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JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1924
NO. 12
Weekly Newspaper—Only iJaper Published at the County Seat—Devoted to the Interests of the People of Jackson County
POST READERS "pH vaNT /}DS M - reaching ' j—
Post Want Ads bring results 1
AGAIN FAVORED I was That proven
by the fact that in response
HOW I WENT TO THE PHILIP-
PINES AND WHAI I SAW
! to our want ad in our last issue in re- 1
gar
<• car for a
NORMAL AT ASHLAND
A Fable
NE WS OF THE
COURT HOUSE
The following named Jackson county­
teachers are enrolled in the summer
normal at Ashland:
Mrs. C. Cook, Jacksonville; Mayme CUPID
VISITS RECORDER’S
Tucker, Medford; Maude Moore, Fern
OFFICE
Corum, Ruby Derrick, Beth Johnson,
Gertrude Brown, Glenn Hale, Elizabeth
Ted Ge Bauer and Miss Marjory
Carlton, Constance Andrews, Ethel Adamson were issued a marriage li­
Bryan, Margaret McCoy, Mildred Bee­ cense this week. The marriage oc­
son, Frances Greb, Irene Hughy, F. H. curred at the home of the bride’s
Johnson, Helen LeRoy, Marguerite parents in Talent Wednesday morning
Moore, Mabel Moore, Kathleen Silver, and, following a wedding breakfast at
Mildred Gyger, Mabel Trott, Ruth the Blue Flower Inn, the happy couple
McCollister, Madge Hackler, Ben departed on a honeymoon trip to Port­
Vimont, Myrl D. Watson, Mrs. Ada land, Seattle and Vancouver, B. C.
East, Eleanor Maule, Mrs. Letta East­ The bride is one of the very capable
burn, Blanche Clute, Dorothy Head, clerks in the Recorder’s office and the
Clara Foerst, Florence Lawson, Edna groom is a prosperous young business
Wisely, Mrs. Roy Stanley, Winifred S. man of Medford, where Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart, Cecil Fifield, Mrs. G. E. Ge Bauer will make their home, A
Dickey, Edith Fredenburg, Mildred host of friends are wishing them hap-
Culy, Ina Pursel, H. A. Trueblook, piness.
Mrs. G. C. Crane, Marie Davies, Neva
Verl Walker, the efficient young
Regel, Thelma Franks, Minne Beaver, I deputy treasurer, is now the proud
Florence LeRoy, Hazel Messe, Lou possessor of a “Charles Chaplin.”
Vina Harper, Mrs. Grace Childreth,
Glen Terrell and wife were Sunday
Cecil McCracken, Viola Cole, Susan guests at the home of Sheriff Terrill.
Cole, Norma Reeder, Mildred Kaigi, -
Alex Norris, the new janitor at the
Cathryn Pratt, Kathryn Parson, Mrs.
court house, assumed his duties Thurs­
G. R. Carter, Mabel Waldrip, Vestal day morning.
Goetze, Grace Bowman, Marie Pres- , Jiaige Gardner Victor Burcell and
cott, Ruth Hackler, Marguerite Ham- George Alford went to Butte Falls yes­
1 mond.
terday to inspect the new road being
linotype or an intertype a Portland]
Said a wise old bee at the close of day,
1 representative < f the Intertype com- i
(By Alice Applegate Sargent)
“This colony business doesn’t pay.
pany to call on us Monday. We didn’t |
I
We folded our tents in Cuba, only to give him an order but—well, we hope!
1 put my honey in that old hive,
unfold them on the other side of the to buy a machine before we forget how I
That others may eat and live and thrive;
world. When President McKinley to operate.
And
I do more work in a day, by gee,
called for volunteers in the summer of
o
I
Than some of the fellows do in three.
1899, and I realized that there remained
“Civilization is the ‘control of
no hope of a peaceful home in a garri­
I toil and worry and save and hoard,
pulses. ” Pacific Record Herald.
son in the United States, I thought of
And all I get is my room and board.
these words: “The foxes have holes,
It’s me for a hive I can run myself,
and the birds of the air have nests, i ful enginci ring to guide a ship safely I
And
me for the sweets of my hard-earned
through
this
sea,
and
our
captain
never
but the Son of Man has no where to
left
the
bridge,
his
meals
Deing
served
|
pelf.”
lay his head.” This seemed to me to
apply forcibly to army people, espe­ to him there. At Nagasaki the ship I
So the old bee flew to a meadow lone,
cially to army wives, for we seemed to took on a supply of coal, the work be- I
And started a business of his own.
have become homeless wanderers on ing .done almost entirely by native i
He gave no thought to the buzzing clan,
the face of the earth. About this time : women, some working all day long with [
their
almond-eyed
babies
hanging
on
.
