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JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1924
NO. 11
A Weekly Newspaper—Only Paper Published at the County Seat—Devoted to the Interests of the People of Jackson County
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the ground multiplying them into
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MINING CONGRESS
hundreds more. They became doubly
Sacramento, Calif., July 8.— World
I repulsive to us when we were told how
economic conditions will rest, in some
our wounded men, trying to make
degree, on the deliberations of the
their way back to the temporary hos­
twenty-seventh annual convention of WITH BRYAN AS CHOICE FOR
MRS. SARGENT WRITES IN- pital at “Bloody Bend, ” had to beat
the American Mining Congress at
TERESTING ACCOUNT
ViCE PRESIDENT
them off with their guns, and how one
Sacramento, from September 29th to
I pour boy had been found, his ghastly
October 4th, in view of the range of
The Democratic battle is over and no
Under the caption, “A Woman’s 1 face turned up to the sky, and bis
topics
for
speeches
and
discussions
ap
­
doubt
the delegates are glad to go
Glimpse of the War With Spain,’’ Mrs. rigid fingers gripping the neck of one j
pearing
on
the
tentative
program
for
home
and
rest after the exciting ses­
Alice Applegate Sargent, widow of of these hideous birds. The hilltops i
sions
of
the
convention.
the
convention
just
issued
by
the
De
­
Be a sun if you can’t be a star;
Col. H. H. Sargent, and an honored were covered with creeping and crawl-'
partment
of
Mines
and
Mining
of
the
The
convention
finally nominated
resident of Jacksonville, has written ing things, little brown lizards, land I
Be the best little booster wherever you are.
Sacramento
Chamber
of
Commerce,
for
president,
John
W.
Davis of West
for The Post the following interesting crabs from a wee brown thing the size 1
which
is
in
charge
of
arrangements
for
Virginia,
and
for
vice
president,
Charles
of one’s thumb nail to great horny!
account of her experience:
W.
Bryan
of
Nebraska.
the
gathering.
The year 1898 found me in a little , creatures as large ay a man’s hand and
Your Cue
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Problems covering every phase of
army post away up in the mountains of most gorgeous in coloring, black and
(From Kiwanis Magazine, with Alterations)
the mining industry will be discussed.
New Mexico, with Navajo and Zuni crimson, and orange and black. When
BLOW TO GASOLINE TRUST
The magnitude of these and their bear­
If von think your town’s the best,
Indians for neighbors. But we were , one of these uncanny creatures came
Washington D. C., July 10, 1924.—
ing on business conditions generally in
not too far out of the civilized world to shouldering his way towards you he !
Tell ’em so.
President Coolidge has handed the
the United States will make the
hear the terrible news of the blowing , «looked like a veritable imp of Satan. I
If you’d have it lead the rest,
gasoline trust a body blow by directing
Sacramento convention the most im­
up of the battleship Maine, nor too But most objectionable to me of all
the Attorney General to bring action
Help it grow.
portant
in the history of the mining
isolated to hear the rumor of war and were the frogs—queer, flat, clay col­
j
against
many of the large oil companies
When there’s anything to do,
: congress, according to J. F. Callbreath,
to see the gathering war clouds.
ored, and always cold and clammy. Of
who, according to the investigating
I secretary of the congress.
Let the others count on you;
One night in April the summons course we never came into contact!
i body, have been parties to a gasoline
The program calls for addresses and
You’ll feel good when it is through,
came; we were to be ready in five days with them of our own free will, but
“combination, conspiracy and monop­
discussions on federal and state tax­
to start for the rendezvous at Chicka- they had a way of forcing their ac­
Don’t you know?
oly” organized for the purpose of keep­
ation of mines; financing of mining
mauga. And then followed a scene of quaintance upon one which was decided­
ing the price of gasoline at a figure far
enterprises;
regulations for sale of
activity. Our household goods were ly disagreeable.
