OTVl KXITTIM
and drenched with constant rains, too
ond with 245. E irollmeita in the south
slieil. w her«' It remained for L> w ceka ; lief.
dii
ARANTE!.
NoÄ-kxyor
"Inkstaml,'
as
the Iphigenia -, aller swindle. An IsLtnd
wet to wurk; then came abundant sun
ern division were 241 and in the west nt the eml of this period It «va« curi
"Drive tnc down to father’» shack, as
"Silly lane: the Lucifer a« ’« Plant Flatter rMikeafhecuie.
shine for two weeks with drying winds
fully elamiti«'«!. IVI
ern division 89.
please," she requested.
"Father Is the Match Box
)
A
iUM,
Lil*.?
er
COM
on
=
the Heeate as the «¡¡..’ac erb Jy Ion« is
and the farmers found the fields be
>.t e\n pi «rat i< m no Iosa bini taken chief engineer. It Is lie for whom 1
“He Cat," or "The Tom,'' nml the Nep- iCAti'tt. loo-saes C.OK
ginning to bake, forcing them to await
place: Ilici«' was no slgn ot' lenkngi*. wait every day."
Futility of Lying.
-.st. T-s.iM.oijs.
tune as th«' "Jew's
“Jew's Harp.
Harp." ”
In the j .starr
Sä.t-NC■!««. W> r-to
nmre rainfall. Now the rain defends
Whatever convenience mny be nml II««' ««usiile ' all ■ of thè tank ««ere
"You told me,” said the bewildered American navy similar niekna tiles v Canccrcut
tv- ?
cafrei. ,
thought to .<• in falsehood and dissim It«"«' from th«' ■ nil of ita contenta, Billy, "that you awaited your I hl
and the soil, baked in places, bids fair
haxe been used to some extent. The
ulation is soon over; but the Incon ('poli removiil frolli thè spot oli «vliieh blind."
to again become loo wet for plowing.
Snssm us was known ns the "! Sassy
The ehlef’s daughter «mile«!.
venience of It Is perpetual, because It It limi been stiimlliig m> trace of paraf
t'uss;" tlie Mlnntomunoii ns "My Aunt
Jrke Ackerman, whose place is about
f -
«MW!« : C» JI. KILLS GUICKLY.
brings n mnn everlasting J«'nb*n«v ami ila eoiibl II«' «lelected. Iior limi thè un
"You looked «o flirtations I had to
Don't Know :" the Wissnltlekoti as tlie
. «*».'. i; ;
i ai,« j. c ocr
o. s. »trt«, a mile north of town, save that such
suspicion, so thnl tie Is not believed «li'r side of Ih«' tank aequlre«l nny tell you something." she said, "nml “\Vli|"'v IHeglns:" the Winnebago or
c -o rati ir c«e «« ia ttt •■ a ««, have been the prevailing conditions on
when Im speaks the troth, nor trusted «meli. Thls I* probnbly Ilio niost «o- anyway, most girb <|o nwnlt n hus pirluips the Wynlltislng ns "We Know >ir.., •.«- - n p, • --J ry t ..,c„ M|,
- . ... 1
u-Li nooarate his farm, and that his neighbors are
when perhaps he im'tins honestly.— vi'ie test flint l’olild be appll«'«! lo nny band. j on know."
Sb«' t.loe« Blow. "- <"hli ago Dnily New«. ix ?•>«
? « ü EHRET SA’i fRAHClSCO, CAL
Wisconsin News.
container.
J ken btllj grinu '«I raptorouslv into
• < r *s« «.«iii'sss Kutmt anywhere complaining ««f the same freak condi
tions.
I
Potatoes
Jno.M. Williams Co.
Phone 112.
\lhe People’s Store.
Oregon
Jacksonville
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Speaking lour Declined
by Hanson.
Butt r to be Boycotted.
War’s Blind Number 125
<KOVERALL« r\
$1.50
the Suit
Sleepiug Sickness
Appears in Seattle-
Blueberry how Eavorcd.
A New Suit
®%FREE
) ir they rip
( oos Bay Rain
Already 57 Inches
J
Ham Blanud for Arrest.
Naval Recruiting Gains.
Farmers in Linn County
Complain ot Wet Weather.
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