But, all intent on his selfish plan,
an order was issued, forbidding army
their
backs.
He lived the life of a hermit free.
women passage on the transports, and
We reac hed Hong-Kong on January
the outlook was certainly discouraging.
“Ah, this is great,” said the wise old bee.
18th, twenty-nine days from San j
The Oriental Steamship Company ■
But the summer waned and the days grew
Francisco. Here I had to wait three i
came to the relief of the disheartened
| days for a ship to Manila, but found
drear,
women, however, with an offer of
the time shoit, for there was much to |
And
the lone bee wailed as he dropped a tear;
rates from San Francisco to Hong-
see. The1 air was mild and balmy,
Kong. Needless to say, these vessels
For the varmints gobbled his little store
with flowers and foliage everywhere;
were crowded, and I had to wait two
And his wax played out and his heart was
it was “shirt waist” weather in Hong-
months after I applied for passage be­
sore;
Kong. Here were the same tempta­
fore I could get a stateroom and start
So he winged his way to the old home band,
tions in the ;l . | filled with wonder­
I
on my long voyage into the (to me)
o-
built from Butte Falls into prospect.
fully beautiful things. All along the
And
took his meals at the Helping Hand.
I
comparatively unknown world beyond
sidewalk on a certain street was the
o
OLD-FASHIONED CHARIVARI
the vast Pacific.
Alone our work is of little worth;
flower market, where masses of flowers
On December 21st I sailed away on a
The young folks of Jacksonville gave
Together we are the lords of earth;
ROGUE RIVER GOLD
in bunches and baskets were displayed;
big white ship, the America-Maru, for
an
old-fashioned charivari to each of
So,
it
’
s
all
for
each
and
it
’
s
each
for
all
—
here one could get a huge bunch of
Rogue River has long been recog­
Hong-Kong. Seven days out from
the newly wedded couples in town i Fri-
beautiful roses or
long-stemmed
United stand, or divided fall.
nized by mining men as being rich in
San Francisco we ran into the harbor
day
night, visiting first Mr. and Mrs.
feathery chrysanthemums
gold, but its swift current has deterred
of Honolulu, only to learn that the
Harry Helms and then Mr. and Mrs.
Moral: In unity there is strength.
small sum of twenty cents.
those interested from active work on
bubonic plague was raging to such an
Lester Thompson. The youngstei irs re­
Author Unknown
In the harbor were two big British
the bed of the river. With the ex­
extent that all passengers bound ft r I
ported that both grooms were gener­
ceedingly dry season this year, the
battleships,
and
in
the
evening
one
portt farther on were forbidden to go
ous and paid them well for their
prospects are for the lowest water
ashore. All that I saw of beautiful could hear th 1 jn !r ;iyir>2r on deck
"music.”
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and the notes of the bugles floating
mark known since records have been
Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands I
o-
across the water.
kept. Mining men are consequently
saw rom the deck of the ship.
Manila. To drive on the Escolta, the ! tramp, of the sentinel could be heard
The British soldiers stationed in the principal business street, was often­ at all hours of the night, bringing that
COMING TO A GOOD COUNTRY taking advantage of that fact and the
It was a long voyage from there to
city were another attraction, and I times a hazardous undertaking, for it sense of security which nothing else
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wendt, river promises to be the scene of much
Yokohama, with nothing as far as the
crossed the bay to see them drill, was literally a jam of carriages, cara- could give, for all was not sunshine in Sunday, July 13, a son. He will be activity yet this summerand early fall.
eye could see on every hand but the
Already long stretches of the river
This drill 1 found very similar to our boa carts, and many other queer ve­ ■ these sunny islands. The war, insur- known as George Lester.
vast expanse of sea and sky, with
have been located and four separate
own, but the uniforms were very hicles; and as these people have no j rection, rebellion, or whatever one
never a sail in sight, and only an oc­
outfits are preparing to wing dam the
different, consisting of very dark blue regard for the rights of others, one
might choose to call it, was not over.
casional flying fish to relieve the
river so that placer operations may
CHAMilcR
OF
COMMERCE
trousers, scarlet tight fitting jackets
was in constant danger of having a
mom tony of the scene. Christmas and
Summer brought with it fresh
and white helmets.. The Sikhs, or wheel taken off or being driven into by
At the regular meeting of the Jack­ be carried on, between Grants Pass
New Year’s we spent on the ocean.
anxieties and responsibilities, and regi­
and Gaiice. ’I he bureau is informed
Indian policemen, were to me one of
ments then on duty in the islands were sonville Chamber of Commerce Monday
a Filipino cochero.
