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VOL. XVIII.
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JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUG. 1, 1924
Weekly Newspaper—Onl
SMELTER IS
A SURE THING
OREGON CORPORATION CAPI
TALIZED AT $300,000.
j’u(.r Published at the County Seat—Devoted to the Interests of the People of Jackson County
“It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’,” and
apply the water yourself.
CO-OPERATIVE EXCHANGE
A PIONEER FAMiLY
We reprint the following from an ar
ticle entitled “Old Oregm,” written
by D. M. IIj shell an.l p.il lished in The
Portland Ti¡egram oi July 19:
In the Klan.nth b.i. in for nearly
eighty years the Applegate tribe has
held a place and the last surviving
chief, Captain Cover Cromwell Apple
gate, at 79 years of agt, is as robust
and active as a boy. He stands straight
up, six feel, i.
i.-Ur.if inches,
broad ahou i d, bronzed, keen eyed,
his whitened whiskers being the main
outward evidence of his years.
The organization of the Sunset
Smelting Company has been watched
with interest because of its influence
upon the mining industry of southern
Oregon.
A large number of mines have re-
opened since it was announced the
smelter would be built, among them
The Applegates vi re Kentuckians.
the famous old Greenback Mine near
Grants Pass, the Barron Mine of Ash | In 1843 three t-r..th« ra, Lindsay,
land, the Golden Wedge near Galice Charlie and Jes.-e, then living in Mis
and a large number of smaller and souri, ^migrated to Oregon. They set-
tlen first in th. Yamhill district, be
newer properties.
The company is an Oregon corpora fore there were county subdivisions.
tion, capitalized at $300,000. An issue Oliver C. Appli ;,at was born on the
of 8 per cent preferred stock is to be farm of his father, Lindsay Applegate,
offered at once, and investors may have on Sult Crer k, not far from the pres
their choice of either the preferred or ent town of Dallas. He claims, and
rightly, to be a native son of Oregon,
common stock.
Mr. Olson, Judge Hough and P. M. Washington, ldalm, Montana and Wy
Johnson returned Wednesday iron oming. California then was Mexico.
Salem where final details pertaining to "When Lindsay and Jesse Applegate
the corporation were filed. Further and thirteen other men, with thirty
construction work will commence early , horse«, cane south to Phoenix, Ore.,
and crossed the Cascades and marked
in August.
The plant will consist of a 100-ton the first road to Fort Hall, they passed
smelter, 50-ton mill, a fuel plant lor j through ?■ < xico to get to Fort llail,”
A monument
the n anufacture of metallurgical fuel, says Applegate.
and a by-products plant for the manu- Phoenix r.ow marks the old route.
factu-e of chemical by-products, in-
Althougn the three pioneer brothers
cludir g carbide.
have passed the sunset, the Applegate
Officers and directors of the company tribe is far from being extinct. Charlie
are:
Applegate died first al his ranch in
President, C. A. Olson, formerly of Yoncalla Valley. He left a large fam
Port Townsend, Wash., now of Med ily, some fourteen children, but only
ford.
one is now alive George, known as
Vice-President, M. S. Johnson, Gold "Buck” Applegate, still residing on
the home ranch.
Hill.
Secretary, P. M. Johnson, Medford.
Jesse Applegate died about 1887,
S. E. Heberling, President Mil having reared a family of twelve sons
lionaire Mining Company, Gold Hill, and daughters, but all these are now
Director.
dead, although a number of the second
A. C. Hough, Grants Pass, attorney generation survive, including Dan, a
and Director.
resident of Ashland, and twin daugh-
J. Edwin Johnson, Gold Hill, United
ters, Eva and Evva, who went as
States Minoral Surveyor for Oregon,
trained nurses to France.
Director.
Lindsay Applegate died at his home
H. C. Diers, formerly of Portland
in Klamath County in 1892, and left
and Alaska, Chief Engineer.
twelve chiid.en, of whom lour survive.
E. W. Derwent, Gold Hili, Consult- Lucien is a rancher in Swan Lake val
ing Chemist and Assayer.
ley, Klamath County; Alice (Mrs. Sar
L. H. Van Horne, Gold Hill, Field gent) lives at Jacksonville; Mrs.
Rachel Alvord, ’wile of the city re
Superintendent.
