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V, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUG. 15, 1924
NO 16
Seat—Devoted to the Interests of the People of Jackson County
A Weekly Newspaper—Only Paper Pu;
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FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
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FOUND DEAD AT FACTORY
When employes of Tomlin’s box shop
in Medford went to work ThuTsday
morning, they found the dead body of
ITEMS OF INTEREST GLEANED “Bill” Merchant lying beneath a part
of a load of lumber.
BY SCISSORS EDITOR
He had been hauling lumber from
Brownlee’s mill and it is supposed had
The Pacific Reeord Herald: Cali
co me in with his k ad about 6 o’clock
fornia Street, possibly the most his Wednesday mi ht and installing to un
torical street in all of Oregon—Cali I load the accident had occurred,
fornia Street, Jacksonville’s main neck was broken.
street, is paved.
o-
Down California Street, world not-
No expert economist is needed to
ables have walked, bad men have
stalked, the wild night life of the give the reason lor a slump in the
“roarin’ camp” has thrown its light. hairpin industry.
Now, California Street is paved.
A new day has dawned for Jackson
pears and apples will bring good money
ville—Progress has adopted her as its
j this year and predicts prices will be
own.
' stabilized, so that the uncertainty of
Jacksonville, with slight changes, the orchard industry will be perma-
will be one of the most beautiful resi n ently removed. He realizes that con
dential towns in the West.
sumers always pay a good price for
Fraught with the romance of the the tine fruit grown in the Rogue River
golden past, lured on by the promise of Valley, and thinks that growers can
a golden future; with a quaint at and will demand their reasonable share
mosphere savoring of yesterday, yet, of the selling price and not permit the
withal, a town with a live Chamber of midalenien to take the lion's share as
Commerce, which means much.
has heretofore been the case too often.
Progressive business ability com ¡Several large orchards have changed
bined with the opportunity which Jack hands recently and a better and more
sonville offers, knows no limits of copfident tone exists among fruit pro
achievement.
ducers generally.
The old U. S. Hotel will soon be re
While the general crop was cut short
modeled into a mecca for tourists. The by the late frosts this spring, the in
old bank, possibly, can be opened to creased price anticipated will yield a
the view of sightseers.
larger income to the valley than hai
Already there is talk of a modern been received for the past several
tourist hotel for Jacksonville, and the years, it is believed.
proposition seems to be one of real
Already 94 cars of Bartletts have
merit.
been shipped from Medlord, which is
So, around paved California Street
probably about half of the full produc
we may expect to see a new Jackson
tion, Bartletts blooming earlier, having
ville rise, combining all the romance of
suffered more- from frost than the later-
’53 with the modern features of the varieties.
present age.
We congratulate Jacksonville upon
the energy of its citizens, We pledge
Ashland Tidings: A $100,000 devel
to them our support in all progressive opment at the Skyline mine near Ash-
measures.
la nd has been started by the Covert
Oregon’s most historic street has C ompar.y, of Portland, according to
again come into its own.
T. M. Anderson, who recently sold the
¡mine to the Covert Company. A car
Medford Mail Tribune: Dillon R. load of equipment recently arrived in
Hill, owner of one of Southern Ore Ashland, and is now being installed at
gon’s best commercial orchards, which the mine. An ore mill, of 30 ton ca
is located jutt west of the Medford pacity, and concentrators are being
city limits, was in tow-n Thursday I put in. Ten men are now at work;
morn ng on a brief business errand. ! and it is expected that more will be
Mr. Hill is picking his Bartlett pears, added later. Mr. Beldon, chemist and
and will follow up with Howells and assayer for the Covert Company, has
then Bosques, and so on until all varie been in Ashland for a week, and is in
ties are harvested. Mr. Hill says both charge of operations.
Ladies’ Lev/
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Including Valu s Up Io
Spirit of Fraternity
Did you give him a lift? He’s a brother of
man
And bearing about all the burden he can.
Did you give him a smile? He was downcast
and blue,
And the smile would have helped him to bat
tle it through.
Did you give him your hand? He was slip
ping down hill
And tb- world, so I fancied, was using him
ill.
Did you give him a word? Did you show
him the road,
Or did you just let him go on with his load?
Did you help him along? He’s a sinner like
you,
But the grasp of your hand might have car
ried him through.
Did you bid him good cheer? Just a word
and a smile
Were what he most needed that last weary
mile.
Do you know what he bore in that burden of
cares
That is every man’s load, and that sympathy
shares?
