< o'l Bns* JACKSONVILI.E:- A M ountain T own W ith A V alley C limate . JACKSONVILLE POS S; VOL. XV RESOURCES:- F ruit , M inm , L umber , C attle , C lat P roducts JACKSONVILLE. JACKSON COHN 7Y. OREGON. JULY 2. 1921 The Desperado I (Contributed) THE FLAG1 Jim Norrie had the worst reputation All that night the jailer and in the Oregon Gold fields, lie was not ; friends plied Norris with questions. only quarrelsome, lie was a natural- They promised to make any disposi born criminal. Many suspected him of I tion he wished with his treasure. They being in with the bandits who were I asked him if there was not some one causing so much trouble in the hills, I he cared for, if he did not have a but there was no definite evidence j bi other, a sister, a wife who might Here comes the flag. Hail it! against him. It was common know­ | make use of his hidden wealth. He Who dares to drag ledge, however, that he had jumped i nly laughed at them. He had no one. Or trail it? several claims and driven the rightful cared for no one. The nuggets would Give it hurrahs— owners away at the point of his gun. remain hidden forever unless they let Three for the stars. More than once there was talk of him go. But he did tell them in a Three for the bars. running him out of town, but then he spirit of bravado cf some of his Uncover your head to it! would disappear for a time, and the ciinies. He started his career with a The soldiers who tread to it matter Would be dropped. Finally he "bushwhacking" gang during the war Shout at the sight of it. left for the East with a party of pros- be*ween the states. He had taken The justice and right of it. pectors. He was gone several months part in the Lawrence "massacre," had The unsullied white of it, and when he came back, alone, his burned Imuses and shot and killed The blue and the red of it with money. lockets seemed lined dozens of Innocent people in b iriler And tyranny’s dread of it! After that it was one wild debauch, warfare. Then lie had gone to the Here comes the flag! to culminate in the worst tragedy west. He had robbed and ln.iide. e.l. Cheer it! Jacksonville had seen—the burning ot He had no feelings for anyb >dy m Valley and crag the log-camp up the creek, burying in anything. He seemed to lake a delight Shall hear it. its blazing ruins the bodies of the in injuring his fellow man and there Fathers shall bless it. woman and girl who lived there. was n> living creature in the worir Children caress it There was no hesitation now. Norris who had ever a>vake:ied a kinJ.y feci All shall maintain it. was arrested and locked in the flimsy ing in his heart. No one shall stain it. jail. A heavy guard was placed aioundl Cheer« for th« railon that fought on th« wav« foe R, They told him there was no possibli Cheer« for th« roldien that al way« war« brav« foe H, hint for they knew that the miners I escape now. They asked him if in­ Tear« for the men that went down to the grave foe ft. would soon take the law in their own had ever thought about the hereafter Here comes the flag! hands. I In less than two days Norris | The ouly auswer WM a gneer and ai, —Youth'« Companion. tri til Allrl /rf nnllvan thuo was on trial, And of course there I oath. could be but one result, Norris would At daybreak they placed him have to pay the extreme fienalty foi i horseback and with an escort of silent, his crimes. But even this seemed to determined men they led him into the have no effect on his hardened nature. woods. A rope was placed around his He turned to the crowd in the court­ neck and thrown over the limb of a room with an insolent grin on his i tree. They asked him once more if he face: had anything to say. Did he want to “Let me tell you something," he' tell where he had hidden gold? They snarled, ‘T got more money stuck away ’ told him he could have five minutes to of Eugene Friday in the forest br­ in the hills than all of you will find j think it over. But they might as well yond Crow, southeast of Eugene, and in a life time. Remember the Wells | have spoken to a figure of stone. Just the report was sent by radio to the Fargo shipment that disappeared last ! one minute now was left. He looked SALEM—With Salem, Woodburn local base and in return was tele­ spring? Do you know where it is? around at the men without a trace ot and Portland banks and Salem busi­ phoned to the office of the Siuslaw Do you kflow Bill Smith and the "dust" fear on his