We dropped anchor in the harbor of
that practically all of Rogue River in
the most picturesque sights in Hong-
Yokohama in the night, and when 1
In the evenings it seemed as if all ordered to join the allied forces in night the following committee was ap­ I Jackson county has been located pre­
Kong. They were splendid big fellows
Here were men who had pointed to conf er w ith the city council
went on deck in the morning the first
Manila turned out to drive or walk on China.
liminary to active mining.
in dark uniforms with immense turbans
fought
under
the scorching sun and in in regard to the paving: Fred Fick,
sight to greet my eyes was wonderful
the Luneta, the popblar driveway
F. E. Jenkins has installed a small
I I of scarlet cloth.
f
rank
Saulsbury,
Vivian
Beach
and
Fujuama, the Japanese sacred moun-
along the beach, to listen to the bands the drenching rain at Santiago; in the
suction dredge on a 20-foot barge near
I
went
in
a
jinrikishato
the
cemetery
Oscar
Lewis.
tain, piercing the blue sky, an almost
and to see the beautiful sunsets. The dark and tangled jungles of Luzon, and
the bridge below Hell Gate for the re­
o-
perfect cone, the top gleaming white or
1 “Happy Valley,” as it js called, two breezes that blew across the bay were who were yet to fight and die before
covery of gold from the bottom of the
from the. city. It was like a cool and refreshing, and the sunsets'll115 walls of Tien Tsin and Peking,
with snow. It is the belief of the i miles
1
river. The dredge has a two-inch
MARRIAGES
1 There were heavy hearts in old Manila
Japanese that one night, centuries ago, park, with trees and masses of flowers beautiful beyond description,
suction
and an actual test covering 30
Wm. Arthur Jones of Lane County
In Manila were representatives from when the> *iled «way-heavy hearts
this nountain arose from the bottom i and splashing fountain everywhere,
minutes
running of the dredge pro­
of the Bea. Every summer hundreds while under the trees were comfortable many parts of the world. Here I had j l*or niany weary days and weeks for and Miss Corinne Menzel of Medford duced $7.f>0 of coarse gold. Mr. .Jen­
i seats where one could sit and enjoy
of pilgrims toil to the summit to make
an opportunity for observing the H he mothers, wives, sisters and sweet- were united in marriage Friday, July kins states it is his opinion that only
the beauties of the place.
offerings to the gods.
Spanish soldiers even more closely than , hearts who had been left behind. 11, at high noon, at the Presbyterian the small dredges will be successful on
manse in this city, Rev. Edwin H.
The
City
of
Hong
Kong
is
built
alorg
It was now January, and the air was
at Santiago, living, as I did, just across There are some of us who will never
Edgar officiating. The bride is taking the river, owing to the many boulders,
the
foot
arid
on
the
side
of
a
huge
hill,
piercing and cold, although it seemed a
a narrow street from the barracks forget the night when the message
the nurses’ training course at a hospi­ but that there is room for a number of
summer landscape. We were to re­ commonly called the "Queen’s Hili.” î where they were quartered awaiting came across the water telling of the
tal in Portland and intends to finish the smaller type with assurance of pay
main here until noon on the following The view from an observatory on the transportation back to their beloved fearful fight before the walls of Tien
gravel. —Southeastern Oregon Mining
the course.«
day, and all the passengers went extreme summit is very beautiful, Spain. I found them still the same Tsin, with its gruesome list of killed
Bureau.
—o------
ashore to Bee the city. To take a ride 1 Cars run part way up the hill like a quiet, sober, well-behaved soldiers. and wounded.
o-
Watching
detachments
leaving
in a jinrikisha through the streets of fly crawling up a wall, To reach the There was never any loud or boisterous
PRESUYTERAN
CHURCH
Yokohama repays one for the long I summit, however, one must be carried talking, drunkenness or rude behavior. Manila for an expedition into the
MARRIAGE LICENSES
There will be no preaching service
voyage. Everything is interesting— by coolies in a sedan chair.