Did you try to find out what he needed from
you,
Or did you just leave him to battle it through?
I
Do you know what it
fight
When a lift just in tim
right?
Do you know w hat it
of a hand
When a man’s borne a
to stand?
Did you ask what it w
lip
And the glistening teai
that slip?
Were you brother of h
to be?
Did you offer to help 1
Don’t you know it’s th
man
To find what the grief
can?
Did you stop when he
a lift,
Or were you so busy y<
Oh, 1 know what you
may be true—
But the test of your m:
do?
Did you reach out a ha
the road?
Or did you just let him
ROAD TO PORT ORFORD
MINING MEN
GET INFORMATION
The building of a highway to Port
Orford and the improvement of the
I harbor there are being strongly advo-
cated by the Southern Oregon High- ADDRESSED BY SECRETARY
I way Associotion. A meeting of the
AM. MINING CONGRESS
I Association will be held at Port Or-
i ford tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon,
Miners from all parts of Southern
I in connection with a Homecoming and
Oregon
gathered to hear the message
j Pioneers Reunion.
brought
to them from Washington, D.
Jackson County will be well repre
C.,
by
Secretary
J. P. Callbreath of
sented at this meeting, where plans
the
American
Mining
Congress. The
will be perfected for the making of
Medford
Chamber
of
Commerce
Forum
surveys to determine the best route
me
i
as
a
mining
forum,
inviting
all in
for the proposed highway. As pro
terested
mining
men
from
Southern
posed, the highway would be built from
the vicinity of Grants Pass, following Oregon to attend and discusB the min-
ing problems as found here, The re-
the Rogue River.
Of the proposed improvement. Judge sponse w as very gratifying and more
Gardner says: "1 consider the build than sixty, among them a number of
ing of this highway and the improve I real miners, were present.
The meeting was presided over by
ment of the harbor at Port Orford two
11.
L. Walther who introduced the
of the greatest developments now open
guests
and explained the object of the
to Southern Oregon. Engineers re
meeting.
He called on P. S. Wooden,
port that Port Orford can be made one
Judge
Gardner
and others, after which
of the best harbors on the Pacific
he
introduced
former State Senator
coast. The proposed highway will pass
I
C.
B.
Bills
of
Sacramento
and -Bert F.
through an undeveloped section rich in
llews,
Publicity
Secretary
and Man
mining, cattle, timber and farming
ager
of
the
Department
of
Mines
and
possibilities. It will give the Rogue
River Valley a direct route to an ocean Mining of the Sacramento Chamber of
harbor. From a scenic standpoint, the Commerce. Following these men, Sec
Rogue River highway would attract retary Callbreath outlined the reason
of the visit to Medford and gave a
tourists in large.numbers. ”
very interesting talk to the members
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present.
James, aged five, was eating Sunday i
The meeting lasted until nearly four
dinner at his aunt’s house.
o
’
clock,
and more detailed information
The first course was soup with spa
ghetti in it. The aunt noticed James’ was received than could have been ob
reluctance to touch his soup.
tained in months of correspondence.
‘‘What is the matter, dear?” the
Among the visitors were men from
aunt asked. “Don’t you like chicken Eugene, Ashland, Grants Pass, Gold
soup?”
Hill, Central Point, Jacksonville and
“Oh, yes,” answered the boy, “I do
the holder sections of California.
when mother makes it. She doesn’t,
Every man there felt that he had spent
put the windpipes in.”
a very profitable afternoon. The dele
gation left on the evening train for
Portland, where they were to speak
Tuesday at a meeting called by the
Portland Chamber of Commerce.
O-
AT
Jacksonville
WILD HORSES AT K. FALLS '
From Klamath Falls: So trouble
some to city residents have wild horses
ORTH MALL
become that a delegation appeared be
fore the city council, demanding that
steps be taken to drive the intruders
I back to the hill country. Two riders
Friday, August 15
will be employed to “herd” the ani
mals and attempt to keep them from
the corporation limits. Poor feed in
Crescent Orchestra
the mountains and lack of water in
Good Music
Good Time many springs is believed to have forced
Everybody Come
the horses into the lowlands where
they trample lawns and gardens dur
ing night hours. Rangers estimate
Admission:
there are some ten thousand head of
$1.10, Including War Tax
these animals in Klamath county.—
Ladies Free
Mail Tribune.
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Tonight
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Music Starts at 9 O'Clock
J. .1, McMahan and Hon, J. Bolton,
were Crater Lake visitors Thursday.
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