If you’re used to giving knocks,
too high.
mining stock; problems of the gold and
packed to be stored until what time no
One afternoon I had my horse saddled
This action on the part of the presi­
Change your style.
silver producers; possibility of inducing
one knew. How could we foresee that and rode with my husband into the
dent
is considered one of the most
Throw bouquets instead of rocks
Europe to re introduce silver as a basis
four long years would roll by before city to see the Spanish prisoners who
sweeping
anti-trust moves that has
For awhile
of subsidiary coins; opposition to
we would again set up our household h ad been brought down to the water ,
been made for years and is one that all
Let the other fellow roast,
government in business; oil shale
goods and gods in a garrison in the front to be embarked for Spain. Hun-1
automobilists will heartily endorse.
development; tariff on minerals, par­
Shun him as you would a ghost;
United States. How little had any of dreds of them were gathered under the
Drivers of cars, no matter whether
ticularly lead, zinc, manganese, mag­
us dreamed that war would come into sheltering balconies along the Alamada.
Meet his banter with a boast
owners of twin sixes or humble flivers,
nesite and tungsten; lower freight
our hitherto peaceful lives. It seemed Black haired, olive skinned fellows in
will be afforded relief if the courts
And a smile.
rates
for mineral ores; federal legis­
to me, with my heart filled with bitter­ wide brimmed hats of white straw anef
' back up the president. It was learne«
lation to bar destruction of gold coins;
ness at the fate of the Maine and with worn uniforms of pale blue. I did not
today that Mr. Coolidge shortly after
When a stranger from afar comes, don’t desist;
antigrading laws and conservation of
compassion for the starving Cubans, see a single brutal face among them,
he
took oflice as president ordered r.
Tell him all about your town—how good it is!
timber in mineral regions.
that the avenging and succoring army and 1 have yet to see the first drunken
searching
investigation of the gasoline
Never falter, never bluff;
In addition there will be held national
would never be ready to move. But at Spanish soldier.
Three hundred of
trust; he watched the proceedings care
Tell the truth—that’s enough.
conferences on coal, standardization,
last they were gathering; from east these poor soldiers, wounded, worn
fully and as soon as sufficient evidence
oil shale, taxes and industrial co-oper­
Be a booster, that’s the stuff!
and from west, from north and from wi th fevt r and hard campaign, died on
was collected directed Attorney Gener­
ation.
south came our hardy soldiers, as fine the homeward voyage.
Don’t just exist!
al Stone to draw up the necessary pa-
Leading men of the industry are be- j I pers. Action is also directed against a
a little army as the world had ever
t
Our own men were being marched
ing
invited to participate in these dis- (number
.
seer.; and there on the historic battle­
of “secondary defendanta”
down to board the transports for home. 4
eussions and the presentation of expert I , who, it is claimed, were in the combi-
field of Chickamauga comrades clasped
They were only ghastly wrecks of the
testimony will make the convention a J I nation to keep the price of gasoline at
hands who had not met for twenty splendid men who had landed at
MAKING ROADS PAY
PRES3YTERAN CHURCH
clearing house for the latest develop-1 a high figure. These secondary com­
years.
Daiquiri only a few short weeks before.
California has long been noted as a
The subject for our Sunday morning merits in mining.
Then followed busy weeks full of I talked a little while with a member
panies are charged with accepting
well paved state and probably no sec­ service will be “The Revelation of
changing scenes, until the 8th of Au of a volunteer regiment, the Ninth
licenses from the primary defendants,
o
tion of the United States has capital Jesus Christ.’’ A vocal solo will be
gust found me on a transport bound for Massachusetts. He said: “I’ve stood
this action being taken to safeguard
¡zed its good roads or made greater re­ rendered by Mrs. Otto Neidermeyer.
COURT HOUSE NEWS
Santiago, the deck crowded with eager­ it pretty well myself, better than most;
the
suit.
The Sunday school will meet at 10
turns therefrom than has this state.
eyed volunteers sent to relieve the but we’ve lost a lot of our fellows; a
This suit is of even greater magni­
Once again the county jail is almost
Nature helped it in many respects by o’clock as usual, and will be glad to
shattered and broken remnant of those lot have died of yellow fever, and
tude than the “trust-busting” actions
depopulated—only one inmate.
see
every
girl
and
boy
right
on
time.
who had borne the brunt of the fight. some have died there on the dock; the giving it road making material such as
There will be an afternoon service at
Mary Ryan is back at work after be­ taken by the late Theodore Roosevelt,
When we ran into Santiago harbor we ship wasn’t there, and they were so asphalt which twenty years ago was 2:30 o’clock.
