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JACKSONVILLE. JACKSON COHN 7Y. OREGON. JULY 2. 1921
The Desperado
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(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
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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
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EUGEN B—Celebration and dedl-
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"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.
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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
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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
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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
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