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RESOURCE C attle , C lay I' uodi ; »I— VOL XIII JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON. ALGUST 23, 191!» I INDUSTRIAL REVIEW MINERAL RESOURCES Manufactures, Enterprises and Improvements, Thousands of Acres of Valuable Ores Awaiting to be Mined « Providing Payrolls and Promot FORTY-FIVE YEA :S AGO THE I)EMOCllATIC T1 IES CHARLES NU KEI.S, Edi'or. Friday, August 14, 1871. ts NO. 17 FIRE FIGHTERS NEEDED On Account of Dryness of Rogue River Valley Pears Season Care Should he Bring Big Money in East. Used to Avoid Fires. Land Deed—There is a deed at the Recent reports from the sale of Cn account of the great dryness of State Land Office, Salem, for J Cox Jackson county pears in the eastern be the season, all possible care should for 146 acres of land in Josephine. It of Oregon. is not forwarded on account of the fees useJ by campers to avoid starling cities are doing much towards putting the old time spirit into local fruitgrow forest fires. not being paid. In Jackson county quartz mining has been neglected! Aug. 18.— Portland —Pacific Steam Ben Sachs returned from San Fran- I This week the valley is covered with ers. Two carloads from the Bear Crook Co. will buy four 9500-ton steam cisco this week where he has been a cloud of smoke from the many forest Why? Just simply because no one has had the gumption Ship ers from government for permanent purchasing a large and superior as- ' fires in the county. These tires yearly orchard were sold at $3.85 a box, and to try working it on a paying scale. Portland-Oriental service soon as ahip- sortment of dry goods, groceries, etc. cause millions of dollars loss to timber from that the price ranged down to owners, and it is the sacred duty of $2.90, th s being the lowest paid. ping board defines policy as to sale of An Ashland correspondent says that every person to help combat this evil. In the mountains around Jacksonville and in the count such carriers. The orchar lists estimate the v'eld Liadsly Applegate has thirteen pet , One of the aviators on foreit patrol this year to be about 800 cars, and if ry tributary to Jacksonville, there are mineral deposits Astoria—$150,000 modern apartment deer and one pet antelope. duty reported that the fire was so great the prices hold up to the average the to be built here. John Orth in anouher column an-I in the Evans creek country that he revenue collected from the sale of that have never felt the miner’s pick, nor have yet seen house Klamath Falls Building and paving nounees that he will pay the highest could not fly over the scene, bnt w-s pears this year will amount to about to the light of day. Why? Because no one has felt sufficient keep business booming here. price for deer skins and all kinds of forced to skirt around it. about two million dollars. River—Mid Columbia region hides. interest in quartz mining to hunt them out systematicaly. will Hood ship about 2,000,000 boxes apples G. Karewski returned from Portland NAMESOF ALIENSLACK GOLD Hill GIRL To be sure under the present system of quartz mining I worth $5,000,00''. this week. Marshfield—Move started here for DROWNED ERS TO BE PUBLISHED. in Jackson county, nothing else could be looked for. Now additional fish hatchery facilities to : How is this for high? This county I boasts of a boy living onlv a short a man stakes out a claim, does his assessment work and increase commercial and pleasure fish distance from this town who is six feet ing in Coos county waters sits down to wait for someone to come along and buy it. North Portland —Waxed Paper Box two inches tall, and is only loyears old. Verma Davidson Drowned t Medford Post of American A pleasant social party was held at j Legion Adopts Resolu- Co. of Chicago buys site in North Horne’s hotel on Wednesday evening. My friend it can’t be done. While Attempting to Portland manufacturing district on The music was excellent, the supper tion to Publish Names What the miners of this section need is for them to get which to erect $100,(MM) plant. Save Companion. superb and everybody enjoyed them- ot all Alien Slackers. ------ a job together and make arrangements for working their prop Bandon- Curry county to have cheese selves hugely. plant at Hunters creek. ---------- m>«---------- I Work reached here this week of the erties on a paying basis. And everybody knows that it is Thousands of western oil producers i death by drowning of Miss Verma The Medford Post of the American not a paying proposition to ship the ore four or five hun threatened with losses by order of Navy Supervisors ot Census I Davidson of Gold Hill. Miss Davidson ' Legion helil its second meeting Tues- . department fixing price of fuel oil at Named. ’ was in bathing with three other parries, day night at the Public Library. The dred miles to a smelter. Life is to short for that. You western ports at 86 cents a barrel when . two of them being unable