face. ness men cooperating, a fund of national forest. that he carried away with him? Weil j Somebody give me a drink." They about $250,000 will be raised to en­ While the fire was not in the for­ Smith never got twenty miles from I able the producers of the Willamette est, Supervisor R. S. Sheeley Bent here. You got me. but you haven't j handed him a flask. "Hurrah for Jeff Davis, now go i valley to move their loganberry word to the nearest patrolman locat­ got my gold. I can make you all rich ed in that district and a man wm crop. If you want to turn me loose I'll lead I ahead." sent out to determine the extent of you to it. And I won't come back." I For many years people tried to find “Norris, you bang tomorrow," called - the treasure of Jim Norris, hut it is EUGENE—-A good-size fire was the blaze and t« ascertain what inoai- the map oh the bench and the crowd still lying undiscovered in some nook discovered by the observer in one of ures are necessary to check It. Thi« filed out. . in the woods around Jacksonville. i the army planes on patrol duty out was all accomplished within a few minutes after the fire was discovered and is taken as a demonstration of aerial stunts known to birdmen. All I the efficiency of the airplane patrol in all this year's celebration blds fair service. to be superior to any yet held in the Jacksonville floats are to have inal features. A prize of $50 is like­ Granite City and will be well worth I I EUGEN B—Celebration and dedl- i "right of line" in Ashland's big 4th wise hung up for the band making the attending. cation of Eugene's municipal flylng The local committee, headed by field will occur on Labor duy. One of July parade and a Jacksonville best appearance in the parade. Repre­ woman. Miss Molly Britt, has been! sentatives of the different newspapers Mayor Emil Britt and Mrs. IL H. Sar­ of the features of the program, ten­ gent have been laboring energetically chosen to represent the Goddess of I <>f the county have been called upon to place the Jacksonville float in the tatively arranged, will be a wirelees to act as judges of contesting entries telephone speech and concert. Major Liberty in the pageant 'his year, in: and award the prizes. During the pa- prize-winning class and feel confident Arnold, head of the service, is to talk return, to show our appreciation of.the lade, Boats and spectators will be that it will receive favorable notice. from Washington, D. C„ and a con­ courtesy and consideration accorded showered with rose petals from a The Native Daughters organization of cert by San Francisco players in their the old town, every resident who can hovering airplane, the aviators after- this city are also preparing a hand­ home city will be reproduced possibly do so should plan to attend | ward performing all the perilous some and representative entry. wireless telephones. Arthur Macy My country, ’tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing Land where mv fathers died, Land of the pilgrims’ pride, From every mountain side Let freedom ring. My native country, thee. Land of th« noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills My heart with rapture thrills Like that above. Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom’s song; Let mortal tongues awake, Let all that breathe partake, Let rocks their silence break— 7 he sound prolong. Our fathers’ God, to Thee, Author of liberty, to Thee we sing— Long may our land be bright With freedom’s holy light Protect us by Thy might Great God our At the County Court House Pert Paragraphs About Public People County Couit. | Miss Lawton who for some time past I has acceptably filled a position as A contract for maesdamizing the deputy in the county school superin­ Green Spungs Mountain, or Ashland- tendent's office has handed in her hl math Falls highway from Pacific resignation and will be engaged as Highway to Keene creek at' T“a‘ient"during nZTsch™i to the A f) Ssearns Consruction Co., term. M|ss Mildred Pratt has accept- at a ipeeting of the state highway ed Miss Lawton's position in the com mi »s i n held at Port-lard this week. superintendent's office. T his work is being financed fifty-fifty bv county and strte, the state furnish­ ing trucks for hau ing material. The Assessjrs Office Stearns Co., bid was $28,227.50 Assessor J. B. Coleman expects to Thesta'e highway commission will start writing rolls the 5th of July, pre- e Ji f<»r bids for construction work < n ' paratory to collecting 1921 taxes. Ua<- Green Springs Mountain road from Two additional deputies will be em­ ¿gnnie breek in Jackson county,, to ployed to assist in the work. Klamath Falls. Klamath county will Announcement is made that unse­ co iper tie with the state and will s|$end cured personal property taxes for 1921 ♦ JO,000 pn tl e project. are immediately due ami payable. Iti County Commissioner V c or Bursell compliance with a recommendation attended a mee.ing of thestate high­ ! made by the May term grand jury, the way commission held at Por land June ' assessor's office is making a specia. 