who in one of his drives against com­
saw, instead of the crimson and yellow weak they died.” Down on tlie hot laid in different towns and cities as a All are invited to attend these ser­ ing incapacitated over the Fourth —ask binations in restraint of trade directed
her.
banner of Spain, our own stars and dusty boards, with no shelter from the matter of convenience to the local vices.
action against the Standard Oil com­
Miss Delila Stevens, our “Will be”
stripes floating from the grand old scorching sun they had died waiting people more than with an idea of ad­
pany alone. The action now taken
E. II. Edgar, Pastor.
county clerk, is now driving a new
castle of the Morro. Away up on the for the ship which was to carry them vertising to be derived from good roads.
contemplates restricted measures ap­
Overland sedan.
The advantage of hard surfaced high­
ramparts walked a man in the uniform home.
plicable to all the great oil producing
ways, however, soon became apparent j
of Uncle Sam. I took out my handker­
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Chauncey
Florey
spent
companies
in the country.
MARRIAGES
I went out over the battlefield, upon
>
and the result has been that California
chief and waved it frantically around
their
Fourth
of
July
vacation
at
Klam
­
San Juan hill, past the graves where
The petition in equity was filed by­
Marriage licenses were granted dur-
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has laid mile alter mile of asphaltic
my head while he took oif his helmet
ath Falls and Crater Lake.
our men had been buried where they
Edwin
A. Olson, United States attor­
ing
the
past
week
to
the
following:
concrete highways, many of which
in an answering salute. Slowly we ran
fell. Up above the trenches, which
ney
lor
the northern district of Illinois,
A.
C.
Walker
returned
recently
from
Ihotnas
Bozenoff,
Eagle
Point;
Clara
have now been giving steady and con­
in past the wreck of the Spanish battle­
our soldiers fought and died to win
representing the attorney general.
Woodburn,
alter
spending
a
few
days
Mae
Morris,
Medford.
tinuous service for a period upwards
ship Reina Mercedes, past the sunken
that scorching July day, 1 gathered a
with his father, who was ill.
This action on the part of President
of twenty years.
B. M. Churchman, Elphia Sargent,
Men imac, scene of one of the most
little bunch of yellow flowers; I have
I Medford.
Co
lidge further demonstrates his
Everybody in the sheriff’s oflice has
heroic deeds of history:
It is particularly noticeable that the
them still. Just outside the city was
.
>ui
ip and his determination to see
be« n very busy preparing lor the sales
“Heedless of death and din,
the Spanish buii ring, a huge circular towns in California which have pros­ C. A. Herr, Lenora G. Howard, Med
that
the people of the country will
caused by the coming foreclosure,
Steered they the vessel in—
structure, but the great gateways were ' pered and become the most pleasant ford.
have
their
interests protected no mat-
which wm lake place Saturday.
These are the men who win
DeFore Cramblitt, Klamath Falls;
closed. As I r«,de around it I tried to places to live are the ones which have
tei who l ie offender may be. Cooiidg
Undying glory.’’
Miss Margalite Sparks is now em-
picture the scenes of past days when shown the greatest activity in ridding Rose B. McGregory, Medford.
is determined that every citizen shall
themselves of mud and dust as a re­
ployed
in the assessor’s oflice we see have a square deal.
Hew we impulsive Americans make the vast amphitheatre was packed
Theodore F. laickhart, Jewell Mor-
sult of well worked out paving pro­
the “Star” quite a bit now days.
unto ourselves idols and soon find them with the shouting multitudes.
ris, Ashland.
grams.
o
clay. How soon, alas, do we forget!
Miss Constance Vance is now in our
Then followed months that now
—o
Neighboring states can profit much
On August 12th we dropped anchor seem more a dream than a terrible
midst. Miss Vance is stenographer for PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE
>y California’s paving experience from
in the harbor, and on the following day reality. Months when the drenching
F. Roy Davis, who recently moved his
NUNN-HELMS
the standpoint of commercial returns
Mrs. Odell Osborn of Spokane,
the regiment was disembarked anu tropical rains poured down until the
office from Medford lo the court house.