E. H. Hoghatt, Eugene, Oregon, corder of Medlotd. Oliver C., the
Auditor.
fourth survivor, has six children living
The success of this company means — Frank, of Medford; Annie (Mrs.
development of the mining industry in Halferty) of Kodiak, Alaska; Leroy
Southern Oregon. Let us be "all for G., of Long Beach, Calif.; Rachel
each and each for all” in the Valley.
Solomon, a high school teacher at
Klamath halls; Jean, the youngest
■o-
daughter, a teacher at Centerville,
It would be a fine thing if the people
Ganf., and Oliver C.. Jr., with the.
who throw cigarettes from automo
Standard Oil Company al Sacramento. |
biles could spend a day fighting forest
The Captain estimates that there are I
fires.
still some forty of the Applegates re
o
siding up and down the Pacific coast
to do their :, . . e in helping to perpetu
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
ate the traditions of the pioneers. His
Mrs. Edgar will bring an inspira grandfather ar.d great grandfather
tional message from our recent meet were soldiers in tiie Revolutionary war.
ing of Synod on Sunday morning at 11
Lindsay Applegat. was a captain in
a. m. It is hoped that we may have a the Rogue River li man war. Oliver
goodly number out to hear this mes- C. was a captain of militia in 1864 and
sage.
of scouts in the Mm. c war in the early
Our Sunday school will convene at seventies. At the time of the Modoc
the regular hour for period of Bible outbreak he had charge ot 500 Indians
study. We are glad to note the steady at Yainax, including Piutes, KlamathB
increase in attendance and the new and Modocs.
faces which we see from time to time.
"The best service 1 ever rendered,”
The ladies’ guild will meet on Thurs he sa>s, “was given at that time,
day next at 2:30 at the church. The when Caption Jack and his brother
churth treasurer informs us that the John revolted from Sconchin, chief of
funds in the treasury are very low due all the Modocs. and leftthe reserve and
to ihe fact that some are back on their killed General Canby at Tule Lake, 1
subscription. Will you not please pay was able to keep Chief Schonchin from
in your pledges at once, as the treas joining them.” It is said that had the
urer does not wish to send out any Modocs and Piutes joined forces they
more statements.
coule have wiped out every white per
Let everybody be on hand on Sunday son in the Klamath basin before sol
morning and if possible bring a friend. diers cculd have been brought from
Edwin H. Edgar, Pastor.
Fort Biuwell. 160 miles away.
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When you leave your campfire, sing:
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Heap O’ Livin’
By Edgar A. Guest
It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house to make it
home,
A heap o’ sun and shadder, an’ ye sometimes
have t’ roam
Afore ye really ’preciate the things ye lef’ be
hind,
An’ hunger fer ’em somehow, with ’em al
ways on yer mind.
It don’t make any difference how rich ye get
t’ be,
How much yer chairs an’ tables cost, how
great yer luxury;
It ain’t home t’ ye, though it be the palace of
a king,
Until somehow yer soul is sort o’ wrapped
round everything.
Home ain’t a place that gold can buy or get
up in a minute;
Afore it’s home there’s got t’ be a heap o’
livin’ in it;
Within the walls there’s got to be some babies
born, and then
Right there ye’ve got to bring ’em up t*
women good an’ men;
And gradjerly, as time goes on, ye find ye
wouldn’t part
With anything they ever used—they’ve grown
into yer heart;
The old high chairs, the playthings, too, the
little shoes they wore,
Ye hoard; an’ if ye could ye’d keep the thumb
marks on the door.
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Ye’ve got t’ weep t’ make it home, ye’ve got
to sit and sigh
An’ watch beside a loved one’s bed, an’ know
that Death is nigh;
An’ in the stillness o’ the night t’ see Death’s
angel come,
An’ close the eyes o’ her that smiled; an’ leave
her sweet voice dumb.
Fer these are scenes that grip the heart, an’
when yer tears are dried,
Ye find the home is dearer than it was, and
sanctified;
An’ tuggin’ at ye always are the pleasant
memories
O’ her that was an’ is no more—ye can’t es-
cape from these.