to swim, purpose of the meeting was to perfect in the Columbia river at Gobel, Oregon. an organiza'ion and to elect officer«, may possibly made expenses and sometimes a little over, the market value is $1.60 a barrel. This office is in receipt of information Gas rates slightly increased in Eugene In an effort to save ore of them but on account of the small attendance but imagine the saving if all that rail transportation ' and Springfield. $1.90 minimum, and from the Secretary of Commerce that from drowning. Miss Davidson was the election was postponed until the Marshfield and North Bend, $2.00 mini the supervisors of census have been herself carried under, Of the four next meeting. could be eliminated. selected for the state of Oregon. mum. One action of importance taken at bathers only one survived. Situated close to the city limits and within the city Eugene—Shortage of labor here in- The following are the appointments: ......... this meeting was the adoption of a resolution to secure the publication of terfering with work at Eugene excel- first district, to be announced later; limits of Jacksonville are several natural sites for a smelt [ ! sior second district, William A. Terrall, Ashland Lumber Mil! is the names of all persons who, at the factory. Wasco; third district, W. I). Bennett, beginning of the war, surrendered their er. Imagine the amount of valuable mining land that could Portland shows 50 per cent increase Portland. Burned. Loss $10,000. I citizenship Jackson county is included in papers in order that they in building over last year. be worked profitably. But you will have to get on the the first district. might escape military duty. This is a London firm building fruit warehouses Ashland, Aug. 19.— (Special.) A very good step and should meet with job. at Parkdale and Sheridan. vicious fire last night, which broke out the approval of every loyal American The scheme could be floated without outside capital, Oswego—Cement plant busy, ship Swimming Party at j about 9:30, completely destroyed the in Jackson county. ping 7 carloads daily. Ashland. ; planing mill and box factory on B say on a co-operative basis. Pendleton —Elks to build $100,000 j street, owned by Geo. F. Damon, and Uncle Sam Has a Sum i recently sold to Bet Delsrnan. An ad- | With a smelter or other efficient reducing process locat building. mer Home tor You. Another crowd of Jacksonville young joining residence owned by Mrs. | Salem —Pheasart Northwest Pro ed here, Jacksonville would be the Mecca of thousands of ducts Co. will plant 500 acres logan Deople enjoyed a swimming party at I Victoria Mickelson, also went up in I Ashland Saturday night. They all re flames. The house was occupied by ! berries. miners and men of experience in up-to-date mining. port a good time and are waiting anx J. W. Young, employe of the Tidings, | The District Forester has just ap Salem Water Co. erecting new office iously for the next time. But never in a thousand years will you get anywhere building. i who practically lost everything. Over proved the survey of twenty summer Those malting up the partv: Misses 150.000 feet of lumber was destroyed ! home site lots on the east shore of if you do nothing but sit around hoping and wishing for Roseburg—3 acre pear orchard yields Mollie Hailey, Belle Flemming, Ruth with the mill, and a lot of expensive Lake of the Woods, Crater National I $1040 crop. Flemming and Beth Ager, and Lewis machinery is a total loss. The fire de Forest. This is the second survey of the town to boom. Banks—Two big camps pushing Thompson, Paul Ager, and JamesG vin. partment did well to prevent destruct- I summer home lots to be approved on What do you say you think it over, let us hear what| Wilkesboro to Vernonia railroad. ion of other nearby property, especially j this lake. The popularity of Lake of warehouses belonging to the city used the Woods as a recreational place has Vale — Work started on new flour you think and possibly we can make a camp out of ’er as Labor Cost is 75 Per Cent grown to such an extent that thirty mill and elevator. lor municipal storage purposes. in the days of ’49. seven lots previously surveyed are now The loss is estimated at $10,000 on , Portland—War labor board gives all occupied, and the new survey In the.days of ’49 they didn’t wait and you can bet street railway employes 56 cents hour (From Sprague, Wash., Advocate) buildings and contents, stock of lum nearly ber being taken into account. The has been made to provide sites for ly wage and the city will be confronted We need not exp ct any material property was nominally insured, but future applicants. your hat on that, j with higher fares. drop in the prices of things soon A not near enough to cover the loss. The This l ike is about three and one-half sympo-ium of statements by many of cause of the file is unexplained. With miles long and one mile wide, with a America’s leading men collected by the