The Tagalos are small and brown; wilderness after insurgents, I was al­ ; next Sunday, due to the absence of the
The following couples secured mar-
The line weather with wiiich we had the women are, as a rule, much better ways impressed with the firm and
the little people, the tiny houses and
pastor who, with Mrs. Edgar, is at- riag • licenses at the county clerk’s of­
shops of bamboo and paper, the shops I been blessed ail the long way over from looking than the men, having more manly way the men had of looking
fice during the past week:
tending the svnod at Eugene.
filled with beautiful
hand-carved 1 San .Francisco continued during the .egular features and more pleasing ! straight ahead. There was never any
Theodoie L. Lockhart, Jewell Morris,
Bunday school will be held at the
cabinets of native woods, embroidered three days’ run to Manila, and early countenances. They have very pretty careless lounging or looking from side
I regular hour, arid all are invited to be Ashland.
and lacquered screens, exquisite pieces on the m rnTngof January 24th, thirty- hair, long, black and glossy, which to side. I used to feel that in each
John IL Hildeprand, Margaret Mote,
present.
in cloisonne, satsuma and bronze, and ; four days from San F rancisco, 1 went they wash almost daily. Men and j man’s mind was the same thought that
Medford.
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embroideries in silk and linen, which ashore, and "with malice toward none, women alike seem devoted to their ' was in my own—some one would never
Wm Arthur Jones, Cottage Grove;
could be purchased for a song, com­ with charity for all, ” I took up the little ones, and are very demonstrative, <■ ,me back; who in that little band
FIRF DEPARTMENT OR JOB Corinne Menzel, Medford.
pared to the prices we have to pay on burden of my life among the Filipinos, kissing and caressing them; yet I have would be the mark for an insurgent’s
That Jacksonville’s tire dt partment
Glenn D. Winthrow, Mary E. Jacobs,
this side. Japanese children fairly
Here was a strange world, a strange seen but one native woman who wept bullet?
is
“
on
the
j
ill
”
was
evidenced
by
their
Talent.
swarmed on the streets, nearly everj people, strange customs. For more on the death of her child. A funeral
Eighteen months spent among the
child having upon its back, in a sort of than three hundred years the old city seemed usually more an occasion for Filipinos brought many changes in my J prompt response Wednesday morning
Ted GeBauer, Ashland; Marjorie
a shawl, another child almost as large. had kept her watch by the sea.
Adamson, Talent.
estimate of their character and less of i when the alarm of fire was given.
rejoicing, where they could wear their
Rev. and Mrs. Edgar had gone to
I have seen these quaint little folke, Divided into two parts by the Pasig
Harry R. Morris, Ruth Emery, Ash­
best clothes and smoke their biggest charity in my feelings.
Eugene
that morning and their son
playing at their games, each seemingly River, the more ancient part lies on
When we steamed out of Manila
land.
oblivious of the child hanging on be­ the south bank and within the wails of cigars. Men, women and even little Bay, leaving behind us the troubled David was burning some rubbish, when
o-
some dead gru s caught fire and was
hind.
old Fort Santiago. This, with its huge children, smoke, and I have seen wee islands, it was hard to realize that we
soon beyond his control. The alaim
HOME MAKERS INSTITUTE
After leaving Yokohama we stopped gateways, its moat and draw-bridges, girls not more than three years old were really going home. Who, having was given and the lire was extinguish« d
I
Southern Oregrn Home Makers In-
at Kobe, Nagasaki and Shanghai, pass­ was a most fascinating place. My smoking cigarettes with as much gusto once felt the charm of these Oriental before any damage was done.
s
litute,
conducted by Extension Service
home
was
for
several
months
with
a
ing through the beautiful Inland Sea
countries, can forget or deny their
as a grown man.
o the Oregon Agricultural College,
of Ji pan. Mere words cannot picture Spanish family within the wall. Here
Infantry, artillery and cavalry were subtle but indescribable fascination?
the marvelous beauties of this Inland can still be seen ruins of great stone
Graport best drink made at Dorn- will be held at Grants Pass in Jose­
stationed throughout the city. The Yet, after all, the “Land where our thy’s.
Ip phine County Fair Pavilion, July 28-
Sea; all day long the big ship threaded buildings, wrecked by the terrible
fathers died,” is the land for all true
now
familiar
khaki
uniform
was
every
­
A : ingle hopeful heart is worth a A iifust 1, inclusive. It is free and all
her way in and out among the emerald earthquake of 1880. For months I
regiment
of faultfinder*.
a invib d.
Americans.
£reen islands. It required most skill- never tired of driving on the streets of where to be seen, and the tramp,
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