Ye’ve got t’ sing an’ dance fer years, ye’ve
got t’ romp an play,
An learn t’ love the things ye have by usin’
’em each day;
Even the roses round the porch must blossom
year by year
Afore they come a part o’ ye, suggestin’ some
one dear
Who used to love ’em long ago, an’ trained
’em jest to run
The way they do, so’s they would get the
early mornin’ sun;
Ye’ve got t’ love each brick an stone from
cellar up t’ dome;
It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house t’ make it
home.
PAVING COMPLET
ED THIS WEEK
Today the new co-operative prune
exchange will commence operation in
Oregon and southern Washington with
ten local organizations. Other units ROAD BUILDERS BEGIN AT
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will be and are being organized, und
RUcH NEXT WEEK
the expectations are that a large ma
At the time of going to press, the
jority of the orchards of the two states
will soon be signed up. Over twenty paving is laid up California Street to
million pounds are already under con the post office, and when The Post
tract. ’the organization is well planned, | reaches some of its readers, the pave-
has able officers and leaders and if the ment in Jacksonville will have been
growers will stand by solidly and loy completed.
After finishing the work here, the
ally, the organization should be a power
for the producers.
road men will begin at Ruch and work
In all industries except farming the toward Jacksonville.
owners of the commodity have a hand
It has been suggested that there
in the selling end and the price. When should be a celebration in honor of the
the farmer sells a commodity, the county court, when this road is com
I buyer names the price. The farmer is pleted. Someone start something.
I not a party to the deal. He produces
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and takes what is offered as the price,
CHILDREN’S STORY HOURS
I and the buyers are strongly organized,
r the pleasure of the children of
i They can to a large extent regulate
the community, the Jackson County
both demand and supply.
Library has arranged a six weeks
series of story hours which began Tues-
MEDFORD’S WAFER PROBLEM lay, July 29. The children will be
grouped under the oaks on the library
Medford’s water problem is to be
lawn and the stories will be told by
gone into immediately by the Craters Miss Jane Elizabeth Olson.
Club, in the interest of Medford people.
The story hour for the little children
Captain A. J. Vance, president of the will be held on Tuesday at 2:30 p. m.
Cratera’ organization, is appointing a
and legends and folk tales of various
committee, made up of a number of countries will be told. The story hour
leading townsmen, who will make a
for the older boys and girls will beheld
trip to Fish Lake and sections of the on Thur: day at 2:30 p. m. and will con
pipe fine and reservoi ; to investigate sist of stories of the wanderings and
conditions ar.d put before Ledford peo strange adventures of Ulysses and his
ple an unbiased and unprejudiced state men.
ment of their opinion of the trouble.
Kate Douglas Wiggin has said,
Captain Vance says: "I believe that “Stories help a child to form a stand
it is the duty of every Medford person
ard by which he can live and grow, for
to interest himself in the water situa-
they are his first introduction into the
tion as a vital problem.” Mr. Vance
grand world of the ideal in character.
believes that the Craters should take
The child understands his own life bet-
an active interest in the water prob-
trr, when he is enabled to compare it
lem, and that the time has come for 1
with other lives, he sees himself and
prombt and vigorous action. — Medford 1
his own possibilities reflected in them
Mail Tribune.
j as in a mirror.”
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| An important function of story tell
ing is that of developing the imagin
, PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE ative faculty of the child, which helps
The Post wants the news. We have him to interpret all that he hears and
no way of knowing the personal news sees and thinks, to intelligently govern
that is not reported to us.
his ow n thought, and to clearly picture
his
own line of action.
Mrs. D. L. Jones, of Medford, is
o-
caring for her mother, Mrs. Kate
Coppie, who is ill.
We do not need more Material de
Mrs. W. R. Lamb of Ashland is velopment, we need more Spiritual de
spending a few days with her parents, velopment; we do not need more In
tellectual power, we need more Mora)
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Arthurs.
power; we do not need more Knowl
Morton Clifton, a telegrapher and
edge, we need more Character; we do
dispatcher of the Monon R. R. in In
not need more Government, we need
diana, visited this week with his uncle
more Culture; we do not need more
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. Clifton, of
Law, we need more Religion; we do
this city.
not need more of the things that are
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fick and daugh Seen, we need more of the things that
ter, Virginia, motored to Grants Pass are Unseen. Calvin Coolidge.
Friday afternoon, where they attended
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a big picnic. Virginia remained for a
The safe fires are those which are
never started.
two weeks’ visit.
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