Harry Helms, a prominent resident
herefrom, convenience to citizens and
Wash., is visiting at the home of her
marched into camp on the high grounc air seemed full of hot steam, and our
L. I). Forncrook and family rnd Mr. daughter, Mrs. Geo. Wendt.
cost to taxpayers for maintenance of of the county seat, and Miss Lily Nunn
near the city, and here on the hiils of tents turned black wiin mould; when
an«i
Mrs. Glenn Terrill spent the week-
of
Medford
were
married
Sunday,
the
various types of construction.
Everett Gillings of Walla Walla,
Santiago, we set up our tents and pre­ our men sickened and died of the
end at Diamond Lake, Mr. Forncroolc
( wedding taking place at Yreka.
Wash,,
and Henry Fleming of Cali-
pared to fight disease and death as best terrible fever, their parched lips bab­
They will reside in Jacksonville, reported a dandy time and lots of fish. fornia, are visiting at the E. A. Flem­
we could.
bling of wife or mother and the home
where they have a host of friends who
Miss Delilah Stevens and her sister, ing home.
BOY HAS ARM BROKEN
Never will I forget my first impres­ they would never see again—died and
extend best wishes.
Mattie, were called to Salem the lat­
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Woodhouse
An accident occurred on the highway
sions of the city of Santiago as wi w’ere buried under the drooping palms
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ter part of the week on account of
on
the
gieen
hillside.
o
Meri 1, were callers at the I’resby-
climbed up the narrow, rough and
letueen Jacksonville and Medford
the illness and death of their grand­
t • ian manse. They were enroute to
SOON
REACH
JACKSONVILLE
For some unexplained reason we
filthy streets on our way to the hilltops,
mother.
Wednesday, which resulted in a broken
Grants Bass.
past thatched huts where half starve,. were lor many weeks without mail.
The
paving
of
the
Medford-Ruch
Judging by the sale of automobile
Cubans clothed in rags, and little browi Many of our men who had families at arm for the seven-year old son of Rufus road is completed from M'Jford t«
M s Catherine Chapman of Duns­
licenses gotten through the sheriff’s
children clothed not at all, peered at u. home were almost fraiftic. We seemed Roberts.
Bybee’s corner—about one and one- oflice, this county shows no signs of muir, Calif., arrived Wednesday eve­
from the low doorways. The great cut off and forgotten by the outside
ning to visit friends and attend to mat
Mr. Roberts, accompanied by his sor , quarter miles from Jacksonville.
hard times, for the last week alone
guns that had bellowed death were worid. Nearly ail were homesick. was bringing over a truck load of sand
t -r> p . inieg to her property here.
th? sales numbered approximately 3o0.
still; their smoke had drifted away; a Pitiful as it is to see men die of fever,
Mrs. Archie Bowman of Cathlamet,
to he used in the paving, It is re-
The fountain of running ■ water at
C. A. Olson and P. M. John-on, pro-
strange brooding stillness was ovei it is more pitiful still to see them die
Wash.. who had been visiting her
motors of the Gold HillSiia It- r project, the rear of the court house has been
everything. Not even the note of a o homesickness—hvw pitiful only parted that he reached back
fathi
’ n Medford and Mr. and Mrs.
turn
<J
off
and
employes
and
v..
¡tors
were caller» in tuwn y, terday. The
sing.ng bird broke the silence; an« t i. se who have hud the experience can wrench in the tool box and in
are now enjoying refreshing water Vivian Wilson in Jacksonville, departed
ove" the city and camps on the hilltop s k'mw. The pernicious malaiial fever turned the steering wheel. The truck g ntlemen inform. 1 us that
IVAR EXPERIENCE
OF LOCAL WOMAN
e
DAVIS RECEIVES
NOMINATION
i
Be Something
circled the horrible vultures. There was our most persistent foe, against left the pavement and turned over. t ntative plans for building a smelt« r from the well. This ia quite a saving W Im «day for her home.
Have you read the advertisements in
were hundreds of them slowly circling | | w..ich we had I ■ * p up a c«»nstant Mr. Roberts escaped injury. The boy or the Applegate. Oregon i.< rich in of the city water supply and also af­
undeveloped resources.
fords better drinking water.
was taken to the Medford hospital.
The J*, st!
(Concluded on page 4)
all uay long, their black shadows on
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