2Jth. i I effort to collect these taxes and will County Judge Gardner and State En- mail out statements the beginning of ginger K E. Hodgm in were in the the week. Green Springs Mountain Jiitr.c. Friday on highway business. Behind the Bars Bud Marsh, confined in the county jail for several weeks past, was re­ We have 6454 children of school age leased from custody Wednesday, tinder i.i Jackson county, which means that 1 orders to report to the court today, county funds for our school should to­ 1 when final disposition will be made of tal $61,540 fot\ the year's apportion­ | bls case. ments. George Anderson, a 16 year old bo/ Fifty-five teachers reported marked was arrested the beginning of the improvement iu use of English during week by State Speed Cop McMahon the past year. for being in iiossession of a car stolen ■ < • at Seattle, The boy, in charge of a There were more tliap 120 commu­ i Washington officer, was returned to nity gatherings in the school houses the Washington city Wednesday mor- cf the county between September and ning. June Two men. named Schroeder air Cox, arrested for trespassing on rail­ road property, were given 30 day sen tepees in the county jaii by an Ash- land J. P. the beginning of the week. School Supt’s Office. the Ashland celebration. According to advance information it will be an event long to be remembered. In ad­ dition to the mammoth parade, in which every city, town and hamlet in the county will be represented there will be a wrestling match between Ralph Hand of Gold Hill and Ted Thye; a baseball game and other ath­ letic sports, dancing and band con­ certs, the program to wind up with a magnificent display of fireworks in the evening. The great feature of the day, however, and one creAting wide­ spread interest is the parade, to be held at 10 o’clock in the morning. Cash prizes are offered for the most strikingly decorated float, as well as for the float containing the most orig- SYMPATHY My sympathy. I'd have you heed, Is with a gentleman whc'B in need; Who hastened, with the best intent. To catch a convict with a finger-prim He scratched his nut and took a notion To pass his trick of locomotion, 1 Then, think of his imagination. When he has no combination. I His features will have a look of pain. I Hell try once mori he'll try again. 1 Hoping to make up a case He'll try and try to win the race. But in tlie end, with pitious raving, 1 He'll lose the case he thinks he's gain ing. And so it is at time like these That finger-print snobs need sympa­ thies. His brain and nerves in wild confusion Must be victims of base collusion. He's not filled with righteous indig­ nation To try to start a finger-print dictation It seems to me, at such a time. To smash such snobs is not a crime, He sure doesn't know he's living dead With all those finger prints In hi bead. J. K. O D Twelve quarts of a perfectly reliable brand of the Demon Rum was con­ signed to the yawning maw of an old well in the NW »4 of the NW >4 of the cou.t house grounds, by representa­ tives of the sheriff s office Wednes­ day morning. A few wistful-eyed spectators attended the obsequies. HI7S TOASTED I No cigarette has the same delicious flavor as Lucky Strike. Because Lucky Strike Is the toasted cigarette. II Roads Lead to Ashland-^th Tis thus with me, I will admit, The finger-print part will never fit, But, with all truth, I am telling I am a wiz. at good guessing. I never holler, balk or squeel z At an amateur's finger-print spiel. I never pause or bat an eye, But watch this snob with head so high. And if I had a son with no more sense, I'd shoot him sure, in self-defense; It's a sure sign he has no sense And no print for evidence. He's trying to show the public smart. Rut only shows the Ignoramus part. STRIKE Cigarette State News in Brief I