in a week or so the mill had been sold fine gravel beach along the east shore, department of labor show that those by Damon to Delsrnan,but only a small where all lots thus far snrveyed aie who are in the best position to know sum on the purchase price ha I been j located. Fine views of Mount Mc predicted a very gradual reduction, if paid down. Both men had worked on Loughlin may be had from any of these any. Since then things have begun to the premises as usual until the custom lots. Permission to use these lots for climb again. Labor is said to consti ary quitting time on Monday night. erection of summer homes may be se tute 75 tier cent of the cost of most cured from the Forest Supervisor, products and hence if we have any Medford, at five dollars each per year. choice a'.d are willing to see the labor Liberty of The 1776 Brand The lake is accessible from Ashland er get the wages he is getting we and Klamath Falls by way of the Dead must be willing to pay more for com I Indian road. The people reap what they sow. If modities. Building needs have accum Besides the summer home sites which ulated ard there is a tremendous latent they install pad leadership they reap 1 may be used under permit, several demand for materials for construction the harvest of bad laws and high ' popular camp grounds are provided for and manufacture. It all simmers down taxes. in the surveys. Here tourists may es- The people pay the price of incom- | tablish temporary camps and enjoy the to the fact that the law jf supply and , demand is at work and is deciding that petent leadership and all kinds of busi playground facilities without charge. ness and industries suffer from them. The lake affords excellent opportunities I prices shall stay up. But for the intelligence applied to Statistics show labor costs to have f >r bathing, fishing, and boating. government the world would lapse into Boats may be rented at a nominal cost increased more in proportion than anarchy and perhaps into barbarism. general commodity prices. per day. The state and the nation, nay even ♦mi the city or county, rise no higher than 7/ie “Sportsmen” the character o' their leaders. Which Way Shall The country and its industries and I Kick Again. development depend on sound perma We Travel. nent po'icies and honest leadership. The country is watchitg the exper The “sportsmen” are again up in Shall we become a nation of paternal- arms claiming that poor fishing on the iment in state Socialism in North Da ized government owned, controlled and upper Rogue river is due tocommerch I kota under the guise of a farmers I operated weaklings on lines of German fish canneries at the mouth of the movement. i Kulture? We tried some of the same Rogue. The very fundamentals of American ments in 1892 under the name They say they will initiate a measure business are threatened by prop< sed to prohibit fishing with anything but a Ponulist movement led by Sockless legislation now before Congress which Jerry Simpkins. hook and line on the river. on its face purports to regulate and We have the rule of the Bolshevik in Thev would eliminate the salmon control the packing industry of tno Russia and the I. W. W. pleads for canneries in order to benefit the Federal Trade Commission. one union and the democratization of “sportsmen” on the upper river. The principles of Kenyon and Kend The food products furnished for industries. rick bills, while designed primarily to We have had the Knights of Labor thousands of people, wages paid at cripple the meat packers, apply to canneries, employ ment given and taxes and the Farmer’s Alliance and the every business. Dennis Kearney Sandlot party in the paid to the state by the canning in It is time for every American to ac dustry on the river, are mere trifles past thirty years. But they have all quaint himself with the danger that gone their way and the mournful pro compared with the pleas ire of a few lies in these proposed laws. local "sportsmen.”It would be better cession of false profits, quack doctors These bills are in effect government to let thousands of alm in go up the and demagogs reappears. ¡ownership bills ano would bring about But Liberty and free institutions of a control completely out of accord with river and die simply to furnish a little eisy salmon fisning for the “spirts.” th ■ 1776 brand survive and the noble the principles which have fostered the The state government and canning s’atue in her honor still lights New the industrial supremacy of this count industry spent thousands of d illars to York Harbor. ry. increase sal mon production and pick Shall we travel in the direction of ing, thus furnishing employment to Production —more production— in governmental autocracy or shall we thousands of people, tnis means noth- creased production would prevent liigt - . take the open American road to indi- I ing to the "sports” however. er price levels. , yidual enterprise? 1 I ing Development